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What's The BEST Processor for Gaming?! 😁 The Gaming CPU Buyers Guide 2026!

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What's the BEST GAMING CPU?! PC Centric benchmarks the Ryzen 9800x3d, 9850X3d, Intel Core Ultra 265k and 245K, i5 12600k, i7 14700k, against the AMD Ryzen 5 9700X and 9600X! What's the best processor for gaming - DDR4 and DDR5 RAM?! 🎼 Join The PC Centric Discord! https://discord.gg/UzMEEspZVq 🛒 Product Affiliate Links* 🛒 Best GPU and CPU Combos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LRLSISnLc4 Budget CPUs: Ryzen 5 7500F CPU: https://geni.us/ypT2vx5 Ryzen 5 7600 CPU: https://geni.us/Xy0hV Bang For Buck Ryzen 5 7500x3d: https://geni.us/420H4 Ryzen 5 9600X CPU: https://geni.us/VpZ7w Intel Core Ultra 5 245K: https://geni.us/lzwu5 8 Core Gaming! Ryzen 7 9700X CPU: https://geni.us/1WRtT6 Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU: https://geni.us/wEBByPh Jack Of All Trades Ryzen 9900X: https://geni.us/DuX28 Intel Core Ultra 7 265K: https://geni.us/KjDEp Intel Core i7 14700K: https://geni.us/tAHK49 The Fastest Gaming CPUs Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU: https://geni.us/xk4rBW Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU: https://geni.us/e7UAJ Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU: https://geni.us/uTbxHu đŸ“ș Our 4K QD-OLED Gaming Monitor: https://geni.us/75DN 🎼 My Personal PC Gaming Setup on Amazon Storefront: ⭐USA: https://amzlink.to/az0PG0KDOL60W ⭐UK: https://amzlink.to/az0HiF63t7eqR (*When you buy through an affiliate link, PC Centric may receive a commission on the sale - as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases) Products provided out for review without direction or payment from the manufacturer for inclusion in this video. Follow @PcCentric on Twitter https://twitter.com/PcCentric Add PC Centric on Instagram: https://instagram.com/pccentric/ Like PC Centric on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/PcCentric -- Music from: Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/l2mvtq (Affiliate) -- All images used in this video are used in good spirit, and are believed to be ‘fair use’. If you feel an example of your work has been wrongly published, please contact pccentric@gmail.com. PC Centric is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, Amazon Services LLC Associates and Amazon CA Associates, affiliate advertising programmes designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com & Amazon.ca and other global Amazon Stores 00:00 Best Gaming CPUs for 2026 00:30 What Is A Gaming CPU 02:19 More Cores Vs Fast Cores 04:23 Intel Or AMD?! 06:05 Motherboard / Platform Choices 07:24 DDR4 Isn't The Answer 08:04 Best Budget CPUs 08:59 Best Bang for Buck 10:05 The Sweet Spot CPUs 11:25 Jack Of All Trades CPUs 12:08 The Best of The Best For Gaming

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In this Gaming CPU Buyer’s Guide for 2026, I’m breaking down what actually matters when you’re picking a processor for gaming: real-world FPS, value for money, and which chips make sense depending on your GPU and the games you play. I’m comparing AMD’s lineup (like the Ryzen 5 9600X/9700X and the X3D parts like the 9800X3D and 9850X3D) against Intel options including Core Ultra 245K/265K and even older-but-still-relevant picks like the i5-12600K and i7-14700K. The whole point is simple—stop overspending on cores you won’t use and put your budget where it actually boosts performance. I also touch on the DDR4 vs DDR5 question from a buyer’s perspective: what makes sense for a new build, and when it’s smarter to reuse what you’ve already got. If you want the short version, the X3D chips are still the “easy mode” answer for max gaming performance, but there are plenty of sensible non-X3D CPUs that deliver great results when the price is right. By the end, you’ll know which CPU tier you should be shopping in—budget, bang-for-buck, 8-core gaming, or the no-compromises top end.

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