Ryzen 3900xt + arc b580

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Long story short- I have an arc b580 that I currently have paired with an r5 1600 AE- not very powerful, I run into CPU binds a lot. Would a cheap enough 3900xt run a bit better with the b580? Or should I be on the lookout for a 5000 series?
 
Haswellbeast said:
Long story short- I have an arc b580 that I currently have paired with an r5 1600 AE- not very powerful, I run into CPU binds a lot. Would a cheap enough 3900xt run a bit better with the b580? Or should I be on the lookout for a 5000 series?
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The 3900xt would be a fine upgrade and work well with the b580 assuming the 3900 is cheap enough. I wouldn’t pay top dollar for one at this point. 3600x/5600x would also be cheap and a worthy upgrade. If you are primarily gaming you’d want better single core performance vs all the extra cores that most games will not even utilize. Plus they would boost longer and run a bit cooler.
 
Dreamerbydesign said:
The 3900xt would be a fine upgrade and work well with the b580 assuming the 3900 is cheap enough. I wouldn’t pay top dollar for one at this point. 3600x/5600x would also be cheap and a worthy upgrade. If you are primarily gaming you’d want better single core performance vs all the extra cores that most games will not even utilize. Plus they would boost longer and run a bit cooler.
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Yeah, it's just that I found one that I may get a good price on, and I don't want to end up in the same scenario, where I find a bargain... But I still don't get the full potential of my GPU
 
Someone on here just picked up a 3900 for 200 which I think is far too much for an old processor. They retail as high as 360 dollars.
https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-57...xt&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A2SNQ4AQTVSAXZ&gQT=2 about 285

151 for a 5700X = Sweet Spot

160 for 5700G = if you require integrated graphics, less cache than the 5700X and less performance

129 5600 GT = 6 Cores, good benchamarks

The benefit to you is in the 8 Cores, which games will take advantage of.

Only go the X3D route if you play at 1080P or less for maximum benefit, there are diminishing returns past that. The 5800X3D is almost impossible to find and comes with a mega price premium
 
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Does the motherboard you're currently using the 1600 with support resizable BAR? If it doesn't, don't sink any more money into that platform.
 
Haswellbeast said:
It does, even with my 1600
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5700X3D is the way to go then. I paired on with an old 2070 Super to keep an old 3600X system going.

Edit: looks like MC may be done with them, if that's the case get the regular 5700X for $140, not going to need more than 8 cores on that platform at this point.
 
Legendary Gamer said:
Someone on here just picked up a 3900 for 200 which I think is far too much for an old processor. They retail as high as 360 dollars.
https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-57...xt&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A2SNQ4AQTVSAXZ&gQT=2 about 285

151 for a 5700X = Sweet Spot

160 for 5700G = if you require integrated graphics, less cache than the 5700X and less performance

129 5600 GT = 6 Cores, good benchamarks

The benefit to you is in the 8 Cores, which games will take advantage of.

Only go the X3D route if you play at 1080P or less for maximum benefit, there are diminishing returns past that. The 5800X3D is almost impossible to find and comes with a mega price premium
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I mean, I was hoping to make a deal trading a 10TB HDD + $75 for the 3900XT, so that's what I would pay
 
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Haswellbeast said:
I mean, I was hoping to make a deal trading a 10TB HDD + $75 for the 3900XT, so that's what I would pay
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I think you're still getting the short end of the stick on that deal. You're buying obsolescence.

If you intend to game and you want to maximize the life of that gaming platform, you buy the 5700X3D for 289. It will beat the the 3900XT to DEATH in gaming all day long, every day. 20+ FPS in all resolutions save for 4K.

If you want a robust experience without that cost, you buy the 5800X (+10% over the 5700g)

Buy or Trade for the top of the food chain on that platform. Anything 5000 series is a massive improvement in single thread and multi thread performance over the 3000 series.

The 5700 non X is 126 Bucks.... You can probably OC it to 5800X levels or close to that.
 
Legendary Gamer said:
I think you're still getting the short end of the stick on that deal. You're buying obsolescence.

If you intend to game and you want to maximize the life of that gaming platform, you buy the 5700X3D for 289. It will beat the the 3900XT to DEATH in gaming all day long, every day. 20+ FPS in all resolutions save for 4K.

If you want a robust experience without that cost, you buy the 5800X (+10% over the 5700g)

Buy or Trade for the top of the food chain on that platform. Anything 5000 series is a massive improvement in single thread and multi thread performance over the 3000 series.

The 5700 non X is 126 Bucks.... You can probably OC it to 5800X levels or close to that.
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The non x has the cut cache, 16mb
 
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