neurotix

Haven't followed prices on the 13900k. Last I knew it was $599 or $699 if I'm remembering correctly. What are they going for?

Was going to upgrade to a 7900x3d. Raptor Lake isn't worth it for me other than benching. Was hoping we'd see like 10% ipc improvement that Zen 4 has over my current Zen 3, plus another 25% from V-Cache in benching and games. So 35% better than what I have. Was going to get a different cooler so these new mobos can fit in my midtower case, get a Strix X670E Gaming, have some G.skill Flare X DDR5 6000 cas 36 (which I will return) and a 7900x3d. That won't be happening.

I heard that the AMD review guidelines told reviewers to run the Intel's memory at 6000MHz, when people are running 7200MHz and benchers are running 7800MHz and in some cases 8000MHz. Which Ryzen can't do. So they sandbagged the Intel. A 13900k is faster, especially with high memory speeds.

Yep. The Intel's were sandbagged at 6000MHz RAM too, right?

Yes. That is what I am going to do. Chill. Glitch logos.zip

Yes, but first see my post in the staff forums about the t-shirts. I have to attend to those first. (The black shirts I've made)

I've had it for years and mastered it. Running 3733MHz RAM/1866 fclk. Use PBO and get all core boost of 4750MHz and gaming, 5150MHz boost on a single thread. Check my cpu benches under submissions on hwbot. I am looking to upgrade to X670 myself, and bought a Crosshair X670E Hero, only to find out that it had a huge like more than an inch tall top VRM heatsink that wouldn't clear my radiator fans because I have a midtower with a very thick AIO so it wouldn't fit. Had to return it. It Seems like the X670E Strix Gaming also has too tall of a heatsink on the top VRMs as well. I am after a 7900x3d when it launches, and have some G.skill Flare X DDR5-6000 CAS36. I will probably have to switch to a H150i since its thinner, and then I'll be going with the Strix Gaming model. Here are pictures, such a beautiful board but the heatsinks on the vrms and m.2 drives are way too tall

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