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    Question Asymmetric power draw on 3090 GPU connectors

    Actually, I'd love to give the low temp profile BIOS a try, but am wondering why the card currently has a version higher than what's on all their download sites. 😢
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    Question Asymmetric power draw on 3090 GPU connectors

    I was going to give the Low Temperature BIOS a try, but was a bit concerned that no matter where I searched, I could only find version 94.02.26.x, whereas when I tried to apply it, it detected a higher version 94.02.42.x or thereabouts already installed. From...
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    Question Asymmetric power draw on 3090 GPU connectors

    Thanks for the replies. I've now been watching this closely, with running HWINFO and GPU-Z on another monitor. It seems that there is a hard power draw limit of around 350-ish Watts. In fact above-mentioned Afterburner tuning failed to stabilise due to power issues! MSI advertises the card as...
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    Question Asymmetric power draw on 3090 GPU connectors

    Thank you for that. Though it may mean I need to dive a bit deeper to find the cause of my just-ever-so-annoyingly-lower benchmark results - and why Afterburner won't stabilise even for the slightest OC increase.
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    Question Asymmetric power draw on 3090 GPU connectors

    This may just be a question for clarification and confirmation, but I wanted to make sure there isn't an issue I need to dive into: I have a brand new system with a MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio 24GB . As a result I'm still running through benchmarks and stress tests to gauge performance...
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    Guide for the Newcomers to the Folding @ Home Race

    Thanks for that! Looks like I should be able to add my cycles to the mix! :D
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    Guide for the Newcomers to the Folding @ Home Race

    My apologies for asking this here, but I couldn't seem to find that info: Is there a recommended minimum network/broadband bandwidth to meaningfully participate? I'm asking from the broadband (or fraudband as it's sometimes know here) wastelands of regional Australia. It would be of little...
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    Confused about GTX1070 6/8 pin connectors

    Wilco! Better safe than sorry. Many thanks!
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    Confused about GTX1070 6/8 pin connectors

    Dang, I just closed up the case again! Had opened it to check for the reply to Qwertilot. I'm nearly certain it's a Thermaltake Toughpower series, which came with the Thermaltake Commander MS-II case. It's 800VA (not 850VA as I erroneously stated above), probably a W0296. Card I'm looking at is...
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    Confused about GTX1070 6/8 pin connectors

    Thanks! Hadn't thought about a "copy-paste generic doco handed out with every model we've ever produced" approach. The online and product descriptions list 1x6-pin + 1x8-pin. Top-down photos of the card indicate the same. The current GTX660 uses a 6-pin and I just dug out the...
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    Confused about GTX1070 6/8 pin connectors

    Hi, With wifely permission I'm finally going to get my GTX 1070 card. As quiet is important and as I've had previous good experiences with them (my now ancient MSI GTX 660 is still going strong) I'm leaning towards the MSI Gaming X. My current PSU is 850VA, which should be more than...
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    Yes, another please check my build request :)

    Hi everyone, It's been a few weeks and I wanted to give closure on this. Typing this from my PC with the new internals. Shopping around I ended up a smidgen under AU$1500, with this setup: - Asus Z170-WS motherboard, nice and cleanly designed, sturdy, looks better in RL than on the photos if...
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    Yet another LGA1151 recommendation request

    Sadly, you're right. Spent days now, comparing prices - import and local - exchange rates, various combinations. In the end I did what I should have done first: check with the accountant. (No, a real one, not some term of endearment for the wife ;). As it turns out, if I buy this month, before...
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    Yet another LGA1151 recommendation request

    The first Australian shops now have the 6800K in store. As expected they're about AU$200 more than the 6700K. Now I'm trying to slog through the list of available mobos for on that has dual NICs... and trawling old AT articles for X99 reviews.
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    Yet another LGA1151 recommendation request

    Thanks all for the quick replies. It's just typical how impeccable my timing was with Intel's Broadwell-E announcement. Yet another thing to throw into the muddle... Just answering suggestions in one fell swoop: Re: get an extra virtual server Already have one, for infrastructure services...
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    Yet another LGA1151 recommendation request

    Hi, I've now spent days diving into and researching a fitting refresher for my specific use case and am going in circles, so I thought I'd give up and post here in case a kind soul or two will give some advice. :'( Here's the bullet point requirements: Skylake: mobo, CPU and 32 GB RAM only...