After helping my son with finding what is causing constant crashes the last few days, it turns out that his 5800x is faulty. We found this by finally swapping my 5800x3d into his pc and vice versa and his issues disappeared and the crashes then appeared on my PC.
He is currently between jobs so budget is a major factor.
Without upgrading to AM5, what's the best CPU option at present as we cannot find any 5800x3d or 5700x3d models anywhere?
I am not really knowledgeable with the range of CPUs, but my initial thoughts for the moment is to grab a 5600x and resell later once he is back working but I am unsure if it is has close to the power of the 5800x.
Also his GPU is a 3080ti running at 1440p and I have dropped my old Ryzen 2700 in his pc for the moment but it is struggling at running games well.
He is currently between jobs so budget is a major factor.
Without upgrading to AM5, what's the best CPU option at present as we cannot find any 5800x3d or 5700x3d models anywhere?
I am not really knowledgeable with the range of CPUs, but my initial thoughts for the moment is to grab a 5600x and resell later once he is back working but I am unsure if it is has close to the power of the 5800x.
Also his GPU is a 3080ti running at 1440p and I have dropped my old Ryzen 2700 in his pc for the moment but it is struggling at running games well.
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