Wife took over kiddo duties: "Go do your nerd stuff, I'll handle bedtime!"
The good news is the installation was quick and easy, and the 5800x3D solved all the stuttering issues. Everything is buttery smooth everywhere, so I'm happy! This is a gaming machine so I don't care too much, but according to GB6 I also picked up an additional 25% in single core, and it's actually about 6% faster than the 12 core 3900x it replaced.
The only negative was mentioned earlier in the thread - it's a hot chip, and I'm going to want to dump the stock cooler from the 3900x and step up the cooling. It doesn't get much above 75 degrees in Starfield, but when I had it chew through the Blender BMW render the temps got to 87 degrees - just below the 90 degree limit. I love the look of AIO coolers, but I figure that'd be overkill on something I can't even overclock. I dunno - I'm usually not one to care what the inside of my computer looks like but man, the AIO solutions are so much cleaner looking than a huge-air cooler. Might bite the bullet anyway.
The good news is the installation was quick and easy, and the 5800x3D solved all the stuttering issues. Everything is buttery smooth everywhere, so I'm happy! This is a gaming machine so I don't care too much, but according to GB6 I also picked up an additional 25% in single core, and it's actually about 6% faster than the 12 core 3900x it replaced.
The only negative was mentioned earlier in the thread - it's a hot chip, and I'm going to want to dump the stock cooler from the 3900x and step up the cooling. It doesn't get much above 75 degrees in Starfield, but when I had it chew through the Blender BMW render the temps got to 87 degrees - just below the 90 degree limit. I love the look of AIO coolers, but I figure that'd be overkill on something I can't even overclock. I dunno - I'm usually not one to care what the inside of my computer looks like but man, the AIO solutions are so much cleaner looking than a huge-air cooler. Might bite the bullet anyway.