Rage Set

This is what I did. I do miss my Tornado F5.

I use only Noctua iPPC 3000 PWN fans with both MO-RA radiators I have and I love them. I have a total of 30 of these fans in various builds around my home office. I got tired of replacing fans from other brands, mainly EKWB. I never needed quiet focused fans but I also the guy that slapped three delta fans to a modded laptop cooler.

While I agree with RT becoming a standard in gaming, companies are going around Nvidia implementation or rather, vision of RT. UE5 doesn't use Nvidia's RT cores natively. If you read this article by Nvidia about UE5 - https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/building-the-future-of-real-time-graphics-with-nvidia-and-unreal-engine-5-1/ you will notice it mentions Lumen. Lumen is actually a neutral take on RT....a lot like AMD's take on RT. https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.0/en-US/lumen-global-illumination-and-reflections-in-unreal-engine/ What does this all mean? RT's future performance and interpretation may come to an "open standard", something that Nvidia does not want. Akin to G-Sync finally aligning itself more to the AMD's freesync. In the future, paying the Nvidia tax for RT performance could be like paying for a G-Sync Ultimate monitor vs a Freesync Premium monitor that works just as well.

Are you overclocking for stable gaming or to see how far you can push the laptop?

Very true, however, I still believe he should not have jumped the gun on this story when he claimed it could be drivers. I believe he did what he did because he got a bit of notoriety from der8auer but I guess he learned his lesson. He got beat down in the comment section by AMD fanboys on his first video, lol. Intel I226V has always been problematic and so were the I225V B2 and earlier. The only one that isn't having major issues is I225V B3 and that is the one I am searching for, to build a new pfsense firewall for my 1.5Gig internet connection.

He's clearly trying to walk this back. Look at his pinned comment. He should have not stated in his first video that the drivers caused this, without proof. That is why he is getting pushback. There was speculation that these were mining cards but a lot of sole Nvidia fanboys tried to use this matter as additional ammo against AMD. Sure, AMD messed up bad on their reference designed GPU's, but this came at the right time to help fuel the fire.

I tried WOW three times and I couldn't get into it. It felt too easy to me compared to Anarchy Online. I guess the sci-fi elements of AO was the key feature for me. It had guns and swords, lol.

I was in my late teens/early 20's when I played Anarchy Online. It is when I discovered I could have an addictive mentality. Before AO, I didn't believe anyone could be addicted to an MMO. I was wrong. I will say I met a huge diversified community in AO and developed a lot of irl friendships, like my friend Jacob from Norway ( @Papusan another reason why I want to come there). That meant a lot to a bi-racial man that was going through an identity crisis at the time. I wouldn't mind playing an MMO with some of you guys and this time, I won't have the time to become an addict, hahaha. I loved PSO for the Dreamcast, but the servers were filled with a lot of cheaters.

WOW! You were into AO as well? I was a HUGGGEEEEE fan. I have a few 220 toons. I was too deep in that game, practically a stereotypical MMO unwashed, BIO needing geek back in that time. That was the only MMO I played that required actual deep knowledge of in-game 'buffing' items to build tweaks. EDIT: Before you ask, I was a clanner through and through. I never once built an Omni toon. The player driven "raids" of Omni control cities were some of my fondest memories and vice versa, when Omni players raided Old Athens.

@Mr. Fox Looks like you will hopefully see improvement with the EK Kit

You know that 'extra' five minutes of Special binning cost Intel money. It's 6GHZZZZ OUTDABOX!

I am definitely going to take a look at the software, but what bugs me most is there isn't any manual fan control. Unless, the USB wire that allows control of the RGB on the card, also allows you to control the fans. I didn't install the wire...i guess I will try after work.

I want that radiator and case....I am going to actively search for them.

Being a small SI has its perks and some downsides. It is all on how you mitigate those downsides. You don't get a lot of "problems" with small to medium size businesses, only when you deal with the public consumer markets. You should pursue it and just find a piece or rather a specialization.

I have had plenty of clients change their minds on custom builds before signing my agreement, but once they've signed, I have a nonnegotiable, nonrefundable 10% build fee. I never had anyone threaten to harm me over that fee, but I am a large man that carries a very large defensive metal "stick".

It's not a shortage anymore, it's inflation, he will state. No matter what, we will not win this war unless the majority of people stop buying.

I am going to really consider the Level 20 @Mr. Fox suggested, as it looks to be the successor to the Thermaltake Core X5 that I have now. I have removed all of the side and top panels for a while now, essentially turning it into a testbench. I would have loved the 1000D, but it appears to be sold out everywhere. I also need to buy two to three ATX cases to build rigs out of all of these PC components I have, since I missed the boat selling my 3090's individually.

I think I am going to settle for the Meshify 2 XL, if I keep the Zenith Extreme II Alpha. I will have tons of room for storage. Unless someone else has an idea for a full tower with storage being a strong feature. I need at least space for 6 HDDs.

I have a decision to make. Asus sent out my replacement Zenith Extreme II Alpha mobo and I wonder if I should cut my losses. Now I have been investigating the Memory 00 - Memory Test error to see if I am doing something wrong in the operation of the motherboard. Comparing what I've had installed when the first board went bad versus what I had installed now. The only three parts that are consistent between the two builds, the CPU, PSU and case. I only had one TRX40 board, so I can't test the CPU, but I am positive it works. I've tested the PSU in two other computers, it works perfectly. The case is an old Thermaltake, like an all metal version of the Core Level 20 (they don't make my chassis any longer). I think it is the case, shorting out the mobo. The case was the common component in all of my TR40 and TRX40 builds. Also looking at other users with the same Q-code error, I see a pattern with cases: https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?117210-Trx40-Zenith-Extreme-II-Alpha-Memory-code-00/page3 None of my other Asus mobos have had this memory error because none of them were ever placed in this case. Perhaps I owe Asus an apology on this.

It is treating me quite well. The tech behind the IceGiant really does give you comparable temps to a custom loop with a single 360 rad with a push/pull config. Now, I am not saying the IceGiant can compete that that custom loop in terms of overclocking headroom, but it highly capable of handling a 4.0 allcore workload on my 3960X. IceGiant doesn't make a version for smaller CPU's like Intel's 11 gen or older. In that case, they can't justify the price compared to the cheaper air coolers out there but they do now offer socket 1700 support with a $5.00 optional bracket. The only real issue I have with this cooler is that it blocks certain RAM modules and in the case of my Asus Zenith Extreme II Alpha, the Asus DIMM m.2 module from being used.

While custom water cooling will always be my first option, I am now considering air coolers for any system that I won't be overclocking more than 10 to 15%. I have been using an IceGiant ProSiphon Elite on my TRX40 system (I removed my custom water loop from that system last spring) and it was one of the only air coolers that could keep up with my custom loop (360 rad, push/pull) with the fans set to 1200RPM. Nice looking build but most importantly, functional.

Asus just got my board and I am nervous. Who would expect to spend this much money on a mobo or any device and be afraid they would get their warranty rejected based off a scratch? I don't really want to sell the mobo/cpu because I love how many PCIe lanes it has, but I may be forced to do it.

Yeah, when I saw this, that was the immediate end of me wanting the 7000 series. Changing the PPT's on AMD cards was one of their saving graces. I didn't need any HW mods on my 6800 XT or 6900 XT, as cooling was the only limiting factor...not power or voltage. One of AMD's secret weapons, now disabled.

If he's right...Intel is going to pull another Rocket Lake on everyone. Sooooo, it looks like Intel's HEDT is to the rescue. I don't get Intel's moves here though. They concede HEDT to AMD for several generations but combats them in the mainstream. Now with AMD on the ropes, they are going to concede the mainstream market while reentering the HEDT market, where if rumors are correct, will be able to stand toe to toe with Threadripper. Ever since they were caught with their pants down with the recycling of 4 core processors, they really haven't been the same.

I have had MSI graphic cards but I never gave them a second thought on motherboards. I, like a lot of PC users, will be loyal to brand...to a fault. The problem now is that all of these TRX40 boards are sold out at normal retailers. There are only third party sellers. I was thinking of buying a cheap TRX40 board on eBay, but with how bad some of these boards are (checking reviews), I don't want to chance it. The only thing I can do is wait until after Asus tells me its decision on the board. Something definitely changed with Asus. I still have their first Zenith Extreme board and it works perfectly, so does the X299 Rampage I have....even the X99 Rampage I got all those years ago...works. They are really resting on their laurels now and their brand is suffering.