Recent content by efikkan

Still, be aware that motherboards have many points of failure, I doubt any of them will test all the possible IO slots, so you might be in for a surprise a few years down the road. My rule of thumb is to factor in the potential failing of the motherboard (having to replace it immediatly or a...

And why would you buy a motherboard now for a system you're planning to buy (presumably) ~Q3 2026, when we don't have a faint idea of how Nova Lake will even perform? Unless you're in dire need for an operational system right now, this sounds like the most expensive way to do computers. Kind of...

Don't forget that Arrow Lake also have x4 4.0 lanes in addition from the CPU, so at the very least you can run one 5.0 and one 4.0 SSD at full speed from the CPU, plus whatever you want dividing up the remaining x8 4.0 DMI link, so that's quite a bit more than AM5. And even though it's far too...

If this wasn't identified as "Meteor Lake-S" I would have guessed it was an early test chip for Arrow Lake, as 1) it lacks SMT, 2) is LGA1851, 3) fits perfectly with the timeline for Arrow Lake (Pat showed a wafer of Arrow Lake test dies in September 2023) and this apparently was made in week 51...

Well, of course! Noctua NH-U14S exists for both sTR5 sockets and LGA4677 (Xeon W). The cooler is fully saturated at about ~660-670 W, so it's more than enough for anyone but extreme overclockers. I wouldn't put water cooling on a workstation.

There is a good chance. At least there are motherboards compatible with both Epycs from both Zen 4 and Zen 5. But in any case, pay attention to which boards are certified for which memory speeds, as the new Threadrippers will likely support CUDIMMs at 6400 JEDEC speeds. Hopefully there will be...

Don't be silly. Users typically want 5-8 years out of a system, and typically users of light "workstations" add storage over time, both SSDs and HDDs. Nonsense. 2x M.2, 1x x4 PCIe, Wifi, 2.5G Ethernet, 10G Ethernet and a bunch of USB ports all share the same x4 PCIe Gen 4 lanes, which means...

So you run your 7900XT in x8 mode then, that a sacrifice most wouldn't do for some burst speed from some cheap SSDs. It's frustrating for sure, but this is why we had the HEDT segment in the past. The closest we have is high-end workstations, and it would be much wiser to lower the entry for...

It's good to see more people realizing the IO limitations of such boards. The Asus ProArt Creator series are after all intended for "content creators", something I would argue it fails miserably at, not that it's directly Asus' fault, as it's mostly the fault of the platform. But it can...

To some extent, but both of them have a two-tier high-end workstation lineup, it would make more sense to take the lower one and scale it down to a more compact socket with ~2500 pins, to reduce costs and add standard cooler compatibility. E.g.: Threadripper: 48+24 PCIe, 4-channel memory vs...

WiFi on a workstation board, you're joking right? They need to stop adding useless features which aren't needed by the target customer group, it only drives up costs. Those 2% who need WiFi on this can buy an add-in card, so the rest of us don't have to pay for something that's basically E-waste.

Anyone who has a use case which remotely can justify it, can probably afford it, unless they live in a third world country or a country where high-end workstation parts are absurdly priced. Considering many pay more than enough for overpriced motherboards and overclocked memory anyways, it...

As I've stated before, I don't have any confidence in any such "leaks" from random forums. Whether Intel has a refresh or new lineup coming this fall has nothing to do with it, if there are new steppings or redesigns it has to be planned all along, unless it's just renaming of models. Yeah...

Just to be clear, are you talking about just input lag on IO, or actual perceived stutter in rendering as a result from you using the keyboard/mouse? Because if IO somehow affect frametimes, then that sounds very much like "poor" engine design to me, that different threads are somehow waiting...

The relevance of benchmarks varies based on the nature of the workload. Gaming specifically, is fairly doable, especially with good latency measurements. And GN is one of the better ones at that, even though I may have objections to some testing methodologies and conclusions. But also understand...