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AMD Ryzen™ 5 9600X 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

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Overclocking Capability

Customers are highly satisfied with the overclocking capability of the AMD Ryzen™ 5 9600X, reporting significant performance gains and smooth gameplay even in older games when paired with compatible hardware. Some users have noted that it runs hotter than previous AMD processors but consider this a reasonable trade-off for the improved performance.

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Quality

Stays pretty cool with my peerless assassin cooler, and supplies plenty of speed for my other components.

Great uplift in gaming from the 3700x.

Your standard 4 heat pipe 120mm air cooler will work but fan speeds are gonna be high.

In general duty so far it smoothly ramps clock speed depending on the load without hiccups or slowdown.

Price

Excellent value if picked up on sale.

The value at its launch of $300 was not worth it, no.

Snagged this for $220 and it absolutely stomps.

If you’re like me, coming from a 3700x, on old am4, the choice was the $215 7600x, or the $240 9600x.

Packaging/appearance

This packaging does not come with a cooler of any kind, so keep that in mind when you're budgeting.

Competitiveness

Compared to the top of their benchmarks this is tremendous performance per dollar, with the very best apple m1 ultra 20 core sc... Read More

Am5 6 cores can consistently beat am4 8 cores in performance, and knowing that i went with the 9600x until the x3d chips have m... Read More

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Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 271 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 15 2025.