AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

This is an excellent multicore processor with caveats. There are numerous reviews of this processor on the web so I'll just give my thoughts on it. The biggest caveat is the heat. This chip gets hot and without a good cooling solution the chip will hit 95 Celsius very quickly. For cooling I went with a 420 aio and it keeps the cpu in the 60 to 80 Celsius range. I game mostly but with enough productivity to make a 3d v cache not the best solution for my needs. I game on a widescreen so my resolution is more GPU bound anyway. For gaming this processor works just fine, I've had no issues or complaints about performance. My GPU is a 4080 so it pairs well with this level of cores and threads. My only other observation is it's not a quiet pc solution. To keep it cool the fans really have to ramp up so if that's a bother then you might not like this processor. For a good beast of a processor I highly recommend it.

Great CPU at a great price. I do a lot of video and photo editing so I needed the best of the best at the time that I purchased this. Still kicking to this day and dominating my workflows (and matches when I have free time to game).

Exelente rendimiento.

Got this before the 9000 series was available. Handled everything like a champ

Great CPU, packaged horribly. I rather unintelligently selected the option to hide the contents, I figured they’d ship it in the original box inside another box or something (that’s what they’ll do already genius), but the picture attached to this review shows the flimsy repackage, and also the exact position the cpu was in when I opened the box and removed that piece of foam on the left from on top of it. If this was a 5000 series the pin array would surely be irreparably damaged. Luckily it seemed to be undamaged, so I installed it. Not only did it work, I also hit decently big on the silicon lottery. Seriously though, my stomach dropped when I opened this thing up. Never pick the Hide what’s inside option!

Great CPU, transcodes video much faster than my old Intel CPU.

She's a monster! What else can I say? 16C/32T with an LGA design simplifying installation, and includes an IGPU. It's never struggled on anything I've fed this CPU and scores quite high in the synthetics. I'm able to keep the temperatures under control with some tuning, BIOS updates, and an air cooler that is made from the skin of a magic unicorn, and under full load, it still doesn't hit its thermal limit of 95C. It's not an X3D chip, but that's not what I wanted. This CPU should handle anything the average consumer can do during work or play without a problem, and was priced right. It hangs quite nicely with the 9950X and makes that upgrade from this CPU not even compelling unless you are coming from something much older. Power efficiency seems to be there, and it shuts up quite nicely at idle and throttles down a lot when not in use making for leaps and bounds in energy efficiency compared to older CPU's. You'll get a LOT of performance for your dollar if you get this 7950X

Buyer beware about this processor and seller (GeekTown (we record product serial number)). I purchased this processor on 10/1/24 and I had to return it because to me its deemed defective. It crashed on me once and "doesn't" perform to advertised performance specs. I had to pay $97.60 restocking fee plus shipping costs of $20.35 I have a case open with AMZ about this. Also, here is the kicker, I paid: $487.99 brand new, now the seller is selling it used for $489.99. How is that right? Seller claims, I’m lying and claims they tested the CPU and found no crash fault. How was this CPU test? Seller changed price to $486.99 then back to $487.99, same cost they sold the CPU when it was “brand new”. How can third party sellers get away with this. Read through seller feed back reviews and you can see how horrible they are, I only wish I did that before making this purchase. Never until this day had I had an issue with Amazon.