Worth it to upgrade Ryzen 3 1200?

[njsullyalex]

Hello, last year I built a Ryzen 3 1200 based gaming PC. For the past year, things have been awesome. I've been playing mostly War Thunder, Rainbow Six Siege, and Fortnite, all at 1080p high settings when paired with a GTX 1060 3gb. WT gets well over 100 FPS, R6 Siege averages around 80-100 FPS, and Fortnite can get over 100 FPS but there is stuttering at times. I also use this PC for video editing. Currently the CPU is overclocked to 3.8 Ghz, and the RAM is two sticks of Crucial 8gb (16 total) DDR4 (not Ballistix, these are boring plain green sticks) originally clocked at 2400 Mhz but OC'd to 2666 with cleaned up timings. All this is on a Gigabyte GA-AB350M Gaming 3 motherboard with an up to date BIOS.

I've been paying attention to Ryzen prices recently, and with a new job that I got and my birthday coming up, I was wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade my system while my R3 1200 still has value (I could probably sell it for around $70). I noticed new games like Battlefield V struggle on quad cores (granted, I'm not getting BFV), but I am getting COD BO4, and there probably is performance improvements to be had. Here are my options, what do you guys think I should do?

Buy Ryzen 5 2600 ($150 on Amazon)
Buy Ryzen 7 1700 ($190 on Amazon)
Wait for Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000 series) to release in April
Just don't upgrade at all

 

[richiestang_78]

The Ryzen 2600 would be a fairly big upgrade. Not only does it have better single thread performance for gaming, but it also has more cores/threads for things like video editing. So IMO yes it would be worth it. Just be sure to update your BIOS if you do go with it while you still have your 1200.

 

[njsullyalex]

The Ryzen 2600 would be a fairly big upgrade. Not only does it have better single thread performance for gaming, but it also has more cores/threads for things like video editing. So IMO yes it would be worth it. Just be sure to update your BIOS if you do go with it while you still have your 1200.

Thanks! I've been considering the 2600 for a while, and it is a steal at just $150. I think I'm going to upgrade in a few weeks, now its a debate between that and the R7 1700. My only worry about the 2600 is its Wraith Stealth cooler, the same one as the 1200. Yeah though, in terms of multithreaded performance, it is double my R3 1200. And yes, I've made sure to keep my BIOS updated with every new release, it is currently running the F23 BIOS, which is the latest one on their website, and lists support for the R5 2600.