CPU recommendation

[1212nO.ob1212]

So I'm building a pc which is going to be mostly used for gaming, at 1080p and am unable to decide which processor to go for. I'm looking mostly at Ryzen CPUs and am confused which one as the prices are very close. I'm trying to find a balance between cheap and future proofing but yeah, at the end it's for gaming so I'd like to spend more on GPU. Final budget would be around 55-60k INR and 70k would be an uncomfortable stretch.

 

Any advice is welcome and maybe even pointers as to how you recommended the CPU, so hopefully in future I don't have to ask this again :p. Also, how much performance does one get from going for the X series like 3600X over 3600.

 

Ryzen 5 3600x - INR 20,999 (280$)

Ryzen 5 3600   - INR 17,471 (234$)
Ryzen 7 2700x - INR 19,999 (267$)
Ryzen 7 2700   - INR 18,999 (254$)
Ryzen 5 2600x - INR 14,473 (193$)
Ryzen 5 2600   - INR 13,231 (176$)
Ryzen 5 3500   - INR 11,050 (148$)

[Haro]

Budget?

What board? And what about the 3300x or the 1600af? (Lower binned 2600.). 

[spartaman64]

i think the 3600 is the best value cpu

[Oswin]

3 minutes ago, 1212nO.ob1212 said:

Also, how much performance does one get from going for the X series like 3600X over 3600.

short answer: not much

 

any prices on a 3300x?

[1212nO.ob1212]

2 minutes ago, spartaman64 said:

i think the 3600 is the best value cpu

So should I pay the extra 8gb worth of ram stick price for it, over 2600? Also, any thoughts on 2700? If I should go for that as a better future proofing solution?

[Chabax]

3600X for future proofing, and also X cuz its gona boost higher clocks by default then NON X variant, so you dont have to bother with Overclocking

[spartaman64]

1 minute ago, 1212nO.ob1212 said:

So should I pay the extra 8gb worth of ram stick price for it, over 2600? Also, any thoughts on 2700? If I should go for that as a better future proofing solution?

since you are going to gaming then yes the 3600 would be better than those two options

[Haro]

Just now, Chabax said:

so you dont have to bother with Overclocking

Enabling pbo is hard?

 

Just now, Chabax said:

3600X for future proofing,

What? When the 3600x is not even better for overclocking. It's just better for lower voltages.

They have the same ipc. Cache layout. Fpu and literally performance exactly the same. 

[1212nO.ob1212]

4 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Budget?

What board? And what about the 3300x or the 1600af? (Lower binned 2600.). 

I've given the complete budget at about 50-60k and decent graphics cards are very expensive here in India. So, I was thinking of getting a CPU which is the right balance. The 1600 af never came to India and 3300x isn't much available. The out of stock price on a website was 11.5k INR. I was thinking of going for a b450 motherboard, probably an asrock or aorus elite.

[Haro]

Just now, 1212nO.ob1212 said:

probably an asrock or aorus elite.

For b450. 

A pro 4. 

Pro vdh max. 

A pro max (non m). Should be relatively budget friendly and will be  really good value. 

As for the cpu. If you're only limited to these options. And you have the budget for a 3600. Then definitely go for that. 

[1212nO.ob1212]

1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

 

As for the cpu. If you're only limited to these options. And you have the budget for a 3600. Then definitely go for that. 

Ok thanks. But is it worth going for it over the 2600 considering the price gap?

[Haro]

Just now, 1212nO.ob1212 said:

But is it worth going for it over the 2600 considering the price gap?

In my opinion it is. The 3600 is better in every way really. 

[WkdPaul]

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[1212nO.ob1212]

58 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

In my opinion it is. The 3600 is better in every way really. 

Also, I'm getting the 2700 at the same price, so 3600 is still a better buy?

[1212nO.ob1212]

32 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

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Lol thanks

[Mateyyy]

49 minutes ago, 1212nO.ob1212 said:

Also, I'm getting the 2700 at the same price, so 3600 is still a better buy?

Yes, for gaming the 3600 is the superior choice.