GPUs & CPUs & Enthusiast hardware: Questions, Discussion and fanboy slap-fights - Nvidia & AMD & Intel - Separe but Equal. Intel rides in the back of the bus.

[Aborted Drink Combo]

tfw I'm still using a cooler I bought in 2008 for a Core 2 Duo on a 12600k server build I made in 2023.

It costs almost nothing to release new brackets to keep heatsinks up to date for new dimensions. Thermalright hooked me up for less than $10 shipped.

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I used the same cooler for a Core 2 Duo E8400, then an I7 920, then an I5 4690k, then back to the 1366 socket for an overclocked Xeon X5680, and finally to my 12600k.

 

[harbringer883]

So, a friend of mine just got a free 7700x from aliexpress, because when it arrived, he just replaced it with some shitty intel cpu and got a refund. Has anyone else done this and is this a good idea?

 

[4090 Chad]

So, a friend of mine just got a free 7700x from aliexpress, because when it arrived, he just replaced it with some shitty intel cpu and got a refund. Has anyone else done this and is this a good idea?

I am not a thieving nigger, so I have never stolen from an online retailer. If you are a nigger or some other form of subhuman, then yes it is a great idea.

 

[Susanna]

They should drop cooler compatibility for AM6. AM5's IHS design introduced inefficiencies just to keep compatibility with AM4 coolers and it doesn't make much sense considering how cheap coolers are overall.

This problem is somewhat overemphasized. Yes the IHS makes the chip hotter, delidding I lost almost thirty degrees in idle temperature and thirteen degrees under load (I use a watercooling with the fan speed controlled by water temperature, so the fans spin at the minimum point of the curve in either situation), but actual performance gains were absolutely minimal, on the order of a few percent.

I do agree that AMD should have just accepted that the switch to LGA meant some coolers would become incompatible so they could use a thinner IHS, but AMD are also right to say that the thick IHS isn't a big deal. Unless you're massively overclocking it won't make any noticeable difference to you.

So, a friend of mine just got a free 7700x from aliexpress, because when it arrived, he just replaced it with some shitty intel cpu and got a refund. Has anyone else done this and is this a good idea?

Haven't done that particular one, but when I buy new hardware like CPUs and memory I'll buy a bunch of different ones, test them, and then return the ones least capable of handling an overclock.

I'm surprised your friend was able to get a refund on Aliexpress. Most vendors there won't accept them, and even when you manage to make them do so the cost of shipping would be enough that you wouldn't actually earn much by doing a product swap like that. I've gotten arbitration to force the seller to pay for shipping a few times, but every time they've just said I can keep the product.

 

[harbringer883]

I'm surprised your friend was able to get a refund on Aliexpress. Most vendors there won't accept them, and even when you manage to make them do so the cost of shipping would be enough that you wouldn't actually earn much by doing a product swap like that. I've gotten arbitration to force the seller to pay for shipping a few times, but every time they've just said I can keep the product.

He didnt even have to return it lol. Aliexpress just said keep the junk.

 

[Aborted Drink Combo]

So, a friend of mine just got a free 7700x from aliexpress, because when it arrived, he just replaced it with some shitty intel cpu and got a refund. Has anyone else done this and is this a good idea?

7700x is certified nigger poorfag territory. your fried is an ultrafaggot for trying to scam the poorest tier recyclers.

 

[Fcret]

So, a friend of mine just got a free 7700x from aliexpress, because when it arrived, he just replaced it with some shitty intel cpu and got a refund. Has anyone else done this and is this a good idea?

No, because it's nigger behavior.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

X+ XRIVAL offers Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 “Strix Halo” PC with 96GB memory under $1500

Turns out Strix Halo can have something other than 32/64/128 GB. It can have 96 GB like in this one or the "BOSGAME M5". 48 GB should also be possible.

 

[NH-8340]

X+ XRIVAL offers Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 “Strix Halo” PC with 96GB memory under $1500

Turns out Strix Halo can have something other than 32/64/128 GB. It can have 96 GB like in this one or the "BOSGAME M5". 48 GB should also be possible.

Wouldn't 32GB of that 96 be running in single channel mode though? I forgot what the AMD equivalent is, but Intel calls it "flex mode".

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Wouldn't 32GB of that 96 be running in single channel mode though? I forgot what the AMD equivalent is, but Intel calls it "flex mode".

I'm pretty sure all or almost all Strix Halo motherboards come with 8x LPDDR5X chips, each with a 32-bit width, adding up to 256-bit. So it's just a matter of making sure each of those are 6 GB (for 48 GB) or 12 GB (for 96 GB). Those seem to exist:

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/H58GE6AK7BX104R-LPDDR5X-6GB-7500Mbps-315FBGA-DDR_1601346081259.html

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/H58GG6AK8HX094R-LPDDR5X-12GB-8533Mbps-496FBGA-DDR_1601298589496.html

"Non-binary" amounts have become common in the industry as memory scaling has slowed down. Which is why we have smartphones with 24 GB RAM, and 3 GB GDDR7 chips, etc.

There are LPDDR5X chips with 64-bit width typically used in smartphones. I'm not seeing any evidence of Strix Halo devices using only four of those wider chips. Even the Ayaneo handheld is coming with eight memory chips: