Fluxmaven

Aside from a newer BIOS update to support the CPU at all, you also need to update the chipset driver. As well as have Windows game mode and Xbox game bar enabled/installed. The 7900X3D is an asymmetric design with 2 different CCD's. One has the 3D V-Cache and runs a bit slower clock speed, and the other is the standard CCD that boosts up to the listed max boost speeds. The reason people tend to dislike the 7900X3D specifically, is that when it parks the non 3D CCD while playing a game, you effectively are gaming on a 6 core CPU. On a 7900X you can use all 12 cores across both CCD's simultaneously with a bit of a latency penalty for cross CCD traffic. By contrast, Your 5800X3D (and my 7800X3D) are 8 core single CCD chips that don't suffer from any weird thread parking/scheduling issues.

If it were me, I'd 100% return and wait on 9000 series. Y'all up in Canada seem to get shafted HARD with PC part prices though. So you might not actually get a 9700X for less than your 7900X3D. What resolution do you play at and what do you want to accomplish with upgrading? If you play mostly Esports twitch shooters and are targeting high FPS at lower resolution, then yes a CPU upgrade is the way to go. If you want to push a higher resolution with all the eye candy, I'd take the money you'd spend on moving to AM5 and get a better GPU. In the states, a decent AM5 setup costs about the same as a RX 7900 GRE.

I had that same thing happen with the clutch safety switch on the miata. I temporarily stole one of the push clips that hold the carpet behind the seats down so I could drive it to work. I later came back and just removed the switch entirely. Couple of spade connectors and 2" of wire later and I no longer need to press the clutch to start the car

That would be a nice feature to have... but mine has one thing the ND lacks

108w on average and 4mil ppd average. The higher end cards are actually a bit better for folding. The 4070 Ti is only double the power draw but 3x the ppd. The appeal to the 4060 and 4060ti is that people rip them out of prebuilts and sell them cheap when they upgrade. So you could get a couple of them for less than one of the higher tier cards

In Fluxmaven I'll probably just have the 4060s going again this month. I need to toss the 4070 Ti on the test bench this weekend and see if I need to RMA it. My roommate was using it and it started constantly crashing while gaming. Tossed the A770 in and system has been fine.

Nice to see the lower TDP's. I'll probably wait until fall of next year and decide between the 9900X or 9800X3D to replace the 5900X. It'll probably just come down to what sort of deals Microcenter wants to tempt me with. I've already had a 3900X, 5900X, and 7900X. So part of me wants to keep the Ryzen 9 tradition going... Then I go upstairs and use the 7800X3D rig.

If I could afford to buy both, I'd love to have them both. I sold my 7900X to get a 7800X3D and don't regret that since it ended up in a dedicated 1440p gaming machine. In the main rig I lean towards not regressing on core count. I'm not buying both because I need to put money away for CCW2025 in the Netherlands

As much as I'd love to say I've owned at least one Ryzen 9 of every gen, the 9800X3D would make more sense for all I use it for... 9900X sounds cooler and the ole Microcenter will have them on sale a lot sooner though so I might end up going that way again

My comment was mostly just meant as encouragement. I'm glad that Jan can still enjoy photography even if it means leaving the good gear at home. I'm pretty sure he has an S23 or S24 Ultra which in pro mode gives enough flexibility to capture pretty darn decent shots. I also wouldn't call myself a good photographer even though I've taken both film and digital courses as part of my BFA. My digital course was mostly taught by a graduate assistant. They were of the newer train of thought of shoot bracketed and just fire off as many photos as possible and find the best thing to work with in post. The film instructor put more emphasis on "doing the editing with the camera". Taking time to meter and get the exposure as close as you could and putting thought into every shot to spend less time in the dark room. I do enjoy photography and it might make it's way back into my list of "non-PC hobbies". I totally agree in getting decent gear to make yourself the limiting factor. That said, It is still kind of sad when you see someone with a nice camera set on auto that will never be used to even 1/10th of it's capability. (Grandma that got sweet talked by the Best Buy salesman into the latest EOS Rebel kit)

Shhh don't go telling people about our special encounters

I've tried electric kits as well as mutes, mesh heads etc. nothing feels as good as the real thing. I don't play as hard as I used to, but I've cracked and keyholed a few cymbals over the years. If I get to a point where I'm playing more I will slowly upgrade, but I'm happy with what I have for now. Most spare funds have been going into car stuff lately

You've got a really nice setup. Our drum line in high school was all Pearl. We beat the hell out of that stuff and it took it like a champ. I also have a "standard ATX kit" in the attic After I pieced the little kit together I bought an entire setup just for some of the cymbals and hardware. The high hats are the one thing that have survived multiple moves and downsizing over the years. Vintage Avedis Zildjan that are probably older than me. Sabian B8 splash, crash, and ride are honestly not bad for entry level cymbals. 10" SJC snare. 10, 12" Gretsch catalina maple toms. Hero drum works 16" mini bass. Pdp double pedal. With how good cell phone cameras have gotten, it's a lot easier to skip lugging around the "real" cameras. The important part is to get out and take pictures. If you have a good eye for composition, you could take better pictures with a baked potato than a clueless person with a Leica.

Some beefed up monster GPU sounds neat but I wouldn't be a buyer. If they focus on efficiency with decent bump in performance and keep the prices the same, I might be replacing my 3090. If the 5080 was a bit faster than a 4090 with ≤ 300w power draw at $1000, I think they would have a winner. That really shouldn't be much to ask for, but Ngreedia just can't help themselves.

Outdoorsy stuff like cycling, kayaking, and target shooting. These have been out of the rotation for a while but I want to get back into them. Can also toss walking/hiking into the mix. I enjoy thrifting and antiquing. Now that most stuff is built with planned obsolescence and designed to be disposable, I really enjoy finding neat older things that were designed to last. I love music. I still have collections on vinyl, cassette, and CD. Enjoy going to concerts and festivals. I have played drums off and on for over half my life at this point. I have a compact drum set in my bedroom that I'd like to play more, but acoustic drums are ignorantly loud and I don't live alone. 16" bass drum next to an ITX rig for a sense of scale. I'm also into cars and motorcycles. I like modifying things and also do my own maintenance and repairs. I haven't owned an actual motorcycle in a couple years, but my roommate and I bought the cheapest 50cc scooters we could find to fart around town on. My current fleet of projects: 2015 Ford Mustang 1997 Mazda Miata 1984 BMW 323i 1996 Yamaha Razz

Send me the bikini and I'll model it

I also don't want 1000W+ in every PC. Bedroom rig still rocking the AX760. I went from 10850K + 2080 to a 7800X3D + 6950XT. Wanted a faster GPU but needed a more efficient CPU to keep the overall draw down. Been very happy with it for a 1440p machine. Like seemingly everyone, I also had a 4790K that I held onto for a long time in my main rig. Went 4790K -> 3900X -> 5900X and will likely get a 9900X once those are out.

I almost never drink coffee at home but I still like having cool mugs

^ I need to dust off my record player. I have a lot of good 70's vinyl. I have the Paranoid album War Pigs is on as well as the Schools Out Alice Cooper album that folds out into a little school desk. As for what I'm listening to right meow...

Could be... That build is all consumer hardware and if it do be like that, no big loss. TrueNAS was just being silly not wanting to acknowledge that it did in fact see the iGPU that it was utilizing. Tryna act like "no u cant pass dat 4060 thru bcause its ya only GPU". Had iGPU set as primary display output in BIOS and literally connected a display to it that had video output and the web UI still said nah dawg that iGPU don't exist so you can't isolate or pass through the 4060. With some more fiddling I probably could have gotten it to work but that rig is just a sandbox to play with stuff so there wasn't any need to waste time figuring it out.

I haven't touched Virtualbox in years and probably wouldn't since I'm not looking for a hosted hypervisor. Homelab projects are mostly just to tinker with stuff.

They do 3.5 to a little over 4mil ppd and pull around 100w. Pretty much the same as my 2080 at half the power draw. The higher end 4000 series is when the PPD gets really good. My 4070 Ti usually averages around 12mil at just over 200w. I'm loaning it to my roommate though so won't see it folding this month.

Since I'm not planning on fighting heat running all the powerful cards this year, I decided to get another low power card. I have this spare rig for tinkering with software in a 2u rack case. Really limits the GPU options unfortunately. Ended up snagging a used 4060 LP off ebay. I was testing TrueNAS Scale on the machine and was just going to add a folding VM, but was having issues with GPU passthrough. Nuked that and just tossed Mint Xfce on so I could get it folding. Will eventually put Proxmox on it since VMware is ditching the free version of ESXi.

Speed can take the food, but you got anything to drink?