CPU $229
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
AMD’s Ryzen 7000 series might have launched back in 2022, but that doesn’t stop these processors from offering good value for money and top-tier performance. The Ryzen 5 7600X does just that. Packing in six cores, 12 threads, and a base clock speed of 4.7 GHz, ramping up to 5.3 GHz under load, it’s potent enough to handle all of our gaming and rendering needs. Couple that with its 32MB of cache, and weird advantage (it’s running a single core complex, rather than two communicating via the Infinity Fabric), and it keeps pace with a number of Intel’s current-gen mid-range offerings.
It’s not as advanced as the X3D offerings AMD has at its disposal in the form of the 7800X3D and above, but honestly, although the 3D V-cache is pretty impressive in
