Is it worth upgrading in the game on sale?

[x Princess Leliana x]

I planned to upgrade a bit in the future (few months down the line), but the sale is actually not half bad. 

 

Is it worth upgrading now, if I have no real need to at the moment, or should I just stick with the original plan, since in a few months therell be another sale anyway. 

[jaslion]

We need more info.

 

Current specs, stuff you are looking to upgrade, budget, goals, usecase,....

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

It's hard to say without more specifics. But it sounds like you want someone to tell you to wait. So wait!

[x Princess Leliana x]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

We need more info.

 

Current specs, stuff you are looking to upgrade, budget, goals, usecase,....

Thats fair ^^ I didnt wanna ask too many questions in one thread, was more looking for "should i upgrade at all" rather than "what should I get"

 

Ive got a 3600, since building this rig blender has become my job, so I wanted a better CPU to make a lot of the processes faster,

 

budget maxes at £300, so 5700 5800 range.

 

32gb of ram, 2070 super (upgrading that in the future), asus prime x470 mobo. Etc

[PDifolco]

7 minutes ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

Thats fair ^^ I didnt wanna ask too many questions in one thread, was more looking for "should i upgrade at all" rather than "what should I get"

 

Ive got a 3600, since building this rig blender has become my job, so I wanted a better CPU to make a lot of the processes faster,

 

budget maxes at £300, so 5700 5800 range.

 

32gb of ram, 2070 super (upgrading that in the future), asus prime x470 mobo. Etc

 

The 5900X is £330 now, you should really get it if you blender for work, it's +50% all cores performance vs a 5800X (12 cores to 8)

[x Princess Leliana x]

1 minute ago, PDifolco said:

 

The 5900X is £330 now, you should really get it if you blender for work, it's +50% all cores performance vs a 5800X (12 cores to 8)

Yeah?  I was thinking of saving money and getting the 5700x, but if you really think its worth the £100 then I can deal with it. 

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

1 minute ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

Yeah?  I was thinking of saving money and getting the 5700x, but if you really think its worth the £100 then I can deal with it. 

It'll save you time, and time is money. And £330 is a great value. It's probably worth it.

[jaslion]

4 minutes ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

Yeah?  I was thinking of saving money and getting the 5700x, but if you really think its worth the £100 then I can deal with it. 

If you do a lot of cpu rendering and not gpu rendering then defo worth. 5950x is also that price used or less

[x Princess Leliana x]

5 minutes ago, Hairless Monkey Boy said:

It'll save you time, and time is money. And £330 is a great value. It's probably worth it.

Fair, Im just worried that when 7000 comes out theyll be going for less and Ill look like a fool. 

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

Fair, Im just worried that when 7000 comes out theyll be going for less and Ill look like a fool. 

Theyll go for the same launch price probably and of course perform better. So the usual. If ya need a very good value upgrade do it now with a new/used 5900x/5950x. The next 12 core wont be cheap either

[x Princess Leliana x]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

Theyll go for the same launch price probably and of course perform better. So the usual. If ya need a very good value upgrade do it now with a new/used 5900x/5950x. The next 12 core wont be cheap either

Sorry I did not say it properly. 

 

I am worried that the 5000 series will go for cheaper than now, when 7000 comes out. I never buy the latest when it comes out. Waste of money imo. 

[jaslion]

Just now, x Princess Leliana x said:

Sorry I did not say it properly. 

 

I am worried that the 5000 series will go for cheaper than now, when 7000 comes out. I never buy the latest when it comes out. Waste of money imo. 

Could happen but also could not. What often happens is when a new cpu gen comes out and an old socket goes end of life the higher/highest end cpus quickly spike up in price whilst the mid and lower end falls deep.

[x Princess Leliana x]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

Could happen but also could not. What often happens is when a new cpu gen comes out and an old socket goes end of life the higher/highest end cpus quickly spike up in price whilst the mid and lower end falls deep.

Fair. Oh well. Thanks for the advice ^^

[x Princess Leliana x]

Also just to make sure, ive got an older x470, so I need to update the bios yeah?

[PDifolco]

13 minutes ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

Sorry I did not say it properly. 

 

I am worried that the 5000 series will go for cheaper than now, when 7000 comes out. I never buy the latest when it comes out. Waste of money imo. 

 

Don't think so, it already dropped quite a lot (except the 580X3D) and new 7000s will just be more expensive by around 25%, with 15-20% more performance and the rest as a premium

6 minutes ago, x Princess Leliana x said:

Also just to make sure, ive got an older x470, so I need to update the bios yeah?

Yes you should