Are we entitled to Far Cry 6 with the new chips here? https://www.amd.com/en/gaming/equipped-to-win

Even those who don't make full use of the applications will reap more benefit in terms of productivity. 5800x is a badly priced and out of place product. If it was another $50 cheaper or had 10 cores instead of 8, I would had a more favorable opinion on em.

It's dollar/core, not perf/core. 3800x was never a niche, but it found itself in an odd position. Same (#) cores as 3700x but only a slightly higher boost  that is negligible and achievable if you OC your 3700x. A niche is something that can perform and has a specific purpose. I don't see where 3800x fits, and it's the same thing happening right now for 5800x.

In this case, 5600x will do what 5800x can do for a fraction of a price albeit it will age faster because it has two less cores. 5900X can do everything and it will be a monster in productivity because it has more tentacles. I mean, cores. 5800x does slightly better (yet debatable) than 5600x given it's two extra cores, but will be slightly slower at multitasking than 5900x due to lower number of cores.

If you're a person who runs multiple monitors, stream and game at the same time, open chrome tabs in double or triple digit; you'll benefit more from extra cores. So, is this a waste of money for an extra few years of longevity at an extra cost that you can probably make up for in a few weeks/months?

You won't lose anything if you have more core, but you will lose more in the long run if you have lower number of cores as it ages & more app take advantage of those extra cores. You're indirectly future proofing yourself if you're not gonna upgrade for the next 4 - 6 years. Having more core doesn't translate to extra performance but it gives u smoothness. Spend more, get more.

If ur willing to fork out that much money for a top end CPU, then cooling cost shouldn't be an argument, it's definitely an afterthought. If you had a Porsche, would you want it to run on Ron95?

Same (#) cores as 3700x but only a slightly higher boost  that is negligible and achievable if you OC your 3700x

If you had a Porsche, would you want it to run on Ron95?

Nice, good for you. It's not bodo, it still works and you're happy with it isn't it? It's bodo when u don't take full advantage of your hardware. Even more bodo when u know the brand, but can't differentiate between SUV and Super Cars
Back to topic, if there is a price drop in the coming months for 5800X, it might have some value and worth revisiting. I don't know which crystal ball did you looked into, but 5700X doesn't even have to exist at this point. 5600X is already a strong performer in its price bracket

could be asus using the +200MHz as per default though.
will be confirming this on an x570 unify this weekend.

yes my point being is the 5600x boosting to 4.85 without it.
Btw, you almost got a perfect ccd1 there, the core5 will screw you over for regular ccd oc though 

I am planning to get this gigabyte motherboard and Ryzen 5600x. What DDR4 memory is suitable for this?

I am planning for 16 GB ram, single stick. Or should I go 8x2 sticks?
I need to scrub and make videos in premier pro/rush so that I can place it online for class. I am not going to overclock this. Maybe I should aim lower?

My experience with Amd ryzen since last year is a mix bag.
Got a 3900x first, went dead barely one month of use ( it's not even oc yet). Luckily I have a spare unused 3700x to test. No issues with the 3700x and the mobo. Then got the 3950x when launched last year. Works well.
Then have high hopes on zen 3. Bought a 5950x . But it's a disappointment. It can't work stable on the aorus Xtreme with random windows Bsod due to Whea errors. No issues with the old 3950x.  Went back to the shop, got the chip into another customer dark hero mobo with the same result, Bsod. So shop refunded back via credit note.
Could be a faulty chip, no one can really answer.
Cos I pose the question to giga support, they can't really give me an answer. Putting the blame on windows and  driver s instead.
Been checking on other international sites as well, found out that 5000 series is a hit and miss affair. If it works with your configuration, u re ok. If it doesn't, it will be a nightmare. The current agessa and 5000 series support is crap. Wish Amd has done extensive testing on it.

According to shop technician, they're having most compatibility issues with giga boards.

Morale of the story, cutting edge tech but the hype exceeds the reality. AMD boleh.

6800 experience anyone ? Frame rates aside, overall experience is important. Drivers stability ?
Wish Amd would deliver more with it's products.
Overall customer satisfaction and experience counts and not the high frames, high benchmark scores and the marketing hype.

Been to OCN forums, I know how those aorus Xtreme  and countless aorus owners felt with the 5000 series not working stable in their rigs.
Most of them come from the 3000 series.

It's not a surprise that 5000 series runs hot at load. You can see that on other forums as well ppl mentioning it.
They're hoping future bios update s will resolve it

I do this 5 point small pea method.

So I configured my ram ( TridentZ Neo 3600 kit ) to 3200
tested few hours of video conversion ( almost all time near 100% CPU load ), stable
play COD CW for an hour, not BSOD. Although game crashed multiple times, consistently at same mission    Not sure game problem, or graphic driver. Tomorrow might download and test other games.

Fxxk la it remind me of my 1700 system, where my TridentZ 3200 kit cant even boot 3200, 2933 not totally stable 

You must have close contact then you can get the 5900x cause is super limited I remember 1st batch only  total 28 stock 5000 series to all it warehouse

When did you get it? Last went they want bundle w/ mobo and ram.. if they sell bundle with Mobo now I'll get it..

Just changed my radiator fans (Kraken X61) to a couple of Arctic P14's and my idle is finally 35-40C (5600x) ! Bloody thing is quiet to boot and costs only rm40 each??

Am thinking whether to change my rad fan to Arctic p12  about rm120 for 3 fans

Or straight change to Arctic liquid freezer 360 rm600..

ID cooling ZoomFlow 360 ..