Mr. Fox

I hope you can figure it out without too much rigmarole. I am not getting any air into my system. That is a lot of D5 pumps. I am not sure that there is a benefit to having that many, but the idea of it is awesome even if it doesn't provide a benefit. Get some of the insulation I used for the tank. It's pretty awesome stuff. I got the kind that is black on one side and silver on the other and put it on black-side out. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BQZ5R8TC I think I am going to wrap a layer of it around the tank inside of the chiller as well.

Amen! 💯

That is unfortunately true for many, and as soon as that becomes true for me I will stop caring about having a powerful, expensive computer. This is the reason I like them and if/when that is gone there is no longer any reason for me to care. The focus will shift to spending as close to zero as possible. And, I am not a technology enthusiast in general terms. My interest is limited to overclocking and high-end PCs only. In fact, there are many things that fall into the technology bucket that I either dislike or abhor. Smartphones, tablets and handheld devices, in particular, I despise.

As long as I can get my overclocking fetish satisfied, then I will tolerate it. If not, then I will choose something else as a hobby. I am not OK with the normalization of performance and "everyone gets the same trophy for participating" approach. Things are getting so dumbed down that it's fast becoming not very enjoyable. Nothing for an overclocking enthusiast to be enthusiastic about. I do want MOAR performance, but it needs to be substantially more than the 99% get that don't know how to overclock. If I can't do that because the product doesn't support it, or because it sucks at that, then I don't want the product. Owning it becomes pointless. I know Intel has that on their roadmap and I am not pleased by it. I'd much rather have a massive CPU with a huge slab of silicon in a monolithic die. It's easier to cool, performs better and less likely to have issues and performance impediments than something cobbled together simply to increase core count. I'd much prefer that they just keep making the CPU larger to accommodate the added cores. That being said, I think Intel is capable of executing on the idea more effectively and producing a better outcome, so I will see how it turns out before I toss the baby out with the bath water.

LOL... 🤣 Maybe they thought if they borrowed names from some of the most amazing CPUs in the history of computers that would drive sales for the extremely severe overpriced new TR processors. That is true. It did drive higher core count in mainstream computing, so we all win... both red and blue teams. But, monolithic is better. The need for infinity fabric and the imbalance of weak versus strong CCX on the same package are both less than ideal.

LOL. The X570 joke was probably the straw that broken the camel's back for me. I'm not going to forgive that abortion for a very long time. Maybe never. The CCX thing sucks more than the baby core trash from Intel.

No thanks. Not interested.

You're starting to identify what I have been complaining about for several years; before DDR5 was even a thing. There is a huge silicon lottery with memory modules and I have purchased and RMA'd a ludicrous number of memory kits because they were trash. Having a high-rated kit, or the most expensive one available, doesn't mean it is a good one. It only means it passed some kind of screening process that allows them to feel justified in screwing the buyer of it harder. The lower binned modules are just the garbage nobody wants that they are hoping to unload on someone whose bar is set lower and has less of an appetite for overpriced computer parts. They are made the same and cost the same to make whether they are 8600 or 6800. The numbers printed on the label (and the price tag) are not a guarantee of quality or performance, but they should be.

How 'bout no. Huh-uh. Nope. No workee. And, even if it did, I dont know that it is actually an improvement over Armory Crepes because it requires the installation of MyASUS digi-dung. MyASUS has hooks into the BIOS, and it is still UWP filth, not a win32 application, and when I used Revo to get rid of it, Revo found about as much bloated feces on the drive from MyASUS as Armory Crap, (over 3,300 files) many hundreds of registry keys and more than a dozen services

I also just posted another comment/question on his YouTube video asking about the missing parts. I wonder if that will work for ASUS desktop motherboards as well? Armory Crate is not any less crappy on a desktop as it is on a laptop. It is so horrible that it should be against the law.

Yup. Pretty much sums it up. The world is basically run by stupid people, so we can expect stupid things to come from it. Those that aren't stupid are evil. It's unfortunate that we allow it to happen. We shouldn't put up with it.

I just sent my third inquiry on their web site and directly to their gmail. I will give it one more week and if I don't have the parts or an email reply with definitive information I will dispute the charges with PayPal and get my money back. I have no time for nonsense with people that do not manage a business in a businesslike manner. I doubt I will ever buy anything from them again.

We already know AI is being, and will continue to be, abused by people and companies that we should be able to trust and can't. It will be abused even more by our enemies and those that are untrustworthy and should be viewed as enemies. So, it is good that export of products used for AI will be restricted to countries that are socialist, communist, Marxist, have ties with terrorists, or have demonstrated anti-American and anti-American-ally behavior. We should be looking out for #1 first and our allies second, and do everything within our power to prevent our enemies from being successful at anything. We should expand this to include a ban of all forms of trade and exports of anything and everything to those nations and groups... excommunicado. That is a nice setup. Looks great. Still nothing from Supercool about my missing RAM block parts. The initial response was an apology and promise to send the pieces immediately, but two inquiries asking for a tracking number have been met with silence and nothing has shown up yet. At this point I wish I had just purchased the Bykski parts like I am already using on the Z690 Dark memory. Would have cost me half as much and I would already be setup. They got my money over a month ago.

I still have more work to do to finish setting this up. I have to get more tubing to connect the chiller to the empty QD3 male fitting shown in the video and I need to redo the tank insulation to make it fit the tank a bit tighter. I am going to install a Y-splitter with ball valves so I can change between chiller and radiator without having to disconnect QD3 fittings, just by opening one valve and closing the other and vice versa. The radiator and chiller have discrete inlet ports on the tank to accommodate that. I resolved the swelling tank and trapped air issue that Brother @tps3443was having by installing a pressure relief ventilation tube on one of the ports and rather than building pressure (these tanks are not designed to be pressurized) it simply routes any overflow coolant and air to the top fill port on my first D5 pump reservoir. I used a T-adapter for the QDC with a G1/4 plug on top so I can top off the coolant or bleed off any air that gets trapped there. Here is a quickie video showing the current status. It's unlisted on my channel and I will do a complete one with audio later.

There is no question in my mind that 14900K will be, on average, a little bit better than 13900KS, just as the 13900KS was, on average, a little better than a 13900K. Your comment above is spot-on. It reflects the intelligence of taking a non-chalant wait-and-see approach and not shooting until you see the whites of their eyes. Early adoption always carries a penalty. The older I get, the more I have come to recognize early adoption as an extremely foolish behavior and frivolous way of squandering financial resources. We all feel compelled to scratch when we have an itch, but scratching an itch seldom makes it better. In some cases it makes it worse. Best to ignore it to the extent you are able to. For those that already own a 13900KS, chances are slim that the 14900K will provide a bump in performance that is worth spend another $600. Definitely would fall into the "for entertainment purposes only" with no practical benefit to be realized. It might be "worth it" if you have a below-average 13th Gen CPU that uses a ton of voltage, overheats and sucks at overclocking.

LOL, I watched that video the day it was released and it was an excellent example of... ...exactly the point I was making. It applies to air and water the same. The thermal transfer bottle neck of TIM and thermal solution (air cooler or water block) reaches a point where there is nothing more you can do other than improve the quality of the materials you are using. Pushing more water or air won't change anything when you have maxed out the capacity of those elements.

Maybe these guys. They have a YouTube channel I enjoy watching. https://pcbros.tech/ This could be a good starter with decent gaming specs and lots of upgrade options for CPU and GPU for the bargain price of $1,000 to get your foot in the door. https://pcbros.tech/products/intel-i3-12100f-rx-6600-xt-gaming-pc-in-stock

You could always build the base system and use an extremely inexpensive GPU like a $60 RX580 or a $160 GTX 1080 from AliExpress, then buy the GPU you decide you want later on. You could still do a lot of OK gaming (probably better overall than laptop) using the cheap GPU.

AI is like everything else. The more accepted, popular and prevalent it becomes, the more it sucks and the more it gets abused. It's one of those things that we do not need and the world would be better off without.

No, I am not buying a 14900K at this time. I have two 13900KS and a 13900K so there is not a good reason for me, but I think it will be a good CPU for someone buying or building a new system. I would only buy a 3090/3090 Ti, 4080 or 4090. I would not recommend a 3080/3080Ti or an AMD GPU.

I sold the NUC to Brother @serpro69.

Awesome. More good news. Yes, I think it was War Zone, but maybe not because it was not free. At least not at the start. I remember this because I was about to pull the trigger on buying it and I always Google search to make sure that games I plan to buy have a single-player campaign and that one did not. So, it got scratched off my list. I got burned a couple of times on games that looked pretty sweet but ended up being online multi-player only, so I am always a bit leery of getting screwed like that. Now, I will just have to wait for the price to drop to $20-$30. I love CoD titles. I have every one of them except for the one mentioned. The MWIII trailer looks great.

That's very good news. Nice to see Intel is not milking the inflation problem as an excuse to jack up prices more than the inflation rate. Now let's see how many retail scalpers toe the line. I hope that's not an indication that the new CoD release is going to be missing a campaign. If it is, I will have to skip this one too. I hope not. That will really suck. I hate online multiplayer and having to have an internet connection to play is also sucky. I was very disappointed with the last one being online multiplayer only. When I found out the last one had no single player campaign it was like, whatever, I don't care anymore. With the Redmond Reprobates buying Blizzard, it's probably a safe bet that they will ruin everything. They excel at screwing things up.

I would guess it is about the same, but that could vary from one system to the next on laptops depending on how good the heatsink contact and pressure is. The Honeywell pad works well because fit leaves something to be desired on most laptops. Brother @Vasudevmight be able to answer based on his experience. I did try the IC Diamond Graphite pad on a laptop several years ago and it was absolutely horrible... far worse than any thermal paste. I love Call of Duty, but I do not buy new releases in most cases. They are generally $40-$50 more than I am willing to spend on a game, so I wait for the price to fall to $20-$30 even when it is a title I am very fond of. Crysis releases have generally been one of the rare exceptions. I did pass on the last release of Call of Duty that had no single-player campaign. I do not play online multi-player and that made it worthless to me.

Yes, unfortunately, it just can keep up even on bare die. It does not even come close to comparing with liquid metal. I had hoped that it would. However, it is a good last-forever substitue for quality thermal paste. Results are about the same as KPX or MX-6. And, the advertisement is not wrong. It would work better for extreme cooling like LN2, because liquid metal cannot work in severe cold conditions like LN2 and DICE. You would have to use something else, so the advertisement is totally accurate in that respect. It would likely be very good for that. As an important side note, you also do not want to delid a CPU if you are going to use it on LN2 or DICE. Best to leave the IHS soldered. It works better and is safer for the CPU.