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OcUK Zen3 review thread

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TNA said:
What's up with TechPowerUp's review? That was the first I looked at and was like erm, wtf? Then started looking elsewhere and thought that is more like it :D

On the whole I am safe with my 3600 at 4.4GHz at 4K, but damn I am looking forward to one of you selling me a cheap 5900X on members market in 12-24 months as you start jumping to the new platform and Zen 4 :D

I recon a 5900X would last me no less than 5 years.
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Permanent marker TPU down as useless when it comes CPU reviews. Something is off with the way they review CPU's, older 4 core CPU's in 10% margins of 10 cores + CPU's clump.
 

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I was fretting over whether to get a 3600 with the MSI deal or wait for the 5600x. I ended up pulling the trigger and getting the 3600 and from the reviews I think I'm glad I did. It looks like the advantage at 1440p is relatively small in most games for the price, and the money saved is better spent on a GPU.
 

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cpu score up from 7045 to 8119

Restricted by the Vega56 really. hopefully the 6800xt or 6900xt might solve that.
 

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Steveh_monkey said:
I was fretting over whether to get a 3600 with the MSI deal or wait for the 5600x. I ended up pulling the trigger and getting the 3600 and from the reviews I think I'm glad I did. It looks like the advantage at 1440p is relatively small in most games for the price, and the money saved is better spent on a GPU.
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Good move, this was always going much better value than buying latest tech on launch day. Can always swap out for a 5900X in a year or so if the extra performance is needed.
 

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humbug said:
Permanent marker TPU down as useless when it comes CPU reviews. Something is off with the way they review CPU's, older 4 core CPU's in 10% margins of 10 cores + CPU's clump.
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This is why no one should rely on any single source. I check many, on this occasion they just happened to be the first and when I saw the results I was a little disappointed. But then started looking at others which look much more like what I expected :D

Roll on Zen 4. I wonder with them jumping to 5nm what that will bring? My prediction from last year still stands, I said Zen 3 would still have similar price points to cores and that Zen 4 will bring 8 core to the 6 core pricing bracket. Let's see if I am right.

I will wait and see Zen 4 reviews before I decide what to do for my next upgrade. It may end up being better to go Zen 4 eight core than going 5900X used for my main rig, as I plan on handing this mobo and CPU down to my partner in into the PC downstairs which will later still get a 5900X on the cheap (in like 4 years or more years for super cheap). If Zen 4 has a big IPC gain once again and 8 core is £200-£300 range then it maybe better to go down that route and then drop in a future GPU with more cores into it later. Basically a much longer upgrade route will be available to me and I will have new gear in the mean time rather than being stuck on a 5900X which I would end up keeping for a very long time if I get it for my main rig.

What is your plan? :D
 

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RavenXXX2 said:
PCgameshardwarede do a great job showing how Zen 3 demolishes intel in gaming ipc. You need to test at low resolution to test the true potential of a gaming CPU is what the intel fanboys use to say, and I agree lol. AMD wipe the floor with intel.

https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Verm...vs-3900X-vs-10900K-5950X-Benchmark-1360653/2/

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come at me DG with your Intel still superior IPC BS.
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Lol Raven, calm down mate :D

We knew from ages ago he was an Intel boy. You know what it is like on this forum. People scour the web to look for anything that support their argument.
 

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RavenXXX2 said:
Well he does my **** in :p Just need to source a 5600X at MSRP, was not expecting this much a jump TBH.
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its funny you get mad about basically a amd cpu over priced that matches some intel chips in games. not only that its not even the cpu you will be buying. :p

10600 is faster and cheaper in games than what you buying across the board.
 
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