Upgrading CPU

[Cubiss]

Hello everyone,
I hope you're having a nice day

Lately I have been playing CPU heavy games (i.e. Timberborn, Infraspace, Cities: Skylines) and I'm thinking about upgrading my CPU. I also use my PC for some .NET/python development so I'd get the benefit in other ways too.

Hi, I'm currently running:
ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS
Ryzen 5 3600
RX 5700 XT
32GB 3600 MHz RAM

Would Ryzen 9 5900X make sense with these components?
Should I consider getting a better motherboard for it? Should I consider a lower end CPU instead?

What I have available:

CPU	Price (CZK)	Converted (USD)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100	2,559.00 CZK	$100.70
AMD Ryzen 5 4500	2,990.00 CZK	$117.66
AMD Ryzen 5 5500	3,290.00 CZK	$129.46
AMD Ryzen 5 5600	4,290.00 CZK	$168.81
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G	4,090.00 CZK	$160.94
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X	5,490.00 CZK	$216.03
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G	6,790.00 CZK	$267.19
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	6,990.00 CZK	$275.06
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X	7,990.00 CZK	$314.41
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	11,990.00 CZK	$471.81
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	10,990.00 CZK	$432.46
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	15,390.00 CZK	$605.60

Cheers

[Naijin]

5 minutes ago, Cubiss said:

Hello everyone,
I hope you're having a nice day

Lately I have been playing CPU heavy games (i.e. Timberborn, Infraspace, Cities: Skylines) and I'm thinking about upgrading my CPU. I also use my PC for some .NET/python development so I'd get the benefit in other ways too.

Hi, I'm currently running:
ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS
Ryzen 5 3600
RX 5700 XT
32GB 3600 MHz RAM

Would Ryzen 9 5900X make sense with these components?
Should I consider getting a better motherboard for it? Should I consider a lower end CPU instead?

What I have available:

CPU	Price (CZK)	Converted (USD)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100	2,559.00 CZK	$100.70
AMD Ryzen 5 4500	2,990.00 CZK	$117.66
AMD Ryzen 5 5500	3,290.00 CZK	$129.46
AMD Ryzen 5 5600	4,290.00 CZK	$168.81
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G	4,090.00 CZK	$160.94
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X	5,490.00 CZK	$216.03
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G	6,790.00 CZK	$267.19
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	6,990.00 CZK	$275.06
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X	7,990.00 CZK	$314.41
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	11,990.00 CZK	$471.81
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	10,990.00 CZK	$432.46
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	15,390.00 CZK	$605.60

Cheers

Go with 5800X3D for CPU intensive gaming, it should also be plenty for your usecase and will perform better than the 5900x in a lot of scenarios. I'm not sure how much of the cpu is used for .NET and python though, if you test now and see all your cores/threads running at 95%+ then the 5900x would make more sense, but if not, the 5800X3D will be more powerful.

[Fasauceome]

The Ryzen 7 5700X is almost half the price of the 5900X. since it's both a single thread and multi thread improvement over your 3600, it would be a fairly substantial upgrade. A much better value.

[szalikdev]

I would personally go with Ryzen 7 5700X. As a developer myself, it suits both gaming and development needs.

[jaslion]

5700x is the best value here

[Dukesilver27-]

Seconded the 5700x, seems to be the best balance between high performance for the price, 5800x3d is too expensive for a mid tier gaming build. 5900x is great but too overkill. 

[PDifolco]

 

57 minutes ago, Cubiss said:

Hello everyone,
I hope you're having a nice day

Lately I have been playing CPU heavy games (i.e. Timberborn, Infraspace, Cities: Skylines) and I'm thinking about upgrading my CPU. I also use my PC for some .NET/python development so I'd get the benefit in other ways too.

Hi, I'm currently running:
ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS
Ryzen 5 3600
RX 5700 XT
32GB 3600 MHz RAM

Would Ryzen 9 5900X make sense with these components?
Should I consider getting a better motherboard for it? Should I consider a lower end CPU instead?

What I have available:

CPU	Price (CZK)	Converted (USD)
AMD Ryzen 3 4100	2,559.00 CZK	$100.70
AMD Ryzen 5 4500	2,990.00 CZK	$117.66
AMD Ryzen 5 5500	3,290.00 CZK	$129.46
AMD Ryzen 5 5600	4,290.00 CZK	$168.81
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G	4,090.00 CZK	$160.94
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X	5,490.00 CZK	$216.03
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G	6,790.00 CZK	$267.19
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X	6,990.00 CZK	$275.06
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X	7,990.00 CZK	$314.41
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	11,990.00 CZK	$471.81
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	10,990.00 CZK	$432.46
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	15,390.00 CZK	$605.60

Cheers

Best perf overall => 5900X

Best perf/price => 5700X

 

However pls confirm you play 1080p, else the you will (or may already) be GPU bound

 

[Cubiss]

45 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

 

Best perf overall => 5900X

Best perf/price => 5700X

 

However pls confirm you play 1080p, else the you will (or may already) be GPU bound

 

Been using it with 1080p 75Hz display. But I got a 1440p 165Hz display recently. If you have a good recommendation for GPU upgrade I'm listening. I prefer AMD but if you have an argument for Nvidia that justifies the hassle in Linux I'll consider it.

That said, I'm mostly playing e-sport titles and city/economy building sims. I didn't really feel GPU bound but I'm likely not using the full potential of my new display.
 

[PDifolco]

5 minutes ago, Cubiss said:

Been using it with 1080p 75Hz display. But I got a 1440p 165Hz display recently. If you have a good recommendation for GPU upgrade I'm listening. I prefer AMD but if you have an argument for Nvidia that justifies the hassle in Linux I'll consider it.

That said, I'm mostly playing e-sport titles and city/economy building sims. I didn't really feel GPU bound but I'm likely not using the full potential of my new display.
 

In this case i'd wait the new RX7000 series due to launch in a few month

If you were more eager to upgrade soon, a 6900XT is currently a quite good deal in the US, you can get one at $700

[Cubiss]

1 hour ago, PDifolco said:

In this case i'd wait the new RX7000 series due to launch in a few month

If you were more eager to upgrade soon, a 6900XT is currently a quite good deal in the US, you can get one at $700

OK I'll wait then unless I start playing some GPU demanding game. TYVM