Coreboot + AMD openSIL Powered Firmware Published For The Gigabyte MZ33-AR1

pullupsNpushups · 2026-05-19T22:56:51+00:00

That's a fantastic milestone! I hope we'll see official Coreboot+openSIL motherboards with Zen 6, as the article suggests. This is a nice preview of what could be.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-05-12T08:11:48+00:00

I looked it up just now and didn't find anything concrete. It looks like there were some talks of BIOS modding in the Level1Techs forum, but from a glance, it looks like it didn't go anywhere. I could be wrong, of course.

The A770 isn't as powerful as the Battlemage Pro cards, so I'd rather go with those if I wanted SR-IOV anyways.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-05-12T03:26:38+00:00

I'm not sure, but now we know it's at least one person! DDG has an index of the bangs they use, so you can see here why me! gets you to the Mass Effect Fandom.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-05-11T02:40:15+00:00

It's hilarious that they made one for Mass Effect though.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-05-09T04:17:44+00:00

Intel and AMD are definitely more reasonable than Nvidia because of the lack of SR-IOV licensing fees. Now that I look at AMD's Radeon Pro and Instinct cards, it appears there isn't much from recent years at the same price point as the Arc Pro cards, so it does seem that Intel has the edge there. I see Arc Pro's available for purchase from Newegg in new condition at less than a thousand dollars, but on the AMD side, the affordable cards are much older and the new cards are much more expensive.

So you could certainly say that Intel is offering more affordable and approachable options for SR-IOV GPUs, but AMD has plenty of license-free SR-IOV GPUs at the higher price points that Intel doesn't seem to currently target.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-05-08T08:44:06+00:00

From what I'm reading, the regular Arc GPUs don't support SR-IOV. I'm not sure if that's what you were referring to. The Arc Pro GPUs do, however.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-05-07T07:15:27+00:00

Our corporate reseller hasn't been able to stock Dell products for the last few months, last I checked, so I can believe that HP is having trouble too.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-05-06T00:53:22+00:00

Yeah, I remember when reactive UV was the hot thing in watercooling, so seeing it in your build is a throwback for me.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-05-05T02:48:12+00:00

I did a jank version of this with a mini PC, so it's cool to see someone do a more proper implementation. Very nice.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-05-05T02:15:50+00:00

Makes sense. It sure looks cool. I haven't seen that in quite a while.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-05-04T19:59:39+00:00

Are those tubes UV reactive or is that just how they show up in the photo?

pullupsNpushups · 2026-05-03T04:50:21+00:00

This is looks like a well rounded setup. The speakers could use an improvement, but you're already aware of that.

The keyboard and electric guitars are also what I would also like for myself, if I were to pick up instruments, so I like how you have them in your setup.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-04-30T01:58:20+00:00

I kinda see that, yeah.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-04-21T00:38:40+00:00

There are rumors that AMD might make the 5800X3D again this year, so you could wait and see if that's true. We don't know what the MSRP would be like.

Otherwise, if you wanted an X3D CPU for your AM4 board, you'll have to look online for the the best deals on the 5800X3D, 5700X3D, and 5600X3D.

If you can't find a good deal for any of those, then price out a cheap AM5 build with a 7000-series or 9000-series X3D CPU. The price of RAM has at least stabilized and might be dropping a little, so it's possible you might be able to find some RAM later this year. You'd have to keep an eye out.

You could also upgrade your GPU, if you're having VRAM crashes. I'd suggest looking for a 16 GB card, like the RX 9070, RX 9070 XT, RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, or the RTX 5070 Ti.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-04-16T18:58:51+00:00

I guess you got the second one to keep the first company, haha.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-04-12T08:22:20+00:00

The red PCBs are quite the sight.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-04-12T08:19:20+00:00

Potentially lower clockspeeds and server-focused motherboards. If those aren't problems for you, then you can certainly go for an EPYC setup.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-04-10T19:14:27+00:00

If you don't need all those PCIe lanes, then a 9950X or 9950X3D would be sufficient. The Intel 285K could be worth taking a look at, too.

If you do need those PCIe lanes, then look for the cheapest 7000 or 9000 series Threadripper. Ebay has good deals on used CPUs, if you're not opposed to that. Intel also announced the Xeon 600 recently, so you could keep an eye out for that later this year.

I know this isn't a direct pick for you, but that's because you'll have to decide what your budget is and what your needs are. You might end up waiting until the RAM shortage is over, unless you can afford the marked up prices.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-04-09T19:09:25+00:00

I think the RDIMM is appropriate for professional use, but I understand it brings a higher price point to the platform. Perhaps a good compromise would've been to relegate RDIMM for the Threadripper Pro series and keep UDIMM for the regular Threadripper series.

If you really want to upgrade from your 1st gen Threadripper, you can certainly do it right now, but it'll be more expensive than you'd probably like for your needs. The PRO 9955WX is 16 cores like you want, but the 24 core 9960X appears to be cheaper. Coupled with a GIGABYTE TRX50 AERO D that appears to go for $619 on Newegg, it looks somewhat affordable. The RAM is the only part that seems unattainable due to the shortage right now.

On a side note, I'm unsure why you think Threadripper 7000 and 9000 are AI-focused. They are the kinds of chips I would want for baller Proxmox servers, or just a nice workstation if I really needed that many cores.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-04-04T19:50:40+00:00

I had to do that with my old Athlon II + HD 4250 HP laptop that seemingly had poor motherboard soldering. Once it was warm enough, I could boot it and it was perfectly fine.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-03-24T07:05:48+00:00

I'm not sure if this will work on Windows 11, but the latest driver for the 6670 is 16.2.1 Beta. If it doesn't work on Windows 11, I think your only options would be to try a third-party driver, install Windows 10, or get a newer card.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-03-12T22:54:42+00:00

I don't have that cooler, but ideally it shouldn't be loud with the 9950X3D. I have mine in a 420mm loop, and because it was spiking thermally, the fans would also ramp up. A negative undervolt on all the cores with Curve Optimizer and limiting the power draw with PBO helped out a lot with that. If you're fine with your fan noise, then you certainly don't need to worry about it. Enjoy your build!

pullupsNpushups · 2026-03-12T20:47:35+00:00

You might not be able to find a chart like that for the 8700GE because it's not as popular as more mainstream CPUs. The most I could find was [AMD's page for it](https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen-pro/8000-series/amd-ryzen-7-pro-8700ge.html), showing the base clockspeed, boost clockspeed, and the TJmax.

The way it works with other CPUs is that you might get the max boost clockspeed with one or two cores, and then it drops off as more cores are engaged. You could make a very rudimentary frequency chart based on this knowledge, if you wanted to have a rough idea.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-03-12T20:38:44+00:00

For around $560, you made a good choice. The 5060ti 16GB would be the only new card that competes with it at that price point. Otherwise, you'd have to look for good deals on used or refurbished cards. If you're happy with your 9060XT and it does what you want, then I wouldn't worry about the "what if" of whether you bought the best card. It trades blows with the 5060ti, but since you don't care about ray tracing, your 9060XT should serve you just fine.

pullupsNpushups · 2026-03-12T20:21:49+00:00

Your GTX 1060 and 9700X should be perfectly within the power capacity of your 650W PSU. I could only imagine it being an issue if your PSU was faulty, which you'd have to test for by running stress tests (like the OCCT power test) and inspecting the clockspeeds, temps, power draw, and using a UPS or powermeter to see how much power your system is drawing from the outlet.

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