What's your latest tech purchase?

[biffzinker]

This is a bit worrying.

Could it be related to the 272 GB occupied on the drive out of 466GB?

 

[Valantar]

Could it be related to the 272 GB occupied on the drive out of 466GB?

That could definitely be, from what I've seen Samsung tends to be quite aggressive in shrinking their caches as the drive fills up. The 500GB version of the SSD has a 22GB SLC cache if the drive is empty, scaling that down to a minimum of 4GB at some undefined point as it fills up. The performance numbers seen here seem to align with AnandTech's test results from the 1TB version.

 

[cst1992]

It could be that I'm not getting the full 100% speed, but that 272GB number hasn't really varied since my first test result when I originally installed the adapter.
So yes, there's some other issue too apart from the free space available.
Anyway, let's drop it. Too much OT discussion on my part already.

 

[trickson]

Just picked up some new goodies from Newegg.
Case.
SSD I have 2 coming.
PSU
Getting ready for my big game rig!

 

[be quiet! - Shannon]

Got one of these babies on the last drop before NV moved all of their FE sales to BBY.

 

[ThrashZone]

I updated to HWINFO 6.40 and these are the results:
Idle:
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Load:
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Speeds:
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This is a bit worrying.
What could cause the drop in write speeds? Queued sequential speeds are 2/3 of the expected, whereas sequential is half.
Is this the cache?

Hi,
You have both on the pci-e card ?
Maybe reinstall it might not be inserted well :/
Otherwise just run the default test.

 

[cst1992]

Got one of these babies on the last drop before NV moved all of their FE sales to BBY.

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Two monsters in one! Me likes.
But seriously, is a 750W PSU enough for a card that pulls 350W+ on its own?
Even though it's rated for 350W, it's not a power limited card either like the 3060Ti or 3070; the PCIe slot + the two 12 pin connectors could pull a theoretical 675W!
It's not unreasonable to assume the card could pull 400-450W by itself when pushed to the limits.

 

[Valantar]

Two monsters in one! Me likes.
But seriously, is a 750W PSU enough for a card that pulls 350W+ on its own?
Even though it's rated for 350W, it's not a power limited card either like the 3060Ti or 3070; the PCIe slot + the two 12 pin connectors could pull a theoretical 675W!
It's not unreasonable to assume the card could pull 400-450W by itself when pushed to the limits.

Any PSU worth its salt is rated for continuous output, so a 450W GPU draw is only worrisome for a 750W PSU if the rest of the system is likely to draw more than 300W more. Which of course isn't impossible if the GPU is paired with, say, a heavily overcooked 10900K or similar, but even then you won't see both of those hitting 100% load at the same time in games or any other consumer workload. It might of course trip if you're running prime95+furmark, for example, but... why do people even do that? It serves no real purpose beyond entirely unrealistic far-beyond-worst-case-scenario thermal and power testing. So 750W should be plenty. Of course transient power spikes might exceed any rating, but only if the PSU is of sufficiently low quality to not handle them, and rated close enough to the GPU's power draw for those to cause significant overcurrent. I've heard of 3090s tripping OCP on 600W and 650W PSUs due to power spikes (though either SFF or lower quality units), but any good quality 750W unit should be plenty.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
This Intel psu chart looks pretty good

 

[trickson]

I am so stoked right now! I have the CPU in now it is time for the rebuild!!!

Just look at that sweet CPU!

Doesn't that just make you want more????

 

[lexluthermiester]

Hi,
This Intel psu chart looks pretty good

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Not just Intel.

 

[trickson]

OH MY GOD PEOPLE!!!
This is the fastest system I have EVER built! Not to mention the FIRST one with a video card and MotherBoard that are a matched pair! YES Both ASUS and Both TUF Gaming Editions!
What an absolute breeze to setup everything is so fast!
All I need do now is some tweaking fun and then gamin ON!

I am so STOKED!!

 

[be quiet! - Shannon]

Two monsters in one! Me likes.
But seriously, is a 750W PSU enough for a card that pulls 350W+ on its own?
Even though it's rated for 350W, it's not a power limited card either like the 3060Ti or 3070; the PCIe slot + the two 12 pin connectors could pull a theoretical 675W!
It's not unreasonable to assume the card could pull 400-450W by itself when pushed to the limits.

I was actually testing our PSU to see where it will run well or not. It runs great with a Ryzen 9 3900XT and the 3090.

However, it is now in my main rig under a 1200W Dark Power Pro 12, because I like overkill

 

[cst1992]

That heatsink is scaring me.
Are you sure the motherboard can handle it?

 

[trickson]

That heatsink is scaring me.
Are you sure the motherboard can handle it?

If you are talking about the One I have yeah the MB can take the stress not an issue LOL.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Found a lonely CPU on Craigslist. Should have checked eBay pricing beforehand, but still got it for $10 under trending. It's nice that a cooler was included, but also hilarious that it's the single wimpiest one you can get. May decide to flip it an get a 9700K instead if I can get to Microcenter before they run out or raise prices (nearest is ~200 mi. away). Also bought five WD3200AAKX. They were the WD10EZEX before the WD10EZEX, IMO. Motherboard inbound.

 

[harm9963]

New ASUS ROG E X570 MB, to go with my new 5950X.

 

[kapone32]

Well sometime this week I will be getting a 6800XT. I have wanted Multi Lane Pcie 4.0 support (Not 16x4) ever since I saw that my MSI X570 Pro supports lane splitting. I searched all day yesterday for a board that had 8x8 Pcie support. I did not want to pay more than what I paid for my X399 Taichi so boards like the Godlike, Crosshair, Extreme or even the Taichi did not qualify and Amazon has some ridiculous pricing. I could have gotten the Prime Pro from Asus for $300 (CAD) but I don't trust the Prime line. I could have gotten the Asus Strix B550E for $329 (on sale) but I wanted the full chipset. I have not been on Newegg in a while but I decided to take a look and lo and behold.

MSI MEG X570 UNIFY AM4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Newegg.com

Buy MSI MEG X570 UNIFY AM4 AMD X570 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

www.newegg.ca

I seriously hope this board supports lane splitting because potentially I can have 2 RAID 0 NVME arrays from the chipset and the CPU as the 3rd Pcie 16 slot is actually wired as an 8 slot. The board only has 4 SATA ports. I know I have a Pciex1 SATA card sitting around somewhere. Sometimes these boards limit you in terms of different ports sharing lanes. The only thing I read was that the Pcie1 headers share lanes so you can only use one. Even though this board has 3 M2 slots it still has one of the best Pcie implementations I have seen on X570. I kind of reminds me of the Asus X470 Crosshair in that regard.

I cannot wait to get into some heavy PC activities with this board as the base of my best Gaming PC.

In terms of the RAID I want to be able to fully be ready to take advantage of Direct Storage when it drops. You can also call me crazy but I saw that the 6000 series GPUs support crossfire so maybe just maybe there may be a watercooled 6800XT in my future. Before you jump all over me my favourite Game to play is TWWH and that Game provides 80 to 90% scaling. I have actually made it so that just about every Game that supports Crossfire is in my library as well. Outside of that is that I have always run Crossfire setups anyway.

 

[trickson]

I am so done with MSI After this Asus TUF setup well that was it for me... LOL.

 

[kapone32]

I am so done with MSI After this Asus TUF setup well that was it for me... LOL.

I am not beating on the entire Asus lineup(fave board all time 990FX Sabretooth) my TR4 is currently the Asus Strix and I usually pick Asus or MSI for builds. The problem with MSI X570 is the VRMs on some of the boards cannot handle 8+ core CPUs as efficiently due to the anemic VRM.

 

[sepheronx]

I am not beating on the entire Asus lineup(fave board all time 990FX Sabretooth) my TR4 is currently the Asus Strix and I usually pick Asus or MSI for builds. The problem with MSI X570 is the VRMs on some of the boards cannot handle 8+ core CPUs as efficiently due to the anemic VRM.

Yeap. The x570 cheaper line of MSI boards are not very good. But more premium ones are good.

For z490, I couldn't say no to the MSI board. Not only was it cheaper, but its PCIE X16 and first NVME are actually PCIE 4.0 complaint compared to ASUS boards which didn't have any and only PCIE 3.0. So in theory, if I was dumb enough to buy Rocket lake, I can get PCIE 4.0 on my current z490.

Plus it was cheap.

 

[trickson]

Yeap. The x570 cheaper line of MSI boards are not very good. But more premium ones are good.

For z490, I couldn't say no to the MSI board. Not only was it cheaper, but its PCIE X16 and first NVME are actually PCIE 4.0 complaint compared to ASUS boards which didn't have any and only PCIE 3.0. So in theory, if I was dumb enough to buy Rocket lake, I can get PCIE 4.0 on my current z490.

Plus it was cheap.

ASUS AM4 TUF GAMING X570-Plus ATX Motherboard with PCIe 4.0, Dual M.2, 12+2 with Dr. MOS Power Stage, HDMI, DP, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.2 Gen 2 and Aura Sync RGB Lighting.​

What are you talking about? LOL I have PCI-e 4.0 not sure if the video card is but the SLOT says it is?

And from what I am hearing MSI has been producing doggy MOSFET since the FX days and it doesn't seem to be getting any better. One reason I am off MSI for good!
My MSI X470 MB died finally I just replaced it with an ASUS MB.

 

[sepheronx]

ASUS AM4 TUF GAMING X570-Plus ATX Motherboard with PCIe 4.0, Dual M.2, 12+2 with Dr. MOS Power Stage, HDMI, DP, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.2 Gen 2 and Aura Sync RGB Lighting.​

What are you talking about? LOL I have PCI-e 4.0 not sure if the video card is but the SLOT says it is?

And from what I am hearing MSI has been producing doggy MOSFET since the FX days and it doesn't seem to be getting any better. One reason I am off MSI for good!
My MSI X470 MB died finally I just replaced it with an ASUS MB.

I think you may have to re-read my post.

z490 isn't x570.

I was referencing how I would prefer MSI over ASUS for z490. I understand its very different (as I mentioned) in x570.

Yeap. The x570 cheaper line of MSI boards are not very good. But more premium ones are good.

For z490, I couldn't say no to the MSI board. Not only was it cheaper, but its PCIE X16 and first NVME are actually PCIE 4.0 complaint compared to ASUS boards which didn't have any and only PCIE 3.0. So in theory, if I was dumb enough to buy Rocket lake, I can get PCIE 4.0 on my current z490.

Plus it was cheap.

 

[cst1992]

I don't trust the Prime line

What's wrong with it? If I'm in the market for an Asus board, all I see are Primes.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

What's wrong with it? If I'm in the market for an Asus board, all I see are Primes.

Overclockers don't like them because the VRMs aren't as robust, at least when it comes to Z boards. But there are so many models with PRIME in the name, that it's perfectly possible that's not true for all of them. The tough part is that not every variant gets a thorough review.