Review on 💻 Unlocked Desktop Processor - AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT with 8 Cores and 16 Threads by Tyler Markham

I have decided to build myself a new PC for Christmas. I wanted the 5800X but couldn't get it so I settled on the 3800XT. A hell of a lot has changed since the i7-7700K. AMD actually did a pretty good job of getting the best possible performance out of the 7nm TMSC silicon. Combine this processor with a quality motherboard and DDR4-3600 CL16 RAM (Crucial Ballistix is great for money and overclocking), set the infinite fabric and memory data rate to 1800-1900MHz in a 1:1 ratio, lower the timings with the Timing Calculator leave Ryzen memory and pretty much everything else on Auto. You'll get great performance, see significant latency improvements, and can experiment with PBO settings and lower voltages to see what works best. It's actually a lot closer to Intel's gaming offerings than experts claim, especially with the newer AGESA BIOS. And when it comes to performance and power efficiency, AMD Ryzen chips are the reigning champions. In terms of single-threaded performance, I scored 569 on the CPU-Z test and nearly 6000 on the multi-threaded test. For comparison, my heavily overclocked i7-7700K underperformed only slightly in single-threaded mode, but well under half the 3800XT in multi-threaded mode. I am very impressed. I also have no temperature issues with the Be Quiet Dark Rock 4 heatsink and undervoltage bias of -100mV, which gives me around 32C at idle and around 60-65C at 100% load. Note that undervoltage can affect the performance of your processor. I've noticed that my multi-threaded benchmarks went down at lower voltage, but my single-threaded results went up at lower voltage, which I'm pretty happy with since I'm mostly gaming, I'll sacrifice a bit with multi-threaded. Multi-threaded performance for better single-threaded performance. Also, I tried different PBO settings, none of which improved the performance of my particular chip. I suspect the 3800XT is already optimized on TSMC's latest silicon, so PBO didn't help me. Make sure you install the latest AMD chipset drivers and select the AMD Ryzen Power Plan for Windows. I'm currently using the AMD Ryzen Balanced Power Plan, but the power plan is good for an additional 1-2% performance at the expense of power consumption. I have 2 cores that can reach 4.725GHz (#0 and #3). with 4 cores typically clocked at just over 4.6 GHz and the other 2 at around 4.55 GHz. With longer multi-threaded loads, I see an average of around 4.5 GHz for all cores, which I consider a very good indicator. Some have questioned the 3800XT's value proposition as it's more expensive and doesn't come with a stock Wraith cooler, but for me it's better clocks and vastly improved single-threaded performance (4-9% faster than a Wraith CPU) ). 3700X/3800X for light workloads thanks to 4.7+ GHz boost maybe 2-3% for heavy workloads.) I'm very happy with this chip and would definitely recommend it if you're transitioning from first gen Intel or Ryzen and not You can get the new Ryzen 5000 series chips. Great for both gaming and productivity, this processor uses far less power than the i7-10700K or i9-10850K I was considering, but I like the AMD PCIE4 support and way upgrades better than Intel. CPU: AMD 3800XTMB: Asus Prime X570 ProRAM: 64GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3600 @ 1900MHz (DDR-3800) 16-18-18-38, 1:1 Infinite Fabric VC: Gigabyte 5700XT OC (2nd Gen) PS: Corsair RMX750 Case : Corsair 750D Drives: Multiple Samsung 860/970 SSDs (2.5 inch and NVME M.2) OS: Windows 10 ProCPU-Z Result: https://valid.x86.fr/bench/mxru2m/1