The Ryzen 5600 Is Much Better Value Than The 5600X Especially With This Deal

Yup, the CPU pictured above is a 5600X - but I promise the Ryzen 5 5600 looks and performs pretty much identically.

Get the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 for £138 (was £220)

You can take a look at Katharine’s review of the 5600X linked above, but I’m going to take a look at another RPS source: James’ write-up of the best gaming CPUs. Of the 5600/X, he writes: Another point in the favour of the 5600 is that it’s not a Ryzen 7000 CPU, which are coming down in price rapidly but still require relatively expensive 600-series motherboards (X670E, X670, B650E, B650) and DDR5 RAM. Of course, these boards come with some new features and DDR5 does unlock faster performance in some games, but most of the time we see very small gaps and only in CPU-limited titles - so going for Ryzen 5000 for now makes a bit more sense for the value-oriented buyer! In any case, this is a solid if not historic low price, and it’s well worth picking the 5600 up, whether you’re upgrading an existing AM4 system that can support this generation or building from scratch.