the pudding

The W3175X build is slowly coming together, got the aforementioned 3175X in the post yesterday, most of my water bits should be here tomorrow if DHL is to be believed and my coldzero trays/bits are in production now 

The W3175X build is slowly coming together, got the aforementioned 3175X in the post yesterday, most of my water bits should be here tomorrow if DHL is to be believed and my coldzero trays/bits are in production now 

The W3175X build is slowly coming together, got the aforementioned 3175X in the post yesterday, most of my water bits should be here tomorrow if DHL is to be believed and my coldzero trays/bits are in production now 

The W3175X build is slowly coming together, got the aforementioned 3175X in the post yesterday, most of my water bits should be here tomorrow if DHL is to be believed and my coldzero trays/bits are in production now 

The W3175X build is slowly coming together, got the aforementioned 3175X in the post yesterday, most of my water bits should be here tomorrow if DHL is to be believed and my coldzero trays/bits are in production now 

I had decent luck overclocking my 7980XE on air, was able to get 4.4 on an AK620 so this should handle pretty well I'd reckon

I had decent luck overclocking my 7980XE on air, was able to get 4.4 on an AK620 so this should handle pretty well I'd reckon

I had decent luck overclocking my 7980XE on air, was able to get 4.4 on an AK620 so this should handle pretty well I'd reckon

I finished my X299 build few days ago.
 
CPU: Intel Core i9-10900X 10c/20t
Cooler: DeepCool Assassin III
Case: Fractal Meshify 2
Memory: 64GB Kingston DDR4 3200MHz (just 2x 32GB in dual channel for now)
Motherboard: Asus TUF X299 Mark 1
Graphics Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Strix Advanced
SSD: 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus (OS and programs)
SSD: 2TB WD Blue SN570 (games)
HDD: 8TB Seagate Exos 7E10
Power Supply: Seasonic Focus GX-850
OS: Windows 10 LTSC 2021
 
(with a GTX 760 for testing)


 
GTX 1080 inside the case. The case has a dark tinted glass so pretty much the only visible things are the RGB LEDs on the GPU and motherboard

Finally got my X299 micro 2 back off of my brother haha, decided to use it for now, keep the X299 dark for playing with and for benching with my other more badder 7980XE, got a nice OCUK binned 7980XE in this one, 4.8 1.3v, likely just stick to this until I get my W3175X for the SR3 haha 

Finally got my X299 micro 2 back off of my brother haha, decided to use it for now, keep the X299 dark for playing with and for benching with my other more badder 7980XE, got a nice OCUK binned 7980XE in this one, 4.8 1.3v, likely just stick to this until I get my W3175X for the SR3 haha 

Finally got my X299 micro 2 back off of my brother haha, decided to use it for now, keep the X299 dark for playing with and for benching with my other more badder 7980XE, got a nice OCUK binned 7980XE in this one, 4.8 1.3v, likely just stick to this until I get my W3175X for the SR3 haha 

Yeah as an ex prototype machinist, your early prototypes are always going to be super expensive, your later prototypes will be cheaper but still expensive and your late prototypes are when you get into engineering for manufacture and this is where your test runs for mass production begin, I recall a product I helped with having a starting prototype cost at 2000 of the kings finest beer tokens, by the time we were to late prototypes we were into the 250 range and mass produced parts were somewhere in the 85/unit range if memory serves 

Yeah as an ex prototype machinist, your early prototypes are always going to be super expensive, your later prototypes will be cheaper but still expensive and your late prototypes are when you get into engineering for manufacture and this is where your test runs for mass production begin, I recall a product I helped with having a starting prototype cost at 2000 of the kings finest beer tokens, by the time we were to late prototypes we were into the 250 range and mass produced parts were somewhere in the 85/unit range if memory serves 

This video has brought to light a lot of the issues with LTT, and the problems facing the company recently.
 
Regardless of what your stance on the video is, it's undeniable that LMG did some awful things to Billet labs, and not only do they deserve an apology for what happened to them. Selling a prototype piece of hardware in an auction is one thing. But the company made it clear they needed it back, and in doing so LMG may have entirely screwed a smaller company, after they already spoke poorly of them in a previous video. The auctioning of the prototype was just a swift kick to balls, after a cruel and unusual slap to the face and it's one that not only should Linus apologise for, he should also be doing everything in his power to personally recify if he has any semblance of integrity. This doesn't just reflect poorly on LMG, it reflects poorly on his management of the company and the company culture that something like this could even happen in the first place.
 
Although on the note of the video I would like to point out that Steve has a point about LMGs bias towards sponsors and companies they have a good working relationship with. In the past Linus has been openly critical of sponsors that have decreased the quality of their products or have had major changes in management that shifted the reliability of the company. In the past LMG has dropped sponsorships with Tunnel Bear and Cheero all because of their new management and drops in quality. Likewise in the past LMG has made the impression that they listen to the community and are quick to call out anti-consumer practices in the tech space. Or being critical of poor customer support provided by companies who they've previously spoken well of.
 
But that seems to go out the window when Asus is the one on the chopping block. In the recent customer support video, Asus gave some truly awful tech support, yet Linus still ranked them highly despite the fact the actor calling them had to outright give them the solution. Asus should have gotten an automatic fail, but again they were highly ranked and Linus spoke decently of them. In the thread made by Plouffe discussing customer support issues people have had, many people have pointed out bad experiences with Asus customer support, myself included, and yet as far as I'm aware, none of this has been mentioned in a follow up. Likewise in that same thread, many other people mentioned having Asus products fail spectacularly, again myself included. But nothing has ever come out of this, nor has Linus giving a follow up really addressing the concerns or the bad experiences people have had with the company.
 
I'm not suggesting Linus go out of his way to burn bridges or anything by insulting the company. But the fact that Linus and LMG in general have kept Asus as a sponsor despite people having major issues with their quality control recently feels a little disengenuous. I get that they're sponsoring LTX, but after the fiasco with Asus motherboards and Ryzen 7000X3D chips, I feel like LMG should have at least mentioned it and been openly critical of Asus for letting an issue like that happen. Rather than just keeping them as a sponsor and entirely dancing around the dead CPU shaped elephant in the room
 

contacting linus personally, and resolving it quietly. is the exact opposite of "proper journalistic practices", what an absolute narcasistic arrogant buffoon

Speaking of xeon dark, snagged this chonky lad for a good deal local 

Speaking of xeon dark, snagged this chonky lad for a good deal local 

Speaking of xeon dark, snagged this chonky lad for a good deal local 

Speaking of xeon dark, snagged this chonky lad for a good deal local 

I'd hope not, I'd love a W790 dark haha 
 

More hardware has found its way back around to me, X5670 with way too small of a cooler and a EVGA E758 with a 750Ti. The Rosewill PSU is probably faulty as well as the system was always weirdly unstable and was also originally unstable on a Z170 board. However it's also built into my first case purchase, an Antec Nine Hundred which has had my Athlon X2, EVGA 680i/Q6600 and X58A-UD5 in it.
 
No idea what I'm going to do with it. My best spare PSU is a 550w. I also have a EVGA GTX 970 now as well which would really put my 300w~ at the wall X5675 build at the exact limit of my Superflower Leadex III Gold. I don't ever plan on drawing that absolutely ever on that machine though.
 
I really wish some X79/X99 stuff would just fall into my lap but that's likely not happening, the P6T/X5660 home server could probably use a bit more of a power efficient platform than X58 lmao.

just from some quick testing with a U12A, one is a bit so so, 4GHz 1.2v, one is alright, 4.2 1.17v and one seems to be pretty good with 4.4GHz with 1.2v, looking forward to seeing what this last one does under water 

You're welcome 😜

just from some quick testing with a U12A, one is a bit so so, 4GHz 1.2v, one is alright, 4.2 1.17v and one seems to be pretty good with 4.4GHz with 1.2v, looking forward to seeing what this last one does under water