The Ryzen 5 1500x is a quad core. Just get the hex core ryzen 5 1600 or 1700 octa. Overclocked the ryzen 5 does better in most games than the 1700. The quad cores Ryzen 5 1500 should be $100 or less, Their performance is very mid grade. Wait a few months and they will be after Intel adjusts prices. The 1600 or 1700 is the best bang for the buck but spend money on fast ram and a B350 or X370 chipset board. With fast Ram DDR4 3200 the ryzens scale accordingly and can garner 10-15% boost.
The 1500X (4 Core/8 Thread) is a great "better than entry" choice... not to say it bests a i3-7350K (2 Core/4 Thread), but they aren't that different stock/stock more back and forth. Sure a strong OC of a i3-7350K gets you ahead, but means expensive Mobo and an aftermarket cooler to leverage its overclocking possibilities. Working even B350 and the stock Wraith Spire your not breaking records, but 3.8Ghz is the realm of possibility and isn't going to break the wallet. That savings is like MajorMeatwad indicated is great in aiding to the purchase of some good fast memory. I'm thinking by next year that such 4C/8T in future Gaming would make the extra $20 here today a great buy. Now if a nice "better than entry" Graphics card was $180... not $300+ they are even when you can find one.
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