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Pemalite said:

JEMC said:

Yeah, I'm sure it will feel a lot smoother.

I got a 7600 CPU and 32GB of RAM, 6000MT/s CL30. I know you won't like that CPU... and I don't love it either (it's still a massive upgrade over what I had), but the plan has always been to upgrade it down the line, ideally getting the equivalent of a 7700X/9700X (or their X3D counterparts) after AM6 launches and AM5 CPUs get cheaper. 

Because of that, it didn't made a lot of sense to spend more on a CPU that won't the "the final" one on this system.

The 7600 is "fine" but I am a bit of a thread-whore.

The issue with buying an "interim" processor is that you need to account for the costs of the temporary CPU (And it's depreciating value if you intend to sell it later to recoup costs) and the faster "final" CPU... So I normally just buy the fastest CPU available, use it until it can't keep up in my primary machine and then do an entire platform upgrade.

For example... Users with the Ryzen 5800X3D for example really won't need a 7800X3D or 9800X3D, so they might as well upgrade to the next-gen platform when it drops.
You should only need to buy one CPU to last an entire sockets life... Entire platform changes does bring with it a myriad of benefits like faster PCI-E speeds, USB speeds and other new platform features that you might otherwise miss out on.

But I guess that is where we deviate in how we build and plan our systems, neither is a right or wrong answer.

Don't forget to update you specs in your signature! :P Especially as you aren't running Haswell anymore.

I know the kind of user you are, that's why I know you'd even consider an 8-core CPU not really worth it (except for the X3D parts if gaming is the main purpose of the system).

I agree with you that getting only one CPU during your systems life is the best investment, but when the budget is tight, you have to make compromises. By the time I buy the replacement CPU, I'd have saved enough money to do it without a worry, a money I didn't have back when buying the whole system last year.

But well, look at it this way, I went from a 4-core/4-thread CPU to this 6-core/12-thread one (not a bad jump), to maybe a 10-core/20-thread or even 12/24 CPU is the rumors are to be believed. The upgrade will be worth it.

And yes, I need to change my sig. More so noe that it no longer has any remaining parts of the old one.