About 4 weeks ago I built myself a new PC, this was the CPU I chose. My previous CPU was an I5-3570k that I purchased when it came to the market some years ago. This CPU really showed what I had been missing out on.

Pros: Handles everything I throw at it (getting good framerates on populated Arma 3 multiplayer servers, which I honestly didn't think was possible.), fantastic stock cooler included. Cons: Nothing really worth mentioning. About 4 weeks ago I built myself a new PC, this was the CPU I chose. My previous CPU was an I5-3570k that I purchased when it came to the market some years ago. This CPU really showed what I had been missing out on.

Pros: Handles everything I throw at it (getting good framerates on populated Arma 3 multiplayer servers, which I honestly didn't think was possible.), fantastic stock cooler included. Cons: Nothing really worth mentioning.

Primarily use my PC for photo and video editing for Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop with the occasional gaming. Watched a few reviews on You Tube regarding which upgrade path to take which all pointed to AMD 3700x. I matched this with a 570 mainboard and 64GB DDR4 3200. i have noticed a massive improvement in Photoshop and Premiere. I would highly recommend looking at AMD if you are a content creator and want to increase your productivity and workflow. Primarily use my PC for photo and video editing for Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop with the occasional gaming. Watched a few reviews on You Tube regarding which upgrade path to take which all pointed to AMD 3700x. I matched this with a 570 mainboard and 64GB DDR4 3200. i have noticed a massive improvement in Photoshop and Premiere. I would highly recommend looking at AMD if you are a content creator and want to increase your productivity and workflow.

Purchased this unit specifically to run high fidelity flight simulations on a triple-monitor set up at 5760 x 1080 res.
Absolutely flawless performance and an incredible improvement over my old i5 7500. Highly recommended! Purchased this unit specifically to run high fidelity flight simulations on a triple-monitor set up at 5760 x 1080 res.
Absolutely flawless performance and an incredible improvement over my old i5 7500. Highly recommended!

I ordered this soon after the 3000 series dropped and I'm very happy with it. I paired it up with a Gigabyte Aorus X570 Elite for an almost completely new build and it's been getting pretty close to 4.4GHz boosts using the included Wraith cooler [which I also like the look of]. I've been running Handbrake and MakeMKV simultaneously, some file copying and a bit of Fallout 76 and it runs like a champ. Recommend. I ordered this soon after the 3000 series dropped and I'm very happy with it. I paired it up with a Gigabyte Aorus X570 Elite for an almost completely new build and it's been getting pretty close to 4.4GHz boosts using the included Wraith cooler [which I also like the look of]. I've been running Handbrake and MakeMKV simultaneously, some file copying and a bit of Fallout 76 and it runs like a champ. Recommend.

Was looking at 3900x. Unfortunately, Looks like no stock of 3900x that I can find in store at launch. Well, saved me $300.
Back to the processor itself. Intel really feels the pressure now. Better performance for AMD at the same clock. Although Intel still holds up-hands with its 5Ghz 9900k. But that is like $250 more expensive with almost on-par performace. At that price range, AMD has 3900x with 4 more cores and 8 more threads. AMD did a really good job this time. Was looking at 3900x. Unfortunately, Looks like no stock of 3900x that I can find in store at launch. Well, saved me $300.
Back to the processor itself. Intel really feels the pressure now. Better performance for AMD at the same clock. Although Intel still holds up-hands with its 5Ghz 9900k. But that is like $250 more expensive with almost on-par performace. At that price range, AMD has 3900x with 4 more cores and 8 more threads. AMD did a really good job this time.

Upgraded from an R7 1700, in a Gigabyte AB350m Gaming 3.
Simple bios update and CPU swap took me all of half an hour, 3700X now happily running at 4.3 GHz.
Games much smoother now, ~45% improvement in benchmarks and compute work. Upgraded from an R7 1700, in a Gigabyte AB350m Gaming 3.
Simple bios update and CPU swap took me all of half an hour, 3700X now happily running at 4.3 GHz.
Games much smoother now, ~45% improvement in benchmarks and compute work.

What a CPU. Roughly a 50% increase on my Ryzen 5 1600. Noticeable in everyway. 3rd gen is great. What a CPU. Roughly a 50% increase on my Ryzen 5 1600. Noticeable in everyway. 3rd gen is great.

Fantastic CPU , hits the benchmark as per all reviews have shown, a bit overkill however the CPU gives me the little extra head room to facilitate long life. This will end up in my gaming system with either a 470X or 570X motherboard in the next month or so. Fantastic CPU , hits the benchmark as per all reviews have shown, a bit overkill however the CPU gives me the little extra head room to facilitate long life. This will end up in my gaming system with either a 470X or 570X motherboard in the next month or so.

Upgraded from a Ryzen 7 2700, and even that step was very noticable in my favourite games and applications. The cooler allows the CPU to stick at full 4.4GHz boost pretty much constantly. Absolutely worth it if you were in the market for a new CPU. Upgraded from a Ryzen 7 2700, and even that step was very noticable in my favourite games and applications. The cooler allows the CPU to stick at full 4.4GHz boost pretty much constantly. Absolutely worth it if you were in the market for a new CPU.

Used with z63 AIO, Maxed at 4.4Ghz only on 2 cores, maxed at 4.3Ghz on all cores with stock M/B OC.
Temps stable under 60 Degrees C
Stock Cooler is above average and can be used for normal computing. Used with z63 AIO, Maxed at 4.4Ghz only on 2 cores, maxed at 4.3Ghz on all cores with stock M/B OC.
Temps stable under 60 Degrees C
Stock Cooler is above average and can be used for normal computing.

The Ryzen 7 3700x is a great CPU. Unbeatable performance at this price point. The Ryzen 7 3700x is a great CPU. Unbeatable performance at this price point.

Got this cpu and was very happy, it overclocked nicely to 4.4ghz @ 1.4v and i got some nice b die to go with it running 3800mhz CL13-15-12-26 and it beats a stock 9900k in most games with that setup. Got this cpu and was very happy, it overclocked nicely to 4.4ghz @ 1.4v and i got some nice b die to go with it running 3800mhz CL13-15-12-26 and it beats a stock 9900k in most games with that setup.