Need am AM5 socket for a 7800X3D , help

Built my stepson a pc recently using that
Been very temperamental with ram
Couldn't get 6000mhz stable
2 x 16gb corsair vengeance
Unfortunately he's managed to damage a ram slot now
As kept having boot issues
So was constantly removing a stick of ram
And putting it back in to get it to boot
He still likes the board lol
Literally just ordered another an hour ago
There's been a bios release since he got his
And currently awaiting the new agesa bios which is
Apparently giving great improvements
In ram speed/stability for the manufacturers
Who have released it so far

32gb of ram would suit most people
If its mainly for gaming
64gb would be more future proof
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
Built my stepson a pc recently using that
Been very temperamental with ram
Couldn't get 6000mhz stable
2 x 16gb corsair vengeance
Unfortunately he's managed to damage a ram slot now
As kept having boot issues
So was constantly removing a stick of ram
And putting it back in to get it to boot
He still likes the board lol
Literally just ordered another an hour ago
There's been a bios release since he got his
And currently awaiting the new agesa bios which is
Apparently giving great improvements
In ram speed/stability for the manufacturers
Who have released it so far

32gb of ram would suit most people
If its mainly for gaming
64gb would be more future proof
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Not sure if this new Agesa release is going to improve things, but if I'm remembering correctly, having all 4 RAM slots filled will only allow you a maximum speed of 3600MTs for each stick.

He'll be better off filling two of the slots with 2 x 32GB.

That's what I'm doing with mine when I build it later this year.
 
The Tomahawk has a decent spec for the money, but what features do you actually need?

E.g. do you care about sound? SPDIF?
PCI-E 5.0 for graphics or SSD?
How many SATA & M.2?
USB Type-C?

The only boards I'd definitely try to avoid are low-end Asus Prime, because they seem to enjoy bottom-surfing HUB's thermal testing in every generation.
 
thesnowdog1971 said:
Not sure if this new Agesa release is going to improve things, but if I'm remembering correctly, having all 4 RAM slots filled will only allow you a maximum speed of 3600MTs for each stick.

He'll be better off filling two of the slots with 2 x 32GB.

That's what I'm doing with mine when I build it later this year.
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He was only using 2 slots
2 x 16gb
He doesn't do stuff requiring 64gb
So no plan to fill all 4 slots in future
Maybe by his next build 64gb will be the new normal
Should also say his replacement tomahawk
Found it on a competitors site for £170
Seems to be up to £190 today
But still decent specs for the money
If you have no interest in gen 5 m2 drives
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
He was only using 2 slots
2 x 16gb
He doesn't do stuff requiring 64gb
So no plan to fill all 4 slots in future
Maybe by his next build 64gb will be the new normal
Should also say his replacement tomahawk
Found it on a competitors site for £170
Seems to be up to £190 today
But still decent specs for the money
If you have no interest in gen 5 m2 drives
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Yup, I was just thinking of 64GB for future proofing.

I'm going for 64GB of DDR5 because of that combined with me using the PC for VR development as well as gaming.

I'm going for one of these:

https://uk.************.com/product/Dq4Zxr/asrock-b650m-hdvm2-micro-atx-am5-motherboard-b650m-hdvm2

Because it's giving me PCI-E 5.0 on an M.2 mainly, but also because it's as cheap as chips lol

Otherwise I'll get another board with 2 x RAM slots that currently can't be used without reducing RAM speed.
 
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