[SOLVED] Buy advice. Ryzen 7 1800x vs Ryzen 5 3600

[Voprix]

So I know the 3600 is overall better but I have a friend wanting to sell his 1800x for 75$. The down side it is just the cpu no mibo or cooler. I was wandering if it would still be worth it to get the 1800x or just keep saving for the 3600.

 

[sizzling]

What are you using the pc for? If gaming then what resolution and Hz is the monitor and what gpu will you use?

 

[drea.drechsler]

So I know the 3600 is overall better but I have a friend wanting to sell his 1800x for 75$. The down side it is just the cpu no mibo or cooler. I was wandering if it would still be worth it to get the 1800x or just keep saving for the 3600.

It is compelling...but only if you overclock pretty heavily (4.1-4.2Ghz range). Gen 1 could do that but it needs some pretty good cooling (think Dark Rock Pro, NHD-15, 240mm AIO) to go with it so the lack of stock cooling isn't such a big deal.

But even then for gaming at 1080p a 3600 would probably be preferable. But at 1440p it gets more interesting, and if you like streaming at game resolution even more so because the extra execution threads start to become real important. At 4k I honestly think it's all on the GPU so probably no significant difference.

 

[Voprix]

Right now the gpu is gtx 760 but I'm putting my old gtx 1080 for 1440p in there when the new nvidia cards drop due to me upgrading

 

[drea.drechsler]

Right now the gpu is gtx 760 but I'm putting my old gtx 1080 for 1440p in there when the new nvidia cards drop due to me upgrading

An 1800x made a great cost-effective pairing with 1080ti's for 1440p gaming. So matching a $78 8 core/16 thread Gen1 CPU with a 1080 also sounds like a great budget choice.

A GTX760 would be utterly outclassed by either 1800x or 3600, but I suppose you've guessed that.