5820K or Ryzen 5 1600

[PigWithAMustache]

So my microcenter has a 5820k for $320, and I was wondering if it's worth getting over AMD's 6 core, the 1600. I don't mind the price difference, I just want to know if the 5820k will be a better buy than the 1600.

[Damascus]

It is a good upgrade over the r5 but the 1700 is an upgrade over the 5820k.   Also, X99 mobos are crazy expensive

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3kPzK8/amd-ryzen-7-1700-30ghz-8-core-processor-yd1700bbaebox

 

TLDR:

1700 is the better choice

[glitchmaster0001]

I think the 1600 would be a better buy. Unless you want to go X99 for resale value cuz later on in the future X99 motherboard if you got a good one would be worth over $200 used alone. Plus when companies and server farms decommission their E5 V3 Xeons there will be a flood of Xeon CPUs on eBay, thus lowering the prices of 8 core or even 12 core Xeons CPUs to like $60-100 a CPU. 

[PigWithAMustache]

2 minutes ago, Damascus said:

It is a good upgrade over the r5 but the 1700 is an upgrade over the 5820k.   Also, X99 mobos are crazy expensive

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3kPzK8/amd-ryzen-7-1700-30ghz-8-core-processor-yd1700bbaebox

 

2 minutes ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

I think the 1600 would be a better buy. Unless you want to go X99 for resale value cuz later on in the future X99 motherboard if you got a good one would be worth over $200 used alone. Plus when companies and server farms decommission their V3 Xeons there will be a flood of Xeon CPUs on eBay, thus lowering the prices of the CPUs to like $60 a CPU. 

Ok, thanks for the answers

 

[Phentos]

The 5820K will have better gaming performance for sub-1440p resolutions in most games.

 

However, the kicker is that X99 is now considered a dead-end platform. There is no upgrade path. That fact alone makes X99 no longer worth the investment.

 

With AM4, there is a definite upgrade path for at least the next 3 years.

[zeroyon]

As a 5820K owner, I say get Ryzen. I love my CPU, and it was a great purchase at $370 back in late 2014 when I got it... but not so much anymore. For the same reasons stated here; X99 is a dead end, and X99 MOBO & CPU prices haven't come down in all these years. AM4 will hopefully live on for several more years with new CPUs w/ higher IPCs.

 

Sure you will be able to get old server CPUs for cheap on X99 in a few years, but they won't offer any advantage for gaming compared to current X99 consumer processors. I used to be on X58 and went from an i7-920 to a used X5670.

[jjohnthedon1]

Just for the face that when my z97 board died it was impossible for me to get a replacement that supported sli apart from one that was almost 200 pound

 

id go on ryzen as it's the new platform 

 

I have the choice of getting another 4790k but really not worth staying on a dead platform as getting them replaced is hard of anything goes wrong 

 

I'm really chuffed with my 1600 

[Simon771]

Either Ryzen, or wait few more mounths for 2011 socket replacemnet.

I wouldn't buy X99 motherboard and CPU now anymore. Unless you egt some crazy cheap deal.