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Is it worth upgrading my CPU right now?

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The simple way to know is to ask yourself: is my computer doing everything I need it to?

 

My guess is your answer is going to be yes, and a 3600 isn't a bad pairing with a 3070, especially at 1440p. Plus, there's also the fact that the next gen of CPUs are going to release in the next couple months, and are expected to be a lot faster. If you really want to upgrade, you can upgrade to that, or you might get a good deal on a last gen chip.

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I currently have a Ryzen 5 3600, paired with a RTX3070. I plan on getting a new AIO soon, but Im wondering if I should upgrade my cpu as well. If I did upgrade  then I was looking at a R5 5600x. Worth noting I play everything at 1440p, and my current cpu doesn’t have any issues. 

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The simple way to know is to ask yourself: is my computer doing everything I need it to?

 

My guess is your answer is going to be yes, and a 3600 isn't a bad pairing with a 3070, especially at 1440p. Plus, there's also the fact that the next gen of CPUs are going to release in the next couple months, and are expected to be a lot faster. If you really want to upgrade, you can upgrade to that, or you might get a good deal on a last gen chip.

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At 1440p you won't be getting any huge improvement with 5600x, 1080p maybe.

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17 minutes ago, aziggy said:

I currently have a Ryzen 5 3600, paired with a RTX3070. I plan on getting a new AIO soon, but Im wondering if I should upgrade my cpu as well. If I did upgrade  then I was looking at a R5 5600x. Worth noting I play everything at 1440p, and my current cpu doesn’t have any issues. 

6-core to another 6-core doesn't make sense

 

specially at 1440p with a 3070 you won't notice any significant difference.

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21 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

The simple way to know is to ask yourself: is my computer doing everything I need it to?

 

My guess is your answer is going to be yes, and a 3600 isn't a bad pairing with a 3070, especially at 1440p. Plus, there's also the fact that the next gen of CPUs are going to release in the next couple months, and are expected to be a lot faster. If you really want to upgrade, you can upgrade to that, or you might get a good deal on a last gen chip.

 

16 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

At 1440p you won't be getting any huge improvement with 5600x, 1080p maybe.

 

10 minutes ago, 17030644 said:

6-core to another 6-core doesn't make sense

 

specially at 1440p with a 3070 you won't notice any significant difference.

Thank you everyone for the advice. I’ll probably wait until zen4 next year. 

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12 minutes ago, aziggy said:

 

 

Thank you everyone for the advice. I’ll probably wait until zen4 next year. 

yup, I'd rather do that

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