Alright, I'll switch the SSD. Thanks!
And yeah... we are having some shortage with computer parts because of the Pandemic (Too much PC in demand to work and study at home)
About those new line of Zen 3 Ryzen Cpu's, aren't they on the pricey side + and the overall performance is not that huge?
(kinda read some tidbits on one of the threads here) Correct me if I'm wrong
Eh heat is not usually an issue for Gen 3 drives. Also Zen 2 (and likely 3) don't really have big RAM compatibility issues any more, most known brand RAMs are just plug, XMP and play.One thing to note about M.2 Drives is that they get pretty hot. I believe the motherboard you chose has heat sinks so you should be Ok! Just make sure you read the instructions so that you apply them correctly!
Zen 3 reviews will probably be dropped the same day as launch, at which point there will be a clearer indication of whether its "worth it" to upgrade. I would assume that the value for money will be different depending on the tier of processor. (Oh, and some Zen3 do not ship with a stock cooler)
Another thing to note is Ram compatibility. It's a little complicated when it comes to Ryzen, and I'm afriad I don't know how to give proper guidance. I think you'd be OK with the ones you have chosen but I would do some googling first (Just about Ryzen ram compatibility in general) so that you have a decent understanding of issues that you might encounter.
On that topic: I'll finally get my first M2 drive.One thing to note about M.2 Drives is that they get pretty hot. I believe the motherboard you chose has heat sinks so you should be Ok! Just make sure you read the instructions so that you apply them correctly
I am looking at adding a second SSD to my current build. Right now I have 256 gb SSD boot drive and 3 tb of traditional SATA platter hard drives. I'm looking to buy a 2 tb M.2 NVME drive. I currently have an i7-8700K, 32 gb DDR4 RAM, 3080 FE, all attached to a Aorus Z390 Pro WiFi motherboard. The original build was done almost two years ago. Obviously I swapped in a 3080 for the 2080 Ti I had before.
What I'm looking for is a bit of guidance as to what brand drive to buy. Is it as simple as just paying for something like a Samsung or WD Black, or is there some brand out there that I'm overlooking that has great performance/reliability but is cheaper than those options.
Eh heat is not usually an issue for Gen 3 drives. Also Zen 2 (and likely 3) don't really have big RAM compatibility issues any more, most known brand RAMs are just plug, XMP and play.
On that topic: I'll finally get my first M2 drive.
I have a MSI X570 tomahawk, which has two M2 slots, with each a heatsink.
The primary slot is right between the GPU and CPU. Which with a 3700X and a 3080 will be the hottest spot on the board.
But the secondary M2 slot is right at the GPU vetillator, so would heat up the air used to cool the GPU.
Which of the two spot shoul I put the 980 Pro in? It does get up to 80° in load.
What are you guys doing for X570 motherboards for Ryzen 5000 series? I dont have an old ryzen cpu to update bios for the 5000 series so it will recognize the processor. Is updating the bios with flashback is easy as just plugging the motherboard into a power supply and installing the new bios from a usb drive? Does anyone have any recommended videos of someone doing this? Thanks.
Depends on your system as a whole, might help if you post your other parts as well.Gonna pull the trigger on this one
Anything I should know about this 600W Gold Semi Modular be Quiet Pure Power 11 CM unit? Rated B on PSU tier list, gold plated
Depends on your system as a whole, might help if you post your other parts as well.
Derp, I forgot about that. Primary slot it is then.Im wondering what to do myself since the second slot doesn't support the 110 length drives.
anyone have experience with Durgod keyboards? Was considering their Venus, but am seeing some reports of freezes.
Also, is the HyperX Alloy FPS RGB pretty decent? It's hard to tell what is pure marketing and what are actual product reviews on YouTube.
Dont support Durgod, they are scamming people (myself included)on Kickstarter and Indiegogo.anyone have experience with Durgod keyboards? Was considering their Venus, but am seeing some reports of freezes.
Also, is the HyperX Alloy FPS RGB pretty decent? It's hard to tell what is pure marketing and what are actual product reviews on YouTube.
It's very hard to mess up thermal paste application. Literally all you need is a pea size drop and the cooler will spread it out once tightened.I hate that I'm sitting here at work wondering if put enough thermal paste on my CPU.
Should have taken a picture before I plopped down the cooler just to make sure.
Oh well, it's definitely not too much, I know that for sure.
I think your new upgrade may even work ok with your 450W but otherwise the PSU you are upgrading to looks very risk-free. Maybe someone else has experience with that particular brand but if the price is good it seems a safe purchase.Currently have
ECS H81H3-I, I7 4770 + 1060 6gb Zotac Mini with a 450w EVGA Bronze BT unit (a Sata SSD and Sata 7200rpm HDD)
Upgrading to:
AsRock B550M Pro4, Ryzen 3600 (maaaaybe 3700x, but not very likely) + keeping the 1060 6gb until the 3060/Ti launches, keeping the HDD but swapping the Sata SSD for a NVME
So I'm looking to upgrade to an RTX 3080 when they eventually become readily available again, I currently sport a Ryzen 3600, at 1440p will I see much of a bottleneck?
I think your new upgrade may even work ok with your 450W but otherwise the PSU you are upgrading to looks very risk-free. Maybe someone else has experience with that particular brand but if the price is good it seems a safe purchase.
Doing a build for my little cousin part 38493493. Is a 3600xt/5600xt combo a good 1080p build?
Doing a build for my little cousin part 38493493. Is a 3600xt/5600xt combo a good 1080p build?
Unless they cost virtually the same, I'd rather get a Ryzen3600 instead of the 3600X or 3600XT. If they are more than 20€ apart and you don't plan on a different cooler than the boxed one I'd also rather get the 3600 and an additional cooler.
TL;DR: 10-15fps less on average at 1440p compared to a stock 10900k. You'll be fine.
Okay so I have this now since it's basically the same price. 3600x with 2060 or 3600xt with 5600xt.
So I'm looking to upgrade to an RTX 3080 when they eventually become readily available again, I currently sport a Ryzen 3600, at 1440p will I see much of a bottleneck?
Getting an SSD for the first time based on people in this thread telling me I'm a fool for not having it already.
Not even kidding, you might feel a bigger change in general doing this than by doing 1080->3080
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard
G.Skill Trident Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
Western Digital Black 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair CXM 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
Here's a build I'm thinking of making, I haven't chosen a video card yet But I'm sure a few things here and there can be improved. Nothing is a permanent choice so far. the last time I built a computer I had MKenyon's advice but he doesn't seem to be here so LMK what you think.
Code:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard G.Skill Trident Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory Western Digital Black 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case Corsair CXM 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
Here's a build I'm thinking of making, I haven't chosen a video card yet But I'm sure a few things here and there can be improved. Nothing is a permanent choice so far. the last time I built a computer I had MKenyon's advice but he doesn't seem to be here so LMK what you think.
Code:AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard G.Skill Trident Z 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory Western Digital Black 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case Corsair CXM 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
can you tell me more about what's going on?Dont support Durgod, they are scamming people (myself included)on Kickstarter and Indiegogo.
excellent.Got myself the hyperx alloy elite 2 a few days ago and i really like it so far.
Source for this rumor? I've not heard there will be any change to where the "sweet spot" is.
Since you are going with a 5900x it seems you want a no compromises build. Based on that, I have some thoughts about it:
Just based on your choice of processor, seems like the rest of the components will not be extracting the absolute best of it, but then again I may be wrong. Maybe some other posters will enlighten us.
- Why go with a B450 board instead of a B550 or X570? I think you are missing on PCI 4.0 and some other stuff that comes with the more modern boards.
- Rumor has it that 4000mhz RAM may be the sweet spot for Ryzen 5000. You may want to keep an eye on reviews mentioning that as you may get better performance with those (they are pricey though).
- While you are at it, if you switch to a B550/X570 board you may want to get a faster NVME like the 7000mb/s ones that are being launched these coming months. Not that it would make a huge difference but it's safe future proofing.
If you're going to use an M.2 drive as your OS drive, the Crucial P1 isn't that great a choice. I'd get a drive that has DRAM, like a Sabrent Rocket, WD Black SN750, or XPG SX8200.
See this chart for more ideas.
Source for this rumor? I've not heard there will be any change to where the "sweet spot" is.
goddamnit. I just bought some 3600 b-die. I would expect it can handle an OC to 4000 (it's TOTL), but I don't know if my timeline for getting a 5900X vs the return window is going to give me enough time to really find out. I guess I can try OC'ing the kit to 4000 on my 3900X-based system, yea?AMD's Ryzen 5000 "Zen 3" Desktop CPUs Geared For Memory Overclocking, Recommends DDR4-4000 As The Sweet-Spot In Leaked Slide
AMD Ryzen 5000 Desktop CPUs seem to be well tuned for memory overclocking and DDR4-4000 MHz is recommended as the sweet spot for Zen 3 chips.wccftech.com
Sweet, good to know. It sounds like most current AM4 slot mobos will be compatible with the Ryzen 5000 CPUs so I'll be good if I ever need to upgrade.Take a look at this: https://www.tomshardware.com/features/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ampere-cpu-scaling-benchmarks
They did some testing with different CPUs in different games with different settings, all on a RTX 3080. That should give you an idea.
Verdict: If you run a modern CPU with less than 6-core, it would be a good idea to upgrade. Anything above is fine.
Sure, you gain some % in FPS but we're talking about stuff like 137FPS vs 131FPS and to be honest, I don't think that matters all too much.
goddamnit. I just bought some 3600 b-die. I would expect it can handle an OC to 4000 (it's TOTL), but I don't know if my timeline for getting a 5900X vs the return window is going to give me enough time to really find out. I guess I can try OC'ing the kit to 4000 on my 3900X-based system, yea?
If I need to return it for a kit designed for 4000, I most certainly will. If I've learned anything about Ryzen, it's that the sweet spot fucking matters.
Yeah, I hear ya. I mean, I'm way more concerned about performance than I am loading times, but between the two of em I'm sure the change will be amazing. Also getting a new core and motherboard so I'm expecting it to be pretty dope all around.