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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU + ASUS TUF GAMING X870E-PLUS WIFI7 + MSI Liquid Cooler
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Newegg has AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-Core / 32 Thread 4.3 GHz 3D V-Cache Socket AM5 Unlocked Desktop Processor (100-100000719WOF) + ASUS TUF GAMING X870E-PLUS WIFI7 AMD ATX Motherboard + MSI MAG Coreliquid A13 240 Black AIO ARGB 240mm Liquid CPU Cooler (auto added to cart) on sale for $779.99 - $130 auto applied promo code BTS21 in cart = $649.99. Shipping is free.
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Newegg has AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-Core / 32 Thread 4.3 GHz 3D V-Cache Socket AM5 Unlocked Desktop Processor (100-100000719WOF) + ASUS TUF GAMING X870E-PLUS WIFI7 AMD ATX Motherboard + MSI MAG Coreliquid A13 240 Black AIO ARGB 240mm Liquid CPU Cooler (auto added to cart) on sale for $779.99 - $130 auto applied promo code BTS21 in cart = $649.99. Shipping is free.
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The 9950x3d is the second best mainstream cpu currently available on the market for both gaming and productivity workloads, very slightly beaten out by the 9950x3d2, which is ~2% faster in gaming and ~4% faster in most productivity workloads while costing on average at least $300 more. It's functionally tied for the the second fastest gaming cpu in the world (within a couple percentage points of the 8-core 9850x3d, the fastest gaming cpu), and as mentioned has nearly the strongest multithreaded/productivity performance of any non-hedt/server cpu. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, supports avx-512, and has 128MB of L3 cache (3d-vcache). Of particular note is that in very specific workloads, the 3d-vcache has an outsized benefit to performance. If your primary use cases involve those few niche workloads the 9950x3d2 might be worth considering, for everyone else the 9950x3d offers functionally the same performance for ~$300 less. The 9950x3d has two 8-core ccds, one with the additional vcache but lower clockspeed and one with higher clocks but no additional cache. Since cross-ccd latency has a sizeable impact on gaming performance, during gaming the 9950x3d uses a chipset driver to "park" the non-vcache ccd, functionally becoming a slightly faster 9800x3d. You can also manually adjust this behavior using third party tools like process lasso.
Intel's closest competitor, the 270k+, is only moderately slower in most productivity applications and goes on sale as low as ~$250 in combos, but has substantially worse gaming performance and gets absolutely demolished in those specific productivity workloads that favor the additional cache of the 9950x3d. Additionally, the 270k+ is on the dead end lga 1851 socket, while at minimum next gen zen6 (and most likely zen7 as well based on current rumors) will be available as slot-in upgrades on the am5 socket. To my knowledge, the standard lowest price for the 9950x3d (outside of a couple microcenter bundle price mistakes in the past) is $569.
Motherboard specs: https://www.asus.com/us/motherboa.../techspec/
Techpowerup motherboard review: https://www.techpowerup
The "tuf gaming" is asus's midrange motherboard line, though in this case certain high-end features are incorporated since this is a premium midrange offering using the highest-end current gen x870e chipset. I highly recommend reading the review linked above which goes into extensive detail, though it's worth keeping in mind that the review is done in the context of the board being over $350 on sale at the time of that review. It had very extensive io, a quite powerful (though not terribly well cooled) vrm, wifi 7 (though limited to 160mhz rather than 320mhz channel width), an 8 layer pcb, 2.5gb lan, etc. Overall, while it's decidedly non-optimal for true extreme overclocking, and lacks x8x8 bifurcation which certain workstation users with dual gpus may want, it should be more than sufficient for any standard enthusiast.
The included 240mm aio should be sufficient for the 9950x3d, though I'm personally not a huge fan of aios and liquid cooling in general. In general they tend to be substantially less reliable than a standard fan and heatsink cooler, and when the pump has problems repair isn't as easy as just swapping out a fan. That being said, free is free, so you shouldn't need to worry about purchasing a separate cooler unless the aio develops issues. There's also supposedly a $10 rebate for purchasing this aio from newegg ( https://images10.newegg
There are a couple elephants in the room with purchasing a cpu now. First, the ram and storage apocalypse is still ongoing, so expect to pay at minimum $350 for a decent 32gb kit of ddr5 6000 or higher, and over $120 for even a semi-decent 1tb ssd. Second, both amd's zen 6 and intel's nova lake next gen processors are slated to come out early next year, and based on current rumors are expected to be a significant improvement. This is especially notable with nova lake, since it'll be on the new lga 1954 socket, which according to rumors may support more cpu generations than previous sockets.
Overall, if in the short term you need a top-end gaming and productivity cpu (or have productivity workloads which derive significant benefit from the additional vcache), this combo is a good deal. If you can afford to wait another half a year, next gen cpus will offer far superior performance, though it's currently looking like next gen will be very expensive. As noted in my original deal post, this cpu without any motherboard and with a different 240mm aio cooler went frontpage with 84 upvotes at $569 a bit over a week ago: https://slickdeals.net/f/19810116-amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d-cpu-cooler-master-elite-240mm-aio-liquid-cpu-cooler-569-free-s-h
This combo includes a x870e (highest end current gen chipset) motherboard for only $80.99 more, and is a drastically better value.
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The 9950x3d is the second best mainstream cpu currently available on the market for both gaming and productivity workloads, very slightly beaten out by the 9950x3d2, which is ~2% faster in gaming and ~4% faster in most productivity workloads while costing on average at least $300 more. It's functionally tied for the the second fastest gaming cpu in the world (within a couple percentage points of the 8-core 9850x3d, the fastest gaming cpu), and as mentioned has nearly the strongest multithreaded/productivity performance of any non-hedt/server cpu. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, supports avx-512, and has 128MB of L3 cache (3d-vcache). Of particular note is that in very specific workloads, the 3d-vcache has an outsized benefit to performance. If your primary use cases involve those few niche workloads the 9950x3d2 might be worth considering, for everyone else the 9950x3d offers functionally the same performance for ~$300 less. The 9950x3d has two 8-core ccds, one with the additional vcache but lower clockspeed and one with higher clocks but no additional cache. Since cross-ccd latency has a sizeable impact on gaming performance, during gaming the 9950x3d uses a chipset driver to "park" the non-vcache ccd, functionally becoming a slightly faster 9800x3d. You can also manually adjust this behavior using third party tools like process lasso.
Intel's closest competitor, the 270k+, is only moderately slower in most productivity applications and goes on sale as low as ~$250 in combos, but has substantially worse gaming performance and gets absolutely demolished in those specific productivity workloads that favor the additional cache of the 9950x3d. Additionally, the 270k+ is on the dead end lga 1851 socket, while at minimum next gen zen6 (and most likely zen7 as well based on current rumors) will be available as slot-in upgrades on the am5 socket. To my knowledge, the standard lowest price for the 9950x3d (outside of a couple microcenter bundle price mistakes in the past) is $569.
Motherboard specs: https://www.asus.com/us/motherboa.../techspec/
Techpowerup motherboard review: https://www.techpowerup
The "tuf gaming" is asus's midrange motherboard line, though in this case certain high-end features are incorporated since this is a premium midrange offering using the highest-end current gen x870e chipset. I highly recommend reading the review linked above which goes into extensive detail, though it's worth keeping in mind that the review is done in the context of the board being over $350 on sale at the time of that review. It had very extensive io, a quite powerful (though not terribly well cooled) vrm, wifi 7 (though limited to 160mhz rather than 320mhz channel width), an 8 layer pcb, 2.5gb lan, etc. Overall, while it's decidedly non-optimal for true extreme overclocking, and lacks x8x8 bifurcation which certain workstation users with dual gpus may want, it should be more than sufficient for any standard enthusiast.
The included 240mm aio should be sufficient for the 9950x3d, though I'm personally not a huge fan of aios and liquid cooling in general. In general they tend to be substantially less reliable than a standard fan and heatsink cooler, and when the pump has problems repair isn't as easy as just swapping out a fan. That being said, free is free, so you shouldn't need to worry about purchasing a separate cooler unless the aio develops issues. There's also supposedly a $10 rebate for purchasing this aio from newegg ( https://images10.newegg
There are a couple elephants in the room with purchasing a cpu now. First, the ram and storage apocalypse is still ongoing, so expect to pay at minimum $350 for a decent 32gb kit of ddr5 6000 or higher, and over $120 for even a semi-decent 1tb ssd. Second, both amd's zen 6 and intel's nova lake next gen processors are slated to come out early next year, and based on current rumors are expected to be a significant improvement. This is especially notable with nova lake, since it'll be on the new lga 1954 socket, which according to rumors may support more cpu generations than previous sockets.
Overall, if in the short term you need a top-end gaming and productivity cpu (or have productivity workloads which derive significant benefit from the additional vcache), this combo is a good deal. If you can afford to wait another half a year, next gen cpus will offer far superior performance, though it's currently looking like next gen will be very expensive. As noted in my original deal post, this cpu without any motherboard and with a different 240mm aio cooler went frontpage with 84 upvotes at $569 a bit over a week ago: https://slickdeals.net/f/19810116-amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d-cpu-cooler-master-elite-240mm-aio-liquid-cpu-cooler-569-free-s-h
This combo includes a x870e (highest end current gen chipset) motherboard for only $80.99 more, and is a drastically better value.
The 9950x3d is the best mainstream cpu currently available on the market for both gaming and productivity workloads. It's functionally the second fastest gaming cpu in the world (within a couple percentage points of the 8-core 9850x3d, the fastest gaming cpu), and has the strongest multithreaded/productivity performance of any non-hedt/server cpu. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, supports avx-512, and has 128MB of L3 cache (3d-vcache). Of particular note is that in very specific workloads, the 3d-vcache has an outsized benefit to performance. The 9950x3d has two 8-core ccds, one with the additional vcache but lower clockspeed and one with higher clocks but no additional cache. Since cross-ccd latency has a sizeable impact on gaming performance, during gaming the 9950x3d uses a chipset driver to "park" the non-vcache ccd, functionally becoming a slightly faster 9800x3d. You can also manually adjust this behavior using third party tools like process lasso.
Intel's closest competitor, the 270k+, is only moderately slower in most productivity applications and goes on sale as low as ~$250 in combos, but has substantially worse gaming performance and gets absolutely demolished in those specific productivity workloads that favor the additional cache of the 9950x3d. Additionally, the 270k+ is on the dead end lga 1851 socket, while at minimum next gen zen6 (and most likely zen7 as well based on current rumors) will be available as slot-in upgrades on the am5 socket. To my knowledge, the standard lowest price for the 9950x3d (outside of a couple microcenter bundle price mistakes in the past) is $569.
Motherboard specs: https://www.asus.com/us/motherboa.../techspec/
Techpowerup motherboard review: https://www.techpowerup
The "tuf gaming" is asus's midrange motherboard line, though in this case certain high-end features are incorporated since this is a premium midrange offering using the highest-end current gen x870e chipset. I highly recommend reading the review linked above which goes into extensive detail, though it's worth keeping in mind that the review is done in the context of the board being over $350 on sale at the time of that review. It had very extensive io, a quite powerful (though not terribly well cooled) vrm, wifi 7 (though limited to 160mhz rather than 320mhz channel width), an 8 layer pcb, 2.5gb lan, etc. Overall, while it's decidedly non-optimal for true extreme overclocking, and lacks x8x8 bifurcation which certain workstation users with dual gpus may want, it should be more than sufficient for any standard enthusiast.
The included 240mm aio should be sufficient for the 9950x3d, though I'm personally not a huge fan of aios and liquid cooling in general. In general they tend to be substantially less reliable than a standard fan and heatsink cooler, and when the pump has problems repair isn't as easy as just swapping out a fan. That being said, free is free, so you shouldn't need to worry about purchasing a separate cooler unless the aio develops issues. There's also supposedly a $10 rebate for purchasing this aio from newegg ( https://images10.newegg
There are a couple elephants in the room with purchasing a cpu now. First, the ram and storage apocalypse is still ongoing, so expect to pay at minimum $350 for a decent 32gb kit of ddr5 6000 or higher, and over $120 for even a semi-decent 1tb ssd. Second, both amd's zen 6 and intel's nova lake next gen processors are slated to come out early next year, and based on current rumors are expected to be a significant improvement. This is especially notable with nova lake, since it'll be on the new lga 1954 socket, which according to rumors may support more cpu generations than previous sockets.
Overall, if in the short term you need a top-end gaming and productivity cpu (or have productivity workloads which derive significant benefit from the additional vcache), this combo is a good deal. If you can afford to wait another half a year, next gen cpus will offer far superior performance, though it's currently looking like next gen will be very expensive. As noted in my original deal post, this cpu without any motherboard and with a different 240mm aio cooler went frontpage with 84 upvotes at $569 a bit over a week ago: https://slickdeals.net/f/19810116-amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d-cpu-cooler-master-elite-240mm-aio-liquid-cpu-cooler-569-free-s-h
This combo includes a x870e (highest end current gen chipset) motherboard for only $80.99 more, and is a drastically better value.
My take from your post and what I see if jump on it is you see the immediate need. If not, hold off. The deal itself is not bad. It is that the cost of RAM makes it not worth the jump, IMHO.
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The 9950x3d is the best mainstream cpu currently available on the market for both gaming and productivity workloads. It's functionally the second fastest gaming cpu in the world (within a couple percentage points of the 8-core 9850x3d, the fastest gaming cpu), and has the strongest multithreaded/productivity performance of any non-hedt/server cpu. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, supports avx-512, and has 128MB of L3 cache (3d-vcache). Of particular note is that in very specific workloads, the 3d-vcache has an outsized benefit to performance. The 9950x3d has two 8-core ccds, one with the additional vcache but lower clockspeed and one with higher clocks but no additional cache. Since cross-ccd latency has a sizeable impact on gaming performance, during gaming the 9950x3d uses a chipset driver to "park" the non-vcache ccd, functionally becoming a slightly faster 9800x3d. You can also manually adjust this behavior using third party tools like process lasso.
Intel's closest competitor, the 270k+, is only moderately slower in most productivity applications and goes on sale as low as ~$250 in combos, but has substantially worse gaming performance and gets absolutely demolished in those specific productivity workloads that favor the additional cache of the 9950x3d. Additionally, the 270k+ is on the dead end lga 1851 socket, while at minimum next gen zen6 (and most likely zen7 as well based on current rumors) will be available as slot-in upgrades on the am5 socket. To my knowledge, the standard lowest price for the 9950x3d (outside of a couple microcenter bundle price mistakes in the past) is $569.
Motherboard specs: https://www.asus.com/us/motherboa.../techspec/
Techpowerup motherboard review: https://www.techpowerup
The "tuf gaming" is asus's midrange motherboard line, though in this case certain high-end features are incorporated since this is a premium midrange offering using the highest-end current gen x870e chipset. I highly recommend reading the review linked above which goes into extensive detail, though it's worth keeping in mind that the review is done in the context of the board being over $350 on sale at the time of that review. It had very extensive io, a quite powerful (though not terribly well cooled) vrm, wifi 7 (though limited to 160mhz rather than 320mhz channel width), an 8 layer pcb, 2.5gb lan, etc. Overall, while it's decidedly non-optimal for true extreme overclocking, and lacks x8x8 bifurcation which certain workstation users with dual gpus may want, it should be more than sufficient for any standard enthusiast.
The included 240mm aio should be sufficient for the 9950x3d, though I'm personally not a huge fan of aios and liquid cooling in general. In general they tend to be substantially less reliable than a standard fan and heatsink cooler, and when the pump has problems repair isn't as easy as just swapping out a fan. That being said, free is free, so you shouldn't need to worry about purchasing a separate cooler unless the aio develops issues. There's also supposedly a $10 rebate for purchasing this aio from newegg ( https://images10.newegg
There are a couple elephants in the room with purchasing a cpu now. First, the ram and storage apocalypse is still ongoing, so expect to pay at minimum $350 for a decent 32gb kit of ddr5 6000 or higher, and over $120 for even a semi-decent 1tb ssd. Second, both amd's zen 6 and intel's nova lake next gen processors are slated to come out early next year, and based on current rumors are expected to be a significant improvement. This is especially notable with nova lake, since it'll be on the new lga 1954 socket, which according to rumors may support more cpu generations than previous sockets.
Overall, if in the short term you need a top-end gaming and productivity cpu (or have productivity workloads which derive significant benefit from the additional vcache), this combo is a good deal. If you can afford to wait another half a year, next gen cpus will offer far superior performance, though it's currently looking like next gen will be very expensive. As noted in my original deal post, this cpu without any motherboard and with a different 240mm aio cooler went frontpage with 84 upvotes at $569 a bit over a week ago: https://slickdeals.net/f/19810116-amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d-cpu-cooler-master-elite-240mm-aio-liquid-cpu-cooler-569-free-s-h
This combo includes a x870e (highest end current gen chipset) motherboard for only $80.99 more, and is a drastically better value.
That said, I have a 9950X3D myself, and paid as much for the processor alone as this entire deal, so this is definitely worth it in my eyes. Just glad I bought the RAM for mine when I did...
The 9950x3d2 is virtually identical to the 9950x3d besides for having additional vcache on the second ccd, having lower peak boost clocks, and having increased power consumption. Besides for a few niche workloads that scale with even more L3 cache, performance is incredibly similar. In gaming the average performance difference is ~2%, and in productivity (outside of those specific cache scaling workloads) it's ~4% at the cost of increased power consumption.
If your primary use cases involve those few workloads that scale with additional cache on the second ccd it might be worth considering, but for 99% of consumers spending $300+ more for barely above margin of error performance improvements is a horrible waste of money.
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If I could swap my 9950X3D for a 9950X3D2 for free, I would, but for most people, it makes little sense to spend the significant premium it commands, given the tiny performance gains in applications most users are likely to use it for.
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