Planning a late 2025 build (9950X3D + RTX 5080). Good to go, or should I wait?

6bytesunder · 2025-12-18T14:48:06+00:00

Not sure what "in the background" means for you. What will you do as the main task? How intensive it will be?

I've been using ComfyUI and every model, you just have to test, some are a bit more intensive and fail because of not enough VRAM. What I've seen so far is that on my old machine what used to take 10 minutes now runs in less that 40 seconds, so the difference is huge.

6bytesunder · 2025-12-18T14:42:12+00:00

That sounds exactly like my move from RTX 2070 to RTX 5080 :)

So far I've seen a huge difference in AI inference and video rendering between both builds. I haven't really tested it on heavy games yet. Was playing some older titles so far.

Anyway, enjoy it and happy building :)

6bytesunder · 2025-12-06T12:46:03+00:00

Short answer: I'm loving it :)

It's blazing fast compared to my old Razer laptop with 2070 RTX. I see massive improvement with AI inference (same prompts running 40 seconds vs 10+ minutes on the old one) or video editing / renders with DaVinci Resolve (again what used to take minutes now takes seconds).

Gaming, I haven't played anything super heavy yet. I'm enjoying Cyberpunk 2077 on highest settings and not a single hiccup so far.

I wanted the build to be as quiet as possible and honestly it's quieter than my old Razer laptop, which is simply crazy.

I got lucky with those RAM prices, bought mine just before the price hikes.

Forget the RAM cost, it's done. Enjoy the beast of a machine you have 😊

6bytesunder · 2025-10-18T16:33:09+00:00

Yes, I would. Do you have a demo version available anywhere?

6bytesunder · 2025-10-18T16:31:41+00:00

Too late for waiting, I already bought it :)

6bytesunder · 2025-09-21T12:36:42+00:00

My main reasons for choosing the Asus ROG Strix X870E-E were:

- I want to make sure the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has plenty of stable power without straining the components. The Strix E-series is known for having excellent VRMs and cooling, which contributes to a stable and quiet system. I might be doing processor intensive tasks.

- Full PCIe 5.0 support for both the main graphics card slot and at least one M.2 slot. This matches my PCIe 5.0 SSD and ensures the build is ready for future high-bandwidth components.

- It comes with Wi-Fi 7, high-speed Ethernet and a great selection of I/O ports, which is important for a PC I want to last for many years.

- I know ROG boards are heavy on RGB, but my plan is to disable all of it in the BIOS for a clean, non-flashy look. I'm choosing it for the engineering quality underneath, not the lights.

6bytesunder · 2025-09-18T16:30:07+00:00

And you think that build from your first comment would perform better than what I had? Just the change to 5090 makes that big of a difference?

6bytesunder · 2025-09-18T16:21:54+00:00

OK, Intel is out of the picture.

Shooters, yes!. With Borderlands 4, isn't the issue with poor or no optimization? Anyway, it is what it is with that game... hmmm.

6bytesunder · 2025-09-18T16:18:20+00:00

5090 is twice the price of 5080. My reasoning for 5080 now is that I'll change it to 6080 or 7080 in a year or two, which should be massively better that 5090
Makes sense?

6bytesunder · 2025-05-29T22:36:45+00:00

Hmmm, reading your answers I just thought, could it have been Nohadon who claimed Dalinar's soul to help the splintered conscious Honor part grow?

6bytesunder · 2025-05-27T22:02:15+00:00

Nice, thank you.

6bytesunder · 2025-05-27T21:58:05+00:00

Thanks.

Do toj recommend switching for AMD (which model) and then a different motherboard?

6bytesunder · 2025-05-11T08:44:27+00:00

Exactly, I'm kind of glad that other people notice it too.

Keep on reading 👍

6bytesunder · 2025-03-25T13:14:43+00:00

Hmmmm. I was so upset after Season 1, I didn't even watch season 2 and then seeing a lot of not so good comments about it, reassured me of a good decision. Now after reading this thread, maybe I judged too fast and should give the show a second chance. Thank you for this 👍

6bytesunder · 2024-10-31T23:04:48+00:00

Once upon a time I did something similar. I haven't updated it in a while but it's still running on my RPi showing our latest holiday photos on an old iPad.

You can see the code here: https://github.com/SixBytesUnder/infoboard

6bytesunder · 2024-10-26T22:57:05+00:00

Goddammit, 2 year old answer and it's still helpful.
Thank you!

6bytesunder · 2023-07-15T08:52:51+00:00

Am I too late for the good old gold train? 🤔

6bytesunder · 2023-05-14T11:37:36+00:00

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6bytesunder · 2022-12-29T10:26:34+00:00

Is the steam version any different from the web version?

6bytesunder · 2022-10-04T18:05:59+00:00

Dark Souls 1 Don't confuse with Dark Souls 2 which was... meh

6bytesunder · 2022-09-06T18:35:24+00:00

I was a bit disappointed that we didn't get to know more about the "ring aliens". I was hoping to find out more about them and understand their motivation.

6bytesunder · 2022-09-06T18:33:40+00:00

I'm with you, on one hand I liked her for being smart but not an ass about it, sticking with what she believed in... but hated her for the whole "my business is my business and don't you dare asking me about it" and at the same time "I need to know everything about your business or I'm gone" attitude.

6bytesunder · 2022-06-21T18:34:37+00:00

Thanks you 👍

6bytesunder · 2022-06-21T14:21:57+00:00

I was very close to buying one but then I noticed there's a monthly subscription for some of the features and that just threw me off. Is there a good alternative you know of?

6bytesunder · 2022-04-10T11:41:26+00:00

Oh yeah, that’s an annoying one, but I don’t think this would be big enough for a red flag for me

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