Welcome to the new era of performance. AMD Ryzen 9000 Series ushers in the speed of “Zen 5” for gamers and creators with pure power to tackle any game or workflow on the digital playground. The world’s best gaming desktop processor that can deliver ultra-fast 100+ FPS performance in the world’s most popular games 12 Cores and 24 processing threads, based on AMD “Zen 5” architecture 5.6 GHz Max Boost, unlocked for overclocking, 76 MB cache, DDR5-5600 support For the state-of-the-art Socket AM5 platform, can support PCIe 5.0 on select motherboards Cooler not included
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If you are not familiar with Amazon Vine, it is basically Amazon trading free* products for honest reviews. You see a lot of Vine reviews that are cookie cutter and based on templates. I aim to make my reviews honest and non-cookie cutter (other than this intro and disclaimer).* These items are not actually free as Vine members pay income tax on the items they receive. Therefore, I will never order something from Vine unless I actually intend to use it. I think this is important for readers to understand because it means I will never order an item just to provide a fake five star review to a company. If I review something as good, it means I actually enjoyed using it or it fills its intended purpose correctly. Items that don’t meet my expectations will be reviewed accordingly.Why I ordered this item: My AMD 5700x was having a hard time keeping up with my audio production needs. This CPU went on sale so I jumped on it.Likes:* This processor offers pretty extreme performance. Twelve full-featured cores is absolutely bonkers on a CPU that was on sale for $370.* This thing absolutely churns through Ableton. I can have 30 tracks with multiple plugins and effects on each one, and this CPU does not break 10% usage. I don’t know how that is possible considering how hard the same song was on my old 5700x. It’s the most powerful CPU I have ever used.* I have had no operational issues with this CPU at all. Everything on my new PC runs smoothly. Games are glassy and productivity apps are rock solid.No likes:* This CPU can get hot. I knew that going in and bought an adequate cooler. Still, it’s something to consider.Would I pay full price for this product: I would pay the $370 I paid again because this processor is awesome.Final thoughts: I’m very happy with my choice on this processor. I had a lot of options and almost went with an X3D model, but I don’t game much any more and I knew this would be better for audio production. One word of advice – if you are considering this CPU vs an Intel option, know that AMD processors have full-fledged cores while Intel uses Performance and Efficiency cores. Efficiency cores are not as powerful as the full featured cores AMD offers, so in multithreaded applications in general, AMD offers a more powerful experience when comparing similar core counts to Intel.
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Joseph Harris –
A clear winner for serious computing, a performance monster
This beast is truly remarkable. I was in the process of building my next gen computer and I decided to go with AMD over Intel this time. I had just purchased an X870e Nova motherboard 96gb of RAM and just installed this 9900x chip, but my graphics card didn’t come in, but I still wanted to test a game. So, I plugged in my 3070, put Control on Ultra 2k settings and actually managed to get 40+ frames.Anyway, after installing a 7900XTX, this thing is a beast!!!! The best part is, I can play any game on Ultra, right? But, this thing is literally only set on the default clock speed of 4.4ghz and can be tweaked to go up to 5.6ghz. It’s overkill right now.I has handled everything I’ve thrown at it. 2k gaming, VR, AI workloads, high-bitrate video encoding, streaming, and (almost) all at the same time. I’ve had no stability issues or signs of excess heating ( I am using the Noctua NH-U12A chromax.Black); really, it’s more CPU than I need even with the aforementioned tasks all at once. 12 fast cores, baby!This chip will give you peace of mind if you’re a gamer wanting to keep up with the crowd and all of these high spec requirements in games now a days! Thanks AMD.
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Kyle –
OVERKILL FOR GAMING!!!!!
This beast is truly remarkable. I’ll tell you a quick story. So, I was in the process of building my next gen computer. I had a new Gigabyte X870 Eagle motherboard 32gb of RAM and just installed this 9900x chip, but my graphics card didn’t come in, but I still wanted to test a game. So, I plugged in my 1070, put Fallout 76 on Ultra 4k settings and actually managed to get 40+ frames. With my old set up, I was barely getting 30 frames on minimum settings.Anyway, after installing a 5070, this thing is a beast!!!! The best part is, I can play any game on Ultra, right? But, this thing is literally only set on the default clock speed of 4.4ghz and can be tweaked to go up to 5.6ghz. It’s overkill right now.My local PC builder started up my PC and was immediately impressed with how I can boot to windows in about 6 seconds. (By the way, the Fast Boot setting in my BIOS is switched to OFF lol!)This chip will give you peace of mind if you’re a gamer wanting to keep up with the crowd and all of these high spec requirements in games now a days! Thanks AMD.
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R. L. Marple –
With great power comes great heat
These 9900 series CPUs are powerful and will give off a lot more heat than you expect. Make sure you select a strong cooler with your build. They are very fast and often have to wait on my internet connection. I bought this chip for longevity.
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Don Douglass –
Good for Music Production
Good cpu for music production. Make sure you have adequate cooling for it so the cooler doesn’t get noisy and you will be fine. It tends to ramp up on mixdowns.
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Argggh –
AMD RMA process is easy. Be careful pairing with ASRock murderboards!
My first 9900x was killed by an ASRock B850M Steel Legend WiFi murderboard, like others on the ASRock subreddit. Thankfully, the AMD RMA process was painless. AMD paid for 2 day shipping both ways and sent me a new 9900x, not a used RMA reject. Anyway, the 9900x is overkill in a home server running Proxmox, but the core count is noticeable when running a bunch of VMs and containers. The 9600x that I borrowed from a backup system struggled a bit for the 2 weeks or so while waiting for the new 9900x to arrive.
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QwertY –
Intel Core i7-6700無印から約9年ぶりのアップグレードとなり、処理性能・応答性ともに劇的に向上。日常的な操作はもちろん、マルチタスクや重めのアプリケーションでもストレスなく動作し、世代差を実感できる圧倒的な性能を実感している。現在はAsrock B650 Pro X3D WiFiマザーボードにEXPO対応DDR5-5600メモリを組み合わせ、最新のAM5プラットフォーム上で安定稼働中。POST時間も短く、BIOSの完成度も高いため、初期セットアップもスムーズだった。CPUクーラーにはMUGEN6 Black Editionを使用している。大型ヒートシンクと静音ファンの組み合わせにより、空冷ながら高負荷時でも静音性と冷却性能を両立している。PBO（Precision Boost Overdrive）は無効化し、Ecoモード65W設定＋CO（Curve Optimizer）-30にて運用。これにより消費電力と発熱を抑えつつも、日常用途や軽めのクリエイティブ作業には十分すぎるパフォーマンスを発揮している。Ecoモード65W設定でもCore i7-6700無印の4倍以上のパフォーマンスを発揮するため、快適さは圧倒的である。多コアで空冷システム構築を目指すユーザーにとって、静音性・冷却効率・消費電力のバランスが取れた非常に満足度の高い構成となっており、長期運用にも安心感がある。安定性と効率を重視した設計思想が随所に感じられるCPUだ。#PR
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Johann –
Good.
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Salman –
المنتج سليم حمدلله ، البائع ثقة
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steven c. –
I had an Intel core i7 14700kf but 14th gen intel is very unstable and crashes with everything so I switched to AMD it runs all games and programs well and it’s good for streaming but I do wish it had more cores for a Ryzen 9 when the Intel Core i5-14600K which is basically the lowest end cpu intel has from that gen (no one would buy an i3) has more cores but it’s easy to cool if you have an AIO and it’s powerful.
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Alex –
Demasiado TOP, es el mejor cpu que he tenido, va super relajado con todo lo que te puedas imaginar si lo usas para un uso casual, si editas y exportas igual va bien, aunque obviamente no tanto como uno de 16 nucleos, su temperatura es bastante buena de unos 50-55°C para su tdp, gran procesador
ReviewersAnonymous –
Wowsers
If you are not familiar with Amazon Vine, it is basically Amazon trading free* products for honest reviews. You see a lot of Vine reviews that are cookie cutter and based on templates. I aim to make my reviews honest and non-cookie cutter (other than this intro and disclaimer).* These items are not actually free as Vine members pay income tax on the items they receive. Therefore, I will never order something from Vine unless I actually intend to use it. I think this is important for readers to understand because it means I will never order an item just to provide a fake five star review to a company. If I review something as good, it means I actually enjoyed using it or it fills its intended purpose correctly. Items that don’t meet my expectations will be reviewed accordingly.Why I ordered this item: My AMD 5700x was having a hard time keeping up with my audio production needs. This CPU went on sale so I jumped on it.Likes:* This processor offers pretty extreme performance. Twelve full-featured cores is absolutely bonkers on a CPU that was on sale for $370.* This thing absolutely churns through Ableton. I can have 30 tracks with multiple plugins and effects on each one, and this CPU does not break 10% usage. I don’t know how that is possible considering how hard the same song was on my old 5700x. It’s the most powerful CPU I have ever used.* I have had no operational issues with this CPU at all. Everything on my new PC runs smoothly. Games are glassy and productivity apps are rock solid.No likes:* This CPU can get hot. I knew that going in and bought an adequate cooler. Still, it’s something to consider.Would I pay full price for this product: I would pay the $370 I paid again because this processor is awesome.Final thoughts: I’m very happy with my choice on this processor. I had a lot of options and almost went with an X3D model, but I don’t game much any more and I knew this would be better for audio production. One word of advice – if you are considering this CPU vs an Intel option, know that AMD processors have full-fledged cores while Intel uses Performance and Efficiency cores. Efficiency cores are not as powerful as the full featured cores AMD offers, so in multithreaded applications in general, AMD offers a more powerful experience when comparing similar core counts to Intel.
Joseph Harris –
A clear winner for serious computing, a performance monster
This beast is truly remarkable. I was in the process of building my next gen computer and I decided to go with AMD over Intel this time. I had just purchased an X870e Nova motherboard 96gb of RAM and just installed this 9900x chip, but my graphics card didn’t come in, but I still wanted to test a game. So, I plugged in my 3070, put Control on Ultra 2k settings and actually managed to get 40+ frames.Anyway, after installing a 7900XTX, this thing is a beast!!!! The best part is, I can play any game on Ultra, right? But, this thing is literally only set on the default clock speed of 4.4ghz and can be tweaked to go up to 5.6ghz. It’s overkill right now.I has handled everything I’ve thrown at it. 2k gaming, VR, AI workloads, high-bitrate video encoding, streaming, and (almost) all at the same time. I’ve had no stability issues or signs of excess heating ( I am using the Noctua NH-U12A chromax.Black); really, it’s more CPU than I need even with the aforementioned tasks all at once. 12 fast cores, baby!This chip will give you peace of mind if you’re a gamer wanting to keep up with the crowd and all of these high spec requirements in games now a days! Thanks AMD.
Kyle –
OVERKILL FOR GAMING!!!!!
This beast is truly remarkable. I’ll tell you a quick story. So, I was in the process of building my next gen computer. I had a new Gigabyte X870 Eagle motherboard 32gb of RAM and just installed this 9900x chip, but my graphics card didn’t come in, but I still wanted to test a game. So, I plugged in my 1070, put Fallout 76 on Ultra 4k settings and actually managed to get 40+ frames. With my old set up, I was barely getting 30 frames on minimum settings.Anyway, after installing a 5070, this thing is a beast!!!! The best part is, I can play any game on Ultra, right? But, this thing is literally only set on the default clock speed of 4.4ghz and can be tweaked to go up to 5.6ghz. It’s overkill right now.My local PC builder started up my PC and was immediately impressed with how I can boot to windows in about 6 seconds. (By the way, the Fast Boot setting in my BIOS is switched to OFF lol!)This chip will give you peace of mind if you’re a gamer wanting to keep up with the crowd and all of these high spec requirements in games now a days! Thanks AMD.
R. L. Marple –
With great power comes great heat
These 9900 series CPUs are powerful and will give off a lot more heat than you expect. Make sure you select a strong cooler with your build. They are very fast and often have to wait on my internet connection. I bought this chip for longevity.
Don Douglass –
Good for Music Production
Good cpu for music production. Make sure you have adequate cooling for it so the cooler doesn’t get noisy and you will be fine. It tends to ramp up on mixdowns.
Argggh –
AMD RMA process is easy. Be careful pairing with ASRock murderboards!
My first 9900x was killed by an ASRock B850M Steel Legend WiFi murderboard, like others on the ASRock subreddit. Thankfully, the AMD RMA process was painless. AMD paid for 2 day shipping both ways and sent me a new 9900x, not a used RMA reject. Anyway, the 9900x is overkill in a home server running Proxmox, but the core count is noticeable when running a bunch of VMs and containers. The 9600x that I borrowed from a backup system struggled a bit for the 2 weeks or so while waiting for the new 9900x to arrive.
QwertY –
Intel Core i7-6700無印から約9年ぶりのアップグレードとなり、処理性能・応答性ともに劇的に向上。日常的な操作はもちろん、マルチタスクや重めのアプリケーションでもストレスなく動作し、世代差を実感できる圧倒的な性能を実感している。現在はAsrock B650 Pro X3D WiFiマザーボードにEXPO対応DDR5-5600メモリを組み合わせ、最新のAM5プラットフォーム上で安定稼働中。POST時間も短く、BIOSの完成度も高いため、初期セットアップもスムーズだった。CPUクーラーにはMUGEN6 Black Editionを使用している。大型ヒートシンクと静音ファンの組み合わせにより、空冷ながら高負荷時でも静音性と冷却性能を両立している。PBO（Precision Boost Overdrive）は無効化し、Ecoモード65W設定＋CO（Curve Optimizer）-30にて運用。これにより消費電力と発熱を抑えつつも、日常用途や軽めのクリエイティブ作業には十分すぎるパフォーマンスを発揮している。Ecoモード65W設定でもCore i7-6700無印の4倍以上のパフォーマンスを発揮するため、快適さは圧倒的である。多コアで空冷システム構築を目指すユーザーにとって、静音性・冷却効率・消費電力のバランスが取れた非常に満足度の高い構成となっており、長期運用にも安心感がある。安定性と効率を重視した設計思想が随所に感じられるCPUだ。#PR
Johann –
Good.
Salman –
المنتج سليم حمدلله ، البائع ثقة
steven c. –
I had an Intel core i7 14700kf but 14th gen intel is very unstable and crashes with everything so I switched to AMD it runs all games and programs well and it’s good for streaming but I do wish it had more cores for a Ryzen 9 when the Intel Core i5-14600K which is basically the lowest end cpu intel has from that gen (no one would buy an i3) has more cores but it’s easy to cool if you have an AIO and it’s powerful.
Alex –
Demasiado TOP, es el mejor cpu que he tenido, va super relajado con todo lo que te puedas imaginar si lo usas para un uso casual, si editas y exportas igual va bien, aunque obviamente no tanto como uno de 16 nucleos, su temperatura es bastante buena de unos 50-55°C para su tdp, gran procesador