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How far have CPUs come? Will i see a big boost upgrading?
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Ryzen 2700X is a blinding chip, affordable fast as hell and runs cool. On a socket with a long lifespan. Can't ask for much more tbh.
If I was building now, would be looking at that, I did the same thing.
If I was building now, would be looking at that, I did the same thing.
thanks! I inserted all the values as close as i could (im using an x5660) but no matter what i did i couldnt boot, i dont know what im doing wrong, unless i set all voltages to AUTO i cant get a boot and then it seems to be throwing so much extra voltage, at 3.4ghz overclock i get a 40c increase to temps from stock....its clearly not something i want to be keeping on at those high voltages.
Maybe try lower settings...say 20x multiplier and a higher volts..1.37ish.
And ensure your ram is set to 1600 or lower.
Thats an issue i have always had, my ram refuses to run at higher than 1333, XMP causes non boot and anything above 1333 too, its iritating, theya re 1600mhz sticks but wont run, even just running 2 sticks or even 1 it wont run above 1333.....no idea why!
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I think that base clock is too high, I'd start at 180 and work up.
If you rarely max out your CPU then you will rarely see the benefit of a new CPU.
Is that 100% correct though? When i overclocked my CPU to 4ghz normal tasks like loading chrome up and general windows use was much snappier but it was never maxed out, a core2duo wouldnt be maxed in windows use but i bet a new Ryzen would make the system feel much more responsive. Is that not right?
I retired a few X58 systems and replaced them with Ryzen 8 cores and the difference is massive. It's like a bottomless pit of processing power.
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How far have they come? Look at how much power is in a mid to flagship mobile now.
Up until Ryzen was first released i also had an X58 with both a 975x and a 990x. At the time there were a number of reasons for changing, first it was old and i fancied something new. Second was because i was running under Phase 24/7 and wanted a quieter room. But the real reasons were i wanted more ram, USB 3, NVMe and a more up to date GPU (there would be no point running a 1080ti in an X58) I had long stopped benching on the X58 or even tinkering in the bios, there were no more benchies to do and the rig was very very stable.
Moving to Ryzen was like learning to clock and bench all over again, especially Ram, which i always have loved the challenge of.
Yes, it will be a bump in performance in all areas. Only you know if that "Bump" will be of any use to you though.
You running phase cooling? Any pics?