AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Processor (YD295XA8AFWOF)

The 2950x is a great CPU at a much better value than the 1950x. The only complaint is that it’s not “easy” to get it to boost to the 4.4ghz advertised single core boost clock in some cases. All in all though, this chip is fast enough, very powerful, and much less power hungry than the previous generation. It performs especially well in both workstation workloads, and gaming applications where you’re gaming, and streaming from a single machine. Further Nerd stuff regarding 4.4ghz boost clock: You will need a good motherboard with a really strong VRM. While the gen 1 TR motherboards will work, it’s better to use some of the x399 boards that were released specifically for the ThreadRipper 2000 series CPUs. In the “overclocking” software Ryzen Master there are 3 factors which the system uses to determine how high to boost the chip. These are all related to how much power the CPU can get. EDC specifically is related to how many amps the motherboard can provide to the chip, and is more often than not the limiting factor. Without a really good motherboard you’ll have to optimize power distribution to things like your memory, and power settings to allow the board to underclock other cores to get it to hit the 4.4ghz single core.

I enabled PBO and observed the CPU's behavior in HW monitor with great interest. All 16 cores will boost to 4.4 GHz individually, and all together have boosted to 4.24 GHz. That was not commonly happening when this CPU was first released and reviewed, and I wonder if this one is just better, or if all the more recently built ones are better silicon overall. I noticed that under a moderate load, the temps hold at about 51 degrees, and under a heavy boost, temps go into the low 60s before the fans spool up and drive them back into the 50s. That's impressive considering I am using a round AIO cooler that doesn't even cover the entire IHS. Looking at the PBO constraints, I find that the limiting factor thus far is not temperature at all but voltage. This makes me wonder if I can undervolt and obtain the 200MHz offset for 4.6 GHz. Not that this really matters, its just a fun and interesting thing to check out. What does matter is that I came from a 1900X, and I am kind of shocked by the difference. Dota2 saw a 22% increase in FPS, and I'm not exactly sure why. Other games it made no difference. I think some games suffered from the first gen TR scheduling, though the 1900X certainly did far better in games than I expected. Interacting with gigantic folders of images in windows is completely different with double the cores. 32 threads is more than enough most of the time for me. I checked. Even with my "leave everything up when I take a brake to game" use case, I still found that 4 to 6 of the 32 threads weren't being used. On the other hand, when you do a batch file conversion, its pretty cool that programs use all available resources. I'm glad I was able to get one of these before they disappear. I have an enormous amount of storage with the x399 NVME setup and I don't really feel like building a new system yet. This is a nice stopgap, though I wish the 3960X was a 16 core that fit in X399. I'm not sure that anyone should get this, except if you currently have a 1900x or 1920x, or if you can find a great deal on all the hardware and absolutely need the I/O. Otherwise X570 with 3950X is the way to go.

If you want to get the every last frame from a game, sorry to say this is not the CPU for you, but if you want a chip that can take anything you throw at it you have it. Gaming, live streaming, video/audio/photo editing, coding, having more than five tabs open, this will be the heart of a great system. Ryzen Master software is wonderful. It lets you see everything about the chip, from temp, peak speed and power usage. It also has the ability have different modes a creator mode, game mode (for software/games that cannot handle 16 cores), or create your own profile. This includes going in and using their boost to overclock or do it manually on your own. The only negative I have about the chip is the install. It can be daunting holding it and getting it set into the motherboard but with how it slides in goes smooth but I did screw the lid down as tight as needed (the included hardware takes care of it) so had to go back and reseat it. Overall this has been the chip I have been waiting for. If you do any kind of content creation this is worth the investment.

I'm not sure why this CPU is dropping in price and playing second fiddle to the new Ryzen 3700's because this thing is a MONSTER. The only issues I have are that some of my programs are not multi-core designed so in my older version of After Effects, it's like I'm running a Celeron or something. But that's not this CPU's fault. It's has way more power than what you need for gaming. But I use it for video editing. When I started editing videos back in the Pentium 4 days, it would take 2-4 X's the length of the video to encode an SD video to a DVD. So a 1 hour video would take between 2-4 hours. This CPU takes a 1 hour SD video and spits it out in the same DVD format in a little over 5 minutes (CPU usage is usually only 60% during this process). My 2011 Quad Core W/ HT i7 will take 30 minutes for the same process. I know that is an extreme example, but it is consistent (an old P4 will never have messed with HD or 4K, so we're keeping things consistent). And since the CPU is only using 60% while it's encoding, I no longer have to leave the computer overnight to do its thing. Rather, I can put one video on encode and then pull up another one and do some editing and it doesn't slow things down AT ALL!!! I'm telling you, if you do heaving multitasking and video editing, you NEED this CPU. For the $$$, it is the BEST performance you will find. Obviously don't sink this thing with dumb crap like too little RAM or with anything less than an NVMe drive. And make sure you use a proper GPU. And BTW, I have not O/C'd this chip. It's totally stock with a Noctua fan on it. This fan is the best option as others have tested water on it and it doesn't seem to be right for this chip. Find the Noctua cooler/fan combo that fits this chip. It has a large enough base for the girth this chip brings to your bed.

One of of the best and affordable processors money can buy. Can do everything including cad modeling/rendering, 4k/8k editing, gaming, streaming, virtual machines. Worth it if you do video editing or 3D modeling or just love awesome tech. Way better deal than any intel i9. The chip needs to be set and screwed down in the TR4 socket properly. If not it wont read all the memory modules and can cause all kinds of issues. This chip likes low latency C14 memory for the infinity fabric. It is not cheap but it is highly recommended. The memory will read at a much lower speed when you first put them in your motherboard but highend memory should overclock to 3200mhz which makes the system run significantly faster. Get familiar with the ryzen master software it has a lot of settings and a couple different performance configurations like creator or game mode. It will also give you the true temperature readings since many mobos and programs are reading the Threadripper temps incorrectly. If anyone has any issues with installation or configurations send me a message.

Still kicks butt in 2020-2021!!! Ratings (by My primary use cases): Programming (Javascript, Rust, etc.): +10 (faster compilation times, higher bandwidth (threads/core counts) comes in handy) (also I have the CPU running at 4.3GHZ steady for several months now (water-cooled) with no problems). Gaming (at 2560 x 1440p (plus 2 1080tis) gets the job done in all games with settings maxed out with framerates ranging from 80-130fps (Cyberpunk, Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, et. al.) can't go wrong): 7-8+ (when in gaming mode the CPUs still hit 4.3-4.4GHZ and maintain there with no problems (water cooling is strongly recommend though as this part is pretty big and can get pretty hot)). In summary, for productivity (and gaming) the chip is great at under $600,00 (I got it for $549.99 (back in Oct. 2020)). But at it's current price I'm not too sure .. I would hold out till late fall of this year (AMD will probably be releasing more 5950Xs at that time) or try to get one of the currently available parts for a cheaper price (3950x, 5900x etc.) if I was still in the market for a new CPU.

NOTE: Bought this when it was on sale (550$) and I had money to spend on upgrades. I would NOT recommend buying at the current price (~980$). First off, this is not a gaming CPU; it is built for higher-end workstation tasks such as rendering and CAD functionality. Still, a TR2950X will absolutely run circles around most games, even the latest ones, and only use a little more power than it usually does. It also doesn't use that much at idle, maybe about 42-45W, for such a massive piece of hardware. My GPU seems to use more than that just for idle. Main issues might be one of the expense for the equipment needed to match this monster. TR4 socket motherboards are pricier than the standard AM4 socketed ones, and more RAM to match will also increase the price. Your bottleneck will likely become your GPU unless you are willing to brave the current market (which as of late-June/early-July 2022 is ONLY just beginning to fall to regular levels). I almost never experience slowdown on Windows anymore, and my GPU is currently struggling to keep up with it! Overall its been an incredible upgrade from the FX8320 I used to have, and I expect to get another good decade out of it unless quantum computing takes over suddenly.

I did not buy this for gaming, I bought it for video editing and 3D animation. So I can't speak to its gaming performance. Then again, it isn't really made for gaming. I'm not sure if my expectation for this CPU was simply unrealistic, or if it just doesn't live up to the hype. I will say that I went from using a very old Pentium 4 based editing rig to a fully-decked-out rid driven by this CPU, and running processes that strictly rely on CPU speed (namely 3D animation rendering), the gains in speed are surprisingly small. I have not yet tried to overclock the CPU. I didn't figure I would have to, in order to see huge speed gains compared to my decade-old former CPU. So anyway, take this for what it is worth since I am not the most expert regarding hardware specs. I expected my mind to be blown, but instead I can say it's a little bit faster than a Pentium 4. I just wanted more from over ten years of hardware evolution.

AMD hit it out of the park with this one. Initially I thought I wanted to get the 2990WX but after doing my research and reading reviews I realized this 2950X was much more suitable for my needs. I put it on the Gigabyte X399 Designare Ex with an Enermax TR4 360 and it’s a rock solid combo. With PBO enabled and RAM using the XMP profiles it scored 3408 in Cinebench with essentially no effort on my part. Temps rarely go above 60c. I've also been running RAID 0 on 2 x Samsung 970 PRO 512GB NVMe PCIe M.2 SSDs. It took a BIOS update and a lot of fiddling to get it working but now it's rock solid and blazing fast. UPDATE: I can no longer recommend the Enermax TR4 360. Mine completely failed after about 5 months causing idle temps to hit 68c and PBO was throttling to 500MHz. Yeah, you read that right 500MHz. I'm now running the Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 with an additional Noctua NF-A15 PWM 140mm fan added and am seeing even better temps than when the Enermax was brand new. Only down side is that it's a huge heat sink and doesn't fit in my case properly without modding the case.

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