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@Rage Set FC agrees with you about JayZ2C and then some. GN and De8auer put in the real work on this one. @Clamibot End screen basically Gigabyte is garbage all around. I do try to avoid them when possible at all costs. Take his ramblings with a grain of salt as always.... But on the other hand, this is my favorite comment from this video hands down:

I've long been sour on Gigabyte boards. They have consistently run poorer and required more juice to hit what other boards can (if at all) do since Z390 for me up through Z590. MSI has consistently brought the goods from Z490 to Z590. Even their AMD boards are good and the uniformity of their BIOS across all their platforms is a major plus AMD? Intel? Desktop? Laptop? It all basically looks the same. In terms of lowest pull and/or best binning, you can't go wrong with either MSI, Asus or EVGA. Apparently from what I've read the newer Asrock boards aren't as poor as they used to be with the newer Taichi's getting decent reviews. I know back in the day the Z490 Taichi was garbage and I traded up to an EVGA Z390 classified that pulled less and overclocked more. Loving the pics bro!

My biggest fear is the opposite. Intel and AMD deciding to start implementing lock down methods on the level of Nvidia and AMD or worse to mitigate what they see (or perceive) as hits to the bottom line with RMAs.

CYA terms and conditions taken to the most ludicrous extreme from both Intel and AMD..... The problem is Intel and now AMD both have glomed onto the whole overclocking scene and use it to not only push and promote their products but in many instances overclock their own gear to present their scores for marketing and bragging rights. Memory and board makers also know the official limits but offer products that push well beyond the published specs further exacerbating the problem. "Wow! Look at our gear when pushed! AMAZING right?! Just remember....if you do any of this and it goes belly up it's on you as you void your warranty" We now even have Asus in on it with their motherboards. Don't get me started on GPU makers looking for any and every reason to deny warranty work starting with the most egregious of them all: The dreaded no warranty transfer BS. Running Intel CPU IMC within spec (5600) and AMD (5200) leaves so much performance on the table. CPU frequency wise luckily (how you choose to look at it), CPU and GPU performance boost algorithms really do extract a large portion of untapped performance for everyday users leaving much less for overclockers to spelunker and enjoy. It is a win for Joe User. So they're caught in a gray area trying to have their cake and eat it too. They willingly glamorize overclocking while spelling out in no uncertain terms if you exceed this memory speed, voltages and more you are effectively voiding your warranty. Verbally telling you NO while subtly shaking their heads yes......

When I had the Unify and A-die sticks before my 12900k topped out at 7400 and tuned, it at best matched my CL15 4133 B-die setup on the Z690 D4 with WoW and FO76 runs (so I returned the Unify and sold the stocks at no loss) so any upgrade I would want at least 7800+ which is re-entering A-die, 13900k/ks and 2-dimm solution (along with board hunting). That's when I decided to give AMD another chance. I'll revisit Intel in the fall with the RPL refresh and prices of Z790 boards falling. Heh.... I mean they definitely do not NOT suck atm.... 🙂

Congrats! How far were you able to push A-die's on the Strix Z690-E? (2x16GB,SR) I just finished testing 2 more sets of M-dies and they were worse than my current set so it will be A-die from here on out (or B-die's which are up next).

Return of the luggables! 🙂 Many (MANY) moons ago, I had a Compaq portable that was pretty chunky and hefty. It was meant for site to site work like the one you linked. I like the fact this one has a 24" display and basically an empty case to hold components and it is open air so they can just breathe. You really would be able to modernize it however you see fit within its constraints. It's a biggun though but I do like the idea....

Damn sorry to hear but luckily you're on the mend and crawling back to the forums. 🙂 Either one can knock you for a loop. Covid had me down for 5 weeks struggling to breathe and 2-3 months to fully recover early on (April 2020). Second time about two weeks. Last time I barely noticed it and if I didn't have a stack of tests at home I would have never known. Caught the flu a few months back. Went from, "I feel odd" telling the wife to within 24hrs the highest temp I've ever had in life (103.4) and feeling like I was burning up from the inside. I was down for a week and it took me a few weeks to fully recover. I lost 10lbs just being sick too. For me it was variant B.

When it rains it pours....Asus is catching it from all sides.

I've just started the preliminary work for binning some 12900k processors for this Clevo NH55 and it did dawn on me that unless something radically changes, this will be my last run at this process I've enjoyed immensely since back in the Core 2 days.... 😞

Your HOF will thank you 🙂

That thing is beastly and we've reached a point of BGA laptops just burying what's left of old school DTRs CPU and GPU wise 😞 I totally feel you on the max fans. One of my approaches for laptops for decades has been to minimize noise for day to day use even if performance suffers because I don't want to sit there with a screeching beast while trying to use it.

#1. How did it die? #2. What model GT77?

I'm sure it's not the problem but I've encountered a few cheap/knock off hubs that wire their pseudo-aRGB ports in serial and require a specific order to light up. Have you tried just plugging one fan header into each individual port (including the one that works) to see what happens? How many ports total? I'm using a thermalright hub in mine they sent me to test and it is as generic/real aRGB headers as it gets and just works and only works via the MB. I do see value in those "proprietary" type hubs as you usually get a killer price for a hub and 4-6 fans. Having evaluated several of them I noticed the non aRGB "proprietary" connector is all the same and the fans are interchangeable.

Thinking of picking up a pair of these Bykski heatsinks for DDR5....anything else out there better? https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804668704364.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt&_randl_shipto=US

The inherent constraints in laptops in regards to thermals and power delivery deployed by makers do make them susceptible to point failures (usually GPU first) that made truly modular and upgrade enabled laptops my usual go to. GPU fails? Replace it or better yet upgrade it. Want to upgrade your CPU later on? No problem. Looking for a better silicon specimen for cooler running? Ok. Treat laptops with the same dignity as desktops. Now we've truly entered the age of single point failure laptops taking the entire thing with it and unless you want to do board level repairs (and even that isn't a given with proprietary parts in play sometimes) you make sure you have an extended warranty. Throw in overclocking and exceeding system tolerances and you get some truly brutal stories of laptop failures either acute or chronic in nature.

In terms of a nice DTR with a state of the art gaming CPU coupled with Nvidia's 4090m? Yeah, I'd be interested most definitely. Definitely not a tinkerer's laptop but something I would take with me on travels and use for everything. When I'm on the road for months this fall I'll definitely be picking up a used Titan or Alienware M18. Unless Framework catches on it doesn't matter what powers the CPU in a laptop; the BGA GPU will be there regardless. One reason I decided to give the X3D a try (I did say this last year it was either X3D or 13900k) one of the reasons was Intel's roadmap and Zen 5 which looks to put Intel back into Zen3 vs 11th gen territory again. Even their mobile chips are hot and heavy. For my use later this year, the 7000 series mobile line up is definitely up for consideration. That would end up being an Alienware m18 most likely.

Best Buy rejected my 7950X3D review but accepted my 7800X3D review.... lol Returned the 7950x....er I mean 7950X3D today to Best Buy. If I order again, I think I'll set it for store pick up so I can verify the contents myself this time around but looking at more 7800X3D results and I definitely got a good sample as it is naturally hitting 4824 and staying at 78-80c under full CB23 on an EVGA CLC 360. This is with the new BIOS installed. It is locked to 1.3 now and under full load tops out at ~ 1.310v. Still boggles the mind it pulls 90w total under CB23 and 80c max as is. If there was ever a CPU in search of a DTR laptop chassis, this is it. Moving the Carbon x670E into the main rig today along with a design overhaul....

Just enough to keep Titan at the top but much closer to a Titan than the 4090 but ugh....

Pretty much. The bulk of the performance is already there in the XX90 models. The TI just opens up the rest of the GPU (Full fat as we call it) and gives ~8-11% performance bump at most. Then the 5090 will drop and obliterate the 4090ti. Rinse/Repeat. I know I'm an optimist (hope springs eternal), but I hope AMD brings something to the table that can compete at the very top end as the 7900xtx ain't it. They got close with the 6900xt and raw performance. Still have the 7900xtx Taichi in my cart at Amazon. If a cheap open box pops up I might pick it up and put it in the wife's rig then drop her Strix 3080 in my daughter's to replace her 3070 and upgrade the son in law from his 2070 to her 3070.

Intel formally introduces Tim Cook as their new CEO apparently..... 🤣

Nvidia pushing back Blackwell GPU till 2025 due to poor demand and economic downturn.... https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/nvidia-postpones-3nm-gpu-launch-to-2025-amid-economic-struggles-and-dwindling-pc-demand.html I'll gladly ride my 4090 for the next ~2.25yrs and you can keep that 4090ti that will most likely come out late 2024 for a marginal bump* *As always I reserve the right to eat shoe and get one...head held low, eyes to the ground as I click yes on the order. 🤣

Transition for 8-bit (6502/6510) to 16-bit (with some 32-bit properties) (68000) systems back then: Apple: Apple II -> Macintosh Commodore: C64 -> Amiga Atari: 800 (and XL derivatives) -> ST

That or a misprinted or wrong IHS applied. If it had popped up as a 7950X3D when installed I would have been fine either way and just shrugged it off as a printing error / wrong IHS installed. It just seems to not be someone swapping it because where's the value? The difference is $100 (or less) between the CPUs at this point. It would be different if it was an IHS sealed on top of a like a 1700 or even a bottom barrel 7000 series chip like a 7600 but it is a full fledged 7950x?? Either that or someone in the chain has a 7950x and figured a quick swap would be a nice and free upgrade and Johnny end user wouldn't notice it isn't an X3D? I left a couple of review on Best Buy for both the 7800X3D and 7950X3D fiasco that should be showing up in the next few days. I'll probably post it to their forums too just in case it is numerous CPUs either by error or maliciousness. EDIT: Looks like Best Buy doesn't have forums anymore?

Nope, two totally different serial #s and I noticed that the cardboard cover over the clamshell CPU is missing in the 7950X3D box. You can see the serial # on the 7950X and the box here: