[kwlug-disc] New Linux PC Build Advice

[Jason]

Thanks, but there is way more historical data on the US site, even if
it's annoying to do the currency conversion.
Unless I'm missing something?

CCC Canada:  https://3cmls.co/CA/B0CG6BPJ81
CCC USA:  https://3cmls.co/US/B0BTZB7F88

On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 10:56 AM CrankyOldBugger
<crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I was just going to say to head to camelcamelcamel.ca, but I noticed you had that link.  But keep in mind that there's a Canadian version (.ca), so you don't have to contend with gringo prices.
>
>
> On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 at 09:41, Jason <jasonpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> FYI - The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is better at gaming than the Ryzen 9
>> 7900X3D, despite the latter having more overall cores.  Here's why:
>>
>> The 7900X3D uses a two chiplet (CCD) layout, where the 3D V-Cache is
>> stacked on top of only one of the chips.  This means only 6 of the
>> cores have access to the 3D V-Cache.
>> If you're playing a game that uses cores on both chips, the shared
>> data needs to get pulled over the infinity fabric, and this causes
>> performance issues.
>> Also the AMD core parking/scheduler is apparently not very good.
>>
>> This video explains it in detail:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B31PwSpClk8
>>
>> I'm going to return the 7900X3D chip (unopened), and wait for Black
>> Friday and try to get a 7800X3D for a lot cheaper.
>> I paid $629 for the 7900X3D during the last sale.  Right now it's "on
>> sale" for over $700.
>> The most recent price drop for the 7800X3D was $499 on Newegg, which
>> was an all time low.  You can track pricing here:
>>
>> https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B0BTZB7F88
>>
>> I'll wait until Black Friday and see if it drops even lower, or pick
>> it up at that price again.
>> Either way, I'll save more than $100, and get better gaming
>> performance at the same time.
>>
>> Just a PSA, as I didn't do enough research and just found out why the
>> 7800X3D was so much more popular.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jason
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 9:02 PM Chris Frey <cdfrey at foursquare.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 02:15:33PM -0400, Cedric Puddy wrote:
>> > > Thanks for the trip down memory lane!  Hope it was interesting,
>> >
>> > It was!  Thank you!
>> >
>> > - Chris
>> >
>> >
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