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Aalf717 reacted to StoleMyOwnCar's post in the thread 5090, 285k, 64GB refurb prebuilt at some (?) MCs, 3.5k with
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For me I couldn't justify spending 3.1-3.5k on just a GPU. Then I would have to worry about what PC to put it into, and I didn't want to replace any of my other servers or PCs. This sort of came around and perfectly solved all of my issues. The... -
Aalf717 replied to the thread 5900xt $260 @amazon.Oh I did, I've had mine for over a week now and am very happy with the upgrade.
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AYES! Do it, if you can hang on eBay or Hamazon. Or go for the 3900XT (XT specifically, it's a 12-core chip), be a nice upgrade.
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AI'm also running my 5800x in 65 watt eco mode right now. Helping out with the BOINC Pentathlon distributed computing competition like I do every year but electricity is getting too expensive so I set it to eco mode. I take a considerable hit to...
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Ayou can pull it back with some advanced PBO settings.. or if your motherboard has the preset ECO modes baked in.. I do the same on my 5800XT... Summer is approaching.. so instead of letting it run wide open at the defaults PPT = 142W, TDC = 95A...
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Aalf717 replied to the thread 5900xt $260 @amazon.I found the setting in my BIOS that let me run the CPU at stock speeds. For my Aorus B450m I located the settings I was looking for under M.I.T. >>> Advanced Frequency Settings >>> Advanced CPU Settings >>> Core Performance Boost which I set to...
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Aalf717 replied to the thread Nintendo Switch 2 arrives June 5th, 2025.Walmart has been pricing their pre-orders for physical games at the same prices Nintendo announced a month ago when they announced digital prices for a copy of Yoshi. So for example, you can grab Star Fox for for $49.99 physically from Walmart...
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AI actually got extremely lucky with the timing of this sale. I bought it about a week earlier for just under $310, plus ST, and happened upon this thread by chance. Reached out to Amazon and asked them if they would do a price adjustment, or did...
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Aalf717 replied to the thread 5900xt $260 @amazon.Amazon must have a lot of these and they want to clear out some stock. Not sure how many would be making a big jump like I did but so far I'm am very happy with my purchase. I just wish RAM prices weren't so ridiculous.
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AI had a 5950x for a while, and it was also toasty at full load. I did some CPU mining on it for a while and that loaded it up. With a Peerless Assassin 120 SE and both fans at 100%, it would boost to 4.2 at stock settings, and the temp would...
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Aalf717 replied to the thread 5900xt $260 @amazon.Thank you both for the replies. So update. Temps are stable. Still higher than expect but still within the limits before throttling. Turns out in my haste I mounted one of the heatsink fans in a way that caused the blades to clip with what I...
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ACheck your heatsink mounting and thermal paste. I'm not personally familiar with that specific heatsink but the CPU should not be getting that hot. In general, the dual CCD CPUs are easier to cool than the single CCD CPUs like my 5800x. Even...
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AI'm told these are good settings for eco mode in manual PBO settings, that or if Gigabyte has just an eco mode 65w setting try that. PPT = 60W TDC = 45A EDC = 65A
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Aalf717 replied to the thread 5900xt $260 @amazon.Mine arrived today and after doing some BIOS updates it works but its a toasty little guy. Always boosts to 4.10+GHz and doesn't go to stock 3.3GHz speeds. Tried running Prime95 for an hour and it thermal throttled down to ~2.16GHz during...
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ADam. Been wanting one of these to "refresh" the main for a little while longer. Already have 64gb of ram. My 3080 is getting a little long in the tooth too. I already have 3 rigs with 5900X. Still tho....quite tempting indeed.... Who was it...
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AAgreed. It would serve him very well.
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Athe 5900xt is still a great buy for mix use. I would get 32gb ram as well and call it good for a while
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Aalf717 reacted to SamirD's post in the thread ULTRA RARE VIA C3 800AMHz CPU vintage OPEN RETAIL BOX -TESTED & WORKING! with Like.
Interesting. I still have a few c7s that are still in use today. :)
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Ahonestly if your only gaming look for a 5700x 3d or a 5800x 3d
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Aalf717 replied to the thread 5900xt $260 @amazon.My PC is a mix of things these days. Streaming, gaming and even a little video editing to upload my streams to YouTube. Since I have some Amazon GC money left I could snag this for around $135. I've been researching this since last night and...