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OK then, big assed Noctua fans it shall be for me.
by kinleyd 7y ago
OK then, big assed Noctua fans it shall be for me.
- kjax 7y agoI did this for my 3950x, and it works well. The temps on the CPU still spike up quickly and generate a bit of fan noise under brief loads, but apparently that's quite standard for this platform.
- wil421 7y agoAre you happy with the 3950x? I’m looking at the 3950x and 3900x. I’m not sure if the extra $250 is worth it. It’s replacing a i7-7700k so either one will be a nice upgrade.
- 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y agoThere’s a base clock frequency drop that comes with the higher core 3950X that I don’t think is worth it for the prosumer, unless you really do a lot of multitasking.
- wil421 7y agoVirtualization, 4K Plex Transcoding, and other Video Transcoding. It would also serve as a home Flask api that will save data collected by various Raspberry PIs and thermostats. All purpose Linux home server box.
- 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y agoA toss up if you ask me. I think you’re fine with the 3900X and putting them money elsewhere where you’ll get better bang for your buck.
- ahartmetz 7y agoBoth the base clock and max turbo clock are never reached with my Ryzen 3950X. It tends to run at about 4450 MHz single core and 4020-4220 MHz all cores. Mainboard is the marginally suitable Asus Prime B350-Plus, cooler Thermalright Macho Direct (for height reasons).
- ahartmetz 7y agoMy point is: the official base and turbo clocks are not that relevant. Typical clocks can be found in product reviews.
- rjbwork 7y agoI've been running a big ass noctua on my 5930K (first intel 6 core) for a solid 6 years now on a 4.2GHz overclock. No problems whatsoever, other than the thing doesn't want to do 4.3 anymore, but it was always a bit unstable when i was running at that speed. I'm sure I'll update soon though.