Bargain-hunting PC enthusiasts in need of a new desktop CPU will soon have four more options from Intel’s main competition.
AMD’s mainstream Ryzen 5 CPUs arrive April 11.
AMD managed to make the word «mainstream» into something to be excited about.
The company officially announced its complete mid-level Ryzen 5 series of desktop PC processors set to arrive April 11. Aimed at enthusiasts on a budget, the processors are a step down from the Ryzen 7 CPUs released earlier this month, but more powerful than the Ryzen 3 chips expected in the second half of 2017.
The line consists of four chips that are priced from $169 to $249 and have the potential to greatly outperform Intel ‘s similarly priced Core i5 processors.
