Where to get a 5950X?

[grimreeper132]

As the title says I am looking to buy a R9 5950X, I have been trying to get one in the UK for a couple weeks now and no luck, the rest of the PC is here and I just need the CPU, is there any news of stock dropping soon or is it worth going to a scalper (I don't wanna do this, but I need a PC as I am stuck on my laptop) as its only £1000 vs £850, which is more than buying a temp CPU just for a couple weeks until I can actually get it.

 

So big question is, I need a CPU soon, is there any news on when new CPUs will become avaible or not???

[Lord Nicoll]

3 minutes ago, grimreeper132 said:

As the title says I am looking to buy a R9 5950X, I have been trying to get one in the UK for a couple weeks now and no luck, the rest of the PC is here and I just need the CPU, is there any news of stock dropping soon or is it worth going to a scalper (I don't wanna do this, but I need a PC as I am stuck on my laptop) as its only £1000 vs £850, which is more than buying a temp CPU just for a couple weeks until I can actually get it.

 

So big question is, I need a CPU soon, is there any news on when new CPUs will become avaible or not???

Pretty sure there was some stock arrivals at OCUK but those all went to pre-ordered CPUs, the fact some retailers have closed pre-orders means they're probably backed up to after 2021 January, unfortunately there just isn't much stock of it. 

[mlambert890]

People make it seem like the Zen 2 parts are completely useless.  You're talking about a 19% IPC gain.  It mainly translates to 1080p, and in some cases 1440p, gaming performance when paired with a very fast GPU.  For 99% of people 99% of the time, or for 100% of people gaming at resolutions higher than 1440p where you're GPU bound, there is no functional difference between Zen 2 an Zen 3.   The Zen 3 hype is too exaggerated IMO. 

 

TL;DR, buy a Zen 2 at discounted prices and enjoy it.  IF you decide you need more perf, then you always have an upgrade path to Zen 3 in a year or whatever when they're widely available and probably discounted.

[Letgomyleghoe.]

16 minutes ago, mlambert890 said:

People make it seem like the Zen 2 parts are completely useless.  You're talking about a 19% IPC gain.  It mainly translates to 1080p, and in some cases 1440p, gaming performance when paired with a very fast GPU.  For 99% of people 99% of the time, or for 100% of people gaming at resolutions higher than 1440p where you're GPU bound, there is no functional difference between Zen 2 an Zen 3.   The Zen 3 hype is too exaggerated IMO. 

 

TL;DR, buy a Zen 2 at discounted prices and enjoy it.  IF you decide you need more perf, then you always have an upgrade path to Zen 3 in a year or whatever when they're widely available and probably discounted.

This isn't a thread about if you think getting ryzen 5000 is worth it this thread is about how op can get a 5950x. If you didn't have any information related to this topic why did you bother to post this?

[HairiestLad]

On 12/1/2020 at 4:17 PM, grimreeper132 said:

As the title says I am looking to buy a R9 5950X, I have been trying to get one in the UK for a couple weeks now and no luck, the rest of the PC is here and I just need the CPU, is there any news of stock dropping soon or is it worth going to a scalper (I don't wanna do this, but I need a PC as I am stuck on my laptop) as its only £1000 vs £850, which is more than buying a temp CPU just for a couple weeks until I can actually get it.

 

So big question is, I need a CPU soon, is there any news on when new CPUs will become avaible or not???

I got my 5950x for £865 on eBay - about £100 over retail. Depends on how much not having to wait is worth for you, for me I could not be bothered to wait for stock anymore.