Features:

  • 6 Cores/12 Threads UNLOCKED
  • Frequency: 3.9 GHz Max Boost. Includes Wraith Stealth Cooler
  • 19MB of Combined Cache. Maximum temperature: 95°C
  • Compatibility : Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition , RHEL x86 64-Bit , Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Supported technologies are amd storemi technology, amd sensemi technology, amd ryzen master utility and amd ryzen vr-ready premium
It's like i7-8700 But with 10% lower frequency, for Half Price!! xD

Lets make this short as possible.. Ryzen 5 - 2600 Is: 6 Cores & 12 Threads boost to 3.9 (single core) While all cores are 3.7GHz Intel i7 - 8700 is: 6 Cores & 12 Threads boost to 4.6 GHz (single core) While all cores are all cores 4.3GHz But still, you can OC with like $20 after market cooler and turbo all cores to 4.0 GHz instead of 3.7GHz The cooler came with it, is an ok (reached 75c in stress test) But in games it's reaching 60c Last Note: AMD not only have super value CPUs.. But also have Super value Motherboards Why? B450 for example is $70 to $130 but support 1st Ryzen Gen, Second Ryzen Gen, and Third Ryzen Gen (probably even 4th Ryzen Gen) In other other hand, all Intel Motherboards (Z170, Z270, Z370) are supporting 2 Generations only So yeah, you Pay like $200 for Ryzen CPU + $100 Mobo ($300 total) While Intel you pay $350 to $400 for CPU + $150 Mobo ($500 to $550 total) Hope that clear up your mind xD

The best current value CPU for Gaming and Productivity

I upgraded from FX 8370 and the difference and performance is crazy. From a Cinebench score of 682 score overclock 4.45 ghz 8370 to 1357 on R5 2600 is a big uplift. My gpu was being bottleneck too and now the perfomance of the gtx 1060 is even better. I would say the cooler is good if your are not going to overclock, if you do at most I got a 200 mhz increase so I used my old cooler Cryorig h7 and ordered for free the AM4 bracket and the overclock from 3.7 is now 4.10 ghz, my chip can't reach on this cooler to 4.2 sadly but at 4.10 is fine. Also be sure to at least pair it with a memory that reach 3000mhz. I am happy with the upgrade and can't wait to see how AMD with Ryzen and the next gen have in store

Nuclear Submarine

I recently purchased this processor for my new PC build and it's my first AMD CPU i've ever purchased. Right out of the box it screams class with solid packaging and includes a decent/stylish cooler. Using a B450 MSI Gaming Pro Carbon AC motherboard + Corsair H100i PRO AIO liquid cooling, I manage a stable overclock to 4.0GHz at 1.25V (could probably go even lower) and temps stay around 31 deg C at idle, and around 50 deg when gaming. To give you an idea of benchmarking, I did a benchmark with User Benchmark, and thanks to the combination of my overclock, MoBo and AIO, i got a 100% Score for Gaming (Nuclear Submarine), 91% Score for Desktop (Nuclear Submarine) and 87% Score for Workstation (Aircraft Carrier). My GPU is a GTX 1070 Seahawk X, and I'm using 16GB DDR4 3000MHz Corsair RAM. (The average scores for a Ryzen 5 2600 are 88% for Gaming, 85% for Desktop and 79% for Workstation) So it literally gives me such good value as it performs way above its class. I'm very happy with it. You will be too.

Best Processor for the Budget Minded hands down!

This thing is an absolute BEAST! 6 cores and 12 threads of raw performance. OC'd to 3.8 GHz easily at 1.29v on the stock cooler and doesn't go over 41 degrees C under load. I couldn't be happier with the choice I made by buying this processor.

Upgrading from a 10 year old PC

Upgrading from a 10 year old PC which was a 2.20 Gz Dual-Core HP Pavilion to my first custom PC using this CPU as the center piece. It comes without saying that I was no longer being shackled down by the limitation of my old PC with my work flow and also the games I play multitasking with no issues. It's teamed up with an MSI Radeon RX 560 AERO ITX 4G OC128-bit 4GB graphic card. There's tons of tests on how well this CPU performs with games especially mainstream games that I do not need to go into as I'm more into video stuff so watching YouTube videos in 1080p is something else coming from 480p tho without realizing it I still find myself watching in 480p at times. Old habits. Watching 1080p HEVC videos with no lag is again something else to behold, heck, Ryzen 5 2600 isn't on his final form yet with that stuff. Video encoding can take 2-10 hours depending on the length, resolution, and which chroma sampling profile being used any filters will add to encoding time. A 24 min clip with veryslow or placebo settings (with filters) are no problem with H.264 10 bit encodes from either 4:2:0 or 4:4:4 chroma sampling profile finishes it up quick with 18 thread encoding speed! This coming from almost an entire day with my old PC of 3 threads using the same settings. Regular H.264 8 bit will use 15 threads as its max (if --thread=0 is used) and will obviously be much faster then its 10 bit counterpart. I recommend trying tesa + subme 11 mode with either profiles if time isn't an issue. Not tested it with HEVC as of yet. [Edit - Mar 8, 2019] A few sample tests using HEVC 4:4:4 720p with veryslow and sea mode settings (no tune) of a 24 min clip took about 3-10 hours depending on the amount of filters if any (and if their heavy-duty such as Anti-Aliasing) being applied with max 12 numa-pools (kinda like --thread in H.264 but not really?) if left at its default. The profile 8 bit, 10 bit, or 12 bit will either shorten or increase the time also, however, the trade of will be higher quality such as more smoother gradients decreasing banding, color format (both at the cost of increased computation) and of course chroma sample being used. Be mindful if your target is compatibility tho. Consult with the x265 Documentation if interested especially with the release of HEVC 3.0 (GCC 8.3.0) which brings a number of changes such as the addition of the tune animation. To be noted all of this was done on a single Crucial 8GB DDR4 RAM which rarely hit 100% RAM output doing all of the above while encoding but I may add an additional 8/16 GB RAM in the future especially for any 1080p (and 4K) HEVC encodes, so you may want to increase your RAM if that's your target. Further note, if you watch streaming videos such as YouTube while waiting for your video to finish up be certain not to open so many browser tab. The RAM will increase closer to 100% if you've got just 8 GB, speaking from experience. I purchased this through the OutletPC seller and they were able to help me out on my concerns and questions as a first time CPU buyer though it wasn't the best of help it got the point across regarding the handling of the CPU and the chances of being a root cause when troubleshooting hardware issues getting the PC to boot properly.

Get it.

Had to update bios 3 times but that's my fault, honestly runs amazing for the same price as a 1600x with slightly better performance and all cores working together to handle the load, fixed most stuttering issues I had with my old CPU and I can now edit 1080p 60fps content without a problem!

Great Performance as EXpected

Brings the power where its needed and provides a great price compared to others in its category. Id HIGHLY suggest or recommend. Cost to performance is great.

This CPU is really fast and runs cool at factory default with stock cooler.

Highly recommended value for money. My CPU temperature was 39 deg C with the stock cooler. ------- PC2 config ------- * AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler - YD2600BBAFBOX * Corsair LPX 32GB DRAM 3000MHz C15 Memory Kit for DDR4 Systems RAM Part# CMD32GX4M2B000C15 * 2x Samsung 970 EVO 500GB - NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 SSD (MZ-V7E500BW) * ASUS ROG Strix B450-F Gaming Motherboard (ATX) AMD Ryzen 2 AM4 DDR4 DP HDMI M.2 USB 3.1 Gen2 B450 * ZOTAC GeForce GT 710 2GB DDR3 PCI-E2.0 DL-DVI VGA HDMI Passive Cooled Single Slot Low Profile Graphics Card (ZT-71302-20L) * Samsung 860 EVO 1TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E1T0B/AM) * EVGA 600 B1, 80+ BRONZE 600W, 3 Year Warranty, Power Supply 100-B1-0600-KR * Asus 24x DVD-RW Serial-ATA Internal OEM Optical Drive DRW-24B1ST (Black) * Rosewill ATX Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case, Supports up to 400 mm Long VGA Card, Comes with Two Fans pre-Installed - Front 120 mm Fan x 1, Rear 120 mm Fan x1 (TYRFING) * Azio Large Print Tri-Color Backlit Wired Keyboard (KB505U)

This things is Definitely worth it to me, Very Very Good

Moving up from Athlon 4x 860k an wow is this a Step up. I can feel it but here's some numbers: In MHW I had 30 fps Max in Ancient Forrest but it jumps alot. An in fights it's avg in the low 20's, an even 19 Fps. However with my NEW RYZEN 5 2600!! I'm getting rock steady 60fps only time it ever change is in loading screen 🤷🏾♂️ basically it's beautiful. Legend of Legends: I use to get like 144 Max I believe now it's 360+ to 400++

Top notch, AMD is back!

I upgraded from an AMD FX-8320 to this. I knew it would be better. I didn't know how much better though! I built a system around this with a m.2 NVMe PCI SSD, 16GB 3200GB RAM, PNY Nvidia 1060 6GB GTX, and Asus x470 motherboard. This thing is an incredible CPU for the midrange. VR works extremely well on it, it overclocks easily, and comes with a very good cooler with decent thermal paste so you save $50 or more right there! Flies through my normal workloads which include web browsing, virtual machines, VR, gaming and file serving. I am not sure you could get a better performer for the money than this CPU. 5+ stars!!

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