The AMD Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 Discussion Thread

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Is it now? Is it finally time to buy now? Stars are aligned?

Amazon SG 5600X selling @ $427
3600 CL16 2*16GB RAM finally available on Crucial (Only red color tho)
MSI Mortar B550M @ $207

I would have liked 8 cores (so that 2 extra cores can do horny stuff in background, and the extra TDP will help) and I always want onboard GFX so I can retire the system as HTPC later. But AMD fked the APU performance so hard.
 

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Amazon SG 5600X selling @ $427
MSI Mortar B550M @ $207
taobao has 5600x + b550m mortar for about $470 shipped (no box cooler tho). seems like u are getting the mobo from carou? since most sls shops ive seen dont sell the mortar wifi below 300, so the non wifi version shouldnt be that much cheaper either.
I would have liked 8 cores (so that 2 extra cores can do horny stuff in background, and the extra TDP will help) and I always want onboard GFX so I can retire the system as HTPC later. But AMD fked the APU performance so hard.
how was performance gimped? im guessing u are referring to cpu wise?
 

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shop bundle should be 散片. 1yr warranty shop warranty
u can top up abit for 盒装 for 3yrs amd warranty
 
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taobao has 5600x + b550m mortar for about $470 shipped (no box cooler tho). seems like u are getting the mobo from carou? since most sls shops ive seen dont sell the mortar wifi below 300, so the non wifi version shouldnt be that much cheaper either.

how was performance gimped? im guessing u are referring to cpu wise?
ya alot of carousell people have b550m mortar wifi for around 190-210
 

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Would you consider those 5600x/5800x + b550 combos on taobao to be safe to buy, in terms of the items not being doa, and actually arriving?
quite safe. bought from them many times before to resell, all arrived as expected, none reported issues. but not saying completely safe la, so be prepared for faulty units.
 

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quite safe. bought from them many times before to resell, all arrived as expected, none reported issues. but not saying completely safe la, so be prepared for faulty units.

You have 1 set reserved for sale at Carousell right?
 

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Would you consider those 5600x/5800x + b550 combos on taobao to be safe to buy, in terms of the items not being doa, and actually arriving?

I'm actually more concerned about how they have people capable of modifying an older CPU so that it appears like a new CPU but with less performance. You won't notice anything until you run benchmarks,
 

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I've already finalized my purchase plan and then these show up lol... :s13:

On Amazon.com the 5700G is more expensive than their 5800X lol...

AMD talks about using these as the cheaper choice i.e. as non-X chips but the problem is their price-performance is actually worse than the X chips especially when talking about whole system (Heck 5600X is faster than 5700G in single-thread and can often match it in multithread) when traditionally cheaper CPUs should be offering better price-performance...
 
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Would you consider those 5600x/5800x + b550 combos on taobao to be safe to buy, in terms of the items not being doa, and actually arriving?
5600x isn't even worth getting from taobao
It cost a only about $10 more if you get from Amazon SG on good days where they don't apply import deposit.

5800x will have savings of $50-$60 or so
 
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