Buy R5 2600X / R7 2700X or wait?

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Hello.

I'm building a new pc and by the time I was ready to order the components I chose, I found out about the possibility of the new Ryzen cpus announcement. I really don't know how to proceed. Fist of all, I intend to use the new pc mainly for gaming and Adobe programs usage, so if I had to choose between R5 2600X and R7 2700X, which one should I get? I've read some reviews and it seems to me that for the intended usage, the latter may be an unnecessary overkill (although I love the stock fan lol). However, the real question is whether I should wait for the new Ryzen 3600X or 3700X and postpone the purchase. I was supposed to buy the build 2 months ago but postponed it cause I wanted to be sure I'd get the best for the available budget, so if I had to wait too much, I'd be a bit frustrating. Is there a way to know when the new processors will hit the market? Also, should, from what we've seen til now, get one of them instead of 2600X or 2700X? Please help guys, I'm really confused :p
 
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The new Ryzen processors, Zen 2, are not even expected to be announced until April or May, and that's likely a paper launch. Actual availability likely won't be until June or later so unless you are willing to wait that long I'd just pull the trigger on what you want now.

You can always upgrade to a new Ryzen processor at any point down the road using whatever motherboard you purchase now since compatibility on AM4 socket motherboards and processors forwards and backwards is expected to continue through at least 2021.
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The new Ryzen processors, Zen 2, are not even expected to be announced until April or May, and that's likely a paper launch. Actual availability likely won't be until June or later so unless you are willing to wait that long I'd just pull the trigger on what you want now.

You can always upgrade to a new Ryzen processor at any point down the road using whatever motherboard you purchase now since compatibility on AM4 socket motherboards and processors forwards and backwards is expected to continue through at least 2021.
 
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So all these rumors suggesting that the new Ryzen 3000 series will be announced in CES 2019 have no chance of being true? I mean, waiting til late February or March is one thing, but waiting til June or even early autumn is too much for me.

 
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I see. There have been, however, many posts in reddit the past hours and a lot of sites claim that they will be announced in CES, so I don't know. I guess there could be a misleading hype. If I were to buy now, would you recommend the R5 2600X or the R7 2700X for the usage I've described?

 
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Being "announced" and actually being available, are not always, and rarely are, the same thing. Plus, even when they become "available", it doesn't mean they will immediately be widely available. Often only limited stock is offered at first plus early release hardware usually goes to review sites first and what IS available to consumers often sells out fairly quickly.

The bottom line is, nobody knows, until they know, so speculation is just that.
 
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Okay, thanks a lot for the kind reply, you've been really helpful, solution found. Regarding the comparison of the two, which one should I buy?

 
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Honestly, that depends on how flexible your wallet is. The 100mhz clock speed difference isn't enough to sway anybody one way or the other so it really comes down to the 6/12 versus 8/16 and honestly I can't say that for gaming that is going to make much difference since the 12 threads of the 100 dollar cheaper 2600x is going to be more than enough for just about anything you'd want to do.

My thought on this is that if you plan to do a lot of heavy multitasking on TOP of running the game engine, if gaming is your primary concern, like simulataneous recording, encoding, streaming, browsing, any kind of chat utilities or overlays, then the extra cost of the 2700x might be worth it to you. If you aren't gaming, but are running high end applications that you KNOW are very well optimized for to make use of available threads, then it might also be worthwhile.

Also, multithreading is going to see MORE rather than less support as new products are released going forward, so maybe just because most of what you do now primarily likes single core performance better doesn't mean that it will in the near to intermediate future.
 
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Thanks a lot for everything. You really gave detailed info on everything I asked, I'm so grateful. I think I'll go for the 2700X.

 
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