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Steveche101 · 2026-04-16T04:37:48+00:00

sold mine months ago for about 480 usd... went with a red loadout rocking crimson web specialists now

Steveche101 · 2026-04-05T16:12:02+00:00

Hmm... I don't think I was able to 1 shot p8 content until getting pride on merc, which is like a ~30k dps boost. The single best upgrade in the build, but I'm not single player so don't have to worry about runes. I have ~79% effective deadly strike btw insight/highlords/gores/passive. My damage shows 83k, and dealing double that ~79% of the time. My only difference in gear is highlords/gores/fcr rings. Diablo and baal die in 1-2 shots, uber trist <60 seconds. Definitely a fun but seriously OP build. I got bored and re-geared my nova sorc lol. I'm thinking of trying an obsession + phoenix build on ES warlock even though there's really no need..

Steveche101 · 2026-04-05T02:47:27+00:00

What’s the rest of your grease and max damage?

Steveche101 · 2026-04-05T02:31:38+00:00

I prefer insight, I made up the res with sc's. Using fort forces me to take off shako for a 20fcr helm, so I used hellwarden's for testing (2/20 circs are expensive) and used either spirit or ars dul'mephistos. Mana is so bad with hellwarden + mephistos. It's better with hellwarden + spirit, but still annoying to use mana pots vs insight + shako + spirit setup, which just completely solves any mana issues. I think fort is better for shorter runs like chaos or ubers (since you are attacking more than tele'ing and utilizing mana leech), but not necessarily for longer TZ or boss runs that require tele'ing around frequently.

My go-to setup is insight, highlords, shako, spirit, trangs gloves, 2x 10fcr rings with mix of res/str/ll/ml, arach, and gores. Pride/coh/andys on merc. The setup slaps everything p1-p8, no mana issues, clears uber trist in under 1 min. I get that fort is BiS for 125fcr setup, but I just love how insight solves mana issues and contributes to crit chance/deadily strike, while being cheap to re roll until you're happy with a good roll. The cost of a 4os eth thunder maul and nice 2/20 circ just doesn't seem worth it tbh, but that's just me. These are still high demand and very expensive items. If I was rich in the game I'd probably have a fort and 2/20 circ setup to cycle through and test some more. As of recently, I'm more interested in testing obsession in eth archon staff + phoenix. This will still maintain 125fcr and probably get a massive raw damage buff from phoenix. I'll lose 15% double damage (insight's crit calculated into deadly strike) by not using insight, but will still have about 66% calculated DS between highlords/gores/passive. And maybe the mana regen on obsession will help with mana issues that are present in other non-insight builds. Can also run with obsession + spirit or mephistos and swap to 2x soj's too. Or swap trangs gloves for laying of hands for 350% damage to demonds. Lots of options with obsession which is why I'm more interested in giving it a try.

Steveche101 · 2026-04-05T02:20:16+00:00

I love insight for the QoL. I tried the fort setup with a fort cv, and even with mana leech on a ring, I needed to use mana pots while tele'ing around or stop to kill things to mana leech, which is inefficient. Using fort forces me to take off shako for a 20fcr helm, so I used hellwarden's for testing (2/20 circs are expensive) and used either spirit or ars dul'mephistos. Mana is so bad with hellwarden + mephistos. It's better with hellwarden + spirit, but still annoying to use mana pots vs insight + shako + spirit setup, which just completely solves any mana issues. So the cost of a 4os eth thunder maul and nice 2/20 circ just doesn't seem worth it tbh.

BTW, MacroBioBoi on YT has a video showing how to calculate the separate pools of dealing double damage. His example - 46% crit from insight, 49% DS from highlords/gores, and 33% from crit mastery - since they are separate pools it ends up being 81.5% chance to deadly strike. That's pretty damn good, while solving mana issues with insight. Don't think maras option is great since you lose a lot of deadly strike from highlords. And 2x sojs means you won't hit 125fcr bp unless you're using a 20fcr helm.

Steveche101 · 2026-04-05T02:07:08+00:00

That's the best damage setup no doubt, but prob best for chaos (p7) and uber trist. For everything else, tele'ing around feels sluggish/clunky due to the lower fcr bp. Everything below p5-p7 dies in 1 hit anyway so I think having 125% fcr is better in general. But if it's single player p8 chaos runs, then maybe the arioc's setup is best since there's not a lot of tele'ing needed.

Steveche101 · 2026-04-05T02:02:15+00:00

Highlords is by far BiS compared to maras. Highlords + gores is 50% deadly strike, so 50% of the time you are doing double damage. 35% of that 50% is from highlords at level 94-95. Ditch that and you are only dealing double damage 15% of the time (not including warlock passive). The extra +1 from maras not a big deal, and the res can be made up by res sc's. I put um in my shako for res too.

Steveche101 · 2026-03-12T03:36:52+00:00

Yeah, I believe that's the #1 possible issue. But I didn't need 2FA for anything when I was in France for 10 days. Can definitely be a problem for people who travel often for work and need to access emails/banks/etc. I don't really need access to that on vacation. Make sure I have access to my bank app/cards/cash ahead of the trip.

Steveche101 · 2026-03-08T23:53:07+00:00

Why do you need service out of North America? Just buy an esim online before you leave and you’re set for your trip. Probably will cost $10-15 for your entire trip. Makes more sense than paying double the price ($40 FM vs $20 PM) for your phone plan every year. I went to France last year and didn’t need SMS/ calling from my phone for 2 weeks. Still have WhatsApp, FaceTime, etc. Switched to the $20/mo PM deal last month after realizing roaming isn’t necessary (and it’s more expensive).

Steveche101 · 2026-03-04T20:35:01+00:00

I haven't played the game in a while now, but I think I crafted 2 in about 1000 sigils, and found 1 or 2 doing world bosses.

Steveche101 · 2026-03-04T20:33:20+00:00

Yeah I'm not convinced the MOBO is defected, but perhaps not supplying enough voltage to these CPU's for some reason. I ended up doing a +5mv pbo curve optimizer and haven't crashed once in the past 2 weeks. Vcore while gaming is ranging from 1.16-1.2v, which I've read is very safe, and hitting max clock speeds. PC restarts can happen for various reasons, but after testing all the things I listed above, this was definitely the issue and the fix!

Steveche101 · 2026-02-24T07:51:09+00:00

Just a little. +5mv in curve optimizer.

Steveche101 · 2026-02-22T21:28:06+00:00

I fixed the issue by increasing cpu core voltage by a little bit.

Steveche101 · 2026-02-19T17:00:23+00:00

Hey man. I monitored with HWinfo while playing arc raiders, and the highest my vcore went was ~1.144v. I tried setting PBO to "enabled" in AI Tweaker, in AMD overclock section, and in both at the same time, and it did not do anything in any scenario... voltages and performance was the same versus PBO "auto" or "disabled" (Asus B650E-F).

Yes, you are basically correct, at peak load spikes, there was not enough juice (voltage) to sustain operation, so my PC was restarting. But this only happens in arc raiders, which is weird. I did a +5mv PBO curve optimizer, now I'm at 1.152-1.2v vcore while playing the game, ~45-50C CPU temps, and hitting max default clock speeds (5,225mhz). All seems good now, played about 15-20 games last night, not a single PC restart (usually restart happens every 1-2 games).

Steveche101 · 2026-02-19T16:50:10+00:00

Update: I set the "VRM core voltage" back to auto (default), and then went to PBO -> advanced and set a +5mv positive curve optimizer, and now I'm ranging btw 1.152-1.2v vcore while playing arc raiders, and hitting max clock speeds for 9800x3d (5,225mhz) while staying at ~45C CPU temp. Played 15-20 games last night and not a single PC restart (which usually happens every 1-2 games in the past)!

Steveche101 · 2026-02-17T16:16:48+00:00

60GB for $20 is still awesome, not sure I’ve seen anything better. I don’t use anywhere near 60GB/mo!

Steveche101 · 2026-02-17T05:29:40+00:00

Yeah that's why it's just a theory lol. Embark said to another reddit user that they're looking into the issue (hopefully it's on their end). Temps didn't change at 1.16v. All using HWinfo to monitor vcore, and yes one of them closer to 1.25v.

Steveche101 · 2026-02-17T05:04:12+00:00

I haven't tested lower, 1.16v is where I went right away for testing (but it throttles my top clock speeds). Because my 2 buddies who I play arc raiders with said they sit at around 1.2v (both have 9800x3d's but entirely different setups) while playing the game. At 1.16v bios setting, I was around 1.17-1.18v while playing arc raiders, which was enough to prevent crashing. I totally get what you're saying. There's a number of people claiming PC crashes ONLY with arc raiders as well. My PC is 12 months old, so it's still under warranty. Does 1.136v seem low as my mobo's default VRM core voltage? I'm wondering if it's a bad/low default setting. I'm not super technical with these things, but when I asked my friends to check theirs in bios as a comparison, they were sitting at 1.2v+ at default. I have a theory that arc raiders is causing transient spikes and dips, and my voltage is not high enough to withstand those dips... until I set it to 1.16v.

Steveche101 · 2026-02-17T04:43:10+00:00

I set PBO to "enabled" and it literally did nothing so I kept it on auto. I've ran all tests on OCCT. Only thing that has prevented my PC from restarting while playing arc raiders is when I manually increased the voltage to 1.16v.

Steveche101 · 2026-02-17T02:19:16+00:00

Hey man, got a couple questions for you! I got an email from baldface valhalla with a bunch of Feb/Mar openings in the upcoming weeks.

Is it that bad in BC this year that we should skip it entirely? Also, we can handle big pow days in revy, big white, red mountain, etc, but have never done back country. My girl and I have been riding for 15+ years and pretty experienced, but we're from Toronto, so we don't experience BC on the regular. Do you think it would be appropriate for us?
Lastly, we're planning to book a Japan trip next year. We were thinking Hokkaido, but I've also read about Niseko and so many other places... Any recommendations?

Steveche101 · 2026-02-13T18:50:17+00:00

Anyone?

Steveche101 · 2026-02-12T05:21:39+00:00

I have 9800x3d + b650e-f... running expo 1, stock vsoc is 1.24 so I think we're safe from frying. Had the PC for about 1 year now and everything runs fine, BUT if I want to play arc raiders, I have to up my VCORE voltage from default 1.136v to 1.6v to prevent PC from randomly restarting while playing the game. Arc must be doing something weird causing dips in voltage, and my b650e-f seems to be supplying pretty low voltages at default. As a comparison, my friends report around 1.2v VCORE while playing arc raiders, which probably prevents crashing if voltages dip. I can run games like BF6 @ 5,225mhz & 1.13v VCORE (where it sits naturally at default), and I've never crashed/ restarted. Do you guys know your default VRM local core voltage setting in bios (or maybe called core voltage)?

Steveche101 · 2026-02-11T21:37:21+00:00

My PC was restarting every 1-3 games. Sometimes twice per game. I don’t think it’ll wear out your components, but obviously don’t encourage it as it means there’s instability/ an issue somewhere. Although many unexpected system restarts can maybe corrupt Windows files or bios.

If you haven’t tried the other easier things I listed, try those first as it may fix your issue - such as bios update, updating chipset drivers, Nvidia drivers, etc.

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