AMD YD260XBCAFBOX Ryzen 5 2600X Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler

Not the fastest or thr cheapest, paired with 16gb ddr4 and gtx 1060ti then 2080ti. Didn't experience much bottlenecking in either. Solid work horse

I bought one of these processors in 2019 and installed it in a new computer I'd just built and it's been an absolute dream. It's almost near the end of October 2024 and it's still doing great. I use the computer for everything including online gaming and it handles everything without a hitch and when coupled with a decent mid-range graphics card you can play most games. Of course they are improving things all of the time but to be honest, I see no need to change the processor or graphics card as they still do all I ask of them.

I bought this chip from amazon warehouse as it was a good offer with prime delivery. It arrived promptly and works perfectly. The outer packaging was not present which was outlined in the description of the warehouse offer. despite this i did get everything that would be in the box; the CPU in a clam shell with the case badge and the stock cooler. I picked this one over the 2700x as the extra cores would be wasted in my system as a gamer. multi threading is still not common. It is a solid CPU which handles everything i have used it for so far gaming, streaming and web browsing with many tabs. I haven't used the stock cooler for this CPU but AMD are pretty good at setting the stock speeds to balance well with the included cooler. With water cooling it is an easy overclocker and AMD provide the tools to get it running the best it can. bottom line; its a great chip and worth every penny especial for gaming

I cant fault this chip. At all. It does everything that I ask of it fairly well and never gets any hotter than 75c with my Deepcool Gammax cooler. A six core 12 thread marvel. I play games at High settings at 60fps across the board (apart from a few TERRIBLY optimised games here and there) and its a very smooth experience. I also make 1080p60fps videos for YouTube editing with Davinci Resolve and it does that very well too, never getting hotter than about 75c when rendering. I cant speak for the stock cooler as I dont use it but judging from what I have seen on various forums it does a good job of keeping this chip cool. Arguably the best value 2nd generation Ryzen chip out there. Granted I could have saved some money and got the non x varient, but at the time of buying it was only £50 more and i though "hey bragging rights" so i went for it. And i dont regret it.

Five stars just because I am so impressed with this cpu, I haven’t upgraded for bout 8+ years. I had a i5 2400 so I had to buy a new motherboard and ram. But when I am using programs like aftereffects and other games I am noticing so much difference, I love it, and yes I may marry it. I was going to go with the r5 3600 but people were saying my motherboard may not be ready for it out of the box, so to save messing around I got this one and I don’t regret it. While gaming it goes up from 3.6 to 4.2 without even breaking a sweat. I replaced the original wraith spire cooler which was doing its job really well and pretty quiet. I swapped it with the wraith rgb cooler, which looks nice, a little bit noisier but does the job a tiny bit better. I am happy, not had any problems, been running this with a gtx 1660ti and playing warzone at 60fps. I was playing warzone on Xbox one s before I upgraded my pc, and there is a massive difference, I think I may continue gaming on pc instead of going for the new consoles.

The 2600x is performing brilliantly for me, I have moved between builds lately and am currently using this paired with a ROG motherboard and a 1660 super. For general computing this is going to be fantastic and with the right storage and ram you will get superb results.I have 3000 mhz 16gb ddr4 ram installed and a nvme ssd and the computer is quite responsive . I know I can improve this further with higher mhz ram as ryzen loves fast ram - though Im comfortable with the overall performance I have, bearing in mind I make smart choices in my games settings as well as my windows configuration. Surprisingly I get around 250 to 300 fps in counter strike go at 1920 x 1080, and in Call Of Duty in multiplayer mode I get 120 - 170ish(these numbers are based on g sync numbers I will add).I can recommend this as a good balanced cpu for medium productivity - It shouldnt hold you back from casual streaming or esport games - and if you are intuitive with configuring windows and gameing settings in general I can see this giving you good long term value - though with the current gpu cpu loads set to change in the next few months I am not sure how requirements will change, though this cpu has 6 cores with 12 threads, and is overclockable, so it should hold up well.Id recommend picking up this or one of the newer Ryzens, especially with the performance for price offered with Ryzen and the support for pcie gen 4 in ryzen motherboards - Intel needs to move closer to the speed of progress the ryzen line has shown. The cpu has been stable and performed quite well for me and I can recommend it.

I have been waiting so long to finally upgrade my Gaming rig for a while from a 4790k and GTX 970. Which was MSI everything edition of course as the GPU matched the Z97 motherboard like a dream. That gaming rig lasted me 5 years and is still going strong, however, I was after something a lot newer to go in a new compact build I wanted to try out. I was more daring with my next rig and wanted something more compact portable and different from the norm. Choosing this CPU was an obvious choice and the price point I have to say AMD has got this so right. Do not get my wrong I used to use INTEL and swore by it but this time AMD has won me over with their 2600x Ryzen 5 line. Using the stock cooler and with stock thermal paste, I am getting an okay 40c at idle, however, if you use an aftermarket cooler like a water cooler you will see the thermals drop further. Keep in mind for the case I am using I was expecting way higher thermals due to the design of the case and this CPU underload gets to about 65c to 70 which I think is fairly normal while the rest of the system stays about 40c. Not exactly temperatures to be worried about. Obviously, lower is better but you have to be realistic when your CPU turbos it will generate more heat but to me, 65c to 70 under full load is perfectly acceptable and my intel CPU was no different in a bigger case. If I disable the turbo, my temps, at idle are 30c so it must be the turbo kicking in and out which is giving me the 40c idle. Overall I am very happy with my build love the CPU which is basically the heart of any gaming build. I highly recommend the 2600 OR 2600x I only purchased the 2600x as the 2600 was more expensive at the time. BUY THIS CPU, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!

Im so impressed with this cpu! I wanted an affordable gaming pc and code this 6 core unit as my engine. Its fast, responsive and I have not found anything that lags it out. As long s you spend on a decent board this is a great buy. I'm running games on ultra with my gtx 1060 and getting 60+ fps and the cpu still had more to give. I also run multiple vst modulrs for music writing and they run smooth as glass. For under £150 it's a great buy

I changed my PC after ten years! I went with AMD as it was so much cheaper and better, looking at the data below. The i7-8700K, the Intel equivalent, is $380.00 verses $200.00 for the AMD 2600X. I used the same power supply, case, mouse, keyboard ETC as it all was newer. You can see the set-up I did this time. The GPU is in the middle slot to give the CPU cooler a tunnel of air straight through the system. The NVMe drive sits under the CPU cooler and gets air pulled across it. The GPU is AIO hybrid type so no hot air in the case. Yes, I oriented the cooler to shoot straight up as this seems best to send hot air UP out the top of the case and not into the GPU radiator. Temps so far support the set-up. Real neat and clean this time around. I have a pretty good CPU and NOCTUA DH-15S cooler, so it auto dynamic clocks (what AMD calls XFR2) to 4.9 GHz on all cores! I don't do a thing, as it is all stock. Even the fans are cool-and-quiet and ramp based on temps. This is a great PC! The ASRock X470 is great, too, with that 1 GB ADATA NVMe SSD drive blazing along with W10 pro. The memory XMP profiled to the right timings and speed straight away with the Taichi MB...dead stable. The Heaven 4.0 scores are 15 FPS faster than the i7-870 in the old system with the same 1070ti clocks (see attached). That AMD CPU kicks butt for the price. If you are thinking of a PC, the 2600X allows you to afford the a NVMe drive and/or a faster graphics card. I game at 1440P so the fastest CPU is a waste of money. Ran Wolfenstein - The New Order all day today and not a single hick-up. The system exceeded my expectations, that's for sure. AMD SYSTEM BRAND PRICE MB ASRock X470 Taichi AM4 AMD $199.99 CPU AMD Ryzen 7 2600X 3.6GHz $209.99 DDR4 MEMORY* G.Skill Flare-X 16GB 2 x 8GB DDR4-3200 - F4-3200C14D-16GFX $224.98 1GB ADATA SX8200 3D NAND NVMe Gen3x4 M.2 SSD $208.99 OS W10 Professsional OEM 64 bit $149.50 GPU EVGA 1070ti hybrid $550.00 I kept my case and PS; Phantek ENTHOO PRO Glass Corsair HX-750 Here is the data on XFR2 actual function. Look at the dynamic OC difference! ~4.3 GHz on one and ~4.9 GHz on the other! VCPU core adjust from less than a volt to 1.48 volts. Remember that the numbers are "max" at any time, not at one point in time. So ALL cores aren't likely ever at those frequencies at the same time, just the ones that are needing the boost. Unlike a manual over clock, you aren't stuck revving the CPU engine in neutral wasting power on cores that don't have work, and, generating HEAT that slows down the thread you DO want to be running hardest! This is why the AMD set-up is so compelling now, It allows every last bit of performance to be reached with minimal HEAT generation as ONLY the cores / clocks that NEED the boost get it. Eventually, they all seem to see a set peak GHz value (I don't think my 2600X can run 4.93 GHz on all cores simultaneously) running randomly at full tilt. If you look at the CPU and GPU utilization scores you'll see dramatic differences between games. One runs the CPU hard, the other the GPU. The CPU processor adjust to fit the requirements. And, it adjusts a LOT more than I ever though it would. With fixed over clock you really match ONE type of game and spin your wheels on the other. XFR2 senses the wheel spin on the CPU and backs it off if it can't drive performance forward on everything you do. And yes, it backs off the CPU voltage on that core, you can watch it dynamically change on each core. This lowers overall heats to the minimum at any point in time for the work being done. I sound like an add for AMD's XFR2, but I'm just the opposite, I was real nervous about the expense on a seemingly too good to be true dynamic OC program. But, it really does work and the data supports it 100% using real games and actual use situations. This CPU is 3.6 GHz base clock, but dynamically OC to near 5 GHz! And, this was gaming for 12 hours straight on Wolfenstein with ZERO crashes. Someone has to do this test, may as well be me. This PC is dead stable hitting those numbers. If you don't believe the AMD propaganda, it is true this time around. Let's add the second important variable, cooling. The AMD Cool and Quiet was panned in the beginning. Now, it supercharges the XFR2 capability as it cools ONLY when needed. The old way was top blow the house down 24/7. Now? I hear the fans spin up in game and then spin down again. The cooling is DYNAMIC as well, so less noise most of the time. The X470 Taichi MB chip set tested my fans min speeds at initialization so it knows their limits and away it went after that. Both systems work seamlessly on my PC. Seldom does this ever happen. I didn't mess with a thing, no CPU overclocks, no fan profiles, nothing. I see completely reasonable heats, too. The 2600X is definitely the little engine that could, and DOES! Or should I say, AMD DOES! HEAVEN WOLFENSTEIN CPU LOWER HIGHER GPU 100% 40% CPU TEMP 57 C 67 C GPU TEMP 56 C 40 C CPU CLOCK 4.3 GHz 4.9 GHz

For 1080p gaming, this CPU is near unbeatable for its price. Paired with an AMD Radeon Vega 56 graphics card, I have not noticed any bottlenecking for 1080p 75FPS gaming at high/ultra settings. I may not be the best person to review this CPU, as I've never used a computer that has had any more than a 2 Core processor, running idly at boot at around 40%. I personally found the Ryzen 5 2600X to be a huge leap forward, idling at 1% or 2% usage at the most. The included air cooler (Spire cooler) is perfectly fine to keep it cool, even in my mini ITX build. I have built in the Thermaltake Core V1, and haven't had any thermal issues (my GPU is a blower style, so only the CPU heats up the case). No complaints from me, besides that the CPU cooler is noticeably audible, even at idle. Perhaps an after-market cooler might be a good investment if noise bothers you. Other than that, it's great!

Antes de nada, al final de esto dejare los componentes que use para mi PC por si alguien quiere reproducirlos. Ahora si, mi opinión sobre este procesador: He querido esperar a probarlo un tiempo antes de escribir. He de decir que lo compré en Junio y hasta Diciembre no pude montarlo. Lo malo de ir pieza por pieza con poco dinero XD. En fin. Nada que lamentar. Este era mi primer PC gaming que monto por lo que, tenia mucho miedo de montar. Sobre todo el procesador de AMD que tiene los pines. ¡¡Pero nada del otro mundo!! Es fácil de montar, mas de lo que pensaba. Funciona a las mil maravillas y no me ha dado ningún tipo de problema. El disipador que viene con él funciona bien hasta que pueda cambiarlo pero por el momento da de si (aunque me pelee un poco con este para montarlo bien). Eso si, recomiendo cambiar la pasta termina que viene puesta. No he tenido problemas con cosas sencillas. Tampoco al cargar juego aunque los que he probado son juegos que no necesitan tanto como League Of Legend. Aproveche que se habían anunciado los nuevos Ryzen 3000 y estos los rebajaron para comprarlos. Posiblemente en un futuro me pase a los que halla. La Motherboard me da para hacerlo. Aunque ya digo que para lo que hago da de si este procesador. En cuanto a diferencias, en mi casa siempre hemos sido de Intel hasta que monte este ordenador (mi primer montaje) y no puedo estar mas contenta con este. Nada que envidiarle y desde luego mucho más económico. MERECE LA PENA PAGAR POR AMD SEA EL RYZEN QUE SEA. Eso si. No hagáis como yo, novata de mi, que me compre este procesador pensando que llevaba gráfica integrada y estuve unos días que no tenia señal hasta que me trajeron la gráfica. RECORDAR QUE SI QUERÉIS PROCESADORES DE AMD (por ahorraros el dinero de la gráfica) QUE TENGAN GRÁFICOS INTEGRADOS, SON LOS QUE TIENEN LA LETRA G XD Respecto a lo que use para montarlo: -Procesador: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X -Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming Plus -RAM: HyperX Fury 8GB 2400 Mhz -Almacenamiento: WD Sata 3 500GB (principal) + Seagate Barracuda 1TB -Gráfica: Asus GeForce 1050 Ti Cerberus O4G

Built a relatively (750$..excluding GPU obviously:) ) cheap PC for duties as a plex server and occasional gaming. This CPU is a beast. I mainly needed the power for transcoding films on the fly for remote plex users. This does not disappoint. It can EASILY transcode 4-6 1080p streams down to 4mbps 720p without issue(I know, not great - but im limited by my upload speed) - it can even transcode down a 45gb 4K movie to 20mbps 1080p(that eats up power for other users - so I avoid it). When less people are watching it is always throttled (met the max buffer and goes idle until more video needs to be converted). This also handles multi-tasking 1000x better than any Intel CPU out now. While gaming you can easily switch to Edge or other apps without your computer croaking. Pair it with 32gb of DDR4 ram and you are in Passmark's 96th percentile in terms of PC benchmarks. I have this paired with a relatively old GTX960 OC 4GB but it will more than handle something more recent. AMD has made huge strides in their CPU technology. While they are not as optimized for gaming (Intel always wins the FPS battle) the price, features, related hardware and overall performance are on par for significantly less money overall.

I have been using Core i7 for like 10 years. Motherboard's south bridge chipset got burnt and I had to buy a complete new PC. After reading tons of reviews for a decent gaming processor, I drilled down to this baby. Its been a week and it runs everything that I throw at it. There are so many motherboards available for this, but I went with Asus Prime X470 Pro. A decent second gen Mobo for X series Unlocked Ryzen Processors. Pros : Stock Cooler was quite and temperatures were in range from 53 to 75. But I went with Corsair H100i V2 Liquid Cooler and now my temps remain in 34-50 range. Auto Boost is available and enuff space to Overclock. Since this is the X version, it supports DDR4 speeds upto 3400ish. Cons : AMD could have given the RGB Cooler with this CPU since this is the flagship at Ryzen 5 Level. Final verdict : If you are looking for a decent gaming processor then this one is a beast. Save some money from buying i7 8700k or 2700x and buy a good liquid cooler to pair with this baby