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I'd be tempted to get the 5800x purely for longevity, there might be other stiff you'd want to get out of it at some point, plus if you down clocked it surely you could get a lower heat draw on it
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5700x v 5800x Same price which do you buy?
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I would therefore recommend the 5800X3D then, if used for gaming. 5800X is better at multi-tasking though.
I find the 5800x3D runs pretty cool and all my games run at 120 frames per second...
I've been giving this some thought over the past few days as an upgrade to my 3800X that will be the last CPU related upgrade while on AM4.
I've just ordered a 5700X, as the price is very good. The 5800X 3D is really significantly more and I feel there is a big enough difference to the 5800X that puts the 5700X in the best spot for performance per £.
I've just ordered a 5700X, as the price is very good. The 5800X 3D is really significantly more and I feel there is a big enough difference to the 5800X that puts the 5700X in the best spot for performance per £.
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I came to the same conclusion.
I ended up having to get a very low profile cooler as my chassis is very limited (I was using a full sized tower cooler before and just didn't put the panels on the chassis).
If I gotten the 5800X, I would have had to downclock it manually to ensure that it didn't throttle.
let it throttle, its no issue. you can set the throttle temp to your liking, e.g 70c, 80c, 85c etc. either way you look at it the 5800x will always hit throttle temp on a low core load, e.g 2 or 3 core load in prime95 is enough to hit throttle temps. when using more cores the power budget is spread out between the cores and so is temp.
even if you limit cpu to eco mode 65w (its actually pulling up to 88w ppt) low core loads will still see it get hot and hit 90c.
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Never have to touch my 5700x, temps never any higher than 75. I did order a 5800x and then cancelled it, glad I did.
If it was cheaper I think you made the right choice. The 5700x and 5800x are the same silicon and jsut behave how the cpu logic tells it too.
We are seeing different AMD SKUs all the time now where the only difference is the cpu instructions telling them to behave a certain way to hit a power target. 5600 and 5600x are pretty much identical and just change bios setting to make one the same as the other. Now also 7600 and 7600x where just buy the cheaper product and if you want it to behave like a 7600x turn on PBO and voila it is a 7600x and vice versa if you have a 7600x and want it to run like a 7600 just enable eco mode.
We are seeing different AMD SKUs all the time now where the only difference is the cpu instructions telling them to behave a certain way to hit a power target. 5600 and 5600x are pretty much identical and just change bios setting to make one the same as the other. Now also 7600 and 7600x where just buy the cheaper product and if you want it to behave like a 7600x turn on PBO and voila it is a 7600x and vice versa if you have a 7600x and want it to run like a 7600 just enable eco mode.
I just installed my 5700X under my Scythe Fuma 2 cooler. Running the most aggressive test in Prime95 it is hitting 53 degrees and running at 3.7Ghz. I need to change a few things in the BIOS to get memory speed and Infinity Fabric running as quick as I can. I'll see how fast the processor is running in games before enabling PBO etc.
im thinking of upgrading my 3700x to a 5700x as its on offer and if i sell my 3700x as well its even more tempting! But just wondered have you seen any major gains upgrading from your 3800x?