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WEDwilly

9600x vs 7500f (upgrading from am4 to am5)

Build Question

Im looking to upgrade from am4 to am5 and I was wondering which of the two cpus are better than the other. The 9600x is currently on sale for $218+tax (from 318) on amazon prime day while I can get the 7500f off of aliexpress for 188 cad no tax. Also what is a compatible motherboard for these cpus? The ones i've looked at like the b650-s may have compatibility issues with certain bio versions (according to pcpartpicker). I'm new to pc building as my brother made my current build so any advice is appreciated.

this is my build with the am5 upgrades: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PWTmZc https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cmBPTM

Posted Jul 9, 2025, 11:24 PM UTC

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