The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is still a great CPU for gaming.

Back in 2019 AMD released one of their best and most successful CPUs, the AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Now nearly three years and two generations on, how well has this extremely popular CPU aged?

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[Project_GT]

My Ryzen 5 3600+RTX 3060 12GB is a perfect combo match for gaming still in 2023 at 1080p Maximum settings with no bottlenecks at all. Don't doubt I'll still get a couple more years out of this setup fine at 1080p.

[raguil]

I'm still using one for 1440p gaming (paired with a 6800) and it shows no sign of obsolescence. Amazing CPU for its day... and today.

[aidenquinn]

It’s honestly insane how long it’s looking to last, I pair it with my 6650xt and I expected a bottleneck but it can still be paired with some stronger cards, which I didn’t know. AMD really made a diamond in the rough with this little chip

[UltraGameWorld]

I still use a Ryzen 5 3600 in my test rig, it's a really great CPU still as long as you are not putting it up with a very powerful GPU.

[Sim-]

ryzen 3600 and rtx 2060, still goin strong. Bought it 2 years ago. It is the i5 2500 of this era. It will be enough for 1080p for another 2 years at least.

[setadoon]

Just upgraded from my 3600x and 5700xt. Gave that build to my brother and he's still playing most any game in 1440. It's a great cpu

[MobileRecordingsRo]

In 2017 I bought a prebuild with MSI A320M PRO VDS with Athlon 200GE, THEN 6 years later I was able to upgrade that system with Ryzen 5 3600, its like having a new computer. for a very low cost, all I had to do was a BIOS update.

[ruthlessedgeboy]

This was the cpu I upgraded to after using the FX 8350 for a few years. And man, I wasn't prepared for the performance boost!

[daewonshaun]

Had a 1700x in my pc. Just picked up a 3600x for 50$ used over the weekend. Combined with a 3060 ti and it's doing great as far as performance and thermals go. I think i'll be good to play games for the next year and eventually I'll grab a 5600x and call it a day for the foreseeable future.

[ComfyShortz]

I have been using one of these since 2019. I used to have it paired with an RX 480 but upgraded to a 6600XT last year. Truth is this pairing can handle about any game on high at 1080p/60. Which as a relatively casual gamer is about all I need.

[mattxx]

I have one of these paired with a 5700xt with 16gb ram and it still does me fine in all the new games, it will run forza horizon 5 in 4k on ultra at 48 fps, I'm happy with that for now, although looking at a 4070

[ProYamYamPC]

Great video as always mate! The 3600 is a truly lenegdary CPU and it still has some life left in it. As for the weird temps, this happens on my 3950X. It basically always sits between 60-70C no matter the workload.

[TommyM]

I have chosen the newer R5 5500 to replace my broken AM3+ System (Fx 8350). The 5500 "only" has PCIe 3 support but in many games it's a bit faster than the R5 3600 and currently it's arround the same price. After 2 Month i'm stil absolutely satisfied with this little cpu and also the power consumption is with arround 50-60 watts in games like Forza Horizon 5 very low.

[aarlavaan]

I thought about getting the 3600 at launch in 2019, but decided to spend the extra money on the x variant instead. It's getting a bit old but it still keeps chugging right along with no signs of needing replaced. Definitely getting my money's worth.

[_Michael_]

Those temperature spikes really messed with me when I first got my 3600 🤣 It's nice to know that it's normal behaviour

[fcootsg]

still rocking my 10900k, been using it since day 1 release and it still is a BEAST with a 3080 10gb in 3440x1440p, dont struggle in anything and the 10c does me good.

[XantoS]

I just ordered one. I've been stuck on a LGA 775 pc since 2009 (yeah i'm that guy, only for office / studying so I didn't feel the need for upgrading), this will be a astronomical upgrade, thanks for the video! Appreciate it!

[TimV]

My 3600 and 2060 combo still going strong for 1080p. Might upgrade to increase my rendering speeds though

[HydeSkull]

I'm using a R5 3600 and RTX 3060 and it's been a great combination for me. I have a Mugen Scythe 3 rev.c cooler on it.

[J_D_Adama]

Great Video.
I had a Ryzen 5 2600x coupled with a 1660 Super and those 2x smashed 1080p on ultra for a good few years, never any problems, even on stock coolers. I think the 3600 was released after that ?

Had a Ryzen 7 2700x that was great in a workstation for many years also.

Keep up the good videos!