AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler

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AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The 5500 makes a case for the lowest price chip that actually performs in a way that is not sluggish when combined with decent components. Plays my games just fine with a rx 5600xt. If you need the cheapest you can get, you have a board or you just ha... Read More

Estoy sumamente satisfecho with el rendimiento of this procesador. Llegó antes de lo esperado y funciona perfecto. Lo compre para que trabajará en conjunto con una gtx1070 and va de maravilla.

Cons

I cleaned off the cpu and the thermal paste from the wraith cooler. The entire process to get a rma to replace it takes over two weeks as well, completely ghosted by amd support.

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Quality

It offers great performance and supports overclocking, making it suitable for gaming and office tasks.

This is a quality built cpu that is great for most games.

It was fine for a few days but then started to overheat, shutting off at 110c.

I see reviews talking about what a monster this is; it really isn't; this is amd's lowest end right now, and it is geared to a ... Read More

Price

This is a great value for your money

For 90$ this is an amazing cpu, able to contend with nearly any game it works great.

For $87, it's well worth it if you're on a budget.

So i went down a little in performance, the price to performance here is outstanding.

Competitiveness

The ryzen 5 5500 stays cool enough with the noctua l9a cooler, and more than fine for the older b450 chipset with pci3.

And it doesn’t get too hot if you want pcie generation 4 i recommend getting the ryzen 5600 which is similar this is great for ... Read More

I did research and found that for $20 more, the amd ryzen 5 5600 had significantly better features.

The 5600g may in some ways represent a better value, but if you have a full pci-e 3.

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This product had a total of 4,511 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 4 2024.