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Jun 13, 2025 3:15 PM
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frontpage Posted by rahmav001 • 4d ago
Jun 13, 2025 3:15 PM
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@RicardoS9305: Yes, this is a significant upgrade, and with AM5 you'll be able to do 2 years of CPU upgrades before AMD goes to AM6. That said, if the 5600 non-X is even remotely close to what you need and you don't need the upgrade, you could also wait it out for 2 years too; the 5600 is still a good CPU.
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If it's productivity, EDA, etc. then you probably should go even faster than 9600X. I recently purchased a 9950X for some EDA work that I do and the thing absolutely screams. It takes 24 hour jobs and turns them into 12 hour jobs, which lets me get overnight turnarounds on things. It's very easy for me to justify the cost when the benefit is so large.
That having been said, I have a 5600X at home on my gaming PC and I doubt I'll be upgrading that CPU until another 3-5 years.
Newegg has a gigabyte b650m and 16gb DDR5 for $130
I would wait 2 years for 2nm processor, preferably on AM6. There isn't much that a 5600 can't do right now. Even though 2nm will have one release on AM5, your AM4 is still fantastic enough to hold for AM6.
Just tell yourself that your AM4 chip is plenty powerful and it's gonna be sick to jump to 2nm processor with 4x the L3 cache and much higher clock speed on 65w power.
It would be a decent upgrade on a few fronts. Only real negative is 6 vs 8 cores.
If you can get $80, or more, for your 8700F then I would go for it.
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