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[Clamibot]

On 8/9/2026 at 6:39 AM, jaybee83 said:

you win some, you lose some: GPU cable keeping steady, still at +/-10% max. current imbalance, roughly equating to 1-1.3A, very happy with that.

 

but now suddenly my machine kept crashing during RE9 Requiem gameplay, sudden black screen followed by a reboot, not BSOD, no warning, no freezing, nothing, just instant reboot. had a hunch so i ran TM5 and voila: the RAM started getting unstable! currently retuning the timings while keeping the speed at 7600. not sure if this is silicon degradation or rather the current heatwave. ambient temps are reaching 28-30C in my little gaming corner in the living room, thus pushing the RAM to the upper 50s during gameplay (remember: this is with RGB switched off and a 140mm fan pointing directly towards them). in any case, back to RAM tuning ugh....altho not much in the mood, crazily enjoying my gaming phase 😄 ill just do it on the side, one timing a day i guess.... 😛 at least i found the culprit quickly and can go back to stable gaming without reboots 🙂

Yep, RAM is very temperature sensitive. The upstairs A/C in my house broke recently and we had to get it repaired. While I personally didn't mind the 10-15°F higher ambient temperatures, that destabilized the memory overclock on my desktop.

At first, I thought something was horrifically wrong as the machine would just keep freezing and BSODing after over a year and a half of working great. Nope, it was just the higher ambient temps causing RAM instability. Whew.

 

I wanted my 2.5% overclock though! Grr... performance being left on the table I couldn't access.

[Mr. Fox]

1 hour ago, Clamibot said:

Yep, RAM is very temperature sensitive. The upstairs A/C in my house broke recently and we had to get it repaired. While I personally didn't mind the 10-15°F higher ambient temperatures, that destabilized the memory overclock on my desktop.

At first, I thought something was horrifically wrong as the machine would just keep freezing and BSODing after over a year and a half of working great. Nope, it was just the higher ambient temps causing RAM instability. Whew.

 

I wanted my 2.5% overclock though! Grr... performance being left on the table I couldn't access.

I have had people (some not even noobs) argue with me and say things like "no, that's not the problem because my RAM is only reaching 65-70°C" and they often don't believe me that anything above about 40-45°C is "too hot" and will cause errors.

[electrosoft]

"New" system coming out for 2026......rerelease of 2021 hardware....

 

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/acer-aspire-xc-1715_czn-ub13-desktop-amd-ryzen-3-5000-series-2021-8gb-lpddr5-512gb-usb-keyboard-and-mouse-black/JJ8V8HY7FJ/sku/6679698

 

Regression at its most finest to compensate for the AI gear hoovering atm....

 

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16 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

I am returning the Gigabyte Z890 AORUS Elite Duo X. It arrived today after a 5-day slow ride from Amazon in Baltimore and I have spent about 8 or 9 hours fighting it. Super nice motherboard, but something is bugged with the hardware or the firmware. When I first installed it, could not get it to POST normally with two RAM sticks. It would POST, restart and then hang with the DRAM debug LED illuminated. So, I swapped in another memory kit. Same thing. Cleared CMOS several times and nothing. I then got it to boot with one RAM stick, but Windows would freeze while loading. I tried to reflash the BIOS using the EZ-Flash button after renaming the BIOS file GIGABYTE.bin but the button would not do anything. Totally unresponsive. I finally got into the BIOS and the file was seen as "invalid ROM" by the BIOS. I moved the memory stick to the other slot and tried again, then it worked and I flashed the BIOS. After that it booted with both RAM sticks. Both memory kits booted fine. I turned it off, unplugged it, then plugged it in again. This time the EZ-Flash button worked and it seemed all good. Easily hit 8800 stable. I thought "OK, that was weird, but everything is fine now." NOT! I began working on tuning the CPU, but any change made to the D2D clock ratio other than leaving it set to  "Auto" it would only boot to BIOS Safe Mode with the message that the BIOS settings were unstable.

 

Another issue I encountered, even though it is a 2-DIMM board, the memory slots are spaced several millimeters further apart than the Apex and the Supercool direct touch RAM block would not work with it.

 

I considered getting an ASROCK Taichi OCF, but don't really like the brand or how it looks. (I have hated all three ASROCK mobos I have owned in the past.) Ordered another Z890 Apex for $25 less than the OCF. It was $100 more than the Duo X,  but I don't need any more drama. It will be worth the extra to keep my sanity.

  

No more likely to drip on the GPU than the CPU block. I've never had a memory water block that leaked before. 

  

This story made the thought of getting the Taichi OCF an even more unattractive option. That, plus the fact that I have never actually cared for any ASROCK motherboard previously, including a Z370 Taichi and X870E Taichi.

 

 

It makes you wonder why a 2-dimm board would introduce extra length to the traces and chance for signal errors at high/tight settings unless the spacing is compatible for a potential 4 dimm version too?

 

Yeah I'm right behind ya with a Newegg RMA.  I already got my RMA to send back the Asrock B850i Phantom. Basically shares the same BIOS as the B850M-C and both are trash IMHO that are having the exact same problems that extend beyond the whole KingBank fiasco. 

 

 

6 hours ago, Clamibot said:

Yep, RAM is very temperature sensitive. The upstairs A/C in my house broke recently and we had to get it repaired. While I personally didn't mind the 10-15°F higher ambient temperatures, that destabilized the memory overclock on my desktop.

At first, I thought something was horrifically wrong as the machine would just keep freezing and BSODing after over a year and a half of working great. Nope, it was just the higher ambient temps causing RAM instability. Whew.

 

I wanted my 2.5% overclock though! Grr... performance being left on the table I couldn't access.

 

 

Even with a fan with an open case raining down AC cooled air, if my temps in my room rise....which they most certainly will with a 5090 at work.....an on the edge OC on my memory will crash and burn sporadically especially gear 2 8000+ Another reason a CPU/MEM loop has me interested.

 

I've thought about a window AC unit to offset the fact my computer room routinely gets much warmer than the rest of the house to keep it a rock steady ~70 in here vs the inevitable temp creep when I'm gaming and the 5090 is a portable heater. Seriously, just like the 4090 but moreso, in the winter months I shut the door and use it to really heat up my room when I get cold.

 

 

3 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

I have had people (some not even noobs) argue with me and say things like "no, that's not the problem because my RAM is only reaching 65-70°C" and they often don't believe me that anything above about 40-45°C is "too hot" and will cause errors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Papusan]

11 hours ago, electrosoft said:

 

xx60 class card above $800. Hmmmm. Nope. No thanks. Hell freze first. Madness is the correct word for this.

 

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB pricing hits $800+ in the US as memory crisis takes hold

 

 

 

 

On 6/12/2026 at 9:07 PM, Papusan said:

Bro. You bought the wrong card😀 Why go so damn cheapo? And I know you you love the FE design. Maybe next month the 6000 Pro will go for over 15K. so this will be a damn good deal, LOOL

 

Run and buy, and return that Asus turd🤣

 

NVIDIA now lists RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB GPU at $13,250

 

NVIDIA raises RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell price to $16,000, now 87% above original MSRP

 

[Mr. Fox]

13 hours ago, electrosoft said:

It makes you wonder why a 2-dimm board would introduce extra length to the traces and chance for signal errors at high/tight settings unless the spacing is compatible for a potential 4 dimm version too?

 

Yeah I'm right behind ya with a Newegg RMA.  I already got my RMA to send back the Asrock B850i Phantom. Basically shares the same BIOS as the B850M-C and both are trash IMHO that are having the exact same problems that extend beyond the whole KingBank fiasco. 

They used the space to the right of the DIMM slots for a vertical NVMe slot and heatsink, which I am totally fine with. I like that a lot, same as DIMM.2 and the NVMe slot on the B850MPOWER next to the memory. But, it is goofy that they put just enough distance between the slots to make the Supercool block not work. The Apex has wider spacing than most as well, and the IceMan block is too narrow for the Apex. So, the Elite Duo X has even more space than the Apex. You don't notice it until you try to screw the block onto the DIMM jackets. You have to bend the modules toward one another to get the screws in, so that is not cool. I initially installed it and got to looking closer and did not feel comfortable with the visible amount of distortion. I tried using thicker thermal pads on right DIMM to shift the cold plate toward the left memory slot to balance it out and relieve the tension, but that was not enough to get them straight enough for me to feel comfortable with the installation being "safe" for the memory slots. (That thermal pad trick works fine on the Apex to use an IceMan block because the space is not as great. It's only about 0.75-1.0mm wider than normal spacing on the Apex.) Things would be better if all of the OEMs held to a standard on this.