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CPU Upgrade Advice.

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11 minutes ago, captainbluesky said:

Thank you all for your replies - very helpful.

I have always owned an Intel based PC and am very tempted now to go for an AMD 7800X3D or 7900X3D or 7950X3D, though the FPS gain with the latter two appears to be minimal.

Any recommendation for a very good AM5 motherboard e.g. budget, middle and high end?

I use an ASUS® ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI (WIFI 6E, DDR5, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready!

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1 hour ago, Ixoye said:

X3D is flightsim Nirvana 😉

Yeah but is 7950X to 7950X3D really worth it?! 

1 minute ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Yeah but is 7950X to 7950X3D really worth it?! 

No probably not in your case.

System: I ASRock X670E | AMD 7800X3D | 64Gb DDR5 6000 | RTX 4090 | 2TB NVMe | Seasonic Vertex 1000W I LG Ultra Gear 34 UW I

Just now, Ixoye said:

No probably not in your case.

You; I’ll wait it out until the next gen and pick up whatever they release in 3D next time to use with 2024. 

24 minutes ago, captainbluesky said:

Any recommendation for a very good AM5 motherboard e.g. budget, middle and high end?

in my signature

AMD 7800X3D, Windows 11, Gigabyte X670 AORUS Elite AX Motherboard, 64GB DDR5 G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB (AMD Expo), RTX 4090,  Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 2 TB PCIe 4.0, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 1 TB PCIe 4.0, 4K resolution 50" TV @60Hz, VR: Pimax Crystal Light + HP Reverb G2 @ 90 Hz, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, be quiet 1000W PSU, Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black air cooler.

60-130 fps. no CPU overclocking.

very nice.

3 minutes ago, turbomax said:

in my signature

I saved a little money going with the 650 chipset rather than the 670. Same board, just drops one of the M2 slots.

Ryzen 7 7800X3D/B650 X AX | 5090 | 32gig | Win10 | Pimax Crystal Light

Shameless plug of my own video and the upgrade path I took

 

Thomas Derbyshire

2 hours ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

I am still on the 7950X, Not going to bother going to the 3D, don't think it's worth the cost. 

no wouldnt bother either if you've got that big lad

ROG Crossair Hero X670e , 9900X, TUF 4090 , X4 NVME's. OS  2TB 980 Pro , MSFS  2TB WD Black , Kington Fury 64GB ram ( 6000) Corsair RM1000 PSU, Artic Freezer iii 360 AIO  . Phanteks P600s Case ,TCL QM8B 50" 120 Hz  TV,second 24 inch screen for charts you tube etc, and 11" touch screen for the EFB. Warthog Stick and TCA Captains throttle ( full pack)  Velocity 1 Rudder Pedals , extreme3D for the Tiller,Streamdeck XL x2 / Streamdeck +/Streamdeck mini because i like pressing buttons 

8 minutes ago, sidfadc said:

Shameless plug of my own video and the upgrade path I took

Well, if we're going to compare size…
My fans (Noctua NH-D15 CPU and Noctua NF-A14 case) are bigger than your fans 😉

Only things I'd change are air-cooled over water (personal preference) and 32 GB RAM. Otherwise, nice upgrade.

AMD Ryzen 5800X3D; MSI RTX 3080 Ti ; 32GB Corsair 3200 MHz; ASUS VG35VQ 35" (3440 x 1440)
Fulcrum One yoke; Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack Airbus edition; MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; miniCockpit FCU; CPFlight MCP 737; Logitech FIP x3; TrackIR

MSFS; Fenix A320; A2A PA-24; HPG H145; PMDG 737-600; AIG; RealTraffic; PSXTraffic; FSiPanel; REX AccuSeason Adv; FSDT GSX Pro; FS2Crew RAAS Pro; FS-ATC Chatter

1 hour ago, captainbluesky said:

Any recommendation for a very good AM5 motherboard e.g. budget, middle and high end?

For medium budget, my Asus TUF Gaming B650 Plus. Rock stable with 2x16 GB DDR5 @ 6000 MHz and a 7800X3D.

7800X3D | 2x32 GB DDR5-6000 CL32 | RTX 5080 | Alienware OLED 34" | 1 Gbps fiber 

wish my x670e carbon was stable at 6000 its all over the place at thee moment, just had to clear cmos again after 7 hours normal use , crazy

ROG Crossair Hero X670e , 9900X, TUF 4090 , X4 NVME's. OS  2TB 980 Pro , MSFS  2TB WD Black , Kington Fury 64GB ram ( 6000) Corsair RM1000 PSU, Artic Freezer iii 360 AIO  . Phanteks P600s Case ,TCL QM8B 50" 120 Hz  TV,second 24 inch screen for charts you tube etc, and 11" touch screen for the EFB. Warthog Stick and TCA Captains throttle ( full pack)  Velocity 1 Rudder Pedals , extreme3D for the Tiller,Streamdeck XL x2 / Streamdeck +/Streamdeck mini because i like pressing buttons 

2 hours ago, MrFuzzy said:

For medium budget, my Asus TUF Gaming B650 Plus. Rock stable with 2x16 GB DDR5 @ 6000 MHz and a 7800X3D.

Yes the TUF B650 just dropped in price too in the UK

ROG Crossair Hero X670e , 9900X, TUF 4090 , X4 NVME's. OS  2TB 980 Pro , MSFS  2TB WD Black , Kington Fury 64GB ram ( 6000) Corsair RM1000 PSU, Artic Freezer iii 360 AIO  . Phanteks P600s Case ,TCL QM8B 50" 120 Hz  TV,second 24 inch screen for charts you tube etc, and 11" touch screen for the EFB. Warthog Stick and TCA Captains throttle ( full pack)  Velocity 1 Rudder Pedals , extreme3D for the Tiller,Streamdeck XL x2 / Streamdeck +/Streamdeck mini because i like pressing buttons 

6 hours ago, F737MAX said:

Only things I'd change are air-cooled over water

water-cooled totally not necessary for AMD 78xx3D, adds unnecessary extra maintenance & complexity. my aircooled runs around 68-75 celsius.

AMD 7800X3D, Windows 11, Gigabyte X670 AORUS Elite AX Motherboard, 64GB DDR5 G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB (AMD Expo), RTX 4090,  Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 2 TB PCIe 4.0, Samsung 980 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD 1 TB PCIe 4.0, 4K resolution 50" TV @60Hz, VR: Pimax Crystal Light + HP Reverb G2 @ 90 Hz, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, be quiet 1000W PSU, Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black air cooler.

60-130 fps. no CPU overclocking.

very nice.

8 hours ago, Ixoye said:

I'm very pleased with my ASRock X670E.

I've had good luck with ASRock boards over the years.  And sometimes one of their boards will be well-featured and little less expensive.  

I went with Asus on my AM5 simrig build this time.  But I may be building another AM5 for someone soon, and I may roll with an ASRock board for it.

Rhett

7800X3D 96 GB G.Skill Flare  Gigabyte 4090  Crucial P5 Plus 2TB

27 minutes ago, turbomax said:

water-cooled totally not necessary for AMD 78xx3D, adds unnecessary extra maintenance & complexity. my aircooled runs around 68-75 celsius.

I use a AIO water cooler. Linked to Corsair icue. Really good. 

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