frontpage Posted by AlyssaBabe • Feb 15, 2025
Feb 15, 2025 12:48 AM
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Item 1 of 4
frontpage Posted by AlyssaBabe • Feb 15, 2025
Feb 15, 2025 12:48 AM
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Granite Ridge AM5 4.40GHz Unlocked Desktop Processor
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oh and you'll need to get a cpu heat sink if you get that bundle. it doesn't come with one
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Would this bundle work with a 5070 or 5070ti? Rookie asking here. Planing a first build.
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Yes, the tech in this bundle all released within the past year, so it is totally compatible with an RTX 5070. Just be sure that you get the proper power supply to juice the whole build and you'll be fine.
oh and you'll need to get a cpu heat sink if you get that bundle. it doesn't come with one
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I got this as well but with the X670E bundle and it came out to $232 for the CPU. Hard to pass up for that price.
While only a little bit slower than 14th gen i7 for production it will consume 80 watts less at load.
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Did you get this bundle with the x670 or the x870 mobo?
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The exact one I linked should be the x870e which is what I got. It had more features and I saw it worth the extra bit of cash. Never cheap out on a motherboard, because you'll be feature locked in a few years when you want to add something but can't because you wanted to save $50-100 a few years ago
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While only a little bit slower than 14th gen i7 for production it will consume 80 watts less at load.
And with Precision Boost Overdrive (AMD overclocking) I bet it would match or exceed the i7. Would definitely exceed the i7 with increased wattage enabled by PBO.
Power and heat dissipation issues for mainstream. Not everyone runs theirs on LN or Water cooling to make it feasible in your average build.
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ram: 64gb
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Wish I didn't see this, lol. Now I'm definitely going to upgrade. I'm also on 9900k but with a 3090.
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Haha yeah I almost didn't pull the trigger but seeing how steep the CPU discount itself was caused me to research performance gains, which was projected at ~40%+, and sure enough it was true. I figured with tariffs incoming this was the best time to make the jump, and I'm super happy I did.
I ended up using my previous i9 to make a secondary "server" PC in my house, running Proxmox with docker containers. So many cool self-hosted apps you can run on it, and the i9 is still super juiced for that kind of purpose!