

Works out of the box purchased with Amd 9600x cpu bundles ,Newegg customer services great.

Idk if its the overall cooling of my case but I used this in my build and my idle temps are 32 degrees and around 40-50 while gaming.

Price for the 6 core Ryzen chip is great for my budget build the cooler is ok for now and windows 11 compatible

Exceeded my expectations with this cpu and a Rx 7800xt

Fastest in the world

Decent gaming performance at stock, performs notably better than my overclocked 7700x Excellent overclocking performance, gets similar gaming performance to my 7800x3D after tuning ram (running DDR5 8000 with manually tuned timings) and overclocking the cores, D2D, NGU, and Ring Ridiculous multithreading, it's an ultra 9 285k in all but name. in many cases it's faster due to the increase uncore clocks at stock. Absolutely shreds my rendering workloads. no Price, $300 is midrange tier pricing in the big 2026 unfortunately. But this CPU is very clearly very high end.

Low cost Moderate size means it fits easily Simple to install

it is fast and easily overclockable. high temperature tolerance. handles AAA game titles without bottlenecking


-I have significant performance enhancement since getting this. -Was also delivered on time.

I got this item on sale, and it is an amazing upgrade for anyone with older Am4 setup. This runs significantly cooler than my 9700k, and even comes with a cooler. I did not use the included cooler, but it was a nice touch that makes the value even better.

I know its not for gaming but boy it downloads fast, and has the ability to do anything k need in a snappy manner.

-Easy to install -Really like the LGA socket on these new Ryzen chips -Great performance and I like the Eco mode for these chips

Simple to install No silly RGB Stable temps on my 9800x3d

-Fast -Great OC capability -Great synergy with AMD products

65w tdp, but tunable and overclockable. Running it with an AIO watercooler, runs 40-65 celsios typically. Came up immediately with a discrete graphic card. ( I was having trouble with other (similar, used, no graphics cpu , Perhaps it is a simpler initialization when the cpu has graphics? ) It is nice to have the "latest and greatest Zen 5 core., as of 2025 I dabble in performance coding / performance optimization, I wanted the full 512 bit avx512 support featured in Zen 5. This CPU is a price/performance sweet spot.

fast cheap

- Easy, flawless installation - Simple assembly - Pump and fans run pretty quiet overall - RGB lights are nice touch and can be turned off - Good performance (~40C idle with Ryzen 7 9800x3D)

Fast - improved rendering time in Davinci, improved fps in games, improved office software speed.