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yaced

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Hello,

Looking for someone to check the below is all compatible. Used for gaming - replacing my i7-3770k

Also any ideas if the 5900X will need a motherboard bios update? I don't have another CPU to boot it to update so would be a problem.

Does this cooler fit the case? I've read around and answers were mixed. I'll look to overclock - Could I make do with a 280mm radiator without much difference?

Does the SSD really matter for gaming? Could spend more but does it actually yield results?

Does this meet the requirements rumoured for windows 11?

p.s. I know a graphics card is missing. Will use my 1080ti until prices settle.

Thanks,

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail £479.99 £479.99
Arctic Liquid Freezer II High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm £99.95 £99.95
Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard £239.99 £239.99
Crucial Ballistix RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit £188.99 £188.99
WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C) £89.99 £89.99
Seagate 4TB Barracuda HDD 5400RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST4000DM004) £79.99 £79.99
Phanteks Eclipse P500 Air ATX Case Tempered Glass DRGB Satin Black £127.99 £127.99
NZXT C-Series C850 850W 80+ Gold Fully-Modular Power Supply £109.99 £109.99

Total - £1416.88
 
You shouldn't need BIOS updates for a X570 motherboard.
A SSD or NVME drive makes Windows feel much snappier and games will load much faster. You might consider a single 2 TB NVME and drop the HDD.
 
yaced said:
Hello,

Looking for someone to check the below is all compatible. Used for gaming - replacing my i7-3770k
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Nice spec! edit://I picked your components on a PC part picking website for picking pc parts and checking compatibility. The parts I picked had only one compatibility warning which was regarding the mobo maybe needing a BIOS update

yaced said:
Also any ideas if the 5900X will need a motherboard bios update? I don't have another CPU to boot it to update so would be a problem.
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No update should be required. edit:// may have been mistaken here; looks like a BIOS update is required on some x570 board for the newer AMD chips. Can't be sure here. edit2:// looks like you may be able to update the bios without a CPU? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aBiTr6tpcs

yaced said:
Does this cooler fit the case? I've read around and answers were mixed. I'll look to overclock - Could I make do with a 280mm radiator without much difference?
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I believe this case will fit your chosen cooler; looks like there is loads of room - what is your concern here specifically?
In my opinion CPU overclocking is not really worth it any more these days (weird thing to say on this forum!). Your 3770k must have seen a very significant uplift from overclocking; with the newer chips you're as likely to lose performance as you are to gain it. Better cooling is still useful however, as the chips will perform better if you give them better cooling. Amazing the march of technology! Check out PBO; if you have good cooling you can turn this on and it gives you more performance by removing power limits.

yaced said:
Does the SSD really matter for gaming? Could spend more but does it actually yield results?
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Boot drive should be an SSD. For games they are currently designed to run on spinning rust, so there is little difference in most of them at the moment between SSDs and HDDs, in the future with the new consoles this is expected to change. Check out DirectStorage - this technology is expected to be a revolution for games that requires a Gen 4 SSD. I would wait until this actually happens to get a Gen 4 drive for game storage, however.

yaced said:
Does this meet the requirements rumoured for windows 11?
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In so far as the information we have thus far - yes; the chip has an inbuilt TPM module and will be supported by Windows 11. The information from Microsoft has been a bit... confused, however. Things may change - but I would still expect this very high-end spec to be supported.
 
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Chris Beard said:
Boot drive should be an SSD. For games they are currently designed to run on spinning rust, so there is little difference in most of them at the moment between SSDs and HDDs, in the future with the new consoles this is expected to change. Check out DirectStorage - this technology is expected to be a revolution for games that requires a Gen 4 SSD. I would wait until this actually happens to get a Gen 4 drive for game storage, however.
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Thanks for the replies. Sorry I wasn't clear. I meant is it worth buying a higher speed SSD for gaming rather than HDD vs SSD. Good point on DirectStorage - Perhaps buy cheapest for now and upgrade later.
 
The build looks fine although I'd go with a B550 if it's just for gaming and save £100, B550 is also better than X570 for overclocking especially the memory.

8 cores is also fine for gaming although I do see the merit in going with 12cores if your planning on keeping the PC for over 5 years

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £540.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)


Chris Beard said:
Check out DirectStorage - this technology is expected to be a revolution for games that requires a Gen 4 SSD
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Direct storage will work fine on gen 3.0 SSDs considering the only place it's being used is the Xbox series X and that uses a WD SN530 PCIe gen 3.0 nvme.​
 
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yaced said:
Thanks for the replies. Sorry I wasn't clear. I meant is it worth buying a higher speed SSD for gaming rather than HDD vs SSD. Good point on DirectStorage - Perhaps buy cheapest for now and upgrade later.
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Cool - please do check out my updated replies, as I was wrong on the BIOS update (it may be needed, but looks like you can do it without a compatible CPU).
 
yaced said:
Thanks for the replies. Sorry I wasn't clear. I meant is it worth buying a higher speed SSD for gaming rather than HDD vs SSD. Good point on DirectStorage - Perhaps buy cheapest for now and upgrade later.
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Definetly go for an SSD for games.
 
Joxeon said:
The build looks fine although I'd go with a B550 if it's just for gaming and save £100, B550 is also better than X570 for overclocking especially the memory.

8 cores is also fine for gaming although I do see the merit in going with 12cores if your planning on keeping the PC for over 5 years

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £540.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)




Direct storage will work fine on gen 3.0 SSDs considering the only place it's being used is the Xbox series X and that uses a WD SN530 PCIe gen 3.0 nvme.​
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If the OP kept the i7 3770K as long as it is now, I'd stick to the 5900x.
 
V F said:
If the OP kept the i7 3770K as long as it is now, I'd stick to the 5900x.
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Yeah I agree although CPU tech is moving faster now so maybe worth while spending less and upgrading more often.

A ryzen 7 1800X is only 4 years old now but look how slow it is in games compared to a 5800X, maybe a 5900X will be similar to this in 4~5 years time and will need upgrading to AM5/6 anyway to keep pace with a future high end GPU.
 
Joxeon said:
The build looks fine although I'd go with a B550 if it's just for gaming and save £100, B550 is also better than X570 for overclocking especially the memory.

8 cores is also fine for gaming although I do see the merit in going with 12cores if your planning on keeping the PC for over 5 years
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Thanks. Given I've had this CPU 8 years I think I'll go for 5900. I'll report back in 8 years if it's still good ;P
Interesting on the motherboard. I did a bit more reading and will go for B550.
 
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