QOTW: Are you upgrading to AMD Ryzen 5000 Series?

[ohmaheid]

I'll wait for the next gen AMD (or maybe Intel) depending on price/performance. My storage needs a revamp first, so it's a 1tb NVME as a boot drive and 4TB SSD for a scratch drive to replace my current 500gb Samsung SSD and 2tb mechanical drive. Currently using an R5 3600 with a B450 MSI board, so a CPU upgrade to the 5xxx series is possible, but unlikely.

[Euphonium]

I built myself a Ryzen 3900X back in the summer so I'm not in a hurry to upgrade, but I'd still consider jumping to a 5900X next summer with a view to keeping it for 5-6 years minimum. My last machine was an i7-3770k and that lasted me ~8 years.

[bae85]

so disappointed... I looked through these comments and there's not a single Intel fanboy in sight!

[AlSomething]

Unlikely, if I do find funds to upgrade, it will be a new 1TB NVM as my 500 is full and games are increasing in size quicker than me saying yes to a 2nd piece of cake.
It would the Zen 4 as I generally miss at least 1 generation, that way I get value for money and see a noticeable jump in performance.

[silent]

selling my i5 9th gen system, will grab a r5/7 and 6900xt in the new year. after my ps5 purchase.

[Dribble]

Both my sons new a new cpu and 5600X would be perfect, but only if I can get it and the mb for sensible (i.e. rrp) pricing which I have my doubts about.

[cheesemp]

Built myself a 3600 system back in spring and its just not stressed CPU wise. Will look at 5600x upgrade in about 4 years.

[Core2Extreme]

Maybe. I'd planned on waiting for Zen 4 and DDR5, but DDR4 is so cheap these days that it hardly seems worth skipping DDR4 anymore. And the performance improvements are way too extensive in Zen 3 for it not to be an interesting proposition.

On the flip side, the games I play and software I run tends to not be very CPU intensive, and my 2500K is still doing a fine job playing games whose official CPU recommendations range from a 486 at 66 MHz (Doom) to a Core 2 Quad Q9550 for the most modern Doom clone I play. I've been amazed by its longevity compared to my previous CPUs... and whenever I do upgrade to Zen, that CPU's longevity will likely be even better.

[Tabbykatze]

Moved from an FX8350+1080 to a 5600X+1080 and holy sweet baby jesus it was beyond night and day.

The speed at which everything moves, the buttery smooth gameplay, Star Citizen running at above 30FPS (averaging 50) it was nuts.

So pleased with my purchase.

[loccothan]

No need
Everything is working like a charm.

[tonyd2233]

Possibly... I suppose it's a end of socket upgrade and I've already got the 3800X... And I've got the Asus Crosshair X470, so probably will see what the bios upgrades are as it doesn't make much sense to me to buy a new motherboard as well as a new graphics card; the 1080ti will need replacing soon, and that may also require an upgrade from the 650w PSU...

[[GSV]Trig]

Jury is still out on this one, I've got a 1600AF at the mo, next upgrades are Monitor, GPU, beyond that I might wait until AM5, shrink to iTX on my main rig and go from there.

Unless a really good deal on a CPU pops up after the monitor/GPU, I'll probs stay where I am..

[Saracen999]

Am I upgrading?

Hmmm. Very possibly, yes. But not quite yet. Thinking about it.

Someone (rabidmonkee I think) said it's a 10yr upgrade. Me too. The system I'm contemplating upgrading is a Core 2 Q9400S, so I'd say at the very least, the 'upgrade' consists of cup, mono and RAM, and as the graphics card is of the same era, probably that too.

And if I'm going that far, it probably makes sense to get newer storage, and quite possibly PSU. In other words, it's not so much a cpu upgrade as a new system and if I can find the right spec from the right company at the right price, I might just buy the lot prebuilt and save myself the effort.

But ....,Ryzen 5000, specifically? Decision not yet made. I might go for fairly high end Zen 2, I might wait for 5000prices to hopefully stabilise a bit, or I might even wait for AM5.

I'm not in any tearing hurry, but when I do finally do it, it will be with a view to best bang-for-buck, and with at least one eye on not upgrading again for another 10+ years. The question is, just how far to push the spec to achieve that. I have a sneaky feeling that given relatively undemanding needs, all I'd achieve with 5000 over a good 3000 chip would be loading the budget without much changing longevity.

And if so, it will depend on the size of the price difference.

All of which brings me full circle, to yes, very possibly. Thinking about it.

Of course, also thinking about a new kitchen, which looks to be £20k+, so the new PC may take a back seat to that if the kitchen budget goes up any further. Then there's the bathroom to do. And a new garden shed .... and redo the back garden layout for low maintenance. And maybe a new car probably EV. What I really need is next weekend's winning lottery numbers.

[3dcandy]

Am I upgrading?

Hmmm. Very possibly, yes. But not quite yet. Thinking about it.

Someone (rabidmonkee I think) said it's a 10yr upgrade. Me too. The system I'm contemplating upgrading is a Core 2 Q9400S, so I'd say at the very least, the 'upgrade' consists of cup, mono and RAM, and as the graphics card is of the same era, probably that too.

And if I'm going that far, it probably makes sense to get newer storage, and quite possibly PSU. In other words, it's not so much a cpu upgrade as a new system and if I can find the right spec from the right company at the right price, I might just buy the lot prebuilt and save myself the effort.

But ....,Ryzen 5000, specifically? Decision not yet made. I might go for fairly high end Zen 2, I might wait for 5000prices to hopefully stabilise a bit, or I might even wait for AM5.

I'm not in any tearing hurry, but when I do finally do it, it will be with a view to best bang-for-buck, and with at least one eye on not upgrading again for another 10+ years. The question is, just how far to push the spec to achieve that. I have a sneaky feeling that given relatively undemanding needs, all I'd achieve with 5000 over a good 3000 chip would be loading the budget without much changing longevity.

And if so, it will depend on the size of the price difference.

All of which brings me full circle, to yes, very possibly. Thinking about it.

Of course, also thinking about a new kitchen, which looks to be £20k+, so the new PC may take a back seat to that if the kitchen budget goes up any further. Then there's the bathroom to do. And a new garden shed .... and redo the back garden layout for low maintenance. And maybe a new car probably EV. What I really need is next weekend's winning lottery numbers.

Get a 570 motherboard then as gen4 support. Then get a nice fast nvme ssd. I'd honestly say that is more important than the cpu these days as anything so far released in the 5000 series cpu is going to be epic for you

[noTHINGface]

I did - Not an upgrade but my eldest is using the i7-8700K/1080Ti box.

[DanceswithUnix]

I have a sneaky feeling that given relatively undemanding needs, all I'd achieve with 5000 over a good 3000 chip would be loading the budget without much changing longevity.

Given you don't seem to play the latest games, I wonder if one of the APUs would work for you. The 4000 series look pretty good, and allow you form factors like the tiny little Asrock X300.

From a Core 2 quad, even a £45 Athlon 2 core/4 thread cpu would be a massive upgrade. So you kind of can't go wrong.