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But, don’t waste money on a 3900 you’re going to replace. The 3300x and 3600 are really good placeholder options (I have the 3600 for this purpose).
by boardwaalk 6y ago
But, don’t waste money on a 3900 you’re going to replace. The 3300x and 3600 are really good placeholder options (I have the 3600 for this purpose).
- Finnucane 6y agoThat actually seems like a reasonable idea--get the cheaper cpu now, which would still be a big boost over my old system, then swap later when supplies allow.
- myself248 6y agoThat's what I did last year, with a 3200G. It's a functional placeholder for now, still a significant bump over what it replaced, but only temporary. My plan is to wait for Socket AM5 to come out, and get the last-best AM4 offering to stuff into my existing motherboard. That may be complicated by BIOS and chipset support (which effectively means a socket-generation-increment even if the physical connector is the same), but we'll see how far my B450 can take me. And at the time, I'll be adding a discrete GPU, since I'll surely be going to a non-APU chip.
- buzzerbetrayed 6y agoYou could return your brand new 3900x and borrow your friends 2600x while you wait for the new 5900x. If this sounds oddly specific, it's because it is exactly what I am doing. Returned the 5900X a couple months ago while I wait. Obviously this isn't a serious suggestion as I know most people don't happen to have a friend with a spare 2600x.