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ChuckMaurice

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About ChuckMaurice

  • Birthday Dec 28, 1990

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    France
  • Occupation
    Software developper/content creator

System

  • CPU
    AMD Ryzen 3700X
  • Motherboard
    Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro
  • RAM
    2*8 Go DDR4 Crucial Ballistix
  • GPU
    Nvidia RTX 3080
  • Case
    Phanteks Shift XT
  • Storage
    PNY CS3030
  • PSU
    Corsair SF750
  • Display(s)
    Dell S2721DGFA
  • Cooling
    Noctua NH-L12S
  • Keyboard
    Ducky One 2
  • Mouse
    Logitech G700s
  • Operating System
    Windows 10
    Fedora Linux
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  1. That's what I do when I have ATX/mATX cases (my previous build used a Dark Rock 4 on a 4770k), but my ITX case (Phanteks Shift XT) is a "dual chamber" one, leaving half the width for the motherboard and its cooler. In retrospect I should've gone for a more classic case in ITX like a NR200P but I really like the look of mine and how easy it is to open and work in. I might get a single-chamber ITX case at some point but not until an upgrade force me to change, or a manufacturer makes one with a look I prefer. I tried using a low profile aircooler (Noctua NH-L12 Ghost S1) but it's insanely noisy compared to the NZXT Kraken because of its little fan. Yesterday I found a nice project someone made, LiquidCTL, that would allow me to tune the NZXT Kraken better and avoid using the CAM software. The Kraken is from early 2019, hopefully it still has a few years left but I'm not sure how to diagnose its wear status aside from checking temperatures once in a while. As the Kraken is my first AIO, what is your experience with aging coolers? Do you notice them being less and less efficient or do big issues come up at some point without warning?
  2. Ok thanks, set and forget works for me. I bought the 5800X3D as a nice stand-in upgrade from my 3600X, not to tinker too much or chase cinebench scores anyway. I think I will keep things as they were before, 5800X3D untouched + Kraken X52, with a full cleanup and new paste, and return the EK AIO. I thought it would be significantly better and silent, but if not, I'll keep my money for a new cooling solution when the Kraken dies. Mythological pun unintended.
  3. @RevGAMDoes that mean my BIOS could support it? (I have a B550I AORUS PRO AX, BIOS revision F17)
  4. Thank you both. After I change coolers I'm gonna try my luck at PBO2 to undervolt it and see if I get better results. I'm not quite confident enough to try delidding it (it's quite expensive for me still) but I'll keep that in mind.
  5. The problem is, yes, my 5800X3D is heating up +10-15°C for little to no reason sometimes. Temperatures on mine range from 32°C to 60 and that's just with light use on the desktop. I haven't found a way to make fan speed work (using FanControl software): fans either run dead silent then ramp up at the slightest temperature rise, or are more noisy than what I had with my Kraken that used liquid temperature to control the fans. I think I'm gonna return the EKWB AIO (Nucleus 240) anyway, as even with the fans inaudible the pump is noticeably more noisy than my Kraken's (and I can't control it like you seems to be able to). Maybe that's because I couldn't route the tubing as well and it's a tight fit in an awkward position so the pump has to work more.
  6. Hey folks! I'm looking for an AIO cooler that has a water temperature sensor (& PWM fan connector), so I can manage fan speed based on that and avoid CPU temperature hikes. My older AIO (NZXT Kraken K52) had that, but I'm unsure if newer coolers have it (the EK AIO I tried as a replacement didn't). I need a 240mm AIO, and don't care about RGB, screens and such. I know most AIOs use Asetek pumps that are not the best but I care more about that feature than than upmost performance.
  7. I don't think you'll find a lot of programmers using cloud-based programming environments. They are limited by design, and unless you self-host them, how about the privacy? Most developers have their own computer (or one provided by their company). If you don't have any computer and money is tight, a refurbished Dell Latitude of other old enterprise laptop only cost a few hundred dollars and will be enough to learn programming.
  8. No I get it, but I feel I just have different needs than most people using a NAS. Basically my crucial data resides in two places: * My Nextcloud instance (about 200GB), I currently pay around $6/month for 1TB so I can store more. It does include backups managed by the provider. I would like to self-host it to save money in the long run and self-host more small services, but if I have to pay for Backblaze backups, no money is saved. My rationale is that, if this data is 1) on Nextcloud 2) on the provider's backup 3) synced to my two computers and 4) backed up at a friend's NAS, I'm really safe right? * data I rarely need but that is irreplaceable: personal photos, old projects, archived administrative papers etc... -> About 1.2TB, though not everything in it is indeed irreplaceable so it could be under 1TB. I need a backup strategy for that, but not constant access like I would on a NAS. I'm fine with this data lying around an encrypted HDD in some drawer as long as I have a copy in case my house burns or something, but I'm not going to pay $7/month for a Backblaze backup for the rest of my life "just in case" Does it make sense? I'm still kinda new to this.
  9. In the end that's not really my need, my workflow works well with only my local storage and Nexcloud instance. So what I need is less a NAS more like a server to self-host Nextcloud and other services then. But backups are still an issue.
  10. I'm sure some of you thought about this before, but I had an idea about backups: if I were to lose my NAS due to damage or something, I need a backup obviously. * I could keep a hard drive with regular incremental backups, but it would still be in my house so if I get robbed/the house burns/{insert something catastrophic here}, I lose both the NAS and the backup. * I could pay for online backup (Backblaze, Wasabi...) but the point of buying a NAS/local server is not to pay for cloud anymore So I thought about something: I have a few tech friends with their own NAS (mostly Synology & QNAP, I don't think any of them built their own, maybe that's not cost effective idk). What if I were to sync my NAS with their NAS? (or at least, the most critical data). I could even provide them with some of my NAS storage, like 1TB for 1TB, making their NAS secure too. Now for my question: does this feature exists? how do I do that in a way that is 1. encrypted and 2. easy for my friend with a Synology/QNAP/other branded "plug & play" NAS? If it exists, how is this not a feature I see advertised on NAS more? ***** As for the NAS itself, I don't need a lot of storage so I was thinking about building a custom low-power NAS with maybe an ODROID H3 and dual SSDs. Or maybe repurposing an old used Lenovo compact PC depending on the deals I find in my region.
  11. My comment was more about how AMD Ryzen 7000 will require DDR5 RAM (and get an advantage from it, specifically from DDR5-6000 as Ryzen's Infinity Fabric has been optimized for this frequency according to AMD). I think the benchmarks we'll see in the following weeks will confirm that. Intel is a more complicated blend, because they chose to make their 12th gen CPU work with both DDR4 and DDR5, which was imo a good bet at the time (seeing DDR5 prices were bonkers at release). Until we have benchmarks for 13th gen we don't know if they will get an advantage from DDR5 justifying the upgrade. Intel has basically two courses of action: Keeping the 13th gen working well with both DDR4 and DDR5 (performance independent of RAM frequency/version) Leveraging DDR5 performance to their best to compete with AMD, however they might not need to, or it might require a deep CPU redesign that we'll see at 14th gen. TL;DR we won't know until release/benchmarks For your case there's another thing to take into account: you already have a significant amount of DDR4 RAM. If Ryzen 7000 or Intel 13th gen provides let's say 15% performance from DDR4 to DDR5, is that worth buying again 2*16 GB sticks of DDR5?
  12. Pretty good. I guess you also plan on getting a new PSU. 850W is enough for a RTX 3080 or 3080Ti + your CPU, for RTX 4000 wait for release so we know the power requirements.
  13. DDR5 RAM doesn't provide an advantage for gaming on Intel 12th gen, plus you already have 32GB of DDR4 which would save you a significant part of your budget. So I'd recommend getting a Z690 or B660 motherboard that is DDR4-compatible and keep your current RAM. For music production I'm not sure your current RAM is your bottleneck, after all people have been producing music without DDR5 for a while. IF DDR5 does indeed provide a significant edge, I would wait for AMD Ryzen 7000 or Intel 13th gen CPUs to really have something that needs DDR5 and will be more powerful for gaming. They are just around the corner
  14. Top 4 monitors at your budget (from cheapest to best, 27" 1440p 144Hz+): HP X27q Dell S2721DGFA LG 27GP850-B MSI MAG274QRF-QD Backlight bleed is a total lottery but if you get some at the point it's bothering you, you have two choices: Adding bias lighting (RGB strips on your desk, a dim light on the side or behind you...). Using the monitor in complete darkness will make you see even slight backlight bleed, and is not good for your eyes either If it's too high, it's a defect: RMA the monitor and get a new one. Here's what to expect as for almost unnoticeable backlight bleed and on the other hand what I consider to be defective/RMA-worthy so you know what to expect, but again it's a lottery. I feel backlight bleed this bad has mostly dissapeared though, now that manufacturing high refresh rates panels is standard and not a novelty
  15. You could go Linux and heavily reduce the space taken by the OS. An Ubuntu install should take less than 10 GB on itself. Web development is easier on Linux as, well, it's what is used to host websites. You can easily deploy local servers with a single command line. Plus it's a essential skill to learn for developpers in general. Other than that, I recommend getting the biggest SSD you can afford, and maybe don't bother with an USB flash drive as it's way less durable than a proper SSD. I guess you want a 2.5" SATA SSD to replace your laptop's HDD? (correct me if I'm wrong). They're the cheapest ones as they are progressively replaced by M.2 NVMe and there hasn't been new models for a while.
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