AMD Ryzen 5 5500: Best Value CPU 2024! Gaming Benchmarks & Price-to-Performance Analysis

Explore the Ryzen 5 5500's transformation into a budget gaming powerhouse in 2024, priced at $100 in the US and $85 in Malaysia. Paired with affordable components, it challenges higher-end CPUs in gaming benchmarks, even with a Radeon RX 6900 XT. The video highlights its exceptional value, outperforming costlier alternatives by delivering 75-90% of the performance at a fraction of the price. Dive into detailed comparisons and gaming tests, showcasing the Ryzen 5 5500 as a top-tier choice for budget-conscious gamers in 2024.

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[Frank_Pods]

Just bought a Ryzen 5500 after watching this video along with an MSI mATX & 2x8GB of Kingston DDR4 2400 all for the same price as a Ryzen 7600

[VincentAmadeus]

Im using 5500 with rx 6600, absolute beast for 1080 gaming, even on 2024, love these combo so much and not afraid to recommend it to my family and friends

[antondovydaitis]

This was the comparison I was looking for, especially with the RX 6600.

Thank you.

[bertburch]

Thank you for the review, very clear with good points. I just purchased the 5500 ($87 on Ama*** ) to build a new office computer to drive 3 monitors paired with a repurposed XFX RX 580 graphics card I had left over and 32gb RAM. I am hoping this will be a good "Excel/Word/Zoom Meeting" PC.

[Playtrack]

Yo! I have same spec and works great no issue warzone 3 fps 100 on lowest setting Im happy.

[wolfiejadestudios]

My current build is with a AMD Ryzen 3 2200G. I am looking for something good thats under $200. What would you recommend? Is this one a good choice?

[BladeCrew]

I upgraded my Ryzen 5 1600 AF(I got it in 2020 for 85 dollarsa and have been undervolting the cpu but kept the same default clock speeds) to the Ryzen 5 5500. I have an Asrock B450M Steel legend(PCIE gen 3 motherboard) and 4x8GB DDR4 3200MHz CL16 ram. The Ryzen 5 5500 is 109 dollars and the Ryzen 5 5600 is 175 dollars. I upgraded in 2022 my gt 1030 that I had for 5 years to the RTX 3050 8GB for 250 dollars.

[karamalinumberone]

thank you dude for the review
I just bought it to play RDR2 and i am waiting for it to arrive

[adynatos]

Just bought it a few days ago, can't wait to get my new motherboard and finally upgrade my PC

[yi-vnfz]

omg is this the legendary goldfries website i was referring about 10 or 15 yrs ago? xD
i just built a 5500 system as well, but for any new build, when u actually add motherboard and ram into calculation, 5600 is a good value as well. the price differences is smaller when combine with mboard and ram. but when u come from old ryzen 1xxx or 2xxx series, then by only upgrading cpu only to 5500, then the value look higher compare to 5600. anyhow both is good value

[yourboimicky]

Hey just wanted to ask I bought an intel arc asrock a580 challenger GPU will it work with this CPU?

[aleandroalbertini]

I'm currently using R5 3500 + 4060. Is it worth upgrading to R5 5500 or 5600. In my country 5500 and 5600 price difference is about 25$

[timmyjohns]

Value depends on the cost of the whole system imo. As you can spend 50% more on the cpu like the 5600 to $150 on a $500 system its 10% more or 5% more on a $1000 and the 5600 is like 15% more performance.

[mixinthebisquic]

Im pairing this exact cpu with an intel arc a770 sparkle titan 16gb 32 gigs of ram ddr4 3200mhz a 600 wat psu and a steel legend 550 mother board would you say this is a decent build? Im after buttery smooth gameplay overall i cannot stand stutter in games, i was told focus more on the GPU overall and the a770 seems pretty decent in recent comparison videos online, would love to know what you think about my build.

[orkedz]

im currently using 10100f .. planning to upgrade but im not sure which one i want to pick .. either 12100f or ryzen 5500.. my gpu is 1650 gddr6 .. and my usage sometimes using Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop .. doing some 2d / 3d animation (Blender) .. and ofcourse some light gaming... which one should i get ?

[Mrzr]

Should I buy the 5500 for 100 dollar or the 5600 for 150 dollar? Im currently on a gtx 1080. But my i7-4770k is bottleneckning.

[BSM]

Is it worth it if upgrade from R5 3600?

[fiqrieejoefazli]

rite nw i got 5600 pair wit rtx 2060, in the future which card is the compatible pair for 5600?help me sifu

[rangga]

your build is bottlenecked, 5900x is 50% more powefull than 5500 not 10%