Poll: Poll: Will you be ditching 3900X/3950X for 4900X/4950X

[ALXAndy]

No. I got a 3950x, I intend to keep it for many years. I'm not chasing single threaded performance or bleeding edge gaming performance.

I came from two old Broadwell Xeons and a 1920x, so the uplift was enormous any way.

 

[michty_me]

Like a few in here, I'll be looking to upgrade my 3600 when the 4000 chips start dropping in price. I would probably just go for a 12 core item though as that woul dbe more than enough to last me 5 years+

 

[The Old School Gamer]

My 3900X on X370 obviously not.
But that's ok, it's doing it's job perfectly fine.

My 3900 on X570 I probably will... but not till later on next year (I may even wait till Zen 3+ if that happens).

The main objective this year is a Ampere or RDNA2 upgrade.

 

[sepulchre]

I only bought my 3900x last week, given I’ve only just moved from a 4790k I think it’s fair to say I’ll be holding onto this chip for a while.

Only thing that could change my mind will be if there are significant performance benefits when paired with the new gfx cards from Nvidia and being able to get a reasonable price for a 3900x on the MM

 

[IvanDobskey]

Only just got my 3900x and can't see myself needing any more power for at least 5 years. The thing is absolute overkill

 

[gooseuk]

Nar defo won't be upgrading. Maybe change motherboard but that's all.

 

[Zeebedy]

Nope, setup as I like it for now. Sticking with my 3900X. Great chip.

 

[ezekial]

I will be switching to AMD for zen3

 

[faceman123]

Of course. But not straight away. I'll get a 4950x way after release likely when they have come down in price or there are some on MM.

I'll keep this mobo and ram investment for as long as it does what I need, hopefully at least 6 years with a cpu swap in 3.

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[jigger]

Maybe, although I might go with a XT chip.

 

[Nick1881]

Tuned 3900X is pretty solid tbh. Going from 3800C16 to 3800C14 the performance jumped almost 5% higher (from 3600C16 to 3800C14 is like a new CPU).

Have a look here what I am saying.

Which RAM are you using? Mine is only 16gb 3600CL18, I've been thing about going up to 32Gb with better timings.

 

[Panos]

Which RAM are you using? Mine is only 16gb 3600CL18, I've been thing about going up to 32Gb with better timings.

5y old Gskill Ripjaws V 3600C16

 

[DragonQ]

The only thing I might consider is to swap my 3700X for a 4600. A couple of games use the extra cores but most of the time they sit idle, and I could upgrade my server from a 1700 to a 3700X if I swap it out. I kinda doubt it though since my server isn't even close to sweating. If anything it needs more RAM, not single core performance.

 

[Nick1881]

5y old Gskill Ripjaws V 3600C16

Nice, I've been considering the 8pack 3600 32Gb kit but not sure it's worth it.

Also on topic I will be tempted to move to an XT, but then I will probably also want 4000 when it comes.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

No I only recently bought a 3900X as a replacement for an old but honourable 4790k. CPU's are rarely worth upgrading unless you have a particular need for it or its a significant jump in performance. Which the 49xx is unlikely to be.

 

[Quare Crack]

I am building my first PC and have most parts already including a 3950x. Waiting on 3090.

I saw AMD's announcement today about 8th October and now I'm not sure what to do! I am still within the returns window for the 3950x. I don't know whether to return it and wait or just keep it. I'm fed up waiting for new GPU and CPU to be available but at the same time, I plan to use this system for a good few years so it probably makes sense to get the newest tech.

 

[gooseuk]

3900x got this Xmas last year. So I can't see me changing this, to be honest.

 

[bro306]

will be selling my 3900x and upgrading to a 4900x with a big navi too.

 

[RIZZEE]

Waiting for a 49XXX. 6700k is showing it's age with content creation.

 

[Jimmy Weirdarms]

I have a 3800X, will probably buy a 4950 or equivalent at some point, as it's going to be the most powerful AM4 processor released AFAICT, so ... yeah