You’ll need the AMD CPU itself, a motherboard to plug it into, and a cooler. If the cooler comes with heatpaste pre-applied, like the stock AMD Ryzen chiller, then you don’t need anything else.

One last note before moving on: The Ryzen 7 9700X does not come with a stock cooler. That's too bad, because AMD could have offered one with this processor; its Wraith Prism is adequate for ...

These innovations deliver higher clock speeds, cooler performance and exceptional ... the average surprise being 1.86%. AMD stock is currently overvalued, as the Value Score of D suggests a ...

If you buy the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D but don't feel driven to wring every-last-ounce of performance out of it – Der8auer notes that the delidded CPU can run much cooler at stock settings.