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Thanks! Obviously my knowledge is a bit out of date haha. I appreciate the clear explanation!

Hi everyone, So im installing a Corsair HX1000 into my case at the moment with some nice Cable Mod cables. There were some things i wanted to ask about thought; First off, from my other builds in the past i seem to remember that the advice used to be that if a component required more than one cable to power it (like a GPU) that those cables should be plugged into different banks of connectors (i.e different 12v rails) on a multi 12v rail PSU. Is this still something worth doing? I have included a diagram of where i have plugged the cables in at the moment, should you wish to critique it. Secondly, the HX1000 has a manual switch to change between a single and multi 12v rail setup. Despite reading and watching videos about it I'm still not really clear what the advantage of either is, other than that multi rail has over current protection on each of the 12v rails and single rail allows the full 1000w to go to a single component. Thirdly, how would having a component plugged into multiple banks of connectors on the PSU, be affected between single and multi rail setups? Other components: Asus Maximus Z690 Hero Intel i7 12700k Asus Strix 3080Ti OC Corsair Dominator Platinum DR5 5600 - 32gb Thanks for any advice anyone can offer! Nozy

Its that easy? Awesome! Thanks for the answer.

Hey everyone. About 2 years ago i started getting some initial stuff for my new build, and bought Windows 10 Pro on USB (as it allowed you to defer updates indefinitely i think, i wanted to be able to wait a while to make sure kinks were ironed out before updating!). Then of course, the pandemic hit and i put the build on hold as we couldn't really go out anywhere for a long time. Then 2021 came and it was hard to find any of the new hardware, like graphics cards... Then 2022 came and i finally have everything, but now Win 11 is out, and i don't really want to use Win 10 now as my upgrade cycle is several years and it will probably be unsupported before i upgrade again. So, what do i do with my brand new and unopened copy of Windows 10 Pro? I want to do a clean install of Win 11, not an in situ upgrade from Win 10, but how do i do this? Do i have to install Win 10 Pro on my new computer first to download the Windows 11 Pro install media, and then go and reformat the drive and install fresh again from the Win 11 files on the USB? It would be a bit of a hassle to set up Windows 10 and then go and reformat and reinstall again. Is there anything i have missed here? Any advice would be much appreciated! Nozy

You already replied, you could have used less words and simply said 'yes' or 'no'. EDIT: NVM sorry, i forgot that my question was already answered a few pages before by someone being more helpful. Looks like its gonna be a Corsair HX1000 for me i guess.

Just how high is the transient power draw on an OC 3080Ti? I'm assuming 1000w would be sufficient for that paired with a 12700k right?

In case anyone was in the same boat as me and has not seen the news, ASUS has admitted the problem. Turns out it was upside down capacitors. The markings on the cap denoted the polarity, so when installed the wrong way around that was obviously causing the problem. https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/asus-owns-up-to-fiery-z690-motherboard-flaw-starts-recall-program Thankfully my boards capacitor has the markings the right way around and the serial number isnt one of the affected boards. Phew!

Oh no, im not taking it as gospel, but the evidence so far is in favour of that explanation. There have been a few posts on the Youtube videos as well of people who have worked with the machines that place the chips explaining how its possible for them to be placed in the wrong direction when they're upside down in the cartridges. It does make sense. Also check this post from the Asus forums about the polarity of the capacitor: https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?127013-ASUS-Z690-Maximus-Hero-Motherboard-Burnt-with-QCODE-53-and-QLED-Orange/page6#post852231 Hopefully Asus will come out with an official explanation soon, but in the meantime this is the best explanation we have. Check out this vid for more of an explanation:

Someone on the Reddit thread tested the polarity as well apparently and found theirs to be the wrong way around. It seems a reasonable conclusion at this point in time, in the absence of any word from Asus, since all of the pictures of the burned boards have the capacitor markings upside down.

It appears the issue may have been found, one of the capacitors on the motherboard is the wrong way around: Jay and Buildzoid have also done videos on it.

I suppose its possible it could interfere with your coordination. I don't have an arm like that so i cant say for certain myself, but i definitely notice when my monitor is slightly turned or it is lower than it should be (cats messing about).

Is it worth keeping the order then? I noticed that all the Corsair memory on the Z690 Hero QVL (as well as another Asus board i looked at) are Micron, whereas the 5600mhz is Samsung. Is there something about Samsung chips that an Asus board wouldn't like or something? I am assuming that in any case, the memory would work just fine at standard 4800mhz speed if the XMP profiles were unstable? Aside from that i still dont know what to do about the potentially exploding motherboard...

Hey everyone, i could really do with some advice on my new build. So i bought a 12700k and Maximus Z690 Hero (so i could get the Asus cashback) only to read this morning that these motherboards were having trouble with a couple of the chips burning or even setting directly on fire, for an as yet unknown reason. https://wccftech.com/asus-rog-maximus-z690-hero-motherboards-might-have-a-serious-defect-several-reports-of-boards-burning-up/ Added to this is the fact that i have been waiting for ages for some DDR5 memory to come in stock anywhere before i can even start the build. Yesterday i was browsing Overclockers UK and happened to see some Corsair Dominator Platinum 5200mhz CL40 and 5600mhz CL36 on sale. I jumped on the 5600mhz thinking 'finally!' only to realise when i double checked this morning that the Hero doesn't have this speed on the memory QVL anyway! ARGH! Can someone first of all why neither this Corsair 5600mhz CL36 memory nor the 5200mhz CL40 is supported by this mobo? Is this some kind of hard compatibility problem or is support likely to be added via a bios update at a later date? The Hero supports other manufacturers high speed memory, but not Corsair's, it only supports the 5200mhz CL38 Dominator kit from Corsair (other than the Vengeance kits), which is unavailable EVERYWHERE. Secondly, should i just cancel my cashback claim and return the mobo and processor now, to avoid any headaches with burning motherboards, and just plump for a ridiculously priced Extreme and 12700k bundle to get the cashback on that? (For some reason Asus made the Formula white and the Apex is for overclockers) I have always bought Asus motherboards for my previous builds and i am loath to consider going with a different brand as Asus has so far been rock solid. Any advice would be much appreciated!

Sorry, misread the post you were replying to.

The original post.

Hmmm interesting. Corsair's own website no longer lists the HXi though? :S

Has the HXi series been discontinued? I cant seem to find it on Corsair's website, only the HX series. The only version of the HXi i can find for sale is the 1200w model.

That is awesome thank you! I understand their product lineup a lot better now. Do you think the inline capacitors on the Corsair cables gives their PSU's any advantage over others, or is it just a gimmick?

I honestly don't even understand what the differences are between Corsairs high end PSU's now. is it just something to do with the 80+ rating? You'll have to be gentle with me, i know very little in general about PSU's, reading through some reviews a lot of it is electrical gobbledegook to me. I'm not even sure what the difference is between single rail and multi rail! I probably researched it a long time ago and have since forgotten haha. I see, so custom cables could solve the problem with any of the PSU's anyways since if they lack that wire the PSU isn't getting the 'signal' to trip the switch so to speak?

Ugh I currently have a Corsair AXi 860 and was planning on getting either another Corsair unit or something from Seasonic as i have heard they are very good quality. The problem with Corsair now is that their PSU lineup seems way more complicated than it was when i did my last build 6 years ago. Its basically alphabet soup and i have no idea what does what. I bought Corsair last time around because they claimed the AXi had something like had 'digital power delivery' for 'smoothness' (where as now they use inline capacitors in their cables?) and power usage could be monitored via Corsair Link. Also according to the OP Corsair units share the same problems as they are based on Seasonic ones. Is the Asus ROG Thor any good by comparison? Their 20% off Cablemod cables deal sounds nice...

"Seasonic PRIME based units experience shutdowns with RTX3080/3090 (and possibly RX6900 XT) GPUs, especially ones with unlocked power limit like FE and ASUS Strix. It is recommended, if going with such units, to overprovision wattage, 1kW for RTX3080 and 1.2kW for RTX3090" Would a PRIME TX-1000 Titanium be sufficient for an Asus 3080Ti Strix? I'm kinda shocked that the wattage requirement for the PSU would be so high when the PC would never get close to using the full capacity (without crazy overclocking that is).

I like the U12A, but those poop brown fans... I wish Noctual would hurry up with their black versions, and also the Chromax cover they are supposed to be making for the U12A. I also rather like the look of the NH-U14S. With some 2000rpm Noctua fans it should have lots of cooling. Thanks, ill have a look into that!

Just to make sure i am understanding all this correctly: 1. The JEDEC standard for DDR4 is 2133mhz. 2. The supported operating speeds of 2666mhz and 3200mhz for the i9 9900k and Ryzen 9 3900x respectively is the minimum recommended speed that your RAM should have. 3. Getting RAM to that minimum recommended speed will require an XMP profile anyway (since the RAM by default will be at 2133mhz?) 4. The 9900k and 3900x will support those minimum recommended speeds without applying any overclock to the processor? 5. If you want to run at above the minimum recommended speeds (say 3200mhz for the 9900k or 3600mhz for the 3900x) the XMP profile that comes with that speed of RAM will also apply a small overclock to the processor to compensate for the increased RAM speed?

Enthoo Primo, the original one.

I'm in the UK, looking at 9900k + ASUS Maximus XI Formula, OR 3900x + one of the ASUS Crosshair VIII boards, RAM probably 32gb Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro. Budget is roughly £1500 at this time, since i already have PSU, and GTX1080 which don't need replacing just yet. Alternate coolers would be the Noctua NH-U12A (alas no Chromax covers yet) or the U14S.