When this first launched it was a good bit more expensive than the 3600/X, making it not worth the cost. But now it is only marginally more expensive, making it totally worth it, imo.
With this you'll get boosting up to 4.5 Ghz (or even higher if you have water cooling). This is a good bit more than the 3600X and even more still than the 3600. Basically the 3600XT is a 3600X that has better quality silicone and is factory overclocked even more. This chip beats even an overclocked 3600 out of the box. No overclocking required.
The 3600 series is right where the average desktop user wants to be. If you're not doing heavy production work, then there is no reason to go with the 37/38/39 series. If you're a regular user who games and what not, this will be perfect for the next few years. And when the 4000 series comes out, you can upgrade (unlike Intel, AMD does not change sockets every darn year). The 4000 series will be compatible with most recent AM4 motherboards (check your board's manufacturer website).
Anyway, this is a step up from my old Intel 6600K. This chip is beating even the 10600K in many multi-threaded workloads (though it is slightly behind in gaming FPS). Not bad considering this is cheaper than the 10600K. There is almost zero reason to buy an Intel part right now. While they were massively ahead of AMD pre-Ryzen, they have fallen off. AMD is eating Intel's lunch. And it seems Intel is nowhere close to having their 7nm fabrication process ready to compete. (Ryzen is 7nm). Intel has publicly announced it will be a couple YEARS (which boggles my mind how they did not see this coming). Intel even went out and hired AMD's chief engineer behind Ryzen (he has since quit Intel).
| Processor | 4.5 GHz ryzen_5_3600xt |
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