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Yeah, got $2900 for it which is about $500 more than I paid a year ago. 1440p was definitely holding it back. For now I will just run my desktop as iGPU only which works fine for what I am actually using it for. All that I ended up using on the Vcolor kit was 8400 C40 as beyond that was unstable and I could not pinpoint what was causing the issue. iGPU may be an issue now with the higher MT as well.

I wonder why he say please don't. Maybe he doesn't understand that the card might be modded/or uses a different vbios with higher TDP. It seems there are quality problem or a batch problems with MSI's 12V-2*6 cables/adapers. Several see the same after some time use with the yellow tip connector. The tiny trash will creap out from the connector on the GPU and from the connector on the PSU panel. Several Users Report MSI’s Yellow-Tip 16-pin Connector Pushes Out Itself, Greatly Increasing Melting Risk After some time you'll see the yellow-tip smile at you😀 How dumb is it to make/design the popular Stealth cable design for some modern GPUs? @Mr. Fox🤔

Firstly, love your AW collection and upgrades. That is some serious dedication to the cause. You can use the extra drive slots for general storage but I believe the only way to have them directly linked to your OS drive would be to set the drives in RAID. This wouldn't be ideal as you will lose the NVME speeds. Although, I'm just looking at something called JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) and maybe this is what you're looking to do. It looks like it can combine different physical disks into one volume without using RAID.

I cannot seem to find the specific screws for the SM-G. I am looking for: Heatsink spring screws (All 8, CPU and GPU) Bottom cover (All) The Standoff for the CPU The 2 small ones holding the socket on the motherboard and any bolts for the opposite side that are required)

Sugi pushing AM5 rig to the max: 5800 on all cores 9950X3D 8800 C34 5090 running 2500w Lightning BIOS clocking 3427 pretty much rock solid the entire play session

^^^ Ended up with 2x Thinkpads. Some price offers I could not refuse speeded up the decision. E14 G5 lower specs (amd 3, matte 45% display, 16gb (8 soldered), xtra nvme slot), P14s G5 higher specs (amd 7, matte 400n 100% srgb, 16gb + empty slot). Satisfied with both so far, a few months use. None of them got the perceived (and proved during years of use here) case\construction solidity\quality of the Dells, especially the Precision. But feels good handling the Thinkpads. Size and low weight is great, silent under normal use, feels overall speedy and responsive, ok access to insides (after done it 1st time...), good battery times, fine keyboard. ...and got those red nipples :O)

Hey @ChildFree001 1. I don't think you would benefit from upgrading to a 10900k or 10850k in games. I beleive they perform very similar. Plus you'll lose PCIE express 4 capabilities for the SSD slot closest to the cpu if you go with a 10th gen chip. 2. Both bioses can run a 4x32 configuration. It is not guaranteed that you'll be able to run the memory at 3200 CL 20 though. Ram is very finnicky on this laptop, so keep that in mind. 3. The profiles should be similar in terms of performance. I have heard that certain applications benefit from lower latency memory more than higher bandwidth and vice versa. Will XMP#2 run either CPU 11gen or 10gen? I believe so, yes.

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thx, seems it would wont fit, thats poop, maybe will find something other then 😕

Yeah he just got that 5070ti the other day. I watched the quick unboxing. He's actually one of my favorite YT'ers to watch as he owns multiple platforms, tunes his hardware decently enough and always buys AMD and Nvidia top end cards with a sprinkle of midrange when he wants to bench. He also keeps Intel and AMD platforms too. He's not wrong and I agree with him. Like I said in an earlier post (and the video I posted is the same argument):

Hard life. But they are still happy.

Hard life. But they are still happy.

You have a superior binned Red Devil compared to mine. My RD, at stock only hits around 3k. With an UV, I get 3100, maybe 3150. Always my luck, but it is still a super quiet card. Sometimes I question if the fans ever spin up.

Sorry I've only got a Ranger 17 But this is the large + key from right side numberpad

This is actually a handy little reboot tool from AsRock! I really hate mashing the Del key, and somehow missing it, and booting to windows.

Hello everybody! 🖐️ Please advice 🙏 I do enjoy my x170km-g (11700k/3080/FHD 300hz) even in 2026 and i'm still happy with it 🥰 and In view of upcoming x170km-g maintenance and good opportunity of CPU & RAM replacement, please kindly advice: 1) Does it right to goes with 10900k (10850k) instead of 11700k in games? (My 11700k looks nice with UV -130mv, 150w at full load @4600, with max temp 80°c, max fan for such test). I'm talking mostly about extra cores/produced heat/4x32 RAM in XMP? (Kingston Fury Impact KF432S20IBK2/64) 2) So, does XMG bios 01.07.09RTR6 isn't suitable with 4x32 ram in XMP, instead of 01.07.09RTR7-G2? 3) Am i correct that XMP profile #2 is better than #1? Will XMP#2 run either CPU 11gen or 10gen?

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My main m18x r2's OS is on a NVME SSD and want to know if I would be able to use the main HDD 3 slot ribbon tor extra storage for my OS since that HDD port is not being used. Is there any way to do that?

If you liked the E7440, stick with modern business lines — they’re still the closest match. A used Latitude 7420/7430, ThinkPad T14 (Gen 2–4), or HP EliteBook 840 G8/G9 would fit your needs well: light, quiet in normal use, solid keyboards, and good matte display options if you pick the right config. Performance is more than enough, batteries are easy to replace, and all are fine for Win10 LTSC with an easy path to Win11 later. Just make sure the listing specifies a brighter IPS panel (400 nits if possible). Avoid consumer lines — business laptops age much better.

Red Devil is so much quieter and boosts higher than my Gigabyte. IMHO, this is the "premier" card to get this generation of 9070xt's especially using 3x 8pin vs 12v2x6. What makes it worse is the positioning of the connector on the Taichi 9070xt which is overly recessed or Nitro+ which is on the back of the card and will force a substantial cable bend in every scenario. Best argument for the 9070xt vs 5070 and 5070ti: Red Devil hitting 3300+ and 3400+ in FO76 at stock:

I do not have any Windows 10 devices missing drivers, but after installing AMD chipset drivers I always have to browse from Device Manager and point to the C:\AMD folder to get one or two items to install because the automated chipset installation process skips them for some reason. This has always been this way for me since I first purchased an AM5 system, on both Windows 10 and 11. I'm not sure why. I can't remember now which device(s) that occurs with. Maybe the PSP or I2C device? I used to have something similar with Z790. I think it was GPIO or something like that which I had to always manually select the driver from Device Manager.

How does this device manager tree look for Windows 10? All drivers installed, except for ACPI. Was able to install a null driver to clear the error 🙂

I returned the X870E Taichi because installing anything in a PCIe slot dropped the GPU to 8X. It was installed and running 30 minutes before I started the RMA. Functionality is the equivalent of an ITX board with only a GPU slot. Very idiotic engineering and lousy bifurcation design decisions are a curse on MOST X870E mobos. We can partially thank AMD for mandating the waste of PCIe lanes on USB4/TB (which most never use and never will). I could see limited use cases for it with a turdbook (like using an eGPU or having no external display options without it) but USB4/TB is irrelevant and mostly worthless on a desktop with a dedicated GPU.

Not sure if its been mentioned, but I found this little gem via grok. There is a work around for the mediatek wifi 7 and windows 10. The Dell driver package installs it at wifi 6, but it works. I found that this Taichi will run the gpu at x8 with my wifi card in the other pcie slot.