AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

The processor works great. It runs on the hotter side due to its design but the heat level is fine if you have a good cooler. With a Noctua NH-D14 cpu cooler I get max 78C when running Cinebench (the processor can safely run up to 90c before thermal throttling). I haven't tried the stock cooler it came with but a lot of people online say the stock cooler isn't very good for this processor. It could work but you'll likely see very high temperatures with the stock cooler but there's decent tower coolers for $20 to $30 on amazon that would work way better. If you want to get the most speed out of your processor you can enable precision boost override in the bios so it will automatically dynamically overclock itself when it needs extra speed but I would only do this if you have a good cooler as it will make it run hotter. All around great CPU for the price if its used mainly for gaming.

Ryan · 2026-01-06 · via amazon

Great CPU. I wanted to give my son my 5600X so I bought this 5800XT. It’s a great chip and performs very well in multitasking and gaming. Paired with a Sapphire Pulse 6800 and 32GB DDR4 3600 RAM it’s everything I need to play my games how I want to at 1440p. This CPU does run hot. So if you purchase it just know that’s normal. But I would recommend buying a different cooler than the one included. I feel AMD just had extra coolers lying around and decided to throw them in with this CPU since the 5800X (the older version of the 5800XT) does not come with a cooler. The included cooler is fine if you have nothing else but it probably won’t allow the 5800XT to run at full power. And with how cheap really good air and AIO coolers are there’s no reason not to get a better cooler for this chip. Overall if you are still on AM4 platform (and don’t want to pay the outrageous DDR5 RAM prices) and running a chipset that’s Ryzen 5500 or lower (especially if you have a 3000 series or older) then this 5800XT is a nice upgrade. Just remember it’s a hot running chip and to get the full power from it you’ll need a decent cooler.

Kenneth D · 2026-03-10 · via amazon

Got it for $140 in mid 2025. AM4 longevity is legendary, I put it in ASUS B450-F motherboard after a bios update. Even though 5800xt is technologically from 2020 (5800xt is a binned 5800x), it's still very good because Moore's law is very much dead: From what I've seen in benchmark on the internet the 9700x/9800x3D is 30-40% faster than this in pretty much all tasks (expect gaming), for gaming the 9800x3D is roughly 75% faster. If you are AM4 gamer and can get your hands on 5800x3D, definitely go for it as it 30% faster (for gaming) than 5800xt, positioning you not far behind the 9800x3D (which is 35% faster in all tasks). Today even at $200 the 5800xt is well priced and no brainer if you already own AM4. If DDR5 is significantly more expensive OR you have DDR4 sticks laying around consider Intel 12 gen if it's around the same price for i7 CPU + MB as it slightly faster than this, otherwise AM4 MB with this CPU will serve you well. But if you are a gamer and you can afford AM5 (with 9800x3D of course) and it's under $400 premium over DDR4 just go for, it's just that much faster and will last you much longer into the future. Message for AMD: Please bring back 5800x3D.

Oferk99 · 2026-02-09 · via amazon

Still a beast; yes, if you have the cash (and you'll need it at time of writing...RAM, big oof) you'll probably find faster chips and chipsets waiting for you, but if you're content with budget-building there's plenty to like about what's been, for me, a perfect all-around choice. The X3D variant was a lot more expensive when I bought this and I don't think it was worth the extra spend for gaming, since I had multiple use-cases in mind. The higher thread-count Ryzens might make more sense than this one if you can get a good deal and want to do things that benefit from lots of threads. In my own case, I was looking to contain cost and still get excellent performance. Mission accomplished. I skipped the cooler that came with it, full disclosure. I tried it later on another chip and...it's a bit awkward to wire up for the lights, but if you like to kit your system out with pretty LEDs it's probably a good value-add for cheap, and it does the job. I went with a big heat sink and low-noise horizontal fan cooler instead, and I only find that in-game temps get a little spicy with the default configuration on my motherboard (automatic overclock). I might fiddle with this later but I have not had stability issues from day one, so there's no rush to tinker. My use cases include transcoding media, gaming, virtualization, compiling some software from source, and other Linux stuff. I don't feel like I'm missing out but YMMV. All that said: the newer chipsets will net you PCIe gains. Such are the costs of saving money with yesteryear tech.

BewareOfPug · 2026-01-21 · via amazon

I installed these together and the difference is night and day. My PC feels incredibly fast now, from boot times to handling heavy tasks without breaking a sweat. Everything was easy to install and worked perfectly right out of the box. If you’re looking to refresh an AM4 build, this combo is the way to go.

John · 2026-04-12 · via amazon

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VALUE SCORE

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Cores

14C/14T

Boost

5.2GHz

Socket

LGA1851

TDP

125W

Cores

14C/14T

Boost

5.2GHz

Socket

LGA1851

TDP

125W