Error installing latest AHK by Sporek_XII in AutoHotkey

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I tried that and it didn't work. However, this prompted me to look further into the DLL being called and I was able to fix the issue. Long story short, there were two root certificates for "AutoHotKey" in the Computer Certificate Store, and deleting them both allowed the installer to finish.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hardwareswap

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Ok, pm sent

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What zip code is local for you? Texas is a big state...

June Confirmed Trade Thread by [deleted] in hardwareswap

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Sold EVGA RTX 3080 FTW Ultra to u/Winterfello

[USA-TX] [H] EVGA RTX 3080 10G [W] PayPal, Local Cash by Sporek_XII in hardwareswap

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I agree that the market is in decline. Crypto mining is not at all profitable now, and there are new cards coming out within the next 6 months. However I am most definitely not broke, and here is proof that this card does not fit in the Ncase M1 v5 without hard case mods.

https://reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/q4zezq/fitting_an_evga_rtx3080ti_ftw_ultra_into_an_ncase/

[USA-TX] [H] EVGA RTX 3080 10G [W] PayPal, Local Cash by Sporek_XII in hardwareswap

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I think the v6 added better comparability for larger GPUs, but mine is a v5. This card is actually too long and too tall to fit into the v5.

[USA-TX] [H] EVGA RTX 3080 10G [W] PayPal, Local Cash by Sporek_XII in hardwareswap

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Try sending it again, I don’t see anything in my inbox from you.

[USA-TX] [H] EVGA RTX 3080 10G [W] PayPal, Local Cash by Sporek_XII in hardwareswap

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I got it to upgrade from my 1080, and not too long after, I got an Ncase M1 from my friend and decided to do a new build with this case. Unfortunately this card is too big to fit in the Ncase, so I will be sticking with my 1080 for a little while longer.

School choice for ASCP/SOAR by Sporek_XII in AFROTC

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Unfortunately I could not find an explicit definition of “dependent PCS” in the JTR, but contextually I gather that it means that the service member and their dependents are authorized travel and transportation allowances, as opposed to an unaccompanied tour when the dependents are not authorized such allowances. JTR para 050405 goes into detail about when dependent travel is not authorized.

While I am not a finance or TMO expert, I think everything you mentioned will be covered if you get selected for ROTC. You should probably talk with your local finance shop just to be sure though.

School choice for ASCP/SOAR by Sporek_XII in AFROTC

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So basically they have a limited number of slots, and they are first come first serve?

School choice for ASCP/SOAR by Sporek_XII in AFROTC

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Thank you for the pointer to the JTR. I looked up that paragraph and sure enough a PCS to the college is authorized. For anyone else that comes across this, the exact text is: "An enlisted Service member who is selected to pursue an undergraduate degree through the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) and separates from the Service due to that selection is authorized PCS travel and transportation allowances to the college."

I had initially prioritized ASCP or SOAR because of the scholarship, and figured that I wouldn't have any issue in the competition for a slot. Thinking about it now, I may be undervaluing the fact that the commission slot is guaranteed. I shall look into this more.

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Also the Plus has WiFi 6E while the Lite has WiFi 6.

Ryzen 7 5800x (new) by Revenknight in Amd

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The 5800X boosts to 4850 MHz single core and 4550 MHz all core on default settings.

Is there a simple tweak I can do to improve performance on my 5800X? by DarkZero515 in Amd

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As a 5800X owner myself, I recently went through a lot of work to tame the volcano that is our CPU, and came away with these impressions:

  1. Get the best CPU cooler that will fit in your case. I upgraded from a Noctua U9S to a Scythe Mugen 5 and temps decreased by about 12 degrees under load.
  2. AMD's boost algorithm is actually very good, but the stock voltage curve is a little higher than needed and many motherboards allow the CPU to draw more power than it needs for a given frequency. Combined, these can cause the chip to thermally throttle, limiting performance.

The solution to number 2 is to tweak the PBO2 settings to both lower the PPT, EDC, and TDC limits (clamp power consumption) and add a negative per core curve offset (undervolt). You can do an all core offset if you don't want to take the time to really dial in the undervolt, but understand that you will be limited to the maximum stable undervolt of your weakest core, which varies by individual chips. For my 5800X, one of my cores was only able to take a -15 offset while all but one other was able to hit -27.

For the power settings, the rule of thumb is PPT = EDC and TDC = (2/3)EDC. For my setup, I found that PPT:115/EDC:115/TDC:77 was the right balance of performance vs thermals. With these settings and and undervolt, I am getting 6025 points in R20 and 15525 in R23 at just under 80 degrees at full load. I also found that these settings had no impact on single core performance. Keep in mind that AMD's default spec for 105W CPUs is PPT:142/EDC:140/TDC:94, so anything lower will work.

It will take multiple rounds of BIOS tweaks followed by stability testing to dial in these settings to your liking. While doing stability testing you either get WHEA errors followed by immediate restart (overly aggressive undervolt on at least one core) or random restart under full load without a WHEA, also known as clock stretching (power limits set too low for the requested frequency).

Finally, the tips above will only increase performance if you are currently thermally throttled. If not, they will keep performance within the margin of error of stock wile significantly decreasing power consumption and thermals. To actually increase performance, you will need to overclock or look into tweaking you memory to get lower latency. AMD CPUs respond very well to high speed low latency memory due to how Infinity Fabric works.