*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D

[Mr. Fox]

I've been watching the insane increase in DDR5 prices. I don't need any, but decided to see if I could find some spares cheap to hang onto. Just scored a Trident Z5 DDR5-8000 48GB CL40 1.400V kit with Supercool direct touch cooler on eBay for $250. That same RAM kit is now about $300 sold and shipped by NewEgg. So, basically like getting the Supercool cooler kit for free, give or take a couple of bucks.

 

[Papusan]

 

Made for throwaway. Maybe Nvidia and their AIC partners should send with spare 12VHPWR cable adapters so the cards can survive the warranty periode? Better say, let the consumers have new 12VHPWR adapters each 8 months of usage.

 

Lets say they all could ship the cards with 3 pieces of the hated tiny adapters in the package? 

 

Btw. The better and more costly PSU's often have two 12V-2*6 connectors due AI/creators... There you have it. You have one spare cable all time for your precious GPU. Useful even if you don't run 5000 series cards in pair for AI tasks. Aka you have always an backup if you prefer the tiny trash on both ends.

 

Two RTX 40 series cards left us this week, an RTX 4090 and an RTX 4080: soldered plastic connectors, graphics cards on the verge of warranty expiration.

 

They're failing faster and faster. Time waits for no one; the 12VHPWR and 12V-2x6 graphics cards should be recalled now, while there's still time, before they continue to silently burn out one after another.

 

 

 

As you can see... The engineers at nvidia is fantastic. Same pattern here as with the tiny trash... Amazing engineering skills. Fragile as hell.

 

[Mr. Fox]

Hopefully this was not a waste of sand. But, I will find out as soon as I button things up. If it's not better than what I already have it's going back for a refund.

[electrosoft]

8 hours ago, Papusan said:

 

Nice. The new Intel flagship got one boost bin upgrade of 100 MHz for TVB. But no change in all core boost clocks(Turbo oost max). Everything else is almost exactly the same. What a fantastic upgrade. Run and buy. Why bother put resources on an refresh? Plus models? LOL

 

 

Intel Core Ultra 290K, 270K and 250K Plus spec leak: “Arrow Lake Refresh” with higher clocks, more cores and faster memory support

 

Core Ultra 200K Plus (overview).

Core Ultra 9 285K➡️ 290K Plus: + 100 MHz P-Core (Max)

Core Ultra 7 265K➡️ 270K Plus: + 4 E-Cores

Core Ultra 5 245K➡️ 250K Plus: + 100 MHz P-Core (Max), + 4 E-Cores

 

7 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

Did you mean to link to a post by @electrosoft or an article about the shiny new product that offers so little? The link leads here:

https://notebooktalk.net/topic/109-official-benchmark-thread-post-it-here-or-it-didnt-happen-d/page/824/

 

 

I'm living rent free in @Papusan's mind!  🤣

 

As for Intel, that is classic Intel offering the exact same chip with an extra bin or two or tacking on more e-cores and either calling it a new model # or appending an S on the K......

 

290k Plus = 285KS 🤣

 

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When you are shopping for a new system, really want a 5090 based desktop and score a fully kitted out 285k + 5090 CyberPC open box for $2999.....

 

Even included the KB/M and with a Gigabyte Gaming 5090 currently going for $2900 on its own....

 

(Timestamped at the "score"):

 

 

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3 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

I've been watching the insane increase in DDR5 prices. I don't need any, but decided to see if I could find some spares cheap to hang onto. Just scored a Trident Z5 DDR5-8000 48GB CL40 1.400V kit with Supercool direct touch cooler on eBay for $250. That same RAM kit is now about $300 sold and shipped by NewEgg. So, basically like getting the Supercool cooler kit for free, give or take a couple of bucks.

 

 

I'm kicking myself for selling off multiple sets of redundant 6000-6400 kits back in July but then I realized they all sucked badly.

 

Right now I have the TG 8200, KS 8400 and a set of G.Skill 8200 I sniped locally. All 2x24GB kits. I think I should be good for my personal use.

 

Any build outs for friends and family, well, they are in for a world of hurt when they see the price of that memory.....

 

1 hour ago, Mr. Fox said:

Hopefully this was not a waste of sand. But, I will find out as soon as I button things up. If it's not better than what I already have it's going back for a refund.

 

Oh damn! It's here already. Definitely hoping it turns out to be a better bin. Good luck!