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If you’re only going to use it for gaming then a 2700X will probably be fine, but I’m waiting for the new 3000 series Ryzens to see how much more performance 7nm is going to give over the current 12nm process. From the leaks I’ve seen it’s looking like a Ryzen 5 3600X is going to probably out perform the 2700X.https://www.pcgamer.com/amd-ryzen-3000-release-date-price-specs-and-everything-we-know/Once you’re up to 6-8 cores, even without multi-threading, games benefit more from a higher clock speed than more cores.If you do anything more stressful than gaming, then that changes things a lot. AVX workloads can easily double the power the CPU will draw and be a lot more challenging for a smaller 92mm AIO.I’m also looking to build a new system using this cooler later in the year and I don’t want a loud system, or one that throttles most of the CPU performance I’ve paid for. I’ll wait till the reviews are out, but at the moment I’m leaning towards a 3600X.
If you’re only going to use it for gaming then a 2700X will probably be fine, but I’m waiting for the new 3000 series Ryzens to see how much more performance 7nm is going to give over the current 12nm process. From the leaks I’ve seen it’s looking like a Ryzen 5 3600X is going to probably out perform the 2700X.
https://www.pcgamer.com/amd-ryzen-3000-release-date-price-specs-and-everything-we-know/
Once you’re up to 6-8 cores, even without multi-threading, games benefit more from a higher clock speed than more cores.
If you do anything more stressful than gaming, then that changes things a lot. AVX workloads can easily double the power the CPU will draw and be a lot more challenging for a smaller 92mm AIO.
I’m also looking to build a new system using this cooler later in the year and I don’t want a loud system, or one that throttles most of the CPU performance I’ve paid for. I’ll wait till the reviews are out, but at the moment I’m leaning towards a 3600X.
