Help needed. Gaming PC for my son

[TonyCarter]

Hey @TonyCarter
This obviously came back into stock (7800X3D) and I missed it. Now not there till around the 20th November and my sons birthday is on the 28th. What would you think is a next best option?

What does the X3D offer?

Would you suggest either:
- AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Eight Core CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - more money though

No, it never came back into stock, it was just further delayed...and what we believe (based on internet conjecture) is that AMD is releasing the 9800X3D on the 7th November, and so the 7800X3D lines have been switched over to 9800X3D production.

Most of us have been through similar wait or not scenarios when building a new PC. For me is was when the 3000-series GPUs were announced at about the same time as the 5000-series CPUs - and things were going in & out of stock every day, so you tried to upgrade/downgrade to get your PC before Christmas (after a 3 month wait).

 

[AccidentalDenz]

Most of us have been through similar wait or not scenarios when building a new PC. For me is was when the 3000-series GPUs were announced at about the same time as the 5000-series CPUs - and things were going in & out of stock every day, so you tried to upgrade/downgrade to get your PC before Christmas (after a 3 month wait).

I was in that queue too. I ordered a 3080 and a 5900X in September. I was given a call a week or so before Christmas and told that I'd get it on Christmas Eve if I switched to the 5800X. I did that and it did arrive on time. It was incredibly frustrating watching the forum for news of new stock, but as Tony said, most of us have been there!

 

[DaveBR3]

OK thanks. Not sure I understand the point that "The 7950X3D is just a 7800X3D + a 7700X"... All this is quite new to me.

You think the 9800X3D will be available on PC Specialist at the same time

 

[Ekans2011]

Not sure I understand the point that "The 7950X3D is just a 7800X3D + a 7700X"... All this is quite new to me.

The 7950X3D has 16 cores, but only 8 of them are ''X3D'', while the remaining 8 are conventional cores (like the 7700X).
Such 8 extra cores would provide no boost in-game.

Here's an explanation of the 3D V-cache technology.

Here are some games tested at 1440p on the 7800X3D.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Review - The Best Gaming CPU

AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D is everything that gamers want: eight fast cores, in a single CCD, with 3D VCache stacked on top at a price point of $450. In our review we can confirm that 7800X3D is indeed the fastest gaming CPU available, beating Intel's 13900K and even the 7950X3D.

www.techpowerup.com

You think the 9800X3D will be available on PC Specialist at the same time

You can most likely contact PCS directly and ask when they will put in a pre-order for this new chip.

 

[DaveBR3]

Thanks @Ekans2011 @AccidentalDenz and the OG @TonyCarter

Have eventually managed to order the Build today, with the 9800X3D (which meant I blew my £2,000 budget, but thought sod it!).

Thanks for all the support in helping me pull together. I know it's for my son, but am sure I'm going to get involved in this too.

Case
CORSAIR 4000D RGB AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core CPU (Up to 5.2GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING X870-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB GIGABYTE RADEON™ RX 7800 XT GAMING OC - 2 x HDMI, 2 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W RMx SHIFT SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR ICUE LINK H115i RGB HIGH PERFORMANCE CPU
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB

 

[SpyderTracks]

Could you please edit out the swearing as it’s a family forum and we get a lot of kids on here?

 

[DaveBR3]

Could you please edit out the swearing as it’s a family forum and we get a lot of kids on here?

apologies. Over excited....

 

[SpyderTracks]

apologies. Over excited....

Thanks, appreciate it