Question 1

What time will the 9950x3D be available in Eastern Time?

Accepted Answer

It never really went on sale as a stand alone product, Newegg simply bundled almost all of their 9950X3ds with motherboards and other hard to move items. Also Newegg wont do anything to stop scalpers and considering scalpers will resell the item on Newegg market place it is double win for Newegg and one major loss for the consumer. Newegg is my vendor of last result, I only go to Newegg if I can't get it somewhere else and that is rarely the case.

Question 2

When will this be available?

Accepted Answer

Just got in stock. Buy it while you can @9:36 EST

Question 3

How does the AMD RYZEN 9 9950X3D perform in terms of heat generation?

Accepted Answer

I guess it depends on what you plan to do! It may be noted for cooler temps, but I am finding when running LLM's on my computer, it gets pretty hot, even with a liquid cooler. It will spike right before the fans kick in for the cooler, then it cools down a little.  In fact, I am planning to swap out the thermal paste which came with the cooler and put my own on in hopes of bringing the temps down a little when running hot. For everything else though, the temps seem to run fine.

Question 4

What is the thermal design power (TDP) and typical power consumption of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D under heavy workloads?

Accepted Answer

The thermal design power (TDP) of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D is 170W, which means it’s designed to run at that power level under typical heavy workloads. In real-world scenarios, power consumption can exceed this during intensive multi-threaded tasks but generally stays close to the specified 170W, so a robust cooling solution is recommended to maintain performance.

Keep in mind, while this 170W TDP is higher than many older Ryzen models, the large cache and integrated Radeon graphics add efficiency benefits for certain workloads. If your use case is mostly gaming or single-threaded tasks, actual power draw might be lower, but for sustained productivity tasks like rendering, expect to run near the TDP ceiling.

Question 5

Would a Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 provide sufficient cooling for this?

Accepted Answer

Yes, I used one to cool mine. It'll run a little hoy depending on your settings/load but i ranged from around 50-60c idle temps and 70s under load

Question 6

Is the AMD RYZEN 9 9950X3D a good CPU for gaming?

Accepted Answer

If you buy a Gigabyte motherboard, you can enable X3D turbo mode which disables a CCD making this CPU an 8 core processor with more cache than the 9800x3D and runs cooler. You then have the option to turn it back on for professional work that uses more than 8 cores.

Question 7

Can the AMD RYZEN 9 9950X3D be paired with G Skill Trident N5 DDR5 RAM?

Accepted Answer

Technically you can. I would first check the motherboard compatibility. I even tested  Intel XMP and AMD Expo rams, and I got the same speed for both, just make sure your rams are compatible with your motherboard

Question 8

I ve been waiting for 1 hour hitting refresh and nothing, why is new egg not doing anything about bots?

Accepted Answer

Because they are lazy, cowardly, and don't care about real customers.

Question 9

How many actual CPUs did you have for this paper launch?

Accepted Answer

It's not paper, just bundled lol.  Had to get mine with a WD Black 2TB NVME.  Already have shipping info and ordered at like 09:32 am.  Scalpers got the stand alone chips, the average Joe has to get bundled combos

Question 10

It's 6:11 AM PST and still no CPU. What's going on? I've been hitting refresh since 5:55am PST.

Accepted Answer

It was sold out at 0932 but not for combo deal so got mine with an NVME.

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