PLE is running a promotion on some AMD Ryzen processors till 11 August 2022, or promotion stock is exhausted.
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8 Core 16 Thread Up To 4.6Ghz AM4 - No HSF Retail Box
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 8 Core 16 Thread Up To 4.6Ghz AM4 APU Retail Box - With Wraith Stealth Cooler (Out of stock ETA 28/7/2022)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6 Core 12 Thread Up To 4.4Ghz AM4 - With Wraith Stealth Cooler
25 Jul 22 6pm:
Amazon price matches PLE on Ryzen 5 5600 and Ryzen 7 5700X at the moment.
5600G is not the equivalent of a 5600, its performance is closer to a 5500
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Just to add to ob dia, 5600g/5500 - binned mobile 5600H with latter model having igpu disabled. Only 5600 and 5600X are proper vermeer chips. In the same fashion, 5700g is not equiv to 5700x, 5800 or 5800x, it is the mobile 5800H chip binned for desktops.
5600g is basically a laptop 5600h, with no pcie 4.0 support, half the l3 cache of standard desktop chips and have generally worse performance. in games its barely better than a 3600/x, and in cpu only workloads its roughly on par with a 3600x/10600k.
If you have no need for a dGPU the 5600g is more than servicable but its a pretty steep performance dive from a 5600 despite the similiarity in gaming.
similarity in naming*
just realised the typo
Insane value on the 5600
Bought mine for 285 in June. Rip me
Same, but I got a refurb mobo along with it from JW that works fine so š¤·
How much of a boost is the 7 5600G over the 5 5600G?
5700x worth as an upgrade to 3500x?
Content creation, definitely
Gaming, depends on GPU but anything better than a GTX1060 I would expect really good gains but on par with 5600
I currently have a Ryzen 5 1700 paired with a RTX3070. (I know, I know)
Is it worth getting the 5600 or 5600x at these price points?
I do plan on getting a 1440, 144hz display sometime in the future.
Definitely
Without a doubt, I went from a 2700x to a 12600KF and it's a substantial difference. I felt my 2700x bottleneck hard in CPU intense games, would only expect a 1700 to be more of a bottleneck. Do It and don't look back
Your motherboard might not work even though it's am4. I upgraded 1600 to 3600 pretty big difference for single core gaming.
yes
Do I get the 5600 or 5600x?
5600
5600x is usually $50 more for like 2-4%gains, very minimal. Even less when at gpu bound scenarios.
undervolt, pbo and you should be gucci
the x is basically just the extra ink on the cpu, no real life difference, get the 5600.
Delivery on this deal kind of blows but will keep waiting on 5600 for similar price shipped.
I'm also going from a 1700X > 5600 if that helps you decide. Gaming on 1440p 144hz 1080 Ti.
Delivery was free from WA to QLD, tap advanced options under shipping at checkout.
Indeed it is, maybe I was seeing things. Thought I saw $18 delivery but definitely showing free, thank you.
yes
you might see close to 15ps or better gains
Wifes rig was a 2600x
and she went from a 2600x to a 5600x using a 2080 and gained 25 fps
5700G is OOS.
Thanks OP. Picked up a 5600. Upgrading from a 2600
Update: super impressed with shipping speeds. Bought Monday and arrived today. Installed and woweee what a noticeable difference!
is the Ryzen 7 5700G a worthy upgrade from Ryzen 5 2600?
Depends on your workload/needs, but yes it'll be a noticeable difference, run cooler, it's two generations newer, 8 cores, higher turbo, more cache. However, if you already have a cooling solution and don't need the iGPU, I'd pay the extra $6 for the 5700X over the 5700G.
You can check where you're bottleneck is while noticing slow performance. If your CPU can't keep up with your graphics card you'll be able to see your GPU not being able to reach 100% utilisation. Also, if you notice all your CPU cores are at max while working/rendering/gaming then you'll definitely benefit too.
It's tricky to offer a solution when we don't have your system and workload in front of us, but yes, the 5700X is significantly better than the 2600.
My current computer has:
- CPU: Ryzen 5 2600
- Mobo: ASUS Prime X470-Pro AM4 Socket X470 chipset
- RAM: 48GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz
- GPU: NVIDIA EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC GAMING, ACX 2.0 (Single Fan), 6GB GDDR5, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC), 06G-P4-6163-KR
Does anyone know if I can remove my current CPU and plug in a Ryzen 7 5700 or 5600 directly or if I need a different motherboard/RAM too?
How do you know which CPU your Mobo would support?
Thanks
5600 and 5700 is supported by ASUS Prime X470 Pro, but you have to update the BIOS before upgrading the CPU.
Thanks!š
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=ASUS+Prime+X470-Pro+cpu+sā¦
Motherboard manufacturers always list the supported CPUs these days on their website.
Dunno if you'd get a huge boost though if the goal is gaming. You're probably more GPU limited than CPU limited.
Thanks!š
It's the end of an era with new CPUs coming out soon that don't support the current sockets. The current sockets have been supported for 5 years, and with the new one coming out in September, according to current rumours, you'd be better off waiting for second hand CPUs that will flood the market or stores trying to offload old stock at crazy prices.
Wait too long though and you'll have a harder time finding parts, similar to DDR3 now.
That makes sense, I'll wait until the new stuff comes out and the price goes down. Thanks! š
Very similar system to mine.
I'm trying to decide between replacing the 2600 with a 5700x, in which case I should be good for 2-3 years in terms of CPU/MOBO/RAM (GPU will be upgraded later this year) or keep going with the 2600 for now and do a full sysytem upgrade sometime next year
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Hey Bredo.
I've got a very similar system (2600 with a ASUS rog strix X470-F gaming with 32GB of RAM).
Dropping in a 5600 or similar AMD chip after the BIOS update is best if you want to get 2-3 years outta what you got in the most simple fashion.
Alternate approach thought I would mention and I'm almost writing this to crystalise my thinking as it's something I'm considering :) - Stretch my 'mid life' upgrade by going intel 13th gen (probably something mid-tier like a 13600 non-k and a MB that will run it without power limits).
This coming gen of intel is confirmed to still have DDR-4 support while AM5 will not, so practically, it will be the fastest DDR-4 platform, even if DDR-4 won't be as fast as DDR-5 on it.
I'll probably be looking at $550-$600 or so for the CPU and MB. So there is a $400 difference.
Reasoning:
- Better performance
- Being on a platform with the latest PCI express for an eventual Graphics card update in a year or two, rather than being stuck on pci-e gen3 due to my current MB.
- I think MB's have a shorter working life than a CPU. I'm a little dodgy on mine.
- My RAM is 32GB of samsung B-die so its pretty good stuff. Buying 32GB of DDR-5 would suck $$
Downsides:
- more installation work
- really should reinstall your O/S; windows does deal with platform changes pretty well these days, but a clean install still works better.
Thanks OP - the 5600 will make an awesome drop in upgrade to replace my 1600AF
that's gonna be a massive upgrade.
Technically, depends on actual usage
Good point - I"m probably more GPU bound with my RTX2070s as I game at 1440.
The 1600af/2600 is still a reasonable chip, but this is a last mile upgrade that will hopefully give me another few years.
@barge-in hunter: You will definitely notice a bump in performance if your using a 2070s, especially in newer AAA titles. I have the 2600 and i'm trying not to pull the trigger myself its such a good deal.
Similar upgrade for me from early batch 1600 to 5600 should be good
I'm in the same boat - what motherboard are you upgrading to? I'm still rocking a B350
Actually saw this: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/03/amd-reverses-course-ā¦ interesting!
Using B350m.. I'm glad AMD went back to allow bios work with 5xxx
Yes and no? The 1600AF is a generation up from an early 1600. It's actually a slightly underclocked 2600 (zen+).
You'll see even more gains. Totally worth it
Damn, I need a new CPU and this is a great price but I need a new GPU even more :/
Thanks OP, missed out on the ebay deals for the 5600 over the weekend, this made up for it.
Same here saved extra $2.
What do you guys do with your ancient old pcs, older than 5, 6, 7 years, that are now superseded by this tech?
Turn them into home servers (my wife "loves" this :)), give them away to friends who can't afford systems themselves (they still play games great if you stick a mid range card in them), give parts to friends who need them, donate them to local places that rebuild and give away old PCs.
For actual ewaste (broken cords, mobos, whatever), there are places that do recycling for this. Honestly PCs were stagnant for so long that most older boards are still very good for most people.
Sell the old cpu, board and cpu and slip one of these in. Done. Old PSU should be ok still etc if they were decent quality along with case
But what do you do with the old CPU?
Keep on upgrading for as long as you can, that's the beauty of a PC. I've got some systems I've kept going for over 10 years.
Once they no longer have the grunt for gaming, then they often end up as a home media server or dedicated emulation box.
Wish I'd hung onto some of my older hardware for longer though. Would love a late 90s box running Windows 95 with all my old games.
What would be a good upgrade from my AMD 2600? I currently have that CPU and a 3060Ti. Looking to upgrade the CPU
Now we wait for a good motherboard deal.
Darn. Just bought one from eBay for $249 :'(
Contemplating on getting the Ryzen 7 5700x for $377 or Ryzen 7 5800x at $420.. Doing mainly gaming (with RTX 3080) with a bit of photoshop etc for work..
Given the dearth of reasoanbly-priced ITX mobos for Ryzen, I'm wondering if I should bite the bullet and do a 12th-gen Intel build instead of getting a 5600
Ive got a r5 3600x with an rtx 3080. Obviously a bot of a bottleneck, primarily a gaming rig.
Should i bite the bullet on a r7 5700x?
I think you will get more performance but also you might or might not notice depending.
Does anyone know if scorptec or any other NSW based retailer will price match this deal?
worth upgrading from 3600X to this??? mostly gaming @ ultra wide 3440x1440
Excellent. "EOFY sale" extended.