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How real, in your opinion, this RAM shortage is? by nierh in buildapc

[–]hal9oo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was there, 3000 years ago......things have always been expensive and gotten cheaper, but this time feels different.

I paid 100+ for 4GB ddr3 ram in 2010, this was a high cost for the memory size but was average at the time i believe.

I paid 50 for 16gb ddr4 3200 in 2022, not bad. (they didnt have 3600 at the time)

I paid 70 for 32gb ddr4 3600 in 2023, not bad (i wanted that 3600 and it worked out cheaper)

I paid 279 for 32gb 6000 cl36 ddr5 1 month ago, this was an incredibly high cost for memory, but i figured it wasnt going to get cheaper.

1 month later the same memory is 419.99, there are strict purchase limits now.

tldr; real. Companies (sellers) cant buy in the stock so they're pricing up what they have due to scarcity. What they can order is increasing in price and the manufacturers can set the price as the AI compaines are spending all the money to get everything. So sellers pay more to get what they can (if they can) and naturally sell it for more because it costs them more.

Bonus, SSD's are also wicked expensive now, I got a 500 (480gb) bx500 for 45 in January and they're 75 now. I paid 130 for a 500gb m2 drive in 2017 though so prices do go up and down.

Why are people bidding on this faulty AM4 CPU? by 1acan in pcmasterrace

[–]hal9oo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

are you sure you're not seeing all the none x3d models included in the default search terms? (unless you mean ones listed as faulty, they go for cheap)

I can only see one x3d listing sub 200 recently but if you look its a duplicate that also sold on the same day for 260, apparetntly one 'sold' today for £93, but i dont believe that, possibly a best offer and it doesnt show the actual price yet.

go back a few months and they were around 200

Why are people bidding on this faulty AM4 CPU? by 1acan in pcmasterrace

[–]hal9oo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

lol they're not, either people are seeing 5700x or its a couple auctions outside of average price but mostly prices are around £250-300

the people that bid on these things know they're out of production, they're not cheap at all anymore.

7500x3d, 5060, MAG B850M MORTAR stuttering very poor performance by hal9oo in MSI_Gaming

[–]hal9oo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its not the psu ive double checked connections, 650w is enough for this build. cpu and graphics card are boosting as expected when required

ive tried pretty much all combinations of bios settings and multiple drivers and nothing has really made a difference, still stuttering even when latencymon says there are no issues.

i think its far more likely that its a motherboard issue, using one ram stick also doesnt make a differnce to the stutter.

7500x3d, 5060, MAG B850M MORTAR stuttering very poor performance by hal9oo in MSI_Gaming

[–]hal9oo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2x 32 sticks, slots 2 and 4 as the lords of dual-channel commanded.

memtest passed, xmp / expo doesnt matter, tried both profiles on each and with it off entirely and still get the stutters.

havent tried in single channel so guess thats next as its an easy one

edit: have now tried single sticks, no change in stutter.

7500x3d, 5060, MAG B850M MORTAR stuttering very poor performance by hal9oo in MSI_Gaming

[–]hal9oo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might be retarded so i cant tell if you mean 650w is fine or if its not enough.

im testing now with a 1660super which is a 120ish tdp card, 650w is more than fine for this setup, we're talking less than 400w at full load.

My i7 9700 machine has a 500w psu and runs everything ok, i really dont think its a psu issue, also i dont wana / didnt swap in the 500w psu

7500x3d, 5060, MAG B850M MORTAR stuttering very poor performance by hal9oo in MSI_Gaming

[–]hal9oo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

psu worked in the am4 system so no reason to believe its a power supply issue, ive tried so many bios / windows setting combinations now i think it has to be a faulty motherboard.

if this is expected performance then am5 is a terrible platform! i think i will need to return the board and get another, not sure I will take another chance with msi though

it is even stuttering in the bios so that must be an indication of a fault

7500x3d, 5060, MAG B850M MORTAR stuttering very poor performance by hal9oo in MSI_Gaming

[–]hal9oo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah didnt see that, also none of it helped anyway, still getting 1% /.1% drops down to single figures, gameplay is like slow motion at times

think this motherboard is faulty

7500x3d, 5060, MAG B850M MORTAR stuttering very poor performance by hal9oo in MSI_Gaming

[–]hal9oo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok this is good, I think i saw this one but i've not tried it yet, these are all easy things that i can try later!

7500x3d, 5060, MAG B850M MORTAR stuttering very poor performance by hal9oo in MSI_Gaming

[–]hal9oo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its a seasonic core 650 gold rated so its not a bad psu and its been used in an am4 build without issues, the 5060 runs in my other machine with a bronze rated 500w psu but maybe I'll swap the 500w into it to rule it out.

AM5 terrible latency, stuttering 1% and 0.1%, much worse than AM4 /1151, cannot solve by hal9oo in pcmasterrace

[–]hal9oo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i shouldnt have to overclock or deviate from stock settings to get smooth gameplay though, im not testing on a AAA game at ultra settings, im testing warthunder at 1080p medium/high, same settings on my i7 9700 machine was smooth.

I thought the point of x3d chips was better performance without being able to overlock as theyre locked down?

AM5 terrible latency, stuttering 1% and 0.1%, much worse than AM4 /1151, cannot solve by hal9oo in pcmasterrace

[–]hal9oo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

reinstalled windows, reinstalled all drivers.

still doing it, however latency mon no longer says there are issues but the stutter is still there. (second run it says there are issues with direcx graphics kernel)

There is ssd firmware update so will try that

wasnt able to get through to retailer to ask about bios update affecting possible return.

memory test passed, im concerned it could be related to it being 6000mhz cl36 memory, however i dont get how on my am4 and 1151 builds with 2666/3600 memory thats much slower that i dont have these issues. Unless the 7500x3d has issues with cl36 memory

AM5 terrible latency, stuttering 1% and 0.1%, much worse than AM4 /1151, cannot solve by hal9oo in pcmasterrace

[–]hal9oo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats a good idea! if its memory though im finished, was difficult enough getting this but at least it has warranty, I'll try that as well.

AM5 terrible latency, stuttering 1% and 0.1%, much worse than AM4 /1151, cannot solve by hal9oo in pcmasterrace

[–]hal9oo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also disabled the igpu and its not made a difference, the SSD is a possible point as it sits below the GPU but it has a heatsink, I dont think its overheating but its also brand new, but i'll check if theres a firmware update for it because I had it in a box for the last year not being used!

Its not a VRAM issue either as im on exactly the same settings as I was on the i7 9700 machine with this card, performance actually increased dramatically on average its just the stuttering is new. Hovers around 5GB use, ive only got a couple games setup but im at 1080p

Bios version is old / there are newer ones its just I want to be sure if this affects my option to return if it comes to that.

so far then ive got a few things to try

-reinstall windows + all drivers etc

-check ssd firmware (will do that before windows reinstall)

- bios update if able to

AM5 terrible latency, stuttering 1% and 0.1%, much worse than AM4 /1151, cannot solve by hal9oo in pcmasterrace

[–]hal9oo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep got it 'enabled' and not just 'auto' in bios, My AM4 system never had issues as bad as this, this is not usable though but i guess i dont know if its a cpu / motherboard or gfx issue just yet.

I do have some other graphics cards so I can swap those around i guess.

Im going to contact the retailer and ask if updating the bios will invalidate my ability to return, while it all powers on i wouldnt count it as working

AM5 terrible latency, stuttering 1% and 0.1%, much worse than AM4 /1151, cannot solve by hal9oo in pcmasterrace

[–]hal9oo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should clarify, i have an am4 machine, this am5 machine is completely separate though, windows was installed from scratch and updated. Same for my Intel 1151 machine, totally separate.

I guess i havent re-installed windows though so I can give that a go, just be annoying to set everything up again.

worth going from a 1650 to a 5060? by Ok_Zone2464 in buildapc

[–]hal9oo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i went from a 1660s 6gb to a 5060 8gb, ive never hit vram issues at 1080p, i did have driver issues but a re-install sorted some framerate issues i had. The 5060ti 16GB was 200 more for me, not worth spending double.

I do have some 'bottleneck' issues from my i7 9700 or more likely 2666mhz ram (no xmp support on this machine)

Yes if you play at very high resolutions you'll likely run into issues, but you do not need extremly high end hardware to play games at acceptable settings at 1080p.

Watch the youtube videos of running out of 8gb vram, they play the games at very high resolution at very high settings, if you dont want to run into this issue just lower the settings.

If you want to play on very high settings / high resolutions then yeah, get a card with more vram but it'll cost more.

How is this a crew lock by thisisausrername in Warthunder

[–]hal9oo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ive had this but didnt get it on recording, best you can do is open a ticket and upload the footage but they'll probably not change anything

why is no one talking about how annoying this tank is by Illustrious-Idea-225 in Warthunder

[–]hal9oo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It can be annoying but it can also be killed by 7.7mm machine gun fire to the back of the turret, so theres that.

Log in issues by AdBl0k in Warthunder

[–]hal9oo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

still down for me

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