If you have a game PC 3 years ago, is it worth updated to the new DMLA?

In this case, we are talking about updateAnd not to buy a whole game PC or to change platform. Therefore, we will hypothesize that you have a game PC about 3 years and that you already have an AMD processor so that you do not have to change the motherboard and others, only the processor. That said, we are going.

What do new AMD processors offer?

To determine if it is worth updating the processor of your game PC, the first thing is to see what the new AMD processors offer.

On the one hand, we have the AMD Ryzen 9 9950x3d:

• 16 nuclei and 32 process wires thanks to SMT technology.
• Zen architecture 5 to 4 nm.
• 144 MB of L3 cache with 3D V-Cache technology optimized for games.
• Maximum speed of 5.7 GHz.
• 170W TDP.
• Launch price of $ 699, which then becomes around 800 dollars in Europe.

And on the other hand, the AMD Ryzen 9 9900x3dA little more humble:

• 12 nuclei and 32 process wires with SMT technology.
• Zen architecture 5 to 4 nm.
• 140 MB of L3 cache with 3D V-Cache technology optimized for games.
• Maximum speed of 5.5 GHz.
• 120W TDP.
• Launch price of $ 599, which will become around 700 dollars in Europe.

Comparison with your current system

If, as we supposed at the beginning, you have a play PC about 3 years ago, you most likely have an AMD Ryzen processor in the 5000 series, and if you plan to go to a new Ryzen 9 of a new generation, it is likely that what you have is also a Ryzen 9, like 5900x or 5950x.

Let us put ourselves in the event that you have a Ryzen 9 5900X (12 cores, 24 threads, 4.8 GHz, 64 MB of L3 cache, 105W of TDP) and that you want to hit the big jump, in Ryzen 9 9950x3d.

• Go: According to the initial analyzes that we have seen (we have not been able to try it with our own hands because AMD decided that we are not relevant enough for them), the 9950x3D offers a remarkable improvement thanks to its greatest cache, and the improvement of performance, although it depends on the game increases up to 60%, which is a lot. However, keep in mind that, in particular in high resolutions, the graphics card can cause bottlenecks, if we have mentioned that your game PC is already about 3 years old.
• For productivity: With more nuclei and better efficiency, the new AMD is undoubtedly quite superior in productivity tasks as a video rendering, although as we have said before what you want to update is a play PC, it gives you a little more the same thing.
• Consumption and temperature: The new AMD Ryzen 9 has a considerably higher TDP, which means that they have greater consumption and more heat production. This will require that you have a high performance cooling system, and this is something that you should take into account because a dissipator is perfect for 5900x can be insufficient for 9950x3d.

So, is it worth updating a 3 -year game PC?

As always, it depends, so we will approach the subject and what we are going to do is give you our opinion in the most honest way possible.

We update the new AMD yes:

• You play a 1080p or 1440p resolution and you want to maximize FPs in games that depend a lot on the CPU, like Kingdom Eats Deliverance 2.
• You have updated your graphics card and the processor is a bottleneck.
• In addition to the game, you also use the PC in very heavy productivity tasks.
• You have no budget problems.

We do not update if:

• You play high resolutions (1440p or 4K, or even in ultrairs monitors), because the limiting factor is almost always the graphic and not the processor.
• Your Ryzen 9 5900X (or similar, the one you have) perfectly meets your expectations and needs.
• You do not want to spend more money: if you want to go from 5900x to a 9950x, you will need a new AM5 motherboard, in addition to RAM DDR5 and, perhaps, a better cooling system. The joke can easily go to 1,200 dollars.