Hi, im trying to pick what cpu to get for an upgrade. I current have a ryzen 5 3600 in my build but thinking its time to upgrade it. I want to stay on AM4 because of ram prices.

I mostly intend to use my pc for gaming and some light side work in vs code here and there. But mostly all for games. That being said I do have consoles I prefer to use for most games anyways.

What I do plan to play sometimes is WoW, LoL, CS2, europa universalis 4, cities skylines, and sims 4. And maybe a couple of other demanding games if I choose to play on pc instead, like baldurs gate 3.

I went to a local pc part store and was recommended the ryzen 9 5900xt but I am wonder if thats what I should do for my upgrade since its $420 (CAD) on sale and the ryzen 7 5800xt is $310.

Is the 9 worth it over the 7? I budgetted originally for 400-450 range and now im closer to 550 with a cooler involved. My original plan was to get an I5 14400KF and a new motherboard. But thats now changed with the idea of no new motherboard and more into the cpu.

My current parts: GPU: Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16 GB MB: Bazooka B450m max wifi Ram: G.Skill Flare X 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 with 4 dimms PSU: 850 watt seasonic

EDIT thank you all for the valuable feedback! I decided to cancel my order and will get a 5700x3d instead. To be completely honest with you, I didn’t realize the 5700x3d was only 5-6% difference compared to the 5800x3d. That’s probably a negligible difference between the 2 and I think that upgrade will help last until AM6 platform comes around.

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Guys just need your honest opinion on this. I’m worried I’m going to regret my purchase but maybe my fears are irrational?

I bought a AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT which from everything I read was a slightly underclocked 5950x. Paid $324+tax for it on Amazon.

I desperately wanted a 5800x3d but they are constantly out of stock. Micro center does not have any available, Best Buy also doesn’t have any. Amazon is always out of stock too.

So i decided to go with the 5900XT based on cost and how it was similar to the 5950x.

The whole purpose of me doing this is for a few reasons.

1. Upgrade from a 5600x.

2. Future proof and not have to upgrade again til AM6 platform comes out.

3. Maybe build a media pc with the 5600x since it still has life in it.

4. Also planning to retire an older Intel PC and hand that off to my parents to use. They are still using an old, old build that I made years ago with an AM3+ Bulldozer (lol at that dumpster fire era).

So yeah just let me know if I made a mistake? I’m planning on using the 5900xt for mainly gaming but I also do some occasional gaming video recording and editing for montages/clips for YouTube. (I do that for fun, not a daily job).