AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler - YD2600BBAFBOX

I've had this CPU installed in my rig for the last few months and it's been great. No regrets whatsoever. Make no mistake, this is an exceptional CPU for the value and has a great reputation for running games well. There is a reason that most of the YouTube build recommendations, specifically for the budget-oriented, will suggest this CPU for your build. Intel should take a page from AMDs book because this card surpasses anything Intel offers at a similar cost; I might even say it surpasses some of what Intel offers at a significantly greater cost. In terms of quality, stability, performance I've had no issues. I use this computer for gaming, as well as overall work/research needs. I've been able to run several modern games without any issue (along with RX570 and 16GB DDR4/3000Mhz ram). With regards to work performance, I do a lot of bioinformatic analysis and this CPU has being able to run computationally demanding software/functions via OmicsBox and various scripts in R. Some of the data files that I've used have maybe 40,000 rows of data, all with multiple columns; I've been able to open, edit without any issues. Keep in mind that this is dependent on your ram and drive too! Overclocking? I've got this card up to 3.9Ghz with the stock AMD cooler on a B450M Aorus board. I've done stress testing with this clock and it's been totally stable. I've yet to experience a single crash with this OC. Some individuals have gotten their cards up to 4.1 or 4.2 even I think...but, this is contingent on the strength of your individual card. There is some variability in the OC potential from card to card. But, I'd say most can reasonably achieve 3.9 without issue. I plan to liquid cool this CPU in the next week and will see how that affects things. Temperatures have been a little high at times, but again I'm using a stock cooler with a decent OC, often playing highly demanding games. I'd highly recommend this card to budget and maybe even non-budget minded individuals. This is a great CPU and I'd probably put more money into a better GPU before I even thought about upgrading this.

Still this CPU is running as powerful as the day it arrived, I've had it running with my GTX 1070 and supported my 16gb of ram and it just performed wonderfully for it's time. It's non graphics integrated CPU so it doesn't display anything without a GPU. I never had a problem with the pins bending or they being bent at arrival. It is a bit difficult t o run many modern games and stream with it at the same time, so you might want to look elsewhere, but if you are going to use it for servers, basic things or Linux, this is a great addition to your arsenal.

I purchased the Ryzen 5 2600 for my sons gaming build. I personally own the Ryzen 5 3600 in my gaming machine and knew that these Ryzen CPU's are hands down the best CPU's on the market... Many may disagree with this statement but let me explain why. Price: Ryzen CPU's are priced much lower than Intel counterparts and offer a better price/performance. Pairing a Ryzen 5 2600 with a AM4 motherboard is much less than the equivalent pairing of a Intel I5-8400 with a 1151 socket. $120 for a Ryzen 52600 or $245 for the Intel equivalent.. i'm sure you can do that math. Performance: While the I5 mentioned above technically is slightly faster in single and quad core operations, the Ryzen 5 smokes the Intel I5 due to it's hexacore configuration. Pair this with a decent overclock and you have a capable processor that comes in at half the price of the competition. The Ryzen series cpu's like a good fast ram. There are plenty of options to choose from here on Amazon but I personally went with the Patriot Viper 4 16GB (8x2) 3200 Mhz ram - https://amzn.to/31vUnPi and have not regretted this purchase one bit. Future Proof: With every few iterations of the Intel CPU's comes a new chip set and corresponding board configuration. The Ryzen series processors (Now Gen 4) are all compatible with the AM4 socket. Not only does this make building your rig easy, but there is some assurance that when you want to upgrade to the latest Ryzen CPU you will not have to buy a new board and possibly ram on top of it. Most upgrades I have seen consist of a newer gen processor and a motherboard firmware update. I am not a AMD fanboy and do enjoy seeing the performance and specs coming from the Intel processors. Saying this, I do know how to spot deals and at sub $130 this CPU is an absolute monster. Recommended pairings Patriot Viper 4 16GB (8x2) 3200 Mhz DDR4 ram - https://amzn.to/31vUnPi MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2UtQF7m AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor - https://amzn.to/39cvPO9 Thanks for reading, hopefully my review helped provide information towards your purchase. Happy Gaming!

I replaced a 10 year old Core 2 Duo based system with a rig that sports the Ryzen 5 2600 at its core. After reading reviews, benchmark data, power usage data, etc. I decided I would finally give AMD a try. I used to shy away from AMD because there wouldn't be enough of a price differential in AMD's favor to justify moving to AMD. I have no regrets replacing my media server with this solution and here's why: * Power: Six cores and 65W rating means the purchase price alone will be offset by power savings in the first 18-24 months. * Speed: Six cores x 3.4GHz processing speed will drastically reduce the time to transcode videos and increase the number of clients I can support with my Plex server, while serving up all the other services I run on the box. * Value: Six cores from the competitor will run about $100 more for the CPU alone. Add the extra 30W (95W TDP vs. 65W TDP) and the power bill for the competitor equivalent will be about 35-45% higher. I also read somewhere that AMD hasn't been changing the socket requirements and forcing users to buy new motherboards with subsequent processor generations, which is yet another plus as long as this holds true (and is technically feasible). The only word of caution I have is this: If you're performing a new build and don't have any older AM4 CPUs lying around, I highly recommend checking your potential choice of motherboard for processor compatibility prior to ordering. I chose a B350 board and had to get a boot kit from AMD to facilitate a BIOS update to make this CPU work with it. This oversight cost me more time and hassle since I was unwilling to seek out or pay for alternative solutions to my issue. In the future, I'll be sure to check the vendors' support sites and make sure I buy a motherboard that supports the CPU from its "Base" BIOS version. My only complaint is that the hold-down screws for the heatsink have too much spring tension, which makes threading into the backing plate a bit challenging. I also ended up rotating the fan 90 degrees on the heatsink so that the logo would not obstruct the DIMM slot. I could have oriented the cooler's logo over the heatsink on the opposite side by rotating the cooler 180 degrees instead but felt it was worth the effort to "fool-proof" myself. I have a 3rd generation i7-based PC that I will more than likely replace with the AMD Ryzen 5 in the near future. In fact, I look forward to it.

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I bought the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 for my custom PC back in 2018. It worked flawlessly for about four years before slowly starting to develop issues. While it may not hold the same value today as it did five years ago, I definitely got the most out of it during its prime. Overall, it’s a solid processor that performs well and delivers great value. If your PC lasts more than five years, you’ve got a good system, and this processor certainly helped me get my money’s worth.

I just used this processor to upgrade one of my daughters' PCs to a spec capable of running a high-end VR headset. It replaced a 3-core AMD APU. There's a wide range of Ryzen CPUs. They have varying numbers of cores, some support hyperthreading, some don't, some have integrated RadeonHD graphics, some don't. You can pretty easily find sites online that will tell you how to decode AMD's Ryzen model numbers to make sense of what's what. This processor, the Ryzen 5 2600, has 6 cores at 3.9GHz that can run up to 12 simultaneous threads, but no integrated graphics. That's fine if you want to use it with a separate graphics card, and 6 cores should be plenty for almost any normal workload. It requires a Socket 4 motherboard. It's a pretty good middle-of-the-road price point — good performance for almost any task, but not up to the point where your credit card flees screaming at the mention of its name and extreme gamers offer to duel you for possession of it. So there you go. Proven AMD architecture, good bang for the buck, and comes with an almost-dead-silent CPU cooler. Unless you're a celebrity gamer with an online handle that causes lacerations at 30 feet (or at least, want to be one), what more do you need?

Amazing value and truly more PC than most useslrs ever actually need or have a use for. Loves fast RAM, 3000Mhz minimum in my opinion and 3200Mhz is tits. It'll run much faster RAM like the 3600Mhz and some 4k chips, but I didn't notice a value increase worth spending money for the faster RAM and I get better multi-tasking it seems by using that money to add more GBs of 3k or 3200Mhz. We have 3 Ryzens in our home office, an R7 2700 and (2) R5 2600's. Two are running 32GBs of Corsair 3000 and 1 is running 16GBs of 3200 and all run anything we throw at them. The 2600's do everything we need and the only reason for the (1) 2700 was because of the amount of multi-tasking workload that it's used for simultaneously... But I will say that it's not the normal usage most people will throw at their PC. When people ask me about the PC's that I build for daytraders and then start talking about their need for the fastest CPU around usually they don't realize that they're willing to blow all their money on the chip and then bottleneck themselves by cheaping out on everything else. Skip the stupidity and marketing BS. These are beastly chips that handle massive amounts of workload very quickly... Spend the money to get a motherboard, RAM, Drives, and GPU card that match your needs and expectations because when you eliminate bottlenecks you get an amazing value and a stellar PC. Also, don't neglect a good case with proper airflow because heat kills electronics. Water cooling is not needed and a good down-firing cooling fan such as the included one or even an upgraded one is all that you need, they also help you to keep the VRMs and other critical components cooled unlike when you choose the water cooling route.