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  2. Mr. Fox
    Amazon. Mayhems clear tubing is the best. They offer several different types with a good explanation of the differences. Alphacool clear tubing is also decent. All of the Corsair clear tubing I have used was not good. It kinked more easily in a sharp radius, was too soft and easily collapsed. The XSPC tubing I have purchased always had kind of a haze or cloudiness and blue tint to it. I would avoid the "UV" reactive type of clear tubing. Sometimes the off-brand Chinese offerings you see on Amazon are OK, but the dimensions can be off a bit and make the tubing too tight or too loose for the fittings, so I would avoid them since it is hit or miss on that. Performance-PCs is also a good source for Mayhems tubing when they have it in stock. I usually get it from Amazon faster and will free shipping. When I order from Performance-PCs it usually take at least a week to get here. You are closer to them than I am. I can even the some logic in "if you see a great deal, SNAG IT NOW" even if you don't need it now. You might need it tomorrow and find it not available or so absurdly overpriced that you can't justify buying it even if you need it. If the prices keep going up and you don't need it you can sell it for a profit. Computer parts never used to be an "investment" and they should not be. But, it seems that they have worked out to be an appreciable commodity, at least during this time of extreme over-the-top retardedness in the tech space.
  3. electrosoft
    Yeah that initial VSOC out the door to get it stable baseline was the initial red flag to me but even locking it down at 6000 makes it viable for D2D use but is a kick in the pills. I would be curious to see why it was an open box return and wouldn't be surprised if that was the reason. We can't be the only tech enthusiasts who immediately enable the enhanced BIOS and go to town on it. 🙂 Funny thing is I never even considered them but I've used them in the past to get various hard to find CPUs and motherboards. Did the upgrade to LM from PTM yield meaningful results or was the cooling system a limitation? I could see LM at least helping with idle ramp ups and low load fan noise though. I am like you and prefer my laptops at QHD so hopefully a display swap is a possibility. That is really odd with the quality level tamped down to a 1 it still has an odd bit of lag even frame locked to ~119fps in GFE/NVCPL? Yeah I should really complete the puzzle as they say. What would be the best source for clear tubing? I would probably want clear coolant too to be honest. Scary, right? Here's a funny story fresh off the phone as to why you DON'T wait.... I just finished talking to a gaming buddy in Philly who I was helping spec out a system and he was complaining about the price of the Asus ProArt 5090 because he wants one due to the USB-C support and compact size for a moveable VRRig and I told him Microcenter had a few in stock for $3999.99. He counters with, "yeah, but it was launched at $3099.99" and????? I told him literally YESTERDAY he should grab the single one they had in stock because prices are going to go up ASAP "Nope, I'll wait." Well he just messaged me pissed off because MC JUST raised their prices on several 5090s and obviously ALL of Asus cards. Astral is now $4829.99 for black, $4929.99 for BTF and white and 5090 ProArt jumped from $3999.99 yesterday to $4499.99 today..... I literally tried to warn him less than 24hrs ago prices were going to get real loopy again. Now he's lowered his expectations and is looking at the 5080 ProArt and comes back ranting because it went from $1699.99 YESTERDAY to $1899.99 TODAY...... I told him suck it up or quite honestly get a Gigabyte or PNY Compact 5080 for $1199/$1299 RIGHT NOW and just run his rig externally powered with an injection cable because eventually all prices are going to jump.....I've known him for years and I know he's going to freeze up because he can't stomach the now prices and when they jump again kick himself again.... I mean, I am the "hardware guru" amongst my many gaming and personal friends and family and I've lost count how many times I've said, "buy now or buy in X years....." and they don't listen then lose their marbles because of the pricing....even back during both cryptobooms and now the AI boom. This is clearly translating into memory and now SSDs.... The sad thing is this is a litmus test for AIBs to get an idea of what the market can sustain and while I do think prices will fall eventually when this AI thing hits a wall either through collapse or saturation for many reasons, prices will only adjust down to the point inventory flows again to expected levels. If you need it NOW, buy it NOW. If you see a great deal, SNAG IT NOW. This goes for CPUs, GPUs, SSDs, Memory.
  4. SuperMG
    Hello does anyone make RTX 40XX MXM-B heatsink for the X170KM? (need to change the X-bracket offset) I want to know that before I buy one and replace the P775TM. @rainer124 @Maro97
  5. Papusan
    I see prices have exploded the last 4 days here home. 5090 start now at $4300 and upwards (MSRP). I have to pay $1600 more for my 5090 Astral than what I paid a few months ago. There is still no problem get 5090 cards but you have to pay a lot more for them. This is the real kicker from today's pricing... $1300 MSRP for Asus Prime 5070Ti. A real steal🤢 Then you have this... State of play: SSD pricing one year into the AI component crisis — 220% price increases are crippling the DIY market
  6. Hussain Alhadher
    I analyzed the crash dump with WinDbg. The system consistently crashes with DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (0x9F). The blocked power IRP belongs to my Quadro RTX 3000 (PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1F76&SUBSYS_05AB1028), serviced by nvlddmkm. The GPU is otherwise completely stable under load, PCIe x16 Gen3 works correctly, and Code 43 sometimes appears. The issue appears only during power-state transitions (sleep/wake and occasionally during boot).
  7. SuperMG
    Hello. Indeed these have a MXM slot and a big heatsink with 3 big shared heatpipes. The max CPU is 13900HK. The motherboard looks very poor quality with only 1 NVME slot. All of the HDMI, USB-C and eDP outputs are routed from the iGPU and not the dGPU! That's so unfortunate... They are selling the laptop without RAM for 600€ with i5 13500H and MXM RTX 3050. I thought it was the best MXM laptop but no, the best ones are the P775TM and X170 series from now...
  8. beatitalyra
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  9. ssj92
    depends. for SG mode yes you need unlocked bios which is available here on the forums for Dual PEG mode (supported GPU slot 1, rtx gpu slot 2) you don't. the unlocked bios is easy to install by using sleep bug.
  10. Mr. Fox
    AIOs have their place in budget builds and space-restricted builds like my A3 SFF, but nothing beats a custom loop. Just do it, bro. If you have everything there is no reason to settle for an AIO. Order a bottle of PrimoChill Liquid Utopia additive on Amazon and grab a gallon jug of distilled water from Walmart dirt cheap and you'll be set. I found a place to buy EPDM tubing in bulk. The stuff sold for PCs is grossly overpriced and a horrible value, not to mention that it is hard to find in the size that I prefer to run. You can get whatever size you need for about 50-60% less than the stuff sold for PC builds. (They probably buy it from suppliers like this and mark it up 300%.) This place also ships fast. I received my order the next day using their cheapest shipping option. (They are in CA.) You can literally buy 30 feet of it for the same or less than 10 feet of the stuff sold for PCs and it is virtually the identical product. (But, you only need to buy 10 feet and save 2/3 of the cost.) https://www.mcmaster.com/products/tubing/tubing-2~/?s=epdm+tubing Don't waste money on grossly overpriced "PC coolants" that are garbage. You're better off using automotive antifreeze (which works flawlessly and is superior to anything else, with the only downsize being the unattractive colors) rather than falling for the PC coolant gimmick. I used it for years and the only reason I am not still using today it is the color. I do not think it would look nice with an acrylic distro block and I prefer having it clear. There is never any corrosion, algae or loss of effectiveness with antifreeze, plus it is a pump lubricant and o-ring protectant. If you like blue or green colored coolant, then use antifreeze if you have it on hand already. EPDM can be difficult to tighten the compression collar on compared to clear tubing. Use two pairs of slip-joint pliers and wrap the jaws with three or four layers of cloth electrical tape or masking tape to avoid scratching the fittings if you run into that issue and it will make it easy to tighten (or remove) the compression fitting collar.
  11. electrosoft
    5090's drying up fast.... Newegg is down to Astrals and a PNY starting at $4300 shipped and sold Microcenter has single digits in stock of several 5090s starting at $3779.99 Best Buy is down to the black Astral for $4329.99 Nvidia knows who and what is buttering their bread atm.... Now we move to the lower tiers as reported by @Papusan.... The retailers know what's coming with massive price increases on the horizon, better to profiteer off old current stock and pricing while they prepare for delayed / lower orders from AIBs because of new pricing to average out net income and profits for the next few fiscal quarters. Smooth out that bottom line.... Like I said before, most of us are set and ready to go with hardware on our shelves for current and future projects. Both sides use the, "for the children" rhetoric to push through draconian measures or push their political agendas and it is always disgusting to see. It usually comes down to which way a person leans to determine one side's implementation as "good and just," and the other side, "bad and anti American," when more often than not it is two sides of the same coin.... USA is not alone in realizing the dangerous, addictive and counter productive properties of social media on young and undeveloped minds and the problems it introduces socially among peer constructs in the real world. We all know it starts at home, period. Bad parenting continues to get worse. We also know corporations have targeted kids for profits for centuries. Remember candy cigarettes and bubble gum chewing tobacco to prime kids for the real deal when they got older and purposely putting sugar cereals on the eye level of kids? Yeah , that's just the tip of the iceberg... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's the funny thing, awhile back, I did pick up a pump/res combo recommended by @Mr. Fox, I do have a spare generic 360 rad in a box and enough fittings to kit out a full loop I picked up over on OCN but I stalled on researching soft tubing, leak testers and coolant choices....lol I have a metric ton of space in this Phanteks Enthroo2 for a 420 top, front and 360 on the bottom.... but yeah...i hear ya.... Any plans to delid your 9950X3D2 or keep it lidded? Have you tried a static OC? I usually find that brings the heat and thermals to life on AM4/AM5 chips. The itch to run a TG AM5 or 1851 HS has been gnawing at me for several months now, so I bit the bullet with a 9850X3D for delidded operation. I plan to push a static OC for shiggles to see where it takes me cooling wise at that point. I think @Talon is running the Noctua AIO (not sure 360 or 420)....they are pricey but they have $100+ of Noctua top end fans on them out of the box...
  12. dude-137
    Thank you for sharing :-) Have a piece of the picture now Would it be possible to share the frequencies and undervolting your PC runs with?
  13. tps3443
    It’s time for custom loop with these rising AIO prices and as they become more and more premium in design! I have a single 480 GTR on this 9950X3D2, I’ve never even felt the air try to blow even remotely warm. Its such overkill .It’s pretty nice though. Funny thing is, this 480 GTR was a brand new one I had that fails leak test, but interestingly it doesn’t leak water at all. But seeing some of these newer AIO prices has me surprised.
  14. Mr. Fox
    So, I finally received the Supercool RAM kit and have the TeamGroup Xtreem 8800 CUDIMMs on water. Things are as they should be.
  15. Mr. Fox
    Under communist leadership, including the extreme left goofball Mayor of NYC, New York is the official rectum of America. Even a little bit worse than California now, which is pretty hard to believe. Even harder to believe that, with the assistance of election fraud, there are actually idiots dumb enough to elect and re-elect trash into public office. Smarter people are leaving both places in droves. It is no longer the financial capitol of America, and all of the money-making businesses are fleeing the reign of unbridled insanity. Same is happening to California.
  16. FalkorTV
    FalkorTV joined the community
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  18. Papusan
    Hmmm. Bad deals become even worse. $1000-1200 USD is already awful for 5080. This is disgusting. The situation in some regions has become so bad that retailers are finding new ways to sell the hardware. Therefore, some retailers have started bundling the GPUs with other components. For instance, the popular Taiwanese retailer, Cool PC, has started to sell the NVIDIA RTX 5080 in bundles or through full PC builds. You can't purchase the RTX 5080 as a standalone product from the retailer at the moment. While this trend isn't seen in all regions, it can become a common trend in the near future. Taiwanese Retailer Restricts RTX 5080 To Bundles And PC Builds, As GPUs Witness Another Price Hike "Land of the free"......... The real truth. This?🤫 New Yorkers who want to view Instagram or TikTok after midnight will have to verify their age. Almost everyone uses social media now; it's so commonplace that everyone from the very young to the very old uses it. It's true that numerous measures have been put in place in several countries regarding teenagers and children, as they are...
  19. Maro97
    I just found this on AliExpress: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOH0ITl
  20. win32asmguy
    I am working on stability testing UCLK and FCLK but it does seem to be a pretty bad bin. Even at 3000/3000/2000 its throwing OCCT errors at 1200mv VSOC. Just for fun I did try 3800/1900/1900 in 2:1 mode which actually booted. I don't think the A-die sticks are really the limiter here because they did pretty good in the Hydroc G2. Supposedly 7600MT is the cutoff point where 2:1 mode is as good or better than 1:1 mode at 6000MT so it might be worth some exploration if its actually stable. B&H is the place to really get a good used deal on a MSI laptop to be honest, especially now that I know they can fix the warranty to your purchase date if you ask MSI. Its a shame B&H does not carry that 9955HX3D / 5080 / 1600p model that Best Buy does, then it might actually go on sale every now and then. This one definitely has PTM as a friend of mine in the UK took one apart and replaced it with liquid metal. No reason they should not use PTM on everything Vector and above at this point. I actually don't play WoW on it at 4k because there is a lag feeling to the game, even on the 9955HX3D at graphics quality 1. So instead I used integer scaling 1200p when on the road and my external QHD panel when at my desk. No idea why it lags as otherwise the framerate reported is pretty good. I have not tried it in iGPU mode but I am guessing it would not be any better.
  21. commanderf
    Thanks for the info, got a really nice deal on a lot of 3 MXM gpus, including a 680m, 870m, and an old fermi quadro card, so I think I'm set with options on what to put in this thing. Managed to snag a cheap SLI cable for an 18 r1 in case the old one doesn't work as well.
  22. GuitarG
    For now I changed to 280W, because I have it for "free". Just changed cables and it works exactly as it should. And here is why adapter didn't worked - no third cable to ID pin... useless ! Next step I will check if new cable works correctly using some 4k 40pin edp display.
  23. Kitje
    Not posting from it but recently changed platforms from Android to iOS. I have an iPhone 16 Pro 256GB now. I have my own personal reasons for making the switch. Primarily being the camera making it a good complement to my mirrorless camera, and it doesn't exceed the size of my hands much either and it's also a pleasure to type on. 🙂 Finding a decent case has been problematic though but I have a few ideas up my sleeves to fix the two I got.
  24. SuperMG
    180W on both and 1023A current
  25. Kastner
    Hi, What is your Pl1 and Pl2 level? With unlimited you should have around 11k.
  26. SuperMG
    Hello everyone. How can I get 11k in CPU score in TimeSpy? I can get max 9.8k. the average clock speed says 4.59GHz and not higher. All the cores are set to 4.9GHz with a -75mV undervolt. My heatsink is a stock 3 heatpipes P775 one. 2 fat and 1 normal. If I add one extra heatpipe or If I replace the third small heatpipe with a wider one... will it improve the performance and I can reach 11k or not?
  27. JadeRover
    Correct, that's because there is no mux switch and non DC screen = LVDS lcd and the newest and fastest card that supports LVDS video signal is 980m. After maxwell generation Nvidia dropped support for LVDS. Therefore you would need a DC screen to upgrade to newer cards + backlight mods. Parts : - DC screen and cable - newer gpu - backlight cable mod Alternatively you can get someone to build a custom lcd cable to connect the lcd connector of the motherboard to any modern 30/40 pin edp display. Parts would be : - custom edp cable - standard laptop eDP display - new GPU - backlight mod cable Getting a custom edp cable has been done before, on taobao it is possible to order some custom ones based on the laptop lcd connector.
  28. SuperMG
    What?? That'll never limit. Only iGPU SG limits your performance
  29. Daedalus
    That backlight mod would still limit card options no? current non-DC screens have a 980M limit. if the backlight mod allows greater / newer options then that could give a pathway.
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