AMD Ryzen 7 7700X + MSI B650-P Pro MB + 32GB G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5-6000 Memory Expired

I bought this deal when it was $399.00. Same components. Had to do some digging to figure out the quick bios 5 settings and get things to boot faster. Everything is good. I paired this with a couple of gen 4 m.2 ssds and a 4080 super. Big upgrades from the 2700x and the 2080 super I was running. Still have those parts and might get a 5800x3d yo replace the 2700x and throw a 4070 I still have that I let lapse outside the return window at Best Buy. Had I thought things out better I could have returned the 4070. I was on the fence and at the time I was using it the 4080 and 4090s were sold out everywhere. Didn't want to be left out in the cold so I hung on to the 4070. On a side not anyone wondering if it is worth spending the extra to get a 7800x3d instead of this I would say the differences are minimal. Sure the x3d is going to be more optimized for gaming but the performance of both these chips are very close.

that's a 4 hour drive, but better than ATL.

I currently have a 2700x and a 1070. I was wondering if I should get all new or just go with 5800x3d and a 4070.

In my experience the reverse is true. AMD can sometimes be faster. But hotter/less power efficient.

I don't think it's a good idea for you to recommend a -30 all core curve optimizer undervolt. If you get insanely lucky and win the silicon lottery it's possible to get a cpu that'll do -30 all core stable, but that's far more the exception than the rule. For the vast majority of zen 4 cpus there will be at least one core that require a significantly lower offset to be truly stable. There's also tons of other factors that play a role, like temperature and the clocking behavior of the cpu which can vary by motherboard and bios version. It's very easy to set too large of an offset without realizing, only to have minor instabilities you barely notice keep happening until all of the sudden your OS is corrupted and you'd better pray you have a full backup. It's also important to note that many of the earlier zen 4 undervolt results were back when agesa wasn't properly limiting voltages for cpus when expo was enabled.

For example, on my personal system with a 7900x and motherboard default cpu settings (excluding curve optimizer), I can set a very large all core offset in bios, boot into windows, and run benchmarks like cinebench just fine. However, my system is not stable. In fact, even at a -15 all core offset, I get errors on a couple of cores doing core cycling with small dataset sse instructions in occt. Meanwhile, at a -13 all core offset there are no errors on any core, and this was verified with a variety of occt tests, core cycler, y-cruncher, and prime95. While core cycling stress tests are a worst case scenario, any cpu errors whatsoever mean your system is at risk of instability and OS corruption. It's possible to use an unstable system without major issues, many people who undervolt do so (knowingly or unknowingly), but it's important to weigh the risks and benefits.

The general community consensus I've seen (in forums where people are actually properly testing their undervolts rather than random reddit threads) is that unless you get extremely unlucky practically all zen 4 cpus should be fully stable with a -10 all core offset. Anything beyond that comes down to the silicon lottery, and how much of a risk you're willing to take with your system's stability.

why aren't there any microcenters in FL. Grrr.

I had really crazy slow boot, it was a solid 30 seconds to even hit BIOS with this combo + m.2 drive. I ended up returning the whole thing.

the 7800x3d seems a better deal, no?