{"title":"Best value - Processors","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"amd-ryzen-5-5500-6-core-3-6ghz-am4-cpu","title":"AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6-Core 3.6GHz AM4 CPU","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble the L3 cache of the 4500 for a small step up in price — the budget sweet spot on AM4.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eQuick Specs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 cores \/ 12 threads, 3.6GHz base, up to 4.2GHz boost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19MB total cache (3MB L2 + 16MB L3)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e65W TDP, AM4 socket, DDR4-3200 dual channel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWraith Stealth cooler included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnlocked multiplier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eZen 3 cores where it counts\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 5500 moves to AMD's Zen 3 architecture, and the jump over the 4500 is bigger than the price gap suggests: 16MB of L3 instead of 8MB, higher instructions per clock, and a 100MHz higher boost. Games that stutter on a small cache — open-world titles, anything with a lot of streaming — behave noticeably better. It still ships with a cooler and still runs at 65W, so it slots into exactly the same cheap build without changing anything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eRead the fine print on PCIe\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe one thing to know: the 5500 is PCIe 3.0, not 4.0, unlike the Ryzen 5 5600 above it. With most graphics cards that costs you very little, but a PCIe 4.0 SSD will run at half speed and an entry card with a narrow x8 interface can lose a few frames. There's also no integrated graphics. If you plan to run fast NVMe storage, step up to the 5600. 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That combination is why the 5600 has stayed the default recommendation for budget gaming builds long after newer parts arrived. It will comfortably drive an RTX 4070 or RX 7800 XT at 1440p without becoming the bottleneck, and it does it on 65W with the included cooler. For most people building to a budget, spending more on the GPU and putting a 5600 behind it is the right call.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho should look elsewhere\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you stream while you game, or you render and compile as much as you play, six cores will feel tight — the Ryzen 7 5700X doubles the core count for meaningful money but real gains in that work. And if you're starting fresh rather than upgrading an existing AM4 board, AM5 gives you DDR5 and a socket with years of upgrades ahead of it. 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That extra cache is worth real frames in the games that care, and PCIe 5.0 future-proofs both the graphics slot and your NVMe drive. It also carries basic Radeon graphics, so the machine will post and display without a card even though it isn't meant for gaming that way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e7600 or 9600?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 9600 above it is the Zen 5 replacement with a slightly higher boost and newer cores. The 7600 is Zen 4, usually cheaper, and in gaming the gap between them is small — most builders would rather bank the difference and put it into the graphics card. Where six cores stop being enough is heavy multitasking: streaming while gaming, or video work alongside everything else. 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