The AMD Zen2 Ryzen 3000 Discussion Thread

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Ahh yes. Bought it for $221 and increased to $242 the next day lol

BTW, is it logical to pair 3600 with a X570 board? Or is B550 good enough? Price diff is around $50. Doubt I will be overclocking. More worried about whether I can run the rams at full 3600mhz.
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B550 is sufficient. Both should easily support rams running at 3600 Mhz.
 
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Ahh yes. Bought it for $221 and increased to $242 the next day lol

BTW, is it logical to pair 3600 with a X570 board? Or is B550 good enough? Price diff is around $50. Doubt I will be overclocking. More worried about whether I can run the rams at full 3600mhz.
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Actually imo x570 and b550 price are so close, very hard to answer this at this "period" where covid is destroying all the shipping dates.

My advise is to compare both b550 and x570 features and most importantly the availability for the mobo u want, like for example, b550 aorus master and its x570 counterpart are almost the same price, so look for wat is left in the market lor
 

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Ahh yes. Bought it for $221 and increased to $242 the next day lol

BTW, is it logical to pair 3600 with a X570 board? Or is B550 good enough? Price diff is around $50. Doubt I will be overclocking. More worried about whether I can run the rams at full 3600mhz.
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$50 price difference I would just go for X570.
 

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Ahh yes. Bought it for $221 and increased to $242 the next day lol

BTW, is it logical to pair 3600 with a X570 board? Or is B550 good enough? Price diff is around $50. Doubt I will be overclocking. More worried about whether I can run the rams at full 3600mhz.
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I bought my X570 Tomahawk wifi at 326. Compared to B550M mortar wifi 280+ or B550 Gaming Edge wifi around 300? I felt the small price increase is worth it to go x570

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which thermal paste would you choose if use for 3900?
would you go for Grizzly Carbonaut or just normal paste in a tube?
 

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which thermal paste would you choose if use for 3900?
would you go for Grizzly Carbonaut or just normal paste in a tube?

carbonaut is a thermal pad which performs like a low end thermal paste. avoid thermal pads unless you are someone who frequently needs to swap coolers or cpu. use something like mx-4 or kryonaut instead.
 

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which thermal paste would you choose if use for 3900?
would you go for Grizzly Carbonaut or just normal paste in a tube?

Normal paste will be the better solution. Thermal pads like the Carbonaut generally don't transfer heat as well as a good thermal compound. The upside of thermal pad is generally reusability and easy to remove, i.e. easier to pull the cooler away from the processor.
 

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which thermal paste would you choose if use for 3900?
would you go for Grizzly Carbonaut or just normal paste in a tube?

MX-4. Or if using Noctua air cooler, the free tube of NT-H1 included in the box
 

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Anyone try before this brand Thermagic ZF-12, ZF-EVO and ZF-EX. The Thermal Conductivity look good at 12W/mk ~ 14.6W/mk. The price is much cheaper than Grizzly.
 

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oh nhu12a comes with free nth1? i was planning to buy seperately

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Less than 8 seconds can get your answer.

Scope of delivery
2x NF-A12x25 PWM 120mm fan
2x Low-Noise Adaptor (L.N.A)
4-pin PWM y-cable
SecuFirm2™ mounting system for Intel and AMD
NT-H1 thermal compound
Noctua Metal Case-Badge
usually see price nia haha
 

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Not full tube.

The retail version of the same size is 3.5g, the included tube is probably half of it. Should be enough for 2~3 application, depend on how you apply.

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BTW, ASUS TUF GAMING X570-Plus is $228 from Amazon US.
 
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anyone tried to RMA a CPU with broken pins before?

Basically, I was using the prism cpu cooler for about 2-3months then i decided to upgrade to the Noctua DH15 cooler. And when removing the cooler, the cpu came off with it as the thermal so called cemented the cooler and cpu together. I use a mixture of hair dryer and dental floss with alcohol to pry off cooler and cpu. Using magnifying glass, i found 2 broken pins on the cpu :(
 

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anyone tried to RMA a CPU with broken pins before?

Basically, I was using the prism cpu cooler for about 2-3months then i decided to upgrade to the Noctua DH15 cooler. And when removing the cooler, the cpu came off with it as the thermal so called cemented the cooler and cpu together. I use a mixture of hair dryer and dental floss with alcohol to pry off cooler and cpu. Using magnifying glass, i found 2 broken pins on the cpu :(

The warranty is voided so time for a new CPU.
 

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The warranty is voided so time for a new CPU.

I thought so too... i need to invest in a new mobo as well... just realised that the cpu socket on the mobo is very filmsy as well :(

PS: Learnt my mistake, always use the warm up and twist method to remove cooler in the future.
 
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Looking to replace my 3900x stock cooler with the NH-D15's, are there any local distro(can't seem to find them on SLS pricelists e.g. dynacore,pct) or buy from online/amazon?

Thanks!
 

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Looking to replace my 3900x stock cooler with the NH-D15's, are there any local distro(can't seem to find them on SLS pricelists e.g. dynacore,pct) or buy from online/amazon?

Thanks!

5 second search on Lazada:
https://s.lazada.sg/s.soV7
 

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anyone tried to RMA a CPU with broken pins before?

Basically, I was using the prism cpu cooler for about 2-3months then i decided to upgrade to the Noctua DH15 cooler. And when removing the cooler, the cpu came off with it as the thermal so called cemented the cooler and cpu together. I use a mixture of hair dryer and dental floss with alcohol to pry off cooler and cpu. Using magnifying glass, i found 2 broken pins on the cpu :(

wah shag
have u tried to see if it still posts? maybe super lucky those that broke off are just reserve pins...
if cannot then maybe can try sell on carouhell for super cheap, at least can offset the cost of a new one. had to do the same when I broke a pin off a 2600 a few months back, was snapped up really quick for $120 (usually they sell for about $170).
 
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