AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D 8-Core, 16-Thread Desktop Processor

For anyone wanting this if you're already on this socket. Don't if you have a 7800x3d. Not needed really. Plus there's a chance of zen6 potentially named 10800x3d to come out on this same socket. (update your bios)I'm on a x670 gigabyte board. Remember to update your bios if its the ones that came out on the 7000 series. Its easy to do. Also the only negative is my own fault. Certain motherboard can OC this cpu better or at least have more options. Async/ ECLK. It should say one or the other for a feature on motherboards. Most x870s have it. Asus, Asrock taichi, and maybe the gigabyte masters. Anyways, you can still offset +200mhz oc it with a nice curve using PBO. My cpu stays cool and stable with a -20 offset curve. Some can hit up to -40. I've tried -30 with benchmarks but it does want to stay constant 5425 and it dips in performance. More like it spikes down when it hits it because of how the voltage is working for it. No crashes tho at -30.I do recommend this. Never scalp or buy scalp. This has been out long enough that this cpu isn't that expensive at scalp prices so its not even worth it for them. Just wait a few days and this thing does go into stock quite a bit. 10/10 cpuother: For ram, do 1:1 mode. Its more stable for me with this cpu. You can also tighten timings more too. That could be because of the updated bios. My ram was 6400mhz 32cl, I changed it to 6000mhz 28cl, I cant remember my other timings but in short. It helps with 1% lows for me. It took some weeks of testing for my setup. I hope this helps you.

I have been an Intel CPU gamer for several decades, until recently. In the last 4 years I purchased two prebuilts, an HP Omen 30L I purchased directly from Amazon with an i9-10850K CPU and an Alienware Aurora R10 Ryzen 3800X from Dell. I find the Aurora to this day to crank out some good performance whether in 1080P or 1440P. The Ryzen runs much cooler than the i9 from Intel.I decided to go with the 9800X3D because I play Microsoft Flight Simulator and the Ryzen X3D CPU's are better suited for Microsoft's Flight Sim. I was seriously considering another HP Omen and Alienware Area 51 prebuilt with the Ultra9 and thought better of it and decided to go with AMD's CPU instead.

9800x3d is excellent in every way, runs cooler and is a solid gaming experience. Coming from a 7600x using a 9070xt, the biggest benefit i noticed was in 1 percent lows. Absolute massive boost in that area. Avg fps saw a boost to but 1 percent lows was a impressive uplift.

Awesome in every way; also sold by Amazon at a price well below what everyone else wanted at the time I was buying. Absolutely no complaints about this purchase. I went from a 12th generation i7 to this and the performance difference can only be described as a LEAP foirward.

Pro:- Much bigger uplift than what reviewers show over the 7800X3D with the right memory tuning.- Easy to boost to 5.45GHz all-core with Curve Optimizer.- Memory Context Restore now works with Power Down Mode disabled. The 7000 series can't do that.Con:- Can be hot to concentrate 160W on this small, single-CCD CPU. 120W is very cool with much better efficiency.Reviewers used DDR5-8000 with very slow EXPO timings which masked its potential. If your 9800X3D can do 2200MHz FCLK and DDR5-8000 with buildzoid's Hynix timings, do it. It'll surprise you with its improvement over the 7800X3D in competitive games like CS2. As far as I've seen, it's much more likely to stably do 2200MHz FCLK and DDR5-8000 with the 9000 series compared to the 7000 series. If you can't run 2200MHz FCLK stably, then run 2000MHz FCLK to synchronize the memory controller and the infinity fabric.I gained over 58% in 1% low FPS compared to the 7800X3D.

I am on Linux, but I am loving this as an upgrade from my Ryzen 9 3900x for gaming. FF14 went from dropping down to 30fps in highly populated cities, to holding at 100+ FPS along with my RX6950XT @ 3440x1440. I normally limit to 60FPS cause my GPU temps hover around 50c on my waterblock @60fps, and can be as high as 80c when under load, but gaming on Arch has been extremely smooth since the upgrade.