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Cancelled my 3800x order and just bought the 3700x, will wait out the refresh i guess and then look at options again. 3700x will be a decent ugprade over my 1700 anyhow.
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3800x thread.
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Ordered a 3800X yesterday evening, just waiting for dispatch notice. The 3700X is no doubt better value, but I went for a 3800X. I'm hoping that it's binned in some way and that will eliminate some worry about losing the silicon lottery with a 3700. Not that there's a huge difference between them anyway. I'm going to recycle my SATA SSD's though, rather than purchasing an M.2 drive until the WHEA problems are fixed. Then I might clone the installation over later.
It should do, though it's so immensely immature currently (BIOS & AGESA), that it'll take time to show.
Which is why i cancelled both 3800X and 3900X orders and the CHVIII board.
Still playing with a 3600X at work though for the time being, until (if) this all gets better, then I'll order up again, probably not the 3900X though, might wait for the 3950X.
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I've received my 3800x. I'm using a Asus CH7 motherboard with the 2406 BIOS. I've loaded the DOCP profile, which set the RAM at it's rated speed of 3600MHz. Went straight into Windows with no problems. Appears to be boosting to 4.5GHz on single core boost, 4.2 all core, which I think is right. Not done much else yet, so if anyone wants a Cinebench run etc., let me know.
Edit: What should the minimum processor state be in the Ryzen Balanced power plan? If I leave it at the default 90%, the idle voltage doesn't appear to drop (in Ryzen Master). If I set it to 25%, it drops to 0.9375V.
Edit: What should the minimum processor state be in the Ryzen Balanced power plan? If I leave it at the default 90%, the idle voltage doesn't appear to drop (in Ryzen Master). If I set it to 25%, it drops to 0.9375V.
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3800x received! went to the gym at 6am this morning so i dont have to go after work. roll on 5pm!
Full new build 3800x, aorus pro, adata pro 1tb nvme, antec 850w psu, fractal design s2 vision, 16gb trident z rgb 3600cl16 and full custom water cooling setup using ek, blackice and bitspower products.
awaiting new refresh of navi cards before a splash out on gfx card so 7970 will be reused until then
Full new build 3800x, aorus pro, adata pro 1tb nvme, antec 850w psu, fractal design s2 vision, 16gb trident z rgb 3600cl16 and full custom water cooling setup using ek, blackice and bitspower products.
awaiting new refresh of navi cards before a splash out on gfx card so 7970 will be reused until then
Great news mate! Hope the afternoon goes quickly for you.
My 3800x is due between 1400 and 1500. I’ve managed to wangle off an hour to receive it. Tonight should be good fun.
So, it turns out, I can't completely turn off the power at the socket, otherwise I get a C5 code on the motherboard. Which then requires clearing the CMOS. Well played Asus
Might be worth giving this a try:
https://www.overclock.net/forum/11-...-vi-overclocking-thread-833.html#post28043662
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The Ryzen Balanced plan has always had the minimum as 90%. Back in the day it was to avoid core parking, though AMD later said that the Windows Balanced plan had changed and improved to the point that Ryzen Balanced was no longer necessary. But then they brought it back specifically for Zen 2, so I'd assume it has worthwhile benefits. This is probably worth reading.
Cheers, just tried those settings. Unfortunately it still comes up with a C5 code. So, I'm basically having to run with the RAM crippled at the moment. Seriously tempted to get a X570 motherboard and just sell this Asus on. Maybe a MSI X570 Ace or Gigabyte Master. Not sure which would be better though.
The new Ryzen balanced plan in the latest AMD chipset drivers doesn't have the minimum set to 90% any more.
4.5 our of the box sounds promising. What's your cooling?
Noctua D15s with 1x NF-A15 fan and 1x NF-S12A fan (using the S12A as I can't fit another A15 on the front, due to RAM and not being able to put the side glass back on)
dang... my loop might just get me a bit more then.
What was your install process? Just slapped it into an existing install or the whole "1903 full reinstall, new chipset driver fresh install, new bios, etc"?
Any tweaks to voltages/etc or completely untouched stock performance?
also: i see your on Asus - crosshair 8?
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I'd updated to the latest BIOS (which is awful) on my Crosshair 7. Latest chipset drivers on Win10 1903. Took my 2700x out, put in the 3800x, heatsink on. Boot, into BIOS, set DOCP standard, into Windows and was boosting single cores to 4.5GHz, all core around 4.2GHz. No tweaks, no change in voltages, no reinstall of Windows. I've ordered a MSI X570 Ace as I'm not prepared to wait for Asus to release a BIOS that isn't full of bugs.dang... my loop might just get me a bit more then.
What was your install process? Just slapped it into an existing install or the whole "1903 full reinstall, new chipset driver fresh install, new bios, etc"?
Any tweaks to voltages/etc or completely untouched stock performance?
also: i see your on Asus - crosshair 8?
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Good choice of board, I love my x570 Ace, im just holding out for a couple of days at the moment, I want the 3900X, especially as I already have an 8 core 16 thread CPU, might as well make it a worthwhile upgrade, however, I spoke to OCuk today as they are out of stock at the moment, and they keep telling me the same thing, expected any day now, if they dont turn up in the next couple of days then I think i'll just grab a 3800X, im after a 3000 series more for the better IMC than anything.
And I think thats partly why the 3800X and 3700X have a £60 seperation, probably better binned cores on the 3800X and a better IMC as AMD also bin their memory controllers.
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And is switching from 2700x to 3800x worthwhile?
Unfortunately, I haven't got around to doing any testing (Cinebench, gaming etc.) as yet. Just been a frustrating afternoon trying to stop that C5 error. If I don't touch any RAM settings, everything starts up fine from cold. Didn't see the point of testing when the RAM is effectively crippled at the moment.