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GIGABYTE B550M GAMING X WIFI6 + AMD 5500 CPU w/ Hyper 212 Air Cooler & 500GB SSD

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Newegg has GIGABYTE B550M GAMING X WIFI6 Motherboard + AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Processor w/ Cooler Master 120mm ARGB Hyper 212 Air Cooler & 500GB Patriot P400 Lite M.2 PCIe Gen 4 x4 SSD on sale for $128.89. Shipping is free.

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Newegg has GIGABYTE B550M GAMING X WIFI6 Motherboard + AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Processor w/ Cooler Master 120mm ARGB Hyper 212 Air Cooler & 500GB Patriot P400 Lite M.2 PCIe Gen 4 x4 SSD on sale for $128.89. Shipping is free.

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Sep 22, 2025 6:03 PM
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Luigis3rdcousinSep 22, 2025 6:03 PM
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Hmm very tempting. I don't like that ssd and that cooler is okay but probably better than stock. But for the price it's hard to beat. You could sell the cooler and ssd and put that towards something nicer
Sep 22, 2025 6:38 PM
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TarkovSep 22, 2025 6:38 PM
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Damn that's a good deal. I ended up getting it with the desk mat last week and got the cooler for $15 but getting it this way would have been way better.
Sep 22, 2025 7:35 PM
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GapplerSep 22, 2025 7:35 PM
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Quote from Luigis3rdcousin View quoted comment :
Hmm very tempting. I don't like that ssd and that cooler is okay but probably better than stock. But for the price it's hard to beat. You could sell the cooler and ssd and put that towards something nicer
the cooler will be fine. i use one on a 5700x3d and i dont see bad temps at all.
Sep 22, 2025 7:36 PM
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GapplerSep 22, 2025 7:36 PM
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really good deal if you want to upgrade an older computer if you already had ddr4 ram. while you could go am5, you can even find a cpu alone for this price. as for the ssd, its small by todays standards, but perfectly fine if your just putting windows on there, with main storage on something else.
Sep 22, 2025 7:37 PM
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max1001Sep 22, 2025 7:37 PM
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Ddr4 ram almost double in price recently. AM4 build makes less and less sense these day.
Sep 22, 2025 7:38 PM
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BraveCircle7113Sep 22, 2025 7:38 PM
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pros:
+ very low price
+ windows 11 compatible (if that matters to you)
+ low power consumption for a desktop
+ allows you to choose the chassis and power supply if you want to add more internal devices than a mini PC

cons:
- very slow chip on par with Intel 8500 or AMD 3600
- no PCIe 4.0 support
- would bottleneck games or serious work based on older architecture and low core count
- no AI in chip, which may limit future compatibility
- larger and slower than a mini PC running Ryzen 7 5825U for the same price (after case, ram and power supply)
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Sep 22, 2025 7:45 PM
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Shawndak07Sep 22, 2025 7:45 PM
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Tempting.

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Sep 22, 2025 7:47 PM
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GapplerSep 22, 2025 7:47 PM
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Quote from BraveCircle7113 View quoted comment :
pros:
+ very low price
+ windows 11 compatible (if that matters to you)
+ low power consumption for a desktop
+ allows you to choose the chassis and power supply if you want to add more internal devices than a mini PC

cons:
- very slow chip on par with Intel 8500 or AMD 3600
- no PCIe 4.0 support
- would bottleneck games or serious work based on older architecture and low core count
- no AI in chip, which may limit future compatibility
- larger and slower than a mini PC running Ryzen 7 5825U for the same price (after case, ram and power supply)
i want to toss back to you, that it performs just a little worse overall compared to a 5600 (in gaming), it wont bottleneck most pcie 4.0 GPUs, (3.0 is still fine for most and if you have the money for a 5090, why are you buying this combo?). if you want serious work, this isnt the combo for you, this is a budget build that performs very nice for the cost as an upgrade path for older systems. no AI. again, your want to spend much more for a system if thats your goal. while it will lack against such a mini pc with internal GPU as this doesnt have one, for ~$100 more a used dedicated GPU will surpass a budget mini pc IGPU performance if you have an existing GPU you can drop in that is better than 10** series you will probably do better here.

your points are generally valid as a note for people, but i dont think the people who would be looking to buy this are the same customers who are in need of a workstation, or AI system.
Sep 22, 2025 7:53 PM
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JesseH5623Sep 22, 2025 7:53 PM
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Quote from Luigis3rdcousin View quoted comment :
Hmm very tempting. I don't like that ssd and that cooler is okay but probably better than stock. But for the price it's hard to beat. You could sell the cooler and ssd and put that towards something nicer
that cooler works really well my 9700k with a copper plate and overclock to the moons 360mm aio died, I cheaped out on hyper 212 super impressed
Sep 22, 2025 7:54 PM
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BraveCircle7113Sep 22, 2025 7:54 PM
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Quote from Gappler View quoted comment :
i want to toss back to you, that it performs just a little worse overall compared to a 5600 (in gaming), it wont bottleneck most pcie 4.0 GPUs, (3.0 is still fine for most and if you have the money for a 5090, why are you buying this combo?). if you want serious work, this isnt the combo for you, this is a budget build that performs very nice for the cost as an upgrade path for older systems. no AI. again, your want to spend much more for a system if thats your goal. while it will lack against such a mini pc with internal GPU as this doesnt have one, for ~$100 more a used dedicated GPU will surpass a budget mini pc IGPU performance if you have an existing GPU you can drop in that is better than 10** series you will probably do better here. your points are generally valid as a note for people, but i dont think the people who would be looking to buy this are the same customers who are in need of a workstation, or AI system.
You make several valid points. Everybody's use case for a new PC will be different but in my case this just doesn't offer enough power for what I need. I happen to already have a ryzen 5 3600 with an RTX 3070 which is roughly equivalent to this processor and motherboard combination, so for me it wouldn't be an upgrade at all. however, if someone is rocking a 8 to 10-year old computer or just needs a very cheap additional computer, it could be a great deal.
Sep 22, 2025 7:59 PM
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wiffleSep 22, 2025 7:59 PM
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Quote from max1001 View quoted comment :
Ddr4 ram almost double in price recently. AM4 build makes less and less sense these day.
Still under $25 used on ebay. I paid $20/16gb a month ago for my 5700x build.
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Sep 22, 2025 8:14 PM
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AkumaXSep 22, 2025 8:14 PM
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Quote from BraveCircle7113 View quoted comment :
Quote from Gappler :
i want to toss back to you, that it performs just a little worse overall compared to a 5600 (in gaming), it wont bottleneck most pcie 4.0 GPUs, (3.0 is still fine for most and if you have the money for a 5090, why are you buying this combo?). if you want serious work, this isnt the combo for you, this is a budget build that performs very nice for the cost as an upgrade path for older systems. no AI. again, your want to spend much more for a system if thats your goal. while it will lack against such a mini pc with internal GPU as this doesnt have one, for ~$100 more a used dedicated GPU will surpass a budget mini pc IGPU performance if you have an existing GPU you can drop in that is better than 10** series you will probably do better here. your points are generally valid as a note for people, but i dont think the people who would be looking to buy this are the same customers who are in need of a workstation, or AI system.
You make several valid points. Everybody's use case for a new PC will be different but in my case this just doesn't offer enough power for what I need. I happen to already have a ryzen 5 3600 with an RTX 3070 which is roughly equivalent to this processor and motherboard combination, so for me it wouldn't be an upgrade at all. however, if someone is rocking a 8 to 10-year old computer or just needs a very cheap additional computer, it could be a great deal.
This PC is definitely not meant to upgrade from your Ryzen 3600 haha. The Ryzen 3600 has practically identical performance to the 5500.
However, like you said this is a great starter PC (if anything, great 'throwaway' build as in, if you break it while installing it's not "that" huge of a loss lol)
Sep 22, 2025 8:28 PM
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max1001Sep 22, 2025 8:28 PM
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Quote from wiffle View quoted comment :
Still under $25 used on ebay. I paid $20/16gb a month ago for my 5700x build.
not worth the gamble.
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Sep 22, 2025 8:39 PM
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SweetP1983Sep 22, 2025 8:39 PM
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I ordered this bundle for an old case I have that had a 550w PSU and plan to pair it with a 5700 XT. Thinking of adding 16gb RAM and a bigger SSD. I was planning to gift it to my nephew as a 1080p build. He doesn't play very intensive games, it would be Roblox, Fortnite, CoD. What do you guys think?

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Sep 22, 2025 8:55 PM
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quantumsurveyorSep 22, 2025 8:55 PM
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Wow helluva price

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