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Yep, only device I've found that flawlessly plays back every file I have on my Plex server.

Bump. Price drop.

Bump.

Came here to confirm iCUE is terrible. Never again. I only buy Corsair products if I can be sure I can do everything I want/need to without installing iCUE.

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One of the 8TB shucked WD EasyStores in my NAS started throwing errors then went offline, so I picked up a couple of these $82 12TB Seagates to replace that pool. Arrived the other day, hoping to install and test tonight.

Bump - split up the waterblock and card.

Fun project! I'm following along. I've been toying with the idea of using my 3D printer to make some custom ducting and parts to fit as much cooling as I can in an ITX case 😂 Once Zen 5 launches I'll likely do a CPU upgrade and move from the NCASE to something else. Goal is to either fit my...

Wonder if it would be possible to rework just the male end of the connector to prevent partial seating. Then PSU and GPUs are unchanged and it's just a drop-in cable replacement. Pinout and profile would have to stay the same, but clips/locks and other pieces that surround the pins could...

Turned off CPPC, set VCORE to 1.35V. Highest I could get the multiplier was 42.75, which produced nearly identical results as with PBO on: With a better binned CPU it may be worthwhile to do the all core OC, but in my case I think I'll just switch back to PBO and forget it. I'm not too...

If I was buying a PSU now I'd want ATX 3.0, which those three are. They look like solid options. FWIW I built a system for a friend over the summer using the platinum version of the MSI, and I was impressed.

Sweet, looks easy enough. I'll give it a shot and report back.

I would say you could maybe get away with it with a quality 750W PSU if you didn't have much else drawing power, but the fact you say you're powering tons of disks makes it an easy call. Get a new PSU.

By overclock all cores do you mean set an all-core negative offset? I have a -15 offset on all cores, and +200 set on the boost frequency.

Very interesting results with SMT off. CPU score takes a significant hit, but GPU score gets a boost. Most exciting, my GPU utilization is hitting 100% so I think you're on to something with the stuttering. Played a couple hours of Cyberpunk after turning SMT off last night and it was nice and...

Link would be great!

Lots of good info in this thread. After reading through it, I ran Time Spy on my system (5900X and 4090) and discovered my graphics score was also a bit low. Here's my starting point: After some tweaking, I ended up here: I did the following: disabled virtualization enabled resizable bar...

I got one of the JoyJom adapters seeing as it appeared identical to the ModDIY one and was much cheaper at the time. I was a little nervous based on all the hullabaloo around the new connector, but I've had no issues. Just made sure I seated it properly. Personally I much prefer this new...

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Waited until mid-cycle to buy a 4090 - scooped one up over the summer when prices briefly dipped below $1500. I don't plan on upgrading until the 60XX series, unless games become significantly more demanding. If I can play AAA games at 4K/60 with all the goodies, I'm happy. Currently playing...

Looking for IPT invite if anyone has a spare. Have been a member of TD for 10+ years.

Update: installed the original cooler back on the card. Selling the waterblock separately. Prices include shipping to lower 48 states. PayPal preferred. [SOLD] EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 10GB (non-LHR) - $375 EK-Quantum Vector XC3 RTX 3080/3090 D-RGB - Nickel + Plexi with matching EK backplate...

Nope. For one thing, you're not getting a 4090 for $425. For another, the photo doesn't match the listing. It's a 10GB 3080 box, which is probably what you should expect for $425.

Just upgraded my 3080 to a 4090 after hearing 50XX likely pushed to 2025. I was able to find one a little under MSRP. So far, it's a noticeable improvement in 1% lows and I can't see needing/wanting a better GPU for a while as I don't game at 8K or 240Hz. Maybe some games will release in the...

Hmmm, something may have been up with your 4090. I maxed out all those settings as well and am getting an easy 60fps. I'll play on my 144Hz monitor without Vsync tonight and see what the averages are. Is it possible you turned up the resolution scaling so you were rendering at 8K or similar?

Prices do seem to have bottomed out a few weeks ago. Lenovo was selling the MSI Suprim Liquid for under 90% of MSRP, that was the best price I saw. Since then prices are up a bit. The fact the 4090 Ti was cancelled, and Blackwell was pushed to 2025 may have increased demand slightly from gamers...

What software do you have installed? Anything like Corsair iCue or Asus Aura installed? Maybe something that can control RGB on RAM or motherboard? Asking because a couple of years ago I had frequent kernal-level crashes and errors I couldn't explain. The solution for me ended up being to...

Not letting my NCASE M1 die just yet. I've installed a Zotac 4090 in my dual-radiator build using the EK-Pro GPU block.

I'm not seeing a trend with games like Hogwarts, yet. It seems to be more the exception than the rule. The majority of games are still able to fully utilize the GPU, so at 4K resolutions CPU really doesn't matter much. I'm likely going to stick with my 5900X for now and upgrade once Zen 5 comes...

I'm looking forward to Starfield, but curious to see what the system requirements are really like considering the gameplay we've seen so far doesn't look much better than Fallout 4.

Different engine, but MSFS is a similar game that really taxes the CPU. The trick to optimizing that one is to turn up all the settings that would stress your GPU and turn down ones that would stress the CPU. Being GPU limited makes for a much more pleasant experience in general. It's almost as...

Hogwarts sounds like a really poorly optimized game. I bet you're right and the CPU upgrade would have a bigger impact there. Hopefully it's an exception.

I'm still happily using my NCASE M1, but I decided I wanted to upgrade from my 3080. Finding a 4090 block that would fit was tough. The best option is the Alphacool ES block however it only supports Inno3D cards, which are unobtanium in the US. Last week I stumbled upon the EK-Pro 4090 block...

I have a 3080, and I'm installing my new 4090 tonight. Like you I have a previous gen CPU (5900X). I hope poorly optimized games like Hogwarts are the minority. I ran into a similar situation trying to get my settings right for MSFS on my 3080, and it was a miserable experience.

I'm interested to see if they do the FE cards this time around. The design on the 30XX was pretty cool and resulted in cards significantly smaller than anything available from partners. I likely won't upgrade this time around, but if I did I'd want it to have a similar power envelope to my 3080...

I bought a new keyboard a couple months ago. It's an IQUNIX OG80. It can be operated in wired or wireless mode, and has a switch to toggle between them. I am primarily concerned with wired mode, as it's what I use 95% of the time. My issue is if I don't use the keyboard for a few minutes, then...

I have an EK block on my 3080. I wanted the Heatkiller but they kept getting delayed, so I went with the EK block. So far I've been really happy with it. Biggest complaint is the instructions were a bit off in terms of thermal material thickness. I'll give them a break there since the card had...

For at least 10 years Apple held a massive advantage over the competition because they were building a Lexus and the competition was stuffing 600HP engines into a plastic Saturn. Now that Windows builders have caught on to the idea that design and build quality matter, there are a number of...

Sitting in a Steelcase Gesture for the past 3 years and it's been a very good chair. It's not a La-Z-Boy but that's kind of the point. Still looks and feels new after 3 years. The Gamers Nexus video on gaming chairs is pretty accurate. Those things are uncomfortable cash grabs. We have a couple...