Interviewer: "So tell us, how did your 9800X3D explode?"
Burnt AMD customer: "Well, I was watching my favorite daytime drama and playing with this hunk of metal that came with the computer you can see under the desk there, when the room filled with smoke"
Interviewer: "And this caused you to...
I agree with you.
That's why I ended up with a heavily discounted 7700 (nox-X). It does surprisingly well in games compared with my previous 5900X, even with cheap RAM. And the temps are very decent with the cooler I mentioned above.
Thank you for your answers.
I see now that the cooler I already have, although it will work with a 7800X3D and I'll be able to game and transcode, will keep the CPU from turbo-ing much, so some performance will be lost. And if that's the case, a 9700X will come close to it even with my modest...
The cooler in question is the Scythe Kotetsu Mark II Rev. B
I plan to do a new build in November and the CPU will probably be a 7800X3D, as the 9800X3D will probably not be out at the time.
Why this cooler? No other reason than the fact that I already have it, paid for it and it's brand new...
Looks fake. 'Fornite' really? I know videocardz is not the paragon of tech journalism, but I'm sure their writers can spell Fortnite, or at least their proofreaders can.
Looking forward to your conclusions @Markfw . Do you have a power meter to compare 9950X consumption to your 7950X when both are loaded to 100%?
As far as we know, for Zen4 the optimum RAM speed was 6000, as that would run the memory controller and infinity fabric at 1:1 ratio, right? What will...
If ECO Mode only sets those 3 variables and we know their values, setting them even without having the ECO preset should be just as stable as stock. When you want to run something headless in a corner for months without having to troubleshoot why it keeps hanging, having it on a 45W (or even...
I'm guessing that lowering the max temperature will cause it to end (or at least tone down) its boost windows sooner.
The wattage limit will mean all/most-core workloads will run at lower frequencies, while single/light-threaded workloads will boost about the same.
@Gideon As far as I understand, the difference between ECO / PPT-TDC-EDC on one side and Curve Optimizer on the other, is that the former is supposed to be validated by AMD, but the latter falls to the customer to verify stability, doesn't it?
@Gideon thank you for the info. Those are indeed for the higher TDP SKUs. My question was for the non-X parts that are already spec-ed at 65W, can you get them lower?
Does anyone have a non-X AM5 CPU that can look in the bios to see if ECO mode setting is available, and if it is does it do anything?
Any ECO Mode info I found was for CPUs ending in X.
On AM4 APUs, you could ECO Mode them from 65W down to 45W, which was useful for a system that you intended to...
@Markfw Don't use the chipset drivers from Asus' website. Get them directly from AMD.
And keep an eye on bios release notes. I remember on AM4 the fix was through newer bioses and it was specifically mentioned in the release notes. To be honest, even if they don't list it in the changelog I...
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