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Any comments? Thinking hard about purchasing. Weird it comes with two different types of memory. Is it worth putting four sticks in an AMD system, or are there still issues? Thanks!
It doesn't really matter that it comes with 2 different types of memory, as one set is already 32 gb, which is plenty. You could resell the 16 gb set or use it in another computer. I have had a near identical setup for 1-2 years now and am very happy with this build. Can't comment specifically on the price, as I do not know what current pricing is like, but I am pretty sure this is less than what I spent on it.
Many of us on aging Intel parts who are locked-out of Win10 upgrades and don't want to mess with Rufus are looking at this and asking aloud "Do my games really care about 6 vs 8 cores"...and the answer is going to be no if you're chasing 60fps...
Pcpartpicker also showing total price as $555 so seems like a good deal.
only downside is the ram is CL36 but based on my research, that seems good enough for gaming.
I'm wondering if I should get this to pair with the 5070ti or get the 9700x. Performance between the two CPUs seem similar
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Many of us on aging Intel parts who are locked-out of Win10 upgrades and don't want to mess with Rufus are looking at this and asking aloud "Do my games really care about 6 vs 8 cores"...and the answer is going to be no if you're chasing 60fps...
The lack of need for more cores is somewhat of a false narrative due to the way benchmarking is done to remove anomalies.
They often disable AV, Windows Updates, and as many various processes as possible.
In reality, your PC is often doing many background tasks that can kick off at random times.
Having extra cores to handle these events held ensure that your game that only uses 1 or 2 cores is not impacted by these outside events.
Benchmarking needs to disable all these outside events so that these outside events are not captured. Otherwise when Comparing CPU1 vs CPU2 running a benchmark suite you could get CPU1 (Running Suite and WIndows Update) vs CPU2 (Running Suite.) and the results would not really be comparable.
Real World...Having additional Cores will play a larger role than in benchmarks you see. Especially when dealing with "Dips" which are the key worry.
The Asus board had a few more PCIe/M.2 slots but that's expected going to a mATX board. The Gigabyte I would say has better VRM's (2x5+2+2) and that was a "low point" for the Asus.. The Gigabyte checks off the minimum boxes for PCIe 5.0 and one 5x4 M.2 slot.
It doesn't really matter that it comes with 2 different types of memory, as one set is already 32 gb, which is plenty. You could resell the 16 gb set or use it in another computer. I have had a near identical setup for 1-2 years now and am very happy with this build. Can't comment specifically on the price, as I do not know what current pricing is like, but I am pretty sure this is less than what I spent on it.
Chiming in as a pricing benchmark, I bought a similar bundle last November for $500ish.
Likewise, happy with the build. Used as a light gaming machine.
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only downside is the ram is CL36 but based on my research, that seems good enough for gaming.
I'm wondering if I should get this to pair with the 5070ti or get the 9700x. Performance between the two CPUs seem similar
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They often disable AV, Windows Updates, and as many various processes as possible.
In reality, your PC is often doing many background tasks that can kick off at random times.
Having extra cores to handle these events held ensure that your game that only uses 1 or 2 cores is not impacted by these outside events.
Benchmarking needs to disable all these outside events so that these outside events are not captured. Otherwise when Comparing CPU1 vs CPU2 running a benchmark suite you could get CPU1 (Running Suite and WIndows Update) vs CPU2 (Running Suite.) and the results would not really be comparable.
Real World...Having additional Cores will play a larger role than in benchmarks you see. Especially when dealing with "Dips" which are the key worry.
Because that would actually be helpful, and that makes it worth more than free
Chiming in as a pricing benchmark, I bought a similar bundle last November for $500ish.
Likewise, happy with the build. Used as a light gaming machine.
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Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE V2
Gamemax M60 Black Steel Micro ATX Tower USB3.0
ASRock Challenger CL-550B 550W 80 PLUS BRONZE PSU
I will re-use my GTX1080 card. I also have a M2 SSD.
I don't game.
Total was $549.40 shipped. Hard to beat.