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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core 3.6GHz CPU w/ Wraith Stealth Cooler
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Even more so when you consider that the 5600 will likely function better with a more expensive motherboard/RAM, bringing the total cost even higher. Regardless even with similar motherboard/RAM, the 5600 currently doesn't make a lot of sense as it is the "value" chip, but doesn't perform much better than tech from the past few year that are even better deals. For example, the 3600 is easily available at microcenter in a combo deal with a Gigabyte wifi motherboard for $130 total. Since the 5600 is recent, there aren't as many deals on it (only $20 off with motherboard), which would bring the cpu/motherboard combo to $205, which is now 57% more expensive than the 3600 combo for 13-14% better performance.
I had to make this same choice with a value build this weekend, did the math and benchmarks, and the $75 saved from going with the 3600 combo above went into double RAM with a higher speed and storage.
tl;dr: the 3600/5600 are the value chips, which if you're going for those the 3600 makes even more sense at a better value to spend that money elsewhere if you want. Honestly if you're willing to spend the $130 for the bit more performance of the 5600, may as well just spring around that much for a slightly better ryzen/intel chip
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Even more so when you consider that the 5600 will likely function better with a more expensive motherboard/RAM, bringing the total cost even higher. Regardless even with similar motherboard/RAM, the 5600 currently doesn't make a lot of sense as it is the "value" chip, but doesn't perform much better than tech from the past few year that are even better deals. For example, the 3600 is easily available at microcenter in a combo deal with a Gigabyte wifi motherboard for $130 total. Since the 5600 is recent, there aren't as many deals on it (only $20 off with motherboard), which would bring the cpu/motherboard combo to $205, which is now 57% more expensive than the 3600 combo for 13-14% better performance.
I had to make this same choice with a value build this weekend, did the math and benchmarks, and the $75 saved from going with the 3600 combo above went into double RAM with a higher speed and storage.
tl;dr: the 3600/5600 are the value chips, which if you're going for those the 3600 makes even more sense at a better value to spend that money elsewhere if you want. Honestly if you're willing to spend the $130 for the bit more performance of the 5600, may as well just spring around that much for a slightly better ryzen/intel chip
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Even more so when you consider that the 5600 will likely function better with a more expensive motherboard/RAM, bringing the total cost even higher. Regardless even with similar motherboard/RAM, the 5600 currently doesn't make a lot of sense as it is the "value" chip, but doesn't perform much better than tech from the past few year that are even better deals. For example, the 3600 is easily available at microcenter in a combo deal with a Gigabyte wifi motherboard for $130 total. Since the 5600 is recent, there aren't as many deals on it (only $20 off with motherboard), which would bring the cpu/motherboard combo to $205, which is now 57% more expensive than the 3600 combo for 13-14% better performance.
I had to make this same choice with a value build this weekend, did the math and benchmarks, and the $75 saved from going with the 3600 combo above went into double RAM with a higher speed and storage.
tl;dr: the 3600/5600 are the value chips, which if you're going for those the 3600 makes even more sense at a better value to spend that money elsewhere if you want. Honestly if you're willing to spend the $130 for the bit more performance of the 5600, may as well just spring around that much for a slightly better ryzen/intel chip
The same ram from the same gen still work (3200) so ram isn't really an equation. Assuming you were already on a ddr4 platform
The same ram from the same gen still work (3200) so ram isn't really an equation. Assuming you were already on a ddr4 platform
Someone quoted a 10% delta from 3600 to 5600. Not sure what benchmark that is, but Tom's shows about a 20% improvement [tomshardware.com].
If you're pinching every penny, sure, the 3600 could be the right choice, but at some point the value just isn't there anymore.
I just put together a gaming rig and went 5600 with a 6650XT. Great combo.
Someone quoted a 10% delta from 3600 to 5600. Not sure what benchmark that is, but Tom's shows about a 20% improvement [tomshardware.com].
If you're pinching every penny, sure, the 3600 could be the right choice, but at some point the value just isn't there anymore.
I just put together a gaming rig and went 5600 with a 6650XT. Great combo.