Mr. Fox

This and the previous two WireView Pro 2 I bought on Amazon for the same price as ordering from Thermal Grizzly directly. Roman seems to be leveraging Amazon for distribution of many of his product offerings. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H83WL9JW?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 I never really tuned 6000 to the max. I got it stable and then focused on increasing speed with the same timings, but here is the 6200 C26 settings I have tuned on the B850MPOWER now using the weak V-Color dual rank 48GB trash kit. You might be able to run the same timings at 6400 with a good single rank kit. If you are using 16GB modules you should be able to tighten up tRFC. This is all I really have so I hope it helps. Edit: the WHEA error above is because I had too much CO negative offset to maximize CPU clock. This hits the 3D cache harder than a non-3D cached CPU. Below (without WHEA error) is the same memory settings with a less aggressive CO undervolt.

I had a dickens of a time figuring out where I could mount the WireView Pro 2 Wired version in this small case. It does not look nearly as clean as it would attached to the GPU and I am not "thrilled" with the mounting location. But, I think it is better to have it than to not have it. Maybe in a week or two when I am bored and want something pointless to do I will route the EPDM tubing a slightly different way so it looks less "busy" than it does now. At least it is easily viewed in the current location. Looks like the shunt mod is working, so that's good. MrFox's 3DMark - Steel Nomad DX12 Score 10202 marks with GeForce RTX 5080 @ 3435.00/2250 MHz

https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/3dmark_-_port_royal/submissions/6063003 https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/3dmark_-_time_spy/submissions/6062987

Thank you. The Bykski block looks and works great. My hotspot temp is like 8°C more than core with liquid metal. I wish a PC enthusiast vigilante would find the people responsible for it and exterminate them. Maybe if we pooled our resources and put a bounty on their heads, LOL. https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/3dmark_-_steel_nomad_dx12/submissions/6062828 https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/3dmark_-_speed_way/submissions/6062831 That silly 3DMark "Estimated game performance" measurement is so hokey. "Less than 20 FPS" LOL.

That is the new normal unfortunately. I don't believe it's going to end well. The technology is impressive but it is already being abused and that is only going to get worse.

Finally got the 5080 block from AliExpress. Now the WireView Pro won't fit. The 12VHPWR is recessed about 1.0-1.5MM too far for it to seat in the socket. I guess I will have to buy a wired version.

Yeah, these absurdly overpriced GPUs should be shipping with all of the things unlocked. They will never be worth what they are selling for, but getting screwed on price and again by locked-down Nazi crap is a double-whammy. Doing stuff like shunt mods and EVC2 mods stroke one's inner geek in a fun way, but having to do it to address the absence of functionality ruins everything.

Got my new thermal pads and back on liquid metal now. 5090 shunts were removed and so was the EVC2. Just using the mVolt+ utility and this is maxing out the Matrix 800W vBIOS power limit (pulling about 810-815W). I'm pretty sure I will have no issue breaking 18K on the chiller.

Nice to be back in beast mode.

5090 is fixed. Got the new fuses from Mouser today and installed them after work. My SMD soldering is ghetto-looking because I am scared of exploding caps and blowing small parts off their pads with my hot air station and always use an iron. Using the hot plate to preheat the GPU to 110°C helped a ton using the iron. (I should buy a dead mobo or GPU on eBay super cheap and use it for practice to get over my fear of messing things up with the hot air.) But, hey, it works now. Powered through an 800W run of Steel Nomad to confirm it. I had ordered new thermal pads for the block and they got delayed from Amazon, so I will have to take it apart again tomorrow after work to replace the thermal poop with liquid metail and install the new pads. (Assuming they are actually delivered tomorrow.)

It's almost midnight in Norway. Happy Birthday tomorrow Brother @Papusan. May you enjoy many more of them, filled with happiness in between. We are glad you are our friend.

Frank and Dusty are jamming together in paradise now. Billy is no spring chicken, so he may join them soon. ZZ Top was one of my favorite Southern Rock bands of all time. True icons that produced some legendary and timeless music hits. The entertainment industry just does not make music like they did any more. I had the privilege of seeing them live, in concert, at the Arizona State Fair in November of 2005.

I do not disagree. It should be priced under $200 or not at all. But, less money compared to their other offerings. Their new loss leader for losers. The notion that they would sell a 4GB version is beyond laughable and worthy of harsh ridicule.

Confirmed only blown fuses. GPU is totally fine. I bridged the F1 fuse solder pads with a wire for testing and it's good to go. Now I just need the fuses and we'll be back to normal +1 fuse for extra capacity.

Nothing has changed, unfortunately. They are still as stupid and incompetent as ever.

I am actually kind of surprised they have not already blown the way I have pushed this GPU for benching. I've run way more than they should have allowed me to, but Steel Nomad is famous for the massive power spike in the first couple of seconds and I think that experimenting with the 2000W vBIOS together with the shunt modding was the straw that broke the camel's back for the fuses. I normally have used a 800W or 1000W BIOS.

Well, it seems the 12VHPWR fuses are blown on my 5090. I was launching Steel Nomad with a heavy overclock and the card turned off (red light for 12VHPWR came on). I checked the three fuses for the 12VHPWR with my mullti-meter and all three are open. So, I ordered new fuses from Mouser. I am going to add a 4th fuse to the open solder pads for F1 that Zotac did not populate. That should take it from 720W fuse limit to 960 with the 4th 20A fuse. I checked the output side of the fuses against ground and there is no short. I think the massive power spike lauching Steel Nomad was just too much too sudden. In one way it sucks because it is very inconvenient, but in another way it is awesome that they did exactly what they are supposed to do. This will give me a reason to test my new soldering tweezers. Should be (hopefully) fairly easy to replace them.

You'll want big speakers and a nice sub for this one.

More garbage for less money.

Maybe another variant would wake up the non-functional fan. This is the XOC 450W vBIOS I use on the Prime 5080 and all three fans work. The one not working is near the I/O so that is a more critical fan being close to the die and VRM. But, it certainly will not matter when blocked. Absolutely. I have hated having to use the EVC2 for voltage control. It is a cool mod from a hardware geek perspective, but a real pain in the butt to have to implement, and we should not have to. All GPUs should function like a K|NGP|N or HOF GPU. I'd love it if we could get the power limits unlocked (adjustable) or simply removed (increased to something more than the GPU can ever pull, like 5000W) using software to avoid having to shunt mod. The risk involved with that kind of geeky fun (and loss of warranty) loses appeal when GPUs cost two to five times what they are actually worth. If it is done with software, there is no way to prove or enforce a warranty that excludes overclocked hardware that fails for reasons that have nothing to do with overclocking.

This is with the Astral 5080 XOC vBIOS. It totally exhausts the 450W power limit (pegged to 450W on the WireView Pro). I've ordered a block for it and will shunt mod it. One fan does not run so it is getting too hot and thermal throttling, but the software works great for the tweaks.

Thanks. Nice. All rolled into one now. No need to use a separate tool for crossbar. I love it.