Is it worth getting a 5800X3D for a X470 mobo.

LordHawkwind

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Simple question; is it worthwhile buying a 5800X3D if I have a X470 Asus Prime Mobo. The PC is mostly used for gaming.
 
Its the top cpu on AM4 Id say yes. Usually can be had cheap of late. I put it on a X370 upgrading way back from a 1700x. The upgrade was, to put it mildly, insane.
 
Yes, 100%. That CPU rocks and is totally worth it. I'm just waiting to catch a good sale and I'll be upgrading from my 5800X.
 
Trunks0 said:
Yes, 100%. That CPU rocks and is totally worth it. I'm just waiting to catch a good sale and I'll be upgrading from my 5800X
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I just purchased one off Newegg (i just happened to look on newegg 2 days ago). They had a bonus promo code discount (expires March 30) so the total cost was around 385 CAD with tax and free shipping. That's the lowest I've ever seen it go for. Gonna be a nice upgrade over my Ryzen 5 2600X lol.
B450 baby!
 
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OK so i finally installed this beast.....and i only have CS to play with since thats what ive been playing most often casually (i have other games but without playing them much there isnt much to compare with). RX6600 @ 1080p high settings RAM @ 2666mhz with the R5 2600X i have been getting anywhere between 75-150fps. With this 5800x3D + 3200mhz RAM its capped out at 250+fps lol. The only other game i can use to compare is Doom 2016 (havent played in awhile). I dont remember what the FPS was but i know Vulcan ran better than OGL or D3D. And i dont think i made it past 100fps alot in those. so thumbs up to this monster.
 
Mangler said:
I'm not surprised, even upgrading to a regular 5xxx cpu would have been a huge upgrade.
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Any new CPU upgrade after was going to need a new platform so i figured i'd just max this out completely. I'd just need to pop in a new GPU down the line and get closer to its performance potential, and THEN i may look into a complete system overhaul.....This setup is probably gonna last me far longer than my Phenom II X4 955 did.
 
Sasquach said:
OK so i finally installed this beast.....and i only have CS to play with since thats what ive been playing most often casually (i have other games but without playing them much there isnt much to compare with). RX6600 @ 1080p high settings RAM @ 2666mhz with the R5 2600X i have been getting anywhere between 75-150fps. With this 5800x3D + 3200mhz RAM its capped out at 250+fps lol. The only other game i can use to compare is Doom 2016 (havent played in awhile). I dont remember what the FPS was but i know Vulcan ran better than OGL or D3D. And i dont think i made it past 100fps alot in those. so thumbs up to this monster.
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Is there a reason that you're running your RAM at only 3200Mhz? The infinity fabric runs at 1800Mhz so 3600Mhz would be sweet spot for RAM, unless it's a crap kit.
EDIT: I upgraded my wife's computer from a 5800X to the 5800X3D and most games I play saw a small benefit.
 
I made the jump to the 5800X3D. Used a Mobo, RAM and CPU combo deal as a perfect exc...erm opportunity to upgrade my partners rig and plopped the 5800X3D in my system :lol:

They went from a i7-3960X, Asus STRIX R9 Fury with 16Gb of ram. To Ryzen 5 5800X, XFX MERC 308 RX6600XT & 32Gb of ram.
 
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metroidfox said:
^ not all RAM can run at any speed. And for example, 3200 CL14 would be theoretically preferable than 3600 CL16.
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I just watched a bunch of videos about this, there's no FPS performance difference in actual games, close enough that run to run variance comes in play.
I would be curious about any application that is dependent on memory bandwidth, or even loading times of game levels.

Would be curious to see if a 3600Mhz CL16 kit would be able to run at CL14. I was able to set a CL18 kit to run at CL16 without any issues (memtest passed after several hours of testing). Get the best of both worlds.
 
AluminumHaste said:
Is there a reason that you're running your RAM at only 3200Mhz? The infinity fabric runs at 1800Mhz so 3600Mhz would be sweet spot for RAM, unless it's a crap kit.
EDIT: I upgraded my wife's computer from a 5800X to the 5800X3D and most games I play saw a small benefit.
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I kept reading that that the 3D Vcache makes the ram speed not that important so thats why i went with the 3200. Obviously theres still some performance to be had but it seems the 3D vcache helps greatly so the benefits arent as big as they normally would be. Plus without the most monstrous of GPU's i don't think i'd really be missing much.
 
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