End of Year PC Build

Anything is better than ASUS.  ASUS Customer Service is absolutely abhorent.  Back in 2013 I had the Maximus VI Hero, a supposed top tier Board.   Since the day I bought it, I had all kinds of BIOS issues and just general instability.  Within less than a year I had 2 defective RAM slots, which I sent it for RMA and signed for Notification of Receipt.  What should have taken 2 weeks, took 4 months because they sent it from Markham ON, Canada (not far from my home) all the way down to Mexico.....THEN they told me they lost it! (well not in so many words.  Their exact words were "We didn't receive it (though I had an electronically signed document from Canada Post saying otherwise) but we don't know where it is" (translation:  we lost it, but we don't want to tell you that.)....But some 4 months later, I get it back and the problem of defective RAM slots is still not fixed.    5 months later, the GPU slot becomes defective due to warping....and the same situation happens.

A few years later I purchsed an Android based ASUS Tablet and within a year it stopped holding a charge.  Sent it back....and the same thing happens, only this time not only is the battery issue not solved-- they returned it with a shattered screen, then blamed me for the shattered screen and told me they would charge me to fix it.  I've also had three ASUS branded GPUs, none of which have lasted even a year.....and still the same horrible CS experience.


All of these are reasons why I switched Gigabyte for Motherboards and since doing that in 2016 (with the Phoenix SLI) I haven't had ANY issues whatsoever.  After all those horrible experiences, I swore I'd never buy another ASUS product.   The last truly good quality ASUS Boards I owned were the P5E Deluxe Gaming and the successor, the P6T.  Everything after that has been utter trash.

I've heard mixed reviews for Gigabyte GPUs, though largely favourable....and Canada Computers has cautioned me to be weary of MSI (due to shoddy fans and really bad coil wine) so my only other choice is Gigabyte.  Which I am okay with because it would be nice to brand match my Motherboard.

Guess ASUS is a crapshoot either you get good luck or horrible still...
They have definately faltered in later years in terms of quality. 

That said I wonder which AIB's will follow EVGA and leave?
Hopefully not many or Nvidia will have a monopoly on their cards... wait they already do.

To put someone into two states of being simultaneously? 
Obvioulsy would lead to a confused state of being....
The good thing is that state would help the cleaning process...
It would give you just enough time to put the Server in their hands and begin the cleaning process...
With an air titan:
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I would have no problem being in two states... so I could walk away
My natural existence is: 
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Okay, okay, it was a lot of dust, I admit!

Looks like Intel's 13th-gen CPUs will be faster too. Still, I can't wait for the 3D V-Cache version of the Ryzen 7000.

I bet they are using some GPU shenanigans. Remember AMD GPUs are running tad hot at 110C. Did you notice that in the video the L3 was runnning at about 50C?
I'm sceptical too, but we'll have wait to and see. Power consumption was over the top, IMHO.

Haha, the RTX 3070 Ti that you allegedly have bought definitely pulls more than 350 watts in modern games. Get used to the madness.

So...

The IHS is just like any heatsink.

Unless you're actually adding more heat to the heatsink like using a blowtorch on it, the temperatures measured on it should always be lower than the silicon die itself.

Still, the thick IHS on the 7000-series Ryzen doesn't seem to be doing a good job. DerBauer managed to lower the temperature by as much as 20C by removing the IHS.



There's definitely a lot of room for improvement. I won't be surprised if AMD come out with a new IHS design for the AM5 platform later.

Delidding a CPU is quite a risky job and it definitely voids your warranty. So as for now, just do what Tech YES City and Optimum Tech do. Undervolt your 7000-series Ryzen CPU with the Curve Optimizer and manually set a power limit to lower the temperature.

Eh...
Not sure if its exactly as they claimed:

May be the skeptic in me...

Still it seems shady but hey at least can cook eggs on it.

Not a single cable:

I am a little concerned that its not completely joined to the housing...
Makes the likely hood of a break more likely.
Which could require cable replacement. 
I am getting SATA connectors with latches flashbacks.
Those things were notorious for breaking -at least for me.