Consider your situation carefully before deciding.
Consider your situation carefully before deciding.
Recent updates suggest a new X570S board lineup is on the horizon, featuring a more efficient chipset with lower temperatures and no fans. This changes my perspective since I usually avoid boards with fan-based cooling. Some manufacturers still sell fanless motherboards, but they tend to be costly and hard to locate at standard pricing. I already have all components except the motherboard itself. Do you have any advice? Should I hold off until August or September? Are there alternatives I overlooked? Thank you for your input. Below are the listed parts:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 3.4 GHz, 16-core
- CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 CHROMAX.BLACK (82.52 CFM)
- Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB), DDR4-3600 CL18
- Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME SSD
- Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB TUF GAMING
- Case: be quiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Rev. 2 ATX Full Tower
- Power Supply: be quiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1200 W, Titanium Certified
I plan to upgrade to an RTX 3090 once available. Operating system will be Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit). Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G7 LC32G75TQSNXZA, 31.5", 2560x1440, 240 Hz.
You have a good motherboard and a suitable case, but I need more details about what you're trying to accomplish.
A lot of attention was given when X570 launched with the active chipset cooling, but most of that effort turned out to be wasted. According to the specs, the chipset can get hot enough to require cooling, yet it rarely actually does. You don’t have to hold out for X570S because there’s no real reason to wait for any issues.
Spoken like someone that's never owned an X570 board... Firstly, the X570 Taichi chipset does get really hot under load. In theory it shouldn't if nothing needs to traverse through it, but it does... Secondly, fan failure rates are pretty high. Even ASRock were (maybe still is) on backorder with replacements. It also doesn't help that it's right behind the primary PCIe x16 slot where heat from the GPU dumps right on it. And if you use the heatsink plate, the chipset dumps heat onto the M.2 SSDs to where they will start flagging warnings of overheating. So in conclusion, avoid X570 and wait for the X570s.
I'll use it for both gaming and everyday tasks. Aiming for a 5GHz connection, not a major overhaul but wanting good performance.
The B550 supports the 5950x without needing a BIOS update. Your setup includes a PCIe 4 card, two NVMe drives (one Gen 4, one Gen 3), which should work as planned.
He’s got a powerful chipset at 84C, but the benchmark numbers show a lower base speed of 49C. That’s a big difference. As for the CPU, it’s actually running at 63C, not 63C with a higher base. It seems ASUS does have some boards that might not be ideal for cooling.