- AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5060, 8 GB
- 16 GB DDR4-RAM
- 512 GB M.2 2280 PCIe SSD
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- AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- MSI GeForce RTX 3050, 6 GB
- 16 GB DDR4-RAM
- 500 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
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- AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050, 8 GB
- 16 GB DDR4-RAM
- 512 GB M.2 2280 PCIe SSD
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- AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- ASUS Radeon RX 9060, 8 GB
- 16 GB DDR4-RAM
- 512 GB M.2 2280 PCIe SSD
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- AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- MSI GeForce RTX 3050, 6 GB
- 16 GB DDR4-RAM
- 500 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
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- AMD Ryzen 5 5500
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5060, 8 GB
- 16 GB DDR4-RAM
- 500 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
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- AMD Ryzen 5 8400F, 6x 4200 MHz
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5060, 8 GB
- 16 GB DDR5-RAM
- 500 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
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- AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- XFX Radeon RX 9060, 8 GB
- 16 GB DDR4-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
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- AMD Ryzen 7 5700
- MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, 8 GB incl. 007 - First Light
- 16 GB DDR4-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe SSD Crucial E100
- ASUS PRIME B550M-K ARGB
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- AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- XFX Radeon RX 9060 XT, 8 GB
- 16 GB DDR4-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
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- AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- ASUS Radeon RX 9060 XT, 16 GB
- 16 GB DDR4-RAM
- 512 GB M.2 2280 PCIe SSD
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- AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5060, 8 GB
- 32 GB DDR4-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
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- AMD Ryzen 5 8400F, 6x 4200 MHz
- MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, 8 GB incl. 007 - First Light
- 16 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- Water cooling
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- AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5060, 8 GB
- 32 GB DDR4-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS PRIME B550M-K ARGB
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- AMD Ryzen 7 5700
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, 16 GB incl. 007 - First Light
- 16 GB DDR4-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
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- AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, 6x 3700 MHz
- ASUS Radeon RX 9060 XT, 16 GB
- 16 GB DDR5-RAM
- 500 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS PRIME B840M-A WIFI
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- AMD Ryzen 5 8400F, 6x 4200 MHz
- MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, 8 GB incl. 007 - First Light
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
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- AMD Ryzen 7 8700F, 8x 4100 MHz
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, 16 GB incl. 007 - First Light
- 16 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS PRIME B840M-A WIFI
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- AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D, 6x 4000 MHz
- ASUS Radeon RX 9060 XT, 16 GB
- 16 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS PRIME B840M-A WIFI
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- AMD Ryzen 5 8400F, 6x 4200 MHz
- ASUS Radeon RX 9060 XT, 16 GB
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS PRIME B840M-A WIFI
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- AMD Ryzen 9 9900X, 12x 4400 MHz
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5060, 8 GB
- 16 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- GIGABYTE B850 Gaming WIFI6
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- AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5070, 12 GB
- 32 GB DDR4-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- MSI B550-A PRO
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- AMD Ryzen 7 8700F, 8x 4100 MHz
- ASUS Radeon RX 9070, 16 GB includes a Gamesplanet voucher
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 500 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD MSI Spatium M450
- ASUS PRIME B840M-A WIFI
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- AMD Ryzen 5 8400F, 6x 4200 MHz
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5070, 12 GB
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS PRIME B840M-A WIFI
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- AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 8x 4200 MHz
- ASUS Radeon RX 9070 XT, 16 GB includes a 100,- € Gamesplanet voucher
- 16 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS PRIME B840M-A WIFI
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- AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D, 6x 4000 MHz
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5070, 12 GB
- 16 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS PRIME B840M-A WIFI
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- AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5070, 12 GB
- 32 GB DDR4-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- MSI B550-A PRO
- Windows 11 Home, 64Bit, incl. installation
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- AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D, 6x 4000 MHz
- ASUS Radeon RX 9070 XT, 16 GB includes a 100,- € Gamesplanet voucher
- 16 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS B650E Max Gaming WIFI
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- AMD Ryzen 9 7900, 12x 3700 MHz
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, 16 GB incl. 007 - First Light
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS PRIME B840M-A WIFI
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- AMD Ryzen 7 8700F, 8x 4100 MHz
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5070, 12 GB
- 32 GB DDR5 RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- MSI Pro B840M-P WIFI6E
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- AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D, 6x 4000 MHz
- ASUS Radeon RX 9070, 16 GB includes a Gamesplanet voucher
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS PRIME B840M-A WIFI
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- AMD Ryzen 7 7700, 8x 3800 MHz
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5070, 12 GB
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- MSI Pro B840M-P WIFI6E
- Water cooling
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- AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 8x 4200 MHz
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5070, 12 GB
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- MSI Pro B840M-P WIFI6E
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- AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, 6x 3900 MHz
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5070, 12 GB
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- MSI Pro B840M-P WIFI6E
- Water cooling
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- AMD Ryzen 7 8700F, 8x 4100 MHz
- MSI GeForce RTX 5070, 12 GB incl. 007 - First Light
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
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- AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 8x 4200 MHz
- ASUS Radeon RX 9070 XT, 16 GB includes a 100,- € Gamesplanet voucher
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS PRIME B840M-A WIFI
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- AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 8x 4200 MHz
- ASUS Radeon RX 9070 XT, 16 GB includes a 100,- € Gamesplanet voucher
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS TUF GAMING B850-E WiFi
- water cooling
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- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- ASUS Radeon RX 9070 XT, 16 GB includes a 100,- € Gamesplanet voucher
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe SSD Crucial E100
- ASUS B650E Max Gaming WIFI
- water cooling
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- AMD Ryzen 9 7900, 12x 3700 MHz
- ASUS Radeon RX 9070 XT, 16 GB includes a 100,- € Gamesplanet voucher
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS TUF GAMING B650-E WiFi
- water cooling
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- AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 8x 4200 MHz
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5070, 12 GB
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 2000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS B650E Max Gaming WIFI
- water cooling
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- AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, 12x 4700 MHz
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5070, 12 GB
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 2000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS TUF GAMING B650-E WiFi
- water cooling
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- AMD Ryzen 9 7900, 12x 3700 MHz
- ASUS Radeon RX 9070 XT, 16 GB includes a 100,- € Gamesplanet voucher
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS TUF GAMING B650-E WiFi
- water cooling
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- AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, 12x 4700 MHz
- ASUS GeForce RTX 5070, 12 GB
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 2000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS TUF GAMING B650-E WiFi
- water cooling
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- AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, 6x 3900 MHz
- MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, 16 GB incl. 007 - First Light
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 2000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- MSI Pro B840M-P WIFI6E
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- AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 8x 4200 MHz
- MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, 16 GB incl. 007 - First Light
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 1000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS B650E Max Gaming WIFI
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- AMD Ryzen 9 9900X, 12x 4400 MHz
- ASUS Radeon RX 9070 XT, 16 GB includes a 100,- € Gamesplanet voucher
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 2000 GB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD Kingston NV3
- ASUS B650E Max Gaming WIFI
- Water cooling
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- AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 8x 4200 MHz
- ASUS Radeon RX 9060 XT, 16 GB
- 32 GB DDR5-RAM
- 4000 GB M.2 PCIe 5.0 SSD Kingston FURY Renegade G5
- ASUS B850M Max Gaming WIFI
- water cooling
Model guide: The right Ryzen performance class for your budget
| Processor series | Typical use cases | Technical highlight | Budget category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 5 (e.g. 9600X) | WQHD gaming, eSports titles, all‑round use | Excellent price‑to‑performance ratio | up to 1000 € |
| Ryzen 7 (e.g. 9700X) | High‑end gaming, gaming & streaming, multitasking | Strong all‑rounder with good efficiency | 1000 – 1500 € |
| Ryzen 7 X3D (e.g. 9800X3D) | Enthusiast gaming, competitive eSports, high FPS targets | Optimized by 3D V‑Cache for gaming performance | 1500 – 2500 € |
| Ryzen 9 (e.g. 9950X) | Workstation‑grade loads, rendering, 3D applications & gaming | Up to 16 cores and 32 threads for multi‑threaded workloads | from 2500 € |
3D V‑Cache for higher gaming FPS
In many modern games, Ryzen CPUs with 3D V‑Cache benefit significantly from the additional cache capacity stacked vertically on the CPU die. Processors such as the Ryzen 7 9800X3D or Ryzen 7 7800X3D use this technology to reduce latencies under data‑intensive workloads and deliver more stable frametimes and higher peak FPS, particularly in CPU‑heavy titles like open‑world games or simulations. For gaming enthusiasts, X3D models on both Ryzen‑7000 and Ryzen‑9000 platforms offer an attractive performance option.
Smart Access Memory (SAM) for more performance
AMD Ryzen gaming PCs can leverage Smart Access Memory (SAM) when paired with an AMD Radeon graphics card. SAM expands the CPU’s access to the GPU’s video memory, which can result in an additional performance gain in the two‑digit percentage range in many games. This technology is a key feature of AMD’s combined CPU/GPU platform and especially benefits users with Radeon‑based systems who aim for higher FPS and richer detail settings.
AM5 platform: Future‑proof with DDR5 & PCIe 5.0
The AM5 socket underpins both Ryzen‑7000 and Ryzen‑9000 generations. This platform combines DDR5 memory with PCIe 5.0 interfaces for GPU and SSD bandwidth and lets you run both Ryzen series on the same class of motherboards. AMD has committed to support the AM5 platform at least until 2027, meaning you can upgrade your Ryzen gaming PC with newer processors in the future without replacing the motherboard—a clear advantage for long‑term gaming‑system planning.
Ryzen™ vs. Intel® Core™: Which is better for your gaming PC?
When choosing between AMD and Intel, your primary use case often makes the difference. While Intel® Core™ Ultra processors often shine in hybrid workloads (content creation plus gaming), AMD Ryzen™ X3D models dominate pure gaming benchmarks. The stacked L3‑cache ensures extremely low latencies, making AMD the preferred choice for eSports professionals and simulation‑oriented gamers. In addition, the AM5 platform frequently offers a longer motherboard‑socket lifespan compared to Intel, which can make future CPU upgrades more cost‑efficient.
Compare our systems directly with the Intel® Core™ Ultra PCs or the classic Intel® Core™ systems.
BIOS update and stability via CSL service
Modern Ryzen CPUs require a recent BIOS/UEFI version so that the socket, memory and PCIe devices work correctly. At CSL, all Ryzen gaming systems—both 7000‑ and 9000‑based variants—are flashed with the latest BIOS version before shipping and thoroughly tested for stability, temperature management and boost behavior. You benefit from robust, sustained performance right out of the box, with no need to perform BIOS updates in everyday use. Customize your individual system in the Gaming PC Configurator and optionally choose an NVIDIA GeForce graphics card or an AMD Radeon GPU to fully exploit the AM5 platform.
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about AMD Ryzen gaming PCs
Which Ryzen processor is best for gaming?
Ryzen‑7 X3D models (for example, Ryzen 7 9800X3D or 7800X3D) typically deliver the highest gaming FPS within the Ryzen family, on both Ryzen‑7000 and Ryzen‑9000 systems.
Does a Ryzen system on AM5 require DDR5 RAM?
Yes, Ryzen processors on the AM5 platform require DDR5 memory. For stable, high‑performance operation, we recommend modules with AMD EXPO profiles tuned to 6000 MHz or higher, which can be applied without manual overclocking.
Which advantages does socket AM5 offer over older platforms?
AM5 supports modern standards such as DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0 SSDs and GPUs, as well as a longer platform roadmap. The promised support until at least 2027 makes it easier to upgrade from Ryzen‑7000 to Ryzen‑9000 processors without changing the motherboard.
Is a Ryzen 9 worth it for a pure gaming PC?
A Ryzen‑9 CPU is especially interesting if you frequently stream, edit videos, run 3D applications or engage in heavy multitasking alongside gaming. For pure gaming setups, Ryzen‑5 and Ryzen‑7 X3D models often provide a better value‑for‑money balance.
Can I use an NVIDIA graphics card with a Ryzen 9000 system?
Yes, Ryzen processors on the AM5 platform are fully compatible with NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards. You can use ray tracing, DLSS and all other NVIDIA technologies without limitations.
How does Smart Access Memory affect performance?
Smart Access Memory expands the CPU’s access to the graphics memory of a Radeon GPU. In many games this leads to an additional performance boost in the two‑digit percent range and helps support higher resolutions and detail levels.
How important is cooling for Ryzen‑9000 processors?
Although the Zen‑5 architecture is highly efficient, higher‑end models (Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 9) benefit from powerful air coolers or AIO water‑cooling. Good cooling lets the CPU maintain higher boost clocks more consistently, especially during long gaming sessions with high CPU load.
Matching performance levels at CSL
Compare Ryzen gaming PCs with our other high‑end platforms and find the right performance tier for your use case: