PC Magazine - USA (2019-12)

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he third generation of AMD’s Ryzen CPUs brings the incremental
improvements to clock speeds that you’d expect of a new processor
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new lineup is the Ryzen 5 3600X ($250). Like most AMD chips, it lacks
integrated graphics, but it makes up for that in multithreading and easy
overclocking, two features that some of its Intel competitors lack. It’s an
excellent choice for a mainstream or entry-level gaming PC.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X:


Excellent Mainstream CPU


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