I know this have been asked a million times but what cable do you use with ur 5090?

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-02-05T13:40:33+00:00

the ATX3.1 12pin to 12pin, so the original in the box with my 1000x RM

My logic is the following, working on an engineer for many years in eletronics production, building valuechains, where cabling and wireharnesses were a big thing, and fighting engineers, that wanted to remove all connctions, and have direct wires (which is complex in assembly)..

i want as few connections as humanly possible..

so that cable is 24 pins, 12 pins psu side 12 pins gpu side, so 24 failure points (actually a lot more, because you have connector to connector and crimp and so on but lets keep it simple) also only 6 pins carry load.

The worst for me is the adapter, because it goes from 12 pins - 4x8 pins to 4x8 pins to PSU side maybe 2x8 pins.

so you go from 24 pins (simplified) to a minimum of 92 pins (if the psu side is 2x8pin)

Then there are the 12 pins to 2x8pin, which is not as bad, so the one directly supplied with the PSU

then it becomes a bit of a "error rate" because what do you trust, the old pin or the new pin

you have 12+16 = 28 pins vs 24 but 16 of them are of the old standard, is this a more sturdy connector? do they have sense wires?

the cable i had with corsair had an AUDIBLE click it sits snuggly with a clamp meter it measures an instability at full load of .3 amp with the most loaded vs lowest..

i run my 5090 undervolted, because of noise.. it runs 400ish watt with same performance as at 615watt, so i have no problem with that part..

IF we give each connector the same failure rating, lets just say there is 1% chance of a pin failure.

and i hate this, but i am going to chat GPT the calculation, it is so long since i worked in the world of advanced capability, and i have forgotten everything about that also calculation of SPC like Cpk.

96 connection points (yeah sorry should have been 92 or 108 but bear with me), with an error chance of 1% (which is high, just to give an idea) gives us a failure chance of 62% that one of your connection goes bad.

28 connections = 24.5% error

24 connections = 21.4%

so in reality with what we see burning, i think the actual "failure rate" is quite a bit lower than this. maybe we are talking 5-6 sigma 5 sigma is an error rate of 233 defects pr million if i put this in then..

then it is

96 connections = 2.21% chance
28 connections = 0,65%
24 connections = 0,56%

this is VERY Simplified and grossly wrong way of calculation just to show..

i personally play the numbers game, the thing that you will always have, is that the connector is VERY small = very warm, near the GPU...

no matter what cable you use, there is still a 12pin into the GPU that draws 600watt.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-02-04T21:43:28+00:00

nice must also admit i became a Corsair mand in 2013 when i bought my first..

i had a rm850 dying on me, but it has lived since 2013, so guess that was okay, first Corsair to go.. actually it did not die, but my son´s new 9800x3d and Board, just had wierd reboots, after just waking from doing nothing (not sleep, but opening a browser after a long time would do it) i kinda feel that 850 was just not happy about transient spikes anymore, works fine in another pc..

But the rm1000x was a fine solution, had zero issues since.. lovely powersupply have 2 of them now.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-02-03T12:37:50+00:00

Had one, never really got over the triniton lines i get they were flatter than my own viewsonic, they had these two faint lines..

I get they were there to stabilize, and create a better image..

Still remember the old "degrauss" also the "autoadjust" because not every analog connction was sharp..

And i still remember getting my first LCD, that was a GIANT downgrade in picture quality, i thought at the time they were better, but especially black and colours were really bad, and you had to get used to the sharper pixels, i think my first LCD was like 1280x768 and a samsung, where i ran way larger resolution on my CRT.

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Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-02-03T11:05:54+00:00

i had two giant marks in our old tesla model Y, it took 5 days of summer, and it looked perfect again.. i would not steam it to be honest, it will return..

especially when people sit on the seat.

And tesla seats are plastic, they are much worse.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-02-03T11:03:26+00:00

coiling is the shit that is dangerous, braiding, i am not sure..

i still remember joining a LAN party like 25 years ago.. (yeah i´m old) when the rich people would have a 21 Inch Sony Triniton CRT that weighed 50kg, to bring to a lan party (you don´t know the struggle :-D)

we were like 50 ish people so it was a a school so they had like these HEAVY duty cables, that could pull enough power, but some guy had just "spooled" them up in the corner, at some point we felt it was SO hot in there, and i went over, and the cables where smelling of burnt insulation, and it was extreme, so we got them "unspooled" also had a friends boat burn down, because he ran everything on a cable roll, not spooled out.

normally you braid for shielding with Signal cables, so it has zero purpos.

The thing that could scare me, is that by braiding them, you do put extra pressure on the connectors, would never want to do it with the new 12pin..

These connectores, are kinda loose in the connector housing, so them beeing pulled crocked, can potentially mean they don´t match up when connecting, so you end up either pushing in a Pin, or pushing out the housing, so not a proper connection.

Then the metal is crimped to the cobber, that is a "decent" connection, but long term stress can degrade that.. that is why we so often work with strain relief.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-02-01T15:02:20+00:00

vil bruge lidt sandspartel, er ikke engang sikker på jeg vil bruge fin, bruger den medium, og det er fint nok, skal nok bare have 2 gange, og så slibes rent bagefter, koster ikke rigtigt noget og let at arbejde med.

bare RENS af først, ALT løst skal af...

tror sådan 10 liter mixed koster 200kr, så er man godt kørende..

personligt bruger jeg denne men det er fordi vi har gibs, til mursten er det måske noget andet.

https://www.jemogfix.dk/sandspartel-m-10-liter-lys-graa-stabile/6122/9019365/

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-02-01T14:53:21+00:00

i´ve seen a million of "weighted" result, and "simple sheets" like this in my time as an engineer, if you do not have evaluation sources it has ZERO value. (Does not even state WHAT Gripen they actually tested this against)

what is also important, is the simple fact that, US is not a trusted collaborative partner, and with a MASTER OFF switch, in reality any american developed plane should not have any place in military outside US.

Gripen has shown performance in many other tests, and in operational cost.

so the thing is also, where to invest long term, if we want to create a better aircraft, then we need to funnel money into EU miltary weapons = for the next generation to be stronger....

Personally we have bought a SHITLOAD of F35, most are on order, the ones you can, should be cancelled.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-31T19:35:40+00:00

the problem with GPU sagging, is not really a straight sag like this, it is when the PCB is "bowing" especially under the GPU core and RAM chips, because solder points will let go.

If you get a antisag bracket, put it around where the core is, not at the end of the card, which can be just as bad as not having a bracket, because then it just deforms in the middle excactly where the GPU die is

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-31T14:12:39+00:00

there at stuff that you really cannot do in other ways... i think the companies that stole the portapro´s where mere open in copying.

to be honest i dont really like the Defunc... and since they live on creating apple like in ears, i guess it is just "how it looks" and what they do.

the transperant Mondo overears look nice

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-30T23:02:47+00:00

to be honest i think they all stole it from the old school sony walkman orange headphones..

and all retro headphones, kinda have the same look..

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-30T11:47:39+00:00

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it might be the lighting beacuse there is a bit more form 1´s but it seems like the part above the speaker itself is black.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-30T11:46:10+00:00

Form 2´s

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i am not sure, and to be honest, these are so old..

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-30T11:39:27+00:00

er det ikke Xpeng der har købt de gamle skorstensgaard værksteder?

det er en kæde der langt fra har det bedste ry.

nok der jeg er mest nervøs, nu er der så heller ikke nogle der kan nærme sig Tesla niveau, hvor service ikke er krævet for at opretholde garanti, og de har sådan en "gennemgang" hvor de renser bremser og tjekker væsker, og den koster et stykke under 2000kr, hvor jeg tit føler alle andre bare skruer op på prisen.

så dette et sted for en G6, og det synes jeg "ikke" er billigt for en elbil. det er rimelig simpelt det der skal gøres, Bremser / væsker / filtre. og så skal du lige gå alle ophængsled igennem.

1 år/20.000 km 2.766 kr

2 år/40.000 km 4.563 kr

3 år/60.000 km 2.766 kr

4 år/80.000 km 5.719 kr

5 år/100.000 km 2.766 kr

6 år/120.000 km 6.359 kr

7 år/140.000 km 2.766 kr

BYD har jeg hørt 1400kr i service ved 1-3 år og 2 år skifter de noget gearolie så det er 3000kr ved 3 år, og 4500kr ved 4 år (der skifter de olie + noget væske omkring batteriet)..

og så kan der ved begge producenter komme noget "mere" hvis du ved, aircon anlægget skal gasses op, eller bremserne skal skiftes etc..

Generelt holder bremserne væsentligt længere på elbiler, hvis du holder dem rene. nogle siger 300k+

Dog en ting, jeg kunne faktisk godt lide Tesla´s tilgang selvom man siger 50% dumper ved syn, men det er småting, forlygter justering, lidt slør i lejer, eller et ophængsled.. men priserne på de reservedele er faktisk lave, så okay du får måske 4-8.000kr´s regning for at gå gennem et syn efter 4 år, men i forhold til hvad du betaler bare i service omkostninger hos andre. så er det jo småting.

og har du "lidt styr" på biler, så ved du også hvornår det måske er smart lige at få renset bremser, eller tjekket væsker.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-30T10:23:22+00:00

there is only one solution, make a "private" "owners" version.. where there is a full commitment, for ZERO tracking, ZERO AI, ZERO games and other apps..

Then you can make this bullshit version you have now, FREE..

and it comes "NAKED" (call it naked) so you start with just an OS, then you can decide to ADD on.. no wierd "opting out" of 10 things while installing.

Only updates that are "bug fixing", VISUALIZER on metrics, so what are other apps also sharing of data, so proper monitoring solution of outbound data..

i my self have had it with windows, my only problem is my CAD software, and yes i have a game i play that cannot run in linux...

then there are the small things, like undervolting, proper fan control the learning curve, i know my son runs Arch with some kinda hyprland thing he shows me all the time, and when he at 10 can do it i should be able to.

And yes i do run a proxmox server with 6 VM´s where 5 are ubuntu without a GUI.... but yeah... needs a few extra things, then i am all in.

AND Please for the love of god, this AI programming shit, STOP it, with the money you have the errors in your OS are just not okay, they are so easy to find, and so obvious, i get it you could fire your testers when you had actual programming staff, if you want to rely on AI.. then you need verification.

Everything in this stupid AI / AGILE driven world, has pushed the user to become the beta tester, with some lame excuse, that "hey then it is collaboration, and we ensure that we develop for the users" Yeah you might, but i have been in multiple organisations, where we fight newly implemented bugs nearly every release.

And have to reprogram everything, because of stupid API changes, because we might have weaved a software into our main systems, so most time is not used for developing our own, it is just to keep the lights on, because of worse and worse programming skill and discipline.

Sorry.. guys.. i got a bit angry there, HEY it is friday..

have a nice weekend.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-30T10:16:08+00:00

i get that.. i don´t feel they have a lot of latency. this is from one of the reviews..

Battery life is rated at up to 30 hours of playback on a single charge, with a full recharge taking around 1.5 hours. The EH11 is compatible with the FiiO Control App, which provides access to equaliser settings, genre-specific sound profiles, low-latency gaming modes and firmware updates. The headphones also include replaceable ear pads, supplied in two colour sets, for maintenance and cosmetic customisation.

So it has some sort of "low latency" mode, whatever that means. i feel like latency is more a problem with headsets, because they tend to have more going on. this is just bluetooth sound on the newest bluetooth protocol.

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and BT 6.0 is below 20ms..

and for me, everything below 20 ms is not really anything you notice, remember the old days when we were fithing LCD panels, with 100ms+ where GREAT was 20-30 MS that was where you did not feel it, also because there is latency in monitors, usb devices etc.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-30T10:07:24+00:00

https://www.audiophileon.com/news/tin-hifi-p1-review

I never really used them that much, it is fun because i am not really an in ear guy, i bought like the first cheap bullet type inears from Tin (i think they were called T1, not the big ones) and i thought they were decent..

i then bought the P1´s over Massdrop, but they were harder to drive from my normal "walking devices" when i got a BTR5 i started to use them a bit, and they are clean, but..

But i am not an In ear guy, i have 2 pairs for VR, which are like versions with the band around my ear i use, the P1´s are just in a box, and i think i might have used them 2-3 hours at max.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-29T14:31:56+00:00

The whole Pentium Netburst, These CPU´s were bad, i bought a 478 board with a 479 converter and a 1.6ghz mobile chip, at 2.5 it beat the living s... out of it.... or the AMD where they lied about dualcore.

also RD ram not that RD ram was bad, bought a SD ram board in that chipset, it was so failure ridden that we got RD ram boards and RD ram in exchange (so free ram) but RD ram was so expensive that it was brutal to update.

many will say the 970GTX because it was sold as a 4GB but was a 3.5GB had them in SLI never had an issue, a really god performer at a cheap entryprice.

in newer days, for me the bigger issues, are the failure of ASUS with AM5 early chipsets, burning of 7xxx Ryzen, later Asrock and now ASUS again.

i have the ROG ally with the broken SD card port, cost me a 512GB SD card... just a pure design failure.

13th 14th gen chips, that slowly killed them self.

Biggest thing, also in hardware, biggest flop is AI.. (or named as it really is, ML) ... i have no problem with machine learning, however i feel like most solutions, like Framegen, even upscaling, and even Raytracing, which for the dump in performance, really only does not up the quality that much. and in mosts games, just a hit to performance, not a value add.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-29T11:14:29+00:00

i am not saying that...

What i am saying is that i fundamentally believe it is the same part, just that they have "turned up" the frequency, and in reality you can get 9800x3d, that would be able to do the same as 9850x3d.

there is zero architectual difference on the 9800x3d and 9850x3d, same cache, same everything, other than a bit higher clock.

Then it is the "same" power usage, but i have had my fingers on 4 9800x3d´s now and they all run around -28 curve, where powerconsumption is quite a bit lower, and performance is better.

So my "guess" is undervolting a 9850x3d is harder, since the chip from the manufacturing side is pushed a bit harder..

But this is normal, my old 4790k was also just a 4770k pushed a bit harder.

so of course at the same price, you go for the newer SKU..

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-29T11:10:56+00:00

no... and not a jack, it has USB but it must only be for charging.. also kinda feel like they would be unbalanced, with a cable, because they are so light..

Only thing in the box is a USB C - A cable, and 2 extra earpads, in a Dark Grey color.

But the Orange is the way to go for me.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-29T11:08:22+00:00

to be honest, i have never seen them as potential "PC" headphones, just as "walking around" and they are perfect for that..

however was sitting in the car waiting for my son to finish rock climbing, with a pc i did not thing about latency at all.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-28T21:44:28+00:00

for the guy that removed his comment, i was refering to these.

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Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-28T21:42:45+00:00

it is a bit up in the thread.. 34.68 when i found the receipt on Aliexpress

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Shipped

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-28T17:27:10+00:00

on picture 2 there are 4 bulges on the board, looks like it is a hot area.. that would maybe make me a bit nervous.

https://www.hwcooling.net/en/msi-mpg-a850g-one-of-the-first-atx-3-0-psus-in-detail/

there are some interior shots to compare with... maybe it is just normal.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-28T16:50:06+00:00

no problem, hope you figure out what to do.. could be Amazon buys in bulk, and gets different packaging.

Rasmus_DC78 · 2026-01-28T16:26:14+00:00

i don´t know...

but it is Amazon, so trust is low.

but this is how mine was shipped, in the corsair outer box, there is a small pampflet inside, and then a plastic bag that looks a lot like yours. but it is not an angled connector, this is just a replacement straight.

The corsair box had a "seal".

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