CPU upgrade to go with RX 7600

[bjjgann]

Hi all. Over time I have been incrementally upgrading a family gaming PC and looking for recommendations on reasonable cost CPU. For context this is the journey so far:

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G + GTX 1660 Super
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G + RX7600

As always looking for reasonable value but don't want inadvertently bottleneck the RX7600.

Thanks

 

[eeii]

The 5600 for 150 sheets at this esteemed website will sort you out a treat. You will probably have to update your bios first.

 

[bjjgann]

The 5600 for 150 sheets at this esteemed website will sort you out a treat. You will probably have to update your bios first.

Thanks for the reminder. Just upgraded the BIOS. I would have undoubtedly spent hours trying to work out why my new CPU wasn't working otherwise!

 

[humbug]

R5 5500 is £50 cheaper at £100.

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They are both Zen 3 and 6 cores 12 threads, the only difference is 5% clock speeds, the R5 5500 is 4.2Ghz while the R5 5600 is 4.4Ghz

 

[humbug]

I realise you've already made your choice on the GPU but just to reinforce that the RX 7600 is a very much faster GPU than the 1660 Super. Near 70% faster at 1080P and 1440P, also 8GB vs 6GB in the 1660 Super.

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The CPU, again the 6 core Zen 3 (5500) is very much faster than the 4 core Zen 2 (3400G) so far as i can tell its only about £15 more expensive than the 3400G, the 5500 doesn't have integrated graphics, but you don't need that, its more than enough for the RX 7600.

 

[Aretak]

R5 5500 is £50 cheaper at £100.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail

Order AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

They are both Zen 3 and 6 cores 12 threads, the only difference is 5% clock speeds, the R5 5500 is 4.2Ghz while the R5 5600 is 4.4Ghz

The 5500 also has half the L3 cache due to being a harvested APU die, rather than a regular Zen 3 design. It can be a fair bit slower than the 5600 even with a mid-range card like this.

Personally, I'd just cough up the extra money and be done with it. I'd guess they're probably not planning on buying a full new DDR5 setup any time soon, so you'd want to be set for a few years at least without worrying about CPU bottlenecks and poor performance in specific games caused by the lack of cache.

 

[humbug]

The 5500 also has half the L3 cache due to being a harvested APU die, rather than a regular Zen 3 design. It can be a fair bit slower than the 5600 even with a mid-range card like this.

Personally, I'd just cough up the extra money and be done with it. I'd guess they're probably not planning on buying a full new DDR5 setup any time soon, so you'd want to be set for a few years at least without worrying about CPU bottlenecks and poor performance in specific games caused by the lack of cache.

Well spotted, thanks that's useful to me for future advice

 

[bimbleuk]

I recently built a 2nd system (5600G + RX 7600) and have been playing Dead Island 2, Ratchet & Clank plus Baldur's Gate 3 on it recently and it's a good combination.