Amd System Monitor

keep going, AMD!

AMD RAID 1 setup (two of these) on DarkHero/5950x system. No problems. Fast!

I have an old AMD Phenom X4 system that currently exists to drive a Nikon LS-8000 scanner. The original, 10+ year old, PSU blew last week. I could replace this box with something very capable for the scanning job for $75-$100, so I did not want to spend a lot on a PSU. This Thermaltake 700W fit the bill - right price, 80+ certification (though only at the basic level), plenty of power and ample array of connectors. It's been over a decade since I installed a replacement PSU, but this was quick and easy. For my purposes it has worked out fine.

This is my first AMD card. Matched up with the AMD 7950X 3D CPU, my system will handle anything that I throw at it! AWESOME is all I can say! I found this little device https://a.co/d/0KTrxa5 that supports the GPU without messing with that huge bracket. You know you want this card, go ahead and buy it! You'll be glad you did!

I'll start by saying I have over the years gone back and forth between AMD and Intel with whoever has the best CPU at the time for my gaming habits. This later also expanded into some stuff like video editing and streaming from time to time. Though I still use my system for gaming 95% of the time. That said I also love to build PC's and typically enjoy the higher end enthusiast builds. Because of this I have over the past 10 years been using Intel's HEDT motherboards like X79, X99 and now X299 chipsets. Currently running an X299 Asus Rampage VI Apex board I had originally purchased with an i9-7900X. Based on this I felt an easy and now cheaper upgrade to the i9-10920X CPU would be the best route. Yes there are better AMD CPU's out there right now, but Intel still does very well in the gaming performance. So since this was just a CPU swap out for me it was the best way to go I could keep everything else in my system as is. This motherboard has been rock solid and only 2 years old at this moment. I was not disappointed, this CPU works great out of the box. Has very good turbo features for those that don't know how to overclock. It will consistently run 2 cores at 4.8Ghz, 2 at 4.7Ghz, 2 or 3 at 4.6, and the rest at 4.5 down to 4.4. Using Intel Turbo Boost Max 3.0 software you can force older games that use typically 1 main core to use your strongest cores first for the extra speed. If the program/game has great multicore support then you have the 12 cores which really is plenty for gaming and enough for a good balance of production unless you crunch videos all day. OC wise I have only messed with it some so far but it's not hard to get this CPU to 5.0Ghz on all cores with what I am using, a Corsair H115i Pro AIO water cooler.

Not wanting to have to do a major system upgrade to move to AMD Ryzen 7000-Series CPUs (already having a great Socket AM-4 motherboard, I caught this Ryzen 9 at a great price and decided to do a CPU upgrade (had already increased the amount of RAM a few months back. The Ryzen 9 5900X was a simple upgrade, just remove old CPU and replace with the new on and a slightly larger Noctua HSF cooler. The system has seemed a bit more responsive, and I have the satisfaction of finally owning a Ryzen 9 CPU. This will keep me going for years with the current system, barring some new software requiring a next-generation system. AMD is the best!

I’ve been into computers my whole life and outside a brief window around the Turion x64 days Intel had ALWAYS been the leader in performance. With nearly three decades of dominance came market ubiquity. I always bought Intel because it’s what you did if you wanted the best. Inversely, this led to me developing prejudice against AMD. 2020 saw what had previously been unrealized, and AMD finally had more to show than Intel, and was still offering it at slightly lower pricing. Thus the value proposition presented by particularly the 5600x is astounding. So I made the logical choice and built my first ever AMD based system. Nothing changed, and it still booted when I hit the button. Instead I saw massive day to day speed upgrades and aside from a minor issue getting my ram to run its XMP profiles at stock voltage (which was either my mobo being cranky or the sticks themselves being subpar) the new system just worked flawlessly. It’s been almost two weeks now and I’m exclusively using the system for gaming. I can’t say I’ve experienced any strange hiccups or issues yet that I can directly attribute to the processor (on any new complete build you’re bound to have some quirks arise). Everything just works as I expect it to. The processor itself had broken a mental barrier for me, and does exactly what it claims it will on the box. Under a Kraken X63 my peak gaming temps on the chip were 63* Celsius... PEAK... with most gaming settling into the high 50s. That’s with PBO enabled, and after several hours so a fully saturated cooling loop. All cores have hit their advertised peak boost, and the most power I’ve seen the chip draw was around 83 watts. That’s a very cool and efficient chip, a sign of how much further AMD is ahead of Intel on the die processes. 7nm chips mean less power and more performance in the same package, and I see that born out in this chip. I can highly recommend the 5600x for all but the most extreme gamers. Paired with a 3080@ 2070mhz, no bottleneck!

This board delivered the speed I was expecting and beyond. And I was only using a AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX 4.2 GHz 24-Core sTR5 Processor. However I did build the system with two NVMe 5.0 cards (2TB each). CAUTION the memory listed under accessories as of today is WRONG on the BH site. While the processor can use UDIMM the Motherboard requires RDIMM. The notches on the memory slots will block UDIMM (See Attached). A PowerDirector rendering of a complex video with lots of PIP frames would take over 30 minutes on my HP Z640. Using the system I built with WRX90E motherboard it took less than 20 minutes. I suspect that time will drop more when PCIs 5.0 Graphic Cards hit the market. Everything else in the system is PCIe 5.0.

I purchased this for a new system build paired with the AMD Ryzen 5 4500 3.6 GHz and MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX. It has been working fine so far, no issues.

No issues what so ever, it’s running my water cooled AMD 3900x system without any issues. I’m hoping to pair it with an RTX ROG STRIX 3070 or 3080 in white, but finding those cards are virtually impossible.