I want to upgrade my CPU/MOBO etc and waited for reviews of the 7800X3D but now it seems several Mobos are killing CPUs as well as the MOBO dying when they over volt. While this was ASUS boards at first seems other manufacturers boards are doing the same. What with the high price of the new boards and the fact they can destroy your PC should I just wait four months until this problem gets sorted out? I'm not unhappy with my current rig I just would like to see my 4090 stretch its legs and 'play' MSFS2020 which I've owned for over a year but can't play at decent settings.
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Is it safe to build a 7800X3D system yet?
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What you've seen are isolated cases, the issue is by no means viral and destroying PC's left right and centre.
I've been running a 7800X3D build since week 1 and no issues.
I've set my own voltages since day one. I've never used an EXPO kit in my build and not beeen subjected to any of the issues that can create.
Manually tuned a Gskill 6400 non EXPO kit that only had support for XMP (I got a bargain in the Jan sales with that)
PBO enabled at -30 all core, works flawlessly.
You don't need to spend big for a motherboard for a 7800X3D, the SKU does not have big powerdraw requirements. You'll see an average of 80w with PBO enabled. Less just left to it's own devices.
Cheap air coolers are fine, You do not need silly AIO's for cooling a modest CPU like this one.
I've been running a 7800X3D build since week 1 and no issues.
I've set my own voltages since day one. I've never used an EXPO kit in my build and not beeen subjected to any of the issues that can create.
Manually tuned a Gskill 6400 non EXPO kit that only had support for XMP (I got a bargain in the Jan sales with that)
PBO enabled at -30 all core, works flawlessly.
You don't need to spend big for a motherboard for a 7800X3D, the SKU does not have big powerdraw requirements. You'll see an average of 80w with PBO enabled. Less just left to it's own devices.
Cheap air coolers are fine, You do not need silly AIO's for cooling a modest CPU like this one.
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I had one of the first batches of 7800X3D and had expo enabled from day one. Soc voltage never goes above 1.2v and its been good as gold (MSI B650 board).
Thanks, I already have the cooler. Not sure what an EXPO kit even is so will have to do some reading.It would be nice to be able to buy a board, plug it all in and play and get 90% of the performance there and then rather than having to do homework and make multiple bios adjustments to get it to work as it should. Hopefully that won't be the case but MOBO prices seem grossly inflated these days so even 'not expensive' ones are really quite expensive but that's a different rant. It does tempt me to stick with Intel as I'm not sure AMDs SOC 1.35V+ specs exactly fill me with confidence.
Think it was mainly locked to ASUS that was having these issues, not really read anything about any other manufacturer tbh.
It was big enough of a problem for Asus to pull bios's from their website so i would say it wasn't just isolated incidents, take that what you will.
It was big enough of a problem for Asus to pull bios's from their website so i would say it wasn't just isolated incidents, take that what you will.
Soldato
The CPU failures were across multiple vendors.
Man of Honour
Wrong, in so many ways.
Not just ASUS - Gigabyte, MSI and BIOSTAR ( iirc )
ALL the mobo vendors issued new BIOS to cap SOC at 1.3 even AMD had it wrong and released AGESA1.0.07a with the SOC reduced FROM 1.4 TO 1.30v
Even now Gigabyte have posted a tutorial on how to check SOC values with HWINFO. So they are either not confident in their own BIOS or are covering themselves ( if we are looking for conspiracy theories )
And, in answer to OP - Yes its safe.
Update to latest BIOS for your board
Install HWINFO64 to double check your SOC voltage
Enable EXPO
Enjoy your new CPU
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Ah fair enough, honestly not heard much about any others. It was Asus and the people who was attacking them that sang the loudest. Not on the platform so hence didn't dig into it much.
i was the same , and i bought 7800x3d first released with asus strix x670-f
but after i read about the the burning issues and 0.1%low fps and stuttering issue, i switched to intel 13700k and asus z790-f
why take risk even if its very low cases, and be one of unlucky guys. just my opinion.
but after i read about the the burning issues and 0.1%low fps and stuttering issue, i switched to intel 13700k and asus z790-f
why take risk even if its very low cases, and be one of unlucky guys. just my opinion.
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I took the plunge and upgraded to a 7800X3D yesterday, my 5930K has served me very well and is going into my daughters first machine, I'm sure it will be more than enough for her for a long time to come.
I'm on with a 2080ti @1080p targeting high refresh rates, the difference so far in some of games I've tested has been pretty staggering, double the average framerate in some cases. In other games there is a good 30-40% increase, but the minimums are so much higher that it's transformed them.
Very chuffed with the purchase so far.
I'm on with a 2080ti @1080p targeting high refresh rates, the difference so far in some of games I've tested has been pretty staggering, double the average framerate in some cases. In other games there is a good 30-40% increase, but the minimums are so much higher that it's transformed them.
Very chuffed with the purchase so far.
my system are mainly for gaming, and since the 7800x3d are purely gaming chip, i really regret that i switched to 13700k
i know that both of them almost equall but cash size in 7800x3d really shine in open world games.
enjoy your system
User error, so your concern is down to your own lack of skills in plugging in cables properly.