CPU Recommendations

m0ody · 17 Jun 2021 at 21:03

Hi Guys,

I'm trying to build a bit of a monster gaming/streaming rig and I'm stuck on Intel/AMD... AMD is looking like the stronger gaming processor but any advice on a top spec processor would be very welcome. Looking at getting CPU water cooling, going in a rig with a 3080. Thanks

mickyflinn · 17 Jun 2021 at 21:12

5800x 8 core or 5900x 12 core would be the best options imo with an x570 motherboard and 32gb of ram .

m0ody · 17 Jun 2021 at 21:13

mickyflinn said:
5800x 8 core or 5900x 12 core would be the best options imo with an x570 motherboard and 32gb of ram .

Tried to link my build from a website to build specs but it was starred out

m0ody · 17 Jun 2021 at 21:15

Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard

Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory

Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard

Something like that setup?

mickyflinn · 17 Jun 2021 at 21:29

m0ody said:
Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard

Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory

Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard

Something like that setup?

Yes but i would get the Msi x570 tomahawk Wi-Fi its one of the best value motherboards.

5800x should be enough but the 5900x is a beast and those extra cores may come in handy .

What resoloution you gaming at ?

PurePickage · 17 Jun 2021 at 21:44

X570 tomohawk with a 5900x and some decent 32gb 3600mhz CL16 ram would work really well.

I’m running the same but with a gigabyte Aorus b550i mini ITx board and it works fantastically

m0ody · 17 Jun 2021 at 22:15

mickyflinn said:
Yes but i would get the Msi x570 tomahawk Wi-Fi its one of the best value motherboards.

5800x should be enough but the 5900x is a beast and those extra cores may come in handy .

What resoloution you gaming at ?

Currently 1080, finally looking at this RIG to see what I can push to though!

m0ody · 17 Jun 2021 at 22:16

PurePickage said:
X570 tomohawk with a 5900x and some decent 32gb 3600mhz CL16 ram would work really well.

I’m running the same but with a gigabyte Aorus b550i mini ITx board and it works fantastically

A lot of people recommending the Tomohawk to me so I think imma take your guys advice and grab myself a tomohawk

m0ody · 17 Jun 2021 at 22:18

PurePickage said:
X570 tomohawk with a 5900x and some decent 32gb 3600mhz CL16 ram would work really well.

I’m running the same but with a gigabyte Aorus b550i mini ITx board and it works fantastically

What do you think the fit of the tomahawk would be in a NZXT H510 Elite ATX Mid Tower Case?

PurePickage · 17 Jun 2021 at 22:19

m0ody said:
A lot of people recommending the Tomohawk to me so I think imma take your guys advice and grab myself a tomohawk

Check out some of the videos on YouTube by the likes of hardwareunboxed it gets rave reviews

PurePickage · 17 Jun 2021 at 22:28

m0ody said:
What do you think the fit of the tomahawk would be in a NZXT H510 Elite ATX Mid Tower Case?

Shouldn’t have any issues in that case. It’s know to run quite warm as you would have to have an AIO on the front pulling air in so your GPU would get a tad warmer than if the AIO was in the top. I think that case just has space for a 120mm fan up top

mickyflinn · 17 Jun 2021 at 22:31

m0ody said:
Currently 1080, finally looking at this RIG to see what I can push to though!

3080 will do 4k 60 fps but the real sweet spot is 1440p 144hz especially fast-paced shooting games, etc.

Alan McFall · 17 Jun 2021 at 23:04

Agree with most posts, mid X570 and 5900x, be good for a fair few years just GPU updates as required.

m0ody · 17 Jun 2021 at 23:05

Thanks for all the info/help guys really appreciate it. It's all ordered an should get it all by Monday - total cost just shy of 2.5 - Should be a pretty beasty PC for that price. 5900, Tomahawk, 3080 FE, 32GB 3600 Ram, Water cooling for CPU, Couple of extra fans, 80+ 850 plat power supply, 2 SSD's etc etc

Alan McFall · 17 Jun 2021 at 23:26

m0ody said:
Thanks for all the info/help guys really appreciate it. It's all ordered an should get it all by Monday - total cost just shy of 2.5 - Should be a pretty beasty PC for that price. 5900, Tomahawk, 3080 FE, 32GB 3600 Ram, Water cooling for CPU, Couple of extra fans, 80+ 850 plat power supply, 2 SSD's etc etc

Predulid ?

Graywolf · 18 Jun 2021 at 08:05

So which msi motherboard is better the msi tomahawk or the gaming edge player both x570

PurePickage · 18 Jun 2021 at 10:18

Graywolf said:
So which msi motherboard is better the msi tomahawk or the gaming edge player both x570

100% the Tomahawk. Just google the MSI X570 gaming edge and you'll see the reviews on youtube. The VRM is very poor and it gets crazy hot. I bought one before reading the reviews and ended up sending it back.

khull · 18 Jun 2021 at 12:11

+1 for Tomahawk if you just want a no nonsense build and my personal experience the MSI software is more bearable compared to others

PurePickage · 18 Jun 2021 at 12:32

khull said:
+1 for Tomahawk if you just want a no nonsense build and my personal experience the MSI software is more bearable compared to others

I would have to agree, the BIOS is the best I've used out of MSI, ASUS and Gigabyte