9950X and 9900X Launch Review: Lots of speedy Zen 5 cores! (but maybe not for gaming?)
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 Published On Aug 14, 2024

Another new CPU day! In this video we'll take a look at the 9950X and 9900X, and do productivity benchmarks against the 7950X, 7900X, 14900K, and 14700K. They're great CPUs for workstation tasks... but does the gaming performance stack up?

The New Ryzen 9 CPUs should see retail availability on August 15th, 2024:
Ryzen 9 9950X - https://amzn.to/4dEv3dO
Ryzen 9 9900X - https://amzn.to/4fIOoMZ

Other Ryzen 9000 SKUs:
Ryzen 7 9700X - https://amzn.to/4dBDZRe
Ryzen 5 9600X - https://amzn.to/4fCAETJ

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7950X - https://amzn.to/4dyoQAi

Test System:
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Components:
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Mini ITX AM5 Board: https://amzn.to/3WTKnOk
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AIO: Masterliquid Ion 360
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ATX PSU: https://amzn.to/4bqXoDI
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0:00 Intro
1:31 9950X and 9900X Overview
4:57 Core Clocks, Power and Thermals
10:21 Performance Benchmarks
16:39 Overclocking
18:13 Gaming Benchmarks
23:45 Get this, don't get that?

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