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I've never liked them and was always a desktop-only guy until a career change had me only home on weekends except for PTO, holidays and weekends for about 12-14 years. That's why I accepted the big Alienware 17 and 18 inch and then Clevo DTRs as a necessary evil. After a while I kind of grew numb to how pathetic they are and even began to view them favorably. I even made lame excuses for their shortcomings, but it did not take long after moving back to desktops for the misguided novelty to die and my disdain for them quickly reignited. My new job is going to require a little bit of travel, unfortunately. My last two business trips I did not even bother packing my Precision turdbook. If something happened to it, there is a fair chance that I would probably not purchase a replacement turdbook. Using a notebook keyboard and screen is annoying to me, even for web browsing. The only thing worse to me than a turdbook is a slimy touchscreen smartphone or tablet, but all of them are garbage cut from the same cloth to me now. Engineered from end-to-end as a compromise. I really like my 5080 Prime. I might end up with another 5080 at some point. The thought of selling my 5090 for significantly more than what I paid for it, spending 25% of the proceeds on a 5080 and doing something else with the remaining 75% has crossed my mind a time or two. The possibility for regret is the only thing that gives me pause. I'd not consider buying another 5090 again but I own it and it is paid for, so why tempt fate? Finally stopped tinkering with the new hardware toys and took a few minutes (literally all it takes) to get Kubuntu installed and configured on the Z890 Apex. I'm so used to it now that a clean Linux install is faster and requires less effort than debloating, removing garbage and the extensive manual de-configuring of all of the trash necessary to make Windoze an acceptable OS. Having to use the Windoze Cancer OS for everything was starting to make me feel kind of icky on the inside. The longer I use Linux, the harder I find it to forgive the Micro$lop clown posse for their atrocities. The only thing saving their lousy hind ends from perma-death is the Windoze-only software that I sometimes want or need to use.

Easy and hassle-free installation on the Z890 Apex. Everything just works, and works well. No debloating or tweaks necessary.

Glad I could help! If you have any questions or run into any issues, just let me know and I’ll do my best to help.

Go into XTU and set the Core Voltage Offset to -0.120V, then set all cores to 4.8GHz and test it. Your CPU performance should improve significantly. If it’s stable, try lowering it further to -0.125V and test again. The CPU should stop throttling, and temperatures should drop as well. Your CPU score is terrible. You should be getting somewhere between 10,200 and 10,400 points. On my 9900K, I was completely stable at -0.140V with all cores running at 4.8GHz, and I had absolutely no throttling.

Definitely seems to run pretty stable, I just played some Black Ops Cold War and it was running stable the whole time. Again, I really appreciate your help!

To test stability, you can use a memory testing tool or just launch a game and see if the system remains stable.

So far it seems stable...no crashes yet! And I have not applied that setting yet.

I still love laptops and portables. I always have since I got my hands on a TRS-80 Model 100 as a pre-teen many moons ago. I just go with the flow and see what comes out and adjust to the hand that's dealt but the onslaught of thin and light and the effective EOL of true, customizable DTRs with truly upgrade enabled GPUs and CPUs still stings. I was down to two laptops but I was sent an HP Omnibook Panther based laptop with an Intel 356h in it, so that's been fun to run but it is severely constrained. Still rocking the sent to me Nitro 275hx + 5060 for the mrs and the Alienware 18 275hx + 5070ti for myself since they were all sent and no cost to me. I don't know if I can stomach purchasing another notebook anytime soon with the current crazy (and climbing) prices and "meh" offerings. Even the potential of picking up a 9955HX3D + 5080 MSI Raider was dashed with @win32asmguy short review on it in this thread. Belgium spanked us good and proper and then Spain shut them down fairly easily IMHO. No skin in the game now, but Norway or Switzerland winning works for me or at least NOT Argentina...... --------------------------------------------------- If anyone has a 5080 they want to let go for a decent price, let me know. I did find an open box GB 5080 SFF at MC for $1079.99 so $1024.99 + tax = ~1090 after MC Card discount I have on hold till Sunday for pickup, but I'm open to other cards.

Is the system stable now? Did you also apply the Memory Warm Test option? With the right timing configuration, you should be able to run stable even at CL19. For now, reboot the system, set those three values I marked to 13, and test it.

I can help you undervolt it without using XTU. You just need to extract the PE32 file and send it to me. If you have any issues, just let me know and I’ll help you out.

This is the timings from now!

Honestly I don't even know what the timings were before...I did however just applied the ones that you sent and it booted again! Will see how it goes...

0xB43 = 00 disable memory warm boot test Try testing these CL22 settings too.

The timings don’t seem to be compatible with your RAM. What timings are you currently testing with?

It looks like the computer did not like those changes at all and crashed!! It booted again and went down to 2667Mhz in the bios. And the values in RU.EFI changed also

Alright, thank you...I will report back, give me one second!

My setup has been as follows (during 7 years since I got the PC): ObsidianPC Unlocked BIOS, no turbo and no base, constant freqs only, 4.2GHz for all cores to 5GHz for 1-2 cores, all power limits are set to max, Undervolting -95 as stable (never causing any BSODs) CPU temps are at <=90 degrees with this config. This is the config I received from ObsidianPC and haven't had a need to change (until get a better/heavier heatsink and rise the freqs, if I manage to find one)

Make the changes I mentioned. I’ve marked them in yellow — change those values from 12 to 13. If it’s still not stable, try 14 and let me know. Also, send me a picture of your RAM timings after making the changes.

How would I know the values to make it more stable?

We need to increase the timings to make the system more stable, because your RAM’s standard timings at 2666 MHz are CL18. If we set them to CL19, it should be more stable.

Yes I know, the other 2 memory sticks are still from when laptop was shipped from the factory. It seems like the timings probably still do need adjustments. It crashed on me

One of your RAM sticks supports XMP and has good timings, but the other two are pretty bad. The ideal setup is to have matching RAM modules with the same timings and frequency.

Yes I will keep you updated, if there is any issues. It seems to be running good so far! I really appreciate your help!