AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPUs will hit shelves next month but a few, like me, are waiting for X3D versions since they were just so much better this generation. Apparently, sources tell me they're actually only a couple of months away. Does this change your plans for upgrading?
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It actually does - I had some PC issues a few months back and was tempted to go the whole hog and upgrade everything, but a new PSU fixed the problems. I was eyeing up a 7800X3D, but now I know the new line is coming in September, I may start budgeting for a couple months to ensure I can afford a big ol' haul and cop a 4090 at the same time. Just in time for the busy release window in the run up to Christmas!
As I say in the article, plans can very easily change but it's promising that the other 9000X processors came sooner than we expected. Plus, Intel is supposed to release a few new chips in September, so it's a perfect month for it. I definitely think it's smarter to wait.
FYI, though, Nvidia RTX 5000 graphics cards are just around the corner, too. 5090 and 5080 are flitting between a potential release before the end of the year and very start of next. Could be an idea to upgrade in segments. Do the CPU with AMD's new release, maybe do the GPU when Nvidia's land. Even if you go for Nvidia's current-gen, it'll be lower in price by the time the successors come out.
As always, I'm around if you need advice on any of it.
Oh good shout - I'm on a 3080 at the moment so it's doing the job just fine, I may upgrade everything bar the GPU in that case, then fork out for the 5000 series in the new year. Cheers for the tip!
Always happy to help :) RTX 3080 should keep you ticking just fine for a little while as the next-gen trickles out. I'll let you know if I hear any more in the coming months.
I got an RTX 4070 recently and no regrets there. The new series is not something I'll be able to afford anytime soon, and this will still do me well for a few years even. Might look into upgrading my Ryzen 5 3600 as there's still possibility for that with the AM4 socket MB. And then do a complete upgrade when I can afford it.
Yeah, the new 5800XT announced last week looks like a great option for you specifically given your current chip. Could be a great leap from where you are, but we'll need to see how it lands. I'm not sure if we're reviewing it but I'll definitely get back to you if we do.
naa, i desided to ditch large boxes on my table. Now i prefer gaming laptops
I can't say I'm a big fan of laptops given the constrained form factor, but I do like a good SFF PC. We're soon getting a Fractal Mood case in for review and it just looks gorgeous.
Oh I do love a Fractal case, will you share the review with us here?
I'd be happy to so long as it's not against any Ts & Cs. I don't want it to come across as shameless promotion, but more as a conversation piece. As you can see, I'm all about the chatter. Bloody love tech.
It won't be me reviewing that piece, it'll be my colleague Sam.
I always go for Fractal Design cases on the rare occasion it's time to buy a new one.
9000 CPU's are looking tasty
The problem is the AM4 socket/platform was so successful and the final x3d chips on it so good that it's very hard to justify moving to AM5.
With the expense of getting a new motherboard, ram and probably cooler as well along with it when you can't get the fittings for the one you already have. I think people are going to hang onto AM4 for a long time and still build new ones on it.
im currently on AM4 and considering a CPU upgrade as my 3800X is showing its age, which would you reccommend for best bang for buck and also just for raw power for video editing and multitasking like streaming and gaming at the same time on the same rig?
Lol yeah that's the difficulty. The 5800x3d is best for games by quite a margin (in certain games) but slightly worse than the standard 5800x at general productivity so everyone says. I never really looked into anything more the the 8 core/16 thread models as nothing really uses more than that properly in my opinion.
Personally I think the 5800x3d is the best price v performance out of all of them.
I'm really tempted to get a 9800x3d and a 5090 when they are both out even though I don't need the upgrade at all... I have a 5800x (not the 3d) and a 3090 that still works more than fine for everything I can throw at it. Only thing it struggled with was alan wake 2 on max settings and I solved that with an FSR3 frame gen mod which worked great combined with dlss quality (I run 1440p and you can't really go lower than quality mode at that res or it looks a bit crap).
The thing is though if you look at the expected cost just of the 5090, you could probably get 7-8 years of the top end Geforce NOW game steaming package. Currently a 4080 but I'm sure they will upgrade them to the 50 series within 6 months or so of release for the PR. Combined with the significant electric saving over 7 years by running it on a basic low power device and it's a significant saving. Not to mention no need to ever fork out for upgrades ever again as every couple of years they hardware will be upgraded at their end. It does have a lot more support now than it used to, but if only it just worked with every game instead of just supported publishers. I'm seriously considering switching to it once I'm done with this PC and just run indi games and other lower setting stuff locally for the games it's missing.
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