The more research I do on the mobo, the more I'm leaning towards something else that is a refresh board made for 14th gen. Contrary to a lot of nay saying, they at leastdoimprove the memory controllers and design layouts, so it's not just a fresh coat of paint or something.

Thez790 Edge Maxis tempting, but at the end of the day it's basically a gussied upTomahawk Maxfor $90 more, although Newegg at least gives you a discount on both with a processor. Like I can't find any concrete differences between the two outside of aesthetics and an extra m.2 slot. Same ram speed compatibility, same PCB layers, and even the main VRMs look the same, just black vs silver.

Asus is overpriced, they're quality seems to be going downhill while they ride on their name, and they don't have the same amount of features or quality for the price. E.g. only 4 sata and... nothing else in return.

Gigabyte... no idea other than reading a lot about coil whine at least prior to theirrefresh. Me and my ocd can't live with how you're paying $2-300 for the damn thing to havethis cringe schitlaser etched into the damn VRM:
Spoiler!

The possibility that theyhaven'tfixed the coil whine has me nervous though because it's still way too early for enough to be out there for people to report on such an issue.

Does anyone know how Asrock is doing these days? I've never used their products either, but I read they were remarkably solid for AM5. It also seems like the refresh boards are actually really solid, especially theNova, and now they don't look like vomit.

The Nova hassixslots for nvme drives, so the 4 sata is actually not all for nought. I think it's literally the only board with that many, and in that price range the only one with an error code and an actual backplate before you're paying silly amounts. I guess their RGB software syncs up with Razer's, and I do have their's because I have a Razer keyboard, so that might not be so bad, either.


The max GPU length is360mmlike obmas said, but I think the other consideration is on theGPU maker'sside because the average case size isn't massive, so they'd be locking themselves out of most of the market if they manage to make the next GPUs somehow even bigger.

Otherwise who knows, maybe they'll just use an external AC wall plug and power brick eventually.

I think theheightmight be a consideration with how thick the GPUs can get because then they can outright block parts of the motherboard, particularly m.2 access.

If height is an issue, you can get a riser cable a and mount it vertically. It's also more aesthetically pleasing.

But it should be an issue for ATX motherboards. mATX, maybe.

If height is an issue, you can get a riser cable a and mount it vertically. It's also more aesthetically pleasing.

But it shouldn't be an issue for ATX motherboards. mATX, maybe.

If you're a masochist, Newegg has a "store" on tiktok that gets you 25% off.

The catch is that it's not everything on Newegg, and you have to use not only tiktok, but the tiktok app.

I knew it was bad, but I never knew it wassobad. I have negative faith in the future of humanity after personally bearing witness to that abomination.

But hey, good luck to anyone who wants to try.

Naturally it's going to depend on the case, but how's the temperature difference on average?

I haven't really paid much attention to how that style fares, especially with the more popular Lian Li angled styles these days because I already have mine and it's more of a traditionally shaped Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2, so the vertical mount is a bit too close to the glass by comparison.

Would rather pay an extra 25% then install and sign up for tik tok

Slight correction: The z790 Edge Max also has an added heat pipe in the VRM, the Tomahawk Max does not.
Can confirm, it isnotworth the suffering.



I closed the app at least two times out of horror/disgust before finally reaching the Newegg "store," only to discover that it's a crock of schit. A chick was lip-syncing to a man singing in Arabic... what.

Lmaooo

I will fuk with youtube shorts since i am a youtube premiumcel for a long time. But even then... it took alot of active liking and disliking to get the tik tok esque type content out of my youtube short algorithms. The amount of dancing videos I had to dislike will haunt me forever

Would anybody mind helping me troubleshoot why my ram unlocking/overclocking isn't working?

I had 2x16Gb ram and all i did was enable XMP profile. That worked just fine. I bought 32gb more of the exact same ram and after putting it in I was getting BSOD. Windows encountered a problem yadda yadda, no useful error message

I went into bios, just switched XMP profile from enabled to disabled and now my computer fine at the stock frequencies. I don't think I have fauly ram for that reason.

Here are the settings that are changed when i switch XMP profile from disabled to enabled. Maybe there is something here I can alter or something else I need to manually change to ensure stability?

The ram i'm using:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B15DST2L...roduct_details
The stock speed is 4000Mhz but i'm fine with it not being 6000, 5600 is fine or something like that, I just don't know where to begin with this

AI overclock tuner: auto -> XMP I
BCLK Frequency: 100.0000 -> auto
DRAM Frequency: Auto -> DDR5-6000MHz
DRAM CAS# Latency: Auto -> 36
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay Read: Auto -> 36
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay Write: Auto -> 36
DRAM RAS# PRE Time: Auto -> 36
DRAM RAS# ACT Time: Auto -> 76
DRAM VDD Voltage: Auto -> 1.35000
DRAM VDDQ Voltage: Auto -> 1.35000
PMIC Voltages: Auto -> Sync All PMICs

generally different sticks of ram should work as well since your motherboard is selecting the safest and slowest (if they are different) speed for all of them to run at..

but some issues can come about when different memory modules are used/mixed together like samsung/hynix/micron... and using "auto" settings on motherboards aka switching XMP profile on

yea you might have gotten the same exact brand, but the brand might be using different memory manufacture now from when you first purchased. some say you can manually switch your voltage from 1.35 to 1.4 or 1.43 and have it working stable..

Anyone have wake up issues with oled monitors?

My LG cx will turn itself off when my pc goes idle, the monitors all go into standby

But when I move the mouse to wake up the other monitors won't display anything but black screen until I turn the TV on


Seems odd, not a big deal, but I'm curious why it does that. Some windows issue I'm assuming

Windows doesn't really play well with any kind of 4K displays, in my experience. I have signal issues all the time to either my LG C1 OLED TV or my 28" 4K monitor. It's not very consistent in sending out video signal to either displays.

Yeah makes sense. I noticed sometimes when playing on my monitor that I'd get a black screen flicker once in a while, I started turning off the 4k TV when I played and it doesn't happen anymore.

I wonder if windows 11 is any better? I'm still on 10.

No, I'm having issues on windows 11.

I think windows just has really bad HDR implementation. I've read that if you go to Nvidia control panel and lower the color depth to 8bpc or 10bpc, it should help.

Actually I think I figured out the problem.

It's because the monitors were switching to different refresh rates. I hadn't realized that one of my monitors is 75hz and the other is 60hz.

I set them both to 60hz and so far it's been good, unless my connected VR headset switches on and then its all weird.

Lol every one of mine is different, fml

240hz
165hz
120hz
60hz



Tbh for me I think it's hdmi vs display port maybe. I have 3 dp and 1 hdmi, and when I disable my tv(hdmi) I never seem to have any issues.

Would you guys rather use two vertically stacked 34" ultrawides or a single 42"? All OLED monitors.

I had the dual 34" for a long time and have been using the 42" for the past six months.

42" sucks for multitasking because windows don't size properly, and especially for work it's bad when needing to view landscape style documents.

However, dual 34" has the vertical bars in the middle.

Anyone use 34" ultrawides vertically? I'm thinking maybe have a single 34" ultrawide vertically on each side of my 42".




Also any advice on upgrading from a 3070 to a 4080? Curious is 4080 is the card to go to for 4k these days.

Stacking 42" and 34" is ridiculous... would look weird since my 42" isn't curved, and either of the top monitors would be too high up. I could see the 34" being kept vertically, one on each side of the 42", but they would be pretty tall.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NqxFCd

What do you guys think about this build?

Haven't gamed in several months...always been a console guy.

Wanted something around $1500 but saw this for a bit more and it seems good.

Console games i used to play were overwatch and apex mainly. Not sure what I'll be playing on pc tbh besides those. Maybe GTA 5 & 6, some COD, etc.

More excited to build a pc than to play games tbh lol.

that build seems ok, things like the case are very subjective and depends on what aesthetics you like.

It doesnt sound like you need an almost $800 video card though, could get something half that cost and always update it in a few years

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NqxFCd

What do you guys think about this build?

Haven't gamed in several months...always been a console guy.

Wanted something around $1500 but saw this for a bit more and it seems good.

Console games i used to play were overwatch and apex mainly. Not sure what I'll be playing on pc tbh besides those. Maybe GTA 5 & 6, some COD, etc.

More excited to build a pc than to play games tbh lol.

Just bought my first 1440p 170 hz monitor. Never had one of these before. I think my 6800 can run all the games at the full 170 hz too.

What should my budget be if I wanted 4k, 60 fps, and full ray tracing? Can someone build me a PC for a guide?