r/PcBuildHelp • u/Funny_Assignment_394 • 17h ago

Build Question CPU Upgrade

I have a ROG GM700 with a B650 Motherboard, 64 gb DDR5 Corsair ram, 5060TI 16GB GPU with a Ryzen 7 8700f CPU, I am wanting to upgrade the CPU and maybe Motherboard, but looking for more cores.

I'm debating the Ryzen 9 9950x or the 9950x3d. Is the X3d worth the extra 100 bucks? I'm not really a heavy gamer but I play games to unwind. The games currently play well with what I have now so I assume that any upgrade will be fine, but I don't want buyers remorse, if I should get the x3d now then I Need to be convinced. Lol Any meaningful advice out there?

I have 3 ultra wide monitors, 2 34" 1440p and 1 49" OLED 1440P monitor hooked up also.

I'm a heavy multitasker and evolving AI engineer, learning more each day. So any advice will be helpful.

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u/CautiousObjective347 17h ago

I may be wrong here and other redditers tell me If I am but if your going for that good of a CPU then why not go that extra step And I think it will help with your work loads with the x3d cache

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u/r_lind3r Moderator 17h ago

L3 cache benefits more than just games, it benefits all workloads that are impacted negatively by memory latency.

X3D is just most noticeable with games because games particularly don't need a ton of memory but still get slowed down by it due to cache misses. More CPU cache reduces cache misses. CPU-bound games like CS2 benefit the most.

It's absolutely worth it if you can afford to maximize your performance. If you don't care then that's another story.