What CPU to use for staying with AM4?

[FoxyAureo]

I play games at 1440p, and i've been going back and forth between a 5900x, and 5700x3d both of which are 400aud for me, or if i should go with a 5800x which is 260aud.

I currently have a 5600, that is starting to struggle in games, most noticably Cyberpunk and Warhammer 40k sm2...where the CPU hits 100% consistently and will drop down to 40 or so fps.
I do alot of multitasking while playing games such as; watching videos, music, discord call etc

i've looked at benchmarks and all the CPUs are usually within a few fps of each other, and sometimes the 5700x3d absolutely demolishes.

i'm just wondering what would be better for my use case, as i do play games alot, but i also multitask while playing games, and i use Blender, Unity etc (but i render on GPU)
any help from people with experience with these CPUs would be amazing ^-^

Specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 5600
RAM: 32gb RAM @3600mhz
GPU: AMD RX 7900XT
MB: B550 Gigabyte Aorus AX V2

[WereCat]

Going from R5 5600 to 5800X or 5900X is not worth it at all just for gaming. You'll see maybe 10% FPS uplift. 

 

IMO even 5700X3D is a hard sell for that price but it will easily beat all of the other options in game performance.

 

[Teletha]

i would go for the x3d for 400aud if i was staying on am4 for some years ahead. but i would also instead save that money for an am5 setup instead but that might not be too interesting for you. 

[baconhead]

Same 5600 and having a bottleneck on CPU while gaming at 4K.

Actually there aint no many options available for am4 except for x3d series, which is overpriced by now.

[FoxyAureo]

1 hour ago, WereCat said:

Going from R5 5600 to 5800X or 5900X is not worth it at all just for gaming. You'll see maybe 10% FPS uplift. 

 

IMO even 5700X3D is a hard sell for that price but it will easily beat all of the other options in game performance.

 

Unfortunately us Australians are pretty out of luck with tech pricing, 400aud seems the lowest i can get it for brand new, will maybe look second hand

[FoxyAureo]

1 hour ago, Teletha said:

i would go for the x3d for 400aud if i was staying on am4 for some years ahead. but i would also instead save that money for an am5 setup instead but that might not be too interesting for you. 

I plan on staying AM4 till i do a rebuild in 2 or 3 years, as smth like a 7800x3d is still about 750aud

[FoxyAureo]

51 minutes ago, baconhead said:

Same 5600 and having a bottleneck on CPU while gaming at 4K.

Actually there aint no many options available for am4 except for x3d series, which is overpriced by now.

I think AM4 might go EOL soon as well, places like Centrecom and Scorptec are getting less and less AM4 CPUs, and most are sold out

[Dedayog]

2 hours ago, FoxyAureo said:

Unfortunately us Australians are pretty out of luck with tech pricing, 400aud seems the lowest i can get it for brand new, will maybe look second hand

Definitely look used market.  CPU maintain very well and a used one will be just as good as new performance wise .