What motherboard for 5700x 3d?

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Hi all.

I'm thinking of an upgrade from my Intel.
As title, any advice on a good (cheapish) board and ram (32Gb) to pair with a 5700x 3D?

Not looking to overclock, though would be nice to maybe have something to tweak.
 
B450/550 and you'd get away with 3200MT/s RAM, faster will work but the performance increase is low single digits assuming gaming use case. To be fair even an A520 would probably be fine if you're on a tight budget.

So, what's your use case and budget ?
 
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If you are upgrading from an old system, do you really want to buy into AM4? The 7600 is generally quite close (depends on the game) and you can get pretty cheap B650 boards now.

This is the cheapest B550 board I can see in stock:

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £159.98 (includes delivery: £3.99)​
 
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Rob_B said:
B450/550 and you'd get away with 3200MT/s RAM, faster will work but the performance increase is low single digits assuming gaming use case. To be fair even an A520 would probably be fine if you're on a tight budget.

So, what's your use case and budget ?
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Just light infrequent gaming. Some of the titles, I'm cpu bound.

Tetras said:
If you are upgrading from an old system, do you really want to buy into AM4? The 7600 is generally quite close (depends on the game) and you can get pretty cheap B650 boards now.

This is the cheapest B550 board I can see in stock:

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £159.98 (includes delivery: £3.99)​
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I haven't looked into AM5 tbh. Maybe I need to.
 
Katoom said:
I haven't looked into AM5 tbh. Maybe I need to.
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The X3D does have advantages in some games, but AM5 would give you much better future upgradability and hopefully there will be some deals on the 7600, 7700 or 9600.

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £404.96 (includes delivery: £0.00)​
 
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Some titles absolutely love X3D (L3) cache, others don't care so much. There are instances where going for a £100-130 5700X3D on AM4 is going to offer you far better performance than entry level AM5, what games do you play exactly?

MMO's, strategy titles (X4 stuff like Crusader Kings and Stellaris) absolutely love it to the point you'll have better performance than a 7600, and in Intel's case even their last two generations of top tier consumer chips.

It's a bit of a niche recommendation but one that's honestly quite viable depending on cost and usage.
 
I went for the Giga B650m Gaming as it was in stock, also the 7600x, with the ram that was posted.

Too late now, but any potential issues?
 
All running sweet! Quite a difference from my 6600K. :D

Updated bios, then sat for ages staring at the AMI screen before googling it, then pressing Y. :o:cry:


Any issues running in ECO mode? The power and temps fly up on normal.
 
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Gray2233 said:
Some titles absolutely love X3D (L3) cache, others don't care so much. There are instances where going for a £100-130 5700X3D on AM4 is going to offer you far better performance than entry level AM5, what games do you play exactly?

MMO's, strategy titles (X4 stuff like Crusader Kings and Stellaris) absolutely love it to the point you'll have better performance than a 7600, and in Intel's case even their last two generations of top tier consumer chips.

It's a bit of a niche recommendation but one that's honestly quite viable depending on cost and usage.
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Might be a dumb question as i dont ever notice, but what are the obvious signs of the (L3) cache as you put it? reason i ask is, i have a 5900x which im yet to install, but ive never used more than 8 cores(mobile 8 core not as good as desktop 6 core though), so im curious what to expect?

cheers
 
SilentGameTestR said:
Might be a dumb question as i dont ever notice, but what are the obvious signs of the (L3) cache as you put it? reason i ask is, i have a 5900x which im yet to install, but ive never used more than 8 cores(mobile 8 core not as good as desktop 6 core though), so im curious what to expect?

cheers
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Go watch a review of the 9800X3D and you’ll understand.
 
SilentGameTestR said:
Might be a dumb question as i dont ever notice, but what are the obvious signs of the (L3) cache as you put it?
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What do you mean by signs? Signs that it is useful or being used?

If that's what you're asking, it would be partly architecture dependant, because they don't all respond in the same way to increased L3 cache. With Ryzen, it seems to greatly increase framerate consistency, lowers memory frequency sensitivity (which was always a problem for Zen, they lost a lot of performance with slow memory) and improves energy efficiency because you can lower the clocks while keeping high performance.
 
Tetras said:
What do you mean by signs? Signs that it is useful or being used?

If that's what you're asking, it would be partly architecture dependant, because they don't all respond in the same way to increased L3 cache. With Ryzen, it seems to greatly increase framerate consistency, lowers memory frequency sensitivity (which was always a problem for Zen, they lost a lot of performance with slow memory) and improves energy efficiency because you can lower the clocks while keeping high performance.
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the person i quoted mentioned about the cache being cared in some games and not others. i was trying to understand what they meant by that and so by signs i meant, what would i see different. i cant remember the cache of the 2600, but i think its more than the 1600, however in the games i played, i didnt notice that much of a difference according to afterburner , so 8 - 16 core that has a lot more cache i would expect to notice a difference unless im playing the wrong games?.

im not quite clued up on the L3 cache in games and what any effects(if any)look like. if i get 50-70fps with smooth gameplay then im happy :cry:
 
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