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The Ryzen 7 5700G is relatively poor value for money at £330. Also to get optimal IGP performance you need to get fast RAM and all for getting GT1030/RX550 level performance which are around £80 to £90. Because of the lower L3 cache performance is closer to a Ryzen 7 3700X or Core i7 10700F.
On HUKD there have been various £200 deals for the Ryzen 7 3700X,and you can get an MSI cashback deal on a Core i7 10700F(can be had for around £250)and B560 which knocks off £40 from the price.
The Core i5 10400F can be had for as low as £120.
You can get a GTX1050TI 4GB for £170 now,or a GTX1650 4GB GDDR6 for around £200.
Couple that with an unlocked Core i5 10400F,with a £20~£30 CPU cooler in a £90 MSI B560M PRO VDH,with cashback,you end up with similar system cost to a Ryzen 7 5700G but far better gaming performance.
Plus you can sell the dGPU later on if you get a better one!
AMD has overpriced these - a Ryzen 7 5800X is similar price but a much faster CPU.
This should have been priced at most at £280 for the Ryzen 7 5700G and £210 for the Ryzen 5 5600G due to them performing much worse than the Zen 3 CPUs. The issue it makes more sense to get a Zen2 CPU if you want an AMD CPU and get a GT1030 for £80 if that is OK performance for you. You also get PCI-E 4.0 with the CPUs. The Ryzen 7 3700X also has a fantastic stock cooler,ie,the Wraith Prism.The APUs only get the lowest tier Wraith Stealth too.
On HUKD there have been various £200 deals for the Ryzen 7 3700X,and you can get an MSI cashback deal on a Core i7 10700F(can be had for around £250)and B560 which knocks off £40 from the price.
The Core i5 10400F can be had for as low as £120.
You can get a GTX1050TI 4GB for £170 now,or a GTX1650 4GB GDDR6 for around £200.
Couple that with an unlocked Core i5 10400F,with a £20~£30 CPU cooler in a £90 MSI B560M PRO VDH,with cashback,you end up with similar system cost to a Ryzen 7 5700G but far better gaming performance.
Plus you can sell the dGPU later on if you get a better one!
AMD has overpriced these - a Ryzen 7 5800X is similar price but a much faster CPU.
This should have been priced at most at £280 for the Ryzen 7 5700G and £210 for the Ryzen 5 5600G due to them performing much worse than the Zen 3 CPUs. The issue it makes more sense to get a Zen2 CPU if you want an AMD CPU and get a GT1030 for £80 if that is OK performance for you. You also get PCI-E 4.0 with the CPUs. The Ryzen 7 3700X also has a fantastic stock cooler,ie,the Wraith Prism.The APUs only get the lowest tier Wraith Stealth too.
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