jaybee83

haha i think he was referring to the RTX 60 series, i.e. the 6090 😄

there was a follow-up from Jay in the comments that AB newest version added support for Lightning voltage control, so should be possible to push that limit up further. no idea if hes gonna do a follow-up video on this though... and no, im not defending that 5k+ USD card LOL LOL i saw that video yesterday via Louis Rossmann and thought of bro @Papusan right away 😄 well THAT should be interesting... if theyre ever gonna do a public statement on this, that is. good that the community has surely made a gazillion local copies of that vBios (myself included), so we dont really care about any takedowns 😛 say wut....what was that about? armed robbery or smth? any details available? thats crazy! altho i must say i dont know how i feel about starting a frigging gofundme after a family member was murdered....dunno if its just me but that leaves a bad aftertaste in my mouth....

LOL stability e-peen, has it really gotten to that?! 😄 i can only speak for myself, especially for RAM tuning, stability is key in all the apps you are personnally using on a regular basis. i have found for my usage profiles 3x runs of anta777 absolut via tm5 ensures 100% stability for all my use cases, including transcoding, gaming and work related stuff 🙂 but then again, im a 24/7 stable settings kinda guy, havent done any bleeding edge benchmark stability runs in ages 😄

niiice, nifty lil tool. would it work on other mobos as well? or asrock specific? wtf 😮 i wonder how many IMCs he had to bin for that RAM speed (and how stable it is).

nice, more testing to do! 😄

What grade are you in? Are your classmates really mean to you, or is it a parenting issue? lol i wouldnt even bother replying to such comments 😄 huh, nice lil side bonus if the WVPII decreases coil whine on the gpu 😄 u planning to test any of the 800+W vbios versions? or sticking to gigachad?

now were talking indeed! DDR5-7600 CL32 stable baby! usually id get CL38+, finally a good mount 😄 maybe the delid helped here too 😛 timing tuning ongoing...

yep my thoughts currently. id be highly interested to check out the 1kw lightning vbios, but i wager that hasnt been dropped yet? ill do my rounds over at TPU 😛 ok kool both the 800 and 1000W lightning versions have been dropped: 800W https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/281640/281640 https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/281693/281693 1000W https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/281649/281649 https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/281650/281650 https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/281692/281692 2500W https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/281792/281792

speaking of, any indications that the lightning vbios has leaked yet? 😛 im guessing they dont have any reason to upgrade to quad channel anytime soon, what with DDR5 (and likely also 6) doubling the amount of internal "channels" with each new gen. btw, resolved the bad paste job, turned out that the Thermal Grizzly AM5 High Performance Heatspreader was the culprit, or rather its missing z height vs the stock heatspreader. the Arctic LF3 coolplate doesnt make proper contact with it, even though im using the TG shortened offset mounting kit. ive tried twice now with crappy results. so its back to the regular AM5 retention mechanism incl the stock heatspreader, but at least now i got a nice clean delid with TG conductonaut extreme on it. done with disassembling my hardware for now, back to RAM tuning! 😄 on another note: received and email from TG, seems like a new firmware update is out for the WV Pro II, including first official version of the accompanying software, nice 🙂

no worries, ive done this for years with superb results 🙂 just make sure the pads are the same brand / type and are squished well together so that they make good contact to each other 🙂

welp its been a while....and currently with the AI RAM apocalypse going down its even more difficult to track down specific sticks.

yup, this forum has barely breached 2000 users, many of whom are just ghost / lurker accounts with no real activity. that and the fact that laptops nowadays are super locked down, both from a hardware (everything soldered), as well as firmware / software perspective. many of the former NBR players have since switched to desktops and only use laptops on the side as tools, but not really for tinkering anymore (i count myself among them).

ha not with me they didnt! upgraded all the way from a 6700K to a 9900K in my Clevo machine 😄 suckaZ! and big thx to bro @Prema for that one 😛

youre probably referring to Zen 6? AM6 is still waaay waaaaay waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out... zen 6 on AM5 is basically set, with Zen 7 having a decent probability of also still being on AM5. so AM6 will only come our way once Zen 8 drops. Zen 6 = 2026/27 Zen 7 = 2027/28 Zen 8 / AM6 = 2029+? thatll be quite a solid run for my X670E platform here, 2022 to 2029, nice 😄 btw ill need to check my LM / TIM paste jobs, core deltas are waaaay too high for my taste. im guessing my LM application was a bit too thin this time around.

my dudes, we can consider ourselves lucky to have covered all our bases with regards to hardware. our 4090s/5090s will stay at the top of the pack until 2028, lets just hope they dont go up in flames / melt until then 🤣 boy am i glad that i got my 32TB of pcie4 m.2 ssds plus took care of the ram binning with 10+ kits back in the summer of last year. prices were at rock bottom then ("good old times"). and even though i overpaid for my 5090 at +25% above minimum pricing (3300€ vs. 2650€ incl. 19% VAT and shipping), a whopping two thirds of it (2100€) was made up by the sale price of the 4090 😅 besides, even when the suprim currently IS available, its offered at 4000+€, absolutely insane... long story short: i guess compared to other unlucky users who are currently planning on building a rig, were pretty well off at least for the time being...always good to count and be generally aware of your blessings 🫠 mixed news on the ram tuning front: still cannot reach anything above 7600 stable but at 7600 im now reaching way way tighter timings than before, actually best ive had thus far overall on this mobo. final results pending, as u all know ram tuning takes quite a while...

soooooo i used my last three days of sick leave to get some shit done at home, including computer stuff 🙂 > applied full backplate coverage TG Putty Pro - check! if anyone is interested, you need about 250-300 grams worth of putty to cover the whole backside of an air cooled 5090. > while the gpu was out, i used the opportunity to also install the wireview pro II and replace the gpu power cable (angled back to straight, both seasonic) > good news: both cable and socket were still pristine, not even a whiff of discoloration or burn marks. > good news 2: did a quick max OC test in alan wake at max. settings with the gigachad vbios, max. variance i saw between pins was 1.1 amps (7.5 vs. 8.6) under load, that i can totally live with! > also finally came around to delid my second 9950X3D and put it under the TG high performance heat spreader with LM > while i was at it, did some dusting and cleaned the tempered glass windows, clear views to the RGB rainbow puke once more 😄 still need to do testing with regards to gpu / cpu temps after the changes, as well as check how the RAM OC was impacted. you might remember that i suspected a suboptimal cpu mount for not being able to reach my previously stable 8000 setting. fingers crossed!

dayum! whats he got planned? edit: funny to see hes basically sitting on top of GN Steve in NC 😄

what did i miss?

damn, this is one club i didnt invite u to for a reason 😄 u had to come join anyways eh? hahaha. stilll recovering here, second week of sick leave from work. for me covid and the flu are actually very very similar thats why i took a test right away when symptoms started last week. aww nice to know i can still pull off some "youthfulness" 😄 unfortunately, the big 4 has already gotten ahold of me several years back.

wait, did that prospective job offer fall through? it sounded so promising!

awesome update, very valuable info 🙂 will save it locally to have on hand once i get to vbios flashing. /personal rant ive been out of order this whole week with the flu, completely knocked me off my feet. this has only been the second time in my life ive had the actual flu, and both times suuuuuuucked unbelievably. issue being that while other illnesses usually only have a peak that lasts about 1-2 days before tapering off this bloody thing keeps kicking me in the balls for a full week before it finally lets go, its exhausting! now at least able to sit at my desk again without toppling over.....influenza is a b*tch. one thing is for sure: ill never skip another flu shot round again, it wont get easier with age down the road. luckily my company offers them for free to all employees. and, of course, now my little girl started developing a fever last night...my wife remains the last woman standing here keeping the gears turning, i dont know what i would do without her. /personal rant

riiiight, because with 1000W at STOCK youll absolutely WANT to flash other vbios versions 😄 no but seriously, im looking forward to when the first Lightning owners post their 800W and 1kW vbios to TPU so we can all profit from them 🙂 ill wager the 1kW will have the same or similar efficiency (in terms of fps per watt) as the Matrix 800W but with 200W more headroom and thus even less reason to use the leaked XOC 1600W vBios. at some point the 2500W XOC will also leak. just you wait. but honestly, at 1000W im satiated anyways 😄 still havent gotten around to even unpack my wireview pro II, let alone install it, sigh...

ohnoooooo i never unplug it just to "check on it", same with the 4090 i had before. but sometimes theres no way around it, depending on what i need to do. thus far ive plugged my 5090 twice (4090 not 100% sure but max. 3-4 times for the total of ownership duration), number three is upcoming to install the wireview pro II, replace the power cable (cant use right angled anymore, so back to straight) and also add more putty to the backside. after that, the wireview will stay connected, no matter what.

at least not knowingly yet *lulz* its always a nice lil surprise when i unplug the cable to do any kind of work inside my case.... 😛

curious to see which one, if ANY, of my four gpu power cables (all by seasonic) will be inside spec at stock and/or evenly distributed across the pins at higher wattages...