Your PC ATM

[phill]

I would give you a 3770K and a Z77 OCFormula for that

Shipping might suck though.. bonus points for Original box

In my head and mind, that is just such an awesome combo!! That's of course got nothing to do with the fact I have the same motherboards and I think I have one of those CPUs too!!

Works like this

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Love the X58!! My 920 never played well with more RAM, even when trying to go from 6GB to 12GB, it was a pain.. Might have been the board or the CPU as it wasn't a Xeon but X58 lives on!!

 

[An0maly_76]

I keep flip flopping between my 58X3D and 5900X. Also between my Grey FC140 and White

Make up yer MIND, esse! You drivin' me LOCO, homes!

 

[lexluthermiester]

I keep flip flopping between my 58X3D and 5900X.

Why? What do you do more of, gaming or power-user workloads?

 

[freeagent]

Why? What do you do more of, gaming or power-user workloads?

Neither really..

I game at 3840x2160 60fps, or 2160x1440 at 60fps, so I don't really see all that cache benefit, maybe its because of my GPU? Or it could be the tune I run on my 5900X? There is a large difference between 4450MHz and 5100MHz too, and I don't think the reviewers do that kind of tuning for reviews?

I wont sell the chip, I do like it because I can run it semi passively, and its still 8 cores so its still sort of quick. Who knows, its Friday and the chip has been installed for about 24 hours now, I may go back to the X3D by the end of the weekend.. but I am almost out of Ceramique so maybe not, we will see

 

[tabascosauz]

Neither really..

I game at 3840x2160 60fps, or 2160x1440 at 60fps, so I don't really see all that cache benefit, maybe its because of my GPU? Or it could be the tune I run on my 5900X? There is a large difference between 4450MHz and 5100MHz too, and I don't think the reviewers do that kind of tuning for reviews?

I wont sell the chip, I do like it because I can run it semi passively, and its still 8 cores so its still sort of quick. Who knows, its Friday and the chip has been installed for about 24 hours now, I may go back to the X3D by the end of the weekend.. but I am almost out of Ceramique so maybe not, we will see

At 60fps you didn't even need to get rid of the 3600XT lol, more so than a new GPU, just going beyond a 60Hz screen is the real life-changing factor

Not getting a chance to stretch its legs - justice for @freeagent's 5800X3D!

 

[freeagent]

That made me laugh

But yes, I need to break away from 60Hz.. one day!

 

[An0maly_76]

I wont sell the chip

 

[15th Warlock]

Got this laptop Monday, but was super busy all week at work:

Asus Strix Scar 16, Specs are i9 13980HX, RTX 4090, 32GBs DDR5, 2TBs RAID 0 SSD and 2560x1600 Mini LED Nebula HDR display.

Previously bought the Gigabyte Aorus 17X but I returned before opening it as the display, CPU, and many other specs were not nearly as good as the ones in the Asus, this laptop is also more portable, making it easier to travel with.

So far, the performance blows my previous 3080 laptop out of the water, being anywhere between 60 to 100% faster in terms of CPU and GPU performance, this is a beast of a system, really hard to believe how far laptops have come in a couple of years since I bought my previous laptop:

This is right out the box, on turbo settings, this laptop is just as fast, or even faster than my previous 3090/12900K desktop, I find it hard to believe the performance on tap for such a small form factor.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Asus Strix Scar 16, Specs are i9 13980HX, RTX 4090, 32GBs DDR5, 2TBs RAID 0 SSD and 2560x1600 Mini LED Nebula HDR display.

Good grief! That is impressive for a 16" laptop.

 

[An0maly_76]

Good grief! That is impressive for a 16" laptop.

Which reminds me. I just did a wipe on my primary storage due to indications of corruption messing with File Explorer. Interestingly, File Explorer showed no lag on this drive initially, but slowly developed over the course of a few months to the point of being ridiculous. However, at 4.7 GB, it's over half full, though I have some space to clear from OBS-recording DVDs (Handbrake doesn't like my system, picture thermal imaging displaying in different colors and patterns of plaid and QR codes). So I'm wondering if first, this lag is due to the drive being slower at mid-to-full capacity (it is a 256GB cache, but that might not matter for that situation), and second, my CBR23 benches post-wipe are Multi-Core 21539 - Single Core 1592.

Is this up to snuff? I remember CBR23 showing my system's ranking at 80-85% the performance of a newer Xeon, supposedly with twice the cores and threads. 5900X, auto PBO settings, other specs are in my profile.

 

[Outback Bronze]

I keep flip flopping between my 58X3D and 5900X

Yeah lol,

I used to do this years ago, now I like just being content. I still get urges though

 

[P4-630]

Good grief! That is impressive for a 16" laptop.

However that's ~4000 bucks on your lap.....

 

[SN2716057]

Spoiler: !NSFW; a naked CaseLabs Mercury S8!

 

[15th Warlock]

However that's ~4000 bucks on your lap.....

Not quite, fortunately I was able to pre order at MSRP before scalpers bought all the initial stock and started selling for way over $4K. As always, I expect prices to normalize once more stock hits the channel.

Good grief! That is impressive for a 16" laptop.

Thank you, I agree, Asus did not compromise with the cooling performance for the 16" version, and its performance is really within spitting distance of the Scar 18, in a smaller package and with a better display.

When you think about, it's crazy to be able pack this amount of compute power in a backpack.

 

[lexluthermiester]

However that's ~4000 bucks on your lap.....

With those specs, that sounds about right.

and its performance is really within spitting distance of the Scar 18, in a smaller package and with a better display.

I don't know that I'd agree with that. I'd rather have the larger display, but that's just my personal preference.

 

[15th Warlock]

With those specs, that sounds about right.


I don't know that I'd agree with that. I rather have the larger display, but that's just my personal preference.

Yes, you're right, I also like more screen real estate, and was hesitant to get the bigger model when deciding on a new laptop to replace my 15.6" laptop, and while I agree a bigger display is more desirable in most situations, it's not just the display size that differentiates both models, the specs are very different.

The Scar 18 lacks the mini LED HDR display found in the 16, meaning a much lower contrast ratio, with the mini LED black levels approaching the ones found in oled screens.

The display in the Scar 18 tops at less than half the brightness in the display for this model (1100nits vs 500nits in the 18) and has a lower color gamut.

One more thing to consider is the bigger laptop is almost 2 pounds heavier, for only a few percent better performance, and I would've needed a bigger backpack to lug it around, a problem when bringing a bigger laptop in flights, and one of the reasons I decided to return the 17" Aorus

I must admit though, playing games and watching media on a bigger screen is more immersive

 

[freeagent]

Stickers!

Who doesn’t like stickers? So boring without them!

And lens flare

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

I must admit though, playing games and watching media on a bigger screen is more immersive

External monitor FTW

 

[15th Warlock]

External monitor FTW

Can't bring that external monitor with me on long trips

 

[lexluthermiester]

The Scar 18 lacks the mini LED HDR display found in the 16

I can live with that. I'm not super picky about what tech a display uses so long as it performs well and looks good.

I must admit though, playing games and watching media on a bigger screen is more immersive

It really is. With system like that, it's quite literally a desktop replacement. Add to it a 27" or larger monitor or TV and you have an excellent system both at home and on the go.

 

[SN2716057]

And a proper sfw pic

 

[Deleted member 223428]

Decided to take a lunch break today and finally install the contact frame. Maybe I'll take a lunch break tomorrow and do the other one.

 

[Lost_Troll]

Just replaced the CPU RM1 cooler with a Noctua NH-U9S and the Gigabyte RX6650 XT OC video card with a ASRock RX 6750 XT Phantom Gaming D OC. It runs really well since this is the first PC that I have built in 16 years (2008).

 

[Ruru]

Swapped cases once again.

And yeah, I need that USB3.0 card + bracket as the board doesn't have enough ports.

 

[An0maly_76]

Swapped cases once again.


And yeah, I need that USB3.0 card + bracket as the board doesn't have enough ports.

Which model is that?