Question Ryzen 2600 or 3600 with an RX 6600

[bluebudgie]

I have a measly budget of $240 left after upgrading my gpu to a 6600 but its bottlenecking crazy with my current i5 7500 so have decided to go for an upgrade. My choices are ryzen 2600 and 3600 costing 108$ and 135$ respectively and an A520m for $65 all new. Question is how much does the gap in performance hold value if im going to pair it with my rx6600 for 3-4years. Should I go with the 3600 and pay the additional 27$ or go for 2600 and bare a bit of the bottleneck? Have seen some benchmarks online and games which achieve 60-80fps range dont have much of a difference btw 2600 and 3600 rather than esport titles which have a great impact. What would you decide to go for?
Current build:
Asus z270a prime
i5 7500
16gb ddr4 corsair vengeance 2x8gb@ 2666mhz
RX 6600
450w
250gb ssd 1.5tb hdd

 

[Lutfij]

You will need to get a new board to pair the above listed Ryzen processors. I'd pick the latter though please be reminded that Ryzen prefers a dual channel DDR4-3200Mhz ram kit to get the best out of your platform, I don't think 170USD is going to get you those three, unless you have a dual channel DDR4-3200MHz ram kit on your existing Intel build.

Might want to pass on the specs to your current build, like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:

 

[Karadjgne]

For a Ryzen board, cpu, ram you'd be looking at closer to $300 for the upgrade, only $50 of which is 16Gb of corsair LPX 3200.

Which puts you in a pickle, because with a $170 platform budget, your only viable option is a 7700k, at which point new is not recommended, I'd hit eBay.

 

[bluebudgie]

You will need to get a new board to pair the above listed Ryzen processors. I'd pick the latter though please be reminded that Ryzen prefers a dual channel DDR4-3200Mhz ram kit to get the best out of your platform, I don't think 170USD is going to get you those three, unless you have a dual channel DDR4-3200MHz ram kit on your existing Intel build.

Might want to pass on the specs to your current build, like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:

I forgot to mention specs, I do have ddr4 2x8gb both having a clock speed of 2666mhz. Also have 65usd for mobo A520m

 

[bluebudgie]

For a Ryzen board, cpu, ram you'd be looking at closer to $300 for the upgrade, only $50 of which is 16Gb of corsair LPX 3200.

Which puts you in a pickle, because with a $170 platform budget, your only viable option is a 7700k, at which point new is not recommended, I'd hit eBay.

already have 2x8gb 2666mhz but not 3200mhz
Also can get an A520m mobo
What would be the best choice now?

 

[Karadjgne]

The 2666MHz will work. Not a fan of the A series mobo's, like the 320 or 520 since they are chopped down versions, often having limited functionality. If you go that far into budget just to save a few $$, you often end up with far less performance than what you paid for.