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win32asmguy

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  1. I think it would be easier to just get a TB3 eGPU instead, especially now that the mining craze is has died down. They work quite well when the system has no built in dedicated GPU and in a way are even more reliable than using a TB4 dock for connecting many displays.
  2. Yep that is a big difference between those 10900k chips. Its a shame that this metric tends to go unnoticed by most of the Clevo DTR resellers, and they force you to buy some kind of throw away processor regardless (unless it was sold by RJTech as a barebone). Maybe some people get lucky and are randomly shipped a great chip, but I otherwise feel its wasteful to pair a DTR with poor silicon, especially since its one of the few machines on the market where you CAN do something about it. I went ahead and ordered a Strix Z690 D4, LGA1700 bracket for my NH-D15S, and a second 120mm fan. I figure that way I can better compare things without having the NH55 specific limitations skewing results. Not sure if microcode injection is going to be possible for raptor lake if modded bioses cannot be flashed on the NH55, but maybe if Jaybee and Prema keep working at it they may find a way. Sadly I doubt I could ever get a modded bios from Prema for mine, as I bought it from Eurocom. It is stupid that they are the only North America reseller for the NH55J... their support also has stopped responding to emails about my open ticket for the wrong keyboard they sent. Not exactly happy with their service.
  3. Yep. Did you mention if there was a specific way to test how leaky a chip is? I think I found that certain desktop boards have dedicated voltage regular sensors that more accurately report how much voltage and current is being supplied. So the more leaky chip would draw higher current at the same voltage and load, correct?
  4. For the 7760 I ordered last year, it was confirmed on 7/12, went into production on 8/19, shipped 8/25, picked up by Fedex in Chicago 8/30, delivered in Colorado 9/2.
  5. I have 7/26 ESD and 7/29 EDD, for a 7770 with 12950HX/3080Ti/32GB/FHD. It may ship on time as I have already received a notification from Fedex that a shipping label was created.
  6. I have seen bursts of 136W with the 12900k in the NH55. Not bad given Clevo designed it to target 65W LGA CPU's. The undervolting really helps boost performance and lower noise I am very glad its possible now. The BGA chips are ok but I think performance testing in the reviews are kind of useless and potentially misleading because we don't know if the results are because of good/poor silicon or good/poor thermal contact both of which can highly vary even with the exact same model.
  7. It was delidded but the IHS was in the same plastic packaging as the CPU without any tape to hold the packaging shut tight. So it looks like the IHS worked the packaging slightly open then started rubbing against the CPU PCB. The photo of it from the listing looks like those SMD's were intact and his rating was high. So it looks like with the cache the magic number is 40x where I can undervolt and it doesn't crash with 10 mins CBR23. It is still kind of strange though as 47x is stable with a reboot.
  8. Yep, got a case opened with eBay. Shame though as I was really looking forward to trying it out. In other news, I finally seem to have an idea why P-cache undervolt was crashing. It appears that it is related to the cache speed which is 47x by default and may be too high at least with E-cores enabled. I tried 43x which did not crash immediately but instead after completing a CBR23 run. I think cache undervolting is very important on this system, because it seems to share that limited power budget between the cores and cache. Less power used by the cache means more that the cores can use, correct?
  9. win32asmguy

    MSI GE77

    It would always thermal throttle on one run, even with a custom fan profile with both set to maximum speed, and on a cooling pad with low room temperatures. I think it had a poor liquid metal application but I did not want to hassle with it given the issues with booting Linux and the gaudy chassis. It also would worry me because if the expensive BGA CPU+GPU motherboard failed they may try to blame the failure on a repaste during an RMA. So, the best way to purchase a Strix Scar 17 SE would be through a reseller so you can pay them to repaste if needed and they guarantee their modification work in the event of an RMA. Technically the same advice applies to the MSI laptops as well.
  10. win32asmguy

    MSI GE77

    It would burst up to 175W, but settle around 140W due to thermal throttling. Try running it again but in the default "Smart AI Auto" profile. I think that one allows beyond 115W sustained.
  11. win32asmguy

    MSI GE77

    How much power does the CPU report being consumed while it runs the test? In HWInfo64 it is listed under "CPU Package Power". In theory it should be able to go up to 180W, but may drop depending on thermal throttling or if the system decides to limit power consumption. For these chips Intel tests them at the factory, and sets a predefined curve of voltages at a given frequency, similar to how Nvidia sets up their GPU's (if you have ever messed with that in Afterburner). So one chip may have lower voltages from the factory depending on its quality, despite both being called "12800HX". So far we have observed this performance delta to be up to 10% with the 12900k.
  12. The 12950HX is about 5% faster in 1-2 P-core loads at stock 5.0ghz, 10% faster if you set the favored cores to 52x multiplier but it may require changing EFI setup variables to unlock it. For multicore loads the silicon quality has the most effect and the i9 is generally better. A poor quality 12950HX should always be better than a poor quality 12850HX. With the right tools it may be possible to read out the factory V/F points intel set for a given CPU so we can build up some empirical data. Recent XTU versions seem to have this capability but it wants to put the CPU under load to generate the graph so thermal conditions (and power limits) can skew the result. A4500 will be able to go up to 140W max: https://nvdam.widen.net/s/97whpwwqqb/ampere-mobile-line-card-us-web Dell may also opt to ship it with lower speed GDDR6 so certain memory intensive workloads may benefit from the A5500/3080Ti.
  13. win32asmguy

    MSI GE77

    The improved memory can slightly increase Timespy scores. You could try setting an offset voltage to all cores in Throttlestop and see if it helps. Undervolting P-cache also greatly reduces power consumption and heat generation, although it would cause a crash for me with Throttlestop when applied. You may need to set "Overclocking Lock" to disabled for Throttlestop to work. It is in "Advanced -> Power & Performance -> CPU - Power Management Control -> CPU Lock Configuration". To get the advanced menus it is Left Alt + Right Control + Right Shift + F2 all at the same time. Depending on your Function Lock setting you may also need to press the Fn key so F2 is sent instead of the modifier. The memory scores are not too bad. My Clevo NH55JNNQ gets 48363MB/s and 69.8ns latency with DDR4-3200 CL20 memory. I wonder if DDR5-5200 CL34 could match it in latency, provided the memory and GE77HX could run that stable.
  14. win32asmguy

    MSI GE77

    Interesting. That kit appears to have better timings than others I have seen. AIDA64 has a memory benchmark if you are looking to compare before/after results.
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