While AMD mainly focused on its forthcoming high-end advances at CES 2025 this year, a new product for the budget market was quietly added to its website. The AMD Ryzen 5 9600 has been confirmed ...

It appears to be a slower-clocked version of the Ryzen 5 7500F, which features the same 3.7GHz base clock but a 300MHz higher ...

Users should, however, also consider the fact that, unlike AMD Ryzen 5 7600, the 7600X does not ship with a stock cooler out of the box, which could make it a slightly more expensive upgrade.

The boxed version of the Ryzen 5 7400F will be packaged with the standard AMD Wraith Stealth cooler, while the tray variant will require you to purchase a cooler separately. As of writing ...