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hinch said:

Captain_Yuri said:

Lots of Intel stuff today...

Intel i5-11400F Review - $175 Killer Value Gaming CPU

Kinda nuts as if you get the 11400F or 11400 instead of the k or 5600x, you would save enough money to get a 3060 Ti instead of a 3060 or 3070 instead of a 3060 Ti with minimal performance loss. If the cards were in stock that is... Still, pretty nice to see the crazy performance and value that competition can bring us.

True at $175, its insane at what performance you can get for your money. 11400F is surely the best bang for buck CPU you can get rn. Even topping the 3600 for value/performance. Intel did itself a disservice by not giving these to reviewers instead of just the 11600K and 11900K. The 11600K and 5600X isn't that much faster than either one and costs $100 or more! Lucky I got my 5600X and motherboard on offer or I'd be looking at Intel for my new build.

But yeah if gaming is someones focus, getting the best GPU as your budget allows is the main thing as CPU's are already powerful enough for playing games. And if playing at 1440P and above the difference between low and high end is even more negligible as you become more GPU bound.

Yea pretty much. And the 5600X is objectively faster and can also trade blows with Intel's flagship in certain games so there are good reasons to still get that. But for those that are very budget limited, this CPU really is that current sweet spot for budget builders.