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Oh its just the waterblock (EK-WB) not the GPU proper, if someone listed a 3090Ti for 70 USD I was assume its a scam be it from the sellers end or my own lol

You better snag that 3090 Ti while you can. Hopefully it is not a scam. If it is not that is an insanely good deal. If you are not going to buy it, I will.

So just happened on a listing for an EKWB EVGA 3090Ti for 70 USD on ebay. Looks like its still NIB guy never used it I guess. Im trying to think of my replacement motherboard as "Showing up sometime this month", ETA is Feb 9th-22nd. Havent been able to much anything this week, been really busy with work.

@SamSTG44 check please on the main forum for “Official Clevo X170KM-G Tread” Is all posted there or click this link for the last Benchmark results.

Which 9070 XT do you have, Brother @Rage Set. (I think you mentioned it before but I do not remember.) I got bored and decided to mess with slower memory speeds to see how fast I could make it go. This is stable so I will see how low I can get tCL before it unravels. 6400 1:1 is snappy feeling even though it is a bit slower on read/write/copy.

Thank you. I installed this version after removing all display drivers with DDU but unfortunately it did not fix the issue for me. I notice that when I put my grahphics card settings to discrete only in BIOS, the screen brightness goes to peak directly from the next BIOS boot. I also noticed that the Intel graphics card remains active in the device manager even when I set my BIOS to only use the discrete graphics card. Do you have the same quirks?

No BIOS would ever make Gsync work, that is a closely guarded NVIDIA secret.

Yep, more than what they do for their GPU division.....

14900KS + 9700XT - 14900KS is in Extreme mode. Yes, my memory sticks are mixed, lol. The PC is located in my basement office - which I keep frozen. Ambient is 20 to 25F. Stock: Timespy - https://www.3dmark.com/spy/61860414 It's okay, middle of the road performance. Graphic Score: 29578 The CPU is all over the place. Stock with only a -100mV offset on the core: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/61860626 Still middle of the road performance, but the GS jumped nearly 1500 points. Graphic Score: 31075 Results: AMD is drunk.

Obvi Zen 6..... 🤣 One thing we can always give AMD is socket longevity. Intel could learn a thing or two. Remember Skylake? Trying to lock out processors on the same socket with bumps to chipsets.....how the mighty have fallen (but clawing their way back with a vengeance) Hey, as long as you don't murder this chip this time around, it's a win win! 🤣

More hardware will be shuffled into the landfill. Because Microsoft have no love for older hardware if used with their latest and greatest OS ever. Microsoft purges Windows 11 printer drivers, putting millions of devices on borrowed time Microsoft is preparing a major change to how printers are supported in Windows 11, pulling the plug on drivers that primarily support older hardware. Beginning with a non-security update that was released on January 15, Microsoft will no longer support legacy V3 and V4 printer drivers, which were announced as deprecated in September 2023. Now that support has officially ended, users of printers that rely on V3 or V4 drivers may find that their printers fail to install or stop working altogether. Microsoft, however, notes that most users will be unaffected because most newer printers use driver architectures. For those who do run into problems, Microsoft recommends that users contact their printer manufacturer and update to a supported driver or upgrade to a more modern printing solution.

youre probably referring to Zen 6? AM6 is still waaay waaaaay waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out... zen 6 on AM5 is basically set, with Zen 7 having a decent probability of also still being on AM5. so AM6 will only come our way once Zen 8 drops. Zen 6 = 2026/27 Zen 7 = 2027/28 Zen 8 / AM6 = 2029+? thatll be quite a solid run for my X670E platform here, 2022 to 2029, nice 😄 btw ill need to check my LM / TIM paste jobs, core deltas are waaaay too high for my taste. im guessing my LM application was a bit too thin this time around.

RIP - Brad

What bios are you using? I used tha danske modded bios and it lists my 3080 as vga unknown so I don’t have gsync enabled

I managed to lay in a nice array of 500gb, 1tb and a few 2tb nvme drives, but I'm kicking myself for not jumping on a few 4tb drives last year. That was a good snag! You also managed to snag your 9070xt and 5070ti for damn good prices before the market went to poo too...... This is how I view it. I've locked down all the hardware I'm going to need to ride out this hardware Armageddon. If the 5090 wants to remain the top dog to 2028? I'm you're huckleberry. 🙂 Snagging a 1.125v Vanguard 5090 for $1971USD that turned out to be superior to both my Astral and Ventus and no coil whine is still the pinnacle of my hardware wins in a plethora of wins hunting down open box / refurb deals over the years. Getting to ride it into 2028? Priceless..... As for other hardware..... 9850X3D is a snoozefest. I'm not seeing the 9950X3D2 being anything magical unless they have somehow fixed that CCD0 to CCD1 latency issues for gaming. AM6 isn't launching till later this year or even early 2027 Novalake isn't launching till late 2026 or even early 2027 too Nvidia 6000 till 2028... AMD RDNA5 not till mid 2027 but I suspect late 2027 Intel basically cancelled their B770 so we don't know what they have planned for future desktop GPUs Basically team, settle in with your hardware and enjoy! There is nothing on my want list till Nova and potentially AM6 (I'm more excited for Nova than AM6 atm) and that's it..... 7600 is the threshold for >=6000 tier performance so you're good in that aspect especially being able to get those tight timings. Maybe dial in 6000 and 7600 and see which one gives you the better performance. While it isn't mind blowing on my end, 8000 dialed in > 6000 and 6400 dialed in across the board even if miniscule so I'm sticking with that. Just like there are Asus and Apple fan boys, there are Razer fan boys and you know some are going to buy this...... I'm a firm believer that someone's disposable income is theirs to buy whatever tickles their fancy, but I'm also silently judging hardcore based on my own biases and purchasing criteria 🤣 As with all things like this, I will seek out a Youtube video on it and live vicariously though that and I'm good....

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/260725/

Hi, tried running this tool on my x170km-g (PCSPECIALIST build) but its stuck at “processed memory blocks 3408 from 4095” Not sure whether it’s safe to just close it out or not. edit* I must have accidentally clicked enter and paused it, pressed enter to see if it would move down a line or anything and it started up again, everything now unlocked! Let’s see if I can undervolt and stop this thing cooking edit 2* couldn’t get VBS to disable no matter what I did. Ran the DG_Readiness_Tool_v3.6.ps1 and now I have no screen, can’t access bios (I don’t think). Any ideas? 🙃

PCWorld generally is not a good resource for useful technical information. I am not interested in the biased thoughts and personal opinions of their editors. I only care about what I think and seeing how many others share my opinions. It used to be a good source, but not for a long time. They do not allow readers to comment on their reviews and articles, which delegitimizes them in my opinion. I think any media outlet that does not allow readers to comment to support or rebut has an agenda of some sort and they want to control the narrative. I posted my thoughts on the TweakTown article yesterday.

what about results of benchmarks ?

After repasting I now get constant fully loaded power use slightly above 40watts. Huge change. LG had put enourmous amount of paste onto the CPU. Now good point about that way is - it will never pump out as much as they put, bad think is performance. I went with Durnaut by Thermal Grizzly as this is considered to be the most durable paste on the market right now (except some funky Chinese ones where however you never know if you get what you order...) with great performance. Actually repasted my 2021 lg Gram - it was basically plain metal - everything of the Arctic MX5 pumped out. I guess that's quite common on grams with the thin case and thereby varying pressure on the heatpipe all the time. Not sure about My Gram - it somehow messed around so much that it blocked CPU to 28w and 37 multiplier - changes PL1/2 time limits and much more - it really goes deep down. Also it messed around in some hidden by default windows energy plan settings. Now it does some magic - but it's really changing things you wouldn't expect.

Not everyday I see the editors/writers from Pcworld use their brain. If you buy Razer’s insane $1337 mouse, I will be very disappointed in you I remember the first time I bought a Razer mouse. Inside the box was a letter printed on fancy vellum paper. It opened with, “Welcome to the cult of Razer.” It appears that this isn’t just a cheeky marketing slogan, Razer means it genuinely. Because only brainwashed cult members would pay $1337 for a mouse. It is, in a word, repugnant. In a more accessible word, it’s greedy. In a more all-encompassing and entirely appropriate word, the Razer Boomslang 20th Anniversary Edition is bullshit. Razer is taking pre-orders for the mouse in four days. If you buy one, and I want you to imagine this in the most overbearing and judgmental dad voice possible, I will be very disappointed in you.

Hi Sorry I really misunderstood your first question, better fans and quieter 🤔 I haven’t heard anything likely in the forum, better thermal paste, metal liquid or PTM7950 pad and de-liding CPU is the only thing I can come up, but this model laptop won’t ever ran quieter, it has a hot CPU no commonly made for laptop is for PC. That’s kind of impossible. Although you can run quieter laptop by using Hybrid System (switch automatically iGPU instead of dedicated GPU when not needed, that requires unlocked BIOS MENU) and setting up power mode for “Entertainment”, on higher performance it won’t be quieter. About watercooler, you can make your own though, if you know how to and have some solder machine. I made my own Watercooler because that 3rd party company who made that watercooler is no so efficient and is too expensive. With less than $10 dollars you can make your own. it requires some experience and a lot of patience but the reward is greater. If like you can Buy your own copper pipes, connectors, silicone tube and a simple waterpump and cools better than factory. (My own Watercooler) First model - 1 pipe water cooler system 2nd model - 2 copper pipes watercooler system. (Made a joint, much better, so I don’t have to use 4 pipes for intake and exit. (the good thing is that I can close the Bottom Cover. A flat pipe of 3mm is necessary to properly close the bottom lid of the laptop if you want to carry it around. ) Aliexpress - has some fast and easy solution to apply a new water cooler. This must be soldered not cold solder or metal glue.

my dudes, we can consider ourselves lucky to have covered all our bases with regards to hardware. our 4090s/5090s will stay at the top of the pack until 2028, lets just hope they dont go up in flames / melt until then 🤣 boy am i glad that i got my 32TB of pcie4 m.2 ssds plus took care of the ram binning with 10+ kits back in the summer of last year. prices were at rock bottom then ("good old times"). and even though i overpaid for my 5090 at +25% above minimum pricing (3300€ vs. 2650€ incl. 19% VAT and shipping), a whopping two thirds of it (2100€) was made up by the sale price of the 4090 😅 besides, even when the suprim currently IS available, its offered at 4000+€, absolutely insane... long story short: i guess compared to other unlucky users who are currently planning on building a rig, were pretty well off at least for the time being...always good to count and be generally aware of your blessings 🫠 mixed news on the ram tuning front: still cannot reach anything above 7600 stable but at 7600 im now reaching way way tighter timings than before, actually best ive had thus far overall on this mobo. final results pending, as u all know ram tuning takes quite a while...

Usually I don't believe much in whatever apps supplied by vendors making claims about battery life improvement - but what does My Gram do? On idle it decreases the CPU package from 0.5-0.8 to 0.3-0.7 watts - that's really crazy low. I left my 2025 16 Gram Pro in idle with browser open and display off prevented for 2 hours and it only dropped 6.1 % battery - screen brightness at 30% which should be around 150 nits. That would be well over 30 hours of battery life. Surfing the web and browsing I usually got without gram about 6-7% per hour, but with my gram only 5% per hour - meaning around 20 hours batttery duration in real life. Yeah not panther lake levels but not far off. Wifi/Bluetooth both on. System drive Lexar NM790 - the lowest power use NVME with Devsleep (lowest) enabled. I really do wonder what windows settings does My gram change.

I know I’m really late to the game here, but I finally got around to installing the danske 128gb (ram) bios on my p870km1. I did the 9900kf pin mod. Upgrade to WiFi 6 with WiFi 6 antennas and installed 2 rtx 3080 with the stock vapor chamber heatsink hits 89c under furmark at 4k, 71c with Fortnite max settings at 240fps at 4k res. My issue is even with the modified inf i don’t have gsync. And the bios reads vga unknown. I’m not sure what to do at this point. Origin eon17slx