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...at least the early (1.10 V max) custom 4090s had a 450 W base and 600 W oc bios right form the factory (same for the founders edition)...even with that one and plenty of cooling, my stock Giga-G-OC vbios would have transient spikes of 670 W+. I actually run the Galax HoF vbios (~670W before spikes) since November '22 on it, and also have (but only tested gingerly) the Asus XOC 1000 W bios. At the end of the day though, the 4090 is so powerful that I actually restrict the power budget to 90% (out of a possible 122 %). Custom 5090s likely use the same base-PCB as the custom 4090s, perhaps with some upgraded components. The same power on a smaller node with architectural improvements and GDDR7 should yield plenty of additional performance...cooling the hotspots (which have input to the boost algorithm) will be paramount for good sustained performance

I have the PBO enhancement at 90L5 for all profiles and clocks (system has good custom water-cooling)

1.) Are you sure you are doing 'bclk' instead of 'eclk' ? 2.) With bclk, your PCIe 4.0 GPU (and perhaps NVME drives) will likely not post. PCIe 3.0 setting / older GPUs might. Try 102.75 and see what happens. With eclk on most Aorus boards, the RAM and PCI bus will stay at 100 and thus not be affected, only the CPU. 3.) Make sure to disable all CO and also disable boost override and try 102.75. You might even have to go into negative boost override, depending how far you push the extra MHz. For example, if you know that your 7950X/3D can hit max effective 5750 MHz, multiply that by 102.75 and subtract 5750. The resulting number should be a safe negative boost override from which you can experiment. Leave CO disabled until you have the boost override 'safe' value locked in and tested.

...three months to the day now with the Beemer PHEV. The usable battery range keeps on going up...that said, the prices for gas are going down - PHEV = win-win ?

This 8K Dolby Vision one is ~ 6 month old, but there are some really stunning scenes in there...

...several places, including this...

An update on the recent X3 PHEV addition....just over 3K km on the odometer now since getting it new mid-May. Properly warming the engine up and using mostly the gas option for one way of a roundtrip while going back the other way completely on electric power works very well, also re. milage (> 43 mpg / US). I also switch to electric when in stop-and-go traffic on certain stretches but mostly divide their workload into the aforementioned trip segments...much calmer and less wear on the engine, starter and such, IMO. Most of the driver aids are turned off, and I do like to have the touchscreen for various things but augmented by real 'analog' volume buttons for the sound system (the same for climate controls) It is a bit strange but welcome when on 'electric only' to feel the gear changes as the electric motor is integrated into the transmission. Switching it to xtraboost (gas and electric power combining) is a fun thing to do on a curve mountain road Even without the electric boost, the turbo-4 is very torquey

...cutting free fruit ? That's going too far

I see more and more folks trying to sell their 14900K systems now with sizable discounts, sometimes with Z790 mobo, RAM - the whole lot. Intel also announced suspension of dividends and the potential for job cuts after 'not meeting sales expectations' this quarter. I still have more Intel CPUs than AMD, but my last four purchases were all AMD 16c/32t of different gens (got the first one in November 2018). I hope Intel finds its way through this and AMD stays 'humble' since we as consumers benefit from real competition. Below is Intel's ytd stock price - ouch. This comes at a time when Intel is trying to grow in the discreet GPU market (say hi to NVidia at the top and AMD in the middle), defend their server / enterprise share and expand building new fabs....those fabs take many billions of $s capital cost upfront and three++ years before any return on investment - and a hidden flaw can ruin the best-laid plans. In my humble opinion (I may be wrong), Intel's root problems started with their last CEO, a time when Intel was not led by someone with a decent/any engineering background.

...new monitor above led to a major home office shuffle of seven systems and their screens; 'of course' the HDMI 2.1 cables I had in reserve were too short for the new layouts, so I picked up 2x long (3meter each) Club3D HDMI 2.1 cables today

20 gb ? ...new AMD MI300 Instinct series

My 40 inch Philips workstation panel started dying last night . It served me well for close to a decade, first as a primary, then as a secondary workstation. My LG C1 48 OLED is still going strong, so I wanted something more pedestrian which could also have the setup for television etc. I ended up getting a HiSense 43 inch A68N (2024 model) today for ~US $ 250...It cannot quite compete with the OLED but heck, these tv/monitors (3 x HDMI) have come a long way in terms of picture and sound quality; this thing has HDR / Dolby Vision etc and it looks really good !

... you really should try this; it is such a joy ! A 3080 Ti / 3090 / 6800 / 6900 gets you into some decent fps for 1440 (slower for 4K) but 4090 is gangbusters at 4K120 OLED and with the extra features the 4090 gets. That plus 7950X3D is all that I need for now, besides, that combo also works great on CP2077 Ultra.

Real weather-flying in Reykjavik, then real weather / stormfront in the S.Pacific, finally ice-fog diving in Antarctica

These days: Good ol' days

I paid ~$US 40; it was the last one they had before stocking the Flare II

I still have some of the original 'IBM clickclack' in storage downstairs, but it has no RGB, so there is that ...a few months ago, I picked up the Asus Flair for 70% off (last one in the store) - it is actually a great keyboard to work and play on, and feels and sounds 'very mechanical'

With the exception of an old Cyrix, I only ever bought Intel CPUs for work & play until late 2018...now I have AMD TR 2950X, 3950X, 5950X and 7950X3D...I will take a close look at Intel's Arrow Lake and the Ryzen 9K / X3D but am in no hurry at this stage. I know die-hard Intel fans who are switching from Intel to AMD even for the current 7950X, that includes hosting and 'server-for-rent' commercial operators who have been taking a bath on downtime and replacements for 13900K/KS but especially 14900K/KS

...close call for AMD Ryzen 9k ?

A new 'broader acceptance /app supported' graphics resolution such as 8K240 might require a RTX 6090ti ...and my 4K 120 OLED (which I adore) is really the 'limiting factor' now. Good thing though that AMD's brand new AGESA primarily released for Ryzen 9K has some new goodies for Ryzen 7K as well (ie. my 7950X3D) such as 'Curve Shaper', so not done yet...btw, the max CPU Package Power for the 7950X3D I've seen is in the mid 160 Ws range. What I still hope for is support for > DDR5 8000 for the Ryzens; I am running a GSkill 8400 kit but 8200 (w/bclk) is the current sane limit per bclk though w/more crazy bclk, I had it at 8600 already. 100 x84, 100 x86 and may be 100 x88 would be perfect if enabled. In any case, this fall should be interesting, what with Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake and AMD's 9950X3D - and possibly the NVidia RTX 5090, though rumours still diverge on that one re. Q4 / '24 or Q1 / '25 intro.

More detail on Zen5 architecture and chipsets in the vid below. I will take a close look at 9950X3D when it is released in the fall but unless I transfer the 7950X3D to another productivity setup, I am in no hurry to upgrade from it. If I do, very likely keep the current Aorus X670E Master mobo and the 48 GB of 8400 DDR5.

...a lot of serious stories around quick-degrading Intel i9s ...AMD 9950 looks promising (same socket until 2027 or so). I am more likely to wait for 9950X3D though would also like to get info first on Intel's first real new desktop architecture. My current setup has a lot of legs left anyhow...

Thanks Here are some higher-res collage pics, some of it has not been shown before

...some interesting new 'dominos' available at the end of the month ! I might try to hold out until the 9950X3D as I am running my 7950X3D at DDR5 8200 already...time will tell, though Zen5 / AM5 looks like a definite winner for AMD ! Who knows, perhaps even @bonami2 will chuck Intel for a while ?

Some low-light shots...'RGB can be any colour as long as it is blue...' ...and back to the beginning...