supply and demand. they don't make 1700 anymore
which 3k series?
thank youIf the 1700 is handling your gaming & streaming well I'd try to hold off for the 4th gen which should be out later this year.
i could wait, but i'm not a patient man lmfao, ive read that the 3600x is the same as the 2700x but comes with a better stock cooler, and that they're basically identical. My brother has a 2700x and has been struggling with streaming tough games with even with a rtx 2070 (ik streamign doesnt have much to do with the gpu).
my current motherboard is the Asus Rog Strix B450-F Gaming AM4 and i have 32gb of ram that i had to downscale to 3000 mhz from 3466 due to the 1700 i believe. i believe that mobo would be fine with a 2700x correct?The 3600x is 6/12 the 2700x is 8/16 cores/threads. Not the same. With the streaming I think you would want to keep the additional threads.
There could be a lot of reasons why your brothers system isn't streaming smoothly. Whole different subject.
Something else to consider here is that your RAM selection may or may not be 'ideal' for your newer generation CPU as far as speed. If you are on a 3xx motherboard you may or may not run into issue upgrading to RAM that will run optimally and stable.
They don't have the same core counts, but performance-wise a 3600 or 3600X typically comes within 10% of a 2700X at heavily-multithreaded tasks utilizing all cores, while offering 10-15% better light to moderately-threaded performance, which will likely be more beneficial to games. Given the choice between a 3600 and a 2700X at a similar price, I would probably go for the 3600, unless tasks involving all cores was the primary concern.The 3600x is 6/12 the 2700x is 8/16 cores/threads. Not the same. With the streaming I think you would want to keep the additional threads.