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So I finally got a 5950x from Microcenter today, along with an Asus Dark Hero motherboard. I’ve searched and done some research but wanted current opinion on a few things. A couple of questions for the 5950 crowd:
1. I have a dual-fan Noctua NH-D15S on my current rig which I was considering reusing. My research indicates it should work fine, but I wonder if I should get a 360 mm AIO. What are current opinions on cooling for the CPU? I’ve traditionally been an overclocker but I‘m thinking I may just let the auto-overclocking features of the board overclock it rather than doing extensive tuning and testing.
2. I’ve got 32 GB of DDR4-3200 b-die RAM that I plan to reuse. Is there any real reason for me to consider replacement RAM? I might put another 32 GB in but unless there is a compelling reason, I’m thinking I can save. Obey and use my existing RAM.
3. Current rig has a 960 Evo M.2 for the OS but it has been in use for 3+ years. I was thinking about cloning it to a new 980 Pro and see if I can just use my existing OS load with all my apps. Any thoughts here? I may decide to go ahead and do a fresh install; what are opinions on the 980 Pro?
Thanks everyone!
1. I have a dual-fan Noctua NH-D15S on my current rig which I was considering reusing. My research indicates it should work fine, but I wonder if I should get a 360 mm AIO. What are current opinions on cooling for the CPU? I’ve traditionally been an overclocker but I‘m thinking I may just let the auto-overclocking features of the board overclock it rather than doing extensive tuning and testing.
2. I’ve got 32 GB of DDR4-3200 b-die RAM that I plan to reuse. Is there any real reason for me to consider replacement RAM? I might put another 32 GB in but unless there is a compelling reason, I’m thinking I can save. Obey and use my existing RAM.
3. Current rig has a 960 Evo M.2 for the OS but it has been in use for 3+ years. I was thinking about cloning it to a new 980 Pro and see if I can just use my existing OS load with all my apps. Any thoughts here? I may decide to go ahead and do a fresh install; what are opinions on the 980 Pro?
Thanks everyone!