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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X $1199 + Delivery (Free Pickup) @ MWave

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X $1199 + Delivery (Free Pickup) @ MWave
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Osiris on 25/05/2020 - 12:20 mwave.com.au (706 clicks)
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You want cores? Threads? Cache? This thing has them all and then stuff:

· CPU Cores: 16
· Threads: 32
· Base Clock: 3.5GHz
· Max Boost Clock: Up to 4.7GHz
· Total L3 Cache: 64MB

Looking at previous deals and pcpartpicker price history this seems about $100~ off normal price. Next lowest price I can see around is $1264.

Also available at this price from PLE: https://www.ple.com.au/Products/636555/AMD-Ryzen-9-3950X-35G….
Also available at this price from PCCG: https://www.pccasegear.com/products/48563/amd-ryzen-9-3950x-… - thanks @viospeed for the heads up
Also available at this price from Shopping Express: https://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/buy/amd-ryzen-9-3950x-4.7…

Notes
* These chips don't come with a Cooler you need to add your own ranch sauce to cool these chips but once you do they are tasty, must be lunch time.
* 4000 series chips coming later in the year, so if you don't need now you may find better deals once they drop.
* promo price till 8th June or until stocks last

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  • miarn on 25/05/2020 - 12:36

    Same price at PLE as well, which may be more convenient.

    Also $1,211.95 delivered at Amazon, but on pre-order.

  • xdivino on 25/05/2020 - 12:44

    Is it just these linked ones that don't come with the cooler, cause I'm sure I got one with 3900X…

    • xdivino on 25/05/2020 - 12:47

      all g, 3950x drops it cause liquid apparently recommended..

    • Osiris on 25/05/2020 - 12:48
      +2

      Always good to check the listing but yes 3600, 3600X, 3700X, 3800X, 3900X should all come with some form of 'wraith' thermal solution (Fan).

      This chip is recommended to have liquid cooling or a far superior cooler to what you would typically get in an oem box.

      edit: beaten by xdivino

      • Jai on 26/05/2020 - 17:20

        Liquid lol, nah.

    • TheContact on 25/05/2020 - 12:48
      +3

      It's kinda weird that it's the only consumer platform chip to be like that, but 3950Xs don't come with coolers.

      • [Deactivated] on 25/05/2020 - 12:57
        +2

        Why would anyone get a $1000 CPU and use a stock cooler?

        • Aarent on 25/05/2020 - 13:21
          +24

          cause they just spent 1k on a cpu and got no money left over :D

        • Starayo on 26/05/2020 - 16:08

          To be fair, I'm pretty impressed with the wraith cooler (well, that and the thermals of these ryzen chips, I suppose). Tried it out on a 3600 I installed for the mother of a friend. Stress tested the shit out of it and it kept nice and cool and didn't thermal throttle at all. My 3950X with a liquid AIO is currently a few degrees higher while running some folding tasks.

          Never had such astounding performance from such a small stock cooler before.

      • ArgentLynx on 25/05/2020 - 15:53
        +1

        IIRC, none of the intel K SKU CPUs have a boxed cooler either.

        • shellshocked on 25/05/2020 - 17:11

          The Intel 10th gen, with 10 cores, is only $200 cheaper than 3950x. It performs way worse, unless you are only gaming at 1080p with a 2080ti. Considering it uses so much more power than the 3950x, you would also need to by an expensive 360 AIO to keep it cool. The 3950x doesn't need such elaborate cooling because it stays closer to it's TDP.

        • TheContact on 25/05/2020 - 17:20

          No they do not. It's just the lack of consistency that I find strange. This is the only consumer AMD chip that forgoes one, yet it has the same listed 105W TDP as the 3800X and 3900X, and they both come with a boxed cooler.

  • superroach on 25/05/2020 - 12:47
    +8

    A 39,000 point CPU passmark for this price or indeed under $10,000 is staggering.

    • Duckman on 25/05/2020 - 13:02
      +1

      How much difference is there between the 3900x and 3950x in terms of performance?

      • ChillBro on 25/05/2020 - 13:24
        +2

        About 20%.

      • Alzori on 25/05/2020 - 14:02
        +3

        Well it's 12 cores vs 16 cores. If you are running highly threaded workloads like video rendering you could see a 20-30% boost in performance with the 3950x. For general use or gaming you probably won't see much difference.

      • hami101 on 25/05/2020 - 14:07
        +1

        Very much depends on your application. For high thread optimised loads it should be just shy of the pure thread increase of 25%. For relatively lower thread loads like gaming, any gains will he due to higher achievable clocks from the possibly higher binned die, but with all other factors this will be negligible.

        • [Deactivated] on 25/05/2020 - 18:42

          There's a thread increase of 33%

  • pmld on 25/05/2020 - 12:48

    There is a fan cooler included with the 3900x and 3950x from PLE. Bought one 2 weeks ago… oops.

    • Osiris on 25/05/2020 - 12:51

      That's awesome if you got one but 3950X specs on PLE page at least today, say no heatsink or fan in the box.

    • [Deactivated] on 25/05/2020 - 12:57

      Why would anyone get a $1000 CPU and use a stock cooler?

      • gromit on 25/05/2020 - 13:16

        Why would anyone get a $1000 CPU and use a stock cooler?

        ^this, why waste time and money putting a stock cooler in that literally no one would use. You would need a premium solution added and at that point it is better just to let the purchaser choose whatever aftermarket cooler they want.

        • nadan on 25/05/2020 - 13:39

          I was actually checking out reviews and there is very little if none between this and Noctua cooler. I am using the stock one and got the Noctua sitting and collecting dust.

          • scuderiarmani on 25/05/2020 - 14:57

            @nadan: Noise?

            No air coolers beat Noctua, my DRP4 gets close.

            • nadan on 25/05/2020 - 15:36

              @scuderiarmani: There are videos on youtube as well. I am not sure what you mean by noise?
              If you mean the noise level of the stock cooler, then it is noisier than Noctua.

              • scuderiarmani on 25/05/2020 - 15:38
                +1

                @nadan: Well you said there's little difference…. the stock AMD coolers aren't great for noise, Noctua and BeQuiet are.

                As for cooling, they won't touch those either…. even more so with such a high end CPU.

                No way anyone should run a stock cooler on the high end stuff, with and without overclocking.

                • nadan on 25/05/2020 - 18:07

                  @scuderiarmani: The little noise difference falls within the little difference I mentioned. If it isn't overheating then what is the point? And if it was ineffective AMD would not include it in the box.

                  • gromit on 25/05/2020 - 18:32

                    @nadan: where did you get one that came with a cooler? even AMD list this part as having no cooler and recommended to use liquid cooling?

                    https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-9-3950x
                    Thermal Solution (PIB)
                    Cooler Not Included, Liquid Cooling Recommended

                  • scuderiarmani on 25/05/2020 - 19:01
                    +1

                    @nadan: You really need to watch and read more reviews if you believe a stock AMD cooler is anywhere near a good Noctua.

                  • DanielP2 on 25/05/2020 - 22:53

                    @nadan: "And if it was ineffective AMD would not include it in the box."

                    You should explain that to Intel

          • JPerez on 25/05/2020 - 18:26
            +1

            @nadan: Proof? Source?

            Just blowing hot air out of your arse maybe?

      • AustriaBargain on 25/05/2020 - 18:48

        I paid too much for my 2700X and am happy with the stock cooler. i know the X means I can overclock and make it hotter but i don't wanna.

        • toliman on 26/05/2020 - 01:40

          generally, X means it can use PBO, Precision Boost and Precision Boost Overdrive (3000 series gets PB2). I don't think it's a default, but it sometimes can be in the BIOS.

          if you check and update your mainboard BIOS, it's usually a setting under AMD CBS and XPR that you enable, and it will auto adjust speeds using PB and PBO. From what I remember, it really depends, but it's easier to have a manual overclock without really tuning things, and it should work fine. YMMV. 4GHz was a 10 second choice made and forgotten about until I did a BIOS update that had to factory reset the BIOS

          Ryzen Master can also flip the PBO setting, it really depends on your hardware and BIOS config. The thing about PBO is that you can get a relaxed overclock setting with XMP settings and default OC settings to get 4ghz manually, or automatically with PBO.

          The end result is that you can overclock the 2700x in about 2 minutes and get a reliable and stable system with PBO, or a manual overclock.

    • gavincato on 25/05/2020 - 16:09

      weird, my 3950x definitely had no cooler in the box.

    • [Deactivated] on 25/05/2020 - 16:24

      Did you buy the 3900x or 3950x?

      3900x yes, but I thought 3950x didn't

    • hami101 on 25/05/2020 - 13:13
      +11

      I too enjoy making generalised statements with little to no knowledge.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmxkpTtwx1k

        • hami101 on 25/05/2020 - 13:56
          +5

          Sure did and it clearly shows Ryzen IPC to be higher. If you’d like to argue that higher memory read-write latency puts Ryzen at a few percent disadvantage to Intel in gaming despite higher IPC, that would be valid, but that’s not what you said. Hence why I said you’re making generalisations with no knowledge.

        • R3XNebular on 25/05/2020 - 16:26

          Mate just admit you lost the argument

    • vid_ghost on 25/05/2020 - 13:22
      -1

      IPC in zen2 is more then intel.. but intel is clocked higher so in games its still winning. Bu 2 to 5% losing in everything else by 35%

  • cnut on 25/05/2020 - 12:58

    This makes my 3900X look a bit shit now…

    • HD9990 on 25/05/2020 - 13:07
      +5

      considering bang for the buck you are still the winner.

      • cnut on 25/05/2020 - 13:08
        +7

        True. Although I'd say those with a 3600 are the real winners!

    • Aarent on 25/05/2020 - 13:29
      +1

      I managed to get my 3900x from the FTC sale for $598, would rather pay half price for 3/4 the product :)

      • me4president on 25/05/2020 - 15:28
        +1

        you must have been one of the lucky one's, they failed to send the order for so many

    • jaygee on 25/05/2020 - 15:12

      Yea but I managed to snag my 3900X at just below $700. This is 50% more expensive, but the performance boost is only 20% for the 3950X - so it's not a bad take.

  • Skramit on 25/05/2020 - 13:00
    +4

    Thanks OP. Ordered one for my HTPC box for streaming youtube.

      • Skramit on 25/05/2020 - 13:37
        +3

        It's a niche product. Lots of niche products get big upvotes and hit the frontpage.

        shrug.

      • Cheaplikethebird on 25/05/2020 - 13:37
        +7

        Plenty I'm sure, not everyone's PC is for porn and gaming. For content creators this is a great deal.

        • slowmo on 25/05/2020 - 15:42
          +1

          that's right. just like me is specifically for porn, i mean gaming.

          • Cheaplikethebird on 25/05/2020 - 16:19
            +1

            @slowmo: Personally I need a beast rig to keep the 1000+ Chrome tabs I have running every time I sit down for a bit of self pleasure.

      • Scrobo on 25/05/2020 - 14:35

        I did.

      • shellshocked on 25/05/2020 - 14:36
        +3

        I don't understand your point. People post Alienware and Mac deals that are 3k plus for average internal hardware. At least this CPU delivers great bang for buck in productivity workloads. Remember the days, a couple of years ago, when Intel used to charge an arm and a leg for a 16 core before there was competition. This CPU betters the Intel 18 core in certain workloads at a much better price.

      • B3 on 25/05/2020 - 15:10
        +2

        You need to think beyond your own circumstances.

        Many people use PCs for work and become very interested in high end solutions and productivity gains, particularly at the end of the financial year thanks to tax deductibility. This deal will be of great appeal to a reasonable number of people.

  • OnlineShopper123 on 25/05/2020 - 13:01
    +4

    Good for my minecraft gaming pc.

    • Aarent on 25/05/2020 - 13:25
      +2

      lol, dont even joke. Minecraft can crush pc's when draw distance and settings are maxed out XD

      • OnlineShopper123 on 25/05/2020 - 13:50

        yeah imagine having 1000 mobs walking around ://

  • CarnivalMonkey on 25/05/2020 - 13:05
    +3

    it's either this or raspberry pi 4…. decisions decisions

    • cnut on 25/05/2020 - 13:08
      +1

      Why not both?

    • OnlineShopper123 on 25/05/2020 - 13:21
      -6

      They are a complete opposite.

      • lubos on 25/05/2020 - 15:14
        -1

        You must be fun at parties

        • OnlineShopper123 on 25/05/2020 - 22:02
          -4

          you get the pi for basic tasks, you get the ryzen for more heavy tasks. SO yeh, they are a complete opposite.

    • cannedhams on 25/05/2020 - 19:59

      At least the iphone users don't crash these threads. We should probably stop crashing theirs, I suppose.

  • futaris on 25/05/2020 - 13:11

    Same price at PLE computers too.

    https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/t7CFf7/amd-ryzen-9-3950x…

  • Oofy Doofy on 25/05/2020 - 13:11

    Cryorig R1 HSF deals with this CPU, no dramas.

  • RichieVn on 25/05/2020 - 13:12
    -1

    seem like the same discount as buying it full price and doing a TRS. i guess i can wait for ma travel later this year

    • oznik on 25/05/2020 - 14:30

      if you get caught with it coming back in you would need to pay import on it.

      • RichieVn on 25/05/2020 - 14:54
        -1

        ^ is your name Karen?

        • oznik on 25/05/2020 - 15:33
          +1

          no, just pointing out a CPU is high risk of being noticed by customs unlike a camera/phone/jewelry which you can sneak in under the likelihood you already owned it on the way out.

  • wanderlei on 25/05/2020 - 13:15

    Hooley dooley a grand for a cpu.

    • Viospeed on 25/05/2020 - 15:35
      +2

      If Intel still had their way they would be charging this amount for a 8 core CPU.

    • scuderiarmani on 25/05/2020 - 15:40

      Been under a rock for how many years?

      Best you don't price a 2080ti then….

      AMD (and Intel/Nvidia) have many products in their range, always have, always will.

  • nadan on 25/05/2020 - 13:37

    Not related to the actual deal. However my machine with this cpu refuses to sleep. I have changed the power plans, but haven't found why it is not sleeping.

    • Noodles93 on 25/05/2020 - 13:49

      You might have global c state disabled.

    • Lordsina on 25/05/2020 - 14:06

      Also check if you have any USB devices connected ( like game controllers ) some of them prevent the system from going to sleep

    • hami101 on 25/05/2020 - 14:11
      +5

      It’s actually a feature not a bug. To make large gains on Intel you’ll never catch AMD sleeping.

    • happychappy1 on 25/05/2020 - 14:33

      It might be related to the power saving features in the BIOS. I'd check there.

  • Viospeed on 25/05/2020 - 14:10
    +2

    REALLY tempted! But I think I will hold out for Ryzen 4000 with the 13 - 20% IPC gains.

    • scuderiarmani on 25/05/2020 - 15:41
      +1

      This, would be silly to purchase now.

      • Viospeed on 25/05/2020 - 15:45
        +1

        Yeah I'm happy with my 3900X now and it will tie me over until the 4900X / 4950X is released.

      • Duckman on 25/05/2020 - 17:10

        When is the Ryzen 4000 due to come out?

        • Osiris on 25/05/2020 - 17:15
          +1

          Previously rumoured to be around September-October but last week rumours emerged of a small refresh for some of the chips (3600X, 3800X, 3900X) and the speculation is that this is because the 4000 series may be pushed back until late Q4.

          In essence until AMD announce it or we start getting some really good leaks/sources know one will know for sure.

          • scud70 on 25/05/2020 - 19:43

            @Osiris: Or Intel's release didn't scare them enough to need to rush a release… Lol hunch is due to all the covid stuff if they released in sep/Oct it may have ended up as a paper launch ala Intel… Now that they saw Intel's hand maybe they push back release and actually have some stock behind it… But Yeh all speculation at this stage

  • runswithfork on 25/05/2020 - 14:19
    +1

    AMD are apparently refreshing the Zen2 lineup by adding a little extra boost with 3900XT, 3800XT and 3600XT, so prices for the X variants should drop a little also. I believe you can get the 3900X on amazon for around $715.

  • imnotthetattooguy on 25/05/2020 - 14:30
    +3

    Lol its $1199, just give delivery for free

  • Black Hole on 25/05/2020 - 14:34

    For a moment, I was so excite as I've thought it was for the 3960x.

    • ChillBro on 25/05/2020 - 14:36

      It's crazy how an extra 10 in the model number actually means a 40% increase in performance.

  • Scrobo on 25/05/2020 - 14:34

    Now to choose a motherboard, any suggestions?

    • shellshocked on 25/05/2020 - 14:43

      Any of the mid tier X570s will be fine. Cross-hair VIII, X570 Master, Asrock X570 Taichi.

      • Scrobo on 27/05/2020 - 14:01

        I need thunderbolt3 so that narrowed the field :)

  • ozBFM on 25/05/2020 - 15:37
    +1

    I'm curious. So many upvotes and comments. Did anyone actually buy this 3950x? Not hating on the op, just curious who and why would anyone buy this. Going from 3900x to this doesnt make sense unless you have some virtualization needs etc.

    • scuderiarmani on 25/05/2020 - 15:42
      +1

      And buying so close to a refresh and or new model….

      Cue the same people upset very soon.

      • ozBFM on 25/05/2020 - 15:43
        +1

        yeah there are strong rumors for an XT version now.

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