Is R5 5600 dead investment?

[notcredible]

Hi all. Let me explain as much as possible with my English knowledge.

I have i3 10100F - B460M-K Prime - RX 5500XT 8 GB build.

I bought R5 5600 for 85$ and planning to buy ASUS B550M-K or MSI B550M PRO-VDH for 80-85$.

Am i making mistake? I already bought R5 5600 on sales. It's already on the cargo but i didn't think before buying like "am i doing mistake, should i not buy it?" I saw discount and thought "R5 5600 will be huge upgrade for me". Maybe i have right to return it before i got it, idk. I bought it on Amazon.

I can't buy R5 7500F because only CPU is 153$ and motherboard aswell probably.

Sorry for my weird English, i hope explained myself

 

[TechBuyingHavoc]

Hi all. Let me explain as much as possible with my English knowledge.

I have i3 10100F - B460M-K Prime - RX 5500XT 8 GB build.

I bought R5 5600 for 85$ and planning to buy ASUS B550M-K or MSI B550M PRO-VDH for 80-85$.

Am i making mistake? I already bought R5 5600 on sales. It's already on the cargo but i didn't think before buying like "am i doing mistake, should i not buy it?" I saw discount and thought "R5 5600 will be huge upgrade for me". Maybe i have right to return it before i got it, idk. I bought it on Amazon.

I can't buy R5 7500F because only CPU is 153$ and motherboard aswell probably.

Sorry for my weird English, i hope explained myself

Didn't you post about this in September? Why another thread about the same question?

 

[notcredible]

Didn't you post about this in September? Why another thread about the same question?

I was planning to buy it on September but i couldn't. i5 10600K + KF is out of stock now and 10x more expensive. I was gonna buy i5 10600KF but it's not available and will not be probably for long time in my country.

 

[jak_2456]

I think it is still a good chip for 1080p and 1440p. You will be good with it as long as you keep the GPU reasonable. With AM4 you can upgrade all the way to a 5800X3D in the future which is still one of the best CPUs out there.

 

[eidairaman1]

I was planning to buy it on September but i couldn't. i5 10600K + KF is out of stock now and 10x more expensive. I was gonna buy i5 10600KF but it's not available and will not be probably for long time in my country.

For what you can afford is fine, you can always get a R7 5800/3D or a 5900/5950 down the line.

 

[Macro Device]

If your main concern is gaming you'll get very limited additional juice in most AAA games (if any) because your GPU is fairly weak. But once you upgrade your GPU you will have this investment pay off. In any competitive gaming such as Counter-Strike, DotA, Battlefield, Call of Duty, you name it, you will get significantly better framerates. Also much better in heavy strategy and city building games.

And if you main concern is productivity you might expect about 80 to 100 % improvement over your 10100F. Is it worth it? You decide.

 

[Princess Garnet]

I'm going to say no, it's not a waste based on the context you gave.

While the 10th and 11th generation CPUs are typically a bit slower than the late AM4 CPUs (read as, Ryzen 5000 series), it's close enough to where if you're already on LGA 1200, then I would have suggested something like a Core i5 or greater for your current platform because this lets you save on motherboard costs. The people who get the most out of in-platform upgrades are typically those on the lesser SKUs, because they don't have to go all the way up to see a meaningful increase (the fastest options on a given platform tend to retain too much value to make them good value options), and typically those upgrading on something not that old. Both of those apply to you, so you were just about in the ideal position to benefit from an in-platform upgrade. So I would have suggested a 10th or 11th generation Core i5 or maybe even a Core i7 in your case.

But then I read where you mentioned those options were cost prohibitive for you. If that is so, then maybe this is your best option. Everything, and I mean everything, is relative to price. If all of your options on your existing platform, and if newer platforms, are out of reach, but another minor upgrade is within reach, then it's hard to argue that's a bad investment. The only alternative in that case of forgoing the upgrade. If you were willing to do that and stay with what you had, then yeah, maybe any move was a bad investment. But I'm presuming you know your needs/wants a little better than anyone else.

I would hope you were sure that AM4 motherboards are cheap and available before impulse buying a CPU based on price alone though. It seems unusual to me that an AM4 motherboard and CPU would be less expensive than something like a 10400/11400 or 10600/11600 alone.

 

[Frick]

I have that CPU and literally the only reason why I'm upgrading is I will get a decent AM5 motherboard on the cheap. It's still a fine CPU.

 

[notcredible]

For what you can afford is fine, you can always get a R7 5800/3D or a 5900/5950 down the line.

I think it is still a good chip for 1080p and 1440p. You will be good with it as long as you keep the GPU reasonable. With AM4 you can upgrade all the way to a 5800X3D in the future which is still one of the best CPUs out there.

If your main concern is gaming you'll get very limited additional juice in most AAA games (if any) because your GPU is fairly weak. But once you upgrade your GPU you will have this investment pay off. In any competitive gaming such as Counter-Strike, DotA, Battlefield, Call of Duty, you name it, you will get significantly better framerates. Also much better in heavy strategy and city building games.

And if you main concern is productivity you might expect about 80 to 100 % improvement over your 10100F. Is it worth it? You decide.

Thanks all for answers i appreciate it.

I'm going to say no, it's not a waste based on the context you gave.

While the 10th and 11th generation CPUs are typically a bit slower than the late AM4 CPUs (read as, Ryzen 5000 series), it's close enough to where if you're already on LGA 1200, then I would have suggested something like a Core i5 or greater for your current platform because this lets you save on motherboard costs. The people who get the most out of in-platform upgrades are typically those on the lesser SKUs, because they don't have to go all the way up to see a meaningful increase (the fastest options on a given platform tend to retain too much value to make them good value options), and typically those doing on something not that old. Both of those apply to you, so you were just about in the ideal position to benefit from an in-platform upgrade. So I would have suggested a 10th or 11th generation Core i5 or maybe even a Core i7 in your case.

But then I read where you mentioned those options were cost prohibitive for you. If that is so, then maybe this is your best option. Everything, and I mean everything, is relative to price. If all of your options on your existing platform, and if newer platforms, are out of reach, but another minor upgrade is within reach, then it's hard to argue that's a bad investment. The only alternative in that case of forgoing the upgrade. If you were willing to do that and stay with what you had, then yeah, maybe any move was a bad investment. But I'm presuming you know your needs/wants a little better than anyone else.

I would hope you were sure that AM4 motherboards are cheap and available before impulse buying a CPU based on price alone though. It seems unusual to me that an AM4 motherboard and CPU would be less expensive than something like a 10400/11400 or 10600/11600 alone.

I can only buy 10600K or KF as used product like second hand or something, i don't know that term in English. Even used K or KF is expensive than R5 5600, it's probably around 120$. I don't think paying 40$ more would make a big difference.

Idk about other countries but Intel is way expensive than AMD in here. Example: R5 9600X 284$, i9 14900K 552$. That's really awkward pricing.

 

[Princess Garnet]

Used or second hand would be the correct terms.

And yeah, the 5600 is a bit faster than a 10th or 11th generation Core i5 anyway. I just wanted to highlight that it's only worth doing that if the AM4 motherboard plus 5600 CPU isn't much more expensive than a 10th/11th generation Core i5.

 

[Macro Device]

Example: R5 9600X 284$, i9 14900K 552$.

It's like that everywhere. i9 is supposed to be more expensive than Ryzen 5. One should compare i5 to Ryzen 5 of the same generation.

used product

second hand

Both these terms are valid.

it's probably around 120$

Not really great value. Well, it shaves off the necessity to change your motherboard but you can't overclock it on a B460 and thus, it loses some of its edge.

I'd rather say you did a good job choosing wares from the $ per FPS standpoint.

Also to note you write, "way expensive," "is expensive than" and it's a mistake. "Way more expensive" and "is more expensive than" are the correct spellings.

 

[eidairaman1]

Thanks all for answers i appreciate it.

I can only buy 10600K or KF as used product like second hand or something, i don't know that term in English. Even used K or KF is expensive than R5 5600, it's probably around 120$. I don't think paying 40$ more would make a big difference.

Idk about other countries but Intel is way expensive than AMD in here. Example: R5 9600X 284$, i9 14900K 552$. That's really awkward pricing.

Yeah it's known as the intel inflation tax, not worth it honestly.

 

[DaemonForce]

If the 5600 is a dead investment then my 3600 has had it.
Inflation, import tax, duty tax, whatever...Make a line straight for the capstone.
Could be a few directions depending on whatever. I have a choice between the 5900X and 5800X3D.

 

[TechBuyingHavoc]

If the 5600 is a dead investment then my 3600 has had it.
Inflation, import tax, duty tax, whatever...Make a line straight for the capstone.
Could be a few directions depending on whatever. I have a choice between the 5900X and 5800X3D.

I have a 5800X3D and I am perfectly happy with it (for gaming). This CPU will last me another 3 years easily, most likely even longer.