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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Processor (16C/32T, 72MB Cache, Up to 4.9 GHz Max Boost) £469.08 @ Amazon
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, AM4, Zen 3, 16 Core, 32 Thread, 3.4GHz, 4.9GHz Turbo, 72MB Cache, PCIe 4.0, 105W, CPU
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AM4CPU Socket
3.4GHzBase Clock
4.9GHzBoost Clock
16/32Cores/Threads
The Fastest in the GameGET THE HIGH-SPEED GAMING PERFORMANCE OF THE WORLD’S BEST DESKTOP PROCESSORThe AMD Ryzen 9 5950X boasts a huge 16 Cores and 32 threads making this processor an ideal all rounder for gaming, content creators and to even power a high end workstation. When you have the world’s most advanced processor architecture for gamers and content creators, the possibilities are endless. Whether you are playing the latest games, designing the next skyscraper, or crunching data, you need a powerful processor that can handle it all—and more. Hands down, the AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series desktop processors set the bar for gamers and artists alike.
AM4CPU Socket
3.4GHzBase Clock
4.9GHzBoost Clock
16/32Cores/Threads
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Edited by thevolt5, 6 December 2022
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sorted byDo folks think its worth it? My use case if mainly 3D rendering in Blender and Unreal Engine 4/5 and some gaming. GPU is a 4090. Appreciate any thoughts! (edited)
Rendering times will be substantially lower than CPU.
A lot more applications now favor GPU compute over CPU compute as GPU can be hugely faster
For UE4/5 the GPU is more important and you already got one of the best, it'll be harder to CPU bound, one instance of CPU bounding might be high draw calls, but you could optimise that.
For gaming its a bit more varied depending on title, you probably won't see huge gains. Might be good for games that are heavily CPU bound.
Short answer, you probably don't need to upgrade. If you want extra frames in games you could save a bunch of money and get the 5600 or 5600X
(Yes I know 7950x is on am5, while 5950x is on am4) (edited)
If building new, I would save £50 and buy the 7900X and put the saving towards the expensive AM5 boards.
DDR5 isn’t too bad now unless you chase the high end.
My lad has 3700x, 2070 super, x570 mobo 16gb ram.
But his games are struggling, having to turn all setting to low since unreal5 and the new updates of the games.
Thanks
Its a great card (I have a 2070 spare sitting here) but on modern AAA games its more a case of 1080p High/Med or 1440p Med/Low
There are a couple of exceptions where certain games are poorly optimised (Warzone) or CPU intensive (RDR2) but you would get a better value boost from installing a 5600x, 5700x or 5800x
However, this is a great upgrade for people on 3xxx CPUs, or even 5600x heavy users
Yes I agree the new platform AM5 is a bigger jump in a few areas but the issue is the bottleneck this lays with the CPU if running 1080p,1440p monitors as even a 5950x AM4 can not keep up with the RTX 3090 at the best of times computing and rendering the 3D graphic processing hand over to CPU and often will not allow the GPU to run 100% usage in high demand 3D games (Battlefield 2042) large maps multiplayer games at higher refresh rates max ultra settings constantly high FPS clock speeds at 1080p,1440p the CPU will have a more of a role in the gaming experience.
A AM5 Would be possible a better middle ground if looking to run at high refresh rates ultra graphic settings gaming and utilise 100% of your GPU all the time.
Don't get me wrong the above can be achieved with a 5950x with no noticeable differences with good user optimisation in windows and Nvidia control panel and a good OC and cooling but will often find the GPU will fluctuate its usage swing from 80-96% and not be a constant will drop where a new generation AM5 CPU paired with a RTX 3090 will keep up and utilise usage 96-100% of the time achieving better FPS