AMD YD160XBCAEWOF Ryzen 5 1600X Processor

So I ordered this with a compatible AM4 socket motherboard, 2666mhz DDR4 ram (after reading online that the Ryzen 1000/2000 series have some issues with higher clock speed ram). Installing with the AM4 sockets is a piece of cake, there's a small triangle on the processor and on the socket in the motherboard, orientate them the same way, line up the pins with the holes and pull the clip down. Pea sized amount of thermal paste and fit your CPU cooler. Upon installing the first CPU i was getting weird freezes just after, during or before the windows 10 welcome screen. No blue screen message just the PC would freeze, I replaced every other component and still had crashes it was the processor. Amazon sent a replacement the next day and that has been working a dream, i had to upgrade my computer to run apex legends and this processor handles games with ease. CPUs with all the pins straight being faulty is incredibly rare, 0.001% territory but just a heads up if you get as unlucky as me, the freezing during different stages of boot and no blue screen may be the processor at fault like I had. NOTES IF YOU ARE GETTING THIS PROCESSOR; AMD Ryzen 1600x and other x processors do not come with stock coolers, you will need an AM4 socket compatible stock cooler to fit on installation. If you aren't getting an AM4 socket motherboard with XMP ability do not get DDR4 RAM with a clock speed higher than 2666mhz. This processor is a beast for the money and tackles any modern game with ease, the Ryzen master drivers allow you to overclock and tweak the processors performance with ease. Despite getting a faulty processor originally, I still can't recommend the processor enough. The sellers professionalism with replacing the faulty part instantly, crap happens sometimes and I feel like I just got unlucky.

The chip I bought runs perfectly very cool with the arctic freezer 33 e-sports one cooler at 3.7ghz in games average out of the box no overclocking on all 6 cores at minimum all the time, and turbos up to 4.0ghz under 2 or 3 core use. For most users you don't need more CPU than this for at least 2 or 3 years. Perfect for gaming up to 100hz, only buy an i7 or 9900k if you have a monitor that's greater than 100hz. If you do a bit of live streaming and youtube editing, this will get the job done well. Sure, the ryzen 7s are noticeably better for that but you'd hope they would be for the higher price. The ryzen 5 1600x/2600(x), is the sweet spot for gaming and the odd bit of streaming here and there, if you're doing it full time or do streaming and content creation a lot, then get at least a ryzen 7, otherwise this is all you need for a while.

Ryzen 5 1600X CPU: I recently bought this in place of the 1600 standard version as they wouldn't ship that one to Ireland on Prime, and because I didn't need the CPU fan that comes standard with the 1600 version (and not on the 1600X). I had an old Intel i3-2100 before this, and what an upgrade it has been! I read and watched a lot of reviews before settling on this, and I was strongly considering the Intel i5-8600k until I realised that the Intel CPU cost so much more for very little gaming performance upgrade. Both have 6 cores, etc. etc., and I liked that the AMDs ran cooler too. The new generation games will run better on AMD, as the Playstations and others are adapting to Ryzen CPUs and multiple cores, so I would recommend a Ryzen 5 to anyone who games, and a Ryzen 7 to high performance multi-taskers. I coupled this with an AsRock AB350 Pro4 mboard and a Noctua NH-U14S (with the AMD4 add-on kit), and it's been working like a dream. Installation was easy, and the manuals are very good and easy to understand. Great CPU, highly recommend.

I purchased this over the 2600 because I knew I was getting a binned chip(that's what the X is all about) and because at the time I purchased it, with discounts that were available, it was £48 cheaper. Sure it didn't come with a cooler, but I now had 48 to out into a different cooling solution than the stock cooler which I was going to upgrade anyway... If you are like me, and you are a little strapped for cash but want serious performance, buy the 1600x. I mainly game with some content creation and let me tell you, this things ability to render audio, well, my last machine which was a quad core took about 3-4 times as long depending on the file format. So yeah, in summary, great CPU for the price, definitely recommend it.

This CPU was bought for a gaming PC build, at the time of its release, it offered a very competitive price point, giving people the ability to play modern games at high settings whilst also being able to handle CPU intensive workloads, thanks to the 6 cores. It does use a bit more power than I would like, but when you keep this CPU on the stock settings it will run quietly. This CPU does not come with a cooler out of the box so you will have to purchase your own one, but I don't think that will be an issue, as because this is the X version, most people would be overclocking it so would normally buy a cooler anyway. I have not had any complaints whilst I have owned it, AMD are a great brand for CPUs that are normally good value. Now that this CPU is a bit older, it may not be perfect for a modern gaming PC but still represents a great 6 core CPU that once overclocked, has a lot of power to be utilized.

First of all, I grew up with Power PC and ARM processors, so I am NOT an AMD or Intel fanboy. This is a beast processor, compared to my laptop A4 APU. Monster processor :) System is just fast. I think it's as fast as it can get, as I wouldn't be able to react faster. This version has no heatsink! I don't see it as a problem, I just bought a separate one. Runs nice and cool. Having 6 cores and 12 threads is amazing for Blender. At 3.6 - 4 GHz it is plenty for latest games and emus. SSSE3 is great for PCSX2 - no more Intel advantage (maybe except a little bit higher IPC)

I was very unsure about whether or not to buy such a new CPU to the market, my previous CPU was an FX8350 which was OK but the Ryzen 1600x is so much better than the FX. I mostly play games and since I have had the Ryzen all of my games run so much better and I have not noticed any performace drop in the speed of my PC doing any other tasks (I dont do video encoding etc). Does this beat an i5 or i7? I dont really care if it does or not but I am very happy with the performance and I have had no problems with Bios that I have read about online. I have a gigabyte ga-ab350m-gaming 3 Mobo and all I did was update the Bios to the latest version. Very highly recommended. What I bought with this CPU Gigabyte ga-ab350m-gaming 3 HyperX Savage DDR4 HX424C12SB2K2/8 8 GB ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 (good CPU fan but AM3+ ones still fit the mobo)

Impressive performance at a great price. These were the main reasons that led me to choose AMD processors. Comparing Ryzen 5 1600X with other processors Intel that are have in the market you get a better price/performance ratio. And obviously comparing the Ryzen genaration with the latest generation of AMD processors, much innovation has been made. In my specific situation, the performance of the Ryzen 5 1600X is by far superior them in my old FX8350. And I could talk about all the innovations, performance specs specifically but I'll just mention two points that for me are very important, heating and energy consumption. Your processor is a lot colder that the last generation and spends in some cases half the energy that the old FX spend.

Forse è uno dei migliori processori che è entrato a far parte del mercato dal 2017 a oggi. È un 6 core - 12 thread, molto bilanciato, supporta RAM ddr4 fino a 3200mhz, qualcuno potrebbe dire che AMD non sia all'altezza di Intel per quanto riguarda il gaming, mi dispiace, ma da quando sono usciti questi processori non è più così. AMD ha fatto un ottimo lavoro sfornando la serie Ryzen, questa nuova serie di processori è più potente della precedente serie FX di oltre il 50%, consuma meno ed ha caratteristiche davvero innovative. Basti pensare che un FX 9590 8c / 8t viene surclassato da un Ryzen 3 1200 4c / 4t di fascia bassa . Questi processori hanno un ottimo prezzo e ottime prestazioni, Intel è dovuta correre ai ripari dopo anni di piccoli refresh per non perdere fette di mercato. Nel 2018 sono usciti i nuovi Ryzen 2 (Zen+), che sono un affinamento dei "vecchi" Ryzen, con frequenze più alte, processo produttivo 14> 12 e un ipc migliorato del 10-15% e prezzi sempre concorrenziali. I modelli con la "X" della serie 1*** non hanno il dissipatore incluso, la nuova serie 2*** sì, quindi state attenti. La piattaforma AM4 su cui girano questi processori verrà supportata a detta di AMD fino almeno al 2020, ed anche i prossimi Ryzen 3 (Zen 2) gireranno su questa piattaforma. Che dire, finalmente un ottima e valida alternativa ad Intel.

Compré este procesador Ryzen 5 1600X para actualizar un equipo con un Intel i7-920 que ya tenia sus años. El desempeño se incrementó 3.5 veces, la verdad no esperaba tanto, y la relación costo/desempeño contra otros procesadores de Intel es inmejorable.

Ich habe den AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Prozessor und bin wirklich begeistert von seiner Leistung. Mit 6 Kernen und 12 Threads bietet er eine hervorragende Multitasking-Fähigkeit, die sowohl beim Gaming als auch bei produktiven Anwendungen spürbar ist. Die Temperaturen bleiben auch unter Last angenehm niedrig, was ihn zu einer guten Wahl für meinen Kühler gemacht hat. Außerdem lässt er sich leicht übertakten, wenn man die Leistung noch weiter steigern möchte. Insgesamt bietet der Ryzen 5 1600X ein tolles Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis und ist eine hervorragende Wahl für Gamer und kreative Profis. Ich kann ihn nur wärmstens empfehlen!

AMDの新シリーズRYZEN 当時はIntelにシェア90％以上を取られていたAMDが出した逆転の一手 シングルコアではIntelにかなわないものの、多コアや低価格化で一線を画すコストパフォーマンスを見せた。 ゲーム用途では微妙にかなわないが、他クリエイティブ用途などではコスパの良さが光った。(ソフトによっては複数のコアに対応していないなどの問題もあり結構差があった) ここらへんから一般ユーザー向けCPUの多コア化が始まったように思う。 またここ数年CPU競争がほぼなかったので一般ユーザーからすると低価格化や性能向上の面で競争があるのはありがたい。 新たな時代の幕開け。

This product is value for money and vry good for budget gamers.. performance is good cpu utilization is just 30-40% in gaming and recording..bt temp ll lil high conpair to other 65w cpu's coz its 95w..if u can manage its amazing one