Man of Honour
You will need to update the motherboard bios so the new CPU works .
Ryzen 1700x upgrade - real life benefit?
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No it won't. I explained how i'm thinking. I hate small upgrades once I build the system. AM5 vs AM4 is completely different. If you go with AM5 you are future proof. You can use your old hard drives, nvmes and Graphic card with AM5 but not Mobo, CPU, RAM or PSU.
5700X is under £180 delivered right now and will be a big upgrade on a 1700X, you can barely buy an AM5 board for £180.
A 7600 non-X would perform similar to the 5700X in rendering, according to TPU, but that's £200+ and the board and the memory.
new cooler? to keep up with AMDs requirements
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I 'think' I should be ok as I did that pretty recently, but good point, I'll double-check!
You're rattling on about future proofing while totally ignoring that the initial investment in AM4 was a form of future proofing, being able to drop in a 5700X from a 1700X is a big improvement and one of the greatest benefits of having invested in the platform.
If going by current trends and the logic you're employing, by the time the OP went to upgrade again AM6 would be out and you'd be telling them to move to that instead of just investing in a CPU upgrade. AMD's 5XX0 series chips are still extremely competitive and can be had at excellent prices, and given some of the current issues on AM5 I'd be more inclined to wait until the platform is more mature before moving to it unless absolutely necessary.
Make sure that by updating you don't lose support for your current CPU, if it needs updated I'd do so once your 5700X arrives.
Ooh I never realised that could happen with bios upgrades, seems silly, but I'll wait as you say!!
Soldato
On your board you are fine the 1700x is supported on all versions, but some of the more obscure and less used parts were removed from the microcode to save space and allow new CPU support to be added. Board manufacturers didn't think AMD were going to do well with AM4 so using tiny incy wincy BIOS chips saved them a few dollars per board. They were wrong, obviously.
Man of Honour
I already checked about loosing support for the 1700x when I mentioned bios update which it doesn't ..
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suggested before 5800x is 140W - and also 5950 is double the cores
if you mean 65w 5700x which is not on the list probably small undervolt of 5950 will give better results while still being 16c over 8c
what written just above for those interested - otherwise i feel there is some lobby of forcing worse over better around here for some reason
if you mean 65w 5700x which is not on the list probably small undervolt of 5950 will give better results while still being 16c over 8c
what written just above for those interested - otherwise i feel there is some lobby of forcing worse over better around here for some reason
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That's why nobody recommended the 5800x and OP decided on a 5700x. 5950x is probably not worth it at the current price difference given that not all workloads will fully utilize the extra cores and they may need a new cooler.
TDP-->65W = ~90W, 105W = ~140W of power.
I would get the best CPU (5950X) as it’s the last upgrade available for AM4. Its also worth noting that the last CPU for a platform generally hold its value better than any of the others.
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My PSU is Corsair 850w, so should be fine either way?
Glad you guys are working this out, wouldn't have a chance myself!
Glad you guys are working this out, wouldn't have a chance myself!