This is a benchmark session, as usual, where we'll be taking an old Ryzen 5 1600 system and upgrade it with the Ryzen 5 5600 to see what's what on gaming.

The 16GB RAM are nice, as is the GTX 1060. The Ryzen 5 1600 may have only half the single threaded performance of the shiny new Ryzen 7000 models, but it'll last for a few more years no problem.

We finally get some time to analyze AMD's Ryzen 5 1600 and Ryzen 5 1400 processors. Should you consider them for a lower-end build? Let's see.

AMD's Ryzen 5 1600X CPU can overclock very well when doused in liquid nitrogen, even to the point of trouncing Intel chips in some tests.

AMD's Ryzen 5 1600 AF CPU is a strange one. Although it bears the '1600' name, it's not the same chip at all, and is in fact faster than the original Ryzen 5 1600.

Climbing up the Ryzen ladder you'll next find the six-core, 12-thread Ryzen 5 1600 ($145.99 at Amazon) , and the top-end Ryzen 5 1600X that we're looking at here.

We put what could be the best value Ryzen 5 processor to the test as we benchmark the six-core Ryzen 5 1600 (without the X). The 1600 will be tested and overclocked to see how much value you can ...

An early review of AMD's new Ryzen 5 1600 CPU has appeared online and even if the results are not release grade, they are impressive.

In addition, Ryzen requires the new AM4 socket across all CPUs. Here we have two SKUs of Ryzen 5 CPUs for review: the 1600X and 1500X, which retail for $249 USD and $189 USD, respectively.

Climbing up the Ryzen ladder you'll next find the six-core, 12-thread Ryzen 5 1600 ($145.99 at Amazon) , and the top-end Ryzen 5 1600X that we're looking at here.