Hardware Thread 2021

Caledon Ken said:

I usually just apply about a grain of rice middle of cpu and when cooler is applied it compresses.

Others here have likely got some great techniques.

I use 99% pure isopropanol alcohol to clean existing paste with lint free cloth. I found it can strip writing, at least it did on my cpu a long time ago.

I'm dong it same way, mostly but that might depend on cooler's surface, they are not all perfectly flat. CM Nepton 140XL for instance, I had to polish because surface was very rough, after that it took much less paste. Coolers with exposed/direct contact) heat pipes need some paste on them too. A lot of refinements may be needed, can't do them all same way.

Very true. Last year I went with my first AIO water cooler. I don't overclock so I got a very quiet pc.

CPU-Z update v. 1.95

• AMD ThreadRipper PRO 3995WX, 3975WX, 3955WX, 3945WX and WRX80 chipset.
• Intel Core 11th generation "Rocket Lake".
• Mainboard PCI-Express generation report (Mainboard tab).
• Graphics Interface Link current speed and max speed (Mainboard tab).
• NVIDIA GPU base and boost clocks (Graphics tab).

Cliff S said:

CPU-Z update v. 1.95

• AMD ThreadRipper PRO 3995WX, 3975WX, 3955WX, 3945WX and WRX80 chipset.
• Intel Core 11th generation "Rocket Lake".
• Mainboard PCI-Express generation report (Mainboard tab).
• Graphics Interface Link current speed and max speed (Mainboard tab).
• NVIDIA GPU base and boost clocks (Graphics tab).

Does the graphics tab show base and boost clocks for you @Cliff S looks the same to me just current core and memory. Maybe its just for newer gen GPUs?

Bench Virgin said:

4.0 what

CPU has PCIe v4 but BIOS and chipset doesn't support it even if GPU with v4 is used.

Dude said:

Does the graphics tab show base and boost clocks for you @Cliff S looks the same to me just current core and memory. Maybe its just for newer gen GPUs?

Bench Virgin said:

Cpu-z

What B.V. shows, look at the perf level dropdown.