AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Best processor next to buying a 2500 dolla threadripper. So fast for gaming and multitasking. Nothing beats this!

Pared this with a MSI MEG X570 ACE and found that I can do 4.5 all core stable (working on getting better cooling as heat from 16 cores needs to go somewhere). It beats the heck out of my Skylake X 10 core i9 in Cinebench. No it doesnt have 44 pcie lanes that the i9 has, but I never needed it anyway, just 32gigs ram, 2 NVME and a video card. If you are strictly gaming the 5900x should be enough, but throw in any content creation and the 5950xs 16 cores is beast mode for sure.

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Fastest single core performance CPU on the market. Add 16 more cores and you have a winner. No complaints. Can be used for gaming and software development and 3D rendering and video editing ... it really is a one stop shop CPU, does it ALL.

Assuming you have the correct socket type this is a very easy install and it works great

I feel this way for almost every computer part but tested this out on a single gaming/streaming pc just to get a huge frame drop when streaming. Better off getting a dual pc setup. I thought the high core count on this would be able to handle the workload even though i had a 3080 with it. This might work well for 144hz gamers but maintaining a 240 ballpark fps is impossible

Great CPU. Mine came defective, and would reboot the computer whenever it went idle. I changed power states, and the only way to avoid this issue was to lock highest operating state, which is unacceptable.

Bought this to replace my 3900x as I wanted more single core performance and I was running a lot of VM’s. Needless to say this thing is a powerhouse.

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Mark up is high. great for productivity. Id get 5900 for most non edge case scenarios though given the price difference. It has more cache per core, and that shows in a lot of workloads. Intel is also more compelling now thankfully.