AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Launch Zen 5 with 3D V-Cache is Great

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A Word on the Test Config with the ASRock X870E Taichi

For this configuration, we used the ASRock X870E Taichi. This ATX motherboard is really cool, albeit it costs about the same as the CPU itself.

ASRock X870E Taichi 16
ASRock X870E Taichi 16

One of the cool features of this motherboard is the M.2 connectivity solution. For two of the SSDs, they have a shared metal heatsink feature. The two primary M.2 slots, however, have a really neat tool-less heatsink design. There is a latch that holds the heatsink in place. Then a small tool-less latch to keep the SSD in place. This makes installation really easy.

ASRock X870E Taichi 15
ASRock X870E Taichi 15

Likewise, if you have ever struggled to disengage a PCIe x16 lock from under a GPU, ASRock has a release that is really nice. It is great to see vendors innovate on this feature.

ASRock X870E Taichi 5
ASRock X870E Taichi 5

In terms of rear I/O, this motherboard has plenty.

ASRock X870E Taichi 7
ASRock X870E Taichi 7

One of the big changes is that we have a 5GbE Realtek NIC and WiFi 7 via a RZ717 NIC.

ASRock X870E Taichi Device Manager With AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Realtek 5GbE RSZ717 WiFi 7
ASRock X870E Taichi Device Manager With AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Realtek 5GbE RSZ717 WiFi 7

We also tested the system with both the G.Skill Triden Z 5 Neo RGB at DDR5-6000.

ASRock X870E Taichi 17
ASRock X870E Taichi 17

We also got to try the Crucial Pro DDR5-6400 modules.

Crucial DDR5 Pro 2
Crucial DDR5 Pro 2

Next, let us discuss performance.

1 COMMENT

  1. “It has neither a massive NPU nor integrated graphics”.

    Are you sure about the graphics? There should be some basic graphics on the IO die (there are for the non-3D part). If AMD have disabled that for this chip (or if it has a different IO die), that’s significant enough that it should be explicitly called out.

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