Jimbo
20 de julio de 2026
It's fast... and inexpensive!
Pros: It's an inexpensive cool running (more on that in a minute) CPU that performs very nicely. I just replaced my older Ryzen 9 5950X 16 core/32 thread fire breathing thermonuclear heat generating beast after it started having issues. I went with the little 6-core Ryzen 5 because I painfully learned that most applications and games still can't take advantage of many cores/threads. Instead, the GPU does most of the multi-cores heavy lifting these days so the 9600X's 6 cores/12 threads is plenty.Cons:1. For some reason, out of the box AMD sets the CPU voltage a bit high so temps could be lower. Going into the AM5 BIOS and turning on PBO (Performance Boost Optimization) set to Auto and setting the Performance Curve to a Negative bias of 20-30 safely and easily undervolts the CPU and gives extra performance. It does this while also lowering the temps. I don't know why AMD doesn't set it like this initially as I've read that most 9600Xs will tolerate Negative 30, which is pretty substantial. Mine is set reliably at Negative 29.2. I'm a bit disappointed that even at 4 nanometer manufacturing process the 9600X doesn't have much headroom for overclocking. After watching a few frustrated YouTube overclockers trying to go from the stock 5.4Ghz to 6Ghz, a paltry 11% overclock, it's not even worth the effort as that tiny increase won't even be noticeable, other than perhaps for benchmark bragging rights. It will also generate a lot of unwanted heat. If you're in the tropics like I am, that's a definite NO.Overall, the 9600X is indeed a fine CPU out of the box. A couple of BIOS tweaks makes it even better. 😁Ver másVer menos
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