AMD YD260XBCAFBOX Ryzen 5 2600X Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler

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.

I bought this chip from amazon warehouse as it was a good offer with prime delivery. It arrived promptly and works perfectly. The outer packaging was not present which was outlined in the description of the warehouse offer. despite this i did get everything that would be in the box; the CPU in a clam shell with the case badge and the stock cooler. I picked this one over the 2700x as the extra cores would be wasted in my system as a gamer. multi threading is still not common. It is a solid CPU which handles everything i have used it for so far gaming, streaming and web browsing with many tabs. I haven't used the stock cooler for this CPU but AMD are pretty good at setting the stock speeds to balance well with the included cooler. With water cooling it is an easy overclocker and AMD provide the tools to get it running the best it can. bottom line; its a great chip and worth every penny especial for gaming

This processor is easily one of if not the best price to performance CPU on the market. Runs pretty much anything I want at very high/ultra settings at 1080p with tons of room to spare. I reckon it will also be pretty good for 1440p gaming as so far I have never really utilised more than 60% of the CPU while gaming. Super reliable, I overclocked the base speed to 4GHz and haven't ran into any blue screens or issues there. All round it's probably the best processor for £130.

Not the fastest or thr cheapest, paired with 16gb ddr4 and gtx 1060ti then 2080ti. Didn't experience much bottlenecking in either. Solid work horse

I have been waiting so long to finally upgrade my Gaming rig for a while from a 4790k and GTX 970. Which was MSI everything edition of course as the GPU matched the Z97 motherboard like a dream. That gaming rig lasted me 5 years and is still going strong, however, I was after something a lot newer to go in a new compact build I wanted to try out. I was more daring with my next rig and wanted something more compact portable and different from the norm. Choosing this CPU was an obvious choice and the price point I have to say AMD has got this so right. Do not get my wrong I used to use INTEL and swore by it but this time AMD has won me over with their 2600x Ryzen 5 line. Using the stock cooler and with stock thermal paste, I am getting an okay 40c at idle, however, if you use an aftermarket cooler like a water cooler you will see the thermals drop further. Keep in mind for the case I am using I was expecting way higher thermals due to the design of the case and this CPU underload gets to about 65c to 70 which I think is fairly normal while the rest of the system stays about 40c. Not exactly temperatures to be worried about. Obviously, lower is better but you have to be realistic when your CPU turbos it will generate more heat but to me, 65c to 70 under full load is perfectly acceptable and my intel CPU was no different in a bigger case. If I disable the turbo, my temps, at idle are 30c so it must be the turbo kicking in and out which is giving me the 40c idle. Overall I am very happy with my build love the CPU which is basically the heart of any gaming build. I highly recommend the 2600 OR 2600x I only purchased the 2600x as the 2600 was more expensive at the time. BUY THIS CPU, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!

The 2600x is performing brilliantly for me, I have moved between builds lately and am currently using this paired with a ROG motherboard and a 1660 super. For general computing this is going to be fantastic and with the right storage and ram you will get superb results.I have 3000 mhz 16gb ddr4 ram installed and a nvme ssd and the computer is quite responsive . I know I can improve this further with higher mhz ram as ryzen loves fast ram - though Im comfortable with the overall performance I have, bearing in mind I make smart choices in my games settings as well as my windows configuration. Surprisingly I get around 250 to 300 fps in counter strike go at 1920 x 1080, and in Call Of Duty in multiplayer mode I get 120 - 170ish(these numbers are based on g sync numbers I will add).I can recommend this as a good balanced cpu for medium productivity - It shouldnt hold you back from casual streaming or esport games - and if you are intuitive with configuring windows and gameing settings in general I can see this giving you good long term value - though with the current gpu cpu loads set to change in the next few months I am not sure how requirements will change, though this cpu has 6 cores with 12 threads, and is overclockable, so it should hold up well.Id recommend picking up this or one of the newer Ryzens, especially with the performance for price offered with Ryzen and the support for pcie gen 4 in ryzen motherboards - Intel needs to move closer to the speed of progress the ryzen line has shown. The cpu has been stable and performed quite well for me and I can recommend it.

I did a lot of research before deciding which Ryzen to go for and for bang for buck I'm very happy I went with this one. I needed my PC to be capable of editing in Photoshop quickly and easily as well as Premiere and other Adobe products. Ryzen 5 2600x accomplishes this very nicely. All the videos I edit are HD and it runs smoothly. My computer is super speedy and managing to handle anything I throw at it, so far gaming wise I've played Skyrim, Planet Coaster, Sims 3 and 4 with absolutely no problems. The stock cooler it comes with is also doing a fine and dandy job, happy with this choice.

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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.

Built a relatively (750$..excluding GPU obviously:) ) cheap PC for duties as a plex server and occasional gaming. This CPU is a beast. I mainly needed the power for transcoding films on the fly for remote plex users. This does not disappoint. It can EASILY transcode 4-6 1080p streams down to 4mbps 720p without issue(I know, not great - but im limited by my upload speed) - it can even transcode down a 45gb 4K movie to 20mbps 1080p(that eats up power for other users - so I avoid it). When less people are watching it is always throttled (met the max buffer and goes idle until more video needs to be converted). This also handles multi-tasking 1000x better than any Intel CPU out now. While gaming you can easily switch to Edge or other apps without your computer croaking. Pair it with 32gb of DDR4 ram and you are in Passmark's 96th percentile in terms of PC benchmarks. I have this paired with a relatively old GTX960 OC 4GB but it will more than handle something more recent. AMD has made huge strides in their CPU technology. While they are not as optimized for gaming (Intel always wins the FPS battle) the price, features, related hardware and overall performance are on par for significantly less money overall.

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.