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by APWNH
Sat Jul 25, 2020 7:55 am
Forum: Processors
Topic: Is it safe to use acetone to clean microchips?
Replies: 28
Views: 45304

Re: Is it safe to use acetone to clean microchips?

An 8.5 year old necropost that’s on topic! Now you don’t see that every day. This episode with my old Sandy Bridge SFF build feels like a lifetime ago. Glad that the discussion was of use to somebody and that it worked out for ya. It’s amazing that it has taken this long to experience AMD’s resurgen...
by APWNH
Thu May 14, 2020 2:16 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.
Replies: 48
Views: 14031

Re: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.

Yes it should be a totally negligible difference, the entire volume of the blocks will be diffusing the heat so the important part is just having as many heat pipes as you can get in there.
by APWNH
Thu May 14, 2020 1:22 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.
Replies: 48
Views: 14031

Re: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.

You know that makes me wonder if there is a benefit to mounting the heatpipes going one way instead of the other, depending on the layout of the chiplets underneath. It'd be suboptimal if only half the heatpipes can be placed directly above the core chiplets (which I presume will generate far more h...
by APWNH
Thu May 14, 2020 10:15 am
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.
Replies: 48
Views: 14031

Re: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.

I might be off-base about my suggestions since upon re-reading your issue may be something specific, so it could be something that maybe you can upgrade the BIOS for, or maybe there's some specific setting that could be causing it. Or some software problem. I would try to get to a "stock" ...
by APWNH
Thu May 14, 2020 10:10 am
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.
Replies: 48
Views: 14031

Re: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.

Yeah, I've thought of reseting the heatsink but find that to be a high stress process for me. Ya I hear ya. Probably only after doing it 5 to 10 times did I start to not dread that process and actually look forward to it... I'm happy with my "mainly" 70sC temps @4Ghz and 0.0125 voltage of...
by APWNH
Wed May 13, 2020 11:36 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.
Replies: 48
Views: 14031

Re: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.

I've got an H7 Plus in this machine on an i7 8700K, and I'll probably stick with some other whacking huge air cooler in my next upgrade. I'm addicted to low noise. I've been contemplating going for one of those 3 slot monster GPU air coolers, but I haven't been gaming much at all lately and it hasn...
by APWNH
Wed May 13, 2020 11:34 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.
Replies: 48
Views: 14031

Re: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.

The odd bit is that if I leave the stress test on for a minute the AUTO voltage drops to 1.25v and the temps drop from low 80sC to high 70sC.. I am pretty certain that these high temps are not consistent with NH-D15's cooling capacity. It's not like that chip can put out 300W. It can't. Maybe 200 i...
by APWNH
Wed May 13, 2020 4:58 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.
Replies: 48
Views: 14031

Re: Think I'm finally getting there with my 3950x temps.

I’ve been pretty strongly against CLCs since I had a Corsair failed pump on one, think it was an H80. A while back when I was all about the toaster size SFFs. You have to do CLC in those tiny cases because you’d have a PSU hanging over where the socket is. The main gripe I have with CLCs is actually...
by APWNH
Fri Dec 06, 2019 10:27 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: 10 Gbps switch for a condo
Replies: 40
Views: 13263

Re: 10 Gbps switch for a condo

That mini Mikrotik switch is clearly the ticket. Also consider if you have dual port interfaces, you can hook up 3 computers using 6 cables into a triangular configuration, which is a nice intermediate configuration allowing you to circumvent a switch... with 4 hosts you'll want to have a switch. I'...
by APWNH
Mon Dec 02, 2019 12:35 am
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: Help me choose correct ECC B-die for Ryzen
Replies: 16
Views: 12314

Re: Help me choose correct ECC B-die for Ryzen

I forgot the actual point i was going to write in my post. Been a while since I've posted on forums... getting rusty... Since I don't have a workload that needs 96GB of RAM, and possibly switching on deduplication on my ZFS pool (which doesn't exist on that machine yet) is not a legitimate purpose f...
by APWNH
Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:28 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: Help me choose correct ECC B-die for Ryzen
Replies: 16
Views: 12314

Re: Help me choose correct ECC B-die for Ryzen

Nice. I was shocked when I searched my emails this week, to find that in Jun 2018 I paid a whopping $425 (on ebay no less, as this was already difficult to find and I was getting tired of the research phase) for 4x8GB F24EA8GS Super Talent DDR4-2400 ECC UDIMMs. For my 1950X. Now these 16GB ECC UDIMM...
by APWNH
Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:29 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: New monitor/video card decisions
Replies: 36
Views: 13676

Re: New monitor/video card decisions

I think prices went up a bit before I bought my gear, but it looks like the 1080Ti's price/perf scaling is on point. Whether you get a Vega or a 1070 or a 1080Ti you're getting essentially exactly the price you pay. This is not like it's been a while ago where you gain 20% for shelling out 50% more....
by APWNH
Sun Nov 05, 2017 2:57 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Let's party like it's 1999 and look at single-threaded x87 FPU performance
Replies: 49
Views: 13513

Re: Let's party like it's 1999 and look at single-threaded x87 FPU performance

You mention P100 and I keep thinking of the Tesla. That thing can crunch some floating points...
by APWNH
Sun Nov 05, 2017 2:11 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: New monitor/video card decisions
Replies: 36
Views: 13676

Re: New monitor/video card decisions

I'm going to caution you to evaluate TV input lag before employing it for gaming purposes. I brought my Switch home to try it (on a new travel dock I got for it) at my parents house, and the Samsung TV they have had the smoothvision processing switched on and it added probably 150ms of input lag and...
by APWNH
Sun Nov 05, 2017 5:05 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: How to change GPU1 in Windows
Replies: 4
Views: 2448

Re: How to change GPU1 in Windows

Wow ok so I got a reply from somebody at Unigine and it's kind of a facepalm moment. All I gotta do is set the monitor that is plugged into the Vega as the primary adapter in Windows' desktop settings. It works for the Superposition benchie anyway. Also works for Furmark. Phew. Praise be unto the Fl...
by APWNH
Sun Nov 05, 2017 4:39 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: How to change GPU1 in Windows
Replies: 4
Views: 2448

Re: How to change GPU1 in Windows

That would make it difficult to leverage all display outputs, however, it's only a slight inconvenience. One of my 27"s is DVI-D only (it's one of the early OC'able Korean 1440p's) so itll be unusable if i switch the nvidia card, as the Vega has no DVI port. Otherwise your suggestion is entirel...
by APWNH
Sun Nov 05, 2017 4:23 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: How to change GPU1 in Windows
Replies: 4
Views: 2448

How to change GPU1 in Windows

Hi folks, I do some stuff for work now which uses some commercial software which leverages GPUs. It's photogrammetry, actually, if anyone's interested. Anyway this leads me to try to test various system configurations so I am now in possession of: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080Ti SC Black MSI Radeon RX Vega ...
by APWNH
Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:11 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: X99 build log photos!
Replies: 33
Views: 5392

Re: X99 build log photos!

OK I think what I realized is if I have two output displays active the GPU draws 40 extra watts :lol: :oops:

Soo i am still going to see if I can make it nice and cool but stable and still OC a respectable amount. Might be able to keep it very quiet under full load maybe at, say, 3.8Ghz.
by APWNH
Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:20 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: X99 build log photos!
Replies: 33
Views: 5392

Re: X99 build log photos!

I think I'm leaning towards trying to run the machine at stock voltages and maybe limiting myself to tweaking turbo boost ratios. Here's what I tried recently: Switching EIST back on. Set +0.2V offset voltage. 4300Mhz Max Turbo Boost. Idle, CPU-Z reports 1200Mhz, 0.92V or so. Draws 110W out of the w...
by APWNH
Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:03 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: X99 build log photos!
Replies: 33
Views: 5392

Re: X99 build log photos!

Pretty sweet. Feels even faster than Win7. Thumbs up.
by APWNH
Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:15 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: X99 build log photos!
Replies: 33
Views: 5392

Re: X99 build log photos!

Hm I was under the impression that Win10 was only gonna let you do it as an upgrade, and we all know that upgrading Windows is about the worst possible thing you can try...

Well i'm sure I'll figure this problem out easily enough.
by APWNH
Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:01 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: X99 build log photos!
Replies: 33
Views: 5392

Re: X99 build log photos!

Huh, cool. What's so bad about having those event logs around though? I guess if there are 64GB core dumps hanging around I could stand to clean them up (nope, my disk would be full, haha) but... I am kind of already thinking of wiping the partition already because I do want to get WIndows 10. Just ...
by APWNH
Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:51 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: X99 build log photos!
Replies: 33
Views: 5392

Re: X99 build log photos!

The last thing Im going to do I think will be to convert both exhaust fans in the case into intake by flipping the top and back fans, and swapping my side panel's window for the mesh cover to turn the side into a passive exhaust. Also will be rotating the D15 by 90 degrees, giving it a little more c...
by APWNH
Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:01 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: X99 build log photos!
Replies: 33
Views: 5392

Re: X99 build log photos!

Sure, 4.5 is a nice round number though, but I'd like to have it stable under 1.2V I think 1.2V is my line I'm going to stay under. So it looks like 4.4 or 4.3 probably. We'll see.... OK, I knocked it down a peg to 4.4. You're totally right. I did not keep my eye on Vcore when I tried P95 earlier. N...
by APWNH
Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:30 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: X99 build log photos!
Replies: 33
Views: 5392

Re: X99 build log photos!

I'm going to guess that Prime95 is causing the PCU to increase the voltage over the 1.223V when the vector units are sustaining heavy load. Your keeping and eye on the voltage while running Prime95? Unless you set the voltage in the EFI to manual it will still boost the voltage. Edit: A link to HWi...
by APWNH
Mon Feb 08, 2016 2:14 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: X99 build log photos!
Replies: 33
Views: 5392

Re: X99 build log photos!

Yeah the fan controller I tried and wasn't so keen on it, the mobo tweakable fan control is way nicer. I hope the buttons wont die though but i guess i hardly turn my computers off so they dont get used much. And I read about how new Prime95 versions push Haswell farther than other "realistic&q...
by APWNH
Mon Feb 08, 2016 1:31 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: X99 build log photos!
Replies: 33
Views: 5392

Re: X99 build log photos!

At this point I'm super happy with (almost) everything and when the GPU comes, that will only be even better. The single thing that is concerning me is that stability tools (essentially, just Prime95, as other tests do not come close to its intensity) are able to make the temperatures reach 90C with...
by APWNH
Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:37 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: X99 build log photos!
Replies: 33
Views: 5392

Re: X99 build log photos!

My 5 year old Sandy Bridge i5 (4 year old PC) is still running quite happily at this point. Yup, the ITX build in my sig with the stock-clocked 2500K (wait no, I have it at 4Ghz at Turbo... I dunno, I am tired of dealing with Turbo/EIST now :P ) definitely is adequate for my needs. My three year ol...
by APWNH
Sun Feb 07, 2016 11:18 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: X99 build log photos!
Replies: 33
Views: 5392

Re: X99 build log photos!

Thanks! From the looks of it, this thing will be able to last me 10 years, probably. Esp with a OC'd 980Ti if I SLI it or replace it 3 or 5 years from now.

Reckon I ought to back it down to whatever frequency allows me to keep under or near 1.2V if I'm running this all day for 10 years...
by APWNH
Sun Feb 07, 2016 10:58 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: X99 build log photos!
Replies: 33
Views: 5392

Re: X99 build log photos!

Yeah I don't know, all I can say is I do not have an entire week, nor even the two days I already put in, to spend tweaking my hardware, regardless of how sweet it may happen to be... I tried a few settings that (to me) clearly should have worked, but any time that I used Adaptive voltage, Prime95 m...
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