Bought a 6700XT for 400USD last year.
But the platform update required means that I possibly only do a budget MoBo + CPU for 400
Then PSU, case, ram, cooler are all additional.
My previous CPU lasted 7 years, my Ryzen 2600 is 5 years now. Which means I can’t play Remnant 2, Starfield or Lords of Fallen. Not the best optimised games, but a trend nonetheless.
Would future proof mean getting a top shelf Intel or the 7800x3D to last 7+ years? Or just go budget every 3 years?
Apologies if I don’t make sense the current market is confusing along with inflation and random price increases
This is an unusual experience,
I’ve had a 2800x,3700x, 5800x3d built other computers with 5600x and 5600x3d. Totaling 4 computers on am4 in my house, and all are working fine.
Just add more usb devices and an usb dac. Shit would happen. The usb problems were ignored and worse flat out denied for years. Then all of a sudden an agesa update fixed it… Then after 8 months or so another update broke it again. And now it’s fixed again.
Several other bios settings just never have worked. Example? Ever heard of EDC? Yeah, neither did AMD. Never worked as it should.
AM4 AGESA is a bug fest. And if you read the boards AM5 does not look much better.
Asus X470 strix-f with 2700x, 5900x. Gigabyte X570 master with 2700x (terrible), 5900 and 5800x3d.
Exceeding the Thermal limit does not result in throttling on AMD. It results in both boards in blue screens. The system doesn’t throttle : it halts.
Not everyone has experienced these bugs and if you didnt: I’m happy for you. But I did experience them.