AMD

750 – 950 zł

The cheapest sensible way onto AM5. Six cores are ample for gaming, and the low power draw means a simple cooler is enough.

1,500 – 1,800 zł

The extra 3D V-Cache gives a gaming lead that synthetic benchmarks do not show. For gaming alone it is hard to beat.

1,400 – 1,700 zł

Very low power draw with strong performance — the best choice for small cases where cooling is constrained by dimensions.

2,600 – 3,100 zł

Sixteen cores for rendering and compiling. For gaming alone it is overpaying — the 7800X3D is often faster there.

1,150 – 1,400 zł

The strongest integrated graphics on desktop. It games at 1080p and plays 4K with no discrete card at all.

420 – 560 zł

The best price-to-performance option on AM4, and still entirely sufficient for 1080p gaming.

1,000 – 1,300 zł

The last and strongest upgrade for AM4. Worth it if you already own the board and DDR4 — not worth buying the platform from scratch.

950 – 1,150 zł

Six cores of the newest generation at very low power. Ample for gaming, and it cools with almost anything.

2,100 – 2,500 zł

A compromise between gaming and work: 3D V-Cache on only one core cluster, so it trails the 7800X3D in games while clearly beating it in multi-threaded work.

3,100 – 3,700 zł

The fastest processor for games and for work at the same time. The price reflects not having to choose between them.

280 – 380 zł

The cheapest way into six cores. Limited to PCIe 3.0, which matters little with a budget graphics card.

560 – 720 zł

Eight cores at 65 W. A sensible upgrade for someone who already owns an AM4 board and DDR4.

2,900 – 3,700 zł

A strong alternative to the 5070 Ti, usually cheaper for similar rasterisation performance. Weaker in ray tracing.

1,550 – 2,000 zł

A good memory-to-price ratio. 16 GB at this tier is rare and a genuine advantage in newer titles.

1,000 – 1,350 zł

The cheapest reasonable entry into 1080p gaming. Decidedly not enough for higher resolutions.

2,300 – 2,900 zł

16 GB in the mid-range at low power draw. A good 1440p proposition if ray tracing is not a priority.

0 – 60 zł

The cooler bundled with some processors. Adequate to 65 W but loud — swapping it for a cheap tower is one of the best-value upgrades there is.