AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 6-core, 12-threads unlocked desktop processor with Wraith Spire cooler

Ive only had this a few weeks, slowly was building a PC and now it is complete. The CPU seems to run pretty damn good so far. All good benchmarks, plus its actually a 4.6 Ghz out of box. Cause i never overclocked it or anything and thats where it stands.

Good alternative when the stock 3600 was out of stock and the 3600X apparently cost more than this one. Runs a bit hot with the Wraith Prism so get a decent cooler

I know what people say about buying this CPU but I am gonna say it. I dont care that I bought two extra letters. To me performance is performance. I can overclock it to 4.6ghz stably and safely using Ryzen master while undervolting it. I hope this helps.

At this point AMD and Intel have better (newer) options, but this is a solid CPU regardless. I run this with a 2070 super from Nvidia and Ive been able to game on a 1440p ultrawide while streaming a movie on a different screen and having a chat window open on another, and it handles it all with ease. Also use this for video and photo editing and its made my workflow much faster.

I paid like $300 for it and only received a cooler in the box without a cpu.

Best cpu for the money imo.

if you want to take the risk of not being able to return this then go ahead and buy it but i have tried to return this for a couple weeks and they have not even tried to help me get it to them. no refund

The performance is incredible. I went from running high-end modded Minecraft at 25 FPS to 70 FPS. This cpu does put out a little heat but it’s almost unnoticeable unless you’re sitting up next to it. Installing it was a little unorthodox but I believe it was because my motherboard had brackets that I had to remove to get this to fit.

Horrible

I was originally shopping for a 3600 or 3600X, but the supply dried up by the time I was buying my parts. However, I think I ended up lucking out because I got the 3600 XT for less than the $249 MSRP. The reviews Ive seen have been a bit mixed about the cpu, but I think its a great sweet spot giving you enough cores for good productivity work and great single core boost to support gaming and other single threaded / spikey tasks. Theres also a lot of overclocking potential with this cpu. I have mine stable at 4.4 GHz, but I think I can probably get it up to 4.5 GHZ with a bit more tinkering. My motherboard (MSI Gaming Plus) is not ideal for OC either. The cpu itself is a great overlocker and lots of folks are comfortably running this at 4.6 GHz with relatively low voltage. If you can get this on a good sale and arent looking for the latest 5000 series cpus, then I would recommend grabbing this one. Its a fantastic cpu that I would use again in future builds.