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27.7.2019

Update 20th January 2020:I upgraded to a 3900x. I've been using it for a couple of weeks and l'm loving it. A few things to note for those of you Ryzen 3rd Gen. users and prospective buyers:1. Voltage offset is your friend. In my case and with my specific MOBO (Asus C6H - x370) the different Ryzen CPUs I had (3600x, 3700x and now 3900x) behaved in the same way:- High voltage at idle up to 1.5V- (Thus) 'high' idle temps: around 37-45ºC- Around 1.2-1.3V at load, temps around 60ºC (ranging from 55 to 65ºC on a Corsair H150i Pro, quiet pump and all fans spinning around 800 RPMs).I don't care what "Robert" from AMD says and I surely don't trust him; I trust the numbers I get on my PC. So,if you want a quieter, more efficient, longer lasting (probably) Ryzen 3rd. Gen. CPU, I advise to go the 'voltage offset' route. Personally, I have my chip set to -1.0V so the 3900x never has more than 1.4V fed to it (I did the same on the 3700x; l actually had this CPU with a 1.250V undervolt and it did just as good as stock. I haven't tried to go so 'low' on voltage on the 3900x yet. I bet it'll work just fine, but until I try it I won't know for certain). I have run benchmarks (games, Cinebench) and I get slightly better results with the offset voltage. YMMV.2. If you want a totally silent PC experience (and have the appropriate components you'll need for it), I suggest you set a fan curve where fans won't spin up until the CPU reaches 62-63ºC AND you set the fans to have around 3 to 5 seconds response delay (you can actually set normal fan curves as long as you have a 5 seconds response delay. Just observe the CPU behavior and you'll understand the *rational for this).*This is all about trying to get around the 'low usage' and 'high voltage' Ryzen 3rd. Gen. behavior. Open an app and it'll boost up to its max., having the voltage fed to it to its max., too. This causes the temps to go much higher than at idle but just for literally a couple/few seconds. I've noticed the CPU won't care whether my fans are spinning at 2000 or 700 RPMs: it will still reach such temps. and settle there.Thus, the way to go is what l mentioned above. That way, your fans won't bother what the CPU is doing and will only spin up when the CPU truly needs it (beyond 62-63ºC). Funny enough that will hardly ever happen (almost never in my system) as, unless you don't have the appropriate airflow, your 3rd Gen. Ryzen CPU will hardly go beyond the aforementioned temps. Sure enough, again, your temps will vary according to the airflow in your case and ambient temps.3. I don't think l have noticed a significant improvement when going from the 3600x to the 3700x and then to the 3900x (as expected). All these CPUs are pretty snappy and a joy to use (once it's all properly configured). Unless you have a workload that requires more than 6 cores OR you are an enthusiast like me who gets thrilled just by thinking you have a 12 cores and 24 threads CPU, you're probably better off with the 3600 (even the non x).If you aren't planning to change the CPU until 3 years or beyond (and you like gaming) l'd probably buy the 3700x. Games like Battlefield V do use those 8 cores and even 12! I've seen "BV" using 54% of the 3900x (that's using those 12 cores fully and some of one thread) and I see up to 64% usage when 'loading' the game "COD MW 2019" or the next level. That is insane.If you aren't a gamer, an enthusiast and/or you won't utilize applications that take advantage of extra cores, then, really, go and get a 3400G. It's an excellent CPU (on daily, 'normal' usage you wouldn't notice a big difference between that one and the 3900x. Of course there is a difference, but not the one you may have in mind; not a 4 VS 12 cores difference.I got a 3400G for my wife and she can't be happier. Mind you, l would've gotten her the best available in the market had l thought a difference was to be found (for her PC usage). The 3400G will save you money (cheaper, no GPU needed, less powerful PSU required... even the electricity bill will be cheaper... ;-)Girls and boys, if you have questions, down in the comments. I hope this helps!Update 1st October 2019:I switched to a 3700x. The only difference l notice between the 3600x and the 3700x is when looking at MSI Afterburner OSD overlay while playing Battlefield V. Now, CPU usage is a lot less than before. If you're just a gamer you should be more than fine with the 3600x, l surely was. It just that seeing that high CPU usage while playing BV was bugging me (YMMV, as ever).The 3700x at stock (PBO off) is hitting advertised clocks in most cores. More importantly, idle voltage and temps are now settled after upgrading to BIOS 7501 (on an Asus C6H x370). I'm using Ryzen Balanced Windows Power Plan.So yeah, so far so good. Boy this's been a journey!I guess l'll now wait for an offer on the 3900x, not because l need it (not by any means!) but because l can and l am a PC enthusiast. Having 6 cores is good, 8 is great and 12 is awesome. 16 cores, l hear you say? Yeah, bring them on baby!Update 18th September 2019:- Upgraded to 5 STARS. At this price (I paid GBP 220, bought from Amazon), this CPU is amazing.- Added picture showing 2 cores reaching 4468MHz (HWinfo).- Waiting for BIOS update of 30th September.I continue being very happy with this CPU. It's snappy and fast. I have observed games like "Battlefield V" using it up to 90%. The game runs as smooth as you would want it (paired to a MSI RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio) and it's a joy to play.Now, my plan is to upgrade to a better Ryzen CPU next year and hopefully keep it for a few years (I'd buy an 8 cores minimum). If you buy a CPU having in mind to keep it for 3+ years, and you like playing games that utilize 8 or more cores if available (like "BV" does) then I would suggest you going for a 3700x instead. It'll be a better buy in that case scenario.Update (a week after purchase):I got into terms with this CPU and decided to keep it.After a week of daily usage l can tell this processor is faster and snappier than the one it’s replacing, a [email protected] only problem I found is the idle temperatures are ‘somehow’ hotter than the 1700x (even when OC). Basically, when idling, the 3600x temperature jumps from around 35°C all the way to 60-63°C. It is a strange, ‘restless’ behavior (see my system’s specs at the bottom).I have come into terms with this by readjusting the fans’ curve. In any case, the fans every now and then rev up to speeds they never reached before (past 2000Rpms in the case of the CPU fans when the latter occasionally reaches 73°C for a few seconds while loading a game). This happens rarely, but I’ve seeing it.In most cases, while gaming or stress testing, the CPU tends to sit at 60-63°C with an ambient temperature of around 20°C. For example, playing Battlefield V (3840x1200@120Hz), as you can see in the (lousy) uploaded pictures. I’d happily say this CPU is pretty cool under load.Another ‘weird’ thing I observed is the voltage. At idle, 1.4V; under load 1.3V. I think this is why the CPU is hot and jumpy when idling VS cooler and more stable under load. I researched online and found that the higher idle voltage is meant to ‘assist’ the 1-2 cores higher clock speed, whereas the lower voltage under load is because of the slower 6 clocks core speed.Speaking of clock speed, my processor has no problem reaching the advertised 4.4Ghz and even 4.450Ghz occasionally. While playing games it sits at 4.275-4.3Ghz, often speeding up to 4.375Ghz. I used “GPU Tweak II” to see the CPU’s behavior ‘while playing games’ and “HWmonitor” to monitor it in general.One thing to notice is the CPU cooler l’m using: an AIO 360mm Corsair H150i PRO with 3x Be Quiet Silent Wings 3 fans. Keep in mind your clock speed and you temps may vary when pairing the 3600x with a different, less efficient cooler.I’ll try to take and add new, more informative pictures when l have the time.All in all, if you’re coming from a 1700x/2700x or slower, I’d recommend the upgrade if you’re looking for a faster ‘Single Core (SC)’ speed and a snappier feeling when using the PC (e.g. opening programs, loading websites, etc.). (Bear in mind, around half a year ago I tried the 2700x on my rig but l sent it back due to not noticing any improvement compared to my 1700x.)I keep the 4 stars rating due to the 'weird idle behavior'. Otherwise this CPU would completely deserve 5 stars. Price to performance it is a 5 stars CPU.My rig:- 3600x- C6H (x370)- RTX 2080 Strix- Corsair H150i PRO (with 3x Be Quiet Silent Wings 3)- NVME Samsung 960 PRO- 3200Mhz – 16GB RAM – Corsair Dominator Platinum- EVGA T2 - 850w- Be Quiet Dark Base 900 Pro……………………………….(*As a side note and in order to help prospective buyers decide between this CPU and the 3700x.)If your usage is like mine (Word, 20+ tabs/two windows internet browsing, gaming AAA games, listening to music and watching movies) then this CPU will surely serve you very well. I would certainly also explore Intel options (specifically the 9700K if on offer).I’ve had an 8 cores CPU (the aforementioned 1700x) and trust me, if you want a fast, snappy feeling on your PC, you want high SC performance. Leave all those 8 cores for ‘video editors’ and other users of applications that utilize a high core/thread count.‘Future proofing,’ I hear you say? I laugh at that concept. My beloved 1700x bought in the best region of the world (Cambridge, Massachusetts) in May 2017 (yeah, I was a Zen early adopter) is already outdated by a 6 cores CPU, 2 years later. There is no ‘future proofing’ in technology. Now, if you can’t afford an upgrade every 2 years or you just don’t bother, then surely, aim at the best you can buy today. I would then pay the extra 80 GBP and get the 3700x because those extra 2 cores may come handy in the coming 4-5 years. If your PC usage is like mine and you’re like me in that you’re already thinking of the new Ryzen CPU (Zen 5?) then get this one and save those 80 GBP for the next Ryzen generation.‘Some games use 8 cores,’ you say. Well, check games benchmarks and tell me what the difference is: 5fps? 8fps in the best case scenario? Will you notice that? I surely won’t.……………………………….(Initial review.)I have mixed feelings about the 3600x.On one hand it 'feels' snappier and faster than my old and trusty 1700x (even when OC to 3.9Ghz), on the other hand the 3600x runs hotter when idling.My PC was silent until upgrading to the 3600x. I can now hear the 3x Be Quiet Silent Wings 3 fans revving up (installed on a 360mm AIO Corsair 150i PRO) at idle. Ambient temperature: 19°C.The CPU reaches the advertised speed and l have seen it surpassing it, too (see pictures attached). When all cores are in use it seats at 4.09 while aleatory changing the speed of 1 core to 4.124Mhz (when benchmarking Cinebench r15 MC).So far it gets 4 stars because it runs significantly hotter than the 1700x (3.9Ghz OC) at idle. When gaming (BV) it sits at around 63-65°C (see attached pictures) (Front door of my case opened, 3x 140mm Be Quiet Silent Wings 3 located at the case front running at full speed).Conclusion, after a few hours of testing (To be updated):- It feels snappier/faster than a 1700x (OC to 3.9Ghz) when opening programs and ‘normal usage’. This time it’s not only about ‘numbers’ (benchmarks) but you can ‘feel’ the difference.- It runs hotter than a 1700x (even when OC to 3.9Ghz).- Metro Exodus Benchmark: l get the very same results with the 3600x and the 1700x on this benchmark. I guess l’m GPU limited/bottlenecked (but just to say).One star off because of the temps at idle. l'll conduct further testing and come back to update this review in a week.
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28.5.2020

My original plan was to upgrade an old i5 machine with a cheap i7/motherboard bundle off eBay but then the lock-down hit and these bundles that you could get for around a ton were now selling for more than double. No value there any more. So, looked at new and this CPU seemed to offer the best price to performance ratio out there. It would need a new motherboard and RAM but it still seemed to make sense. There was some initial debate between getting this or the 3600x but for another fifty quid, it didn't really seem worth it for another 200MHz.Now, this CPU is fast. Compared to the old i5 it replaced, chalk and cheese.It's almost on par with my main PCs i7-8700K which is clocked at 5GHz - those extra cores and threads in the Ryzen seem to make everything seem quicker even though the actual clock is a lot lower. I have did play around with overclocking until reading a lot of doom and gloom threads on the subject so reigned it in a tad. I did have it running comfortably on an all core overclock at 4.2GHz at under 1.3V but the extra performance is not massive so binned it. I am using the standard Auto OC feature set at 200Mhz to get a little boost on the cores but, to be honest, I don't think it's doing much. When monitoring, the highest I have seen a single core run is 4175. But, as I said, the performance increase is marginal at best so not really worried with messing about with it. They're not like Intels where you can add on a ton of clock - the i5 this replaced was a 2.8GHz clock overclocked to 4GHz and my i7 is 3.7GHz at stock!So, no need to overclock, unless you like to tinker and the only real gains are those you'll see in benchmarks rather than real world. The main boost to speed here is having good, fast memory.I did replace the stock cooler for an aftermarket one though as I did find the stock one a little noisy and the temps seemed pretty high. I purchased an Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo and it took 20 degrees off the temps and this is with a very low fan speed set but the stock is adequate.So, if you kept the stock cooler, got a reasonable B450 motherboard, 16Gb of pretty good RAM, the whole set up can be had for around three hundred quid which is incredible value for the performance you end up. That's what I paid for just my i7 two years ago and there's really not much difference in performance. - CPU Mark actually gives a better score to the AMD!One last thing to note on swapping out Intel innards to AMD, I had no issues whatsoever with Windows 10 - it just fired up straight away with no issues whatsoever.
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16.8.2019

So, starting this review off I've been using my Ryzen 5 3600 for a few weeks on my Asus ROG STRIX x470-f motherboard with Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200mhz DDR4(2X8GB) I've had no issues at all with installation or even getting up and running - besides for the hour of fresh OS install as recommended when changing hardware.First off the installation to the board itself couldn't be easier, drivers and software is all in one handy zipped file on the AMD Support page, one click and a restart and that's it. I like experimenting a little with Ryzen Master and squeezing a little more performance out of it - conveniently on the new version of RM, there's actually a 'Precision Boost' & 'Auto Overclocking'presets which gives worry free improvements as they're all customised by AMD themselves.So with the overclocking max set to 4.26Ghz, RAM boosted to 3,266Mhz and my 980Ti on stock, the gaming experience is definitely worth the £188 I paid compared to my old 1700x (£170).Already off the bat, the single thread speeds were very noticeable providing even better performance in my games but without sacrificing much of the Multithreading speed of the 1700x. I play all of my games on 1080p 60fps, Very High with some 2xMSAA(sometimes 4x if the game is well optimised) and it handles it all really well, give or take a few frames dropped here and there but nothing to frown about considering you're paying less than £200!Temperatures of my 3600 at 4.25Ghz paired with my Hyper Evo 212(With AM4 adapter) idles around 34-40 degrees and is around 65-70 under full load but mostly towards the 60 degrees side and less than 70 Watts of power consumption.I'm planning to upgrade to an RTX soon though because my 980Ti is almost 5 years old so it is starting to feel a little slow and could possibly be holding the Ryzen back a little. Anyway, I digress, for £180-190 this is the closest you're going to get in terms of performance to an Intel i5 chip at a competitive price point!AMD have hit the jackpot with these chips and I can't see why anyone would turn their nose up at the price:performance ratio you can get with a Ryzen!EDIT: I was checking a few recent reviews on here and people complaining about the AMD Rewards as a scam? NOT TRUE AT ALL!I was able to redeem my 3 months of Game Pass back in July with no issues after installing the product verification tool from the site. Apparently a lot of people don't understand how to use computers on here and blame the hardware ? ignore all of the one star reviews.
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25.4.2020

Coming over from an intel i7 4790k was a big move. But more on that throughout the review.Firstly when you receive the Ryzen it’s clear that AMD are pushing that “we’re cool” vibe. The box looks great, the marketing really pushes the envelope and it’s leagues in front of the boring Intel brand.Inside the box, “how they get it all in” I cant re-box, you get the wraith, Non-LED, the chip and some written blurb all well presented and secure, it has the usual authenticity and security attachments as standard.Installation is easy, beware the pins, if you damage those the chip is goosed. For those new to AMD you also need a board which can accommodate an AMD CPU.My board is the ASUS E570,this has a boot light system which goes through a colour range to show different stages or faults in the boot. The Green for on was a beast for me to achieve, I had a broken HDMI lead and my GPU was not sat correctly, however a new VGA and tinkering and that was squared. Some may ask, why this board? And it’s all about future proofing the system for me is the answer!Ok installation of software etc was where I noticed the speed difference, the AMD beats the old 4790k hands down, no figures or facts etc just smoke and dust with the i7 still at the start. The Ryzen really shows it’s strength, I game, stream, surf and download all the same time with no problems. The AMD Ryzen chips are really designed to push the envelope, the zupped up fan is testament to this.I have paired the Ryzen with the Palit 2070, they work well together and stay cool, I have a lot of fans so this all helps, but I’ve noticed no bottlenecks and run modern games on ultra without lags, jitters or significant temperatures above 65..Now the fan, ok, if you’re wearing a headset it’s fine, but this fan is quick to respond and throttles all the time. It’s pumping the Revs constantly but on the plus keeps the system cool. Remember the fact it’s Non-LED which is a shame as AMD through Amazon are pushing it as supplied with LED version. Real shame for the bling....In summary I love this system it destroys my last one before getting out of bed.System is Ryzen 3600x. Palit 2070. Corsair Vengeance 3200 16gb. Evo M.2 and a few SSD to top it off. I have a lot of fans as we got to keep this baby cool plus an EVGA 750 platinum to juice it all up.But with reassurance!!!! Boom in ya face i7, I won’t look back.
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13.1.2021

Rig: Air cooled 3700X, Gigabyte X570 motherboard, Corsair iCue 16GB DDR4 3200 MHz, M.2, Corsair iCue case, Asus RTX 2070 mini GPU, Corsair 650W PSUTested this build with Doom Eternal and Wolfenstein: Youngblood to see ray tracing in action. For HD video rendering, I used Sony (now Magix) Vegas v.15. The chosen CPU and GPU were purchased for their significantly lower power draw relative to similar or higher spec components in their respective ranges. The Ryzen 3700X has a 65w TDP (105w for the 3800X) and the Asus 2070 Dual Mini OC GPU 175w, which is 40w less than the average full length part. The 3700X can comfortably maintain 4.3 Ghz boost under load but only occasionally the full 4.4GHz top boost.That's probably down to my cooling choice which was the Wraith LED cooler supplied with the CPU - liquid cooling would probably make a difference.In the games, I was able to push settings up to ultra and play for long periods. My monitoring software showed that the CPU didn't exceed 75 degrees during the entire session. The supplied Wraith cooler would often increase in volume but it is quite bearable and drowned out by headphones or speakers. My current monitor limits frame rates to only 60fps and it will soon be replaced by a 144 Hz. The frame rate during gaming with everything on max and Nvidia RTX enabled never dropped below 60fps and I look forward to seeing the results with a better monitor.Performance in Sony Vegas has been astounding but to be fair, that's in comparison to my old rig that contained an 8-core FX-8370 CPU, AMD RX570 8GB GPU and 16GB DDR3. Render times have more than halved compared to the old FX CPU and that's even taking into account liquid cooling that enabled stable overclocking of the FX chip at 4.9 GHz. The extra 8 threads and massively improved chip architecture along with a reduction in CPU TDP from 125w to 65w make this a very good upgrade to a very good all-rounder PC that provides great performance while being significantly cheaper to run than the 3800X or higher.Note: I was hanging on for the Ryzen 5600X CPU but it became clear in November that they would be scarce for a long time. The 3700X was the next best fit for my needs.
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15.1.2020

Great CPU. Only buy it if it's on sale though; the extra price isn't justified given it's 5% performance gain over the 3600. I bought it on sale when it cheaper than the 3600! It gets excellent single threaded performance, scoring a 528.5 after running the CPU-Z stress test for 15 minutes. The problem with CPU-Z is that your initial performance will be better than your sustained performance, as it will heat up and overclock itself less to reduce the heat load. I got a sustained 4160 on CPUZ for multithreaded performance.Also; the temperature sensing algorithm is not like intel or older gen AMD CPU's. It only outputs the temperature of the hottest CPU core. It also doesn't use a time smoothing algorithm like most other CPU's do.Most other CPU's will average over the last 5 or so temperature readings when reporting the temperature. This would be the reported CPU temperature, which would then be offset by a certain value to produce the effective temperature which the fan uses to set it's speed. Ryzen cpu's just provide the current temperature value as the reported value, and it only provides the hottest core temp. This is done because of the way precision boost overclocks your CPU. They want it to be as up to date and conservative as possible.As a result you will see random temperature spikes on idle. This is normal; the cpu will be given a task randomly and it will overclock itself and finish it faster, but as a result it's temperature will briefly spike up. Of course this is only the temperature of the hottest core. It will quickly go back down to it's baseline. If using the stock cooler I suggest you go into the BIOS and set it's minimum fan speed to 50%, and have it increase after 50 degrees celsius. This ensures that you won't hear the fan rev up while idle, as it won't go beyond 50 degrees while idle.As a final note don't bother overclocking this. Precision boost will already overclock it essentially as high as it can comfortably go with the available cooling. If you want get an aftermarket cooler and precision boost will overclock it higher as the temperature will be lower. Only manually overclock if you want to go above 4.3-4.4 ghz.
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24.8.2019

I had a 2200g before, i bought that waiting this CPU and the GPU prices to calm down. I calculated the differences between the two CPU (r3 2200g - 4core 3700MHz) and expected a good speedbump.But in the everyday use, all tasks where the 2200g (like a not too old i5) was struggling the r5 3600 is doing easy even often half of the CPU is sleeping :) I am not saying it worth to upgrade from 2600x, but it is somehow faster than it should be.I had 145 pts in CinebenchR15 sinle, now i have 200, and i did not expect this will be a new whole level.It can boost 4400MHz with auto overclock setting for moments (i did not try more yet, only found higher setting in the BIOS, not in Ryzen Master),and holds 4350-4375 on singe core, around 4100 on all core. I do not know what is the official 3.6GHz, it never goes below 4GHz without touching any settings. I did not try any manual overclock, i just do not need to do it (yet), but i like it can be done by software, and also can go back to auto boost without restart.RAM-everybody is worrying about the RAM speed, my 2400MHz modules can be overclocked at least 3600MHz, i did not try higher, this is crazy too. But I do not need that extra few percent of power and I use it low frequency and set a massive offset undervolt for the SoC, because the infinity fabric is power hungry, consumes 5-10W extra power all the time. I also can undervolt the cores with -100mV and still can boost and hold 4300 on single core, and it is cooler, and the boost voltages are high anyway, so it is better for the silicon. I do not have any overheating or noise issues with a 120mm tower cooler, just like to be greener :)Just a year before i was using a 5 year old i5 laptop clocked on 1700MHz, they still were charge a premium price for i5, but it never was fast, ssd could not help enough too. It just did everything slowly, rocking on a desktop, i cannot describe the difference, even browsing is painful on that laptop now.I could not wait until CPU will is available in amazon, so i had to buy it from different way from the CCL.
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29.7.2020

I think this is what AMD intended Ryzen to be from the off, I have had the 1700X and the 2600 from previous gen. Both excellent in their own right and I learnt alot about Ryzen and it's likes and dislikes, So coming from the Ryzen 5 2600 I wasn't expecting miracles.I got them though, let me explain, on paper the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher all core boost and double the cache, thats it oh and smaller fab at 7nm. What ever trickey they have going on is working I get a solid 15-20% FPS boost in all current tiltes and a solid 1500-2000 point gain in Firestrike, not earth shattering I admit but when you factor in I sold my 2600 for £100 this 3600 cost me £54 at the time I bought it.Along side that it seems to me at least way more tunable the any previous gen of Ryzen, old Ryzen was just a bugger to tune with RAM and overclocking got them hot if you wanted any meaningful speed say 4.2Ghz compared to 4.0Ghz which is what I settled on with the 2600 as 4.2 just got too hot even with an AIO. Now these Ryzen 3's can run hot if you brute force the OC but instead of that and using the Precission Boost Overdrive and a bit of reading I have my 3600 boosting to 4.4Ghz on sinlge threaded workloads and averaging 4.3 on everything else all at less heat that if I dialed in 4.3 and static voltage. Now the CPU and it's own limits are controlling the clock speed, much as it would if you just dropped it in stock and let it just run, but with a bit of reading and some time this processor will run so much better, much like GPU's of today the cooler you keep them the faster they go within their limits.So to summerise I'll leave my specs hereMSI X470 Gaming ProRyzen 5 3600 @ 4.4Ghz PBO max boostCrucial Micron E die 3600 DDR 4 @ 3800 16-20-16-16-38And an RTX 2060 under an H55 AIO that now boost's to 2Ghz now that it is no longer thermally limited.Folks overclocking for me at least just became fun again, more like tuning a muscle car than just slapping on some NOS and cooling and seeing how fast she'll go.
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26.10.2019

Finally got my hands on 3900X and it's great! Initially ordered on July 11, but when my order missed delivery date 11 days later, I got Ryzen 3 3200G to make sure the rest of my new build is working. BTW, 3200G is a beast of a CPU for the price! It's CPU performance is solid and iGPU performance is very impressive. It's hard to tell the difference between 3200G and 3900X in day to day use actually. Even in gaming, there's not a big difference, (though I do play at Quad-HD and 4K on RTX 2070, so games are mostly GPU bound).Anyway, I ended up cancelling my 3900X in September and re-ordered again from Amazon US when they became available a week ago. It's probably for the best,because I get 4.2GHz all core boost and single core boost of 4.65GHz (on stock BIOS settings), now that AMD has learned from all of the complaints about boost clocks and released the ABBA AGESA, and perhaps started binning 3900Xs a little better to save face.Multi-core performance is very impressive, I've tried compiling Rust projects and compressing large number of files with 7-zip. Now here, it's a night and day difference compared to my macbook pro and Ryzen 3200G.The CPU temp goes to 75C after a few minutes at full load (Blender Classroom rendering), with NH-D15S as a cooler. I used Noctua's thermal paste that came with the cooler, pressed the heatsink against the CPU, removed to check thermal paste covered the whole heat spreader, then screwed the heatsink on.If that helps, I'm using Aorus Elite x570 board, Micron's Ballistix DDR4 3200 RAM CL16 (4 sticks) and Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2 SSD.So there you go, I guess, this is 2 reviews in one. Looks like you can't go wrong with AMD's new CPUs. Buy with confidence!
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27.9.2019

I bought this CPU as to upgrade from my i7 4790k, not necessarily because I was expecting a huge performance increase but my 4th gen Intel chip was starting to show it's age with compatibility issues. So I moved to a new b450 motherboard and the 3700X CPU. This Chip runs a bit hotter than I'd expect it to (Although I am looking to upgrade to an AIO in the future to help with temps), it is a very capable chip, the temperatures whilst gaming aren't too bad and it keeps up with the high end Intel chips in gaming, but the deciding factor for me was the price was £40-60 cheaper than the equivalent Intel CPU and it basically does everything other than Gaming better than Intel.AMD have really stepped up with this CPU and I don't really have much negatives to say, there are a few, such as the turbo clock issues with AMD chips and motherboards (research it before buying). This should be fixed by the time anyone is reading this review but make sure you compare at what matters most to you, and I enjoy my gaming but I enjoy streaming and recording also, which helped make my choice clear that I'd go for an AMD CPU. With my previous Intel CPU streaming and gaming wasn't really possible as I would get stuttering from little bits of lag and it was noticeable enough to not be able to stream, with this new AMD CPU you still suffer from general FPS decrease (As does Intel) but it is a lot less worse, and I am not getting stuttering in any games in-fact. So it gets a huge thumbs up from me for this. I would recommend this CPU to others, I would say it easily hits a 8-9/10, the only downsides are that it's not as powerful as a 9700k or 9900k, and the temps can be a bit higher than you'd expect on Idle.
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26.7.2019

like the headline says this is my first AMD cpu. i've ditched Intel. AMD might not be the "gaming king" but these days that's all Intel really has going for them and even at that... once you step up to 1440p or 4K then AMD is just as good as Intel while offering more cores, better security, better value, less power consumption, and better multicore performance.the 3700X seems like the perfect CPU for me. the 3600/X is a nice CPU but i wasn't happy with just 6 cores so the 3700X was the minimum for me. the 3800X is probably better but i don't think it's worth the extra money. after that you only have the 3900X + 3950X which are 12 and 16 cores respectively.that's insane overkill if you just want to play games and by the time games even start to use 12 or 16 cores you'd need to upgrade anyway.the only thing i don't like about these CPUs is how hot they run. my old intel would sit at about 21-25C under light usage but the 3700X is anywhere between 32-60C in the same situation but if they are designed to work this way i don't really care. the included cooler is more than capable but i'm still gonna get an aftermarket cooler.highly recommended. maybe not the best value for money CPU right now (that'd be the 3600/3600X) but if you absolutely don't want 6 cores and want 8 instead then the 3700X is a no brainer especially if you want to future proof your CPU as i imagine 6 cores will not hold up long as it is already considered mid range which is ridiculous since only a few years ago anything over 4 cores was restricted to high end enthusiast platforms until AMD released Ryzen in 2017!buy it!!!!!
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27.1.2020

I've only ever really owned one Intel CPU, a 286 I don't remember, and a DX2-66, ever since then I've gone with AMD. I'm not saying they've always been the best or most efficient, but if you wanted performance for a price that didn't sting, AMD was the way to go.With this generation of chips it really seems like AMD have caught up with Intel in almost every way, and they are still significantly lower in price. Maybe I'm biased, but reviews seem to agree that these processors pound for pound match or beat their Intel cousins. I upgraded from a AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, so let's be honest, any of the current generation would seem like voodoo in terms of performance increase,but this just feels so fast. Seems to compare favourably with the 3800X and a good bit cheaper. If the 7-2700X (which can be had quite cheaply) and 5-3600X just don't seem enough, and the price tag on the 9-3900X is just too hard to look at, the 7-3700X is probably the one for you.The fan... It's not so quiet, it does light up if powered, and I'm running with the sides of the case open right now so I'm not sure how effective it is at cooling, some of the reviews suggest swapping it out if you're over locking and I'd probably agree, but as a stock cooler it seems to do the job well enough. One more thing, clipping the heat sink + fan to the processor/board has always been my least favourite part of a build, but this seemed to take way longer to fit than on any of the others I've built recently, maybe it was a defect, but if not, be patient and it does clip on in the end.Overall, very pleased with this.
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28.11.2019

With tweaked PBO enabled CPU-Z scores me at 8700K single core levels and beats a stock 3800X and crushes a 9900K. Unless you must have the fastest FPS in games the 3700X is a far better purchase. Make it cheaper by buying a B450(M) motherboard such as the MSI Tomahawk Max or Mortar Max and you are good to go!Edit: I have been running this for a few months now and am very pleased with the processor. I got some 3600 Mhz DDR4 memory and used Dram Calculator (free) to tighten the timings even further. I also purchased an Arctic Liquid Freezer II AIO and dropped the temps substantially compared to the stock cooler. Using a combination of tweaked PBO,undervolting and LLC I now had it rock stable and it easily gets to 4.4 Ghz on single core and hovers around 4.2 Ghz multicore. This may not seem like much on multicore but you MUST test the performance using comething like Cinebench R20. There really is not need to do manual overclocking unluss you really need those extra few seconds/minutes for rendering tasks. I now get a CB R20 score of over 5000 multicore and over 500 single core. It also depends on your motherboard and BIOS version. I am on ABBA BIOS on a MSI B450M Mortar (Non Max). But even at stock with the stock cooler it's a powerhouse. It really depends on whether you want to spend the money to get the best out of it or not. Swings and roundabouts...Update: Still running great! Here's a tip though if you are running the last BIOS. Go into AMD overclocking and set PBO to custom and set it to 300,280,0 and get some extra performance boosting most single cores to 4.4 Ghz.
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29.12.2020

This CPU is Good at photo editing and rendering. It's about 3.6x faster than my old AMD FX-8350 CPU.If you just look just for gaming only with this 3700X then you will be disappointed as I found no difference in frame rate with an older FX-8350 as it clocks at 4GHz as well. I think that most of the Games I play are very GPU dependent.The CPU runs at only 20% with the AMD Radeon R9 Fury GPU at 100% full load.The CPU base speed is 3.59GHz, but when I started using the CPU it ran on the default setting with the X570 motherboard pro, which makes it clock at 4.3GHz makes it react faster with 2 or 3 cores.The speed will drop to 4.05GHz under full load with all core running.The downside that you getquick changes in temperature which can make the fan throttle up suddenly and make a bit of noise 88dB. But not as loud as my GPU fan on full load.I have to manually change the CPU setting to get the static base clock speed of 3.5GHz. The scores on Cinebench R23 is 1009pts single-core and 9787pts multi-core.Cinebench R23 gives the CPU a score of 1290 pts 10:15 sec for rearing and image for single-core and 12217pts and a time of 65sec per render image for the multi-core on default or Auto settings.AutoTuning setting just keeps the clock speed at 3.99GHz regardless if the CPU is under load or idle.The Scores were 1187 single-core and 11944 Multi-core, a little lower because of the lower clock speed.But this mode was more stable with lower wattage and heat with the CPU fan not throttle up suddenly.
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19.6.2020

For starters it is really easy to install it if you place it properly on the slot it just slides in, if not it doesn't, so you don't have to fiddle around with finding that really little triangle to find how to orient it.This was an upgrade from a i5-3750k so a very big one.I'm using it with a Noctua NH-D9L with two fans so I get awesome cooling.It reaches 4.2-4.3 Ghz easily.I'm getting really good results in cinebench, the only one that beats my score, within the same price range/generation, is another 3600x that looks like it has better cooling.The advantage of this CPU is that the more cooling you give it the better it works so your millage is very dependent on the cooling you can provide.I'veeven tried to stream with it to test see how it goes.Playing BF2 which is a pretty intensive game.It can handle streaming without a problem, doesn't drop a single frame and stays at around 70ish degrees, considering the max temp is 95 there is still allot of room for usage, even though it reaches 4.3 Ghz which seems to be the max frequency I can squeeze out of it.They say it can reach 4.4 but I didn't see it, so maybe I'm not pushing it hard enough.Ryzen Master, a must have software, has the ability to tweak it without going into bios, for some simple overclocking.If you want to play it safe you can just run it in one of two modes.Gaming - This reduces the amount of cores while pushing higher frequencies.Creator - This pushes more cores while running at a lower frequency.
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