Recent content by Skalavesky

I used CoreTemp to monitor the clock speed instead of Windows Task Manager... It did boost to 4.1GHz very, very briefly. For less than one second. But it did. I thought Turbo Boost was constant, but that's not the case and the processor will only boost to its full speed if really needed. It...

As expected, on all 6 cores, the speed never goes above 3.89GHz, which is normal. However, I expected it would reach the advertised 4.1GHz on a single core, but if I run a benchmark of some sort, it will only go to 4.08GHz max, never above that. Is this expected behavior?

I went into the UEFI and changed the DRAM frequency from 2400MHz to 2666MHz. This is the model/part number of my RAM sticks: CT8G4DFD824A. The maximum officially rated speed for them is 2400MHz, however both the CPU and motherboard support 2666MHz max. So I adjusted only the DRAM frequency...

Wow always thought CSM was meant for supporting legacy, non-UEFI operating systems. Thanks for clarifying.

Waiting for lower cost RDNA2 cards , to get myself full DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2) support. Maybe an RX 6500 XT?

Some 300 series motherboards don't even include or mention Windows 7 or 8.1 on their support pages, and installing Win7 requires some fooling around with USB drivers and other stuff... Same for recent AMD mobos... So how long until new motherboards completely strip away any legacy OS support...

I wonder if one could come up with a firmware patch to enable the "hidden" UHD 630... Remember ASUS' Core Unlocker? Which would enable extra cores on certain AMD processors? Wonder if a similar thing could be done for disabled iGPUs.

As the title implies, is the iGPU physically absent from the silicon die or is it still there, but defective (failed QA testing for example) and therefore disabled?

My 850W gold unit has been with me for the past 3 years... Has powered an FX-8350, now powers an i5-7400 setup, and will soon power my new build. I'd say that if your 1200W PSU is doing fine, than no need to worry, yet. If its not presenting any issues, than I'd keep it for a while yet.

Thank you. The new parts should be arriving in the next few days. God I love building computers! :D

I recently got this motherboard and an Intel Core i3-9100F CPU on a deal, just wanted to know if the board will work with this processor out of the box (without requiring a UEFI update...)

I accidentally pulled the computer's power cord from the wall while the computer was on. Luckily no data was being written to the system's SSDs when this happened. But can this cause any damage to the computer's internal components? So far the machine has been running flawlessly after that...