Hi.
I'm going to build a new rig soon for gaming + hobby sound design/audio editing and light video editing (mainly throwing audio and video together in premiere pro and render it to 1920x1080 at most). And I'm split on my CPU choice. As a side note I have been gaming in 1080p on my current rig since I built it.
The 5600x when it comes out will cost 373,49 USD where I live. While the Ryzen 3900x usually costs 552,39 USD, but after a discount and a cashback promo thing it would end up costing 414,75. About 46,64 USD cheaper than the 3700x, here.
The key issue here is the fact that on one hand the 5600x will have increased performance when it comes to single core, which I realise would be great for gaming. On the other hand the 3900x seems like a smart choice due to its multiple cores for creative tasks. I also thought about the 5800x before, but it will end up costing about 550 USD where I live. And I feel that the money saved would be better of being used for a GPU.
I also realise that things like "futureproofing" is debatable, but would a 3900x in theory function good for 4-5 years of gaming? Or would the 5600x perhaps be a wiser choice in that regard.
As a reference I currently have an I5 4690K (not overclocked) and it has worked great for my audio and video editing work. Though I'll admit that I am using my 970 GTX GPU for the rendering in premiere pro. But give or take the usual time to export big mixing projects from adobe auditon and rendering in premiere pro takes about 4-8 min.
I'm going to build a new rig soon for gaming + hobby sound design/audio editing and light video editing (mainly throwing audio and video together in premiere pro and render it to 1920x1080 at most). And I'm split on my CPU choice. As a side note I have been gaming in 1080p on my current rig since I built it.
The 5600x when it comes out will cost 373,49 USD where I live. While the Ryzen 3900x usually costs 552,39 USD, but after a discount and a cashback promo thing it would end up costing 414,75. About 46,64 USD cheaper than the 3700x, here.
The key issue here is the fact that on one hand the 5600x will have increased performance when it comes to single core, which I realise would be great for gaming. On the other hand the 3900x seems like a smart choice due to its multiple cores for creative tasks. I also thought about the 5800x before, but it will end up costing about 550 USD where I live. And I feel that the money saved would be better of being used for a GPU.
I also realise that things like "futureproofing" is debatable, but would a 3900x in theory function good for 4-5 years of gaming? Or would the 5600x perhaps be a wiser choice in that regard.
As a reference I currently have an I5 4690K (not overclocked) and it has worked great for my audio and video editing work. Though I'll admit that I am using my 970 GTX GPU for the rendering in premiere pro. But give or take the usual time to export big mixing projects from adobe auditon and rendering in premiere pro takes about 4-8 min.