Hardware Thread 2020

ThrashZone · 13 Jun 2020

swarfega said:

Thanks.

Hi,
If you want to use something a lot more stressing use blender opendata
When asked download all the render files it shows that will be the full cpu test
Quick test is only two render files but very good too
Blender - Open Data

You can also just install blender and download some of the demo files BMW/ Classroom and pavilion Barcelona are all good to run one off with render image or loop with render animation
Opendata is easier to run though

Blender is more involved unblock/ extracting all on the demo files
Pointing blender to the files you saved..
blender.org - Home of the Blender project - Free and Open 3D Creation Software
Demo Files — blender.org

ThrashZone · 13 Jun 2020

swarfega said:

@ThrashZone, I ran R20 three times and here is the screenshot during the third run.

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Hi,
That got things warmed up a bit

We'd have to ask @Dude how good that is but looks reasonable to me at 75c package temp.

Dude · 13 Jun 2020

Things do warm up benching, but gaming and other loads it will be much lower. What are your voltage settings? Leaving auto always puts to much. I run mine at about 1.25 after vdroop, set a little higher in BIOS

swarfega · 13 Jun 2020

Thanks for the input, I've enabled XMP but otherwise not changed much of the settings. Voltage is currently .1392v.

Dude · 13 Jun 2020

Play your favorite game, your temps will probably be in the 50s

swarfega · 13 Jun 2020

Yea I plan to this evening. I have the fans set to 40% for quietness in iCue.

Cliff S · 13 Jun 2020

Interesting info on why & how each CPU gets it's "guaranteed" RAM speed rating:

One of the difficulties of modern day processor reviews is testing memory - AMD and Intel support very different memory speeds, and so it begs the question as to what speed should we be testing at. Should we be testing the CPU at the same memory speed? Is this fair? Isn't this technically an overclock? Or should we be testing at the manufacturer rated speeds. Why is Intel's DDR4 ratings lower than AMD, anyway?

0:00 Intro
0:30 Options to Reviewers
1:18 Processor Ratings
1:58 Why Different Ratings
3:29 DDR4 IP
4:23 The Reviewer Question
4:54 Why Stock Speeds
5:14 Testing Higher
6:20 When XMP Was a High Hurdle
7:29 Kingston SPDs
8:33 Overclock vs Overclock Plus
10:00 Do Subtimings Matter
12:05 Testing Enterprise
12:45 Opinions

CountMike · 13 Jun 2020

Cliff S said:

Interesting info on why & how each CPU gets it's "guaranteed" RAM speed rating:

0:00 Intro
0:30 Options to Reviewers
1:18 Processor Ratings
1:58 Why Different Ratings
3:29 DDR4 IP
4:23 The Reviewer Question
4:54 Why Stock Speeds
5:14 Testing Higher
6:20 When XMP Was a High Hurdle
7:29 Kingston SPDs
8:33 Overclock vs Overclock Plus
10:00 Do Subtimings Matter
12:05 Testing Enterprise
12:45 Opinions

Cliff, I don't see any video. Edit I see it only when I quote the post.
Edit 2, now I don't see it again, wth is going on.

Cliff S · 13 Jun 2020

CountMike said:

Cliff, I don't see any video. Edit I see it only when I quote the post.
Edit 2, now I don't see it again, wth is going on.

Geo fencing by YouTube?

sygnus21 · 13 Jun 2020

solarstarshines said:

Well i went ahead and got this combination after research this has the best VRMS vs any other
it's comparable to the $300+ Tier Boards and also was mention no bran loyalty because this time around their not so good

Spent about $970.00 total because i bought from two places apparently Newegg is Tripping because it kept declining my Card with money there so i just used my paypal and the same declined card on Amazon for the CPU like seriously made me work for this sh........

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My opinion... if you're going to get a 3950X ($699), you might want to look at a better board; especially if you're going to to overclock. Not trying to be funny but I question a sub $200 board and the "Tuf" isn't high in the Asus hierarchy chain.

That said, nobody is telling me how to spend my money, so...