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    RESOLVED - 5800X3D - Ram instability?

    I'm not experienced but if I were in your shoes I'd just run it at 3800 for the time being. Later when I feel like having a crack at it again, I explore all the timings and try to bump things up a little at a time, running memtest from a usb stick after every change to see if there are errors...
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    Upgrading X370 Motherboard (6 years old!) to Ryzen 5950X :-o- Questions...

    AMD 300 series boards are pretty sensitive, I've learned. The same sticks that boot fine on other boards just wouldn't boot on mine. 3 out of 6 sticks I tried. Even when I dropped in Corsair Vengeance it took a few reboots before it posted. Nearly as many as with the failed ram. I had to use...
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    Upgrading X370 Motherboard (6 years old!) to Ryzen 5950X :-o- Questions...

    My stuff is completely different from yours except I'm doing the same leap in generational change, and that it's an Asrock board so RAM compatibility might be similar. I'm running a 5500 and AB350ITX. Ok, so if you're running the same ram with the new CPU then no problem. Just warning against...
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    Upgrading X370 Motherboard (6 years old!) to Ryzen 5950X :-o- Questions...

    I just installed a 5000 series cpu on my Asrock 300 series board and the cpu side was easy. The ram wasn't. The board works better with older ram it seems, because it's going to try and boot using 1.2V and low frequencies like 2400, 2133, 2666 and maybe tighter timings than the RAM can handle...
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    Motherboard not booting with RAM in one slot

    I'm an AMD guy but have you inspected the CPU socket and DIMM socket? The memory controller is on the CPU so anything between the DIMM and CPU could interfere. Be it a bent pin or dirty pin. Be careful trying to clean the cpu socket pins though. The ram socket is easy to clean. I just take...
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    Do glossy displays require dark rooms?

    Thank you. I guess this is what it boils down to. In our apartment we've got white walls and lots of black trim/doors. So there's tons of contrast everywhere. The back wall isn't close either (the side wall is right at the edge of the monitor) so in a screen reflection I can see a wide variety...
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    Will Zen 5 run cooler?

    It will run as cool as Intel will allow. :)
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    Do glossy displays require dark rooms?

    You're very brave to write that. Unpopular opinion. 😁 I can totally see it though. I bet Apple has developed an amazing AG. If you're budget oriented like myself picking glossy displays is going to be a gamble. Would you agree?
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    Taller mice = pain? Have you also felt pain with popular mice?

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts. A deep dive into ergonomics is maybe inevitable as we age. MX Vertical. Interesting. I don't have much I can add other than perhaps this. A thing that seems to have helped is to raise the mouse sensitivity and reduce physical movements.
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    Taller mice = pain? Have you also felt pain with popular mice?

    I've been away from desktops for many years and recently got back. Been using my wife's Logitech M215 (generic cheap) and gotten used to it. I remember using an MX518 back in the days and so I thought, why not upgrade to one. So I did. I found my old one. It's a lot larger and a bit taller than...
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    Do glossy displays require dark rooms?

    I'm curious about your opinions. I'm not a gamer and I'm leaning towards matte being easier to live with. The argument goes. You're also diffusing the picture and not just the reflections with a matte screen. I'm not sure the benefit outweighs the cost. When I move my head I don't have...
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    Question about AMD Eco-mode and PBO

    On my ryzen 5500, any major change I do in windows using Ryzen Master, the computer needs to restart. It's like the program just configures the bios for you. I guess that's what that "AGESA" in the bios updates is for. It's like an AMD supplied part of the bios that provides support for hardware...
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    Is DDR5 going to reach CL ratings as low as DDR4?

    This is not my field but I'm pretty sure that a CL30 DDR5 is a faster timing than a CL16 DDR4 simply because a DDR5 has around twice the amount of cycles/transfers. Obviously I'm not comparing PC4000 with PC6000, but more like PC3200 and PC6400.
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    Multicore Performance or Single Core Performance?

    Power efficiency means more boost, longer battery life, quieter and cooler system. I'd get the efficient system. However, if I need it to really stretch its legs it also needs a healthy TDP. Meaning, I'd pick something like a 6800H or something, simply because AMD is slightly more power...
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    AMD Ryzen 7600,7700,7900 non-X benchmarks

    How much faster is 7900X+PBO than 7900+PBO? Hmm... Also, how do people account for the node efficiency improvements? I bet the 7900 gets a (small) free ride solely on the 2 months since the 7900X got released. A 5600X sold today performs quite a lot different than a 5600X sold two years ago.
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