Did this coupon
work for you?
work for you?
Sorry, this deal has expired.
Get notified of deals like this in the future.
Add Deal Alert for this Item
Frontpage
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core 3.6GHz CPU w/ Wraith Stealth Cooler
$95
$135.00
+ Free Shipping
Newegg has AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core 3.6GHz CPU with Wraith Stealth Cooler (100-100000031BOX) on sale for $94.99. Shipping is free. Thanks to Deal Hunter Meowssi for finding this deal. Product Details:
- 3rd Gen Ryzen
- Socket AM4
- Max Boost Frequency 4.2 GHz
- DDR4 Support
- L2 Cache 3MB
- L3 Cache 32MB
- Thermal Design Power 65W
- Includes Wraith Stealth cooler
Editor's Notes & Price Research
Written by
- About this deal:
- Our research indicates that this deal is $19.99 less (17% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $114.98 at the time of this posting.
- About this product:
- 3-Year limited warranty
- 4.7 out of 5 stars rating at Newegg based on over 6,360 customer reviews
- About this store:
- You can view Newegg's Return Policy here.
- Additional Note:
- Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.
Original Post
Written by
Edited January 26, 2023
at 08:22 PM
Newegg [newegg.com] has AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core 3.6GHz CPU w/ Wraith Stealth Cooler (100-100000031BOX) on sale for $94.99. Shipping is free.
in
CPUs
(6)
If you purchase something through a post on our site, Slickdeals may get a small share of the sale.
Check Out Similar Computers Deals
View AllFrontpage
$800
+ Free Shipping
41
73
Frontpage
$1300
+ Free Shipping
32
43
Frontpage
$418.55
+ Free Shipping
34
69
Frontpage
$591.50
+ Free Shipping
35
76
Price Intelligence
Give Feedback Model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Desktop Processor
Deal History
Deal History includes data from multiple reputable stores, such as Best Buy, Target, and Walmart. The lowest price among stores for a given day is selected as the "Sale Price".
Sale Price does not include sale prices at Amazon unless a deal was posted by a community member.
Sale Price does not include sale prices at Amazon unless a deal was posted by a community member.
36 Comments
Your comment cannot be blank.
Featured Comments
Even more so when you consider that the 5600 will likely function better with a more expensive motherboard/RAM, bringing the total cost even higher. Regardless even with similar motherboard/RAM, the 5600 currently doesn't make a lot of sense as it is the "value" chip, but doesn't perform much better than tech from the past few year that are even better deals. For example, the 3600 is easily available at microcenter in a combo deal with a Gigabyte wifi motherboard for $130 total. Since the 5600 is recent, there aren't as many deals on it (only $20 off with motherboard), which would bring the cpu/motherboard combo to $205, which is now 57% more expensive than the 3600 combo for 13-14% better performance.
I had to make this same choice with a value build this weekend, did the math and benchmarks, and the $75 saved from going with the 3600 combo above went into double RAM with a higher speed and storage.
tl;dr: the 3600/5600 are the value chips, which if you're going for those the 3600 makes even more sense at a better value to spend that money elsewhere if you want. Honestly if you're willing to spend the $130 for the bit more performance of the 5600, may as well just spring around that much for a slightly better ryzen/intel chip
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
How much more? At micro center?
Even more so when you consider that the 5600 will likely function better with a more expensive motherboard/RAM, bringing the total cost even higher. Regardless even with similar motherboard/RAM, the 5600 currently doesn't make a lot of sense as it is the "value" chip, but doesn't perform much better than tech from the past few year that are even better deals. For example, the 3600 is easily available at microcenter in a combo deal with a Gigabyte wifi motherboard for $130 total. Since the 5600 is recent, there aren't as many deals on it (only $20 off with motherboard), which would bring the cpu/motherboard combo to $205, which is now 57% more expensive than the 3600 combo for 13-14% better performance.
I had to make this same choice with a value build this weekend, did the math and benchmarks, and the $75 saved from going with the 3600 combo above went into double RAM with a higher speed and storage.
tl;dr: the 3600/5600 are the value chips, which if you're going for those the 3600 makes even more sense at a better value to spend that money elsewhere if you want. Honestly if you're willing to spend the $130 for the bit more performance of the 5600, may as well just spring around that much for a slightly better ryzen/intel chip
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
Even more so when you consider that the 5600 will likely function better with a more expensive motherboard/RAM, bringing the total cost even higher. Regardless even with similar motherboard/RAM, the 5600 currently doesn't make a lot of sense as it is the "value" chip, but doesn't perform much better than tech from the past few year that are even better deals. For example, the 3600 is easily available at microcenter in a combo deal with a Gigabyte wifi motherboard for $130 total. Since the 5600 is recent, there aren't as many deals on it (only $20 off with motherboard), which would bring the cpu/motherboard combo to $205, which is now 57% more expensive than the 3600 combo for 13-14% better performance.
I had to make this same choice with a value build this weekend, did the math and benchmarks, and the $75 saved from going with the 3600 combo above went into double RAM with a higher speed and storage.
tl;dr: the 3600/5600 are the value chips, which if you're going for those the 3600 makes even more sense at a better value to spend that money elsewhere if you want. Honestly if you're willing to spend the $130 for the bit more performance of the 5600, may as well just spring around that much for a slightly better ryzen/intel chip
Really tight budget get 2 gens old is not an ideal situation. Save up 50 bucks more and get the better processor and motherboard.
The same ram from the same gen still work (3200) so ram isn't really an equation. Assuming you were already on a ddr4 platform
The same ram from the same gen still work (3200) so ram isn't really an equation. Assuming you were already on a ddr4 platform
3000 and 5000 series isn't really a generational difference. It was only minor changes to the die
Someone quoted a 10% delta from 3600 to 5600. Not sure what benchmark that is, but Tom's shows about a 20% improvement [tomshardware.com].
If you're pinching every penny, sure, the 3600 could be the right choice, but at some point the value just isn't there anymore.
I just put together a gaming rig and went 5600 with a 6650XT. Great combo.
Someone quoted a 10% delta from 3600 to 5600. Not sure what benchmark that is, but Tom's shows about a 20% improvement [tomshardware.com].
If you're pinching every penny, sure, the 3600 could be the right choice, but at some point the value just isn't there anymore.
I just put together a gaming rig and went 5600 with a 6650XT. Great combo.