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As much as I would hate subscribing to another service, at least this one is free. I can totally see them using it to try to spring paid membership on people later. Great price, unfortunately physically too big for my needs.

I didn't know Turtle Beach was still alive and kicking, let alone owning the Roccat brand.

It depends on the block design and to a lesser extent radiator design. The micro-pin array with top nozzle generally used in CPU blocks almost always benefit from proper flow direction. GPU blocks are generally not affected by flow direction, and GPU blocks generally have connections such that...

Ha, I'm going to be jumping from an E5-1680V2 (8-core Ivy Bridge-E). Currently thinking about waiting for Microcenter deals once they open in Santa Clara. Definitely going for a vcache model as I play a lot of sim games.

Kinda amusing how EK's version of damage control is to delete threads on their subreddit that talk about GN's video. Certainly not a good look when they're trying to shut down the discussion rather than respond to it. Definitely lends merit to the theory that EK is trying to silence anyone that...

Their reputation for sponsoring flashy expensive builds all over social media is all that matters to them. Performance reputation is second and reliability/quality is a distant third.

I liked the G700 also for its ergonomics. I ended up getting one of those kits on Ebay that allowed for 5 minute swaps of the switches if needed. Not too long after that I ended up discarding it in favor of the SteelSeries Rival 650- the laser sensor was just way too picky about what surfaces it...

The bundled board has two secondary physical x16 slots but both are electrically X1. It seems like only ASRock puts an electrical X4 slot in the budget boards.

Saw this news as well. Been itching to do a new build as my E5-1680 V2 definitely can't keep up, especially with my recently acquired RTX 3080ti. Not enthused by the combo options available though. Looking at the 7800X3D and none of the motherboards offered in the combo has a PCI-E x4 slot- need...

I would stick to a 1000w PSU given your system specs. You honestly don't need it unless you plan to go Intel or Threadripper. Unless of course you manage to find an equal quality 1200w PSU for the same price as the 1000w units you're looking at. At the price range you're looking at, $25...

That doesn't sound right. You should physically rearrange the monitors/monitor connections such that when you hit identify, the monitors should display 2-1-3 or 3-1-2. After that, you rearrange the monitors in the Windows display setting so that it matches what is identified. Edit: The reason...

Weird. Have you installed all of the AMD software? Specifically the Adrenalin Edition one.

Rearranging has always worked for me, including when I have monitors stacked. Are you sure it's applying the rearrangement correctly?

Rearrange the monitor physical location in display settings. You can drag the monitors around to match the setup.

This only works for monitors connected by DisplayPort. Other connections are interpreted as always active regardless of whether or not the monitor is on. The motherboard being used only has VGA, DVI, and HDMI connections. @OP try using the Project function in Windows. You should be able to...

And better yet, no random errors! https://hardforum.com/threads/13900k-out-of-video-memory-or-bsod-during-shader-compilation-in-two-ue5-games.2031265/

Indeed the difference is small. As small as the performance benefits that more cores provide in the games that do use them when comparing the 7800X3D to 7950X3D. Basically, the same argument for more cores providing the best performance can also be applied to restricting to only 1 CCD. Some...

Techspot's/Hardware Unboxed's review tells a different story. In their review, Cyberpunk 2077, Plague Tale: Requiem and Watch Dogs: Legion all performed worse on the dual CCD CPUs as compared to single CCD (including non-X3D parts). That's 25% of the games they tested, though admittedly a small...

That worked, thanks. I could have sworn notification categories was on for my phone as I did mess with them before. 6.1 probably turned it off by default or one of the esim swaps reset that. Still scummy and absurd either way.

Had my S23 Ultra since release, bought because Best Buy was offering good trade-in deals for an S9 and I needed to upgrade. Generally been happy with it though I have been annoyed with certain quirks- for example, changing esims forces a restart of the phone and resets the default apps, which is...

Count me in as one of those people who have a bunch of parts laying around but haven't bothered listing.

Eh, that's what X58 and X79 were (AMD didn't really compete back then). Intel and AMD either decided that the market was too small or they could make more money forcing enthusiasts into true workstation platforms if they wanted the additional capability. The prosumer motherboards that existed...

They knew exactly what they were doing- separating the market between consumer and workstation. This started with LGA2011 when dual-CPU models couldn't be overclocked unlike the LGA1366 dual-CPU brethren. X79 could do it. 990FX could do it. When multi-GPU setups fell out of favor and PCI-E...

There is significant reddit activity on Process Lasso helping minimums in certain games with the 5900X in 2023. This does show that if data is forced to cross between CCDs, there is significant latency in doing so. If data isn't crossing CCDs (latest Windows/AMD/Game Bar drivers help mitigate...

In an ideal world, yields would not be a problem with such a big die. Unfortunately we don't live in an ideal world.

Unique case, but also says you don't need two vcache CCDs. One vcache ccd for gaming and one regular CCD to take care of background tasks is sufficient. I'm also assuming you have hardware acceleration for Skype disabled as that will shift the load from GPU to CPU.

It would be a very expensive CPU few people would buy. There's no performance benefit to having 16 V-cache cores. In fact, it would be a performance penalty in productivity apps. Almost none, and the games that do benefit from additional cores only benefit marginally. Hardware Unboxed/Techspot...

I'm not sure you won't run into problems with a dual CCD with v-cache design either. Latency between the CCDs has been a problem since the 5900X. More cores on the same CCD will give more consistent performance than multiple CCDs.

That is pathetic and hilarious at the same time. Karl's opening to the video is quite amusing as well, well done.

One of two things will happen when you overload a circuit: 1. If the fuse/circuit breaker is appropriately sized, you blow a fuse/trip the breaker and everything shuts down on that circuit. 2. If the fuse/circuit breaker is inappropriately sized, you start an electrical fire. How do you know 2...

As has been stated multiple times now, for that very niche budget workstation gamer. It makes sense for anyone who was considering the 7900X for the extra core count but also wants to game.

I don't use Youtube for tech reviews, much prefer the text format. Hogwarts Legacy, Spiderman, and Jedi Survivors all have single digit gains from 7800X3D to 7950X3D based on the article. That can easily be chalked up to max boost core speed differences. In fact, looking at the 7700X vs 7950X...

https://www.techspot.com/review/2821-amd-ryzen-7800x3d-7900x3d-7950x3d/ Techspot did an in-depth dive on the bastard child that is the 7900X3D, including testing out how a hypothetical 7600X3D would perform. In the context of this thread, my primary takeaway is that while some games can...

https://www.techspot.com/review/2821-amd-ryzen-7800x3d-7900x3d-7950x3d/ Most comprehensive review of the 7900X3D I've seen so far. They even tested with one CCD disabled for a hypothetical 7600X3D. My 2 takeaways from the review: The 7900X3D certainly has a limited market but is compelling at...

This thread feels like it devolved into something that should be in General Mayhem forum.

Not really as you don't know how the PSU side pinout. Few, if any, PSUs have labels depicting the voltage of each pin.

Hubs back then were simple. All they had to do was output 5v at anywhere from 500 mA to 1.5 A and the device connected takes care of the rest. USB PD is a completely different beast. I posted two standalone chargers above that can do USB-PD on multiple ports that wouldn't be any larger or...

I started with a Fry's special. Had no idea what I was buying back then, just picked whatever had the biggest sale/rebate. Bounced back and forth between nVidia and AMD a few times in the early days, haven't been upgrading much lately. 9600GT HD4850 GTX 275 SLI GTX 465 SLI (unlocked to GTX...

As far as I know, hubs like that do not supply PD to anything other than the primary connection. The other USB-C ports are 5v 0.5-1.5 A. @OP Here are two 100 watt charging options that are about the same size or smaller than a standard 65 watt laptop charger: https://a.co/d/22bvADd...

If you're looking for fewer things to carry, just get a 100-200 watt usb-c charging station and leave your dedicated laptop charger behind. If you're looking to stay super compact and don't need to charge your laptop while charging your other devices, get a 65 watt charging station. 65 watt...