Mr. Fox

Yes, I like his content as well. I also like that his presentation is little bit rough around the edges and it feels like real, like something one of us would produce. His personality and communication style (voice inflection, tone, etc.) is annoying to me. If I ignore that, I enjoy most of what he produces

Both of those runs are over 300W.

The fan software works pretty nice on the Unify-X. It also reads the two sensors on my Z490 Dark as you noted, but there appear to be no fan controls available for the two sensors that it sees, so it won't be of any value on the EVGA board since it is unable to serve its intended purpose (fan control), Weird that it only identifies two fan headers.

Neither the lighting nor the fan apps work with the Z490 Dark. The fan app detects the sensors, but there are no software controls available for the fan headers. The lighting app doesn't detect anything at all. So, both are utterly worthless on EVGA. But, the cool part is I don't really need the lighting app on the system with the Z490 Dark because the EVGA app isn't UWP feces. It would be nice to have a way to control the fans connected to the motherboard headers without having to go into the BIOS to change things.

The Pook (user at ExtremeHW and Overclock.net) just mentioned this one to me... https://openrgb.org/ I am using external hardware RGB controllers attached to SATA power to set my lighting to white because using the motherboard headers for lighting control sucks with the OEM software for any brand other than EVGA. I want the lighting. It is extremely useful to me, but I want it set permanently to white. I don't need any other options or variations, and definitely don't want any animated RGB rainbow puke parade. A hardware control solution with knobs to adjust speeds for each channel for fans it by far the best solution. That's what I use for pumps and all of my MO-RA3 fans externally with the Lamptron controller. I am going to look for a PCI slot model that draws power from PCIe that isn't ugly to look at, but so far I haven't found such a solution. But, I don't want any tacky-looking wires stretched over the top of my motherboard to get to the hardware controller. My 200MM cases fans just need to run at 100% 24/7. They move lots of air and max speed is like 800 RPM. There is no reason for them to run at less than 100% because they don't make any noise at full speed.

Now we need a similar third-party motherboard lighting control so we can skip the Window Store dung that the numbskulls at ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte have moved to. It is really stupefying to see what a worthless posse of idiots work for these OEMs. To the best of my knowledge, EVGA is the ONLY one that hasn't prostituted their software into a UWP feces distribution model.

This could be useful info. Sacrificial Celeron idea actually worked. This is a good find as well. MUCH NEEDED to avoid the OEM motherboard software filth.

Yes, it's not shocking at all about Dell. The only thing I ever find shocking about them any more is when they do something right. That totally catches me off guard because it is so out of character for them. I can honestly say the same thing about the Redmond Retards. The chance that anything they do will be pleasing or acceptable to me is too low to measure. The taskbar change that you hate is widely despised and the fact that they implemented it with no way to toggle it back to "the right way" is prima facie evidence of what absolute dumbasses they are and why they have earned so many derogatory nicknames that some of us have come to enjoy using in place of their brand name. They've earned every ounce of hate coming their way, and it won't' stop because, like Ron White says, "Can't fix stupid." Short of a miracle, there is no opportunity for redemption for either of them at this point. I am not saying people that like the ugliness are stupid. I could, but that would be a bit too harsh... eye of the beholder and what-not. What is stupid is implementing the massive aesthetic change and not giving the end user the option to stick with what they want. If they had possessed only 50% of ordinary intelligence they would have known that doing anything like that is an extremely stupid business move. It's proof that they're not only as dumb as a box of rocks, they don't care what anyone with a different opinion thinks about them or their products. Businesses like that deserve to go under. They are unworthy of finding acceptance and financial success. If you don't want mustard and pickles on your burger, you should expect them to be left off when you sit down to take the first bite.

https://hwbot.org/submission/4981077_ https://hwbot.org/submission/4981094_

I think mine is a good example of that based on the fact that a delid didn't improve the temps as much as other examples we have seen, but those where the delid made a bigger difference seem to have run hotter than mine did before a delid. But, some of that may also have been related to my cooling setup as well. The examples seen on YouTube were using systems with more mainstream cooling setups with an AIO or a much smaller custom loop. Without the chiller running, my system normalizes temperatures within about 3 to 5 minutes and the only time it changes up or down is dependent on the ambient temperatures. Those stress test comparisons I showed were at the temperature shown within about 3 or 4 minutes and whether I let the stress test run for 4 minutes or 40 minutes was irrelevant. The temperatures reached a certain point and then remained flat, both before and after delid. The stress wasn't able to overcome the cooling system.

Part of it could also be some variance in the quality of the solder job attaching the IHS to the die. You could have a CPU wih better SP rating that runs hotter and is more of a power pig than a lower SP rating silicon sample.

OK, well... I did that washer mod thing that has been talked about relating to the 12th Gen ILM crushing the CPU into a banana shape. I used some M4 1mm thick nylon washers, and it did lower the temps a bit, even after a delid with the copper IHS. I started the stress test and left at 3 minutes in to run to the store, and got back after the test had run for a total of 40 minutes. I put this into a side-by-side for ease of viewing. It was certainly easier to latch with the washers in there. It was so tight before that it almost felt like something is going to get broken before you can latch it down.

Yeah, just extra garbage payload that comes along with newer tech adding things that add no value, and lying about them not being compatible with W7. I have Treexy and it is reputable. It works kind of like Snappy Driver Installer (also a good tool) but Treexy has other features. Both are useful for people that find driver hunting to be intimidating or boring. But, neither one will make the anti-7 NeoNazi 10+ drivers work on W7 that have to be modded. I'd pay a nice amount of money if someone would develop an automatic driver modding tool. It would probably have to be Russian or Chinese to escape malicious litigation from the creeps at Intel, NVIDIA, AMD and Micro$lop and their bogus DMCA violation suits. I am pretty good at driver modding as long as it only involves the INF. Where it gets into modding the SYS files with a hex editor, it's above my pay grade. I wish I knew how and I'd teach others how to use that knowledge and give a double-fisted nasty-finger salute to the smelly Kontrol_Klown_Klan.

After tinkering with some of my BIOS settings, an "Unkown Device" suddenly appeared in Device Manager on Windows 7. This driver that I modded will fix that if the unknown device HWID is ACPI\INTC1056. It is not important in the grand scheme of things, but I hate having things in Device Manager remain unresolved. Now I am back to everything being as it should be in Device Manager with everything recognized and working normally as long as the silly WiFi 6/BT crap is disabled in the BIOS. https://mega.nz/file/AZ91QSCT#GHXoZS9zeP4V1Uf8Ngp7Nsz6kP-DRITzMEpO3id7Sao

That's a good PSU. I have the Bronze version of it in Banshee.

Hey bro, it's an ordinary EPS connection that all modern PSUs support. Each EPS cable has an 8-pin connector that is split in a 4+4 male plug on the motherboard end. To use the supplemental 4-pin power (optional) you simply plug in half of a second EPS cable. In concept it works the same as the 6+2 VGA power connection, where you omit the 2-pin connection on a GPU that only has a 6-pin power connection. You must connect at least one 8-pin (4+4) EPS cable to the motherboard. The extra 4-pin connection is for higher power demands like severe overclocking. It spreads the load out to reduce heat when all of the load has to be funneled through a single EPS cable. All PSUs of a decent capacity come with at least two CPU EPS cables. Sadly, most of the reasonably-price PSU custom cable kits and generic cable extension kits include only one EPS cable and you usually end up needing to waste money on a second kit just to get the second EPS cable.

I almost got excited about that for a minute, then I realized it was an aftermarket ILM replacement and not a bare die frame. Bummer.

It is actually gigabit, but since it is the only option available here that is fast enough for people that care about that the speed ends up less due to network congestion. It is still way better than the chintzy 20Mbps trash internet available from the one and only competitor available to me though.

The 7000D is huge, but seems small and light compared to the Level 20 XT. It is not as tall, but MUCH wider (fits 2 PSU side-by-side) and depth from front to back is 26 inches... enough to set two ATX mobos next to one another... insane. But, no lack of space. I can carry it with no problem, but if I had to go up and down stairs it would be a two-person job to avoid dropping it because there is not much to hold onto. Interesting that you had difficulty with cable management. The 5000D did not give me any challenges with that. There was enough space for everything to fit with no issues, but a little bit tight on the back side of the mobo tray. Not really any "extra" space though, and certainly not what I would categorize as "roomy" or excess space. My preference is definitely to have more space (at least 50% more) than what is actually needed. I hate the feeling of being cramped or having to carefully plan in order for everything to fit. (I hate puzzles too, LOL... they suck.)

Good, but nowhere near that good. But, it is the best I can get where I live. Everything else is slower.

It might be something with the delid tool not placing pressure in the ideal location. I am just glad it only scarred the top of the IHS and didn't damage the CPU. It is good that I ordered the copper IHS in the kit instead of only the delid tool by itself, otherwise I would have needed to stop and sand down the IHS before I could reassemble it. Since the stock IHS is ruined, I may as well go ahead and lap it and polish it at this point. The ONLY reason I ordered the copper IHS was to keep the stock IHS looking like new, so I'm somewhat perturbed by it for that reason. Otherwise, I would not care. My intent is to go bare die when the parts become available to do that.

Well, I got the delid done. Definite improvement, although not as amazing as I had hoped. My temps were already better than most I have seen, so that probably has something to do with it because there was less room for improvement. I have historically had better temps with the stock IHS than I have using a Copper IHS. Unfortunately, the delid tool caused damage to the stock IHS. In order to use it I will need to lap it to fix the damage, which sucks because the main reason to have an aftermarket IHS is to keep the stock one looking new. Lapping it would totally defeat the purpose for buying an aftermarket IHS. I am not sure if the IHS deformation is because the 12th Gen IHS is softer metal than prior generations, if it is because it takes more force to break the solder joint, or if the RockitCool delid tool isn't made correctly. Nothing in terms of user error could cause it because all you do it put it in the pocket and tighten the lid down snugly. I also heated the IHS to soften the solder.

I'm not really sure if it does or not. I can't really comment. I typically do not use any Windows UWP app thrash except in circumstances where the avoidance of them becomes impossible. Even then my use is generally limited to native/core filth like Settings and the DCH feces NVIDIA Control Panel. I will not even use those when another option is available, like legacy Control Panel, gpedit, regedit or NVIDIA Profile Inspector. UWP filth is always a last resort option for me.

Arrived a day earlier than expected.

I haven't looked at it and probably won't bother because I truly don't care what they do. But, the idea on face value raises the question of intelligent design and logic in developing an added layer of proprietary garbage. If adding a CAMM module takes space, and the only place anyone can buy a CAMM module is from Dell, and Dell doesn't make them readily accessible and inexpensive to purchase, it still leads back to questionable business practice and ulterior motives.