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I recommend ordering this for your radiator. You can attached a second D5 pump/res to the side of it. I had one and it was awesome. Alphacool NexXxoS Nova 1080mm Fan Housing - Black (24832) You can get good compression fittings on Amazon. I have bought tons of them there. Paying extra for big-name compression fittings is silly. I would recommend using tubing that is 3/8" (10mm) ID, 5/8" (16mm) OD. For years I used 1/2" (13mm) ID, 3/4" (19mm) OD but in the last year or two moved down in size and see no drawbacks in terms of cooling or flow rate. The fittings and tubing are much easier to source and usually cheaper for the slightly smaller size. Clear tubing looks fantastic when it is new and that is what I used for years. After a year or so it starts to get cloudy. It is cheap to replace. However, I recently started using the black EPDM tubing and like it. It looks nice and you don't have to worry about it getting cloudy. I never purchased it before because it was almost never in stock and when it was available it always twice to three times the cost of clear PVC tubing for the same length. I recently discovered that it is much easier to source in the 10/16 size and almost never available in 13/19 size. That is ultimately why I decided to go with 10/16 size tubing in EPDM. Fair warning... EPDM tubing can be very difficult to source at times, and it is usually double the cost of clear PVC. When you can find it at a fair price and in stock, buy twice as much as you need so you don't have to try to find more later. As you can see, it is much cheaper to buy the 3 meter package than 3 x 1 meter. Alphacool EPDM Tubing, 10/16mm, 1 Meter, Black Alphacool EPDM Tubing, 10/16mm, 3 Meter, Black Black Compression Fittings Silver Compression Fittings Don't forget an inline filter (on the pump output side) and male/female fittings you may need for your loop, along with any 90° rotary fittings you may need. I use these filters and they are awesome. You can take them apart to clean the filter screens. You can screw a compression fitting into each end of the filter. Here are some miscellaneous fittings you may or may not need, depending on how you build things. Male-to-female extenders (available in wide variety of lengths) example Male-to-male extenders (available in wide variety of lengths) example Female-to-female extenders (available in wide variety of lengths) example The only exception I make on fittings is the EK Torque rotary fittings are the best. They do not leak and many of the cheap ones do not hold up. They cost more but you can use them for years without any leakage issue. The reason being is the rotary surfaces are huge and do not get loose. They are worth the extra money because of quality and long-term durability. EKWB EK-Torque 90 Degree Angled Rotary Fitting, Nickel, 2-pack (They are available in 90° and 45° versions.) These sell out often. Buy extras if you can, like the EPDM tubing. If you need more later you might find them unavailable or grossly overpriced. For years I have used automotive antifreeze in my systems. It lubricates and does not allow organic growth. If you used distilled water, buy some Mayhems Hades Plus and Mayhems Inhibitor. The cost is about the same if you purchase inexpensive antifreeze from Walmart. I prefer the blue Asian type. The normal green type is OK if you prefer green over blue. The yellow/gold antifreeze does not look good to me in a loop. It looks like urine, LOL. My advice is, do not waste money on premixed bottles of coolant. They work fine, but cost way too much and provide no tangible benefit. Since you are using a distro plate with the pump, I recommend going with the distilled water and both Mayhems additives so it does not stain the acrylic distro block. You can clean it up, but who wants to disassemble a distro block for that if you can avoid having to. You can buy this in a pack that includes one bottle of each. It seems expensive, but it is not. You use about 9 drops of each in a one gallon jug of distilled water. There is enough for about 4 or 5 gallons. Mayhems - Water Cooling PC Coolant Additive - Hades Plus and Inhibitor Plus - Complete System Protection, 15 ml (This is actually cheaper than antifreeze because distilled water is around $1.00 per gallon at Walmart and 5 gallons of the cheapest antifreeze will cost more than distilled water plus the Mayhems additives.) Last comment... buy silver/nickel fittings versus black. You will thank me. Ask me how I know. The black fittings scratch easier and also slowly deteriorate internally and add flecks of black crap to your loop. Black fittings looks great, but the aesthetic is not a good trade-off for the benefits of the silver fittings. You don't want your filters or waterblock jet plates collecting the black particles from the fittings.

Nice! That's going to really be awesome. You're much safer going that route than ordering it from a vendor outside of the US because of how incompetent the shippers are (or dishonest creeps) when it comes to grossly overcalculating tariffs. So many horror stories of victims being charged 2 or 3 times more than the actual tariff. There will be a special place in hell for the folks that do that. I believe it is intentional. but it could just be incompetence. You know they are not giving the "extra" money collected to the government, they are just padding their wallets with the excess collected "by accident" from consumers victims. This is pretty dang impressive.

If you purchase the housing it does but the radiator itself does not. Be sure you buy the right housing. The UT60 radiator will not fit a UT45 housing. Sorry I did not see the posted question earlier. It is interesting how little difference there is between 8000/8200/8400 on Ryzen. Very close to none. And, only minor improvements from tighter timings. Again, very close to nothing. The value of the more expensive Apex motherboard starts to grow very dim.

I wish I could say that I had a surprised look on my face, but they have always been a very dishonest company when it comes to standing behind the overpriced products that they sell. Sadly, there are other brands that are similarly dishonest and unworthy of any respect. Very few PC component manufacturers have been honorable and trustworthy companies, and that is one of the main reasons it was so sad when EVGA decided they were done. https://hwbot.org/benchmarks/cinebench_-_2024/submissions/5935696

A$$zeus truly EXCELS at that. Molesters of their own natural-born maternal units.

The Matrix vBIOS with the EVC2 is a more sane approach. I do not think anyone is getting better results with the XOC firmware. I think it causes a loss of efficiency that ends in diminished results. It could be the CPU mount or even the CPU having a weak IMC. The 9950X3D that I returned for a refund could not even train or POST using memory overclock settings that work with both of my systems with other CPUs.

For those that are in it for PC gaming, it can always be taken for granted that whatever the most powerful GPU is there will not be any games that require something more powerful. System requirements are almost always very far below top tier GPUs, otherwise not enough people would purchase the games. So, if 5090 remained the most powerful option for something crazy, like 10 years, it would still play any and all games better than anything else. The pursuit of new purely for the sake of its newness is extremely stupid and needed to stop before either of us were born. I'd be totally OK with that. GPUs are priced so idiotically that new SKUs and refreshes with microscopic improvements should no longer be welcomed or embraced by anyone. It would also ultimately benefit AMD, NVIDIA and Intel. They would not need to spend nearly as much money on marketing or product development. Just keep churning out the same thing for 5 or 10 years and laugh all the way to the bank. If they released new products on a 5-year or 10-year cycle that offered a 100%+ performance improvement they would not be able to produce enough to satisfy demand.

I would be happy to see them not release any new GPUs for another 2+ years. If we pay $2000+ for a halo product it needs to remain on top of everything else for at least 3 or 4 years to be worth it. [Insert vomiting emoji here]

Good. That protects our poor "investment" in 50-series and makes our demonstrations of poor judgment seem somewhat less egregious. It also helps to lessen the impact of being willing victims of predatory business practices.

I suspect the PSU is the problem. I would get a Lian Li Edge, ASRock, Seasonic, NZXT, be quiet! or Corsair PSU. Just don't get one that boasts about "silent" or zero-RPM fans because they run very hot. I think that alone could compromise the 12V-2x6 cable integrity at the PSU side. I would steer clear of ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte and Cooler Master PSUs. Definitely go with native ATX 3.1, not 3.0 or "compatible" PSU. This rating relates to the 12V-2x6 cable specifically. This list is very useful (from the video) SPL's PSU Tier List | Google Sheet These are very good fans. They are the only ones I buy now. Best bang for the buck by far. I recommend them based on price and specs. They are very heavy. They make them in white also, for those that care. The three-pack includes a fan/ARGB hub. I have 12 in one build and 9 in the other one. MONTECH Metal PRO 12 ARGB 120mm PWM - High Static Pressure, Quiet RGB Fan with Fluid Dynamic Bearing, 3 in 1 Pack with 6X6 Fan Hub - Black

If you use Koolance QD2 or QD3 fittings you don't need a drain. Just unplug the lines and remove the parts and drain them in the sink or the back yard. Give the size of the "AIO" you are building and the pump, you can probably get by with QD2 fittings (smaller size) without any worries about flow/volume. Buy directly from Koolance.com (they are in the Seattle area) rather than elsewhere. I never buy them from third-party distributors any more. Buy silver. The black look nice but the anodize finish allows them to stick open sometimes and it gets black flakes of crap in your waterblock. Trust me on this. I ended up replacing several hundred dollars worth of the black fittings to stop this problem. I love how CachyOS looks and feels. It is beautify, but I strongly dislike that it (and Bazzite) are immutable distros. I find it too restrictive dealing with that. I want to do whatever I want to do and it makes it more difficult with an immutable distro. I have tried both and after a few days of dealing with restrictions I said "no thanks" and went back to using distros that let me do whatever I want.

Unless they do something really dumb, like they did with Core Ultra (more silly focus E-cores and no hyper-threading) my next build will be Intel again. Hoping to hear something on the new job this week. I hate being unemployed, even when it was a RIF to stay solvent. God has a plan. Nothing happening on the computer front until that is taken care of.

Very close to the same performance as Windoze in spite of the emulation overhead. So close, in fact, that my scores are significantly higher than most people see in Windoze. Unfortunately, HWBOT is behind the times. They support stupid crap like smartphone and tablet benchmarks, but not Linux. Dummies. Cinebench R23 on Kubuntu Cinebench R20 on Kubuntu

@Talon are you still looking for one of these waterblocks? https://www.overclock.net/threads/icemancooler-glass-water-block-for-rtx-5090-d-hof-oc-lab-plus-x-and-xoc-graphics-cards.1818311/

It's all crazy. Have you checked DDR5 prices? It has tripled to quadrupled in price in the past 30-45 days. Insane. Used kits are selling for 50 to 100% more than what people paid for it. What would we do without these "precious" AI innovators effing things up for the rest of the world? We have them to thank for many of our man-made financial crises. Families are footing the bill for their retarded nonsense. Even the cost of electricity skyrocketing in some areas is directly or indirectly a result of their insane pursuit of this idiotically obsessive business endeavor. They should not get any special incentives or tax breaks by federal, state or local governments and giving them should be illegal. I am not against AI. I use it and see value in it. What I do not see value in is it becoming the most important thing and the cost of living going up to subsidize development of it. That needs to stop. Companies looking to develop it need to absorb 100% of the cost even if it means they do no better than break even. If they can't do it that way and can't afford it without outside help then they need to step aside and excuse themselves from participation. Screw the shareholders looking for instant financial gratification. It should suck to be them rather than it becoming everyone else's problem.

Take that, Green Goblin...

At least it was not the GPU and EVGA sent him a new PSU. I sure do miss EVGA. I wish I still had the X299 Dark and HEDT CPU I bought from Brother @Rage Set like what, 6 or 8 years ago? I have lost track.

If you don't want to watch the entire video, start from here for the interesting part.

They retroactively added it to Battlefield 5 and 2042. There is no reason it should be required for single-player campaign and I don't enjoy any game enough to allow them to tell me I have to enable Secure Boot to play. Screw 'em and their digital rubbish. I hope they (Electronic Arts) go broke. That will fix the cheaters. They won't have that as a platform for cheating and they will find another place to cheat because they are losers. Yes, we can blame it on cheaters. 100%. But, the rationale to the approach being taken is flawed and foolish at its core. Penalizing everyone across the board in an effort to circumvent cheating is about as idiotic as the idea of making firearm ownership illegal to stop shootings. The only people penalized by it are to 99.9% of the population that are law-abiding gun owners and the criminals obtain firearms through illegal channels. You can't fix stupid. You can't fix the mentally handicapped. You also cannot fix the evil or dishonest people of the world. Cheaters are going to cheat, and they'll foil the anti-cheat. But, they'll continue screwing the rest of us on account of the 0.1% and that is the tail wagging the dog.

Mr. Torvalds is looking good. He actually looks better and healthier than he did when he was younger.

Hard to believe some of the Kool-Aid drinkers are saying LTSC is malware. Glad he put out a video to call BS on the lies.

Welp. I guess I am done with EA forever now. Those scurvy bastards deployed the Javelin Secure Poot cancer even to Battlefield V now. If I had any hope that they would consider doing the right thing I would ask for a refund. I will never purchase another piece of digital trash from those rooster sucking creeps ever again. I should sell my EA account and all of the games in it. If someone needs a second EA account and you are willing to put up with the Secure Poot feces being enabled for one of their kids to play independently send me a PM. It's got quite a few titles in it that I will never be installing or playing again. Man, 4090 is still such an amazing GPU. It's not a 5090, but it doesn't need to be.