Intel Core i5 vs AMD Ryzen 5 - Pricing and specifications

[Jamie McKane]

Intel Core i5 vs AMD Ryzen 5 - Pricing and specifications

We compared the South African pricing and specifications of the latest desktop processors from Intel and AMD.

[Glordit]

According to Reddit user Siebevp, the R5 1400 can easily hit 4Ghz with some slight volt mods and better cooling.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comment..._overclocking/

[Dark Bane]

The 1600 is the clear choice in my opinion, provided you overclock it a bit. But any of the non-X Ryzen chips seem to be extremely good value if you can get them to that 4Ghz sweet spot with fast enough memory.