You can get 32GB 3600MHz C16 for ~£140, spending crazy money on faster will deliver very poor value for money. Spending the extra on GPU/CPU will give better returns.
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You can get 32GB 3600MHz C16 for ~£140, spending crazy money on faster will deliver very poor value for money. Spending the extra on GPU/CPU will give better returns.
Yep, but if like me you like faffing about with things its noice to have a good kit and know that the memory isnt the bottlneck when tweaking rather its the CPU IMC thats limiting you. thats my reasoningYou can get 32GB 3600MHz C16 for ~£140, spending crazy money on faster will deliver very poor value for money. Spending the extra on GPU/CPU will give better returns.
Yep, but if like me you like faffing about with things its noice to have a good kit and know that the memory isnt the bottlneck when tweaking rather its the CPU IMC thats limiting you. thats my reasoning
There are some very specific niche cases - like Dwarf Fortress (one of my staple games when I have time for it!) - where I'd consider spending a bit more, say £200.You can get 32GB 3600MHz C16 for ~£140, spending crazy money on faster will deliver very poor value for money. Spending the extra on GPU/CPU will give better returns.
Thanks, I think this will be my choice too.. question is the 4x8 better option as some of the tests suggest performance increase on 4 sticks.
again its not about 2 or 4 sticks its about ranks. 2 dual rank sticks would/should be even better than 4 single rank.A number of YTers have confirmed 4 stricks is better than 2 for the 5000 series (upto 10% improvement). Have a look and see if it helps make you mind up.
No-one can say, they should be getting some stock every week as cpu's are not as hard to manufacture as gpu's.I order a 5900x on release day, and recieved en email saying my amazon payment had been confirmed. I also recieved an email thr next day on friday saying im queue position 271, roughly how long should i be expecting to wait?
So it safe to assume it will be a reasonable time though? Say this week or next week? I understand i cant know until i get email detailing the date, but just as an estimate.No-one can say, they should be getting some stock every week as cpu's are not as hard to manufacture as gpu's.
Also more cpu's can be shipped each time as they take less space.
I also ordered with the same competitor and got the same result (apart from meant to be delivered Friday instead of Saturday).
Supposedly their queue numbers are going out today, but they also said that Friday so I'm not hopeful.
One positive of this and the 3080 problems is that sites are slowly investing in technology to improve this.
One already made a queue system for the basket and the competitor we were talking about is planning on doing the same.
Your guess is as good as mine I'm 162 in the queue, which could be a few weeks maybe more.
I had payment authorised at 2:05pm but my eta is 20/11.So it safe to assume it will be a reasonable time though? Say this week or next week? I understand i cant know until i get email detailing the date, but just as an estimate.
Yes OCUK.Is this OCUK or a competitor?
I had payment authorised at 2:05pm but my eta is 20/11.
Would love to know the amount of orders placed from 13:58 - 14:03. The website did actually work without crashing but this must have allowed hundreds / thousands to order at the same time causing the stock system meltdown... not OcUK i’m talking about here