Ryzen 3000 series CPUs

oh shit I saw it on the hw unboxed video, didnt pick up the intel part of the slide
i almost had chickens when i saw it, glad i was wrong! 750 usd is much better, i did the math in my head on 1200 usd and panic set in when i guestimated 1800 aud

 

So you're potentially looking at $1,200aud minimum

Still MUCH cheaper than intel's nearest equivalent though

 

Some might find this tempting;
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core AM4 3.8GHz CPU with Wraith Prism RGB Cooler $789 + $12 Delivery @ Umart
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/495004
https://www.umart.com.au/AMD-Ryzen-...-CPU-with-Wraith-Prism-RGB-Cooler_51576G.html

 

$799 pickup @ Scorptec for anyone Melbourne based, which is what i paid for mine 2 weeks ago.

EDIT: $789 pickup now at Scorptec for OCAU members

 

$756 delivered after discount at futu online - eBay

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-AMD...f1fa:m:mSukQTUOqNFEcSQII4FCTfg&frcectupt=true

 

$765 delivered from Scorptec eBay using PLEASE10 code
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/AMD-Ryz...m3d9582c296:g:QhsAAOSwmFVdp~Ho&frcectupt=true

 

Bit surprised about not included cooler. IMO should really be included.
IMO the price and the lack of cooler make it a bit of a weaker choice than it could have been.

I will probably build another Ryzen system next year in mITX format. I think I will probably go with just 12 cores for that, as it seems to be where the value price performance is.

Interesting about threadripper needing a new socket.

 

I don't think a CPU with that many cores is going to perform to any standard with a stock cooler tbh. I wonder how it'd go with one of the big metal coolers but probably pretty shit even then maybe?

 

A Noctua cooler should easily handle a 3950. Moving up a 24 or 32 core threadripper air cooling would def be insufficient. I think AMD recommends at minimum a 280 watercooler and I think that would saturate with heat pretty quickly.

 

btw: I see the AMD have more recent chipset drivers on the AMD site and it takes a whil;e for mobo makers to catch up

that is a must, I reset my BIOS ( optimized with no XMP )and boot again before I flash........

 

I think the important thing to do is to delete any saved user profiles. I have taken notes of my settings and can apply them fairly quickly nowadays (about 30 changes) but I was being slack by pulling the previous BIOS user profile. I think there were some additional settings and changes with the new BIOS and this contributed to the balked outcomes I was seeing.

Sometimes the tough lessons learnt are those that stick for longer and allow a greater understanding?!?

 

Complete domination. Eat a massive bag of dicks Intel.

 

Intel (and by extension consumers) might like dicks? Each to their own I say.

 

A whole bag though?

 

I love "effortless 1080p gaming" as a selling point. What the fuck can't do that for a quarter of the price these days?

 

a whole massive bag at that

 

I see there is a new MSI B450 GPC BIOS out, but couldn't find any change notes.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B450-GAMING-PRO-CARBON-AC

Anyone know whether there is benefit in flashing?

 

The only notes are those that were present;

If you have a Ryzen 3 series I'd do it.

 

You can see the change notes on the max boards, improved nvme support and improved boot times