2019 Hardware Thread

Kol12 said:

What's the deal with b-die memory? Do they overclock better? What brands are using b-die?

Samsung b-die. best memory chips yet. According to Samsung, their a-die is just as good. Good OC aside, also provides lowest latency. Just like any other computer part, b-die also comes in at least 2 bin selections and best binned ones go to fastest and most expensive RAM sticks by various manufacturers.

ethel said:

Hi everyone, I was wondering if someone would mind giving me some advice on what I am thinking of getting for a gaming pc
as I do not want to make a mistake again.


AsusROG Strix B450-F Gaming

Ryzen 7 3700x

Corsair LPX SMK16GX4M2B3200C16 (2x8gb)

Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SSD

MSI Geforce GTX 1660 Ti gaming X 6 GB

What was the first mistake, that APU ?
This plan of yours is more than 10 times better.

HWINFO update
Released on Nov-05-2019

• Added preliminary support of Intel Jasper Lake.
• Added reporting of serial number for Voodoo3-5 GPUs.
• Improved support of legacy VGAs/GPUs.
• Fixed support of PCI Configuration Mechanism 2 (Intel Saturn, Neptune).
• Added reporting of Core Performance Order for AMD Matisse.
• Added AMD Radeon RX 5500.
• Added preliminary support of AMD Arcturus.
• Added ability to log sensor alerts.
• Enhanced sensor monitoring on ASUS ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME ENCORE.
• Enhanced sensor monitoring on ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME.
• Added monitoring of thermal throttling (HTC, PROCHOT) for AMD Zen family.
• Optimized polling of CPUs.
• Added monitoring of effective (average) CPU clock.
• Enhanced support and added clock monitoring of legacy S3 and ATI graphics adapters.
• Fixed sensor monitoring on ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX.
• Enhanced sensor monitoring on MSI MS-7B94, MS-7B96, MS-7C59 and MS-7C60.
• Improved support of 3DLabs GLINT, DELTA, GAMMA and Permedia accelerators.

CountMike said:

Samsung b-die. best memory chips yet. According to Samsung, their a-die is just as good. Good OC aside, also provides lowest latency. Just like any other computer part, b-die also comes in at least 2 bin selections and best binned ones go to fastest and most expensive RAM sticks by various manufacturers.

Is there way to tell whether you have b-die?

Kol12 said:

Is there way to tell whether you have b-die?

If it's already installed and working you could use Thaiphoon Burner Thaiphoon Burner - Official Support Website to see most detailed options in your RAM.

New PC will have 8 RGB fans and 4 RGB strips. I would like to test them all out in the case before fitting the other components, so I was wondering if I can put them in the case, and hook them to the PSU so see if I got the order right with no other components.

swarfega said:

New PC will have 8 RGB fans and 4 RGB strips. I would like to test them all out in the case before fitting the other components, so I was wondering if I can put them in the case, and hook them to the PSU so see if I got the order right with no other components.

Not if they are supposed to be connected to MB, once connected they need SW to control effects.
Only other way is to connect them to separate RGB controller. Something like these RGB LED Controllers for Color Changing LED Effects

They will be connected to the Corsair Commander Pro, if that helps.