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AMD Zen 3 (5000 Series), rumored 17% IPC gain.

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People complaining about the extra price should remember, we have been getting screwed over by high prices from Intel for years. If AMD's claims of having the best gaming CPU's are actually true then the 50 dollar premium is expected and quite frankly I don't mind paying it
Yeah but then combine it with the missing SKUs.

No 5600 non-X. No 5700X.

So not only do all the SKUs get a £50 increase, but the cheap/value for money SKUs are MIA. That's what we call a "double-whammy" mate.
 
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Isn't the price only a $50 increase across the board when comparing to 3xxx series. Not bad for what AMD are calling the fastest Desktop CPU.

Yea basically, still be best price/performance but now outright best for gaming, can't expect that and be the same price as last time. It just looks bad (is bad) because there's no 3600/3700x yet. Few bought the 3800x over 3700x, they will this time.
 
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Ehh, disappointed. No 5700x. 6 core for £300?

3600 for £200 or 5600x for £300. 50% increase in price for 20%? increase in performance
 
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Isn't the price only a $50 increase across the board when comparing to 3xxx series. Not bad for what AMD are calling the fastest Desktop CPU.

yeah it’s a $50 increase which isn’t bad. It looks worse as there is no 5700 or 3600 YET. There is clearly a big gap they can fill with those 2.
 
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Kinda sucks about the memory. Was looking forward to a big bump there.

I must be honest, AMD held back today. It's clear that Zen 3 was designed to be just fast enough to claim the fastest gaming crown but held back everything else for Zen 4
 
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yeah it’s a $50 increase which isn’t bad. It looks worse as there is no 5700 or 3600 YET. There is clearly a big gap they can fill with those 2.

I think where it hurts a little is that it's a flat 50...

For those buying eg a 5900X it's a 10% price step up over the 3900X launch price, for those looking at the 5600X it's a whopping 20%.

Given the lower end of the market is also the more price sensitive, it's a curious decision imo to apply a flat rate price bump.
 
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I'll be honest, £450 is more than I wanted to spend. Between that and possibly a RTX 3070 that's over £1000 and I still need every other part for a fresh PC build. So my question is: How big of a an upgrade is the Ryzen 5 5600X (6 core) going to be over the 3600/3600x?
 
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I think where it hurts a little is that it's a flat 50...

For those buying eg a 5900X it's a 10% price step up over the 3900X launch price, for those looking at the 5600X it's a whopping 20%.

Given the lower end of the market is also the more price sensitive, it's a curious decision imo to apply a flat rate price bump.

Possibly due to TSMC price increases - I think people expecting AMD to be disruptive on the GPU prices as well are going to be disappointed.
 
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Now that I've had chance to think about this, am I right in saying -

For each CPU it's a 26% performance increase in gaming at 1080p

So 3600x Vs 5600x at 1080p is 26% faster?

Also to whoever mentioned the 5600x is £300 it's not, it's $300 so £230

I'm a bit disappointed that the 5700X is MIA because I was looking to upgrade from 6 to 8 cores this time round
 
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