[SOLVED] Ryzen 5 2600x or Ryzen 7 2700x?

[zrnick3]

I'm planning to upgrade from an i5-4440 and I usually use my pc only for gaming and casual streaming/recording on 2560x1440 res.

 

[clutchc]

For pure gaming, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slight edge on the Ryzen 7 2700X. For most everything else, the 2700X is superior. Don't forget, the 3000-series Ryzens are rumored to be released in the [strike]1Q of 2019[/strike], mid 2019... maybe.

 

[josephpelton4thewin]

Either should be able to game and stream at the same time fine, but the Ryzen 7 2700x will do a better job than the ryzen 5 2600x. It depends on if you want to spend a little more for the ryzen 7 2700x.

 

[Dashman9000]

I'd really hold off looking at the Ryzen 2x series for now. Nothing wrong with them, very strong and capable CPU's. But as one of the previous posts suggests Ryzen 3x will be out soon. From what sources say, Ryzen 3x core and OC clock will be a little higher, plus the 2x series could be on a fire sale once they release.

 

[clutchc]

@Dashman9000
In fact, that's what I'm doing myself. I have a 1st gen R5 and was going to upgrade to the 2nd gen R5, but from what I've seen there is only about a 5-6% performance bump. So I decided to wait for the 3rd gen to arrive. Supposed to be multi chip design. 7nm compute cores on one chip and 14nm I/O on the 2nd chip.