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- Sat Apr 13, 2024 5:22 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Which is best for gaming, 4080 Super vs 4090?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 145
Re: Which is best for gaming, 4080 Super vs 4090?
Your wide screen monitor is 3440 x 1440? When looking at game benchmarks, is all about the number of pixels. So, you can look at the 1440p (2560 x 1440) benchmarks, multiply them by .74 and get a feel for the expected play on your rig. Cyberpunk: Ray tracing is what kills the fps in this game. Techs...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:40 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Article: Best uninterruptible power supply 2023 ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10415
Re: Article: Best uninterruptible power supply 2023 ?
I doubt a sealed lead acid battery is going to smell.
fyi.
I wonder how the power conversion loss and the standby power use compares to the lead acid UPS models...
fyi.
I wonder how the power conversion loss and the standby power use compares to the lead acid UPS models...
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:02 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Article: Best uninterruptible power supply 2023 ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10415
Re: Article: Best uninterruptible power supply 2023 ?
There really aren't any decent UPS reviews out there. You might find out whether or not the mfgr says they provide a 'pure' sine wave output, but you won't find out about noise...and only user feedback will let you know about odd smells ;) I know APC has at least one 'pure' sine wave output model. I...
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 5:23 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Silent 13900kf Build (Water?)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 23158
Re: Silent 13900kf Build (Water?)
Looks like the cooler is installed well. Here are a couple of articles on 13900k and performance vs power limits, etc. Note the Puget Systems one that's using the noctua NH-U12A :) Anandtech roughly a 20% performance drop with a 50% drop in power limit for heavy tasks...not must diff in dps for game...
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 6:06 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Silent 13900kf Build (Water?)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 23158
Re: Silent 13900kf Build (Water?)
Some thoughts: - is the cooler attached well? If you can look at your CPU temperature as a data logged graph, load the cpu for several seconds and then let it go to idle. The temperature should drop rapidly in a very short period of time (like 90% delta drop in a second or two). If it doesn't, then ...
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:27 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Finding Optimal Upgrade Paths
- Replies: 24
- Views: 41326
Re: Finding Optimal Upgrade Paths
RAM capacity and speed: it's all about the capacitive load. More RAM chips, longer circuit traces, additional RAM banks...it all adds more capacitance to the data lines which in turn slows the rise/fall of the data waveform, which in turn determines the max speed the RAM can run at and still be 'in ...
- Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:54 am
- Forum: SPCR Announcements
- Topic: New SPCR design & management
- Replies: 33
- Views: 84645
Re: New SPCR design & management
It's great to see they recovered/moved forward with another test chamber. Can't wait to see what the baseline noise spectrum looks like. I haven't seen/heard any mention of returning to written content..
- Tue Jul 25, 2023 9:20 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Finding Optimal Upgrade Paths
- Replies: 24
- Views: 41326
Re: Finding Optimal Upgrade Paths
Mmm, not sure I'd go with a DDR4 motherboard and RAM anymore. DDR5-5600/6000 has come down in price, gives a bump in performance over DDR4-3200, and is forward looking. You can get 2x16GB for 100 euros.
- Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:35 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Antec Solo Front Panel I/O Mod
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9410
Re: Antec Solo Front Panel I/O Mod
Nice. No problems with the tight spacing between the two Type A jacks?
- Wed Jul 19, 2023 8:37 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Finding Optimal Upgrade Paths
- Replies: 24
- Views: 41326
Re: Finding Optimal Upgrade Paths
Let me throw this out there: check out the RTX 4060 . It's maybe 12% slower than the Rx6700 XT in gaming, but for many GPGPU tasks like Blender , it's faster and it uses about 1/2 the power of the 6700 XT. So, should run much cooler and quieter with a decent make/model. Not sure how they are pricing...
- Sun Feb 12, 2023 7:10 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Finding Optimal Upgrade Paths
- Replies: 24
- Views: 41326
Re: Finding Optimal Upgrade Paths
Welcome back. - How many euros do you wish to throw at the problem? That will help constrain what we look to replace. - You might wish to look at the current generation of AMD CPUs for better performance/watt. Something like the Ryzen 5 7600 would use roughly the same power as your Ivy Bridge CPU an...
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 4:20 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: My build plan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10820
Re: My build plan
I worry about things like bit-error rates and longevity, as most companies have adopted TLC and QLC exclusively. I think only Samsung uses MLC (more reliable) anymore. <shrug> I think it's all about lifetime writes. I doubt your usage will come close to the SSD's lifetime writes over the PC's lifet...
- Sun Feb 05, 2023 5:57 am
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: My build plan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10820
Re: My build plan
Storage :) How much do you need? What's your game plan for it? How are you going to do backups? Chances are you can get away with just an M.2 PCIe SSD for everything but archival storage and an 'only spinning during backup' SATA HDD for the latter. I haven't seen any reviews for the motherboard by r...
- Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:50 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Seasonic FOCUS vs PRIME?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16344
Re: Seasonic FOCUS vs PRIME?
Nope - that's different circuitry. I could only find one decent Focus PX 750 review @ Tom's. The Prime reviews all seem to be Titanium...whispercat wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 6:40 pmPlatinum. Specifically 750-px.
If the PRIME has tighter voltage regulation, would this mean it could handle transient spikes better?
- Mon Jan 23, 2023 6:24 am
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Seasonic FOCUS vs PRIME?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16344
Re: Seasonic FOCUS vs PRIME?
Which Focus and which Prime? There are Gold/Platinum rated Focus and Gold/Platinum/Titanium rated Primes.
In general, the Primes have tighter load regulation, bigger fans (135mm vs 120mm), longer warranty (12yr vs 10yr).
Corsair quality is fine.
In general, the Primes have tighter load regulation, bigger fans (135mm vs 120mm), longer warranty (12yr vs 10yr).
Corsair quality is fine.
- Wed Jan 18, 2023 5:50 am
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: New solid state cooling technology
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7146
Re: New solid state cooling technology
Yep. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out. I enjoyed the CEO's tout of 21 to 24dB being below the noise floor. ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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- Wed Jan 11, 2023 12:31 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: New AMD Zen 4 launch
- Replies: 18
- Views: 67749
- Thu Jan 05, 2023 8:15 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: New AMD Zen 4 launch
- Replies: 18
- Views: 67749
- Wed Dec 28, 2022 6:46 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Any Nividia RTX 3000 series cards with more than 8 GB VRAM?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18609
Re: Any Nividia RTX 3000 series cards with more than 8 GB VRAM?
You might look for benchmark reviews that use the video editing and 3D modeling tools you use and see if there is an appreciable difference in performance for the Ti and non-Ti versions. Everything else you listed is effectively idling.
- Tue Dec 27, 2022 8:50 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Any Nividia RTX 3000 series cards with more than 8 GB VRAM?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18609
Re: Any Nividia RTX 3000 series cards with more than 8 GB VRAM?
Asus Strix OC V2 in the Quiet BIOS setting is probably the best of the 3060's.
Techpowerup
ComputerBase
$550CAN at Memory Express.
I don't know when the 4060's will be released...might be announced at CES this week, might not come out until June.
Techpowerup
ComputerBase
$550CAN at Memory Express.
I don't know when the 4060's will be released...might be announced at CES this week, might not come out until June.
- Mon Dec 26, 2022 7:08 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Any Nividia RTX 3000 series cards with more than 8 GB VRAM?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 18609
Re: Any Nividia RTX 3000 series cards with more than 8 GB VRAM?
RTX 3060 comes in a 12GB variant, RTX 3080 has 10GB and 12GB versions, RTX 3080 Ti is 12GB.
pcpartpicker.com might help you out.
pcpartpicker.com might help you out.
- Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:23 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: New AMD Zen 4 launch
- Replies: 18
- Views: 67749
Re: New AMD Zen 4 launch
Looks like the non-X parts arrive in January. It'll be interesting to see what a "65W" R9 7900 looks like.
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:44 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Fractal North - beauty, eh?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8178
Re: Fractal North - beauty, eh?
I like the black metal + wood look. Here's Guru3D's review of the glass and solid metal version using your future R9 7900X limited to 125W and a 3080 video card.
- Fri Dec 02, 2022 9:11 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: New AMD Zen 4 launch
- Replies: 18
- Views: 67749
Re: New AMD Zen 4 launch
I remember Linus once mentioning that the electronics industry in China slows down between Feb and about May because of Chinese New Year and factories doing inventory during that time, etc. and that this has an effect on pricing. Yeah, that's utter nonsense. A mobo mfgr isn't going to limit their r...
- Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:34 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: New AMD Zen 4 launch
- Replies: 18
- Views: 67749
Re: New AMD Zen 4 launch
Yep. I looked at the 5900X pricing, and granted there were tight supplies last year, but it appears there was a price dip for the Nov/Dec time frame, then it went back up until March, then dove. So, short term, the 7900X pricing is maybe as good as it gets. My 6 mo rule is more of a: - buy at launch...
- Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:36 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: New AMD Zen 4 launch
- Replies: 18
- Views: 67749
Re: New AMD Zen 4 launch
Most CPU "bugs" post launch are firmware issues, not chip hardware issues. So, that means a BIOS/driver update - not a "we have to change the silicon" problem. The few times buggy silicon have been released into the wild, the problem has been discovered pretty quick and hailed loudly on the tech new...
- Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:11 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: New AMD Zen 4 launch
- Replies: 18
- Views: 67749
- Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:04 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: New AMD Zen 4 launch
- Replies: 18
- Views: 67749
Re: New AMD Zen 4 launch
...sort of. New CPU releases generally come out with a new motherboard chipset. So, if you are waiting for the mobo firmware to settle out, you are by default waiting for any initial BIOS/driver issues associated with the CPU to settle out. These days, AMD and Intel are doing staggered releases, bri...
- Mon Nov 28, 2022 5:24 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: MSI RTX 3060 ti Gaming X LHR (two fan)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7731
Re: MSI RTX 3060 ti Gaming X LHR (two fan)
Impossible to say without any technical details available. There weren't any reviews for a 2-fanned MSI GTX 3060 either. Oddly, it's the highest priced of the 3 sku's, but that could be for the bump in clock speed and the rgb bling. The Asus STRIX OC in quiet BIOS mode does have the best temp and sl...
- Mon Oct 03, 2022 6:01 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: New AMD Zen 4 launch
- Replies: 18
- Views: 67749
Re: New AMD Zen 4 launch
Die shrinks (more wattage/heat in a smaller area) and the desire to run faster/further up the voltage/freq curve makes the X chips run so hot. As you noted, you could:
- enable the eco mode
- wait for the non-X parts to come out..I expect they be 65W TDP parts.
- limit the TDP in BIOS.
- enable the eco mode
- wait for the non-X parts to come out..I expect they be 65W TDP parts.
- limit the TDP in BIOS.