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While I understand this in theory, and the X3D cache is huge by cache standards, it is still only 128MB. Certainly that can't fit everything needed by the render pipeline. It would be funny to see how one of those massive caches from an Epyc X series chip would perform in a gaming SKU :p

Ah, I was considering going less. 32 or 48. While I can find DDR5-6000 at CL28 and DDR5-6400 at CL30 in 2x16GB kits, anything larger than that seems to go up to CL30 and CL32 respectively. I have read that CAS latency isn't as big of a deal as it once was, so maybe I shouldn't worry about it.

Another weekend, another limited amount of progress. I spent some time trying to duplicate my brackets for the second radiator. No pics here. There is nothing new to show off, and I have a little bit of trimming left to do before it will work just right, and I ran out of daylight before i...

Sorry, didn't mean to sound like I was making accusations or anything. I don't have enough information to say one way or another. Just that most review sets out there I have seen have the two trading blows, and maybe even having the 9950x ahead by one or two percent on average. Most...

I have to admit, your results seem a bit different than most others I am seeing now. Did you guys confirm that you had proper core parking working during the game tests?

I'm having a hard time deciding which one I want now. 9800x3d or 9950x3d. Considering I'll have a separate workstation, and my AM5 system will pretty much only be used for games, I'm leaning towards the 9800x3d, but the draw is strong.

5u+ cases aren't exactly super common or cheap either. Silverstone has a few, but they are ridiculously expensive. I'm not familiar with RackChoice, but they have one that is not terribly priced that may meet my needs. It's probably better to not have to deal with the complications from a...

Looks like I should have bought the Motherboard for phase 2 (the game system) while I could. I have only been able to find two x870 or x870e motherboards that have two Ethernet ports and at least one of them is 10gig. The Asus ProArt X870E (1x 10gig + 1x 2.5gig) and the Gigabyte AI Top (2x...

Good review, thanks! Looks exactly like I suspected. The multi CCD penalty in gaming is still real, so it consistently performs lower than the 9800x3d in games, but on average the penalty seems less than in the past, maybe because of slightly higher clocks. It would be interesting to see how...

Alrighty, here's a little bit of progress. I'm actually a little embarrassed how much time this took me, but it has been a game of trial and error, and then one of repeated assembly and disassembly to see if the hole I just made lines up and everything fits, only to do this over and over and...

Interesting. I'll have to look into that. I had not heard of it. I usually don't connect my TV to the internet though. It is only used as a monitor. Maybe if I firewall it off from the WAN, and just connect via local IP it is fine.

Interestingly enough, another difference I have noticed in going from the 4090 to the RX 7600 is a big quality of life improvement, at least in Linux. With the 4090, since I use an LG OLED TV as my monitor, whenever the screens were asleep, I'd have to be careful to turn on the TV using the...

As a side note, I am really liking this little RX 7600. I mean, it's no 4090, but it sips power and on the desktop it is every bit as snappy as the 4090. In Linux, I think it may even snappier than the 4090. It feels especially responsive when using my Windows 10 Virtualbox VM under Linux...

Alright, please forgive the silence here. This past weekend was my baby sisters wedding shower, and I was volunteered to help entertain the men while the women did their thing. After that I was sick as a dog. So not much progress. But, I was hell bent on making at least a little bit of...

If argue it is hit or miss. There are still some great titles being made, but they are the minority, for sure... ....and usually they launch in a hopelessly broken state.

Alright, the second path has been working out how to mount the reservoirs and pumps to the sides of the radiators. After initially deciding to make my own bracket, and then later changing my mind and ordering Watercool's reservoir brackets, I am now back to making my own, because of the issue I...

So, progress has been a little bit slow lately, in part because I have been working on two parallel paths, and both have hit obstacles. First we have the Molex fan connector terminal issue. I finally received the terminals I ordered above. Sadly they were not exactly what I was looking...

It's like printing money... ...yet they have to keep raising game prices because they are not making enough money. It's all a sham man. Brand new games should be $30. Anything older than 3 years old should be under $10. Anything older than 5 years old should be under $5. And this is...

Oh boy. I bet this one won't be controversial at all given the current political climate. The U.S. represented twice in three Far Cry installments. Interesting. I hope they do away with the online bullshit and forced 3rd person crap from Far Cry 6.

I know nothing about this game, but I once saw it google translated from Chinese (as part of some GPU rumor) as "Black Monkey", and I enjoyed that :p