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  1. jaybee83
    oh damn dude, nice find! aliexpress? how do those custom fans fare vs. stock?
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    haha nope, havent used them before, but im aware that they tend to get pretty loud. but keeping them at 800 rpm or fan stop should be fine for desktop use / light loads. just want to have the ability to ramp things up when needed 😉
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    for now i only have the AiO rad fans up front as intakes, nothing else. i held back on purchasing additional fans because i wanted to have the case in front of me first for planning out number and orientation, as well as keeping as much budget as possible for the unknown gpu prices at launch. im glad i did for the latter, lol. ill be ordering 6x Noctua 140mm IPPC3000 fans to switch the rad to push n pull up front as intake, then move the current Arctic P14 ARGB fans to the top as outlets. i plan to add in additional 3x P12 to the bottom as intakes, one P14 in the back as outlet and maybe one more P14 on the back of the GPU to assist the vertical air flow from the bottom across the GPU and put some direct airflow on the RAM sticks to help with OC. basically, i now got all the core system components together, so the focus will shift more towards accessories like fans, internal display, monitor colorimeter for calibration, etc....
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    ready for GPU and yeah yeah i know, too much unicorn vomit. havent installed OS yet 😛 im happy with how cable management turned out, must say not bad for being out of the desktop game 15 years now, eh? 😁
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    haha yep mighty impressive cooling line there. although i must admit im impressed how close the STRIX is getting to the liquid cooled card...at higher powers it might even overtake it.
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    here some pics of the built system without the GPU but with lots of unicorn vomit lulz: unfortunately no space on top to install the behemoth 420mm radiator of the LF II, so front is the only option. super quiet though, to bubbling or gurgling sounds and made sure the rad is installed as far up as possible to give the pump the lowest relative position vs. the top of the rad. i noticed that the LED strip included in the case (right below the mobo, the edge of the psu shroud) doesnt light up, might have to double check the connection at some point. but not really a priority for now, wanna get ahead with system install first. overall very happy with how it turned out, cabling super clean, everything is nicely visible aside from the unavoidable AiO tubing, but fixed that loosely to the mobo so that i stays in place with a cable tie. also quite happy with the front fans, theyre arctic P14 ARGB that ill later swap out for 6x Noctua IPPC 3000 in push n pull config. the Arctic ARGB fans will then be used as case fans for extra ventilation and eye candy. my plan so far for fans: - front = rad with 6 Noctua fans in push n pull as intake - bottom = 3x Arctic P12 ARGB 120mm as intake - top = 3x Arctic P14 ARGB 140mm (using the fans included in the AiO currently installed in the front) as exhaust coming from bottom and through the GPU - back = 1x Arctic P14 exhaust - optional = one additional Arctic P14 fan on the back of the gpu pointing upwards towards the RAM. this is to better suck up the heat and air coming from the bottom and the GPU, as well as provide some more direct cooling to the RAM sticks for OC purposes. total of 14 fans, should be enough right? 🤣 ill also update the OP to reflect the change in GPU model
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    whenever u get it saved, pls send it my way, will ya? wanna get rid of the measly 520W limit on the MSI 😄 and yes, totally overbuilt coolers. but u know smth? i prefer to have a beefy but cool and quiet card rather than a screaming lava box. also happy about the PL finally being "enough" for the gpu to properly stretch its legs 🙂 edit: looks like there are already a bunch of 4090 vbios out on TPU, NICE: https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/?architecture=&manufacturer=&model=RTX+4090&interface=&memType=&memSize=&since=
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    hmmm interesting. there might actually be something to this. weve known for a while now that Nvidia has some kind of CPU overhead plagueing their drivers, especially at lower resolutions like 1080p and that is really noticeable vs. recent AMD cards. here a report from HUB on this:
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    oookay lots of posts to reply to after watching lord of the rings with my lady 😄 so here we go... yeah thanks man, i feel vindicated after virtually running around like a madman. also added overnight express shipping, so card will be here tomorrow 🙂 and something was MOSDEF sus today, it seemed like shops were releasing cards in small batches before blocking their sites again. it even took like 30-40 minutes before i saw ANY cards in stock for the first time. rofl, that card makes your case look "regular sized" even though we all know its HUGE 😄 it depends on what kinda load ure looking at. have a looksie at the TPU cooler comparison and ull see there are definitely significant differences: the strix even comes close to the Suprim Liquid X, with the air cooled Suprim X just a tad behind. u gotta be kidding me... during my crazy 1.5 hour search today i saw the following: - FE and good AIB cards either out of stock or offered at insane prices at scalper shops or private sales - crappy AIB cards in stock at good prices (MSRP or just slightly above) - "meh" cards like the Gamerock or Gigabyte cards at below scalper but definitely way over their actual MSRP prices so it was reaaaally tough to make a proper decision. im just glad i kept my cool sufficiently to compute the TPU reviews and make a decision lulz. only small gripe i have with the Suprim X is its power limit capped at 520W, but no worries there, ill just flash a 600W vbios whenever it becomes available 😛 thats when the 26 phase VRMs will pay out mwahaha. thats hilarious man, i was initially eyeing that exact card and psu ahaha! in the end decided otherwise, but keep us updated on how they fare (especially when maxxed out). yep thats exactly what i saw today, only the "trashy" cards in stock... 😅 but at least at or close to the MSRP! thats what im hoping for@kicking themselves! i also saw a LOT of scalper prices, both from private sellers AND shops! but i told myself id rather go empty handed today than give such pricks my money! NOT WITH ME! push that trash to its limits! 🤣 absolutely agree. encountered that exact scenario today, been planning my build forever and suddenly all changed. thats what happens when the Nvidiots dont allow any AIB reviews to be published until the card sales launch, ugh... disgusting tactics.
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    itll be here tomorrow, i said to myself: at THAT price i might as well ditch out the few extra bucks for overnight express shipping 🤪🤘 and yeah i dunnno wtf is going on with stock. it seemed like shops were only opening the floodgates to let out a few cards at a time before blocking everything off again. total chaos and very stressful...
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    omg....what a fight. truckloads of stock my ass 😅 i was just barely able to snipe an MSI Suprim X for the same price as the Zotac after having seen the TPU reviews (300€ above FE for same crappy cooler performance aint gonna cut it for me). the Strix looked good, but good luck getting a reasonable price for it. so Suprim X it is! quietest cooler, second best cooling right after the Strix (and Strix isnt beating it by much!) and strongest VRMs out of all cards thus far with 26 whopping phases 🙂 im happy!
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    FFS, just took me 1.5 hours of jumping back and forth between 10 online shops, price comparison search engine and TPU reviews to finally snipe a 4090 😄 so while looking at the TPU reviews in the end i decided against the Zotac card, 300€ higher price for same cooler performance as the FE just aint worth it... Strix OC looks like a great card, but good luck getting a reasonable price for it! and there it was, the MSI Suprim X for the same price as the Zotac, at a reputable online shop, sporting the quietest cooler and the overall strongest VRM power delivery: SNIPED! 5 seconds after my order went through it was sold out 😂 TRUCKLOADS OF STOCK MY A$$!
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    oh boy... hope the sale goes well mate 😅
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    welcome back bro! have a look around, grab a cookie and rock those subforums 🙂
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    looks promising!
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    i guess thats the downside of getting older (among others), at some point were getting a bit "stuck" in out tastes and ways and cannot quite keep up with the ever changing landscape and mainstream tastes / designs, etc. im not quite there yet myself, but i can already feel it creeping up on me. i.e. social media, mobile gaming, subscription services, wearables, IoT / smart home devices, theyre all trends that become more and more popular but i just look at them, shrug and couldnt care less or spend a dime on any of them. which is weird, considering im a total tech nerd and love any new tech that comes out. but lots of time i just scratch my head and ask myself: who tf needs this? u cant just look into your fridge and figure out yourself what kinda groceries u need? or u REALLY need to have your living room lights voice controlled and in RGB? seriously? and yeah, not to mention all the added security risks ure basically adding to your own home and its security.... in any case, sorry for the thread derail folks! ill be curious to see what crysis 4 brings to the table 🙂 im hoping for NO multiplayer-only, NO micro transactions, NO coop-block, NO online online, lets see if thats too much to ask for 😛
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    ...sounds awesome, only that overclocking the 4090 wont net much additional performance. review roundup indicates like 5% performance added for +30-35% more power 😅 on the other hand, Roman showed 5% performance loss at 40%(!!!) less power. completely insane. granted, this will vary depending on the game/application used, but it doesnt promise any crazy additional increases. you very likely chose the perfect gpu gen to bide ur time and take in the reviews first, no matter where i look or read, the message is always the same: about 5x volume at launch available vs. the 30 series, vendors like MC have literal truck loads of 4090s in stock and expectations are that initial stock will last around a week or so. i can imagine that some skus might be sold out more quickly than that due to focused demand, i.e. the FE or the Strix (although why anyone would spend 500 bucks more on basically the same cooling and power limits is beyond me...) uve hit the nail on the head with this one, 100% agreed. from what the rumour mill is saying so far, Intel went absolute bonkers, balls to the wall, absolute limit in their manufacturing process with regards to the upcoming 36 core HEDT part. that monolithic silicon is literally the absolute max area size they can fit in their machines to be exposed and etched. even if they were willing to add cost, wattage and area size, it would literally NOT be possible from a technical standpoint to add any more cache or cores to that monster. this basically means Intel has reached the end of the line and i dont think their troubles will get any better if they stick to monolithic designs. AMD can just increase their package and throw in even more chiplets, their only bottleneck being the finetuning of their IF, which they already have down pat pretty much. Nvidia will soon be in a similar position, the reason why theyre trying to go so overboard with power and even more focus on RT and DLSS 3.0 means that RDNA3 will likely match or even beat the 4090 in rasterization performance. interesting enough, new rumours also suggest that AMD is currently VERY confident that their SECOND tier part will match the 4090 and their top tier one will beat it in raster, whereas RT theyll catch up but not be able to quite match the 40 series. i can only repeat myself, AMD, love them or hate them, doesnt matter, theyre kicking Intel's & Nvidia's ASS, thus gearing up competition for everyone 🙂
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    i wonder what genius came up with that idea to restrict cloud gaming to gamepads only 🤦‍♂️ here some new pics, i spent a several hours just on cable connections and management, going back and forth between case and motherboard manuals 😄 here the sight that greeted me at first when opening up the back panel. already a ton of cables due to the multifold front I/O connectors. here again after PSU install and connecting all required cables to the mobo. im quite happy about this cable cover in the Enthoo Pro 2, makes hiding the cable jungle way easier 😂 aaand here we have the results up front. not bad for someone whos been out of the desktop game for 15 years, eh? 😎 im pretty happy with the results! ive also already installed the LF II 420 in the front, but havent gotten around to taking pics yet. ill follow up tomorrow, including some RGB vomit unicorn party pics when the system is switched on 😄 tomorrow ill also continue with downloading all drivers, updated OS and programmes, should take me a while. then off to fresh install! ive played around a bit with the bios and updated it to the newest version 0705 up from the initial 0511. SP rating of my 7950X is 116, which seems to be average (pre-production or early production samples for the press were around 109, other users have so far reported 114 up to a single golden sample at 119, seems like the SP spread is so far pretty tight on Zen 4). my "cooler score" was calculated at 172 pts, which seems to be on the high side from what ive seen so far. no idea what that means though, likely some kinda capability score with which the cpu knows how high it may boost. some quick n dirty manual overclocks with most settings left on auto resulted in DDR5-6400, as well as 5.7 GHz all core at 1.25V VCore. this is of course without any stress testing, just whatever was capable of booting into bios. aight, enough for today! my trigger finger is ready for tomorrow to snipe the last major piece of this BEASTLY puzzle, the 4090 😉
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    Odyssey Neo G8, because I can 😁 should be a nice pairing for the 4090 haha
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    semantics 🙂 same with naming it "Tea Ay" or "Tie" (Fighter) 😛 i have the feeling that depending on how far ahead they are vs. AMD they name it the former (Titan = ahead by a wide margin) or the latter (Ti ahead but trading blows) word. 1440p drives the 4090 into a cpu bottleneck, doesnt matter which cpu u use. and even at 4K some games push it into the cpu limit, its insane 😄
  21. jaybee83
    thats pretty much the sad state of gaming atm: we have a gpu that is so blistering fast that it even bottlenecks current highend cpus at 4K, but at the same time basically all current and newer games are horse crap...
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    not ready for a switch to linux just yet 😅 itll be for both work and fun.
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    haha i feel you man. were currently on the lookout for a new appartment to rent and ill be happy if i get my own room / mancave or a corner where i can put all my stuff. thats life! 😄 whats your time plan for your build? any ideas on specs yet? yes and yes. i got it directly from Arctic via their ebay account, that way i could be sure i got a sku without any of their recent troubles with faulty sealing rings. btw, first successful boot today! w00t w00t! initially i had trouble getting it to boot, was showing memory error codes. after some trial and error i found out that the board prefers the first two sticks to be in A2 and B2, strange. ill do a bios update and see if that changes anything. also noticed that the case LED strip is not lighting up, but ill check that sometime later. for now, thats not a priority 😛 next step is to get all the drivers, os and software together and go ahead with the install! ill post some more pics later on 🙂
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    stock bios nope @undervolting. but u can still use Throttlestop with a K sku cpu. as for the heatsink, i dont think so. although we dont have a user here yet with the 3060 machine, do we?
  25. jaybee83
    ius Newegg drunk or smth? wth... i also saw someone post on Ebay, offering 4090s from "various brands" with availability "on 12th Oct onwards" for 3500-4000€. completely nuts. i hope both of them will be left with their d***s hanging out when they realize NO one will be buying from them.... oi! HAPPY victim, aight? Stockholm Syndrome FTW! 🤣 but jokes aside, im not expecting that much of a difference betwen 13900K and 7950X. my prediction: depending on the games and productivity tools tested, some reviews will see the 13900K ahead, while others will crown the 7950X instead. and in the context of the whole platform and longevity / future upgrades, AMD just makes waaaay more sense to me than a few % more performance in select games / programs (worst case). as for the 4090Ti, rumour mill is saying that Nvidia for now is holding back on launching a Ti / Titan Lovelace card since theyre having trouble with heat n power consumption lulz. so dont expecting anything like that so launch soon, rather a year or so from now...
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