AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Processor (YD160XBCAEWOF)

This was a replacement for a Ryzen 5 1500X that took a dump, it is paired with a Asrock B450M Pro4, 32GB of G.Skill FalreX DDR4 RAM, NVIDIA 1060 6GB and Intel M.2 drive and a 2GB HDD. Nothing is overclocked except for the graphics card. Can't sweat it, even with running three full games such as Rust, Fortnite and Ark at the same time while running two different Minecraft servers, Twitch, youtube and ten million other open tabs all at stock speeds.Great value, worked out of the box, really fast, max FPS on a G-Sync monitor on all games. I also have rigs with Ryzen 7 1700 and a 1700X; there is a considerable difference in speed and stability between the 1500X and 1600X, but no discernible difference between the 1600X and 1700 or 1700X.I think I'll get another one for a micro-ATX mini-gaming build as the price is considerably less than a 1700 in price and better performance than the 1500X. It's the perfect "just right" processor right now.

Buy it if you aren't really into overclocking it (overclocking disable the built in boost adjuster, XFR, featured on the X series Ryzen). Get a nice all in one water cooler and just let it fly. These things are incredibly efficient. I overclocked mine just because it was very simple to do. AGESA updates have done wonders for user experience. Don't forget to install the drivers that feature a custom Power Profile for Windows 10 specifically for Ryzen which tailors power efficiency to maximize performance.I do some video editing on the side but I also stream video games. At any given point, I'll have a main game, a clicker game, a web browser, mail app, OneNote app, Discord, calculator, OBS, and many other things running at once. No stutter, no slowdown.. minimum framerates are very, very good on Ryzen. I'm anxious to see how RAM specifically designed to also be Rzyen compatible (pay attention to the RAM compatibility whitepaper for your motherboard) plays with future games that start playing with more than 4 threads go.This is the best CPU of this current generation if you play games and multitask.. hands down. Did I say buy it? *Buy it.*

Excellent processor with a great price. Better than some high end intel processors. The only issues are with the motherboards since the platform is so new, it will just be a matter of patience and learning. If you already have a good cpu cooler go for the R5 1600x if you don't than get the R5 1600. A lot of reviewers have said that people should get the 1600 instead of the 1600x because it comes with a cooler and because you can overclock it to similar speeds. Parts of that statement are true, such as being a better value because of the cooler. Where I don't agree is in the fact that you can overclock it. As I said, the motherboards are all still pretty new and not everyone is able to achieve the same clock speeds as well as the same ram speed due to the fairly new BIOSs. If you want a faster processor without having to deal with the overclocking and already have a good cooler, buy the R5 1600x. If you are willing to experiment with the bios and deal with overclocking issues or wait for better motherboards than get the R5 1600. Some people might ask, is better than the I5 7600k? The answer depends on what you want. If all you want is to play games at its highest performance and not have anything else open (such as browser tabs and other programs) then by all means get the I5. That was a joke. Although the i5 gets a few more fps on average, the lack of cores restricts you from doing anything else while gaming. Meanwhile with the R5 1600x you will be getting 3-5 fps less than with intel but you will be able to do more at once without having to stress the processor so much. Another thing to keep in mind is that to use a intel K chip you need to buy a more expensive motherboard to overclock it, meanwhile with amd you can overclock the chip (although the process is a little more tidious) with almost every motherboard that's being sold today. In terms of price this is a better value than i5 and i7. And in terms of performance it is on par with both the i5 and i7.

The first one I received was defective. All cores were working, but each of them would be running at a random frequency. It wasn't able to boost, and it was scoring well under what it should have been in the benchmarks. The second one I received has been working great for nearly a year now. Fantastic CPU for gaming, rendering, and streaming. Beats my friends i7-7700k in many benchmarks and some games that utilize multiple cores.