I’m still running a 3600. Prob won’t upgrade for another year being that there hasn’t really been anything worth playing. The 5900x does intrigue me though. I’ll prob see if I can snag one in a year at a cheaper price, unless there’s something truly worth splurging for.
Unless you're running a fucking dual core from 10+ years ago I'd say you will see minimal benefits from a CPU upgrade.
I love having a beast with a ton of cores and threads but games are rarely being programmed for the latest CPUs.
Usually CPU upgrades help with the load outside of the game so you don't need to worry, even with a browser open with 20 tabs and a Spotify instance and half a dozen other items all with Stellaris running.
I wouldn't jump for it just to have it.
Thought about just going up to a Ryzen 7 5700X3D, but the minmial gains didnt justify it. Would be a similar story with the 3600x for certain work cases. However if needing more cores i get it. Thats why im looking at ryzen 7xxx. 7900X3D would be a 35+% jump in performance.
Got an old habit of building something every couple of years because id go through ex server xeons all the time. My 3700x RTX 3070 would be suffice for years if i just wanna play games at an acceptal graphic/fps rate @1440p, but i gotz the itch. Id be happy with me shit when GTA 6 drops cause itll run it fine im sure, but if I could have a better exp, thats the game id upgrade for. Been looking at Ryzen 7xxx and come across decent used deals on the rx 7900 gre from time to time. in da price to perfomance model i live off of its a dumb upgrade since its not 100%+ improvement. 30% better system for 500-700 seems wasteful, especially since im retired i guess.
however, thinking about going back to 4k, thats where id see the benefits, at least gpu wise.. cpu wise its a push.
