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3950x Owners thread

ASUS x570 Formula
I think so, I see a option for CCX multipliers
No
The way to find out the strongest ccx is ryzen master it has a ranking system at the top with little stars to show you best ccx and best core per ccx.
I wrote these down and then uninstall ryzen master.

Then in my bios I have ccx 1 ccx 2 ccx 3 ccx 4, I set all to 4.3 and then ccx 1 (my strongest) to 4.4 or 4.5.
I use 1.36250v to achieve this, you may need more or less but should never need to go above 1.38 unless trying for 4.6

It will then either post or not depending whether you have enough volts, if it does you can lower it by one step until it doesn't post or is unstable then raise by 1 step to find the sweet spot.

Are you also running 1 to 1 infinity fabric to rám? For that extra juice it brings?
 
I was looking at Aorus X570 Master but £400 price tag is really pushing it a bit far. Also X570 Ultra caught my eye and it's about £100 cheaper. Would the latter be sufficient for this CPU?
 
I was looking at Aorus X570 Master but £400 price tag is really pushing it a bit far. Also X570 Ultra caught my eye and it's about £100 cheaper. Would the latter be sufficient for this CPU?

Given the performance of the MSI X570 Tomahawk or the bit more expensive Unify, isn't difficult to choose a solid board these days.

Why I mentioned those two, is because they have open chipset fan, without shroud to press it and is in the correct place far away from all other hardware.
Contrary to many boards eg X570 Taichi, where the chipset is where the hot air from many big GPUs flows.
 
Given the performance of the MSI X570 Tomahawk or the bit more expensive Unify, isn't difficult to choose a solid board these days.

Why I mentioned those two, is because they have open chipset fan, without shroud to press it and is in the correct place far away from all other hardware.
Contrary to many boards eg X570 Taichi, where the chipset is where the hot air from many big GPUs flows.

why even use a fan. Gigabyte already showed you don't need a fan over a X570 chipset. And Gigabytes z490 boards that support pcie4 don't have any fans either
 
New owner checking in.

3950X at stock with 1usmus power profile, Arctic 360 AIO cooling.

Scoring 557 single thread and 11102.1 multiple thread in CPU-z benchmark.

Out with the "old"

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And in with the new

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I have joined the 3950x crew :)
Haha you did what I did, nicely done

I also just did this men. :D
 
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Im still on the Intel4770k, deciding between a 3950x in next few weeks, or wait for 4950x. I'm guessing the gap between 3950x and 4950x will be nothing compared to 4770k and 3950x. Also waiting to see if it drops back to the £680 it was last week when i priced it all...it's upto £750 now.
 
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Im still on the Intel4770k, deciding between a 3950x in next few weeks, or wait for 4950x. I'm guessing the gap between 3950x and 4950x will be nothing compared to 4770k and 3950x. Also waiting to see if it drops back to the £680 it was last week when i priced it all...it's upto £750 now.
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I'm upgrading too.

I like playing flight simulator and even at 4K I'm sacrificing 20% performance when combined with a rtx3080/3090 compared to a 10900k. I know it's a crappy single threaded game engine but it is what it is, and the 5950x doesn't just catch up but runs right past the 10900k's performance
 
Jokes aside men, i will probably not upgrade. Got my eyes on a big Navi, Mrs would kill me if i bought a 5950X too. But that single threaded performance improvement is super tempting.

3950X with PBO though is not even close to limiting my Radeon VII at 5120x1440, so this makes the decision to go for a GPU upgrade rather than a CPU upgrade a more sensible option, i think.

EDIT - Not planning to play Flight Sim 2020 much despite having a key. That said, looks like one game that would really benefit from the 5950X.
 
I'm upgrading too.

I like playing flight simulator and even at 4K I'm sacrificing 20% performance when combined with a rtx3080/3090 compared to a 10900k. I know it's a crappy single threaded game engine but it is what it is, and the 5950x doesn't just catch up but runs right past the 10900k's performance
I feel that. Flight Sim is the one exception that makes me want to go big on CPU. I'd love a major threading patch, could end up saving me £300!
 
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