For context recently my pc stopped working and I found out my motherboard was fried but I thought to myself is it worth buying another 12 year old x99 motherboard again and in turn decided to look for something more modern. To be honest the i7-5960x worked perfectly for me so I would like something performing somewhat on the same level. Any help would be appreciated.

edit- forgot some details I am a casual gamer and am not too fussed if it doesn’t outperform my old one but if possible keep the price around £200
Thanks.

I am getting a pc for the first time ever and I have saved up 700 dollars and can save up a little more. I have no clue what I'm doing and really want somewhere to start. I don't trust myself at all to make a custom build. So I 100 percent want a prebuilt. Thanks!

I get around 50-60 on idle. i tried playing gta 5 on very high settings and my cpu reached 82C max. also i have a stock cooler and i got a rx 6700xt.

Help me decide is it worth switch 11400f to 11700f by spending 40$ ?

Help me decide is it worth switch 11400f to 11700f by spending 40$ ?

Just to be clear, It's possible that this is all just a coincidence and my SSD is just getting old and on its way out, I'm just wondering if any of you have heard of cases like this and there may be something else going on.

I built my PC with a i3-12100f for several years now, I use Adata legend 710 2Tb NVMe as boot and store most of my games in it. It was doing okay in terms of being able to load and install games at moderate paces (never experienced super expensive SSDs so can't compare). My CPU was struggling with certain games so I decided to upgrade to i5 12400f. Everyone told me that BIOS updates are unnecessary since they're the same generation so I didn't update. I can say that overall FPS of video games has improved but something strange happened. Any time I have to install a game my PC starts to stutter and freeze uncontrollably. In performance CPU and RAM seem fine but Disk shoots up to 100% with terrible read and write speeds (sometimes drops below 1 MB/s). In some cases games have started to perform worse. Perhaps more FPS but noticably more stuttering. I was capable of running No Hesi (a mod for Assetto Corsa), now it's absolutely unplayable. I understand that No Hesi is exceptionally resource intensive, but this still shouldn't happen. Should I update BIOS? CrystalDiskInfo says everything is fine more or less. Anything else could be happening?

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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to understand whether the idle/light-load temperature of my Ryzen 9 7900X is normal or whether I have a cooling/configuration issue.

System:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
• Motherboard: ASRock B650E Taichi Lite
• Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 420
• GPU: RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
• RAM: DDR5-6000, manually tuned
• FCLK: 2200 MHz
• UCLK/MCLK: 3000/3000 MHz
• BCLK is currently stock at 100 MHz
• CPU is otherwise stock — no PBO, no Curve Optimizer, no manual CPU overclock
• Ambient room temperature: approximately 25–28°C
• Outside temperature: approximately 32°C

The RAM is overclocked, but the CPU itself is currently running at stock settings.

The temperature I'm seeing

After leaving Windows mostly idle, the CPU sits around:

• CPU Tctl/Tdie: ~55°C
• CPU Die (average): ~54°C
• CPU CCD1: ~49°C
• CPU CCD2: ~39°C
• Individual core temperatures: around 36°C
• CPU Package Power: ~42 W
• CPU PPT: ~41 W
• Average Active Core Count: ~0.4
• Thermal throttling: No

HWiNFO recorded approximately:

• CPU Tctl/Tdie minimum: 54.2°C
• Maximum: 62.1°C
• Average: 56.5°C
• CPU Package Power: current 42.15 W, maximum 51.75 W
• CPU PPT: current 41.16 W, maximum 50.67 W

The pump is running at around 2288 RPM, and the radiator fans are also running.

What confuses me

The CPU isn't under significant apparent load. HWiNFO shows only around 0.4 average active cores, yet the CPU package is consuming approximately 42 W and the Tctl/Tdie temperature remains around 55°C.

At the same time, the individual core temperatures are much lower — around 36°C — and CCD2 is only around 39°C.

So there is quite a large difference between the reported CPU Tctl/Tdie temperature and the individual core temperatures.

For example:

CPU Tctl/Tdie: ~55°C

versus

Core temperatures: ~36°C

and

CCD2: ~39°C

My questions

1. Is ~55°C at ~42 W package power normal for a 7900X with an ambient temperature of approximately 25–28°C?
2. Is ~42 W package power while Windows is essentially idle normal for a 7900X?
3. Could the DDR5-6000 + FCLK 2200 + UCLK=MCLK configuration be contributing significantly to the package power/temperature?
4. Is the large difference between Tctl/Tdie (~55°C) and the individual core temperatures (~36°C) expected on Zen 4?
5. Could this indicate a problem with the Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 420 mounting/contact/pump, or does the data look normal?
6. What would you consider a reasonable idle/light-load temperature and package power for this CPU at 25–28°C ambient?

I will also run a 10-minute Cinebench 2024 multi-core test and can provide the maximum CPU temperature, package power, effective clocks and pump/fan RPM if that would help.

I'm particularly interested in feedback from other 7900X owners, especially those running a 420 mm AIO.

Any one sell???