This AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Hot Deal Is $150 At Newegg With Two Bonus Digital Game Downloads

by Brandon Hill — Wednesday, May 01, 2019, 02:03 PM EDT

Today is AMD's 50th anniversary, and the company's retail partners are getting on the on the AMD50 celebration. Earlier this week, we told you about the Ryzen 7 2700X and Radeon VII Gold Editions, and now we've got an excellent deal on the mid-range Ryzen 5 2600.

Newegg currently has the processor on sale for $164.99, which is a price matched by other retailers like Amazon. However, with the coupon code EMCTYWT23, you'll get an additional discount which brings the price down to just $149.99 with free shipping. In order to take advantage of the discount code, you’ll need to sign up for Newegg’s email newsletter.

The Ryzen 5 2600 is a respectable gaming chip based on AMD's 12nm Zen+ microarchitecture. It features 6 physical cores capable of executing 12 total threads. The processor has a base clock of 3.4GHz and can boost to 3.9GHz. Other specs include 16MB of cache, support for dual-channel DDR4-2933 memory and a TDP of 65 watts. The Ryzen 5 2700 will get the best performance with a X470 motherboard, but is backwards compatible with X370. It will also work in the forthcoming X570 motherboards, which will support PCIe 4.0 and Ryzen 3000 Series 7nm Zen 2 processors.

In addition to the sweet $149.99 (after coupon) pricing, the AMD50 festivities mean that you will get digital codes to download Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Gold Edition and World War Z for free. Newegg says that the combined value for the two games is $139, but you'll get them automatically added to your cart for free during checkout.

If you're looking for a kickass gaming chip that won't break the back, you can grab it from Newegg by clicking the following the link.

Tags: deals, AMD, Newegg, (nasdaq:amd), ryzen 5 2600, zen+

Brandon Hill

Brandon received his first PC, an IBM Aptiva 310, in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since. He cut his teeth on computer building/repair working at a mom and pop computer shop as a plucky teen in the mid 90s and went on to join AnandTech as the Senior News Editor in 1999. Brandon would later help to form DailyTech where he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008 until 2014. Brandon is a tech geek at heart, and family members always know where to turn when they need free tech support. When he isn’t writing about the tech hardware or studying up on the latest in mobile gadgets, you’ll find him browsing forums that cater to his long-running passion: automobiles.

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