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Suitable Upgrade from a Ryzen 5 3600

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So as stated in the title I currently have a ryzen 5 3600 and am looking for an upgrade sometime soon. I have already upgraded to an MSI B550 Gaming Edge WiFi and have an NZXT X73 so cooling isn't really that big of an issue. Would I be better off waiting for the new 4000 series of cpu's or getting an upgrade now? Suggestions appreciated!
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You already have a current gen CPU so no. There's higher tiers but that's something you should have considered at the time you choose the 3600. It's a bit late now since new stuff will be out soon.

The 4700 will be a logical upgrade if the 3600 is too slow but they're not released yet.
 
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So as stated in the title I currently have a ryzen 5 3600 and am looking for an upgrade sometime soon. I have already upgraded to an MSI B550 Gaming Edge WiFi and have an NZXT X73 so cooling isn't really that big of an issue. Would I be better off waiting for the new 4000 series of cpu's or getting an upgrade now? Suggestions appreciated!
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This surely has to be a troll? That rig can only be what a month old given it has b550? I don't get why you wouldn't have just bought the right cpu then unless you upgraded boards for some obscure reason? What do you do with the machine?
 
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This surely has to be a troll? That rig can only be what a month old given it has b550? I don't get why you wouldn't have just bought the right cpu then unless you upgraded boards for some obscure reason? What do you do with the machine?
Basically I got a really great deal on a used prebuilt but the only bad thing was its motherboard, so I gutted the system, put it in a new case and then upgraded the motherboard. The previous motherboard was still using PCIe 2.0 and was really limiting my speeds. I usually edit 4k and 8k video as well as some intense gaming...
 
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This is key. I'm pretty interested in what regular home users are struggling with that they need more CPU power than the 3600. Is it video processing mainly?
Yes mainly, I am a drone hobbyist and usually you record in d-log mode to edit later - all at 4k and 8k so pretty CPU intensive...
 
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Not really struggling, it gets the job done but takes longer, but I'd like more cores as I usually edit 4k and 8k video
If it gets the job done then your best bet is to just ride it for a little while longer till Zen 3 is released, that's about four months tops and you may find the IPC gains actually are a genuine benefit you if you're doing 8K.
 
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Is there a reason you need to upgrade from 6 cores?

Your next jump is a 3900x btw, or wait for Zen 3.
It is mainly due to the fact that I video edit quite a lot in both 4k and 8k so it would be useful to have a cpu with more cores and a higher clock speed.
I'll probably wait until the ryzen 4000 series before I upgrade. Thanks :)
 
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Probably best waiting...even though it feels like everyone's waiting for the Zen 3's and/or next gen CPU's to hit. Hopefully the new stuff will make the current gens prices drop.
 
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I love my TR it's a proper man sized cpu, although I can't make head nor tale of this thread, perhaps i'm just missing something but A pre build with a Ryzen 3600 and a pci-e 2 motherboard? I mean is that even a thing? PCI-e 3 sure but then you would still have masses of speed available and are unlikely to be saturating PCi-e storage. I just don't get it. Then you have the fact that on b550 you get what 1 gen 4 nvme? If I/O is your thing like it is mine (I run x399) then b550 seems a poor choice against x570.

OP - Wait for ryzen 4000 or buy a threadripper. That is pretty much the guts of it. BTW what b550 did you go for?
 
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