Mr. Fox

Only time will tell if AMD breaks from tradition and doesn't suck in the next generation, but I certainly wouldn't hold my breath on that happening. All of their stuff looked great in theory last generation with Ryzen 9, but it turned out to be just another goofed-up cluster cloaked behind fancy-looking Cinebench scores. I take all of the talking head chatter and theoretical greatness about what's coming next with a grain of salt. It will be interesting to see what remains broken and what new things they can find to mess up.

They probably enjoy giving bipolar whiners things to mitch and boan about. Some complained about AVX512 existing and now they can complain about it going away. https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/20/08/22/0550242/intel-defends-avx-512-against-critics-who-hope-it-dies-a-painful-death And, since the industry seems obsessed with trashy low-power turd technology, eliminating that can enhance the wuss factor of the new energy-efficient garbage the sheeple crave.

I am taking my wife to see it for her birthday today. I do not care for Tom Cruise as a person, but it seems that I enjoy almost every movie he is in and I like the characters that he plays.

I guess I am the keyboard-jockey equivalent of a blabber-mouth. 😉

The idea behind the project is great, but the specs are lackluster. The headphone jack, removable storage media and removable battery are certainly hardware features that are desirable. The rest is not much better than pre-paid burner phone rubbish. https://myteracube.com/pages/teracube-2e#tech-spec-secs

Thanks for the validation. As I was thinking about offering it up here in the marketplace for $750, that would be sweet deal.

I figured that Banshee was overdue to stretch her legs a bit before putting her nose back to the grindstone again. This wicked girl is my daily workhorse. She spends most of her time crushing Excel and PowerBI. Yes, she does that 8-10 hours per day running the clock speeds used here, LOL. Because she can.

My preferred aesthetic is only possible with older versions of Windows. Minimalist, clean... LTSC 2019 (v1809) with AeroGlass and StartisBack. Nothing else. It really sucks that Windows version upgrades are actually downgrades.

I am contemplating another upgrade. Does $750 seem in line for the setup with these components? EVGA Z490 Dark (546 days remaining on warranty) 10900K (excellent bin quality) - delidded and running bare die Supercool Computer Bare Die Block I have the stock IHS for the CPU and will include it. The CPUs memory controller is also very stout. Has no issue overclocking the RAM to 4500 CL16-18-18-36

I use HWINFO64. It is my go-to systen monitoring tool. I use AIDA64 for the Sensor Panel and benchmark tools it offers. It also has support for LCD panels like those that appeared on Logitech keyboards.

I don't have any experience with any of them, but I have some awareness of the Pine phone. Conceptually, the idea of having a phone that runs on Linux rather than Android or iOS is interesting to me and compelling on the basis that there is no underlying agenda.

That is an AIDA64 Sensor Panel. Yes, I like having a tall start menu so I have less reason to scroll. I like being able to see more things at one time without having to scroll. I set my start menu length to be between 2/3 and 3/4 of the display height.

Thanks for the good work here, Brother @Azther. Nice job. Here is what my LTSC 2021 GUI looks like.

AMD is just an open invitation to participate in a comedy of errors, providing little more than an endless cycle of nonsense IMHO. I have extremely low confidence in anything that comes from them. Literally everything I have ever owned that was made by AMD had one or more things wrong with it. Nothing is perfect, but in stark contrast to my experience with AMD, I cannot remember owning anything with severe engineering defects or blatant flaws that was made by Intel or NVIDIA. I don't care about brand and I am not a fanboy for anyone. I just have a low tolerance for nonsense.

They're a hopeless cause. Don't burn any calories on 'em.

I think the issue is, they don't want us to have that anymore. And/or, they don't want to support it because it requires effort, engineering and diligence, and it's just way lots easier for them to build and sell feces to stupid people than it is to build awesome products.

Just a follow up. Further testing of these same settings allows me to lower my DRAM voltage to 1.470V with no errors, even running more a aggressive and longer-running memory test. Read/write/copy and latency are excellent.

It could also be that they're so deeply emotionally involved with pleasuring motherboard manufacturing OEM partners that they have to keep doing this to keep them financially engaged. It requires time and money. That could also explain why it has been challenging to get top quality AM4 support for high-end enthusiast boards. Just think how upset most of them would be if they only had the opportunity to sell a new motherboard once every 5 to 6 years versus 2-2.5 years now because of pin-out compatibility over more than two generations. They'd all probably poop their pants. This is exactly why laptops can't be upgradable and have all their crap soldered to the motherboard. It's only to benefit the people selling laptops. To hell with the people buying them, they don't matter. Plus, they're so stupid they won't know any better. I think it's just inconsistent quality control and sloppy manufacturing. It seems to be an issue at the silicon level of individual CPUs rather than the motherboard. My own impression is the people that haven't had problems just got lucky in the silicon lottery. It also seems to get worse for those who have tried to do anything other than run their CPU stock. Overclocking seems to exacerbate the issue if you were one of the unlucky drawers of a short straw.

Tomorrow's best computers will most likely be built using today's best components. Computers are becoming more like cars. The newer they are, the crappier they are. It is rare to find examples of anything newer being better. And, by anything I literally mean anything (not just computers and cars). Newer almost always means compromised, less reliable, less durable, but more expensive.

Amazon. I get the 3 small containers and fill the syringe using the popsicle stick provided with the K5 Pro. https://www.amazon.com/viscous-thermal-replacement-60g-Aspire/dp/B00K04D3UK I use the 20ml syringe https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JZ2HMJ7?th=1

Maybe they should release a CPU with 300 Atom cores that run at 1.2GHz and 1 P-core that runs at 10GHz.

Brother @Tenoroon... You should place a thermal pad where indicated in these two spots on a GPU, This is to avoid an electrical short circuit with the heat sink touching live contact points on the VRM resistors. Then use K5 Pro everywhere else a pad used to be.

Go ahead and put a slightly thinner than stock thermal pad there on the VRM and lay a bead of K5 down on top of it. Put the K5 Pro into a big syringe and that makes applying it super easy. You can apply a bead or round glob on each component and let the heat sink compress it. That is SO MUCH faster, easier, cleaner and produces a consistent outcome. Trying to smear is on with a spatula kind of sucks. I will post a picture later for you.

Just like masks and COVID "vaccines" (which are not even actually vaccines). Some people place extremely high value on placebos and token expressions, and some people sleep better at night just knowing they did something, even if what they did is of absolutely no value. Don't even bother to mention that what they did was potentially harmful or they'll have an emotional breakdown. Go ahead. Upgrade Winduhz and enjoy that warm, fuzzy feeling inside and don't worry about your computer running slower and being more insecure than the OS it replaced... you did the right thing. You obeyed your master.