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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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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.
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. Good luck! Jon
Wish this was the 5600...the 5500 is roughly equivalent to the R5 3600
Newegg[newegg.com] has the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU + ASRock B450M/AC R2.0 AM4 M-ATX Motherboard + Cooler Master CryoFuze Thermal Paste on sale for $129.59. Shipping is free
Consider updating the listing to note that Newegg is listing these as Limit 1 per customer.
Good luck!
Jon
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Wish this was the 5600...the 5500 is roughly equivalent to the R5 3600
Which is actually why I wanted to jump on this deal, since my last couple of Windows 11 compliance upgrades were built around the Ryzen 5 3600. I was holding out with my last two systems on hardware unsupported for Windows 11 in part because I didn't want to buy less than I already had in 2023 for my other primary computers. My only concern is that prices and/or scarcity as we get closer to the Windows 10-pocalypse are only set to get worse.
This will leave me with a single system sitting on unsupported hardware.
Good luck!
Jon
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What's a good GPU to pair with this, looking to upgrade my son's system.
You can find a used RTX 3060 or 3060 Ti in the range of $200-250 or if you want something new then AMD is a better value at this price range with maybe an RX 6600 XT or RX 7600
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.
Good luck!
Jon
Ugh... Just pickup an imported used 3500. A 4500 performs about as well as my 1600AF, I bough 4 years ago for $85.
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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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- MC sells the AMD Ryzen 5 4500 at $60
- 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).(pricing the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 at $80)
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
- 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! JonGood luck!
Jon
This will leave me with a single system sitting on unsupported hardware.
Good luck!
Jon
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DDR4 3200MHz CL16 or 3600MHz CL18
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Jon
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Good luck!
Jon
Either of these will require you to enable the XMP profile in the BIOS to get the rated speed.
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You can find a used RTX 3060 or 3060 Ti in the range of $200-250 or if you want something new then AMD is a better value at this price range with maybe an RX 6600 XT or RX 7600
- MC sells the AMD Ryzen 5 4500 at $60
- 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).(pricing the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 at $80)
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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