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

At this point AMD and Intel have better (newer) options, but this is a solid CPU regardless. I run this with a 2070 super from Nvidia and Ive been able to game on a 1440p ultrawide while streaming a movie on a different screen and having a chat window open on another, and it handles it all with ease. Also use this for video and photo editing and its made my workflow much faster.

Price was right when purchased and g/f is enjoying.

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.

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

great multitasker. runs World Of Tanks on highest graphics settings and streams to twitch without issue. also handles heavy photo editing like a champ. all while not killing the bank account.

Grandson loves it he is building unit

Works great for Ultra high settings gaming. Paired it with a 3070 FE and it works wonders. I do recommend getting a better CPU if you need to do multitasking like editing.

Works as advertised, and Ive had no problems with it.

I am going to keep it short and simple. Buy it. I build a lot of gaming pcs for people and time and time again I either stick a 3600 in or a 3600x depending on prices. The price is amazing for its power.

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.