Testseek.co.uk have collected 348 expert reviews of the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz Socket AM4 and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz Socket AM4.
April 2017
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The editors liked
Best price vs performance Ryzen chip to date
6-Core w/ 12 Threads
AM4 Platform and features
XFR overclocking
Easy to manually overclock
Beats out many more expensive Intel products
Great for gaming/streaming
Strength in heavily threaded workloads
Superior pricetoperformance ratio for budget workstations
Unlocked ratio multiplier
Awesome multi-core performance
Strong gaming performance
Cool running chip
Superb multi-threaded computational performance that obliterates the Core i5-7600K
Multi-threaded performance makes the i7-7700K and i7-6800K look like poor value for money
Plenty of spare computational capacity for game streamers
Power consumption num
Cheapest six-core chip available
Competitive gaming performance
Strong productivity value
Intuitive overclocking software
The editors didn't like
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Neutral
Memory latency is still a little high but it has improved since Ryzen launched
“If you’re eager to invest in Ryzen but don’t need the more expensive 8-Core R7 chips
Then the 1600X is the best that R5 has to offer. It’s perfectly suited to
High price relative to Core i57600K
Lower overclocking headroom
Tricky overclocking
Gaming performance is not as strong as Intel's competition
Which is disappointing for this market segment
Kaby Lake competition has significantly better single-threaded performance
Published: 2018-05-06, Author: Peter , review by: eteknix.com
For the desktop PC gamer, the higher TDP X models are still the go-to for gaming and general performance though. They're a little faster, and a little more expensive, but you get what you pay for. However, if heat and power are a big concern to you, and t...
Published: 2018-05-06, Author: Peter , review by: eteknix.com
I can see the Ryzen 5 2600 and the 2600X fast becoming the most popular chips of the second generation Ryzen launch. They're fast, they're affordable, and they're easy to keep cool and overclock. I mean, if you're just doing a massive amount of rendering...
Which processor now offers the most bang of your buck varies per price segment. If you have a very small budget, in our opinion it is best to find an Intel Pentium G4560, which, given its higher availability, is less of a challenge than it was a few month...
Which processor now offers the most bang of your buck varies per price segment. If you have a very small budget, in our opinion it is best to find an Intel Pentium G4560, which, given its higher availability, is less of a challenge than it was a few month...
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Published: 2017-12-05, Author: Richard , review by: eurogamer.net
There are now two great gaming CPU lines available for the core gamer. The overwhelming weight of the data points to Ryzen 5 as the best buy in this market segment, specifically the non-X 1600 model. It's especially compelling against the only two locked...
Published: 2017-08-09, Author: Tomas , review by: uk.hardware.info
AMD Ryzen 5 vs. Intel Core i5 in games: the conclusionWhich CPU is the best choice for gaming?By Tomas Hochstenbach Wednesday 9 August 2017 07:13IntroductionEver since the launch of Ryzen the gaming performance of AMD's new processors has...
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Published: 2017-08-07, Author: Richard , review by: eurogamer.net
There are now two great gaming CPU lines available for the core gamer. The overwhelming weight of the data points to Ryzen 5 as the best buy in this market segment, specifically the non-X 1600 model. It's especially compelling against the only two locked...
Published: 2017-05-07, Author: Dave , review by: pcgamesn.com
Put simply the Ryzen 5 1600X is a far more significant processor than any of the octa-core Ryzen 7 CPUs, and for us gamers arguably the most significant chip AMD have ever made.This is where AMD have got a far more balanced competitor for Intel's chips, m...
Published: 2017-05-03, Author: Andrew , review by: techteamgb.co.uk
Abstract: Stock speeds for CPU + 2933MHz @1.4V DRAM @15-15-15-36Overclocked to 4GHz @ 1.425V (1.1V SOC) + 2933MHz @1.4V DRAM @15-15-15-36Can the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X defeat the Intel i5 7600K? I think so. This budget 6 core CPU is a real game changer for those low bud...
Although a little more expensive than the i5-7600K, it's easy to see that the Ryzen 5 1600X is better value for demanding tasks such as 3D- and video rendering, video editing and compressing and decompressing files. The Intel chip still has an advantage f...
