Newegg has AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D AM4 CPU (w/ 32gb DDR4 3600 RAM) + MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS AM4 Mobo on sale for $299.99 (or less) when you follow the instructions below. Shipping is free.
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Newegg has AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D AM4 CPU (w/ 32gb DDR4 3600 RAM) + MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS AM4 Mobo on sale for $299.99 (or less) when you follow the instructions below. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member HappyPassenger3778 for sharing this deal.
Here is the combo for $300. The OP is saying buy 2x $100 gift card and save $20. I assume you need to buy that first to apply to the combo. It is definitely convoluted.
Budget, freeing up money for a better GPU for gaming. I paid $129 shipped for a new 5700x3d, $35 for DDR4 3600mhz ram (new), and $60 for an open box Asrock Phantom Gaming B550/w Wi-Fi AM4 motherboard. That savings is the difference between a 6600 and 6700 or 6700 and 6800 GPU, and the 5700x3d can more than hold its own and won't bottleneck those cards.
I should clarify, I think the fan is really noisy once it ramps up (and seemingly tends to stay there) and I have an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360mm AiO. From my research this seems to be a really good AiO for the bang for the buck.
I'm just wondering if a regular CPU heatsink with fan would have been better noise wise. I was under the impression the AiO would help with noise. Turns out, it's complete opposite so far, or I don't know how to do the fan curve right. I'm pretty sure the thermal paste was well applied too.
FYI 5700X3D are now selling for ~$90 on aliexpress with whatever coupons are being run for black friday. I've seen some sellers as low as $75 but those seem sus.
Makes me regret buying for $130 on aliexpress!
most are still around 150$+..and the shipping is slow af
FYI 5700X3D are now selling for ~$90 on aliexpress with whatever coupons are being run for black friday. I've seen some sellers as low as $75 but those seem sus.
This is tempting my son's rig currently has a 5600, on a Asus B450M/AC with 16g spectrix ddr4 d41 ax4u300038g16a-dt41 and a 3060 GPU. He plans to upgrade the GPU later next year. Would this be a good pump in performance or should I just allocate the funds to an am5 system?
Asking for opinions: How do AMD processors currently stack up against Intel for NON-gaming functionality, i.e. office productivity apps and multi-tasking?
You don't have to be poor to pick and choose what to spend money on. To me, it's not worth it to spend $400 when I can spend $200 and have something that will work for my needs and last long enough that spending another $200 in the future will get me better than what spending $400 now would get.
I'm gonna buy some other parts along with this deal and I want to try to use the gift cards to cover the whole thing. Does anyone know if there are more restrictions than just the 2 per account, like if i try to make a new account to get more will it stop my if I try to use the same payment method, or if i try to use more than 2 on a single order will it stop me?
I should clarify, I think the fan is really noisy once it ramps up (and seemingly tends to stay there) and I have an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360mm AiO. From my research this seems to be a really good AiO for the bang for the buck.
I'm just wondering if a regular CPU heatsink with fan would have been better noise wise. I was under the impression the AiO would help with noise. Turns out, it's complete opposite so far, or I don't know how to do the fan curve right. I'm pretty sure the thermal paste was well applied too.
Research CPU undervolting on YouTube. A tool like Intel XTU can help you do that w/o you messin' around in the BIOS. I have a system with an 11700k and a 240mm AIO. Before undervolting and setting the PL2 limit, I was hitting 90c+ easily during gaming. Now my CPU stays under 70c and does not thermal throttle at all. The fans are much quieter too.
This is a fine deal for a budget build. There's nothing wrong with buying into AM4 at this point in time if the price is right, even though the platform is technically "dead". As others have said, you could likely ride this one until AM6 is released, or maybe even Intel will come back with something worthwhile in that space.
I don't put nearly as much stock in things like "future proof" and "upgrade path" as I used to. Future-proofing is an educated guess at best and usually just a shot in the dark. Some will ever say there is no such thing as "future proof" and they may be correct. When I bought my Ivy Bridge i7-3770, no one had any idea that Intel would rest on its laurels and release a number of successive generations with only marginal improvements. I went from that processor to an i7-12700, skipping several generations as well as a handful of different CPU sockets - not to mention a whole different generation of RAM standards.
I wonder how many people do in-socket upgrades versus just building/buying new systems entirely. In many ways, the upgradability of the AM4 platform is an anomaly in the computer world. The fact that someone who bought a first gen or first gen refresh Zen CPU can get a massive boost just by updating the bios and getting a new CPU is really amazing (going from something like a 1600AF or 2600 to a 5700x3d is a huge improvement), but not typical. We also forget that AMD wasn't going to have older platforms support the 5xxx series Zen 3 processors, only changing its tune in response to consumer backlash. While AMD has indicated it will support AM5 in a similar fashion, there's no guarantee that will happen.
Bottom line is that this is a decent deal. Pair it with a good GPU and you'll have a solid gaming system. Don't focus on slippery concepts like upgrade path, future proof, etc. It doesn't matter that it's a "dead" platform. Guess what - so is Intel's LGA 1700, and they still sell a lot of those.
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Here is the combo for $300. The OP is saying buy 2x $100 gift card and save $20. I assume you need to buy that first to apply to the combo. It is definitely convoluted.
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Temp -> Fan speed
50C -> 20%
60C -> 40%
70C -> 60%
80C -> 80%
90C -> 100%
What's your suggestion here?
I should clarify, I think the fan is really noisy once it ramps up (and seemingly tends to stay there) and I have an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360mm AiO. From my research this seems to be a really good AiO for the bang for the buck.
I'm just wondering if a regular CPU heatsink with fan would have been better noise wise. I was under the impression the AiO would help with noise. Turns out, it's complete opposite so far, or I don't know how to do the fan curve right. I'm pretty sure the thermal paste was well applied too.
Makes me regret buying for $130 on aliexpress!
Makes me regret buying for $130 on aliexpress!
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They are legit.. takes about 2 weeks but worth the wait.
You're not likely to find a CPU only deal as good as that from a stateside retailer
Temp -> Fan speed
50C -> 20%
60C -> 40%
70C -> 60%
80C -> 80%
90C -> 100%
What's your suggestion here?
I should clarify, I think the fan is really noisy once it ramps up (and seemingly tends to stay there) and I have an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360mm AiO. From my research this seems to be a really good AiO for the bang for the buck.
I'm just wondering if a regular CPU heatsink with fan would have been better noise wise. I was under the impression the AiO would help with noise. Turns out, it's complete opposite so far, or I don't know how to do the fan curve right. I'm pretty sure the thermal paste was well applied too.
Research and give it a try!
I don't put nearly as much stock in things like "future proof" and "upgrade path" as I used to. Future-proofing is an educated guess at best and usually just a shot in the dark. Some will ever say there is no such thing as "future proof" and they may be correct. When I bought my Ivy Bridge i7-3770, no one had any idea that Intel would rest on its laurels and release a number of successive generations with only marginal improvements. I went from that processor to an i7-12700, skipping several generations as well as a handful of different CPU sockets - not to mention a whole different generation of RAM standards.
I wonder how many people do in-socket upgrades versus just building/buying new systems entirely. In many ways, the upgradability of the AM4 platform is an anomaly in the computer world. The fact that someone who bought a first gen or first gen refresh Zen CPU can get a massive boost just by updating the bios and getting a new CPU is really amazing (going from something like a 1600AF or 2600 to a 5700x3d is a huge improvement), but not typical. We also forget that AMD wasn't going to have older platforms support the 5xxx series Zen 3 processors, only changing its tune in response to consumer backlash. While AMD has indicated it will support AM5 in a similar fashion, there's no guarantee that will happen.
Bottom line is that this is a decent deal. Pair it with a good GPU and you'll have a solid gaming system. Don't focus on slippery concepts like upgrade path, future proof, etc. It doesn't matter that it's a "dead" platform. Guess what - so is Intel's LGA 1700, and they still sell a lot of those.
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