AMD Ryzen 5 3600X review

Posted on: 07/19/2019 07:22 PM

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Just an FYI. You can easily get a core i9 9900k for $430 bucks US. $600 is no where near what they cost now. Yes some online retailers will be overcharging customers but if you look you can find deals everywhere. Microcenter is 1 place and I think you get $30 or $50 off if you pair with a motherboard to get even more savings.

I'm not taking anything away from the 3600x. It's a decent little chip. Personally though I'm not supporting Zen 2. I'm going to wait to see what Intel brings out again and what zen 3 offers. And I can wait. I already have two great PCs that don't need upgrades. I'm not a big chiplet fan but I guess that might be the direction everybody's going. I hope not.

Posted on: 07/19/2019 07:31 PM

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I'll take bacon discussion over Intel/AMD fanboys at each other's throats any day.

I recently got a big 'ol slab of salt pork. Cut it thick and fry it up like bacon, so good. I think they use more sugar in the brine than with bacon.

Couldn't agree more

Posted on: 07/19/2019 07:38 PM

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I'm thinking hard about upgrading from my 3930k to Zen2.
I'm ... just stuck on which one to choose. Thus old CPU of mine lasted me frigging 7 years. Was very futureproof altough ad tad expensive at the start to use it just for gaming.

Now, with this experience I can't choose between the 3600 and the 3700x. Both a yummy 65w after my 135w chip.
Problem is... apart from the IPC upgrade I don't really future proof myself with just another 6C/12T , so that 3700x looks good. Memory wise even the old quad channel hold its own somewhat.
Then again, no real use in gaming right now and is about €150 more expensive...
I really want a comparison with performance charts shoved under my nose to convice me... but I guess Hilbert doesn't do requests eh?


Waaaaah, I dunnoooo! gnnn!

EDIT: I wasn't aware Ryzen 3000 wad 36mb of cache... hmz.. might be the arguement.
I also see a few comparisons and it seems a 1600x is more or less the 3930k equivalent?

Posted on: 07/19/2019 07:40 PM

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Another great review Hilbert, cheers.
AMD are certainly ticking all the boxes accross their lineup and with unbelievable value accross that same board too. I'm stunned by just how much my ageing 5960x is so resoundly beaten on all fronts by this, AMD's second lowest processor in this lineup. A move to AMD is guaranteed though I'm waiting for the 3950x reviews before I choose between that or the 3900x, the new base lasting me another 4-5yrs.

As already mentioned, Zen2 is clearly doing a much, much better job of automatically allocating extra juice when needed to the extent that it's able to ramp up reduced cores higher than any manual all-core overclock. That's impressive stuff. Of course, Windows improvements helps too!

Posted on: 07/19/2019 08:09 PM

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I'm thinking hard about upgrading from my 3930k to Zen2.
I'm ... just stuck on which one to choose. Thus old CPU of mine lasted me frigging 7 years. Was very futureproof altough ad tad expensive at the start to use it just for gaming.


I had a 3930k. Now on a 1600. Its alot faster, even without going past 3.85ghz. And uses alot less power. Im gonna snag a 3600x soon.

Now, with this experience I can't choose between the 3600 and the 3700x. Both a yummy 65w after my 135w chip.
Problem is... apart from the IPC upgrade I don't really future proof myself with just another 6C/12T , so that 3700x looks good. Memory wise even the old quad channel hold its own somewhat.
Then again, no real use in gaming right now and is about €150 more expensive...
I really want a comparison with performance charts shoved under my nose to convice me... but I guess Hilbert doesn't do requests eh?


Waaaaah, I dunnoooo! gnnn!

EDIT: I wasn't aware Ryzen 3000 wad 36mb of cache... hmz.. might be the arguement.
I also see a few comparisons and it seems a 1600x is more or less the 3930k equivalent?