Reviewers Liked
- Solid blend of single- and multi-threaded performance
- PCIe 4.0 support
- Bundled cooler
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Requires expensive X570 motherboard for PCIe 4.0
- Extremely limited manual and auto-overclocking headroom
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs. 3700X: What's the Difference? Buying advise in short: we highly recommend avoiding the 3800X and instead grab the 3700X. If you find it necessary, upgrade the box cooler with the money saved. The Ryzen 5 3600 remains king of value bar none, and the 3900X offers more cores for productivity, gaming may not benefit as we observed in our GPU scaling benchmark.
-- As reviewed by TechSpot
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
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AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs. 3700X: What's the Difference? Buying advise in short: we highly recommend avoiding the 3800X and instead grab the 3700X. If you find it necessary, upgrade the box cooler with the money saved. The Ryzen 5 3600 remains king of value bar none, and the 3900X offers more cores for productivity, gaming may not benefit as we observed in our GPU scaling benchmark.
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By eTeknix
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It’s not all just benchmarks today. AMD does have a trump card that Intel still lacks. I am, of course, talking about PCIe 4.0. For those wanting the bleeding edge of NVMe drives, AMD is where you’ll find it. The only real threat to the 3800X right now is the 3700X Both perform pretty close, but if you want to save a few quid, it’s a good option. Then again, if you want a little more performance, the 3800X is still a competitively priced solution.
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If there is one main take-away from this review it would be that AMD has indeed created a mainstream processor line which no longer needs to rely upon more cores to compete with Intel. Instead AMD's Ryzen 7 3800X can easily go toe to toe with Intel and...
By OC3D
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By Tom's Hardware
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By gamestar.de
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