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Old 10-24-2020, 01:51 PM   #1576
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That's the only thing in the back of my mind that's saying I should wait to upgrade. I've got a 6700k and a vanilla 2080 and a 1440p monitor, most games should be playable for a while yet, though newer games I would maybe(?) get a decent bump in FPS with a newer CPU.

But I get core count envy when I do encoding and such things, and would like to hand down most of this system to my son who's computer could use an upgrade.

How far away is AM5 though. 1 year?

If I upgrade to a 5900X or 5950X I could ride that for another 4-5 years, upgrade to whatever's after the 3080 if I move up to a 4K or ultrawide monitor, so I'm not sure waiting is worth it either.
I have the exact same setup and I probably will be doing the 5900X/5950X thing when they drop later this year, though I'm doing a lot of application work lately so the extra threads will be helpful.

And yeah, my wife's PC could use the upgrade too lol.
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