Recent content by rene641

I would see it a little differently, here View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_wVITS4aYg is a nice comparison of 13600K and 13700, with gen 14 the difference will be similar. So I would rather choose 14600K or 14700K. If you want to buy an RTX 5080 over time, I'd rather take the 14700K.

I haven't bought any new PC components in a very long time because the prices are simply insane. When I build a PC, I go through the offers of used components ideally under warranty and choose from them. Or, for example, I buy damaged graphics cards and repair them, if I don't know how, I take...

https://www.techspot.com/review/2856-how-much-vram-pc-gaming/

Those are PCIE lanes, but not 16X. Probably to a slot that may not be used. It probably wouldn't be a problem to find out which slot they lead to and measure them.

The long scratch may not be that bad, but there are two small round scratches on the top right near the SMD components. I'm afraid there are broken traces.

Here is a guide on how to replace the PCB. The question is, is it worth it... https://www.hddzone.com/hard_drive_pcb_replacement.html

This is exactly what we were worried about, 2133 is really low. Can't you get the same Patriot 3200 that you already have in your PC somewhere? How many FPS are you getting now after the BIOS update, has it improved? Edit: Of course a proper 3200 or 3600 memory kit as Eximo wrote would be ideal...

This is what the damaged RTX 4080 super looked like, which I bought second hand. The original owner painted the chip with his wife's black nail polish, then liquid metal, then installed an aftermarket cooler... I repaired the card, bought an AIO Alphacool and it makes me happy to this day...

It's just a lottery, when you get on a plane, you know for sure that it might fall, but you don't expect it. I'm an old and stingy guy, I've had a lot of graphics cards in my life, 99% of them second hand. Not one of them died. My graphics card that I bought new in the store died and it died...

The slot closest to the CPU is connected directly to the CPU, the other two slots to the chipset. Edit: I would put the NVME in the slot connected to the CPU and transfer the Thermal Guard to one of the other slots so it doesn't get lost. BIOS upgrade anyway, not for NVME, but for new Intel...

The difference of 20 degrees between GPU and hotspot temperature with Nvidia seems bigger than usual to me. It's not "fatal", but I'd probably observe if the difference doesn't increase over time...

Hotspot is little bit higher as usually... https://www.techpowerup.com/review/gainward-geforce-rtx-4070-ghost/37.html...

In this case, the PSU cannot cause any significant drop in FPS. Ryzen 5500 can have a peak consumption of up to 60W, 6800XT up to 320 (and this is a peak, not a constant consumption). Otherwise, there is nothing big there. PCIE 3.0 vs 4.0 the loss is almost negligible...

One identical module like the fitted Patriot 3200 instead of the Corsair Venegance 2400 would be enough.

Great. The graphics card bus is fine. You need a bios update, I am sending a download link, there is also an instruction. When you have a new bios, try fps. https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B450M-PRO-VDH-MAX/support#bios View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT31mr6N2rw When you do that...