I’m wanting to upgrade this month as I’ve previously posted. I’m going from a 9700k.
Initially I was looking at the 14700k but now I’m considering the AM5 platform.
It’s cheaper, the socket will have a longer lifespan and the 7800X3D is superior in games.
What are people’s thoughts?
I have a 9900ks but for my current main gaming PC got a 5800x3d.
After exclusively buying only intel CPU’s, this time around I went with a 7800x3d to upgrade from my 8700k. Zero issues so far and my pc handles everything I throw at it while drawing less power and staying cooler. I strictly use it for gaming and some adobe Lightroom here and there.
Same here … Also got rid of those frickin micro stutters. All in all the X3D chips are decent enough.
Whatever gives you the most for your money and fits your requirements.
I would lean to AMD just for the upgrade path if both options are around the same price/performance.
Building a SFF gaming PC with 7800X3D and 4070 for the balance of performance, power/thermal requirements, and life in the AM5 platform.
Honestly the 4070ti seems like a good value if you are going green given the power bump, and the 6950xt is crazy for the price rn.
I went 9900k->13700k(returned)->7950x3d because the amd was eating it for dinner in the games I play in my comparisons.
I did and I’ve regretted it since day 1.
Things have gotten better for sure, but I still can’t use my RAM at it’s rated speed of 6000mhz, even though these exact sticks are listed in the QVL for my board.
I actually can’t run them above 5200mhz, no matter how hard I try. Numerous bios updates have not changed this fact either. AMD says the sweet spot for their 7000 series CPUs is 6000mhz, so that’s why I got the kit I did. Hopefully one day I’m able to use them as I expect to.
Also no DOCP profile will work (blue screens and system lock ups) and the board doesn’t support EXPO from what I can see (although it’s my understanding that EXPO and DOCP are essentially the same thing? )
The long boot times were another issue for me. Torture actually. If you’re trying to play around with settings or need to restart often (doing a clean install and drivers, things like that) it is absolutely frustrating having to wait so long. I was able to Google this and found a RAM setting to enable and this effectively turned off the RAM learning procedure that was causing the delay.
I went with the 7950x. Even with one of the fastest processors available, it has never felt snappy. I’ve benchmarked and ran quite a few tests in my build and my system performs where it should, but it never feels snappy. It never has. Hell, even my 3770k system can boot into windows and load steam faster than the 7950x can…which just blows my mind.
I wanted to go Intel again for this build, but with their latest socket pretty much over, it just didn’t make sense buying something without an upgrade path…but I’ll remember this for next time. I can’t wait to get rid of my AMD build and go back to Intel.
The 7800x3d is going to age like milk.
As a 13900K user the APO situation feels like a betrayal.
AM5 should have platform support for 2-3 more CPU generations if that would be helpful to you. There is also no need for a contact frame to maximise cooling efficiency.
I jumped to 14700k from 9700k. For gaming/productivity but also like Joeh mentioned, im more familiar w overclocking w Intel.
Do it now. Then replace with 8700X3D in a year.
Every time ive gone AMD ive had weird issues (aside from Steam Deck/Rog Ally which have their own issues).
I stopped building AMD systems/working on them for others.
Intels have less quirks, and better support from the start, same with Nvidia vs AMD.
Id rather spend the cash up front versus time in the long run.
Had an i5 8400 in my first gaming rig. Was considering the 13700k but i eventually got 7800x3d for my second build.
The reason is simple. Very low power consumption (highest i saw in benchmarks and games was like ~70 watts), easier and cheaper to cool (although it gets quite hot sometimes due to its design), far cheaper ram kits needed to achieve high performance since the sweet spot is 6000mhz cl30-cl32. Additionally, you have an upgrade path should you decide to go with a different cpu in the future since am5 will be supported for quite some time and finally its gaming performance is superior to any other intel and amd cpu as of now. Its truly an amazing cpu if you mainly game and do light-medium work. Otherwise, if your system is more work oriented you should look for other options.
I did. I went from a q6600 based rig to an r5 3600 based am4 rig in 2019.
Then I upgraded the cpu to an r7 5700x in the spring of 2023. On the same motherboard…
I go back and forth.
I’ve always gone whichever one gives me the best performance for what I’m doing. I’m currently using a 7950x, but before that, I was using a 11900k. Some downsides of AM5 I’ve experienced (on an MSI B650) are no sleep mode, and it takes longer to boot up. Supposedly because it is training the ram. I actually have no idea why it takes so long to boot up, though, so take that with a grain of salt. I have heard some AM5 mobos will allow sleep mode so I would do some research there.