Should I wait for Alder Lake or just get 5600X?

[Hector2173]

I am planning to build a relatively budget-friendly build with a 3050 Ti. But should I get a 5600X now or wait for 12 gen Alder Lake for DDR5 and PCIe 5.0? Or should I even wait for zen 4?

 

[MarvintheParrot]

1 minute ago, Hector2173 said:

I am planning to build a relatively budget-friendly build with a 3050 Ti. But should I get a 5600X now or wait for 12 gen Alder Lake for DDR5 and PCIe 5.0? Or should I even wait for zen 4?

 

Uhhhh, I hope you know that there is no such thing as the 3050 ti.... 

 

If you're talking about rumors, thats another thing entirely. If you are talking about rumors then don't even try to make a list yet. There are 0 confirmations on performance or price, so you cant really be sure.

 

If you meant to say 3060 ti or 3070 ti then thats something else too.

[Chris Pratt]

The first boards that support DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 will be anything but budget friendly. That goes doubly for DDR5 RAM itself. It will be *very* expensive. I'm not sure what Intel's plans are, but Zen 4 is rumored to support both DDR4 and DDR5, most likely because most people not named Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos are still going to be buying DDR4 for a while. PCIe 5.0 is completely unnecessary. Heck, even 4.0 is largely unnecessary. It will mostly just enable more high bandwidth I/O on the boards, so you'll probably have a handful of type C instead of just one.

[Hector2173]

1 minute ago, MarvintheParrot said:

Uhhhh, I hope you know that there is no such thing as the 3050 ti.... 

 

If you're talking about rumors, thats another thing entirely. If you are talking about rumors then don't even try to make a list yet. There are 0 confirmations on performance or price, so you cant really be sure.

 

If you meant to say 3060 ti or 3070 ti then thats something else too.

oh sorry, i meant 3060 Ti

[Lairlair]

It's hard to tell whether Alder lake or DDR5 will be any good. So far we've had only some rumors and some specs about the architecture of the former, and some info on the memory speed and CAS latency of the latter. We don't know what the real world performance will be or how expensive it's going to be. So to answer your question you can look at how your situation is. Do you need a need PC now or can you wait 6 months to be sure you're making the right decision?

 

Personaly I'd be surprised if the first generation of DDR5 ram kits and processors are the best bargain but who knows ..

[MarvintheParrot]

Just now, Hector2173 said:

oh sorry, i meant 3060 Ti

Ah, that makes more sense!  

 

Is it worth it for you to wait a few months before you can even see benchmarks? Plus, when you do end up buying the parts, 2 months later, better parts will come out. Thats just how tech works.  

 

I would get the 5600x. Its a great parring with the 3060 ti and you will thank yourself that you can use your PC now, and not wait 6 moths to use it for similar/slightly better performance. Do you have the 3060 ti yet?

[Hector2173]

Just now, MarvintheParrot said:

Ah, that makes more sense!  

 

Is it worth it for you to wait a few months before you can even see benchmarks? Plus, when you do end up buying the parts, 2 months later, better parts will come out. Thats just how tech works.  

 

I would get the 5600x. Its a great parring with the 3060 ti and you will thank yourself that you can use your PC now, and not wait 6 moths to use it for similar/slightly better performance. Do you have the 3060 ti yet?

nope, and I dont know if i will even be able to get it, which is why im wanting an APU for now.

[MarvintheParrot]

3 minutes ago, Hector2173 said:

nope, and I dont know if i will even be able to get it, which is why im wanting an APU for now.

If you want an APU now, get the i7 11700k, and keep it when you get the 3060 ti.

[Hector2173]

4 hours ago, MarvintheParrot said:

If you want an APU now, get the i7 11700k, and keep it when you get the 3060 ti.

What about the 5600G? Should I wait for that?

[MarvintheParrot]

1 hour ago, Hector2173 said:

What about the 5600G? Should I wait for that?

Wait for independent benchmarks, then decide.

[brob]

Are you prepared to wait until 2022? Given Intel's track record with sub 14nm desktop cpu even that might be optimistic.

 

Regardless of when you buy there will be bett stuff due out shortly.