I Tried Going All AMD For A Month…

It's been over a month since I switched everything over to AMD. How did the 7950X system do in Adobe Premiere? How did the 7900XTX hold up in gaming? Let's find out!

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0:00 Intro
0:48 Unbiased Testing
2:04 What's In The Box???
2:59 Memory Issues
4:04 WHY SO LOUD
4:47 High CPU Temps
5:19 Fixing Noise & Thermals
6:00 It Clicks
6:34 Minor RGB Problems
7:02 Gaming
8:05 Adobe Photoshop & Premiere
10:31 Random Crashes
11:11 USB Dropout Issue
12:09 Conclusion

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[zeddicouszorandar]

Some of the negatives have nothing to do with it being an AMD system. Such as the noise and the ticking from the EVGA fans. But otherwise interesting review.

[mitkovipazzz]

I hope you see this message as it can help you fix some of the problems you had with the build.
The USB dropout bug is easy to fix.
Go to Settings -> System -> Power & Sleep -> Additional power settings -> Change plan settings -> Change advanced power settings -> USB Settings -> USB selective suspended setting -> set it to Disabled.

as for the RAM issue... not every motherboard can push 6000mhz with 4 sticks and dual channel.
PS: just checked the official X670E AORUS XTREME (rev. 1.0) motherboard Memory Support List and 4 sticks 6000mhz with that ram is not officially supported. All I could see is that with 4 sticks of ram everything over 4800mhz is considered "memory oc" for that board.

[FneWne]

I've been on a full time AMD system for a year. Had a few random crashes while gaming but always hard to tell if it was the game or not. I mainly game outside of simple MS Office stuff. B550 motherboard and 4 slots of 8GB DDR4 3600 CL16 RAM and a 5800X recently changed out to a 5800X3D and a 6800XT GPU. Really no issues TBH but I do not do professional video editing so thanks for looking into that. Always been fast and solid for the most part here at least but I am on last gen.

[phillysupra]

i understand you faults but idk if i could blame them on a full amd setup. i too myself edit and code a lot on my amd setup and have never reached anywhere near 90c doing anything. albeit my main is custom looped and my second am5 setup is using a 280 aio.
gigabyte software is trash but still better than asrocks and Amory crate software always reverts the lighting when it needs to be updated.
lastly, i fully recommend switching to Davinci Resolve: its free and a lot of the plugins you're already used to will work in it. i then use the Affinity suite instead of anything adobe. Why pay that adobe fee?

[stilltrill]

I'm a new enthusiast and leaning new things everyday. I just wanted to say that I'm running 4 dimms on am5 7700x at 6000 with no issues at all. I don't know if it has anything to do with my setup but I did by accident buy G skill non neo, xmp version cl 36, 36, 36, 96. All in all my system is like yours and AMD build I too have the 7900xtx and I love my build!

[Kilwitch]

From my experience, when using AMD Ryzen based systems, when you start having USB controller disconnects, it means that your CPU/Memory OC/Settings aren't truly stable.

I'm curious if you went to full auto, albeit slower, would it become stable...

[daivien]

For the RGB issue, see if you have a hardware lighting profile for your RAM. I had the same issue with my Corsair RGB, but once I changed the hardware lighting profile in icue my RGB doesn't revert back to rainbow when icue isn't running.

[TechLevelUpOfficial]

It's weird how a power user listing issues that have nothing to do with the title of the video, the AIO noise levels are not to be blamed on AMD nor EVGA (thought their cooler is loud) because the cooler doesn't know that the CPU is designed to shoot to 95C under load...
The RAM issues could be solved via a Bios update (if available) or running high density dual 32GB sticks, pretty sure that may iron out the issue (still it needs to be tested)
I feel like you could use more time and tweaks to get the most out of this system then try giving an honest impressions about it.

[MDFGamingVideo]

2:59 - "This has been true for AMD for quite some time. ...doesn't play nice with 4 dimms..." Maybe you had some issues with this CPU + RAM. But that's a pretty sweeping generalization that contradicts my observations. So I will share them.
With 31+ years experience in IT, I've done MANY AM2, AM3, AM4 and now AM5 builds over the past 15+ years. Whether 2 or 4 DIMMS, overclocked or not, tightened timings or not, I have NEVER...not ONCE in 100+ AMD and Intel builds...failed to get the RAM to run at the advertised speeds. This is VERY RARE for both AMD and Intel systems, and does not represent the pattern of reliability that I have experienced with AMD. Hope you have better luck next time.

[Neggy-Z]

So you ran an EVGA AIO which are notorious for having loud fans but then blame AMD for the system being loud? What was that about unbiased testing you mentioned earlier in the video?

[Teksers]

Brian, in regards to memory and stability, I have to ask.
Have you updated the BIOS of your motherboard, the Gigabyte X670E Aorus Xtreme? You did not mention this in the video.
The latest BIOS from what I see on Gigabyte's site is from the 19th of January 2023 and prior to that there were a lot of BIOS revisions which say to have "improved" memory compatibility.
Besides that good review as always :D.

[PooOnFre]

Still a great looking build. Many of those growing pains happen regardless of whether it's AMD or Intel. Super clean build and a beast of a system most of us will never be able to afford. Great video dude.

[WTP_DAVE]

I like the pad on the desk move; i keep track of my benchmarks that way despite it being old school. i like to see how my pc is holding up and if it needs to be cleaned or how good the new driver is.
Happy for the good gaming result i use 7700x 7900xtx for gaming this generation.

[CastIronEric]

Bro, I love all your videos and unique opinions. Keep up the excellent work! Always look forward to your uploads 😊

[EddyDisaster]

I've had a full AMD system for 3 years now and never had a single problem with it except the built-in armory crate software with my rgb fans but i fixed it eventually.

I was so impressed by the bang for the buck with this system that i decided to upgrade and stay with AMD, and recently purchased an RX 7900 XTX, couldn't be happier.

[DavidRFIT]

AMD drivers tend to get massively better over time, so I hope most of these problems will be fixed...

[vanvideo]

I'm currently running a 7950x with an RTX 3080 and have been using it for both gaming and productivity for about a month now. I'm interested to see how you fare with it.

[TM]

Brian thanks for 'highlighting' that windows 'sound' from my own observations it would seem that Windows, randomly updates AMD-related drivers and that can cause some issues, I had sent notice to AMD about this in the past, if you ever have the opportunity, check and see if those sounds are related to Windows drivers 'auto updating'.

[Dimit-R]

If a PC crashes randomly one time per month, that's one time too many. As much as I hate to say it, Intel/Nvidia is still the better choice for a stable trouble-free system.

[sascenturion]

Interesting stuff 👍
Thanks for the update on the system