Ryzen 5 1500X OC vs. 1600

Justin2927

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I am going to build a $720 Budget Gaming PC and I don’t know what CPU to get. Should I get a Ryzen 5 1500X and overclock it or should I get the 1600 (non x)?

It will be paired with:
Gigabyte GTX 1060 6GB Windforce OC
MSI B350 Gaming Plus
PNY Anarchy 16GB DDR4-2400MHz (2x8GB)
(GPU is used but I can return within 30 days)
 
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Get the 1600 and overclock as its where gaming is headed. Intel coffee lake i5 and i7 will be 6 cores with quad cores downed to a i3.

Justin2927

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Oh it’s overclockable? I thought the one with the X’s were only overclockable.

 

Justin2927

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Thanks, I’ll definitely get the 1600.