AMD Ryzen 5 Pinnacle Ridge 2600X BOX (YD260XBCAFBOX)

Big brother of the legend

If the Ryzen 5 2600 is an update to the most popular model of recent years — the Ryzen 5 1600, then the 2600X is a twin brother that always does a little better. The model with the X index has the same 6 cores and SMT support, is installed on the AM4 socket, has an unlocked multiplier. Standard frequencies are from 3.6 GHz to 4.2 GHz, but on a good motherboard, you can easily get a stable 4.3 GHz on all cores.

12 nanometers progress

One of the key features of the Zen+ update is the 12nm process, and the Ryzen 5 2600X takes advantage of this very effectively. Despite a noticeable increase in frequency, power consumption has not grown radically, and is on a level with the same number of Core i7-8700K threads in work tasks. The TDP of the overclocked chip from the factory is 95 watts, which is quite a lot. However, the stock Wraith Spire cooler will handle the cooling without any problems — unless you want to overclock the system even more, then our selection of coolers for AM4 will help. In addition, on high-quality cooling with a motherboard based on the X470 chipset, the processor can overclock up to 4.35 GHz on its own, even if only by one core.

Not games alone

Twelve threads, 512 KB L3 cache per core, and DDR4 support up to 2933 MHz make the Ryzen 5 2600X not only a fast processor for games, but also suitable for a workstation if you, say, want to edit videos with your own gameplay, and for streamers are great. In addition, future gaming innovations will be able to use multithreading more efficiently, which means that your purchase will last you much longer. Do not forget that this processor will easily fit on previous generation AM4 motherboards — A320, B350 and X370.