AMD Ryzen 7 3700X3D CPU: thoughts?

[Seajay]

Yes, undervolting is the new overclocking so to speak. Overclocking is kinda dead unless you are just going for benchmark scores.
Since everything is setup for boost clocks you can often get to a certain boost clock at a lower voltage than "auto", and thus increasing potential boost clock limits because you are running cooler for the same clock speed and lower voltage.

I guess to clarify, if undervolted correctly you can run cool at the same clock profile you'd get at stock.
I don't have an AMD rig at the moment but just gaming at stock settings temp was not an issue with a 5800x3d. I don't trust motherboard controls to boost performance though, I tend to set everything mostly manually.

[the_matrix_guy]

Seajay This Nexus Gamer interview of Vince “Kingpin” Lucido is pretty cool. They touch on that briefly

[Seajay]

Ya the 5700x3d looks good. Unless your running 3x 4k monitors and powering multiple 4090's you don't really need the best tippy top end CPU.
I was doing some digital recording and editing many years ago on a 3770k, but I've since moved to an Intel 12600k with a 3080 12GB gpu. The game is usually the bottleneck right now not so much the hardware.
I've had a lot less time to enjoy computers like I used too. This setup does everything I need it to right now, so no desire to explore newer tech just yet.

I used to enjoy overclocking, but with the 12600 and 3080 it's been pretty interesting going the other direction and seeing how efficient I can get both hardware to get the best performance for the least cost.

[the_matrix_guy]

Ya the 5700x3d looks good. Unless your running 3x 4k monitors and powering multiple 4090's you don't really need the best tippy top end CPU.
I was doing some digital recording and editing many years ago on a 3770k, but I've since moved to an Intel 12600k with a 3080 12GB gpu. The game is usually the bottleneck right now not so much the hardware.
I've had a lot less time to enjoy computers like I used too. This setup does everything I need it to right now, so no desire to explore newer tech just yet.

I used to enjoy overclocking, but with the 12600 and 3080 it's been pretty interesting going the other direction and seeing how efficient I can get both hardware to get the best performance for the least cost.

Cool. Yeah for sure, my first few systems were top of the line back in high school. Back when the GeForce 2/3/4 lines were supreme and ATI made its comeback with the 9700 Radeon (or 9800 I dont remember) that was the card to get to run Half Life 2 in its full glory with its whopping 256 MB VRAM! Lol At one point I built a 5k system with an AMD FX. But since then I go for value. Hence why I’m still on a 3600 / 1080ti.

what do you think of the upcoming Geforce 50xx? The CPU upgrade will probably give me enough of a boost to let me wait a few more months for the 50xx series. I still have a backlog of games that I can run comfortably at 1440p like Elden Ring, Returnal, Ghost of Tsushima, etc. basically all PS5 ports.