Review: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/05/2020 06:58 PM | source: | 346 comment(s)

ZEN3 is here and in this review we'll have a stab at the six-core part, the Ryzen 5 5600X. Overall, this processor series is to bring extensive single and multi-thread workload performance gains. The 5600X might be the new sweet-spot for gaming.

Read the review here.

(Update: we promised some additional results with RTX 3090, these have been added)

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