AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8 Core CPU Processor

The Ryzen 7 5800X is a very, very powerful CPU, it has very little that it cannot do, and it slashes everything I have thrown at it. While great, it's far from a perfect product, with the problems being with heat and power draw, it takes a decent chunk of power, that's pretty minor compared to the other issue; heat. This chip is quite hot, so if you are going to get this product, DO NOT CHEAP ON THE COOLER! Don't even try an air cooler, it'll never cool it. I use an Arctic Freezer II 360 and I've found that it tamed the beat of this CPU, while my budget aio was unable to make it run at optimal temperatures. To make this chip the best it possibly can, get a decent power supply. and never cheap out on the cooler. PROS: -Tons of power. -No compromises -Can run many ... MoreThe Ryzen 7 5800X is a very, very powerful CPU, it has very little that it cannot do, and it slashes everything I have thrown at it. While great, it's far from a perfect product, with the problems being with heat and power draw, it takes a decent chunk of power, that's pretty minor compared to the other issue; heat. This chip is quite hot, so if you are going to get this product, DO NOT CHEAP ON THE COOLER! Don't even try an air cooler, it'll never cool it. I use an Arctic Freezer II 360 and I've found that it tamed the beat of this CPU, while my budget aio was unable to make it run at optimal temperatures. To make this chip the best it possibly can, get a decent power supply. and never cheap out on the cooler. PROS: -Tons of power. -No compromises -Can run many power-hungry tasks CONS: -Hot -Somewhat expensive -compatibility issues with X570 boards (look into it before purchase)

4.5 Eggs, should have given 5...

Unless I'm missing something, I can't change the number of eggs I gave, and I was really waffling between 4 and 5. 5 would be more appropriate, but there you have it... I think from a budget standpoint, a 5600 makes more sense, and from a performance standpoint, a 5900 might be more your speed. I decided to split the difference but I legitimately wonder if the AMD fanboyism doesn't over-hype the MOAR COARS MOAR THREDS thing. I went for a 5800 hoping I'd end up with a better binned piece than whatever I'd get buying a 5600. I think 6 vs 8 cores matters a lot less than people think it does. If, like me, you aren't comfortable running a CPU at 90C, then you can either change the thermal limits in your BIOS, or you can just never monitor temps. I installed my waterblock ... MoreUnless I'm missing something, I can't change the number of eggs I gave, and I was really waffling between 4 and 5. 5 would be more appropriate, but there you have it... I think from a budget standpoint, a 5600 makes more sense, and from a performance standpoint, a 5900 might be more your speed. I decided to split the difference but I legitimately wonder if the AMD fanboyism doesn't over-hype the MOAR COARS MOAR THREDS thing. I went for a 5800 hoping I'd end up with a better binned piece than whatever I'd get buying a 5600. I think 6 vs 8 cores matters a lot less than people think it does. If, like me, you aren't comfortable running a CPU at 90C, then you can either change the thermal limits in your BIOS, or you can just never monitor temps. I installed my waterblock with the outlet and inlets swapped, and fixing that blunder saved a couple degrees, but that didn't explain the 65C spikes while doing basically nothing and the 80C spikes doing moderate stuff. It turns out, this CPU does everything in its power to run as hard and fast as it can, and it is literally designed to handle 80+ temperatures. It doesn't slow down until it hits 90. It runs hotter on a single core of Prime95 than it does on a full 8 or 16 core load, as it will boost the heck out of 1 core for single threaded loads, and run twice as hot for that extra 10% boost. And, it's VERY good at throttling itself for protection. It has no qualms about hitting 90C, but I haven't seen it go over 91C a single time under any circumstance. Get a good cooler for this, since good cooling directly means less thermal throttling and you will see better performance. If you can, set a very shallow fan curve so your fans don't spike between 40% and 100% repeatedly, because the temperatures on this chip are very spiky. In my case, I got reasonably quiet fans for my radiators, set a 60% duty cycle at 40C and an 80% duty cycle at 80C, and I'm pleased with the result. I picked up a 2x16 GB 4000 MHz 16-19-19-39 memory kit and the XMP settings worked right out of the box, booted, survived some Prime95 and some gaming, except for the tens of thousands of WHEA errors. I was able to drop down to 1900 MHz and instantly cleared out all the errors. I got excited about getting a golden sample, but I'll settle for silver. Haven't mucked around with overclocking yet, but I am looking forward to it. It's a very different approach and feels a lot safer than turning up the voltage knob and the speed knob in tandem and hoping the long-term longevity doesn't suffer.

Beast Processor

Below you will find benchmarks ran at MAX settings at 1080p. The 6900XT is set to Rage mode with Smart Memory Access enabled. Any title capable of performing ray tracing, HDR and/or any and all forms of AA (FXAA, MSAA, SMAA, SSAA & TAA) will be set to maximum. Any title with chromatic aberration, motion blur, object blur, lens distortion or film grain will be DISABLED, if possible. Why? Because we want maximum graphics clarity and fidelity. Titles that are absurdly impacted by Physx or any other proprietary Nvidia software will also be disabled, if possible. 3DMark Time Spy Extreme 8555 Time Spy 18075 Fire Strike Ultra 14320 Fire Strike Extreme 25914 Fire Strike 39485 Port Royale 10500 Wild Life 112974 Wild Life Extreme 41512 Night Raid 64456 CPU Profile 916 - 7411 ... MoreBelow you will find benchmarks ran at MAX settings at 1080p. The 6900XT is set to Rage mode with Smart Memory Access enabled. Any title capable of performing ray tracing, HDR and/or any and all forms of AA (FXAA, MSAA, SMAA, SSAA & TAA) will be set to maximum. Any title with chromatic aberration, motion blur, object blur, lens distortion or film grain will be DISABLED, if possible. Why? Because we want maximum graphics clarity and fidelity. Titles that are absurdly impacted by Physx or any other proprietary Nvidia software will also be disabled, if possible. 3DMark Time Spy Extreme 8555 Time Spy 18075 Fire Strike Ultra 14320 Fire Strike Extreme 25914 Fire Strike 39485 Port Royale 10500 Wild Life 112974 Wild Life Extreme 41512 Night Raid 64456 CPU Profile 916 - 7411 DX Ray Tracing 28.34 PCI Express 22.67 VRS 1 1224.24 VRS 2 134.26/238.74 Mesh Shader 38.63/599.53 3DMark 11: Extreme 21075 AC Odyssey 77 AC Origins 75/9520 Batman AC 391 Batman Origins 616 Batman AK 184 Bioshock Infinite 325 - average Deus Ex MD 59 - (Ran at 8X, lowering MSAA to 2X drastically increases performance) Dragon Age Inquisition 194 Encore 46895 - total frames rendered Far Cry 5 181/7853 Far Cry ND 188 Far Cry Primal 136 Final Fantasy 15 11931 - total frames rendered For Honor 121 Gears 5 156 Gears of War Ultimate Edition 234 1 loop Geekbench 3: 32 bit 5957 40103 64 bit 6327 42503 Hitman 121 Hitman Absolution 120 Lost Planet A1 263 A2 967 Metro Exodus Enhanced 67 Passmark 10.1 8869.6 PCMark 10: Express 6060 Performance 8140 Extended 11502 Shadow of Mordor 311 Shadow of War 206 Steam VR: 11 Very High Frames tested 2700 Below 90 0 CPU bound 0 Rage (Transcode) 537 Resident Evil 5 Variable 471 Resident Evil 6 29579 - total frames rendered Rise of the Tomb Raider 141 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 94 Sleeping Dogs 165 - May have locked to monitor refresh rate even though disabled Strange Brigade 378 The Division 2 179 Thief 153 Tomb Raider 213 Unigine: Superposition 8k 6188 Superposition 4k Optimized 16389 Superposition 1080p Extreme 11770 Valley 192.3 - Extreme HD Heaven 237.6 - All tessellation normal range except distance which is maximized Sanctuary 851.7 Tropics 451.8 User Benchmark: UFO Gaming 195% Desktop 104% Workstation 195% World War Z 166 - May have locked to monitor refresh rate even though disabled Components used: 5800X - Precision Boost Overdrive enabled Cooler Master MasterAir MA620M MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI DDR4 (2x8) @3600 16-18-18-36 PowerColor Red Devil 6900XT CORSAIR RMx Series RM1000X 1000W 80 PLUS GOLD Conclusion: Perfect cpu for gaming. If you use your computer for more intensive tasks you may want to seek out higher cores and threads.

Excellent... after tweaks.

Several months in of use, and my observations are this... I replaced a 6700K (at 4.5GHz all core) and the performance is night and day. I do a lot of music production/editing and gaming, and the performance difference between these chips is ridiculous. But of course, I would expect that across the 7 year or so technology gap. I went from frequent buffer underruns at particular settings to none whatsoever, and able to run full processor usage effects versus lite settings which were supposed to help save processing power, from 70%+ usage on the 6700K to consistently under 20% on the 5800X, sometimes spiking up but usually never averaging over 20-25%. Benchmarks also showed significant improvement, from under 480 points single core and 2270 multicore CBr20 (with ... MoreSeveral months in of use, and my observations are this... I replaced a 6700K (at 4.5GHz all core) and the performance is night and day. I do a lot of music production/editing and gaming, and the performance difference between these chips is ridiculous. But of course, I would expect that across the 7 year or so technology gap. I went from frequent buffer underruns at particular settings to none whatsoever, and able to run full processor usage effects versus lite settings which were supposed to help save processing power, from 70%+ usage on the 6700K to consistently under 20% on the 5800X, sometimes spiking up but usually never averaging over 20-25%. Benchmarks also showed significant improvement, from under 480 points single core and 2270 multicore CBr20 (with overclock) to 624 single and 5,968 multicore (stock), this processor is a great replacement for a new system. That said, this chip runs HOT. It's not 105W like a lot of people claim, not even 120W. Actual usage with Ryzen Master shows it's actually 142W, under normal operating range. My original temps were topping around 88C, with a 360mm radiator. Some of that could be the radiator as when I lapped the cold plate, temps became stable around 85C, but still too high for my taste. After playing with curve optimizer, I set a negative offset of -2 and not only did my CBr23 scores raise by a thousand (final multicore score was 15,5xx) but temps dropped several degrees as well. Yes, performance increased while temps dropped - I call that a win/win. Max normal operating temp went to about 83C. This is also under intensive CPU load with synthetic benchmarks, but gaming usually sits around 62C, whereas before plate lapping and reducing voltage curve I would sit normally 68-74C. All in all, excellent chip to move to for an upgrade. If the price tag is a bit too hefty for you, a 5600X is also a solid purchase at a more reasonable price. I built a system for a friend where he decided to go with a 3700X, and even that was a great replacement to an aging chip as well. And of course, B&H was excellent in the ordering process, much better than several other vendors that I had consistently ordered from in the past!

Great performance for the money

To preface this my first setup with this had an issue either with the CPU or the Motherboard but Microcenter is great with returns and exchanges. I brought both parts in and exchanged them just to be safe. after that it ran perfectly. Apparently this CPU is just the best binned versions of the Ryzen 5 5600x. they take the best performing models unlock all cores and crank it up to 10. I am not sure if this is accurate or not but it sure feels that way. I have had 2 5600x and this was much stable at better OC while not running too much hotter. I Paired this with a RTX 3060Ti 32GB dual channel 3600Mhz DDR4 Ram a 360 AIO and a 2TB Inland NVME Drive this setup was great at games and the CPU and Ram left enough headroom to stream, watch Netflix, listen to movies, have ... MoreTo preface this my first setup with this had an issue either with the CPU or the Motherboard but Microcenter is great with returns and exchanges. I brought both parts in and exchanged them just to be safe. after that it ran perfectly. Apparently this CPU is just the best binned versions of the Ryzen 5 5600x. they take the best performing models unlock all cores and crank it up to 10. I am not sure if this is accurate or not but it sure feels that way. I have had 2 5600x and this was much stable at better OC while not running too much hotter. I Paired this with a RTX 3060Ti 32GB dual channel 3600Mhz DDR4 Ram a 360 AIO and a 2TB Inland NVME Drive this setup was great at games and the CPU and Ram left enough headroom to stream, watch Netflix, listen to movies, have multiple browser tabs open or whatever you want. I regularly run newer Triple-A games on high with Ray tracing or run E-Sports titles at 165Hz on high at 1080p while streaming to twitch as well as having multiple tabs open and never came close to maxing this CPU out even at stock speeds. Personally I turn off AMD's precision boost overdrive feature and manually overclock all cores a small amount past stock. this CONSIDERABLY lowers the CPU temps and boosts speed. Running CPU Stress Tests the CPU was 100% stable at 4.8Ghz All core and never exceeded 61C If you are looking for a great CPU for gaming while also doing other more CPU intensive tasks at the same time like streaming or you need a bit more CPU power than a 3600/5600 provides this is a great choice. if you are just looking to game at 1440p or lower than I would recommend the 3600x or 5600x.

Great processor if you have patience to tweak

I was feeling defeated on this processor. I Was extremely disappointed in it at first not due to performance but thermals. It was hitting 90c under load and for me that wasn't something I was comfortable with for longevity. I almost returned it but I found a YouTube video explaining why it runs hot and how to fix it. If you follow the video with limiting the power draw on this cpu via Ryzen master in the OS or via your BIOS settings it instantly dropped by about 13-15c under load and only gave up 4% performance on the multicore score about 600pts in cinebench. Single core did go up though. I was getting about 4.8GHZ on single and 4.5 under multicore. Fast forward a few more days as I was waiting parts from the holiday sales. I Did a lot of changes so I am unsure of ... MoreI was feeling defeated on this processor. I Was extremely disappointed in it at first not due to performance but thermals. It was hitting 90c under load and for me that wasn't something I was comfortable with for longevity. I almost returned it but I found a YouTube video explaining why it runs hot and how to fix it. If you follow the video with limiting the power draw on this cpu via Ryzen master in the OS or via your BIOS settings it instantly dropped by about 13-15c under load and only gave up 4% performance on the multicore score about 600pts in cinebench. Single core did go up though. I was getting about 4.8GHZ on single and 4.5 under multicore. Fast forward a few more days as I was waiting parts from the holiday sales. I Did a lot of changes so I am unsure of what impacted it the most. It is now running on the stock AMD factory settings without and tweaking and cinebench performance restored, sitting at 32c idle and 60c during use maxing at about 72 under full load. Here's what I changed Swapped from an MSI 240 mag aio cooler to the cosair h100i capplix elite, swapped from a bronze rated thermaltake 850watt PS, to a 750watt titanium rated seasonic, mounted the new rad with the hoses down instead of up, using 2 of the 3 120mm fans on the front of my case in a push/pull config on the rad, After getting everything else lined up and seeing the temps drop massively I am happy with this processor but depending on your build, it may take a lot of time to get it to where you like it. Hence the 4/5 Instead of 5. It's the most work I have ever had to put in for a simple processor upgrade. Came from a 2700x

Hard to beat performance at a great price

I picked up a 5600X about a year ago, wanted the 5800X terribly, but the availability was so low you couldn't get one. Micro Center is selling this thing at an absolute steal at 329 (it's still 440 elsewhere), the motherboard selection is good and relatively inexpensive. I love my 5600X, and I remain on it (but I paid 299 for it and for the same price now you can have the 5800X). I picked one up for my uncle a couple weeks ago with an ASUS TUF (WiFi) X570 board (same as my board just with WiFi). Simple assembly, added an Arctic 120 Water Cooler for it and the system is excellent. Things I noticed immediately over my 5600X: 1. Perhaps it's silicon maturity, or just the higher binned part but the 5800X turbos up more frequently and maintains a much higher overall ... MoreI picked up a 5600X about a year ago, wanted the 5800X terribly, but the availability was so low you couldn't get one. Micro Center is selling this thing at an absolute steal at 329 (it's still 440 elsewhere), the motherboard selection is good and relatively inexpensive. I love my 5600X, and I remain on it (but I paid 299 for it and for the same price now you can have the 5800X). I picked one up for my uncle a couple weeks ago with an ASUS TUF (WiFi) X570 board (same as my board just with WiFi). Simple assembly, added an Arctic 120 Water Cooler for it and the system is excellent. Things I noticed immediately over my 5600X: 1. Perhaps it's silicon maturity, or just the higher binned part but the 5800X turbos up more frequently and maintains a much higher overall clockspeed than the 5600X. On the 120mm water cooler it's maintaining a nearly constant speed of just shy of 4,700 Mhz (with zero overclocking options enabled in the bios). 2. 8 Physical cores, performance is just better in many games with 8 physical cores. 3. I do notice application superiority for apps that do use all the threads. 4. I am a bit jealous of the system I assembled for my uncle even though mine is close. 5. New intel 12th gen is faster, however, the little cores are garbage in many tasks and you have to DISABLE them for many games (and some apps) to make the processors viable to use. Why would anyone bother with this platform given how expensive DDR5 is and the fact that there is negligible difference in performance between DDR4 and DDR5. Wait until their tech matures, not saying don't buy it... but until it does mature the 5800 or 5900X is a solid performer and does everything you want it to. (the actual difference between the AMD parts and Intel ones are a mixed bag, the processors trade blows. With Intel being, at most, 12% faster in some workloads).

High Performance, Excellent Value

This product is no doubt an amazing deal. Micro Center has the best deals on CPUs hands down, and the performance of this product makes it well worth it. It does run a little toasty because of how the chiplet design is implemented into the CPU, especially if you have a smaller tower cooler, but with proper cooling, getting the full potential is not at all an issue. My specific CPU can easily sustain 4.8 GHz single core and 4.5 GHz all core, and paired with a good GPU, it is an extremely capable processor. These clocks also make it very good for workloads; high boost speeds and 8 cores, 16 threads, giving it plenty of power to complete demanding tasks. I have engineering workloads to do as a student, and it doesn't at all struggle to complete what I throw at it. ... MoreThis product is no doubt an amazing deal. Micro Center has the best deals on CPUs hands down, and the performance of this product makes it well worth it. It does run a little toasty because of how the chiplet design is implemented into the CPU, especially if you have a smaller tower cooler, but with proper cooling, getting the full potential is not at all an issue. My specific CPU can easily sustain 4.8 GHz single core and 4.5 GHz all core, and paired with a good GPU, it is an extremely capable processor. These clocks also make it very good for workloads; high boost speeds and 8 cores, 16 threads, giving it plenty of power to complete demanding tasks. I have engineering workloads to do as a student, and it doesn't at all struggle to complete what I throw at it. Ryzen Master also allows for an incredible amount of tuning, letting you overclock the frequencies to your desire (as long as your particular chip and CPU cooler can handle it), or undervolt to help keep the temps a little lower without loosing too much performance. This CPU does like the fast memory, but with a 3200 CL16 kit or better, you shouldn't loose much performance. The pins are very fragile, so be sure to handle it with care, as bending one, or even breaking one, can brick the CPU and void the warranty. Another great thing is that the motherboards, compared to intel, are more feature rich on the mid-range boards, and because of that, a cheaper board can get you much higher performance and solid features, so I still think that makes Ryzen a better deal. Overall, this is an amazing CPU, especially at this price point, and it's hard to beat. It's fully capable, runs very will with great boost speeds, and doesn't break the bank. Just be sure to get a solid cooler to go with it, and handle it with extreme care. All of that said, I would highly recommend this product to anyone looking for an upgrade or getting something completely new.

Powerful processor, just, mind the heat

Super powerful processor, great for multitasking, but absolutely requires a high end liquid cooling solution to be viable given how hot this thing gets. Also, even then it's best to look into using AMD's curve optimizer software in Ryzen Master to undervolt each core for best performance to temperature ratios. Doing so combined with overclocking has actually allowed me to hit 5ghz at points on two of my eight cores on this thing (not for extended periods mind you but that's fine the way overclocking works these days) and still stay under 80 degrees celsius. If you are looking for a Ryzen solely for gaming, I would actually recommend looking into a Ryzen 5 5600X. Temps don't get nearly as hot, and using curve optimizer with overclocking also allows for speeds up to 5 ... MoreSuper powerful processor, great for multitasking, but absolutely requires a high end liquid cooling solution to be viable given how hot this thing gets. Also, even then it's best to look into using AMD's curve optimizer software in Ryzen Master to undervolt each core for best performance to temperature ratios. Doing so combined with overclocking has actually allowed me to hit 5ghz at points on two of my eight cores on this thing (not for extended periods mind you but that's fine the way overclocking works these days) and still stay under 80 degrees celsius. If you are looking for a Ryzen solely for gaming, I would actually recommend looking into a Ryzen 5 5600X. Temps don't get nearly as hot, and using curve optimizer with overclocking also allows for speeds up to 5 GHz (if you're lucky of course.) Either way, for gaming a 5600X is likely all you will need if using these options, and it's cheaper than the Ryzen 7. Or, go up one step to a Ryzen 9 if you're willing to shell out the big bucks for extreme performance. However, if you do a lot of multitasking, some gaming, and don't want to shell out for a Ryzen 9, this will likely work for you (especially when it goes on sale.)

Ryzen 7 2700X to Ryzen 7 5800X

I had a Ryzen 7 2700X for around 4 years, and it served me well. Always fast, and did a fantastic job at all the work I threw at it. Then, there was a great sale on the Ryzen 7 5800X that I just couldn't pass up. The biggest reason I recommend upgrading to the 5800X isn't just the performance increase alone. It's primarily the beauty of PBO2+Curve Optimizer. PBO2 is the second generation of AMD's Precision Boost Overdrive, AKA, letting your CPU push out some quality oomph. Here's a little info on the overclocking options to give you some info to compare in order to highlight how great PBO2 is. PBO (the first one) raises the electrical current and power limits that restrict your CPU's ability to boost, effectively just allowing it to push itself up to its max boost ... MoreI had a Ryzen 7 2700X for around 4 years, and it served me well. Always fast, and did a fantastic job at all the work I threw at it. Then, there was a great sale on the Ryzen 7 5800X that I just couldn't pass up. The biggest reason I recommend upgrading to the 5800X isn't just the performance increase alone. It's primarily the beauty of PBO2+Curve Optimizer. PBO2 is the second generation of AMD's Precision Boost Overdrive, AKA, letting your CPU push out some quality oomph. Here's a little info on the overclocking options to give you some info to compare in order to highlight how great PBO2 is. PBO (the first one) raises the electrical current and power limits that restrict your CPU's ability to boost, effectively just allowing it to push itself up to its max boost frequency (which is 4.7GHz on the 5800x). Auto OC increases how high your CPU can boost by a flat amount. It doesn't mean it'll boost to that, or that if it does, it'll be stable. It just applies a blanket increase to the maximum. For example, a +200MHz offset would mean the 4.7GHz would be allowed to push to 4.9GHz. It doesn't mean it'll do it though. Here's where PBO2 with curve optimizer shines when combined with the Auto OC offset you add. PBO2 gives you control over the voltage or your processor on a per-core basis. You can undervolt the processor, telling it to try to run a frequency, but with less voltage. For example (these are made up numbers), out of the box will be 1V = 3.8 GHz. Add a -10 undervolt to all cores, and you're now saying, "try running 3.8 GHz at .9V instead." If it's stable on all cores, then that's awesome! BUT, often times, there will be 1 or 2 cores that just can't undervolt as far as the rest, so applying a flat undervolt to all cores will cause system instability and tons of crashing (not good). PBO2 lets you say, "core 1, I know you like your voltage, so you stay at a -5 offset, but let's see what the others can handle" and you can push them to the next negative offset increment. Repeat that until you find the lowest voltage offset you can push each core too, stably, at the Auto OC offset you desire. Higher Auto OC means the less you can undervolt while maintaining stability though, so keep that in mind. Lower voltage = lower temperatures, so find the STABLE happy medium for what you're looking for! With all of the above said, you can basically customize your processor to run at its individual best, rather than some generic numbers you see on the box. With my AIO cooler, I'm able to maintain 28c idle with my 5800X, and I can boost to 5.05 GHz with a -5 offset on my highest performing core, and -15 on the rest with 78c being the temperature under heavy load for a long time. The power is in your hands with this! Just make sure you do have good cooling because the 5800X does like to run hot. Totally recommend though!