[Buying new AMD parts on 5th November Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz, motherboard and ram.]

I still need to get that elusive 5900X CPU on Nov 5th or perhaps even the 5950X, will be doing research on buying tactics without going Bot, 5900X is more than enough I'm sure for Flight Sim and High end gaming.

Looking out for reviews though, exciting times, been on Intel for years for performance, its going to be fun trying AMD on a mature platform again with FS ... I dont do Tribal, Intel and AMD stuff, have swapped positions in past, competition is good, right?

[Buying new AMD parts on 5th November Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz, motherboard and ram.]

Thanks PiotrMKG

 

For your advise, you have helped a lot, am a really impetuous person, but also sometimes I have money to spend that might not be there in future or far reaching future, as a single guy I know I can afford this and more right now in my budget, parts are in stock at OcUK at good prices so I'm buying

Heard more motherboards and such will be coming soon for these new CPU's, its one thing waiting for a CPU but another waiting for motherboards and ram stock too ... been in that situation before Intel wise.

It will be a wait for the new AMD CPU's, pretty much want the Ryzen 5900X, but if I can stretch to it for Ryzen 5960X for 50% more maybe?, spent £1000 on Intel CPU's before, we'll see!

My Paid for OcUk parts so far for new AMD FS build ... I'm excited, yeah.

£174.99 x 1 - MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk WiFi (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 ATX Motherboard
£182.49 x 1 - Team Group 8Pack Edition 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit
£133.29 x 1 - Corsair Hydro Series iCUE H150i PRO XT RGB Performance Liquid Cooler - 360mm (CW-9060045-WW)
£5.41 x 1 - Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

Sub-Total: 496.18
Shipping: 8.75
VAT: 100.99
Total: 605.92

[Buying new AMD parts on 5th November Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz, motherboard and ram.]

20 hours ago, PiotrMKG said:

Yes it is possible to flash BIOS without CPU page 32 of user manual explains how to do that. From my knowledge MSI X570 Unify is more popular option for max performance @ reasonable cost. Ram wise, it’s better to wait for reviews, who knows maybe there is even more performance to gain with Infinity Fabric OC, zen 2 can go IF@3800MHz maybe zen 3 can 4000MHz, then having ram capable of 4000MHz could be worth considering. I have G Skill kit with Samsung B-die OC’ed from 3600 to 3800 just to run IF @ 3800MHz.

Hi, did answer but forgot to log in, so my detailed answer is now lost in the ether here goes again.

Thanks for feedback and advice, have had a look at the MSI X570 Unify, looks like it only has 4 x SATA ports and is a fair bit more expensive than the MSI X570 Tomahawk in my link? I'm going to need the Tomahawks 6 x SATA ports and use of one M.2 onboard port for my drives as I have just now on my current Intel board. wonder what other benefits a Unify board might have over the popular Tomahawk board, don't intend to overclock the CPU, maybe a little, hear the Tomahawks VRM's are good quality and that is quite important to me, swinging towards ordering the MSI X570 Tomahawk on Monday .... unless anyone can persuade me of anything better before then?

Awesome news I can flash the BIOS CPU'less, can try this once board arrives and this should give me an indication if the board is DOA or not as sometimes unfortunately happens .. unlikely I know.

CPU Cooler in my post is fine, Yes?

Memory, thanks again, am never too sure of memory, am much more confident with my CPU GPU knowledge, memory is my grey area ... OcUK have now said the memory in my link is fine for the new Ryzen CPU's, its 3600 MHZ stuff, actually have a very similar kit in my Intel board from those guys and it works fine with XMP profile, so and in the interests of buying everything from one retailer, thinking might go for that 2 module 32GB kit ... would like to go 64GB actually, so maybe 2 x kits of those, would the new Ryzen controller be capable of all 4 ram slots filled at the stock speed the kit in my link does?  OcUK dont seem to do 4000Mhz ram kits for 32 GB let alone 64 GB ... is faster than 3600Mhx ram really advantageous for FS2020, P3Dv5, DCS and high end games? ... I know 32 GB is fine for FS2020, 16 GB is below par IMHO, having 32GB was mandatory for getting on the FS Alpha and Beta I did, also have seen DCS with my add ons and maps in certain situations hit almost 32 GB, hence why I am thinking 64GB this time ... thoughts on all this memory stuff needed please

EDIT, looking at this potential 2 x 32 GB = 64 GB memory kit for my build, any thoughts, pro's and con's?  https://eu.crucial.com/memory/ddr4/bl2k32g36c16u4b Would rather not fill all 4 memory slots if possible, but seems to me this 2 x module kit memory performance is not on par with the 2 x 16 GB 32 GB kit mentioned in my link??

For what its worth, don't intend to over-clock the CPU, perhaps a little to see the magic 5GHz again, not so important for the tiny percent improvement I'd get ...  can let overclocking slide this time I think, my days of stressing things are nearing an end, just want plug and play and performance too.

Thanks for your advice so far, much appreciated ... just need to be sure of memory now as per my needs.

Any advice and links for my memory dilemma for this build, welcome from anyone please.

[Buying new AMD parts on 5th November Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz, motherboard and ram.]

Please check out comparability of parts if anyone knows, feel free to give advice on better parts if you know, its been a long time since I've used AMD, on Intel here for 3 PC's and a laptop.

CPU : Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz, LINK :  https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-ryzen-9-5900x-twelve-core-4.8ghz-socket-am4-processor-retail-cp-3ca-am.html
 

Motherboard RAM : MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk WiFi (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 ATX Motherboard, LINK : https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-mag-x570-tomahawk-wifi-amd-am4-ddr4-x570-atx-motherboard-mb-351-ms.html
 

RAM : Team Group Edition 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit, LINK : https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team-group-8pack-edition-32gb-2x16gb-ddr4-pc4-28800c16-3600mhz-dual-channel-kit-my-002-8p.html

 

COOLER : Corsair Hydro Series iCUE H150i PRO XT RGB Performance Liquid Cooler - 360mm (CW-9060045-WW), LINK : https://www.overclockers.co.uk/corsair-hydro-series-icue-h150i-pro-xt-rgb-performance-liquid-cooler-360mm-cw-9060045-ww-hs-03z-cs.html

 

I do have room in my case for the cooler, am OK PSU wise, Super Flower 1000 WATT, SSD's ETC, plan to buy a new Nvidia RTX 3xxx series when stock is available again, have a Titan X 12 GB until then.

IMPORTANT: All appropriate AMD motherboards are apparently going to need a BIOS flash for this new gen of CPU with a bang up to date BIOS being released on Nov 5th for their release, but since I dont have any AMD CPU's (or know anyone who does) I may have a problem flashing the motherboard CPU'less ? ... have heard some boards these days can be flashed without a CPU plugged in, I wonder if the motherboard in link is capable of this? cant seem to find any info regarding that.

Appreciate any advice or help regarding this upgrade.

[Australia Arrives for MSFS: Introducing Cityscape Sydney!]

I think what he means is ... it looks a bit like its spanning land possibly on a shore, but looking at it again, its probably a shadow of the bridge on the water underneath he saw and I first thought too?

Regardless, I'll be buying this, it all looks great.