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title: "YD1600BBAEBOX Ryzen 5 1600 Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler"
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# 6 cores / 12 threads powerhouse 65W energy-efficient TDP Wraith Spire cooler included YD1600BBAEBOX Ryzen 5 1600 Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler

**Brand:** amd
**Price:** 2750 DH
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🔥 Unlock powerhouse performance without the premium price tag!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** YD1600BBAEBOX Ryzen 5 1600 Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler by amd
- **How much does it cost?** 2750 DH with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ma](https://www.desertcart.ma/products/47890259-yd1600bbaebox-ryzen-5-1600-processor-with-wraith-spire-cooler)

## Best For

- amd enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted amd brand quality
- Free international shipping included
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## Key Features

- • **Multitask Like a Pro:** 6 cores and 12 threads deliver seamless performance for video editing, software development, and multitasking without breaking a sweat.
- • **Cool & Quiet Operation:** Includes the premium Wraith Spire cooler with pre-applied thermal paste, keeping temps low (~33°C idle) and noise minimal even under load.
- • **Future-Proof Performance:** 3.6 GHz base clock with 16MB L3 cache ensures smooth gaming and productivity, outperforming many Intel i5 CPUs at a fraction of the price.
- • **Plug & Play Compatibility:** Works out-of-the-box with most AM4 motherboards (A320/B350/X370) — no BIOS update needed, so you’re up and running fast.
- • **Energy Smart & Overclock Ready:** 65W TDP means efficient power use and cooler operation, with headroom for mild overclocking to squeeze extra performance.

## Overview

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 is a 6-core, 12-thread desktop processor built on 14nm technology with a 3.6 GHz boost clock and 16MB L3 cache. It includes the highly regarded Wraith Spire cooler for efficient, quiet cooling at a 65W TDP. Compatible with a wide range of AM4 motherboards, it offers excellent price-to-performance for gaming, content creation, and multitasking, making it a top choice for budget-conscious professionals and enthusiasts alike.

## Description

Product Description AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Desktop CPU - AM4/Hex Core/GHz/16MB/65W Box Contains the product

Review: Great CPU at a great price - Fantastic price to performance for this AMD Ryzen CPU. For around £150 you are getting 6 cores and 12 threads, which is useful for plenty of tasks including video editing,development and running virtual machines, as well as day-to-day work such as browsing the web or using office suites. It is fully compatible with pretty much all A320/B350/X370 boards straight out of the box without needing any BIOS updates, as it was one of the original Ryzen 5 chips, unlike the newer APUs (namely 2200G and 2400G) which may need a BIOS update first. Installation is fairly straightforward, just release the latch on the motherboard, carefully place the CPU into the socket, and line it up with the golden triangle so you get it in the correct way around. As it relies on the pins at the bottom, be careful when handling it so as to not damage any pins - hold it around the sides if possible. Once installed, it comes with the superb "Wraith Spire" cooler (included in the price), which does a good job of keeping the CPU at cool temperatures without the need for a third-party solution, and the thermal paste comes pre-applied. This is a little trickier to install depending on the motherboard, but it is 4 screws and if you cross (do one corner then the opposite) which ones you tighten, it is easier and prevents damage from putting too much pressure on one area. Once installed and plugged into the CPU fan header, it idles at around 33 degrees celcius on my machine (which is a good temperature for a stock cooler), however your own results may vary slightly. Even with lots of programs, including a game and a virtual machine running, it only reached 55 degrees celcius, so there will be some room for a mild overclock using this cooler, provided you are using a B350 or X370 chipset. It also runs quietly, you can barely hear the fans even when they are spinning fully. The performance of the processor itself is great, it'll match or beat most Intel i5 offerings (and even some i7 chips), which is excellent considering the noticeable price difference and the better stock cooler that AMD provides. For multi-core workloads (such as video editing) it works perfectly, and while the single-core performance isn't quite as good (this isn't really too much of an issue), once software can fully optimise all of the cores, it'll perform drastically better. It also handles gaming well, paired with even a 750Ti it can handle games such as Rocket League on High/Ultra settings at 70-100FPS, so paired with a better GPU will yield great results in even modern triple-A titles. Be sure to download the Ryzen Master software from AMD, where you can monitor the temperature accurately and adjust CPU settings, as well as the AMD Ryzen Chipset Drivers, which include a Windows power plan which is optimised for use with Ryzen CPUs. In conclusion, I couldn't be happier with this Ryzen 5 1600. Smashes competition in terms of price to performance, includes a great cooler and runs pretty much anything you can throw at it with ease. I would highly reccommend this processor.
Review: Amazing bang-for-buck performance - I originally paid £205 for this on the day it was available on desertcart and wow, it is fast! One of the best desktop computer components I've bought in a while. The Ryzen 5 1600 is rated at 65W TDP, which considering how much processing power is packed into this little beasty, is insanely energy efficient. The lower wattage also means it'll put out less heat than the 1600X. You can of course overclock the 1600 to nearly the same speed as the 1600X with the right cooling setup. As a reference for how good this CPU is at gaming, my new setup is: - This CPU (Ryzen 5 1600) - 16GB G.SKILL DDR4 RAM - XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB GDDR5 - DD Black Edition - Gigabyte GA-AB350 Gaming 3 Motherboard - 650W EVGA Gold-rated PSU Battlefield 1 runs at 60FPS, on ultra, at 1080p and uses between 45 - 55% of this CPU in a 64 player battle. BF1 is a resource heavy game so it makes a great starting point for testing out a new system. GTA V would also do the job nicely. I doubt this CPU will break a sweat if you want higher frame rates! Most other games I've tried so far (Space Engineers, Factorio, Hearthstone, Kerbal Space Program) don't come anywhere close to even 50% usage on this CPU. Factorio, one of the lightest games I've tried so far, takes as little as 1 - 2% of the CPU. But, I didn't buy this CPU for just gaming, I'm also a software developer and I can tell you, my compile times in Visual Studio have been drastically reduced with this CPU. If you're looking for a budget CPU which packs a lot of power while also providing a decent amount of future-proofing, this is the sweet spot! UPDATE: Now that I've had a decent amount of time to do some real work with the CPU, I can say that it is a content-creator's dream. It's ability to multi-task is definitely a major selling point if you're looking for a budget upgrade to your content-creation hardware. Expect nothing less from a 6-core, 12-thread CPU! UPDATE NOV 2017: I've been using this CPU for a good 6 months and it's been an absolute pleasure. Not a single issue. It performs as well as the first day I had it. It's also runs amazingly cool with the provided cooler. With past CPUs I've had to buy a separate third-party cooler to improve temperatures, but I haven't needed to with the Ryzen 1600. I've yet to find anything that can really push it to its limits in day to day use. Probably the best £205 I've ever spent and now its even cheaper!

## Features

- Ryzen 5 1600 (6C/12T, 3,4/3,6GHz, 3MB L2, 16MB L3 cache, 65W, AM4, 14nm)
- Components - CPU AMD
- Black

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B06XNRQHG4 |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. |
| Best Sellers Rank | 90,773 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 272 in CPUs |
| Brand | AMD |
| Colour | Silver |
| Computer Memory Type | DDR4 SDRAM |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (4,349) |
| Date First Available | 11 April 2017 |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
| Hard Drive Interface | Serial ATA-600 |
| Hard Drive Size | 1 TB |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Item Weight | 45.4 g |
| Item model number | YD1600BBAEBOX |
| Lithium Battery Energy Content | 2 Kilowatt Hours |
| Lithium Battery Packaging | Batteries packed with equipment |
| Lithium Battery Weight | 2 Grams |
| Manufacturer | AMD |
| Memory Technology | DDR4 |
| Number Of Lithium Ion Cells | 5 |
| Number of Lithium Metal Cells | 5 |
| Operating System | Windows 10 |
| Processor Brand | AMD |
| Processor Count | 1 |
| Processor Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
| Processor Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| Processor Type | Ryzen 5 1600 |
| Product Dimensions | 4.06 x 0.76 x 4.06 cm; 45.36 g |
| RAM Size | 8 GB |
| Series | YD1600BBAEBOX |
| Wattage | 65 |
| Wireless Type | 802.11b/n/ac |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** AMD
- **CPU manufacturer:** AMD
- **CPU model:** Ryzen 5 1600
- **CPU socket:** AMD Socket AM4
- **CPU speed:** 3.6 GHz
- **Cache size:** 16 MB
- **Processor Number of Concurrent Threads:** 12
- **Processor count:** 1
- **Secondary cache:** 19 MB
- **Wattage:** 65

## Images

![YD1600BBAEBOX Ryzen 5 1600 Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61RpAkxsoRL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: is thermal paste included?**
A: Lies. Mine did NOT come with thermal paste. Only reason I bought this combo was cuz it included everything !

**Q: wraith spire with LED?**
A: As others mentioned, the 1700 comes with an LED-lit Wraith Spire cooler.  To be more clear, this product's description says it comes with a Wraith Spire cooler.  This product  DOES come with a Wraith Spire cooler, but this one does not have LEDs like the Wraith Spire that comes with the 1700.

**Q: Is this processor overclockable**
A: I have the included cooler and have been running 3.7 on all 6 cores for over a year with no problems in heat whatsoever.  Just set your multiplier to 37 in the bios and that's it.  Tech Deals on Youtube is who convinced me to do this.  This is a link directly to the part about overclocking this CPU.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-30Ab4l2apc&t=1294s

**Q: Does anyone know if the ryzen 1600 will bottleneck a gtx 960 4gb?**
A: No. If anything the 960 will bottle neck the cpu.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great CPU at a great price
*by S***F on 11 April 2018*

Fantastic price to performance for this AMD Ryzen CPU. For around £150 you are getting 6 cores and 12 threads, which is useful for plenty of tasks including video editing,development and running virtual machines, as well as day-to-day work such as browsing the web or using office suites. It is fully compatible with pretty much all A320/B350/X370 boards straight out of the box without needing any BIOS updates, as it was one of the original Ryzen 5 chips, unlike the newer APUs (namely 2200G and 2400G) which may need a BIOS update first. Installation is fairly straightforward, just release the latch on the motherboard, carefully place the CPU into the socket, and line it up with the golden triangle so you get it in the correct way around. As it relies on the pins at the bottom, be careful when handling it so as to not damage any pins - hold it around the sides if possible. Once installed, it comes with the superb "Wraith Spire" cooler (included in the price), which does a good job of keeping the CPU at cool temperatures without the need for a third-party solution, and the thermal paste comes pre-applied. This is a little trickier to install depending on the motherboard, but it is 4 screws and if you cross (do one corner then the opposite) which ones you tighten, it is easier and prevents damage from putting too much pressure on one area. Once installed and plugged into the CPU fan header, it idles at around 33 degrees celcius on my machine (which is a good temperature for a stock cooler), however your own results may vary slightly. Even with lots of programs, including a game and a virtual machine running, it only reached 55 degrees celcius, so there will be some room for a mild overclock using this cooler, provided you are using a B350 or X370 chipset. It also runs quietly, you can barely hear the fans even when they are spinning fully. The performance of the processor itself is great, it'll match or beat most Intel i5 offerings (and even some i7 chips), which is excellent considering the noticeable price difference and the better stock cooler that AMD provides. For multi-core workloads (such as video editing) it works perfectly, and while the single-core performance isn't quite as good (this isn't really too much of an issue), once software can fully optimise all of the cores, it'll perform drastically better. It also handles gaming well, paired with even a 750Ti it can handle games such as Rocket League on High/Ultra settings at 70-100FPS, so paired with a better GPU will yield great results in even modern triple-A titles. Be sure to download the Ryzen Master software from AMD, where you can monitor the temperature accurately and adjust CPU settings, as well as the AMD Ryzen Chipset Drivers, which include a Windows power plan which is optimised for use with Ryzen CPUs. In conclusion, I couldn't be happier with this Ryzen 5 1600. Smashes competition in terms of price to performance, includes a great cooler and runs pretty much anything you can throw at it with ease. I would highly reccommend this processor.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing bang-for-buck performance
*by J***Y on 4 May 2017*

I originally paid £205 for this on the day it was available on Amazon and wow, it is fast! One of the best desktop computer components I've bought in a while. The Ryzen 5 1600 is rated at 65W TDP, which considering how much processing power is packed into this little beasty, is insanely energy efficient. The lower wattage also means it'll put out less heat than the 1600X. You can of course overclock the 1600 to nearly the same speed as the 1600X with the right cooling setup. As a reference for how good this CPU is at gaming, my new setup is: - This CPU (Ryzen 5 1600) - 16GB G.SKILL DDR4 RAM - XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB GDDR5 - DD Black Edition - Gigabyte GA-AB350 Gaming 3 Motherboard - 650W EVGA Gold-rated PSU Battlefield 1 runs at 60FPS, on ultra, at 1080p and uses between 45 - 55% of this CPU in a 64 player battle. BF1 is a resource heavy game so it makes a great starting point for testing out a new system. GTA V would also do the job nicely. I doubt this CPU will break a sweat if you want higher frame rates! Most other games I've tried so far (Space Engineers, Factorio, Hearthstone, Kerbal Space Program) don't come anywhere close to even 50% usage on this CPU. Factorio, one of the lightest games I've tried so far, takes as little as 1 - 2% of the CPU. But, I didn't buy this CPU for just gaming, I'm also a software developer and I can tell you, my compile times in Visual Studio have been drastically reduced with this CPU. If you're looking for a budget CPU which packs a lot of power while also providing a decent amount of future-proofing, this is the sweet spot! UPDATE: Now that I've had a decent amount of time to do some real work with the CPU, I can say that it is a content-creator's dream. It's ability to multi-task is definitely a major selling point if you're looking for a budget upgrade to your content-creation hardware. Expect nothing less from a 6-core, 12-thread CPU! UPDATE NOV 2017: I've been using this CPU for a good 6 months and it's been an absolute pleasure. Not a single issue. It performs as well as the first day I had it. It's also runs amazingly cool with the provided cooler. With past CPUs I've had to buy a separate third-party cooler to improve temperatures, but I haven't needed to with the Ryzen 1600. I've yet to find anything that can really push it to its limits in day to day use. Probably the best £205 I've ever spent and now its even cheaper!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ridiculous value
*by T***S on 15 May 2017*

This processor is simply amazing value at this price and the performance boost coming from my old fx8320 has completely blown me away. The general snappiness of my system seems much better and the games I play most have been hugely improved, notably the minimum FPS. The AM4 platform as a whole is excellent, with great value B350 motherboards capable of overclocking and a good upgrade path down the line as long as the Zen 2 and 3 meet expectations. It comfortably sweeps aside the i5 line up in terms of value, getting 3x the threads and only marginally lower IPC. With the stock cooler you are almost guaranteed an overclock of 3.7 Ghz at reasonable temperatures making this better value than the 1600x, especially as the 1600x comes without a stock cooler. The only thing I could possibly mention is that the overclocking results can vary and won't generally reach the same frequencies as its big brother the 1600x. If you already have a good aftermarket cooler, you might want to consider the 1600x if reaching 3.9 or 4 Ghz is important to you.

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