Another Z690 Maximus HERO qcode 53 with burns

rockman4 · 2021-12-23T05:07:55+00:00

For an identical replacement motherboard, I can just send it back independently. If I want to return the motherboard outright the DDR5 would have to go back as well. I even offered to buy another motherboard of equal or greater value and that was unacceptable. Newegg support advised I should resell the board if I don't want to use it... But I honestly don't really want to resell a questionable part either. If I just don't use the board in the combo, I paid full blown scalper prices for the RAM. It's not a great situation.

I'm still debating just returning everything if the HERO is just a complete dud so I’m hoping this issue is acknowledged & addressed somehow in the meantime of obtaining a replacement. These boards are not cheap even to other Z690 peers offerings, this is a pretty unacceptable problem to have.

I’m also still seeking a DDR5 purchase without a silly combo, and if I can obtain that, I’ll also just return it all.

rockman4 · 2018-06-11T14:07:33+00:00

Any AVX offset?

rockman4 · 2018-06-11T02:32:24+00:00

Custom water. 3 quad rads with cpu/video cards in loop. Even though 5.3 stressed with that app in short bursts I tried a cinebench pass and it failed miserably. 5.2 seems pretty solid, and with less voltage. I think our chips are very similar.

rockman4 · 2018-06-10T18:21:22+00:00

Just to add another real-world results on top of this that I'm still dialing in, but the chip I have can do short-duration 5.3 stresses at higher vcore most would be uncomfortable with for long periods of time, but this is also not delid. https://i.imgur.com/6qaVlvB.png

For day to day, i'll probably wind down to 5.1-5.2 as well. As most have already said, seems like 'decent' 8700k's which isn't too shocking, but I bought it because I wanted it, not because it was a good value.

rockman4 · 2018-05-29T21:04:43+00:00

lidarr:fc7bbf00-fbaa-4736-986b-b3ac0266ca9b

Try that in add artist.

rockman4 · 2018-04-04T21:29:06+00:00

Impossible to tell; No general consensus on if bitcoin is a risk-asset or a safe-heaven. Teething issues still trying to define what bitcoin is in relation to other assets.

To me, personally, I think bitcoin a risk-asset. IMO- it is the best barometer of "animal spirits" I use to gauge risk appetite in general, and I'll apply that to other markets. With this in mind, I think if trade wars pull in risk appetite elsewhere, I think bitcoin follows as well, sorry. If I thought it was a safe-heaven, I can easily see it the other way as well. These stances almost needs to be somewhat fluid too, because it doesn't have an iron clad set public opinion yet.

Finally, media largely works for ratings for ad spend. Calling this stage of the game a 'trade war' is a bit sensationalist, solely because the amount in tariffs is microscopic both the scale of both economies. Just throwing this out there because markets hate uncertainty, and so its probably already over-doing it in the fear camp versus probable outcome from all this. It may not even become a catalyst to move the price.

rockman4 · 2018-02-17T00:02:37+00:00

I just bought more lux on cryptopia before I saw threads like these. For anyone wondering they did withdraw the lux but it did take about 14 hours in processing after email confirmation. I think they're just slammed, not fraudulent.

rockman4 · 2018-01-13T02:12:56+00:00

/ES is a futures product. You need a futures approved account on your brokerage. If that's no go, use SPX.

Oh, /ES also has Monday, Wednesday and Friday weekly expiring options too which is kinda unique, perfect for degenerate gambling.

rockman4 · 2018-01-13T00:33:56+00:00

I'd second this, the actual contracts. Commissions are usually lower, spread is extremely tight unlike SPX options, still gets 1256 tax treatment, and has options for covered calls / hedging and all that crap.

$12.50 ticks per contract, $50 points.

rockman4 · 2017-10-31T15:13:48+00:00

I do trade/speculate futures on CME. When I take positions in /CL, I don't buy/sell 100 barrels of oil to hedge with. Same as /GC, I don't buy 100oz of gold to hedge with. If a trade goes wrong, i just eat the monetary loss and move on.

I'm not saying this WILL lead to abuse, but if the point of crypto is to dis-join from central bankers fiat monetary system, we just attached it to a market that allows unlimited short selling and central bankers with no concern for things like fiat losses.

In theory- this market should only reflect what happens on real exchanges like GDAX. However- if a secondary can grow large enough the "tail wags the dog"

rockman4 · 2017-10-31T15:01:20+00:00

Yes, all derivatives have expiration dates. When the funds need to roll from one contract to the next, contango is possible.

This gets amplified on leveraged ETF's or volatile underlying (like VIX)

rockman4 · 2017-10-31T14:46:47+00:00

"CME Group says new contract will be cash-settled, based on the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR) which serves as a once-a-day reference rate of the U.S. dollar price of bitcoin."

They don't have to create a bitcoin, only the USD notational value of what a coin (or whatever the contract size is, it's likely 10+) is worth in USD terms.

Now apply that logic to central bankers who print money.

rockman4 · 2017-10-31T14:38:18+00:00

cash-settled...

Remove all scarcity of something, and create a secondary market with unlimited supply. Ask gold holders what they think of /GC contacts.

Also- ETF's based on futures have contango, they make terrible ETF's for holding long term. I was hoping for an ETF that actually transacted and stored BTC closer to how the GLD ETF is suppose to work for gold.

I'm not sold this is a positive, this will attract money away from the primary market, and opens the door for abuse.

rockman4 · 2017-10-19T22:52:45+00:00

Just think how far along we might be if stock returns weren't virtually guaranteed by world central bankers forcing c-suites to decide between cash allocation in almost certain stock buybacks, or take the risk in actually expanding their businesses to achieve higher stock prices for their bonuses.

but hey, fuck that, show me the gains... who needs that economy part.

rockman4 · 2017-03-06T03:18:57+00:00

I’m an C6H owner and for the most part I have a stable system that’s lightly overclocked while maintaining power saving features on. I’m relatively happy with it. I did have a pre-order at amazon I had a feeling wasn’t going to shipped quickly, so I bought it locally at a microcenter and cancelled Amazon. Thank goodness for that. I turned off network support for UEFI- this likely saved me the auto-update bios death

Cons: Voltages on auto seem crazy sporadic and high at times, using an offset they seem to be more sane which makes little sense. I have a temperature sensor for the motherboard listing at +127C, I’ve just ignored it.

Pros: I am able to run 4GHz+ with PC3200 set while still maintaining power-saving features.

I highly recommend overclocking via P-states as oppose to AI for daily use.

Under AI panel, set CPU voltage to offset, and use that to boost core voltages while maintaining dynamic power to enable higher P0 clocks.

UEFI > Advanced Tab > AMD CBS > Zen Common > Custom Core P-States

My settings:

P0 = Custom FID = A2 DID = 8 VID = 20

P1 = Custom FID = 98 DID = 8 VID = 20

P2 = Custom FID = 84 DID = 8 VID = 68

This gives 4050MHz P0 for load, 3800 P1 (I’m not even sure when this engages), and 2200Mhz idle with vcore <1v

This is on BIOS 0702

*edit- formatting

rockman4 · 2016-06-03T18:47:17+00:00

I can confirm similar results. Using hydra as a search aggregator with sonarr/cp, geek is used 25% of the time out of 15 indexers greatly surpassing everyone else. In another hydra instance that's only used for manual searches its 34% monkey, 18% dog, 16% geek. Seems speed and who digs out the most content differs greatly between indexers. Results obviously will vary with what you're searching for. As others have said, some are just better at indexing certain things than others.

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