Salivating over 7600x3d - am I crazy?

[DeerDK]

Budget (including currency): irrelevant 

Country: Denmark

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Civ 7, Rogue Trader, Cyberpunk 2077, Paradox grand strategy games, Rimworld, Indiana Jones ect. 

Other details: GPU: 4070 super, 

Monitor: 1080p 144hz ips. Current cpu: 5600x

 

Hi everyone, 

I apologize in advance for slight ramblings. 

I've just seen that the Ryzen 7600x3d have come to an e-tailer in my country, and the combination of low power usage and high gaming performance makes it really ideal for me. 

But. But but but... 

I looked at the full costs of an upgrade to am5 including a 7600x3d, and it would land around 4700 DKK. 

For comparison a 5700x3d currently costs 1600 DKK, and I already have the platform. 

 

And another big but: My 5600x works perfectly fine for now. I don't know if it's just FOMO because I can actually get my hands on the 7600x3d right now. On the other hand going to the am5 platform would be viable for further upgrades and the 7600x3d would be a meaningful upgrade. 

I don't know. I'm probably too frugal to use so much money that I don't stricktly need to spend, anyway.

But what do you think. Would you jump at the opportunity and get a 7600x3d?

[porina]

If you don't feel your current CPU is limiting for you then keep waiting until something is a big enough jump to be worth it. Maybe 9600X3D will exist by then.

[PDifolco]

I suppose that at 1080p your CPU is limiting performance, and the 7600X3D will be a huge boost, it's like 30% faster

Plus you can sell it later to upgrade to a better AM5 chip like 9800X3D, board and RAM wil be compatible

The price seems decent - yet you don't tell what board and RAM you'd get- so I'd rather say go for it !

 

[DeerDK]

17 hours ago, porina said:

If you don't feel your current CPU is limiting for you then keep waiting until something is a big enough jump to be worth it. Maybe 9600X3D will exist by then.

Thats a very good point. And as I said, it seems silly to spend so much money that isn't strictly necessary. I guess I just miss tinkering with my pc. 

 

14 hours ago, PDifolco said:

I suppose that at 1080p your CPU is limiting performance, and the 7600X3D will be a huge boost, it's like 30% faster

Plus you can sell it later to upgrade to a better AM5 chip like 9800X3D, board and RAM wil be compatible

The price seems decent - yet you don't tell what board and RAM you'd get- so I'd rather say go for it !

 

I specced it out with a mATX b650, I think it was ROG, but will have to do some more research before deciding, and a 32 GB of 6000/CL 30 ram. 

I do play around with DLDSR at 1440p to get more milage out of my gpu, but I'm aware that I'm probably constraining it a bit with the 5600x.

 

Thanks for both your answers. What I'm also hearing is that I should not go for the 5700x3d. Either wait a bit more or go for it. 

I'll probably keep flip flopping for some time without pulling the trigger

But it was nice to get some feedback on my thoughts