AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Review: Affordable Ryzen is Great

[GreenNova343]

The Intel 8400 IRL paired with a 1060 3GB , 570 4GB would not perform noticeably better in gaming. Using a 1080 ti creates an unrealistic and misleading impression. The same could be said for the K versions of the higher priced Intel CPUs. We know some games favor one or the other brand but that difference becomes slimmer when configurations match what gamers could afford and would actually buy.

Of course there would be little to no performance difference...because then the GPU becomes the logjam in the data flow.

Techspot, Anandtech, Guru3d, Tom's Hardware...most legitimate benchmarking sites will try to limit the potential variables in their testing as much as possible. They can't do much about Intel & AMD CPUs not being able to use the same motherboard, but they'll keep as much of the hardware identical (or close to identical) as possible. When it comes to CPU vs. GPU testing, however, they make sure that they use the fastest possible example of the category not being tested to avoid any potential logjams, bottlenecks, or other slowdowns that could skew the results. Not to mention that they keep the testing at 1080p or lower resolutions, because at those resolutions a high-end GPU will not be the limiting factor.

Hence...since they're comparing CPU performance (R5 2600 vs. other CPUs), they limited the testing to 1080p resolutions & used a GTX 1080TI. Seems like the billionth time that this has had to be explained by the millionth person...

 

[Burty117]

Seems like the billionth time that this has had to be explained by the millionth person...

It's why I wanted a face palm emoji, I'm surprised you could even be bothered to explain it again tbh, it's explained in the articles, across multiple websites, I assume it's trolling at this point.

 

[sccermn2112]

Great article! Is it worth upgrading from an Intel 2500k overclocked to 4.4ghz?
Cheers

I'm running the same CPU right now and have been having this debate. I notice that in some games/tasks I'm maxing or almost maxing the CPU out. I'm only running a 1060 but I think overall an upgrade is worthwhile at this point.

 

[Sausagemeat]

Personally I think all of these AMD stock coolers are junk. I would replace every single one with a better solution. People love saying that they are better than what Intel give you. So what, its a less stinky turd. I wish AMD would offer versions of their chips without coolers and a few dollars off the price. You know like Intel do with their enthusiast stuff.

Oh and it would also seem that AMD will not fulfill warranty requirements if they find out you havent used their cooler. Not cool AMD but then they are no better than any other chip manufacturer (I pity those who think otherwise). Not hard to work around though, just claim you were using a stock cooler, its not like they will be able to tell!

Also whats with the PCMark gaming score? It seems to rank CPUs almost the opposite of how they perform in games. Why is it being used? All it will do is tip the average unfairly towards AMD.

 

[Spacecomber]

I was wondering whether there is a temperature offset applied to the Ryzen 5 2600. I believe that the Ryzen 5 2600X does not have an offset applied, but I wondered about the 2600.

I hope I didn't overlook this in the article, if it was mentioned.

Thanks.

 

[Cvearl]

Loved the review. Since I already owned an H100i V2, I went with the 2600X so I could see what the difference in XFR2 boost would be between the Wraith Spire and H100i. Turns out to be 100 - 150 MHz depending on what I am doing. Playing PUBG or Ghost Recon for an hour, the Wraith Spire holds the boost around 4025 - 4050. With H100i V2 it is 4150 - 4175 the whole time. Free(ish) overclock I guess. Cinebench Single core score 173 with Wraith Spire vs 178 with the H100i V2. Of course with an RX580/GTX1060 you would not even see 1 fps difference to be honest regardless of the cooler used.

 

[msroadkill612]

Loved the review. Since I already owned an H100i V2, I went with the 2600X so I could see what the difference in XFR2 boost would be between the Wraith Spire and H100i. Turns out to be 100 - 150 MHz depending on what I am doing. Playing PUBG or Ghost Recon for an hour, the Wraith Spire holds the boost around 4025 - 4050. With H100i V2 it is 4150 - 4175 the whole time. Free(ish) overclock I guess. Cinebench Single core score 173 with Wraith Spire vs 178 with the H100i V2. Of course with an RX580/GTX1060 you would not even see 1 fps difference to be honest regardless of the cooler used.

Thinking aloud on your comments & reflecting on what I would do...

cooling is a stressful puzzle, so some KISS thoughts are:

simplicity of air is always appealing

be happy with quiet for workaday and some noise when pumping it - gaming with headphones? blow the fan noise. if its noisy a few times a week, live with it - with 6-8 cores these days, mostly they just cruise.

Processor heat isnt much. The problem is that its concentrated. Anything that drags heat away from the center, has to be good

so I am surprised folks dont improvise more - copper wires from heat pipe to adjacent case fan grill e.g.

A corollary of this improv is that a forgotten aspect is that heat is generated fast, but the cooling response is annoyingly very delayed and bursty. A large passive heatsink (like a case) behaves differently as u can imagine.

I imagine amdS marvellous SenseMi & auto dynamic OC stuff can steady the fans work much better. It has the power to predict heat, since it is dictating the current and volts dynamically.

 

[PierreJG]

I got mine about a week ago but for some reason my cpu goes up to 82 C when gaming.I am waiting for my AIO to arrive to see if it performs better.