Never one to be fully satisfied I decided I needed a faster processor in my personal rig, and seeing as I didn’t have £750 to burn on AMDs flagship 3950X I had to set my sights one rung lower and settle for the 3900X.
This thing is an absolute beast, in Cinebench I’m pulling down a score of over 7000, which obliterates anything that Intel have at this pricepoint and also dethrones AMDs first gen Threadripper 1950X!
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What’s more, with some simple overlcocking using AMDs Ryzen Master app it can be pushed to a very respectful speed without sacrificing stability by reducing the core voltage.
I’m very happy with this build so far. Video rendering speed has improved significantly meaning I can usually edit and render a video in one night without having to leave it to complete while I sleep.
What’s more the gaming performance is the best I’ve ever had, the 3900X is certainly not holding back the 5700XT GPU. I’m clocking in respectable (>60fps) framerates in Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1440p and getting somewhat usable results (>40fps) at 4K.
Check out the build below:
The next step for this build is to do something I’ve always wanted to do; water cooling! Stay tuned for that one.
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