Whew! I finally got a chance to order this beast! It took some serious dedication! It kept selling out everywhere! Being that Best Buy's product page had newly launched (~11-27-2019), I decided to focus solely on it. Periodically (sometimes obsessively) refreshing the page for days was well worth the time. On the morning of 11/30/2019 at approximately ~8:21am, I was shocked when the "Sold Out" button briefly turned into "Add to Cart." When it happened, I was nearly floored! I immediately thought, "How many more people are seeing this with me?!" My anxiety levels went into overdrive! I have never clicked through the checkout process so quickly in my life! Had I been using the Best Buy app on my phone, I probably would have dropped it. Lol. Anyhow, like everyone else interested in this processor, I had been reading/watching all of the reviews for it. The results are astounding! It's unlike anything we've seen in the mainstream consumer space before. I have no reservations in saying that the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is nothing short of spectacular! No matter the task (gaming, content creation, streaming, etc), the 3950X rises to the occasion, and will continue to do so for many years to come. I was actually leaning towards a Threadripper 3960X as I wasn't sure if the amount of PCI-E 4.0 lanes on the AM4 platform were going to be enough. Once the 24/16 lane count from a combination of the CPU/X570 chipset were confirmed, I knew that a total 40 lanes would suit me just fine. This new rig is replacing my build from March 2017. Over the last two and a half years, the only parts I've upgraded on it are the power supply and graphics card, both of which I'll be carrying over to the new build. I purchased everything else I needed for the new build week ending 11-23-2019. The processor was all that remained. I got lucky! Best Buy estimated it to be delivered on Wed 12-4-2019, but UPS had it at my local facility on Tue 11-3-2019, scheduled for delivery the same day! Best Buy sent me a very festive email, excitedly proclaiming that my package was arriving a day earlier! Things couldn't get any better! I waited and waited until, boom, the UPS truck arrived at 12:20pm! I was at the door waiting patiently. He walked up and delivered my new tower, second NVMe drive, and nothing else. I asked if there were any more packages. He said those are the only items set for delivery to my address. As he walked away, my heart sank. I immediately brought up the app. The 3950X was still scheduled for delivery. All was not lost! After waiting for around thirty minutes or so, I opened the app again. An exception occurred at 12:23pm. As I read the status of my package, it felt like time stood still. "Due to operating conditions, your package may be delayed." Dang it. That was the last thing I was expecting to see. Oh, well. I called UPS to find out what was going on. The first guy I talked to told me that the scans I see on the website and app are just labels, and that UPS doesn't have physical possession of my package. Wait. What? You cannot be serious. How so? He said the package is considered lost, and didn't seem interested in discussing it any further. He actually insisted that we file a report. I was sick to my stomach at the thought of my CPU being lost, and the claims process ahead of me. I couldn't accept that answer, so I asked to speak to a supervisor. I was finally connected to someone with access to more information. She reassured me that UPS was indeed in possession of my package. She went on to say that it was left at the facility by the driver and would be delivered the next available business day. I told her that I would be more than happy to go pick it up myself. She went ahead requested a same day hold for me. I drove over to the local facility (~9 minutes) and talked to someone. Turns out, my package was there, but on a truck that was waiting to be unloaded/sorted. There was no way I could get the package that day. Sigh. I returned home. I reasoned that it wasn't the end of the world. Besides, it was a day early anyway. So, after a minor setback, I received my package today (12-4-2019). I'm excited and can't wait to get started. Sorry for such a long story. Thanks for reading. Good luck to everyone else trying to get their hands on this elusive part. Old Rig: MB: ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X @ 4.1 GHz GPU: MSI Radeon VII 16GB HBM2 1901 MHz Mem: 32GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series F4-3200C14D-32GVR Storage: 3x 250GB Samsung 960 EVO Series NVMe M.2 RAID0 PSU: CORSAIR AX1600i Digital ATX 1600w (CP-9020087-NA) Cooling: Alphacool Eisbaer 360 CPU Water Cooler (11286) Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GT (VN10001W2N) New Rig: MB: ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming X CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X GPU: MSI Radeon VII 16GB HBM2 1901 MHz Mem: 32GB G.SKILL Flare X Series F4-3200C14D-32GFX Storage: 2x 1TB Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 RAID0 PSU: CORSAIR AX1600i Digital ATX 1600w (CP-9020087-NA) Cooling: Cougar HELOR 360 Liquid Cooling Case: Rosewill Nighthawk Z-RGB

With 16 cored and 32 threads, there's nothing that this can't do in a really short time. I do video creation and editing and this processor, I can render in 4k in real time or less. Actually I can render up to 3 videos at once in Sony Vegas Pro 17. I'm not sure if I could render more than 3 at once because I haven't tried to as of yet. If you get the opportunity, get one of these and try it. You will want to get a water cooler for this as they can or could run a little warmer than the previous chips. This does run cooler than the Ryzen 3 3900x. The Ryzen 9 3950x and the NZXT x72 keep my temps in the 30-35 celcius range.

Been Running AMD processors since the mid 90s or so. K5,K6 233 ,Athlon 64 3000+,Athlonx2 5600+,, Opteron 165,, Phenom 2 965 Black edition, and an FX8350 . and now this Beast. This is Flat-out the Best Mainstream CPU available today. period.. there are some Threadripper parts that are better but not really a mainstream part. since as noted above I do not build new pcs that often I expect this one to give me years of service. .I put this on a Gigabyte Auros Master Motherboard. with 64GB of 3200Mhz Corsair LPX Ram, an AMD 5700XT Video Card. a Pair of Sabrant Rocket 4.0 1TB NVME 4.0 Drives and a big backup spinner drive. cooled by the Corsair H115Pro RGB and stuffed into an Corsair Obsidian 750D Air Case..no temp issues at all .running win 10 Pro OEM. boot time is sometimes faster than the monitor comes alive. overall WOW WOW WOW> you will not be disappointed no matter your use of this one.

Beats an i9 9900k in everything other except the small edge intel has in gaming performance. But if you run anything along side your game then the ryzen will easily pull though for you. My only complaint that the box was slightly beat up but the processor was in perfect condition, no bent pins. I was lucky to even get it this early anyways!

a bit on the expensive side but perfect for my NZXT H1 build. Great balance of gaming and productivity. Temps with a 140mm AIO surprisingly good with about 45 with browsing, emailing, youtube... and 55 at gaming paired with a EVGA FTW3 1081ti.