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Tech Gaming Hardware discussion (& Hardware Sales) thread

WhiteMousse said:
Well I was thinking about it but if there's a way to make the 5800X work with a 4090 I'd keep the majority of the rig.
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Ah that would save a lot of money. 7800 would be better and provide some future proofing. Both good options
 
My Spot said:
Just do what the cool kids do and get an i5 13400 (or 13600k if you want to overclock).

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I'm certainly not opposed to it. Is Intel better than AMD for gaming right now? How would the i5 go up against the 5800x or 7800x?
 
Blayt7hh said:
Ah that would save a lot of money. 7800 would be better and provide some future proofing. Both good options
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I'm going to measure dimensions in my case. Getting everything wired with the dumbass RBG I did in 21 was a pain in the ass, something I'll never do again. So if I can just shove an RTX 4090 in there I'm inclined to do that. I have a friend who wants to play DIV with me but she doesn't have a rig, so I might go all out. If so, 7800x looks good.
 
WhiteMousse said:
I'm certainly not opposed to it. Is Intel better than AMD for gaming right now? How would the i5 go up against the 5800x or 7800x?
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If you want a CPU upgrade without upgrading the whole rig-- entailing a motherboard change-- then the 5800X3D (currently $317) is your best choice. A la carte, it's not quite as strong a value as the 5800X (currently $214), but it makes more sense because it's your best-in-slot option, and it's ~5% shy of the 7600X/7700//7700X/7900X/7950X in games. In addition to the Tom's Hardware roundup linked for you, here is TPU's latest processor benchmark result:
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If you go to expense of upgrading the whole rig, wait for the 7800X3D. It's the only CPU that will offer a performance upgrade worth the added expense of upgrading the whole rig, rather than going with the 5800X3D, that doesn't waste money on cores you don't need like the 7950X3D. The expected MSRP is $449. It comes out on April 6th, so you only have a week to wait.
 
Big day tomorrow. My 11 year old PC officially retires and having my new one delivered. Served me well all this time, the only hardware issue i had was PSU blow up back in 2016. Since then no problems whatsoever, CPU temps still in tact despite that I didnt repasted it once, ram just as fine. SSD and overall speed still great. I could still keep on going on this one if it wasnt for more hardware demanding games, but also I was delaying purchase for the last 2 years. Had to be that time. Still gonna keep it as a back up in case.

But yea. Excited.
 
First thing I am dying to try is to blow up Minecraft world made only with TNT, it eats ram like crazy. And wondering if turn processing speeds for computers in Civilization 5 improves.
 
Nameless King said:
@Madmick

Those are idle temps, are they supposed to be like that?

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If you're going to use Hardware Info, you have to change a setting to make it play nice with Corsair iCue. When you first boot Hardware Info, click on the settings button. Then go to the Safety tab, and uncheck the CorsairLink and Asetek Support button.
 
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I was looking at the new AMD A620 motherboards and came across this budget ASROCK board, the A620M-HDV/M.2. I was surprised to see the motherboard only has 2 sata ports. Yes, it's a budget low end $85 dollar motherboard and does have 2 NVME slots, but the people buying a low end budget board like this are trying to save every penny possible in their builds. That means they're more than likely to carry over their existing storage.
But, for only $15 more, you can get the A620M-HDV/M.2+ that has 4 sata ports.
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Madmick said:
If you want a CPU upgrade without upgrading the whole rig-- entailing a motherboard change-- then the 5800X3D (currently $317) is your best choice. A la carte, it's not quite as strong a value as the 5800X (currently $214), but it makes more sense because it's your best-in-slot option, and it's ~5% shy of the 7600X/7700//7700X/7900X/7950X in games. In addition to the Tom's Hardware roundup linked for you, here is TPU's latest processor benchmark result:


If you go to expense of upgrading the whole rig, wait for the 7800X3D. It's the only CPU that will offer a performance upgrade worth the added expense of upgrading the whole rig, rather than going with the 5800X3D, that doesn't waste money on cores you don't need like the 7950X3D. The expected MSRP is $449. It comes out on April 6th, so you only have a week to wait.
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I followed up on the 7800X3D and I agree-- outstanding piece of gear. Can you tell me your thoughts on this rig, but replacing the 7900X3D with the 7800X3D? I think for the 4090 I might go Suprim X.

https://newegg.io/cda2027
 
Madmick said:
Everything looks good to me.
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Is it true that MoBos are largely wasteful once you get into the higher range? Seems like for a long time they were all between $100.00 to $200.00, and now you got some of these Strix or Aorus Xtreme models that are like $599.99
 
WhiteMousse said:
Is it true that MoBos are largely wasteful once you get into the higher range? Seems like for a long time they were all between $100.00 to $200.00, and now you got some of these Strix or Aorus Xtreme models that are like $599.99
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Yeah, it was always like that, but like the price of GPUs, that price horizon has shifted upwards a bit in recent generations. Half a dozen generations ago, this range would have been around ~$240-$350. You'd see some differences in that range, pick what suited you, but once above it, any improvements were nominal, and the value curve dropped precipitously. Now, the range is closer to ~$350-$500.

Although perhaps more than ever, due to the nature of the shift in how AMD and Intel are managing CPU temperatures now, one could argue the robustness of the VRM is more important than ever.

I've sent you a link in a PM.
 
Madmick said:
Yeah, it was always like that, but like the price of GPUs, that price horizon has shifted upwards a bit in recent generations. Half a dozen generations ago, this range would have been around ~$240-$350. You'd see some differences in that range, pick what suited you, but once above it, any improvements were nominal, and the value curve dropped precipitously. Now, the range is closer to ~$350-$500.

Although perhaps more than ever, due to the nature of the shift in how AMD and Intel are managing CPU temperatures now, one could argue the robustness of the VRM is more important than ever.

I've sent you a link in a PM.
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You MADMAN
 
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