HW News - RTX 4090 Adapter Cables, Weird Intel A770s, Razer Steam Deck Clone
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Date: 2022-10-20
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decus478
I think the Noctua guard thing remains installed.
Still kind of pointless for most people. It can't be too hard to just take a soft bristle toothbrush to it the couple of times you might ever need to do so. Doubt you'd be able to damage anything unless you applied so much pressure that you're scrapping the base of the brush against the thing and it can't take too long. Also shouldn't be too much paste to clean off anyway, as you mentioned.
I think der8aurer made his own, which fair enough when you're going to be mounting the same CPU in various motherboards and such repeatedly. Even if you're usually careful with application, saving any time cleaning it maybe worth it at that point.
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I think the Noctua guard thing remains installed.
Still kind of pointless for most people. It can't be too hard to just take a soft bristle toothbrush to it the couple of times you might ever need to do so. Doubt you'd be able to damage anything unless you applied so much pressure that you're scrapping the base of the brush against the thing and it can't take too long. Also shouldn't be too much paste to clean off anyway, as you mentioned.
I think der8aurer made his own, which fair enough when you're going to be mounting the same CPU in various motherboards and such repeatedly. Even if you're usually careful with application, saving any time cleaning it maybe worth it at that point.
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Joseph
I've never heard of a 3 1/2 optical drive (to fit in that case's optional bays). In a way that's surprising to me. Did a quick search and I don't see anything. Makes me wonder what happened to things like ZIP drives or other higher than floppy capacity options for 3 1/2 bays. Though surface area would impact how much data you can store per disk. And I guess we can make really thin discs like writable Blu-rays. Though I haven't seen something try to use most or all of the surface (with an area in the center that's avoided). Could be interesting to grab and spin something by the outside instead to get the center to write/read from too.
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I've never heard of a 3 1/2 optical drive (to fit in that case's optional bays). In a way that's surprising to me. Did a quick search and I don't see anything. Makes me wonder what happened to things like ZIP drives or other higher than floppy capacity options for 3 1/2 bays. Though surface area would impact how much data you can store per disk. And I guess we can make really thin discs like writable Blu-rays. Though I haven't seen something try to use most or all of the surface (with an area in the center that's avoided). Could be interesting to grab and spin something by the outside instead to get the center to write/read from too.
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Zach
I'm surprised Steve hasn't called out Nvidia for their shady inventory management. The 4090 paper launch has been really bad, despite what Nvidia has said about day one 4090 inventory. It seems like Nvidia has a nice gag on reviewers to not mention how poor the supply has been, even in the US.
Edit: Chrome plating is a bit more durable but more expensive than Nickel. Nickel is popular in water blocks because it has great durability and corrosion resistantance, but also because the finish is a bit more appealing than a chromium plating (without post processing). I'm a MatE undergrad.
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I'm surprised Steve hasn't called out Nvidia for their shady inventory management. The 4090 paper launch has been really bad, despite what Nvidia has said about day one 4090 inventory. It seems like Nvidia has a nice gag on reviewers to not mention how poor the supply has been, even in the US.
Edit: Chrome plating is a bit more durable but more expensive than Nickel. Nickel is popular in water blocks because it has great durability and corrosion resistantance, but also because the finish is a bit more appealing than a chromium plating (without post processing). I'm a MatE undergrad.
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David
I loved the GPU with the level, it's kind of silly, yeah, but it's a good reminder that what we see in the US is actually only a fraction of what's actually out there. We typically only see the stuff that makes it past the ten thousand units produced mark - otherwise it's typically too expensive to ship over here - but there are some great products out there that are built in much smaller batches, and yes some really silly ones. Some of the oversea cases are really cool. Some are just off the wall crazy, but others are really well designed.
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I loved the GPU with the level, it's kind of silly, yeah, but it's a good reminder that what we see in the US is actually only a fraction of what's actually out there. We typically only see the stuff that makes it past the ten thousand units produced mark - otherwise it's typically too expensive to ship over here - but there are some great products out there that are built in much smaller batches, and yes some really silly ones. Some of the oversea cases are really cool. Some are just off the wall crazy, but others are really well designed.
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diamlierx
At 1600 for an rtx 4090 Nvidia better start working on a display port 2.1 adapter, the main reason I don't buy radeon gpu's anymore is because the user interface looks like gamer junk. But after paying 1100 for an rtx 3070 ti ,that when playing doom eternal on high at 280hz looks like Fred Sanford having a heart attack, I will be buying gamer junk If rdna 3 has display port 2.1 and can hit 4k240hz+. Some people at these companies are in jobs they can't fully handle and make just complete asinine decisions .
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At 1600 for an rtx 4090 Nvidia better start working on a display port 2.1 adapter, the main reason I don't buy radeon gpu's anymore is because the user interface looks like gamer junk. But after paying 1100 for an rtx 3070 ti ,that when playing doom eternal on high at 280hz looks like Fred Sanford having a heart attack, I will be buying gamer junk If rdna 3 has display port 2.1 and can hit 4k240hz+. Some people at these companies are in jobs they can't fully handle and make just complete asinine decisions .
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Dodge
5:45 Anyone who uses misinformation unironically is a cultist that I'm not interested in listening to. I really don't care if they apologized, the fact that their company hires a groupthink drone is enough for me to think less of them. I like companies that aren't necessarily the best, but offer the most unique experiences. I ride KTM bikes for that reason. Likewise on computers, I tend to buy things which are interesting. Corsair has drones for employees? Probably not making anything interesting.
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5:45 Anyone who uses misinformation unironically is a cultist that I'm not interested in listening to. I really don't care if they apologized, the fact that their company hires a groupthink drone is enough for me to think less of them. I like companies that aren't necessarily the best, but offer the most unique experiences. I ride KTM bikes for that reason. Likewise on computers, I tend to buy things which are interesting. Corsair has drones for employees? Probably not making anything interesting.
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Joseph
Interesting NVIDIA decided to use an IC on the power cables rather than detecting safe power input some other way (look at droop, or heat, or whatever). Getting hints of G-SYNC again. Where they pick the best and expensive option, versus good and good enough. They put an FPGA on monitors which were more spendy than an optimized ASIC, and the cost never dropped to invisible levels (don't know if they kept using that early solution).
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Interesting NVIDIA decided to use an IC on the power cables rather than detecting safe power input some other way (look at droop, or heat, or whatever). Getting hints of G-SYNC again. Where they pick the best and expensive option, versus good and good enough. They put an FPGA on monitors which were more spendy than an optimized ASIC, and the cost never dropped to invisible levels (don't know if they kept using that early solution).
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Joseph
Nice job on the Q/A, and caring about what you make. Could be neat to do an outtake video for the year with shots from bleeped Q/A finds. Or worst mistakes like a Darwin (or Schrodinger) award, or something. Even could set up a charity auction. Sell off old hardware, or broken by our very own... stuff ;-).
Anyway, keep it up. Glad to see you supporting things that matter to you, and keeping our view of technology real.
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Nice job on the Q/A, and caring about what you make. Could be neat to do an outtake video for the year with shots from bleeped Q/A finds. Or worst mistakes like a Darwin (or Schrodinger) award, or something. Even could set up a charity auction. Sell off old hardware, or broken by our very own... stuff ;-).
Anyway, keep it up. Glad to see you supporting things that matter to you, and keeping our view of technology real.
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Vile
New Steam deck competitor from Razer?
ARM based, streaming android
Well then, it's not a competitor at all, is it?
Also, keeping an eye out on these A770s. Definitely want one but pretty disappointed that my universal waterblock won't fit it. Prolly will go with the regular one but really wish someone would make a block for it. Don't really want a GPU screaming in my case. Already plenty of fans here
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New Steam deck competitor from Razer?
ARM based, streaming android
Well then, it's not a competitor at all, is it?
Also, keeping an eye out on these A770s. Definitely want one but pretty disappointed that my universal waterblock won't fit it. Prolly will go with the regular one but really wish someone would make a block for it. Don't really want a GPU screaming in my case. Already plenty of fans here
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Declineto
To add to the pointlessness of thermal paste guards it doesn't even necessarily matter if you get the thermal paste in the socket.
GamersNexus If you don't believe me you already have a motherboard that you dumped a whole tube of paste into. So you can test my claim without even needing to, as you might believe, put hardware at risk.
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To add to the pointlessness of thermal paste guards it doesn't even necessarily matter if you get the thermal paste in the socket.
GamersNexus If you don't believe me you already have a motherboard that you dumped a whole tube of paste into. So you can test my claim without even needing to, as you might believe, put hardware at risk.
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MaxCreates
Especially since people love using those daisy chain 8pin cables that so many power supplies include & plugging both into their gpu. Imagine you buy the 2x8pin 12pin adapter & the use a single 8pin cable with two connectors on one end some very simplistic single rail power supplies will happily push 450W through that single 8pin cable.
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Especially since people love using those daisy chain 8pin cables that so many power supplies include & plugging both into their gpu. Imagine you buy the 2x8pin 12pin adapter & the use a single 8pin cable with two connectors on one end some very simplistic single rail power supplies will happily push 450W through that single 8pin cable.
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Tristin
[RANT]
I had to talk to Verizon support, becuase their BYOP configurator hasn't heard of any sony phone made in the last 5 years. I asked them if a new phone bought from sony could work, they said that they knew whether our not it would work, but could no tell me unless I already bought the phone and purchased a new unlimited plan. SMH
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[RANT]
I had to talk to Verizon support, becuase their BYOP configurator hasn't heard of any sony phone made in the last 5 years. I asked them if a new phone bought from sony could work, they said that they knew whether our not it would work, but could no tell me unless I already bought the phone and purchased a new unlimited plan. SMH
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Diarmuid
I'm still kind of confused about the cables. Can the AIBs limit the amount of power being sent to the card even if I buy the corsair native cables? The MSI gaming trio comes with a 3 pin adaptor locking it to 100%, would plugging in a native cable allow the full 133% or like I said above is it just capped through software from the AIB?
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I'm still kind of confused about the cables. Can the AIBs limit the amount of power being sent to the card even if I buy the corsair native cables? The MSI gaming trio comes with a 3 pin adaptor locking it to 100%, would plugging in a native cable allow the full 133% or like I said above is it just capped through software from the AIB?
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Aaron
Depending on the chrome alloy used, it is more durable than nickel and will hold up better in high friction environments. I use chrome tools in oil wells when the conditions are really corrosive and customers want the equipment to last as long as possible so maybe there's a use case for water blocks if they're not ridiculously expensive
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Depending on the chrome alloy used, it is more durable than nickel and will hold up better in high friction environments. I use chrome tools in oil wells when the conditions are really corrosive and customers want the equipment to last as long as possible so maybe there's a use case for water blocks if they're not ridiculously expensive
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