Consider upgrading to a Ryzen 7 3700X or hold off for Zen3 release.

F5F Stay Refreshed Hardware Desktop Consider upgrading to a Ryzen 7 3700X or hold off for Zen3 release.

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01-04-2019, 08:03 AM

Hi All i am currently running a Core i7 6700k @4.5Ghz in my system. i was wondering it it is worth me upgrading to AMD Ryzen 7 3700x or wait till Zen 3 (4000 series) I like to game and do photo editing using Lightroom i have an RTX 2070 graphics card which i believe is bottle-necked by my CPU I play a Sim game called BeamNG.drive which if i load up 7 cars i can MAX my CPU 100% and graphics card is only at like 50% or so

ratelslang3

01-04-2019, 08:03 AM #1

titowulk
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01-04-2019, 09:39 AM

Ensure you wait for Zen 3. A 6700k at 4.5ghz will likely outperform a 3700x in gaming compared to it.

titowulk

01-04-2019, 09:39 AM #2

Ensure you wait for Zen 3. A 6700k at 4.5ghz will likely outperform a 3700x in gaming compared to it.

Stacka618
Junior Member

01-10-2019, 04:58 PM

Observe Zen 3 and see what it provides. In gaming, the 6700k with overclocking behaves much like a 3700x.

Stacka618

01-10-2019, 04:58 PM #3

Observe Zen 3 and see what it provides. In gaming, the 6700k with overclocking behaves much like a 3700x.