Mr. Fox

I really hope that is true. It would be kind of nice to see nobody release anything for two or three years. Just keep selling what they already have. CPU and GPU. Maybe then more people would pull their heads out and realize they don't actually need anything new because what we already have is more than good enough, and what comes next will cost more and probably not be as good in some ways. The tech world is long overdue for a healthy depression/reset and having them take a "chill pill" would be nice. They could use the "time out" to clean up some of their sloppy messes from rushing half-baked crap to market.

Speaking of this place... It's not even close to summer weather yet. If you have ever heard the expression "dryer than a popcorn fart" this is what it means. Today's high will be the overnight low in a few more weeks. No need to worry about condensation using the chiller. There ain't nothing to condense, LOL. 🤣

You are mad, Brother. A mad overclocker, and that's a good thing.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/hands-on-with-the-only-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-model-that-has-12v-2x6-power-connector.323300/post-5267709

Being the 12V-2x6 (H++) variant of the same underlying trash design doesn't make it OK. https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/hands-on-with-the-only-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-model-that-has-12v-2x6-power-connector.323300/post-5267267 https://www.overclock.net/posts/29336456/

And, they probably think having no USB Type-A port is something they should be proud of. Only, Type-C? Throw out all of your Type-A USB devices? Or, use an adapter for everything? So, that is the solution? Hmmmm... As we know...

Seems like a fitting place to share this. There is also a Vista GUI option. https://r8p.teknixstuff.com/ Besides low system resources, it seems like this GUI correction actually improved performance. This is much closer to Windows 7 wprime 32m performance than Windows 10/11 can do. Windows 10/11 wPrime 32m performance is normally horribly sluggish.

Hmmmm. Inspired by kitties? I don't think so. Kitties are cute and all that, but that's for wusses and mama's-boys. I prefer computers to be inspired by weapons of mass destruction and a bone-crushing fear of the apocalypse.

Stupidity has never been more repulsive. I don't give a rat's butt about efficiency or battery life. Give me maximum performance and let the chips fall where they may on the other unimportant nonsense. If they want to focus on stupid stuff like that for turdbooks, then fine. I don't care. Just don't eff up my desktop with idiotic mobile trash priorities.

I'm so happy that you got your GPU working again that's awesome. My heart was just sick for you that it was messed up. I'm not sure why there is not more of them. It makes no sense. Two DIMM has always been better for memory overclocking. There's really no point in it and they know it. Two slot boards should be common and four slot rare. It almost feels like the motherboard manufacturers are mocking us by producing almost exclusively 4-DIMM crap.

Exactly. While that can be true when many things are equal, many things are often not equal. If we were paying attention we learned this from Bulldozer and Piledriver rubbish CPUs that had high clock speeds and performed like crap. A CPU that performs better only because it has more cores doesn't make it a better product. If you calculate dividing by core/tread count it might be worse. A CPU that has fewer cores/threads and higher clocks and performs equal or better with the lower core/thread count is a stronger CPU, it just lacks cores and threads. If it clocks higher and performs worse when the core/thread count is equal or greater, then it is a trash CPU. What we need is more of MOAR and more MOAR of everything. More cores, more clock, more IPC and more power. When you hit go, all hell should break loose, the lights should dim or the circuit breakers should trip. Doing more with less is the wuss way out. We can leave that to the pantywaisted sissy-boys that use "efficiency" as a crutch to justify lackluster garbage and love their "efficient" overheating turdbooks. So, it only uses 50W. Well whoopdeedoo. If it only pulls 50W then why is it thermal throttled at 105°C? Simple. Because it is garbage. Totally different than it's 105°C because it is pulling 650W and you have a crappy thermal solution.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, beep, boop, beep, beep...

Seems like it is getting harder to find 2-DIMM DDR5 mobos, which are the only kind that make sense for enthusiasts and gamerboys that care about RAM speed. That suggests to me that the mobo OEMs are stupid or don't give a rat's butt what their customers want or need, and maybe also suggests that most of their customers are ignorant. You would think they would want people to be happy with their purchase and the reputation that follows having happy customers. Selling 4-DIMM gamer and enthusiast mobos is a good way to increase the chances that they will not be happy. The people that don't know any better will buy a 2-DIMM 8000 kit that won't boot, or won't run stable, and blame the RAM or the mobo OEM instead of understanding it is their bad choice. I will not purchase a 4-DIMM DDR4 or DDR5 mobo. Doing so is like flush money down the toilet. Longer traces means lower clocks, higher latency and often more voltage is needed. No thanks.

I expanded on your thoughts a little bit (above). It is truly disgusting. It is not only barely large enough for a basic build, whether air or water cooled, but it is extremely limiting in more ways than I care to count. This product is for the person that values weird aesthetics and form more than flexibility and function. It smells like the same substance that makes turdbooks so sucky. This engineering abortion is more limiting than my SFF build that is half the size. Well... just... eeewwww. 🤪

It's very sluggish for me as well. The Lian Li design team must have been intoxicated when they designed this. Perhaps the most illogical design I can remember. I wouldn't touch this abortion it with a 10-foot pole. Truly idiotic design.

Whuuutttta? You gotta be kidding me. Have they had their heads up their tailpipes? Why would they do something so stupid, unless they actually are stupid and not paying attention.

Yeah, I do not see it any differently. I did not expect to. But, I do expect the YouTube influencer shills to jump on the hype train. They always do. It doesn't matter whether it is an Intel, AMD or NVIDIA product, they beat their drums and fabricate the hype needed to motivate the sheeple to reach for their keyboards and wallets.

So it is using your integrated graphics to output through the discrete GPU monitor ports?

That is a very good SFF motherboard. Better than most ATX and E-ATX "enthusiast" motherboards. If I did not already have the MSI Z790i Edge that I bought from Brother @electrosoft I would get that one. I think they are very comparable in terms of capabilities. Both better than any 4-DIMM "enthusiast" option. Also accurate... starting from where it matters in the video... time for us all to stop spending money on "better" brands that cost a lot and are NOT better products in terms of results.

If Tony cannot fix it, nobody can. That guy is quite the wizard. Unless the GPU core is dead (not likely) he will be able to fix it for a fraction of the cost of a replacement. The decapitation of the 14900KF that I bought from cletus-cassidy was uneventful and turned out well. Putting it on bare die dropped the CBR 23 core max by 20°C. I'll probably be able to lower the voltage further now and make it even better. (This is not the system with the chiller and 5-gallon reservoir.) I sure do like the IceMan Cooling Direct Die block so much. I'm glad I bought two of them and replaced the Supercool block. You don't even need to clean all of the black IHS sealant off. Just knock off the high spots with your fingernail, apply the liquid metal, and assemble. The stock IHS sealant makes a nice dam for the liqud metal and it does not interfere with die contact.

That looks like the back of the pins on the three 8-pin power connectors, in which case the tape should have been there to prevent a short against the back plate. It may be as simple as a blown fuse. I hope so. Tony's a straight shooter. He's who fixed the 2080 Ti FTW3 for me when I accidentally slammed the tower down on my desk and it stopped working. I love watching his videos. Maybe he will do a video of your GPU repair. I would install the air cooler before sending it to him so he can do proper testing on it. Yes, indeed. And, he is in Portland, OR... so just up the road (I-84) a bit from Brother @Raiderman

I trust that it will end well and with a positive outcome that surpasses what would be possible had you remained in the status qol

The Windows 10 version of Win-X Lite is even better. Very close to Windows 7 wPrime 32m CPU performance. https://hwbot.org/imgs/3159361

"X" marks the spot. I did not realize that since I find the eyeball-searing white web page themes so repulsive. With a bright monitor white browser themes are enough to make a dark room seem as bright as daylight, not to mention giving me a skull-splitting headache, LOL. I always choose a dark theme whenever one is available.

A lot of things are goofed up on mobile platform with the forum. Do you have a yellow thumbs up icon in the lower right corner of a post you are looking at? That's what you top on.