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> Btw, the 3800X is not a good pick. That really depends on the pricing situation, very much like with the 3600x. Over the months I've seen the price differen
by freeflight 7y ago
> Btw, the 3800X is not a good pick.
That really depends on the pricing situation, very much like with the 3600x.
Over the months I've seen the price difference between a 3800x and 3700x see as low as 20€, the same with the 3600 and the 3600x.
That's because the 3600 and 3700x are recommended, and sold so often that retailers sometimes end up sitting on large stocks of 3600x/3800x too long and clear them out at discounts.
Imho even for gaming the 3800x might be a pretty good long term choice. The higher clocks are particularly relevant yet you still get the core advantage of the 3700x, without taking the same clock hit.
But if it's all about the budget and price/performance then it's really difficult to beat the 3600.
- onli 7y agoThere is no big clock hit. The turbo clock is 4.4GHz vs 4.5GHz, that's nothing. In practice the difference is mostly 1 FPS. The base clock difference looks bigger, 300 MHz, but Ryzen does not stay at the base clock like old Intel cpus did, it always turbos. Now, if it's the same price there is no reason not to get the 3800X over the 3700X :)
- smallstepforman 7y agoThe 3700X is a 65W part, so its quieter for those who dont like listening to fans spin loudly.
- p1necone 7y agoPresumably it basically is the same CPU, potentially just better binned ones being flashed as 3800x?
- onli 7y agoExactly. https://www.techspot.com/review/1899-ryzen-3800x-vs-3700x-difference/ https://www.techspot.com/review/1899-ryzen-3800x-vs-3700x-di... explains more details: > The top 20% of all 3800X processors tested passed their 4.3 GHz AVX2 stress test, whereas the top 21% of all 3700X processors were only stable at 4.15 GHz. Also, all 3800X processors passed the test at 4.2 GHz, while 3700X processors were only good at 4.05 GHz, meaning the 3800X has about 150 MHz more headroom when it comes to overclocking. That's a minimal difference of course, but right at the clock wall of Ryzen, so AMD has to do binning here to enable the 3800X.
- DeathArrow 7y agoHigher base clock might mean you can overclock it higher. Of course, most people don't overclock their CPUs, even if they are unlocked.
- onli 7y agoI don't see why the base block would be the factor for that. The Ryzen cpus overclock on its own, it should be the turbo clock and PBO that shows how well they overclock. I just linked in another comment to an article that explains that while the 3800X does overclock better, it's a minimal difference, right in line with their turbo clock specs.