AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU

Almost good enough for Google Chrome. Almost good enough for Google Chrome.

I'm rendering hour long 4k videos in under 15 minutes now, it's quite simply insane. It's also a beast for gaming so how could I recommend anything else? I'm rendering hour long 4k videos in under 15 minutes now, it's quite simply insane. It's also a beast for gaming so how could I recommend anything else?

It's fast, bloody fast. Make sure to pair it with a good cooler. 16 cores and 32 threads and a fantastic boost speed. Scores higher than a 24 core xeon in cinebench. It's fast, bloody fast. Make sure to pair it with a good cooler. 16 cores and 32 threads and a fantastic boost speed. Scores higher than a 24 core xeon in cinebench.

So my upgrade was from a 3950x to this , I was a bit ho hum about if I should do it , the numbers didn’t seem all that much better ... however .... it’s a very different animal and well worth the shift . So my upgrade was from a 3950x to this , I was a bit ho hum about if I should do it , the numbers didn’t seem all that much better ... however .... it’s a very different animal and well worth the shift .

Huge performance jump from my 3900x, boost well over 5ghz all the time on many cores, using a 360 AIO temps stay well under control and nowhere near thermal limits. Fantastic part. Huge performance jump from my 3900x, boost well over 5ghz all the time on many cores, using a 360 AIO temps stay well under control and nowhere near thermal limits. Fantastic part.

Fastest single-threaded CPU out there... and it has 32 of them. Runs my workloads (software compiling) about 3x faster than my 2700x. All of this with reasonable temperatures (max 76c with overclock under an NH-D15). Fastest single-threaded CPU out there... and it has 32 of them. Runs my workloads (software compiling) about 3x faster than my 2700x. All of this with reasonable temperatures (max 76c with overclock under an NH-D15).

The CPU is obviously super. But I got a motherboard which meager VRM couldn't handle the CPU power (it was hanging with black screen under load).
If you buy it, just make sure to get a motherboard of "A" grade from this list: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1137619-motherboard-vrm-tier-list-v2-currently-amd-only/ The CPU is obviously super. But I got a motherboard which meager VRM couldn't handle the CPU power (it was hanging with black screen under load).
If you buy it, just make sure to get a motherboard of "A" grade from this list: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1137619-motherboard-vrm-tier-list-v2-currently-amd-only/

By: NikitaS8 05/11/21

Verified Owner

I'm a game developer, so using Unity to build my game project was taking for various platforms between 8-12 minutes with my Ryzen 2700X.

I upgraded to the 5950X and the Samsung 980 PRO SSD (I had an older Samsung SSD before), and the times were cut down from 8 minutes, to 2.5 minutes, and the builds taking 12 minutes cut down to about 5 minutes.

In some cases this beat of a CPU does certain things up to 5 times faster than my 2700X did, so I'm really happy I upgraded. I'm a game developer, so using Unity to build my game project was taking for various platforms between 8-12 minutes with my Ryzen 2700X.

I upgraded to the 5950X and the Samsung 980 PRO SSD (I had an older Samsung SSD before), and the times were cut down from 8 minutes, to 2.5 minutes, and the builds taking 12 minutes cut down to about 5 minutes.

In some cases this beat of a CPU does certain things up to 5 times faster than my 2700X did, so I'm really happy I upgraded.

This is just stupid fast along side the hero5 motherboard and 6900xt It makes massive zip drive extractions seem like a quick loading bar. I've never been on a computer this fast before and loving it. This is just stupid fast along side the hero5 motherboard and 6900xt It makes massive zip drive extractions seem like a quick loading bar. I've never been on a computer this fast before and loving it.

Too much for normal Joe Bloogs, but the speed ..... wow.
Love it.
Might get another 10yeras out of it Too much for normal Joe Bloogs, but the speed ..... wow.
Love it.
Might get another 10yeras out of it

Very happy with my purchase, I matched this with the gigabyte aorus extreme 570x motherboard and lots of fast ram and some quick M.2 drives. Never had such a capable PC that I can throw anything at from rendering, video work to playing games. Totally overkill but so great.
Pro: all the cores and super fast, if you want pretty much the best CPU there is then look no further.
Con: It's a premium product so pricy, also in short supply right now...probably overkill for most. Very happy with my purchase, I matched this with the gigabyte aorus extreme 570x motherboard and lots of fast ram and some quick M.2 drives. Never had such a capable PC that I can throw anything at from rendering, video work to playing games. Totally overkill but so great.
Pro: all the cores and super fast, if you want pretty much the best CPU there is then look no further.
Con: It's a premium product so pricy, also in short supply right now...probably overkill for most.

As the core of my new build, I couldn't be happier. Runs my build like a champ. As the core of my new build, I couldn't be happier. Runs my build like a champ.