In games both 7000 Ryzens and 13 gen Intel are overpriced. A tuned 12th gen Intel or Ryzen 7 5800X3D will almost match them.

Also value overclocking is back - cheap boards like MSI MAG B660M Mortar Max Wifi DDR4 and AsRock B660M PG Riptide can overclock non-K Intel CPUs. Combined with say an i5 12400f overclocked to 5.1GHz they are providing amazing performance per dollar.