Yes of course. I'll do that regardless if I go Zen 3 or Rocket Lake. I'm also curious as to the performance of the new graphics in Rocket Lake. The integrated graphics are at the level of lower end discrete solutions. In my experience while Intel's past integrated solutions haven't been extremely powerful they have been very stable with Vegas. The new Xe graphics could provide a very nice, stable system-on-a chip solution for Vegas with the 8 Sunny Cove cores on Rocket Lake.

This article will give you an idea of what to expect from Ryzen using Vegas Pro.

https://techgage.com/article/magix-vegas-pro-18-processor-graphics-card-performance/2/

@Reyfox,

Thanks for sharing the link. Very informative.

Zen 3 should do a lot better than the Zen 2 tests in that article. The combination of the improved Zen 3 architecture and better memory subsystem (and higher clocks) should really get Vegas moving. Average improvement from Zen 2 to 3 is about 19% so it'll be interesting to see how that pans out for Vegas.

@Hulk no problem. As posted above, also consider what other software you will be using. I am quite content with my 3900X. I can wait for prices to drop on either Zen2 or 3. I am in no rush..... who knows what the next version of Ryzen will be like?

Don't get me wrong, the 3900X is a beast! Plus with a BIOS update on your motherboard you could always pop in a 5900X and get even more compute from your current rig.

My other compute heavy application is multitrack recording/mixing with Presonus Studio One and an RME Fireface 802 interface. So my next build will be constructed around Vegas Pro and Studio One.

When I built my current computer over a year ago, it was with the idea of being able to drop in a new CPU with no problem. The Ryzen 5000 series are stellar, but so is a 3950X. I have PCIe 4.0 already (using X570 board), so this current computer in a Phanteks P400A RGB case is enough to last me a long time. I have an AIO still sitting in the box because the stock cooler is working just fine. And I have to say, AMD VCE is really great. Never an issue with drivers, which I never keep up to date. If it isn't broken, why fix it.

There is no rush for me. I thought about adding another 32GB of RAM, but my work load doesn't demand it.

Also do light mixing with Reaper. I record all the tracks at church and bring it home to use on this computer. But Reaper runs well on the under powered laptop at church just fine.

It just seems that prices and availability are insane at the moment.

You have a powerful rig there. No need to fiddle with it. My 4770k if from 2013! It has served me well but it's time to move on. I can't run the number of plug-ins I want to with Studio One and editing/rendering in Vegas Pro could be snappier.

And yes prices are nuts right now. It's not the time to buy any type of "organized sand" if you don't have to. SSD's, CPU's, motherboards, etc... all demanding premiums if you can even find them. I'll wait a few months until supply catches up with demand.

I think what happened is that covid simultaneously caused hiccups in the electronics supply chain and increased demand due to working/schooling remotely. Production always seems to have a knee-jerk way of "over" catching up so I'm expecting prices to go the other way by summer or earlier. I'm already seeing some stock for the 5900X at the Microcenter in Philadelphia.