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AMD’s entry-level Ryzen 5 7600X processor is available for £208Versus a deal price of £250 six months ago.
Versus a deal price of £250 six months ago.
Image credit:Will Judd, Digital Foundry
Image credit:Will Judd, Digital Foundry
When we last checked in on the AMD Ryzen 5 7600Xin December last year, it had dropped to £249 in the UK. Now, the same six-core 12-thread Zen 4 processor is down to £208, making a Ryzen 7000 build surprisingly affordable - especially when you take in the drop in AM5 motherboard and DDR5 memory prices.
Get the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X for £208 (was £229)
There are faster Ryzen 7000 processors too - the 7700X, 7900X and 7950X are all faster general purpose processors, while the 7800X3D, 7900X3D and 7950X3D are even better for gaming - but with at least one more generation of processors coming out to fit the AM5 socket, getting a 7600X now and then upgrading to a higher-performance CPU later makes a lot of sense. For reference, here’s the current AMD Ryzen 7000 lineup:
