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Re:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Review: Why Is This Amazon's Best Sellin... by blattimwind on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:02PM (#23224141)
I don't have first hand experience with higher spec build on the single CCD Zen 2 chips, but the dual CCD chips are not particularly good in terms of thermals. Only the very best of air coolers can handle them, and are not particularly quiet doing so. Idle CPU power consumption is unimpressive and at 50-70 W exceeds what older systems achieved for the entire system.
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Re:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Review: Why Is This Amazon's Best Sellin... by iagooar on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:07PM (#23224221)
I had more problems with the 3700X although on paper it is 65W TDP (same as the 3600). In practice it gets much hotter and draws more power. The 3600 never gave me any problems.
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