$20 cheaper than scorptec/centercom/Amazon. Shipping extra. ($10 in VIC). Ordered mine.
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU $139 + Delivery (Free SYD & ADE C&C) @ PCByte
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LrocketboyInOz on 20/11/2022 - 17:38 pcbyte.com.au (295 clicks)
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If you were building a new midrange computer, these cheap 3600s are great. Compared to your 4th gen i5, based on some YouTube benchmarks I watched, I think the 3600 might be 20% faster? I would probably spend more to get a killer cpu to get a real upgrade on your current one.
Thanks for that. I mainly dabble in VM's and very occasional gaming (which = GPU anyhow). This price point seems crazy. And I looked at the new motherboard prices for next-gen and not sure I can justify that. I'd really like front USB-C and a spot for my BR player. Prefer onboard GPU (for troubleshooting), but at $139…
Dude what are you smoking… the r5-3600 would smash the 4690 in everyway!
I realize it's newer and has better specs, but my query is will I see it in my usage? Or, should I just wait for next-gen and then move? I have NVMe & SSDs ready, just trying to work out what to go with. Ta.
I think I was conservative with the 20% figure- it came from some youtube game benchmarks. Looking closely at the better tech jesus benchmarks it's probably closer to 50% faster. I went from a i5 2500 to the r5 3600 and computing is soo much smoother now, very happy with it. They do seem to run hot, however.
@dlovep: thank you, I wasn't aware of this site. I remember someone saying the "userbenchmark" results were unreliable and I have dismissed any website with benchmark in its name haha. I do remember running some passmark software a long time ago so this seems legit. How can we interpret ~18000 vs 5600? I got my 50% figure by taking the results in this video and just doing a simple fraction.
@naturaldecay: On that page you can add CPU to compare 3600 is 17804 vs i5-4690 is 5606 vs 5600 is 21527.
I would say 5600 roughly 4 times faster than i5-4690, in real world is not always the case, like compare the boot up time how can that be 4 times faster? mostly depends on usage and the % gained worth the price gap.
If 3600 is $139 then 5600 should be price around $168 to justify the % gained, but RRP never works like that, so 3600 seems a better deal than 5600.
Passmark has been around for ages, the issue of Passmark is they renew the score slowly and did not scale down, so when you check old score it will seems not much different but once they refresh the differences is massive.
Just bear in mind: this was on clearance at SE for $111.51 + Shipping on Singles day. While you can't jump into a Delorean and go back into the past, Black Friday is still ahead of us and there might be better deals next week, not just on this 3600 but also on the Ryzen 5600G or 12-th Gen Alder Lake parts.
r5 3600 and a 3060 gpu on a 1080p monitor is probably the best price to performance you can get.
Rather 6600xt
only if all 3 come together under $300… XD
I went from an i5 2500K to a 3700x a couple of years ago and the difference was massive across the board. Particularly larger/newer games the loading times significantly improved which surprised me the most.
That said, given you’ll need new motherboard and RAM as well, I’d probably recommend spending a little more on the CPU itself and go for something like a 5600x or 5700x. If you’re on a tight budget though, at this price the 3600 is a hell of a lot of cpu for the money.
Great first post, keep them coming!
Jeez when i bought my pc, the 3600 was the cpu to get. Now its the budget pc cpu lol.
5600 is better value even it cost extra $60, it is faster, less power consumption and run cooler (may eligible for free game "uncharted" from participate retairer). 12100f or 12400f is another option if you need to buy motherboard anyway.
One of the main reasons people choose the 5600G is because it has an integrated GPU.
Yeah, not that this isn't good for an extreme budget PC but IMO the 5600 is a no brainer right now.
I've been limping along on an old i5-4690.
Would this be something you'd see a gain in performance of VM's and everyday, or mainly gaming?