If youre a gamer, you dont need anything more than a midrange CPU; heres why.

Evenat 1080p, the 7600X reaches almost 90% of the performance delivered by the 14900KS.

Thats with theRTX 4090, by far the fastest and most expensive gaming GPU on the market.

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A CPU you’re able to often find on sale for less than $400.

At least until Intelreleasesa microcode updatethat should provide a remedy many Intel CPU owners are waiting for.

it’s possible for you to invest those savings in a faster GPU.

Front of the Intel Core i5 Gen 14 CPU.

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Personally, Id get the faster GPU, but you do you.

EVGA Geforce RTX 3080 FTW3 graphics card installed on a mainboard.

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