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

At the time of writing this processor has only been 'available' for about 2 weeks and I admit I was very lucky to get it Begin. Day. Most will probably have a hard time finding one until supply and demand stabilize, but if you're lucky like me, here are some of the things I've found so far: This processor is the best in its class. There's a lot of data in the Ryzen 5000 series benchmarks at this point, and it seems to easily outperform most of Intel's competitors, as well as the previous Ryzen 3000 series line. Personally, I don't think that's a good reason for it in itself Buy this product for now but I'll check the cost later, my previous rig was 8700K and I felt it was 'worth' the upgrade for me personally. I use it on a near-exclusive gaming PC, do some video rendering from time to time and see an improvement across the board. However, I play most games at 1440p and compared to my old 8700k I can tell you the average performance gain is probably less than 5%. It is significantly more in the rendering and workstation benchmarks, which is to be expected with more cores. This processor on my system tends to run HOT. At least hotter than I expected at 105W TDP. I'm using an MSI Tomahawk x570 with an Arctic Liquid Cooler 2 280mm AIO, and when stress testing it with default settings, I quickly reached 75C, sometimes up to 85C depending on the task. I have checked my mount and I don't think there is a problem. My system also uses a high airflow Phanteks P500A. I've found examples of others reporting this online and it appears to be exclusive to the 5800x at this time. I've run some extended stress tests and it doesn't seem to be overheating so I'm not overly concerned while it peaks at around 68C when gaming. Overall, I haven't had any stability issues or crashes so far, which is better than expected. as AMD has been known to be a problematic boot platform with driver/BIOS issues in recent years. Hope it stays that way! In terms of price, it is probably not worth it for most prospective buyers. The 5600x is (for now) the king of value in the new series, and the 5900x has notable benefits for just $100 more. I think the R5 3600 is still fantastic value, especially since it can sometimes be had for around $175. If the price of the 5800x drops to $400 or less in the future, the purchase will become significantly more attractive. Note that this is also (presumably) the end of the road for the AM4 platform. I think you can make reasonable arguments for 10th Gen Intel because of the potential for a next-gen upgrade, but who knows if it'll be worth the wait. TL; DR: best manufacturer, questionable value, warm Ryzen processor. I'm an enthusiast who wanted to buy this series before we even knew what it was capable of, most would find it unnecessary for mid-range 1440/4k gaming. did more temperature and testing and found that enabling ECO mode in AMD Ryzen Master software is a fantastic way to mitigate high temperatures. Total power consumption appears to drop from 145W (in PBO/OC mode) to around 88W, maintains the same single-core in Cinebench, and has little to no impact on gaming. Heavy multi-core workloads suffer about 10% like Cinebench, Handbrake encoding, etc. This is my default now. I've found CPU intensive games to fall off a bit, but still perform better than my old 8700K and rates are 20% lower on average. This is now my default setting, strange as it may sound, it keeps my fan/pump speeds much lower and therefore quieter, and for 90% of 1440p games I don't see any performance impact. Perhaps this will improve with further BIOS updates, but for now it seems the safest option. Playing around with settings, tweaking and looking for possible improvements in my cooling/performance choices. I no longer run Eco mode through Ryzen Master. My BEST CASE results are as follows: YMMV: In my MXI X570 BIOS I use the following settings found in Advanced AMD Overclocking: Performance limits are set manually: PPT - 142wTDC - 95AEDC - 120Boost Override - 50mhzCurve Optimizer: Top two cores NEGATIVE 10 (for me it's cores 1 and 7, see Ryzen Master) All other cores NEGATIVE 25 This gives me my best undervoltage temperatures thanks to the new PBO2 update, 30 minutes Cinebench R23 Multi Peaking @ 78C. The average gaming temperature is mostly 55-60°C, depending on the title. With these settings, I can get 2-3% of my highest overclock without going over 80C. I tested the clock in game with perfect stability. Latest Update - If you are using the Arctic Freezer 2 280mm AIO - check which version you have and if it is not Rev. 4, please contact Arctic Customer Service. . They will send you an "offset" mounting bracket for the cold plate assembly, which positions it about 1 cm below the IHS. Sounds pretty useless, but I've found that at 5800x this results in much slower heating and an overall temperature improvement of around 4-5C. This makes it appear to focus more on the actual heat dissipation of the CPU component and also makes the cooler assembly much easier. Thank you ARCTIC!