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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core 3.9GHz Desktop AM5 Processor

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AAAWave has AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core 3.9GHz Desktop AM5 Processor (100-100001405WOF) on sale for $179.99. Shipping is free.

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Specs:
  • 6 Cores
  • 12 Threads
  • 3.9GHz Base
  • 5.4GHz Boost
  • 65W TDP
  • Socket AM5

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  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $5 lower than the next best comparable online prices starting from $184.99.
  • Offer valid for a limited time only / while supplies last.
  • Store Note: All products sold by aaawave.com are brand new and carry the manufacturer’s full warranty. All products advertised as BULK or OEM are brand new and carry the manufacturer’s full warranty.

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AAAWave has AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core 3.9GHz Desktop AM5 Processor (100-100001405WOF) on sale for $179.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Staff Member f12_26 for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • 6 Cores
  • 12 Threads
  • 3.9GHz Base
  • 5.4GHz Boost
  • 65W TDP
  • Socket AM5

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $5 lower than the next best comparable online prices starting from $184.99.
  • Offer valid for a limited time only / while supplies last.
  • Store Note: All products sold by aaawave.com are brand new and carry the manufacturer’s full warranty. All products advertised as BULK or OEM are brand new and carry the manufacturer’s full warranty.

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JinH4323
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Newegg has the same price with a 512gb SSD as a free gift.
GeersT
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Personally, I would just get 5700X3D it's just as fast as a 9600X in gaming. Keep your AM4 a bit longer and wait for the node shrink and core increase for 10K ryzen.

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Same price on Amazon and micro center
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JinH4323Jun 10, 2025 09:48 PM
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Newegg has the same price with a 512gb SSD as a free gift.
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minyeyeJun 11, 2025 02:08 AM
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Quote from JinH4323 :
Newegg has the same price with a 512gb SSD as a free gift.
Hey! I'm thinking about upgrading my PC (currently using an i3-12100). I heard the 13th, 14th, and Ultra Intel CPUs aren't really that great. What would you recommend right now that has good bang for the buck? I'm looking to spend around $350 total for the CPU and motherboard. Any suggestions?
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BeautifulStove437Jun 11, 2025 02:34 AM
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Quote from minyeye :
Hey! I'm thinking about upgrading my PC (currently using an i3-12100). I heard the 13th, 14th, and Ultra Intel CPUs aren't really that great. What would you recommend right now that has good bang for the buck? I'm looking to spend around $350 total for the CPU and motherboard. Any suggestions?
The 13th and 14th work great, Just need to update the Bios because of too much voltage
Jun 11, 2025 03:20 AM
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JinH4323Jun 11, 2025 03:20 AM
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Quote from minyeye :
Hey! I'm thinking about upgrading my PC (currently using an i3-12100). I heard the 13th, 14th, and Ultra Intel CPUs aren't really that great. What would you recommend right now that has good bang for the buck? I'm looking to spend around $350 total for the CPU and motherboard. Any suggestions?
Really depends on what you're doing with it. I think 9600x is great if you're not too crazy about fps, 9900x is at about $370 that doubles the amount of cores to allow heaiver productivity work. I would personally get a 9600x now to see if it can handle my use case, at this price point, you won't lose much if you decide to resale for an upgrade.
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Will wait for 150$ still on 2700x
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Quote from minyeye :
Hey! I'm thinking about upgrading my PC (currently using an i3-12100). I heard the 13th, 14th, and Ultra Intel CPUs aren't really that great. What would you recommend right now that has good bang for the buck? I'm looking to spend around $350 total for the CPU and motherboard. Any suggestions?
I originally purchased a 14600k and returned it to go with this 9600x instead. This is a really good bang for the buck, and you will see a huge performance improvement with either one Vs what you have now.

My parts are in a small form factor case, and the 14600k just runs way too hot to cool with limited CPU cooler choices (in my personal situation because of the case I own).

I would go for either of those, just depends on pricing/promo going on at the time (free game, or free ram, etc).

If you're using a 12 series intel, the motherboard you already own may be compatible with the 14600k- but also brings up the point that you could go with a 12600k for $149 and likely not have to change anything else out. That will also provide a great boost Vs the CPU you have now. I have one of those in the home theater pc upstairs and it's still very solid.

What are you primarily wanting to accomplish? Gaming is top priority, or something else?

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Quote from Nattefrost :
Will wait for 150$ still on 2700x
Personally, I would just get 5700X3D it's just as fast as a 9600X in gaming. Keep your AM4 a bit longer and wait for the node shrink and core increase for 10K ryzen.
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Quote from GeersT :
Personally, I would just get 5700X3D it's just as fast as a 9600X in gaming. Keep your AM4 a bit longer and wait for the node shrink and core increase for 10K ryzen.
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DapperDealPersonJun 13, 2025 02:12 AM
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Quote from minyeye :
Hey! I'm thinking about upgrading my PC (currently using an i3-12100). I heard the 13th, 14th, and Ultra Intel CPUs aren't really that great. What would you recommend right now that has good bang for the buck? I'm looking to spend around $350 total for the CPU and motherboard. Any suggestions?
The responses you received are a bit all over the place. If you just do gaming, AMD is solid. If you do production heavy work, intel is solid. 14th line has some potential rare degredation issue, avoid it if you can, at least if you aren't savvy enough to mess with BIOS stuff. But this isn't the case on the ultra. Ultra line got rid of an underutilized feature that also isn't available on AMD, but people didn't like that so got mad at Intel for it. The ultra line also got caught up in the drama of the rare degradation issue in the 14th series. Ultra runs cooler than AMD and better at productivity tasks, marginally worse at gaming for the next equivalent pricepoint for AMD. Both are moot if you cant afford a decent GPU.

At $350 I'd probably save a bit more? Or just go with the most budget friendly AMD so you have more legroom to upgrade later.
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minyeyeJun 13, 2025 02:41 AM
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Quote from DapperDealPerson :
The responses you received are a bit all over the place. If you just do gaming, AMD is solid. If you do production heavy work, intel is solid. 14th line has some potential rare degredation issue, avoid it if you can, at least if you aren't savvy enough to mess with BIOS stuff. But this isn't the case on the ultra. Ultra line got rid of an underutilized feature that also isn't available on AMD, but people didn't like that so got mad at Intel for it. The ultra line also got caught up in the drama of the rare degradation issue in the 14th series. Ultra runs cooler than AMD and better at productivity tasks, marginally worse at gaming for the next equivalent pricepoint for AMD. Both are moot if you cant afford a decent GPU.At $350 I'd probably save a bit more? Or just go with the most budget friendly AMD so you have more legroom to upgrade later.
Thank you!
What do you think about the AMD 8700G? I'm not planning to get a GPU, or maybe just a cheap one.
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nmathewJun 13, 2025 05:08 AM
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Wow. Last year a bit before black Friday I got a 7600x, MB, 32 GB of RAM, and a 1 GB NVMe drive for $300.
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SuperorbJun 13, 2025 06:28 AM
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Wow. Last year a bit before black Friday I got a 7600x, MB, 32 GB of RAM, and a 1 GB NVMe drive for $300.
Like everything else the price of PC components has gone through the roof.

I miss when half the deals on SlickDeals were computer parts. Now it's a lot of overpriced Apple stuff and shoes. Sign of the times I suppose.

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