HW News - AMD Roadmap for DDR5, Supercomputer Cryptomining Malware, Ryzen 3 1200 AF
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Date: 2020-05-06
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Jeff
Bought a stragihtpower 11 850W on black friday for a completely new build, after all the parts (x570 master, ryzen 7 etc) around december I put everything together and arcs came out of the BeQuiet PSU, got it changed out on the guarantee (which took two (2) weeks and the new one shorted to ground internally from plugging it in to the wall. A month later they inform me that they don't have any more in stock and that they can change it for a cheaper PSU (All contact is between a certified BeQuiet reseller and, one of Swedens biggest in IT) and after speaking to management at the store I'm then told than since BeQuiet refuse to replace me with a better product the store would since I've only got to use the item I paid for for a couple of weeks over almost half a year soon and offered an HX1000i from corsair as they're more reliable in his experience and with that I should never hear a noise from it. So, I had hight hopes for BeQuiet but when even the store tells me they're assholes and refuse replacements when they ship faulty products which is breaking the law over here btw so dragging them to court is an option - but that would only result in them getting fined or possibly banned while not getting me a new psu haha (we don't automatically have a right to a lawyer here in Sweden so it could risk costing me everything I own and then some as well) I'm afraid my opinion of them drastically changed and for the worse and I'd warn anyone buying from them that they are not a trustworthy company and ship faulty/untested products. The open arcs reaching out of the PSU chassi is also a real threat of fire.
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Bought a stragihtpower 11 850W on black friday for a completely new build, after all the parts (x570 master, ryzen 7 etc) around december I put everything together and arcs came out of the BeQuiet PSU, got it changed out on the guarantee (which took two (2) weeks and the new one shorted to ground internally from plugging it in to the wall. A month later they inform me that they don't have any more in stock and that they can change it for a cheaper PSU (All contact is between a certified BeQuiet reseller and, one of Swedens biggest in IT) and after speaking to management at the store I'm then told than since BeQuiet refuse to replace me with a better product the store would since I've only got to use the item I paid for for a couple of weeks over almost half a year soon and offered an HX1000i from corsair as they're more reliable in his experience and with that I should never hear a noise from it. So, I had hight hopes for BeQuiet but when even the store tells me they're assholes and refuse replacements when they ship faulty products which is breaking the law over here btw so dragging them to court is an option - but that would only result in them getting fined or possibly banned while not getting me a new psu haha (we don't automatically have a right to a lawyer here in Sweden so it could risk costing me everything I own and then some as well) I'm afraid my opinion of them drastically changed and for the worse and I'd warn anyone buying from them that they are not a trustworthy company and ship faulty/untested products. The open arcs reaching out of the PSU chassi is also a real threat of fire.
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rollerboogie
I think they didn't want to publish which drives are SMR because consumers are avoiding them. I did a lot of work on SMR and am an engineering at one of the 2x companies mentioned. It is good technology but is basically completely dependent on how good the firmware is since that's basically the only difference between a CMR and SMR drive. SMR was a way to squeeze more performance out of basically the same hardware at some expense to performance and a big overhaul of firmware and some headaches when it comes to certain things. It is pretty reliable though, and I personally wouldn't avoid SMR
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I think they didn't want to publish which drives are SMR because consumers are avoiding them. I did a lot of work on SMR and am an engineering at one of the 2x companies mentioned. It is good technology but is basically completely dependent on how good the firmware is since that's basically the only difference between a CMR and SMR drive. SMR was a way to squeeze more performance out of basically the same hardware at some expense to performance and a big overhaul of firmware and some headaches when it comes to certain things. It is pretty reliable though, and I personally wouldn't avoid SMR
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AFNacapella
what is it about A-series FM2+ APUs still being sold? my online part retailer of choice lists the AMD A10 8750 (2C/4T 3. 6GHz) tray at 10, - less than a R5 2600X box, 5, - more than a TR 1900X wof and 1. 5x the price of a R3 3200G box. you get better cores, better graphics and less power draw, on an overall better platform, for less money than you pay for these old APUs. What am I missing? just I stored them for 6 years, either they get sold for a profit or I store them for another 6. or is there still a legit place for them in the market?
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what is it about A-series FM2+ APUs still being sold? my online part retailer of choice lists the AMD A10 8750 (2C/4T 3. 6GHz) tray at 10, - less than a R5 2600X box, 5, - more than a TR 1900X wof and 1. 5x the price of a R3 3200G box. you get better cores, better graphics and less power draw, on an overall better platform, for less money than you pay for these old APUs. What am I missing? just I stored them for 6 years, either they get sold for a profit or I store them for another 6. or is there still a legit place for them in the market?
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Chad
People still use Spinny drivers other than NAS Usage? I only have IronWolf drives and they are on 24/7 in my NAS like they should be. No concern of buying cheaper consumer HDD for my PC because that junk doesn't even belong there to begin with lol. Also RTX Voice is pretty awesome. (I use it to get rid of my blue key clacks - I dont have constant background noise like fan noise. It works very well for the keyboard clacks and my keyboard button presses)
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People still use Spinny drivers other than NAS Usage? I only have IronWolf drives and they are on 24/7 in my NAS like they should be. No concern of buying cheaper consumer HDD for my PC because that junk doesn't even belong there to begin with lol. Also RTX Voice is pretty awesome. (I use it to get rid of my blue key clacks - I dont have constant background noise like fan noise. It works very well for the keyboard clacks and my keyboard button presses)
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NateOrb
I hope most B550 boards have bios flashback etc. Theyre releasing so late that at this point we're gonna need B650 sooner than later Obviously most people dont need any of the new chipset features and barely anyone will utilize pcie4 but Id bet money 99% of people who buy the newest boards do so exclusively for guaranteed out of the box compatibility so having boards with a price actually proportionate to the cpu is important imo
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I hope most B550 boards have bios flashback etc. Theyre releasing so late that at this point we're gonna need B650 sooner than later Obviously most people dont need any of the new chipset features and barely anyone will utilize pcie4 but Id bet money 99% of people who buy the newest boards do so exclusively for guaranteed out of the box compatibility so having boards with a price actually proportionate to the cpu is important imo
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Sergio
Slightly disappointed that Zen4 wont have PCIe5. 0. Im aware that PCIe4. 0 just came out a yr ago (and we were stuck to PCIe3. 0 for a decade, but we living in a time where progress is increasing rapidly to the point that PCIe6. 0 has already been validated. So a cpu that is coming in 2yrs time to not have PCIe5. 0 is disappointing specially for those who could really benefit from the extra bandwidth like servers and professionals
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Slightly disappointed that Zen4 wont have PCIe5. 0. Im aware that PCIe4. 0 just came out a yr ago (and we were stuck to PCIe3. 0 for a decade, but we living in a time where progress is increasing rapidly to the point that PCIe6. 0 has already been validated. So a cpu that is coming in 2yrs time to not have PCIe5. 0 is disappointing specially for those who could really benefit from the extra bandwidth like servers and professionals
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Lazarus
The 1600 af is such a good cpu But cant understand what is the point of making 1600 af when all the retailers sell it at the same price as 2600, so now amd has 2 cpus with similar performance and the same price, but with different name. Now they are bringing out 1200 af as well as an r3 3100 and the already in the market 2200g and 3200g. Well thats a really crowded segment, it will be very confusing to choose a sub 100 amd cpu!
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The 1600 af is such a good cpu But cant understand what is the point of making 1600 af when all the retailers sell it at the same price as 2600, so now amd has 2 cpus with similar performance and the same price, but with different name. Now they are bringing out 1200 af as well as an r3 3100 and the already in the market 2200g and 3200g. Well thats a really crowded segment, it will be very confusing to choose a sub 100 amd cpu!
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wsippel
I use a SMR harddisk (Seagate Barracuda Compute, because it's dirt cheap and the only way to get 5TB in 2. 5. Yes, write speed is garbage, but I knew that before hand. Also, I use it in a Fuzedrive (aka AMD StoreMI) array, which does a great job compensating for the lackluster performance. I wouldn't rely on it for critical data, but 6TB storage at SSD speeds for 200 is hard to beat, and reliable enough for a Steam library.
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I use a SMR harddisk (Seagate Barracuda Compute, because it's dirt cheap and the only way to get 5TB in 2. 5. Yes, write speed is garbage, but I knew that before hand. Also, I use it in a Fuzedrive (aka AMD StoreMI) array, which does a great job compensating for the lackluster performance. I wouldn't rely on it for critical data, but 6TB storage at SSD speeds for 200 is hard to beat, and reliable enough for a Steam library.
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OptimisticPessimist
How I would defend SMR even in desktop oriented HDDs: Everyone is moving to SSDs as their main storage devices so we feel it is necessary to move to SMR to stay ahead on maximum capacity per dollar for all but mainline storage where real time latency is not an issue. I do not believe I would hide the fact. It's just something it seems HDD mfgrs are doing probably for reasons I can't argue with.
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How I would defend SMR even in desktop oriented HDDs: Everyone is moving to SSDs as their main storage devices so we feel it is necessary to move to SMR to stay ahead on maximum capacity per dollar for all but mainline storage where real time latency is not an issue. I do not believe I would hide the fact. It's just something it seems HDD mfgrs are doing probably for reasons I can't argue with.
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warrax111
so count with me - AMD now leads, in power consumption, prices, core number computing power, iGPU, better stock cooler and nanometres technology. And as piece of cake, long-term socket support, so more future-proof. Incredible. Intel is shame for last 10 years, their last success, that moved things foward as it should, was Sandy Bridge.
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so count with me - AMD now leads, in power consumption, prices, core number computing power, iGPU, better stock cooler and nanometres technology. And as piece of cake, long-term socket support, so more future-proof. Incredible. Intel is shame for last 10 years, their last success, that moved things foward as it should, was Sandy Bridge.
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