9800x3d

I bought one of these boards as a bundle for a build with a 9800x3D and an RTX 5080. It had weird issues with the 5080 and a bunch of other sleep and USB issues. Had to do a warranty claim with MSI. Didn't want to wait weeks for it so I bought another board. This board is the direct warranty...

I bought one of these boards as a bundle for a build with a 9800x3D and an RTX 5080. It had weird issues with the 5080 and a bunch of other sleep and USB issues. Had to do a warranty claim with MSI. Didn't want to wait weeks for it so I bought another board. This board is the direct warranty...

Got the upgrade bug and looking for a 4TB NVME (PCIE 4 ideally) and a 9800X3D. EDIT: RAM purchased elsewhere Heat under cesium666 (66-0-0)

Sold

Hi All, Just got this "great" deal on the 9800X3D. There is a 2 item combo that is the following: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D ENERMAX LIQMAX III SF 360 ARGB AIO CPU Liquid Cooler - 360mm Radiator Link: https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.4731137

I've got a pretty cheap pair of 32GB DDR5 sticks and I've always used Buildzoid's easy tweaks to get some extra oompth. Someone posted on reddit with similar sticks to mine so I have been down the rabbit hole a bit of tweaking. Mind you - I am still 100% a memory OC noob...but I feel I am...

I've been having an issue when running Cinebench R24 single-core tests. For some reason, my CPU speed keeps fluctuating down from 5.3Ghz to 4.7Ghz to 3.3Ghz, etc. It seems like the multiplier keeps fluctuating for some reason, instead of staying constant. Anyone know what causes this? I have...