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Im excited for this! I will be looking for bios updates on MSI frequently, as will @electrosoftIm sure!

I used to purchase Maxtor hard drives in the past, but they were bought out by Seagate in 2006. Most times I stick with WD or Seagate for HDD's. Mechanical HDD's are still more cost effective for storing data, and large files.

You know, you show your age when you say "National Inquirer" 😁

Sounds like you should wear a tethered wrist band attached to an overhead track system, which is connected to a grounding rod. Or mount a piece of rebar in your office to grab before touching anything electronic. 🤣

So, I ordered the water block for the 7900xtx from ebay, hoping that it was a bykski.... Saved $80 Maybe sneak in some time tomorrow to put it on...

Have not ordered one yet. If I order one then I must sit down and install an OS, configure the OS to my liking, install my favorite programs and software. That my friend, is a boat load of time I do not have right now. I would love to get one, as the speeds look really great, but I think I can live without it for now. I am sure Samsung will be releasing a gen 5 soon as well, if they haven't already, which should drop prices as well. I am trying to locate some time to install the bykski water block and run some benches on the 7900xtx, but it's looking grim. 😔

No unfortunately, but I can drop the 6800xt in, and install win 7.

Sup brotha, nice to see another old NBRer.

AMD X670 also works with windows 7, at least with MSI motherboards 👍

I was running 1.72, but 1.74 was available. Definitely fixed my A6 issue, and now with the memory restore, it should be easier for me to fine tune the memory. It was a pain in the a** when trying to tweak something and it would hang, forcing me to hold the power button down.

@electrosoftThere are a few new bios's out for our MB. I have not checked in a while, but they are up to v. 1.83. Testing now. I dont remember seeing the memory fail restore feature in any of the previous bios's that I have used, so that is new for me. Or I just didnt pay close enough attention Edit: 5 restarts from windows, and no A6 hangs...🤙

I guess I would be sort of biased, but if I had to do it all over again, I'd buy the same cpu. I am super impressed with performance, both in games, and productivity. If I really got super serious and dug my heels into squeezing more from it, I would, but life has kept me ultra busy, and the hobby is on the back burner a bit. The 7950X is a beast, and not much can touch it core for core. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html

Yeah, thats what I was saying. Anything that has AMD profiles/EXPO are not above 6000mhz. I bought the ram I have now without AMD EXPO, I think they are Intel XMP, as I didnt pay attention too much. So anything above 6000mhz will not have AMD EXPO, and like you said, I would be stuck with XMP, or manual tuning. So, I was wondering if I bought some ram that were AMD EXPO, they would function without the A6 hang.

No MC here. The nearest is Portland Oregon, I believe. There is nothing that has AMD Expo that is above 6000mhz, that I see. So pick up some TG 6600mhz or something along those lines?

So basically I have to purchase/RMA, purchase/ RMA until I receive the coveted hynix sticks I wish to have? 🤣

@electrosoftI have not bought any new memory yet. I guess if it says AMD Expo, it is Hynix memory? I cant seem to find where they list the name of the ram on the egg. https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb/p/N82E16820374427?Item=N82E16820374427

I chose MSI originally for my x670 because of canonkongs suggestion on the win-raid forums for running windows 7. I'm a bit disappointed with the stupid A6 hang on restarts, so I may go back to AsRock in the future. The X570 I had was a great board for ocing.

Well, my 7900xtx will be going under water soon, as I ordered the bykski block for it. Now maybe I can get some of the same numbers as others on the bot. We shall see. 😎

Wouldnt hurt to put up a donation link, would it? I routinely donate to a few sites that I enjoy. It may not be much, but I would think every little bit helps?

Agree...seeing threads about running prime 95 for 48 hours etc ...I just chuckle to myself, and think "idiot"

My MB has gen 5 pcie built in, so I wouldn't need an add in card. Those are impressive numbers for sure! I may get that water block then, as I had a Bykski on my Radeon VII, and it worked well, except it did not come with a back plate. And you are right, I didnt know they were in Boise!

Speaking of water blocks, has anyone ever heard of this brand? Thoughts? https://www.ebay.com/itm/195822751822?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_Ojum55TQSC&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=KPle319-QM2&var=495672917931&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I have one of those crucial ssd's loaded in my cart, eagerly awaiting the checkout process 😁

So, I turn my rig on for the first time in 2 weeks, and I am presented with the Gui OS boot menu?? @Mr. Foxdoes windoze revert back after setting the bootloader to legacy? Also, did you purchase those crucial gen 5 ssd's from the egg? Sorry if you mentioned it, I was so far behind in the forums, I kind of skimmed through.