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Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars with 324 reviews

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98%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers find value in the Ryzen 9 5950X processor's performance, gaming capabilities, and multitasking abilities. They appreciate its price point and consider it a powerful upgrade. However, some users have concerns about its temperature and the fact that it runs hot, recommending a good cooling system.

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  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Chip shortage release

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    For the top of the line offering from Asus, you can tell this product was manufactured during a chip shortage, just doesn't feel like quality silicon unfortunately

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Sonic

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This CPU will really make you say sham-wow. The amount of power is

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    AMD on top? Yup

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    AMD on top? Something I haven’t seen for about 15 years. Very impressed

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    NEUTRAL

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Well, i cant really give it a good or bad rating. I installed it on an x470 msi gaming plus MB, with the current beta bios.(per msi data sheet). Would work fine for basic task, but could not load a game or even cinebench with out the pc crashing. I tried to dial back the power, ram, etc. I could do nothing for it to not crash under load. I think it may have been an issue either with the MB, Radeon RX580 or a combination of the 2. Have 32gb of ram in the system.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    AMD upgrade from Ryzen 5

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    First step in my new PC build. I’m an AMD fanboy, so it was a natural choice.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Cpu

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy install, worked great. Price was relatively normal and luckily they had a few more in stock

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Great CPU, terrible experience with BB purchase

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Fantastic processor, however, the one I purchased online and picked up instore at a Best Buy a fair distance away was obviously a previously returned item. The seal was broken on the box, which I queried when picking up (was told I could bring it back if not working, so that's good at least). So, I treked back home, installed the processor (which took a while as I had to uninstall the AIO that was currently installed etc. and popped this 5950X in... ...Aaaand of course it failed to POST. So I returned it for a refund. A complete waste of my afternoon.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Desktop processor

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I really like this product. So useful. I recommend it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Cpu performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fast and cool

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This CPU is super fast and runs nice snd cool with a standard AIO 240.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Cpu performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great processor would recommend to others.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    So far so good i can do everything i want with this 16 core

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Cpu performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Beast clu

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    Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This thing is a beast, it can run anything you throw at it

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Avoid Topeka. KS Best Buy

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Original purchase 09/21/21 returned to topeka store to exchange defective. They tried multiple times to charge me more. Wouldn't recommend store based on their attitude and having to pay extra for an exchange of a defective cpu.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Best in Slot

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Make sure you have good enough cooling and a good enough motherboard for this cpu, I wasted time and money not upgrading my board and cpu cooler.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Beast of a Proccessor

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Ive been building a new pc recently and honestly its kinda overkill even when editing videos for my channel its a very nice proccessor

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Best Buy sent me a resealed box, blaming me.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Best Buy sent me what appeared to be a returned item, box was resealed with a different chip in it. I returned the item and now best buy is putting the blame on me for their previous mistake. This is the last time I will be purchasing anything from the best buy online store. From now on if it's not picked up in person, and they check the items before I leave, I am not risking it. Very disappointed with the way Best Buy has handled this situation.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Amd Ryzen - Cheaper Available

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Dont buy from best buy as they are unwilling to price match from Microcenter and many other stores! The storemanager Bestbuy Polaris store Zip 43082 said they dont match microcenter because they sell refurbished. ! And as usual yes. They arr geek squad

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Double check what are you buying.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I brought this and I did not get the version that it shown on the box. Once I opened it, was a completely different version. Very disappointed. And they don’t want to refund. Very poor service on this one.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    3 Years later still impressed

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    At 1440p i am still seeing impressive performance paired with the 7900XT. The newer cpus are better at 1080p, but the minute you go 1440p or 4k the 5950x matches the best CPU on the market today since the bottleneck becomes the gpu. The only noticeable thing is the %1 lows compared to the new 3d variation. I think i can get 2 or 3 more years out of it before i have to upgrade.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    best cpu for am4 boards

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This cpu is godlike! When i was building my pc i chose this over intel because of the warranty and amd support staff! The cpu has outlived 2 graphics cards now and is still pushing!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Recommend

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Amazing would recommend, can play any game I want with this paired with a 4070 ti

    I would recommend this to a friend