Recent content by bobbybluz

My main X79 rig went poof last night. The first time in 12 years since I built it. I'll do an autopsy on it later this afternoon to see what can be saved from it. I have plenty of parts on hand to revive it and this time it's getting Win 10 Enterprise LTSC IoT as the operating system.

I'm moving into Senior living in a few weeks and decided to complete my final X99 build. I had everything needed on hand so it's less stuff to move as parts. I was going to go with a 6950X at first then decided to use my E5 2699 V4 instead. More than twice the cores, better silicon, same power...

Two more Silverstone FHP141's off Ebay. At $16 each I couldn't resist. That's the best price I've seen them for in at least 10 years.

Do automobiles count? I took delivery of my new 2024 Toyota Corolla Hatchback XSE last Thursday. It's got so much tech in it that I'm still figuring some of it out. This is my third leased XSE Hatchback and they've redone almost everything over my former 2021. Best of all the formerly $1800...

Machine Check Exception, Cache Hierarchy Error at DuckDuckGo

I only have one kidney left so I won't be able to afford one.

Actually the drivers used by Intel, ASMedia and other controllers can widely affect performance. The SATA and USB drivers both affect performance.

No slowdown on any of my Win 10 or 11 rigs using Nord VPN but I have updates turned off using WUB. I only allow security updates when needed and even then long after the updates are released.

There are many variables when it comes to USB speeds. Interface, drivers, devices and file sizes are all factors. With USB C even the cable used can be a huge factor when going from USB C to USB C storage. Large files will at times transfer far faster than several much smaller files. I don't...

341+ mph in 3.8 seconds:

After finding out that Vizio has cut me a check for a full refund on a defective 43" 4K M-series I decided to spend it on this: G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series (Intel XMP 3.0) DDR5 RAM 96GB (2x48GB) 6400MT/s CL32-39-39-102 1.35V Desktop Computer Memory UDIMM - Matte White...

That's nothing, I have that beat on the PC I'm on at the moment by a huge amount:

I'm a member now that I have an Asus RTX Tuff 4090 OC. The dual HDMI outputs are great.

My 12600K has been rock solid at 5.3GHZ and runs very cool with an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 w/4 stock Arctic fans in push/pull externally mounted and using the Thermalright contact frame. I'm still debating on putting my 13600KF in that rig along with upgrading the fans to Arctic P12 Max's I...

It's A die. That's reflected in the last digit of the part number. I have the same 64GB kit in my Z790 rig. I'm planning on seeing if 96GB (48x2) will work. No complaints from me, performance has been flawless so far.