Ryzen 7 1700 or Ryzen 5 3600 for Overall productivity?

[zwalter]

Okay guys I am actually debating which of the two processors I am going to get for overall productivity work. I do photo editing, video editing and exporting, and whole ton of class related works.I am also looking for cheap xeon processors (sandy bridge 2nd generation intel). I am also considering buying USED PRICES. And the 8 core 16 threads of the r7 1700 is very attractive with the things I want to do. But most people say that r5 3600 is the bang for the buck. But the thing is "I DONT DO GAMING OR STREAMING". Please help me out here.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

How much are you willing to spend? 

The 3600x is a better allrounder, you get 2 less cores, 4 less threads, but you get much faster single core.

Id suggest trying to get a 3700x, best of both worlds

[zwalter]

4 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

How much are you willing to spend? 

The 3600x is a better allrounder, you get 2 less cores, 4 less threads, but you get much faster single core.

Id suggest trying to get a 3700x, best of both worlds

Around 8000 pesos ($160). I was looking for used prices. I did find a xeon e3 1220 for 1000 pesos ($20)!! Should I get it?

[Helpful Tech Witch]

1 minute ago, zwalter said:

Around 8000 pesos ($160). I was looking for used prices. I did find a xeon e3 1220 for 1000 pesos ($20)!! Should I get it?

thats no where near to the preformance of a 3600x ot 1700x, the 1700x has 2x the cores and 4x the threads, plus has boards being made for it now, those boards are going to be expensive.

[zwalter]

3 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

thats no where near to the preformance of a 3600x ot 1700x, the 1700x has 2x the cores and 4x the threads, plus has boards being made for it now, those boards are going to be expensive.

Well I agree, What do you suggest tho, Between the r7 1700 and r5 3600 for productivity work?

[YoungBlade]

6 minutes ago, zwalter said:

Well I agree, What do you suggest tho, Between the r7 1700 and r5 3600 for productivity work?

The two are very similar, but the 3600 is probably going to be faster. The actual applications benefit more from single core performance, as do some operations, especially for photo editing. So with the 3600, you get similar multicore performance for rendering, but also have the benefits of better application performance.

[Mister Woof]

I would absolutely not buy first gen Ryzen if you have an option for Zen2