Totally Average Gameplay

There is an interesting NVMe drive out there that is has little to no information, yet it is being sold out there. The XG 7000 (sometimes labelled as XG 7000 Pro) is part of the XG Series PCIe 4.0 drives from Kingspec, a Chinese company making notorious DRAMless SSDs, but they also sell memory sticks. Curiously, there is no further technical specs included anywhere on the site except for the writes and read speeds and is branded as a PS5 storage product.   I have the product received and here's what I can say about the drive. The package is that small, borrowing the package and heatsink style of another Chinese company, NETAC and their NV7000 lineup (see review).    Opening the heatsink requires effort to either remove the small screws pre-installed in the heatsink or keep the delicate screwdriver bit in one piece. After that, unfortunately the camera hates small letters so it is blurred on everything.   Right away I connected it to my PC to check the manufacturers of each of the components. CPU Controller is an IG5236 RanierPC from Innogrit Corp, a PCIE Gen 4.0 with peak read/write speeds of 7.4/6.4 GB per sec and max 4k random read/write of 1M IOPS / 0.8M IOPS (whether it is attainable or not remains to be seen). Also used on other PCIE 4.0 drives from brands you are more familiar with: Plextor M10P, Adata's Premium SSD for PS5 (don't ask me, that's literally what it says on their site)
  Yes, it has DRAM, it is made by SK Hynix, model is H5AN8G6NDJR-VKC 8GB. The NVME is double sided so there's a total of 2 of them making this a 16GB Dram.   NAND info is a bit tricky. The flash itself has no info but according to FlashID, the maker is YMTC (Yangtze Memory Technologies Co.) it is 3d 128-layer tlc Nand.   Here's the murkier part of the information, there is nowhere on the English sites and seller sites that has any detail on what are the random 4k specs on this thing, nor do the TBW rating these have, except for the more obscure Russian sites.   According to Yandex: Read (Mbps): 512gb - 7500, 1tb & 2tb - 7400, (4tb unknown most likely also 7400) Write (Mbps): 512gb - 6800, 1tb & 2tb - 6600, (4tb unknown most likely also 6600) Random Read: No info on all capacities, 2tb was found to have 680k IOPS. Random Writes (in K IOPS): 512gb - 390, 1tb - 600, 2tb - 660 (but was tested to be 550), (4tb - unknown). TBW: 512gb - 300, 1tb - 600, 2tb - 1200, (4tb unknown most likely 2400 by linear scaling)   Finally, I tested what its SLC cache size would be, so I fired up AIDA 64's Linear Write Test to write the entire 2TB. Around 17% (or 340GB) its 5.7gbps staggered between 5.8 and 1.5 gbps from 18% to 45% it was going down as low as 300mbps towards the end of the test. This can be considered as its SLC cache size and speed. I bought the 2tb drive for $135 in the Philippines, so PH members check out this link over here while it is still in stock if you feel like it's worth it. Pros: Genuine Components, Low Price for TLC+PCIE 4.0+DRAM+2TB compared to local pricing in Philippines. Cons: Lack of technical spec sheets, apparent lack of reviews, dubious about some of the critical info needed such as TBW, lackluster packaging, tightly screwed-in if you want to remove the heatsink or motherboard already has one, warranty issues present on other products provided by the company, and actual results measured due to differences in tests, also lack of software for firmware updates & overprovisioning.

There is an interesting NVMe drive out there that is has little to no information, yet it is being sold out there. The XG 7000 (sometimes labelled as XG 7000 Pro) is part of the XG Series PCIe 4.0 drives from Kingspec, a Chinese company making notorious DRAMless SSDs, but they also sell memory sticks. Curiously, there is no further technical specs included anywhere on the site except for the writes and read speeds and is branded as a PS5 storage product.   I have the product received and here's what I can say about the drive. The package is that small, borrowing the package and heatsink style of another Chinese company, NETAC and their NV7000 lineup (see review).    Opening the heatsink requires effort to either remove the small screws pre-installed in the heatsink or keep the delicate screwdriver bit in one piece. After that, unfortunately the camera hates small letters so it is blurred on everything.   Right away I connected it to my PC to check the manufacturers of each of the components. CPU Controller is an IG5236 RanierPC from Innogrit Corp, a PCIE Gen 4.0 with peak read/write speeds of 7.4/6.4 GB per sec and max 4k random read/write of 1M IOPS / 0.8M IOPS (whether it is attainable or not remains to be seen). Also used on other PCIE 4.0 drives from brands you are more familiar with: Plextor M10P, Adata's Premium SSD for PS5 (don't ask me, that's literally what it says on their site)
  Yes, it has DRAM, it is made by SK Hynix, model is H5AN8G6NDJR-VKC 8GB. The NVME is double sided so there's a total of 2 of them making this a 16GB Dram.   NAND info is a bit tricky. The flash itself has no info but according to FlashID, the maker is YMTC (Yangtze Memory Technologies Co.) it is 3d 128-layer tlc Nand.   Here's the murkier part of the information, there is nowhere on the English sites and seller sites that has any detail on what are the random 4k specs on this thing, nor do the TBW rating these have, except for the more obscure Russian sites.   According to Yandex: Read (Mbps): 512gb - 7500, 1tb & 2tb - 7400, (4tb unknown most likely also 7400) Write (Mbps): 512gb - 6800, 1tb & 2tb - 6600, (4tb unknown most likely also 6600) Random Read: No info on all capacities, 2tb was found to have 680k IOPS. Random Writes (in K IOPS): 512gb - 390, 1tb - 600, 2tb - 660 (but was tested to be 550), (4tb - unknown). TBW: 512gb - 300, 1tb - 600, 2tb - 1200, (4tb unknown most likely 2400 by linear scaling)   Finally, I tested what its SLC cache size would be, so I fired up AIDA 64's Linear Write Test to write the entire 2TB. Around 17% (or 340GB) its 5.7gbps staggered between 5.8 and 1.5 gbps from 18% to 45% it was going down as low as 300mbps towards the end of the test. This can be considered as its SLC cache size and speed. I bought the 2tb drive for $135 in the Philippines, so PH members check out this link over here while it is still in stock if you feel like it's worth it. Pros: Genuine Components, Low Price for TLC+PCIE 4.0+DRAM+2TB compared to local pricing in Philippines. Cons: Lack of technical spec sheets, apparent lack of reviews, dubious about some of the critical info needed such as TBW, lackluster packaging, tightly screwed-in if you want to remove the heatsink or motherboard already has one, warranty issues present on other products provided by the company, and actual results measured due to differences in tests, also lack of software for firmware updates & overprovisioning.

I don't think there would be a bottleneck in this. A 1660 or a Ti is a giant upgrade from a 750 ti.
8gb (2×4gb preferred) is the recommended minimum, if you're worried about getting higher framerates get into either 4×4gb or 2×8gb life by adding more of the same brand and type of ram.
 
Unrelated tho, it is weird seeing non-K CPUs in a Z mobo. I'm guessing he's gonna swap the cpu in the future yes?

Facebook being fined again due to privacy issues?

Facebook being fined again due to privacy issues?

I use my phone like ten times a day, but I ain't no horny boi. Nay, I say! NAY!
1. I don't drink, smoke or do drugs
2. I don't have a love life (kinda sucks)
3. I am connected to the internet yet I only use it as a browsing tool (and nothing else)
4. I whip out my phone every subject in class, because it is allowed.
5. I increase my work/study time as well as reviews with my phone so I don't miss out.
So yeah, I don't see the link between excessive phone use, and unchastity.

You ain't the only one man

F for pay respects

F for pay respects

F for pay respects

F for pay respects

No, there's much worse than that.
Expensive stuff that every one of us want.

No, there's much worse than that.
Expensive stuff that every one of us want.

No, there's much worse than that.
Expensive stuff that every one of us want.

No, there's much worse than that.
Expensive stuff that every one of us want.

Something that might be Super Expensive, might be Super Binned, and a really Super awful marketing ad.

personally I hate zip ties, because they are one time use only. Velcro straps are where they at!

Something that might be Super Expensive, might be Super Binned, and a really Super awful marketing ad.

Let me guess, is NVIDIA gonna counter RX 5700 with an RTX 2070 Ti? They did that with 1070 Ti vs V56?
 

He meant GPU Boost, the technology by NVIDIA to automatically boost GPU core clocks depending on the temperatures,
GPU clocks is inversely proportional to temperature, in other words: Cold GPU = Faster Core Clocks

Something that might be Super Expensive, might be Super Binned, and a really Super awful marketing ad.

Will do that. Thank you! 

Im surprised they sucked more out of the 14nm's life than it should have.
Yet, again that's not the only thing they sucked out of.

One of the fans won't be spinning because of EVGA's Asynchronous fan tech. Both fans have separate fan curves, they can be readjusted with EVGA's Precision software

I named mine Dead Weight.
Because it weighs a ton and its not very helpful.