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According to GPU-Z, you're not really pulling any obscene amounts of wattage. You're actually using less than my MSI Liquid is when I'm playing Cyberpunk (~480). If you were, your hotspot temp would probably climb even higher. I reckon this is just a slightly defective GPU. Maybe the cooler is...

Hm? RT is quite noticeable in some titles, especially Hogwarts Legacy. It can look quite nice.. And as an antialiasing technology, DLAA runs absolute circles around any other AA I've tried in almost any title (both performance wise and looks wise). DLAA makes older games like No Man's Sky...

Is this a gacha-style game? Nothing of value was lost, then. I think Arkane Lyon is the one responsible for the Dishonored series, so I'm happy they're surviving. I loved the Dishonored series. That's fair, but I'm kind of tired of hearing about "Larian says this" or "Larian says that." They...

Actually quick question before you fix any orientation, have you tried simply running it with the glass panel taken off? That should eliminate any airflow issues and would basically be an open bench. If your hot spot is still that bad like that, then you might want to RMA as the above user says...

So right now you look like you have a lot of negative pressure in the case, along with your GPU alignment. You have 4 total exhaust (granted 3 through an AIO heatsink but still) and 3 intake. That's a bad thing. You want more intake than exhaust. Right now your intake air is probably just going...

103C is really high imo. My Suprim X Liquid has a hot spot of like 72ish? Or 70? (Mem temp is about the same, core temp is much lower) And that is an AIO GPU, so the rest of the components on the PCB just have some tiny heatsinks and a blower fan configuration. Only the core actually has AIO...

I looked through some reviews of that Tripp-Lite unit and they say that the fan is extremely loud. I think this is for a different model, but there are reports of people replacing the fan with a much quieter one...

My friend (the one that I grabbed the 7800X3D for from Microcenter, to ship to them) is also looking for a GPU to last them a long time. I'm trying to figure out whether this would be a good deal for them or if they would be better off being dissuaded to just wait until the 5090 series releases...

How is their warranty?

I hope they tell the winner which ones those were, because that sounds like an absolute bloody nightmare to try to find that in this cluster. As far as the price, 480k... well I looked up these chips on ebay, it looks like they're selling for about $40-50 a piece? They just got 8000 of them. 1%...

Good stuff, thanks for the input everyone. I'm just running memtest on it with XMP on before I send it out. $526 with tax, for a 7800X3D, nice B650 mobo, and 64GB Hynix M-die kit. Even with shipping, should be a pretty damn good deal. Just waiting for him to get the money together before I ship it.

Another quick question, is there any harm in shipping it with the CPU installed already? I saw the 7800X3D on sale and managed to get it discounted to the $196 bundle price and with the RAM. I assume that it would probably be fine, and could also act as the socket cover. I'm not sure about...

For what it's worth, I've read about using generator power a bit as I was trying to research dual conversion. From what I've read, generator power is actually very dirty, so you would want a dual conversion unit in between the generator and your PC if you're using it for that. Just what I read...

Yep... and that's kind of why the 7600 is also attractive. Because you can save a lot of money going for it even from this current discount 7900X3D, and then put the money towards a GPU upgrade instead, which will mean more. Although right now, if you live next to a Microcenter, I would be...

Grabbed a couple, thanks.

For me it's probably going to come down to whether they really do try to lock down the AI gen of the new card or not. If the 5090 is also 80%+ faster in AI stuff and maybe contains a RAM uplift, I might be in for it even if it's a bit more expensive. If it's just faster in gaming... idk, it's a...

One thing to look at is open box boards. I was able to get my friend a decent B650 MSI Mag Tomahawk for 99$ open box. That's half off or so. I tested it for him and it works fine. Good shape.

Lol half the people in this topic just dove into a rabbit hole.

For the 7800X3D, that's a really killer price. I recently bought my friend a Motherboard that I'm planning to ship to him when he gets the money. Usually you can also take the motherboard into the store after purchase and then can retroactively apply these discounts, too, just an FYI. I might do...

I think they just mean functional degradation when they say observable. Arguably the terms are interchangeable for the average consumer.

You might be right, my memory is very hazy, I just remember people criticizing it afterwards, thought it was some sort of custom refrigerator loop config in my head. Actually upon some further consideration I would like to retract this statement. Intel needs to fall behind for a gen or two and...

Ah yeah you got what is probably a pretty good budget audiophile pair already then. Have fun with it. I'm still on the fence, but leaning towards the outside.

I'm really glad I went AMD this gen. Also found it interesting how that HWU video briefly showed a slide of how the 14900k saw decreased performance on various motherboards depending on VRM. Could have sworn folks were telling me that you didn't need anything crazy to run Intel's chips. I think...

I'm actually kind of surprised you would spend money on the amplifier before the speakers. IME speakers are the largest determining factor for how good things sound. You can have the best amplifier in the world, but hooked up to Logitech-level stuff, it's gonna sound pretty bad. I'm totally a...

Yeah that's really dangerous. USB disconnect sound and then your ear's shot. This version does have the DAC+AMP so it might just do what my Vanatoos do and shut off the amp output when there is nothing from the DAC. To truly test the noise floor you might have to have a silent recording or...

I know. I've made that point tons of times on this forum. I think it's no secret to anyone that frequents this place that I'm a huge fan of the chip (and the AM5 line in general). I have one myself. I love it. What I'm not a fan of, when recommending it to others, is the price, because: That's...

I mean, yeah... It's 50% of 16, which is their highest offering. Intel really tried to sell the heterogenous core thing, so it's hard to directly compare the two. Pretty sure the 7800X3D performs a lot worse than a 13900k in productivity. Well the problem, like I said in another topic, is the...

I think a lot of folks would prefer the 7800X3D even if the higher core count variants are cheaper. It's simply no-fuss drop-in performance. No need to mess with process lasso or anything. I really wish AMD made a 7600X3D. The 7800X3D is pretty expensive for a mid core count chip... Even at its...

Well, I see it for 880 at Provantage. I'm not sure if they're legit. https://www.provantage.com/tripp-lite-su1500xlcd~7TRP92FL.htm That said, pretty steep fee. What does Dual Conversion bring to the table?

About 2 months late, but I'm going to note that the one in my bedroom near my bed doesn't output any smells whatsoever. But the two that I have (or 1 now I guess) that supply the computers that are running Stable Diffusion 24/7 definitely do. After I took that unit back, didn't really have any...

Surprising amount of 1 star reviews for this unit. Lots of DOA, coil whine, and loud fan reviews it looks like.

I do have a fairly decent pair of headphones (retailed for ~700-1k I think a pretty long time ago, got them for 600ish), but I don't really use them anyway. They were too sibilant for my tastes sometimes and since I have my own house I just use speakers and a subwoofer. Prefer to not have...

The one thing I'm not clear on is whether the replaced affected headphones. I don't think they did. That really sucked for people with really expensive cans. Anyway, I'm kind of considering this, but I really would need to be sure whether it has no noise floor or any hissing at all. My ears are...

So you're basically just snubbing anyone that has a sort of preconception when asking questions about a hobby, due to your own preconceptions about what is and is not layman knowledge, and being patronizing and telling them that they probably won't notice anything just because they don't know...

I think the "Super" line is closer to where Nvidia's prices actually drop down to earth and start actually competing. They need to go back and redo the pricing on the older stuff, but my guess is that they just have little incentive to, or are just tied up with other things. Or maybe they just...

While I used cost, this doesn't necessarily have anything to do with price. You're just being outright condescending and dismissive (or at the very least patronizing) in that post due to me listing some equipment that I'm using and what I like about it, and then some other questions. I don't...

Keep in mind we don't actually know why they're leaving. The real reason could be anything. But with this AMD is losing an AIB option and Nvidia is losing even more competition (well, or gaining a lack of competition, as far as they're concerned). No one is probably winning here.

Well that's just how it is. We have 4090s, and for us it wasn't too much of a price. Steep, but we're not suddenly struggling to pay anything off. That's $1600-2000. Jack up the salary to those levels, and 1600-2000 is ~16000-20000. So... yeah that's just pretty much the same for them as buying...

True audiophile gets into absolutely ridiculous price tags of like 20k+++ USD and up, which (in my firm opinion) is absolutely asinine unless you're pulling a 6.6-7 figure salary. From my experience, the largest effect on sound is usually the speaker, followed by AMP. Oh, and room treatment and...

Is this just two channels (ie stereo)? Hmmm... Maybe it sounds good, but that's still a steep price for just stereo. More importantly you would need a pair of really high end speakers for this to shine... What class of amp is it? Does it overheat and degrade if left on 24/7? What I like about...