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This is my first AMD CPU since the days of the Athlon 64 X 2. I had really liked the AMD chips (I still have a working K6-III 450 that OCs to 600MHz on an old Compaq Presario), and my first builds in the early 2000s were all AMD. But I shifted to Intel with the introduction of the Core2Duo line of CPUs which were amazingly cool-running and OCable and never went back to AMD until now. My last Intel build which I still use was an i5-13600k build from 2023, a great cpu. But Intel seems kind of stalled right now, so I opted for AMD Ryzen. I have never spent such a large sum on a cpu (and adjusting for inflation), but I'm old and decided to go for it. Using this cpu has been a learning curve to say the least, with CCDs, 3d cache, core parking, and other features of these chips with which I was unfamiliar. But wow, this 9950X3D is jaw-dropping. Currently, I am not OCing but I am undervolting. And at stock, some of the CCD1 cores run at 5750+ stable, and all the CCD0 at 5500+. None of my temps (package, CCD or individual cores) exceed mid-70s (peak bursts) and average in the mid-60s under gaming (FS 2024, Cyberpunk 2077) or benchmark (OCCT, Cinebench) demands. And this is using only a 240mm AIO. The AMD chipset drivers work great, and when paired with Win 11 Game Bar and a Win 11 Balanced power option, the non-3D cached cores idle at 4.3GHz when gaming just as they are supposed to do. This is all new to me, but I've learned, and it's just magic. I'm using a 5070 Ti and 64G of Corsair Vengeance (I bought in early 2025 when it was cheap). My gaming is smooth, apps the same (it blows through Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop), and everything snaps. Hats off to AMD.

nice and fast running on a Z690 ASUS hero

- Fast - Not too hot when gaming - FAAAST

Best processor gaming

I am upgrading from a 5800X3D and should have got in last winter before the RAMpacalypse got this bad but alas I did not and now pay the price of FOMO. This CPU is a placeholder for the future Ryzen 7 11800X3D.

16 core 32 threats. Powerful and less power demand.

- fast, does what it says it can do - easy to OC

Great efficiency and speed. Great temps and solid as a rock!

I think I may have won the silicon lottery. The CPU I received seems to be benchmarking higher then a lot of compairble I9 14900k's. Could also be that there is just not a lot of results yet. Time will tell. This however is a big jump up from the I5 13600K from a application workload perspective. I plan on having this for atleast a couple generations.

-Loads of P-cores and E-cores -High clock speeds -Plays any video game or task I throw at it like its nothing. Chews it up and spits it out

- Runs fairly cool at idle, around 37-38C for me using push-pull AIO setup. - When under heavy load for bench and stress tests, I've barely exceeded 80C. - With some tweaking, was able to get it up to around 5.6Ghz OC and undervolting using PBO settings. - Doesn't even break a sweat while gaming or doing anything else.

Simple setup.

Great performance, low cost Stock cooler actually looks nice

Decent price point, especially when compared to the i9. I've had it for a month now and it's been performing wonderfully.

its a 11th gen i7 its not a slouch at anything wont keep up with the new gens but it sure is a hell of a good cpu

-Super fast, coming from a 3700x, this is a superb upgrade. -Uses next gen DDR5. -Very tunable, have been using PBO and curve optimizer -30 and this thing screams! -Pins on the motherboard, not the CPU anymore, no more bent pins or CPU stuck to the cooler when removing it from the socket like on AM4!!

Speed and over clocking

65 watt but also 3.6ghz with 6 cores. Great price!

Basically a beefed up 12400F Higher Clocks More Cache