Recent content by Crashman

And that platform photo is why I never compared Joe's results to my own.

I wouldn't worry about Rocket Lack being much different from Alder Lake, and those tests were already out last year: https://www.pcmag.com/news/ddr5-vs-ddr4-how-much-performance-will-you-gain-from-todays-newest-ram New motherboard firmware has given older DDR5 platforms new ability to run...

I like white lighting to show off components, but frequently use clown show to do publicity photos.

Because all of the negatives you heard were a lie. The board performed fine with a 3800X in a regular case. The guys who said it overheated were testing it without airflow. And it was only recommended as the cheapest acceptable solution (ie, for value). The truth is that when confronted by a...

Strangely, I'm finding that tempered glass does at least as good a job as asphalt sheet for reducing noise transmission. Unfortunately, all that reflected noise still comes out the uncovered places :p

Mushkin makes fine DRAM but usually ended up in second place in overclocking or price. But there's one place that NOBODY competes with Mushkin, so it's a category Mushkin will always win: ECC with XMP

Actually, the higher "gear ratio" for Intel's memory controller will likely make DDR5 a net performance loser in latency-sensitive applications, at least at launch.

The argument against those who hate USB 2.0 is that it's a nearly-free interface that fully supports a keyboard and mouse. There's no reason to use more expensive parts to support two devices that nearly everyone uses.

Why not have both?

I wrote several case guides about this very issue: Most "EATX" PC motherboards are not full EATX spec. They're XL-ATX depth and ATX from north to south edges (call that height if you build towers or width if you do server racks). In other words, rather than 13" deep they're only 10.6" deep. The...

This is something I constantly asked myself when facing similar situations. There was always something I missed, I just couldn't find it.

Too many variables for me to mentally compare :D When we set up dual rank vs single rank, etc, we always tried to narrow our variables as much as possible. I've noticed that some brands of memory don't work as well with some brands of motherboard and found really strange differences such as tRFC...

When the frequency and timings are the same, four single rank DIMMs and two dual-rank DIMMs have the same performance.

I doubt it, but you can go ahead and do the web search.

Yes, I don't know how the article could have included a board that wasn't available yet ;)