My Ryzen 5 3600+RTX 3060 12GB is a perfect combo match for gaming still in 2023 at 1080p Maximum settings with no bottlenecks at all. Don't doubt I'll still get a couple more years out of this setup fine at 1080p.
ryzen 3600 and rtx 2060, still goin strong. Bought it 2 years ago. It is the i5 2500 of this era. It will be enough for 1080p for another 2 years at least.
It’s honestly insane how long it’s looking to last, I pair it with my 6650xt and I expected a bottleneck but it can still be paired with some stronger cards, which I didn’t know. AMD really made a diamond in the rough with this little chip
@@ThePalePatriot You will see some gains but not 100% sure now much. When moving from the 5600x to the 5800x3d we saw like 5-10% in 1440p but huge leaps in 1080p. This was with the 5600x so you should see a little more unless the GPU is already maxed out.
heck yeah i have a slightly overclocked 6600 and I expected there to be a bottle neck too, but its just a small one and my pc performs amazing. I got the 3600 for 115$ back in 2020 before the pandemic, i have it overclocked to 4.4ghz and it has been the best 115$ ive ever spent.
In 2017 I bought a prebuild with MSI A320M PRO VDS with Athlon 200GE, THEN 6 years later I was able to upgrade that system with Ryzen 5 3600, its like having a new computer. for a very low cost, all I had to do was a BIOS update.
I have been using one of these since 2019. I used to have it paired with an RX 480 but upgraded to a 6600XT last year. Truth is this pairing can handle about any game on high at 1080p/60. Which as a relatively casual gamer is about all I need.
same except I have 6800xt and run 1440p. the cpu definitely holds you back a bit. I don't get near the fps benchmarks of a 7800XD youtuber using the same gpu
Had a 1700x in my pc. Just picked up a 3600x for 50$ used over the weekend. Combined with a 3060 ti and it's doing great as far as performance and thermals go. I think i'll be good to play games for the next year and eventually I'll grab a 5600x and call it a day for the foreseeable future.
I have chosen the newer R5 5500 to replace my broken AM3+ System (Fx 8350). The 5500 "only" has PCIe 3 support but in many games it's a bit faster than the R5 3600 and currently it's arround the same price. After 2 Month i'm stil absolutely satisfied with this little cpu and also the power consumption is with arround 50-60 watts in games like Forza Horizon 5 very low.
I have one of these paired with a 5700xt with 16gb ram and it still does me fine in all the new games, it will run forza horizon 5 in 4k on ultra at 48 fps , I'm happy with that for now , although looking at a 4070
I thought about getting the 3600 at launch in 2019, but decided to spend the extra money on the x variant instead. It's getting a bit old but it still keeps chugging right along with no signs of needing replaced. Definitely getting my money's worth.
still rocking my 10900k, been using it since day 1 release and it still is a BEAST with a 3080 10gb in 3440x1440p, dont struggle in anything and the 10c does me good.
Great video as always mate! The 3600 is a truly lenegdary CPU and it still has some life left in it. As for the weird temps, this happens on my 3950X. It basically always sits between 60-70C no matter the workload.
@@TechLabUK I have been using this cpu since it was released....for some reason the default cooler does not do a job....i got a nice custom cool where the temperature on idle went down to 40C plus from peaking at 60C on iddle...other than that a awesome chip
@@TechLabUK I know this comment is old, but its due to the cores of the R5 3600 to boost whenever it needs. In reality, theres only 1 core peaking at say 60C° for a single second, then cools down. In reality the chip doesnt run this hot, but only a single core for a fraction of a second.
After upgrading to AM5 socket, I put this in the old rig paired with a 4060 that I got on sale. It still runs games really well, and makes good secondary rig for family or lan parties.
Not long ago I got this processor on the marketplace with several pins bent and 2 broken, after I repaired everything safe and the temperature was also safe, I got only $10
I just ordered one. I've been stuck on a LGA 775 pc since 2009 (yeah i'm that guy, only for office / studying so I didn't feel the need for upgrading), this will be a astronomical upgrade, thanks for the video! Appreciate it!
I think it's important to remember that if you bought the Ryzen 5 3600 standalone to upgrade without it being in a prebuilt pc, you might have neglected to buy good ram which has come insanely far in 3 years. Because every component interacts and we want a well oiled machine so to speak. Nowadays buying used DDR4 32GB 3600Mhz (16 or 18CL) costs like 50.. I bought CL16 which makes a HELL of a difference on 1% and 0.1% lows. I was stuck on 2400mhz and noticed 3600mhz made my games playable to the point where the 5800X3D became a luxury. I could have stayed on 2400mhz had I wanted to, because this chip is amazing if you have bad ram, as it picks up for the slack with the L3 cache.. But if I could look back I would have bought the ram years ago WITH the CPU because I realized you want them to run 1:1, 3600mhz RAM pairs extremely well with the R5 3600(x) and that would have given me headroom to switch to an AM5 platform in a year+
I have AMD A6-6400K 3.9GHZ for over 6 years now. Still gaming and at the same time suffering from performance😫 Really wanted the Ryzen 5 3600 for its cheap price but I'm still young for a job so I just have to keep going😤
I got mine a coupe years ago, Had it about 6 months and decided to try an overclock, Seems I got the motherload as it went all the way up to 4550Mhz on all cores at stock voltage, Been run stable like that ever since so can't bring myself to change it.
Great Video. I had a Ryzen 5 2600x coupled with a 1660 Super and those 2x smashed 1080p on ultra for a good few years, never any problems, even on stock coolers. I think the 3600 was released after that ? Had a Ryzen 7 2700x that was great in a workstation for many years also. Keep up the good videos!
Im still rocking a 3600 with some overclock (4.3GHz) and a RX 6800 for 1440p and VR gaming and it just works flawlessly. Gotta say it's a great CPU for anyone wanting anything really cheap to pair to a 3070 or similar. And it supports PCIe 4.0 unlike the 5500.
I recently bought a 3060 Ti, for a Ryzen 5 3600, and I'm currently playing 4K on it. Don't laugh, in my games - DiRT 5, WRC: Generations and F1 23 and the like, it handles pretty well. Medium or medium-high settings with DLSS Quality and I have a stable 60 FPS. (In the future I plan to switch to 1440P with a higher refresh rate).
@@TechLabUK 4K is only a temporary option, ultimately I want to use 4K for work and 1440P for gaming. BTW - the 3060 Ti I have chosen is an MSI Ventus 2x GDDR6X. It's not perfect - it makes a bit of noise, but it keeps reasonable temperatures. This doesn't bother me somehow, but it could make some people angry.
It remains a powerhouse for DCS World with the recent release of Multi-threading support, permitting 120fps+ at 1080p, and a smooth 75fps+ at 1440 - all through a GTX1660Ti Super (or 900x RAM Overclocked GDDR5 'silicon shortage' unit). Coupled with an 8GB+ GPU, it hits nearly 220+...as a result, for the silicon fighter pilot, the Ryzen 5 3600 remains a sweetspot of performance for price - and likely to remain of high performance for a decade or so. For my own particular one, there's never been a thermal spike issue - it runs happily at 38-42 degrees on idle, and maxes at 72-75 on full load...for hours non-stop! This is making use of a Coolermaster 212-series air-cooler (I don't trust water-cooling systems, not even AIO's - water and electricity do not mix !), combined with the excellent FanCool freeware software, which includes the capacity to adapt all fan speeds of the case and cooler to thermal targets, even if they are a goal rather than an achievement, though sometimes in the dead of winter it can get there...on upgrade, I'll be holding on to it as a worthwhile spare part.
In 2019 my MB fried and was low on cash, grabbed one of these expecting I'd be upgrading in 2 years because it was marginally better on paper than the 4790k I had originally from 2014. Well... 4 years later it's still chooching. I have it water cooled, never seems go above 60 degrees C. Was on 1080p gaming up until this month, upgraded to 4K. Honestly, it isn't bad. Paired to my RTX 3080, I still manage to get all my games to run a fairly solid 60 fps, did need to turn down a few games. The only 2 games that give me some trouble are BeamNG and American Truck Simulator. Both seem to relatively pin one core, and its not a constant low fps, but rather certain areas of the map I can see a hard drop into the 40's, but in others if unlocked will go upto 90. Still happy with it, hoping to get another few years out of it.
Just did an almost all used build off Ebay. Ryzen 3600/ asrock X570 Phantom 4 MB /32gig ram combo $169 used ebay..Gigabyte RTX 3060 12gig $210 used ebay.. TG- M.2 -1TB $35 new and TG- M.2- 2TB $78 new ebay..AG 400 RGB CPU cooler $26 new from micro center. Cougar duo-face pro rgb case $75 new from micro center . Already had good PSU and extra rgb cooling fans. I have to admit for 600 dollars this build looks really good and runs everything great. I highly recommend the cougar duo-face pro rgb case for the price it is roomy looks amazing easy to work with and comes with RGB controller built in to the case. Very impressed with the cougar case. I also recommend for the price the gamemaxx AG400 BK (argb) CPU cooler as I have stressed the R5-3600 under all my AAA games like HP, RDR2 and CP2077 and it never went over 50C. Even I was surprised how well this used ew cheap rig runs and looks.....have a good day
I pair my 3600 with a 3090 and even with a high end card like that, which I upgraded to recently after price drops is still working pretty well with it. However idk what I would even upgrade to because my motherboard limits the CPUs I could get and I’m pretty sure it’s just not worth the trouble.
Why is everyone all of a sudden considering this to be low end cpu!? It was one the best CPUs when it launched and completely threw Intel in the bin. This was the turnaround CPU for AMD and I don't think since then they have been able to release something as good and valuable as 3600/3600X. I'm still using it and as long as the games are GPU bound which is most likely the case the CPU is still performing really good. I pair it with 1660Ti and it performs really good in games, don't forget that games in general now are really unoptimised for pc so don't blame the cpu blame the devs
@@TechLabUK but still good enough for gaming at 1080p as long as you pair it with a mid level GPU. At higher resolutions it's even better because everything mostly becomes GPU bound. I think the only negative about this in 2023 is that it can't perform good enough with raytracing in games, it's too taxing on this CPU (ofc it wasn't designed with raytracing in mind). Since raytracing is the future, ofc it's better to buy newer gen CPUs for new builds but for those that bought it back then it has aged pretty good.
It's good if you can get it for a good price, but if you can afford a 5600, you should probably just get a 5600, as it is still much faster in some games. It is sometimes around 50% faster, with better latency, and better 1% lows. Given that you would likely want to upgrade to the 5000 series on an AM4 motherboard anyway, I'd say that you might as well just get a 5000 series CPU now, if you can afford it. If you can find it for cheap enough, a 5700X might be good, as some games do actually run better with 8-cores, even on Zen 3, and more and more games are actually benefiting from having 8-cores these days. The consoles use 8-core Zen 2 CPUs, so that's a big reason why more and more games are actually leveraging 8-cores.
I've heard about zen 2 temperature issues but mabie I just got lucky I'm using a cheap 16$ cooler and I've never hit over 60c 😅 it's also locked to 4.4ghz with 1.2vcore undervolt.
I really need to play more modern games or do productivity stuff, I guess. I've never seen mine, with its stock Wraith cooler and two 120mm exhaust fans in the case, get above 55 C. :) (bought the R5 3600 in the summer of '22 and it's paired with an RX 6600 I got a month or so ago. Gotta love watching random benchmarking videos from the Home page and stumbling across my own setup. :P Definitely going to replace it with an R5 5600 of some sort, when I can afford it)
Great vid brother but ure video seems to have such low bitrate even at 1440p , it almost looks like upscaled 480p. It is especially noticable when you are in the screen talking(just bad video quality in general).
Having a question here! Still using a Ryzen 5 3600 with a 3060 12gb. I often catch myself thinking to upgrade, but then I have to upgrade the motherboard and RAM too, and I don't feel like doing that yet. I still play the games on 1080p60 (That resolution and the 60fps are totally fine for me) For the most games I play the 3600 is still pretty good. It evens seems like that the 3600 will be good enough for newer Games I'm waiting for. So, my question is, is there a possibility to tell if the 3600 could still be a good cpu for 2024 too? I now, we're not there yet, but what could the chances be for it? I still want to wait and hope that prices for a new and more future-proof Motherboard, DDR5 RAM and CPU will drop a bit.
Can't really tell the future but if it is performing the way you want it to now then it will perform the same in the future. We just don't know what new games will be demanding but I suspect your 3060 will become the issue before the 3600 will.
@@MadDogVelare The 3600 is still a pretty strong CPU and can easily handle an RTX 3070/3080 or RX 6700Xt/6800XT. GPUs don't tend to last as long as CPUs.
@@TechLabUK Oh, okay, you speak about the lifeline of the gpu... for a moment I thought theres a problem with the 3060 or something like that :D But thanks for the answers! Hope you have a nice sunday :)
Still a solid CPU defo still. Used a few of these. They can spike a bit on the volts and temps. Do you have AMD Cool N Quiet enabled in BIOS and CPPC if that's in your BIOS too. Also the AMD Driver should provide a Ryzen Balanced Power Plan that can help a little. Otherwise you can set a slight negative voltage offset or manaully clock it.
i have the ryzen power plan to balance, pbo disabled, amd cool n quite auto, cppc auto ,cppc preferred cores disable, with cpu running at 3.6 ghz while gameing at max 34watts useage and voltage at 1.070v max, if i disable cppc it uses 40-50watts power and 1.4v max .., what do you suggest to get good performance with less power draw and cool temps?
Just an rx 6600??? 3:04 So, It got old really fast. I remember the advice used to be that the GPU was the most important thing that should cost the more money when building a gaming pc. But now it seems that you need to upgrade everything else very often otherwise you star bottlenecking.
RX 6600 is plenty for a Ryzen 5 3600. We have just tested the 3600 and RX 5700XT in our latest video, the 5700Xt is faster than the 6600 and the CPU is holding it back in some games. CPUs and GPUs have been leap frogging each other in recent generations.
i ordered yesterday r5 3600 + rx 6600 eagle 8gb + 16gb ram ddr4 3600mhz and m2 1TB ssd so i hope i will have good expirience with that pc cuz i played until now on i5 4gen + rx 550 4gb and 16gb ram ddr3 so it wasnt so plesent expirience with battlefield games what i love so much haha
Paired with a RX 6600, what CPU is closest to the 5 3600 in price but offers significant increase in performance? For my first build I have considered buying the 5 3600 and RX 6600 to play some competitive titles in 1080p. Thanks a lot for any advice.
Closest to price and performance would be the R5 3600. You could spend a little more and go to a 5000 series which would give you a little boost, something like the 5600 or 5600x. All of these CPUs though will work well with the RX 6600.
4500 same lvl of 3600? check gaming fps especially 0.1 and 1% what is huge another things there is stutters with pci3 and ofc not full power of rx6600 with pci4 what comes from 3600 pci will be like pci3 16x not like with pci3 8x cause pci 4 double that so pci4 x8 is like 3x16 and must important fix stuttering and so on (if all is connected to pci4, ssd, cpu, graphic) edit: i just wanna say that old 3600 eating 4500 by alot, l3 cache change all ;)
Should I upgrade my horrendous 3400g to a 3600 or 5600 or a 8 core 5700x My GPU is Rtx 2070 8Gb, I use a B450m I mainly want 1080p gaming with a 1080p 165hz monitor
This video is good timing. I currently have a 3600 paired with a 6700xt on a b450 board & an LG 144 27" monitor. Everything runs great except for cities skylines II which even the dev's called an ugly baby. And so I really don't need an upgrade but my birthday is coming up. Thinking about a 5600x. Maybe get that game over 40 fps. Cheers from Syracuse NY.
Hi! I was thinking of buying my first pc with the ryzen 5 3600 and rtx 3060 12gb as I’m on a pretty tight budget. Do you think that’s still decent in 2023 or is there a better option for in the same price range? Thanks 🙂
Depends what your definition of "Decent" is. It's a pretty good setup still, should play anything 1080p 60FPS. May push a lot in 1440p 60FPS if the games are well optimised / older.
You are getting lower performance across the board on your 3600 test then I did for normal use on my Ryzen 3600 setup I have been using since 2020. Especially in Cyberpunk 2077 and I basically ran that game maxed out. But mine has also been paired with a RTX 2070 Super the entire time. You should have went with a higher end gpu for your testing to eliminate any possible gpu bottlenecking taking place.
got the exact same setup. don't have the most optimal memory management lol so sometimes some games take a bit to smooth out but once they do they run at pretty high frames. can handle the newest stuff, particularly RE4 Remake with no issues whatsoever. R5 3600 + RTX 2070S my beloved
Genuine question - does it jumps to 80 and higher, that would actually damage the CPU? I want to upgrade from old laptop to 4060 and Ryzen 5 3600, and a bit worried for high spikes, as they were on my laptop with Ryzen 5 3550H (yes, laptops are different, I know, but still have worries).
Running a 3600x. I got it in early 2020 for 10 € more than the 3600. I've been really happy with it... My PC's Achilles heel is that I'm using it with an "AMD R9 390" from 2015. probably should get that one replaced XDD
I have a RX 6600 XT with 16GB RAM (2x8, 3200 MHz). I want to upgrade to a B550 motherboard and get a Gen4 M.2 NVMe. Is it worth to replace my R5 4600G with a R5 3600? Would it be better to replace it with a R5 5600? I'm using my PC for productivity mostly and casual gaming (single player, Rocket League sometimes). The difference in price between R5 3600 and R5 5600 (most expensive), according to what I found in Argentina nowadays, is more or less 50 dollars.
You would have to change the CPU to take advantage of the PCIe Gen 4.0 and if I were upgrading to it I would probably go with the 5600 as it is faster but also on newer technology. Depends on the price difference though, here we will pay around £50 for the 3600 and nearly £100 for the 5600 so not so much worth it tbh
I still have Ryzen 5 3600+RX580 8gb gigabite+32gb rami 4x8 fury beast at 3200hz and m2 240gb +1Tb ssd 2.5 and work very good in my work and also in gaming have not a problem at all with all game in ultra at 1080p 💪
I would say the 7800xt would work ok on it but you will be leaving some of the GPU performance on the table. More like a 6700xt / 3070Ti would be the max I would run on one tbh
@@TechLabUKmay i ask why 3070 but not 4070? Better price? I got 1080p all low with tons of laggy at elden ring, feels soooo bad Rn i just wait the gta6 recommend spec to make the call
I upgraded my pc recently, going from a 1660 super to a RTX 4070. I have a ryzen 5 3600, and I think that there is some bottleneck... its really annoying. On FPS games like Battlefield 1 and 5, fps are very inconsistent, and GPU usage goes from 9% to 90% in seconds, leading to worst performance compared to my 1660 super. In counter strike, I have around a 110fps, which is really low for a 4070... But, on solo games its a bit better. On the witcher 3, I hit 180fps with all settings maxed out and rtx off. On AC Mirage, I get around 80fps on ultra, whereas I saw some guys having 150. I am now facing a dilemma : I can either keep the 4070 (but im not sure that I will be able to upgrade the rest of my pc to get rid of bottleneck before a few years at least), or return it and get 550€ back... I really dont know what to do, because I heard that it is a great gpu for its price, its just that my pc is too weak to get its full potential.
The 4070 is a much newer and faster GPU and you may be seeing some issues. Most AM4 boards will allow you to upgrade to something like the 5700X3D or 5800X3D so they are two options which will be much much faster than this one.
i have a 2200g cpu with an rx570 4gb. i could get a used 3600 for $70 or a ryzen 5600 for $140. is it worth the difference or should i get the former? thanks if you could answer. its been my dilemma for a week now. im not from us btw, i just converted it.
You probably won't see much of a difference tbh but it also depends on how long you want it to last, what games you play and at what resolution/settings.
It depends on which i5 it is but this chip should work fine. We did a video recently of this chip with an RX 5700XT which should be similar in performance th-cam.com/video/dSLGOefUMbc/w-d-xo.html
@@proctoscopefilms Should be alright tbh. Ran a 3600 from a stock cooler for ages myself a while back. You wont get much overclocking on one but in normal use they work fine if not a little loud now and again.
Just upgraded from my 3600x and 5700xt. Gave that build to my brother and he's still playing most any game in 1440. It's a great cpu
My Ryzen 5 3600+RTX 3060 12GB is a perfect combo match for gaming still in 2023 at 1080p Maximum settings with no bottlenecks at all. Don't doubt I'll still get a couple more years out of this setup fine at 1080p.
Great combo you go there. What kind of games are you playing?
@@TechLabUK Frortnuite
That my same setup. The 3060 12gb non LHR is a beast for 1080p gaming and editing 4k video.
@@TechLabUK i have the same setup as well and i played Last of Us part 1, spiderman (and miles morales), GOW, RE4R :)
do you guys disable the pbo in bios when you game?
I still use a Ryzen 5 3600 in my test rig, it's a really great CPU still as long as you are not putting it up with a very powerful GPU.
What about a GTX 1650 super, that should be fine, right?
@@r2d2fromstartrek Yeah GTX 1650 super is a great pairing with Ryzen 3600
@@UltraGameWorld how about Rx 6600
@@mrcooshie8436 did u even watch the video
@@tonzcantclimb yes
ryzen 3600 and rtx 2060, still goin strong. Bought it 2 years ago. It is the i5 2500 of this era. It will be enough for 1080p for another 2 years at least.
Same 😅
It’s honestly insane how long it’s looking to last, I pair it with my 6650xt and I expected a bottleneck but it can still be paired with some stronger cards, which I didn’t know. AMD really made a diamond in the rough with this little chip
It's a great CPU still although many would disagree.
@@TechLabUK I have a 3600 + 2070 Super, would a 5800X3D be a great upgrade to gain some FPS? I play only in 1440 and never competitive gaming
@@ThePalePatriot You will see some gains but not 100% sure now much. When moving from the 5600x to the 5800x3d we saw like 5-10% in 1440p but huge leaps in 1080p. This was with the 5600x so you should see a little more unless the GPU is already maxed out.
@@TechLabUK Yeah I worry the 5800X3D is to much for my 2070 Super
heck yeah i have a slightly overclocked 6600 and I expected there to be a bottle neck too, but its just a small one and my pc performs amazing. I got the 3600 for 115$ back in 2020 before the pandemic, i have it overclocked to 4.4ghz and it has been the best 115$ ive ever spent.
In 2017 I bought a prebuild with MSI A320M PRO VDS with Athlon 200GE, THEN 6 years later I was able to upgrade that system with Ryzen 5 3600, its like having a new computer. for a very low cost, all I had to do was a BIOS update.
This was the cpu I upgraded to after using the FX 8350 for a few years. And man, I wasn't prepared for the performance boost!
Time to retire my fx 8320 for a ryzen 5 3600 (can't buy 5600 haha)
same came from a fx 8350 to 5 3600
me too lol
No way i did the same thing, it was a monumental upgrade!
I went from an FX 6350 in 2020 to 3600x... Can relate, jump was wild XD
I have been using one of these since 2019. I used to have it paired with an RX 480 but upgraded to a 6600XT last year. Truth is this pairing can handle about any game on high at 1080p/60. Which as a relatively casual gamer is about all I need.
yeah same
bought and installed the same specs yesterday. so far I love it.
I'm still using one for 1440p gaming (paired with a 6800) and it shows no sign of obsolescence. Amazing CPU for its day... and today.
Really? I have an "old" pc with a r3600 and I‘m planing to upgrade to a 6800 and I was worried I might have a bottneck at 1440p
@@TheJo1ke the higher your resolition the less cpu matters so a 5600 will get the same performance for instance
same except I have 6800xt and run 1440p. the cpu definitely holds you back a bit. I don't get near the fps benchmarks of a 7800XD youtuber using the same gpu
@@RideTheSkiesduh😂 the xd is newer thats like saying a 2024 mustang is better than a 2012 one
I was thinking of buying in April , should I buy??
Had a 1700x in my pc. Just picked up a 3600x for 50$ used over the weekend. Combined with a 3060 ti and it's doing great as far as performance and thermals go. I think i'll be good to play games for the next year and eventually I'll grab a 5600x and call it a day for the foreseeable future.
I have chosen the newer R5 5500 to replace my broken AM3+ System (Fx 8350). The 5500 "only" has PCIe 3 support but in many games it's a bit faster than the R5 3600 and currently it's arround the same price. After 2 Month i'm stil absolutely satisfied with this little cpu and also the power consumption is with arround 50-60 watts in games like Forza Horizon 5 very low.
The 5500 is a great chip. Want to get one to play around with. The PCIe Gen only matters with certain GPUs anyway.
I have one of these paired with a 5700xt with 16gb ram and it still does me fine in all the new games, it will run forza horizon 5 in 4k on ultra at 48 fps , I'm happy with that for now , although looking at a 4070
I thought about getting the 3600 at launch in 2019, but decided to spend the extra money on the x variant instead. It's getting a bit old but it still keeps chugging right along with no signs of needing replaced. Definitely getting my money's worth.
My 3600 and 2060 combo still going strong for 1080p. Might upgrade to increase my rendering speeds though
still rocking my 10900k, been using it since day 1 release and it still is a BEAST with a 3080 10gb in 3440x1440p, dont struggle in anything and the 10c does me good.
Great video as always mate! The 3600 is a truly lenegdary CPU and it still has some life left in it. As for the weird temps, this happens on my 3950X. It basically always sits between 60-70C no matter the workload.
Yeah very weird thermals on them. Nothing out of this world in terms of worry just bouncing all over the place for no reason lol
@@TechLabUK I have been using this cpu since it was released....for some reason the default cooler does not do a job....i got a nice custom cool where the temperature on idle went down to 40C plus from peaking at 60C on iddle...other than that a awesome chip
@@TechLabUK I know this comment is old, but its due to the cores of the R5 3600 to boost whenever it needs. In reality, theres only 1 core peaking at say 60C° for a single second, then cools down. In reality the chip doesnt run this hot, but only a single core for a fraction of a second.
@@CODA96Hi. So the stock cooling is good with it already?
@@chiminhtran7534 Sure its enough. You can upgrade to something bigger whenever to gain a little extra performance
After upgrading to AM5 socket, I put this in the old rig paired with a 4060 that I got on sale. It still runs games really well, and makes good secondary rig for family or lan parties.
Not long ago I got this processor on the marketplace with several pins bent and 2 broken, after I repaired everything safe and the temperature was also safe, I got only $10
I just ordered one. I've been stuck on a LGA 775 pc since 2009 (yeah i'm that guy, only for office / studying so I didn't feel the need for upgrading), this will be a astronomical upgrade, thanks for the video! Appreciate it!
Oh wow, will be an amazing upgrade. Would say even moving to the AM4 platform gives you plenty of upgrade room but might not even need it.
@@TechLabUK Yeah, this 3600 is plenty for me, coupled with a rx 6650 xt. Once I buy PC's i keep them for a long time
Was the C2DUO based on that socket ? I remember getting my first pc back in 2008.
@@realmoonknight Yeah, Core 2 Duo and Quad we're on LGA775 socket
I think it's important to remember that if you bought the Ryzen 5 3600 standalone to upgrade without it being in a prebuilt pc, you might have neglected to buy good ram which has come insanely far in 3 years. Because every component interacts and we want a well oiled machine so to speak. Nowadays buying used DDR4 32GB 3600Mhz (16 or 18CL) costs like 50.. I bought CL16 which makes a HELL of a difference on 1% and 0.1% lows. I was stuck on 2400mhz and noticed 3600mhz made my games playable to the point where the 5800X3D became a luxury. I could have stayed on 2400mhz had I wanted to, because this chip is amazing if you have bad ram, as it picks up for the slack with the L3 cache.. But if I could look back I would have bought the ram years ago WITH the CPU because I realized you want them to run 1:1, 3600mhz RAM pairs extremely well with the R5 3600(x) and that would have given me headroom to switch to an AM5 platform in a year+
I'm using a R5 3600 and RTX 3060 and it's been a great combination for me. I have a Mugen Scythe 3 rev.c cooler on it.
A great pairing, should be getting the full potential out of that GPU with it.
i ordered r5 3600 rtx 3050 16gb ram, do you think it will be good?
@@smokeroze Depends what you mean by good. The GPU is an entry level GPU but the combo you have will work well together.
The 3600 served me well the past few years I upgraded to a 5600x and Gained about 20 fps across the board but aw man, what a CPU
Those temperature spikes really messed with me when I first got my 3600 🤣 It's nice to know that it's normal behaviour
It's just the insane voltage used for single threaded use. You can use about 1.2 volts for a fixed 4.1-4.2 ghz and never see spikes like that again.
I'm currently seeing entire Ryzen 5 3600 PC builds (minus a GPU) for less than 200 bucks. Imo thats a steal for such a good CPU
I have AMD A6-6400K 3.9GHZ for over 6 years now. Still gaming and at the same time suffering from performance😫
Really wanted the Ryzen 5 3600 for its cheap price but I'm still young for a job so I just have to keep going😤
Testing at 4k with the RX 6600 your bottleneck is the GPU not the CPU.
I got mine a coupe years ago, Had it about 6 months and decided to try an overclock, Seems I got the motherload as it went all the way up to 4550Mhz on all cores at stock voltage, Been run stable like that ever since so can't bring myself to change it.
Great CPU. Know quite a few people who have had them for a while and have no intention in upgrading yet.
It’s crazy how you can still run this thing with a 3070 at 1440p with relatively minimal bottlenecking
This will be my first CPU in my B550 Board before I upgrade to a 5700X3D in the future.
Great Video.
I had a Ryzen 5 2600x coupled with a 1660 Super and those 2x smashed 1080p on ultra for a good few years, never any problems, even on stock coolers. I think the 3600 was released after that ?
Had a Ryzen 7 2700x that was great in a workstation for many years also.
Keep up the good videos!
2700x was also a great gaming cpu, i used it for music production, artwork and gaming together with the Vega 64... I loved the computer ;)
Im still rocking a 3600 with some overclock (4.3GHz) and a RX 6800 for 1440p and VR gaming and it just works flawlessly.
Gotta say it's a great CPU for anyone wanting anything really cheap to pair to a 3070 or similar. And it supports PCIe 4.0 unlike the 5500.
its strength in my opinion is its healthy L3 cache and pci gen 4 support with excellent efficiency
Don't be sad.. I still using 1500x & RX470 untill now.
It always make me happy 🎉
Had one of these lying around so i got a used 1660Ti for cheap and now I have a nice little 1440p gaming/htpc in the living room
I am using one too with RTX 4060ti 8gb and res 3440X1440 ultra wide, it's very good, still very good!
I recently bought a 3060 Ti, for a Ryzen 5 3600, and I'm currently playing 4K on it. Don't laugh, in my games - DiRT 5, WRC: Generations and F1 23 and the like, it handles pretty well. Medium or medium-high settings with DLSS Quality and I have a stable 60 FPS. (In the future I plan to switch to 1440P with a higher refresh rate).
Why would anyone laugh. A great pairing there and it's playing your games fine.
@@TechLabUK 4K is only a temporary option, ultimately I want to use 4K for work and 1440P for gaming. BTW - the 3060 Ti I have chosen is an MSI Ventus 2x GDDR6X. It's not perfect - it makes a bit of noise, but it keeps reasonable temperatures. This doesn't bother me somehow, but it could make some people angry.
I call it a solid Campaign mode CPU @1080p
Single core perf is not enough even for a 6700xt 12 GB this CPU will bottleneck it.
It remains a powerhouse for DCS World with the recent release of Multi-threading support, permitting 120fps+ at 1080p, and a smooth 75fps+ at 1440 - all through a GTX1660Ti Super (or 900x RAM Overclocked GDDR5 'silicon shortage' unit). Coupled with an 8GB+ GPU, it hits nearly 220+...as a result, for the silicon fighter pilot, the Ryzen 5 3600 remains a sweetspot of performance for price - and likely to remain of high performance for a decade or so.
For my own particular one, there's never been a thermal spike issue - it runs happily at 38-42 degrees on idle, and maxes at 72-75 on full load...for hours non-stop!
This is making use of a Coolermaster 212-series air-cooler (I don't trust water-cooling systems, not even AIO's - water and electricity do not mix !), combined with the excellent FanCool freeware software, which includes the capacity to adapt all fan speeds of the case and cooler to thermal targets, even if they are a goal rather than an achievement, though sometimes in the dead of winter it can get there...on upgrade, I'll be holding on to it as a worthwhile spare part.
Pretty much the same result here, same combo for DCS and run at 60fps with G-Sync I happily run at just that. Smooth and golden on 1440p...
(su soğutma sistemlerine güvenmiyorum, AIO'lara bile güvenmiyorum - su ve elektrik karışmaz!) 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
In 2019 my MB fried and was low on cash, grabbed one of these expecting I'd be upgrading in 2 years because it was marginally better on paper than the 4790k I had originally from 2014. Well... 4 years later it's still chooching. I have it water cooled, never seems go above 60 degrees C. Was on 1080p gaming up until this month, upgraded to 4K. Honestly, it isn't bad. Paired to my RTX 3080, I still manage to get all my games to run a fairly solid 60 fps, did need to turn down a few games. The only 2 games that give me some trouble are BeamNG and American Truck Simulator. Both seem to relatively pin one core, and its not a constant low fps, but rather certain areas of the map I can see a hard drop into the 40's, but in others if unlocked will go upto 90. Still happy with it, hoping to get another few years out of it.
What's even better is that with a quick bios upgrade you can replace this with a 5800X3D and smooth out any of those drops.
Just did an almost all used build off Ebay. Ryzen 3600/ asrock X570 Phantom 4 MB /32gig ram combo $169 used ebay..Gigabyte RTX 3060 12gig $210 used ebay.. TG- M.2 -1TB $35 new and TG- M.2- 2TB $78 new ebay..AG 400 RGB CPU cooler $26 new from micro center. Cougar duo-face pro rgb case $75 new from micro center . Already had good PSU and extra rgb cooling fans. I have to admit for 600 dollars this build looks really good and runs everything great. I highly recommend the cougar duo-face pro rgb case for the price it is roomy looks amazing easy to work with and comes with RGB controller built in to the case. Very impressed with the cougar case. I also recommend for the price the gamemaxx AG400 BK (argb) CPU cooler as I have stressed the R5-3600 under all my AAA games like HP, RDR2 and CP2077 and it never went over 50C. Even I was surprised how well this used
ew cheap rig runs and looks.....have a good day
Middle of 2024, and Ryzen 5 3600 is still a great CPU.
Yup
3600 + 2070 Super. I think its one of the best purchases i ever made.
That is what i am running. And it still goinf hard. Our next uograde would be the 7600. Thats if you want to upgrade everything!
I pair my 3600 with a 3090 and even with a high end card like that, which I upgraded to recently after price drops is still working pretty well with it. However idk what I would even upgrade to because my motherboard limits the CPUs I could get and I’m pretty sure it’s just not worth the trouble.
With a 3090 and not wanting to change platform you would want the 5800X3D. You will see a difference with that.
if you have a b450 board then you actually can run a 5600x etc your bios just needs an update bc i just built my friend his with a 5600x on a b450
Why is everyone all of a sudden considering this to be low end cpu!? It was one the best CPUs when it launched and completely threw Intel in the bin. This was the turnaround CPU for AMD and I don't think since then they have been able to release something as good and valuable as 3600/3600X. I'm still using it and as long as the games are GPU bound which is most likely the case the CPU is still performing really good. I pair it with 1660Ti and it performs really good in games, don't forget that games in general now are really unoptimised for pc so don't blame the cpu blame the devs
It is an awesome CPU as I point out in the video. I believe people see it as low end because it's a few generations old now and just a 6 core.
@@TechLabUK but still good enough for gaming at 1080p as long as you pair it with a mid level GPU. At higher resolutions it's even better because everything mostly becomes GPU bound. I think the only negative about this in 2023 is that it can't perform good enough with raytracing in games, it's too taxing on this CPU (ofc it wasn't designed with raytracing in mind). Since raytracing is the future, ofc it's better to buy newer gen CPUs for new builds but for those that bought it back then it has aged pretty good.
@@ashank9856 I know people with them who have no plans to upgrade anytime soon, they are perfect for many still.
It's good if you can get it for a good price, but if you can afford a 5600, you should probably just get a 5600, as it is still much faster in some games. It is sometimes around 50% faster, with better latency, and better 1% lows. Given that you would likely want to upgrade to the 5000 series on an AM4 motherboard anyway, I'd say that you might as well just get a 5000 series CPU now, if you can afford it. If you can find it for cheap enough, a 5700X might be good, as some games do actually run better with 8-cores, even on Zen 3, and more and more games are actually benefiting from having 8-cores these days.
The consoles use 8-core Zen 2 CPUs, so that's a big reason why more and more games are actually leveraging 8-cores.
I cured the temp spikes by giving it a 4.1ghz overclock believe it or not..
I've heard about zen 2 temperature issues but mabie I just got lucky I'm using a cheap 16$ cooler and I've never hit over 60c 😅 it's also locked to 4.4ghz with 1.2vcore undervolt.
You know I just got a R5-3600 recently.
And you know I am looking at RX 6xxx series cards right now. xD
Now you know how good they are and how well they work with an RX 6600 :) I think it would go really well with an RX 6700/6750.
I really need to play more modern games or do productivity stuff, I guess. I've never seen mine, with its stock Wraith cooler and two 120mm exhaust fans in the case, get above 55 C. :)
(bought the R5 3600 in the summer of '22 and it's paired with an RX 6600 I got a month or so ago. Gotta love watching random benchmarking videos from the Home page and stumbling across my own setup. :P Definitely going to replace it with an R5 5600 of some sort, when I can afford it)
R 5 3600 gtx 1660ti 16 gb ram I play Borderlands 3 on Ultra 70fps. Awsome procesor. :)))
Great vid brother but ure video seems to have such low bitrate even at 1440p , it almost looks like upscaled 480p.
It is especially noticable when you are in the screen talking(just bad video quality in general).
Having a question here! Still using a Ryzen 5 3600 with a 3060 12gb.
I often catch myself thinking to upgrade, but then I have to upgrade the motherboard and RAM too, and I don't feel like doing that yet.
I still play the games on 1080p60 (That resolution and the 60fps are totally fine for me)
For the most games I play the 3600 is still pretty good. It evens seems like that the 3600 will be good enough for newer Games I'm waiting for.
So, my question is, is there a possibility to tell if the 3600 could still be a good cpu for 2024 too? I now, we're not there yet, but what could the chances be for it?
I still want to wait and hope that prices for a new and more future-proof Motherboard, DDR5 RAM and CPU will drop a bit.
Can't really tell the future but if it is performing the way you want it to now then it will perform the same in the future. We just don't know what new games will be demanding but I suspect your 3060 will become the issue before the 3600 will.
@@TechLabUK Hm... why could the 3060 become more of an issue?
@@MadDogVelare The 3600 is still a pretty strong CPU and can easily handle an RTX 3070/3080 or RX 6700Xt/6800XT. GPUs don't tend to last as long as CPUs.
@@TechLabUK Oh, okay, you speak about the lifeline of the gpu... for a moment I thought theres a problem with the 3060 or something like that :D
But thanks for the answers! Hope you have a nice sunday :)
@@MadDogVelare lol sorry, yeah lifeline, nothing wrong wit the GPU it self.
im using the 3600 and 5700xt and its working great right now
Did a video on these two recently. Great combo: th-cam.com/video/dSLGOefUMbc/w-d-xo.html
Rockin mine now....wanna upgrade but its still freekin fast.
It is a great CPU still especially when we are moving up those resolutions so it's holding on even longer.
My son pc has that cpu paired with 5500 XT no issue. OG cpu. As long warzone is 100 ish fps low setting is good for him.
Still a solid CPU defo still. Used a few of these. They can spike a bit on the volts and temps. Do you have AMD Cool N Quiet enabled in BIOS and CPPC if that's in your BIOS too. Also the AMD Driver should provide a Ryzen Balanced Power Plan that can help a little. Otherwise you can set a slight negative voltage offset or manaully clock it.
Great ideas. Will definitely get those set up when we build the system from this one. Thanks for the recommendations!
i have the ryzen power plan to balance, pbo disabled, amd cool n quite auto, cppc auto ,cppc preferred cores disable, with cpu running at 3.6 ghz while gameing at max 34watts useage and voltage at 1.070v max, if i disable cppc it uses 40-50watts power and 1.4v max .., what do you suggest to get good performance with less power draw and cool temps?
Thank you, very realistic examples
Just an rx 6600??? 3:04 So, It got old really fast. I remember the advice used to be that the GPU was the most important thing that should cost the more money when building a gaming pc. But now it seems that you need to upgrade everything else very often otherwise you star bottlenecking.
RX 6600 is plenty for a Ryzen 5 3600. We have just tested the 3600 and RX 5700XT in our latest video, the 5700Xt is faster than the 6600 and the CPU is holding it back in some games. CPUs and GPUs have been leap frogging each other in recent generations.
How much performance differences will be there if i choose ryzen 5 5600 instead ryzen 5 3600 for 1080p gaming? I have AMD rx 7600 graphics card
Not a lot, the 5600x is faster but you might not even be able to tell. Depends on the price difference really.
@@TechLabUK
Over here the price of ryzen 5 3600 is $102 and ryzen 5 5600 is $ 156
And ryzen 5 5600x is $174🥲
i ordered yesterday r5 3600 + rx 6600 eagle 8gb + 16gb ram ddr4 3600mhz and m2 1TB ssd so i hope i will have good expirience with that pc cuz i played until now on i5 4gen + rx 550 4gb and 16gb ram ddr3 so it wasnt so plesent expirience with battlefield games what i love so much haha
That will be a huge leap up in performance, no issues at all with Battlefield games after that.
Got same cpu with 16gb ram and a 2070 running about 80 fps on must game on high
Paired with a RX 6600, what CPU is closest to the 5 3600 in price but offers significant increase in performance? For my first build I have considered buying the 5 3600 and RX 6600 to play some competitive titles in 1080p. Thanks a lot for any advice.
Closest to price and performance would be the R5 3600. You could spend a little more and go to a 5000 series which would give you a little boost, something like the 5600 or 5600x. All of these CPUs though will work well with the RX 6600.
@@TechLabUK I was thinking the same. For a budget build I think the R3600 will do just fine! Thanks a lot man.
@@realcat08 Yeah, still a great budget CPU.
@@realcat08 Roughly speaking > R5 3600 =R5 5500 = R5 5600G, R5 5600 is 30% better and R5 4500/4600G are lower than R5 3600/5500/5600G.
Great cpu 🙂 had a couple of these in the past. Excellent price to performance 😁
How good is it on cod and Fortnite
I got this cpu but idk if I should of got a 5600
i take a 4500 is same level of 3600 and both cpu are HOT with rendering like cinebench r23 it take a 94c with 30c ambiental
4500 same lvl of 3600? check gaming fps especially 0.1 and 1% what is huge another things there is stutters with pci3 and ofc not full power of rx6600 with pci4 what comes from 3600 pci will be like pci3 16x not like with pci3 8x cause pci 4 double that so pci4 x8 is like 3x16 and must important fix stuttering and so on (if all is connected to pci4, ssd, cpu, graphic) edit: i just wanna say that old 3600 eating 4500 by alot, l3 cache change all ;)
Should I upgrade my horrendous 3400g to a 3600 or 5600 or a 8 core 5700x
My GPU is Rtx 2070 8Gb, I use a B450m
I mainly want 1080p gaming with a 1080p 165hz monitor
This video is good timing. I currently have a 3600 paired with a 6700xt on a b450 board & an LG 144 27" monitor. Everything runs great except for cities skylines II which even the dev's called an ugly baby.
And so I really don't need an upgrade but my birthday is coming up. Thinking about a 5600x. Maybe get that game over 40 fps.
Cheers from Syracuse NY.
Hi! I was thinking of buying my first pc with the ryzen 5 3600 and rtx 3060 12gb as I’m on a pretty tight budget. Do you think that’s still decent in 2023 or is there a better option for in the same price range? Thanks 🙂
Depends what your definition of "Decent" is. It's a pretty good setup still, should play anything 1080p 60FPS. May push a lot in 1440p 60FPS if the games are well optimised / older.
@@TechLabUK yep that’s what i meant under decent! tysm that’s great to hear 🎉
@@naberima11 Like I say will be pretty good and you will still have plenty of options for upgrade later.
i have a 5 3600x and a 3060 12gb and i get 100-110 fps in warzone on 1440p so id say this is a decent setup
@@TechLabUK
Got this CPU paired with a 2080ti. Great for 1440p gaming.
with the ryzen 5 3600 and rtx 3060ti i get avg benchmark for rdr2 of 59 fps 😮, is it bcoz im useing balance power plan with pbo disabled?
My 3600 is like an old asthmatic chasing Yousane Bolt 4080. Mandem wants 5800X3D yo
meanwhile me trying to use my ryzen 5 3600 with 4070TI..
Me to
I have a 5 3600 and got it paired with an old gtx970, I was thinking of upgrading - what would be the best price/ value option?
Assuming you mean the GPU. Depends on budget but RX 6700XT would be a great choice and a big upgrade that CPU would be fine with.
You are getting lower performance across the board on your 3600 test then I did for normal use on my Ryzen 3600 setup I have been using since 2020. Especially in Cyberpunk 2077 and I basically ran that game maxed out. But mine has also been paired with a RTX 2070 Super the entire time. You should have went with a higher end gpu for your testing to eliminate any possible gpu bottlenecking taking place.
got the exact same setup. don't have the most optimal memory management lol so sometimes some games take a bit to smooth out but once they do they run at pretty high frames. can handle the newest stuff, particularly RE4 Remake with no issues whatsoever. R5 3600 + RTX 2070S my beloved
hi, really nice vids!, its okay to pair 3600 with 6700 XT for 1440p gaming?
Should be fine.
Genuine question - does it jumps to 80 and higher, that would actually damage the CPU? I want to upgrade from old laptop to 4060 and Ryzen 5 3600, and a bit worried for high spikes, as they were on my laptop with Ryzen 5 3550H (yes, laptops are different, I know, but still have worries).
Not really, their jumps seem to be a quirk and their limits are much higher.
Running a 3600x. I got it in early 2020 for 10 € more than the 3600. I've been really happy with it... My PC's Achilles heel is that I'm using it with an "AMD R9 390" from 2015. probably should get that one replaced XDD
Still a great foundation for that GPU upgrade though. Soon as the time is right you drop an RX 6700XT in it and it's like a whole new machine.
get a 5600g its like $130 rn
I have a RX 6600 XT with 16GB RAM (2x8, 3200 MHz). I want to upgrade to a B550 motherboard and get a Gen4 M.2 NVMe. Is it worth to replace my R5 4600G with a R5 3600? Would it be better to replace it with a R5 5600? I'm using my PC for productivity mostly and casual gaming (single player, Rocket League sometimes). The difference in price between R5 3600 and R5 5600 (most expensive), according to what I found in Argentina nowadays, is more or less 50 dollars.
You would have to change the CPU to take advantage of the PCIe Gen 4.0 and if I were upgrading to it I would probably go with the 5600 as it is faster but also on newer technology. Depends on the price difference though, here we will pay around £50 for the 3600 and nearly £100 for the 5600 so not so much worth it tbh
@@TechLabUKGreat. I was considering the options, trying to make the best choice possible. Now, I have a better idea. Thank you for your response!
I still have Ryzen 5 3600+RX580 8gb gigabite+32gb rami 4x8 fury beast at 3200hz and m2 240gb +1Tb ssd 2.5 and work very good in my work and also in gaming have not a problem at all with all game in ultra at 1080p 💪
Such a cool setup tbh
just got this cpu just now paired with 10 70 super
doing my duty catching up on all your vids bud
What's the limit for gpu on this cpu? Will the 7800xt be too much?
I would say the 7800xt would work ok on it but you will be leaving some of the GPU performance on the table. More like a 6700xt / 3070Ti would be the max I would run on one tbh
using ryzen3600+1660ti with a 550w Power supply
feel laggy for AAA games now, should i just upgrade the graphic card or buy a new pc?
Depends what's causing the lag I suppose. The CPU is still pretty strong and should support up to an RTX 3070/RX 6700XT
@@TechLabUKmay i ask why 3070 but not 4070? Better price?
I got 1080p all low with tons of laggy at elden ring, feels soooo bad
Rn i just wait the gta6 recommend spec to make the call
@@savedragoon3326 A 4070 with this CPU would probably leave GPU performance on the table. i.e. the CPU would become the bottleneck.
i have a ryzen 5 3600 and gtx 1660 super, i want to upgrade the gpu to a rtx 4060 but idk weather to upgrade the cpu with it or just keep it
3600 will be fine with a 4060 tbh
@@TechLabUK but what if i upgrade to ryzen 7 5700x or 5800x? it would seem a lot more worth right?
@@l--l1443 Yeah, 3000 to 5000 offered a good upgrade.
I was going to get one back in the day but then I nabbed an Intel 10400f for half the price just couldn't say no to that. Both great cpu's.
We still have a 10400F in our Arc system in the studio. Another great chip!
so what is the highest gpu with the r5 3600 and a 600 watt psu you would recommend?
RX 6700XT / RTX 3070. Something around there.
i have a 3600x with a 3060ti and there’s no bottleneck
Ryzen 5 3600 + RTX 3060 Ti combo here
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Besides RX 6600 what GPU is the best for R5 3600?
You can go as far as a 6800xt and still be ok.
I upgraded my pc recently, going from a 1660 super to a RTX 4070. I have a ryzen 5 3600, and I think that there is some bottleneck... its really annoying. On FPS games like Battlefield 1 and 5, fps are very inconsistent, and GPU usage goes from 9% to 90% in seconds, leading to worst performance compared to my 1660 super. In counter strike, I have around a 110fps, which is really low for a 4070... But, on solo games its a bit better. On the witcher 3, I hit 180fps with all settings maxed out and rtx off. On AC Mirage, I get around 80fps on ultra, whereas I saw some guys having 150. I am now facing a dilemma : I can either keep the 4070 (but im not sure that I will be able to upgrade the rest of my pc to get rid of bottleneck before a few years at least), or return it and get 550€ back... I really dont know what to do, because I heard that it is a great gpu for its price, its just that my pc is too weak to get its full potential.
The 4070 is a much newer and faster GPU and you may be seeing some issues. Most AM4 boards will allow you to upgrade to something like the 5700X3D or 5800X3D so they are two options which will be much much faster than this one.
@@TechLabUK thanks for the suggestion. Do you think that the ryzen 5 5600X is a good alternative ?
@@simonleforestier7246 It is faster but not sure you will still get the full potential of that GPU with it.
@@TechLabUK Do you think a 5700x3d would allow me to get rid of bottleneck ?
@@simonleforestier7246 It would be the better choice tbh as they are pretty good
i have a 2200g cpu with an rx570 4gb. i could get a used 3600 for $70 or a ryzen 5600 for $140. is it worth the difference or should i get the former? thanks if you could answer. its been my dilemma for a week now. im not from us btw, i just converted it.
You probably won't see much of a difference tbh but it also depends on how long you want it to last, what games you play and at what resolution/settings.
@@TechLabUK im playing on a 1080p monitor and i play mostly singleplayer. the disparity in price is too high to justify it, no?
@@nettogrof9948 The price difference is quite a bit and I suspect you won't see much of a difference with an RX570.
I have 3600 + 1660 super for 1080p. Mostly playin COD. Can I upgrade gpu to 3070 ? Or any recommendations from amd
Yup, 3600 will drive a 3070 fine. You could also look at the RX 6700XT.
So i got an rtx 2060 super...will this cpu be gud for that or should i get a core i5?
It depends on which i5 it is but this chip should work fine. We did a video recently of this chip with an RX 5700XT which should be similar in performance th-cam.com/video/dSLGOefUMbc/w-d-xo.html
I just upgraded my mobo and ram, what would be a good upgrade from ryzen 5 3600?
Great price to performance option the 5700X, tippity top performance 5800X3D
@@TechLabUK thank u!
hello! Ryzen 5 3600 and RTX 3060 is it good? or RTX 3060 Ti? i have B550m Motherboard. Thank you!
Would pair fine with either of them.
@@TechLabUK thank you so much sir
wich best to my new build ryzen 3600 or ryzen 5500?
These CPUs are so close you probably wouldn't tell a difference. The 3600 has more L3 cache and PCIe Gen 4 Support though if that matters to you.
Are the temps with the wraith cooler in check?
Generally fine with any Wraith cooler as it's only 65w. You see the normal Ryzen bouncing peaks but you see that with any cooler.
@@TechLabUK so the wraith cooler and a 120mm exhaust fan should be enough, yeah?
Thanks so much for your reply. The PC community is so very helpful.
@@proctoscopefilms Should be alright tbh. Ran a 3600 from a stock cooler for ages myself a while back. You wont get much overclocking on one but in normal use they work fine if not a little loud now and again.
@@TechLabUKthanks so much!
Would 3600 cpu be good with a rx 6400 or a 1650?
3600 should be more than enough for those GPUs. Do you already have a motherboard for it?
Is rtx 3070ti huge bn for r5 3600 cuz i want to upgrade my 1080TI?
Not really, should be alright. I know a lot of people using that combination and they seem happy.
Ryzen 3600 with a rtx 2070 is that a good combination? That's what i have right now. Please let me know💯🙏
Should be a pretty good match.