AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

I believe it to be part of the defective batch

Tried many times, finally able to get one with MSRP. Lets just blame AMD.

I wanted a CPU for video processing. I bought this in 2023 for 340 USD. I guess the value for money is good, but it is an interesting learning experience to configure the BIOS Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO2) parameters so that you get the best out of the CPU. These CPUs are designed so that the user (or Motherboard / BIOS vendor) is ultimately responsible to tune performance/heat management parameters via PBO2. If you tune these parameters incorrectly, the CPU will periodically (in the order of seconds) reach some internal temperature limit, throttle down, cool down, speed up, hit limit again - ultimately resulting in deteriorated performance. One has to use a Windows program called Ryzen Master together with the target application that intends to use up all CPU performance, to observe that the CPU is constantly hitting its performance limits instead of doing this fluctuation. The limits also depend on the Motherboards - different Motherboards can provide different amount of current to the CPU. And the cooler.

I ordered 5950X initially, but waiting one week and didn’t ship, so I cancelled the Order and ordered 5900x, so far this cpu gave great performance to my daily work at video editing. Rendering takes a few minutes compared with my 2019 Mac Mini takes 6 hours to finish.

Acquistato insieme ad una mobo ASUS TUF b550 plus, memoria corsair dominator e rtx4070 ti.

Upgraded from a 3800xt and was surprised how much a difference it was stepping up to the 5900x.

Ancien possesseur dun 3900x, je me suis tourné vers ce processeur pour ses performances nettement supérieurs en single-core; et autant dire que je ne suis pas déçu !

Easy to Install

Prestazioni eccellenti.

If you are looking to get CPU for gaming as well as running multiple applications or virtual machines this is is the cpu that wont disappoint. However be careful when choosing the motherboard as the cheaper 570 motherboards might be very problematic