Need help choosing processor

[Mike_ili96]

Hello guys,

 

I am building a system for a friend who is on a tight budget.I need a maximum 100$ processor(doesn't matter if it is intel or amd) to pair with a 3060 or a 4060.( he is gonna use the pc to play overwatch and league of legends)

 

Thank you very much !!!

 

 

 

[Blasty Blosty]

Your best bet would be looking on your local marketplace (e.g. Facebook) and just try to find the best one you can.

[Mike_ili96]

5 minutes ago, Blasty Blosty said:

Your best bet would be looking on your local marketplace (e.g. Facebook) and just try to find the best one you can.

Thank you, but we are going to go with new hardware. That's why I am asking 

[Blasty Blosty]

2 minutes ago, Mike_ili96 said:

Thank you, but we are going to go with new hardware. That's why I am asking 

Okay, what country are you in so I can look on PCPP?

[Mike_ili96]

 

 

6 minutes ago, Blasty Blosty said:

Okay, what country are you in so I can look on PCPP?

I am in greece

[Blasty Blosty]

2 minutes ago, Mike_ili96 said:

 

 

I am in greece

Okay, one moment

[Blasty Blosty]

Not many processors in that price range, best bang for your buck is probably the Ryzen 5 5600

 

Or perhaps the 5500 for cheaper if you need to

[TatamiMatt]

1 minute ago, Blasty Blosty said:

Not many processors in that price range, best bang for your buck is probably the Ryzen 5 5600

 

Or perhaps the 5500 for cheaper if you need to

5500 is generally not a great choice as, while its slower than the 5600, as is to be expected, it also has half the L3 cache and doesnt support PCIe gen 4

[Blasty Blosty]

2 minutes ago, TatamiMatt said:

5500 is generally not a great choice as, while its slower than the 5600, as is to be expected, it also has half the L3 cache and doesnt support PCIe gen 4

5600 it is then!

[Somerandomtechyboi]

5 minutes ago, Blasty Blosty said:

Not many processors in that price range, best bang for your buck is probably the Ryzen 5 5600

 

Or perhaps the 5500 for cheaper if you need to

id pick the 5600 if you dont want to deal with painful high freq ram tuning to get any decent performance out of it, also the 5500 will probs top out at 4.5-4.6 allcore whilst the 5600 will be at 4.7-4.8ghz allcore with static oc and abit more singlecore with pbo

 

as for boards there should be cheap new b450 available

 

absolutely worth buying the gpu used as youll get an outright superior gpu most of the time (ex 6650xt vs 6700xt at the same price)

[Mike_ili96]

Thank you guys,I will look into the stuff you suggested !!

[Tetras]

You're a lot more likely to get AM4 boards cheap, especially B450, but the 12100F with H610 or low-end B660/B760 is a budget choice and better than the 5500 for games. If you get a B450 board you lose PCI-E 4.0 anyway, so the Ryzen 5500 choice would matter less, though the 5600 is a significantly better CPU than both.

 

 

 

[OddOod]

1 hour ago, Blasty Blosty said:

perhaps the 5500

DO NOT go with the 5500. It's a massive downgrade. 
If needed, just wait and save a bit more. Maybe kick friendo a bit of cash. the 5500 is garbage

[Blasty Blosty]

10 minutes ago, OddOod said:

DO NOT go with the 5500. It's a massive downgrade. 
If needed, just wait and save a bit more. Maybe kick friendo a bit of cash. the 5500 is garbage

I swear people thought the 5500 was like amazing value or something

[TatamiMatt]

1 minute ago, Blasty Blosty said:

I swear people thought the 5500 was like amazing value or something

7500F is great value, tier below 7600 but only 2-3% lower performance, next to not noticeable but harder to get your hands on, not specifically hard, but just harder

[filpo]

3 minutes ago, Blasty Blosty said:

I swear people thought the 5500 was like amazing value or something

the extra 16mb of L3 cache that the 5600 has makes a big difference, worth the $30 increase. It's also got PCIe 4.0 (while that might not be a deal breaker it means that slotting in a gpu means it'll show an image normally as it defaults to pcie 4.0 when on a b450 supporting it or a b550 supporting it meaning the 5500 wouldn't be let the GPU show an image)

It's also got a slightly higher core frequency which could help in some places

 

5500 also doesn't make sense when the 3600 performs better, there's more listings of it on ebay and it is normally cheaper on ebay as well

[Blasty Blosty]

1 minute ago, filpo said:

5500 also doesn't make sense when the 3600 performs better

Struggling to see how that makes sense

[PDifolco]

2 hours ago, Mike_ili96 said:

Hello guys,

 

I am building a system for a friend who is on a tight budget.I need a maximum 100$ processor(doesn't matter if it is intel or amd) to pair with a 3060 or a 4060.( he is gonna use the pc to play overwatch and league of legends)

 

Thank you very much !!!

 

 

 

What's the full budget ? It's usually better to choose all parts together

[filpo]

7 minutes ago, Blasty Blosty said:

Struggling to see how that makes sense

Cuz the 3600 has 16 more MB of L3 cache and supports pcie 4.0

Edited June 20, 2024 by filpo

[Blasty Blosty]

7 minutes ago, filpo said:

Cuz the 3600 has 16 more MB of L3 cache and supports pcie 4.0

Rip to customers who thought bigger number is better

[Mike_ili96]

4 hours ago, filpo said:

the extra 16mb of L3 cache that the 5600 has makes a big difference, worth the $30 increase. It's also got PCIe 4.0 (while that might not be a deal breaker it means that slotting in a gpu means it'll show an image normally as it defaults to pcie 4.0 when on a b450 supporting it or a b550 supporting it meaning the 5500 wouldn't be let the GPU show an image)

It's also got a slightly higher core frequency which could help in some places

 

5500 also doesn't make sense when the 3600 performs better, there's more listings of it on ebay and it is normally cheaper on ebay as well

Wait i have a 5500 (b550 chipset) with a 4060 and it works great. Can you please explain what you mean ?

[Mike_ili96]

4 hours ago, PDifolco said:

What's the full budget ? It's usually better to choose all parts together

about 800-850 euros 

[PDifolco]

23 minutes ago, Mike_ili96 said:

about 800-850 euros 

Depends where in EU you are

In Germany you can get a nice AM5 build for 900EUR, that will perform quite better than a 5500 and a 3060 !

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (€175.57 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M D3HP AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€140.24 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (€129.59 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€67.98 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Core Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card  (€247.99 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case  (€80.89 @ Caseking)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A650BN 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€65.59 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €907.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-06-20 21:10 CEST+0200

[filpo]

32 minutes ago, Mike_ili96 said:

Wait i have a 5500 (b550 chipset) with a 4060 and it works great. Can you please explain what you mean ?

More cache means that the CPU can process more data from the game meaning it can supply the GPU more often. Less cache doesn’t always mean the game will be bad mostly because it depends on the game you’re playing. The higher pcie gen just means the cpu and gpu can communicate quicker but this provides negligible if no gaming performance increases when going from pcie 3 to pcie 4

[Why_Me]

8 hours ago, Mike_ili96 said:

Hello guys,

 

I am building a system for a friend who is on a tight budget.I need a maximum 100$ processor(doesn't matter if it is intel or amd) to pair with a 3060 or a 4060.( he is gonna use the pc to play overwatch and league of legends)

 

Thank you very much !!!

 

 

 

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