AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

The 7600X is a great chip. It gives you great performance across productivity and workload related tasks, and of course, during gaming. The big issue right now is that it’s a new platform, it means buying a new chip, new board and new memory to get it functioning and that comes at a premium and for a similar premium, you could go Intel.

The Ryzen 5 7600X can be both: a really impressive CPU, offering high-end gaming performance at a very competitive price, or also disappointing if you want best value and, in that case, existing products typically offer a similar level of performance for less.

AMD wants $300 for the Ryzen 5 7600X, which makes it the most affordable Zen 4 option available—the 5600X launched at that price point, too, but is now available for $215, and there's also the 5600 non-X for $200. Both these older Zen 3 processors offer considerably less gaming and application performance than 7600X, but their price/performance ...