AMD Ryzen 7 3700X3D CPU: thoughts?

[the_matrix_guy]

I just updated the bios in my Gigabyte 570 motherboard to be able to upgrade my CPU. And ordered a 5700X3D from Amazon for $225 (with taxes). What do guys think? I’m going from a 3600x to this lol

also, I found it interesting that I was able to update the bios from windows with the Gigabyte app. I’ve never done it this way but everything is running perfectly.

next up is my gpu

[jetenginekyle]

Sounds like a good deal, the 5x00x3d chips keep up or slightly beat the no x3d 7000 series and 225 is pretty cheap for that kind of performance. The only way to get more gaming performance from the cpu is to get a new motherboard and ram to be compatible with the current gen cpus.

What gpu do you have?

[the_matrix_guy]

Sounds like a good deal, the 5x00x3d chips keep up or slightly beat the no x3d 7000 series and 225 is pretty cheap for that kind of performance. The only way to get more gaming performance from the cpu is to get a new motherboard and ram to be compatible with the current gen cpus.

What gpu do you have?

Agreed. The price/performance is very attractive. But obviously if I were building a new PC I would go AM5 which supports faster memory. I don’t know if you remember but one of the selling points for AM4-gen Ryzens was the upgradability. I never really saw myself upgrading the CPU though. I would normally build a new rig but my current system has surprised me with how long its been able to play new gen games. And the product line support for AM4 from AMD as well as the performance of the 3D line of AM4 Ryzens has also been surprising.

I’m still on an Asus 1080ti Strix. I dont think the’ll ever make a video card this good lol (relative to the time.)

It’s worth mentioning, as you already know: most PC games are console ports so everything gets made to run on current consoles. I have friends with 3080’s and 4080’s and they’re mostly playing console ports which my 1080ti runs perfectly. But now it’s starting to show its age so I think I’m finally going to upgrade it to play games like Alan Wake 2 with ray tracing.

Another game that caught my eye that’s supposed to be very Hw intensive especially on the CPU end is Dragon’s Dogma 2.

[jetenginekyle]

If you can try to hold out for rtx 5000, anything below the 4080 are all badly nerfed in some way. For example the 4060 is only a couple percent better than the 3060. Thats the most obvious one but the whole line up has problems like that.

[jetenginekyle]

I haven't seen reviews since they were released but if i remember correctly the 4080 is 50% faster than the 3080 for 50% more money which isn't an improvement its stagnant.

[the_matrix_guy]

Yeah, I really want to wait for the 5xxx. I’m currently playing on 36” Alienware thats 1440p. So the 5xxx are overkill for 1440p. But I might make the jump to 4K OLED soon so thats my upgrade path. With all the money I’m saving on not building a completely new PC, I might splurge on a new monitor that’s 4K and OLED.

I’m looking at 4080 Supers right now but I want to try playing Dragon’s Dogma 2 with the 1080ti first and the new 5700x3D I’m getting. See how well it does. And I still havent played Elden Ring which my current system could run fine.

[Pumpytrilly1]

I think you will like it. Plus you can resell the old CPU to off set the cost. I would say grab a new GPU but current offerings are meh.