High-Speed Octa-core Goodness
by Warren NewmanI was always an Intel customer (not knowing much about computers and the associated brands.) I had a few laptops with Intel processors and for the most part I understood the i3,i5,i7 series and what they represented and consequently I believed that AMD was the cheap option and therefore cheap quality. Once the Ryzen CPU's came out and AMD started to seriously take on Intel and I started to save for a PC I couldn't help but see the wisdom in going for one of these processors. I was originally going to get the Ryzen 5 3600 as the best bang for your buck CPU however there was a nice sale on this one and I made a spontaneous decision to upgrade and I am so glad I did. This processor runs consistently at about 4.2-4.25Ghz on an MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC (not yet seen that 4.4GHz stated in the marketing) I use the RGB Wraith cooler included in the box and I have no problems with temperatures at all and so I see no reason to upgrade. In terms of gaming I have no complaints especially with Arma3 which can be quite a CPU intensive game. Paired with an RTX 2060-super I think I have hit the sweet spot in cost effectiveness and high performance.