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So i decided on the MSI X870E carbon based on the HW Unboxed video. I know its expensive and overkill but I typically have a 4 year cycle between computers so I think its okay. That leads me to my next question ... will that motherboard be able to run the 9xxx X3D chip out of the box? I haven't had to flash a bios with the USB in a looooonnnnggggg time, so even if it doesn't work (failed CPU state or whatever its called when you boot with an unsupported CPU) -- will I be able to flash it sans CPU? If not -- are there any KNOWN motherboards that work out of the box??? I don't want to buy 2 CPUs just so I can use 1 of them, then return it. lol.

ahh good point. ... now I want 5gbe. ... and now I need a new router, and to buy a 5gbe ethernet card for my nas. ... sighhhhhhh.

for those that are looking to replace broken/old/aging hw, maybe?

Remember when 450w PSUs could power everything? Pepperidge Farms remembers. I didn't read the article in depth but I wonder if this is like the early core2 days where you could just throw +V / multiplier on the lowest end SKUs to easily equal or even surpass the highest end SKUs. I guess time will tell

Hi Everyone- I plan on getting the new 9kX3D chip but I'm wondering if I should use an older (I would buy new) 6 series motherboards or if I should splurge on the 8 series? Any must-have features between the two? Honestly, I don't mind spending the money I just want it to last ~4 years like my 5900x did. I'm leaning for the X870E Taichi tbh since all my previous taichi boards were solid. I'd also like a recommendation on either a 32 or 64gb kit. Theres so much info out there that is generic and non-specific... with the 5900x I got a 3600 CL16 kit because it was the sweet spot. Is there such a thing that exists on the 9k series?

budget, mainly lol. If I were to do something like that I'd *HAVE* to have 120hz good looking panels. Now that I think about it ... i do tend to get headaches below 75-90hz depending on the light source. Maybe I should just do a 2x2 stack of 4k 120hz monitors and be done. I'm stuck in decision paralysis.

Yeah definitely overthinking it. Have you done a 3x4k nvidia surround before? Seems like my card will be screaming murder. IIRC I get headaches at anything lower than 90hz-ish.

Hey everyone. Its been a while ... I'm going to apologize for the extremely disjointed post but here goes anyways: So I'm thinking of making a 4x4K system but I don't want the same monitors. Weird, right? Hear me out ... I want to have a main monitor I use for gaming (144hz+ hopefully), flanked by 2x monitor on either side and 1 stacked on top but I want them to just be regular 4k screens (not hitting 60 hz would be fine since they're for display only). It'll be a ... pyramid? lol. Now heres the part that I'm getting messed up on: pixel and interface math. I have a 3090 with 3x DP 1.4a and 1x HDMI 2.1. The maximum display res is listed as 7680x4320 (8k). EVGAs website says the 3090 supports 4k 120hz HDR and 8k 60hz HDR. GPU-Z reads max fillrate as 201.6 GPixels/s, or 201600000000 pixels/s If I'm mathing correctly... Pixels/s = Hres x Vres x Refresh rate x Depth (assuming 10bit which is 1024 per channel, or 1024^3) so 7680x4320x60x(1024^3) = 2137450604396544000 pixels/s, or 2.13M Gpixels. ... how?! Am I missing something super fundamental? Compression maybe? Well, now I'm also doing some other napkin math and: 8k 60hz HDR is the equivalent pixel rate of 4x4K 60hz HDR (since 8K is just 4x 4k, right?) So that means I should be able to do the following: 1x 4k 120hz HDR 3x 4k 60hz no HDR Baaahhhhh. As you guys can see I'm all sorts of confused. Much needed help here...

You shouldn't use takeown on all of C:\, lots of system files in c:\windows that will break if you take ownership. Instead, just find the directories that make sense to you such as c:\users\username\*.* or c:\FoldersYouShouldntMakeHere\*.* ... If YOUR permissions are jacked, try to do this recursively by making a new user > adding to admins group > logging in as that user > right click properties on the highest level folder (again, not C:\ ) > permissions > advanced > Adjusting permissions as appropriate > [x] on replace all child object permissions. Once that completes you can just turn it off if you want, but it should fix all files inside that folder to the permissions you specify. Lastly, you can run cmd as a higher authority (system) if you get the annoying "you do not have permissions to do this" error by doing the following: open cmd as admin > psexec -s -i cmd.exe > check its actually system by doing a /whoami ... this requires some caution though because you can royally mess things up if you don't know what you're doing. Good luck. Maybe nows a good time to invest in a backup solution.

You may want to just purchase used. I do it all the time and the discounts are steep and the items usually last about as long as you can expect.

Hey guys- Currently have a 5900x, ASUS TUF Gaming x570 wifi, and 2 sticks of F4-3600C16-16GVKC ram (gskill ripjaw v 16gb a stick). I can't find another 2 sticks of this ram to give me 64gb in total. Do I ... 1) Use another 2 sticks from some almost-the-same ram? These seem to be a revision of my sticks of RAM with the same timings, power, etc: F4-3600C16D-16GVKC. I'd have 4x 16gb ... would it be difficult to run them @ 3600? 2) Get 2 sets of the newly revised ram? 3) Find an equivalent 64gb pair? If anyone has some recommendations on any of these, let me know!

yeah! My research has brought nil, too. It’s like an error message with an “okay” button only.

Hi everyone- im using a 1800x/Taichi x470 as a truenas server. I only have 16gb of ram in it… but even if I’m using it as a normal computer after 12-16 hours I get an error code 90 on the bios readout. Any thoughts? It isn’t on boot so I’m stumped!

To this day I still don't know the proper clearances to change out the terrible foam they used. I keep perusing the EVGA forums and I can never get an exact answer. I have two 85x45x1.5mm and one 85x45x0.5mm thermalpads (12.8w/mk) -- any idea which thickness goes where? The closest thing I've found is this, but doesn't say which thickness is for what area:

There is no /thermal/ degradation it seems - just the discoloration. I've confirmed on like 8 threads now