I had to decide betweem 3700x, 3800x, and 3900x. I ordered a 3900x, set to ship soon, but now am questioning my decision.
I don't game much. My thinking was my occasional video editing or future productivity work I may do (and I am a programmer, so who knows what programs I may use down the road) AND the fact that I like to keep a pc for many years before updating again means I should get the 3900x.
Well, now the more I think about it... even for productivity work there is no guarantee that the 3900x will do much better than the 3700x. Some programs are more gpu-driven, for instance.
And did you notice in the gamersnexus video review that in blender the 3900x uses freakin 140+ watts, while most other cpus were down under 100?
And in one game, the 2700x actually did better than the 3900x... so a previous generation cpu beating it.
Has anyone viewed benchmarks enough to be able to list me out some applications that will even do much better in the 3900x? I know 7zip will, but not sure what else.
Oh and one other thing... Someone made a good point that video editing with too many cores involved can negatively affect that quality of the video, so maybe 12 cores shouldn't be used, anyway! I could save $170 or could get the in-between 3800x and save $100. i don't like to OC, so even if 3800x is only an OCed 3700x, at least it's them standing by the work to get it there.
I don't game much. My thinking was my occasional video editing or future productivity work I may do (and I am a programmer, so who knows what programs I may use down the road) AND the fact that I like to keep a pc for many years before updating again means I should get the 3900x.
Well, now the more I think about it... even for productivity work there is no guarantee that the 3900x will do much better than the 3700x. Some programs are more gpu-driven, for instance.
And did you notice in the gamersnexus video review that in blender the 3900x uses freakin 140+ watts, while most other cpus were down under 100?
And in one game, the 2700x actually did better than the 3900x... so a previous generation cpu beating it.
Has anyone viewed benchmarks enough to be able to list me out some applications that will even do much better in the 3900x? I know 7zip will, but not sure what else.
Oh and one other thing... Someone made a good point that video editing with too many cores involved can negatively affect that quality of the video, so maybe 12 cores shouldn't be used, anyway! I could save $170 or could get the in-between 3800x and save $100. i don't like to OC, so even if 3800x is only an OCed 3700x, at least it's them standing by the work to get it there.