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You're going to have to define "good". Compared to something like a Vive Pro 2 or Index? No, not at all, but its considerably cheaper. I think I paid like $200for a refurbished model over two years ago and it feels about worth that. You're getting a $200 experience, not a $900 experience. Its an acceptable entry into VR but if you enjoy it, you'll want something better rather quickly.

I personally run all MSI boards but that's just because I've never had an error with one and I know the BIOS layout pretty well. 
But I will point to what Linus says about top tier boards: They are never worth it. Their low production volume means you pay an even larger premium *and* they are last in line for firmware bug fixes.

I wish I didn't go X670E simply because I could and thought it would be cool. The lighter weight B650 boards seem to boot faster. My completely unverified assumption is the lack of the second chipset saves a few seconds during POST. 
 
X670E Taichi would like a word. 😄
 
 

The Taichi also has an overkill VRM, that's true, but the Aorus Master ended up 4C cooler in Hardware Unboxed's testing.
With that said, had the OP given the Taichi as an option, I would have mentioned it. The difference is small enough that the two are basically equivalent in terms of the VRMs.

I wish I didn't go X670E simply because I could and thought it would be cool. The lighter weight B650 boards seem to boot faster. My completely unverified assumption is the lack of the second chipset saves a few seconds during POST. 
 
X670E Taichi would like a word. 😄
 
 

If you have an issue you can simply lower the clockspeed to 3000 but...
 
Don't spend money on this, save for a real upgrade. A 5600 would be significantly more worthwhile, assuming your board has a BIOS update to support it.

If you have an issue you can simply lower the clockspeed to 3000 but...
 
Don't spend money on this, save for a real upgrade. A 5600 would be significantly more worthwhile, assuming your board has a BIOS update to support it.

Yes, I noticed immediately after hitting reply and crossed that part off.

Yes, all those temps are right about where I'd expect them to be. 

Man, I wish more people understood this mentality. 

You can enjoy a new system now or later, you're not really going to be missing much. CPU uplift is nice for those of us into CPU's but if your system is well balanced, you'd really should be relying on the GPU for performance. If you really feel the need, as @Hinjima said you can swap in a 9700x3D/9800x3D sometime in 2025 if you feel the need. 
 
Frankly I don't think its going to matter, a 7600/7600x is plenty fast enough for a 4070 Super.

7600x is a really strong CPU and pairs really nicely with the 4070 Super.
Dont get the Ryzen 8000 series as they are powerful APU's and the Ryzen 7000 CPU are actually faster in gaming performance when paired with a descrete GPU over a 8000 series with a discrete GPU.
 
We have started to see almost all AM5 motherboard get a new BIOS update that supports the upcoming Ryzen 9000 series so its not too far off. We obviously don't know the release date but I would guestimate within a couple of months.
 
Its definitely up to you if you want to wait or not.
You can always get a 7600x now and update the BIOS and put a 9800X3D in the motherboard in a few years to bring more life into the platform 🙂 AM5 has a huge update path.
7600x will be a huge leap over your 2700x.
 

PBO will boost until it hits TDC, EDC, PPT or thermal limits. Usually first three are set high enough that you are almost always thermally limited.
 
Memory training happens on every platform. Intel or AMD. It fills up the required timings that are not defined in XMP or default profiles.
 
Ryzen is not optimized for gaming. X3D models work better because they have more cache.
 
Zen3 tends to have 3600mhz as the acceptable level for DRAM frequency.
 
It depends.

No way to tell. You can have one that dies in two months or in 5+ years. Its the gamble you take. Or, you buy an air cooler (of which there are a number of them that perform as well or better than a 240mm AIO) and they last forever. Easier to setup for new users, too. (In my experience most new users have a limited understanding of fan curves let alone managing the fans and pump curves. 

MBR2GPT.exe can do this without losing data, however you’re always expected to do your due diligence and backup sensitive files. 

No. Save for a true generational upgrade. 

I’d be careful using star citizen as a benchmark for anything.

Jonsbo N3 and N4 come to mind. 
https://www.jonsbo.com/en/products/N3.html
https://www.jonsbo.com/en/products/N4Black.html
 
Flip down the door and all the drives are there on sleds. These seem to be quite popular at the moment with small NAS builders. 

What is using the CPU?
 
How did you configure the CPU in the VM? Cores? Performance limit?
 

Its done in your browser, your internet connection has nothing to do with it. 
 
I loaded the page, disabled my internet connection entirely and ran it just fine. 
 
Its simply measuring how quickly you click which is all done locally.
 

This makes it sound like they ran it with a lower power limit. The stock power limit for a 6800 XT is 285W, and Furmark is good at getting cards like this to run at the power limit consistently. That could be because they wanted to reduce the power draw of it, the cooler isn't performing adequately and it was the only way to keep it from overheating, or Furmark is misreporting the power figure for some other reason. 
 
Granted, Furmark is just about the worst test to determine if a card is good or not. It is about as far from a real world load as you can get, the performance metrics rarely make sense, and it's only good for thermal stress tests where you need a consistently high load. I'd ask to see a video of the card running something actually somewhat representative like 3DMark Time Spy to check for artifacting and compare the score to something else. 

From what I'm able to find the cable should be able to do 32.4 Gbps (which would be HBR3).
 
1440p, 10 bpc, 240 Hz requires 30.77 Gbps, so the cable should be up for it. Maybe it was defective or the specs are plain wrong, but yeah you'll need a cable that supports HBR3 (cables are not versioned, they are rated by the maximum bandwidth they support, even if the version is often used for marketing purposes)

Assuming you want to maintain PBO for Curve Optimizer undervolting, B650/E is the way to go (X670/E is a joke in ITX). Given that, there are realistically only 5 options. 
 
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#s=41&f=8&c=160,161&sort=price&page=1
 
If the $200 B650I Lightning Wifi does everything you need as far as I/O, I can't suggest spending any more money.
 
The only one I would NOT suggest is the Asrock B650E PG-ITX Wifi as its, at least has been, the only B650/X670 board produced without BIOS flashback.
 

If you’re going for an SFF build consider going for a non x am5 cpu such as the 7600, 7500f or 7700. 7900 if you need the cores since they perform about the same but are easier to cool. 
 
for motherboard check the b650i lightning wifi

Assuming you want to maintain PBO for Curve Optimizer undervolting, B650/E is the way to go (X670/E is a joke in ITX). Given that, there are realistically only 5 options. 
 
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#s=41&f=8&c=160,161&sort=price&page=1
 
If the $200 B650I Lightning Wifi does everything you need as far as I/O, I can't suggest spending any more money.
 
The only one I would NOT suggest is the Asrock B650E PG-ITX Wifi as its, at least has been, the only B650/X670 board produced without BIOS flashback.