Dead Space Gets Scary CPU Requirements: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or 11th Gen Core i5-11600K Recommended

[Zarathustra]

I’m still using my 2005 1920x1200 SyncMaster 2443bwx. 1920x1200 is the largest supported resolution on my dock for non primary displays, and I love having the extra vertical space for a monitor used for email / slack.

I'm at work right now and sitting in front of it and it is SyncMaster.

SyncMaster T260HD

Nice.

I don't have much experience with SyncMasters, but I have two old 20" 4:3 1600x1200 Dell IPS screens (2007FP) that I use in portrait on the sides.
I find they are the perfect size for things like a browser window or email, or even a terminal window.

Great for productivity.

They were dirt cheap when I bought them for like $39 a piece used back in 2010 for my perfectly matched PLP setup with my Dell U3011, and they just keep on trucking. Don't know what I'd replace them with if either ever died.

These have been one of those rare cheap purchases that I have gotten LOTS of good use out of.

Seen here in ~2010 with my 30" Dell U3011 in the center:



Here in ~2016 with the 48" Samsung JS9000 TV in the center:



(Bad position for the speakers due to not having enough space at the time)



And here in ~2020 with the 43" Asus XG438Q in the center making the best of a stupid fireplace space in my basement at the time:



My current setup is similar but a little better. Same desks as above, but I finally got rid of the yoga blocks and got real speaker stands

Haven't gotten around to taking any pics since we bought the house though. it's been a year and a half at this point, and I'm still not fully moved in. Seemingly never have the time.

 

[Grimlakin]

Nice.

I don't have much experience with SyncMasters, but I have two old 20" 4:3 1600x1200 Dell IPS screens (2007FP) that I use in portrait on the sides.
I find they are the perfect size for things like a browser window or email, or even a terminal window.

Great for productivity.

They were dirt cheap when I bought them for like $39 a piece used back in 2010 for my perfectly matched PLP setup with my Dell U3011, and they just keep on trucking. Don't know what I'd replace them with if either ever died.

These have been one of those rare cheap purchases that I have gotten LOTS of good use out of.

Seen here in ~2010 with my 30" Dell U3011 in the center:


Here in ~2016 with the 48" Samsung JS9000 TV in the center:



Haven't gotten around to taking any pics since we bought the house though. it's been a year and a half at this point, and I'm still not fully moved in. Seemingly never have the time.

Love the ikea chopping block tables too.

 

[Zarathustra]

Love the ikea chopping block tables too.

Thanks, they have been pretty good thus far.

They have been pretty good thus far.

Hindisght being 20-20 I should probably have braced them on the bottom with some 2x4's or something, as there has been some minor warping over time, but using 5 legs (one in each corner, and one in the back in the center, and occasionally rotating the desk and moving the rear center leg to the opposite side seems to be handling this.

I think the weight of my arms on the desk is what does it.

I thought of doing this in early 2018, when I bought my first one. I was frustrated at the time, as I couldn't find a desk large enough for all of my stuff (large monitor, side monitors, speakers). At least not this side of thousands of dollars.

Then I came across these 74" wide countertops at IKEA, and it worked pretty well. I think i'd prefer them to be a little deeper, as these are only 25" deep, and don't quite give me the leg space I'd prefer, but this works.

I wound up liking it enough that when I moved, I got a second one and use them in an "L" configuration.

 

[Endgame]

I love this thread -it’s very familiar.

I’ve got the Dell u3011 on my daughter’s PC which I spent years upgrading my GPU to get to play well. Pretty sure I went ATI 6970 -> 670 sli -> 980 -> 1080ti.

Desk wise I’m using an ikea Gallant with 3 extension which is my ideal desk and I’m bummed they no longer make them.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

so I ordered a hexacore Sandy Bridge-E i7-3930K, which I was able to overclock to between 4.8 and 5.0 Ghz

Impressive. I've tried to push my 4930K further but really haven't been able to get it past 4.3 GHz. Temps are fine but it just gets too unstable. I'm sure someone with better skills than me could take it further but 4.3 has been mostly good. Even if it's out of date now I still love that X79 platform. I've mentioned in other threads but at one point had SLI and a PhysX setup with it and managed to do decent 4K gaming for that brief period when it was all still supported with a pair of 970s and a 780. Even had 2x RAID0 plus some extra drives running at one point. A complicated mess but I got a kick out of watching all that tech do its thing when 4K was crushing single-card setups. I'm sure there are plenty of those that'll hate me for it but during the height of crypto I dropped it into an open mining frame and plugged all my turing and pascal cards and that old rig managed to make some extra money for a bit. I was pretty happy since most of the tech had been sitting in a closet and I could even give it away prior to the pandemic. Obviously not doing that anymore and now it only has a single 3090 Ti and 2 SSDs but I added an extra fan for push/pull to the CPU and kept in the open frame. It probably has a year or so until it gets fully retired.

 

[Zarathustra]

Impressive. I've tried to push my 4930K further but really haven't been able to get it past 4.3 GHz. Temps are fine but it just gets too unstable. I'm sure someone with better skills than me could take it further but 4.3 has been mostly good. Even if it's out of date now I still love that X79 platform. I've mentioned in other threads but at one point had SLI and a PhysX setup with it and managed to do decent 4K gaming for that brief period when it was all still supported with a pair of 970s and a 780. Even had 2x RAID0 plus some extra drives running at one point. A complicated mess but I got a kick out of watching all that tech do its thing when 4K was crushing single-card setups. I'm sure there are plenty of those that'll hate me for it but during the height of crypto I dropped it into an open mining frame and plugged all my turing and pascal cards and that old rig managed to make some extra money for a bit. I was pretty happy since most of the tech had been sitting in a closet and I could even give it away prior to the pandemic. Obviously not doing that anymore and now it only has a single 3090 Ti and 2 SSDs but I added an extra fan for push/pull to the CPU and kept in the open frame. It probably has a year or so until it gets fully retired.

Yeah, I think it was a combination of a golden sample, as well as Sandy being the last of the 32nm chips. The larger arch allowed for better scaling with voltage. As the architectures shrank, there was less flexibility in this regard.

With that Sandy-E I pumped up the core voltage to an ungodly level. 1.455v is what it took to hit both 4.8 and 5.0 if I recall. And it took it like a champ for 8 years of heavy use without ever degrading. I feel like 32nm was the last huzzah for this type of overclocking.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

With that Sandy-E I pumped up the core voltage to an ungodly level. 1.455v is what it took to hit both 4.8 and 5.0 if I recall.

That's probably why I've been hitting a ceiling. I don't remember what I've got mine at but now I'm curious and may tinker a little bit more with it. I've always wanted to get it to 4.5 just for the sake of it. Another weekend tinkering project.

 

[Zarathustra]

That's probably why I've been hitting a ceiling. I don't remember what I've got mine at but now I'm curious and may tinker a little bit more with it. I've always wanted to get it to 4.5 just for the sake of it. Another weekend tinkering project.

Just be careful, I believe the 22nm chips are a lot more sensitive to voltage than the older 32nm ones.

Wouldn't want you to fry anything.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Just be careful, I believe the 22nm chips are a lot more sensitive to voltage than the older 32nm ones.

Wouldn't want you to fry anything.

Yep, that's why I've been really gentle with it. Thanks for the reminder though!

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

@Zarathustra , well, everything is fine but couldn't get it to go beyond 4.3. I didn't put too much time into it though, maybe an hour or so. It's running at 1.35v. The thing has been rock solid for almost 10 years so probably not even worth trying to push it farther anyway. I haven't gamed on it much since upgrading the AMD build but did some benching with it yesterday with Horizon Zero Dawn and Cyberpunk 2077. It was actually very impressive and held mostly 60 FPS in 4K with max settings. Spider-Man just uses too many new tricks that are CPU-intensive and brings it down a bit.