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I still got my SR-2 with dual Xeon X5675s =D Had 4 GPUs in it but have slimmed down to a single Titan V since I put my 2nd Titan V in my i9 10980XE rig after selling 3090Ti. Titan V SLI was fun, but it was bottlenecked by PCIe 2.0 x16 and CPU since they officially don't support SLI. https://www.3dmark.com/spy/30859401 https://www.3dmark.com/spy/30264647 https://www.3dmark.com/fs/28280971

Clevo https://xoticpc.com/collections/ultimate-series-gaming-laptops/products/xotic-g370snw-g-x370snw-g

If it wasn't HEDT it would be locked. Intel is purposely unlocking some SKUs for people like @Rage Set and me who buy their HEDT lineup. Remember, X58 supported both Xeon and regular i7 on the same socket/mb. The 980X & W3680 were literally the same CPU with different name. Same with X79, X99, X299. They are all Xeons, just branded to i series. They finally decided to call them all Xeons this time around. They will probably OC well just like W-3175X but require insane cooling and power. That's where the fun is. The W-2xxx series is the spiritual successor to i9 10980XE X299 platform. The W-3xxx series is basically like the W-3175X C621/C622. The good news is, this time it's all in one socket/chipset

ASUS W790 Sage-WS ASRock W790 Really hope EVGA makes a SR-4

W7-2495x should be able to beat 13900K. It has 24 all big cores/48 threads unlike 13900K 8+16 design. And it should be able to OC. Of course we won't know until it's publicly available.

Yes there is an issue with i-226. I think an SR-4 would do okay since it would come out in the beginning of the product cycle, not to mention the 24-core 64L is similar to X299 10980XE platform, whereas the 36-56-core 112L is similar to 3175X/C621/622 platform. The good news is, they share the same socket and can be interchanged this time around. I am assuming enthusiast boards would have 8 total DIMMs (can do either 4-channel or 8-channel depending on cpu choice). The SuperMicro is a server board so it would be nice to see the enthusiast grade ones. Them prices doe. 2495x isn't too bad I guess. Similar to old 7980XE/9980XE pricing

Looks beastly, and this is a SuperMicro Saphire Rapids board. The ones from ASUS/EVGA(hopefully) should be nice. Let me know if you find a spare 3-way sli bridge. Also let me know what exact model the x58 board is.

tempted to build ANOTHER x58 system. Just need MB & case, got everything else lol

The thing about Sapphire Rapids is, the 24-core config is coming March 15th I think and higher cores aren't until April (HEDT chips at least) The SP variants are coming tomorrow.

Guys, I have a question. So I have 3x 980Ti and I am trying to do 3-way SLI. I only have a 2-way and 4-way bridge. I tried using the 4-way bridge but it says SLI connector missing and only SLI's the first two GPUs. I tried flipping the bridge and also tried skipping the first connector and trying connectors 2, 3, 4 instead and same thing. Can the 4-way really not be used for 3-way SLI? I don't have a 3-way SLI bridge lol

My flagship 880M from 2014 has 8GB VRAM 980M had 8GB 1080 had 8GB 2080 had 8GB 2080S had 8GB 3080 has 16GB It took what 7 years to get an increase? Now they're going lower again lol 4080 has 12GB nVidia is going crazy

I personally have not been able to re-use them once I remove heatsink from the cpu or gpu so yes @Etern4l make sure you bought enough. BTW https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89123922? What's up with the time inconsistency error?

I have a lot...been testing for months. I have tried in: Alienware M18xR2 (i7 3920XM CPU & RTX 3000 GPU) Alienware 18 R1 (i7 4930MX CPU & RTX 3000 GPU) Alienware Area-51m R1 (i9 9900K Desktop CPU & RTX 2080 200w GPU) I have several other computers I will be testing in shortly. From my tests: These are very good for laptop chips (mobile cpus/gpus with the die exposed) my 9900k in area-51m r1 unfortunately didn't receive the same treatment. It reaches 100c. It is a desktop chip so I think for desktop chips that have an IHS, paste will be better. This is of course a single desktop cpu I have tested so far, but for laptops it works well. Several months later and they're still one piece and cooling fine. I didn't order mine from eBay, got it from some site I think it was ebuy7 or something.

Hard to imagine, just a year ago I was asking about the X14 release date here on the forums lol. I bought a X14 on black friday from best buy for $1299 (even cheaper thanks to a gift card) I gotta say I'm impressed. Of course no laptop is perfect so my personal complaints: 1) CPU reaches 100c instantly on load (despite AW claiming liquid metal on CPU or maybe mine is just crap) 2) No subwoofer so audio sounds tiny 3) 75w 3060 instead of 115w or even 80/90w models. I can probably flash vBIOS with 115w model but the usb-c ac adapter is 130w 4) Only USB-C for charging. If AW still kept the old port as well, it would allow much higher power support But overall it's a nice laptop. I bought it knowing well enough the R2 would come out months after I got it. Some benches: TS: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/35694779 FS: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/29515835 I don't feel like writing an essay on the rest so here's my review video for anyone who cares:

He mentioned he installed xtu and saw it said 55w TDP. he changed something in bios and now it shows 157w. At this point we're better off waiting for @win32asmguy to get his m16 to do all the tests since he's a member of this forum and it's easy to communicate with him. There does seem to be performance issue with 13th gen though right now on mobile. Someone from UL (3dmark employee) said they released an update recently to help with 13th gen performance issues on mobile. I also heard from someone at AW that they are aware of performance problems and it's apparently affecting not just AW but all OEMs right now (sounds like an Intel issue). I decided to run TS on my X14 with 12700H, even with it's throttling cpu (due to temps( it gets 13k cpu score: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/35694779 These new cpus should be getting over 20k then

Slowly improving

This is why I always bought the Titan series GPUs. Maxwell Titan X had 12GB VRAM Pascal Titan 12GB Titan V 12GB (I have this one right now) RTX Titan 24GB I bet if RTX Titan Ada comes out it'll be 48GB I knew 3080 was a bad choice for 4K when I saw 10GB VRAM. It's why I went with 3090 instead. It's normally better to buy a GPU with more VRAM (especially 4K). AMD did it right last gen with 16GB cards for top three.

Actually if you had the Alienware Area-51m R1/R2 you had a 200w 2080 that matches/beats desktop 2080: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/19316903 Clevo X170SM-G/TM-G also had 2080/2080S with 150w vBIOS that were neck to neck with desktop 2080. You could also flash it with 200w AW vBIOS to get the full performance too 3000 series was when no laptop was even close

Wow I wish I had even a new one available let alone open box at my local best buy. I heard it will be a few weeks until 4090 config comes out but we'll see

While this is nice, it is useless without current limit support. hopefully we can increase current limit

330w which is correct. No idea on cpu power draw he hasn't mentioned it. If a m16 with 13900hx/4080 shows up at my best buy locally, I may snag one to play with until my m18 with 4090/13980hx is ready lol one issue with reviewers, they probably just ran tests without checking to see if there's any issues. these cpus should perform very close to 13900k (without all core turbo boost enhancement turned on) as long as temps are in check. could also be some bug affecting them, who knows, too early they should be able to beat a 7700x at least easily: https://www.3dmark.com/spy/35559314

What’s interesting is, the guy said his cpu peaked 88c but ran in high 70s for most of the run. I really am wondering if something like AWCC is messing things up or some other software he has on the computer. I’ve seen on passmark these cpus get close to desktop chips so they have the potential. hopefully someone here gets one. I’m waiting for 4090 so I won’t have one anytime soon. btw @win32asmguy on the m18 bios you can turn on dgpu only mode apparently so theoretically those tb4 should output from dgpu in that mode but i’ll give it a test whenever I end up with mine. Also as far as I can tell, 4080/4090 will get the full vapor chamber cooler, not sure on lower tier gpus

No idea, it’s not my computer. All they did was update drivers. They didn’t provide me with any other info. until someone from the forums gets one of the new laptops we’re at the mercy of whatever we find online

Better but still not performing full power yet. Surprisingly the gpu score is exactly the same as before (thought I'd fluctuate at least a little but consistency is good I guess lol) Unfortunately AW didn't release 4090 model so for now I have to wait to order.

It's official. 2x 2280 2x 2230 https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/alienware-m18-r1-laptop/alienware-m18-r1-setup-and-specifications/storage?guid=guid-a00459e0-2a64-449c-9f02-581bf2e3c2cf&lang=en-us Perhaps if I get rid of that fan on the side, I can install 2280s in the 2230 slots lol Don't cry @1610ftw looks like there's two ways to install 2280 inside the 2230 slot. Either remove that size fan or get a m.2 extension cable and stick the ssds somewhere else lol