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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Processor + Gigabyte B650M Gaming Plus Wi-Fi Motherboard

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$330

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Newegg has AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Processor (100-100001405WOF) + Gigabyte B650M Gaming Plus Wi-Fi Motherboard Bundle for $329.99. Shipping is free.

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    • Processor: 4.8 out of 5 eggs based on 97 Newegg customer reviews.
    • Motherboard: 3.8 out of 5 eggs based on 655+ Newegg customer reviews.
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Newegg has AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Processor (100-100001405WOF) + Gigabyte B650M Gaming Plus Wi-Fi Motherboard Bundle for $329.99. Shipping is free.

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Written by ValPal2011 | Staff
  • Reviews:
    • Processor: 4.8 out of 5 eggs based on 97 Newegg customer reviews.
    • Motherboard: 3.8 out of 5 eggs based on 655+ Newegg customer reviews.
  • About this deal:
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This isn't a very good deal when taking into account how low end the included motherboard is, especially considering how much better the previous deals with the 7600x, 32gb ram, a 1tb ssd, and this same motherboard all for less were: https://slickdeals.net/f/17910078-amd-ryzen-5-7600x-gigabyte-b650m-gaming-plus-wifi-matx-board-32gb-ddr5-6400-mhz-ram-free-1tb-nvme-for-304-newegg

The GIGABYTE B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI m-atx motherboard sits near the bottom of budget tier when it comes to am5 motherboards, only behind the ultra budget tier (a620, b840) boards. It has a 5+2+2 vrm that'll thermal throttle under sustained multicore loads with higher end cpus. It can probably handle the 9600x for general use and gaming, but you won't be able to upgrade to a more than 8 core cpu in the future. It doesn't support pcie gen 5 at all. It only has two pcie slots (one gen4x16 primary and one gen3x1), has only two m.2 slots (two gen4x4), and only has 4 sata ports. Additionally, it's rated 3.7 eggs (stars) on newegg, with 19% 1 egg (star) reviews and many reports of doa/failure (select "Only see the reviews for the current item").
Youtube review including the non-plus version (with the same vrm configuration): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n...kCM&t=536s
Motherboard specs page: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherbo...v-1x/sp#sp

The 9600x is a fairly minor improvement over the 7600x outside of specific (mainly avx512) workloads, for a standard user the performance difference will generally be in the upper single digits.

Overall, this deal is a poor value, since the 9600x is overpriced compared to the last gen 7600x, and the included motherboard is very low end. If you live near a microcenter, for the same price you can get a bundle with a similar quality motherboard and 16gb of ddr5 ram, and for $30 cheaper you could get said bundle with the last gen 7600x (neither of those even being standout values amongst the bundles). If you can afford to wait, the rare sales of the 7700x bundle at $350 are in a completely different league. Even if you don't live near a microcenter, the previous newegg bundles with this motherboard (like the one I linked near the top of this post) were an inordinately better deal.
This one does not
You need the "E" to have it support PCIE 5.0

ex. B650E
I don't think a single amd consumer grade processor actually needs dual 8's. That has been a mostly redundant addition. I have never used dual 8s in any of the amd pc's i've build which is in the hundreds.

Only extreme overclocking or something like higher end threadripper would need something like that

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Jan 17, 2025
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zoalord
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The motherboard has a single 8 pin processor power plug. Is that enough? Everything I have read is dual 8's
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Quote from zoalord :
The motherboard has a single 8 pin processor power plug. Is that enough? Everything I have read is dual 8's

That's fine and also common on a "M" board (microAtx). Full Atx boards can have dual cpu plugs.
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Does anyone know if the motherboard supports PCIe 5.0 for future-proofing GPUs or SSDs?
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Quote from Bargaindy :
Does anyone know if the motherboard supports PCIe 5.0 for future-proofing GPUs or SSDs?
This one does not
You need the "E" to have it support PCIE 5.0

ex. B650E
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This isn't a very good deal when taking into account how low end the included motherboard is, especially considering how much better the previous deals with the 7600x, 32gb ram, a 1tb ssd, and this same motherboard all for less were: https://slickdeals.net/f/17910078-amd-ryzen-5-7600x-gigabyte-b650m-gaming-plus-wifi-matx-board-32gb-ddr5-6400-mhz-ram-free-1tb-nvme-for-304-newegg

The GIGABYTE B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI m-atx motherboard sits near the bottom of budget tier when it comes to am5 motherboards, only behind the ultra budget tier (a620, b840) boards. It has a 5+2+2 vrm that'll thermal throttle under sustained multicore loads with higher end cpus. It can probably handle the 9600x for general use and gaming, but you won't be able to upgrade to a more than 8 core cpu in the future. It doesn't support pcie gen 5 at all. It only has two pcie slots (one gen4x16 primary and one gen3x1), has only two m.2 slots (two gen4x4), and only has 4 sata ports. Additionally, it's rated 3.7 eggs (stars) on newegg, with 19% 1 egg (star) reviews and many reports of doa/failure (select "Only see the reviews for the current item").
Youtube review including the non-plus version (with the same vrm configuration): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n...kCM&t=536s
Motherboard specs page: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherbo...v-1x/sp#sp

The 9600x is a fairly minor improvement over the 7600x outside of specific (mainly avx512) workloads, for a standard user the performance difference will generally be in the upper single digits.

Overall, this deal is a poor value, since the 9600x is overpriced compared to the last gen 7600x, and the included motherboard is very low end. If you live near a microcenter, for the same price you can get a bundle with a similar quality motherboard and 16gb of ddr5 ram, and for $30 cheaper you could get said bundle with the last gen 7600x (neither of those even being standout values amongst the bundles). If you can afford to wait, the rare sales of the 7700x bundle at $350 are in a completely different league. Even if you don't live near a microcenter, the previous newegg bundles with this motherboard (like the one I linked near the top of this post) were an inordinately better deal.
Last edited by BeigeRoad455 January 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM.
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Jan 17, 2025
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Quote from zoalord :
The motherboard has a single 8 pin processor power plug. Is that enough? Everything I have read is dual 8's
I don't think a single amd consumer grade processor actually needs dual 8's. That has been a mostly redundant addition. I have never used dual 8s in any of the amd pc's i've build which is in the hundreds.

Only extreme overclocking or something like higher end threadripper would need something like that
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Shame to skip out on usb4 but I guess you can always add a pcie card later
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Quote from BeigeRoad455 :
This isn't a very good deal when taking into account how low end the included motherboard is, especially considering how much better the previous deals with the 7600x, 32gb ram, a 1tb ssd, and this same motherboard all for less were: https://slickdeals.net/f/17910078-amd-ryzen-5-7600x-gigabyte-b650m-gaming-plus-wifi-matx-board-32gb-ddr5-6400-mhz-ram-free-1tb-nvme-for-304-neweggThe GIGABYTE B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI m-atx motherboard sits near the bottom of budget tier when it comes to am5 motherboards, only behind the ultra budget tier (a620, b840) boards. It has a 5+2+2 vrm that'll thermal throttle under sustained multicore loads with higher end cpus. It can probably handle the 9600x for general use and gaming, but you won't be able to upgrade to a more than 8 core cpu in the future. It doesn't support pcie gen 5 at all. It only has two pcie slots (one gen4x16 primary and one gen3x1), has only two m.2 slots (two gen4x4), and only has 4 sata ports. Additionally, it's rated 3.7 eggs (stars) on newegg, with 19% 1 egg (star) reviews and many reports of doa/failure (select "Only see the reviews for the current item").Youtube review including the non-plus version (with the same vrm configuration): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n...kCM&t=536sMotherboard specs page: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherbo...v-1x/sp#spThe 9600x is a fairly minor improvement over the 7600x outside of specific (mainly avx512) workloads, for a standard user the performance difference will generally be in the upper single digits.Overall, this deal is a poor value, since the 9600x is overpriced compared to the last gen 7600x, and the included motherboard is very low end. If you live near a microcenter, for the same price you can get a bundle with a similar quality motherboard and 16gb of ddr5 ram, and for $30 cheaper you could get said bundle with the last gen 7600x (neither of those even being standout values amongst the bundles). If you can afford to wait, the rare sales of the 7700x bundle at $350 are in a completely different league. Even if you don't live near a microcenter, the previous newegg bundles with this motherboard (like the one I linked near the top of this post) were an inordinately better deal.
I don't think that deal is coming back anytime soon
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Quote from dyrne :
Shame to skip out on usb4 but I guess you can always add a pcie card later
A USB4 PCIe card would need a 4.0 x4 slot. These boards only have PCIe 3.0 x1 or x2 slots even if the slots are wider.
Last edited by zippyd January 19, 2025 at 02:12 PM.
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Quote from BeigeRoad455 :

The GIGABYTE B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI m-atx motherboard sits near the bottom of budget tier when it comes to am5 motherboards, only behind the ultra budget tier (a620, b840) boards. It has a 5+2+2 vrm that'll thermal throttle under sustained multicore loads with higher end cpus. It can probably handle the 9600x for general use and gaming,
For most gamers the CPU never runs at %100, at least not for very long, so these weak VRM's are fine for a 9800x3d under a normal gaming load. I only game on my PC, and do other light work like browsing, so these board are perfect for me even with an overclock. Any higher end x3d or regular CPU isn't purely for gaming, so isn't meant for this board even though they can be used but they'll probably throttle a little during prolonged high usage.