Processors are usually one of the most expensive line items when purchasing or upgrading a PC so it is worth waiting for ...

The Ryzen 5 7600 comes bundled with AMD’s Wraith Stealth cooler, while the Ryzen 5 7600X doesn’t come with a cooler at all. That saves you around $50 on a CPU cooler, and even more if you want ...

More juice means heavier-hitting chips, though. The flagship Ryzen 9 7950X boasts a whopping 800MHz uplift in boost clock speed compared to the 5950X, with a max of 5.7GHz.

Looking to play PC games without a graphics card? AMD's Ryzen 5 5600G CPU and its integrated graphics give cash-strapped gamers a superb, value-focused option that Intel can't match.

The Ryzen 5 9600X is still a 6-core, 12-thread CPU, like its predecessor, but the max turbo speed goes up to 5.4GHz, rather than the 7600X’s 5.3GHz. It’s a minor improvement, ...

Ryzen 5 5500 only supports PCIe 3.0 speeds, since it's an APU with the integrated graphics turned off. Smaller L3 cache hurts Ryzen 5 5500 in some workloads. The ugly.

The Ryzen 5 9600X's launch price of $279/£269.99 is very decent but you can buy the Zen 4-powered Ryzen 7 7600X for $199 right now and it's not massively slower compared to its successor.

AMD's Ryzen 5 9600X offers affordable gaming, excelling in single-core performance and power efficiency. However, minimal multi-core bumps won't benefit users with recent CPUs.

For Zen 2 owners running something like the Ryzen 5 3600, it's less obvious what you should do though, and in many instances the upgrade for the 5600 isn't worth it.

AMD's Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G feature either a 12CU (8700G) or 8CU (8600G) Radeon iGPUs, while the Ryzen 5 8500G and Ryzen 3 8300G have only 4 CUs. Pricing for the models available at ...

AMD's Ryzen 5 8600G isn't the most muscular CPU you can buy, but it drives competitive integrated-graphics performance for its price. It's an ideal chip for budget gaming PCs.