Is the 5600X a worthwhile purchase over the 1700x? Mostly used for gaming with a 1070 but I'm wondering if it's worth upgrading the CPU before AMD finally switches to a new socket.

Mar 18th, 2022 9:51 am

jm1: Deal Addict; Jan 5, 2003; 4880 posts; 4712 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 18th, 2022 9:51 am

Qndydsb wrote: ↑5600g~288-15=273

Just to clarify, I was confused at first because it still showed $288 for me, until I saw there was a small button to apply a $15 coupon .

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Mar 18th, 2022 10:20 am

rfdfan75: Sr. Member; Jan 20, 2019; 502 posts; 884 upvotes

Mar 18th, 2022 10:20 am

orbitdesign wrote: ↑Is the 5600X a worthwhile purchase over the 1700x? Mostly used for gaming with a 1070 but I'm wondering if it's worth upgrading the CPU before AMD finally switches to a new socket.

Also wondering about opinions here on upgrading from a 3600x to a 5600x.

Mar 18th, 2022 10:37 am

PerformingAzura: Deal Addict; Nov 1, 2017; 2566 posts; 1752 upvotes

Mar 18th, 2022 10:37 am

orbitdesign wrote: ↑ Is the 5600X a worthwhile purchase over the 1700x? Mostly used for gaming with a 1070 but I'm wondering if it's worth upgrading the CPU before AMD finally switches to a new socket.

5600X is a significant upgrade. If your mobo supports it, I would upgrade to either the 5600X or 5600 non X (depending on the price difference)

Mar 18th, 2022 11:00 am

orbitdesign: Deal Addict; Aug 29, 2007; 3308 posts; 2925 upvotes

Mar 18th, 2022 11:00 am

PerformingAzura wrote: ↑ 5600X is a significant upgrade. If your mobo supports it, I would upgrade to either the 5600X or 5600 non X (depending on the price difference)

I'd go with the X version but will I really notice a difference as I'm more GPU limited when playing games. I feel like I won't get much out of the upgrade, the only reason I'm thinking about it is just to increase the length of time between upgrades as a CPU after that will require me to upgrade the mobo and probably RAM, too.

Mar 18th, 2022 11:30 am

jurassic98: Deal Addict; Jan 18, 2008; 1550 posts; 337 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 18th, 2022 11:30 am

amazon sells a bit more 288
__www.amazon.ca/AMD-Ryzen-5600G-12-Thread-Processor/dp/B092L9GF5N_

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Mar 18th, 2022 11:32 am

PerformingAzura: Deal Addict; Nov 1, 2017; 2566 posts; 1752 upvotes

Mar 18th, 2022 11:32 am

orbitdesign wrote: ↑ I'd go with the X version but will I really notice a difference as I'm more GPU limited when playing games. I feel like I won't get much out of the upgrade, the only reason I'm thinking about it is just to increase the length of time between upgrades as a CPU after that will require me to upgrade the mobo and probably RAM, too.

Not sure what your gpu is, but comparing the CPUs strictly, you'll be getting a huge improvement boost.

Ryzen wasn't really good until the 3000 series, and they become game charging in the 5000 series.

Ultimately it depends on what you're doing.

Mar 18th, 2022 11:36 am

orbitdesign: Deal Addict; Aug 29, 2007; 3308 posts; 2925 upvotes

Mar 18th, 2022 11:36 am

PerformingAzura wrote: ↑ Not sure what your gpu is, but comparing the CPUs strictly, you'll be getting a huge improvement boost.

Ryzen wasn't really good until the 3000 series, and they become game charging in the 5000 series.

Ultimately it depends on what you're doing.

Gaming with a 1070 on a 1080p monitor.

Mar 18th, 2022 11:42 am

PerformingAzura: Deal Addict; Nov 1, 2017; 2566 posts; 1752 upvotes

Mar 18th, 2022 11:42 am

orbitdesign wrote: ↑ Gaming with a 1070 on a 1080p monitor.

Depends on the game, but I wouldn't be surprised if you were actually cpu bottlenecked.

1070 is decently fast. It's probably just a tad slower than the 3050.

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Mar 18th, 2022 11:47 am

orbitdesign: Deal Addict; Aug 29, 2007; 3308 posts; 2925 upvotes

Mar 18th, 2022 11:47 am

PerformingAzura wrote: ↑ Depends on the game, but I wouldn't be surprised if you were actually cpu bottlenecked.

1070 is decently fast. It's probably just a tad slower than the 3050.

Okay, thanks and yea, the 1070 has been solid for 1080p gaming. I'll take a look.. seems like the 5600x might be worth while for another few years.

Mar 18th, 2022 12:53 pm

roundheadkid: Jr. Member; Oct 6, 2010; 120 posts; 42 upvotes; St. John's

Mar 18th, 2022 12:53 pm

Cheaper on Newegg eBay...

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/AMD-Ryzen-5-560 ... 36-26712-0

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Mar 18th, 2022 1:06 pm

fujiapplelover: Deal Addict; Dec 28, 2010; 1618 posts; 1124 upvotes; Canada

Mar 18th, 2022 1:06 pm

Perfect for basic gaming, comes with integrated graphics so don't need a dedicated GPU when GPUs are so rare and expensive right now.

Mar 18th, 2022 1:26 pm

rfdmademepoor: Newbie; Dec 8, 2008; 28 posts; 12 upvotes

Mar 18th, 2022 1:26 pm

Why don’t you use MSI afterburner+rivatuner to display the cpu usage % while gaming. If it’s constantly at 100% usage then I think that means you’re cpu bottlenecked. There are also a ton of YouTube videos doing comparisons with 1070 and your cpu of choice:1700x and 5600x.
More experienced people can chime in if I’m mistaken.

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Mar 18th, 2022 1:30 pm

talannon: Jr. Member; Jun 4, 2009; 125 posts; 69 upvotes; Laval

Mar 18th, 2022 1:30 pm

rfdmademepoor wrote: ↑ Why don’t you use MSI afterburner+rivatuner to display the cpu usage % while gaming. If it’s constantly at 100% usage then I think that means you’re cpu bottlenecked. There are also a ton of YouTube videos doing comparisons with 1070 and your cpu of choice:1700x and 5600x.
More experienced people can chime in if I’m mistaken.

That would be my recommendation as well. If there's a gpu bottleneck, the new cpu won't make a big difference...

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Mar 18th, 2022 3:00 pm

tmonies: Deal Addict; Dec 31, 2013; 2642 posts; 2223 upvotes; condo

Mar 18th, 2022 3:00 pm

I believe the 5600G processor has the Radeon Vega 7 which is about the same level as Radeon HD 7770, Geforce GT 1030 and Geforce GTX 275 or Radeon HD 5850... which is equivalent to GFX card performance from just about 10 years ago

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/r ... ga-7.c3833

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Mar 18th, 2022 3:05 pm

Dhanushan: Deal Expert; Jun 20, 2020; 17146 posts; 22969 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 18th, 2022 3:05 pm

tmonies wrote: ↑ I believe the 5600G processor has the Radeon Vega 7 which is about the same level as Radeon HD 7770, Geforce GT 1030 and Geforce GTX 275 or Radeon HD 5850... which is equivalent of GFX cards from just about 10 years ago

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/r ... ga-7.c3833

Yes, 5600G has 7 Vega graphics cores running at 1900 MHz

https://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/amd-ryzen-5-5600g

Destiny is all

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Mar 18th, 2022 3:26 pm

shabby: Deal Fanatic; Jul 2, 2001; 5188 posts; 2969 upvotes; GTA

Mar 18th, 2022 3:26 pm

rfdfan75 wrote: ↑ Also wondering about opinions here on upgrading from a 3600x to a 5600x.

Not worth it, bigger jump from the older 1700 than your 3600x.

Mar 18th, 2022 7:21 pm

rfdfan75: Sr. Member; Jan 20, 2019; 502 posts; 884 upvotes

Mar 18th, 2022 7:21 pm

shabby wrote: ↑
Not worth it, bigger jump from the older 1700 than your 3600x.

Thank you! How about a 3600 (not x) to a 5600x? Or 3600 to a 5900x?

Mar 19th, 2022 1:32 pm

BondOO7: Member; Apr 1, 2012; 296 posts; 272 upvotes; Nova Scotia

Mar 19th, 2022 1:32 pm

rfdfan75 wrote: ↑ Thank you! How about a 3600 (not x) to a 5600x? Or 3600 to a 5900x?

3600 to 5600X is an upgrade, but unlikely to be worth the change. 3600 to 5900X could be worthwhile if you do heavy multithreaded tasks, or have a very high end graphics card and are having cpu limitations in games...otherwise I would just keep the 3600.

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