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.

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.

Moved from i5-750 quad core to this. Huge difference in games and even day-to-day applications.
Does get warm, but the included heatsink/fan does a good job so far. Needed more force to lock on the heatsink than I would have expected. Moved from i5-750 quad core to this. Huge difference in games and even day-to-day applications.
Does get warm, but the included heatsink/fan does a good job so far. Needed more force to lock on the heatsink than I would have expected.