Ryzen 5 2600X Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler - YD260XBCAFBOX

I changed my PC after ten years! I went with AMD as it was so much cheaper and better, looking at the data below. The i7-8700K, the Intel equivalent, is $380.00 verses $200.00 for the AMD 2600X. I used the same power supply, case, mouse, keyboard ETC as it all was newer. You can see the set-up I did this time. The GPU is in the middle slot to give the CPU cooler a tunnel of air straight through the system. The NVMe drive sits under the CPU cooler and gets air pulled across it. The GPU is AIO hybrid type so no hot air in the case. Yes, I oriented the cooler to shoot straight up as this seems best to send hot air UP out the top of the case and not into the GPU radiator. Temps so far support the set-up. Real neat and clean this time around. I have a pretty good CPU and NOCTUA DH-15S cooler, so it auto dynamic clocks (what AMD calls XFR2) to 4.9 GHz on all cores! I don't do a thing, as it is all stock. Even the fans are cool-and-quiet and ramp based on temps. This is a great PC! The ASRock X470 is great, too, with that 1 GB ADATA NVMe SSD drive blazing along with W10 pro. The memory XMP profiled to the right timings and speed straight away with the Taichi MB...dead stable. The Heaven 4.0 scores are 15 FPS faster than the i7-870 in the old system with the same 1070ti clocks (see attached). That AMD CPU kicks butt for the price. If you are thinking of a PC, the 2600X allows you to afford the a NVMe drive and/or a faster graphics card. I game at 1440P so the fastest CPU is a waste of money. Ran Wolfenstein - The New Order all day today and not a single hick-up. The system exceeded my expectations, that's for sure. AMD SYSTEM BRAND PRICE MB ASRock X470 Taichi AM4 AMD $199.99 CPU AMD Ryzen 7 2600X 3.6GHz $209.99 DDR4 MEMORY* G.Skill Flare-X 16GB 2 x 8GB DDR4-3200 - F4-3200C14D-16GFX $224.98 1GB ADATA SX8200 3D NAND NVMe Gen3x4 M.2 SSD $208.99 OS W10 Professsional OEM 64 bit $149.50 GPU EVGA 1070ti hybrid $550.00 I kept my case and PS; Phantek ENTHOO PRO Glass Corsair HX-750 Here is the data on XFR2 actual function. Look at the dynamic OC difference! ~4.3 GHz on one and ~4.9 GHz on the other! VCPU core adjust from less than a volt to 1.48 volts. Remember that the numbers are "max" at any time, not at one point in time. So ALL cores aren't likely ever at those frequencies at the same time, just the ones that are needing the boost. Unlike a manual over clock, you aren't stuck revving the CPU engine in neutral wasting power on cores that don't have work, and, generating HEAT that slows down the thread you DO want to be running hardest! This is why the AMD set-up is so compelling now, It allows every last bit of performance to be reached with minimal HEAT generation as ONLY the cores / clocks that NEED the boost get it. Eventually, they all seem to see a set peak GHz value (I don't think my 2600X can run 4.93 GHz on all cores simultaneously) running randomly at full tilt. If you look at the CPU and GPU utilization scores you'll see dramatic differences between games. One runs the CPU hard, the other the GPU. The CPU processor adjust to fit the requirements. And, it adjusts a LOT more than I ever though it would. With fixed over clock you really match ONE type of game and spin your wheels on the other. XFR2 senses the wheel spin on the CPU and backs it off if it can't drive performance forward on everything you do. And yes, it backs off the CPU voltage on that core, you can watch it dynamically change on each core. This lowers overall heats to the minimum at any point in time for the work being done. I sound like an add for AMD's XFR2, but I'm just the opposite, I was real nervous about the expense on a seemingly too good to be true dynamic OC program. But, it really does work and the data supports it 100% using real games and actual use situations. This CPU is 3.6 GHz base clock, but dynamically OC to near 5 GHz! And, this was gaming for 12 hours straight on Wolfenstein with ZERO crashes. Someone has to do this test, may as well be me. This PC is dead stable hitting those numbers. If you don't believe the AMD propaganda, it is true this time around. Let's add the second important variable, cooling. The AMD Cool and Quiet was panned in the beginning. Now, it supercharges the XFR2 capability as it cools ONLY when needed. The old way was top blow the house down 24/7. Now? I hear the fans spin up in game and then spin down again. The cooling is DYNAMIC as well, so less noise most of the time. The X470 Taichi MB chip set tested my fans min speeds at initialization so it knows their limits and away it went after that. Both systems work seamlessly on my PC. Seldom does this ever happen. I didn't mess with a thing, no CPU overclocks, no fan profiles, nothing. I see completely reasonable heats, too. The 2600X is definitely the little engine that could, and DOES! Or should I say, AMD DOES! HEAVEN WOLFENSTEIN CPU LOWER HIGHER GPU 100% 40% CPU TEMP 57 C 67 C GPU TEMP 56 C 40 C CPU CLOCK 4.3 GHz 4.9 GHz

I have always bought AMD cpu's, they always delivered a good value and were the underdog. If nobody supported AMD or bought their chips, intel CPUS would be far more expensive. Ryzen is the first time in a while AMD has been competitive with Intel in terms of performance, not just price/value. Ryzen uses an all new architecture and requires an AM4 motherboard. It has things like artificial intelligence built into it and automatic overclocking in addition to boost. Reading about it versus using it, you would expect a far more advance CPU. When you go into further details, the AI is fairly rudimentary but nonetheless its a very cool feature. And it will probably get better overtime. I haven't tried it yet but amd also offers a software called StoreMI that automatically manage your hard drive and SSD, basically combining them together. The CPU was a little hard to install and the instructions were not clear as it had instructions for several types of CPUS. You literally have to screw the CPU fan onto the motherboard, it was pretty annoying. I was tempted to give it less stars because of this. Supposedly AMD coolers are much better now so you don't need an afterstock, based on this I didn't buy an afterstock. It works well and it's very quiet. I notice the cpu stays fairly cool also even after playing games. The heatsink/fan has sticky thermal paste on the bottom but if you have to re-attach which is not unlikely given how hard it is to install you should probably buy thermal paste. Thermal paste will also keep the cpu cooler by a few degrees. On the older version of windows 10, the CPU was blazing fast. But unfortunately I had to update windows for my graphics drivers so its a little slower. Although that's not the fault of AMD. Also probably because of Microsoft you can't use windows 7 with Ryzen out of the box. You have to pre-install special usb drivers in your windows 7 installation disk or usb. Windows 10 is the latest but all the other hardware I bought still supports windows 7 and you should be able to easily use both. So that's something to keep in mind. I've played a few newer games and everything works fine. The cpu is very smooth, its fast and I can run a bunch of things at the same time, even play intensive games and have stuff running in the background. I did tests with passmark and this CPU ranks in the 92 percentile of all Cpus. It also surpasses the I7 -6700k which is 150 dollars more. On math test and encryption test, 2600x ranks near the top 99 percentile. I included pictures. I would say for the price there is no better CPU and not only for the price, this thing is great and can run anything without a problem. I anticipate it will stay relevant for some time and be able to run the latest software and games for several years. This is the second gen or 'zen plus' line, there is slightly faster equivalent of zen 3, ryzen 3600x. But that's nearly 100 dollars more and only for 5-10 percent improve. Your better off going with this and now they've made some improvements and worked out the kinks over ryzen generation 1. So I give it a rare 5 out of 5 stars.

I bought one of these processors in 2019 and installed it in a new computer I'd just built and it's been an absolute dream. It's almost near the end of October 2024 and it's still doing great. I use the computer for everything including online gaming and it handles everything without a hitch and when coupled with a decent mid-range graphics card you can play most games. Of course they are improving things all of the time but to be honest, I see no need to change the processor or graphics card as they still do all I ask of them.

da mein alter i5 4460 zusammen mit meiner ati radeon r9 280x langsam aber sicher an ihre grenzen des machbaren kamen, habe ich mich dazu entschieden, einige teile meines rechners auszutauschen. habe mich als cpu gegen einen i5 8600k entschieden und für diesen ryzen 5. aus gewissen einfach gründen: er ist gut 70€ günstiger, ist dafür im einzelnen kern um ca 10% langsamer als der i5, dafür aber im multhreading um 10% schneller. dazu braucht man kein high-end-mainboard um ihn übertakten zu können -> der ryzen 5 2600x übertaktet sich völlig automatisch! man spart also nochmal gut 50-100€ am mainboard! es war zwar ein boxed kühler dabei, diesen verwende ich jedoch nicht. ich verwende meinen "alten" zalman cnps kühler weiter, funktioniert coolerweise auch an den neuen prozessor-sockeln. befeuere das ganze noch mit einer gebrauchten nvidia geforce 1070 ti, 16 gbyte ddr4-ram, einer m2 500gb ssd. battlefield 5 läuft auf 1080p, alle einstellungen auf ultra, butterweich! nebenbei ist sogar noch ganz easy streaming möglich, dh der prozessor ist noch lange nicht an seinem limit! kann ich bedenkenlos weiter empfehlen

I have been using Core i7 for like 10 years. Motherboard's south bridge chipset got burnt and I had to buy a complete new PC. After reading tons of reviews for a decent gaming processor, I drilled down to this baby. Its been a week and it runs everything that I throw at it. There are so many motherboards available for this, but I went with Asus Prime X470 Pro. A decent second gen Mobo for X series Unlocked Ryzen Processors. Pros : Stock Cooler was quite and temperatures were in range from 53 to 75. But I went with Corsair H100i V2 Liquid Cooler and now my temps remain in 34-50 range. Auto Boost is available and enuff space to Overclock. Since this is the X version, it supports DDR4 speeds upto 3400ish. Cons : AMD could have given the RGB Cooler with this CPU since this is the flagship at Ryzen 5 Level. Final verdict : If you are looking for a decent gaming processor then this one is a beast. Save some money from buying i7 8700k or 2700x and buy a good liquid cooler to pair with this baby

Innegabile: attualmente, anche i processori con qualche anno sul groppone sono in grado di offrire un'esperienza d'uso soddisfacente per l'utente medio, per chiunque usufruisca di contenuti piuttosto che crearne. Lo scenario quotidiano contempla l'utilizzo di software di produttività personale a pagamento/abbonamento, come Microsoft Office 365 Home, o free, come LibreOffice e riproduzione di file multimediali con VLC, Kodi o simili. Per la maggior parte del tempo, però, ci si ritroverà davanti alla schermata del nostro browser di elezione, l'applicazione che ormai catalizza buona parte dell'utilizzo del pc. Ecco: nonostante ormai siano ben più pesanti rispetto a diversi anni fa, zavorrati da miriadi di funzioni, girano più o meno degnamente su un qualsiasi processore multicore più o meno recente. Diverso il discorso per i creatori di contenuti o i videogiocatori. In quel caso, potremmo semplificare, dicendo che la potenza non basta mai; in realtà, per quanto mi riguarda, penso risulti fondamentale il rapporto prezzo-prestazioni. Ovviamente, niente ci vieta di investire somme anche importanti per i nostri computer. Quasi niente: i soldi, uno, se non ce l'ha, mica se li può dare. A oggi, fine marzo 2019, AMD offre processori dal rapporto prezzo-prestazioni particolaremente favorevole e voglio occuparmi, in particolare, del Ryzen 5 2600, nelle versioni "liscia" e X, la versione che possiedo. Intanto, perché AMD e non Intel? Da non esperto, penso che Intel, in questo momento storico, stia navigando a vista, cercando di spremere un'architettura ormai concettualmente vecchia e caratterizzata da diverse vulnerabilità. Un numero di core più limitato ma dalla frequenza più elevata, retaggio della corsa ai GHz di diversi anni fa. Uno scenario "ottimale", se vogliamo, per i videogiocatori più esigenti: i motori che muovono i videogiochi odierni preferiscono le frequenze alte alla parallelizzazione spinta. In linea di massima, quindi, se usate il pc solo per giocare, probabilmente vorrete orientarvi su Intel. Spendendo (anche molto) di più, per via dei costi maggiori di processore, scheda madre e ventolad a comprare separatamente, sarete premiati da un frame rate più alto del 5/10% su determinati giochi e da benchmark parimenti superiori in determinate applicazioni. Ne vale la pena? No, credo. I processori Ryzen 5 2600 e Ryzen 5 2600X offrono 6 core e 12 thread senza grafica integrata e sono raffreddati, rispettivamente, dalle ventole incluse nel packaging nei modelli Wraith Stealth e Wraith Spire. Sono ventole di buona fattura e pure discretamente silenzione, che vi permetteranno anche di azzardare un piccolo overclock. Sì, perchè ci troviamo davanti a due processori "sbloccati", ovvero la cui frequenza può essere modificata da bios, a patto di possedere una scheda madre col chipset adeguato. Personalmente, ho ripiegato su una MSI B450M Pro-VDH V2, sulla quale ho montato un kit di ram 2x8 HyperX Predator, 3200 MHz CL16, modello pienamente compatibile con la scheda madre: è bastato attivare il protocollo XMP dal bios per vederle funzionare alla velocità nominale. Ricordate che i processori Ryzen delle generazioni 1 e 2 risentono particolarmente della velocità della ram, quindi propenderei per dei moduli da 3000/3200 MHz. Oltre, il rapporto prezzo-prestazioni inizia a precipitare. Quindi, in cosa si differenzia la versione liscia dalla X, oltre che per la ventola? Il TDP è più basso, 65W, quindi peserà marginalmente meno su alimentatore e bolletta; la velocità di base per i 6 core è 3.4 GHz, che sale a 3.9 in modalità boost. Per quanto riguarda la versione più spinta, ci troviamo di fronte a un TDP di 95W, che permette una velocità di base di 3.6 GHz, in grado di salire fino a 4.2. La versione X è, potremmo dire, overcloccata di fabbrica: se non avete voglia di smanettare con settaggi, frequenze e ventole, è quella che fa per voi; diversamente, se cercate un sistema relativamente meno esoso e non siete dei videogiocatori, la versione base sarà ben più che sufficiente. A chi sono rivolti questi processori con molti thread e un clock non estremo? Non particolarmente ai videogiocatori, come dicevo, nonostante le prestazioni siano di tutto rispetto e, praticamente, sono processori che non faranno assolutamente da collo di bottiglia fino a determinate risoluzioni e accoppiati a determinate schede video di fascia molto alta. Sono processori a tutto tondo, in grado di fornire prestazioni molto elevate con più applicativi attivi contemporaneamente, in tutti gli ambiti di utilizzo medio/avanzato: programmi di grafica 2d e 3d, editing video, compressione di file e filmati, oltre ovviamente a utilizzi più generici e basilari, quali suite office e navigazione. Validissimi anche per il gaming, specialmente se accoppiato allo streaming: l'elevato numero di thread non potrà che rendere più agevoli entrambe le operazioni. Spedizione velocissima, come da tradizione Amazon.

Normalde 2600 modelini alacaktım fakat amazondan indirimliyken 2600 fiyatına bu modeli denk getirdim, hızlı bir şekilde geldi. Stok soğutucusu büyük ve gayet kaliteli, soğutucu üzerinde de termal macunu yüzeyinde sürülmüş şekildeydi. Birkaç günlük kullanımıma göre gayet memnunum oyun konusunda da. B450 anakart ile kullanıyorum. Güç konusunda X serisi hız aşırtma için biraz daha güç tüketiyor ama sorun değil diye düşünüyorum.