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Test System: ---------------- MSI X670E Carbon Wifi (see notes) Thermalright Peerless Assasin 120SE GSkill TridentZ f5-6000J3036G32GX2-TZ5NRW, 2 X 32 Gb, 30-36-36-36-96 1.4v EXPO Seasonic Focus 550W (will be switched out in my production rig to a Zippy EMACS 1kW) Notes: -------- I was extra...

My 9800X3D arrived. I thought it was a joke when I saw it in stock at Newegg at MSRP and ordered one. My order went through and the shipping label was created. I still did not believe it as the tracking information said "shipper has not received the item". But lo and behold it shipped on time...

Not competitive, high price, a short lived platform and Win 11 is a mess. Nothing ever works as intended at launch. What is wrong with these companies? Fumbling the ball at the 1-yd line seems to be the norm. Bush league overall...

****, that is expensive! What's with these new platforms offering minimal to no improvements but costing both arms and legs?

BIOS screen looks similar to my ASROCK SuperCarrier Z270. Can all M2 ports be used simultaneously without losing either of the PCIEe slot lanes? Looks like a solid motherboard for basic office use.

Wow! That is crazy. However, it is important to ensure that such transients are not due to instrument/environment errors. Perhaps I ought to watch that video.

Glad I've stayed with W10. At work, it is a different story. :/

Seasonic seem to have really taken over the market with PSUs that just work. In fact, I have not really heard of PSU failures from any of the big brands. A far cry from the early 2000's when PUSs used to explode on a reviewer's test bench in the hot box. Now, it looks like DC-DC cnverters have...

The uCode update did not change the power draw, nor are the boost clocks much lower. The max voltage was lower however (1.495 V in HWinfo). A few questions: 1) What was the VCore before the update? (In HWinfo) ? Did you see the 1.55V? 2) Does this new limit on VCore have a built in margin for...

Not yet a fan of YT videos. I still prefer the written word. At the risk of dating myself I miss the days of [H], XS, OCForums, AT (the OG version) and JonnyGURU's reviews. I discovered this site on accident, looking for a new hardware home. :)

I am replacing an EVGA RTX3070 with the Powercolor 7900GRE Red Devil. This is supposedly a higher end version of the Hellhound. I read several Hellhound reviews (especially Brent's) and based my purchase on it. I have not seen any extensive reviews of the Red Devil, however. What would you like...

Thanks guys. I am staying put!

5800X3D is the CPU and RAM is 2 x 16Gb of GSkill F4-3200C16GTZA.

At this rate COD will soon ship on its own SSD and cost $1000.

Hi all, First post here. I own a Gigabyte X570S Aorus Master. Should I update the BIOS to AGESA 1.2.0.C? I am currently on 1.2.0.8. My rig is stable and nicely underclocked (-30) and boosts to 4.5GHz. I does run a tad warm at 78 C when gaming. Thanks!