AMD Ryzen 5000 Builders Thread

[B-Riz]

	Cores Threads	Base Freq	Turbo Freq	L3 Cache	TDP	MSRP
Ryzen 9 5950X	16c/32t	3400	4900	64 MB	105 W	$799
Ryzen 9 5900X	12c/24t	3700	4800	64 MB	105 W	$549
Ryzen 7 5800X	8c/16t	3800	4700	32 MB	105 W	$449
Ryzen 5 5600X	6c/12t	3700	4600	32 MB	65 W	$299

5600X comes with cooler, the rest do not.

above from https://www.anandtech.com/show/1614...en-3-on-nov-5th-19-ipc-claims-best-gaming-cpu

 

[Elfear]

I took the 5th and the 6th off. I'm either going to play the refreshing game or drive to Microcenter early lol

Anyone know if we can order Ryzen 3 online at Microcenter for store pickup? I'd hate to drive all the way down only to discover they were sold out.

 

[PrinceXizor]

I might be late to the party (apologies in advance)...I know in other threads comments were made about the new Ryzen pricing and AMD dropping the cooler as well.
Just checking out Microcenter's pics and it shows just a processor for the 5800X and 5900X but it shows a Wraith with the 5600X. I checked the box pick and it says 5000 series CPU and Wraith cooling included.

 

[PrinceXizor]

Anyone know if we can order Ryzen 3 online at Microcenter for store pickup? I'd hate to drive all the way down only to discover they were sold out.

Just shows a "Coming Soon" with no button on the website.

 

[Elfear]

Just shows a "Coming Soon" with no button on the website.

Sorry I wasn't very clear. I was talking tomorrow when they go on sale.

 

[PrinceXizor]

LOL! That make's more sense. Glad I didn't make a snarky comment about being able to post on AT but not browse to Microcenter

 

[Makaveli]

Thanks for sharing, I hadn't seen that. Looks like the earlier reports of higher IF speeds were probably unfounded rumors then.

I don't know 3800 was not a given on Zen 2. Still depends on which board, memory and cpu. Some setups will hit it with ease and others won't.

I expect the same for Zen 3 some will hit 4000 and others won't.

I see a lot of people going 4x8GB. In the past I'd always thought you were more likely to get a max memory overclock with one DIMM per channel rather than two. Is that not the case anymore?

What everyone has posted so far is spot on.

I will also be looking at going up to 4x8 with my setup, but I want to see how things will work with Zen 3.

I may just overclock my B-die sticks to see if I can hit 4000 at 2x8. Then review performance and timings. It its shown on my board that I can hit 2000 IF with Memory at 4000 and there is a big improvement, I may look at going with DDR4 4000 sticks. or May just get 4x8 with my current B Die and see how far I can push them.

 

[KentState]

I'm going to hold on memory until some reviews flesh it out. The 3600 b-die sticks in my Threadripper build should be sufficient. I want to see if the 4000 kits really help and if they need to be lower CL stock, if 3600 can be overclocked easily or if other combinations are better.

 

[blckgrffn]

Anyone know if we can order Ryzen 3 online at Microcenter for store pickup? I'd hate to drive all the way down only to discover they were sold out.

Definitely my plan 100%. I've done that for darn near everything I have ever purchased there.

I am cautiously optimistic there will be way more stock of these CPUs than there is for the GPU stuff simply due to packaging efficiency for importing and because it is a distilled product that doesn't require the same amount of integration and lead time GPUs take (in my estimation).

 

[Konan]

I'm unsure regarding memory choice. Pairing with 5900x / mobo undecided yet.

Looking at either

• Trident Z RGB Series 32GB DDR4 3600MHz CL17 Dual Channel Kit (2x 16GB) or
• Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB DDR4 3600MHz CL18 Dual Channel Kit (2 x 16GB)
• Trident Z RGB Series 32GB DDR4 3600 CL19 Quad Channel Kit (4x 8GB)

So 4 sticks but slower or 2 sticks and a little faster. What would you go with?
Thanks

 

[Makaveli]

I'm unsure regarding memory choice. Pairing with 5900x / mobo undecided yet.

Looking at either

• Trident Z RGB Series 32GB DDR4 3600MHz CL17 Dual Channel Kit (2x 16GB) or
• Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB DDR4 3600MHz CL18 Dual Channel Kit (2 x 16GB)
• Trident Z RGB Series 32GB DDR4 3600 CL19 Quad Channel Kit (4x 8GB)

So 4 sticks but slower or 2 sticks and a little faster. What would you go with?
Thanks

Follow this below.

I'm going to hold on memory until some reviews flesh it out.

 

[Gideon]

I'm unsure regarding memory choice. Pairing with 5900x / mobo undecided yet.

Looking at either

• Trident Z RGB Series 32GB DDR4 3600MHz CL17 Dual Channel Kit (2x 16GB) or
• Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB DDR4 3600MHz CL18 Dual Channel Kit (2 x 16GB)
• Trident Z RGB Series 32GB DDR4 3600 CL19 Quad Channel Kit (4x 8GB)

So 4 sticks but slower or 2 sticks and a little faster. What would you go with?
Thanks

If all of these have 4 ranks the lower latency ones should be better, but the difference won't be big

 

[richierich1212]

Looks like the processors will be released for sale tomorrow at 6AM PT/9AM ET according to AMD's own rewards page terms:

https://www.amdrewards.com/terms

AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Processors Bundle Promotion – COMPONENT and SI

"1.TIMING
a. Campaign Period:

Campaign Period begins November 5, 2020 at 9:00:00 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on December 31, 2020 at 11:59:59 PM ET, or when supply of Coupon Codes is exhausted, whichever occurs first. Please consult the world clock for time zone conversion information. "

 

[Justinus]

I'm in for a 5950x, and plan to grab a C8 Dark Hero when they become available. I'm hoping they launch tomorrow with Zen 3 but the lack of product pages for either is a bit of a concern.

I'll be pairing it with a 2x16gb kit of 3200cl14 b die I have in the closet.

I wonder if keeping product pages down is one measure they are taking to limit bot/scalper action? Only putting up the product pages at launch time would make it harder to plan and have bots configured in advance.

 

[thigobr]

It certainly helps a little bit but as the product pages are often the same over the entire website, bots probably don't need that much tuning after the actual page goes live.

 

[Justinus]

It certainly helps a little bit but as the product pages are often the same over the entire website, bots probably don't need that much tuning after the actual page goes live.

I think it helps a lot. Scalpers have to be up at 6AM PST/9AM EST to locate and give the bots the URL/product ID once the pages go live. At that point it's scalpers vs. buyers instead of bots primed hours/days in advance to buy the microsecond that the product is listed in stock.

Every little thing that can be done to inconvenience scalpers will make them that much less interested.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

I'm in for a 5950x, and plan to grab a C8 Dark Hero when they become available.

Are this and the MAG Tomahawk the only second gen X570 boards?

Trying to decide if I go ITX but there's stock issues with ancillary components I need so might just give up.

 

[Konan]

Are this and the MAG Tomahawk the only second gen X570 boards

these I’ve seen or heard of that ship with updates bios if it helps

https://twitter.com/x/status/1323980906529497089

 

[Shmee]

Also a lot of the nicer X570 boards have a postless flash option, which is nice. I suspect some B550 boards do as well.

 

[richierich1212]

B&H Preorders available now

 

[Makaveli]

B&H Preorders available now

AMD Ryzen 5950X 3.4 Ghz 24-Core AM4 Processor

 

[misuspita]

AMD Ryzen 5950X 3.4 Ghz 24-Core AM4 Processor

They got the title wrong, in the description they say 16c/32t

 

[R3Z3N]

Looking forward to my second build since 2011. Upgrading from a 3770k 2x6TB enterprise drives raid 10 and 4 hard drives in a uATX case to:

5950x
6x10TB Seagate Exos (already done with old build last week, just moving over)
2x2TB Seagate Firecuda SSDs or Samsung 980s,
AIO 3x120 Cooler
1070 GFX card
128GB Ram.
Asus Crosshair VIII Hero Mobo
Fractal Define 7
I would prefer another uATX build, but the x570 choice is terrible, and no cases to be found for the drive count.

For fun here are the current Raid 10 speeds with the new 10TB Exos drives on a cheap Highpoint 2720 raid card from 10 years ago in a PCIE 2x8 config

 

[AtenRa]

Some Greek users got lucky and received their CPU orders a few days in advanced. Perhaps a mistake from the seller.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

B&H Preorders available now

Nice! Now I can sleep in. Have a FormD T1 on order so don't need this anytime soon anyway.

 

[phillyman36]

Looks like Im not going to get a chance to drive to Microcenter. Woke up with a cold. Throat is sore as hell. Going to play the refreshing game this sucks.