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Whoa, didn't see that coming, congrats @Reciever! Not sure you'll be able to handle all that power man!! That's a huge step up! Keeping it in the family is always a plus 💜 -------------------------------------------------------- Having delidded dozens of CPUs over the years, this is always the first thing that smacks you in the face the instant insane cooler running..... ------------------------------------------------------- Makes total sense with the price hikes and 5090s trickling in.....at least from Asus's perspective. Prices are in flux real time. There's no realistic backstock to fall back on.....thanks Nvidia! We know what's incoming..... Asus and Gigabyte raising prices by 20% in Chinese channels Gigabyte raising prices by up to 40% in Japan GPU Prices up by 30% in South Korea Prices are also on the rise 5080 on down. Microcenter has officially raised prices and something like the GB WF SFF 5080 I picked up open box for $983 less than three weeks ago is now officially "$1599.99" with some old stock marked as on sale atm or clear out, but this is a portend of things to come. 60% over MSRP......crazy. Cheapest 5070ti is $989 and those prices haven't been adjusted up yet but basically (may be worse but at least): 5080 $1599 new low price incoming 5070ti $1199 new low price incoming 5070 $699 new low price incoming 9070xt's are supposed to get a price hike soon but the problem is nobody is buying and they really should at a certain point with some of these prices. I seriously think AMD is the only reason Nvidia is somewhat not blowing up 5070 and 5070ti prices even more like they are doing with the 5080 and especially the 5090. --- With the contraction of the overall PC market, the logic here for MB makers is.....charge more because those who were going to buy will buy anyhow? Maybe Intel with Nova Lake, but AMD users will just keep their AM5 boards and upgrade their CPUs if they feel the need..... https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-gigabyte-and-msi-reportedly-plan-motherboard-price-increases-for-q3-2026 Don't forget memory is officially booked through 2027..... Good times!!

I ordered this as my second Z890 board. Price for a 2-DIMM is hard to beat. This is a LONG review and he actually does live memory overclocking and does a teardown on the board.

Hello. The RTX 5000 and RTX 3080 will only work in Switchable Graphics. So you need a modded BIOS to change the video's option to SG (Switchable Graphics) Turing and Ampere GPUs do not have any LVDS PEG capabilities. They can only do eDP output. Yes these cards work with iGPU SG, not in PEG on that laptop. These cards work in PEG eDP only with the M17X R4 120Hz eDP version + backlight mod. If you're limited by the iGPU, you can overclock the display to 75Hz using CRU software. But please be careful with that. For the drivers installation, just use the NVCLEANSTALL software, it's easy. For the cooling. For the RTX 3080, you need to find a custom heatsink for that offset. I tested so much Turing to Ada MXM cards on more than 10 systems. I do have one RTX 4070 MXM available, still has warranty.

You can send to @ssj92 a PM he try many gpus with AW m18x R2

The greed is eminent everything else... NVIDIA cancels $4,600 GeForce RTX 5090 order after ASUS rejects pre-price hike pricing, new order costs $5,100 RTX 5090 buyer loses order after ASUS raises price by 12.5% NVIDIA says it asked ASUS to honor the original purchase. The graphics card maker reportedly rejected the request. NVIDIA also said it could not restore the canceled order or create a replacement order using the older price.

Pretty epic bundle they got there.

Sold to our beloved friend @Reciever

Sold to Brother @Reciever. A pleasure as always, friend. Thank you.

PM'ed!

You can upgrade the EC Bios to 1.07.10TR3 from the official XMG website https://download.schenker-tech.de/package/xmg-zenith-17/

It never ceases to amaze me how much better temperatures are bare die.

Of course the only downside is that G-sync is no longer available but, that doesn't bother me at all!

Finally, after many years I got what I wanted! A 4k screen 120Hz 100% srgb colors for my Area51m, and let me tell you guys, the colors are night and day difference. It looks absolutely amazing!

I appreciate that!! I’m not getting another regular job though, I was building this business model up right before I was fired, but right now I’m free from the 9-5. I do what I want these days 😴. Just being careful too though. I buy and re sale all of these junk cars. I will pay $50-$200 bucks for rotting junk cars in people’s yards and haul them to salvage yards who buy them based on what it is for much more money. The best thing about it is you come across so many running and driving vehicles with titles that I can sale private party for a much larger profit. Those cars will all be gone in no time, and different ones sitting in their place. 😃

Sorry, It would seem that I did not place this In the correct thread. I have now found the proper thread and gotten the answers that I needed.

Yep., You'll need some cash for next gen Intel. And not a small amount. The ROG tax will come on top. Same for the high end from MSI or Gigabyte. Expect noting less than $3000 for the board and chips. Or 1.5 times the org MSRP for 5090. Less than this would surprise me for the better parts. One thing come in my mind... The MB makers need to stop flood the market with all sorts of similar boards but with only marginally differences. Now we can have +20 models with same chipset only with different themes. This need to be stopped. And it will lower the total costs for every motherboard. Stupids! ASUS, GIGABYTE, and MSI will be raising the price of all their motherboards in the coming weeks. ASUS, GIGABYTE, and MSI are currently preparing a new price increase for their motherboards. According to reports from Board Channels, the price hike will take place sometime in the current quarter (Q3 2026). Btw. Needed new router... Bough this one. A mesh system. On the pricier side than what I preferred ($838 MSRP). It's what it is ASUS ZenWiFi BQ16 - (2-Pack) - Mesh router Jepp, it's Asus but their support length and features for their better router’s is superior. Yup, correct brother Fox. And it will stay this way until I see how Nova Lake stands out. Not interested in any of the "old" AMD chips or the newer 200 failure branded Arrow Lake from Intel. Never been tempted buy any of it. And it seems I will keep my Raptor Lake refresh a good while longer. No problem🙂 Intel delays Nova Lake for gaming with bLLC until mid-2027 Good news for the blues of Lip-Bu Tan, as what was initially a faint rumor has gained traction in recent hours. According to leaks, Intel has delayed its most powerful Nova Lake-S CPUs until mid-2027

Long Live Sockets and Slots!! ( courtesy of Mr. Fox )

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I believe Brother @Papusan does Yeah, I sent the tools back already. Hopefully @Jor3lBR won't mind letting me borrow them again. If I sell the Apex components I will need to buy another Mycro Pro block as well. If that happens I may buy a GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS Elite Duo X to replace it and see how that fares. Looks like a good 2-DIMM option without having to pay an Apex tax to avoid having a 4-DIMM mess. It looks like Z890M (mATX) options with 2-DIMMs and a debug LED are essentially non-existent, which is very unfortunate. A memory cooling kit will definitely help. Even the legacy type with generic heatsinks and a waterblock bolted on top is a huge improvement and not that far behind a direct touch RAM block.

Really interested in trying this upgrade for M18x r2. Not sure If anyone follows this topic anymore as it seems 2022 was the last entry. I will lay this out and see if anyone is still willing to jump in and help a newbie on this site. Really hope ssj92 might jump in as he seems to be the founder of this upgrade, what a great success and cudos to him. I understand the unlocked bios, the info mod for NVidia drivers and modding the heat sink. What I was hoping to hear back about is whether there was a power lock at 50w or did the install go smooth. No black screens or error 43? I believe from what I have been able to glean that the vbios that comes with the xvision card limits the card to 115w and is more stable in this set up even though it has the potential to 135-150w. My understanding is that the set up was straight forward without having to do any further steps such as jumping the pins for backlight ( only needed to run peg but wont work on this system) and that the handshake is handled by optimus for the lvds display. I dont recall that any edid injection or registry fix's were needed. I am running a 3940xm with 2133hz ram at 32gb capacity. I use a standard oc of 4.4 on the cpu. Thanks for any clarification.

So Asus is sending me an Asus X870E Crosshair Dark Hero all shiny new to evaluate and add to my collection which is nice. I'm going to hold off on putting the 9850X3D delidded combo in the current MB in LM form and do it all up with the revamped edition. Glad I found out before I tore down my current system to install it. Still might pop it in but with just paste for now because that's quick and easy to collect some baseline data. Wonder if I can get sent one of their newer AIOs that interface directly to the MB connectors? 🤪 My original Crosshair Hero is solid but the LCD is flickering a little (common problem) so I could RMA it for a new one or at least a repaired one to then sell off with the 9800X3D. I could also just switch the wifey to AM5 and sell off the 14900KS SP109, much needed to be retired Asus Strix-A Z690 (loose USB ports in the rear) and B-die 2x16 G.Skill 4000 sticks. Does anyone in this thread still run a 13900k/14900k besides @Talon and I? -------------------------------------------------------- I saw that over there, congrats brother! Definitely looking forward to the lid and delid results! It's a top notch sample and best way, just like @Talon, to get the most out of it. I'm working on it, lol. I think I want my ram water cooled equally as much as the CPU at this point. Even with a fan, temps are an issue 8000+. I suspect they could even provide a little bit of help on the low end too. Still being able to game at 5.8 is damn nice and that is with just auto scaling and no fine tuning. Power and thermal reductions must be nice too. With credit flexibility, why not return it all and give a 270k a whirl to compare and contrast? Worse case, you return it and pick up another AM5. 270k would definitely be cheaper. At the very least, return the 9950X3D2 and try another one. Sorry the job situation hasn't resolved itself yet but at least you have a good side job that seems to be paying dividends atm. Man, that's a lot of cars lol. What do you do with them exactly?

No worries, brother. Putting the needs and concerns of your family first and the ability to provide for them takes precedent over anything else and you are making a good/right choice in doing that. I would be disappointed if you allowed any kind of hobby or fetish to draw your attention away from that duty. I only offered it in case you were interested and able. Since you are a friend I wanted you to have first crack at the stuff based on our recent communications about the CPU and memory overclocking experience you have had with it. If your main use of the PC for pleasure is gaming there is no point in returning what you have or buying a 270K Plus CPU and Z890 mobo. AM5 is going to live quite a few more generations and what you have right now is way more than adequate for a world-class gaming experience. Superior overclocking capabilities using the highest end parts (like those you already have) is not of any remarkable value in the context of gaming. It would only be worthwhile for eking a little bit more life from an antiquated setup or marginally adequate hardware that stuggles with gaming workloads.

Hey @Mr. Fox I would buy your parts, but I actually bought my 9950X3D2 and Dark Hero and Ram with the BestBuy 0% store Credit Card. So, if I were to return it all, it just goes back to the card. I used the card because I was not sure if I was going to even like or keep the setup. So it was a way for me to give it a good run in and test it daily. It seems pretty solid, other than being a weaker sample. And, I still might return it all. If I do, I’ll maybe be going for a 270K Plus. But I have really Moved away from overclocking and XOC. I just play games when I have time. I’m so busy with buying junk cars these days. I pretty much just keep it simple man! Congrats on the binned 270K plus purchase! That is a very nice chip! This is a picture of my yard full of cars from a days work. 😂

Just saw you grabbed that SP98! I honestly debated grabbing it too. But this SP97 is so good already, I have no complaints with it. I'm able to game at 5.8Ghz P and 5.3Ghz E on this beast. @electrosoft 5.85Ghz P passed gaming for the short bit I tested, but got angry in geekbench of all things. This was all with no manual core voltage tuning though, just auto scaling. Percentage wise for gaming, over my SP89, it's about 5% faster in some tests for gaming. Nothing amazing, but what you'd expect from the clock speed bumps.

These parts are currently in my daily driver build. I may regret selling, but I could use the cash to fund another project. I am not "parting out" at this point, (so don't bother asking,) but willing to sell it all as a bundle. I really like this build and I am not desperate to sell, but asking a fair price on these super expensive components. Here is what is included: X870E Apex motherboard (includes box and all original accessories) 9950X3D2 CPU - Delidded (will include IHS and retail box) Buyer's Choice of: Thermal Grizzly IHS, Thermal Grizzly Mycro Pro DD block, or IceMan DD block G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo 6000 C26 (2x16GB) Memory F5-8400J4052G24G 1.450V Supercool Computer Direct Touch Memory Cooler (will include stock RAM heatsinks) If you do not want a 9950X3D2 CPU for some reason, I have a decent 9950X that is delidded and also runs 8200 stable with tight timings and I will discount the price to reflect the cheaper CPU. (We can discuss that via PM.) Price: Asking $1800 including shipping and insurance to a US buyer in the lower 48. SOLD Item Location: San Tan Valley, AZ Shipping: As noted above. International Shipping: I will consider selling internationally but buyer will pay all costs associated with shipping outside the lower 48 states unless a shipping forwarding service is used (with a US address). Handling Time: I will take the system apart upon receipt of payment, so the following business day it will ship. Payment Options: PayPal Friends & Family or regular PayPal plus 5% to cover the fees (regular PayPal will let you use PayPal Credit or Pay-in-4 options) Condition: Used - excellent, near new Warranty: none from seller, mobo still has time left on ASUS warranty Feedback: eBay Profile; OC.net MarketPlace