Just a review. I often get free time during the end of DEC and usually leads to rebuilding a box or two.
This year I went from
3900x (replaced)
MSI Mag x570 UNIFY (replaced)
32GB CL16 (replaced)
6700XT 12GB (reused)
Corsair 1000HXI (reused)
Corsair 760T (Replaced)
2TB Samsung 980 Pro (reused)
New Build:
7900x
64GB G.Skill Flare X5 DDR 6000 cl36 (32GB included with CPU)
Asus Rog strix B650E-F
Lian LI III MESH (open box score!!)
I'm in a driving range of MicroCenter but not too close (Thankfully).
I was rocking that Corsair 760T which is a GREAT case, and I had two 5.25" drives but honestly have not used them much. So I figured a new case after 6 years was in order. I usually reuse cases and power supplies for several builds before refreshing them.
Lian LI III Mesh is really good, a little high, I kinda wanted to try the new fractural case with the dual 200mm's but it was even more expensive.
7900x/64GB is good combo. I have not done any video/photo or fired up my VM's, but generally I think 32GB is the sweet spot.
I will say the cost of 670/650 chipsets still seem high, AM5 has been out for several months.
I used to always build with ASUS or ABIT (I guess their gone now), back in the day. Here lately I been doing MSI or Gigabyte (they seem to be more price friendly for the same features) (but did have one audio quirk with them a couple of boards ago.
I was a little "afraid" of the bad reviews on the super long posts, it was not that bad. This board had a bios 2 versions old, and it booted up just fine. I did update the bios of course later.
I guess the pricing on anything has gone up, but 250-300 feels to be the new mid these chipsets currently.
Thanks
This year I went from
3900x (replaced)
MSI Mag x570 UNIFY (replaced)
32GB CL16 (replaced)
6700XT 12GB (reused)
Corsair 1000HXI (reused)
Corsair 760T (Replaced)
2TB Samsung 980 Pro (reused)
New Build:
7900x
64GB G.Skill Flare X5 DDR 6000 cl36 (32GB included with CPU)
Asus Rog strix B650E-F
Lian LI III MESH (open box score!!)
I'm in a driving range of MicroCenter but not too close (Thankfully).
I was rocking that Corsair 760T which is a GREAT case, and I had two 5.25" drives but honestly have not used them much. So I figured a new case after 6 years was in order. I usually reuse cases and power supplies for several builds before refreshing them.
Lian LI III Mesh is really good, a little high, I kinda wanted to try the new fractural case with the dual 200mm's but it was even more expensive.
7900x/64GB is good combo. I have not done any video/photo or fired up my VM's, but generally I think 32GB is the sweet spot.
I will say the cost of 670/650 chipsets still seem high, AM5 has been out for several months.
I used to always build with ASUS or ABIT (I guess their gone now), back in the day. Here lately I been doing MSI or Gigabyte (they seem to be more price friendly for the same features) (but did have one audio quirk with them a couple of boards ago.
I was a little "afraid" of the bad reviews on the super long posts, it was not that bad. This board had a bios 2 versions old, and it booted up just fine. I did update the bios of course later.
I guess the pricing on anything has gone up, but 250-300 feels to be the new mid these chipsets currently.
Thanks
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