5600x in 2024

[Weyumm97]

Hey all,

Looking at building a new rig, stopped by best buy and was looking and they have ryzen 5000 series on some pretty good discounts.

 

5600x for 170

5800x for 260

5900x for 300

 

I'm curious if these are worth it for thr price in 2024 or if I'd be better of getting something on a newer platform.

 

Thank for any feedback. 

[BiotechBen]

19 minutes ago, Weyumm97 said:

Hey all,

Looking at building a new rig, stopped by best buy and was looking and they have ryzen 5000 series on some pretty good discounts.

 

5600x for 170

5800x for 260

5900x for 300

 

I'm curious if these are worth it for thr price in 2024 or if I'd be better of getting something on a newer platform.

 

Thank for any feedback. 

I've got a 5600 and a 1080 and it's a good pairing. It's gonna be highly dependent on budget. If you have $250ish allocated to CPU: 5700x3d, if it's $350ish, 7800x3d is king of the hill right now in bang for buck.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

11 minutes ago, Weyumm97 said:

5600x for 170

5800x for 260

5900x for 300

that is complete rubbish even if its cad

 

am4 is only good when you already have it or you are buying dirt cheap  used midranger b3/450 and used cpus like the 3600(x) 5600(x) 5700x/5800x(3d)

 

12th gen ddr4 with a 12600kf is a much better buy but if the cost of a 12600kf and the board starts nearing 7600 and b650m hdv (or whatever "entry" level but stupid overbuilt am5 board) you are better off buying am5

 

 

im gonna assume you have a lower budget if you are even considering am4 so ill also add that you should probably buy a used gpu since anything up to a 6800xt/3080(ti) is pretty worth it and new only starts having a performance advantage with the 4070s and 7900gre even then still not that much over a used 6800xt or 3080(ti)

 

id only bother with new if you can atleast afford a 7600(x) or prefferably the 7800x3d as the cpu, even then bare minimum 4070s/7900gre since the 4070 and 7800xt have the same performance as a used 6800xt/3080

 

 

heres some benchmarks for the cards mentioned

[Eigenvektor]

Use case and existing parts?

 

Zen 3 makes the most sense if you're already on AM4 and you can do a CPU upgrade without having to replace anything else.

 

Otherwise, I'd probably look at newer stuff, if budget allows it.

[191x7]

48 minutes ago, Weyumm97 said:

Hey all,

Looking at building a new rig, stopped by best buy and was looking and they have ryzen 5000 series on some pretty good discounts.

 

5600x for 170

5800x for 260

5900x for 300

 

I'm curious if these are worth it for thr price in 2024 or if I'd be better of getting something on a newer platform.

 

Thank for any feedback. 

 

The 5800X shouldn't be 260, that's the price of a 5800X3D.

[foxbill86]

5 hours ago, Weyumm97 said:

Hey all,

Looking at building a new rig, stopped by best buy and was looking and they have ryzen 5000 series on some pretty good discounts.

 

5600x for 170

5800x for 260

5900x for 300

 

I'm curious if these are worth it for thr price in 2024 or if I'd be better of getting something on a newer platform.

 

Thank for any feedback. 

try a 250USD 5700x3d 

[Weyumm97]

@foxbill86 @191x7 @Eigenvektor@Somerandomtechyboi @BiotechBen

What i got from all yalls replies is best buy sales suck. Lol. 

I'm not really on a crazy budget or anything probably looking around the 1100 1200 usd range. That being said I like a good sale but value is a part of that and from what yall said, and some additional looking it seems going am5 is a much better deal long term. 

Microcenter has some bundles that look pretty compelling with cpu mobo and ram if I can convince someone to pickup for me. 

 

Thanks for the advice/info

Edited April 8 by Weyumm97
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[BiotechBen]

14 minutes ago, Weyumm97 said:

What i got from all yalls replies is best buy sales suck. Lol. 

Yeah, BestBuy sales are generally the "we are having a sale that takes out outrageous markup, removes it, and gives you like 5% actually off, but we're saying it's 20%"

[Weyumm97]

11 minutes ago, BiotechBen said:

Yeah, BestBuy sales are generally the "we are having a sale that takes out outrageous markup, removes it, and gives you like 5% actually off, but we're saying it's 20%"

Yeah...and it almost just looks like they are trying to unload the 5000 series chips by putting them "on sale"

[BiotechBen]

3 minutes ago, Weyumm97 said:

Yeah...and it almost just looks like they are trying to unload the 5000 series chips by putting them "on sale"

With the bang for buck of Ryzen 7000, it's hard to justify a new build on AM4.

[freeagent]

I have a 5600X running in my sons system. It runs fine.

 

Lol it was a $500 buck CPU when I bought it lol.. it has come down quite a bit.

[191x7]

The only valid AM4 options for gaming are the 5700X, 5700X3D and 5800X3D. And they are for upgrading older Am4 systems.

Amd is supposedly releasing AM4 XT CPU-s soon, meaning higher clocked better binned Ryzen 5000 non-x3d parts.

[freeagent]

My 5900X boosts 600-700MHz higher than my 5800X3D. Its noticeable. X3D is ok, but not the end all be all. Especially at 4K.

[Brian McKee]

Bought my 5900x on ebay used for 150 usd a while back with a few bent pins. If you got AM4 hardware already I'd just look on the used market for CPUs, plenty of deals to be had. Otherwise I struggle to recommend any DDR4 platform since DDR5 is a pretty substantial upgrade moving forward.