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5700x v 5800x Same price which do you buy?

I've had the 5800X and found it very hot, even compared to my 5900X. My 5700X stays cooler and I had better results with curve optimizer with my 5700X (although that might have just been silicone lottery). If i had to choose id pick the 5700X
 
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Hmmm I'm kinda a leaning towards lower temps and power consumption over a slightly higher base clock higher boosting, absolute best performance isn't the issue as if in afew years time the 5700x isn't coping with my current gaming needs, then the 5800x won't be either.

It kinda looks to me like the 5700x is a "better" if not "faster" chip, like it's a better engineered version with a tiny drop in absolute top ened peformance as a drawback. I'm guessing to be clocked to a 5800x anyway.
 
Latest 5800x have been great compared to the older ones, mostly B2 in channel stock these days and offsets are easier to be aggressive with, obviously there is still silicon lottery to contend with.
 
I would go for the 5700X, which has lower temps and power consumption with almost the same level of performance.

Maybe with tweaking, you can close the gap and make it run like the 5800X, silicon-depending.
 
sgoaty said:
I've had the 5800X and found it very hot, even compared to my 5900X. My 5700X stays cooler and I had better results with curve optimizer with my 5700X (although that might have just been silicone lottery). If i had to choose id pick the 5700X
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5800x runs too hot at stock voltage due to it being 8 cores crammed into a single chiplet (the max for Zen 3 architecture). It can't spread the heat at 3.7ghz and 1.4+ vcore -- as is, it's one hot mutha. The 5900x can spread head better due to it being 6 cores across two dies, even at it's slightly higher singly core speed.

5700x is essentially a 5800x with slightly slower speeds and vcore. In my view, it's what 5800x should have been (but then 5600x would have even further encroached on the next chip up in the hierarchy than it did/does with 5800x). If I was choosing between the two, I'd probably opt for the 5700x as the silicone is likely a tad newer, and it's in the ballpark of what I used to downclock and undervolt my 5800x to.
 
At same price, 5800X > 5700X, they're basically the same CPU, if heat is an issue, you can put 5800X in eco mode, which makes it a 5700X, and you get better resale value should you decide to sell it later. Also instead of putting it in eco mode, you can adjust curve optimizer, it's worth it, when I had a 5800X, I adjusted it so that it draws 20w less, knocked 10c off max temp, and kept 99% of the performance.

5800X running hotter than other CPUs in the same series is normal, as the post above mentioned, 8 cores @ 105w TDP (144w power draw max at default settings) crammed into a tiny area makes it a bit difficult to cool down.
 
I bought a 5700X reecently to upgrade my 3700X its a good step better. I have used amds curve optimiser and got each core -30 on the optimiser and then used auto overclocking and managed to get my top speed all the way upto 4850MHZ reliably sometime in single core i have seen it go to 4974MHz but thats only the strongest cores max package tempo was 67c. If i had waited though i could have picked up a 5800X for 30 quid cheaper than what I had paid, but then I'm happy with my purchase you will always fins prices vaary you just kinda have to take the plunge at some point.
 
InfiniteNoise said:
At same price, 5800X > 5700X, they're basically the same CPU, if heat is an issue, you can put 5800X in eco mode, which makes it a 5700X, and you get better resale value should you decide to sell it later. Also instead of putting it in eco mode, you can adjust curve optimizer, it's worth it, when I had a 5800X, I adjusted it so that it draws 20w less, knocked 10c off max temp, and kept 99% of the performance.

5800X running hotter than other CPUs in the same series is normal, as the post above mentioned, 8 cores @ 105w TDP (144w power draw max at default settings) crammed into a tiny area makes it a bit difficult to cool down.
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I think this is why the 5700X looks more appealing to me, 65W v 105W, 95% of the performance, by the time the 5700x can't do what I want it too, ther 5800x won't be able to do either, so that extra performance while nice is never going to be a game-changer for gaming.
 
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