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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

HappySheep said:
CPU wasn't overclocked ever but had -CO, when i was running 6600 2200 it was normal voltages like 1.44vdddio 850-850 vddgs and soc 1.29 vddp auto to 1.15
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I'd RMA if it were me, and I wouldn't buy a used CPU that looked like that either.

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That is one of the dead/epxloded Ryzens before AMD clamped the VSOC. Discoloration is really similar except yours hasn't exploded yet. :)
 
The 9800X3D clearly has headroom for gaming, but are there any charts comparing it against the 7950X3D, which presumably will have an edge if you put video rendering and 3d modelling against it?
 
ATIorNvidia said:
I'd RMA if it were me, and I wouldn't buy a used CPU that looked like that either.

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That is one of the dead/epxloded Ryzens before AMD clamped the VSOC. Discoloration is really similar except yours hasn't exploded yet. :)
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Bad advice, my 9950X and 9800X3D were slightly discoloured before they were even used. Both still working fine and topping benchmarks. Now if you have actually have a burn mark as shown in your example picture, that’s a different topic.
 
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carrot1401 said:
Don’t intend on changing my Nvidia 4090 anytime soon and game on an odyssey g9 (5120*1440) with a 5800x3D. Mainly play iRacing, rfactor 2 and COD Warzone. Would I see much benefit in an upgrade?
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Not at that resolution, no. In most games, even with a 4090, the GPU will be the bottleneck. We'll have to wait and see if the 5090 changes that equation or not.
 
Solaris said:
Wow, yeah, Hogwarts Legacy shader compilation gets things really hot!

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A lot of games' shader compilation process is well threaded and will 100% all your CPU cores

One benefit 16 core CPUs still have over 8 is getting through the shader compilation much quicker so can get into the game faster
 
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Grim5 said:
A lot of games' shader compilation process is well threaded and will 100% all your CPU cores

One benefit 16 core CPUs still have over 8 is getting through the shader compilation much quicker so can get into the game faster
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Yeah, I just had such a bad experience with my 3950X back in 2020 I'm a little wary of those dual CCD chips.

I'm not sure if it was just how they made them back then, or if I'd severely lost the silicon lottery, but my sample seemed to have one amazing CCD that had a core on it that would boost to maximum and behaved really well.

It then had a second CCD that would just about make base clock and wouldn't boost 1Mhz more.

The processor was working within the defined specification (Max boost on one core, base clock all cores), but I felt I'd been ripped off paying the money for two chiplets, and getting one good one and one that probably had manufacturing defects or was much worse binned.

OSes were much worse at scheduling work on the best CCD back then too, and I'm aware that's improved a lot now, but I'm still a little jaded by my crappy initial experience of two chiplets.
 
Grim5 said:
A lot of games' shader compilation process is well threaded and will 100% all your CPU cores

One benefit 16 core CPUs still have over 8 is getting through the shader compilation much quicker so can get into the game faster
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Yeah, it will probably perform like code-compile benchmarks
 
Thermal paste arriving shortly… beyond re-seating the CPU a couple of times to see if it sorts the temps… any other recommendations before I start an RMA? ( :( )
 
Unless you’ve a faulty cooler, then probably not.
As an aside my temps went really high while using OCCT then the bloody pump failed on my Corsair AIO again!
I ordered a peerless assassin last night which arrived at 7am.
God only knows how it’ll perform, but at least I’ll have a PC again.
 
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after several days with my 9800x3d I have to say... I love it. came from a 3700x and even gaming at 4k (with a 3080) it's a massive improvement for many games.
Games like cities skylines, satisfactory, planet coaster 2 etc have far less frame drops than before. CPU also runs cooler than my 3700x did which is probably because the thermal paste on that was old tbh.
so far I haven't gone above 63c using air, (phantom spirit) while gaming, idles around 40c. not tested while fully pushing it with blender or anything. Also no overclock... plus it's coldish weather.

Just need a 5000 series card now and my rig will be complete.
 
JonRGV250 said:
Unless you’ve a faulty cooler, then probably not.
As an aside my temps went really high while using OCCT then the bloody pump failed on my Corsair AIO again!
I ordered a peerless assassin last night which arrived at 7am.
God only knows how it’ll perform, but at least I’ll have a PC again.
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I refuse to use AIOs nowadays. had a corsair one in the early days when they started to become popular and it leaked all over my GPU. I know they are probably more reliable etc nowadsys, but for me water and electronics shall never meet again, air has never failed me. Keeps my hardware cooler than many AIO's anyway.
 
3800x here, 9800x3d arriving in around an hour.

Temps for the most part on air actually look decent, was my biggest concern since youtubers didn't really address it in the initial video releases (everyone using 360mm AIOs). After having two Corsairs fail within months (both pumps) of purchase, i'm cured.
 
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