AMD Ryzen 5 3500X / 3900 (non-x) ???

[The Old School Gamer]

Trying Kryonaut for the first time.
I found it more difficult to spread out as it's some real thick goopy stuff.

Normally I'd use Arctic Silver 5.

 

[Ice Tea]

I've not watched it yet but Steve over at Gamers Nexus has a review up.

 

[NinjaCool]

Both Gamers Nexus and Hardware Unboxed now have 3500X reviews up.

 

[The Old School Gamer]

I'm happy with mine for now as it only cost £110 shipped.
But I do agree that most people should give it a miss for a 3600 or 2700X though.
For me it was simply a cheap way to get off Intel Z170 onto the X570 platform.

 

[MickeyMouseProduction]

Purchased 3500X for £90 shipped, a stop gap until aRyzen 4000 series are out late 2020 when next gen consoles mean devs start optimising games on all platforms for 8C/16T.

 

[random_matt]

There's a 3900 (Non-X)

 

[mi9tchy]

My just arrived, so it took 2weeks from ordering not bad seeing as Christmas in the middle aswell. lets see if it works

 

[champion1642]

Purchased 3500X for £90 shipped, a stop gap until aRyzen 4000 series are out late 2020 when next gen consoles mean devs start optimising games on all platforms for 8C/16T.

Crazy to realize you can get 7700K performance for £90 nowadays.

 

[davida76]

If productivity is your thing whilst on a budget the new Ryzen 1600 AF is looking handy, basically a 2600 for £85 ish, decent alternative to the 3500X if you don't fancy running the import gauntlet.

 

[The Old School Gamer]

There's a 3900 (Non-X)

This is the only non-x 3900 review I can find.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-9-3900-review-eco-mode

 

[random_matt]

This is the only non-x 3900 review I can find.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-9-3900-review-eco-mode

I know a place that sells them, cannot mention them unfortunately.

 

[wazza300]

I know a place that sells them, cannot mention them unfortunately.

Ive seen them for just £10 less than the x version,just not worth it tbh

 

[random_matt]

Ive seen them for just £10 less than the x version,just not worth it tbh

£399.

 

[wazza300]

£399.

Stop teasing and blab!!!

Edit,still too much though

 

[Journey]

Stop teasing and blab!!!

Edit,still too much though

£399 is what I consider a pretty darn good price for a 12c/24t CPU, than you can use in a £80 motherboard if you need have the workload for it. We'll have to see what Intel do with the 10900K(S?) for with 10c/20t and at what price to see if AMD respond at all.

 

[jigger]

£399 is what I consider a pretty darn good price for a 12c/24t CPU, than you can use in a £80 motherboard if you need have the workload for it. We'll have to see what Intel do with the 10900K(S?) for with 10c/20t and at what price to see if AMD respond at all.

Yeah, not that long ago we would have been looking at enterprise level hardware for this kind of performance. Although £399 is a lot of money it’s a bargain for a chip with this level of performance. I’m seriously tempted to build a home server/workstation around 60 watt desktop Ryzen 3900. It’s crazy this is even an option with desktop level parts and for desktop money.

 

[wazza300]

Trouble is you can buy the full 3900x and run it at 65w tdp in the bios from what ive read,and its just £50 more

 

[jigger]

Trouble is you can buy the full 3900x and run it at 65w tdp in the bios from what ive read,and its just £50 more

You can and you can probably run the 3900 at 100watts. It’s close call to what is the better option. £399 just looks better than £450.

 

[FoxEye]

You can and you can probably run the 3900 at 100watts. It’s close call to what is the better option. £399 just looks better than £450.

£399 = ordering from China, no warranty
£450 = ordering locally, full warranty, proper returns process

Doesn't seem like a hard choice, given the amount of money being spent

 

[jigger]

£399 = ordering from China, no warranty
£450 = ordering locally, full warranty, proper returns process

Doesn't seem like a hard choice, given the amount of money being spent

Wrong again Eye