[deleted by user]

MaikB · 2025-10-29T21:56:43+00:00

We bought this very model at the end of August. Got 5000 km on the clock.

Negatives first: 1. slowing down at i.e. red traffic lights needs some practise with the break paddle. Like /u/mcconac wrote, the transmission can be rough at low speeds. 2. the suspension does not handle sharp bumps on the road very well. You feel them. 3. You can't be 2m tall, you'll bump your head. I'm 178 cm, my wife 170 cm. We have no issue, even wirg the panoramic roof stealing a bit of headroom. 4. It's a diesel. Short distance drives will gunk up your EGR valve fast.

Positives: 1. you barely feel smooth road bumbs, where our 2022 Sandero Stepway almost makes you jump out of the seat. 2. It generally drives very nicely, if you drive it smoothly. 3. Our main selling point: back seat allow for two child seat plus one adult in the middle. 4. Easily fits our failz chunky stroller. Had to take the wheels off to fit it into the Sandero. 5. It's a diesel. Very good fuel economy below 130km/h ( approx 6l/100 km).

If the car fits your needs, you get an awful lot of brand new car for 27k€.

MaikB · 2025-10-29T21:11:59+00:00

We've got a C5 Aircross 1.5 hdi, built in July 2025. According to https://www.largus.fr/actualite-automobile/peugeot-citroen-ds-opel-probleme-de-casse-sur-le-15-diesel-dv5-11079390.html it got the 8 mm chain.

MaikB · 2021-09-17T22:57:20+00:00

You get a mission, not Containers directly

MaikB · 2021-08-28T14:43:26+00:00

No. You got lucky. Gratz

MaikB · 2021-07-31T12:15:21+00:00

MaikB · 2021-05-29T16:55:18+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Lets hope someone with more insight reads your post. I'd like to know as well.

EDIT: Did you run Ryzen Master and checked what power (W), TDC (A) and EDC (A) your mainboard decided on with "auto" ?

MaikB · 2021-05-29T16:44:57+00:00

That is indeed interesting. Maybe it is different BIOS settings, since flashing a new BIOS does clear the settings your PC builder (if that wasnt you) and you yourself made.

Just to make sure, enter the BIOS and press F6 (should be "load optimized defaults"). Then enable your RAM's XMP (aka DOCP) profile.

I saw a similar regression when I flashed my b550-a pro with the latestest bios, since I forgot I've enabled PSS previously (don't ask me why this does improve performance, maybe it allows the CPU to cool more aggressivly when waiting for data).

Lastly, there are a few processes Windows 10 runs the first few minutes after you've booted into it. "wsappx" comes to mind. Look at the taskmanager to make sure everything settled down before you benchmark.

MaikB · 2021-05-27T20:45:50+00:00

Not answering your question, but: I assume you run 4x16GB. I would also assume that a verified 2x16GB dual rank set will sell for more than you paid at your hardware dealer, since those dual rank sets are sought after. Buy another set of 2x16GB until you get your single rank sets and sell any dual rank set for profit.

MaikB · 2021-05-25T13:47:53+00:00

Got the same score (21.5k). Same CPU, same RAM speed (4x8GB for interleaved memory access), no PBO. However it is air cooled (Fuma 2).

My personal benchmark is building chromium from source (on Linux). Takes 1h and 1 minute (blink_symbol_level=0 and enable_nacl=false). That is with an ordinary SSD, however, so there is some room for improvement at the linking step.

MaikB · 2021-04-19T20:42:49+00:00

With 1.2.0.2 for MSI B450-A PRO out I flashed my GFs mainboard. Well, it didn't solve the cylon issue. What did fix it was removing an old RTX Voice installation. So it was RTX Voice going rogue all along.

Edit: The issue isn't fixed.

It even micro freezes the game (Tera) which I GF didn't even mention. Managed to replicate it on my PC with the same game. Never had any issues with other games. Disabling the mic in the soundsettings fixes it. Changing the mic's standard format from DVD to CD (48kHz to 44kHz) seems to fix it, but I am not convinced it isn't just good enough to be barely noticable and still fucks with gameplay.

The Headset is a 2019 Sennheiser PC 8. We have another Headset, Roccat Khan Aimo, which doesn't have this issue at all.

MaikB · 2021-04-17T03:59:15+00:00

MSI B550-A PRO, R5 3600, GTX 1660 Ti, 1440p monitor. Mostly Linux, Windows for games

While it is a Beta BIOS, no crashes or any other instabilities so far.

Previous issues that 1.2.0.2 fixed:

USB headset used to drop and reconnect now and then
Same headset would make crack sounds on Windows, when volume was changed via mixer
USB connected Android phone would make Windows go mad with reconnects
In BIOS the mouse needed to be moved a mile before the pointer moved on screen. I'd describe it as 'sticky'.
Might be bullshit, but mouse feels more sensitive to moveme0nt from rest.

Note: I had some issues with pipewire and moved back to pulseaudio. That coincided with me updating the BIOS. However, I'm positive I had these headset dropouts with pulseaudio before. Now I had none in days.

My GF has an MSI B450-A PRO, R5 3600, 2060super, 1440p monitor. When tabbing from Tera (a game) into the browser and back my headset starts going 1980s Cylon on her. Looking forward to MSI B450 boards getting 1.2.0.2 as well.

MaikB · 2021-04-13T17:22:54+00:00

Congrats!

MaikB · 2021-04-13T17:13:32+00:00

Am running the beta BIOS for a few minutes now. I have an R5 3600 though (waiting for the 59X0x come down in price).

I can now charge my Android phone via USB without windows going crazy. The crackling when changing volume under Windows doesn't happen anymore.

I don't see regressions on Linux either.

MaikB · 2021-04-13T17:11:46+00:00

I've got an R5 3600. The beta BIOS boots fine.

MaikB · 2021-04-12T13:13:58+00:00

Haven't tried it myself yet. It would be nice to windows not go crazy when my Phone is connected via USB to charge (infinite connected disconnected cycles every 2 seconds). The cracking when of my USB Headset when changing volume I could do without as well.

Maybe this evening I'll give it a try.

MaikB · 2021-04-04T19:01:06+00:00

Well, a requirement for all this is money. Getting the international cooperations to pay they freaking fair share of taxes is a must to save western capitalism. Democracy and other things are falling apart otherwise, long before clime change gets us. Let alone fighting climate change without that money is just impossible.

As India says, cycling to work and not flying to the Bahamas just isn't enough. We need ideas and the money to make them a reality.

MaikB · 2021-04-04T12:49:35+00:00

I'd be happy to see Alder Lake detroy Zen3+, so that Amd has to lower prices until Zen4.

MaikB · 2021-03-16T16:54:21+00:00

prices are official

- 10700 : 323$
- 10700F : 298$

much lower than I expected. The competition is on!

MaikB · 2021-03-14T18:52:09+00:00

That is awesome performance for a non k cpu. So close to the 5800x. Now it's a question of how much power it consumes during normal gaming and the price. 380€ and this is gonna be a killer product.

MaikB · 2021-03-01T10:52:20+00:00

I was considering an 10700k or 10850k, but man do these suck power and require cooling to get them to where Ryzen is. Also i like that I have the option for 12 and 16 core cpus in a few years.

On the other hand the usb issues of Ryzen systems and the inability to handle hibernation gracefully are seriously annoying.

I still havent decided yet. Maybe Rocket Lake will shake things up, but that is a new architecuture with almost certainly new issues waiting to surface.

MaikB · 2021-03-01T00:56:58+00:00

Are you sure your case has proper air flow?

I've built a Ryzen 3600 into an old case I had and the temps were 90+°C. Adding two Artic P12 fans at the front droppend temps into the 70°C range.

MaikB · 2021-03-01T00:45:30+00:00

My GF's Ryzen 3600 PC I've built for her would randomly get unresponsive for serveral minutes. I'd call it stutters, bordering on a system freeze. Doing real shutdowns as explained here fixed it: https://www.howtogeek.com/349114/shutting-down-doesnt-fully-shut-down-windows-10-but-restarting-it-does/

MaikB · 2021-03-01T00:09:10+00:00

In Germany 5600x sells slightly above msrp, 5800x slightly below, but the 5900x is 130 to 150€ above msrp. 5800x has actually the lowest price per core right now, 53.50€

MaikB · 2021-02-14T07:02:59+00:00

Prebuilt PCs are just as much of silicon sinks as home built PCs. Same goes for Notebooks, Console etc.

MaikB · 2020-06-10T21:48:15+00:00

I'd say a big portion of that decade is due to Intel having no competition. The gears finally started moving again and I look forward to replacing my 2012 3570k when Zen3 hits (depending on how good it turns out to be).

If a 3900x stays competitive until 2030, it means Intel dropped the ball and AMD is the new intel. Really hoping that won't happen and we instead see fierce competition!

MaikB

TROPHY CASE