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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core 3.8 GHz Socket AM4 105W 100-100000063WOF Desktop Processor
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- 7nm 105W
- 32MB L3 Cache
- 4MB L2 Cache
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- Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
- Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years
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- Return for refund within: 30 days
- Return for replacement within: 30 days
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Pros: The best gaming CPU available, bar none, and I can even argue that against the 5900x or 5950x. With a solid cooler I am seeing stable boost clocks to 4.9GHz. Higher all core boost clocks than the 5900x can sustain. Single CCX that leverages the OS scheduler more efficiently. Wicked fast IPC. B550 or X570 compatibility and platform benefits therein. Fastest individual cores for any current computing task (gaming or productivity). The hype was real, the reviews are real, this CPU is a beast and in the purpose of a gaming system, this is absolutely the best CPU overall that money can buy.
Cons: Cooling, bring a solid cooler to rumble with this CPU because it puts out serious heat. Granted this isn't an issue for some, and you do get performance for the heat it puts out, BE READY FOR IT. Don't cheap out, don't hope that a mid-range air cooler can do the job. Bring your cooling A-game because this thing will put it to the test. Aside from that, it's a bit pricey, and in my opinion it's slightly overpriced. AMD has traditionally been a "value brand", so the perception that this is a performance part is certainly dictated by price, I just don't like it as I viewed Intel CPU's as already overpriced. If you take the subjective relative opinion about price out of the equation, this is not so much of a con, as a gripe.
Overall Review: Price gripe aside, I absolutely recommend this CPU. It stands alone as king of the gaming hill. If you get a 5900x, you stand to lose some practical gaming performance as developers are not efficiently optimizing 12 threads, let alone 16. Stepping up in core counts is a good move for productivity and applications that are multithreaded above 16, but for gaming, the high IPC, higher sustained boosts, and unique thermal profile and performance makes this the best gaming CPU known to mankind for the moment. We'll see what Rocketlake truly brings to the table, and what that value equation looks like. If you just want to be team red, this CPU doesn't let you down. For absolute performance aside from your brand preference, this CPU still doesn't let you down. If you bleed blue, this is still the CPU for you as I can make the argument you shouldn't stymie your experience over brand loyalty, given the performance gap. This CPU outperforms the 10900k despite the core advantage the 10900k has, when you factor in thermal profile, performance IPC per core, and the consequent multithreading performance STILL being higher despite fewer threads, you can wait for Rocketlake if you are just an Intel fan. If you're just looking to do your upgrade today and are fine with future hardware being comparable or changing the value equation, you'll be satisfied with this purchase.