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I'm not Linus, but I have used WD drives of all varieties and have never had a problem for over a decade.

I appreciate both of your perspectives. This is why I ask here. Maybe there is a perspective I did not consider. I do realize that it would not make a big difference in a lot of applications, but it is my understanding that even with a mid range gpu that having a fast cpu can help with 1% lows instead average or peak framrate. I am aiming for 144 fps with less framedrop. So, 1% does matter as far as my overall experience goes. I also stream on discord and have many other applications open. So, I lean towards still upgrading. Also, thinking about having a gpu upgrade in the future and not needing to upgrade both cpu and gpu. Price does matter a lot. The 5800x is only marginally more expensive for me than the 5700x and will be going with that choice. Thanks again guys for the discourse.

Bump. Really hoping if anyone has insight. Thanks

Hello everyone. My question is whether to upgrade me cpu or not. R7 2700x Rx 6650 xt 8 GB 32 GB ddr4 3200mhz CL13 Asrock b450m pro 4 1 tb pcie 3.0 nvme storage for applications...upgrading to 4TB 512GB m.2 sata3 OS drive Seasonic 550 gold 80+ Msi 144hz 1080p ips 1ms freesync display I play mostly... Star citizen Starfield Football Manager Civilization PUBG Would..say a 5800x be worth it? Thanks for your thoughts!

Thanks everyone. We will see what the wifi 6 nic will get me speed-wise. I appreciate your suggestions and knowledge.

Hello ppl. I just got Gigabit fiber internet. My Samsung S20 FE 5G is hitting 750ish down and 550 up mbps on wifi 6. My lenovo laptop with wifi 5 is hitting 600 down and 550 up. Since I just moved in I have not setup my desktop yet. I ordered a Asus WIFI 6 pceiX1 wifi card that will run off of AMD B450 chipset pcie lanes. I also have a media box that has CAT5E in-wall ports throughout the home that come from a CAT5E standard switch that is connected to the router. The WIFI router is plugged into one of those ports. Aside from having my desk not-ideally next to one of those ports is there anything else I can do to use all of that Gigabit internet? The internet is used from streaming, downloading games, uploading huge graphic design files to a cloud storage. Thanks, Just want to maximize as much as possible with what I got or could have.

Good to hear. Thanks everyone for your feedback.

It's not the connection. It's how much power the card can pull. Am I wrong thinking that the more pins...the more power available?

Dang. I did find a sapphire pulse that does have a 6 and 8 pin needed. Maybe I'll get that. Or play it safe and get a 6600xt.

I have a seasonic g550 gold psu. I want to by a msi mech 6700xt. The manufacturer recommends 650 wattt psu. Is that a mandatory recommendation, or could I get away with a 550 watt. The psu has an 8 pin amd 6 pin power plugs Thabks for your wisdom and knowledge.

Thanks. Good to know. I have found a 6600xt for 650 CAD. I only play 1080p games and think that is my best bet at this point in the market.

Hello community. I have searched the internet and cannot get a clear answer. I am moving from and rx 580 to a modern Amd gpu, but the ones I want to buy typically only ha e 1 hdmi port. I run. Two displays both with hdmi. Can I just use a plain old hdmi to display port adapter and run my second display off of the adapter and my main display off of the hdmi. Do I have to use an active adapter? Thanks for any help. I do t with to pull the trigger on an expensive purchase without knowing it will work properly. Example of gpu upgrading to would be an rx 6600 xt

I did a bit more testing. Here are the results... DIMM slots A2 and B2 are stable with XMP profile 3200mhz @CL14-14-14-34 with both sets of modules (2020 set and 2021 set) DIMM slots A1 and B1 are not stable with XMP profile enabled (only one XMP profile available) and gives me 3 beeps when attempting to post. This goes for both 2020 and 2021 sets tested separately. According to ASrock website 3 beeps is a memory read/write error. It cycles attempts to post 3 times, as I have set in BIOS, and then it sits quietly for a few seconds and then posts with one beep. CPUZ reads the memory sitting at 2400mhz dual channel CL16 as per JEDEC default for that specific RAM module. The results were exactly the same for each set of memory modules making me think that it is an issue with memory channels A1 and B1. As well I did memtest86 with both sets and even mixing the sets and did not get any errors running for 1 hour in different combos in slots A2 and B2...thus reinforcing my suspicion is an issue with the memory slots. Would a BIOS update help this? Should I just sell the perfectly good modules and buy a 2x16GB dual channel kit? I do not want a new motherboard. Thanks for your suggestions and advice.

Thanks for the reply. I have not tried the new kit alone. Nor have I checked each memory channel. I have not had the time to properly assess the problem to rule things like that. The 1866 is strange for me as well. Also, that if I modify anything related to memory speed or timings and it won't post.

Hello everyone. Thanks for your suggestions in helping me troubleshoot my RAM. First, I bought two DIMMS of this ram - GSkill FlareX - Model F4-3200C14D-16GFX with the 2020 label on the side. In the last couple of weeks I bought the exact same model of Ram, for 4 DIMMs equallying 32GB of RAM, but it has a 2021 sticker on the side of it. When I only had two DIMMS the XMP profile worked fine. With four DIMMS I cannot get XMP to work. I have only overclocked RAM on old Z97 Intel chipset and I just manually chose memory speed and left Auto on for timings and it was great. I cannot do anything with this ram except let it reset itself after not posting, which is 1866 CL13. If I make any adjustments whatsoever it will not post...gives me three beeps, cycles through this 3 times...then posts with reset default BIOS. Also, in task manager it shows 32GB, but only 15.9 usable and 16.1 GB hardware reserved Any help would be appreciated. I am confused. Is it just poor memory controller, motherboard limitation, the manufacturing years of the DIMMS making them not compatible (2020 vs 2021)???? AMD ryzen 2700X stock settings Asrock B450m Pro 4 Seasonic 650W Gold AMD RX 580