Upgrade to Ryzen 9th gen or wait for 10th gen?

[Sky Spark]

So I built my second ever PC this january, went with AMD instead this time, you can see my specs, I'm running a 7600X. Is it worth upgrading to a 9800X3D after that's out or should I just wait for Ryzen 10th gen?

I have a big upgrade path seeing as AM5 is highly likely going into 10th gen and maybe even 11th.

[Shimejii]

8 minutes ago, Sky Spark said:

So I built my second ever PC this january, went with AMD instead this time, you can see my specs, I'm running a 7600X. Is it worth upgrading to a 9800X3D after that's out or should I just wait for Ryzen 10th gen?

I have a big upgrade path seeing as AM5 is highly likely going into 10th gen and maybe even 11th.

Worth is subjective for the most part.

 

What is your GPU? Unless you are also planning on getting a 4080/5080/5090 class GPU, upgrading your cpu is simply not needed and id wait since there is very little point in doing so on the lower end gpus such as a 4060.

[MiszS]

Ryzen 9000 series isn't 9th gen, but the 6th, because ryzen CPUs names go every 2k, with the 1k higher series being an APU (the ryzen 2000 series wasn't for some reason). Imo you already have a great CPU, definitely bottlenecked by the GPU, and then the monitor. A 9800X3D would only make sense if you are playing on 360Hz+ with your GPU

[starsmine]

42 minutes ago, Sky Spark said:

So I built my second ever PC this january, went with AMD instead this time, you can see my specs, I'm running a 7600X. Is it worth upgrading to a 9800X3D after that's out or should I just wait for Ryzen 10th gen?

I have a big upgrade path seeing as AM5 is highly likely going into 10th gen and maybe even 11th.

I dont think there is a signficant reason to upgrade from zen 4 to zen 5. 

Zen 5 is great for a new build. 

We do not know with confidence zen 6 will be on AM5, but when we find out, there will be Zen 5x3D out that you can look at and ask the question again. 

[podkall]

45 minutes ago, Sky Spark said:

I'm running a 7600X. Is it worth upgrading to a 9800X3D after that's out or should I just wait for Ryzen 10th gen?

why upgrade in the first place? are you lagging/stuttering/have unsatisfying amount of fps in XYZ game?

[podkall]

45 minutes ago, Sky Spark said:

I have a big upgrade path seeing as AM5 is highly likely going into 10th gen and maybe even 11th.

calling it 7000/8000/9000/etc. series is easier and more accurate even if it requires few more letters

[podkall]

38 minutes ago, Shimejii said:

Worth is subjective for the most part.

 

What is your GPU? Unless you are also planning on getting a 4080/5080/5090 class GPU, upgrading your cpu is simply not needed and id wait since there is very little point in doing so on the lower end gpus such as a 4060.

+1 if you're on higher resolution than 1080p

[Sky Spark]

This is a long term plan. I plan to upgrade to 1440p and I plan on getting a flagship in a year or two, like a 4080 or 7800XT.

[Motifator]

I'd simply work on getting a 7900 GRE, the 7600X can carry it.

[Sky Spark]

1 hour ago, Motifator said:

I'd simply work on getting a 7900 GRE, the 7600X can carry it.

I'm not upgrading til at least 2026. My intention was to upgrade to a CPU/GPU combo that can crush 1440p. That's why I asked here. I intend to get an X3D CPU then and at least something like an RX 8700XT when that's out or a 5080.

[MiszS]

6 hours ago, Sky Spark said:

I'm not upgrading til at least 2026. My intention was to upgrade to a CPU/GPU combo that can crush 1440p. That's why I asked here. I intend to get an X3D CPU then and at least something like an RX 8700XT when that's out or a 5080.

If you will have the money to upgrade both at once, then definitely go for it, no reason not to if you want the performance

[Sky Spark]

16 hours ago, MiszS said:

If you will have the money to upgrade both at once, then definitely go for it, no reason not to if you want the performance

Yeah I was just asking cuz I heard 9000 series isn't really an improvement over 7000.

Also I have 4800Mhz RAM, is it necessary to upgrade to a higher frequency RAM or will that be good for gaming for a while? I have 32GB.

[Bagzie]

22 hours ago, Sky Spark said:

I'm not upgrading til at least 2026. My intention was to upgrade to a CPU/GPU combo that can crush 1440p. That's why I asked here. I intend to get an X3D CPU then and at least something like an RX 8700XT when that's out or a 5080.

Honestly if it wasn't for my illness (addiction to star citizen) I would have got a 7600 instead of a 7800X3D and went for a 4080 super instead of the 4070ti super.

 

If the games you play are triple A etc then the 7600 is plenty.

[Sky Spark]

16 minutes ago, Bagzie said:

Honestly if it wasn't for my illness (addiction to star citizen) I would have got a 7600 instead of a 7800X3D and went for a 4080 super instead of the 4070ti super.

 

If the games you play are triple A etc then the 7600 is plenty.

Well like I said, I wanna play 1440p at max settings or close to it, maybe some RT as well. I'd like to be able to play GTA 6 without hitches.

 

[Bagzie]

24 minutes ago, Sky Spark said:

Well like I said, I wanna play 1440p at max settings or close to it, maybe some RT as well. I'd like to be able to play GTA 6 without hitches.

 

At 1440p max settings especially with RT enabled your GPU will become more important.

 

The higher the resolution and the higher the settings generally the more the GPU becomes a factor , outside of some niche cases.

 

A 7800X3D + 4060 is a really poor combination.

 

I would much rather have a 7600 + 4070 super than a 7800X3D + 4060 for example.

[Sky Spark]

Just now, Bagzie said:

At 1440p max settings especially with RT enabled your GPU will become more important.

 

The higher the resolution and the higher the settings generally the more the GPU becomes a factor , outside of some niche cases.

Hmm, now I'm debating on getting a 7900 GRE and waiting a bit longer to upgrade my CPU. Yeah.

[Bagzie]

2 hours ago, Sky Spark said:

Hmm, now I'm debating on getting a 7900 GRE and waiting a bit longer to upgrade my CPU. Yeah.

7600 + 7900GRE is a really nice combination.

 

You can expect to double your FPS and have basically unlimited vram for textures etc.

 

7900GRE really shines as a 1440p card but that's something you can look at after.

 

[Sky Spark]

18 hours ago, Bagzie said:

7600 + 7900GRE is a really nice combination.

 

You can expect to double your FPS and have basically unlimited vram for textures etc.

 

7900GRE really shines as a 1440p card but that's something you can look at after.

 

Yeah I debated one a 7800XT but some friends recommended that instead. I plan to get a 1440p monitor next year.