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Have an itx ryzen board
Have a cpu cooler with am4 bracket ready
Workload usually consist of 1 or 2 VM with WoW and some other games running in the background
Software dev/3d modeling & simulations
So my options are...
R5 1600 for $215 after tax
R5 1600x for $229 tax covered
R7 1700 for $280 or $301 after tax (Microcenter prices)
R7 1700x for $329 tax covered (323 Microcenter)
Thinking of crossing off the 1600 cause price difference is marginal.
Main question is will the 2 extra cores worth $100 price difference