Newegg has
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 3.4GHz 16-Core 32-Thread Desktop Processor (100-100000059WOF) on sale for
$618.89 when you checkout via Zip Payment (see deal instructions below).
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member
trandav for sharing this deal.
Deal Instructions:- Add AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 3.4GHz 16-Core 32-Thread Desktop Processor to cart.
- In cart, apply promo code BFCMPAY4.
- Note: Promo code will only apply if you check out with Zip
- Price will be $718.89 - $100 w/ promo code = $618.89
- Proceed to checkout.
- Under "Payment", select "Buy Now, Pay Later"
- Under "Select An Installment Option", select Zip
- Click "Check out with Zip" and complete your order.
- The first 25% of your order total will be charged at the time of purchase.
- Pay the rest in 3 equal, interest-free installments that are billed automatically over 6 weeks.
Key features:
- 16 Cores, 32 Threads
- 3.4 GHz Base Clock
- 4.9 GHz Max Boost Clock
- Socket AM4
- 8MB L2 & 64MB L3 Cache
- DDR4-3200 Memory
Top Comments
They sent me a defective CPU years ago and refused to take it back because they suspected it was due to 'installation failure' without even giving me a RMA label to return the merchandise, wtf?
I ended up buying another processor and out $300. Never again Newegg. Never. Again.
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I'd get this or an intel, but would then have to take a huge loss on the 5900x and b550 I already have. I bought a 2tb evo plus recently for $239 thinking it would never go lower.... now under $160 with cash back deal at samsung. I could have saved so much money by waiting.
And I'd get 12900k anyway, but people say impossible to cool it enough in NR200 with air cooling. I'd get 12700k, but that is a lateral move and would require that loss in money on my amd stuff still.
-your friendly neighbor PC enthusiast-
-your friendly neighbor PC enthusiast-
My gpu is also a 3080, just haven't opened anything.
edit: btw, I noticed that noctua said that the ng-c14s hangs "about 1 cm" past the edge of the gigabyte b550-i mobo and to check case compatibility. Do you know if that would be a problem in a NR200 case? I am a beginner at this stuff so hard for me to picture exactly what these issues are.
dont see much improvement at 4k with my 3090
Was going to buy this to mine crypto but seems to not worth it ,
My gpu is also a 3080, just haven't opened anything.
edit: btw, I noticed that noctua said that the ng-c14s hangs "about 1 cm" past the edge of the gigabyte b550-i mobo and to check case compatibility. Do you know if that would be a problem in a NR200 case? I am a beginner at this stuff so hard for me to picture exactly what these issues are.
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https://www.igorslab.de/en/intel-...-part-1/9/ [igorslab.de]
If youre doing workstation tasks like rendering content in blender all day, yes the 5950x is more efficient. But at that point you probably should be buying threadripper or cloud compute and not a 5950x anyways
However if you lower the max power (think of it as turning off PBO for AMD) the 12900k becomes more efficient than the 5950 in workstation tasks, but loses the performance crown.
https://www.igorslab.de/en/intel-...r-amd-2/9/ [igorslab.de]
12600k and 12700k are the better products for sure. But youre misrepresenting the situation. 12th gen beats Zen 3 in performance on the same DDR4 RAM, you absolutely dont need DDR5. And for motherboard costs, Z690 is only $40 more than X570. You can get Z690 starting at $190, its not that expensive. Z690 also has more features like PCIe 5.0, USB 4, thunderbolt 4, optional DDR5 with on-die ECC, etc And Z690 has an upgrade path to 13th gen, AM4 will not work on Zen 4. If you dont want to buy a 12th gen motherboard for $190+, the cheaper B660 boards launch in one month.
Then with the upcoming Zen 3D Vcache coming out in January with a proven 15% gain on average in gaming vs current Zen 3, AMD will once again retake the performance crown or at least on par with Intel 12th Gen for a lower price since B550 platform is still cheaper than Z690 even lowered end Z690 boards cost $200-$300 bucks compared to $130-$180 bucks B550 boards.
No matter how you spin this, Intel 12th Gen is at least $200-300 more expensive for CPU+ main board and that doesn't even take into account DDR 5. All of this extra cost for a mere 8% gain in fps at 1080p which shrinks to 0-3% at 1440p and 0% at 4k is a lot to ask, especially when those $200-$300 can be better utilized by going for a higher tier video card which can immediately result in significant increase in fps in those games.