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This is essentially the best CPU you can buy today. If you need a computer today and not in 2022, then this is the top. If you don't need a computer today, obviously things are only getting better. (Well, maybe not on the Intel side of the fence.)
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I have some ideas on the above but want to say what the collective says....
Are there any good motherboards with 10 Gbps onboard?
In 2019 I bought a Ryzen 5 2600 for $120 at Microcenter. Now it sells for more than that used on Ebay, At Newegg and Amazon its around $190 new. More crazy is that my RX 580 Nitro with 8GB ram was $210 new and now costs $700 - 800 new. Used on Ebay its 2x what I paid. So glad I built when I did.
Must be how you have your system configured. I have a 5950x, 64gb trident z 3600 cl16 and zotac 3080 amp holo all on a hero viii. Only locked up once but that was before one of the latest BIOS updates. System has been solid since. I came from Intel myself and had similar fears, but from reading around AMD is just a bit more picky about what parts play well with each other. But if you have all the right parts it is a very solid and stable system.
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No crashes here as well. Built it early 2020 with a 3900x, x570 mobo, 2x32gb pc3200 corsair ram, 970 gtx, wd black nvme and no crashes.
Upgraded to an rtx 3080 and this 5950x cpu back in December.
Not a single crash. Only annoying thing is that windows updates like to automatically restart my pc.
I'm personally using the asus x570-e motherboard and the crucial 2x32gb pc3200 ram. I think the vengeance rgb.
From what I've read, AMD needs at least pc3000/3200 RAM. Going higher than that would be beneficial if you want to try to OC. Not like intel which can perform well with the slower ram.
This is essentially the best CPU you can buy today. If you need a computer today and not in 2022, then this is the top. If you don't need a computer today, obviously things are only getting better. (Well, maybe not on the Intel side of the fence.)
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