Header banner
Revain logoHome Page
Bogdan Panov ᠌ photo
1 Level
245 Review
0 Karma

Review on Experience Unprecedented Speed with the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Processor and Wraith Stealth Cooler by Bogdan Panov ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I was surprised by the quality for this price.

I replaced my home PC's IntelCore i7-4790k processor with an AMD Ryzen 5 3600. The processor is supported by a Zalman CNPS9X Optimacomoler and 32GB of DDR4 3333MHz Kingston HyperX Predator (HX433C16PB3K2/32) memory on an MSI X570-A PRO motherboard. The PC has been operating steadily for several days since I loaded the OS and Office 2022. I do not grade the processor for overclocking because I do not intend to do so. According to the criteria of maximal compatibility with the processor and memory, I selected the motherboard (mp). According to MSI, more than 1,200 memory modules have been tested for compatibility with the brand-new X570 chipset. I considered purchasing a motherboard powered by the B450-X470 chipset at first; however, the need to spend time and money flashing the BIOS (you need to have / purchase an old processor or go somewhere and pay money for a BIOS ate) prevented me from doing so. I almost bought the ASUS ROG STRIX B450-E GAMING, which is the top motherboard powered by the B450 chipset. Additionally, there is a chance that the old mp. won't operate with the ZEN 3 architecture (the fourth generation of RYZEN) when it is introduced in 2022, eliminating the option of upgrading the CPU without changing the mp. X570/X470/X370/B450/B350/A320 chipset-based motherboards for socket AM4 are described in more than 265 motherboards-am4-socket-for-amd-ryzen-cpus-sortable-comparison-tables.3110172/.

Pros
  • reasonable performance given the price. 12 threads on 6 cores, big cache. It performs more quickly than the more expensive Intel 9600k and 8700k CPUs in various testing and computing workloads. The lag in games is between 2 and 20%. This option offers the best overall performance for the price ($12794 for the OEM version at the start of August 2022).
Cons
  • SuperPI performs worse than the 2022-generation Intel Core I7-4790k and has worse memory latencies. Perhaps it is crucial for someone.