[SOLVED] Would a 5800x "weaken" my ability to make use of a 3090

[Yeldur]

As the title would suggest, I'm getting a tad impatient about waiting for CPU's to become in stock, and in the UK the problem is of course now even worse because of how we have left the EU... So, to query, if I was to buy a 5800x and pair it with a 3090, would I be weakening my rig by doing so?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

no

 

[drea.drechsler]

Weaken it compared to what?

The only thing against a 5800X is it's value proposition: not enough greater performance to justify cost vs 5600X while 5900X is so much better in performance for just a little bit more. But that's only for content creation, where more than 6 cores can benefit you.

If you can't get a 5600x for gaming only, it will do just fine.

 

[white.a.drew]

As the title would suggest, I'm getting a tad impatient about waiting for CPU's to become in stock, and in the UK the problem is of course now even worse because of how we have left the EU... So, to query, if I was to buy a 5800x and pair it with a 3090, would I be weakening my rig by doing so?

Well that all deepends on whats the speccs of the system now... I mean it can hurt your system or help it all deepends on so much... What do you do with the pc???? How long is it used???? Whats the full system specc list...

 

[USAFRet]

No.

 

[sizzling]

Assuming for gaming the 5800x is among the the best gaming CPU’s you can get today. What resolution are you running? (Again assuming this is for gaming)

 

[Phaaze88]

No.

 

[white.a.drew]

No.

Yes it can hurt the system.... If he's a photo editor or someone who does cpu instive task 5800x could be useful or slow the system down

 

[USAFRet]

Yes it can hurt the system.... If he's a photo editor or someone who does cpu instive task 5800x could be useful or slow the system down

Well, yes.
It is "less capable" than a 5900x.

But it will do whatever it does. It won't "weaken" the use of a 3090, unless he is very deep into CPU intensive tasks.

 

[white.a.drew]

Well, yes.
It is "less capable" than a 5900x.

But it will do whatever it does. It won't "weaken" the use of a 3090, unless he is very deep into CPU intensive tasks.

Okay i agree i see what you mean on this

 

[Karadjgne]

That's like asking if having a $100 bill will weaken your ability to spend it vs 5x $20 bills. In some very rare, obscure cases yes it could, but for the vast majority of situations money is money, spends just the same.

 

[white.a.drew]

That's like asking if having a $100 bill will weaken your ability to spend it vs 5x $20 bills. In some very rare, obscure cases yes it could, but for the vast majority of situations money is money, spends just the same.

And that one i will 1000% disagree with... Money is an obvious thing to a lot of people but when it comes to pc parts if your new to this kind of thing for all you know a gtx is worth just as much as a rtx....

 

[Flayed]

As the title would suggest, I'm getting a tad impatient about waiting for CPU's to become in stock, and in the UK the problem is of course now even worse because of how we have left the EU... So, to query, if I was to buy a 5800x and pair it with a 3090, would I be weakening my rig by doing so?

Check this out:

Ryzen 5 5600X vs. Ryzen 7 5800X vs. Ryzen 9 5900X vs. 5950X: GPU Scaling Benchmark

In this review we want to see how the Ryzen 5 5600X, Ryzen 7 5800X, Ryzen 9 5900X and 5950X compare in gaming performance using the RTX...

www.techspot.com

 

[Yeldur]

Thanks for all the information, I was more speaking in general when I asked my question, I wasn't coming at this with a full rig in mind, my system specs will eventually be https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Yeldur/saved/vw2VWZ (Exceptions apply to GPU/CPU due to the changes I want to make)

I've realised that if the only thing I'm waiting on is the CPU and the GPU, I might as well look at just getting a 3090, even though I'm not likely to use even a fraction of its power.

Mostly because 3080's are pretty much impossible to obtain, same with the 5900X.

 

[Yeldur]

Check this out:

Ryzen 5 5600X vs. Ryzen 7 5800X vs. Ryzen 9 5900X vs. 5950X: GPU Scaling Benchmark

In this review we want to see how the Ryzen 5 5600X, Ryzen 7 5800X, Ryzen 9 5900X and 5950X compare in gaming performance using the RTX...

www.techspot.com

This is very informative and interesting, thank you. It seems that a 5800x is probably what I should go for then, I don't really care about the cost inefficiency it has, I just fancy a bit more power, and where the 5900x is unavailable it is more sensical to me to get a 5800 versus a 5600.

Guess that one is settled then. I might be a bit more patient and wait for a little bit longer, but at least I can rest easy in the knowledge that it makes virtually no difference in terms of CPU at least for myself; given that the rig is going to primarily be used for gaming.

 

[Flayed]

This is very informative and interesting, thank you. It seems that a 5800x is probably what I should go for then, I don't really care about the cost inefficiency it has, I just fancy a bit more power, and where the 5900x is unavailable it is more sensical to me to get a 5800 versus a 5600.

Guess that one is settled then. I might be a bit more patient and wait for a little bit longer, but at least I can rest easy in the knowledge that it makes virtually no difference in terms of CPU at least for myself; given that the rig is going to primarily be used for gaming.

There are 5800X in stock everywhere in the UK now so you shouldn't have to wait.

 

[Yeldur]

There are 5800X in stock everywhere in the UK now so you shouldn't have to wait.

Yup, just gotta wait for either a 3080 or 3090 to show up..

 

[Flayed]

Yup, just gotta wait for either a 3080 or 3090 to show up..

Ah I see. Good luck.