CPU Swap

bdexter77 · March 12, 2021

A few months ago I upgraded to a Ryzen 7 3700x and an Asrock B550, which I paid 299$ and 115$ respectively for. I really was looking for 8c/16t to upgrade too and I really wanted a 10700k but at the time I believe it was priced best at 379$. The 300$ 3700x seemed like the better choice which at that price I think it is and have cheaper motherboards. I planned on upgraded to a better GPU this fall sometime and just wanted to get something ahead of time. Recently the 10700k has dropped in price at Microcenter to 249$. At that price Ive gotten some serious buyers remorse. (also i9-9900ks are 249$ at MC now too) Does anyone think its worth making the swap to the 10700k as significant jump? Im aware I will be spending extra money on a Z series board at least 150$-200$. Im hoping to sell both mine for 350ish and Microcenter does knock 20$ off if you pair with CPU with a Mobo. So all in all im down an extra 75ish dollars to upgrade from a 3700x to a 10700k. When put that way it doesnt seem terrible to me. Thoughts?

Usecase

Just gaming no editing or streaming. Overwatch, EFT, CoD, Red Dead, OuterWorlds, Apex.

Specs

Mobo- ASRock B550 Pro4
CPU- Ryzen 7 3700x
CPU Cooler- BeQuiet Dark Rock4
Ram- 16 GB GSkill Ripjaws 3200 Mhz (2x8)
Storage- Inland Premium 1TB NVME SSD
GPU- GTX 1080 Superclocked
PSU- EVGA 600W Bronze

Notes

I'm planning on making the jump to 1440p pending a GPU upgrade which is yet to be decided.

Fasauceome · March 12, 2021

You're not saving money by buying a new CPU so I don't think you should hold on to buyer's remorse. The performance difference is not that large, you may not even notice it.

I say wait until Zen 3 CPUs become more available, maybe AMD will release a cheaper ryzen 7, maybe they'll make the 5800X less expensive, but I think that's a more reasonable jump.

brob · March 12, 2021

You would actually be better off simply moving to a 5600X. It is arguably better than the i7-10700K. Certainly gaming performance is indistinguishable in most cases. Your motherboard can handle the 5600X with a bios upgrade.

bdexter77 · March 12, 2021

10 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

You're not saving money by buying a new CPU so I don't think you should hold on to buyer's remorse. The performance difference is not that large, you may not even notice it.

I say wait until Zen 3 CPUs become more available, maybe AMD will release a cheaper ryzen 7, maybe they'll make the 5800X less expensive, but I think that's a more reasonable jump.

I certainly wont notice a performance jump with the GTX 1080 lol but im more worried about it paired with something like a 3070 and up.

bdexter77 · March 12, 2021

Just now, brob said:

You would actually be better off simply moving to a 5600X. It is arguably better than the i7-10700K. Certainly gaming performance is indistinguishable in most cases. Your motherboard can handle the 5600X with a bios upgrade.

Im actually trying to avoid being stuck with a 6c/12t for the foreseeable future. Plan on keeping this for a couple years at least wanting to stick with 8 cores for longterm.

curiousmind34 · March 12, 2021

3 minutes ago, brob said:

You would actually be better off simply moving to a 5600X. It is arguably better than the i7-10700K. Certainly gaming performance is indistinguishable in most cases. Your motherboard can handle the 5600X with a bios upgrade.

from a 3700x, it's more of a sidegrade than an upgrade

FRD · March 12, 2021

10 minutes ago, curiousmind34 said:

from a 3700x, it's more of a sidegrade than an upgrade

I agree, it's an upgrade on the single core speeds and speed overall, but it's a downgrade in the cores and threads count. In my opinion not worth it.
Either upgrade to something like a Ryzen 7 5800X or some kind of Ryzen 9 3000 CPU then.

CommanderAlex · March 12, 2021

26 minutes ago, bdexter77 said:

Recently the 10700k has dropped in price at Microcenter to 249$. At that price Ive gotten some serious buyers remorse. (also i9-9900ks are 249$ at MC now too) Does anyone think its worth making the swap to the 10700k as significant jump? Im aware I will be spending extra money on a Z series board at least 150$-200$. Im hoping to sell both mine for 350ish and Microcenter does knock 20$ off if you pair with CPU with a Mobo.

Have you checked out in person your local Micro Center to see if they have 5000 series CPUs in stock??? I've seen them at my location already and they are pretty strict on only allowing 1 per customer and needing your driver license to be put in the system so that you can't purchase one for ~90 days IIRC to spread the stock all around for everyone. Your 3700X is still a great processor and upgrading to an Intel 10th gen doesn't make sense as you'll be spending more for a motherboard to support it, which Intel's motherboards are pricier than AMDs.

28 minutes ago, bdexter77 said:

I'm planning on making the jump to 1440p pending a GPU upgrade which is yet to be decided.

Towards the end of the production life of the new AMD 5000 series CPUs, I would wait to see sales start at Micro Center or other retailers to sell them cheap once the next generation comes out (AMD Ryzen 6000 or whatever nomenclature they are going with next) as they try to clear out inventory to pick up in the future as you have an upgrade path still left with your B550.