Why is EVERYONE buying this CPU?? - Ryzen 5 3600

There are dozens of CPUs on the market for both productivity and gaming, but one stands tall above the rest – Why is everyone buying it?

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Title: Laszlo - Supernova

[Alliance-ultf]

"Why is EVERYONE buying this CPU??"

Because this was your #1 recommendation last holiday season. You opened the video by saying "just go buy a Ryzen 5 3600"

[ScatterVolt]

The Ryzen 3600 is so good, it's gone up in price

[jty]

It's always nice being able to play any game just fine, while also being able to record at 1080p 30fps x264 encoder.

[steelfalconx]

Just replaced my 1600 with a 3600. I know the gaming performance is supposed to be similar but my 1070 was only hitting about 80% utilization on the 1600, I'm maxing it out now at about 98-100% and have practically doubled my frame rates. It's insane.

[NIPGaming]

Because it's cheap, overclockable, has more than 4 cores. Gets shit done :)

[hardrivethrutown]

"Why is everyone buying this CPU?"
Because literally everyone, including you, recommended them

[sauhamm]

99% gamer opinion: i rocked my 3600 for years before passing her on to a friend. and when it was retired it was only because i caught the update bug. as said chip was still giving 100+ fps in any game i chucked at it. that said, it was and still is a monster amount of processing power for any non productivity based task (once you start talking about blender or managing video editing it's time for new silicon) - i'm on am5 now and for gaming, it's surprisingly cool and quiet despite all the videos here on youtube lamenting how heat and power hungry they are... i game at 4k and the 3600 never once made me feel like i needed more power from my cpu. not bad for the $200 or whatever i paid 3-4 years ago...

[SoccerBoyAP]

R5 3600 user reporting in, thanks for reminding me just how awesome my 2019 build is!
Considering buying another one as part of an suite of upgrades for my older, built in 2012, FX system

[psychomantis]

Linus 2019: 'you should buy the Ryzen 5 3600'
Linus 2020: 'Why is everyone buying the Ryzen 5 3600'

[JustinY.]

"Why is everyone buying the 3600?"

We'd all be buying them even more if they were still in stock for less than $200

[GSBarlev]

2:05 I had a Phenom II! Loved it and actually made good use of all six cores (video rendering, scientific computing and trivially parallelizable data processing). Lasted me six years. Can't believe history considers it a "flop."

[Notorious_MIG]

Just upgraded to a 3600 from a 1300X. Huge performance upgrade, but the stock stealth cooler just doesn’t cut it. Not even worried about overclocking, it just runs hot and the fan makes a lot of noise spinning up and down all the time.

[sr.junior]

Linus: go buy the 3600
Us: buys 3600
Linus: *surprised pickachu face*

[tomn.]

Linus last Christmass: "Just buy the R5 3600"
Linus now: "why is everyone buying it"

[alectravis-daugherty]

Having just bought this CPU I love that this video came out.

[jamesestey]

Nabbed it 200, because I got it for my first build, seemed like the perfect point for my first pc.

[SlayCC]

I guess you can say they're *Ryzen* in Popularity

[lostinalbion]

For some reason, I never get tired of watching youtube videos telling me how smart I was to get an R5 3600.

[kiiingslayertv]

Got me a Ryzen 7 3700x, with a 3070 Asus Strix and I'm loving it! ❤

[causingtides]

I bought this because it was the last cpu in stock at my local store didn’t even know it was this great haha