scrilla4rella wrote:
So would it be sub-optimal to run a 3080 with Ryzen 5 3600? Thinking about getting a 4th gen Zen but assuming supply shortages will be in full effect
Well, if you're worried about supply shortages on Zen3, you should be aware that it's also going to be an issue for the 3080. There's quite a few rumors that it's close to a paper launch (and Nvidia actively avoiding preorders might suggest some truth to that), ethereum miners apparently also really want the cards.
How much CPU limited you will be depends heavily on framerate, resolution, settings and games you want to play. It's really hard to give any definitive answers on that.
orange808 wrote:
On the other hand, for busy people with multiple work and hobby projects occupying multiple partitions and virtual machine disk files, RAID poses a risk that requires a commitment to data redundancy planning. Losing even one day of work can be devastating.
Which is why you need backups. Just avoiding RAID0 is not going to protect against that. RAID0 only increases the risk of losing your data slightly*, the risk is already very high. Saying RAID0 is the point where you need to mitigate that risk is bizarre to me.
* Some people say it doubles the risk. This is a dumb simplification spread everywhere you shouldn't believe. It's only true if all your important data was on one of the theoretically not raided disks and doesn't account for all the data loss possibilities that aren't drive failure related.
cave hermit wrote:
So it seems I may have to just go with a current gen 3900X anyway; I had assumed that the X570 chipset would support Zen 3 CPUs out of the box for some reason, but apparently that isn't true, I still need a BIOs update on X570 boards. Problem is, you can't get to BIOs without a processing CPU. Since I'm building a brand new computer, and I'm currently using an obsolete intel processor, I wouldn't actually have a way to apply the BIOs update since my new Zen 3 processor wouldn't be recognized without the BIOs update.
edit: never mind, apparently some boards do support uploading a new BIOs from a flash drive without a CPU!
You're not making a lot of sense? If you already have a X570 board you surely have the CPU to update it?
And if not by the time Zen3 CPUs arrive, I'm sure X570 boards that support them will be out?
Even if it weren't for the USB update possibility, I'm not seeing the problem here.