Customer Ratings & Reviews

Currently, the best CPU for gaming. In certain CPU intensive games, it will run VERY warm to hot, so make sure you get a good cooler for it! You can run it with an undervolt so it can run cooler - check YT for the deets on that. ;-)

I bought this once my 14th gen i9 started to fail. So far it has been amazing for gaming, getting more fps than my i9 did. I mostly game so losing the core count hasnt bothered me at all for all my other applications and much lower power consumption 100w vs 270w, both running at 100% utilization.

This is the fastest cpu I’ve ever had. It handily keeps up with my 5090 on all my games. It doesn’t run too hot and it has more than enough grunt for multitasking.

Went from an i7-12700k to this cpu and all I have to say is wow. I didn’t really think my 3090 was being bottlenecked but made a huge difference in every games so far.

I switched to a 9800x3D from a 13700K with microcode failure...and WOW. Game to game, the difference is negligible...but connected to a 280 AIO, the Intel chip would hit 85-88 degrees under load. The 9800x3D rarely goes above 75. I have it paired with a RTX 4800 Super and I couldn't be happier.

If you want the best of the best definitely look into getting this cpu for a premium build. This is very good for gaming but also other things as well!

Very good cpu for gaming but make sure if you use hardware monitoring software turn off gpu power % sensor it hurts performance.

Boring cpu, which is the best thing you can say about cpus. Big jump coming from a ryzen 3600. Slapped on a $40 air cooler and it stays cool under load.

works great for gaming hold 5.2 steady make sure you have good cooling

Great cpu for the price and being instock brought my friends gaming rig back to par... he was not ready for that christmas gift to say the least

Got this for my boyfriend for Christmas and he cannot be any happier. Did all my research and this is the best one for his setup

As a competitive gamer, I need super high fps and this CPU pushes the limit. Almost double to triple the FPS from my old i7 11700k in CPU bound games. I play in 1080p 240hz low settings so in games where im not bottlenecked by my GPU (3070), I do not worry about my FPS dropping below 240.

I finally upgraded from my I9-9900k and couldn't be happier or more impressed. If you're looking at this cpu, you know how awesome it is. Go for it!

Amazing CPU if you can get one. I upgraded from a R5 3600 and the difference is night and day. I used to be CPU bound in games but now I'm GPU bound. The performance in games is unparalleled.

In gaming, the 9800X3D is nothing short of a beast. Across benchmarks, it consistently outperforms Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K and i9-14900K by wide margins, often delivering 30–35% higher frame rates. Compared to its predecessor, AMD itself claims an 8% uplift, but real-world testing often shows even more noticeable improvements in 1% low frame rates.

Pretty solid little chip. 5.5ghz all core 6400c26 1:1 2133fclk on a cheap X670E-F. SP 113. I was hoping for 5.6ghz but the chip I got just can't do it. 9800x3d is MUCH better than the 7800x3d. 7800x3d is boring, slow, and much worse than a 13900k/14900k. If you have Intel 12th gen/AMD 7000 series, than the 9800x3d is a solid upgrade. If you have 13900k/14900k then the 9800x3d isn't really much better in most games.

Fastest on the market. Put it on a rog x87a and it runs really fast and the bios settings are really good.

Absolutely love this CPU. It runs anything you throw at it with ease. I've paired mine with a 6900 XT and every game played runs extremely well.

Install was easy, keeps cool even with an air cooler, great for fps

Current king of the CPUs, after 2 months these should not be out of stock still. Come on AMD and Best Buy