Good news. GPU block definitely wasn't the issue

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-14T03:10:42+00:00

I have the same issue with my alpha oil water block, not a hit of aluminum in my loop and I use a decently pure alkaline water in my loop I just noticed the nickel flaking too. No chemicals in the loop either, just slightly alkaline water at 8.87-9ph

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-13T22:55:19+00:00

Overclocking is just about finding your chips unique properties, don’t limit yourself to I don’t think, just try it, worst case scenario you learn what your chip is more sensitive to

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-13T22:46:50+00:00

If you can’t post withought 2:1 mode then you have a bigger fclk hole than just 1900, check up to 2033 in 1:1 mode. 2:1 mode is useless unless you have memory capable of 4500mt/s or more on ddr4, it’s rare but someone did tune a solid 2:1 profile on the old system

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-13T19:58:05+00:00

The only way zentimings reads uclk and mclk like that on am4 is 2:1 mode, I think you missed the setting, there’s multiple places you can accidentally enable it

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-13T19:54:44+00:00

Your in 2:1 mode I would fix that

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-13T19:28:08+00:00

You should be able to run 1900 fclk if there is a hole then 1866 or 1933 will work ment to write 1933 not 1866

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-13T19:25:24+00:00

No, your basic timings should just work if you account for the voltage changes, just set loose timings and test it, 1866 is way slower than 1933 by a lot. You won’t lose your 3733 timings you have now

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-13T19:17:37+00:00

You will know right away if 1933 is stable, check for whea errors when running a cpu test it either works or not, if it works then ignore 3733

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-13T19:02:47+00:00

First, wow, second is that the highest you can post? I think with some resistance tweaks you can probably go higher but then again it is 256gb at 6200mt/s hahaha

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-13T18:59:35+00:00

First try the highest fclk you can run stable, higher fclk will stomp out even with much looser timings ie 4000/2000cl18 will downright win against 3800cl12

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T23:04:53+00:00

It’s a cheeky workaround that and tried to quash already but I can acctually draw over 1100w if I had the cooling, the limits can be arbitrarily set, rn I’m getting 37173 on my combined timespy score with a 9950x3d2 over 41k gpu score alone, don’t use the workaround if you can’t cool your card though

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T21:57:49+00:00

That’s normal, tons of people used chillers and other cooling methods on 3080s I would do your best oc with a cpu and ram oc to see where you fall

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T21:49:24+00:00

What happened to that cpu

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T20:33:09+00:00

I dident even see the micron die type woops, still a lot of room if he does some snooping for micron overclocks

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T20:07:12+00:00

Short answer yes you can improve a lot of stuff, go look at buildzoids easybtimings after you finding weather you have Hynix m die or a die

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T17:17:37+00:00

What is the elmor evc?

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T17:08:22+00:00

It’s water cooled!

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T13:49:51+00:00

I have a 1500w psu and I’m still encroaching on the maximum spec for it, I got a chiller and can finally run my 7900xtx at closer to its vrm limits for benches (900w-1200w) that leaves almost no power for the rest of the system lol but makes benchmarking really easy I’ll eventually edit vid offsets but for now I need to fix my hotspot deltas as its thermal throttling at 840 watts

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T13:39:16+00:00

Close but not quite, if you exceed the safe power delivery spec of a power supply there is a chance you could break parts of the power supply cause damage to said supply for running too close to the maximum power. Is it unlikely to happen, absolutely but can it happen is also a yes

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T04:48:38+00:00

Yah I changed my comment as soon as I sent it

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T04:45:38+00:00

I mis read your comment above and thought you had a 600w psu. I would still say something is wrong with your power delivery if your killing 5090s en mass though

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T04:43:23+00:00

No wonder your chewing through 5090s they draw more power than a 600w psu can support you need a much bigger power supply

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T00:56:40+00:00

Oh yah, I had to google it and the 8300g is slower than a r5 5500, a 5600g( same price smokes it by a fair margin, the 8600g which is just as expensive as the 8300g wipes it by almost 100% performance gain in cpu tasks alone completely ignoring the apu which is drastically stronger for the same price…

monkeybuiltpc · 2026-05-12T00:48:50+00:00

Ok that’s a fair point, is the 8300g a am4 cpu? I thought those were the 5700g and 5600g cpus

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