At Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-5700X3D-16-Thread-Processor/dp/B0CQ4H4H7X
$90 cheaper than the 5800X3D for 95% of the performance.
Edit: Dropped from $210 to $205 sold by AMAZON, as pointed out below by Dopamin3.
I'm seriously tempted myself but.... everything I play runs "good enough" at the moment.
But, the "future-proofing" with that additional cache.... Tricky business
I’d offer it here for 20-30 bucks less than eBay or so. I enjoy selling and buying from [H], I’ve always had great exchanges over the years. There are plenty of people running older hardware here who may be interested.
My daughter's PC that I'm building her from old parts has a 3900X in it. She will really have no use for any high horsepower CPU. It would be nice to get that upgraded to Zen 3 I guess. I wonder what I could sell the 3900X for...
She looks good honestly. The actor she's based on does look better, but also doesn't share many similarities if you ask me. The problem is the community manager Shauna Jones who also seems to hate white straight middle aged men. This isn't...
I remember someone on here in the last couple of years saying he would buy the "Belle Dauphine Pink Dildo Edition" of a card if it was the best performing model.
So, it's a tale of 3 motherboards. I've played around with the "bum" 5950x from my main system. I moved it into the Asus Tuf X570 from the Asus Crosshair VIII Hero X570 and it seems to run like a normal 5950x. In fact, it may have been doing...
I think that you can't really go wrong with hardware labs. They are near the top of the performance lists on almost all reviews and they have a good warranty. Corsair radiators are hardware labs. The GTX Series are great for lower speed...
Thanks, I went for it this afternoon and swapped it in. I updated the BIOS (it was on some version from 2021). At stock settings, CB20 scored just below 9800 multicore. I turned on PBO, set it to motherboard limits and set all cores to -10 in...
The B550 Unify (and Unify X) are some of the best AM4 boards available, having 14 + 2 90A smart power stages. It actually beats the Crosshair VIII which has 14 + 2 60A smart power stages. Both are quality boards and have a POST code. Both...
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I believe your thinking of the Zalman reserator. They're still around, although on a much smaller scale.
Koolance is still plugging along. Consumer gear has never really been their money maker. They've always favored the commercial/industrial stuff.
Using QDC's from Koolance in my Mora setup. Love it, good quality, no leaks. Have always been curious in their coolant, but distilled water + Mayhem inhibitor/hades has been doing very well for me. Tempted though...very tempted.
I've used this fluid over a decade in an Exos 2.5 unit. I also was given one of Kyle's which is even older. I've had both and run both for many years. In fact, both are still in use today. I've used this fluid in them and I've never had problems...