Remij 4,717 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Cell said: My nerd friends rip on me for having 32 gigs of Ram. Me when I open several intense programs on my PC and still have gigs to spare: Being able to fit a 3rd of a PS5/XSX game disc completely in memory alone Edited April 16, 2020 by Remij_ Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Sauce 2,742 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Cell said: My nerd friends rip on me for having 32 gigs of Ram. RGB and excessive amounts of RAM are basically the definition of being a computer nerd. I bet your friends aren't actually nerds and prefer the company of women over computer parts. Link to post Share on other sites
Cell 439 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, Hot Sauce said: RGB and excessive amounts of RAM are basically the definition of being a computer nerd. I bet your friends aren't actually nerds and prefer the company of women over computer parts. I'm the only one that's married. Anyway Hot Sauce aren't you a fucking software developer? Who are you trying to kid bruh. Edited April 16, 2020 by Cell 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,088 Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Yeah there's definitely a difference in performance, I mean it's not huge but the IPC is still a fair margin above my 2600K and I had that thing overclocked to 4.4Ghz while this is at default frequencies on the stock cooler. I was going to get the 3600X but then I would need to buy a cooler so I figured just swing for the 3700X, the one included with it is pretty good and it's RGB so fuck it. Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,717 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, DynamiteCop! said: Yeah there's definitely a difference in performance, I mean it's not huge but the IPC is still a fair margin above my 2600K and I had that thing overclocked to 4.4Ghz while this is at default frequencies on the stock cooler. I was going to get the 3600X but then I would need to buy a cooler so I figured just swing for the 3700X, the one included with it is pretty good and it's RGB so fuck it. What are you testing with/basing that on? Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,088 Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, Remij_ said: What are you testing with/basing that on? Doom and Forza so far. Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,717 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, DynamiteCop! said: Doom and Forza so far. At low resolutions I presume? I can't even remember how those games scale over multiple cores tbh.. but yea, you'll see only modest improvements until games are built to take full advantage of that CPU. Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,088 Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 10 minutes ago, Remij_ said: At low resolutions I presume? I can't even remember how those games scale over multiple cores tbh.. but yea, you'll see only modest improvements until games are built to take full advantage of that CPU. I mean even at 1440p there's definitely an uptick but now I should be able to record/stream and shit without giving it a second thought. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Sauce 2,742 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Cell said: I'm the only one that's married. Anyway Hot Sauce aren't you a fucking software developer? Who are you trying to kid bruh. I've got 8 copies of WoW open because I'm farming the in-game equivalent of $500 USD to buy a mount they're getting rid of in a few months because it lets me use the auction house on the go. I know where I am on the cool/nerd spectrum. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,299 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 So whats the deal with Threadripper, and are we expecting anything to come in from Intel or AMD that will be the new "sweetspot power per dollar" king CPU? Is this threadripper CPU supposed to be at this price? Its already close to two years old, right? Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,088 Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 45 minutes ago, jehurey said: So whats the deal with Threadripper, and are we expecting anything to come in from Intel or AMD that will be the new "sweetspot power per dollar" king CPU? Is this threadripper CPU supposed to be at this price? Its already close to two years old, right? I think the 3700X is kind of that power per dollar king, especially when you consider not only its gaming capability but its overall capability for everything else as well. I mean it's only 65 Watts and I got mine for $292, and I think the biggest sell is the cooler it comes with. It's not only RGB, it's comparable to aftermarket coolers and extremely effective, you really don't need anything else unless you want to get into some more heavy handed overclocking. I mean if you look at the 9700k for example it's $90 more expensive, it's a 95 Watt CPU vs. a 65 Watt CPU, it's 8 cores and 8 threads vs. 8 cores and 16 threads and sure its IPC is a little better but it doesn't even come with a cooler, and even if it did Intel's coolers are absolute garbage. It's probably the best all around CPU in production. For the Threadripper that price seems well below market but it's understandable because it's already been replaced by the 3000 Series Threadripper's, not to mention the consumer level Ryzen 9's have pretty much overtaken it. Link to post Share on other sites
Twinblade★ 3,986 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 So I just found out that PCI 4.0 has been a thing for a bit now. Wouldn't it be a good idea to go full futureproof and get one of those? Im now considering that for my next build. Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,088 Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 37 minutes ago, Twinblade said: So I just found out that PCI 4.0 has been a thing for a bit now. Wouldn't it be a good idea to go full futureproof and get one of those? Im now considering that for my next build. The x570 board I got is, and yeah it wouldn't be a bad idea to do it. I think the only PCI-E 4.0 GPU out now is the 5700 XT. Link to post Share on other sites
Twinblade★ 3,986 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, DynamiteCop! said: The x570 board I got is, and yeah it wouldn't be a bad idea to do it. I think the only PCI-E 4.0 GPU out now is the 5700 XT. ahh i forgot you went a different mobo than the one in the OP. The X570 has M2 PCIE 4.0 ports as well right? I feel like SATA based SSDs are a thing of the past. Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,088 Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 Just now, Twinblade said: ahh i forgot you went a different mobo than the one in the OP. The X570 has M2 PCIE 4.0 ports as well right? I feel like SATA based SSDs are a thing of the past. Yeah it does. Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,717 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 (edited) 36 minutes ago, DynamiteCop! said: The x570 board I got is, and yeah it wouldn't be a bad idea to do it. I think the only PCI-E 4.0 GPU out now is the 5700 XT. The GPU isn't what needs future proofing... it's storage. Edited April 19, 2020 by Remij_ Link to post Share on other sites
The Mother Fucker 26 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Did you already order? I'd personally go with X470 over B450, but if this is your first AM4 system the B450 Max will at least be compatible with that 3700 out of the box. Link to post Share on other sites
The Mother Fucker 26 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 On 2020-04-18 at 5:03 AM, jehurey said: So whats the deal with Threadripper, and are we expecting anything to come in from Intel or AMD that will be the new "sweetspot power per dollar" king CPU? Is this threadripper CPU supposed to be at this price? Its already close to two years old, right? That's a steal of a deal for a 2950X Threadripper ... but it's MicroCenter so I'm not too surprised. That CPU is at least $600 on Amazon and Newegg, it initially retailed for $1000 in 2018. The X399 motherboards are crazy expensive though. Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,088 Posted April 19, 2020 Author Share Posted April 19, 2020 26 minutes ago, The Mother Fucker said: Did you already order? I'd personally go with X470 over B450, but if this is your first AM4 system the B450 Max will at least be compatible with that 3700 out of the box. Yeah, I went with this x570 board. https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MPG-X570-GAMING-EDGE-WIFI Link to post Share on other sites
The Mother Fucker 26 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, DynamiteCop! said: Yeah, I went with this x570 board. https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MPG-X570-GAMING-EDGE-WIFI Even better choice! What GPU you going pair with it, AMD or NVIDIA? Link to post Share on other sites
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