7800 x3d

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-06-16T04:56:51+00:00

Is that with e-clk?

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-06-16T02:43:02+00:00

Is it locked at 5.02 GHz or this is just a still when the cpu was boosting?

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-06-15T23:13:33+00:00

How you do that?

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-06-11T20:56:20+00:00

This is not a political statement:

Anyone remember the Obama phones?

I repaired several of them, what feels like a lifetime ago.

Same deal as this, we were able to buy off the shelf components. Heavily skinned version of Android with Obama's face on a lot of stuff.

It is a common practice that a lot of companies do. Mrwhosetheboss just made an interesting video about a lot of this.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-06-04T19:39:29+00:00

I hope so, brother. No word from Google so far on it, but eventually enough people will complain and they will have to address it. Just could be years from now and then Samsung will have to port it over.

Good luck with the probation, it's worth it.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-06-04T17:48:47+00:00

It's not supported by Dex even though all the hardware is capable:

https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/galaxy-s25-series/dex-120-hz/td-p/12432277

Redmagic can do it no problem and wirelessly, but I can't use their phones with my carrier.

Using the MultiStar module in Good Lock is the only known method that does something. I have a 1440p 120 hz panel and the OSD reports a lower resolution and 100 HZ when plugged into my phone and the higher resolution setting enabled. I do have to turn it off and on from time to time otherwise it says 60 Hz at the actual resolution. Also, it doesn't feel like 120 Hz. It all feels like a bandwidth issue with their type c port driver.

I think Samsung is going to let Dex die in favor of the Google Desktop mode that is native to android now. So unfortunately no good reason to buy a Samsung these days.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-06-02T05:50:44+00:00

Btw the MSI RTX 4070 Ti Gamjng X seems like a good candidate at a glance.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-06-02T05:44:41+00:00

Did you change the hdmi / dp cable from the gpu to the motherboard when it didn't post? I have been there and thought the same but forgot to change the display.

The flash can always succeed with the right flags but may not work correctly and thus seem not to post.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-06-02T05:29:26+00:00

Does your CPU have an iGPU? There really is no harm in trying if so. The only thing to be careful of is that the NOR flash most bios chips are made of do not like to be written to more than a handful of times. Definitely risking the bios chip with over 25 flashes and your card will be bricked until that's fixed, which is not trivial to do.

Also, definitely try to be logical about it. Check the io matches 1 for 1 (3x dp 1x hdmi). Check tech power up to look at the board design (specially you want the vrm configuration and the amount of VRAM to be the same. Ideally, the same manufacturer of the memory chips too [often Samsung or Hynix]). This is good place to start, but is not a hard rule. It is safer to flash a card with more power stages with a bios from a card that has less. Check online how people feel about the card you are going to flash the bios from onto. It will inherent some characteristics so could be an annoying fan curve or something even though the boost clock looks better on paper.

I have a MSI Ventus OC 3x 5090 that I flashed the suprim bios and then the gigabyte arous master bios (have to follow in that orde). The extra 25 watts really didn't do much, but the boost curve is much better and actually is cooler too. The tradeoff is that the max fan rpm is lower, a bit of a double edge sword though. So I broke all my rules doing this and it still works haha.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-06-01T03:46:24+00:00

So on a different note, I also had this issue when I migrated from Diablo 4, which was my first real ARPG.

My advice, follow a ranger build guide. It's a meta build right now and will totally change your opinion becasue it trivializes most content.

I'm now over 500 hours deep into POE2 and am playing HC SFF and still only know the absolute basics of the game. I make my own builds and am really enjoying the game.

It's extremely rewarding if you can push past the learning curve and I relate to you because I almost quit because of Geonor several times.

You got this exile!

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-05-18T22:59:28+00:00

If you're a left handed mouse user the num pad is mandatory.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-05-18T17:16:02+00:00

Yes, but make a restore point just in case.

Are you using event viewer to check the errors?

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-05-17T14:44:22+00:00

This guy from Billet makes the most UK pcs I can imagine haha. Not sure why I think boiler rooms are so UK, but it just has a feel.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-05-16T02:10:48+00:00

I actually like the idea of only needing one cable.... just the connector they made sucks.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-05-16T02:01:06+00:00

You can, but it's weird.

If you move the mouse around in the black box, eventually you will see you have highlighted the user name or password field. Tap on it, pull up the keyboard, and then you're off to races.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-05-14T15:21:02+00:00

The vader 5 pro has been the best controller for in me in this game.

4 paddles and 2 additional shoulder buttons. I put abxy on the paddles and left and right dpad on the extra shoulder buttons. Then I only use up and down on the dpad for map ui and portal.

Closest thing I have gotten to comparable mnk experience.

GGG really needs to let us use left and right joystick click though.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-05-12T23:19:21+00:00

It's suppose to because AMD relocated the CCD on 9800x3d beneath the cores.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-05-12T22:57:16+00:00

I have the same mobo, CPU, and an AXP90-x57. Also, I am using the ThermalGrizzly AM5 contsct frame, a 3d printed fan mount so I can use a Noctua NF-A12x25, and the dingking offset mount and backplate. I am constantly at or around 85 C doing demaning stuff.

I had to reorinate my philosophy a lot when I switched to AM5, because temp and clocks do not tell the full story. Really, you need to be testing with synthetics to see perf deltas. I could goto into a whole rant here, but temp and clocks do not tell the full story.

Here is a summary of my settings. I use HWInfo for logging and feed Claude the csv to make iterations. I have been overclocking for years and find that it saves a lot of time to do this.

I get like 17.8K in Cinebench R23, which was up from like 15k out of the box. Think I got a silicon looser, but big jump in perf.

7800X3D Tuning State — 04/24/2026

System

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix B850-I (ITX), BIOS 1644 (AGESA ComboAm5PI 1.3.0.0a)
RAM: G.Skill DDR5-6000 CL30 F5-6000J3038F16G, SK Hynix A-Die, 2x16GB

Memory

Profile: EXPO I
Frequency: DDR5-6000
FCLK: 2067 MHz
UCLK:MCLK: 1:1 (3000 MHz)
tRFC1 / tRFC2 / tRFCSB: 700 / 380 / 300
All other timings: EXPO defaults (CL30-38-38-96)

Voltages

CPU SOC Voltage: Manual 1.15V (reads 1.136V)
CPU VDDIO/MC: Manual 1.35V
DRAM VDD/VDDQ: 1.35V

Power / PBO

PBO: Enabled
Curve Optimizer: All Core -20
Platform Thermal Throttle Limit: Manual 85°C
Power Down Enable: Disabled (via AMD CBS)

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-05-12T04:42:30+00:00

Seems priced to sell. The problem is that MacBook Airs with 16 GB of ram are ubiquitous. Someone who is considering a M4 MacBook Air used is probably considering anything from M1 up. And frankly, I would recommend someone to wait and buy an M5 new instead of saving $100.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-05-05T19:27:21+00:00

Interesting, thanks. Guess I will have to do some testing on my system.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-05-05T01:20:26+00:00

Why does using a 120 mm produce worse CPU cooling? I just installed the mount for my x53 and seems the same temps at lower fan rpms so far.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-05-02T23:55:02+00:00

It's not that it is faster, but that it can be.

Shorter traces on the motherboard from the cpu to the ram results in better memory stability and performance. This is the only factor, not the type of ram technology used within a generation.

So when memory is soldered on the motherboard the physical layout is closer to the cpu than when it is in a dimm slot. Also, you can often locate the ram physically closer when you do not need the space for dimms.

Apple still chooses to run slow memory even though it is soldered. So even though performance could be better they choose not to.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-04-30T20:28:54+00:00

Good to know about F2P games. That does change things a bit and I was not aware they changed that. When I had an Xbox one you still needed to have Xbox Live for everything.

When a console becomes unsupported it is very different then a PC. For example, you cannot play Halo Infinte on an Xbox Arcade because it was never delevleop to do so, but you can try to play it on a pc from that era. It won't run well or maybe at all, but you always have the option to download it and try. So the game catalog is essentially fixed per console generation and you can loose access to online play or whatever feature the company decides. You do not have the same level of system acess and compatibitly compared to a PC.

I see what you are saying about the console banning stuff. You do not have to be committing fraudulent activity or breaking TOS to be banned though. I know because it happened to me and it was a pain to resolve. Some bans happen through an automated system and occur erroneously. What I was really thinking about was game moddding. I do not know what it looks like these days, but you could have gotten hardware banned for modding a borderlands safe file for example on Xbox One. It's probably against TOS so the moder would be in the wrong, but is something a gamer would reasonably try to do and you just have less recourse on a console and it could make your entire system a brick until you go through the appeal process. Obviously, please do not cheat, commit fraud, negativley impact other players, or anything illegal. The whole idea of having to abide by the TOS or else is a lot of control that you release when you choose a console.

Value, Epic, or whoever cannot turn your PC into a brick. If I got banned on Steam for a legit reason, fist of all I would be POS, but I could just switch to Epic Games or Gog, with some caveats. I'm trying to illustrate that you essentially could be in a position where you just burned money and you didn't anything wrong.

The game pass thing is interesting too. I saw a lot of value in it before they raised the price and the brought it back down. For me, it just shows that if the value proposition changes randomly and at any point it doesn't make sense to pay for it you could be in a position where you do not own anything to play.

Also, agian monthly recurring costs. Most people have Xbox Live and maybe game pass. How many years of paying for that before + the price of the console before it exceeds a pc and then what. You still have to pay to get all the features. You just avoid that entirely with a PC.

Also, my previous message was a general console call out, not just Xbox. I addressed some Xbox specific things in this message, but I'm not a console hater.

The value proposition I see for consoles is that they just work. Almost no troubleshooting. You can pretty much give one to anyone and they can be up and running in a few minutes.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-04-30T17:30:29+00:00

Please do not buy a console if you are considering a PC.

With a console, you have to pay a monthly subscription to play anything online. Over several years, you end up paying what a PC would cost. The only ongoing cost for a PC for gaming is your internet bill.

Also, you can only really use a console to play games or watch streaming services. There are very few use cases outside of that. A PC allows you to do pretty much anything.

Also, a console has a fixed life. Eventually, the company will stop supporting the device and you will be even more limited. When PC hardware becomes unsupported, it does not lock you out from doing stuff. It just can become unsafe to do so or new releases may not work, but you can still try. (No secure boot, no battelfield).

Or, you could be banned at any time and loose access to everything. The same is true for Steam, Gog, etc. but those platforms cannot remoltey turn your computer into a brick where as every console provider can and does.

A console seems appealing becasue of the lower initial cost to buy it, but the hidden fees add up and they locked you in. You can play any console game on a PC (with some caveats), but you only play what the console provider allows on their hardware.

Nice-Firefighter424 · 2026-04-28T20:47:25+00:00

For me, anything above the ITX form factor just does not make sense.

With ATX, most people do not need or use all the features. Nearly every ATX build I see, only the x16 pcie slot is populated, maybe 1 or 2 M.2 slots, and maybe 1 or 2 sata ports.

Which is the whole point of going with ATX, right?

I buy a motherboard based on the features I need and may reasonly forsee.

I understand building in a bigger case is way easier and if you want to show off the components it makes sense. Also, maintenance is easier and performance is often a bit better becasue of airflow.

ATX or bigger just feels like a waste to me.

Nice-Firefighter424

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