AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU Accounts for Almost 90% of "Zen 5" Sales, Rest of 9000 Series in Trouble
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU Accounts for Almost 90% of "Zen 5" Sales, Rest of 9000 Series in Trouble
*note sales data is only from the retail store MindFactory in Germany, but is generally representative of most market trends.
I'm personally still happy with my Ryzen 3600 I got in 2017. Any upgrade to AM5 will need new RAM, Motherboard and CPU, which will cost alot. I ain't buying new unless it's really compelling.
I moved to the 5700X3D and that was a very worthwhile upgrade from the 3600.
You can get the Ryzen 5 7600X (6 core, 4.7GHz, AM5 socket) + Gigabyte B650m + 32GB DDR5-5200 RAM for US$382 here, which may or may not qualify as "a lot of money" to you: https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-5-7600x-ryzen-5-7000-series-raphael-zen-4-socket-am5/p/N82E16819113770?Item=N82E16819113770
Also includes a 1TB SSD (only PCIE4 though) at no charge, in case that matters. It'd make for a decent upgrade kit, in my estimation; you get more modern performance plus headroom for another AM5 upgrade down the track.
Also, anecdote time! My 3700X just blue-screened the other week with a fatal hardware error in one of the processor cores. I feel like I upgraded just in time. Don't fall into the trap of believing your current hardware will run forever! You might not need an upgrade now, but far better to do it while you still have old hardware you can reinstall so you at least have a working system.
Bro I have a 1600x that’s still going strong in a rack mount chassis. I highly doubt that your bluescreen was a hardware issue that would have made your system unusable forever. You probably just needed to repaste or something. That stuff dries out eventually you know. A 7-8 year old processor is nowhere near the end of its operational lifespan.
I think it's the best inbetween. It doesn't cost too much nor too less