AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

[XeNoNF50]

Best CPU to pair with 4090? Ideally don't want to spend much. Or better waiting until next gen?

 

[SpellowHouse]

Finally built my system yesterday and spent today installing Windows etc.

Is there anything worth setting up? So far all I have done is enabled EXPO and all loading fine

That's all I ever do. So what in Gods name I'm doing on a site called "overclockers" I will never know...

 

[SpellowHouse]

Well atm they are the cpu manufacturer of choice so they can charge what they like. Just like NVIDIA can. Whether people will pay it is another question.

Of course they will. Enthusiasts will complain bitterly, but ultimately it just comes down to a series of carefully crafted lies to the missus.

 

[LtMatt]

Best CPU to pair with 4090? Ideally don't want to spend much. Or better waiting until next gen?

9800X3D, comfortably.

 

[RBImGuy]

I really no understand people that want to pay over the top

I think the problem these days there far to many people out there that has more money then they know what to do with

Some buy a sports car instead of a family wagon and their wife leaves them with their kids...
I sit on a 7800x3d atm and its reaching 2 years old but still have yet to think i need more powa.
and funny enough back 20 years ago the Intel cpu cost more than current 9800x3d.
If Intel had this cpu they would charge easily £1000+

so in essence, its still relatively cheap for the best gamer chip

I just wait until after summer to upgrade, not in a hurry

 

[Pete Tong]

Some buy a sports car instead of a family wagon and their wife leaves them with their kids...
I sit on a 7800x3d atm and its reaching 2 years old but still have yet to think i need more powa.
and funny enough back 20 years ago the Intel cpu cost more than current 9800x3d.
If Intel had this cpu they would charge easily £1000+

so in essence, its still relatively cheap for the best gamer chip

I just wait until after summer to upgrade, not in a hurry

I can't remember how much my PIII 800Mhz cost when upgrading from a Celeron 300A.
I wanted the 100Mhz fsb version for overclocking but after a month of paying and no stock I settled for the 133fsb one.

 

[Trox]

9800x3d was cheaper than my FX53 by a considerable amount, so no complaints

 

[Blackwhite]

Does anyone have issues with 1%low?

 

[labbby]

Does anyone have issues with 1%low?

I've been looking into this as well.. from what i can work out its about 1%.

 

[SpellowHouse]

Does anyone have issues with 1%low?

Is it the dreaded Afterburner issue? People have been finding problems with the 1% lows if they use Power Monitoring in Afterburner.

 

[--CARBON--]

Is it the dreaded Afterburner issue? People have been finding problems with the 1% lows if they use Power Monitoring in Afterburner.

Disable HDMI HD audio driver if you ere with nVidia,this help also for better 1% low.

 

[GoRedwings19]

Is it the dreaded Afterburner issue? People have been finding problems with the 1% lows if they use Power Monitoring in Afterburner.

I read about issues but I have been using afterburner and I haven't noticed any issues.

Is afterburner even updated anymore?

 

[SpellowHouse]

I read about issues but I have been using afterburner and I haven't noticed any issues.

Is afterburner even updated anymore?

It hasn't been updated for some time. Nearly a year, I think.

 

[GoRedwings19]

It hasn't been updated for some time. Nearly a year, I think.

That's a shame as I really like afterburner. What are the alternatives? I have only ever used Rivatuner and afterburner.

Also years ago when I had a 5950x I remember using a program where you could test each cores individually after setting what negative offset. I can't remember the name of the program. Does anyone know the name? When I got time I am going to go through the cores one by one.

 

[stooeh]

Do you mean CoreCycler or the app to actually change the PBO offset - Ryzen SMUDebugTool ?

 

[Pete Tong]

WOW £519 for the 8 core 9800X3D

How much is the 16 core 9850X3D going cost

Add £150 to the similar spec non x3d chip

 

[stooeh]

New memory arrived from the US yesterday and so far its looking promising.

Got two kits of a-die and they are both fairly cheeks My old one struggles to do anything at 8000 loose timings but managed 8hrs of karhu at 6600:2200 CL28. The newer kit struggles at 6600CL28 but manages 8000:2000 CL36 - I am struggling to get CL34 remotely stable though

Spoiler

 

[LtMatt]

Got two kits of a-die and they are both fairly cheeks My old one struggles to do anything at 8000 loose timings but managed 8hrs of karhu at 6600:2200 CL28. The newer kit struggles at 6600CL28 but manages 8000:2000 CL36 - I am struggling to get CL34 remotely stable though

Spoiler

I did warn you my brother about buying dem crappy a die bins.

 

[Capitano]

Best CPU to pair with 4090? Ideally don't want to spend much. Or better waiting until next gen?

9800X3D at the moment but it can possibly change with 9900X3D or 9950X3D

more and more people are gaming at 1440p or 4k these days so this CPU can likely last quite a while without needing it upgraded as well so its probably worth the investment

 

[xaldub]

Best CPU to pair with 4090? Ideally don't want to spend much. Or better waiting until next gen?

Wait a few months for prices/availability to settle. Prior to the release of the 9800X3D, the 7800X3D represented the best price/performance proposition but its cost has risen sharply due to lack of 9800X3D availability. If it were to settle back down into the £300-329 range again then I'd say get that, otherwise get the 9800X3D. The 9800X3D is better, but not by much especially if you are gaming at 1400p or 4K. Whatever you choose you're going to have upgrade to the AMD5 platform, which means new mobo, RAM ... so not cheap.