AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Processor (16Cores/32Threads, 105W TDP, Socket AM4, 72MB Cache, Up to 4.9 GHz Max Boost, no cooler)

System Spes:Ryzen 7 5800x6600xt32 GB of RAM @3200ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II (most recent bios)My god. This is a huge upgrade for me coming from a 3600. I knew it would be fast, but this is mental! The performance difference in games is incredible. Elden Ring for example, would drop a few fps here and there with a reshade and texture packs. Not anymore. Its holding a constant 60fps everything at maximum with a 6600xt. Same for other games like Ghost of Tsushima, God of War, (which suffered from terrible stutters.) The 5800x has amazed me. I'm really looking forward to getting my 6700xt next month now.As for temps. Its all good so far and my fan isn't that great. I'm changing out my fan tomorrow for a new Peerless Assassin so I think this will be a major help as I think I can hear my fan being a little to active. Temps are still very good though. I highly reccomend this CPU.Edit: After a night of stress testing on cinebench with the Peerless Assassin, stock cpu settings 100% sustained load did not get over 72 C both single and multicore. Stock clocks are very stable. Boosting to 4.5/4.6mhz. Idle temp is 50 C max. 40/44w power usage. I did undervolt it and did really well. There's a lot to play with. I just put it back to stock as its performing 200% better than my previous cpu at stock.Edit:24/07/2024 Still going very strong. Seems to have worn in so to speak. Great temps all around. Single core performance is amazing. I've seen it hit 4.875 100% load using Traktor DJ to re-analyze my entire music collection over 4 hours. Could also listen to tracks in Traktor and browse the net watch youtube. Gaming wise really good. With a 6600xt its the differnce between medium and high/very high shadows, textures, screen space reflections. A 6700XT is my next upgrade.Edit:14/12/2024 Cpu is still performing really, really well. Very stable and fantastic temps paired with the Peerless Assassin SE fan. My gpu is starting to struggle so time to upgrade that lol.

Fantastic product the 5800x is a solid cpu capable of multitasking and gaming video editing etcIts considered an older generation cpu now but it can still make light work of AAA games playing with good frame rates and high setting s although this also depends on your graphics card but I found this chip amazing for the price and perfect for mid range budget buildsIt runs standard at 3.8 ghz but can safely be over clocked and function upto 4.7ghz its AM4 socket and doesn't have on board graphics so its better paired with a suitable gpuIts a 8 core processor with 16 threads so Fantastic at multitasking and general use

Good cpu. High stability and zero problems so far (after 2 years of daily use, about 10-12 hours per day). Good for all games I've tried out, both older titles and new tiple A games. I also do a lot of editing in both Photoshop and Premiere Pro and it works great in both; very few stutters and the extra core count helps when having multiple different editing suites open at once.

This is a great price for this CPU, and a serious contender if you're going to be buying a discrete GPU and building your own PC. Ryzen 7 5700X offers great base speeds with lots of cache on 8 cores, and will happily accept some tweaking and overclocking. Some folks have worried about CPU bottlenecking with higher-end GPUs, but this works very well with a 7900XTX, and bottlenecking is only going to be an issue with huge GPU demand and a lot of back-end processes or demand placed on the CPU. Cyberpunk 2077 in 4k at 200fps? Easy. This is a GREAT mid-range CPU, and the L3 cache (one of AMD's cornerstones) is the same as most of the 7000 series Ryzen processors.However, with it not being a flagship model, most lower- and many mid-ranged motherboards may not support the chip straight out of the box. But don't let that deter you..... If you opt for a motherboard like mine (MSI) and face a similar issue - needing to update firmware/BIOS - don't worry. Follow the video guides on YouTube and in manuals and you'll be fine. But remember: format a new, small USB2 drive in FAT32, Google is your friend for this and for checking a partition is MBR (if you're very particular), download the exact version of BIOS required, and rename the file AND extension as directed. If you then boot from a Windows Installation Media drive, you'll get a fresh install of Windows without any bloatware or rootkits from any device manufacturer!Very easy to install - be gentle and cautious (and consider an antistatic wristband), line up the triangles, and don't force anything. Stability is a proven strength, and Ryzen Master is a good monitoring tool; the CPU voltage remains constant after idling for several hours with core temperature peaking at 30°C. Make sure you apply the thermal paste evenly, making sure to avoid leaving a blank spot. Appearance-wise? It's a chip. In an unnecessarily large box.Clean install of Windows 11 and up-and-running in less than an hour. Don't forget this chip DOESN'T HAVE INTEGRATED GRAPHICS AND DOESN'T COME WITH A STOCK COOLER, but let the CPU do CPU things and invest in a GPU of your choice. Plus, if you're opting for a CPU without integrated graphics, you'll probably be doing something with the cooling, right?As others have said (and this review highlighted previously), there must be some issue with the Amazon/seller/logistics/delivery process. I had multiple notifications about updates to tracking, but nothing informative on the Amazon platform. I was told, multiple times, that it had been dispatched, or tracking information was available, which did cause me some distress and confusion when seeing other reviews. I strongly suspect there's some issue between the vendor's platform, Amazon, tracking/delivery service, and how their systems speak to each other.