I’m not downgrading from my 4770 for that!
as someone who upgraded from a 4770k to a ryzen 3900x, you’re kidding yourself if you really think your chip is superior. Makes for a decent truenas server though.
Oh I was absolutely joking. I’m on the struggle bus with that machine. That’s the kids “plug in an Xbox controller and play” machine. It sits in their room. I use a MSI stealth 8750h and 1060 -Mint, as my main machine. I know it’s not the newest but it’s fine for what I do.
Who TF is Ryen?
I’m sorry, but I don’t have a grand to throw at a single fucking processor. I can put together a whole computer for that kind of coin.
Let’s see… seems like i can upgrade my Asus PRIME X70-A to a Ryzen 9 5950X for about 300€… interesting…
The 5950X is now pretty midrange when it comes to some desktop benchmarks, but mine is still serving me well and I don’t feel I’m hitting the limits of the CPU. If I were shopping now I’d certainly find that price appealing for what it offers. I’m not considering Intel these days, but the price premium on latest-generation AMD CPUs is high.
It’s one of the latest my mobo can handle AFAIK, and i like to maximize my hardware for longevity (one of the reasons i prefer AMD over Intel, their CPU generations span multiple sockets).
Also, not a gamer.
Yes, I went up to a 5950x a while back from a 3600 for the same reason: it was the best CPU I could get without upgrading motherboard and RAM. And I hardly ever play games. Looking at the performance benchmarks it seems the X3D stuff actually slows down non-gaming workloads a bit (perhaps because it increases temperatures), so I don’t feel the need to chase after that tech.
Still rocking an i5-8400 and a 1060. It’s fine for FFXIV and most other games.
Until GPU prices come down, the CPU is the least of my worries. I’ll play anything that needs decent hardware on my PS5.