More than concern over PCIe lanes, wouldn't memory bandwidth really start to become an issue with only dual channel memory for 32 cores?
Zen 4 certainly has much higher IPC even before factoring in speed gains compared to Zen 2 when 16 cores...
Because as bad as Windows 10 is, Windows 11 is worse and the OS using public is and has been rejecting 11. Moreover, at least for any Zen chip using the same socket as an existing Win 10 supporting processor there's no excuse not to continue...
Am I the only one that used the default skin? I played with some prepackaged skins for maybe half an hour to an hour when I first got winamp and then just stuck with the basics.
With the exception of a single remain OEM installer copy of Windows 7 (purchased from Amazon itself rather than a key site) every Windows license I own/use is a full retail Pro copy. I don't want to see a single MS generated ad anywhere in my...
Having it on by default, especially if it touches any non-C: drive is unconscionable. Having it be off by default during install is already a compromise. BitLocker should be an optional and entirely avoidable part of any install.
The test is to run benchmarking software at fully stock settings under the new power guidelines and see if the chip crashes. If it does, pull back clock speed with successive runs till it's stable. Then run a 24 hour burn test at the reduced...
The 3930k CPU in the rig in my signature originally ran at 4.7 to 4.8, but after a year or two I lowered the overclock to 4.6 for "long-term" stability. Similarly, I had been using an i7 950 before getting the 3930k and later using it as my...
You could always open loop water cool and have a single or dual slot solution. Sure some of the waterblocks like from Optiums probably weigh about as much as a 3-4 slot air cooler, but that's another story.
Nope. Now that I am back in the office, I just went to Windows Update via the start menu and while Windows has informed me that my copy of 10 Pro is up to date, the Win 11 dialogue box contains the following: "[t]his PC doesn't currently meet...
At my office I use a Ryzen 5700G, and thanks to the changing hardware requirements for Win11 I no longer get spammed with do you want to upgrade to 11 ads. Instead Windows thinks a 5700G on an X570 board with 32GB of RAM and a Samsung 980 pro...
I have the 1300w Superflower gold which is the prior version of the 1200 platinum that when pushed pushed to a 1,300 watt power delivery dropped to a gold rating. Overall it has been very good with the exception of the PSU's inbuilt fan. Leave...
I still have Swiftch Lok-Seal fittings in active use that I bought around a dozen years ago and their custom variant of the DDC pump lasted me till 2022.
Turning to the main point...
When I bought my first, and for a long time only, piece of EK...
I have a monstrously large CaseLabs TH10 case still in active use. It's so big that when I was first ordering it, I bought a whole bunch of extension cables to to reach a presumed need for extra length with the 24 pin, CPU 8 pin, and PCIe 6/8...