Recent content by WillJackman

Recently suped up my system with a new 7800x3D and went with the prime b650+ board from Asus. Unfortunately it's not POSTing and I was wondering if I might need a BIOS update or if this board supports the 7800x3D out of the box? Any other suggestions on why it's not POSTing would be appreciated...

Yeah upgradability is important I guess. I'm rocking a 7900xtx which is why I want something fairly beefy to pair with it.

Budget isn't too much of an issue but I do want to be getting solid value and not overpaying. Prolly in the range of $3-400 for the CPU. I'm in the UK so no microcenter sadly. Monitor is 1440p 144hz

It's not that DDR5 is expensive, it's that DDR4 is free in my case cause I take it from my current build. If I was buying an entirely new build it wouldn't be a concern really.

Title pretty much. Looking to upgrade as my 9700k is bottlenecking my new GPU and have heard the 3D cache helps a lot for gaming so looking at either 5800x3D now or wait for others to launch (probably 7800x3D). Do you think they will be good value at launch or will they be overpriced and/or not...

Oh, good to know. I'm in the UK so we don't have microcenter sadly.

Yeah been taking a peek at 13700k/5800X3D. My RAM speed issue has been somewhat mitigated since I enabled XMP (now running at 3200MHz) but dunno if that will still significantly bottleneck these new CPUs or not. In terms of upgradability, it would be nice to have but I don't plan on upgrading...

Hmm, that kinda sucks but guess it makes sense. Performance jump from XMP on the RAM probably helped the CPU a bit but now it's bottlenecking my GPU. Are there any platforms that would support a strong enough CPU for the 7900xtx that use DDR4? Would save me a couple hundred on getting new RAM.

Hi, quick update. I realized I got the RAM channels mixed up and was running one 16gb in dual channel with one 4gb, instead of 16 with 16 and 4 with 4. Took out the 4gb sticks and currently just running 2x16gb in proper dual channel. Also went into BIOS and enabled XMP so my RAM is now clocked...

Yeah currently testing different RAM configs. Gonna try original quad channel 4gb and then dual channel 16gb. The PSU is SFX form factor because the case I built in requires it so maybe that's why you've not heard of it. In terms of max turbo frequency I don't fully know what you mean, is that a...

Interesting. I could try swapping back in my old 2x4gb sticks (upgraded the ram to 2x16gb at the same time I made the GPU change, had 4x4gb before) and see if it makes any improvement. Any pointers on overclocking the ram?

Hi, I recently upgraded my GPU from an RTX 2060 to an RX 7900XTX (quite the upgrade, I know) and have been massively dissapointed so far. System Specs: GPU - RTX 7900 XTX (replacing 2060) CPU - i7 9700k (stock) CPU Cooler - Kraken x62 Mobo - Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Pro RAM - Kingston HyperX Fury...

No I didn't have it linked before the change.

So recently got a new PC setup and moved my drives (including OS Drive with Windows 10) to it. Windows now wants activating and it won't work by associating my microsoft account to it. On my old PC I upgraded from Windows 7 to 10 when it was free so I don't have a product key for Win10 at hand...

Hi I built my new rig today and as described in the title it will just power on for about 10s before cutting and restarting. I'm using an i7 9700k with Kraken x62 and an rtx 2060 on an Aorus z390 pro board. Got a boot ssd and 2 hdds transferred from my old system in an s340 elite. Any...