AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Review: Why Is This Amazon's Best Selling CPU?

Re:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Review: Why Is This Amazon's Best Sellin... by fetus8 on Monday May 18, 2020 @12:50PM (#23224887)

I just built a new machine around this CPU back in March too. I built a new machine specifically for playing Half-Life: Alyx, and couldn't be happier with this CPU.

My thermals were pretty great with the stock CPU cooler, but I ended up going with a Noctua NH-U14S which might be a little overkill, but when playing Half-Life: Alyx, I stay between 45-60c which seems pretty good to me. The game runs at a perfect framerate on High settings with the AMD 5700XT, 32GB of DDR4 RAM on the Vive Pro.

I may end up upgrading to a Ryzen 7 4XXX series when they come out, but for now, this CPU is performing great. Def best bang for your buck.

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Re:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Review: Why Is This Amazon's Best Sellin... by greggyb on Monday May 18, 2020 @06:29PM (#23229135)

> but I ended up going with a Noctua NH-U14S which might be a little overkill

Yes. I have the same cooler* on a Threadripper 3970X with 280W TDP. The only thing that it can't handle is a sustained all-core load for >10-15 minutes. Even at all-core load it still turbos above base clock (but less than max turbo).

Technically a different SKU with a larger base plate, but otherwise the same design.

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