Great CPU if you're using it for CPU intensive workloads, Gaming only would be better with a 5800X3d. The motherboard in this bundle is a bit of a mismatch. Would prefer to pair it with something that has a more substantial VRM setup. Advise going water cooled as well, a 280mm or bigger - excellent deals on the Arctic Freezer 2's and 3's on Amazon right now
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You should be okay with the 212. Just make sure your firmware is somewhat up to date and just set up PBO for your 5800X3D. The Phantom Spirit is a great cooler but depending what case you have, it might be too big.
If you have microcenter you can get 7700x with msi b650 and 32gb of ram for $370 much more future proof since it has am5 socket motherboard. Just my personal opinion
GIGABYTE B550 UD AC AM4 AMD B550 sucks, the secondary fast PCIE slot doesn't have even runs at PCIE 3.0x4 slot.
With 1 High Speed PCIE Slot dedicated to GPU, no room for RAID card or 40G NIC.
What are they thinking to include this spec motherboard? Any motherboard with second high-speed PCIE slot will make me consider this deals even though 5950x's relatively slow single core performance vs AMD 7xxx.
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https://www.microcenter
Microcenter has really good deals tho. And this is zen 3..zen 5 should be coming this year
https://www.microcenter
Microcenter has really good deals tho. And this is zen 3..zen 5 should be coming this year
Not everyone lives near a microcenter.
we all travel lil buddy
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With 1 High Speed PCIE Slot dedicated to GPU, no room for RAID card or 40G NIC.
What are they thinking to include this spec motherboard? Any motherboard with second high-speed PCIE slot will make me consider this deals even though 5950x's relatively slow single core performance vs AMD 7xxx.