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expired Posted by tDames | Staff • Nov 7, 2024
Nov 7, 2024 8:07 PM
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but its within ~3% difference on that ram. you wont even miss it with that blazing fast cpu. especially since they are sold out often of the cpu.
if this is your only opportunity to get it, definitely get it for the cpu alone, and eat the 3%.
Also you can manually oc the ram to cl30 but it will take 30mins-1hour to figure out the sub timings and voltage.
Btw if you get this processor, it can be way more than 3% better in gaming than every single other processor on the market today. Some benchmarks go up to almost 30% under certain resolutions, with certain settings, in certain games.
LTTs review compared CP2077 for example on this and found even at 1080p when you max settings you're only seeing maybe a 2% improvement going 7800X3D to 9800X3D, less than 1% by 1440p/max (even the 5800X3D is less than 1% slower here than the 9800X3D), and by 4k scores are basically identical. And they tested several other games this way and saw even less difference at the ultra settings across resolutions.... and I don't imagine there's a LOT of folks who buy a top-tier gaming CPU then run 1080p low?
The 9800X3D does beat the 7800X3D in productivity testing by a decent bit-- but if that's your primary use case the 9700X beats both in most testing (let alone the higher core/speed 9xxx chips).... Still, if you're primarily a gamer but ALSO do a decent amount of cpu-heavy productivity stuff, the upgrade is probably worth it.... purely for gaming though, not so much.... It's possible the gaming benefits will be more apparent in gaming with say a future 5090 or something, but no way to quantify that now.
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I'm wanting to build my next pc around feb/march of next year and starting to buy parts as they go on sale during the holidays.
Worried the 9800x3d won't be in stock often.
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I have several systems (1 hooked up to each TV, along with an arcade, and also a complete heavy use computer rig (heavy music production and gaming too etc), and for everyday tasks...even the machine with an ancient 2500k i5 is perfectly fine (it is overclocked).
In your use case, I'd just look for something used and cheap, or a cheap deal on a prebuilt.
If I wanted to build a system just for fun, I'd get a 5700g for $160 on the AM4 platform with 32GB of cheaper DDR4 ram and however much NVME storage you need and be done with it. I'd spend under $100 on a motherboard as you won't need bells and whistles.
https://www.newegg.com/asrock-b55...rce=regio
Here is one with 2.5 Gbit lan (no wifi...if that is what you need shop around).
Arrow Lake will be faster yes, but cost a lot more, and still run a lot hotter and use a lot more power.
But for easy computing tasks...I can't tell the difference between my 2500k, 2400g, 5950x, or 5700g machines. They all just run fine.
So really take stock on what your productivity tasks are. Is it running word and excel, or running. Note: If you are the type that likes to tinker and upgrade over time...ignore everything I said. This is a buy it and forget it system not meant to tweak and improve over time--but it will save you a lot of money.
(here is a good price on a nice ddr4 kits to pair with the cpu/igpu that will get the most out of it (for a small price premium).
If I were close to a Microcenter, I would have already picked up the 7600x3D bundle. Put that $200 saved towards a GPU.
I have several systems (1 hooked up to each TV, along with an arcade, and also a complete heavy use computer rig (heavy music production and gaming too etc), and for everyday tasks...even the machine with an ancient 2500k i5 is perfectly fine (it is overclocked).
In your use case, I'd just look for something used and cheap, or a cheap deal on a prebuilt.
If I wanted to build a system just for fun, I'd get a 5700g for $160 on the AM4 platform with 32GB of cheaper DDR4 ram and however much NVME storage you need and be done with it. I'd spend under $100 on a motherboard as you won't need bells and whistles.
https://www.newegg.com/asrock-b55...rce=regio
Here is one with 2.5 Gbit lan (no wifi...if that is what you need shop around).
Arrow Lake will be faster yes, but cost a lot more, and still run a lot hotter and use a lot more power.
But for easy computing tasks...I can't tell the difference between my 2500k, 2400g, 5950x, or 5700g machines. They all just run fine.
So really take stock on what your productivity tasks are. Is it running word and excel, or running. Note: If you are the type that likes to tinker and upgrade over time...ignore everything I said. This is a buy it and forget it system not meant to tweak and improve over time--but it will save you a lot of money.
(here is a good price on a nice ddr4 kits to pair with the cpu/igpu that will get the most out of it (for a small price premium).
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LTTs review compared CP2077 .
You guys still got to LTT for reviews?