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Queue Position 1, 5600X

Guest2 said:
Why not pay slightly over the odds to some scalper that’s put in the leg work to get one for rrp?
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These chips are already overpriced at msrp so paying £400 for a 5600X when you can get a 10700K for £340 that matches it in games while delivering better multithread is just dumb imo.
 
Joxeon said:
These chips are already overpriced at msrp so paying £400 for a 5600X when you can get a 10700K for £340 that matches it in games while delivering better multithread is just dumb imo.
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That's fair enough. Why don't people buy Intel instead of waiting for AMD stock then?
 
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woo!

Not that it matters as the mobo is out of stock, psu out of stock, case out of stock memory out of stock... but at least i'll have a nice cpu to gawk at.
 
Joxeon said:
Because AMD now has the mindshare so people are prepared to pay more for a weaker CPU.
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Dont be daft. I've been Intel for years and now see that AMD is ahead of Intel

If a CPU with less cores requiring less power can keep up with one that has more cores and uses more power then why buy that instead? (other than availability)
 
Guest2 said:
Dont be daft. I've been Intel for years and now see that AMD is ahead of Intel

If a CPU with less cores requiring less power can keep up with one that has more cores and uses more power then why buy that instead? (other than availability)
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This is what I mean by mindshare in believing that AMD are miles ahead when in truth gaming performance between the 5600X and 10700K is about even while the 10700K has better multi-thread performance so anyone paying scalpers £400 for 5600X is getting a weaker CPU for more money.

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When my 5600X arrives, I will need to remove the 3600 I'm using.

When I pull the pump head of the cpu heatsink, do I pull straight back or a twist and pull?

I don't want to damage the pins.
 
Garyj881 said:
When my 5600X arrives, I will need to remove the 3600 I'm using.

When I pull the pump head of the cpu heatsink, do I pull straight back or a twist and pull?

I don't want to damage the pins.
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Make sure you run the CPU to get it warm first then gently twist to loosen.
 
FrozenShivers said:
Mines came a couple of days ago but I'm still on Intel as I'm waiting on my case arriving (which will probably still be weeks away) before I make this ITX build :(
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Get it tested out of the box, just in case there's hardware issues elsewhere needing sorted. Leave it too long, it'll be a direct to manufacturer RMA which could take weeks, than using OCUK returns.
 
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