Recent content by Scar Mountain

The CPU was already being prepared for RMA due to underperformance, I just wanted to make some final checks, ironically. The error behavior was no different after the tumble, so one can't really say what's gone wrong at this point. I use the standard Arctic/Thermalright pastes. Unless one...

To summarize, I spent last week running another CPU of the same model, dismounted it over the weekend and returned it, and remounted the original CPU yesterday, only to now get the orange POST error. The original CPU had been in use since the winter, and the warranty replacement motherboard...

I get an orange QLED with a CPU, which on ASUS MBs signals a RAM issue, but I'm sure it's related to the CPU/socket, as this and another CPU of the same model were working here even a few days ago. In the meantime, the socket suffered a lot of worrisome pressure and scraping during CPU...

All of them? Some of them? None of them? See here.

Yes, that's a foolish oversight; I'm sorry for suspecting you. I read the manual for what I needed at a given stage, which so far covered vents and SATA devices, and I interpreted the other connector page as page 10 since it is to the right of page 9 in the file. :P

JayGau Nigel Spike Page 10 of the manual lists: Audio Reset Power 2x Power LED HDD LED USB 3 USB 2 Here is a photo of all of them together. The two connectors in the OP are not part of this bunch described on page 10 of the manual. Please don't try to mislead me.

What is this channel's track record (ngl they give a bit of a hackish vibe)? On the 5000 series, some alleged leaks were reportedly from sources that had delivered credible information in the past, and those leaks were also aligned with Nvidia's implicit claims (e.g. pixel counting) and official...

The connectors in question do not appear on the manual reference. As I said, I could identify the USB, audio, etc. connectors, but not those pictured in OP.

Someone glancing at publicly-available information on the RTX 5000 series - Nvidia releases and official specs, leaked benchmarks, etc. - as of early January would have been able to precisely predict the performance improvement over the RTX 4000 series. So far that's held for the 5090 and 5080...

It is a Fractal Define R5 case, with a built-in fan controller and two included 140mm DC fans. Here are more views. I wonder if the connectors in the image are meant to interface with the two DC fans. As a secondary question, is this metallic lamp a viable ground for working in a computer case?

What is this? The tied-down bundle of cables includes, on the other side of the shroud, the standard things I can identify, such as the USB 2/3, audio, LED, etc., but not these pictured. Are they fan controllers? The case has a built-in fan control switch. Tangentially, would this plugged-in...

Take such SSDs as the Samsung 990 Pro, WD Black SN850X, SK Hynix P41, Solidigm P44, Crucial T500, or even the Samsung 990 Evo Plus for the DRAM-less top tier. They've all been on sale for $150 or less at various times during the past few months. One can argue about which one offers the best...

lol Amazon has banned the 4070 Ti S seller and refunded me. Great diligence by MSI. So scratch that option. My deadline for the 7900XT reservation is tomorrow, and the sales around the model have ended, so my locked-in price is now or never. Since I can resell easily at this price, I'll pick...

I guess the question is to what extent games leaning on ray tracing will accelerate over the rest of the decade, and the extent to which games will come to fully benefit from 20GB vRAM. DLSS 4 will probably be more helpful on future games than FSR 3 anyway, from what I've gathered, thus why I...

UGH The Black Friday deals, such as they were, sunset fast and are indeed almost all behind us (there are still multiple Micro Center Powercooler 7900XT models retailing for $620-50 if you can find them in-stock, as well as a $25 sitewide coupon for "new" customers). It's the time investment...