Should I switch my 5900X for a 5800X3D?

RodrigoRS · November 13, 2023

Hi!

I have the option of buying a brand new Ryzen 7 5800X3D for €345 and I know a guy who uses Lumion 12 a lot (he is an architect) that is willing to buy my used Ryzen 5900X for around €250 (he will upgrade from a Ryzen 5 2600X).

I currently have a 1080p-144 Hz monitor, 32GB of 3200Mhz ram, a RX 6800 XT and a Scythe Fuma 2 cooler.

Even though I do use my PC for work related stuff (AutoCad and some Catias) I do use it primarily for gaming. Games I do play are: Cities Skylines 1 and 2 (I know the 2 is heavily unoptimized), Mechwarrior 5, DOS2, Frostpunk, Baldur's Gate 3, etc. In a lot of instances (except for CS2) I do see that the GPU does not get fully utilized (sits around 60~80%) and I think it may be because I have a CPU bottleneck (1080p...).

I do understand that I may get around 30% less performance in some work related instances but I should get too a boost in gaming performance (I don't know how much) and may let my RX 6800 XT get fully used.

So, if you were in my place, would you swap CPUs for €95 so I can squeeze every bit of performance for the next 3 or 4 years or do you think is not worth it?

Thanks to all.

191x7 · November 13, 2023

6 minutes ago, RodrigoRS said:

Hi!

I have the option of buying a brand new Ryzen 7 5800X3D for €345 and I know a guy who uses Lumion 12 a lot (he is an architect) that is willing to buy my used Ryzen 5900X for around €250 (he will upgrade from a Ryzen 5 2600X).

I currently have a 1080p-144 Hz monitor, 32GB of 3200Mhz ram, a RX 6800 XT and a Scythe Fuma 2 cooler.

Even though I do use my PC for work related stuff (AutoCad and some Catias) I do use it primarily for gaming. Games I do play are: Cities Skylines 1 and 2 (I know the 2 is heavily unoptimized), Mechwarrior 5, DOS2, Frostpunk, Baldur's Gate 3, etc. In a lot of instances (except for CS2) I do see that the GPU does not get fully utilized (sits around 60~80%) and I think it may be because I have a CPU bottleneck (1080p...).

I do understand that I may get around 30% less performance in some work related instances but I should get too a boost in gaming performance (I don't know how much) and may let my RX 6800 XT get fully used.

So, if you were in my place, would you swap CPUs for €95 so I can squeeze every bit of performance for the next 3 or 4 years or do you think is not worth it?

Thanks to all.

I did sidegrade from a 5900X to the 5800X3D because the 5900X was slightly bottlenecking my 6950XT on 1440p.

So, do the CPU swap and upgrade your monitor. You'll be amazed.

Agall · November 13, 2023

10 minutes ago, RodrigoRS said:

Hi!

I have the option of buying a brand new Ryzen 7 5800X3D for €345 and I know a guy who uses Lumion 12 a lot (he is an architect) that is willing to buy my used Ryzen 5900X for around €250 (he will upgrade from a Ryzen 5 2600X).

I currently have a 1080p-144 Hz monitor, 32GB of 3200Mhz ram, a RX 6800 XT and a Scythe Fuma 2 cooler.

Even though I do use my PC for work related stuff (AutoCad and some Catias) I do use it primarily for gaming. Games I do play are: Cities Skylines 1 and 2 (I know the 2 is heavily unoptimized), Mechwarrior 5, DOS2, Frostpunk, Baldur's Gate 3, etc. In a lot of instances (except for CS2) I do see that the GPU does not get fully utilized (sits around 60~80%) and I think it may be because I have a CPU bottleneck (1080p...).

I do understand that I may get around 30% less performance in some work related instances but I should get too a boost in gaming performance (I don't know how much) and may let my RX 6800 XT get fully used.

So, if you were in my place, would you swap CPUs for €95 so I can squeeze every bit of performance for the next 3 or 4 years or do you think is not worth it?

Thanks to all.

If your 5900x will already have a home, it's worthwhile. The 5800x3D doesn't suffer from the numerous bugs that 7000x3D has, so its a safe drop in upgrade. Even with a 14900k/7950x3D, you'd likely still end up CPU limited at 1080p, but 3D v-cache is an absurd upgrade in any game that negotiates with a server.

overbuilt_gaming · November 13, 2023

On paper it's $95, but it's a few hours of your time as well. Then you have to deal with the buyer if somehow he can't get it to work, or has some other issue and blames you. Keep your CPU and just get a 1440p or 4k monitor. That's your real upgrade, not 3% fps in some game. Stop being gaslit from the internet and max P3R40rmaNC3!!!

PDifolco · November 13, 2023

22 minutes ago, RodrigoRS said:

Hi!

I have the option of buying a brand new Ryzen 7 5800X3D for €345 and I know a guy who uses Lumion 12 a lot (he is an architect) that is willing to buy my used Ryzen 5900X for around €250 (he will upgrade from a Ryzen 5 2600X).

I currently have a 1080p-144 Hz monitor, 32GB of 3200Mhz ram, a RX 6800 XT and a Scythe Fuma 2 cooler.

Even though I do use my PC for work related stuff (AutoCad and some Catias) I do use it primarily for gaming. Games I do play are: Cities Skylines 1 and 2 (I know the 2 is heavily unoptimized), Mechwarrior 5, DOS2, Frostpunk, Baldur's Gate 3, etc. In a lot of instances (except for CS2) I do see that the GPU does not get fully utilized (sits around 60~80%) and I think it may be because I have a CPU bottleneck (1080p...).

I do understand that I may get around 30% less performance in some work related instances but I should get too a boost in gaming performance (I don't know how much) and may let my RX 6800 XT get fully used.

So, if you were in my place, would you swap CPUs for €95 so I can squeeze every bit of performance for the next 3 or 4 years or do you think is not worth it?

Thanks to all.

Had the same dilemma, opted to keep my 5900X, I play 1440p Ultrawide 120Hz, no FPS games, so decided not to, invested in a big boy 7900XTX instead

Would have done it at 1080p and for FPS games, as you'll get significantly better framerates; it's only $100 and the 5800X3D price will stay high for longer than the 5900X!!