Unboxing and Photography

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D comes in a square-shaped box, similar to the other Ryzen 9000 series chips. There's no included cooling solution. The box-art is a slight variation on the theme set by the regular Ryzen 9000 series chips, the AMD arrow is now set against a silver backdrop instead of gray. There's clear marking on the front and back faces that the processor features 3D V-Cache technology.


The new Ryzen 9000 Series looks just like the previous Ryzen 7000 Socket AM5 processors. While there are some minimal changes to the SMD capacitor layout, these aren't significant in any way.


The AM5 socket retention brace only applies pressure along the two side protrusions of the IHS. Intel sockets have it the same way. Socket AM5 retains cooler compatibility with AM4, so you're spoiled for choice with aftermarket cooling solutions.