enc0dex264
Forerunner
AMD makes it very easy.. you can set your thermal limit and just give it a negative offset and overclocking is done.
Very easy compared to intel actually.
Very easy compared to intel actually.
meduvada
Beginner
my 9950x is on the way. can't wait to test it out and do a little bit of OCing. upgrading my work rig from 5950x to 9950x
YeAhx
Forerunner
Satire or?
Well, they can't hit sixers every generation. This was bound to happen, honestly I was expecting 7000s series to be disappointing consider it was on the newer AM5 platform and similar to how Ryzen 1st gen was introduced I assumed it would have been a dumpy ride. So weird to see not the 1st lineup but for the 2nd lineup in AM5 platform to perform average like this.
Guess I'm happy with my 5700X3D on a B450 mobo. Couldn't be any more value for money combo.
Darth Vader
Galvanizer
YeAhx
Forerunner
Oh man lol. I mean even Intel aren't doing so good lately. Their performance + effiency core setup is biting them in the ass. I guess AMD lacked in cores just like Nvidia lacks in VRAM.
What even happened to the RISC-V processors that were gonna come out? We really need a 3rd competitor right now.
tr27
Explorer
Amd also shat bed at every given chance.. the image that amd is Consumer friendly is not true. These are for profit companies afterall with shareholders. I have gone with am5 and am4 for the CPU but I also highly rated the 12100f , 12400 and 14700k (aware of the issues but still). On GPU , Nvidia is simply a level above.. their mid and low end suck price wise but if you want the better or best.. that's nvidia GPU atm
Arctic and Noctua are great example of consumer friendly companies.. Noctua offers simply the best air cooling components at premium cost but provides really good support while Arctic offers the best value for money components and still offers one of the best consumer support.
For RISC-V, already out but just initial phase.. also cheaper than nuc and arm but also behind in performance and software stack maturity. Basically at this point, these releases of RISC-V are for developers (as in RISC-V devs) rather than home pc.
These are also few starting to be available in itx form factor mobo with dimm ram slots and nvme/sata slots but very very limited pcie lanes .. some come with soldered ram/storage.. there are also few chinese and cheaper but harder to work with. RISC-V is not a competitor in consumer space at all right now.
It will be a competitor in niche market and OEM market in near future but not right now. Still in very early stage.
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Who is offering a good deal on the latest 9950x CPU? Any recommendations anyone?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Darth Vader
Galvanizer
tantrikt
Contributor
If this is indeed the case they should have collaborated with MS earlier to align the new chips release with a windows update and saved themselves a ton of bad press. Performance gains still are not substantial gen to gen to warrant the cost and upgrade. But I think many will sign off on these because of bad first impressions. That ghost will haunt many a purchase decisions. They may find better success in the data centers and server farms.
YeAhx
Forerunner
Big if this is new. Would love to see more improvements (I mean who doesn't).
I see. I guess RISC-V will be a niche unless some big figure gets it out to the spotlight. Not enough people know about it and the benefits it has (or so I have heard).
meduvada
Beginner
arrived 
my PC case is in transit and until then i cannot build my new rig
my PC case is in transit and until then i cannot build my new rig
Well well well !!! See especially look closely at the linked pic in there about the location LOL.
Now I'm really excited to upgrade my current desktop.
anyone with even a lick of common sense would have realized that after AMD pulled the same bullshit as Nvidia during Covid
AMD has really gotten lazy with their GPU division too, no meaningful upgrades, increased pricing, its as if they are deliberately wanting to be behind Nvidia in the consumer GPU market
meduvada
Beginner
Up and running we are. tested everything yesterday night and now the rig is ready. have not run any benches or done overnight stress testing yet but it is stable at 5.45ghz with all my CPU intensive work apps
next step is to learn a bit more about OC to see what i can achieve and run some benches / stress test as well
next step is to learn a bit more about OC to see what i can achieve and run some benches / stress test as well
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