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...more FlightSim 2020 photogrammetry ...had lunch at the building with the green cooper roof ! ...2nd pic, dusk with heavy weather moving in yesterday... ...3pic a mix of the two pics, but taken earlier...

...got to learn to walk before I run ...and I really do use the top-end machines for work, just not all the time...but it's fun getting setup for next time and see what oc to use (or uc, or not) as well as heat, power consumption etc ?

...I keep in it mind. But for now though, the X79-E WS is my daily slogger w/ 1080 HD retro, while the X99-W WS would be needed for folding with the 980 Cls per above as that board has PEX and does Quad PCIe 3.0 x 16

Thanks ! ? 2x w-cooled 2080 Ti are in TR X399 MSI Creation mobo with PCIe 3.0 dual 16x working fine; single 3090 is in an X570 / 3950X combo (PCIe 4.0 - 16x). 3090 is waiting for w-cooling parts

Thanks much for the link ? ...I have given away a couple of GPUs to friends but I can't really easily $ell them w/o accounting hooplas. So slot speed (x2, x4, x8 instead of x16) is not as big an issue as I feared w/folding ? EDIT: ...saw Avacado's answer on that just now

@ENTERPRISE & his fellow folding gents: I have a few specific tech questions / queries for advice on folding...I am looking at a few beginners guides online already as the only folding I have ever done is after the laundry, and not nearly often enough according to my family...also, this is not for this competition but for down the line... As context, I am in a computer-related field and also did a lot of HWBot many years back. As a result, I have may be 30 'modern' GPUs (GTX 600 series and up) all the way to 2x RTX 2080 Tis (w-cooled) and a new RTX 3090. Most of the mobos I use are Intel or AMD HEDT, but I also have 4x functional Z77 w/CPUs (mostly 3770s), a Z97/4790K and a Z170/6700K 'ES' left over. Leaving out the HEDT systems w/ the 2080Tis and the 3090, there are 2x X79/99 E-WS workstation and 2x 'rampage XTR', all with functional CPUs (4960X ES, 5960X etc) For the old GPUs to plug in, I am looking at the most 'energy efficient' combos as there's a hard-limit of about 3500 W peek 'available'...many of these GPUs need to have their bios reflashed (from XOC) and a few are not entirely healthy (pls see below on a specific question on that). So here is what's in the potential GPU pool: 2x Radeon R7 260X, air 2x Radeon 8990s (dual GPU each, watercoolers need attention) 5x GTX 670s air (3x available) 3x 780 Ti air Classifieds / KPE 4x 980 Classifieds (air, 2x available) Question 1 is what is the best, most efficient mobo / GPU combo to fit for the highest folding returns within the hard limit of 3500W ? Question 2 is of the 7x EVGA (780 Ti CL, 980 CL) three still 'work fine' other than dropped lanes from PCIe 3.0 - 16X, one is down to 2x, one to 4x and one to 8x (incidentally mobo combo for those makes no difference with that, other than mobos with PEX help...I only ever had that problem with EVGA pcbs ? ). So would folding be affected by the 2x or 4x PCIe problem, noting again that the cards otherwise work fine ? Thanks ?

...you play poker a lot ? ?

tx...done mostly Intel HEDT and AMD TR, but never touched an AM4 before. Irony is that I only changed one setting in the bios, no 'traditional' oc such as all-core...with ambient at 23 C, temps peek at 80 C w/ CineR23 and 360 BeQuiet AIO / 6xArctic P12 in push/pull. Looking to do a custom loop for it (and the 3090 Strix OC in there) in the near future.

..the WRX80 mobos (requiring those special Threadripper Pros due to their 8-channel) should be out in March, afaik. Probably not at all the usual sales channels, more likely at workstation shops / specialists. CPU / mobo combo will be pricey for sure. ..as to '00' w/ your current mobo / 2950X, I hope you can get that sorted. I like the TR mounting better than Intel HEDT, but still....Once I plugged my 2950X in and mounted the Heatkiller Pro, I didn't touch it (since Dec '18), same w/ the w-cooled 2080 Tis in that setup.

...I showed it to you as your earlier pics of your current setup underscore that you're both a connoisseur and a man of action...btw, did that battery holder 'fix' you mentioned earlier work ?

...ok, but then you might miss out on this thing below (mind you, I would do the w-cooling differently...) ...kudos for the extra 220s...we have a decent e-setup here, but I do have that industrial-gauge extension cord from the hi-po dryer outlet snaking across as an auxiliary to where the beasts slumber in their lair...

...what I like to see is @Avacado and @Bastiaan_NL arm up with either one (or both) of these, load in the 8-channel TR Pro 3995wx and stuff those PCIe slots to the brim...

...there are several look-up sites by RAM vendor, models...here's > one of them

...never had an ASRock mobo, but I had one of the Sammy-B kits up to 4133 MHz or so (on a binned 6700K ES, Gigabyte Z170 SOC Force). I like the fact this Sammy-B kit - nominal 3866 - gives you a big range of options re. timings and bandwidth. All that said, I hear very good things about the high binned Micron (ie TeamGroup Xtreem ARGB).

Samsung-B die is the cat's meow in the DDR4 RAM world, usually great overclockers while capable of tight timings. Officially, they stopped producing it but there are still some new kits around with it as vendors had stock-piled it. I have 4 kits of GSkill Samsung-B 3866 and LOVE it. Samsung-B can also take quite a lot of voltage (though I'm conservative with that). Case in point: While not a Ryzen 5K series, I just picked up a 3950X which turned out to be both a great bin (CPU speed) and also is running InFin 1900 MHz/ 32 GB DDR4 Samsung-B at 3800 MHz right out of the box at stock voltages. Just got this X570 setup a few days ago to replace a X99 quad channel 5960X (that was running that very memory kit, at different speed). Now in the process of tightening all the timings...getting there, but perhaps a bit left on the table...meanwhile the 5960X mobo needs a bit of attention, but when that is done, it will get my last free Samsung-B kit...

...yes you did. But lucky you, your officer at law happens to own a business on the side called 'get out of jail free dot.com'...only £ 299.99 in annual membership fees...first ticket is free with paid membership !

..just (= yesterday) got an Asus X570 Crosshair VIII Hero wifi on sale, as part of an 'emergency purchase' given that my oldie X99 Rampage Extr developed some serious boot issues, with Q-codes that make absolutely no sense (to be revisited at EHW...) In 'normal times' I would have preferred the 'Dark' version of this Asus X570 board, but the price - and availability right then - was hard to pass up. Unbelievable performance with a 3950X (which was also on sale, one of two available there), even if Asus' bios seems to not take true power consumption that seriously at certain settings (according to latest HWInfo). If you see this mobo on sale, go for it...

...PCIe distribution of the Zenith Extr looks like my MSI X399 Creation layout I run w/ 2950X...never had any trouble with that board (2 yrs plus) and it does have a U.2 which I like for productivity. And yeah, some of the upper-tier 'new old stock' X399 mobos are outrageously priced compared to the original, so hoping that your mobo is ok

...tx, bookmarked that; I need one of those in a short while

@Bastiaan_NL ...I think I might have a decent 3950X sample on my hands. Apart from InFin 1900 / RAM 3800 out of the box, I ran some Cinebench R23 for the first time. CPU is not oc'ed yet (panning to really delve into it on the weekend), and have only done some efficiency work so far. Also looking to undervolt the CPU a bit soon. @BWG ...that Heatkiiler edition is exactly the one I'm planning to get for the 3950X; already have the TR4 version of that - amazing quality, performance and reliability. Right now, the new 3950X setup is running on a BeQuiet PureLoop 360 (but w/ six Arctic P12 in push/pull) and doing very well for an AIO w/ thin rad, but I would like much more rad volume

...DerBauer had an interesting comparison between D5 and DDC at Caseking 'TV' channel on YouTube...Caseking is one of Europe's bigger distributors and also does commercial and gamer custom builds (they also own overclockers.co.uk). Long story short, both D5 and DDC are good pumps...DDC gets a bit hotter etc but there is one major point to consider: D5s have a larger diameter and can 'technically' flow a larger volume, but also are more susceptible to pressure drops due to their larger diameter when encountering hotspots (ie air pockets). HOWEVER, dual D5s in series pick up much more flow than single D5 when compared to dual DDCs vs single, and the at least potential pressure drop problem is completely gone. I've built quite a few w-cooled quad GPU + w-cooled CPU systems and always use dual D5s in series...5 separate water blocks (plus plumbing) can hide a lot of air pockets even after thorough bleeding whereby dual D5s tend to flush it all out while maintaining pressure if one D5 has a bit of a hiccup. The other reason for dual pumps is of course fail-over, especially in workstation and other commercial applications. One of these days I try a build w/ DDC, but it is also a question of inventory management - always using the same pumps and only one or two different types of rads makes it easier and cheaper to operate inventory.

...busted for speeding in your digital Bugatti ? !

...not only that, sometimes the interweb fakes that and other things too...

...in the larger metro areas, FS2020 uses satellite data, modelling and photogrammetry 'skin'... ? a re-post of a shot in Vancouver (extremely accurate, we live in that part of town). Then some new pics from Moscow in bright sunshine (real weather) from yesterday

...sometimes Canada stands in for Russia (and elsewhere...) in James Bond titles...Mt. Asgard, you can visit w/ FS2020 ?