Question Zen 4 builders thread

[Markfw]

I know its early, but as someone pointed out, I better get my ram now before the scalpers are all over it.

To go with a 7950x, what do you think of this ram:

https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr5-sdram/p/N82E16820374369?Item=N82E16820374369

(edited for my best recommendation, 12/5/2023)

 

[igor_kavinski]

I gave up and ordered all the parts.

Yes. Resistance is futile.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Who will be getting the 7600X now to bide time until the X3D is released?

 

[gdansk]

You will be limited to 4800 MT/s or even lower with ECC.

I don't see that as a big issue. 4K monitor means most games stay GPU limited. And for almost everything else it's still an upgrade over DDR4-3600 (I think).

 

[AdamK47]

@AdamK47 You need to add a comment, no "just pictures" in the tech section.

As for my builds, I decided that my second build will be high end air cooled, and downvolted. I may run ECO mode on both, we will have to see how things workout.

Fixed

 

[Det0x]

I have a ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO and (two) 7950x in the mail on its way to me, but will take some time before i have it up and running..

If anyone (@AdamK47?) have their asus system booted, can you check if you get SP value in bios ?

 

[eek2121]

Ordered the 7950X from best buy. I receive it Sunday.

 

[Makaveli]

Hasn't always been Intel. Found this thread from 2010. Have bought many CPUs since then. All Intel though.

CPU Overclocking History

Every couple of years I post this... I've owned a lot of CPUs in the past. 95% I've bought with the purpose to overclock them. All of these were my primary system CPUs at one point over the past 15 years. Pentium 166C to 180MHz = 8.5% K6-2 300 to 333MHz = 11% Celeron 300A to 450MHz = 50%...

forums.anandtech.com

lol is the number of games installed still 750?

 

[AdamK47]

lol is the number of games installed still 750?

Double that

 

[eek2121]

Ordered the 7950X from best buy. I receive it Sunday.

…and even though I refuse to give newegg my business normally, they were the only place I could preorder the mini itx board, so I pulled the trigger. It will also be here this weekend.

This launch was rather disappointing, however. No EXPO 64gb kits as far as I can tell, and no PCIE5 SSDs either.

 

[Makaveli]

Double that

Will you be keeping the 12900KS system then we can get some head to head numbers from you?

 

[Det0x]

Custom results starting to tick in..

 

[igor_kavinski]

Double that

Please tell me that you didn't install all of them yourself. Please tell me that you have a monkey to do that for you.

 

[igor_kavinski]

This launch was rather disappointing, however.

Hey, be grateful you got the mini ITX mobo. It could have been scooped up by scalpers.

 

[moinmoin]

and no PCIE5 SSDs either.

That's been announced for November. You were still expecting them earlier?

 

[igor_kavinski]

If they are not ready for a much anticipated launch, you can be sure that they have bugs yet to be fixed. The last thing they want is watching glee turn into terror as their SSDs corrupt bits at PCIe 5.0 speeds.

 

[repoman0]

My local Microcenter has 25+ 7950X right now. As usual the upgrade temptation is extremely high. I certainly don’t need it, my 5900X does everything I need and more … but playing with new toys …

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

My local Microcenter has 25+ 7950X right now. As usual the upgrade temptation is extremely high. I certainly don’t need it, my 5900X does everything I need and more … but playing with new toys …

Kinda wish I had Microcenter or Fry's nearby so I could have picked up parts today. Got a 7950X, X670E Aorus Master, and 32GB kit of Trident Z5 Neo 6000CL30 on the way from Newegg, due Friday.

I was on the fence about buying a 7600X or 7700X and waiting for 3D cache models, but if there is no 7900X3D or 7950X3D I won't upgrade. I figure losing $100-150 reselling a 7950X in 3-6 months (whenever vcache comes out) is not a big deal to me.

 

[Makaveli]

My local Microcenter has 25+ 7950X right now. As usual the upgrade temptation is extremely high. I certainly don’t need it, my 5900X does everything I need and more … but playing with new toys …

You must resist the urge.

I always tell myself whatever people are buying now if you wait a year you will not only get better products but more stable firmware and better value for your dollar. If you on a system that predates say Zen 3 on the AMD side and rocketlake on the intel side I would look at upgrading. For newer systems hold.

 

[eek2121]

That's been announced for November. You were still expecting them earlier?

Yes.

My local Microcenter has 25+ 7950X right now. As usual the upgrade temptation is extremely high. I certainly don’t need it, my 5900X does everything I need and more … but playing with new toys …

If you do upgrade, don't feel bad. I'm replacing a 5950x. Oh and uh, I replaced my X570 motherboard with an "X570S" motherboard. Yes, I have problems.

To be fair, my PC allows me to make money, so I'm not technically throwing dollars out the window. At least that is what I tell myself.

 

[MrTeal]

You must resist the urge.

I always tell myself whatever people are buying now if you wait a year you will not only get better products but more stable firmware and better value for your dollar. If you on a system that predates say Zen 3 on the AMD side and rocketlake on the intel side I would look at upgrading. For newer systems hold.

I'm running a 5900X as well, and I think I'm going to do the same. Probably wait to see what comes up with X3D and more mature MB with better/cheaper DDR5.

 

[moinmoin]

To be fair, my PC allows me to make money, so I'm not technically throwing dollars out the window. At least that is what I tell myself.

In the ideal case if you manage to sell your not so old stuff while upgrading to the latest and best it shouldn't be that much you have to pay.

 

[Makaveli]

In the ideal case if you manage to sell your not so old stuff while upgrading to the latest and best it shouldn't be that much you have to pay.

This would be the only reason I would upgrade right now. If I were selling my old parts and able to get half the cost on the new stuff covered.

 

[AdamK47]

Please tell me that you didn't install all of them yourself. Please tell me that you have a monkey to do that for you.

I'm the monkey that did all of the installs.

 

[AdamK47]

Will you be keeping the 12900KS system then we can get some head to head numbers from you?

It will be disassembled since I'm not building an entirely new system. RAM, video card, storage, and power supply will carry over.

 

[CakeMonster]

I'm running a 5900X as well, and I think I'm going to do the same. Probably wait to see what comes up with X3D and more mature MB with better/cheaper DDR5.

Me as well, I've held off on a 7950X so far, because the 2x32GB DDR5 selection is kind of crap, the motherboards are hardly in stock, and the X3D version might be real and incoming in less than 6 months this time around. The availability isn't looking too bad either, so I could change my mind if needed.