IS THE 5800X FINALLY WORTH IT?! | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Review 

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Micro center has the 5800x for 299 right now people.

I've recently overclocked my 5800 x to 4.9Ghz one core boost and 4.6 GHz all core. I did this by enabling PBO2 in the BIOS forcing stock boost behavior but reducing the voltages slightly to also reduce heat and power draw. I then increased the offset by 50 megahertz. So ultimately I'm using slightly less power than stock and I've increased the boost clocks. One of the coolest overclocks I think I've ever achieved.

great information brother! appreciate your time. bought a pre-built pc about a year ago- and have been thinking it’s about time to upgrading and didn’t know exactly where to start. this looks like a perfect fit for me! thank you!

Now that Intel Alder Lake is out, 5800x still makes sense for people who already have an AM4 motherboard which supports it. You can go from a Ryzen 2000 or 3000 series CPU to the 5800x on a B450 board, and be set for the next several years.

I love my 5800x with the RX6800 XT and 64GB ram 4000mhz for music production and graphic artworkd and of cause gaming... Wonderful cpu ;)

Thank you for this follow up video. This helped me make my decision between a 5600x and 5800x. I went with a 5800x because the price went down a ton. the 5600x was going for $300 and the 5800x went down to $341 on amazon and walmart. An extra $40 just seemed like a no brainer for a better cpu. If it was an extra $100 to $150 then that would be too much

Just bought a bunch of parts and watching vids to feel good about my decision this helped thanks

Good content. Hope you get a lot more subs and keep making great content! I've been building PC's for 25 years, but, the last one I built was like over a decade ago. My last pc was actually a laptop that lasted me 7 years (Gigabyte P34Gv2 with i7-4710hq, Nvidia 860m 4gb, 16gb 1600 ram, 256gb SSD). Laptop was a beast! Had to take battery out after a couple years (but I used it as a desktop anyways). The desktop I just built has the 5800x, 32gb 3200 ram, 1tb Gen 4nvme, 1030 2gb (I skimped on the graphics card for now due to pricing. I figured paying $75 over msrp for a lower end card, was better than paying $400 over msrp for a high end card. It is about equal to the 860m I had so it works just fine for me for now). I rarely game anymore, but sometimes I'll open up some cs go, fortnight, cod, or the newer diablo. All work smooth. For video editing, I for sure notice the difference in rendering times; a 1 hour render, now takes like 15 minutes.

I think it’s fair that the 5800x can serve as just a little more future-proofing to stretch out your upgrade timeline.

Subscribed for the slow panning frame with cat visible.

"If biology taught me anything, 9 months can change a lot." -Tank

I completed my new build 3 weeks ago with the 5600x on a MSI x570s Tomahawk along with a Seasonic 850 Platinum psu knowing an upgrade would be in the future. I didn't realize the upgrade would be so quick, the 5800x will be in my mailbox in 3 days. I couldn't resist the 340.00 price tag.

just bought this chip. playing vanguard on ultra and the processor reaches a high of 35% lots of headroom to spare. Very happy with the purchase.

Loving the retrospective take. Noting anchor price is also a good in highlighting how price makes a good product bad.

loved the video thank you! Direct and to the point :) made me feel better about buying one today also lol

Great review. Been torn between this chip and the 5600x. Nice to finally see the price coming down. Liked and subbed.

Just got one of these for $300 for my brother's PC, so excited to see how it performs this Christmas

I upgraded from Ryzen 3 3600 to the Ryzen 7 5800X this year before the fall season during the prices drops. I picked it up when it was about $340 on Amazon. The stability gained from was noticable once I h fine tuned the OC and RAM. Really grateful for the upgrade. Wishing I told say the same for GPU right now.

this wasss soo helpful Ty

Great first video I've seen of your channel. Subbed! I picked this chip up for 199 on Black Friday @ Microcenter. For that price point it was an easy pick even thou there is so many options to pick from these days.

Just nabbed a 5800x for $250 today! Was tempted to wait for Ryzen 7000 & Raptor Lake to see what's what, but I recently got my hands on a 3090 that is pretty bottlenecked by my current 6700k. Considering gaming is my main use of my PC, I think I'll be fine with this guy for a few years at the least.

Great video. Easy to subscribe after watching it.

Yo man good video, very professional, clear and concise, I'm surprised u don't have more subs, either way good shit, I recently started getting into PC gaming, I haven't bought anything yet, but I've been researching PC parts and trying to learn all I need to know to make an informed purchase, which understanding what all the parts do is pretty easy, but once I dive in and try to understand the science & manufacturing of it all.....it's fucking crazy, it's like going back to school lol, but right now I'm just trying to find what websites have the best deals for PC parts, because I've never bought a PC idk what the "normal prices" are for anything, I just don't want to get ripped off or spend too much on a part that is valued at half the price I'm buying it at u know?

Excellent review, great channel !

Great Vid, thanks! I'm happy with my R7-5800x, I went from a R5-2600x so I can see a great improvement in my gaming experience, Star Citizen just needs a good CPU.

Nice video, Im entering an upgrade cycle as my system is 5 years old now and was looking at a 5800x along with a 3060 card, gaming rig. Thanks once again for your input.

The 5800x is the best gaming chip of the generation. 9600k and other cpu's with 6 cores (no ht) are already showing they bottleneck a 6800xt in the battlefield 2042 beta. my testing suggests that for 1440p gaming, the 5800x and 6800xt are the sweet spot for price, longevity , and performance. Dont try to manually baseclock/multiplier overclock these chips, Undervolt the cpu, then overclock with the pbo settings in bios.

I just bought one of these upgrading from a ryzen 5 3600. This will be my 4th amd chip and I'm super impressed by them all so far.

Just got one for £176, absolute bargain i think.

Been using the 5800x for six months now. No problem for me. Heat was the problem before, but i just undervolt it problem solve. Performance wise its pretty damn good. My MOBO is a rog hero 8 no wifi. And just get a good AIO.

i love the shots of the hardware "out in the wild"

great review, i just subbed.

Very awesome review. I just bought one cuz of this review because i wasnt sure about a good processor. Now hopefully Rust can run better than a dust filled vacuum cleaner.

Thinking of upgrading to this from a 2600, I have a 5500xt so I'm not cpu bottlenecked in most games, (some, I am though.) but it really crumbles when I try to do heavy multitasking like recording at the same time or running multiple games at once (FFXIV & Bluestacks as an example) I have the budget for it over the 5600x and I assume the extra two cores will help with what I want to do

Just got myself a 5800x for 170 USD yesterday. Its been a nice upgrade from my old R5 2400g from my little bit of testing last night. Im excited to see how it performs as time moves on.

Great cpu. I havent even touched oc and it stays on gaming load around 4.3 with the icue h150i 240m rad around 50-55°C (at load) awesome cpu. Now if i can get my hands on a 3080

Using for almost 8 months. I bought my for £389 and now you can get it £40 cheaper in UK. It’s great cpu, got no regrets and I’m cooling my with Deepcool Gammax 400 and it stays in low to mid 70s while gaming and that’s in NZXT H510 case.

Upgrading from a Ryzen 5 2600 - I was going back and forth comparing the 5800X and the 11700K. Ryzen wins in my book because I can update my BIOS on my B450M motherboard and use it as opposed to having to buy a brand new Motherboard for over $150 US for the new intel chipset.

I've been using a 5800X since early January 2022 on my current gaming build(ASUS ROG STRIX B550, RTX 3070, 64GB DDR4). No complaints at all, but I don't really stress it all that much as I mostly play heavily modded Fallout 4 and Skyrim on max settings and a bit of World of Warships now and then.

Ryzen 7 5800X.. 40% lesser in price while 30% more Gaming Performance comparing with Intel 11th Generation i7 11700F. Superb.. It was a Good decision to be part of Ryzen Family 🙂

love mine thanks for the help deciding, got it running at 5.0ghz single 4.7 multi core all day long in and out of game through an undervollt and pbo boost. it also manages to beat the 10900k r23 multi score you list in your video. best of all I caught it on sale for about $220 😁

Thx bro!

I'm thinking of buying this CPU right now, this video comes in handy. But one thing I'm considering is emulation, which is consistently ignored by ALL hardware reviewers. You could argue it's included in the "gaming" category, but it has its own specifics. Emulators require different balances of CPU/GPU performance, so seeing some related benchmarks would be really helpful.

Thanks for the review man!

Umm please give me more cat b roll😍 great video my guy!

I have been struggling with my PC build for literal months, having never built a PC before, this first build was/is truly meant to last me years as I’d been jumping from one mid-end gaming laptop to another, it made sense to just make a space and build a proper powerhouse Desktop. I was having issues playing on a 5800x, MSI RTX 3080, 64gb (4x8gb) 3600 ram PC, and at some point the heating issue with this CPU got so bad I could barely play low end games on medium settings without struggling. I was distraught and bought more fans to max out the case and reoriented my AIO. Finally having something seemingly normal on FPS for the same settings felt good, but it made no sense, thought I had gotten the worst luck in the silicon lottery. As it turns out undervolting just saved me so much money and grief as I had been looking at just upgrading to a 5900 or 5950, whatever I could find eventually, to hopefully fix the issue and just max everything as much as possible. My temps are finally reasonable and my system is running buttery smooth as Ryzen and Nvidia intended with max settings on all games I have stored in the ol’ steam library. My fix was recent, however I quickly came to this same conclusion of “is it actually good?” once seeing how the CPU performed normally and further researching why it ran as hot as it did. I have to say I agree fully in saying that if people are looking for high end performance at a lighter budget then this CPU really does have a good spirit, but its body wasn’t optimized for that, hence the 5900 being the most in demand CPU because it has more SA for heat dissipation. Regardless, 5800 + a simple undervolt and a decent cooler = one hell of a gaming CPU good for people who like to dabble outside of gaming

This review will age well, not like the others.

I am also planning to get a 5800x. But I am confused with all the thermal issues, High temps that reviewers mentioned. Is it really a issue? And can you please recommend me a good AIO cooler for the 5800x? Thanks.😊

I recently went for the 5900x and it’s a beast, with a minor overclock I’m doing 4.8ghz most cores with a few cores trying to hit almost 4.9ghz. All at no more then 45-48c under load, and 24-26 idle.

Had my 5800x in Asus Tuf B550M motherboard for about 2 years now. I make YT videos in 4k and I play some games (mostly Fortnite, CS GO, & Hogwarts Legacy - I have a great Viewsonic 27" 1080x60 monitor - I am oldschool and 1080 looks great to me, and it lets me play 60fps in any game on max settings - I also have a 12" 720p second monitor.). I have 32gb ram, gen 4 NVME, & 3060ti. I kept my last computer for over 7 years. This one is 2 years old, and feels like brand new still. Never in the past could I alt + tab between games and internet browser in a flash; literally instant. Anything I throw at this is so quick to respond. Sure, a 5900x or 5950x would give me a bit faster video rendering times. But from the computer I came from, this is blazing fast (and about 1/3rd the rendering time of my last pc). This has lasted me 2 years, and I expect 5+ more years. I doubt I'll go above 4k for YT videos and personal recordings for many years. And I don't game as hard as I used to, but I like to get a new game here or there. Basically, when I cannot play games at 1080x60 at a constant fps of 60 on medium settings, then I'll build again.

Whoa... Antec psu, forgot about them New viewer here Love what I'm seeing on your channel so far

Will the Ryzen 7 5800x paired up with a Geforce Rtx 3060 and 32gb Ram (3200mhz) be good for streaming and gaming and recording/editing simultaneously? Or would I need a ryzen 9 5900x? I'm new to PC and this is what I was planning to go with if you could give me some advice please.

I just bought one that was damaged from eBay. It must have been a younger person or a kid. He stated that it had bent and broken pins. I've felt with that before and had pretty good luck fixing pins so I gave it a chance. I looked at the pictures he sent that were magnified the best he could. I saw a few barely bent pins and no missing ones. I could tell no one had tried to work on it. The chip was pretty much perfect when I got it. I threw it under my magnification and found 3 pins barely bent. It took less than 5 mins to fix it. Works perfect. I don't understand why he didn't try to fix it. I offered it back to him at the same price but he already got a new CPU. I felt kinda bad I bought that chip for 70 dollars and if he would have just taken it to any repair shop they probably would have fixed it for free. He couldn't believe you could fix pins that were bent flat if your careful and replacing a pin is just practice. Get a old CPU and start practicing. You'll save a lot of money if you learn how to work on your own stuff. I've fixed several gpus also that just needed small things but practice soldering before you ever try.

They beat intel in gaming, productivity AND power draw. Great channel mate!

Will this CPU be good with some budget range for using Unreal engine 5 whats your opinion? Im building new pc...

Running the ryzen 3600 on a rtx 3090 wondering should i get the ryzen 9 5900? I'm on a msi x570 pro motherboard. I'm not a pc tech use it for gaming mainly.

what computer case did you use? or what specs do i need to fit all the components in?

wow, you're the first reviewer to mention that a CPU with much higher consumption requires more expensive motherboards and coolers (and power supplies as well btw) much respect

thanks for the video, I pulled the trigger on the 5800X today as the current price at Wootware only made it R800 more than the 5600x. no brainer.

Had a 5800x for about 6 months the loved it. My first Ryzen cpu. Tho recently upgraded to the 5950x

Nice video bro :-)

Got a full configuration with 5800x,but without a gpu,for £250 :) added an alienware 2k 240hz monitor for £280 and a 3070 msi for £320 and i ve got the best value pc since i ve first started in '98 :) ( yes i m a bargain hunter )

Just bought one on amazon for $270. Upgrading from an i7 9700f (ik that cpu isn't bad but it's more practical in the long run to buy a new cpu and motherboard than to replace my current motherboard with a better one which is what I wanted to do in the first place)

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I got the 5800x at launch and dont regret it, I upgraded from the 3700x due to playing VR on the HTC vive pro and the difference is huge. Was not sure the 5600x would do what I wanted but knew the 5800x would and did not go the 5900x because the word was it was a bit slower due to using 2 chiplets instead of one.

Thank you

Snagged the 5800X for $300 at Microcenter. With the rise of CPU based Crypto mining again, I really don't want to wait another year to upgrade from a 2700X.

Getting my r7 5800x today. upgrading from a r5 3600. cant wait to put it in

i snagged one for 300 a week ago, made me really happy cus its a good cpu

Would you recommend this for someone who wants to stream on twitch while also playing game at great quality? I’m new to this so don’t know much about PCs and their components just wanna have something that’s gonna run my game and my stream smoothly no problems

building my first pc and this helped a lot. Im not big on PC knowledge, but a video like this really helped me out! thank you

I just bought a 5800x but I think I'm going to return it and wait for the Zen 3D V-cache release early next year.

I'm stuck on what to help build a friend, do I recommend the 11700k? I know I can run it properly no issues - with Ryzen I've been reading that sometimes you have to mess with the bios to get things running a bit cooler! Even though it has lower power draw apparently it spikes in temps. Price not being an issue do I go with the 5800x?

Picked up a 5800x new on Amazon, next day shipping for $298 - Beast for gaming, like a 5600x BUT it can also handle OBS recording & Adobe editing

fun fact. a lot of people are unaware including many reviewers that the initial batch of 5800x and 5900x were actual dual ccd versions which AMD later revealed. and there will be a software release which includes a full unlocking of those processors. so the 5800x will ultimated become a 16core and in essence become the epyc version. and the 5900x will become the model higher than the current 5950x. they did it to the specifically the 6900xt gpu. you know the XTX and XTXH variants. i think amd is starting to transition to into using software to unlock more features. good vid btw

Scored one for 200$ at Microcenter a month ago, runs a little hot so get a good AIO! There are some bios settings you can tweak to under volt it to keep it cooler as well as improve performance. Customize your fan profiles as well to keep the noise down but go more aggressive on the CPU fans.

Just for gaming (wanna build a complete new system..), do you think the 5600x or the 5800x is better? Is it better to safe the 100€, is it worth it for the next like 2 years of gaming? or spend this more for 2 more cores.. don't know exactly.. (wanna use a 3080 or 6800xt as card)

Waited two years and got mine for $200. Love this CPU and didn't want want to upgrade to the AM4 series yet because i didnt need to.

Building a rig for my guitarist at the moment. He wants to do music production and some gaming. He's new to pc at this level (only ever had crappy hand me down laptops etc) so picking up this cpu at $175 from Amazon paired with 32gb RAM and the 6650xt is going to do him justice.

Oct 2022. Picked up the 5800X for US$269 + a free game. Lots of life in my AM4 board yet.

It's funny watching Tech Tank's videos with the sound off.

Great pairing for a 7800XT, loving mine. A bit toasty though.

They now cost 300 euro, which is cheaper than the 5600x at launch. So i couldnt resist :)

Just got a 5800x a year after this video for $209 new. Very hype for this upgrade from my 3600

Went from 3700x to 5800x. I feel like this CPU will serve well for about 5 years... But... I will upgrade before that for sure ahaha!!! I have a dual tower air cooler installed, and the temp tops at 72c-73c at 100% load. My computer case is opened. I have no case-fans running, so, it's very very quiet, unless I load the CPU. The double-CPU-cooler-fans are idling at very low speed, unless I render a video in DaVinci Resolve. Even though the side panel is opened, the case is positioned near a wall (3 inches away) so the inside of the computer is still protected from accidents. Heat dissipates upward by convection. Very silent and efficient.

I do a lot of video editing, and went with the 5800x, should I have gone with the 5900x or will the 5800x be good enough? I'm coming from an i7-4790k and that still did just fine editing video.

What MOBO would you pair this CPU with recently got my hands on one for 329.99? Going for a price to performance build.

I had to buy a new cooler and a new case. My new cooler is the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE which is just 39 bucks. Sadly my old case didn't have enough airflow so I had to upgrade that to a Corsair 4000D. The chip really is a hot 'n spicy one, but with the current setup (No need for eco mode, underclocking or undervolting as the chip itself is designed to run hotter than other chips) I get it to around 50-60°C at medium (everyday) and 70-80°C at heavy usage. Just have a good cooler, good airflow and a good thermal paste.

Waiting for Black Friday when it drops to $299.99.

Got the 5800x for black friday ( £330 ) it`s a great cpu( upgraded from 3600), a bit warm( but I use a beQuiet! Shadow Rock 3), idle at around 40-42 ( avg ), 70-75 ( avg ) while gaming, 80-83 ( avg ) if I run cinebench. Still boosts to 4.850( everything default in bios, only adjusted the cpu cooler fan speed). Wanted the 5900x but that was £450 and I don`t need that many cores/threads for 1440p gaming.

I’m going to build my own PC. I’m going with the 5800x and b450 motherboard. I’m just worried that other parts might not support it? What other parts need to be in to support it well enough or is it just motherboard?

Bought mine in august for 250usd in argentina. I love this processor, is a totally worth.

Also just snagged a asus rog strix rtx 3070 ti. Little warm in the case but that is becaude i need to add some intake fans on my rad. (Its front mounted due to clearance issues) so my 5800x gets a little warmer like 60 on load and the gpu is around 70 at load. But adding 2 more intake fans should help that lower the internal case temps.

Upgrading from a 2600 to the 5800x!! I absolutely can't wait to get it installed!!

I have a 5800x and 6800xt merc 319 and I constantly get stutters in pretty much all games have you experience anything with yours or know anything that might be causing it I'm out of ideas 😅 I have tride all sort

I upgraded my day one Ryzen 7 1700 to a 5800x a week ago . I use my PC for Gaming and for 3Ds Max Rendering . The difference between zen 1 and zen 3 is MASSIVE ! No regrets on my purchase.

As much as I love my 5800x it runs so damn hot. I have an AIO with 360 resevoir and 3x120mm mag lev fans. ANd it idles in high 50c's and under load runs in the 80's and will hit 90 if I am doing certain cpu intensive tasks.

I got this for $250 crazy how a little time changes things, I built a new PC using this and AMD 6800 XT Phantom Gaming edition. The phantom had a sticker of $1349.99, I got it at micro center for $680. So while the 4k series (Nvidia) will drop soon I have no issue having built a very descent AMD system as the mother board X570-Plus Gaming ($200). Was a overall win, still blows my mind just a year ago all of this was grossly overpriced and now I was able to build a beefy rig at a fair price. The motherboard, CPU, and GPU, only slightly went over 1k and that's the most critical parts

I just bought a prebuild with an RTX 3070, Ryzen 7 5800, 16GB DDR4 3200mhz RAM, 1TB SSD etc... for $1650. Only downsides are a less than stellar CPU cooler (temps 80C all the time while playing CPU heavy games) and a rather lacking rear IO. Other than that what a steal.