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electrosoft

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  1. Agreed. While X3D is important to me, a double binned 9950X3D would be equally important. The lesser binned CCD always rubbed me the wrong way when I had my 7950X3D.
  2. Pretty much confirmed single CCD X3D on the 9950X3D..... 😞 https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d-cpu-z-specs-leak-max-5-65-ghz-clock-170w-tdp-and-single-3d-v-cache-ccd On the bright side, it looks like both CCDs might be the better bins and clock up the same so there's some hope there:
  3. Using standard thermal paste after a delid for DD is like buying A5 Wagyu and cooking it to well done.... 🤣 What block are you using now? Adventures in water cooling continue for moi..... Also @Mr. Fox picked up a large assortment of G1/4" on OC. 7 pairs should cover me there (for now). Pump/Res combo is in from XSPC. Just going to use industry grade soft tubing from Home Depot or something like this. Thinking of this Alphacool for the front 420mm Rad 15% site wide and that in between thickness. Still debating back and forth between the Alphacool Alpha and Heatkiller IV Pro Pure Copper blocks.
  4. For many systems and testing, I still use a couple of 2.5" Samsung SSD 860 drives so I don't have to taint the NVME slot while making sure the MB is worthy for whatever it is being deployed and I really am pressed to feel the difference in most scenarios. I have 3x 980 Pro 1TB and 2x 990 Pro 2TB in my collection for my systems and I only recently upgraded to those 2TB because I run my storage tight but the games I have had my 1TBs struggling for breath so I upgraded both my desktop and primary NH55 laptop to 2TB each when they were on sale. The wife still runs an SN750 500GB, but she's due for a clean install soon (same install for about 1.5yrs now on W10), so I'll move one of the 1TB into her system.
  5. If anyone is still in the market for a 285k, Provantage has tray 285k's in abundance. https://www.provantage.com/intel-at8076806419~7ITEP9HR.htm Earlier this week they had ~ 1252 in stock and they've only sold ~54 of them, so they still have a healthy 1198 in stock and the price dropped a smidge to under $600. With the 285k in such microcode/W11 flux at the moment, it will be interesting to see where final performance lands around summertime. Besides gaming, I do think it is a very solid CPU all around and in most instances provides better performance than the 14900k. Still waiting on the 9950X3D and CES Nvidia 5000 series unveiling. Edit: They got more in stock today. Current inventory count = 1587. 🤣
  6. They are definitely easy to work with and usually have multiple customer service reps working on your order. I've received updates from multiples many times. This. I keep my driver installs as lean as possible. Looks like a double win, w00t!
  7. They're a much smaller operation than a normal online e-tailer. You can always call. When I ordered from them, I found out they do zero work on the weekends and your orders are just queued up for processing on Monday so if an item is in high demand you never really know and that includes ordering on Friday. I actually placed my order on a Friday and heard absolutely nothing from them when I ordered a 9800X3D before snagging my Newegg one. It sat in limbo all through the weekend and into the next week till I contacted them and it was backordered by that point even though it showed "in stock" when I had ordered it so I cancelled my order. You might want to actually call them or email them to get clarity.
  8. Joining me on the sidelines? 🙂 I'm rocking this 4070 Super with a 60 day return window if needed. It is doing well enough that I could limp along with it for months on end if needed. No coil whine, handles FO76 just fine, WoW can get dicey sometimes but not a deal breaker at 4k but had to drop it down from 10 to 8 and now 7 w/ RT off so I'm feeling it and its small bus and less than half the 4090 power. I've already decided if the 5090s are just beyond stupidly priced with idiotic tariff adjustments in place to top off insult to injury, I'll just ride this for an indefinite length of time or return it and then pick up a discounted Aqua 7900xtx for my loop build out or 8800xt depending on price/performance.
  9. GPU out of memory was directly linked to 13th/14th degrading issues and/or bad/unstable OCs. I could force one on my 13900KS by running it on its edge with my substandard cooling. I never have encounter one on my SP109 14900KS.....ever. Only used Zoom on my 12900k systems (laptop and desktop) and zero issues.
  10. Makes sense. Amazon was taking 9800X3D orders and kept pushing the delivery dates out till they reached early February and stopped taking orders. That was a few weeks ago. I'm fine waiting and seeing where everything goes. Gives me time to finish selling these last few things and hunker down till Feb/March for a potential 5090 and make space while slowly piecing out this water loop over the next month or so. Pretty sure I'm going to go with a 420 in the front and a 360 on the bottom to keep the rest of the upper portion clutter free for working within it with soft tubing.
  11. And as expected, Newegg messaged me totday to let me know the 9800X3D isn't in stock and won't be for the foreseeable future so they're refunding me the entire balance. Thus ends my current AM5 saga. 🙂 Back to the "lowly" tuned SP109 14900KS.... I have to say I got so used to the 4090 at 4k gaming, I was used to seeing both X3D and Intel gasping for breath and the 4090 rarely hitting usage cap in both WoW and Fallout (especially Fallout, where it would drop to close to 60% many locations), but 4070 Super? 99-100% just about everywhere but very playable especially in Fallout. Like I said, in Raids and PvP I had to begrudgingly flip on the Raids/PvP graphics option so I wasn't dipping into the 50s in WoW. 4070 Super is taking a pounding. WOW FO76
  12. So I've been using this x670e Hero to tune back in my 6000 on this 7600x. Set up some other profiles, and get it all ready for the hopefully replacement 9800X3D. I go to test out some fans on it and the bottom three fan headers are defective and keep shorting with fan(s) plugged in. Other fan headers work ok. So in summary, Amazon Resale x670e Hero: 1. Missing CPU heatsink brackets 2. Missing thermal pads 3. Previous owner used some type of thermal grease I can not get the stains off the heatsinks 4. Lower three chained 4 pin fan headers are defective Fun re-tuning the memory on it though. Back to Amazon Resale it goes.
  13. Nice! So @Mr. Fox you are our official AM5 delidding service now? 🙂
  14. Nice! Yet another reminder why I'll be going with soft tubing. It always looks great but I'm in and out of the systems too much 🙂 @Mr. Fox I'm leaning towards the Alphacool Core 1 Aurora as it seems to be on par with the Heatkiller and is compatible with AM5 and Socket 1700. Any insight or is the Heatkiller compatible with both too? Igor shows ithe Aurora basically equal with the Heatkiller for 13th/14th and a smidge better on AM5.
  15. "I want to acknowledge that we got caught participating willingly and gleefully in predatory lending practices to pump up our valuation, dump old stock and please our new investors." - A more fitting statement....
  16. On your recommendation, I went ahead and picked up the XSPC Photon D5 aRGB model since it was on clearance and had an additional 20% off making it a total of $137.69 after discounts and cashback. I think it is a mix of both. My son in law (bless his heart) wanted a gaming PC so badly he rented one from Rent A Center which at least was "rent to buy" but by the time he finished all the payments it was going to cost him $3k for a $1.5k PC. I told him to take that POS right back and built him the equivalent for $1.2k with a better GPU, CPU and more memory. He's not alone in that mentality and not thinking things through. Many focus on "can I afford the payment to have this item now?" versus doing the math and exploring better financial methods to obtain those items because they can't or won't think long term. I've even dealt with that mentality with family and friends trying to explain to them how much money they will end up losing and many times their response is, "I just want it now." Then you throw in companies like NZXT who take gross advantage of that mentality to absolutely abuse the financials of buyers to such gross extremes it HAS to be called out and luckily we have "tech influencers" (gag) with enough clout and standards to make companies change their ways because the tech sector is a finicky beast and sales can turn on a dime. --- GN has its issues. Steve is not the best presenter, long winded and prone to sensationalism but he does get the job done and is thorough in his fact finding and bringing companies and organizations to task. He has a few times stepped over the line a bit and was reeled back in though. Good example is GN vs LTT. He had the momentum but then went a little too far and could feel his crowd turn on him a hair so he dialed it back.
  17. Thanks! I'm leaning towards the XSPC but AC would work too. The magic of binning! 🙂
  18. Everything has shrunk! Asrock Z790i Lightning + SP109 14900KS + TG 8200@8400 sticks + 990 Pro 2TB + MSI 3x Ventus 4070 Super CPU went from gasping for breath to waiting for the 4070 Super to catch up. 🤣 @Mr. Fox and @tps3443 on a serious note, I'm looking for the best bang/bunk (aka cheap but performs relatively well) AM4/5 / Socket 1700 CPU block and D5 pump/reservoir combo. Thinking of pulling the AC LF 420 and putting a 420 + 360 Rad on the bottom loop in the case.
  19. The king is dead! Long live the king! Boxed up my Liquid 4090 to ship off to the new owner tomorrow so I snagged a Ventus 3x 4070 Super locally from best buy to hold me over for the ~58 days. The Liquid X gave me almost two years of rock solid service and I can honestly say it has been my most favorite graphics card to own even more than the Kingpin 3090. Just a beauty of a card. I'm still holding on at 4k Ultra in WoW but barely. I had to begrudgingly turn off RT and there are some wicked dips into the 50s even with RT off so I suspect I'll be inching that Ultra 10 down to a consolation 8 sooner than later. 🙂 **Bring on the 5090!!** So adorable..... 🤣 No coil whine. It might be the quietest gpu I've own ever. Closest would be the KPE 3090ti. That was ridiculously quiet. WoW went from being rarely being pegged at 99% GPU to almost all the time 99%.
  20. Agreed. There is a widely held misnomer that tuning isn't really required with X3D and that is a fallacy especially when the cache is exhausted/saturated. World of Warcraft has been shown to really benefit from tight timings vs bandwidth over and over when things are said and done. Of course if you can have both then why not? 🙂 *Sigh* hopefully the chips act and the fact Intel can't sell their foundries along with the removal of Pat along with 18a in the wind will get them back on track. @Talon How has the 4090 testing been going with the 9800X3D vs 14900KS vs 285k?
  21. You hear me talk about X3D and stuttering/chunk when playing that I do not experience on Intel. This is an example here in Ardenweald and this is on the 9800X3D from Jansn Benchmarks. Watch closely for it. This is a mild version out in open areas with minimal player data and higher GPU utilization. It happens more with RT on and especially at 4k. Side note: on a 7900XTX with RT on, the stuttering is just brutal yet it plays so much smoother with it off. PvP/Raids with X3D is just brutal...BRUTAL when that cache gives up the ghost but I have to say it doesn't look as bad as the 7800X3D/7950X3D but it is still there. It comes down to when does the massive amount of player data micro stutters end and the X3D chunk begins.... Remember, this is at 1440p not even 4k on the 9800X3D. Still want to try it myself as I don't know about his memory settings. 9800X3D is on its way back to newegg for an exchange (hopefully).
  22. Agreed. I think I commented on the BIOS level basic RGB lighting controls with the mATX RS B650 variants and how nice it was. You can always install their software for more advanced functionality, but for me the basic functionality is perfect and keeps the RGB bloatware off the system (I'm looking at you Asus and Razer). So are you going to stick with the Carbon and hope for a firmware fix or give Asus a whirl?
  23. That's a shame considering how great their 1DPC boards have been of late across both AMD and Intel in ITX and mATX form factors. I know my z390 Taichi was a hot mess but that was so long ago and they had really seemed to turn the corner with their recent offerings. You could try another or stick with the Carbon. Like I said before, I had nothing but fantastic results with my x670e Carbon and MSI is my first choice by default now in general. I may end up returning to the fold, who knows? 🙂 I'm hoping MSI launches some really nice 5090s again this time as I will most likely target a Founders and MSI again but let's see the lineup first. I watched it around 4am and wow.....I am a huge proponent of caveat emptor and doing your due diligence, but that is shady at its best and the large investment from a known anti-consumer bent on profits and propping up valuation to resell their stake is telling (IE Corsair).
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