Recent content by TheHig

Everything I buy from most any manufacturer I treat as disposable sadly due to things like this. For quite some time I have been just getting things used and the price is good enough to never worry about a warranty claim - just replace it. When I buy new motherboards its from Microcenter. That...

So like IDK the kind of guidelines that should be there at launch!? This seems so completely obvious and expected for any CPU release does it not? “Hey don’t nerf it too hard. Think of the benchmarks! “ (share holders)

It does work indeed if you place a 7800x3d,AM5 board and a ddr5 kit in your cart. Shows 196.66 for the 7800x3d. I really don’t have time for a new PC right now but…

Hell at this rate EK won’t be around in a year anyway.

Assuming the i9 buyers are not too numerous compared to the sub $400 cpu crowd. I wonder how many RMA requests Intel is getting over this. Even 10 or 20% of halo buying customers wanting a replacement would be incredibly bad.

I got in to the hobby just around the 300a era but never had one myself. To echo what others have said Intel is quite clearly running these on the red line and the board partners extra push baked into default bios settings is making things worse. The out of the box state of the CPU is maxed or...

I don’t have a dog in this fight but people on this very forum have degraded and killed CPUs with manual overlocks. I’ve only killed one myself. RIP Athlon 2500XP… Anyway my thinking is to save face Intel should replace all the CPUs from customers that RMA them for this issue. It’s the right...

Free bump. Awesome seller here folks. Laptop arrived well packed and is working great. I'll be looking here for sure if I need another.

Seems fair but I’m interested in seeing people’s RMA experience with these. How does Intel sort put the possible damaged CPUs from bad mobo auto settings from those who just overclocked the piss out of their CPUs. For example benchmarking for leader boards or trying to get 8000 ddr5 to survive...

Looks like Steve and GN have flipped the EK burger for some more grilling.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A7cykj0pCg

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Looks like they ran it into the ground for sure. I’ve done a couple of custom loops and it’s a lot of fun but pretty much an indulgence at this point. Every time I think about another go I just price it out and then realize I could buy a 7800x3d , mobo and $30 air cooler for not a lot more money…

The 5600x is still plenty for the GRE especially at 4k. The PSU 'should' be fine for the GRE IMO. Toss it in and see how it goes! I have my 7900xt in my 5600x system right now with a corsair SF600w PSU. No issues running 1080p 165hz on a cheap LG monitor or 4k 60hz on the TV. I do tend to...

So far it seems like some combination of the MOBO manufacturers having too many aggressive settings enabled in the bios by default as well as Intel just absolutely redlining the silicon out of the box to keep up. Or some manufacturing defect or batch issue?... Who knows. Anyway, I've been...