Cleaned up the stream of little posts so I can post a single thing.
Okay, System is up and running. I may yet decide to Wipe windows and install clean. I'll play with this a bit. Some of the benchmarks are unexepectedly low. Since I just cloned the OS disk over to a new SSD and booted on the new system from that its possible I have some weird/old driver things. I'll probably end up saving the files I want to keep onto my Games SSD and nuking the OS disk anyways.
So first thing, the NZXT Kraken X53 is pretty damned quite. I may yet replace the fans with Noctua PPC. The first thing I'll try is to head to the hardware store and pickup a small roll of some foam insulation so I can isolate the Radiator so it can't exhaust any hot air back into the case. Further than that I may replace all of the fans with Noctua PPC-2000 PWM fans since the fan headers work with a PWM splitter. So I could use the single SYS_FAN1 header I have to control everything and let the software dynamically control the fans from quiet to Carrier Take-Off mode.
The Wiring is a freaking mess. I need to clean it up, extend some cables, and route things differently. Airflow over the VRMs is probably pretty poor due to all of the obstructions.
The other problem is the Mainboard IO plate does NOT sit right in this Corsair 380t case. This means the rear of the mainboard is NOT sitting flush against the mainboard stand-offs. So I'm going to have to disassemble it and drill the rivets out so I can bend the power supply bracket to allow it to sit flush. This also means I cannot secure the GPU to the case. Its not a huge deal because the GPU is standing straight up. So there i no sagging issue to worry about. But I need to take care of it. Long term would probably warp the IO plate mounting.
So, compared to the old CPU its Dear God Fast.
| Old | New |
| CPU | Intel 4790k @ 4.0Ghz | AMD Ryzen 7 5800x @ 3.8ghz |
| Mainboard | Gigabyte Z97N-WiFi | Gigabyte Aorus X570 pro WiFI |
| GPU | Nvidia RTX 2080 | Nvidia RTX 2080 |
| RAM | 16GB DDR3-1866mhz | 32GB Crucial DDR4-3200 |
| SSD (OS) | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | Samsung 970 EVO+ 250GB NVMe |
| SSD (Games) | Samsung 850 EVO 1TB | Samsung 850 EVO 1TB |
| Computer | Cinebench R23 | Cinebench R15 | | | |
| Multi-threaded | Cinebench R23 (ST) | Cinebench R15 (MT) | Cinebench R15 (ST) | Cinebench R15 (OpenGL) |
| Old 4790k | 5078 pts | 1075 pts | 891 pts | 180 pts | 134 fps |
| New Ryzen 5800x | 15011 pts | 1603 pts | 2528 pts | 266 pts | 225 fps |
| Computer | Handbrake | | |
| H264 (Fast) | H265 (Fast) | H265 Fast (NvEnc) |
| Old 4790k | 34 fps | 21 fps | 228 fps |
| New Ryzen 5800x | 99 fps | 58 fps | 526 fps |
| Computer | Passmark 10.1 | | | | | |
| CPU Mark | 2D Graphics | 3D graphics | Memory | Disk | Overall |
| Old 4790k | 8789 pts | 1041 pts | 20531 pts | 2966 pts | 4351 pts | 5330 pts |
| New Ryzen 5800x | 29068 pts | 1219 pts | 20564 pts | 3405 pts | 22926 pts | 8970 pts |
When I figure out whats going on with 3Dmark I'll post the stuff.
The difference in games is huge. My old CPU really was a major problem. Specifically with stuttering as it loaded textures and things on the fly. Regular FPS were okay, but the .1% low was a huge difference.
Biggest differences in Cyberpunk, and Tomb Raider. But even all the stuttering in Subnautica when world objects would load in is completely gone. Subnautica even with the 2080 ran roughly around 35-60fps (vsync), and now its a solid 100% at 60fps.
devblogs.microsoft.com
