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Did not have a lot of time to play with the RAM, this is the best I got atm:

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I will try this kit these days to see if I can get 3200mhz with lower timings Crucial Ballistix Sport LT BLS2K8G4D32AESCK 3200 MHz , I like this RAM as it is white and low profile and it was cheaper than the Patriot one which does not work on my system or on Intel with the XMP 3600mhz.

This is a downgrade as I sold my previous PC which among others it had an i7 9700K ,MSI Gaming AC Z390 and a MSI GAming Trio RTX2080
 

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Did not have a lot of time to play with the RAM, this is the best I got atm:

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I will try this kit these days to see if I can get 3200mhz with lower timings Crucial Ballistix Sport LT BLS2K8G4D32AESCK 3200 MHz , I like this RAM as it is white and low profile and it was cheaper than the Patriot one which does not work on my system or on Intel with the XMP 3600mhz.

This is a downgrade as I sold my previous PC which among others it had an i7 9700K ,MSI Gaming AC Z390 and a MSI GAming Trio RTX2080
The Patriot RAM didn't work on your setup? Odd, as both myself and someone else on TPU has had really good success with it. I guess it goes to show how different UEFI's handles RAM.
 
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The Patriot RAM didn't work on your setup? Odd, as both myself and someone else on TPU has had really good success with it. I guess it goes to show how different UEFI's handles RAM.
I tested the RAM on 4 different motherboards, does not hit 3600mhz without bsod, including Intel z370 platform...
 

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I tested the RAM on 4 different motherboards, does not hit 3600mhz without bsod, including Intel z370 platform...
Wow, that's really a shame. Seems like you got a real lemon there.
 
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Yes... I had lots of ram problems since I got the Ryzen, replaced 4 kits and 3 motherboards already :)) and still have the bsod's but I genuinly like my Ryzen set up I just need to find the problem with the bsod's in idle
 
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well, you can always lower the ram speed clock for stability, and up it's power a little....
 
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Did some research online and the BSOD's might actually be from the AMD graphics driver, the enhanced sync and also the hardware acceleration options in Firefox...will test this and see where I can get
 
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Did some research online and the BSOD's might actually be from the AMD graphics driver, the enhanced sync and also the hardware acceleration options in Firefox...will test this and see where I can get
Most likely graphics driver, I'm running FF on my sys and have no BSOD issue.
 
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I just got a Ryzen 7 3700x to replace my Ryzen 5 2600 a few days ago and I'm very happy with it so far.
 

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I just got a Ryzen 7 3700x to replace my Ryzen 5 2600 a few days ago and I'm very happy with it so far.

Nice! Let us know how your clocks and voltages are. I'm curious as to the silicon quality and board behaviour on yours.
 
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I just got a Ryzen 7 3700x to replace my Ryzen 5 2600 a few days ago and I'm very happy with it so far.
Congrats on the upgrade. A question though.. Your board has a 16MB bios chip. Did you lose BIOS features when you upgraded like on MSI boards?
 
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Congrats on the upgrade. A question though.. Your board has a 16MB bios chip. Did you lose BIOS features when you upgraded like on MSI boards?
No, my BIOS still has a full featured GUI.
I have no idea why MSI can't fit a full GUI BIOS in the 16 MB chip because Asus definitely did.
Nice! Let us know how your clocks and voltages are. I'm curious as to the silicon quality and board behaviour on yours.
I Ran the Cinebench R15 Single Core test and I saw 4 different cores reach 4.375 GHZ.
On the Multicore test all cores were hitting 4.25 to 4.275 GHz and even hit 4.3 GHz for a few seconds on one run.
The voltages at full all core boost get up around 1.48 or even 1.5 v for a few seconds here and there.
At idle or when just web browsing the voltage is anywhere from .907v to around 1.2v.
I haven't OC'd it yet that was just with PBO enabled.
I'm going to wait a bit until I have the time to really get into it before I test out any all core OCs.
 
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Just replaced my laptop battery, the old battery wouldn't charge anymore, it lasted only 2 years.
Unfortunately the new battery is of the same type "Lipo Ion Polymer".:( (Li Ion batteries are much better).
The new battery costed me 80 EUR. :( Whenever I will buy a new laptop I will avoid all laptops with these Lipo batteries.
From now on I try to keep the laptop plugged in as much as possible to avoid full discharge cycles and hoping that it'll last longer.


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Just replaced my laptop battery, the old battery wouldn't charge anymore, it lasted only 2 years.
Unfortunately the new battery is of the same type "Lipo Ion Polymer".:( (Li Ion batteries are much better).
The new battery costed me 80 EUR. :( Whenever I will buy a new laptop I will avoid all laptops with these Lipo batteries.
From now on I try to keep the laptop plugged in as much as possible to avoid full discharge cycles and hoping that it'll last longer.


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Eh?
I don't think you know too much about battery tech. Lithium Polymer batteries are actually using more advanced technology than older Lithium Ion batteries. Older style Li-Ion batteries are rigid and as such you end up with bigger, heavier battery packs. Also, you couldn't swap the one you have for a Li-Ion pack, as it would simply not fit.
The fact that your battery failed, might simply be bad luck, or a poor quality battery cell.
All types of Lithium batteries should ideally not be charging at all times, as that reduces the battery capacity quicker.
At the same time, they don't like being completely discharged either, as this can actually make them fail. There's supposed to be a protection circuit in the battery to prevent too low current in the battery pack, but it's possible that failed and also killed your battery pack. However, as long as the battery pack has a proper management/protection circuit, you should ideally discharge it fully, before charging it again, but it's by no means as important as with older battery techs.
It's also possible that it failed because of being charged at too hot or too cold temperatures. Li-ion type batteries shouldn't be charged below 0 degrees C.
Ideally always charge your battery above 5 degrees C and never hotter than 45 degrees C.
There really are too many variables as to why your battery failed, but don't go blaming the underlying tech, as there's nothing wrong with it.
 
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I don't think you know too much about battery tech. Lithium Polymer batteries are actually using more advanced technology than older Lithium Ion batteries.
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The fact that your battery failed, might simply be bad luck, or a poor quality battery cell.

Let's hope this new one will last much longer then.
 
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Let's hope this new one will last much longer then.
As a side note, it's impossible to avoid anything with LiPo batteries, as they're used in everything these days, as they're much more flexible than older, rigid Li-Ion batteries.
I wouldn't trust that info graphic, beyond the fact that each cell stores slightly less power than an older style Li-Ion cell. However, due to the nature of LiPo batteries, you can pack more cells into the same space, so the final battery wouldn't store less power.
Battery technologies changes a lot and a modern LiPo battery should last a lot longer than what yours did. I truly believe something malfunctioned which caused the actual LiPo cells to drop below the threshold from which they can be recharged.
What you should look at in the future though, is LiFePO4 batteries, as they're supposed to have a 5-7 year life span.

Another big no-no for LiPo batteries is leaving them plugged in even when they are already fully charged. This will lead to “trickle charging,” or the process where the battery recharges with the smallest drop in battery voltage. Aside from accelerating the deterioration of the battery, leaving it plugged in also tends to result in overheating. As we have mentioned, heat is a major weakness of LiPo batteries.

 

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Congrats on the upgrade. A question though.. Your board has a 16MB bios chip. Did you lose BIOS features when you upgraded like on MSI boards?
When I tried the newer BIOS on my X470 Gaming Plus, the only important feature missing was secure erase. I liked that new simple user interface :)

Tho I had to go back since I had to use secure erase on one of my SSDs.
 
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