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Two factors help this match in price but potentially beat in value anything you can build at a local Micro Center:
MC sells the AMD Ryzen 5 4500 at $60
(pricing the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 at $80)
MC hasn't carried a low-cost B450 board in some time, with their lowest price option for AM4 being an A520-chipset model at $70 (not in stock at every store).
So best case depending upon your area would be a comparable CPU/motherboard combination final price, but with a CPU with less cache (8MB vs 16 MB) and a slightly lower maximum turbo speed (4.1GHz vs 4.2GHz).
This deal is something I'm probably going to grab just to get a small CPU upgrade over a DIY combo I'd researched recently pairing a $65 ASRock B450M from Amazon in combination with the AMD Ryzen 5 4500 CPU from MC.
I build and sell PC's as a side hustle and I often pair this type of combo with an AMD Radeon RX 5700XT. This performs similarly to an RTX 3060 or rx 6600XT and can be found for around $150 on eBay or Mercari.
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This is a fine entry level combo, bur the 5500 is pretty weak compared to mainstream Zen 3 CPUs. Main gimped features are pci-e 3.0 only and a poultry 16 MB OF L3 cache. However, this motherboard would be upgradable to any of the more powerful 5000 series AM4 processors.
Ordered again once it came back in stock. Hoping something like the Patriot Viper Steel 32GB kit for $35 deal pops up again as it did right after my prior order shipped. I'll be attempting to put everything together once the RAM order arrives later today.
Otherwise, I'll surely just grab a local 16GB DDR4 kit at the local Micro Center.
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MC sells the AMD Ryzen 5 4500 at $60
(pricing the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 at $80)
MC hasn't carried a low-cost B450 board in some time, with their lowest price option for AM4 being an A520-chipset model at $70 (not in stock at every store).
So best case depending upon your area would be a comparable CPU/motherboard combination final price, but with a CPU with less cache (8MB vs 16 MB) and a slightly lower maximum turbo speed (4.1GHz vs 4.2GHz).
This deal is something I'm probably going to grab just to get a small CPU upgrade over a DIY combo I'd researched recently pairing a $65 ASRock B450M from Amazon in combination with the AMD Ryzen 5 4500 CPU from MC.
Good luck!
Jon
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Lol whoops. 🐣
Otherwise, I'll surely just grab a local 16GB DDR4 kit at the local Micro Center.
Good luck!
Jon