my 3.7 years old 3800x + Galax 3600MT/s 4x8GB has been crashing at games only, got to underclock 3466MT/s for games, not sure if it's the IMC problem or the ram...... 50% 50% right !!!!
but one winter weekend 10C outside, about 15C indoor, no crash .......... and 3800x boost to 4.55Ghz again, haven't seen for long time........ why ????? thermal paste ???? IMC ???? ram ????
dilemma
dilemma
dilemma
Option 1 = go all out all new 7700x + B650 Livemixer + DDR5 = HK$ 4000+++
vs
Option 2 = tight bugdet 5700x tray HK$ 1180 and hope the problem is IMC of 3800x not Galax HOF
or
Option 3 = LAST BIG PUSH 5800x3D box HK$ 2200 and hope Galax HOF no problem.
finally 5800x3D, now I hope the life of taichi x370 can sustain another 3 years+++ PLUS god bless without problems.......
remove 3800x, paste of 13W/m-K dried out, obviously, 2 years ago repaste I think........ no wonder 3600MT/s crashing at game....... more like good excuse to upgade



reset bios, swap in 5800x3D, boot up debug code led
1st round very few numbers - monitor nothing
2nd round extra few numbers - monitor none
3rd round more few numbers - monitor none
usually 4th round monitor shows booting, but still none, and even more numbers on debug code, a good sign as long as more and more numbers show up.....
5th round lots of numbers and monitor shows fTPM Yes or No due CPU swapped ..... hahahahaa no wonder boot long time ........
finally enter windows..... immediately start HWinfo........ wow, nice, around 12 or 14 threas / 6 or 7 cores boost to 4.45Ghz ........ instead of the 3800x only 4.2Ghz no longer 4.55Ghz .......
this time return of graphine sheet 0.025mm, not thermal paste, since I'm the lazy type, not willing to repaste every christmas.....
bios is from x470 taichi beta 10.01 cross flash into x370 taichi, had been using cross flash around 2 years ago..... and never turned back..... not sure what's x470 latest bios.... but lost the excitement to always use the latest...... just laying back relax enjoying.........
5800x3D + Galax HOF original is 17-18-18-18-38-62-8-15-42-631-489-289
but taichi don't play nice with Intel's XMP, hence I decided to be lazy the see if 5800x3D can work with taichi's prefered secondaries, which makes them 18-18-18-18-38-85-6-9-38-630-488-288, notice some are overclocked like tRRDS/L and tFAW. no wonder it crash sometimes...... not smart taichi no AI assist kekekekekke. tRC shoot so high to 85, so dissapointed......
anyway...... one night ownership only manage 1 hour Ghost Recon Wildland super big open world highly stress GPU, finally got 80fps +++ 3440x1440 all max quality, 255 watts full throttle never drops........ and 5800x3D boost just a few thread/core the best 1 or 2 cores using around 60 watts, and thermal around 72C, around 10C higher than 3800x.