Amazon has
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Desktop Processor (100-100000059WOF) on sale for
$429.99 when you 'clip' the $40 coupon on the product page.
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Desktop Processor (100-100000059WOF) on sale for
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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
- Default TDP: 105W
- Zen 3 Architecture
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When upgrading from Ryzen 5 1600 to 3900x, I really did not get a feeling of 'upgrade' until I overclocked the CPU and ram. So passmark may not mean a lot.
When upgrading from Ryzen 5 1600 to 3900x, I really did not get a feeling of 'upgrade' until I overclocked the CPU and ram. So passmark may not mean a lot.
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When upgrading from Ryzen 5 1600 to 3900x, I really did not get a feeling of 'upgrade' until I overclocked the CPU and ram. So passmark may not mean a lot.
Though if you're itching to burn cash, nothing is stopping you from doing that either.
On Amazon you can get an i7-13700 which easily beats a 5950x in both gaming and multi-thread for $350: https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-1...B0BQ6BNY56
B760 motherboards (or older B660) are $100+, so for $20+ more you get vastly better performance, a newer motherboard with more features and a more stable platform.
The 5950x is closer to a 13600k, so it should be prices no more than $300. No matter what you get a 5950x at $430 isnt a deal, its easily beaten by Intel and AMDs newer CPUs.
There's often a memory relearning issue with ryzen 7000 that makes boot ups take a long time. There's also the fact they can run at 95c under load regardless of the cooler. You can however put it into eco mode and the performance barely drops off and the temps come way down essentially running it as a non X.
Imo I think ryzen 8000 will iron these bumps out. First generation anything is always gonna have issues.
Where as last gen anything is always gonna have the bugs worked out. So when it comes to reliability ryzen 5000 makes the most sense and it will be a much cheaper upgrade. Ryzen 5000 has a nice single thread improvement over ryzen 3000 that the multi core score doesn't show and that makes a big difference in all sorts of applications and games
On Amazon you can get an i7-13700 which easily beats a 5950x in both gaming and multi-thread for $350: https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-1...B0BQ6BNY56
B760 motherboards (or older B660) are $100+, so for $20+ more you get vastly better performance, a newer motherboard with more features and a more stable platform.
The 5950x is closer to a 13600k, so it should be prices no more than $300. No matter what you get a 5950x at $430 isnt a deal, its easily beaten by Intel and AMDs newer CPUs.
This deal appeals to you existing ryzen owners who already have their platform. It's just one upgrade away. It makes ZERO sense going Intel and skimping on the motherboard
Also the 13600k is a 6 core 12 thread cpu at its core and for multi core workloads doesn't quite match a 5950x 16 core 32 thread for multi core work loads.
Games is different but anyone who needs 16 cores they're not just focused on playing games.
Besides your cpu will only be as good as your GPU it's paired with. So if your running an rtx 3060, upgrading to even a 13600k won't make any difference, you will be GPU bound the whole time.
800$ going ryzen 7000 or Intel 13th gen would be ripping guts out (motherboard, memory, drives etc) or just getting a new case and starting over and putting your old system on market place or something would make more sense.
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If your playing games then consider a cheap upgrade like the ryzen 5600. Those pair nicely without being a cpu bottleneck upto an RTX 3080 or rtx 4070.
If you do big 3D work loads and you already have a balling GPU and are running like a ryzen 3600 or something. Then consider the 5900x 12 core 24 thread for 100$ less.
If your running a ryzen 3600 for example and your GPU is really old like a GTX 1060 or 970 or something then upgrading the CPU won't make any difference.
Consider getting a better GPU like the 6700XT or the new 7600.
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