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During launch day I was open to just about any 5090 honestly, I’m not too picky lately. I think it’s just the model we happen upon or end up with. And we like it because it’s ours and we can only appreciate the features or experience of that particular model compared to prior experiences. If I had another 5090 like a Ventus 5090 or PNY 5090, I’m sure I could find some positives to speak on with those too, just like many other models. No doubt some models may completely suck. But most are probably fine and get the job done.

Hmmm. You don't find any FE cards here home. And at that time you didn't know if you could cross-flash firmware for the FE. Not even sure you can do it now. Hmmm. Some really want that FE cards. I didn't have many choices. No HOF and I don't like MSI or Gigabyte. I could of course get the Palit cards. But sadly it cost close to Astral. Why buy cards you don't like in middle price specter? Neither fish or bird. Then we have what is available of cards. Not many brand's SKUs in the shops here. And the few, they are all gone after 1-2 minutes. In the beginning right after launch... Gone after 30 sec. That have improved massively since launch... From 30sec to 1-2 minutes before empthy😬

I'm not doing backflips over its performance or the fact if you let it run full tilt it will heat up real quick to try to sustain 3.1ghz+ I do love the form factor though. Visions of SFF builds dance through my head. To me, that is its primary strength. It fails everywhere else but that compact, elegant design is awesome IMHO. 🙂

And yet we all bought the overpriced editions to get that little bit of ooomph!!! You too @Papusan...... 🤣 At a certain point, it isn't about cost. It is about getting a model you want based upon your criteria. FE = Suprim = Astral to me in regards to desire regardless of price.

Close to $1500 USD extra doesn't bring much extra. Only a much deeper hole in your wallet. And the cheapo sag bracket and the kids ruler with golden paint that come in the Asus box give you zero value.

So far, the Lian Li 1200W Edge Gold is holding up great. 12v rail never drops below 12v EVER with the RTX5090FE. Three runs with Steel Nomad. Memory is at +3,000 on my 5090. I also want to touch on memory temps. Because I think the memory temps are really good with the Dinky FE model. Even overclocked, and auto fan, it stays at 80c or less during long term gaming inside a closed case. If you run the memory stock it will run at 72-74c. I'm sure the big AIB cards may do better than this, but its not an issue on the dinky FE model. 🙂

Cheapest shop if you can get a card on the hook (I did). They run empthy within 2 minutes for each new batch cards. 5090 TUF ~ $2163 5090 TUF OC ~ $2534 5090 Astral OC ~ $2805 5090 Astral OC LC ~ $2954 The second biggest retail shop here home that offer cards (and still have them in stock but at +500$ above the cheapest shop). I expect this is the reason they still can't get rid of the cards. Prices have been like this since launch. Aka +- a few dollars. The 24 Astral OC LC I talked about that was in stock a few days ago have now sinked to 19 units. Not easy to get rid of if the expensive Asus cards if the shop want extra for them. We have had campaigns right after launch with maybe $100 discount on a few Asus flagship cards due the high launch prices. But not anymore. Edit. FYI. Asus 5080 Astral OC is $1551,66 right now. And in stock in the cheapest shop. Don't forget the sticker😁

"Anyway, by trying to fix it, you'll learn many things. 🙂" very well said 🙂 this is the best way to learn

Ditto, I plan on testing it on one of my several laptops to see what it can do along with this desktop I'm building out from spare parts to sell and clear space (12900k, 32GB DDR5, 500GB SSD, 3080) for testing.

I’ve only used this paste on the IHS, and it has done amazing for that. You’ll have to test it and see. I know Kryonaut Extreme cannot be used on die, it all just pushes right off the die it’s the oddest thing lol. I will probably redo my laptop paste again with this stuff, and see if it works. But I’m waiting on my thermal putty to show up.

Let me rephrase it. 🙂 Are prices now the same across the board with AIBs as they were at launch or did prices go up officially for AIB MSRP pricing too over the last few months like they did in the US?

well...depends how u define "MSRP" 😄 getting a card at the 2229€ current FE MSRP would still be very difficult. but at 2800-2900€ no issue whatsoever, so were talking roughly 25-30% above FE MSRP. i.e. comparable to 2500-2600 USD without tax.

The power with Nanogrease and laptops is the fact it is so thick and doesn't pump out. It is all I use unless I can correct the pairing pressure enough to use KPx. My vial will arrive tomorrow, so I'll see how thick it is.

How does the Cryofuze compare to Phobya Nanogrease Extreme? Are they about the same? Phobya Nanogrease Extreme is the only paste I've been able to use in laptops without it pumping out.

Yeah, I ordered the one you linked the non 5 variant:

From P150HM to P570WM, I never had a single issue with EC/BIOS or the motherboard (I always used Prema BIOSs). And trust me, I did everything with Clevo laptops to break them down. But, after P570WM (and Windows 7), many things, I guess, changed. The P870xx looks like the last solid piece of equipment from Clevo, so I hope it's just a corrupted EC or an obvious hardware fault that you can easily fix. Anyway, by trying to fix it, you'll learn many things. 🙂

I think Coolermaster believes that color matters for making money lol, which is why they are selling all of these other gimmicky thermal paste like “CryoFuze Violet/red/white/black/blue” This paste just works good though. Dirt cheap and high very performance. It can match Kryonaut Extreme and go toe to toe.

Almost as bro @Mr. Fox have done the final words (see bolded text)😁 The GPU Market in 2025 – A Cynical Glimpse into Silicon, Speculation, and Manufactured Needs What remains is the sober realization that the GPU market has reached a point where technical curiosity is increasingly replaced by financial frustration. The real target audience—people interested in computer graphics, game development, or GPU-accelerated research—must now navigate a minefield of overpriced, half-baked, or deliberately gimped products. Hmmm. So what color it has is important🤩

I do but they do make NPC responses. I told them 900-1000 USD with shipping, barebones, with heatsinks only.

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Hi, I have a single stick of 2133 SODIMM 8GB of DDR4 RAM coming today that I'll try with the board, just to rule out the possibility of both the original RAM sticks being bad. Not really expecting it to help though. But it's the only thing I haven't tired yet. I went digging through my old emails from 2018 and I do have a complete BIOS zip file from the resellers at the time for my Clevo (Prostar, which merged with Sager a couple years ago), and it looks looks like is has both the stock EC and Regular BIOS files in it. This is the original email they sent me with it: Greetings, Attached are the firmware files to update your BIOS. Since your EC firmware is already up to date, you can start at “step2” and then run “step3” after the reboot. What you’ll need to do: 1. Make a bootable USB thumb drive for FreeDOS 2. Unzip/extract the attachment and copy the files to USB drive’s root directory (don’t make any additional files or folders) 3. With the USB drive in the laptop, enter the computer’s BIOS setup, go to the Boot section, and disable UEFI 4. Save the BIOS change and boot to your USB flash drive If you want to run step 1, that’s fine. It will overwrite the existing data for the EC firmware, then you can move on to step 2 and step 3 (all you have to do is type in “step1”, “step2”, or “step3” to run the corresponding update). Kind regards, Jeff - Prostar According to the BIOS screen, I'm running: (as of March 9, 2018) ME FW Version: 11.0.0.1197 MB Series P870DM-G BIOS Version: 1.05.06RNS1 KBC/EC Firmware Revision: 1.05.03 VGA Card: NV GeForce GTX 980 VBIOS: 84.04.88.00.2E And this is a screenshot of unzipped contents of the zip files: But, as you said, if there's a defect on the motherboard itself, flashing the EC probably won't help anyway. I'll see if a new stick of RAM fixes anything. Thanks

Oh i forget i dont know if the cpu is upgradeable i search for information and maximum (if supported) is a a8-7410 the ft3 version but the problem i have is that in cpu world the mine that i have is a6-5200 ft3 but in others codename appears ft3b but in images this processors show that is ft3 so im a little confused and i think i can remove one and put other because of the watts and cpu id of that series of processors (i dont know for now the cpu microcodes) the watt is the same for all the cpus of laptops maximum 25 watts for i have search so mostly if possible but the problem is if i can confirm that socket ft3 and ft3b is the same (mostly) and if i have the microcodes (mostly all are the same i pass the link so you can search im not saying is the same for a6 5200 im saying that all of that processors are the same cpuid correct me if i am wrong)so again any help is greatly appreciated!! Links: https://www.cpu-world.com/Related_CPUs/BGA769 _FT3b__Puma.html https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Puma/AMD-A8-Series A8-7410.html https://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Jaguar/AMD-A6-Series A6-5200.html

So an update for this i didnt have for now the screen im gonna update now im searching for the gpu soldered in this so i found that maybe is something with the gcn 1.0 (im something dissapoint but no matter for this laptop so anyways) so i think the maximum possible is r9 m375x with 2gb or 4gb in techpowerup but for now i dont find the id because is not in TPUP so i gonna seqrch if i find something im rennaming the post so again if you find something that maybe is useful is greatly appreciated im leaving you images of my motherboard not something from google or duckduckgo (and if you ask for the capacitors of the gpu is probably i need to put in the motheboard maybe even all of the space of the gpu)

I test many thermal paste. You just have to take my word on it. It’s VERY good! Color has nothing to do with it. Their newer paste is garbage and a gimmick. The link I originally posted is the original CryoFuze with a 14Wmk thermal conductivity. The stuff @papusan shared is CryoFuse 5 which is lower thermal conductivity/more expensive/ and they started trying to sell different colors as a gimmick for more money and scam people 😂. They also have some CryoFuze 7 which still isn’t as good as this one. I discovered this paste when I first ran LGA1700. It really works well. It performs with the best. @electrosoft The paste I shared is not CryoFuze Violet, it’s not CryoFuze 5, and it’s not CryoFuze 7. It’s specifically called “CryoFuze” and it’s the 14W/mk stuff which as far as I know will probably be discontinued. It is unbeatable for $5.81 for 2 grams. Oh, the paste is gray in color @Papusan 😁 lol

He like the color😁 Remember he compared with the pinky Kryo Extreme. The paste with the prettiest color win. And cheaper help as well😂 Paste Cooler Master Cryofuze 5 Violet / Purple Only average-performing paste with lower durability, not suitable for graphics cards in long- or mid-term operation. Attention: Paste is bleeding out