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welcome back to harbor unbox today we're talking best CPUs best value best performance best at melting a hole in your motherboard bested emptying your wallet leaving your homeless I was just joking about those last two that said though the core oh nine series does get an honorable mention anyways the top five best is a series I just started it's not an original name I'll admit and there are lots of clickbait dish type top 5 videos on YouTube but I like to think my content rises above that least a little bit over at tech spot we do have the best of series but I thought rather than rip that off and make up my own I just go with the generic sounding top 5 best for now naming aside given how well the first episode was received which covered the gtx 1070 graphics cards I decided to make this a regular thing I'll be looking at other graphics cards soon such as the 1060 1080 and tell you ti models along with some stuff from the red team for now though for this one we will be looking at CPUs that said this isn't just a pick the best CPU for whatever category that I decide we'll also be taking the platform into account so this means like the best value CPU for example must be supported by the best value motherboards so the categories I'm going with include best budget CP it's pretty straightforward best value quad-core that will be a little bit interesting our best performance desktop CPU gain that kind of self-explanatory and best value productivity or workstation class CPU so that's something with a higher core count that makes sense and then best extreme desktop CPU which is pretty much the best extreme desktop CPU about a year ago now my best budget pick was an AMD APU the a 876 50 K to be precise for the price the CPU lent itself well to a multitude of tasks including gaming well entry level gaming anyway times have changed though and if you want the most bang for your buck I feel Intel's Pentium G 45 60 can't be beaten prices are $64 us this jewel called ship comes clocked at 3.5 gigahertz and boasts hyper threading support for 4 threads essentially it's a soup core i3 the G 4560 is arguably the only good thing to come out of Intel seventh-generation KB Lake series and it's that good we'll take it even if you plan to game the G 4560 Trump's the a 876 50k and not because the HD graphics 6/10 is any good it's certainly not but rather because if you take the $40 you say by buying the cheaper Intel CPU you can reinvest that any more powerful discrete graphics card there are some cheap options to choose from but I recommend coming up with a little extra cash and picking up a gtx 1050 for around $100 finally the g 4560 can also be paired with an inexpensive h 110 motherboard prices start at just $50 u.s. for a brand new board and all the essential features are on offer alternatively you might be able to find a h1 70 or Zed 170 motherboard for around the same money on the second-hand market the dead 170 in particular will offer a richer upgrade path allowing you to take advantage of unlocked Core i5 and i7 CPUs as well as higher clocked memory the best value quad core well there really are just two contenders for this category and we'll get to them in a moment first the reason I went with the best value quad core category is because many still see the quad core as a requirement for mid-range gaming these days and they'll turn their nose up at the ultra affordable G 45 60 so the contenders are the core i5 7600 K and the Rison v 1400 I've ruled the 1500 X out as I recommend going for the six core 1600 if you're going to spend a bit of extra money also for mid-range GPUs there's zero difference between the 1400 and 1500 X for gamers now remember there's a big emphasis placed on value here so I'm not going with whichever one is the best for allowing high-end GPUs to render 1000 frames and csgo for example for two hundred and forty dollars you have the core i5 7600 K which requires a dead series motherboard and they start at about $90 you also need to add another 20 to $30 us for a quality air cooler so the total bill I would say is at least 350 dollars u.s. the horizon 5 1400 comes in just 170 dollars us a decent be 350 motherboard cost $70 and there's no need to buy a cooler as the race stealth is pretty good so total damage on this one is just 240 dollars u.s. the 1,400 also has the advantage of SMT support meaning it supports eight threads whereas the 7600 K is limited to four threads generally speaking the 7600 K is a superior performer for CPU intensive games such as battlefield one but the 1400 is certainly very competitive chances are though over time the horizon v 1400 will grow stronger and stronger in relation to the 7600 K so saving 30% on the rise in CPU seems like the smart option unless you absolutely need those extreme frame rates for competitive gameplay I know I'm certainly not that good prior to Rosen's release I was recommending the core i5 6600 K is the best value enthusiast grade CPU it might only have 4 cores but it crushed AMD's FX series in any and all games and also pretty much every workload you could throw at it priced at $240 u.s. it was also reasonably affordable unless you wanted to pay more for a hyper threading enabled core i7 there were no better options earlier this year the KB lake 7600 was released at the same price but with no IPC gains on offer so basically a factory overclock Department now for as little as two hundred and ten dollars u.s. we have the horizon 5 1600 which comes armed with two additional cause eight more threads and a whopping 10 megabytes more level 3 cache the 1600 also includes a decent box color in that price whereas the 7600 K doesn't come with a cooler at all for productivity workloads that can take advantage of multiple threads the 1600 and Nile eight to the 7600 K even taking overclocking into account for gaming there is still the argument to be made that intel's higher clocked quad-core is better but as more games starts to utilize risings many cores like ashes the singularity or total Warhammer for example the 7600 K is going to look vastly inferior in comparison bottom line how can you not love a 6 core 12 thread CPU that can be overclocked to 4 gigahertz on all cores using the stock cooler they're near enough to $200 us Australians can also pick up the processor for the bargain basement price of 290 dollars Aussie not everyone games I know it's quite shocking and not everyone who games only games some of us actually do some work now and then it's a cruel fact of life anyway if your work involves heavy processing you'll want a very capable CPU preferably something with a lot of cause that can make short work of big tasks well if that's the case I recommend Intel's upcoming Xeon Platinum 81-73 M it's a 28 call 56 thread Beast expected to cost around $16,000 u.s. it'll send emails quicker than you can say shoot I forgot the attachment okay so refinancing your home isn't an option then perhaps I can interest you in the AMD Rison 7 1700 seriously the 1700 is the only choice here at 310 dollars us the core i7 7700 K is a slick CPU but for 340 dollars it pales in comparison for similar money you get pretty much half of everything half as many cores half as many threads half as much level 3 cache meanwhile the core i7 1700 X cost $80 more and still can't match the 1700 s core count or processing power the horizon 7 1700 not only eliminates everything from Intel priced above $300 but it does the same for AMD zone lineup as well there's little point in purchasing the 1700 X at $400 I think it has been a bit discounted since I checked this pricing but anyway it's still not as cheap as the 1700 and the same goes for the 1800 X at $500 given we have found all three rise and 7 models are capable of hitting the same clock speed of around 4 to 4 point line gigahertz I don't see the point of the X models as a nice little bonus this base model horizon 7 CPU also includes the AMD rate spire cooler this then makes the horizon 7 1700 the ultimate all-round high-end CP on my opinion if you're not big on overclocking can also pair it with an inexpensive be 350 motherboard so well under $100 us okay so you've got money to burn and as a proud PC user you want everyone to know it previously I recommended such an ego go with the core i7 69 50 X for a cool $1,700 us I have one myself I got it for free though and I'm kind of embarrassed to admit that I use it if you in any way care about value then there isin 7 1700 is the obvious choice but if you want the most expensive desktop see if you available right now the core I 9 1700 X is it well still hideously expensive Intel's new 10 core CPU is considerably better value than their previous generation 69 50 X at $1000 it's a little over 40% cheaper while delivering much better performance thanks to higher operating clock speeds and a reconfigured cache hierarchy apart from being incredibly expensive the seventh 100x does run very hot when overclocked at the very power hungry and it doesn't come with a cooler and the X 299 platform it's also very expensive however it's also blistering fast and with a custom liquid cooling solution the overclocked performance is nothing short of incredible I would just like to point out though that I have made it clear in the past I don't recommend buying the 700 X until AMD's thread ripper arrives and we've had a chance to reevaluate still if you must buy now and you're aware that a competitor is incoming then she'll get the 700 X it's still a beast well there you have it my CPU Peaks for June 2017 the pentium g 4560 pretty much the obvious choice for budget shoppers and I don't think the upcoming rise and three CPUs later this year will probably change that we'll have to wait and see of course I'm also keen to see what the Raven Ridge ap use have to offer very excited about those ships the best value quad-core was a close one you could easily make an argument for the 7600 K but I feel the r5 1400 is the better or rounder the r5 1600 seems like the obvious choice to me for the best performance desktop CPU and likewise the r7 1700 as the best value productivity CPU and then picking the core I 970 100x as the best extreme desktop CPU whoo that was um yeah that was an interesting pick I have to admit and it's no doubt going to stir up some controversy in the comment section so I can't wait to see how that play it's going to be a lot of fun speaking of which while you're battling over the best CPU pics in an effort to defend the honor of your clan let me know what your top five worst see for you list it looks like quite a few of you asked me to do a top 5 worst series after I did the first episode of the top 5 best last week and yeah I have to admit that's kind of a fun idea we could have a bit of fun with that one anyway that's going to do it for this one I'm your host Steve see you again next time guys you