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AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler

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Features

  • Item Package Dimension: 5.43L x 5.27W x 2.86H inches
  • Item Package Weight - 0.97 Pounds
  • Item Package Quantity - 1
  • Product Type - COMPUTER PROCESSOR

Description

AMD StoreMI Technology A fast and easy way to expand and accelerate the storage in a desktop PC with an AMD Ryzen™ processor.

Brand: AMD


CPU Manufacturer: AMD


CPU Model: Ryzen 5


CPU Speed: 4.2 GHz


CPU Socket: Socket AM4


Processor: ‎4.2 GHz ryzen_5


Brand: ‎AMD


Series: ‎AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with Wraith Stealth Cooler


Item model number: ‎AMD Ryzen 5 5500


Item Weight: ‎15.2 ounces


Product Dimensions: ‎1.57 x 1.57 x 0.1 inches


Item Dimensions LxWxH: ‎1.57 x 1.57 x 0.1 inches


Color: ‎Ceramic Gray


Processor Brand: ‎AMD


Number of Processors: ‎1


Computer Memory Type: ‎DIMM


Manufacturer: ‎AMD


Country of Origin: ‎Malaysia


Date First Available: ‎April 4, 2022


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Top Amazon Reviews


  • Great Processor!
Everything went smoothly after installing the CPU in my Gigabyte A320M motherboard. The fan cooler performs excellently and operates very quietly. My PC now feels much smoother, running almost any game in high graphics quality when paired with the AMD RX 6600 graphics card. The system's overall stability has also noticeably improved. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2024 by Diego García

  • Installed into PRIME B550-PLUS
Everything works perfect in the PRIME B550-PLUS and I flashed the BIOS to 3611 no problems. Good litte system. buy it
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2024 by Cliff

  • Great CPU
Good for my gaming pc, perfect pair for my RX 6600. Temps barely get above 80 while under load using the stock cooler. Great buy!
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2024 by Jackson

  • Great Value and price
nice and fast
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2024 by Matthew Carl

  • Good CPU, well priced
This is a good CPU to get you onto an AM4 motherboard, if that's where you want to be for now. It doesn't have PCIe 4.0, but you are not likely to need that unless you are managing a data center, that is why AMD made the consious decision to limit this to PCIe 3.0... you simply don't need PCIe Gen 4 whether you understand why or not. The pricing of this CPU at under $100 is totally right, and it feels good to go with this and not be stuck with an Intel motherboard, given the problems with Intel's CPUs. This AMD CPU has 12 threads, which gives you a good ability to game and stream live... I think this CPU is great for a practical/value gaming system. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2024 by Adam

  • Budget Friendly Gaming CPU
For several years, AMD has consistently put out solid products in the CPU space. Many would argue that their Ryzen series processors, de-throned Intel as the premier CPU manufacturer, and I would tend to agree in most circumstances. The value and performance from this CPU is fantastic. You can regularly find this processor for under $100, at the time of this review, it can be had for $80. You can't hope to find value like this from Intel, at least not currently. Released in April 2022, the Ryzen 5 5500 is a great choice for someone who is looking for a budget friendly and performant processor, whether it be for gaming or casual computer use. It's got 6 cores and 12 threads, which means that it's more modern architecture makes it viable for longer. A TDP of 65w(watts), means that it's a relatively easy processor to power, so you won't need a high-powered rig to run it, and the inclusion of a cooler in the box, means you have everything you need to put it into your system and go. The Wraith coolers from AMD, are nothing to write home about, but it's additional value for your money that you don't find much nowadays. It's on the AM4 socket, which AMD will be supporting for at least a few more years, although they no longer release new CPUs for this socket. It's pretty clear that AM4 still has some solid staying power, so I would expect some decent longevity with it. All in all, I'd highly recommend this CPU. My fiancé got it for her first desktop, to do gaming and media consumption, and we've both been very happy with it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2024 by Gabe D.

  • It does it's job.
For me CPUs like this, which are budget CPUs are mostly about the price. For $100 USD or less this is an excellent buy. If it's more than that, uhhhh. I'll take the 5600 for $130 Bob. While this is a Zen 3 CPU, it's not PCIe gen4 and you should be aware of this before buying. It's not the same line of CPU that most Zen 3 CPUs which are Vermeer. This is Cezanne. There are 3 Cezanne CPUs, the other two are OEM only, meaning they only come in a PC you buy from a company that makes PCs like Dell, etc........ For the most part this isn't a problem because it's a budget CPU, however if you pair this with something like an AMD Radeon 6500 XT which only uses 4 PCIe lanes to connect to the CPU, you'll get bad performance. So don't do that. Otherwise as long as you pair this with at least an 8 PCIe lane GPU it works fine. You take a tiny hit in GPU performance but not enough to worry about. The bigger hit comes with the NVMe drives, especially in 2023 and going forward. There are now MANY NVMe disks that are a lot faster than 4GB/s, and to give as simple explanation as I can, a PCIe lane is a serial data line. The way a PCIe device/bus works is by grouping a certain amount of lanes so that you get the speed of a single PCIe lane times the number of lanes you have. Any NVMe disk has 4 lanes. It also means the port you plug it into along with what it connects to (CPU, motherboard chipset) has 4 PCIe lanes that it will connect with. So, you get 4 PCIe lanes. So now you need to know the data speed for each lane. For PCIe gen3, the speed of each lane is 1GB/s. For PCIe gen4 the speed of each lane is 2GB/s. So, with this CPU, the best you can get is a data transfer rate of 4GB/s to an NVMe disk. That's it. The newest disks coming out the end of 2022, and 2023 can hit speeds near 9GB/s. Now, most data transfers to/from NVMe disks can't run at that speed. However many disks can run many data transfers faster than 4GB/s, so that means a CPU that runs PCIe gen3 is slowing down modern NVMe disks that can run gen4 or now gen5 speeds. But that's not a statement that has a clear meaning, because just because a disk is called gen4, it doesn't mean most of the data transfers to/from that disk will run at the full bandwidth of PCIe gen4 x4 lanes = 8GB/s. Most gen4 disks rarely hit that speed if ever. Only the most expensive ones do. BUT once again many will run different types of transfers above 4GB/s. So that's the description of what it means to have PCIe gen3 when dealing with modern NVMe disks. You're going to slow down some of the data transfers, not all, depending on how fast (which also means more expensive) the disk is. Yes for a general purpose PC build this is good enough and it's a low cost option that's really good at $100 USD or less. However if the price of this starts to get closer to the Ryzen 5600, I'd rather buy the 5600 because that's PCIe gen4 which is as good as it gets with an AMD AM4 motherboard. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2023 by D. Barker

  • Great cpu
Works great
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2024 by David

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