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Ryzen 5 9600x vs 7600x

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I'm going to build a sff pc soon and I'm debating getting the Ryzen 5 9600x instead of the 7600x. I know the 9600x runs cooler, but the only problem is that I'm on a tight budget of 1500 and to get the 9600x I would need to change the ek nucleus cr240 to a thermalright frozen edge. would it be worth it get the 9600x?

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I wouldn't buy an EK ANYTHING right now. You know the company is going under, right?

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I’ll say if you are on a tight budget, just ditch the aio all together. Midrange Ryzen cpu’s dont need watercooling, you’d get good temps running 7600/9600X with most low profile air coolers. Also, you dont need to buy thermal paste. Any cooler you buy should come included with either a tube or pre-applied paste.

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non-x 7600

its barelly slower than 9600x, its "colder and less power-hungry" than 7600x (65w vs 105w) and its hellalot cheaper than both 7600x/9600x

This. For a sff pc a 7600 is a no brainer for budget builds.

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Free cooler as well as a backup

7600X is better binned than the non x. You can set the ppt to 65W.

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This!!

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Most coolers will be fine for either cpu I would get the cpu that is the best bang for buck

Get the ryzen 7 7700 on aliexpress for under $200

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Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 8-Core Processor $271.18 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler Thermalright AXP90-X53 42.58 CFM CPU Cooler $25.90 @ Amazon
Thermal Compound Noctua NT-H1 3.5 g Thermal Paste $8.94 @ Amazon
Motherboard ASRock B650I Lightning Wifi Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard $199.99 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory $83.00 @ Amazon
Storage Acer Predator GM7000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $125.00 @ Amazon
Video Card ASRock Challenger OC Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16 GB Video Card $529.99 @ Newegg
Case Lian Li A4-H20 X4 Mini ITX Desktop Case $154.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Cooler Master V SFX Gold ATX 3.0 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply $99.99 @ Newegg
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $1498.98
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-10-27 09:29 EDT-0400