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Review on AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Desktop Processor - 8-Core, 16-Thread Unlocked by Michal Wjcik ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The product is good, there are only a few minor flaws.

There is NO cooler in the box! But this is logical, even a top boxed cooler will not cool it! Need a tower from 200 W of dissipation! Better than 250. The warranty should be 36 months from the manufacturer (indicated in the box, a classic for BOX versions), but the seller only says 12 months. The processor heats up literally in a matter of seconds, from 60 to 85. Even without a stress test. In games that are picky about the CPU (Battlefield 1, CyberPunk 2077). With standard power limit settings, the consumption is 125W, the temperature in the stress test is 91 degrees (under the 2-section AeroCool Pulse L240F medium-level dropsy) with a boost of 4.3 - 4.4 GHz for all cores, though it does not throttle and does not grow further. But still, it's impossible to work that way. Most motherboards will whine and stop again during such surges, without adjusting the cooling system curves, and so on all the time. Will drive anyone crazy. If you do not want to spend money on a good mother (to manually adjust the core voltage, otherwise turning off PBO will not work, the percentage will not start at voltage offsets), take 5600x or 5700x, they are noticeably colder! Especially the last one. For myself, I solved the problem by setting the PBO to manual mode, and setting the powerlimit to 105 watts. This noticeably reduced the heating with almost no effect on performance. Unfortunately, this did not help to reduce the voltage, and it still throws 1.4v per core, but now in the stress test it is no more than 80 degrees, in the usual mode ~ 70 - 75.

Pros
  • Very high performance in both single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. PBO boosts cores up to 4.85 GHz. Now - price (March 2023), BOX bought cheaper than OEM 5700x. Great for games, due to the high frequencies when loaded with 2-4 cores. After replacing the 3600x with it, stators and subsidence disappeared in many games, FPS increased noticeably (in cyberpunk with beams and DLSS, the quality is stable 60+, although it used to subside below 50 sometimes).
Cons
  • High temperatures. The processor is very hot. (see comment). Higher consumption (compared to 5600x, 5700x). Very aggressive automatic overclocking, especially the core voltage - 1.4v.