9000 Series Computer Hexa Core Desktop

I’m not a gamer, just a photographer and fine art printer.  So, even with all the bad news and confusion re the Ryzen 9000 series, I decided to go ahead and replace my 7900 with a 9900X anyway.  I have an MSI MPG B650i EDGE WiFi motherboard in an open case with an ID-Cooling SE-207-XT air cooler to which I have attached a second fan.  The 7900 runs with DDR5-6000 memory, Game-Boost and the TDP elevated to 105W.  It pulls 142W running Cinebench R23 with a high temperature of 79C for a multi-core score of 27550.  When I replaced the 7900 with the 9900X, with the BIOS cleared except for EXPO, Cenibench R23 scored it at 32214 with a high temp of 81C.  That’s a 17% improvement, much better than I expected.  Think I’ll be keeping the 9900X and seeing how much I can wring out of it with a better cooler.  I have no intention of playing the core parking game.  Some good news re the 9000 series is overdue.  I appreciate that gaming drives the technology, but other users make up a large part of the marketplace, so it seems wrong for gaming to influence the whole picture.  Even though AMD fumbled the rollout, the 9900X is still a great CPU for non-gamers.

Best desktop computer I had yet

Excellent compact desktop computer.

This machine is wonderful. Don't bother with the entry level desktop, go for the 6 core and up.

It has all the things I like on a desktop. Enjoy the speed. To sum it up. I like the computer.

Added storage drive to my desktop computer.

I've used the Core 500 for mITX desktop but this Node 304 is then best mITX case for NAS (6 x 3.5 drives). Small but still workable, decent air flow (unlike some others (Jonsbo). I like it a lot.

Don't do much gaming, but I wanted the core & thread capacity for desktop virtual machines so that I can have 2-3 VM's with 4 processors assigned running quickly, while using the other cores for development and this has operated very nicely and smoothly for my needs!

There's simply no competition at this price point and core count for the typical high-end desktop consumer. Some disappointments for sure, such as not being able to hit a stable 2000MHz FCLK on most setups, but still amply able to tackle and juggle just about any kind of desktop tasks (including image/video editing in certain apps, and gaming) you throw at it. Power consumption doesn't go completely off the rails, and chip layout keeps temperatures very reasonable when paired with any effective cooling solution.

My chosen configuration for the HP envy desktop is Core i5 with Nvidia 1650 GPU and 256GB solid state drive + 1TB hard disk. This is perfect for all my needs and meets all expectations: fast boot time, no discernable lag in everyday use, no crashes, can run games at high graphics settings.