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expired Posted by Carnivore • Aug 16, 2024
Aug 16, 2024 8:34 PM
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Processor + 32GB (2 x 16GB) G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5 6000 RAM
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This doesn't seem like a very good deal considering how minor of an improvement the 9700x is over the 7700(x) outside of avx512 applications (at least on windows). It's entirely possible performance will improve drastically with microcode and/or windows scheduler updates, but there's no way of knowing how major of a performance uplift there may potentially be, nor how long it will take before those updates are available.
Gamers nexus initial 9700x review (make sure to check out the additional power efficiency analysis video I'll link below): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rttc_io
Gamers nexus zen 5 power usage and efficiency follow-up analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wLXQnZ
Initial Hardware unboxed review of the 9700x (gaming focused): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF_bMt9
Hardware unboxed "re-review" of the 9700x and 9600x (further analysis): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeBruhh
Unless you primarily use linux, or have productivity workloads that heavily utilize avx512 while not being heavily multithreaded, there's no real reason to consider the 9700x over either the 7700x or 7800x3d. Productivity applications that wouldn't meaningfully benefit from more than 8-cores while simultaneously making liberal avx512 are not exactly common as you can imagine. For anyone looking to build a gaming pc, the 7700x is only slightly slower than the 9700x, while the 7800x3d is drastically faster in gaming, Meanwhile, for those building a pc intended for cpu dependent productivity workloads, the vast majority of productivity applications will derive greater benefits from running on a cpu with more than 8-cores compared to the improvement in avx512. For productivity use cases you'd be better off looking at the 7900x or 7950x.
The 7700x+mobo+ram combo is a far better value even at the current (crappy) price of $400, let alone the $350 it's gone on sale for in the past. Likewise, if you're looking to build a high end gaming computer, the 7800x3d+mobo+ram combo is a better value even at the current (crappy) price of $500, let alone the $450 it's gone on sale for in the past.
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This doesn't seem like a very good deal considering how minor of an improvement the 9700x is over the 7700(x) outside of avx512 applications (at least on windows). It's entirely possible performance will improve drastically with microcode and/or windows scheduler updates, but there's no way of knowing how major of a performance uplift there may potentially be, nor how long it will take before those updates are available.
Gamers nexus initial 9700x review (make sure to check out the additional power efficiency analysis video I'll link below): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rttc_io
Gamers nexus zen 5 power usage and efficiency follow-up analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wLXQnZ
Initial Hardware unboxed review of the 9700x (gaming focused): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF_bMt9
Hardware unboxed "re-review" of the 9700x and 9600x (further analysis): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeBruhh
Unless you primarily use linux, or have productivity workloads that heavily utilize avx512 while not being heavily multithreaded, there's no real reason to consider the 9700x over either the 7700x or 7800x3d. Productivity applications that wouldn't meaningfully benefit from more than 8-cores while simultaneously making liberal avx512 are not exactly common as you can imagine. For anyone looking to build a gaming pc, the 7700x is only slightly slower than the 9700x, while the 7800x3d is drastically faster in gaming, Meanwhile, for those building a pc intended for cpu dependent productivity workloads, the vast majority of productivity applications will derive greater benefits from running on a cpu with more than 8-cores compared to the improvement in avx512. For productivity use cases you'd be better off looking at the 7900x or 7950x.
The 7700x+mobo+ram combo is a far better value even at the current (crappy) price of $400, let alone the $350 it's gone on sale for in the past. Likewise, if you're looking to build a high end gaming computer, the 7800x3d+mobo+ram combo is a better value even at the current (crappy) price of $500, let alone the $450 it's gone on sale for in the past.
Also, current rumors are that the 9600x and 9700x will have their tdps changed to 105w by default with the upcoming agesa 1.2.0.1a, so the efficiency advantage they do have over the 7700x by having virtue of having a much lower tdp in their default configuration will likely be drastically cut down.
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The ASRock B650E or X670E Steel Legend are great options but I went with the MSI since it's a bit cheaper.
EDIT: It looks like the X670E Tomahawk is back to only discounting to $196 now.
I'll wait for AM6 lol
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