Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great budget cpu. Paired it with a 9060xt 16gb. Performed great on BF6, Marvel rivals, Highly recomend if you are on a budget and want great performance.

I got this product off of a price match with micro-center, specifically for processors like this I recommend price matching them. This is an excellent processor, doesn't bottleneck any graphics card I throw at it and can handle tasks great. I use it with several different graphics cards as I benchmark different systems. The only thing I do have to say about this is its not a generational improvement on the 7600x it's the same performance wise just better temps and tdp.

The best budget cpu for game in 2025 i recommend 100

Great processor, good price, good for future proofing

Amazing customer service on this. Got help right away and walked out the door with a big smile on my face.

This is a really good CPU for gaming and people who are in a budget

Hands down, a great CPU option for 1440p gaming. Was recommended this for computer builds by Zach’s Tech Turf, and gotta say it’s been great. Even better that I could snag one during the sale, making it roughly $60 cheaper.

It's hard to call this a budget CPU coming from an Intel 10th Gen I7, because sure it doesn't have as many cores or as high of a clock speed, but this blows anything from the generation I came from out of the water. Run any game, complete any task, for the newest generation of PC hardware. I keep my workflow very simple, so that's why I'm able to say this so if you need anything stronger probably don't go with this, but if all you do is game, watch movies and occasionally open up a document to work on, this is all you need.

Pretty big improvement from my 3600x but I expected a little bit more. The only real difference between this and the 7600x is the wattage, the clock speeds are very similar. This means the 9600x runs very cool but I just wish it performed a little better but for the money it's a pretty good value and am5 platform has gotten very cheap.

Cool temperature and great performance I have no complaints

Very fast, reliable, futuristic capable cpu ever made. It does consume quite some power so make sure you hace a power supply capable of handling it. It also brings to the table integrated graphics which look amazing. Thermal paste is not included nor is cooling system like the past few generations.

good cpu, did not have issues with installation or temperature.

Blows my 5950x out of the water in gaming; or rather it would if I assembled the system that this going be in sooner. I didn't and now the whole conceit of the build will be horrendously over budget. If DDR5 ever returns to the price it was three months ago then this will be a sweet piece of kit.

Great CPU. Arrived very fast and is everything I had hoped for!

Just recently bought it haven't used it a ton and stress tested it but from what I've done with it it's been very good

This processor is excellent! I wanted a solid CPU to dip my toes in the AM5 platform. This has exceeded my expectations.

Upgrading from an R5 1600 will certainly prove enough to tell a difference. Low power use also made it possible to slap on a smaller cooler in my Meshroom S V2. Gaming performance is as expected, and the CPU isn’t being taxed incredibly hard since I’m gaming at 4K. At least for 4K resolution, I highly recommend saving some money with this CPU and putting the rest into a 5070 Ti / 5080 / 5090 / etc. to get good native frame numbers from newer games.

The processor worked, but I wanted at least 8-Cores and 16-Threads. I was able to get a deal for a Ryzen 7 for about the same price. Nothing wrong with this particular processor at all.

Incredible performance for the price, blown away by how Ryzen 5 continues to improve as a lower cost CPU. There may be better versions of this CPU now, but, this is a great standby.

This was 200 bucks and it is fantastic. It runs well. It's super fast for budget CPU. You can't go wrong with this one