Question Is ryzen 5 4500 any good?

[alienomane]

Hi, I was thinking to upgrade my platform to a x470 Taichi and I was wondering if the ryzen 5 4500 would be a good match since I read mixed reviews on that CPU. Also I could also go for a used 2600x, what do you think would go better?

 

[Lutfij]

Can you please state what you have to work with at this moment of time? Meaning, listing your full system's specs. Please list them like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model.

 

[alienomane]

CPU:i5-7500
Mobo: z270 tomahawk artic
Ram: ballistix sport 16 GB DDR4 2400 MHz (single dimm)
Ssd: p5 plus 500 GB + SSD 860 evo 250 + hdd 1 tb WD blue
GPU: rtx 3050 gigabyte eagle
PSU: Asus strix 650w (less than a month)
Chassis: Corsair carbide 100r
Os: windows 11
Monitor: Gigabyte G27F

 

[alienomane]

Can you please state what you have to work with at this moment of time? Meaning, listing your full system's specs. Please list them like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model.

Forgot to quote 😅

 

[Lutfij]

Instead of going for a platform swap you could look into a second hand i7-7700K processor, 50USD air cooler and a dual channel DDR4-3200MHz ram kit, while keeping the rest of your build as is, to get an uplift.

That my opinion on the matter though, others would definitely have a different take on the matter

 

[alienomane]

Instead of going for a platform swap you could look into a second hand i7-7700K processor, 50USD air cooler and a dual channel DDR4-3200MHz ram kit, while keeping the rest of your build as is, to get an uplift.

That my opinion on the matter though, others would definitely have a different take on the matter

I thought about it and I'd rather upgrade because where I live (Italy) people are selling 7700k for over 150 € and imo it's not worth it for the performance improvement, and as you said I'd have to get a air cooler on top of it.
Meanwhile I've found a listing for a 2600x and a x470 taichi for 180 € with wiggle room.
Thanks for the help anyway

 

[CountMike]

Hi, I was thinking to upgrade my platform to a x470 Taichi and I was wondering if the ryzen 5 4500 would be a good match since I read mixed reviews on that CPU. Also I could also go for a used 2600x, what do you think would go better?

Just slight advantage to 4500 in single core performance but also less power usage and running cooler.

 

[Bob.B]

Hi, I was thinking to upgrade my platform to a x470 Taichi and I was wondering if the ryzen 5 4500 would be a good match since I read mixed reviews on that CPU. Also I could also go for a used 2600x, what do you think would go better?

Perf wise the 4500 wins.