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I only in the last week got a 7800X3D as a temporary chip until my 9800x3d arrives. So I am already 2 years late to the party. Maybe it's "New toy syndrome" But I almost forgotten about AMD. I use to be on the 5950x which I loved then migrated to the 12900k when it was released and then stuck with intel.
So you can imagine when I see my cpu at full load is 85w how floored I am. On the Intel platform I have never seen less than 250w at full load. Then I read various forums and peeps were like the 7800x3d is a beast but tricky to cool. I have found at least in my use case it to be anything but. For the temp setup I am using artic cooling 3 420mm and a contact frame.
I haven't used AMD in at least over 3 years but yesterday I just jumped in -35 on PBO limited it to 80W ran Cb23 19200 multi core. Then I jumped into my fave benchmarking programs like the Finalfantasy graphics benchmarks. Ran Dawntrail and endwalker and I am not gonna lie. I expected a small increase but what I got was way more than I expected. This using 5200mhz Cas 40 ram that I had lying about for backup spares.
So on intel setup whether it was 12900k, 13900k 0r 14900k using a 4090 I have never seen the Maximum preset at 4k above 26k depending on what chip I used I get between 24-26k. Last night I got 32k. Honestly I expected 27k maybe slightly higher. I was getting similar speed increases across other various Final fantasy benchmarks. Funnily enough I haven't actually gamed on this Am5 setup as for some reason it won;t let me connect to wifi no matter what. I have installed windows 10 about 3 times. Windows 11 2 times and it still won't let me connect to the internet. Not my phone as a mobile hotspot so I might have to RMA this board.
I also think that AMD users should count their lucky stars. WHile this CPU remains a hot cpu, it really isn't compared to the intels. It's not even close.
When you bench something like a 12900, 13900k and 14900k on something as benign as CB23 and see the cpu is drawing 300w, 350w and 400W respectively if you don't control it via bios you don't really know the true nature of the dark side.
My original plan was to use this 7800x3d as a temporary chip just so I could flash the board and get use to being back on the AMD platform then sell it when my 9800x3D arrives. But while I have only had limited usage of this setup due to my connection issues I have loved every minute of it. But I just may have to keep it to build another setup.
And I have found it eerily cool to run. So even though the cpu die average temps says it's 35c. When I check the actual individual cores are at 20-21c.
I have been pleasantly suprised by this chip and can't wait for the 9800x3d to arrive.
So you can imagine when I see my cpu at full load is 85w how floored I am. On the Intel platform I have never seen less than 250w at full load. Then I read various forums and peeps were like the 7800x3d is a beast but tricky to cool. I have found at least in my use case it to be anything but. For the temp setup I am using artic cooling 3 420mm and a contact frame.
I haven't used AMD in at least over 3 years but yesterday I just jumped in -35 on PBO limited it to 80W ran Cb23 19200 multi core. Then I jumped into my fave benchmarking programs like the Finalfantasy graphics benchmarks. Ran Dawntrail and endwalker and I am not gonna lie. I expected a small increase but what I got was way more than I expected. This using 5200mhz Cas 40 ram that I had lying about for backup spares.
So on intel setup whether it was 12900k, 13900k 0r 14900k using a 4090 I have never seen the Maximum preset at 4k above 26k depending on what chip I used I get between 24-26k. Last night I got 32k. Honestly I expected 27k maybe slightly higher. I was getting similar speed increases across other various Final fantasy benchmarks. Funnily enough I haven't actually gamed on this Am5 setup as for some reason it won;t let me connect to wifi no matter what. I have installed windows 10 about 3 times. Windows 11 2 times and it still won't let me connect to the internet. Not my phone as a mobile hotspot so I might have to RMA this board.
I also think that AMD users should count their lucky stars. WHile this CPU remains a hot cpu, it really isn't compared to the intels. It's not even close.
When you bench something like a 12900, 13900k and 14900k on something as benign as CB23 and see the cpu is drawing 300w, 350w and 400W respectively if you don't control it via bios you don't really know the true nature of the dark side.
My original plan was to use this 7800x3d as a temporary chip just so I could flash the board and get use to being back on the AMD platform then sell it when my 9800x3D arrives. But while I have only had limited usage of this setup due to my connection issues I have loved every minute of it. But I just may have to keep it to build another setup.
And I have found it eerily cool to run. So even though the cpu die average temps says it's 35c. When I check the actual individual cores are at 20-21c.
I have been pleasantly suprised by this chip and can't wait for the 9800x3d to arrive.
