I'm sold, who else is getting an AMD 3600x?

[dirtyferret]

I'm not going to wait, I'm jumping into the AMD 3600x with both feet cannon ball style. The hype is too real, the 3600x will be to gaming what the intel i5-2500k was several years back. No more micro stuttering and enough threads for my excel spreadsheet content creation.

I plan to OC the 3600x to 5ghz so can anyone recommend a cheap X570 mobo?

Ryzen 5 3600 annihilates the 2600 in leaked benchmarks

The closest comparison for the Ryzen 5 3600 is the 2600, which is also a six-core, twelve thread chip that's just 300 MHz slower with a 3.9...

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[bug]

I'm never sold on rumors and I don't have to have a CPU on release day.

Also, what kind of work do you do in Excel?

 

[xrror]

Since I apparently have the worst clocking 1600 and 1600x 's in history, I'm to the point that if there is a pre-order for the 3600x I'm gonna do it.

 

[dirtyferret]

I'm never sold on rumors and I don't have to have a CPU on release day.

Also, what kind of work do you do in Excel?

damn it bug, throw caution to the wind and get an AMD 3600x!
I mostly move information from one excel file to another, downloading and uploading to several different back ends, run some basic modules, extremely thread intensive stuff.

Since I apparently have the worst clocking 1600 and 1600x 's in history, I'm to the point that if there is a pre-order for the 3600x I'm gonna do it.

That's the spirit!

 

[bug]

damn it bug, throw caution to the wind and get an AMD 3600x!
I mostly move information from one excel file to another, downloading and uploading to several different back ends, run some basic modules, extremely thread intensive stuff.

I'm thinking about it, but I'm neither sold on the idea at this point, nor willing to pre-order.

 

[xtreemchaos]

wait !, lets see how thay play out, im not planning to update untill the new year, get a few reviews first before i take the plunge.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

I'll be upgrading for sure, that's the reason I've stuck with my 1600 and skipped the 2***series ryzens

 

[Rahnak]

I would wait for reviews before buying anything, just to be safe.

That said, I'm not sure there will be cheap X570 boards at launch. The lowest MSI board is rumored to be around $150 and I suspect all the lower end ones will be around that number too.

It would be great if they had information about B550 at E3 but doesn't seem like it either.

 

[Kapone33]

Though I haven't locked down which CPU I am absolutely getting a Ryzen 3000 series. The 3600X looks like a soild buy but I want to see what the 3900X does in gaming benchmarks

 

[FYFI13]

plan to OC the 3600x to 5ghz so can anyone recommend a cheap X570 mobo?

Good luck with that.

 

[bug]

Though I haven't locked down which CPU I am absolutely getting a Ryzen 3000 series. The 3600X looks like a soild buy but I want to see what the 3900X does in gaming benchmarks

The CPU with the highest core count has never been the best gaming CPU

 

[Kapone33]

The CPU with the highest core count has never been the best gaming CPU

Well for the game series I like to play (Total War) I have seen an increase in performance using an 8 core vs 6 core CPU.

 

[phanbuey]

The CPU with the highest core count has never been the best gaming CPU

Agreed, I think the 3700 (x) is going to be the flagship gamer.

 

[HTC]

I don't plan to upgrade my current CPU anytime soon: perhaps when Zen 3 launches i may get a Zen 2 CPU, unless Zen 3 is also for AM4 socket (which i seriously doubt). If that turns out to be the case, i'll buy either a X570 board or a next gen board (X670???) for the CPU.

My current CPU is already more than enough for my needs.

 

[John Naylor]

This the same hype we always see ....

Mantle is gonna change everything ... it didn't
HBM2 is gonna change everything ... it didn't
More cores was gonna change everything ... it didn't
Smaller nm is gonna change everything ... it didn't.

While it has been nice to see AMD narrow the gap, the 2700X remains the only CPU we currently recommend in a particular price / performance niche. If you on a low budget (< $300 CPU), and your workload is say 70 % gaming and 30 - 40% video editing, then the 2700X is an excellent choice. If you can manage an extra $200, the 9900k is a better fit. It is currently th best gaming CPU on the market and it has the highest "value" in video editing (Testing by Pueget Sound / AdobePpremier).

If you need to be the 1st one on your block to have the new shiny thing, by all means go ahead and do so. I can not recommend it as a sensible choice. Buyer's Remorse sucks. Now if it's out and tested and does change the current price / performance picture ... by all means jump on it when the 2nd or 3rd stepping is shipping. I don't gamble, most people in engineering don't, must be the math focus. You may think it's a sure thing ... but so did the people who bet on heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua before he got beat yesterday by that guy with the beer belly.

I just don't see the value in pre-ordering ... weigh what you win versus what you can lose. Let's even forget about the situation where the product doesn't live up to the hype ...do you really want to live on the bleeding edge ? We recommend never buying 1st stepping products 'outta the gate'. Whether it be CPUs, MoBos, whatever ... the folks on the bleeding edge wind up with the bugs, the BIOSs, that won't be right yet for 4 or 5 revisions, the MoBos with non working features .... and the worst batch related to overclocking ... later steppings will improve in all these areas. Being the 1st one on the block to have the new shiny thing, leaves you exposed to all those headaches and the folks coming in behind you will likely wind up with a better product and a higher overlock.

Remeber the Intel B3 stepping fiasco w/ P67 / B67 ? Remember the issues nVidia had with 2xxx series GFX cards ? Ask those users how pre-ordering worked out for them. Not trying to be harsh here, but just can't see any advantage to going the pre-order / early stepping route.

 

[Deleted member 67555]

From what I gather the 3600x should be on par SC with the 8700 non-K ... That's great as it would then be good enough.. And will beat it easily on MC...

I built a Ryzen system just for this a few months back.. But I'm gonna wait until I see some solid reviews.

 

[TheLostSwede]

The CPU with the highest core count has never been the best gaming CPU

You might be surprised this time around. And 12 isn't the highest...

 

[ArchStupid]

How can you be sold on something without actually seeing any performance numbers?

 

[chaosmassive]

im saving money for total overhaul upgrade to R5 3600 system, looks perfect to me
imagine upgrading i5 2500 to R5 3600, how many +++% performance increase

 

[dirtyferret]

The CPU with the highest core count has never been the best gaming CPU

If you don't have a high core count CPU you will have frame dips! FRAME DIPS

 

[Divide Overflow]

Wait for the reviews and pricing are released before committing.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Wait for the reviews and pricing are released before committing.

Eh? Pricing was announced at Computex.

 

[Vario]

you'd be a fool to buy something on hype alone without waiting for reviews and benchmarks.

 

[dirtyferret]

you'd be a fool to buy something on hype alone without waiting for reviews and benchmarks.

At its over stated theoretical performance, I would be a fool not to get it!

 

[Kapone33]

you'd be a fool to buy something on hype alone without waiting for reviews and benchmarks.

Something based on 2 previous releases and big architectural changes with improved memory compatibility, you would be lacking brain cells if you didn't for this particular launch.