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Title: New CPU, Motherboard and RAM
Post by: Marvey on 2023-02-25, 14:20:20

Hi. i have 3000€ to spend on a cpu. motherboard and ram, should i go for a amd? or intel? if so witch CPU should i select? i only have 3000€ for the 3 items.
thank you

Title: Re: New CPU, Motherboard and RAM
Post by: tuami on 2023-04-06, 13:56:06

We are also going to build up new workstations, heres our setup (Without Ram, Cooling, Power and Case:
Price Range will be 2500-2900 € when its build up.
CPU: AMD 7950x
Motherboard: ASUS ProArt X670E (If you work with a 10Gbit Network)
DDR5:
Graphics:  RX 6800 XT
Samsung M2 Pro 1TB

See Processor Benchmark
https://www.anandtech.com/show/18747/the-amd-ryzen-9-7950x3d-review-amd-s-fastest-gaming-processor/5

You also can look around for an Intel 13900ks CPU.

Greetings

Title: Re: New CPU, Motherboard and RAM
Post by: Marvey on 2023-04-10, 13:12:44

thank you for your help, do you have idea which ram should i select to work with amd? i want to put 128gb of ram but i heard amd needs some specific ram, is that true? thanks!

Title: Re: New CPU, Motherboard and RAM
Post by: tuami on 2023-04-25, 09:42:00

it has to be DDR5 RAM.
here so far our setup

AM5 ATX Asus ProArt X670-E DDR5/M.2/1xRJ45 10Gbit
AMD Ryzen9 7950X AM5 X16 4.7Ghz Box 12x768KB/12MB/64MB
Corsair Hydro H150i RGB Elite 3
DDR5 64GB 5600Mhz CL36 G.Skill RS5K Kitof2
2000GB M.2 NVMeG4 7450/6900MB Samsung 990 PRO
16GB PCI-E AMD RX6800XT Asus TUF OC 3xDP/1xHDMI
BeQuiet P4/P8
BE Quiet StraightPower11 1200W 80+ Platinum

cheers