So, I'm planning to upgrade my GTX 1070 to the RTX 3070 hopefully when it launches and am wondering which option would suit me best. I'm mainly looking to game at 1080p 144hz ultra and the GTX 1070 hasn't seemed to be pulling its weight in games warranting an upgrade, however, my main concern is what I'll be upgrading my cpu to.
I'll be upgrading from the Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3825 mhz on the b350 platform.
Should I go for Ryzen 5 3600xt (assuming it drops) or 3600 (assuming it doesn't)
or wait until 2021/22 and go for Ryzen 5 5000 when that releases (AM5?)
Making the assumption that because AMD's AM4 platform is only really getting support until when Ryzen 4000 drops that AM5 will be released for the 5000 series, having to upgrade to two new platforms is counterproductive in the longevity of things.
I totally would think about going for the 4000 series CPU's but having to upgrade to a newer motherboard is an excess cost that I've sort of ruled out of the question for now.
What are your takes on this? I know that it's a bit subjective because it's more of a question of do you need all of that performance immediately or not but to be frank, I'm just trying to think about whether the jump from 1600 to 3600xt is worth doing if it's just used as a step towards when DDR5 and Ryzen 6000 comes out!
Lastly, the bottleneck between the 1600 and the RTX 3070 is hopefully going to be more insubstantial with graphics quality turned all the way up so I'm not toooo worried about the gap between when the RTX 3070 comes out and when the 5000 series releases but is it worth waiting for?
I'll be upgrading from the Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3825 mhz on the b350 platform.
Should I go for Ryzen 5 3600xt (assuming it drops) or 3600 (assuming it doesn't)
or wait until 2021/22 and go for Ryzen 5 5000 when that releases (AM5?)
Making the assumption that because AMD's AM4 platform is only really getting support until when Ryzen 4000 drops that AM5 will be released for the 5000 series, having to upgrade to two new platforms is counterproductive in the longevity of things.
I totally would think about going for the 4000 series CPU's but having to upgrade to a newer motherboard is an excess cost that I've sort of ruled out of the question for now.
What are your takes on this? I know that it's a bit subjective because it's more of a question of do you need all of that performance immediately or not but to be frank, I'm just trying to think about whether the jump from 1600 to 3600xt is worth doing if it's just used as a step towards when DDR5 and Ryzen 6000 comes out!
Lastly, the bottleneck between the 1600 and the RTX 3070 is hopefully going to be more insubstantial with graphics quality turned all the way up so I'm not toooo worried about the gap between when the RTX 3070 comes out and when the 5000 series releases but is it worth waiting for?