Ryzen 3900X thread

illuz · 2 Oct 2019 at 21:02

Someone convince me to move from the rig in my signature to a 3900X...

humbug · 2 Oct 2019 at 21:25

illuz said:
Someone convince me to move from the rig in my signature to a 3900X...

Why? Do you need an upgrade? unless you need 12 cores i would say don't bother, if your 3930K is still serving you well, stick with it.

illuz · 2 Oct 2019 at 21:52

humbug said:
Why? Do you need an upgrade? unless you need 12 cores i would say don't bother, if your 3930K is still serving you well, stick with it.

That's not what I wanted to hear damn it!

I'm looking to do a lot of virtualisation and with Overclockers finance offering buy now pay over 12 months (before crazy interest kicks in) it seems a no brainer. Would pay a grand over a year, nothing really. I expect the processor to last me just as long as my 3930k has too.

TrM · 2 Oct 2019 at 21:59

illuz said:
That's not what I wanted to hear damn it!

I'm looking to do a lot of virtualisation and with Overclockers finance offering buy now pay over 12 months (before crazy interest kicks in) it seems a no brainer. Would pay a grand over a year, nothing really. I expect the processor to last me just as long as my 3930k has too.

I can’t see the cpu market settling for a while so CPU’s won’t last as long. Not becouse there not powerful enough or need to be upgraded look at what amd and intel have done in last 3 years and what could happen in the next 3 years

humbug · 2 Oct 2019 at 22:00

illuz said:
That's not what I wanted to hear damn it!

I'm looking to do a lot of virtualisation and with Overclockers finance offering buy now pay over 12 months (before crazy interest kicks in) it seems a no brainer. Would pay a grand over a year, nothing really. I expect the processor to last me just as long as my 3930k has too.

lol

well its a good chip, i mean, i don't know what else to tell you, just do it

Panos · 2 Oct 2019 at 22:07

illuz said:
Someone convince me to move from the rig in my signature to a 3900X...

illuz said:
That's not what I wanted to hear damn it!

LOL. We do not have to convince you. Just buy when you want to do so. 3900X is a good CPU but I would hold few weeks since you aren't in hurry.
Stocks started coming back and prices will drop to MSRP.

robfosters · 2 Oct 2019 at 22:09

illuz said:
Someone convince me to move from the rig in my signature to a 3900X...

What’s the matter with you? You’re a madman ffs, your CPU is embarrassing.

Get that order in right now and stop humiliating yourself with your peasant PC!

Is that better?

Orange Nexus · 3 Oct 2019 at 07:41

illuz said:
Someone convince me to move from the rig in my signature to a 3900X...

Wait for the 3950X. Price might be lower now that intel had lowered theirs.

Brazo · 3 Oct 2019 at 07:54

illuz said:
Someone convince me to move from the rig in my signature to a 3900X...

I’m waiting to upgrade my 2700x to a 3900x but I’ll give them 6 months to actually make some, sort the bugs out, sort the clockspeed issues out and sort the pricing out!

illuz · 3 Oct 2019 at 14:02

Pulled the plug on a 3700X, went for the buy now pay over a year option... 3700X will suit me fine for what I want to do

Woodsta888 · 3 Oct 2019 at 14:17

You'd have gotten a better upgrade spending it on GPU rather than CPU

Ross Thomson · 3 Oct 2019 at 14:55

installed my 3900x today.

only set ram to what I had before with my 1700 to compare them directly. MoBo is an MSI X470 gaming m7.

ran a couple of rounds of cinebench R15 - 3102 temp hit a max of 53C max frequency was 4.3 but on an older bios and not touched the PBO yet.

Ross Thomson · 3 Oct 2019 at 17:33

Have to say not impressed with the constant crashing with the current bios (ab)

Woodsta888 · 3 Oct 2019 at 18:55

What RAM and speed have you set? MSI have been slower than others on the BIOS's particularly for older boards and they are waiting for the next AGESA before writing more. For Ryzen 3000 we are on ABBA now. So AB being current is 2 BIOS's behind. I'd run your RAM at stock for now until a new BIOS arrives. Hardware wise that is the most capable MSI X470 board.

Ross Thomson · 3 Oct 2019 at 19:14

yeah I de-clocked my ram which has improved things.

Woodsta888 · 3 Oct 2019 at 19:40

Ross Thomson said:
yeah I de-clocked my ram which has improved things.

Ryzen 3000 is a bit finicky with RAM, particularly on earlier BIOS's. Each BIOS has expanded RAM compatibility. Try the SoC at 1.1v

Ross Thomson · 3 Oct 2019 at 19:51

Woodsta888 said:
Ryzen 3000 is a bit finicky with RAM, particularly on earlier BIOS's. Each BIOS has expanded RAM compatibility. Try the SoC at 1.1v

I’ll play about with ram later.still playing with pbo and auto-OC v standard to see the difference.

Panos · 3 Oct 2019 at 20:25

Woodsta888 said:
Ryzen 3000 is a bit finicky with RAM, particularly on earlier BIOS's. Each BIOS has expanded RAM compatibility. Try the SoC at 1.1v

Make sure you use DRAM calculator and select the correct CPU, chipset, ram & ranks. The values would be different between Zen 1, Zen+ and Zen2.
Also do you use at least 7B77v1B bios? It improves memory compatibility.

Ross Thomson · 3 Oct 2019 at 21:30

Panos said:
Make sure you use DRAM calculator and select the correct CPU, chipset, ram & ranks. The values would be different between Zen 1, Zen+ and Zen2.
Also do you use at least 7B77v1B bios? It improves memory compatibility.

Not bothering with ram tuning at the moment - running stock speeds.

arc@css · 4 Oct 2019 at 13:08

Is a 1g tube of paste enough for most applications or would it be advisable to get a little more, like 2.5 or 3g size?

(I'm looking to reuse my Noctua cooler).