AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 6-core, 12-threads unlocked desktop processor with Wraith Spire cooler

Good alternative when the stock 3600 was out of stock and the 3600X apparently cost more than this one. Runs a bit hot with the Wraith Prism so get a decent cooler

Review is for experience not product. Based on reviews I would have expected a 10/10 product, but to save $20 I opted for the like new amazon certified option. The amazon box over top the AMD product was fine, but in the inside the AMD ryzen box was torn open and the cpu cooler was there looked unused, but the CPU was not there. Customer service was seemed to sound reassuring to the issue, but remains unresolved until they receive the product back on their end. This wasn’t so much an upgrade as it was the remaining ingredient to a new build. Which I had everything assembled ready to go. It’s kind of like getting in a car accident, it not being your fault, the insurance is fixing everything, but I’m without my car. In this case I don’t get a immediate Rental or one at all. I like the very good and like new options since it helps to save some, but this experience wasn’t good.

Very satisfied with the CPUs performance and benchmarks. Looking forward to the next build.

I was originally shopping for a 3600 or 3600X, but the supply dried up by the time I was buying my parts. However, I think I ended up lucking out because I got the 3600 XT for less than the $249 MSRP. The reviews Ive seen have been a bit mixed about the cpu, but I think its a great sweet spot giving you enough cores for good productivity work and great single core boost to support gaming and other single threaded / spikey tasks. Theres also a lot of overclocking potential with this cpu. I have mine stable at 4.4 GHz, but I think I can probably get it up to 4.5 GHZ with a bit more tinkering. My motherboard (MSI Gaming Plus) is not ideal for OC either. The cpu itself is a great overlocker and lots of folks are comfortably running this at 4.6 GHz with relatively low voltage. If you can get this on a good sale and arent looking for the latest 5000 series cpus, then I would recommend grabbing this one. Its a fantastic cpu that I would use again in future builds.

The performance is incredible. I went from running high-end modded Minecraft at 25 FPS to 70 FPS. This cpu does put out a little heat but it’s almost unnoticeable unless you’re sitting up next to it. Installing it was a little unorthodox but I believe it was because my motherboard had brackets that I had to remove to get this to fit.

Pair with high quality ram and its unbeatable value.

No Idea why warmth and thickness is a rating but whatever, bought this because I couldn’t find a 3600, thus I bought this. Great but will thermally soak most coolers on the market, buy a decent cooler or aio and it will work great.

AMD - Is currently the king.

It had better benchmarks when I first installed it. Did 1800 on Passmark which is normal, now though it does 16000.

This CPU sucks. It arrived and it was dead shipping was perfect and wasnt damaged but did not work. I spent $600 dollars on a CPU and I am very disappointed with this.