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[Aesius]

In terms of 1% lows at 3440x1440 and 4K, would I actually notice the difference between a 9800X3D and something like a 9700x or 7600x?

Normally I wouldn't even consider the 9800X3D (leaning towards the 9700x for RPCS3 performance in particular), but its 1% lows performance looks interesting. Not sure if it's worthwhile or if I'd even notice the difference at the resolutions I game at, though.

 

[rofif]

Absolutely no idea why but I've bought 5700x3d to replace 3700x
and 2x8gb 3200mhz 16cl ram to double what I have to 32gb.. idk 16 was fine but it was so cheap to double, it's a no brainer.

Not sure what any of that will do me with 10gb 3080... but maybe if I ever play something on pc again, at least shaders will cache faster with that cpu

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

i'm so confused WTF is happening with my 5090. i just gained about 25-30fps. maybe it was the driver update recently.

thought i damaged my card last night trying to improve my undervolt but it's OK because it kept crashing. had to boot into safe mode to wipe drivers and Afterburner.

done a new undervolt. temps are only down by about 3C and power is down by ~70W but is using more power than before. makes sense since the performance has gone up.

everything seems so buggy. i'm not messing about with undervolting anymore. i'm happy just to cut down the power consumption a bit but it's still terrifying seeing it use 500W.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-006C-00001?item=9SIBV1MK713275

Would y’all buy this for someone who just mainly cares about Marvel Rivals and 1080p60 gaming?

 

[rofif]

Guys remind me. Since new 5700x3d is coming tomorrow, I went ahead and updated my uefi first time in like 4 years.
What I always do (but not sure if I remember everything)
-Disable HD audio
-Enable TPM (was enabled by default)
-Enable resizable BAR thingy (was disabled)
-XMP profile for ram
-Disable CSM (disabling it, makes boot faster, skips the legacy low graphic boot)
-fan curves

Anything else I am missing? I've noticed that the gigabyte logo when booting is now much smaller than on previous version. Maybe something to do with csm?
Do I change fast boot? It's disabled. I never tried fast boot settings
The board is gigabyte x570 aorus elite

 

[lachesis]

https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-006C-00001?item=9SIBV1MK713275

Would y’all buy this for someone who just mainly cares about Marvel Rivals and 1080p60 gaming?

I think this more than enough to run Marvel Rivals at 1080p 60. My child pc runs on 3770k + RX6600 on Windows 10, and it runs on high settings over 60fps (not ultra) w/o any FSR. Future upgrade path would be limited, though…

 

[rofif]

Very interesting going from 3700x to 5700x3d without changing 3080. Still 10gb vvram
Cyberpunk got SUPER playable now. I can do PT(maxed, new transformer model) 4k with ultra performance dlss and get good playable fps 30-40+.
But on 1 setting to left (so maxed out but not PT), my benchmark result jumped from 34 to 54. Kinda crazy.
Other games don't show so much result so far but cyberpunk wow

also - I might still have my special touch! (posted a pic of my installation today)

 

[Bboy AJ]

Just rebuilt my PC. New everything, basically. I wanted to carry over as much as I could to but AM4 to AM5 forced a new rebuild and then I said f it. 2020 build to 2025 build. Only gaming. I'll post pictures when it's mostly done. Still have a few things coming in.

Old	New	Notes
Ncase M1	FormD T1 2.1
5900x	9800x3d	I never needed the 5900x over the 5600x. I just thought it was cool. 5800x3d wasn't out at the time I got my 5900x. I made a better decision this time.
3080Ti FE	5090 FE	No new GPU yet, the hunt continues
32 GB DDR4	32 GB DDR5	I read that there's no need for 64 for gaming?
Asus ROG B550i	Asus ROG B850i
AIO	Air	My AIO won't fit in the smaller case but also, I read that AIOs have a limited life? I'll just go air this time around.
Samsung 980 1TB and 970 2TB	Carried them over
Corsair SF750	Corsair SF1000	5090 is killing me. Got custom cables for my PSU this time around, too, since the case is so tiny and it's air cooled.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Bought parts for a PC I’m building for someone.

9700X
MSI B650 Tomahawk
1TB WD SSD nvme
32gb ddr5 6000 RAM

I’m reusing parts from my PC since I have now upgraded. The parts are:

Fractal Design Define S case
Be quiet dark rock pro 4 cooler
RTX 4080 FE
250GB SSD (boot drive)
MSI 1000W 3.0 psu
1440p 144hz monitor
Logitech gaming mouse
Corsair Mechanical Keyboard

the person I’m building it for has only a budget of £700 and the parts I bought came to £675.

I was looking at a 7800X3D but wouldn’t fit the budget. The 9700X will keep up with the 4080 at 1440p right?

I thought about giving them my 7950X3D and using the 9700X myself until the 9950X3D is out. Not sure what to do. If I keep it then the 9700X has to keep up with a 5090 at 1440p 360Hz. It wouldn’t only be temporary though.

Maybe it’s better to stick with the 9700X as it shouldn’t get as hot. My CPU cooler should handle it. I used that with my 7950X3D but ended up getting an Aio.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Just rebuilt my PC. New everything, basically. I wanted to carry over as much as I could to but AM4 to AM5 forced a new rebuild and then I said f it. 2020 build to 2025 build. Only gaming. I'll post pictures when it's mostly done. Still have a few things coming in.

Old	New	Notes
Ncase M1	FormD T1 2.1
5900x	9800x3d	I never needed the 5900x over the 5600x. I just thought it was cool. 5800x3d wasn't out at the time I got my 5900x. I made a better decision this time.
3080Ti FE	5090 FE	No new GPU yet, the hunt continues
32 GB DDR4	32 GB DDR5	I read that there's no need for 64 for gaming?
Asus ROG B550i	Asus ROG B850i
AIO	Air	My AIO won't fit in the smaller case but also, I read that AIOs have a limited life? I'll just go air this time around.
Samsung 980 1TB and 970 2TB	Carried them over
Corsair SF750	Corsair SF1000	5090 is killing me. Got custom cables for my PSU this time around, too, since the case is so tiny and it's air cooled.

64GB is overkill at the moment yes. I have 64GB. Most I’ve saw a game use is 27GB.

It’s fine now and will be for years yet. Maybe when next gen consoles arrive we’ll start to see more use of 64GB.

AIOs do have a limited life. Usually it’s the pump that dies. That said they could last 5-10 years though. The other thing is the amount of liquid drops over time (years) so it becomes less efficient. As long as you have it installed properly it should keep working. You don’t want air getting into the pump. Obviously air gaps rise to the highest point so you want the pump below the radiator. And where the pipes connect to the radiator shouldn’t be at the top if installed vertically. There are countless videos on YT about this.

If you’re planning to use custom made cables with a 5090 make sure they are actually rated for your PSU. While NVIDIA recommends 1000W for a 5090 keep it mind it will happily use 575W out the box. In fact it will go a little higher than that. Mines hit 581W with stock settings.

That only leaves you 420W for everything else. CPU, motherboard, fans, RAM, storage, etc.

I had a 1000W psu and upgraded to a 1350W for my 5090.

 

[winjer]

Guys remind me. Since new 5700x3d is coming tomorrow, I went ahead and updated my uefi first time in like 4 years.
What I always do (but not sure if I remember everything)
-Disable HD audio
-Enable TPM (was enabled by default)
-Enable resizable BAR thingy (was disabled)
-XMP profile for ram
-Disable CSM (disabling it, makes boot faster, skips the legacy low graphic boot)
-fan curves

Anything else I am missing? I've noticed that the gigabyte logo when booting is now much smaller than on previous version. Maybe something to do with csm?
Do I change fast boot? It's disabled. I never tried fast boot settings
The board is gigabyte x570 aorus elite

Disable Memory Power Down
Enable CCPC
Disable CCPC Preferred Cores
Set the Power Supply Idle Control to Low Current Idle
Enbale C-States
Disable SVM mode
Disable Spread Spectrum
Enable Curve Optimizer and try to find if it's stable at -30
Enable Above 4G decoding (necessary for resizable bar)
Disable TSME
Enable PCIe ten-bit tag

 

[Celcius]

FYI the Samsung 9100 Pro comes out this month. They're finally going to start making pcie gen 5 drives.
1-4 TB drives available this month and 8TB coming out later this year.

Samsung Announces the 9100 PRO Series SSDs

Latest NVMe SSD from Samsung delivers up to twice the read and write speeds compared to its predecessor

news.samsung.com

Samsung's new 9100 Pro SSD is the fastest consumer drive in the world

Samsung says the biggest versions of its new PCIe Gen 5 drive can hit 14,800 MB/s sequential write speeds. Just make room in your budget because they don't come cheap.

www.pcworld.com

Samsung’s first Pro series Gen 5 PCIe SSD arrives in March

It will also be available in an 8TB configuration, a Samsung first.

www.theverge.com

Probably a good idea to wait a month or so before buying them as I remember there was a firmware bug in the 990 Pros at first that was fixed in a follow up firmware. I'm hoping these run cooler than Crucial's T705 drives, especially with videocards being up to 600w these days and being in the very next slot on the mobo. Looking forward to seeing how these turn out. Also interested to see when western digital will finally start selling gen 5 drives.

 

[Bboy AJ]

Those look awesome. I am content to wait for a drop in price but looking forward to them.