There's never been a better time to a brand new AMD gaming U if you're on a tight budget, as the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X price has just dropped to $179.99. Not only is this figure the lowest ever price for this U on Amazon, but it's also nearly $100 cheaper than this U's $279 launch price only nine months ago.
In fact, at this price, this new best gaming Us you can buy if you don't have big bucks to spend. With six cores based on the mighty Zen 5 architecture, this new chip is even quicker than the 7600X, thanks to the improvements made in AMD's latest U architecture, and it also boosts to up to 5.4GHz, giving it a 100MHz advantage over its predecessor.
Don't be put off by the number of cores either. In my experience, six U cores are still plenty for gaming in the vast majority of cases, as long as you have the best GPU you can afford to handle all the graphics work.
Importantly, all of the 9600X's cores are full-fat AMD Zen 5 cores, while competing Intel Us bump up their core numbers with E-Cores, which are largely untapped in games. Unlike Intel's budget non-K Us, such as the best U cooler for the job.
If you want to grab this new U upgrade for just $179.99, you just need to click on this link here to take you to the deal. Bear in mind that this is an AMD Socket AM5 U, so you won't be able to put it into an old Socket AM4 motherboard, but it will happily slot into an existing last-gen AM5 motherboard, as long as you flash the BIOS first.
If you don't have an AM5 board, check out our guide to the how to install a U has you covered for every step of the process.
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