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welcome back to harbor unbox today we're talking best CPUs best value best performance best at starting a fight between a bunch of randoms in the comment section you know just the standard stuff this is a follow-on from the top 5 best desktop CPUs video that we published back in June of 2017 and I'll note the pics we made back then and of course put them alongside our new pics I've dropped the best devalue quad-core category is that no longer really makes sense but for those of you wondering we did previously nominate the horizon 5 1400 for that category replacing the best devalue quad-core is the best performance gaming CPU so a new category that's somewhat at the opposite end of the spectrum to the category that it's replacing in addition to the best performing gaming CPU we also have picks for the best budget CPU best value all-round a desktop CPU best value productivity CPU and well the best extreme desktop CPUs first up we have the best budget CPM previously we went with the intel pentium g 4560 which I felt was a pretty obvious option at the time and pretty much impossible to beat at the time and this time around though the G 5400 doesn't really offer anything newer 200 megahertz increasing clock frequency isn't really going to get it over the line this time although more expensive I feel the rise in 320 200 G offers world's more value and apart from being a true quad-core CPU the integrated Vega at GPU is just several times more powerful and for those holding off on buying a discrete graphics card because they are quite expensive right now so as a budget shopper you may want to avoid that then the 2200 G makes perfect sense I have to admit though the real competition for the 2200 G does come from the core i3 8100 and that particular processor does cost $20 more but again without a discrete graphics card it gets completely smoked by AMD APU then with the GTX 1060 or an rx 580 for example well I feel both CPUs do deliver very similar performance we have shown this in previous benchmark videos but productivity workloads in general usage again they are very evenly matched though once overclocked the 2200 G does generally come out on top for core heavy productivity workloads so for me the fact that the horizon 322 energy is an unlocked part that can be overclocked on affordable motherboards can take advantage of higher clocked memory it packs a powerful integrated GPU and is slightly cheap in the core i3 8100 well all those things for me make it my number one budget CPM if you've got around $200 us to spend on a new CPU then congratulations and if you want something that can handle any and all tasks that you can throw at it with maximum efficiency and I feel the horizon 520 600 or 2600 X really is a must previously we did choose the risin 5 1600 so it makes sense that the our 520 600 series would take over this position still to avoid triggering any members of the Blue Man Group I should just note that the core i5 8400 is a very attractive alternative it's a little cheaper as well and arguably does provide better gaming performance in today's titles but while the 2600 might not be quite as good for gaming when it comes to productivity workloads it's really in a different league it's fair to say that the superior multi-threaded performance offsets these slightly wicked gaming performance of course when it comes to gaming I am generalizing here there are situations in games where the horizon processor does come out on top the twenty six hundred and twenty six hundred or so unlocked CPUs and therefore can be overclocked on inexpensive be 350 motherboards I also really like the fact that AMD has announced that these CPUs and the platform will be supported until at least 2020 so that's certainly something worth considering when investing your money for three hundred to three hundred and thirty dollars u.s. the Rison 720 700 series can't be beat when it comes to practice at least overall the core i7 8700 series still holds an advantage for lightly threaded workloads thanks to a clock speed advantage but for seriously taxing and time-consuming workloads the twenty-seven hundred and twenty seven hundred ex often noteworthy performance gains the second generation CPUs also made a decent step forwards when it comes to gaming performance and here the 2700 X is very respectable especially when paired with the right memory there is applications and I suppose games continue to make better use of Verizon sevens many cause applications such as Premiere Pro CC for example then we will continue to see it rise and walk away with it because of this and AMD's continuing commitment to the a m4 platform I feel like right now these second gen rising series offers shoppers the most bang for their buck in the $300 u.s. price range all right so you've got yourself a gtx 1080i or perhaps you've taken out a mortgage and got yourself a titan and you're after the very best gaming cpu the market has to offer no compromise solution that just spits out as many frames as your graphics card can under whatever conditions your gaming well i there's few that can really argue that the core i7 87 who isn't that cpu intel has a low latency ring bus architecture has proven to be the best solution for gaming and couple that with a cpu that can comfortably clock all calls at 4.7 gigahertz and you can do that with a click of a button by enabling MC if it's not enabled by default and well with a bit of manual overclocking most should hit at least 5 gigahertz on all caused so add that those two factors you have the low latency and the high frequency and well you got yourself a winner I should just quickly note though not trying to spoil the core i7 87 oh ok party here but there is a rumor the Intel might ditch support for the 8th gen series sooner than expected and that could be a bit of a problem and while that would be a real real shame if true let's be honest you might die of old age before a 5 gigahertz 6 chord 12 thread CPU is noticeably slower in games than whatever the future might hold in any case if money's no object and you simply want the best of the best for gaming and the core i7 87 hurricane's it hands down you can't argue with facts okay so last time out they picked the core i9 7900 X and had the following to say the core I nine seven 100 X is incredibly expensive it does run very hot and when overclocked it is very power hungry it doesn't come with a cooler and the x2 nylon platform is very expensive however it's also blistering faster with a custom liquid cooled solution the overclocked performance is incredible automatically I don't recommend buying the 700 X until Amy's thread ripper arrives and we've had a chance to reevaluate still if you must buy now in your where a competitor isn't coming then sure get the 700 X it's still a beast so as you no doubt well aware that competitor did arrive and last year boy did it land hard the thread rippin nineteen fifty X in 1920 X ripped to the sky like X line up a new one and today the nineteen fifty X makes a mockery of Intel 79 80 XE 79 60x 7940 x79 20x and 70 900 X at least it does in my opinion although the 16 quart 32 thread core i7 79 60 X is at times faster it also costs 100% more 100 percent more for roughly the same performance and we're not talking about small numbers here even last year's best extreme desktop CPU picker semi her ex still cost slightly more at $920 us and well the 1950 ex just completely wipes the floor with it this really was the easiest pick of the bunch for me to make and it seems like the majority of shoppers also agree with me it also doesn't hurt that I replaced my core i7 at 69 50 X with the thread Ripper nineteen fifty X and I've been extremely pleased with the results for video editing and gaming anyway right now the thread Ripper 1950 X occupiers 23rd position on Amazon's best CPU stylist and that is an incredible result for a $900 CPU in fact it costs more than twice as much as every CPU that appears before it on the list then the 79 RX that comes in at 36th position on the grid and then the 79 60 X is 99th so it just made it into the top 100 list any higher on the list and well you wouldn't amount to find it well there you have it my CPU Peaks as of May 2018 The Horizon 320 200 G is a solid choice for budget shoppers and the upcoming second generation arisin 3 CPS probably won't change that too much but of course we'll have to wait and see the rise in five twenty six hundred and twenty six hundred x were in my opinion the obvious choice as the best value desktop CPUs likewise the horizon 720 720 700 X make the most sense for those wanting to get some real work done then for the ultimate no compromise gaming experience well there's really nothing better than the core i7 8700 K it's a cracker of a CPU that one then for those after an extreme desktop CPU I did drop the core I 970 hundred X in favor of the risin thread grip at 1950 X and I feel spending well over $1000 u.s. to get a sky like equivalent just is madness at this point finally don't forget while you're battling over your best CPU picks in an effort to defend the honor of your clan let me know what your top 5 worst CPU list currently looks like personally I don't think there are any truly bad CPUs that have been released so far this year but maybe I've missed something and if I have I'm sure you guys will let me know about it in the comment section below anyway that is gonna do it for this one I'm your host Steve and I'll see you next time