frontpage Posted by phoinix | Staff • 3d ago
Apr 27, 2025 7:35 AM
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Item 1 of 5
frontpage Posted by phoinix | Staff • 3d ago
Apr 27, 2025 7:35 AM
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6-Core 12-Thread Desktop AM4 Processor w/ Wraith Stealth Cooler
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"I do think there is a lot of confusion surrounding PCIe lanes and different PCIe generations. The issue at hand stems from x4 PCIe 4.0 cards like the RX 6500xt. When paired with an R5 5500 which is PCIe 3.0, it will have its bandwidth cut in half whereas an x8 or x16 PCIe 4.0 card will not have this issue be noticable. Regardless, it will likely only be a problem in games with relatively high VRAM usage and which run at relatively high frame rates (e.g. Doom eternal). Just stay away from the RX 6500xt."
Yea this is a good upgrade for those not running higher end GPUs. Keeps many AM4 systems going for a while longer.
You motherboard Bios might offer an option to set a lower power limit such as the same 65w as the 5700x. That would be the simplest but probably least performant option.
You can also go into curve optimizer either in bios or in windows and apply a voltage offset to lower power consumption with little to no decrease in performance depending on what settings end up being stable.
In the end I'd never pay more for the 5700x than the 5800xt. 105w is higher but it's not really that high. It's not a 200W+ raptor lake CPU. It can still be fine with a decent tower cooler and doesn't need a large AIO to actually handle cooling.