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What’s the current price per performance cpu now ?
- Thread starter robwigan
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13600K is better at current prices, but if you can find a 12600K near (or under) £250 then I'd still go with that. AM5 CPUs also had a big price cut, so they're more competitive now.
So which cpu would you say is the best performance vs cost currently ? CPUs although old like the 5600x in terms of performance for gaming are they no longer in the conversation for builds of around 1200?
For gaming the 5600 non-X is probably the best value CPU right now, since it's enough to keep up with everything except the highest-end GPUs and can then dump the rest into the graphics card.
Phanteks AMP 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - £129.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail - £139.99
Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey - £79.99
Gigabyte X570S UD (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard - £159.95
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 Pulse 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £548.99
WD Blue SN570 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3B0C) - £139.99
Grand Total: £1,209.96
(no case or cooler)
If a cheaper CPU will get you a better GPU then that's generally the best option for a gaming PC.