Question Ryzen 7 5700X or Ryzen 7 5800X?

May 24, 2023
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Hi guys,

It's me, again. I'll slowly upgrade my PC, because it needs to. I'm currently running this setup:
CPU: Ryzen 5 2600
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H V2
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 2666Mhz C16
GPU: MSI RX 580 Armor OC 8G

First, I want to upgrade my CPU, and, to be fair, I don't know which one to choose between these two; The Ryzen 7 5700X or the Ryzen 7 5800X.
It would be for gaming, to play at solid 1080P (the GPU will be changed later).

Thanks for any recommendation.
 
May 24, 2023
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Depends on the price, if there is little difference in price, go with the 5800X but, it's not worth paying a lot extra over the 5700X. Unless you are someone who likes running benchmarks, you won't notice the difference.
On Amazon, the Ryzen 5800X is at 219€ (234$) while the Ryzen 7 5700X is at 207€ (221$), and I don't really run benchmarks, to be fair, I don't really care about them, I just care about my in-game performance. So the 5800X would be a better choice for you with such a few $ difference?
 

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On Amazon, the Ryzen 5800X is at 219€ (234$) while the Ryzen 7 5700X is at 207€ (221$), and I don't really run benchmarks, to be fair, I don't really care about them, I just care about my in-game performance. So the 5800X would be a better choice for you with such a few $ difference?
Given such a small premium being asked for, I'd go with the 5800X.
 
On Amazon, the Ryzen 5800X is at 219€ (234$) while the Ryzen 7 5700X is at 207€ (221$), and I don't really run benchmarks, to be fair, I don't really care about them, I just care about my in-game performance. So the 5800X would be a better choice for you with such a few $ difference?
Keep in mind that that for 5800x you are going to need a much better cooler than with 5700x but loose just bit of performance.
That MB is not exactly a powerhouse with it's VRM, 65W 5700x it can handle with ease vs 105W for 5800x.
 
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