AMD Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000) - *** NO COMPETITOR HINTING ***

[subbytna]

Has any of the review sites reviewed an overclocked Zen 2 CPU against an overclocked 9900k?

In gaming or productivity?

 

[Jokester]

or even a Zen2 against an Intel chip at the same clockspeed to compare IPC

Someone did, but the results didn’t look right as the 3 generations of Zen showed little difference in performance.

 

[ChrisD.]

In gaming or productivity?

Both I guess. I'm more curious than anything.

 

[DonforEuropa]

Oops! I assumed it being an x570 it was expensive. Ignore me then as I haven't looked close at this mobo.

My intuition would say it's fine as long as it has all the features you are looking for. (things like sata ports etc...)

Read some reviews but I'm sure it's adequate. I bought my x370 Prime Pro for about £150 so it was a cheap board and it is still going and I'm planning a 3700x or 3800x upgrade.

Thanks, reviews aren't yet available though I'll take a chance as it's Ryzen 3xxx compatible.
I don't have any user experience of M.2 ssd drives -hopefully I'll choose one that is compatible -
BLUE 3D NAND 500GB M.2 2280 6GBPS SOLID STATE DRIVE (S500G2B0B)
I.e. what is 2280 from M.2 referring to is this compatible with MSI X570 a pro

 

[Zeed]

@Zeed
What memory tester do you use to find memory errors ?

I use 4 different ones just to make sure
Tpu Mem test + Ramtest + memtest5 + memtestpro.
But If I was to go with just one I would stick to Memtest Pro pass 400%+ If im testing final setting im doing 1000% pass.

 

[wookiee87]

@Gibbo any eta on the 3900x arrival? it says today so hopeful orders placed yesterday will ship today inc mine?

 

[awaybreaktoday]

Well my order of the cheap X570 Taichi has been confirmed and awaiting picking from the competitor store.

The price has now gone up for that board

 

[Danny75]

Thanks, reviews aren't yet available though I'll take a chance as it's Ryzen 3xxx compatible.
I don't have any user experience of M.2 ssd drives -hopefully I'll choose one that is compatible -
BLUE 3D NAND 500GB M.2 2280 6GBPS SOLID STATE DRIVE (S500G2B0B)
I.e. what is 2280 from M.2 referring to is this compatible with MSI X570 a pro

It's compatible. 2280 is the size of the M.2. 2280 is the most common. Having said that, there's an argument for leaving the M.2 slots free for fast NVME M.2s which that particular WD Blue isn't. That one is the same speed as the Sata variant.

 

[Zernath]

The price has now gone up for that board

Yeah, waiting to see if they play silly beggars with my order now, but since payment has been taken....

 

[Temi_D]

Yeah, waiting to see if they play silly beggars with my order now, but since payment has been taken....

The suspense is killing me! As soon as mine gets shipped I'm ordering a CPU

 

[Illuminist]

Do you think it's worthwhile upgrading to a 3700x/3800x from a 2700x for gaming purposes?

I guess if I can sell the 2700x it's not that bit a hit cash wise.

I'm wondering this same thing

 

[G J]

Are people not getting their new Ryzen parts delivered today?

 

[awaybreaktoday]

Whos test results are correct, techpowerup or GamersNexus?

 

[Zernath]

The suspense is killing me! As soon as mine gets shipped I'm ordering a CPU

I have ordered a CPU as well, my bank will be crying this week!

 

[subbytna]

Both I guess. I'm more curious than anything.

For productivity, then the extra cores on the AMD side will wallop the 9900k

For gaming, anyone buying one of these CPUs won't be gaming at 1080p resolution. Would someone buying a £450-£500 CPU be gaming 1080p? I doubt it, so if they'd be playing on higher resolutions, like 1440 or 4k, then the differences in gaming is marginal at those resolutions given the GPU will be taking more of the workload.

Just my opinion though.

 

[pmc25]

Whos test results are correct, techpowerup or GamersNexus?

TechPowerUp are widely considered a bad joke on CPUs and GPUs.

The only thing they do that's really respectable is their PSU testing - which is open, transparent, repeatable, exhaustive & impartial.

 

[gilljoy]

Yeah, waiting to see if they play silly beggars with my order now, but since payment has been taken....

I phoned them this morning and they said they would honour the price, not sure if that'll be true or not but we'll see.

 

[Gibbo]

I have tweaked our price on Asrock Taichi, it seems a mistake was indeed made by certain competitors however:


Asrock X570 Taichi (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard @ £338.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/Asro...4-X570-Chipset-ATX-Motherboard-MB-16M-AK.html



Socket AM4, X570 Chipset,3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™, 4 x DDR4 supporting up to 64GB,PCIe Gen 4 support, 8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports



Only £338.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[Naff8000]

For productivity, then the extra cores on the AMD side will wallop the 9900k

For gaming, anyone buying one of these CPUs won't be gaming at 1080p resolution. Would someone buying a £450-£500 CPU be gaming 1080p? I doubt it, so if they'd be playing on higher resolutions, like 1440 or 4k, then the differences in gaming is marginal at those resolutions given the GPU will be taking more of the workload.

Just my opinion though.

A lot of people will be getting a £500 cpu for 1080p

 

[subbytna]

Yeah, waiting to see if they play silly beggars with my order now, but since payment has been taken....

How much did you get it for?