AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core/32-Thread AM4 Desktop Processor

MagicMarker18

Feb 28, 2025 02:37 PM

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MagicMarker18Feb 28, 2025 02:37 PM

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Quote from thammara

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Whats a good MOBO to go with this? Wanted to reuse my old pc case, with 850w ps, currently running i7-4790k with corsair water cooler and an old gpu. Yes, its been that long since i upgraded. Haha. Upgrade would at minimum need a MoBo, and DDR4. I can probably wait to upgrade the gpu when there's deals. Not for gaming, but wanted to use it for video editing with davinci resolve studio (paid version).

I'm still on i7 2600k…

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MagicMarker18

Feb 28, 2025 02:44 PM

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MagicMarker18Feb 28, 2025 02:44 PM

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Bought a 5800x, 5900x, and 5950x all on release day back in 2020. The 5950x and 5800x I used initially in mine and my wife's computers respectively. I was going to do a build for a friend with the 5900x, but that never happened so it sat on a shelf. Then after 2 years my 5950x started to have memory controller degradation issues. Took me and many others a long time to figure out what it was since the event viewer logs just were showing an error with WHAE and certificate location errors from AMD. After that, I sent it in for RMA and switched to the 5900x I still had. Got the replacement but was to lazy to swap back.

Now fast forward in my story to 1 week ago and my wife's 5800x started to do the same thing with the memory controller degrading on the chip. Same errors my 5950x had. So for now I finally put the 5950x that I got back from RMA into my machine and gave my wife the 5900x while going through the RMA process on the 5800x. I was hoping to wait for all that until the 9900x3d came out on the 12th, but alas the stars did not align for me on that.
That being said, this is still a great processor, as long as it isn't the initial wafer batch stock that could have memory controller issues.

How are you getting this through warranty after 3 years?

Zephead

Feb 28, 2025 02:53 PM

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ZepheadFeb 28, 2025 02:53 PM

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Anyone have experience with aaawave? Good? Bad? Shady?

I bought RAM from them recently, no issues at all.

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humblepie

Feb 28, 2025 03:07 PM

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humblepieFeb 28, 2025 03:07 PM

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Quote from MagicMarker18

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How are you getting this through warranty after 3 years?

Trying to go through RMA for the 5800x doesn't mean I have succeeded or will succeed.

thammara

Feb 28, 2025 04:43 PM

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thammaraFeb 28, 2025 04:43 PM

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Excellent for its time, but for the price, get a new chip, 9000 series. I upgraded from 5900X to 9950X and it's a massive difference. As far as TDP, just go into BIOS and run it at 95W, 105W or 120W. Whatever you want. I run at 95W and the performance is far beyond what I was getting previously. Microcenter had bundles for as low as $700 and then $650 with 9950X, motherboard and ram. That's a steal. By the time you buy this 5950X, motherboard and ram, what are you at? Like $500-550 minimum.. Spend the little extra and get everything else that goes along with it.. pcie5, faster USBs, efficiency, more USB-Cs, more power delivery USBs, better Wifi, twice as fast RAM, etc

Wish there was a Microcenter in San Diego. Maybe I just need to say f it and make a drive to Irvine one of these days.

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ValKur

Feb 28, 2025 05:03 PM

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ValKurFeb 28, 2025 05:03 PM

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Quote from VladPootin

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Is it strong enough to assist me with launching nukes?

It's an American tech, you'll be able to launch them only aiming the Russia 😁

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pricecheck

Feb 28, 2025 06:04 PM

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pricecheckFeb 28, 2025 06:04 PM

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Anyone who has a decent mobo and want to stay in the AM4 platform, this is the best and last (end of the line) upgrade. This setup is good for at least 3 years, or until the OS dictates your hardware is deemed obsolete Smilie

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Notadealio

Mar 01, 2025 03:29 AM

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NotadealioMar 01, 2025 03:29 AM

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Quote from ddluigi

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Anyone have experience with aaawave? Good? Bad? Shady?

Good. I buy power supplies from them often.

TheGenomeWhisperer

Mar 01, 2025 04:14 AM

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TheGenomeWhispererMar 01, 2025 04:14 AM

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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank TheGenomeWhisperer

I have this. While I love it, please be aware that this is nearly a production level CPU and you CANNOT go cheap on the cooling. I had some decent air cooler I thought was pretty solid, like $40, and this CPU would overheat on that aircooler, even with perfect paste, etc.. went to look online and basically the general consensus was you need to pair this CPU with a rather higher end cooling solution.

I ended up with a Corsair AIO that cost me like $150, but worked beautifully and no issues sense. Just keep that in mind when getting a production style "threadripper-like" type of CPU. You also need to invest in good cooling tool.

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michaelgn

Mar 01, 2025 05:11 AM

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michaelgnMar 01, 2025 05:11 AM

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I have this. While I love it, please be aware that this is nearly a production level CPU and you CANNOT go cheap on the cooling. I had some decent air cooler I thought was pretty solid, like $40, and this CPU would overheat on that aircooler, even with perfect paste, etc.. went to look online and basically the general consensus was you need to pair this CPU with a rather higher end cooling solution.

I ended up with a Corsair AIO that cost me like $150, but worked beautifully and no issues sense. Just keep that in mind when getting a production style "threadripper-like" type of CPU. You also need to invest in good cooling tool.

All you need to do is undervolting.

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scholzpdx

Mar 01, 2025 07:54 PM

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scholzpdxMar 01, 2025 07:54 PM

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Quote from michaelgn

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All you need to do is undervolting.

The moment you do that (I've spent way too long trying to find the sweet spot) boost clocks start to suffer. It accounts for the undervolt and doesn't allow the chip to clock that high for stability.

There is no margin on the 5950X. When I had a 2700 and a 5900X there was a ton of room to undervolt. 5950X is binned to the limit of those chiplets. Any bit of undervolting at it stops boosting to 5050mhz and drops to 4800-4950. All core isn't nearly as affected but 1-4 threaded workloads suffer significantly.

scholzpdx

Mar 01, 2025 08:00 PM

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scholzpdxMar 01, 2025 08:00 PM

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Quote from TheGenomeWhisperer

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I have this. While I love it, please be aware that this is nearly a production level CPU and you CANNOT go cheap on the cooling. I had some decent air cooler I thought was pretty solid, like $40, and this CPU would overheat on that aircooler, even with perfect paste, etc.. went to look online and basically the general consensus was you need to pair this CPU with a rather higher end cooling solution.

I ended up with a Corsair AIO that cost me like $150, but worked beautifully and no issues sense. Just keep that in mind when getting a production style "threadripper-like" type of CPU. You also need to invest in good cooling tool.

I tried using the same Noctua NH-U12S Redux with the NA-FK1 optional fan attached and it couldn't keep up. Those are $73 combined and absolutely not up to snuff. I would consider it a "premium" product. Didn't have a problem with a 2700 (non-X) or a 5900X.

I did get a Thermalright Frozen Notte 360mm AIO (sub $60) and that seems up to par. Only in a few scenarios has the temps reached 85C, which is where any load on the Noctua was at.

BeautifulJoke936

Mar 02, 2025 12:10 AM

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BeautifulJoke936Mar 02, 2025 12:10 AM

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I bought a 5700x3D for $275 before taxes. Should I return and buy this instead ?

michaelgn

Mar 02, 2025 12:39 AM

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michaelgnMar 02, 2025 12:39 AM

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Quote from scholzpdx

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The moment you do that (I've spent way too long trying to find the sweet spot) boost clocks start to suffer. It accounts for the undervolt and doesn't allow the chip to clock that high for stability. There is no margin on the 5950X. When I had a 2700 and a 5900X there was a ton of room to undervolt. 5950X is binned to the limit of those chiplets. Any bit of undervolting at it stops boosting to 5050mhz and drops to 4800-4950. All core isn't nearly as affected but 1-4 threaded workloads suffer significantly.

That's something I don't know. I upgraded from 5700G to 9900x, both I did undervolt. For 9900x, I had to to avoid the high temperature.

Ricehead2o9

Mar 02, 2025 04:58 PM

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Ricehead2o9Mar 02, 2025 04:58 PM

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Quote from BeautifulJoke936

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I bought a 5700x3D for $275 before taxes. Should I return and buy this instead ?

I was debating between the 5700X3D and 5950X for the last couple days and I decided to stick with my purchase of the 5950X. If you are purely gaming, 5700X3D is the better choice to save some money. I do a little bit of everything on my PC and figured I can get a little bit more time out of the 5950X.

If only mainly gaming, go with the 5700X3D.
If not doing any heavy processing/transcoding work, still stick with 5700X3D to save some money.

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