Best top end upgrade for X570 Aqua (Water-cooled) Motherboard.

JButlerUK

JButlerUK

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Hi all.

I have a Ryzen 7 3800X CPU and a 1080Ti graphics card both in a loop on a AsRock X570 Aqua (Water-cooled) Motherboard.

I was thinking of getting a new monitor and a 4090 GPU.Can I get a chip to use with my current motherboard that will keep up?

It's also hard pipe water-cooled in one loop with 2 massive rads. I was looking at the waterforce 4090, or should I fit a waterblock and hard pipe the GPU in, if i already have all these rads and fans?
 
Just water block the 4090 and hard pipe it all in. It will look better and your custom setup will be better than the aio version.

5800x3d is the best gaming chip on AM4 platform.
 
Ended up spoiling myself and went for a;

Asus GeForce RTX 4090 ROG Matrix​


Haven’t bought a new GPU since the 1080Ti that is an all time great for me.

Should I upgrade my CPU or wait and get a new MoBo and CPU?
 
Using the bottle neck calculator is says the 3800X is a 27% bottleneck while the 5800X3D is a 22% bottle neck. Not sure it’s worth the cost.
 
JButlerUK said:
Using the bottle neck calculator is says the 3800X is a 27% bottleneck while the 5800X3D is a 22% bottle neck. Not sure it’s worth the cost.
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You need a really highend system behind a 4090. It’s main the reason I was considering 7900XTX for a gaming system as I could hold onto my 5950X and wait for AMD to move to 16core CCD’s
 
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JButlerUK said:
Using the bottle neck calculator is says the 3800X is a 27% bottleneck while the 5800X3D is a 22% bottle neck. Not sure it’s worth the cost.
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I don't think a bottleneck calculator is going to give you reliable results, since it depends on the game, the resolution and the settings.

The 5800X3D can show large gains with a 4090, even against other Zen 3 CPUs, so it is going to be much faster than a 3800X, unless you're playing heavily CPU bottlenecked games/settings at 4K (though even then, some games benefit a lot from the improved framerate consistency).

I'm usually an advocate for sticking with what you have, especially at higher resolutions, but you just blew £3K on a GPU, so I'd at least pair it with an X3D :o
 
People seem to be getting really stuck on how will my cpu/gpu bottleneck my system.
Just enjoy what you have and if its struggling then upgrade it instead of worrying on what might be.

*rant over*
 
Totally get it, but the pursuit of efficiency is nothing to moan at. We all want to MinMax what we’ve got.

All for a few more FPS lol.

Ordered a 5800X3D in the end. Seems decent.
 
JButlerUK said:
Totally get it, but the pursuit of efficiency is nothing to moan at. We all want to MinMax what we’ve got.

All for a few more FPS lol.

Ordered a 5800X3D in the end. Seems decent.
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You mite need a bios update for the CPU to be recognised but would be wise to update it if not already .
 
JButlerUK said:
Totally get it, but the pursuit of efficiency is nothing to moan at. We all want to MinMax what we’ve got.

All for a few more FPS lol.

Ordered a 5800X3D in the end. Seems decent.
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You could have saved £1500 on the video card. £2000 with a 7900XTX and seen exactly the same performance.
 
Got the 4090 ROG Matrix for nearly £2500 in the end, wanted to treat myself.

Debating trying to loop it in to my hardpipe setup or remove a rad and try to jury-rig the mounted one.
 
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