AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D is back at $350. It looks overpriced, but for AM4 owners facing costly DDR5 upgrades, this four-year-old CPU may still be the smartest path to modern gaming performance today.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition Review
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My main system has an original 5800x3D, my kids system has a 5600x
Both perform well. I was tempted to upgrade the faster system to AM5, but never could justify the cost. Now I certainly can't.
Still tempted to swap out the 5600x for a 5800X3D but in reality, my kids aren't going to notice the difference.
Both perform well. I was tempted to upgrade the faster system to AM5, but never could justify the cost. Now I certainly can't.
Still tempted to swap out the 5600x for a 5800X3D but in reality, my kids aren't going to notice the difference.
Taroo
Posts: 49 +44
I upgraded from a 1700X to a regular 5800X (non-X3D version), several years ago. It was an impressive upgrade for a very competitive price.
That's why I would never take the Intel option mentioned in the article. I prefer to invest in a platform that will be supported in a longer period of time.
That's why I would never take the Intel option mentioned in the article. I prefer to invest in a platform that will be supported in a longer period of time.
Rudyduu
Posts: 1,073 +901
Why? It's one of the cheapest upgrades you can make for your current platform and if the chip ever goes out of stock again the prices will sky rocket on the second hand market, just like before. To get an upgrade if you even can't buy a 5800x3d you'd have to buy a new motherboard and RAM along with a new CPU.
I upgraded from a 5950x to a 9800x3d, since I had to replace the entire platform I have an extra motherboard, CPU and RAM I'm going to hand down to a good friend of mine. But instead of sending the 5950x I'm replacing it with a 5800x3d and sending it to my friend who is still on a 9900k. Should be a nice upgrade for him.
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Rudyduu
Posts: 1,073 +901
Hmm, worth checking. I'm not sure if my AiO H100 v2 is enough, but I'd like to get rid of it.
I wanted the X3D but decided it wasn't worth the money for my use case. To buy it from Amazon.com costs $419 from my country; locally, $436. I do play games but productivity is important. Instead, I bought the cheaper 5800XT to upgrade my Zen 2 APU.
AM4 had excellent longevity, and going from a 1700X to a 5800X on the same board proves it. But the 5800X3D is also essentially the end of that platform’s upgrade path. Your next meaningful upgrade will require a new motherboard and DDR5 anyway, so “future platform support” isn’t really an advantage for that purchase today.
CBTex
Posts: 206 +558
Can we get some benchmarks with a reasonably priced GPU? Like a 9070XT and 5070? I'm not sure there are many people out there who have a 5090 but can't afford an upgrade to AM5.
Waiting for AM6 can also be a good strategy if one's system isn't struggling.
Neatfeatguy
Posts: 2,291 +4,611
I'd have picked up 5900X3D had they actually went forward with it. Sure, it wouldn't have been any better than the 5800X3D in games, but the extra cores for multithreading would still benefit me when I need them.
At the rate AMD is releasing new, old CPUs, maybe the 5900X3D will just magically show up on the shelf and surprise us all!
At the rate AMD is releasing new, old CPUs, maybe the 5900X3D will just magically show up on the shelf and surprise us all!
hahahanoobs
Posts: 5,801 +3,517
Performance looks stellar with a 5090...
I don't know how much better the 5800X3D is to a 5500X3D - I can get the latter for 160$AUD. An absolute steal.
Name your price?
This kind of performance for this price has been available since the original release of the 5800X3D. There was a two or three year period where you could get better performance for a little bit more in the 7700X and 9700X and get a modern platform. Why didn't people upgrade then if they thought this was a good price? If they were waiting for something better, then they should keep waiting.
Melkor Unlimited
Posts: 384 +357
Am I seeing things?
rtx 5090, rtx 5080, rx 9070, rx 9060xt
https://www.techspot.com/review/3017-ryzen-9800x3d-vs-7600x-cpu-scaling/
Melkor Unlimited
Posts: 384 +357
They thought its price will go down.
Instead it disappeared.
darkzelda
Posts: 442 +308
I'm really debating if going from my 5900X to this one. Actually, for some reason I had to disable some cores on my cpu, so I virtually have a 5800X. Was planning on upgrading to AM5, but didn't do it on time and now it's almost impossible. My GPU is a 9070 XT, I wonder if this 5800X3D would eliminate the stutters I've been having in some games.
9800X3D
He is looking for 5800X3D. they may do one now that it is popular again, but they do not normally do new GPUs with older CPU platforms.
So yeah, your seeing things.
Frozentundra
Posts: 6 +3
Huh? That is the problem with the 5800 x3d. It has no upgrade path at all. If you price it out, an AM5 9600x system only costs about a couple hundred more, with a great upgrade path. Even the 250k plus could be upgraded to a 270k.
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