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The lowest price for AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - 3.7 GHz - 6-core - 12 threads - 32 MB cache - Socket AM4 - Box right now is $199.00 at Netplus Computers, compared across 2 retailers.
The all-time low was $68.00 on 4 June 2026 — today's price is 193% above the lowest ever. It has been notably cheaper before — worth setting a price alert.
Prices last updated 20 Aug 2026.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - 3.7 GHz - 6-core - 12 threads - 32 MB cache - Socket AM4 - Box
Last updated at 20/08/2026 08:31:34
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU, 6 Cores/12 Threads, Up to 4.6GHz
Delivery between 28 Aug – 2 Sept $22
AMD Ryzen 5 5000 5600X Hexa-core (6 Core) 3.70 GHz Processor - Retail Pack - 32 MB L3 Cache - 3 MB L2 Cache - 64-bit Processing - 4.60 GHz Speed - 7
Delivery between 23–31 Aug $10
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I’ve been into computers my whole life and outside a brief window around the Turion x64 days Intel had ALWAYS been the leader in performance. With nearly three decades of dominance came market ubiquity. I always bought Intel because it’s what you did if you wanted the best. Inversely, this led to me developing prejudice against AMD. 2020 saw what had previously been unrealized, and AMD finally had more to show than Intel, and was still offering it at slightly lower pricing. Thus the value proposition presented by particularly the 5600x is astounding. So I made the logical choice and built my first ever AMD based system. Nothing changed, and it still booted when I hit the button. Instead I saw massive day to day speed upgrades and aside from a minor issue getting my ... MoreI’ve been into computers my whole life and outside a brief window around the Turion x64 days Intel had ALWAYS been the leader in performance. With nearly three decades of dominance came market ubiquity. I always bought Intel because it’s what you did if you wanted the best. Inversely, this led to me developing prejudice against AMD. 2020 saw what had previously been unrealized, and AMD finally had more to show than Intel, and was still offering it at slightly lower pricing. Thus the value proposition presented by particularly the 5600x is astounding. So I made the logical choice and built my first ever AMD based system. Nothing changed, and it still booted when I hit the button. Instead I saw massive day to day speed upgrades and aside from a minor issue getting my ram to run its XMP profiles at stock voltage (which was either my mobo being cranky or the sticks themselves being subpar) the new system just worked flawlessly. It’s been almost two weeks now and I’m exclusively using the system for gaming. I can’t say I’ve experienced any strange hiccups or issues yet that I can directly attribute to the processor (on any new complete build you’re bound to have some quirks arise). Everything just works as I expect it to. The processor itself had broken a mental barrier for me, and does exactly what it claims it will on the box. Under a Kraken X63 my peak gaming temps on the chip were 63* Celsius... PEAK... with most gaming settling into the high 50s. That’s with PBO enabled, and after several hours so a fully saturated cooling loop. All cores have hit their advertised peak boost, and the most power I’ve seen the chip draw was around 83 watts. That’s a very cool and efficient chip, a sign of how much further AMD is ahead of Intel on the die processes. 7nm chips mean less power and more performance in the same package, and I see that born out in this chip. I can highly recommend the 5600x for all but the most extreme gamers. Paired with a 3080@ 2070mhz, no bottleneck!
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My company recently implemented new security policies on our workstations which effectively removed all administrative privileges from our user accounts. To do anything that requires administrative privileges, even installing/updating software, we have to contact an admin to remote into our computers and enter their credentials. As an electrical engineer I have a lot of software that I use for various work related reasons. Finding this new policy as a hindrance on my ability to do my work efficiently, I decided to update my ~8 year old PC and do my work on my own equipment.Coming from a third generation i5 processor, the difference is night and day. I did find that the stock cooler was not cooling as well as I would like, even without overclocking. So I did ... MoreMy company recently implemented new security policies on our workstations which effectively removed all administrative privileges from our user accounts. To do anything that requires administrative privileges, even installing/updating software, we have to contact an admin to remote into our computers and enter their credentials. As an electrical engineer I have a lot of software that I use for various work related reasons. Finding this new policy as a hindrance on my ability to do my work efficiently, I decided to update my ~8 year old PC and do my work on my own equipment.Coming from a third generation i5 processor, the difference is night and day. I did find that the stock cooler was not cooling as well as I would like, even without overclocking. So I did upgrade to a larger and more efficient cooler and my idle temps are below 40C, and jump between 50C and 60C under heavy load. My previous setup was water cooled but it is a pain to setup and maintain so for now I'm just keeping it simple with air cooling. I would have spent a bit more and purchased a processor with a higher core count but I have heard that AMD will be coming out with a new processor series with the AM5 socket, so I didn't want to invest too highly on this AM4 processor. This processor was my middle ground and so far I am very happy with it!
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Upgraded from a 3600x, with a 1080TI and 32 gig RAM. CS:GO went (low settings, 165hz) from 220FPS to 700FPS. I was not expecting that much gain per dollar. I changed my settings to mid-high and am running at 350FPS still. And my computer in general has been running more smoothly on Win 11. Before I was having input lag issues, which are completely gone now. This has been one of the best single purchase upgrades I have done in quite a while. I highly recommend for anyone trying to squeeze more performance out of a slightly dated machine.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU, 6 Cores/12 Threads, Up to 4.6GHz
Delivery between 28 Aug – 2 Sept $22
AMD Ryzen 5 5000 5600X Hexa-core (6 Core) 3.70 GHz Processor - Retail Pack - 32 MB L3 Cache - 3 MB L2 Cache - 64-bit Processing - 4.60 GHz Speed - 7
Delivery between 23–31 Aug $10
I’ve been into computers my whole life and outside a brief window around the Turion x64 days Intel had ALWAYS been the leader in performance. With nearly three decades of dominance came market ubiquity. I always bought Intel because it’s what you did if you wanted the best. Inversely, this led to me developing prejudice against AMD. 2020 saw what had previously been unrealized, and AMD finally had more to show than Intel, and was still offering it at slightly lower pricing. Thus the value proposition presented by particularly the 5600x is astounding. So I made the logical choice and built my first ever AMD based system. Nothing changed, and it still booted when I hit the button. Instead I saw massive day to day speed upgrades and aside from a minor issue getting my ... MoreI’ve been into computers my whole life and outside a brief window around the Turion x64 days Intel had ALWAYS been the leader in performance. With nearly three decades of dominance came market ubiquity. I always bought Intel because it’s what you did if you wanted the best. Inversely, this led to me developing prejudice against AMD. 2020 saw what had previously been unrealized, and AMD finally had more to show than Intel, and was still offering it at slightly lower pricing. Thus the value proposition presented by particularly the 5600x is astounding. So I made the logical choice and built my first ever AMD based system. Nothing changed, and it still booted when I hit the button. Instead I saw massive day to day speed upgrades and aside from a minor issue getting my ram to run its XMP profiles at stock voltage (which was either my mobo being cranky or the sticks themselves being subpar) the new system just worked flawlessly. It’s been almost two weeks now and I’m exclusively using the system for gaming. I can’t say I’ve experienced any strange hiccups or issues yet that I can directly attribute to the processor (on any new complete build you’re bound to have some quirks arise). Everything just works as I expect it to. The processor itself had broken a mental barrier for me, and does exactly what it claims it will on the box. Under a Kraken X63 my peak gaming temps on the chip were 63* Celsius... PEAK... with most gaming settling into the high 50s. That’s with PBO enabled, and after several hours so a fully saturated cooling loop. All cores have hit their advertised peak boost, and the most power I’ve seen the chip draw was around 83 watts. That’s a very cool and efficient chip, a sign of how much further AMD is ahead of Intel on the die processes. 7nm chips mean less power and more performance in the same package, and I see that born out in this chip. I can highly recommend the 5600x for all but the most extreme gamers. Paired with a 3080@ 2070mhz, no bottleneck!
My company recently implemented new security policies on our workstations which effectively removed all administrative privileges from our user accounts. To do anything that requires administrative privileges, even installing/updating software, we have to contact an admin to remote into our computers and enter their credentials. As an electrical engineer I have a lot of software that I use for various work related reasons. Finding this new policy as a hindrance on my ability to do my work efficiently, I decided to update my ~8 year old PC and do my work on my own equipment.Coming from a third generation i5 processor, the difference is night and day. I did find that the stock cooler was not cooling as well as I would like, even without overclocking. So I did ... MoreMy company recently implemented new security policies on our workstations which effectively removed all administrative privileges from our user accounts. To do anything that requires administrative privileges, even installing/updating software, we have to contact an admin to remote into our computers and enter their credentials. As an electrical engineer I have a lot of software that I use for various work related reasons. Finding this new policy as a hindrance on my ability to do my work efficiently, I decided to update my ~8 year old PC and do my work on my own equipment.Coming from a third generation i5 processor, the difference is night and day. I did find that the stock cooler was not cooling as well as I would like, even without overclocking. So I did upgrade to a larger and more efficient cooler and my idle temps are below 40C, and jump between 50C and 60C under heavy load. My previous setup was water cooled but it is a pain to setup and maintain so for now I'm just keeping it simple with air cooling. I would have spent a bit more and purchased a processor with a higher core count but I have heard that AMD will be coming out with a new processor series with the AM5 socket, so I didn't want to invest too highly on this AM4 processor. This processor was my middle ground and so far I am very happy with it!
Upgraded from a 3600x, with a 1080TI and 32 gig RAM. CS:GO went (low settings, 165hz) from 220FPS to 700FPS. I was not expecting that much gain per dollar. I changed my settings to mid-high and am running at 350FPS still. And my computer in general has been running more smoothly on Win 11. Before I was having input lag issues, which are completely gone now. This has been one of the best single purchase upgrades I have done in quite a while. I highly recommend for anyone trying to squeeze more performance out of a slightly dated machine.
This processor is working well in my home server. The price point is high-end budget, but you get a high performance product (not top-shelf, but quite good). I replaced an old 55W Core i3 and this is approximately twice as a fast at the same ~60W power draw. Linux host serving files, email, and web, plus a QEMU Windows virtual machine. Get the version with the on-chip GPU if you want a relatively low power, affordable, fast home PC. Recommended.
I ordered and have received this motherboard cpu kit fromB&H. BH #AM5600X612MB (B&H Kit)The ASUS PRIME B550M-A/CSM board in the kit is bios version 0311 as marked on the motherboard. It will not POST becausethat version does not support the AMD Ryzen 5 5600x that came in the kit. The bios version that supports the AMD Ryzen 5 5600x is 1004 and beyond.I did not have an older AMD cpu to use to enter the bios and flash the firmware and the ASUS PRIME B550M-A/CSMdoes not have the flashback feature allowing the bios to be flashed by starting the system with a usb drive with the firmware.B&H service department responded quickly sending me a link to AMD for a solution. A boot kit where they loan you a compatible CPU.So far I have made the request to AMD for ... MoreI ordered and have received this motherboard cpu kit fromB&H. BH #AM5600X612MB (B&H Kit)The ASUS PRIME B550M-A/CSM board in the kit is bios version 0311 as marked on the motherboard. It will not POST becausethat version does not support the AMD Ryzen 5 5600x that came in the kit. The bios version that supports the AMD Ryzen 5 5600x is 1004 and beyond.I did not have an older AMD cpu to use to enter the bios and flash the firmware and the ASUS PRIME B550M-A/CSMdoes not have the flashback feature allowing the bios to be flashed by starting the system with a usb drive with the firmware.B&H service department responded quickly sending me a link to AMD for a solution. A boot kit where they loan you a compatible CPU.So far I have made the request to AMD for the kit and waiting to see how it shakes out moving forward.What a major hassle! I buy all the time from B&H it is rare for them to drop the ball like this. You would be advised to check with B&H before you buy this kit and see if you can avoid this scenario!
This thing is sweet, but I was touching 94.5C every time I ran games for more than 30 mins or so with the stock AMD CPU cooler. Noctua NH-U12S seems to be making a big (20C) difference so far. For the price it's rad, and AMD engineers have confirmed that these things are designed to run hot, so it's probably not a huge deal either way- but definitely consider a better than stock cooler for this bad boy.
Best value AMD CPU for gaming (best overall for gaming by far IMO). You won't get hardly any noticeable FPS increase with the more expensive Vermeer chips so I chose this one. If you are doing more than gaming though then they can be very worth it. This 5600x is great and I am very satisfied so far. The stock cooler is pretty much good enough for most things as well but still something to think about upgrading if you are doing CPU intense things with your PC. CPU fan coolers are pretty cheap anyways.10/10 will be using this same CPU for the next person who asks me for help building a gaming/all around rig.
I mean, if you're reading this, then you know how amazing this CPU is for gaming and even light productivity work. In the games I play, I saw at least a 20% uptick in FPS and performance. Paired with a RTX 3080 FTW 3 Ultra, this combo smokes even Cyberpunk 2077 with everything RTX turned to Psycho and Ultra default(Vsync off). Easily hitting as high as 80 FPS and never dropping below 60 FPS. In Rainbow 6, I crack 400 FPS from time to time IN GAME. Not at the menu or loading screen. I average around 330 FPS at any given time in the middle of a round. In Division 2, I hover around 135 FPS on ultra preset, Vsync off on average in daylight settings, and have cracked 200 FPS at times at night. All this while playing at 1440p resolution. NOT 1080p. If you can find this ... MoreI mean, if you're reading this, then you know how amazing this CPU is for gaming and even light productivity work. In the games I play, I saw at least a 20% uptick in FPS and performance. Paired with a RTX 3080 FTW 3 Ultra, this combo smokes even Cyberpunk 2077 with everything RTX turned to Psycho and Ultra default(Vsync off). Easily hitting as high as 80 FPS and never dropping below 60 FPS. In Rainbow 6, I crack 400 FPS from time to time IN GAME. Not at the menu or loading screen. I average around 330 FPS at any given time in the middle of a round. In Division 2, I hover around 135 FPS on ultra preset, Vsync off on average in daylight settings, and have cracked 200 FPS at times at night. All this while playing at 1440p resolution. NOT 1080p. If you can find this priced reasonably, buy it.
I recently bought a Steam Valve Index VR setup and started using it on my home theater PC (i7-6700 on an MSI Pro Carbon mobo with 16 gigs of ram and a GTX1080 GPU). I found that after running some games like Arizona Sunshine or Time Carnage VR, the CPU would spike up to 98-100% on all cores while the GPU was maxing out at about 45%. I decided to rebuild the computer using this CPU, an ASRock B550 Taichi, and 32 gigs of ram. I kept the GPU since a graphics card will pretty much cost you an organ these days, and the 1080 is still a strong performer. The 5600X is about 700 mhz faster than the 6700, has 2 additional cores and 4 more threads, a much newer architecture, and it made short work of load times! In addition to that, all cores peak at about 88%, and the GPU is ... MoreI recently bought a Steam Valve Index VR setup and started using it on my home theater PC (i7-6700 on an MSI Pro Carbon mobo with 16 gigs of ram and a GTX1080 GPU). I found that after running some games like Arizona Sunshine or Time Carnage VR, the CPU would spike up to 98-100% on all cores while the GPU was maxing out at about 45%. I decided to rebuild the computer using this CPU, an ASRock B550 Taichi, and 32 gigs of ram. I kept the GPU since a graphics card will pretty much cost you an organ these days, and the 1080 is still a strong performer. The 5600X is about 700 mhz faster than the 6700, has 2 additional cores and 4 more threads, a much newer architecture, and it made short work of load times! In addition to that, all cores peak at about 88%, and the GPU is now showing about 55% usage. 5600X and 6700 are both 65W chips, but it's amazing what 4 or 5 years newer tech gets you! In the AMD lineup, for gaming, the 5600X is it. The 5800X is much more expensive for only modest gains (content creation tasks aside), and the 5900X or 5950X are waaaaay more expensive and very much aimed towards content creators. The 5600X is probably the very best price:performance deal in computer chips in a very long time!
compared to a Ryzen 5 3600. Getting 4.7 Mhz PBO enabled boosts with 360 AIO. Never exceeds 55c under load and idles as low as 21c. Obvious and major uplift in IPC with single and multi core operations. Gaming is now smooth and consistent and downright more enjoyable. Dont listen to ppl saying going from 3000 to 5000 series R5 isn't worth it. At $140.00...yes it is!
