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Spirit_Retro
Limp Gawd
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So I bought a 5800X today. This is replacing a 3700X.
Not so interested in the 3D model. I think my logic board would be marginal for a 12 core 5900X.
It's not a bad upgrade. Perhaps not a big bang for the buck. But I like upgrading. But there's a bigger reason.
I have a friend who is 25 years younger than me who is a killer computer tech. He's going to be a great systems engineer with a couple of certs and another 5 years experience. But he's only making about $45k a year with a wife and mortgage. He's also slightly autistic, highly intelligent, and brilliant with computers, ham radio, and component electronics. Don't get me started on his math skills.
I hope to hire this guy sometime at my company to replace me when I age out in 15 years or so.
But the real reason I bought the 5800X- was to gift him the 3700X.
See this cat pulls components from garbage cans and gets out the soldering iron and actually repairs them. I have a couple of Bulldozer era motherboards he's recapped for me. His homelab is floor to ceiling "repaired crap". If I need an old component he has them... usually for free... or I flip him a few bucks.
But Saturday morning he's going to have a nice 3700X and a modern case. He doesn't know it's coming. And he doesn't come to this site...
So there's more than one reason to upgrade... and this one feels really good!!!!
Not so interested in the 3D model. I think my logic board would be marginal for a 12 core 5900X.
It's not a bad upgrade. Perhaps not a big bang for the buck. But I like upgrading. But there's a bigger reason.
I have a friend who is 25 years younger than me who is a killer computer tech. He's going to be a great systems engineer with a couple of certs and another 5 years experience. But he's only making about $45k a year with a wife and mortgage. He's also slightly autistic, highly intelligent, and brilliant with computers, ham radio, and component electronics. Don't get me started on his math skills.
I hope to hire this guy sometime at my company to replace me when I age out in 15 years or so.
But the real reason I bought the 5800X- was to gift him the 3700X.
See this cat pulls components from garbage cans and gets out the soldering iron and actually repairs them. I have a couple of Bulldozer era motherboards he's recapped for me. His homelab is floor to ceiling "repaired crap". If I need an old component he has them... usually for free... or I flip him a few bucks.
But Saturday morning he's going to have a nice 3700X and a modern case. He doesn't know it's coming. And he doesn't come to this site...
So there's more than one reason to upgrade... and this one feels really good!!!!
