The most affordable entry point into Ryzen 9000 gets even cheaper.

The AMD Ryzen 5 9600X remains the most affordable entry point into the Ryzen 9000 generation of chips that yielded modest gains in gaming performance over the previous generation, but with some more solid movement in their efficiency. If you want to grab this capable six core/12 thread chip at a decent price, it's down to £180 from Overclockers, saving you £69 (nice) on its previous list price, plua using code PCPPFREEDEL nets you free delivery.

The 9600X may not have moved the needle too much against the last-gen 7600X, although still provided some decent generational uplift, as we noted in our review. We saw a near 11 percent boost for the newer in the notoriously limiting Flight Simulator 2020 in our testing, with its 62.93fps average at 1080p sitting above the beefier 7700X, too. Margins were a little smaller in Hitman World of Assassination, with the 9600X having a near seven percent lead over its predecessor, and a 208.40fps result at 1080p that's virtually identical to the 7700X.

The content creation results are a little more promising, with the 9600X delivering a 16 percent boost in single core speeds in Cinebench 2024, and an 11 percent jump in multi-threaded tasks. The single-core margin actually matches AMD's own gains in IPC, or instructions per clock, for the newer Ryzen 9000 chips in their own benchmarking.

If you want to grab a capable, modern AMD CPU for a bargain price with free delivery, look no further than this potent Overclockers deal.