Back to the Future: Buy a Last-Gen CPU to Save This Black Friday

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If you want more bang for your buck, consider buying last year’s model of CPU and using the savings for a better graphics card.

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[Browse9011]

5800X3D is best value?
$50 (16%) more buys 50% more cores which are overclockable: 5900X is a better value.

 

[PEnns]

5800X3D is best value?
$50 (16%) more buys 50% more cores which are overclockable: 5900X is a better value.

The author mentions / believes the 5800X3D is better for gaming / "gaming experience".

 

[Avro Arrow]

Not much has changed. The R7-5800X3D is a fantastic value but only if you're a gamer who already has an AM4-based PC and even then, only if you're not already rocking a Zen3 Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7. The difference between the R7-5800X3D and the R7-5700X/5800X is palpable, but not worth $320.

I upgraded to and R7-5800X3D from an R7-5700X but I had already secured the sale of my 5700X to a co-worker before getting it. Fortunately, I bought the 5700X when it was on sale for some stupidly low price and I only lost $50 to sell it for ~$100 below retail. That made it feasible.

 

[Dr3ams]

In the new year I'm looking at buying a 5900X, along with a Sapphire RX 7800 XT.

 

[Order 66]

I'm pretty happy with my current setup, but I may be buying a new TV for black friday.

 

[waltc3]

Main consideration for me right now is the fact that while hopping onboard AM5 is costlier than, say, moving from a 3900X to a 5800x3D, with the AM5 motherboard you are in good shape for Zen 5 and maybe even Zen 6 a year or two down the line. Presumably, at that time you would recoup the extra expense for going AM5/DDR5 early, because you'd have to do it anyway to move from Zen2/3 to Zen 5. So I really think it boils down to whatever my disposable funds are limited to when moving up. I think I may end up with the 5800X3d and transferring my 3900X (sweet cpu!) to my wife, and seeing what Zen 5 is going to bring to the party before biting the AM5 bullet.

 

[froggx]

The difference in performance between an RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4070 is quite significant. On our test suite of games, the 4060 Ti averaged 101.7 fps at 1080p ultra settings, while the 4070 averaged 123.6 fps. At 1440p, those numbers were 75.5 and 98.1 and, at 4K, the 4070 was a playable 57.2 fps, while the 4060 Ti was a much-less-playable 36.9 fps.

Resolution	RTX 4060 Ti ($369)	RTX 4070 ($519)
1080p	$101.70	$ 123.60
1440p	$75.50	$ 98.10
4K	$36.90	$ 57.20
1080p (Ray Tracing)	52.8	69.4
1440p (Ray Tracing)	$33.50	$ 45.20

when did dollars become the unit for fps?