QOTW: How many cores for your next desktop CPU?

[cheesemp]

Just upgraded from 4 (i5 3570k) to 6 (Ryzen 3600 with 12 threads). I suspect in 2 or 3 years I shall stick a ryzen 4000 series with 8 cores in. I think it'll be diminishing returns over 8 cores for a while.

[3dcandy]

Just upgraded from 4 (i5 3570k) to 6 (Ryzen 3600 with 12 threads). I suspect in 2 or 3 years I shall stick a ryzen 4000 series with 8 cores in. I think it'll be diminishing returns over 8 cores for a while.

Depends... a fair bit of my software (video rendering being the main one) loves as many cores as you can throw at it

[MrJim]

Just upgraded from 4 (i5 3570k) to 6 (Ryzen 3600 with 12 threads). I suspect in 2 or 3 years I shall stick a ryzen 4000 series with 8 cores in. I think it'll be diminishing returns over 8 cores for a while.

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[beholder]

Anxiously waiting for the new Ryzen Refresh CPUs and the respective B550 boards.

I currently have a Ryzen 5 2600X 6-core.

Planning to buy a 12-core 3900XT.

What's not to like, they'll make a good product even better, happy days!

[ik9000]

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don't we all? Although mine will stay as is until I actually stop using this machine!

[Output]

As I've only had my build for a few months, the minimum core-count of my next CPU would definitely have to be 16 as that's what I'm already at now. But, that would most likely only be if I was upgrading to a newer chip on AM4 too.

After AM4 however, I'd probably be aiming for a doubling of cores to feel it properly justified, so 32.

don't we all? Although mine will stay as is until I actually stop using this machine!

Not me, I updated mine once my new build was up-and-running.

[ET3D]

I might upgrade my Ryzen 3 2200G to the rumoured 6C/12T Ryzen 5 4400G, if it materialised as described and is priced at $150 or less. The 2200G is serving admirably (been playing Minecraft Dungeons with the kid on it, and he's also played Fortnite on it), but the 4400G should be a significant upgrade on both the CPU and GPU fronts.

[Presto86]

I think my next cpu core count will be 12 or 16. Will depend on price

[ik9000]

I think my next cpu core count will be 12 or 16. Will depend on price

well 12 cores is £450 and 16 cores is £750 so which do you prefer?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

well 12 cores is £450 and 16 cores is £750 so which do you prefer?

I linked to the Ryzen 9 3900 - you could get with a MSI B450 Tomahawk Max for under £450.

[Chris Mahon]

I have the Ryzen 7 3700X installed, partner that with a Gigabyte AORUS 1 TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD, 16 GB Corsair LPX (2 x 8GB) DDR 4 3600GHz, Gigabyte Aorus Master X570 Motherboard, Corsair CP-9020074-UK HX1000i 1000 W 80 Plus Platinum Certified 140 mm Fan Thermally Controlled Power Supply Unit - Black, NZXT H510 Elite - Premium Mid-Tower ATX Case PC Gaming Case Tempered Glass (White), Logitech Z623 2.1 Speaker system and throw in a pair of Sennheiser HD 598 SE, which tend to bring the music to life. I will not be changing this set up. Oh, yes, nearly forgot, the small matter of the GPU it's a Sapphire 11265-01-20G Radeon NITRO+ RX 580 8GB GDDR5 DUAL HDMI.

[DemonAndrew]

At least 8 IMO, although by the time I get my new PC (will still be a few more years), 8 will probably be child's play. How fast and affordable they manage to get those cores will be the important thing though.

[Chris Mahon]

Possibly 16, probably 12. AMD Ryzen 9 of course.