Soldato
After being able to get a 5800X on launch day, if I had to go back and change the CPU I got then I would have gotten the 5600X. The 5600X is significantly easier to cool for one, the 5800X runs hotter than the 3 other currently available chips because of thermal density ( 5900X has a 105W TDP and the thermal load is split into 2 x 6 chiplets ) where as the 5800X has a 105W TDP contained in a single 1 x 8 chiplet. That's a lot of power being forced through one chiplet and thats why its harder to cool than the others. The 5600X's 65W TDP seems to fit this single chiplet design a lot better than the 5800X's 105W TDP and thus is a lot easier to cool, so unless you actually need the extra cores then I suggest you either get the 5600X or if you do need the extra cores then you should wait for a 5900X
Also there's 5600X's in stock here too
My 5800X is fine. You dont say what type of temps but mine idles around 35c and I've not seen it go over 65c in any games. Benchmarking with cinebench ups it to 78/79c but that was to be expected as it runs hotter. Its cooled by a Asus AIO Ryo 240 with the radiator at the front of my case so it gets cooler air and only has two fans pulling air.
Have you looked at this thread also https://www.overclockers.co.uk/foru...-all-cores-with-amd-curve-optimizer.18906071/