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Hace
Feb 13, 2012

<<Mobius 1, Engage.>>
I genuinely can't think of a good reason to get the 2700X over the 3600, unless there's something extremly specific you need those extra threads for. And even then i dunno what you really get.

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($185.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B450M GAMING PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
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Hace
Feb 13, 2012

<<Mobius 1, Engage.>>
The 3600 consistently performs better in games, and is only marginally worse in production applications

As for avoiding a refresh in 5 years: good luck. Things change. 5 or 6 years ago the advice was to never worry about VRAM and that 4 cores was more than enough for anything. Nobody really knows where the wind will blow.

If you really want to hedge your bets, maybe try getting a 2600 now while they're still dirt cheap, and then just getting whatever the last big boy AM4 chip is whenever AMD moves onto AM5 in two years.

Hace fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Dec 1, 2019

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