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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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
After Ryzen 7 the tide has now turned to Ryzen 5, and it has been an interesting time for AMD. The processor launch has been good, but not great. The Ryzen platform is still a little immature. This mainly focuses on memory compatibility and somewhat lower...
The AMD Ryzen 5 processor launch is very similar feel to the Ryzen 7 launch as the multi-threaded performance of the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and 1500X were most impressive. Single threaded workloads or very lightly threaded workloads still run better on Intel h...
Well, the performance is pleasantly surprising. The 1500X, in most cases, performed on par with the i7-7700K. Even though you can overclock the i7 further, the MSRP of the Ryzen 5 1500X is only $189. That's a monstrous difference in price/performance. E...
Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
performance, overclocking, power consumption, value
AMD Ryzen 7 produced a revolution in the 8-core area, offering at least the same performance as Intel LGA2011 counterparts, but at half price. Now Ryzen 5 came to compete with LGA1151 solutions, and AMD banged Intel's head again with 1600X, a 6-core/12-th...
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Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Exceptional value compared to their Intel Core i5 counterparts. Ryzen holds a clear lead in productivity performance, though gaming performance is more evenly matched between Intel and AMD
Power efficiency goes right out the window once you start overclocking
Using AMD's stock coolers, the standard 1500X idled at 35 degrees and peaked at 68 degrees using the Wraith Spire. When overclocked to 3.95GHz, however, its temperatures increased to 42 degrees at idle and 88 degrees under load. That said, the heatsink wa...
Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Ron , review by: modders-inc.com
Abstract: The sub-$250 CPU price point is the sweet spot where most system builders look at for their next CPU choice. In this area, creators, gamers and casual system builders intersect and overlap with their computing needs. Intel's 4-core/4-threaded i5 processor...
Well, the Ryzen 7 launch has a surprising amount of excitement and drama mixed together with the impressive numbers but with memory issues and game performance causing very polarized opinions on social media and on websites like Reddit. AMD fans even...
Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
Abstract: Since the launch of the FX8 series of processors AMD have fallen into the sector of the market that is best described by the old "good value for money" adage, which is usually a pejorative way of saying that the performance wasn't all that but they're che...
Published: 2017-04-11, Author: Steve , review by: gamersnexus.net
Abstract: Following our in-depth Ryzen VR benchmark (R7 1700 vs. i7-7700K with the Rift + Vive), we immediately began compiling results for the concurrent R5 test efforts by GN Sr. Editor Patrick Lathan. Working together, we were able to knock-out the VR benchmarks...
Published: 2017-03-22, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
For such a small six-game sample, those benchmarks showed quite a few interesting results. Perhaps the most exciting conclusion we can draw is that upcoming six-core Ryzen processors should perform roughly on par with eight-core models when playing today'...
