Best CPU for price:performance

[HP24]

Should I go Intel or amd on my cpu.

Looking at the price range of about a ryzen 5 does Intel give a good comparison for both price and performance?

[Skiiwee29]

Intel is still king of gaming and IPC, but Ryzen 5 is still a great option when you are doing multi tasking such as gaming, streaming, productivity etc... Otherwise Intel is the way to go for pure gaming. 

[Invader-Peridot]

what are you using it for? Budget? 

[HP24]

1 minute ago, Invader-Peridot said:

what are you using it for? Budget? 

Ill be using it for productivity e.g.. school work also for gaming my budget is roughly £700

[partymarty]

You have a 700 pounds budget for your CPU, or for your entire system? If it's only for the CPU, go 8700k.

[TheGlenlivet]

 

[Invader-Peridot]

17 minutes ago, harryp2404 said:

Should I go Intel or amd on my cpu.

Looking at the price range of about a ryzen 5 does Intel give a good comparison for both price and performance?

 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  (£149.98 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 LED Turbo (Black) 66.3 CFM CPU Cooler  (£23.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£96.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory 
Storage: Western Digital - Green  240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 580 4GB GTS XXX Edition Video Card  (£231.58 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£46.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £704.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-07 17:06 BST+0100

 

look good? 

[HP24]

9 hours ago, partymarty said:

You have a 700 pounds budget for your CPU, or for your entire system? If it's only for the CPU, go 8700k.

No for my whole system

 

9 hours ago, Invader-Peridot said:

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Looks great thanks. This was a big help

[lmeneses]

1 minute ago, harryp2404 said:

Looks great thanks. This was a big help

I would remove the CPU cooler (the ryzen comes with one, and unless you plan on some major overclocking, another one is unnecessary), go with the MSI B450-A Pro mobo or a B450 Tomahawk, and go with the Cooler master masterwatt 550w 80+ bronze semifanless modular psu. This will free up money room for a better graphics card, such as the Radeon rx 580 8gb, and a better cpu, such as a ryzen 5 2600x