Back when I was on Intel I would upgrade maybe every two years or so. I always went with a K series i7 and a few years later I was always able to sell the CPU + Motherboard (and sometimes even RAM) at the same price I initially paid (or more).
This made upgrades easy, I'd sell the old parts then buy the new parts, not having to add any extra money to the equation.
I ended up buying a first gen Ryzen CPU about a year ago, 8-Cores for the low price of about $130. Zen 2 launched the middle of last year and the gains looked good, but from a pricing perspective for me it doesn't look quite as good.
Every time I think about upgrading I am hesitant by the fact that upgrading to 3rd Gen will cost me 2-3x what my current CPU is worth these days.
Looking at 3700x, an 8-Core like my current CPU, I might be able to get ~8% higher all core overclock and it is like 17% IPC gains, and I could maybe even have some PCIe 4 support if I update to a BIOS before they removed support, but I'd end up having to spend at least an extra $200 for it, which is even more than I paid for the first Gen CPU in the first place.
Feel like I might as well just stick with first gen Ryzen for the long haul...
This made upgrades easy, I'd sell the old parts then buy the new parts, not having to add any extra money to the equation.
I ended up buying a first gen Ryzen CPU about a year ago, 8-Cores for the low price of about $130. Zen 2 launched the middle of last year and the gains looked good, but from a pricing perspective for me it doesn't look quite as good.
Every time I think about upgrading I am hesitant by the fact that upgrading to 3rd Gen will cost me 2-3x what my current CPU is worth these days.
Looking at 3700x, an 8-Core like my current CPU, I might be able to get ~8% higher all core overclock and it is like 17% IPC gains, and I could maybe even have some PCIe 4 support if I update to a BIOS before they removed support, but I'd end up having to spend at least an extra $200 for it, which is even more than I paid for the first Gen CPU in the first place.
Feel like I might as well just stick with first gen Ryzen for the long haul...