Recent content by TurtleCrusher

Oh, hi everyone.

What's the build quality like on the 13? I just picked up a clearanced/open box 14 and its close to being as premium as my M1 MacBook.

5500u: 712 exactly three times, 714 when affinity is set to only one thread (CPU0). Picked up an open box Asus Zenbook 14 for $350. CPU and GPU both are better than I thought.

New CPU/MOBO. Ryzen 9 5900x: 886

I heard you want to mail me the CPU for a small fee paid by me!

Howdy friends. It's been a while.

I lurked for so long before I made an account.

For the vast majority of consumers, absolutely.

While I hoped for a much better or delayed conclusion to his journey, I'm glad he was without pain. Cherish his memory. We always seem to lose the good ones.

long time no nef

It is quite the dud. This Ryzen chip was clearly binned close silicon spec. Coretemp reports 118w at full 3.79Ghz load. That's rough. I bought a set of 2x16GB 3200mhz CL16 ram and my single core Geekbench went up 4% higher than the 2666mhz setup I had. It's about as close to a stock 2700x that...

Updating the bios requires me to update is many times as Asrock doesn't allow a "jump-to-latest" and even then they say I need a Bristol Ridge to do so. I'm spooked out. I appreciate the input everyone. Looks like a new kit is in order and waiting for Zen 3 for a new board and CPU. Sadly...

Hi everyone, This post both has to do with the CPU, RAM and MOBO, so if it need to be moved, I get it. I currently have a 4x8GB DDR4 mixed ram situation here, with 2 dimms a Gskill 3200mhz and 2dimms of ADATA 3000mhz. I'm trying to get the most out of my RAM for my CPU as I don't want it held...

Power profile in control panel significantly changes results. "Best performance" kills single threaded performance as the CPU is loaded to base to turbo 1 clocks the entire time. Results from 5x tests with best and worst thrown out. Best energy savings: 601 Better performance: 603 Best...