upgrade to 2700x or wait for gen 3000's?

[gougeface]

mobo
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813119140

cpu
ryzen 5 2600

Is my mobo compatible with the new gen 3000's?

 

[thetiesthatbind2018]

Definitely wait for 3000. It might not be able to handle 12C/24T but I guess it could handle a Ryzen 5 8C/16T.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Keep your cpu and wait till 3000 launches at computex in june. AMD Ceo has said in an interview that 7nm ryzen cpus with more than 8 cores are coming. Although she didnt specify he many cores, early an 12 core cpu 7nm ryzen benchmark has been leaked. By design, in order for there to be a 12 core ryzen cpu ther must be 2 8 core modules on the cpu, meaning a 16 core will come. AMDs 3000 series cpus will work with existing Am4 motherboards. You will likely need a bios update in order for it to function, but it should work well with any ryzen 3000 cpu, including ones with more than 8 cores.

 

[rolli59]

Wait!
I was going to go with Ryzen to replace my I5 3570K but strong rumors and release mid year convinced me to wait another few months.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3331944/components-processors/lisa-su-on-the-record-amds-ceo-talks-ryzen-vega-ray-tracing-and-lots-more-at-ces.html?page=2
AMD CEO Lisa Sue said in an interview: "So there is some extra room on that package (the package of the 8 core 7nm ryzen cpu demoed at CES 2019). And I think you might expect that we will have more than eight cores. I didn’t say how many more."
I would hold off and wait till June when they are said to be announced. They sound promising. For example, AMD demonstrated an 8 core ryzen 3000 series CPU at CES. The chip was an early sample so performance WILL improve in the release version. Yet still, the 8 core Ryzen 3000 just barely beat the 9900k in cinebench while using 30% less power. If an 8 core ryzen 3000 beat the 9900k while consuming less power, just imagine how the 16 core Ryzen 3000 cpus would perform.