AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Processor (16C/32T, 72MB Cache, 4.7 GHz Max Boost)

super fast processor, easy to install, it definitely needs good cooling as it runs hot, stock fans are not going to cut it. I've overclocked mine to run at 4.3 constantly and its been very stable for the past 4 months.

I haven't used this processor to its maximum capacity. Mine runs at stock around 45c to 55c. I have been told that is normal. It certainly enables the computer to boot up quicker and I am no longer having to wait for my slow iMac that had an Intel i5 chip. This one puts the iMac to bed. :)

If you are chasing multicore performance then you just can’t get a better consumer processor than this. Installation was simple but make sure you are not using a budget motherboard, even when using stock settings. AMD recommend water cooling and so I’m using with a 360mm TT AIO cooler. Idle temperatures are around 30oC which appear to be good for this processor. AMD processors run a lot hotter than intel but so far, I haven’t broken 70oC. I personally prefer to use a pea size blob off thermal paste on the processor and to spread thinly across the whole surface to maximise contact area with the cooler, I think this has worked for well me. I used Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut – I don’t trust myself with Conductonaut. Overall, very happy with this purchase and no need to upgrade again for a few years.

I ordered one of these and it was damaged so I sent it back for a replacement and then the replacement was broken too! £600+ and both were broken, I will just stick to my Ryzen 7 2700X for now I think. It's funny though I have a "ASUS ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming" which is supposed to be the best board for the Ryzen 9 3950X, the BIOS is updated and I have been building PC's for more then 20 years, I have NEVER had this amount of problems with AMD before. I am very disappointed to say the least.

The Ryzen 9 3950X surpassed all my expectations. It tears through multi-threaded workloads at an immense speed. It has a great single thread performance too. With liquid cooling (Corsair H100i), it keeps well below its thermal throttling limit even at full workload. I thought it looked pricey at first, but then I threw demanding work at this CPU and saw how well it tore through it. Now I honestly think they could charge £900 for it and it would still be worth the money. If you are doing any demanding tasks such as content creation, training AI, or data science, this CPU will serve you very well indeed.

The first Processor arrived with BADLY damaged packaging and had bent pins. I returned the damaged one and purchased another one. Unlike the previous processor I purchased, the second one arrived undamaged and works like a charm.

Well, here we are. I spent a couple of weeks looking at all the major suspects and went for the following config: Fractal Design Meshify C, BeQuiet 1000W Dark Pro, AMD Ryzen 9 3950X, NZXT Kraken X62, ASUS ROG Crosshair Hero VIII, EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Super XC Ultra (Overclocked), Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (4000MHZ), 7 * Samsung QVO 1TB SSD's, (RAID 0, 4 in Sabrent Caddys' in the drive bays) 2 * 1TB Sabrent Rocket Nvmes (PCI-E 4.0 in RAID 0) with some nice braided SATA cable. Many issues with the newer BIOS's such as missing usb ports - multiple boots and boot hangs. Back to 1302 BIOS and it is happy. Got 9300MBS on the Nvme's and files just disappear into the SSD's due to the cache. Now for that MS Flight Simulator...

This amd ryzen 3000 based cpu is great on cores threads cpu clock speed & it undercuts it's intel rivals I say to people going to buy a cpu buy this AMD 3950x 16 core 32 thread & it's fast.