I upgraded to this processor after owning a i5 7500. The i5 was great if I just wanted to game and nothing else. Playing a game of apex legends while using discord would put the i5 at basically 100% usage. I soon realized that I was being completely limited by the cores as it only had 4 cores and 4 threads. Now that I have the 3600, I can game, play music on YouTube and use other applications no sweat. AMD have taken the crown for mid range gaming and intel knows it. Amazing chip and overclocked runs at pretty much the same performance as the 3600×. Highly recommend