AMD to bring back Ryzen 7 5800X3D as AM4 10th Anniversary Edition
Posted by iDontSeedMyTorrents@reddit | hardware | View on Reddit | 237 comments
Posted by iDontSeedMyTorrents@reddit | hardware | View on Reddit | 237 comments
FdPros@reddit
sounds expensive if they're branding it as a 'anniversary edition'
Kalrot__@reddit
Its going to be lol. Sadly, at this point its only worth it if you already have an AM4 plataform, because apart from that, it isnt.
AM5 already surpasses it, Intel i5 13th gen and upwards are pretty much equal (and cheaper). For the price its going to have, better get an AM5 build all together (or Intel and DDR4 board).
Odur29@reddit
Yea but supposedly 13th and 14th gen still have that whole killing themselves slowly over time issue that wasn't 100% fixed just "mostly" mitigated.
capybooya@reddit
Lots of people are desperate, and I've seen the recommendations change in various hardware circles after the cost crisis started. AM4 for new builders is much more frequently recommended now, and the performance is somewhat exaggerated. This is my impression, so YMMV. But I am worried about people thinking that a platform whose last product with a new architecture dates to 2021 is now suddenly good enough when it wasn't 8 months ago. Don't get me wrong, for some it might be good enough, and it all depends on price compared to other platforms and newer architectures, but if you're desperate to buy ASAP as prices are skyrocketing you might end up getting something that won't live up to your expectations.
insidious_thinker@reddit
I built a new AM4 pc in march of 2026 only because I suddenly had space for a desktop for the first time in 5 years, and my old setup was still AM3 Going from the FX-8350 to a 5500X3D blew my mind. By the time I build again we might be on AM6 so I didn't mind investing in a dead platform when the market forced me that way.
Curious-Bother3530@reddit
If you live near a microcenter they are selling am5 bundles with a 7500x3d, 1 stick of ddr5 16gb ram and a mobo for $299, probably the most solid deal you can get to make the jump to am5. How much would a performance hit be for single channel though?
R_Levis@reddit
Not your fault, but as someone from the 80% of America not within even an hour drive of a microcenter I want to smash things every time someone recommends a microcenter deal.
wehooper4@reddit
Bro, 45% of the US population is within a hour’s drive of a Microcenter.
Remember land doesn’t vote.
R_Levis@reddit
1 That's still less than half, 2 we still live here.
wehooper4@reddit
Your choice to live where you do is objectively wrong 😝
R_Levis@reddit
Fine keep your microcenter for your 2 hardware purchases a year. Better not hear you whining about housing prices or cost of living.
Fragrant_Law_3704@reddit
I feel the same way living 45 minutes away from microcenter, it's not a quick trip, have to drive there, find the store(or use gps) find parking, spend 20-30 minutes navigating an unfamiliar store(if I'm already there I'm going to look for other deals), checkout and find the vehicle in unfamiliar parking lot, drive home. By the time it's all done it's been 2 hours
R_Levis@reddit
I wish I was that lucky lol. It's an 8+ hour round trip for me.
Windowsrookie@reddit
You are being a bit overly dramatic. They will have the bundle in stock because you order the bundle for pickup from their website, and they send you an email when it's ready to be picked up.
When you arrive you go to the pickup counter, no big deal.
WantsLivingCoffee@reddit
I live in Hawaii. You mainlanders are so spoiled. Cheap houses, cheap e-bikes, and microcenters
AndreiStanciu19@reddit
in europe we don't have microcenter🥲
jenkins_009@reddit
I’m not 100% sure, but many (if not all) individual DDR5 ram sticks actually run as dual-channel. Unlike DDR4. Although that may be only fit the higher capacity sticks.
Kat-but-SFW@reddit
DDR5 still has a single 64-bit channel per dimm, but each channel has two independently controlled 32-bit subchannels. This allow it to refresh only half the dimm instead of the whole thing, so it can keep using half the dimm during the refresh instead of none of it like DDR4.
yourwhiteshadow@reddit
It's all about application too. If I'm playing CSGO or terraria I don't think it matters if I'm running a 5800x3d or a 7800x3d. Also depends on the GPU you're matching it up with. You're not buying a 5090 and pairing it with a 5800x3d. PC building is too granular for blanket statements.
Jon_TWR@reddit
I got a 5700x3d in late 2024 as a drop in upgrade to my AM4 build because it was cheap on Ali Express…I can live without an upgrade until prices calm down, lol.
cosine83@reddit
I mean, if it will cost less than CPU+RAM+Motherboard to upgrade to AM5 then yeah, why wouldn't someone upgrade to the top tier CPU on AM4 and ride out the RAM prices gouging the same likely price as a single 32GB or 64GB RAM kit? Easy decision.
GraXXoR@reddit
I can’t afford the DDR5 RAM. End of story.
kikimaru024@reddit
5800X3D had a launch MSRP of US$450.
ThankGodImBipolar@reddit
Okay? You can get the 9800x3D for that price now. AMD has to accept less margin for this product now, as compared to when it was released, or its going to be a poor value.
I'm not necessarily expecting them to do that, but that's why the hypothetical 5800x3D rerelease has never made any sense to me.
RHINO_Mk_II@reddit
But now you also pay for DDR5. A lot of users have an AM4 socket and DDR4 ready to drop this into, so I anticipate some level of demand for it. I don't think $450 is reasonable but I would be surprised if it went for under $300.
ClickClick_Boom@reddit
It's crazy because looking at eBay sold listings 5800X3Ds are selling for $400-$450 on average right now. Going by that, $450 isn't reasonable but people would pay it.
RHINO_Mk_II@reddit
Presumably because it's been out of production and buyers only expect used prices to get worse. Once production restarts, supply will drop the price.
ClickClick_Boom@reddit
That logic doesn't always apply in current year.
gabeandjanet@reddit
A 9800x3d is also a MUCH faster cpu and ddr5 alone gives significantly better performance in games.
I used to have a 5800x3d with ddr4 and while it was a dapper little cpu that was excellent in st limited games compared to other cpus of its time, it was also still very limited in rt heavy games.
Going to a 7800x3d and ddr 5 gave me far better performance in cyberpunk and other rt heavy games, and in general it was almost a 40 percent upgrade in perfomance.
A 9800 x3d is another 15 percent faster.
So yeah its a neat upgrade for am4 people who are still stuck on a 3600x or something, but the price has to be low enougu because there is no comparison to a more modern cpu with ddr5
bombaygypsy@reddit
250USD is the max I would pay, anything more and I would rather wait for Am6.
ThankGodImBipolar@reddit
I'm not concerned about the value next to buying a current gen platform, but I am when compared to the value of "doing nothing." You can put that money in the bank and be well on the way to buying a next gen system, and you'll have to upgrade from those way later than you will from this. I could get behind 200 dollar 5700x3D's coming back, but (IMO) you can't get much more expensive than that before "doing nothing" becomes a more sensible option.
RHINO_Mk_II@reddit
I agree with you that it doesn't likely make sense for most people.
But most people aren't great at cost/benefit analysis, and so if they see a not-too-expensive upgrade in a world where DDR5 might be overpriced for the next 18 months, they'll be awfully tempted to pick up the "best-in-slot AM4" CPU.
_FUCKTHENAZIADMINS_@reddit
Used 5800X3Ds are going for $450-500 depending on where you look, a new one at $450 is already a better value than that which is the only thing it’s actually competing against.
Flowerbridge@reddit
If people live in the USA with access to a microcenter, they can get a 7600x3d for $350 USD or 7500x3d for $300 USD that includes motherboard and 16GB DDR 6000 RAM.
In over 90% of situations, the AM5 cpu/platform is going to be better (but not 100% of the time, according to this very recent youtube video i watched where a guy ran literally every single X3D chip ever made through tests).
Paying $400 or even $300 (imo) for a 5800x3d is nuts.
Interdimension@reddit
This is what I've been telling everyone. The 7600X3D outperforms the 5800X3D in most gaming scenarios (if not all). If you're not coming from a system with 48GB+ of RAM and don't absolutely need that amount of RAM for your new build... just go with the MC bundles.
Paying this much for a 5800X3D makes zero sense if you're just on 16GB or 32GB of RAM already.
ZekeSulastin@reddit
Another commenter on this post spent $500 on a 5800X3D; at that point there's a great argument for spending a bit more and going for the $600 7800X3D or $700 9850X3D + 32 GB bundles, even if you have to add $100 or w/e to account for mileage, and selling your AM4 components.
Flowerbridge@reddit
Paying $500 for a 5800x3d in 2026 means you're either an idiot or they unfortunately live in the middle of nowhere, hours and hours away from the nearest microcenter.
For anyone reading this thread looking to upgrade or build a new gaming computer, depending on your usage, the $600 7800x3d, $680 9800x3d, or $700 9850x3d bundles is the way to go, and those bundles also give you 32GB of ddr-6000 ram, where as the budget cpu bundles (7500x3d and 7600x3d) only give you 16gb of ram.
The 9850x3d is generally not worth the extra price retail, but at microcenter, its literally only $20 +tax more than the 9800x3d bundle.
Protoclown98@reddit
I thought of doing this but it would be tough for me to go down to 16gb of ram after having 32gb for so long.
Protoclown98@reddit
Its not even less margin because I'm sure the cost to produce goes down. Usually R&D is the most amount of money to develop these things and that is a sunk cost for them.
kikimaru024@reddit
The last time AMD did an "Anniversary Edition", they simply relaunched the 2700X at the original $329 MSRP despite the original model being cheaper at retail.
nanonan@reddit
It was always worth more than msrp. What a product.
DCS30@reddit
that's my fear exactly. gouging knows no bounds.
Prince_Uncharming@reddit
This isn’t bottled water after a hurricane or some other necessity, there’s no “gouging” here. They launch a product that people want, and charge what they think those people will pay.
People aren’t getting gouged when they willingly choose to buy something explicitly released as an anniversary edition or top of the line performer.
JonWood007@reddit
This is peak "pure ideology" right here.
Prince_Uncharming@reddit
In what way is that ideological?
This isn’t some necessity good in a market with no alternatives where you there is no alternative option available (like my bottled water after a hurricane example). This is an anniversary edition product which may see high demand, if even simply because it’s an anniversary edition. AMD will see how many they think they can sell at whatever price they target, make that many, and move on.
Nobody is forcing somebody to pay an inflated price here. There isn’t a natural disaster being taken advantage of. There isn’t some other issue being exploited for a higher-than-normal return. You simply don’t understand how pricing works OR what gouging is, and are unhappy with any price you personally perceive as too high.
I’m not saying whatever price they pick isn’t too high. I’m saying no matter what price they pick, even a hypothetical billion dollars, isnt gouging, because there are other available substitutes at suitable prices. That’s how literally all (normal) pricing works.
JonWood007@reddit
Markets are about power relations. Prices are determined by who can assert their bargaining power. As i see it suppliers control the market and have all the cards. You can go "well ackshully you dont HAVE to pay high prices" but its still predatory af.
And yes I do understand how pricing works. And how basic economics work. I just understand people treat it like a religion.
NoxiousStimuli@reddit
Explain to the class you don't know anything about scalpers without saying you don't know anything about scalpers.
The RTX 3xxx series scalping was literally 4 years ago, it's not exactly outside living memory and yet here you are acting as if this boutique CPU won't get scalped because... AMD set the RRP on it?
Nvidia set the RRP on 3080s too, that didn't stop them selling for £1,200.
Prince_Uncharming@reddit
Scalping is an entirely separate conversation and irrelevant to what I’m talking about.
NoxiousStimuli@reddit
A limited edition CPU is never going to be able to be produced in numbers that would both satisfy demand and eliminate scalpers, so no, it's entirely fucking relevant. The gouging comes later when the only way to get one is through scalpers.
glizzygobbler247@reddit
People think that cheap top tier gaming is a hunan right lol
Protoclown98@reddit
Im sorry but are you implying 400+fps isnt a human right?
glizzygobbler247@reddit
Anything less than 500 fps is basically torture
trash-_-boat@reddit
Human eyes can't see under 144 Hz.
crab_quiche@reddit
It’s a szechuan right though
DCS30@reddit
we'll see. the manufactured ram "shortage" has something to say about that. i don't care about paying retail, but if it's an inflated cost with zero justification, that's called gouging.
VodkaHaze@reddit
No, it's not, gouging is
pricing above the market price when no alternative retailer is available.You can buy tons of other things; you're welcome to complain about the price, you can say AMD are scummy, but words have meaning.
JustinPA@reddit
MW says:
charging customers too much money
EdiT342@reddit
Arguing about semantics and we don't even know how much it's gonna cost. Could just be a re-release with a slightly higer price tag
Sopel97@reddit
which is by definition not possible in a competitive market
IguassuIronman@reddit
Sounds like you're more interested in making up a narrative then you are about basing your comments in reality
phate_exe@reddit
There's a pretty big difference between the prices on every stick of DDR4 and DDR5 being inflated, and one particular product being priced high.
In the first case, your options are "spend lots of money on ram", "pay normal new prices for used ram", and "don't buy ram".
In the second case your options are "spend lots of money on a specific CPU" and "buy literally any other CPU"
ghostsilver@reddit
reddit really likes to think all business must act like a charity
yabucek@reddit
Woah let me stop you right there buddy
Try posting this one one of the larger subs and you'll get called a billionaire bootlicker.
JonWood007@reddit
And for some reason this sub acts like the people who think they're all enlightened because they took econ 101 once.
eriksp92@reddit
It's absurd, because not even I - a communist - think like this. This is literally how markets are supposed to work!
windowpuncher@reddit
Reddit throws a fit whenever a company acts rationally instead of being a charity
bizude@reddit
The last time they did this, they sold a bunch of 2700x CPUs as "anniversary edition" - one month before announcing Ryzen 3000.
biggie1447@reddit
On the other hand its cheaper to buy this processor to upgrade an existing system than buy a completely new AM5 system.
happy_oblivion@reddit
This shit is off the fucking chain.
realPoxu@reddit
FX-8350X3D when?! /s
But seriously, I'd be SO curious!
MWink64@reddit
I'm looking forward to the K6-III+X3D.
Terrh@reddit
the FX-8350 aged so well.
Yeah it was shit to begin with but here we are 14 years later and my wife still uses hers for vrchat and web browsing and stuff. Only upgrade that computer has ever got was a $199 video card (rx 580) 10 years ago. Not bad for a $600 PC. Not bad at all. Going to replace it some soon, but it's lived a real long life for a "temporary" PC budget build.
ComplexEntertainer13@reddit
It really didn't. While it may have outperformed it's contemporaries with fewer cores in some newer titles. It for the most part still performs like shit in those games.
Meanwhile a old 2500K with moderate OC is still dominating it in those titles that scales poorly with core count.
Terrh@reddit
Why is everyone like this?
did I say it was the best CPU ever?
no.
I said it aged well. Becasue it did.
goodnames679@reddit
Wish my PSU hadn’t fried my old 3930k. I’m really curious how it’d handle modern gaming.
dparks1234@reddit
16GB of RAM with an i5 2500K or even an i3 4130 probably would have provided a better average gaming experience over the regular lifespan of the system. By 2019 there were way better CPUs like the Ryzen 1600AF for $85 MSRP.
GN had their FX 8350 revisit a few years back and even in multithreaded games like The Division 2 it was barely outperforming a stick Broadwell-tier Ryzen 1200 despite a 4.7Ghz OC with maxed out DDR3 2400mhz. The 1% lows were also way worse.
I’m a bulldozer hater
Terrh@reddit
Yeah but they cost way more
I'd hope so, it was a 7 year old CPU at that point.
phate_exe@reddit
Thuban was peak AM3. A Phenom II X6 running at 3.9-4GHz held onto relevance way longer than it had any right to.
asfsdgwe35r3asfdas23@reddit
It aged way worse than contemporary CPUs such as the i7 3770K. Even trough at the time everybody was saying that it would age better because it had 8 true cores while the i7 had “fake cores”.
Terrh@reddit
Yeah the i7-3770K that cost twice as much?
Of course that aged bettter, it was a high end CPU, not a low end one.
dparks1234@reddit
Ironic considering the court case over the FX’s shared-hardware “cores” and Windows 8+ eventually changing to report them as 4C/8T CPUs.
realPoxu@reddit
I bought it instead of the i5-2500k and ended up being a bit regretful.
But yeah it was like 80$, served me well until I got my R7 1700, which also served me very well for 7 more years, until I got my 265K.
All three have been a workhorse for productivity, so I can't complain!
Terrh@reddit
I think if you wanted to do any sort of higher end gaming and weren't going to be limited by the video card, it was a bad choice.
But for low end, it was hard to beat. Especially as it aged and having more cores became relevant.
FunCalligrapher3979@reddit
but why? fx was horrible for gaming.
ElementII5@reddit
Bi V-Cache curious?
viladrau@reddit
He's just confused. There is a special camp for people like him.
realPoxu@reddit
I think you are more suited than I ;)
mBertin@reddit
Looking forward to the Phenom II X4 965X3D Black Edition
ButtPlugForPM@reddit
5800x3d might be the goat of cpus
i gave it to my wife for her gaming pc and its still just smashing everything partnered with her 5080 like Rock solid
it introduced pretty much everyone into why vcache is so good. and put amd pretty much firmly on the top and was the final nail IMHO to intels dominance in the consumer sector.
Gippy_@reddit
All-time I'd put it behind the Q6600 and 2600K. Those two CPUs could overclock +50% and they were also good (at the time) for things like video encoding, instead of being a one-trick gaming pony.
-Outrageous-Vanilla-@reddit
Do not forget the Celeron 300A and AMD Thunderbird with the pencil trick.
ProfessionalPrincipa@reddit
I'd put the later Thoroughbred Athlon's on there instead of the Thunderbird. I think I overclocked mine from 1.4Ghz to 2.1Ghz just by changing the FSB clock in the BIOS. It might not be an all-timer but it was a hugely overclockable monster like the 300A.
Gippy_@reddit
The Celeron 300A was great, don't get me wrong, but CPU clock speeds progressed so fast in the late 90s that CPUs literally became obsolete in a matter of months. It took less than 2 years for both Intel and AMD to go from 300MHz to 1GHz.
Games couldn't keep up with the explosive tech: it was funny playing Starcraft Brood War, which came out in December 1999, on a 1GHz+ CPU in 2000 when all it required was a Pentium 90.
-Outrageous-Vanilla-@reddit
Well... try to use the 2600K on Windows 11 and it will feel like a Pentium 90MHz
AK-Brian@reddit
Not so much.
NycAlex@reddit
Damn, athlon thunderbird with pencil trick was my goat during college. My room mate hated the jet engine sound from the cpu cooler (thermaltake volcano)
intel e5200 for those who couldn't afford the q6600
intel 2500k goated, used this shit for 9 years overclocked
ryzen 1700, made intel stop fucking around with 4 cores
ltcdata@reddit
I had a Q6600 (bought used) at 333x9... almost 3ghz of goodness... purred for 5 years after it fried itself lol
IguassuIronman@reddit
I got the computers out of my uncle's pizza shop when he replaced them, maybe ~2017ish? They had C2D E8400s so I got a Q6600 off eBay for $20 and tried to tape mod it. Ended up dropping to 1.8GHz instead of getting to 3GHz...
FranciumGoesBoom@reddit
My roommate had a WC loop with 4 Delta fans in push/pull config. Only took about an hour before i told him to shut that shit off.
beigemore@reddit
My first YouTube video was of Age of Conan running on a Q6600, Asus P5N-SLI nForce 5, 4GB DDR2, 8800GTOC, and Windows Vista 64-bit. I was so proud of that system.
The video used to look a lot better, but at some point YouTube did some conversion with the really old videos and messed them up.
I used that computer for like 5 years and five video cards: 6800GS -> 8800GT -> GTX 275 -> GTX 560 Ti -> GTX 660 Ti. I used it until 2012 when I upgraded to an i5-3570k. Used the GTX 660 Ti on that until I got a GTX 1080 FE.
Super nerd stuff...
STL_Deez_Nutz@reddit
The q6600 not only overclocked by 30-50% pretty much guaranteed where it beat everything else on the market in pretty much every app, but it was also frequently on sale for 184 (shout outs to fry's) where it was cheaper than most good dual cores were.
The only chip one could argue was possibly better for it's time was that old celeron 300A that pretty much guaranteed a 50% overclock and could do 100% with upgraded cooling and a voltage mod. That thing beat the Pentium II thanks to the difference in how the cache was handled and it was the freaking budget chip. That one was back in the 90s, so most here probably weren't around for that.
The 5800x3d was an astoundingly good gaming chip, still doing well to this day, but the two chips mentioned were doing everything better and were cheaper to boot.
LiteratureMindless71@reddit
Boy do I miss the weekend frys runs :(
Action3xpress@reddit
Loved how each store had a unique theme!
ycnz@reddit
Q6600 also came with a copy of Supreme Commander.
Kasen_Ibara@reddit
Complete the mount rushmore with a Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
JonWood007@reddit
Former 965 owner, the phenoms aged like milk.
TheNSA922@reddit
I had a crappy Dell workstation way back just for Counter Strike and G-Mod and the BSEL overclock with copper tape made that CPU really decent.
RedTuesdayMusic@reddit
Ivy Bridge outperformed Sandy Bridge when both were overclocked, IPC gain over Sandy was 7.6% and Ivy only lost avg. 3% overclockability. Haswell and beyond were all downgrades from there for overclockers
VodkaHaze@reddit
I rocked a 5775c for a literal decade and only started feeling it be a bottleneck around 2023 in gaming (in ML workloads it's another story).
The 4770k and/or 5775c might be somewhere in the top 10
kittymoo67@reddit
having had both i think 5800x3d will end up the kind. its got nearly a decade of life left
GfurEnjoyer1488@reddit
I bought an Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (90nm Windsor lol) next to an X2 6000+ (65nm Brisbane) and Q6600 back in 2008 :(
but in my defense, I was 9 years old and picked out all parts for the build myself, at least I was smart and heeded the advice to get 4GB of DDR2-800
ilessthanthreemath@reddit
I wish they would make a 5950X with 3D V-Cache, even if one CCD doesn't have it.
I've been using a 5800XT for my gaming rig, but it's a no-brainer to buy and replace it with a 5800X3D.
Socket AM4 will never die.
cosmin_c@reddit
My 5950x is also quite good but I doubt 3D Cache would make it better. The CPU is just too small and when it goes into full load the temps spike regardless of what you cool it with (probably phase change could theoretically keep it in check). Heat and 3D Cache don't go well together, so having 3D Cache on a 5950x would probably just limit how high in clock it can go (something I wouldn't be happy with, it's just too good for productivity tasks).
sitefall@reddit
I have one with a liquid freezer iii 420 on it. That keeps it at about 65 at max load, and it's basically always at max load when it's on since it's just part of a rendering server of sorts.
cosmin_c@reddit
Stock even with PBO it's generally fine. As soon as you start giving it voltage for an all-core o/c (my motherboard can all-core o/c and then when not in full load it behaves like PBO is on, also tweaked custom curves so to speak) it starts to go places you don't want to.
I also have a LF III 420 on it. With 1.3V in full load it goes into 78-80C on an all-core o/c of 4.4 GHz and the LF III is basically outside* the case (I did a thing with a 3D printed lid because it didn't fit well in the case). Sure, it also drives 4x32GB sticks, so there's a lot of stress on the poor thing.
FieldOfFox@reddit
I’ve got a 5950x that can only run memory at 3000mhz, and I paid full price for it.
I wish I knew this was a returnable issue when I bought it…
RainbowKooch@reddit
If you can afford it or get the 5800x3d for a good price do it. I have it paired with a 5080 and it smashes every game I throw at it at 4k
jhenryscott@reddit
We said the same thing about Skylake lmao
JonWood007@reddit
People need to seriously stop glazing this thing. Intel matched it at the time with a 12900k, although that was more expensive. A year later the thing was being matched by the much cheaper 13600k and 7600x/7700x. The 7800X3D is aging much better, it didnt get BTFOed in a year and when it did get beaten it was by AMD releasing another X3D successor.
The 5800X3D is kinda weird in comparison. Like....sometimes it'll perform way ahead of contemporary processors because 3D vcache and other times it literally performs like a 5800x. It's just all over the place. It's an okay CPU, don't get me wrong, but acting like OMG IT IS T3H G047! is massively hyperbolic. As others have said, this doesn't have anything on the likes of the 2600k or even some core 2 quad processors for their time like the Q6600.
If I were to do a tier list of processors, I'd consider it A tier, but not GOAT status S tier.
42LSx@reddit
It definitely will be heralded in the next decades as one of the greatest CPUs, together with i5-2500K, Core2Duo and Athlon TBird (and some others).
JonWood007@reddit
Eh I feel like the 7800x3d is aging much better. Came out a year later and no non x3d cpu can touch it to this day.
ButtPlugForPM@reddit
ahh shit how could i forgot the 2500k
fuck me i got that thing to 4.95 stable on water it was just godlike overclock potential
i do miss those days where a bit of vcore tweak and a good cooler and memory timings would net u 30percent plus boost..
IguassuIronman@reddit
I ran my 3770k at 4.8GHz on a 212 Evo for ~5 years without an issue. Turned up the multiplier and called it a day, didn't even both changing it from auto voltage
BannedCuzSarcasm@reddit
Running 5700X3D and the bottleneck is still the 9070 XT.
2 GOATs in a single line up.
CptSaveaCat@reddit
As someone with a 5800x now, would it be worth to move to a 5800x3D?
SemenSnickerdoodle@reddit
If you can find a used one that means the upgrade is ~$100 USD at most, I would do it. The boost in 1% lows and for CPU heavy games like Factorio or MMOs make it very worth it. I went from a 5600X to 5800X3D back in 2023 and gaming performance improved greatly even at 1440p and it still kicks ass today.
ButtPlugForPM@reddit
not really.
i mean in some games ur gonna see upwards of 30fps plus boost
example i went from a 5700x to a 5800x3d at the time and my battlefield 2042 gameplay went from 130fps to 160.
but then ur also going to be couging up 300 plus bucks just for a 15 percent boost.
but also it's cheaper than getting ddr5 lol..
so yes and no
CptSaveaCat@reddit
My RAM will die before I buy again, it’s like 8 years old and holding strong
ButtPlugForPM@reddit
yeah honestly if u could scab one on the cheap sure..
but yeah stupid to pay 300usd just for 15fps
im lucky im sitting on a box of ddr5 ram..
so the upgrade to am5 for me was simple..but others yeah not even worth it with these prices
massive_cock@reddit
I run one with a 4090 as a full-time content creator and years later still have zero need or interest in upgrading for years to come. It'll go down as one of the all-times, indeed.
ButtPlugForPM@reddit
yep really if ur only playing at 1440p it's fine till am6 ezy..
Stingray88@reddit
Same here. Video editor, and gamer. Originally built with a 3950X, 64GB of RAM and 2080Ti in 2019, then I upgraded to the 5800X3D and 4090 in 2022 when each of those came out. This machine will definitely go down as my longest lived rig ever… I want to try to last until we get AM6 so I can have yet another long lasting rig with years of upgrade potential, as opposed to buying until the end of AM5. So far I’ve felt absolutely no need to upgrade yet at all. I’m only gaming at 3440x1440 120Hz though.
massive_cock@reddit
Funny, that was almost exactly my earlier specs too. 3900X, 2080ti, 32gb then 64gb to handle massive custom textures in modded Kerbal Space Program. I also game at 1440p120, and just have 3x 1080p60 side screens. I fully expect this rig to last another 3-5 years before I even care to consider an update. When I built it the 7800X3D was juuust coming out, but there were too many iffy warnings about DDR5 issues and things and sticking to the same old AM4 board I'd had since the 2700X saved hundreds. I see performance charts for newer CPUs and just do not care.
Stingray88@reddit
I’m also waiting for a 5K2K 240Hz 34” OLED to release at a non-stupid price. So far we only have a 45” and 39”, so it’s gonna be a few years lol. After that upgrade I’ll need a new GPU, and will probably want a new CPU.
NeroClaudius199907@reddit
Intel dominance, they were still losing marketshare pre vache
April 2018:
Intel: 88.59%
amd: 11.41%
March 2022: pre-vcache
Intel: 69.34%
amd: 30.66%
March 2026:
Intel: 54.98%
amd: 45.02
Pandaisblue@reddit
All the stuff about those 13/14th Gen Intel self destructing too, just a perfect streak of better chips + X3D + luck for AMD.
SmashStrider@reddit
Steam data, right?
RainbowKooch@reddit
I literally have the same cpu and gpu and can say you are 100 percent spot on. I don’t think I’m gonna need to upgrade until am6
iMoac@reddit
A friend sold me recently his old mini itx am4 build for around 300 euro. - x570i - 32gb cl18 ram - 3950X
… if they price the 5800x3D right I might upgrade. Not that the 3950X is bad, seem it has better use for those in need of 32 cores.
Idk what I could sell the 3950X for … but hope it can recoup some of the cost.
cammue@reddit
Maybe it would be a good time to upgrade my 1800x from 2017. "I'm tired boss"
colev14@reddit
If it's $300 or less, this will sell great.
GIGASHORTER@reddit
All the used ones on the market are listed for $800-900aud... its a joke.
Inside-Example-7010@reddit
that is crazy I have a 5800x3d but would swap it for a 9700x and ddr5.
I actually dont think it makes much sense to bring back this cpu unless they are managing to sell it for cheap. Hardware unboxed recently did a comprehensive benchmark of cpus and while the 5800x3d is still a perfectly adequate gaming cpu in 20206 it isnt much better if at all in most games than a 7600x or a 9600x.
A 9600x is only £180 and outperforms a 5800x3d which will likely sell for around 325+. So youre already getting a better cpu, a more up to date socket and £150 towards the DDR5 price delta to DD4.
Agent-Kid@reddit
That is kinda the big stinker though. DDR5 is still stupidity expensive. Combined with the cost of a new motherboard too.
I agree though, unless they sell this for a pretty affordable price, it doesn't make sense.
If you're stuck on the AM4 platform, then this will be nice for the right price, but if it's outrageous then it just makes sense to save for an AM5 bundle from microcenter.
mostrengo@reddit
Listed /= sold
Dreamerlax@reddit
If the price is right, I might do it lol.
Miniteshi@reddit
I'm sitting here with a. 5700x3D and a 9070XT. After weighing up price Vs performance, I'm skipping AM5 entirely. Maybe even AM6 unless the gains are substantial.
omega552003@reddit
If you haven't figured it out yet, AMD names their sockets after the version of DDR it targets. There are some exceptions, but for the most part:
So that would imply AM6 would be DDR6and with the release schedule for each socket roughly ever 6 years and DDR6's release around 2027, you'll only have to wait till 2028 for AM6.
Lower_Fan@reddit
Me too even tho I haven’t played a pc game since like cyberpunk
kikimaru024@reddit
You haven't played a game in 5 years?
Qweasdy@reddit
They played it yesterday actually
work-school-account@reddit
I haven't played a PC game since Fallout 3.
(I played it this morning on my commute.)
zopiac@reddit
I haven't played a PC game since Unreal Tournament.
Had to see if a modern high refresh OLED could match motion clarity of a good old CRT! (almost)
Lower_Fan@reddit
Not on pc not I got a ps5 due to the unavailability of the 3000 series
pinkycatcher@reddit
I will. I have a 5600x but I play a lot of games where the 3d cache will improve things greatly.
Ok-Prize6710@reddit
was wondering if I should get this? Currently on a 5950x I got about 2 years ago. Is the performance boost in-game worth the $300-$500 this will probably be?
2006pontiacvibe@reddit
Thought this was a satirical article
If it's a decent price I'm down to upgrade my 5600g
reddit_equals_censor@reddit
if it costs 200 us dollars or even 250 us dollars, then this would be the first non evil thing amd did in regards to the ai dystopian nightmare and the "good" thing shouldn't get praised, because ALL that amd is doing is undoing their earlier evil move of eol-ing the 5700x3d and 5800x3d....
i really REALLY hope it won't be some overpriced bs with limited availability, because i wanna be able to recommend sth ANYTHING to people again to get by.
hell if it is 200 us dollars, then dead platform building makes sense again. 250 euros for 32 GB ddr4 3600 cl16-19-19 + 200 us dollars/euros for the cpu and then only a good enough am4 motherboard is left for parts, that would be locked in.
the memory price is still an absolute scam, but you can stomach this price just fine then.
ParagonRenegade@reddit
my 🐐
tbh the greatest CPU in the past decade
NoMechanic6746@reddit
5800X3D back it's cool for nostalgia, I know hardware is expensive today, but I’d like a lower price \~350-$400. I used one of those years ago, good stuff but today you have lot of options and after all, it’s the 10th Anniversary!
M337ING@reddit
Pathetic that we’re glorifying and reselling old technology.
letsgoiowa@reddit
Nah this is still competitive performance lol
M337ING@reddit
Because your standards for technology advancement have fallen that low.
letsgoiowa@reddit
My standards? You mean benchmarks
kywri@reddit
It released 4 years ago
NeroClaudius199907@reddit
Its not going to be high volume. Giving option for consumers to upgrade is good actually
HairyPoot@reddit
Saves alot of people from having to upgrade their entire PC. The 5800x3d is still a highly performant CPU. If you can spend a couple hundred to get that and revive or extend the life of a build that is great compared to spending $500+ on RAM for an all new build.
caribbean_caramel@reddit
AM4 will still be relevant in 2030, mark my words.
Gippy_@reddit
Hahaha huge L to everyone who paid $700 for this CPU
noob622@reddit
I’m stuck on a 5800XT and I’d snap up one of these in a heartbeat if it’s lands under $400, no brainer vs having to splurge on AM5/DDR5.
HyperBRUIN@reddit
Same! I'm on a 5800X so I'd buy one if possible, at anything under $400.
DCS30@reddit
if the price is right, i'm in the market as a step up from my 5600x.
Protoclown98@reddit
I stepped up in February to the 5600xt chip and even I'd buy a 5800x3d if it is priced right. Would be amazing if AMD actually delivers this.
MekotheSaurus@reddit
Depends on the price.
There are many people still using 3xxx or even non 3d 5xxx that could settle for a 15-40% boost in gaming while waiting for RAM prices to become reasonable again.
Protoclown98@reddit
Tbh it might last until AM6 comes out, which seems worth it to skip the entire AM5 platform.
I imagine pc sales are in the shitter in general with RAM prices the way they are.
MekotheSaurus@reddit
Second hand 5800x3d are going for 400€ in my country and still more value that upgrading to a ddr5 platform.
If AMD re-releases the 5800x3d for 300€ it will sell like candy.
Gwolf4@reddit
Basically all the planet that cannot or don't want to upgrade to am5. I am one for example and I refuse to downgrade the core number of my workstation and gaming machine for the Latin america 5500x3d
Fit_March3938@reddit
no joke i literally just installed the 2nd hand i bought for $500 a couple of hours ago and i see this. i'm fuming lol.
viscrivodallufficio@reddit
I had to get a 5700X3D @ 170€ because the cheapest 5800X3D was (still is) 400+€
jbourne0129@reddit
wasnt the launch price of the 5800x3d over $400 as it is? i dont expect this to suddenly be cheaper than the original.
imaginary_num6er@reddit
Could still have a $800 MSRP
Dear-Regret-9476@reddit
It’s me
Benji998@reddit
It sounds like it's coming out at launch prices? I think that's a bit too steep for me. I'm waiting for am6 and would consider it for the right price but if it's 450 USD or somethint nah.. I have a 5600x.
OpinionRealistic7376@reddit
Hope this release is not just for China, I can guarantee that it will sell in the UK & other places.
number8888@reddit
AM4 socket refuses to die. I hope the price at the stores will be reasonable.
KARMAAACS@reddit
I mean this only is viable because of the RAM situation right now. If RAM was like it was in July last year, it would be a pointless product tbh when the 7800X3D, 7600X3D or 7500X3D exists. This is an old CPU on a dead socket missing PCIE 5.0 support (not that it's really an issue but regardless, it's old tech).
Protoclown98@reddit
Yeah pretty much. Only reason I am considering a used AM4 motherboard to replace my OG ryzen motherboard is because of the RAM situation. Would rather spend $85 to get through the next 2 years than dump tons of money into AM5.
Even going to Microcenter isn't worth it. I don't want to spend $700 on a motherboard/cpu/ram that I am not entirely happy with.
kittymoo67@reddit
its hard to die when youre still at least as good as intels most recent chips in gaming and your ram is much cheaper
Direct_Jeweler_7457@reddit
Delusional take the best Cpu in am4 is this one but it's absurdly expensive for the price since it's best in slot and isn't produced anymore
So for normal pricing you are basically stuck with a ryzen 5 5700x since every single other CPU is just some variation of the same ccd
Even then a 5700x3d is nearly as good as a i5-13600kf
I like amd but investing in lga 1700 was the better choice
(Which id what i am gonna do with my build you can get into lga 1700 with a i3 12100F second hans which is like lower than 50 dollars and it will go all the way to 14900KS
kittymoo67@reddit
no one should be doing a new build but for existing ones to upgrade its fine
Direct_Jeweler_7457@reddit
Ddr5 ram is expensive and i will refuse to pay more for my ram than my gpu
jenny_905@reddit
What are the actual numbers on that?
XavandSo@reddit
I am guessing it is going to be extremely limited, basically a marketing product, like the MSI Lightning or the ASUS Matrix 5090s were. I can't imagine them spinning up proper production of such an old part for a small release. They must have left over chips or ones held back for this reason knowing how beloved the 5800X3D was.
f3n2x@reddit
As long as DRAM is so expensive a 5800X3D as the best-in-socket AM4 upgrade is not a niche part but potentially one of the best selling CPUs 2026 if it's cheap enough.
mostrengo@reddit
I bought the 5800x3d with the intent to ride it until AM6. And that was before the DDR5 crisys. That plan is even more relevant now.
reality_hijacker@reddit
Not many people buying desktops with the insane DRAM and GPU prices. The number of people looking for an AM4 upgrade is quite limited.
winnipegr@reddit
I wonder if they found an undelivered shipping container full of trayed CPUs or something? I guess once you have the chip designed and set up for the lithography machines it's just a matter of running the wafers through, though. 🤷♂️
Still rocking my 5800x3d 3 or 4 years on now, and it's an amazing CPU
SwiftAndDecisive@reddit
57x3d was quickly stopped, too good for the price(140-160USD)
Mateorabi@reddit
I’m guessing the line is tweaked. And getting it set up EXACTLY would require re dialing it in.
ElementII5@reddit
Doubt it. It's on a 12nm and 7nm node. There is practically unlimited wafer supply for those nodes and the other nodes being gobbled up by AI chips these give gamers at least some cheap options.
Financial-Corgi-7440@reddit
Beats going to AM5 platform and paying for DDR5 memory LOL
cottonycloud@reddit
Bought a 5900XT for about $250 after missing out on the 5700X3D deals damn.
Broksonn@reddit
Brother i was looking for a used 5800x3d, gave up, bought 5800xt, and as i was installing it today i saw this article bruh. Though im sure the price they'll want for it will be ridiculous so no biggie.
aigoo@reddit
Hopefully it's not $400. I could use an upgrade for my 5800x.
Luxuriosa_Vayne@reddit
if its good price I'll upgrade my brother's 5600 altho that was only 86 euros when going from 2600 🤔
st0mpeh@reddit
Any chance, being a newer pressing, that it'll be more overclockable?
PM_ME_YOUR_BOEING777@reddit
an extra 100MHz and name it 5810X3D wouln't hurt
Bonafideago@reddit
5850X3D
Or 5800XT3D
ash_ninetyone@reddit
This kinda reminds me of when Intel did an i7 8086K cpu.
A last gen offering
dTmUK@reddit
Take my money! Still on 3700X lol
SwiftAndDecisive@reddit
Meanwhile I had been using my 57x3d purchased at 140USD, for 21 months already.
okaycomputes@reddit
this is good because then I can finally afford a 5700x3d after someone upgrades
2700x currently but not pressed to upgrade in this market
Framed-Photo@reddit
I upgraded my 2700x to a 5600 a few years ago, and then upgraded that 5600 to a 5700x3d when that was out.
Honestly, a 5700x or a 5800xt for your system would be a pretty great upgrade for not that much money. If you're purely gaming and don't care about multicore performance then a 5500x3d off aliexpress is the best option. You know, unless this 5800X3D is actually available for a reasonable price.
Soggy-Airline@reddit
Oh damn, should I replace my 5900x with this? Gaming and Video Editing (but my video editing workflow is 1080p footage at most).
Rjman86@reddit
since ddr4 is much easier to get right now than ddr5, it would be interesting to see Intel also bring back 14th gen in a "we promise it doesn't kill itself" edition, or maybe in the rumored 8p0e/10p0e core counts.
HyruleanKnight37@reddit
5800X3D 5850X3D, with a slightly higher boost? 5950X3D with one X3D and one non-X3D CCDs?
The possibilities are endless...
Gwolf4@reddit
At this point I am never sunsetting my build. I got "stuck" in a 5700x and when I had the money to upgrade to it's 3d, it becomes unavailable for my region.
Livid_Cry6346@reddit
I am expecting a 270 doller price point.
Possible-Put8922@reddit
Microcenter rubbing their hands behind a tree in a yellow suit
ThickSky@reddit
I currently have a 5700X3D but I might pickup a 5800X3D depending on its release price
ThePizzaDeliveryM3n@reddit
I'm on a 5700x3d. Should I switch?
CoconutMochi@reddit
I don't know if you'd even be able to tell the difference without spending an hour staring at frametime graphs or something, unless you're playing games that aren't gpu limited.
Gippy_@reddit
Difference is 400MHz, so 10%. That's on the border of being noticeable if the game is hovering around 60 fps. But if the game's already running at 200+ fps then it doesn't make much of a difference.
Fauked@reddit
not really worth it. just save for the next gen x3d when it comes
693275001@reddit
Hope the price is decent
andromorr@reddit
I have the 5800X3D paired with a 4090, and a 5700X3D paired with a 3090. These are so good, and can run any game I want at any settings I want. I have no reason to upgrade even though I'm a few generations behind (which is just as well because I don't want to go bankrupt)
ref1ux@reddit
Does this mean I might be able to upgrade my CPU at last without having to sell a kidney?
Pancakejoe1@reddit
Close enough, welcome back Core i7 2600k
Apprehensive_Air1705@reddit
I have a 5800x3d, I don’t ever want to get rid of it. I might need to upgrade my graphics card at some point, but my 3060TI is still doing fine for now.
Cheeze_It@reddit
Use one in my server. It's still quite impressive. Especially from the performance per watt perspective.
Sweet-Sale-7303@reddit
I have this processor running in my current desktop. Seems like I might be dealing with it for a while longer. lol
Qlown@reddit
Hope its at a decent price or at least makes the second hand market for am4 3d chips drop
NeroClaudius199907@reddit
Whats a good price for you?
7silverlights@reddit
Nice maybe it means 120 dollar 5700x3ds appear on aliexpress again.
jenny_905@reddit
Makes sense, AM4/DDR4 is unlikely to go away any time soon given the cost pressures of upgrading. . Still a very capable chip and easy money for AMD
Dynablade_Savior@reddit
this is fucking awesome
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