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    Discussion Arrow Lake Builder's thread

    The 265K is now in a ASRock Z890 Lightning with 200S Boost mode enabled (and 96GB DDR5-6400). No significant issues other than a lot of manual driver installation was required on Windows 11. I hesitate to try *nix for this reason... The MSI Z890-P Pro Wifi is running the 265KF. It's having some...
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    Info PrimeGrid Challenges 2025

    Better late than never. I'm in.
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    Discussion Intel Meteor, Arrow, Lunar & Panther Lakes Discussion Threads

    It's okay, the 265KF is going into the MSI board. And the new 265K will get slotted into the ASRock board.
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    Discussion Intel Meteor, Arrow, Lunar & Panther Lakes Discussion Threads

    Newegg currently has a combo deal on 265K + MSI Z890-P Pro mobo, 360mm AIO liquid cooler (MSI), and 3 game bundle for $389. Needless to say, I bought another Arrow Lake combo.
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    Discussion Intel Meteor, Arrow, Lunar & Panther Lakes Discussion Threads

    I don't care who the maker is as long as it offers value for money. Priced right, Arrow Lake (265K/F) and Lunar Lake (in my case, 226V laptop) were stellar buys for the performance offered. If Intel can execute and release a competitor to Zen 6 I would gladly switch back. But they've been...
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    Intel processors crashing Unreal engine games (and others)

    Yeah the 14400F (new, retail) + Z790 Edge Wifi (refurb) were $222 shipped from woot. That kind of value for a crunching rig is hard to ignore when it's barely above the price of a 9600X.
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    NV 12VHPWR issues revisited

    I prefer my GPUs non-aromatic, thanks.
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    Intel processors crashing Unreal engine games (and others)

    I am up to 4 different Raptor Lake CPUs (14700K, 14600K, 14600K, 14400F). So far none of them have spontaneously raptured (yet) but they are performing light duty as F@H GPU hosts (1-2 thread typical workloads) and as secondary gaming rig so it's not like they're being thrashed all the time...
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    Discussion Zen 5 Builders thread

    Looks like latest AGESA may have some fun stuff in store: (From an ASUS BETA bios for my X670E Pro): 1. Updated AGESA to ComboAM5 PI 1.2.0.3d. 2. Significantly enhanced memory compatibility, with a focus on configurations utilizing all four DIMM slots. Guess I'll wait for non-beta version to...
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    Discussion Arrow Lake Builder's thread

    There have been some good deals recently on Z890/265K/F combos. I bought a Newegg combo deal for: Intel 265KF CPU ASRock Z890 Lightning Mobo MSI 240mm liquid cooler and 3 game bundle (SW Outlaws, Civ 7, Dying Light: The Beast) for $377. Not bad. Technically -$10 MIR (electronic submit) for the...
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    Discussion ***Official*** 2025 Stock Market Thread 💰

    More war. Oil futures surging. Stock futures tanking. Seat 11A survived. Sole survivor.
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    Discussion RDNA4 + CDNA3 Architectures Thread

    I bought a XFX Swift AMD Radeon RX 9060XT 16GB OC model - for $349.99 MSRP. I wasn't even looking at launch - I randomly ordered it off Amazon during my lunch break. Probably the best availability of a GPU launch in recent memory. It actually was obtainable without spamming refresh.
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    Question are video card prices headed down yet?

    Just gotta hope the summer heat cools down gaming GPU demand a bit... but that's probably wishful thinking if nV is cutting production for gamers since AMD/Intel can't hope to make up the difference.
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    Discussion Nvidia Blackwell in Q1-2025

    $10000 for a prosumer GPU or $20000 for a AI/DC GPU versus $2000 for similar gaming GPU. Yeah, I know where I'd allocate my wafers. Hint: nVidia is cutting GeForce production to allocate more wafers towards the high margin parts. AMD: They could sell 357mm^2 dies for <$600 (9070XT) or they...
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    Discussion Nvidia Blackwell in Q1-2025

    Just a cool $10000 for your RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell GPU with the full fat GB202 die. Highlights: He calls it 12V High Failure power connector TERRIBLE coil whine when under load Puts RTX 5090 owners in their place - tells them they got the "garbage" (i.e. reject dies) with their $2000 mid-range...