Ive have this chip now for a few weeks. Upgraded from a Ryzen 9 3900. This chip is streets ahead of the old Zen 3 chip. Nearly twice the performance.

Runs a bit hot, but thats normal for such a high end chip. I typically run at about 65-70C during gaming (No Mans Sky). Around 80-85C for heavy software dev working like compiling. Air coolers are a no go here. You MUST have an AIO, and a pretty decent one at that. I have the Artic Freeze III unit, and it does a good job keeping the temp below 85C.

Very happy with my purchase.

Definitely working this puppy overtime, handling all the work I need to do with ease and at a better performance than what I had previously. Thank you wootware for the recommendation.

I recently purchased the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and I’m extremely impressed. It’s incredibly quick and efficient, easily handling everything from gaming to heavy multitasking without breaking a sweat. The 16-core Zen 5 architecture really delivers top-tier performance, and I love how responsive my system feels. Just a note—there’s no cooler included, so you’ll need to get one separately. Overall, I’m very happy with this processor and highly recommend it!

In a Playback server. Why even think about anything else for this task? No problem with Arena, OBS and Alley running simultaneously.