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Customer Review
Reviewed in Canada on February 16, 2024
For 6 years, my CPU was a Ryzen 5 1600X. It still did pretty decently, but needless to say, I needed to upgrade badly.
The Ryzen 5 5600X is definitely what I needed. It runs way hotter than the 1600X though. Temps are usually in the 40s at idle and reaching up to 81c so far when I game.
At first, I thought I had caused this by messing up with the thermal paste. I had a lot of difficulty screwing in the fan and I had to slide it around to get it in the right spots, so I got scared that I scraped off some paste in the process.
Turns out, It's......... just a very hot CPU. This is common. You can safely go to 95c.
I read that there's a setting called "Precision Boost Overdrive" that basically runs an overclock automatically and that turning it off in BIOS will help lower the temps. I haven't done that yet, but I may if temps go higher.
All the games I've thrown at it run much better with no issues. Videos render much quicker too. And my PC's performance is much more stable.
All in all, I can't complain. Good price for great performance.
The Ryzen 5 5600X is definitely what I needed. It runs way hotter than the 1600X though. Temps are usually in the 40s at idle and reaching up to 81c so far when I game.
At first, I thought I had caused this by messing up with the thermal paste. I had a lot of difficulty screwing in the fan and I had to slide it around to get it in the right spots, so I got scared that I scraped off some paste in the process.
Turns out, It's......... just a very hot CPU. This is common. You can safely go to 95c.
I read that there's a setting called "Precision Boost Overdrive" that basically runs an overclock automatically and that turning it off in BIOS will help lower the temps. I haven't done that yet, but I may if temps go higher.
All the games I've thrown at it run much better with no issues. Videos render much quicker too. And my PC's performance is much more stable.
All in all, I can't complain. Good price for great performance.
