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Amazing processor that will only get better.
Amazing and will likely get much better with firmware updates.
Edit: Adding my build info as an example of what is working well for me. Added a picture of my build in progress. It is not done yet but it is getting there.
- i9 7900x @ 4.8GHz
- Aorus Gaming 9 x299 Motherboard
- 8 x 8Gb (64Gb) Gskill Trident Z RGB 3200 DDR4 Memory
- 2 x NVidia GTX 1080 Ti Founders with Phanteks PH-GB1080Ti_BK01 G1080 GeForce GTX 1080/1070 Ti Gaming Series Full-cover water block RGB LED Black Edition
- Samsung 960 Evo 512Gb x2 in Raid 0
- EVGA 1000W T2 Titanium+ PSU
- Thermaltake Core P5 Tempered Glass Black Edition
* Custom Water Loop *
-Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 Full Copper 480mm Radiator
-XSPC SE Photon Reservoir/Pump Combo V2 with D5 Vario Pump 270mm
-Phanteks PH-C350I_BK C350I CPU water block
-(4) Corsair ML120 blue fans for radiator
-Thermaltake 16mm PETG Hard Tubing
-Bitspower Fittings
-Koolance Blue Coolant
So far the only issue I have had was the switch from the Intel Windows application managing Turbo Boost 3.0 to native Turbo Boost on the 7900x. The application would just crash saying the system was not supported and confused me for a bit. I then found out that once you have it running natively you no longer use the application. I removed the application and all is well. This seemed to happen when I updated the MB BIOS from V4 to V5 so this is an example of the growing pains we may have to deal with. Still worth it though IMO.
Edit - 07092017:
I have finished my custom water loop and took some screen caps from Aida64 while Idle, stock stressed, and 4.6GHz OC Stressed. There has been a lot of talk about the temperatures and power with the 7900x so I hope this info helps anyone checking it out.
Edit - 08032017:
Processor has been running flawlessly at 4.8Ghz for about a week. I am also running the mesh clock at 3.2 Ghz, up from 2.4 Ghz stock. I will get some pictures of benchmark results and throw them up here when I can.
July 2017 · Electronics