EDIT: Just got price jacked BOOOOOO $280.07 —> $288.57
EDIT: Jacked again! $280.07 —> $288.57 —> $291.55 — marking as expired, that's just greed.
In stock, and cheaper than the Computer Alliance Deal (which is now OOS)
For comparison, a used Ryzen 3600 is around $200. This is 40% more in price, with a 30% increase in single-threaded performance, and 23% increase in multi-thread perf.
Comes with the very mediocre Stealth CPU cooler.
They're just salty about the coupon price error being cancelled. Shopback had all of our personal information stolen and $3 later everyone has forgotten about it.
Yeah I find that so ironic, the shopback hack was so much worse. Most of the people that bought from HT during that price error coupon sale knew it was a mistake but still went ahead and got salty when the orders were cancelled.
i'm not back on sb since i had my acct deleted, but i have to say i've missed out a lot on sb deals especially when their deals are much better than cr
i still receiving calls from crypto scams and email spams to this date, not sure how the emails escape the word filter
I had an issue with them where an item didn't match the description (advertised retail CPU, sent an OEM). They tried to make me pay for the postage return at first, but eventually sent me a label without getting Ebay involved.
Not an amazing seller, but far from the worst either. I would buy from them again.
Still trying to decide spending extra on 12700k is worth it for new system build. Or down ryzen path.
I was in the same boat and went with the 5600x and B550. A 12700k ends up being more than double as you need a pricey Z690 board, and have to buy a good CPU cooler as it's not included. Will depend on your use case, but for my occasional gaming and productivity workload the Ryzen will last for ages. And I figure I can always upgrade again to another midrange build in 4-5 years with the money I've saved.
Just been through this process - I ended up going with the Z690 Tomahawk + 12700K. My reasons were:
It also has stuff I don't need today, but given I'll hold, I'm expecting will be useful in future: 20GB/s USB and a PCIe 5.0 slot.
I've given up a few percent of performance to run at a long term power limit of 65W, so for typical tasks will draw similar levels to the 5600x, but I've allowed the short duration to run at 12700K levels for infrequent high loads and cpu intensive gaming.
And, wow, it goes compared to my old 6500! I've been ridiculously impressed with it so far.
But very much agree, if you intend to upgrade in the 4-5 year frame, 5600x makes more sense.
12700k, it has integrated graphics in case ur gpu died.
I'm putting together a mini itx build and have noticed that there are only 4 b550 boards available. Any recommendations?
At this stage you could get any of them but I think the best one is the ASUS ROG-STRIX X570 based one What kind of GPU will you pair with it?, if one of the high end ones (like 3070/3080 or RX 6800, 6900) then a higher end board 'should' provide more stable power delivery. What you do need to pay attention in a small ITX case is heat and airflow, cable management. The 5600X is a 65W TDP (just like the 5600G APU) so it doesn't run overly hot, but with a beefy GPU you could get some high temps within the case.
If you're not going to overclock then a B550 board should be sufficient, if you are going to overclock and add overclocked RAM then a X570 based board provides more headroom and options for that.
For cooling look at adding an AIO, or more case fans or Noctua lower profile cooler (i.e. NH-U12S), measure carefully before ordering.
If you went mATX case and Mobo many more choices, so mini-ITX if you really need something small (i.e. media PC near the stereo).
I bought the 5600X, im happy with the B550 as I think the x570 boards would be surplus to my needs. It seems the Asrock board is the cheapest out of the 4 available.
Just debating with the price premium for Gigabyte, Asus or MSI is worth it.
Get the cheapest one unless there's something you specifically want like wifi, 2.5gb Ethernet or more nvme and usb slots ect.
How it is $280?
I'm getting AU $288.57 after coupon.
Yeah they bumped up the price by $10, still a decent price though.
Is this much of an upgrade over the 2600?
I’d say so, as it’s a decent upgrade over the 3600 at 1080P - although not much at 1440p and nothing at 4K
What would be a good CPU upgrade from a 2600 if I was gaming at 1440p with a 3060ti?
What I meant was 2600 is more likely to be bottlenecking you then 3600 or 5600.
If you wanna save $100 then pick up a used 3600, otherwise grab this!
price increased to 291
Thanks. Ruddy scumbags.
Anyone received this in a black unsealed box?
I am starting to worry about the genuineness of the CPU…
![[Afterpay] AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU AU $288.57 Delivered @ Harris Technology eBay](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/34/689634.jpg?h=d903c535)
Read the negative ebay reviews and just pay the extra $8 with computer alliance for peace of mind.