Looking for a cheap, powerful CPU (AMD)

[Nexon 5]

i'm looking for a New cheap AMD CPU for gaming within 1K dollars. hope you guys can help me!
-Clarence
P.S. I'm a new user

 

[mdd1963]

To clarify,...you specified CPU, when I suspect this includes the cost of the entire build...

Best buy right now....

An R5-1600 based system using a quality B350 based mainboard....16GB of DDR4/3200 MHz RAM, Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB. Find at least a GTX1050Ti, as GTX1060 are expensive right now... THrow in a decent 550-600 watt PSU, and you're set!

Are you building it?

 

[Nexon 5]

Yeah of course. Ryzen 5 is it?

 

[mdd1963]

Ryzen 5, yes...; the R5-1600 is the new proverbial 'sensible must have' similar to the 2500k/6600K of yesteryear, a 'must have' 2nd place if a budget does not quite allow a Z270/7700K, which is about $140-$200 more including cooler). (I think I read R5-1600 was now the number 2 seller among processors at Amazon, so folks are scooping them up by the thousands...)

 

[Nexon 5]

Okay, So R5-1600 is better than my AMD Phenom X4. Thanks mdd1963!

 

[madmatt30]

^ oh just way better.

Something like this (some of the 1060 6gb cards are down to a reasonable price again now)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($83.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($97.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Toshiba - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GT OCV1 Video Card ($264.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $920.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-29 04:32 EDT-0400

 

[mdd1963]

Alas, all the assorted Phenoms are outframed by i3's these days, so an R5-1600 would be stepping up to ~95% of the 7700K's performance, frankly...; a good place to be!