Should I upgrade my R5 3600 or keep it?

[Mister Woof]

4 hours ago, SignatureSigner said:

If your in the us you can nab used 5800x3ds for 240ish dollars.

where? even at MC they're $399...

[StarsMars]

18 hours ago, Skyie said:

Pairing my 3600 with an RTX 3070 and playing at 1440p. Been considering upgrading for a while but contemplating weather or not it’ll actually be worth it. I plan on keeping my GPU for at least another 2-3 years. 

What game are you unhappy with the performance?

[heatonpkmassive]

To the OP, I'm gonna do you a deal. What I'm proposing is that I won't berate you, say that your 3600 is trash, ask you where you are located in the middle of a war and peace rant when you've already stated that in the thread, I'll not do any of that because I think I actually get the gist of your question and the premise upon which you've asked it.

Get one of these and try to get 80-100 quid back for your 3600:

 

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-ryzen-7-5700x-am4-zen-3-8-core-16-thread-34ghz-46ghz-turbo-36mb-cache-pcie-40-65w-cpu

 

A few hundred more boost Mhz on a more modern architecture that has better IPC, with 2 more cores and 4 more threads for a net spend of a couple of hundred quid tops. Maxing out your current platform as effectively as possible without lashing out 400+ quid, right? If that's the case, the above is probably your best bet.









 

[Dedayog]

46 minutes ago, heatonpkmassive said:

To the OP, I'm gonna do you a deal. What I'm proposing is that I won't berate you, say that your 3600 is trash, ask you where you are located in the middle of a war and peace rant when you've already stated that in the thread, I'll not do any of that because I think I actually get the gist of your question and the premise upon which you've asked it.

Get one of these and try to get 80-100 quid back for your 3600:

 

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-ryzen-7-5700x-am4-zen-3-8-core-16-thread-34ghz-46ghz-turbo-36mb-cache-pcie-40-65w-cpu

 

A few hundred more boost Mhz on a more modern architecture that has better IPC, with 2 more cores and 4 more threads for a net spend of a couple of hundred quid tops. Maxing out your current platform as effectively as possible without lashing out 400+ quid, right? If that's the case, the above is probably your best bet.









 

Why recommend a CPU that isn't as good as the 5800X3D or as bang/buck as the 5600?

 

 

[aDoomGuy]

Wow this thread was interesting..

 

Anywhoo... OP, you can use task manager and see if you're CPU bound (EDIT: while playing your game). I doubt it in most cases. If you have Rise of the Tomb Raider you can run the benchmark there and see if you are GPU bound by much.

 

If I were you I would keep the 3600 and put aside some money for an AM5 or Intel 13th/14th gen build or something. Because in a while you may want that anyway, right? If you can get a cheap 5000 I can't really say if it's worth it or not for you but yeah. Not worth it for me with AM5 and all. I would have to be terribly CPU bound now to go for a 5600/5800 but with a 2080 I'm not.

[Ebony Falcon]

I have 8700k and 2080ti which is basically the same thing 6 core 12 thread close ipc

and the 2080ti and 3070 are near enough same perf 

im still happy only games I struggle with are heavy raytraced games because it taxes cpu loads and the gpu 

[Mister Woof]

Tech guys:

45% finding reasons to upgrade when you don't need to

45% finding reasons to not upgrade when you don't need to

 

10% actually upgrading when need to

 

This is the way

 

(except math. math is hard re:edits)

[heatonpkmassive]

7 hours ago, Dedayog said:

Why recommend a CPU that isn't as good as the 5800X3D or as bang/buck as the 5600?

 

 

Because the 5700x is the happy medium between not spending a fortune yet getting a noticeable upgrade, plus you can tweak it to perform pretty much as good as a 5800x. He's already said he doesn't want to spend on a 5800x3D for its cost here in the UK. 5600 has the same threadcount, if you're going to be arsed to take off the cooler and replace it, get more noticeable Mhz and IPC gains and more threads without spending a lot of money. I believe that is the premise of the OP's question. 

And hopefully the above answers your question too.

[VladTheImpaler]

You won't gain much from an upgrade unless your a 300fps competition gamer....... Unless you have a game that plays so badly you desperately need to upgrade, I wouldn't.. That 3600 will happy rock and roll with a 4090...