avroneelbiswas
Contributor
What you mean SC perf? What's the difference between X and non x?Decide on your priority - if you will mostly use the PC for productivity tasks or gaming. As mentioned earlier, R5 7600 will outperform even Intel in single core loads, but i5 13500 will surely outperform it in multicore productivity tasks. SC perf is more important for gaming.
Regarding heating, if you are someone who is not comfortable with UV & tuning CPU, just get non X Ryzen 7000. Recommendations above has been R5 7600 or R7 7700, both of which have a power limit, so is not bound to try to hit 95C temp & boost freq as much as possible.
The performance difference between R5 7600X & R5 7600 is not huge but power draw & temps will be much lower. Check Gamers Nexus & Hardware Unboxed reviews. 7600X vs 7600 freq difference might be like 200MHz.
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