Ryzen CPU

[Useless2112]

Hi all! I am new to the whole PC building thing and the PC thing in general. I am looking to build a PC for gaming but am on a little bit of a budget. I was going to go with the Ryzen 5 1600 for a CPU. However, I saw that it had 6 cores and I thought that might be a little over kill. I was thinking of moving to the Ryzen 5 1400 but I'm not sure if that would be enough for gaming.

 

EDIT: People have been asking what I am doing with my PC. As i said before, i am going to be doing some gaming and schoolwork. I am planning on playing games such as: PUBG, Dead by Daylight, ARK and Rainbow Six. Here is the part list I have now: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/6HJyJV

[Jurrunio]

Yet you dont mention your budget and region you will buy from

[Technomancer__]

its worth getting the 1600

its not that much more

[bomberblyat]

IF you have money for 1500 go for it, it will perform slightly better .

if you dont have money 1400 its fine diffrence is most likely only a 2-5fps

[RAM555789]

The question really is, what do you plan to do with your PC. Core count doesn't mean the end all be all, what you use your PC for does.

[NelizMastr]

Made some small adjustments. Nicer monitor, dual channel RAM @ higher clock speed, different wireless card with good reviews at lower cost.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xbKyJV

[Guest]

If your only gaming and doing some light school work on the side, then 4 cores will be enough since most games dont utilize more then 4 cores. The R5 1600 is a good CPU if your doing more heavier workloads, such as getting into some video editing and CAD work of which utilize those extra cores/threads to spread the workload across.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GJywNN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GJywNN/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($145.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.77 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($269.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC - I2269VW 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Redragon - K551 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1012.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-21 05:45 EST-0500

 

The R5-1400 will be enough "just" for gaming and school work. Added in different RAM of which would be running in dual channel configuration and is faster (3000MHz) and also added in a 120GB SSD for the boot drive and storing other games/programes/files. You could opt for a slightly bigger 240GB SSD which would raise the cost, but you would then have more storage for more frequently played games of which you want to load faster and this applies to files as well. Adding in the 240GB SSD raises the cost to $1,036.00

[cj09beira]

the world is in a tiping point right now, 4 cores are now the low end, so don't get yourself into that place unless you plan to upgrade when ryzen+ or ryzen 2 arrives, then maybe, but if not dont by a 4 core cpu 

[trevrez]

If you can afford the extra go with the 1600 as the couple of extra cores will be worth it down the road.  Having said that, 4 cores is completely fine for 1080p gaming for some time so any ryzen CPU will do if budget is tight.

 

I have Ryzen 1500x and a Xeon W3550 (3.06GHz) that is also a 4 core 8 thread CPU and although the Ryzen does better in bench marks the systems game the same at 1080p on with GTX 1050's TI's.  I mention this because that Xeon is from 2009 and holding its own just fine (again, for 1080p and budget GPU).  

[Simon771]

Trust me, that R5 1600 isn't overkill.

 

Just because it has 6 cores and 12 threads doesn't make it monster CPU  

And if you buy that one now, you will be glad in few years that you made this decision.

Games are becomming more and more demanding, so it's better if you pay those 30€ more now and you won't have any problems in the future.

 

On side note: I would rather get Intel for gaming ... had R7 1700 and went to i5 8600k since it delivers better performance in MMORPG games. That's just my side info.

[Coaxialgamer]

Think about it this way: the r5 1600 is only 50$ extra. Thats only about 25% extra over the 1400. But it has 2 extra cores and double the cache, and thats over 50% faster.