AMD Zen Discussion Thread

z0oT

I'm not planning on upgrading, but from my own perspective, it's a pity that there's no 65W 8-core - at least not yet anyway.

wotzgoingon

MidlanderMan wrote: »

Anyone know if there's any B450 boards that are zen 3 ready now (with a bios flash obviously).?

You'll be waiting till January before Zen 3 support come to that chipset. Only X570 and B550 have support at launch.

K.O.Kiki

MidlanderMan wrote: »

Anyone know if there's any B450 boards that are zen 3 ready now (with a bios flash obviously).?

None.
But cheap B550 exist so why wait?

MidlanderMan

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

None.
But cheap B550 exist so why wait?

Went with an msi b550 gaming plus in the end.
Comes in at €125 after a €30 cash back offer from MSI right now, seems a decent deal. Pairing it with some 3600mhz cl18 ram, a 512gb Viper NVMe ssd, and my 3080.

Should get at least 60fps in TF 2 with that I reckon.

Samuel T. Cogley

Whats the best way of getting the CPU cooler off without ripping the CPU out of the socket?

SickBoy

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Whats the best way of getting the CPU cooler off without ripping the CPU out of the socket?

Run the machine for about 15 mins before attempting to remove the heatsink.

MidlanderMan

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Whats the best way of getting the CPU cooler off without ripping the CPU out of the socket?

Is it stuck because of suction? wiggle it, twist, slide, until it comes off. Don't lift it off with the cpu or force it up as you might damage the pins.

Squidgy Black

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Whats the best way of getting the CPU cooler off without ripping the CPU out of the socket?

Should just come right off once you've undone all the mounting screws and removed the mounting bracket. Give it a twist and you should break the sort of seal by the paste as opposed to pulling upwards

cromelex

Amazon has shipped my 5600X! Delighted

Andrew76

cromelex wrote: »

Amazon has shipped my 5600X! Delighted

Aren't they due to go on sale tomorrow anyway?

cromelex

Andrew76 wrote: »

Aren't they due to go on sale tomorrow anyway?

Yes, but I managed to get a pre-order in today and it's already shipped which I find quite surprising.

Especially compared with the current Ampere Nvidia cards (currently queued for a 3070)..

MidlanderMan

My CPU will arrive friday from amazon but my new case, ram, PSU and motherboard won't arrive until mid next week.
No fair.

ozmo

cromelex wrote: »

Amazon has shipped my 5600X! Delighted

Ah well done- i was looking yesterday for a preorder on this but didn't find one-

What motherboard will you use it on?

EoinHef

MidlanderMan wrote: »

My CPU will arrive friday from amazon but my new case, ram, PSU and motherboard won't arrive until mid next week.
No fair.

This is the way

Overheal

So Zen 3 launches in a matter of hours but no sites in the US have product pages for it.

Remind me again which one I'm buying?

MidlanderMan

Overheal wrote: »

So Zen 3 launches in a matter of hours but no sites in the US have product pages for it.

Remind me again which one I'm buying?

I'd have ordered a 5800x if I'd the choice. Infact my 5600x may be returned to amazon if I find a 5800x before tuesday (when the rest of my stuff arrives from CCL).

Overheal

You already have a 5600X?

Overheal

I'm leaning toward the 5600X because for the +50% extra money to do 5800X it doesn't seem to justify the add of 2 cores and 100 Mhz of clock speed.

Simi

Overheal wrote: »

I'm leaning toward the 5600X because for the +50% extra money to do 5800X it doesn't seem to justify the add of 2 cores and 100 Mhz of clock speed.

If it's primarily for gaming the 5600X will be the best bang for buck. The difference between 6 and 8 core CPU's is negligible in most games and given the Series X and PS5 are essentially using underclocked 3700X's I don't see that changing too much in the near future

InDarkWoods

Any chance the 5600X will be on Amazon UK this morning? Or has it already sold out (RE: the smile.amazon link from a few messages back)?

deceit

Is anywhere selling these yet? I am looking to replace my 3950x with a 5950x and was hoping to buy it today.

Thor

deceit wrote: »

Is anywhere selling these yet? I am looking to replace my 3950x with a 5950x and was hoping to buy it today.

Right there with ya.

Will share if I find out anything

GHOST MGG

Thor wrote: »

Right there with ya.

Will share if I find out anything

In the same boat...but im not hopeful..demand is massive and stock levels are low..going to be a bit of a lottery i reckon

Andrew76

I think it's supposed to go on sale at 9am ET which is 2pm Irish time, but I guess you'd want to be checking all morning just in case. I see ccl have updated their page with a note to say it's limited stock and you'll have 15 mins to complete checkout (if you manage to get one into your basket).

cromelex

ozmo wrote: »

Ah well done- i was looking yesterday for a preorder on this but didn't find one-

What motherboard will you use it on?

Have a Gigabyte Aorus X570 mini itx waiting for it. Bought as an open box ("like new" on Prime day for less than a b550).

The link to the product page is still not working, but expected delivery on my 5600X is Sunday (to parcelmotel).

I'll go mad waiting for the 3070 to arrive before I can put it all together!

Andrew76

Just ordered the 5600X from scan there. Happy out.

InDarkWoods

Currently unavailable on Amazon UK... did it even go live there yet?

Overheal

Got my 5600X from Newegg.

The 5800X was much more expensive and out of stock than I was expecting - $650!? https://www.newegg.ca/promotions/amd/20-2641/index.html?cm_mmc=snc-facebook-cnv-_-global-can-_-promo-_-productlaunch-_-Ryzen-5000-Series-CPUs-_-110520

150% the price of the 5600X for 2 more cores on the chiplet and 100Mhz uplift? Noooooooooo thanks.

Also picked up An unconventionalish choice for my motherboard (for me) breaking tradition with ASUS, I liked the features etc. on the Asrock Taichi X570, all those fancy buttons and widgets I won't use but once when I'm on the test bench :P and pretty boring non-RGB RAM, But G.Skill Ripjaws is great ****.

.G.

Got a 5900x from scan. Memoryc.ie have 5800x if anyone is looking

GHOST MGG

Well that was a nightmare..i expected it as well...on 6 different sites managed to get 5800x into basket...only managed to get invoiced from scan for full amount..then scan emailed me saying "expected deliver 30th november".....god damn it