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I5 8400 vs R5 1600

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I'm going to be gaming with this CPU only and obviously every day tasks like internet. I was wondering if I should go for a ryzen 5 1600 and overclock or go for a locked i5 8400. I noticed that the i5 8400 exceeds the 1600s performance by 10% in almost every game. But the problem I have is the 1600 is running about 30% lower CPU usage.

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If you are considering Ryzen, go for the R5 2600. 

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It's likely 30% lower by the nature of the i5 not having simultaneous multithreading while Ryzen 5 does. And while this may help in some cases, I don't believe it helps a whole lot in gaming as far as average performance goes.

 

If you are considering the overclocking factor, remember to factor in the cost of a board that can support it (though I'm sure AMD's requirements are lower than Intel's) and what the average bump people are getting. If the overclock doesn't produce say an average performance boost of 15%, I can't really consider that appreciably better.

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1600 also can overclock and without an enthusiast board. Intel isn't worth it for locked i5s. If you go blue and locked, you get an i7.

 

 

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Confused by the wording. Do you mean you're only going to use it for gaming and mundane stuff or you're using the CPU without a GPU because the 1600 doesn't have an iGPU

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I will use this with my existing ex 470

 

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