expired Posted by phoinix | Staff • Feb 1, 2023
Feb 1, 2023 3:51 PM
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expired Posted by phoinix | Staff • Feb 1, 2023
Feb 1, 2023 3:51 PM
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core 3.4GHz AM4 Processor + Company of Heroes 3 Game Bundle
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Disclaimer: I'm pretty technically oriented (both hardware and software) and have experience upgrading PCs, but this would be my first PC build from scratch.
Disclaimer: I'm pretty technically oriented (both hardware and software) and have experience upgrading PCs, but this would be my first PC build from scratch.
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Disclaimer: I'm pretty technically oriented (both hardware and software) and have experience upgrading PCs, but this would be my first PC build from scratch.
Tom's hardware was not impressed with it
https://www.tomshardwar
pc gamer's reaction was also "meh"
https://www.pcgamer.com/amd-ryzen...rforman
though I'm guessing they were reacting to the retail price and not the current $180 price you can get it at right now.
quote from the tom's hardware review
"If you're looking to upgrade an existing gaming-focused Ryzen build, the Ryzen 5 5600 or 5600X offers comparable gaming performance to the Ryzen 5 5700X. These chips are a much better value, but they aren't as fast in threaded workloads. As such, the Ryzen 7 5700X only makes sense if you're upgrading an older Ryzen build and need more performance in threaded workloads."
On the other hand right now the amd ryzen 5 5600x is selling for $166 from amazon so I can totally see why someone would just spend the $14 extra and get the ryzen 7 instead.
One last but really important thing.. I had a bad experience with a motherboard that went " huh?" when presented with my ryzen 5 processor and simply would not boot and from the bitter amazon reviews I'm seeing my experience was not an unusual one.. sadly you have motherboards that were built before the newer amd ryzen 5 and 7's came out that simply can't recognize the newer processors... I was told by several persons on PC hardware help forums it's definitely worth getting a motherboard that supports usb bios flash... you connect .. trying to go off memory I think it's the 24 pin power connector ... the one that gives power to the motherboard in any case on the power supply to the motherboard, no need to plug in any of the other power cables on the power supply, you have the cpu installed on the motherboard (only, that's all you need at that point in the pc build), you plug the usb drive you put the bios onto for the motherboard into the usb slot on the MB the instructions give you (different MB companies have different instructions for the process but it's easy to look up) , press a button close to that usb slot on the back panel of the motherboard that causes the bios to be flashed/installed onto the motherboard and then the MB recognizes the CPU without any difficulty .. so do your research on the MB and don't fall into the same trap I did
You're probably best off getting a B550 MB. I think they can be found in the $100 and higher range, maybe a bit cheaper. Any of the known makers should be fine, Asus, Gigabyte, ASRock, etc., whatever's cheapest and has the features you want. And it's pretty easy to build a PC and there's plenty of online advice on it. Take a look at this to start:
https://www.tomshardware.com/best...therboards [tomshardware.com]
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though looking at the price tags for the coolers my reply was "ouch"
Also .. and please bear in mind I'm not an expert on CPU coolers by any means
https://www.amazon.com/Stealth-Connector-Aluminum-Heatsink-3-93-Inch/dp/B07MFMFL7R/ref=sr_1_1?keywor... [amazon.com]
and one amazon reviewer said quote
" James David Drake
4.0 out of 5 stars Good to a point
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 17, 2022
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Used for a Ryzen 5 2600 for years with no issues what so ever. I upgraded to a Ryzen 7 5800x and bought another wraith just because lazy and didn't want to both clean the old wraith and apply new thermal paste. After installation my CPU temps could not be controlled with this. I'm talking 92 degrees under moderate load. I did reseat with no changes. Case open and a box fan aimed into case, still 92 degrees. I switched it out with a moderately priced cooler master and temps are now manageable at around 70 degrees under moderate load.
Pros: good for older cpus
Cons: had for newer cpus "
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though looking at the price tags for the coolers my reply was "ouch"
Also .. and please bear in mind I'm not an expert on CPU coolers by any means
https://www.amazon.com/Stealth-Connector-Aluminum-Heatsink-3-93-Inch/dp/B07MFMFL7R/ref=sr_1_1?keywor... [amazon.com]
and one amazon reviewer said quote
" James David Drake
4.0 out of 5 stars Good to a point
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 17, 2022
Verified Purchase
Used for a Ryzen 5 2600 for years with no issues what so ever. I upgraded to a Ryzen 7 5800x and bought another wraith just because lazy and didn't want to both clean the old wraith and apply new thermal paste. After installation my CPU temps could not be controlled with this. I'm talking 92 degrees under moderate load. I did reseat with no changes. Case open and a box fan aimed into case, still 92 degrees. I switched it out with a moderately priced cooler master and temps are now manageable at around 70 degrees under moderate load.
Pros: good for older cpus
Cons: had for newer cpus "