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Aren't the datacenters responsible for the hardware as part of MSA with SLA? I don't know how you would be exceeding the DWPD on personal drives, but the obvious solutions are either to replace the hardware regularly or to use larger drives so the TBW is better matched to the workload. At what...

Well somebody bought a bunch of computers at work this year that are all iNtel. I am regular laptop mandatory and have two options, Lendova X1 style or MS Surface style. Some home office users can get desktops, but I don't think any are AMD either. The MS uses some funkified power supply and...

Many of the Ryzenites are hopping mad about the poor performances of the new low-grade CPUs.

I hope you are recovering.

I surely hope the value of SSDs decreases in 2025. For 2024 I can live with two sets (primary and secondary) of 12+8 TB internally. I really want to go to the U.2/U.3, but that will depend on AMD and iNtel. The 870 aSSMedia 4-lane TB is a huge step down into the toilet.

My usual builds have the two CPU fans and the nearby rear case fan all controlled by the CPU temperature. All three fans are Nocturnal and work well over the ranges with PWM control. They are quiet most of the time, but ramp up when the CPU is under load (there is a delay to prevent...

It is my understanding that the idle power does not increase if the voltage is well controlled. The system only uses full power when it is needed under high load. The video cards do the same as you know. You can always reduce the power also, but it's nearly pointless on those 65W CPUs. I...

I'm not convinced that lousy AI is particulary better than lousy humans. With humans there would be individually bad drivers, but if a whole fleet of vehicles has the same type of defect, there can be more widespread damages. :( I want assistive AI, but don't need a 30.72TB U.2/U.3 drive for...

Unless you are off the grids or have a dinky machine, who cares much about power in a desktop system until you get to the top models? The GPU uses far more power anyways if I understand the game plays. I just want the 9700X to ramp up to high power when needed without needing a PhD of OC. I...

Whatever happened to the non fungal tokens?

If the total supply of components is constrained, I'm not convinced that the prices will fall all that much. Maybe it will happen sooner if all the AI hoopla dies down.

The Prices are good now. Hail the BrainSlug was so far off base. Ryzen 9 9950X - $BS 499 Ryzen 9 9900X - $BS 399 Ryzen 7 9700X - $BS 299 Ryzen 5 9600X - $BS 229 https://wccftech.com/alleged-amd-ryzen-9000-zen-5-desktop-cpu-prices-9950x-499-9900x-399-9700x-299-9600x-229/

The prices are out. Ryzen 9 9950X - $649 US (7950X $699 US MSRP) Ryzen 9 9900X - $499 US (7900X $549 US MSRP) Ryzen 7 9700X - $359 US (7700X $399 US MSRP) Ryzen 5 9600X - $279 US (7600X $299 US MSRP)

Four years ago was just before the 5950X, so maybe it was the 3950X. I suppose the 5900XT is the same part as the 5950X with a new name. But if someone has waited all this time and the AM5 has been extended to 2027, then it makes more sense to move up to a Zen 5. I wonder if you can crank up...

Are they being made for you in China or somewhere else?

Just be careful of interactions since it is a strong CYP3A4 inhibitor.

If by partner, you mean girlfriend, then that's not a camera problem. :LOL: Canon has been so slow to produce anything significantly new in R bodies that I think one of you should just buy an R6 II.

Of course there will be an R6 III eventually. Other than being faster like the R5 II vs. R5, I'm not sure what it will bring. For videos what is the R6 II not doing for you?

I'm sure they will, but the CPU cores need to improve also. I still feel that the single-threaded speed will always be important. If AMD and iNtel become lame-os then I will have to reconsider the 2026 cycle, but after the Olypicams. In the short term I will live with the old-school AM5 600...

AMD is going from 5nm to 4nm on the 7000 to 9000 series (the Zen 4 mobile CPUs/APUs got 4nm earlier). Supposedly APPLE paid for priority on the 3nm process for quite a while. I guess we will get 3nm desktops on Zen Part 6. I'm not sure that 5 to 4nm and the other minor differences make a big...

It's too late for this one, but something to think about.

The Seasonic has really cheap modular cables. The gauge looks too thin, like it would not carry a fully populated load without voltage drop and noise. Fortunately I would not use all the SATA or MOLEX connectors. There is a power switch for the fan. Is there some reason to have it always on...

Wouldn't it be better to run a 9950X at 120W than the 9900X at 120W? How are you measuring the power and efficiency, peak power in W or Wh to perform a certain amount of calculations? I found surprisingly little difference on the 7950X at 120W compared to 170W settings, and just less at 95W...

The R5 II is still unsurprisingly confused. They are out in small numbers for the PROs so must be in some level of production amassing for launch. I may have two from different sources; one is loco, but they will not hold very long. The other who knows if maybe I'm on the 2nd allocation. I...

I'm not seeing the nexus between those industries, but I'm not much concerned about aircraft. I use many CPus every day yet fly only a few segments per monthly nowadays. Even at most it was not more than 72 a year. When the planes fail it is usually detectable. CPUs are far more problematic...

Passmark n=1 results posted for the 9900x are rather poor at <10% faster than similar Zen 4. I now have the B650M, 32GB DDR5-6000, SeaSonics 750W, and Noctuals low profile cooler awaiting the CPU swapper.

Boing makes processors of some kind?

That Meltdown was a killer, losing about 11% on my new ultralight laptop that was overpriced and underpowered enough already. It seems lately that AMD is a better bet overall. I suppose the new INtel cdesktop CPUs for 2025 will be more power efficient and that they will play it safer with the OC.

I would not be surprised if they have to replace quite a few, but it seems like more than just that and reputation. I wonder how much performance reduction is there with the new BIOS. Is it as bad as that Meltdown bad deal back in Q1 2028?

iNtel backpdedaled and will now extend the warranty on the CPUs by two years.

Every inch matters in this case. The modern modular cables make it worse. I will try the Seasonic, but not be able to install it permanently until much later on. I should be able to test the CPU on B650M without a video card since there are DP and HDMI ports on the back.

I probably need a better PSU for the mATX system on the next upgrade. At the time of the last upgrade in 2021 there was a 500W EGVA readily available and it seemed like enough for the 5700G with internal graphics. Since then the RTX 4060 was added and now a B650M with my old 7950X or a new...

I have been testing the 7950X at various power leveles and core counts in BIOS. 16/32 at full power is just barely over the temp limiting on the NH-D15. Based on the Nocturnal NSPR ratings, the G2 is 228 compared to 183 for the original. Even it doesn't handle 25% more power, I expect the G2...

Of course you mean 4TB, and they are about as costly as two years ago. By the time 4TB is regularly $100 I'd be looking at 16TB mainstream SSDs, though they might be MLC-5 by then.

I was thinking that Noctuna would be the choice if it is adequate, since I like their fans. I doubt any short form factor coolers with one fan would handle 230W well. Maybe I would reduce power a little via BIOS. $600 is completely stupid and it only has one 16x and one 1x slots. :( It...

So the Brain Slug was full of it. Who would have guessed? :LOL:

I thought you had a brand new laptop recently, but maybe I misunderstood. mSATA is pretty archaic and a system that old may not be worth it.

Wow, that is really awful. I did not watch that hippie-looking-dude on the U-Tube, but in no way should a 65W CPU be a degenerate so easily. iNtel laptops are probably less at risk since they thermally throttle easily.

Are there no X670E mATX boards allowed? What am I missing?

SCYTHE seems to not be up to date. Perhaps they are out of business.

I'm trying to fit it in the HTPC case. The GPU is rated at 115mm high and just below the lid by a few mm (if you recall I had to use a U-connector for the 8-pin power). It is not clear where that 115mm is measured from and I'm pretty sure that the CPU starts higher up, so I was considering 100...

Get a docking station. There is generally plenty of bandwidth from one of the USB 4 ports. You can find 2TB NVMe drives at decent prices especially if you are willing to go with QLC and read-intensive drives. I have no issues running older programs in 10 or 11; some are from over 20 years...

Has anyone used this kind of cooler for AM5? https://noctua.at/en/nh-l12sx77/specification

Initial installation is one thing, but MS can make the account mandatory at any time.

It has a NUVOTON with 256Mb, whatever that means. The BIOS file size is exactly 32MB, so it may be that they are using all of it. All of the unpacked BIOS files since I bought it are the same size. Just about all X670E or B650 boards are claiming 9000 series support, so the differences from...

Look at the price of the G-matter 35/1.4. That fancy glass in the Canon EF version is long gone. Meanwhile there is a quite cheaply Nikkor 35/1.4 that is lower grade than their f/1.8. o_O The MILS lenses have gone mad.

Security devices: AMD PSP 10.0 Device I removed the TPM function via BIOS to defend against the Win 11. I am using the most recent AMI Beta BIOS, with AGESA ComboPI 1.2.0.0a. Who knows what that means, but it works now. Will there be a new BIOS when the final CPUs are released?

Canon is stating that they have a supply shortage of the new bodies and the old EL-1 flash. I'm not surprised about the flash since it was made in an unusal place and they may have chosen another vendor. I did pick up an EL-5, assuming that the R5 II would support it. The EL-5 is not as...

I'm sure you meant to say that it is CHEAP and that is not surprising considering the mediocrity of such a computational lens. Severely barrel distortion - Check Severe CA - Check Of course you can fix it in post or shoot a compressed format, right? Everyone is all about the mediocrity at...

I think those Chinese prices from last week are bunk. At least I hope so.