From x99 to AM5

[Omon_Ra]

I built my last PC in 2014, right when Intel's x99 platform launched. The rig was really starting to show its age after I bought an Asus PG42UQ and trying to push the GTX1070 into 4K (which I knew was going to be not a great experience). And it was also having some strange reboot issues (more about that in my initial build planning thread here).

 

Finally finished the build and whole setup process. Took a while to reshuffle data to the new drives and clear off the Solidigm drives for use as game storage. Then came the whole Windows setup, overclocking, reinstalling software etc. But I'm finally up and going on the new rig. 

 

PC Part Picker list

 

Overclocked the 7800X3D just using PBO, negative curve is stable at -45, topping out at 5.040gHz on all cores, ~80*C under full load. Messed around a bit in Adrenaline. GPU +15% power limit, memory clock is set to 2750MHz max. Didn't undervolt at all, power consumption of GPU seems to peak around 365watts regardless. Max burst frequency will hit 3+GHz, but typically sits at 2670-2700 during regular gaming.

 

Holy moly performance jump from x99...honestly quite surprised by the gap in performance. Gaming on the 4K monitor I could already see how bad the 1070 was falling behind, though 1080p/144hz gaming was perfectly fine on it.

 

*didn't grab screenshots on the old rig scores..but it's a 5930k at 4.1GHz with a GTX1070*

X99 Cinebench: GPU - 3480 / Multicore - 398 / Single Core - 61 - 6.55x

B650 Cinebench: 

 

 

X99 3DMark Time Spy: 6014

B650 3DMark Time Spy: 

 

 

And some pics of the finished build with it's older and bigger brother:

 

X99 (Ignore all the extra SATA cables in the drive bays..pre-wired these for when I start filling them up for the NAS/home server project)

 

 

B650

 

 

 

I've started setting up some VM's on the x99 PC and started tinkering with some on-prem LLM stuff on it, along with general home server messing about. I do need to get a bunch of WD Gold drives so I can have a NAS VM running on it for backups/media server duty.

[podkall]

Are those Noctua coolers? Welp, that's gonna be a silent boy

[Omon_Ra]

2 hours ago, podkall said:

Are those Noctua coolers? Welp, that's gonna be a silent boy

Yes, it is a Noctua CPU cooler and fans. The GPU is kinda loud, but not entirely surprising especially with how small the case is. I capped the fans speed for the GPU at 55% and at normal gaming volume (headphones or on my speakers) I can't hear it.

[podkall]

17 hours ago, Omon_Ra said:

The GPU is kinda loud,

and here, may I introduce you, to a huge miss: (though would be expensive probably)

 

17 hours ago, Omon_Ra said:

The GPU is kinda loud, but not entirely surprising especially with how small the case is.

perhaps the overclocks on GPU have their effect too

[Omon_Ra]

2 hours ago, podkall said:

and here, may I introduce you, to a huge miss: (though would be expensive probably)

-snip-

 

perhaps the overclocks on GPU have their effect too

 yeahh, I saw that card, but considerably more expensive than I wanted to spend. It's hideously beautiful. Overclocking definitely adds a bit of heat, but even at stock speeds and undervolting, didn't see much of a change in temps or power draw. I'm going to keep testing with fan speed to see just how low I can go without hitting too high of thermals or nerfing frequency. Really wish there was a way for the mobo to use GPU temp setting the case fan curve. Maybe some aftermarket software could do it, but I prefer to do as much of that in the BIOS rather than software.