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  2. Awesome! For monitors, Tim from Hardware Unboxed is your man https://www.youtube.com/@monitorsunboxed/videos
  3. Budget (including currency): Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Everything Other details The Ram I want is https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CXKKHx/gskill-trident-z5-neo-rgb-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3038f16gx2-tz5nr but I'm not sure about the clearance.
  4. My gpu fan will wiggle back and forth then won’t move I’ve tried to spin it with my hand to see if it would work but nothing any reason this would happen and how to fix it
  5. if multicore is your priority then ditch any consumer platform and look at amd epyc mz73-lm1 at 1800$, dual socket sp5 mobo and its the only thing i could find epyc 9654 at 2500$ each so 5000$ for 2 cpus and a total of 192 cores and 384 threads, if you think you might benifit from extra cache then theres the 9v33x at 4300$ each but you get triple the cache of the epyc 9654 (384mb -> 1152mb) and seemingly higher stock boost clock aswell (3.7ghz) and theres also the 9754 which is also 4200$ and 128c 256t albiet 256mb of cache instead of 384mb on the 9654 and 1152mb on the 9v33x, also non qs epycs cant overclock 32gb ecc ddr5 for 105$ each or 2460$ for 24 sticks and 768gb total ddr5, 16gb sticks are around 69$ (nice) at their cheapest so i wouldnt bother with those, and these are hynix m die based so you can run them up to ~7600 if you decide you wanna upgrade in the future and a future epyc would benifit alot from faster rams around 9300$ for cpu mobo and rams if you go for non x3d epyc and 12900$ if you go for x3d cpus or 256c 512t 9754s welp theres half your budget, could totally still fit 4 4090s and have budget leftover depending on how much your workloads scale with extra gpus even if you consider the psu(s) case storage etc. id reccomend asking on servethehome forums since theyre more specialized when it comes to server/workstation hardware threadripper is overpriced if you want sheer core count, its only advantages would be the usually better mobos base features or i/o wise since theyre made for desktop, the overclockability, and being able to run high freq (~5ghz) on a few cores so you dont have to build a dedicated gaming pc, but thats about it since these server boards have lots of expansion so maybe youll have to buy some expansion cards but thats about it, not to mention the shitload of ram slots cause 12 channels instead of only 4 channels, alongside dual socket and cheaper + higher core count epyc cpus as for playing games yeah you wont be doing that here with the relatively low clocked cpus and shitton of cores so better off just building an actual gaming pc in the 1000-1500$ range, esports titles listed prefer singlecore and dont need particularly beefy gpus at lower res so you can probs get away with just buying a microcenter 7800x3d combo (470$) and a 7900 gre (~550$) for a ~1300$ total build, wouldnt bother going any cheaper since this is already near best price/performance and if you have that much to spend on a workstation you can spare a little bit for a gaming pc to blow off some steam or have a little fun since you have to preserve your mental state aswell =p
  6. Thank you so much, looked into it and sent out an inquiry. on a different line is there anywhere you'd recommend i look for monitor recommendations?
  7. PCPartPicker Part List CPU: *Intel Core i7-14700F 2.1 GHz 20-Core Processor (€399.95 @ Megekko) CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (€103.85 @ Megekko) Motherboard: *MSI PRO Z790-A MAX WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (€272.26 @ Azerty) Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (€225.61 @ Azerty) Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case (€95.16 @ Azerty) Total: €1096.83 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available *Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 23:59 CET+0100 A better look at those components. https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-Z790-A-MAX-WIFI https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/236854/intel-core-i7-processor-14700f-33m-cache-up-to-5-40-ghz/specifications.html https://www.arctic.de/us/Liquid-Freezer-III-Series https://www.gskill.com/product/165/377/1649234605/F5-6000J3040G32GX2-RS5K-F5-6000J3040G32GA2-RS5K https://lian-li.com/product/lancool-216/
  8. Cooling is much more important than an expensive case. You can get cases for less than $100 that will make it easy to keep your PC from overheating with the help of a top-quality cooler. My suggestion is to buy one that has a lot of mesh. You don't need to overpay, even, Thermalright, for example, has the Frost Spirit 140 and the Phantom Spirit 120, for example and, if that's not good enough, there are others that are less expensive.
  9. 3mm is not a lot, is this a value you read somewhere or did you assemble it and it did not fit?
  10. Got the AMD SP5 block in from Iceman and this thing is beefy, it covers up everything on the heatsink with the cold plate. My concern right now with it on the spare is the upper left GPU screw holds it up a bit, but when it is installed it should hopefully not be an issue. redid the testing with the AC block and the barrow block instead of using data from two months ago when ambient was low enough I couldn’t feel my hands and things are looking good for the Barrow block. Getting metal polish and more LM to do everything fresh and compare all three blocks back to back in a video to see how it all goes.
  11. So, my dad has a Cyberpower desktop computer that is about 4 years old i believe, and we have had issues with it for about 2 years now. It used to have a 6700 XT then it bricked, and i had to give him my old GTX 980. Now, it stopped working entirely about a week ago (Would turn on at all, no LEDS, no fan movement, nothing), it looked like it was a power supply issue, so i had him take it in to a local computer store to test it and see if it was the PSU or the MOBO, they said it was the PSU, so he ordered a new one and i installed it yesterday. Got the computer to post, run a game for a few minutes, it looked gold. Then, i wake up this morning and its bricked again. My first thoughts are that its probably the power strip/brick that its running off of, but, no other devices there are having issues, and all are fully functioning. Aside from that, im wondering it is the MOBO or something else i havent considered. Any and all input or thoughts would be very welcomed! Thanks ahead of time y'all
  12. Not really. People, including me, buy tray CPUs all the time. 90 day warranty at best. I have never and most likely will never care about a cpu warranty. Survivorship, sure. Accurate, most likely . I think his new buyer is being kind of petty. Especially if the cpu is already working for him.
  13. It's fixed! A loosely tightened screw came loose and shorted out the PCI-E slot. As a result, it will be a reminder for the future to check all screws when servicing.
  14. TIL most consumer color laser printers add tiny yellow dots to every printed image. These dots are present for forensic purposes, containing the exact date and time of a document's printing and the model and serial number of the printer. This was originally implemented in the 1980s to identify counterfeit currency produced on laser printers.

  15. Caroline

    Guys not to boast but I've just increased my ra…

    heh but you're proficient the silliness has a price
  16. You might want to look into https://www.pugetsystems.com/ They specialize in workstation and server with Threadripper, Epyc and Xeon builds. They also have the intel® Xeon® w9-3495X to pick when you spec out a system. I have definitely heard of this company before and they have been in the game for two decades at this point, they are also based in America. I think Linus have had some of their systems in a few videos as well. https://www.pugetsystems.com/workstations/xeon/w790-e/
  17. 20:38 - "Converting to HDR on the local side so they don't have to send all that additional information." With HEVC, at least, 10-bit HDR doesn't use an appreciably higher bitrate than SDR, unless you really have a lot going on. The increase is going to be negligible.
  18. yeah... that just sounds like goalpost moving now. ... you're actively damaging it by doing this. as others have said the switch isnt meant for daily use and certainly not to play around with it. no you don't if you know *anything* about electronics.
  19. are there any good 4k with 240hz? or any recs on 8k I use the Dell UltraSharp 32 8K at work which has been alright haven't tried alternatives is there a difference between this Threadripper and the PRO 7995x (despite cores although I think that many [the PRO] is slightly overkill although i wouldnt mind) also is that cooling enough, to my understanding Threadrippers run or ran really hot just wanted to clarify Looking for a metric fuckton of cores, thought about multi-gpu although in the past i know SLI has been questionable at best, (maybe this isnt true anymore?) Also looked into the Intel® Xeon® w9-3495X but couldn't find strong data points or benchmarks of it in comparison to Threadripper which topped multicore What about that compared to a Intel® Xeon® w9-3495X
  20. I'm a little surprised this crusty fella is still running. Might hold the record for the longest-lasting 7200.7 drive on the planet - the drive itself is close to 20 years old with close to 12 years of flying hours, and still no SMART errors. One of my favorite sounding drives too. Makes a nice purr on the randoms.
  21. Yes there are options all ddr4. Any reason you are going itx with such an old cpu? Whats the usecase?
  22. I recently bought the parts to upgrade my ASUS x570-based system to an AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. Unfortunately, I only noticed after purchasing (and too late to return) that my new bequiet Dark Rock Pro 5 CPU cooler is 3mm too tall for my existing case, a bequiet Pure Base 600. While I checked motherboard compatibility with the cooler before purchase, I wrongly assumed it would work in the case - and nothing on bequiet's website talks about how some of their air coolers aren't compatible with some of their cases. Now that I've found Noctua's immensely helpful Compatibility Centre database, that'll never happen again. I don't game on this machine, but I crunch big databases and spreadsheets and also do some video and photo editing, so I use a CD/DVD/BR-R/W optical drive fairly regularly. I bought the Pure Base 600 because it is one of the few modern cases I've found with a convenient optical drive bay. For silence and aesthetics, I've used all black bequiet components where available. My conundrum is this: Do I... A. Buy a new bequiet Silent Base 802 case and use the Dark Rock Pro 5 cooler, but then have to use an external optical drive? It's the best cooling option, the USB-C port (for the external drive) is right on top, and I can repurpose the old case for a secondary system. The downside - besides the janky external optical drive (that won't do BR) - is cost. It's about $220 for case & external optical drive. B. Buy a Dark Rock Slim cooler and use my existing Pure Base 600 case? The cooling capacity is lower, but reviews say it can handle the 5950X as long as I don't OC. The upside is the price (only $60) and I can add a second fan to improve cooling by 1-3 degrees. I also keep the optical drive as-is. Besides cooling capacity, another downside is that I'd have to shelve the brand-new Dark Rock Pro 5 until I could use it in the future. C. Buy a Noctua NH-D15s chromax.black cooler and use my existing Pure Base 600 case? This lets me keep the optical drive and the cooling is apparently between the Slim and the Pro 5. The two downsides are cost (about $120) and the same shelving of the Dark Rock Pro 5. I liked the idea of being all-bequiet, but it's not the end of the world to add this cooler since the aesthetics are close enough. Also, this cooler is supposedly a little bit noisier than the two bequiet coolers. I'm leaning toward A because it means no parts end up sitting unused on a shelf and it gives me maximum performance from the 5950X, but I'm open to others' thoughts...
  23. Try disabling hardware acceleration in the browser settings, probably chrome://settings/system . Might have something to do with it
  24. Specs: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Garrzilla/saved/RfcXf7 This has been annoying me for a bit now, while I am working my Chrome will randomly lock up. I max have 10 tabs open in total. When it freezes, I can still use my PC, open task manager, etc. I am usually watching a Twitch stream when this happens, not sure if related. My RAM usage never goes above 50% when this happens. Any ideas what could be causing this?
  25. generally a cpu should last longer than just 1 generation, so whatever comes after ryzen 7000 you'll probably need to upgrade.
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