[SOLVED] Should I upgrade?

[ThatSourMelon]

Ok, so I recently built a gaming build a couple months ago, I got an intel i5-9600k, I was pondering on upgrading to a i7-7600k. But then I took heard of the Ryzen 3rd generation. They completely flew under my radar when I was looking for a cpu in the first place, because I didn’t even consider them. No I’m eyeing the Ryzen 7 3700x. It’s got a slightly lower ghz, but that doesn’t matter too much because it’s got the same amount of cores, and about twice as many threads as the i7-9700k, and a lot of cache, even at a lower ghz, they apparently beat intel by a long shot. I would upgrade, but that would have me change a lot about my build, I would have to sell my cpu, motherboard, and cpu cooler (Could I sell them all together and not even risk trying to take them apart, I kept all the original packaging...). Anyway, that’s a big change, and would be very expensive. Is it worth the upgrade? Or should I wait and see what intel and Ryzen bring to the table next year? Idk much about this so I decided to ask the experts! I do a lot of gaming and streaming.

 

[AngelTech]

What is the 7500x ? and personally if you have the 9600K wait for Zen 3

 

[ThatSourMelon]

What is the 7500x ? and personally if you have the 9600K wait for Zen 3

Sorry, I meant 3700x. But gen 3 is already out for Ryzen, if that’s what you mean, or do you mean gen 4? So I wait for next year?

 

[mamasan2000]

Unless you've noticed something during streaming, CPU overloaded etc, stick with what you got. Not worth the money.
Ryzen 3000 = Gen 2. It is weird. Ryzen 1000-series = 1st gen, 2000-series = Gen+. 3rd gen next year probably.

 

[AngelTech]

Sorry, I meant 3700x. But gen 3 is already out for Ryzen, if that’s what you mean, or do you mean gen 4? So I wait for next year?

No Ryzen 3000 is Zen 2 Zen 3 is Ryzen 4000 (scheduled for 2020) Zen is the chip architecture

 

[Gam3r01]

Unless you've noticed something during streaming, CPU overloaded etc, stick with what you got. Not worth the money.
Ryzen 3000 = Gen 2. It is weird. Ryzen 1000-series = 1st gen, 2000-series = Gen+

Not quite.
Ryzen 3000 is the third generation of Ryzen processors, which is called zen 2. It is still the third gen.
Ryzen 1000 is First gen, Zen 1 architecture
Ryzen 2000 is Second gen, Zen+ architecture
Ryzen 3000 is Third gen, Zen 2 architecture

 

[AngelTech]

Not quite.
Ryzen 3000 is the third generation of Ryzen processors, which is called zen 2. It is still the third gen.
Ryzen 1000 is First gen, Zen 1 architecture
Ryzen 2000 is Second gen, Zen+ architecture
Ryzen 3000 is Third gen, Zen 2 architecture

Ah yes, I am half asleep my bad! when he said gen 3 thought he was meaning Zen 3.

 

[mamasan2000]

Sorry, I got confused as well.

 

[xravenxdota]

I won't upgrade now tbh.The intel chips are still faster in games if that's what your after.Highest frame rates at 1080p then intel is the way to go but for everything else video editing etc amd's thje way to go

 

[geofelt]

Is your current setup not doing the job?
If so, in what way?
What are the rest of your specs?
Have you overclocked your 9600K? If so, to what level?
What resolution do you play at?
Do you plan on a monitor upgrade?

In general, if your work is of a production type, you can get better batch run times with lots of cores/threads.
For that, ryzen is a very good deal.

If your work is primarily gaming, then consider the types of games you play.
If they are sims, mmo, or strategy games, the single thread performance is most important.
If you play multiplayer games many threads are good.