Mr. Fox

Please post screenshots showing the Overall, P-core, E-core and MC SP ratings for your 13900K and 13900KS CPUs. Would love to see what both of them really are now that you have a mobo that can tell you.

FS: 3090 K|NGP|N, NUC, Docking Station, Wireless TV Headphones

It is time to sell things I am not using so someone else can enjoy them. I have been procrastinating because I do not enjoy doing this. These items are collecting dust. If they look dusty in the photos, it is because they are, LOL. Price: See Individual Items Condition: Very Good or Like New Warranty: None except 3090 Reason for sale: These items are collecting dust Payment: PayPal, Zelle Item location: San Tan Valley, AZ Shipping: USA lower 48 states. See individual items. International shipping: If buyer is well known and trusted. Actual cost plus any taxes, duties, VAT, etc. I am unable to estimate these costs. Handling time: Next Business Day Feedback: eBay Profile; OC.net MarketPlace Specifications: See individual items RTX 3090 K|NGP|N Hybrid + Hydro Copper Block - $750 ****SOLD**** Condition: Excellent - minor signs of use - functionally perfect and no damage Shipping: Free - includes cost of shipping to lower 48 (or actual cost to other destinations - not free) Warranty: RTX 3090 1044 Days Remaining (as of 4/3/2023) Premium Warranty (would have to be processed through me as original owner) Warranty: Hydro Copper - None (expired) This is an amazing GPU in every respect. It is in very good condition. The original hybrid cooler is included. The lines were modified with QDC fittings for maintenance or inclusion in a custom loop. It functions as new. Has fresh pads, paste and thermal putty on VRMs. I am basically offering someone in this community the opportunity to get the waterblock for free. If there is no interest here, I will install the hybrid cooler and sell them separately to maximize my profit. The block is worth a lot by itself because they are rare/difficult to find. If you buy it, let me know if you want it shipped with the block or the hybrid cooler installed. Note: this item is also listed on OC.net so don't procrastinate RTX 3090 K|NGP|N + Hydro Copper Block BitNUC Intel NUC - $200 Condition: This item is essentially new. Total use (according to the CrystalDisk info) is less than 60 hours. Shipping: Free - includes cost of shipping to lower 48 (or actual cost to other destinations - not free) More Info: Until today I had not even turned it on for 80 days. I turned it on to get the screenshot below. I was going to mount it to the back of my living room TV and my "better half" nixed the idea. It has been upgraded to 16GB of RAM (dual channel XMP 3200 running at 2400 - CPU does not support XMP) and a 1TB SSD added for storage. Fresh Windows 11 Pro installation on 128GB OS SSD. CPU: Intel N5105 Processor with Intel UHD Graphics Note: I will do a Windows reset to remove my account information, etc. I did a video review of it. For what it is, pretty cool. I have no use for it other than my original intent. Docking Station - $30 Condition: This item is essentially new. It was tested and put back into the box. I quit using a laptop for work at home, so no need for it. Shipping: Price of USPS Priority Medium Flat Rate Box (actual cost) to lower 48 or actual cost to other destinations More Info: If you want more photos, I can unbox it. Let me know and I will post them. Wireless TV Headset - $20 Condition: This item is almost new. Shipping: Price of USPS Medium Flat Rate Box (actual cost) to lower 48 or actual cost to other destinations More Info: It was used a few times and I found it more convenient to use my Roku TV phone app and bluetooth. It uses 3.5mm stereo connection so you can use them with a TV, PC, cell phone or anything else that uses a 3.5mm stereo jack. Audio quality is decent and much better than TV speakers. I found the power saving feature annoying. It turns itself off when not in use to save battery and I like things to stay turned on forever until I decide to turn it off. Don't expect Bose quality at this price. If you want more photos, I can unbox it. Let me know and I will post them.

You got a really good deal on it. I thought I saw something about it missing all of the heat sinks. Is this the same one, but they were just not installed before?

Using cable extensions is kind of silly when doing so is avoidable, and adds multiple opportunities for failure. Best to just buy a cable rather than using an extension whenever possible. The difference in cost is small, and the quality is much better, with fewer opportunities for user error.

Sketchy adapters are always something to be cautious about. Poorly made adapters can cause far more issues than they solve, and I have had a few that ended up going back for a refund or tossed into the trash. One of these being poorly made could cause the same issue as not plugging in the cable properly (i.e. fire or melted terminals). Looking at how these are constructed, and given their solid brand reputation, I suspect they will be as reliable as necessary. It took them a good while to release the adapters, so I would hope that means the time was spent for R&D/testing. They even incorporate a thermal solution.

The highly flexible 12VHPWR "ribbon cable" that came with my Corsair RM1200x SHIFT PSU is awesome and they should all be made like that. I love that it is flat and all of the wires are attached rather than individual (like a ribbon cable).

Definitely not a gimmick, unless you have a 12VHPWR cable with a factory right angle made into it, assuming the right angle is pointing the desired direction. I am not sure there are any. I have only seen cables with straight connectors on the ends. This type of adapter allows you to route the cable the way you want it, in a tighter space and without compromising the cable or connecor. It is no different than buying cables with 90° ends on them, which I already do for the reasons of convenience, ergonomics and preserving cable integrity. I have HDMI, DP and USB cables and adapters with both 90° and 180° ends on them. Given the issues we have seen with putting sharp bends in the 12VHPWR cables near the GPU, this has value to add there as well when there is not sufficient space between the GPU and side panel. Let's use my current setup as the example. I cannot route the 12VHPWR cable behind the GPU return line due to the severe sharp bend it would require. While I have enough space to not kink the cable, it lightly touches the door. With the adapter, I will be able to have it positioned behind the tubing, rather than in front of it, pointing straight down into the case. The benefits are evident for both application and aesthetics. That is very strange. Interesting video, but it seems there is no explanation at this point. If I had to guess, something is wrong with the Indium alloy. I doubt the CPU could get hot enough to melt it if the composition of the solder TIM were proper. The air pockets are also very weird. Perhaps something unusual happened in the manfacturing process that allow the CPU and/or IHS to get contaminated before soldering. I know the fab process has to be spotless and climate controlled.

Sometimes inexpensive things can be very useful. I got tired of pulling and plugging cords into outlets. These have a capacity of 15A and over 1800W, which is far beyond the demand of what I have connected to them. Very convenient, like a light switch. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QKPBZX1 Brother @Ashtrix... Glad I already placed an order. Now they're going to get slammed and probably run out of stock, LOL. And more bad news for Windows 7 hold-outs. Steam client is hostage to a dependency on Google Chrome and Steam will stop functioning. I'm glad that most Windows Steam games play fine on Linux using Proton.

It must be only sporadic that it is functional. First bench I ran showed the leaderboard in the app, then on the second it went dark, so it is offline in my browser and the app on both desktops and my laptop. Yes, I got it to work on a different OS. It did not want to function at all on the OS I first installed it on. But, the GPU clock runs less than half normal boost. If I force it setting the minimum clock in the Radeon CP, that works but there is no change in score or FPS. Now it mysteriously stopped working on my other desktop. I ran several without a problem with the 4090, now I just get a black background, Heaven music and a FPS counter that shows over 100K frames per second with no image rendered, LOL. I don't know what changed. Nothing I can identify. Just a buggy trash piece of software, I suppose. It is so old it looks like scores might be better stock or underclocked versus overclocked, but since it stopped working I can't test that theory. Given how it is "working" (quotes intended) I think it has no value as a benchmark now. The results are suspect. It is not designed for modern hardware or OSes and seems unreliable. Not surprising since it has not been updated since 2011.

I cannot access catzilla.com or allbenchmark.com from any of my computer web browsers. I get the "This site can't be reached" error whenever I try. Haven't tried yet. Not a huge priority. I don't expect to get enough points from it to matter too much.

Try the same settings with 1.250V or 1.300V. Nah. At the end of the day it's not worth the effort. Not going to burn any calories on broken HWBOT garbage software released in 2011, LOL. I'll try one more time on a different OS and see if it works. If not, then I will move on to something else. Works fine on the Dark with the 4090.

I've never owned memory that had two XMP profiles from the manufacturer. I have added my own second profile on DDR4 using Thaiphoon Burner, but none I have ever purchased or seen available for purchase have more than one. Maybe some of the DDR5 now have an Expo and XMP profiles. I don't know because I don't pay close attention to stuff related to Ryzen memory overclocking since it is not relevant to me. That is very possible. After asking the question, I installed it on the Z690 Dark and it functions normally. The 6900 XT also doesn't boost into performance mode. It is in some kind of in-between state about half of the normal 3D clock running the HWBOT version of Heaven.

I was going to upload these, but it appears the Catzilla web site is down. I don't know if that is temporary or permanent. So, I can't upload them to HWBOT without validation links. @Papusan or @johnksssis there a patch or something for the HWBOT version of Heaven benchmark? When I click the clicks to "take a screenshot" I get the error show, it closes and there is no file created to upload.

I suspect the value that you're seeing displayed as voltage in CPU-Z is not accurate. It is never vCore, and that is the one that actually counts. Your LLC setting can also give CPU-Z VID readings that are even more misleading if you don't know to ignore that number. On an ASUS mobo, if SVID is disabled it gets even stranger. That also messes up CPU Package Power measurements. I don't know why this has never been corrected. Probably because it's free, and sensors vary widely among mobo brands and models. I suppose we shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. It would be best if that value was just removed from CPU-Z because it is not useful. Thank you. I'm really happy with it. Even more than I expected to be. I love this case. I have not run VRMark in ages. I can't even remember the last time I installed it. It used to be super buggy and always ended with a "Oops something went wrong" error right after the run completes and the score is being tabulated with SystemInfo enabled, so I quit using it.

I need to get one of those. Not just for the quality they bring, but I don't care for the way the cable looks coming out of the GPU with a big arch to it. Having the right angle will just look a whole lot better IMHO. I have a Cablemod Pro 12VHPWR cable, so it will compliment that nicely. The only one available when I ordered was the black and white. I actually kind of like it. Gives it a "racing stripe" look. I still would have preferred all back, but whatever. I will go with the silver version. It will compliment the Bykski block and chrome fittings. The stubby 8-pin to 12VHPWR adapters that all of the new GPUs ship with a just idiotic and super ugly. They wouldn't be so horrible if they made them 12-14 inches long, but the short pigtail approach is unacceptably ugly. Cheaping out on this while charging truly abusive prices for the GPUs shows us exactly what kind of sorry crooks we are dealing with.

Now I need to figure out how to push more voltage to the GPU core. And, I need one of Brother @tps3443 CPUs. These are without the LOD "legal cheat" mod, so I'd do that on the next submissions to HWBOT. HWiNFO64 is showing just over 600W getting pulled through the 12VHPWR cable and I'm seeing about 900W at the wall. https://hwbot.org/submission/5241160_ https://hwbot.org/submission/5241143_

I don't think that as long as the focus is on producing low-power, thin and light trash, using castrated firmware and severely limiting user access, and having everything soldered to the mobo, that they will ever be worth buying. That ship has sailed, and now it is sinking. Performance is important, but it's not the only thing that matters. The bar is set way too low on too many things relating to turdbooks. They are a waste of time and money, and only a moron would believe it is going to end well. They are accelerating on the wrong side of the highway with their engine on fire, but the mantra is "this in fine' and they have worn out "but, it's a laptop" excuse. They have painted themselves into a corner, using feces for paint. The only way out of the corner is to be OK with being soiled with another person's dung. I don't even want to be soiled by my own, much less that of others.

Laptops are a very foolish expenditure. If purchasing one is unavoidable due to a real (not perceived) need, one should try to determine what the lowest level of performance is that will serve the purposes of that need and strive to spend as little as possible, going no further than what is necessary to satisfy that need. The more you spend on "performance" the less reliable it will be, and the more fussing and maintenance it will require, and the more likely it will be to be disappointing due to the engineering defects and functional limitations that you paid extra for.

NVIDIA will never do the right thing for anyone other than NVIDIA. Truth be told, I don't think Intel, AMD or Micro$lop would either. They all suck in varying degrees of suckiness when you get down to the brass tacks. They are all selfish, dishonest control freaks and none of them truly have consumers for customers and they don't care what end-users want. They pretend to care when it is convenient, but actions speak louder than words.

We have no way of knowing if they have something pending. NVIDIA might be able to make a legitimate case that they only provide this to companies that sell licensed NVIDIA products, and now EVGA no longer is an NVIDIA partner selling licensed products. The Dark is E-ATX and has two x16, one x4 PCIe slots. If you do not mind me asknig, what is it that you do that requires 4 DIMMs and two TB ports? Just curious since you said "need" versus "want" and it seems that was not by accident.

You lucky dawg. I am jealous. You keep winning the silicon lottery, dude. The only time I ever won in the silicon lottery buying a new CPU, my CPU got killed by a defective suicide bomber Z490 Apex that took the CPU with it. Congrats. Again, LOL.

I forgot to mention that I used one of those old-school twin-edge razor blades that is very thin and managed to remove the tamper-proof seal on the GPU spring bracket screw with zero damage. It is flawless. If I should need to RMA I will be able to put that back and won't have to deal with any lame or bogus warranty fulfillment excuses on the part of the manufacturer. I also left all of the plastic on the cooler. It will look brand new when it is old if I put it back to stock. Amazon gave me a bunch of crap about the Liquid X return and something like a "final written warning" because of that seal being broken. This one will probably last me forever, or until I don't want it anymore, but at least I don't have to worry about stupid excuses.

According to that post, SLI requires a key for the firmware and NVIDIA won't provide one to them. It should not be hard to understand. They refuse to bow before the kings of trash. They have always done what is right and best for the people that buy their products instead of what they are told to do. That may prove fatal, because doing what is best for customers is against protocol. You do what you're told to do. It is like boxing or wrestling. The best fighter doesn't win. The one chosen to win wins. If the best fighter choses to win even when it is not appointed to him to win, his career is ended. He used his fighting ability and defeated the chosen one, now he is out of a job or worse for demonstrating he was better and for refusing to obey. They instead chose to follow the wisdom of truly great talent like Kingpin, Tin, Luumi and CENS and now there will be hell to pay for doing more than what was prescribed by the self-exalted gods they refused to worship. It would not surprise me if the evil leaders in PC tech maliciously attempt to destroy them. There is no room for excellence. If you don't kiss butt then you're out. They are also the only one left that hasn't made their software UWP filth. All of their competitors are butt-kissing slaves and muppets. I suspect Asus and MSI don't like having to do stupid stuff like making their software UWP cancer, or gimping their GPUs with locked down firmware trash, but they have been obedient servants, so they get to enjoy cookies and milk before bedtime.

Got it. Quality is outstanding, just like the Bykski block on the 6900 XT. Very pleased with it. Brand new... Paid $160 total, including tax and shipping. It came with all of the correct screws and pads... very easy installation. I added pads to the inductors (was intended for them to be naked, I think). Still no audible coil whine under 100% load. The only thing I wish Bykski would have done for both blocks is include a single-slot PCIe bracket with screws into the acrylic rather than using the stock PCIe bracket and no screws except the two that attach at the PCB. Fun facts: The Suprim X would overheat and go black screen with automatic fan curve around pass #16 in a 20-pass Port Royal stress test, as the fan curve did not allow the fans to boost to full speed quickly and stay at 100% Forcing max fans it would easily pass the same stress test with core temperatures almost the same (within 2°C) as the waterblock Internal case temperature during the max fan stress test reached 52°C (insane) but only 28°C internal case temps with the waterblock The backplate and metal fan shroud were almost too hot to touch with fans maxed out, and of course... there is the fan noise with the fans maxed out The backplate feels like room temperature with the GPU under 100% stress test with the waterblock, with the added benefit of zero fan noise So, chilled water benching coming this weekend... 🙂