The Best, no Compromises but Affordable B650 Ryzen 5 7600 Build you Can Get!

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CPU

The Ryzen 5 7600 is right now the entry point for Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 CPUs, it has great performance, low power consumption, it is capable of handling high-end GPUs without any major limitations, and it’s capable of high framerates. It is a great upgrade over Ryzen 5000 CPUs, and for it’s price, features and power consumption, it’s an amazing CPU for gaming.

• In case you can get the Ryzen 5 7600X for similar money, also consider building with it.

CPU Cooler

The Ryzen 5 7600 comes with the AMD Wraith Stealth CPU Cooler, it does a good job in games and will keep temperatures under control, but being a CPU that AMD set it’s Tjmax to 95ºC, and it can keep boosting until it reaches that temperature, it’s safe to say that a beefier CPU Cooler would be a better idea, especially if you use your PC for CPU intensive tasks, want to overclock a bit, or live in a hot environment.

• The Ryzen 5 7600X does not come with an included CPU Cooler.

Our Recommendation: Any $20 single tower CPU Cooler, or any Affordable $30-40 Dual Tower CPU Cooler

Motherboard

Among the cheapest B650 motherboards, is the ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2, a great, affordable mATX motherboard with all the necessary features you need to build a good PC, good VRM design, USB 3.2 Type-C (Gen1 on Rear I/O and a Gen2 Internal Header), 2x M.2 Slots, Slot for a M.2 Key-E WiFi card. It’s not fully packed of features, but it has all the essentials and doesn’t lack anything important for those who just want the best performance.

• If you plan to spend around $1000 or less, an mATX motherboard would be the way to go, for more mATX options check out: Best affordable mATX B650 Motherboards.

If you need a ATX motherboard, both the Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX or the MSI MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI are great options, powerful VRM, lots of features, 3x M.2 Slots (on the Aorus one is PCIe 5.0) and decent pricing.

• For more ATX options also check out our ATX B650 Motherboard list.

If you plan to buy something that has support for PCIe 5.0 on the PCIe X16 GPU slot, the ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi is one of the best affordable options.

RAM

DDR5 RAM still is expensive, but $100 seems to be a great starting point, there is plenty of fast, good kits that can be found in that price range, and for a tiny bit more, it’s also possible to find 6000MT/s kits.

Ryzen CPUs have better performance with faster, lower latency RAM. 6000 CL30 memory allows an 1:1 IFC Ratio on most AMD CPUs, meaning the memory can operate at the same frequency as the CPU memory controller, offering better gaming performance on Ryzen 7000 CPUs, that is also the sweet spot for overall compatibility and system stability.

• For more DDR5 options you can check out: Best DDR5 Kits for AMD Ryzen 7000 & Ryzen 9000 AM5 CPUs.

Our Recommendation: Any 2x16GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 Kit

Storage

For games, a good SSD is a must have, faster loading times, faster access times, better usability of your new PC, everything will be faster and more responsive. Ryzen 7000 CPUs and motherboards can make use of PCIe 4.0 SSDs, and since they are getting more affordable, a 1TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD is a viable option at this budget.

For a gaming build, there is no real need to buy a high-end SSD with DRAM Cache. Modern SSDs, such as Teamgroup MP44, Lexar NM790, Crucial P3 Plus etc, have HMB (Host Memory Buffer), meaning a small portion of system memory will be used as cache. That cache will help during heavy write and read usage.

Our Recommendation: Acer Predator GM7000 (Affordable High-end PCIe 4.0 SSD with DRAM Cache)

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