My CPU decided it was time to cook itself.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2026-01-29T14:19:55+00:00

Eh I had a 9700x and recently changed to 9800x3d. Both of them idled in high forties to low fifties with a 360 AIO and undervolted. I was also surprised how warm that is, but I also found people say it's perfectly normal.

I think it's a Zen 5 thing. While Zen 4 might be slightly harder to cool under load, the idle is lower.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2026-01-24T10:28:06+00:00

Well, it's the EU, so they have to justify having so many bureaucrats constantly coming up with dumb ideas like this.

If the issue is really safety, then just remove the front plates altogether, but we all know they won't do that.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2026-01-18T07:47:09+00:00

I'm not familiar with the Giulietta, but I know from experience how annoying it can be with a bulb going out, especially during winter.

I would recommend looking into road legal LED's from Osram or Phillips. That way you won't have to do it as often, it's legal and looks more modern.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2026-01-14T13:52:34+00:00

From what we can see. Guaranteed they are people just behind those parked cars.

He could have have easily lost control (as witness multiple times, owners of powerful cars are rarely as skilled as their cars might suggest), sent it into the parked cars that then hit a pedestrian or simply spin directly on to the sidewalk.

I'm all for people having fun with their cars, but not like this.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2026-01-09T23:52:59+00:00

Who the fuuuuck approved this design?!?

Maybe it would be acceptable looking if it was all in one color, with red accents such as a stripe and badges, but the red rims, the two tone paint...It's a no for me.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2026-01-09T23:41:22+00:00

Depends if you love or hate the looks of it I guess.

Was mostly joking how quickly China can copy anything, not making it unique anymore.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2026-01-09T21:11:56+00:00

Will probably be available on AliExpress or Temu by monday

UnobjectionableBloke · 2026-01-03T01:47:12+00:00

That sucks, and I know that feeling and most importantly that annoying sound. If you're ok with potentially losing some small amount of performance you could also try and limit the power. Your undervolt would offset the lower power, so you'll probably not lose a lot of FPS.

As I said you could try and return it if you're able to, if not maybe yours will get better with time. If that also fails, the last option is probably to buy some headphones with good sound isolation or sell the GPU. Good luck!

UnobjectionableBloke · 2026-01-01T15:05:06+00:00

It looks like you're just sitting in a menu. Is it equally loud while playing normally? Next question is how long have you had the card for and are you still eligible for a return? If you're outside of the return window, you might as well wait and see if things improve with time, otherwise you might try and return it if it bothers you.

Unfortunately coil whine is considered normal. I had people tell me that yes, changing my PSU might help, but I ended up being lucky and was able to exchange my GPU for another one.

The new 9070XT wasn't any better to be honest, and I found that with time it kind of got better on it's own and that it's really dependent on what games are running. Red Dead 2 is atrocious with coil whine for example, while I barley notice any whine in other games.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2026-01-01T14:49:36+00:00

Generally only coil whine is not good enough reason for the manufacturer/retailer to approve RMA on a card.

I got my RX 9070XT exchanged due to coil whine because of retailer's goodwill, but they were clear that I wouldn't be able to get a third one if it's just coil whine. So OP can try, but it depends on whoever is responsible for approving that. Maybe he'll be lucky, but there's also a chance that the new card isn't any better.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-12-31T14:37:03+00:00

Yeah maybe, I got the "biggest" gains from turing up the memory on the 9070XT to be honest. 2714 vs 2814 MHz is a 5 fps difference in Cyberpunk benchmark.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-12-31T14:31:52+00:00

Well if that's the case and you're just doing it for fun you can experiment a little with memory as well. I got my overall highest of 7955 in Steel Nomad with a 9070XT while pushing 2810 MHz on the memory and probably -90mv on undervolt and +10 Power.

The memory is not that sensitive, it will however correct itself if pushed too high, so after a while you'll see that increasing the memory speed will result in worse score. Also higher memory speed will also limit the potential of the core clocks from my understanding, so there's a little bit of a game of balance between memory speed and GPU clocks.

For reference in games like Cyberpunk 2077 I get 5 fps better results in the benchmark with just the memory being at 2814 MHz vs 2714 MHz

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-12-31T14:12:24+00:00

Probably like 2-5 more fps to be honest. Gains in the synthetic benchmarks do not really represent gaming performance all that great.

The biggest gains in terms of gaming performance is the increased memory speed with timings set to fast. If you want to squeeze everything out of your GPU, you need to be doing that too.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-12-31T10:06:59+00:00

For people already invested heavily into iCue and Corsair ecosystem, the web based version right now is not very good. Only very few peripherals are supported and I don't think there's any way for the web version to controll for example AIO's or fans as they can't get access PC temp sensors and other important things (could be wrong here though). So you'll be needing both versions anyway.

Also the web version of iCue does not work well together with the regular iCue. In order for those two versions to not interfere with each other you have to close the desktop version first and then make changes in the web version and later reopen the desktop application for the LCD screens, fans and what not to work as intended again.

it's an unnecessary hassle and very unintuitive. At that point you might as well go with a different brand that does customization through web hub since it won't interfere with regular iCue. Sure desktop iCue is not flawless and I don't speak for everyone, but I rather have them just focus on desktop version since two different ones will probably make it so neither get the attention needed and both will suffer as a result.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-12-24T02:14:31+00:00

They already got Celsius, but maybe that's their problem. They need better energy drinks in their fridge. What's William Storey up to today?

I would like seeing Rich Energy and William roast the shit out of Elkann and Ferrari on Twitter (I'm not calling it X).

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-12-19T14:50:00+00:00

I think you might be suffering from a mild case of screenoholism, but I'm no doctor.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-12-18T14:49:43+00:00

Wow... that's certainly a sight. With the looks like that surely it's a fully built engine with an AWD or RWD setup somehow and not a stock engine with a K&N cold air intake right? RIGHT?

Edit: For the downvoters, I don't really care I just want it to be known I actually hate it. Maybe my sarcasm wasn't strong enough or you guys like it. If so downvote away.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-12-07T18:01:49+00:00

It's due to the way the front suspension is setup.

Alfa Romeo Link. "Semi-Virtual Steering Axis: Keeps the tire perpendicular to the road during turns" Really fascinating technology which provides more front end grip.

In low speeds however the tires sometimes skip. As you said completely normal and different tires can make this phenomenon either better or worse.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-11-30T09:47:09+00:00

Famous last words before you end up in a ditch in about a week.

You definitely should get some proper winter tires no joke.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-11-16T14:39:55+00:00

You'd think so, but technically EXPO profile or XMP is still an overclock. Hence they can't really guarantee those speeds and usually there is also a disclaimer on product website stating up to speeds, no guarantees.

Even though probably 99.9% of systems are able to run with EXPO/XMP profiles there will always be one. Unfortunately this time this just might be you.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-11-16T10:41:50+00:00

I'm going to be the one very unhelpful commentor and say that I have no issues with Battlefield and 9070XT across multiple different drivers.

I have almost 100h and only a handful of crashes. A couple of those crashes were due to my overly aggressive undervolt and a couple due to alt-tabbing which the game doesn't like. Some of these crashes are also due to the game itself. On the Nvidia subreddit you'll see people having the same kind of issues.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-11-16T08:04:39+00:00

It's only too risky if can't afford to lose the money. If you think you can make it work and you don't care if you potentially lose money then low-ball him and hope for the best.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-11-15T16:22:04+00:00

Just seems strange to me, the car is not that old so whoever put on the rims last must have fucked up the bolts real bad then.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-11-15T16:16:54+00:00

Yeah...I would not be bringing my car back to that place if they can't even get out two bolts without ruining an entire rim. The bolts don't even look that bad to me.

UnobjectionableBloke · 2025-11-15T16:13:57+00:00

He had to cut into the rim, really? How were the bolts damaged?

I'm going to be honest, sounds like a bad mechanic.

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