Which CPU is better?

[Mister Woof]

43 minutes ago, XxRescueRabbitxX said:

A 5600x is around 220 pounds. An i5 12600k is around 265 pounds (however I don’t think my mobo is compatible with intel so I’d need to buy a new board). And an i7 12700F is around 305 pounds. (Which again I’d need a new board)

Yes, you need a new motherboard. You'd need a b660 at least for either, and in the States, a 12600k is $265 and the cheapest I'd pair with it without overclocking is the ASUS Prime B660-A which i've personally used and is $140. If that is the same-ish where you live, you'd be out roughly double the cost in a 12600k and 2.5x the cost on a 12700F vs the 5600x drop in.

 

Performance differences in games is single digits generally at 1440p.

[XxRescueRabbitxX]

8 hours ago, Mister Woof said:

Yes, you need a new motherboard. You'd need a b660 at least for either, and in the States, a 12600k is $265 and the cheapest I'd pair with it without overclocking is the ASUS Prime B660-A which i've personally used and is $140. If that is the same-ish where you live, you'd be out roughly double the cost in a 12600k and 2.5x the cost on a 12700F vs the 5600x drop in.

 

Performance differences in games is single digits generally at 1440p.

So you think honestly a 5600x or even a 5800x (with a better cooler) would be much better than shilling out the extra for the intel ones? Considering if you say the performance in games is single digits compared the the Ryzen and intel ones it seems more cost effective to go for the 5600x or 5800x with better cooling. (Definitely more cost effective for the 5600x)

[Mister Woof]

9 hours ago, XxRescueRabbitxX said:

So you think honestly a 5600x or even a 5800x (with a better cooler) would be much better than shilling out the extra for the intel ones? Considering if you say the performance in games is single digits compared the the Ryzen and intel ones it seems more cost effective to go for the 5600x or 5800x with better cooling. (Definitely more cost effective for the 5600x)

I mean it depends. If you want the 5800x so you have more room "to grow" you aren't going to get as much out of your current board is its' only PCIE3, and future GPU's will need PCIE4 to work well in all likelihood. So getting the 5800x for that reason is pointless, especially since the 5600x gets you 98% of the way there.

 

If you get the intel system, you get both slightly better performance on a newer PCIE4/5 platform which gives you more room to grow GPU-wise later. That said, it's also much more expensive and spending 500bp now for a 12700k/b660 instead of just 250bp for a 5600x now and then when it is too slow upgrade to the newer stuff later probably makes more sense.

 

I only see two routes here that make sense:

 

5600x

platform switch to intel

 

out of those, the 5600x makes the most sense

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15 hours ago, XxRescueRabbitxX said:

So you think honestly a 5600x or even a 5800x (with a better cooler) would be much better than shilling out the extra for the intel ones? Considering if you say the performance in games is single digits compared the the Ryzen and intel ones it seems more cost effective to go for the 5600x or 5800x with better cooling. (Definitely more cost effective for the 5600x)

You're missing the point. The 5800x is too powerful for your current board. Forget the cooling for a second. That is a whole seperate issue. Your board does not have enough power for a 5800x. It wouldn't perform any better than a 5600x really. 

 

You are overthinking this. GRAB A 5600X AND DROP IT IN. It even has a stock cooler that works fine.