Regrets going from Intel to AMD?

w00dy85 · 18 Apr 2020 at 20:51

I went from a 6700K @ 4.7 to a 3800X, and saw a big improvement. I have since swapped the 3800X for a 3900X.

I'm going to build my daughter a PC with the 3800X

I would also recommend the 8pack memory, I have 32GB of it.

shaf · 18 Apr 2020 at 21:00

welshrat said:
I have 32gb of this

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...3600mhz-dual-channel-kit-black-my-08q-tg.html

it is much faster than the 3200mhz corsair ram that I originally had, I only swapped as I had a ryzen 2600 with 16gb as a stop gap as I knew my son needed a PC so allowed me to upgrade in stages

These are out of stock now.

Anyone recommend some other ram for me please. 32gb.

Space Monkey · 18 Apr 2020 at 21:08

shaf said:
These are out of stock now.

Anyone recommend some other ram for me please. 32gb.

You dead set on 2x16GB?

shaf · 18 Apr 2020 at 21:09

Space Monkey said:
You dead set on 2x16GB?

I can go with 4x8gb for now and then exchange if I need to in the future.

Lolik · 19 Apr 2020 at 10:02

shaf said:
I can go with 4x8gb for now and then exchange if I need to in the future.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cruc...b-kit-2-x-16gb-ddr4-3200-udimm-my-20e-cr.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cruc...b-kit-2-x-16gb-ddr4-3200-udimm-my-20d-cr.html

Those kits should easily do 3600 ( been a favorite in OCuk community for some time now) .

shaf · 19 Apr 2020 at 10:43

Lolik said:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cruc...b-kit-2-x-16gb-ddr4-3200-udimm-my-20e-cr.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cruc...b-kit-2-x-16gb-ddr4-3200-udimm-my-20d-cr.html

Those kits should easily do 3600 ( been a favorite in OCuk community for some time now) .

I'd rather just get the 3600 versions which Crucial do too. I believe I would not have to overclock then?

I'm guesssing those should be fine too?

scotty63 · 19 Apr 2020 at 11:25

shaf said:
Good to hear.

I've placed the order.

I'm jealous! :cool:

Zeebedy · 19 Apr 2020 at 11:46

Going from a 8700k, to a 3900X. A much much better all rounder, especially for the price point!

welshrat · 19 Apr 2020 at 12:12

I would be tempted to ring Overclockers and either see what the lead time is on the memory or get someone to recommend something else with similar speed and timings, higher speed memory can always be downclocked to 3600mhz with much better timings. Regardless I would get 3600Mhz in some shape or form just to run IF at its correct speed.

humbug · 19 Apr 2020 at 12:25

E-Die the new B-Die?

Gray2233 · 19 Apr 2020 at 12:36

humbug said:
E-Die the new B-Die?

Micron E-Die has been considered the budget friendly over-clockers choice for a long while now, you used to be able to get a 16GB set for around £60 back before the prices started spiking. I even remember seeing a deal for £50 at one point, wish I'd bought a couple of sets at the time.

Samsung B-Die will generally still perform better, but the cost of the stuff has always been higher than it's worth in my eyes.

humbug · 19 Apr 2020 at 12:41

Gray2233 said:
Micron E-Die has been considered the budget friendly over-clockers choice for a long while now, you used to be able to get a 16GB set for around £60 back before the prices started spiking. I even remember seeing a deal for £50 at one point, wish I'd bought a couple of sets at the time.

Samsung B-Die will generally still perform better, but the cost of the stuff has always been higher than it's worth in my eyes.

Ah ok thx

djimty · 19 Apr 2020 at 14:01

w00dy85 said:
I went from a 6700K @ 4.7 to a 3800X, and saw a big improvement. I have since swapped the 3800X for a 3900X.

I'm going to build my daughter a PC with the 3800X

I would also recommend the 8pack memory, I have 32GB of it.

I have a 6700k myself but holding back until the next amd gen are released. What big improvements did you get/noticed coming from a 6700k? I mainly game on pubg, wow, war zone and not it much else really.

r22snapper · 19 Apr 2020 at 15:12

I've just done exactly the same upgrade and couldn't be happier.

bells · 19 Apr 2020 at 17:09

4790K to 3800X no regrets at all and used for gaming and folding at the same time no problems just need to update the bios

MartinPrince · 19 Apr 2020 at 19:44

sideways14a said:
Its hard to regret going from an old quad core to a monster 12 core 24 thread chip with ground breaking new design and speeds HEDT users used to dream about only a couple of years previous.

This sums it up perfectly.

w00dy85 · 20 Apr 2020 at 07:58

djimty said:
I have a 6700k myself but holding back until the next amd gen are released. What big improvements did you get/noticed coming from a 6700k? I mainly game on pubg, wow, war zone and not it much else really.

I mainly play IL2 flight simulator in VR, and noticed the sim played a lot smoother, I also have voice attack running while playing. After upgrading to the 3800X I felt my 1080 was holding my system back and swapped it for a 2080 Super. Now everything just runs so smoothly.

I bought my 3800X back in October, and only upgraded to a 3900X as I knew I could use the 3800X in my daughter's new PC. Plus the 3900X was a great price.

Grim5 · 20 Apr 2020 at 11:35

Is it true once you go AMD you can't go back?

I see a lot of intel to amd movers but never the other way around, ain't no one going from amd to intel

shaf · 20 Apr 2020 at 11:43

Don't think there is much to go back to.

shaf · 20 Apr 2020 at 11:45

I've replaced the memory I ordered from 3200 to 3600.

I've gone for some crucial ballistix 3600 Mhz from another source.

I'm hoping these are compatible with motherboard. Should be here in the next couple of days hopefully.