Considering a Ryzen Gen 4 purchase in late 2020 might be risky...
Considering a Ryzen Gen 4 purchase in late 2020 might be risky...
I'm about to build a computer in the next month or so. I've been planning on getting a 3700x with a x570 mb, but recently I keep reading articles pointing to the 4000 series, saying it's going to be the shit when it comes out later this year. So now I'm thinking, would it be a sound plan to go ahead get an x570 so that I can take advantage of PCI 4 and all that down the road and just get a 2600x in the meantime since they are so cheap? I'm sort of thinking about going a similar route with the GPU since I'd like to get an Nvidia card like a 2060 super but don't want to pay $430 for it. There's rumblings that their mid-high tier offerings will be much more competitively priced next time around. Anyway, to summarize, I want to go ahead and get my long-term mb, memory, storage, and psu set, but the new CPUs and GPUs on the horizon sound very promising. Do you guys see this is a viable way to go? Is there any reason why this plan wouldn't work as well as I think it will?
The situation is clear—AM4 life is coming to an end. Everything will run at peak performance with no lingering issues. It’ll likely be a big celebration when it finishes. The challenge is that this marks the final chapter. If you decide to upgrade, you’ll be locked in. Skipping it means you can keep running until it slows down, which might still work for you. The decision really hinges on your current setup. I was excited about the 3900X, but eventually thought it wasn’t worth it. My older X99 system with 5820K, 32GB RAM in quad channel and a GTX 1080Ti will last longer. Spending around 1000€ wouldn’t justify replacing it, and I’d still have the same graphics card at the end. If you’re handling large data, maybe it’s worth it—but for most of my use, I mainly game and do occasional encoding or rendering tasks. What are your current systems?
Zen 2+ won't exist, Ryzen 4000 will shift to Zen 3. The timing isn't set clearly, but it should be around mid-2020, likely between July and December.
I don’t have to worry about that. Once I get the new components, I’ll keep it going until the wheels come off. Right now I’m using an i5 3450 with a r9 290x. The comps have been running for over eight years, and the 290x has been there six times. I’m planning to try something similar, aiming for a more future-proof setup—maybe even extend it to ten years. I was thinking about a 4700x, not an APU.
That sounds like a solid project. The i5 and 290X are quite outdated now. I believe AMD and NVIDIA will release newer graphics at that stage, making it a great time to upgrade.
You've been waiting a long time—why rush with the 2600? Stick with what you have now. I'm doing the same. I planned for a 3600 and some B450, but I chose to wait for the 4xxx chips, hoping the B550 comes along. Save your money and upgrade to a higher-end chip like a 4800 or whatever mid-to-high model is available.