AMD Ryzen 7 Matisse 3800X BOX (100-100000025BOX)

Natural selection

The Ryzen 7 3800X is a selective and therefore higher clocked version of AMD's other octa-core, 16-thread processor, the Ryzen 7 3700X. It is built on the most successful chiplets (clusters of cores in the form of a separate chip under the thermal cover of the processor), capable of stable base operation at a frequency of 3.9 GHz when using a simple bundled cooler, or in auto-overclocking mode for all cores up to 4.2 GHz in the case of a more efficient cooler.

hot temper

On the same core, the 3800X is able to boost up to a frequency of 4.5 GHz unattainable for previous generations of Ryzen. But this requires a large tower air cooler or, even better, a liquid cooling system. It's not for nothing that AMD announced a TDP of as much as 105 W for the 3800X, while the younger 3700X emits less than 65 W under load. As you can see, an additional few hundred megahertz are given at the cost of a significant increase in the supply voltage and, as a result, heating.

Equilibrium point

Theoretically, the 3800X, like other AMD Ryzen 3000-series processors, is capable of running memory at 3733 MHz or even higher. But in fact, the optimal value is 3600 MHz, because in this case the RAM frequency will coincide with the frequency of the Infinity Fabric processor bus. In the case of asynchronous operation of the memory controller and Infinity Fabric, latency (delays) will increase significantly.

For work and leisure

Thanks to its simultaneous high frequency and multi-core (the younger 3600X and 3700X can only boast either the first or the second), the Ryzen 7 3800X is equally well suited for building both a professional work PC and an entertainment gaming PC. When assembling a working PC, keep in mind that the 3800X does not have an integrated graphics core, so you will definitely need at least a simple discrete graphics card. Well, it’s hard to even imagine a modern gaming PC without a powerful discrete.