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Now that is actually quite stunning. Having it be a little taller to offset the lack of adhesive is a stroke of genius. No more need of lapping and this would solve the issues with the monoblock by...

Glad you are moving towards the future because at this present time there is only one Intel m.2 905p 360ish gb drive you can use in an actual M.2 slot for VROC unless you are planning to go full...

Ah yes that is right you can do it but you won't do it through the CPU lanes, but it will be limited in bandwidth if I remember correctly, like in the Z170 and z270 iterations.

Simply put, you cannot use VROC using any drive other than on select Intel drives. VROC is not possible on the x299 platform using Samsung drives UNLESS you have a XEON processor and have the...

For my 7900 the difference at idle is negligible and not so bad at sustained but there are a couple cores that spike 20-30 degrees higher but don't stay there. Cores 2 and 8 are my worst with 3...

Also remember that it make take a few runs of programs and such for the Optane to get used to your usage on the Spinner drive.

The original board works fine with my aura, at least the effects I use. I'm really unsure about this board myself. The aesthetics are nice, I like the matte black heat shield. I'm with you however...

Even with XMP turned on, you may have to raise the voltage of the DRAM in BIOS. If it was set to 1.25, you may have to boot both channels to 1.35v or whatever is the norm for your sticks. You may...

Where does one find this information? O:) Specifically for the 7900x CPU.

Previous to the x299 platform, I would agree generally with the statement. As we saw with the x299 platforms, many motherboard manufacturers had to change the VRM heatsinks up quite a bit from the...

I applaud your tenacity. I stopped using VROC as it just doesn't seem worth the extra hassle for the limited performance you get. I must admit since the Spectre/Meltdown patch, I was considering...

Having walked through many of the trials and tribulations together with Justin, I would say that VROC was a big flop for the x299 platform. I have achieved a RAID 0 bootable array that was far...

I'm not 100 % convinced I would ever do direct die with a $1000 processor. I know what it is supposed to do, I know people have done it with the 7900x but it seems a bit newish to me and far too...

From what I have read, the new BIOS file includes Intel EFI RAID 17.0.0.3720 support or microcode or something to do with the Intel EFI RAID 17.0.0.3720.

I'm just guessing based on what was said...

WHen I wanted to do this I used Primocache instead. Not as fast as optane but when you put it on a Samsung 960, I'm betting you don't see a lot of difference. I stopped using Primocache or even...

Retesting I saw a wide skew of temps so yeah, might have to relook at all of this later on when I next switch out my fluid. It could be just the plate on the CPU, it could very well be the...

Yeah I get that with the two cores being hotter. I have two that do the same so you are probably right, tho if I remember correctly this also could be a result of a convex chip cover. One thing I...

This is a very interesting discussion. I never had a problem with my EK waterblock. I'm not sure if the milling is different but when I took mine off to clean the loop, the VRMs all had the...

So is it actually changing the TJMax or is TJMax just being reported as lower but a CPU can still go to 110C? In my testing I saw the numbers go grey at 105C but I didn't see any throttling. Are...

That is unfortunate. But 5 degrees warmer for spectre protection may be a good trade off. Better than losing 25% of my SSD speed.

I agree thank you for your efforts. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

To be clear, is the BIOS you are currently working with the new 1603 BIOS and the newer microcode to better help...

Just wondering if anyone else is seeing this issue. Since I have updated my BIOS with the modded code, it seems that my "speedstep" technology that allows my CPU to scale downward in voltage when...

Yeah I'm not seeing any major increases in power, I was always able to hit 5.0 with this chip and it was always hot doing so but with this mod it helped temps by about 5 degrees so a little...

In the end Justin I was able to get 5.1 on my 7900x using Aida 64 non-avx. It runs at 1.27 v which is more warm that I want to turn it daily but it handled a couple hours there. Originally by...

Basically you have to do a full upgrade of your BIOS to 1603 FROM something else. It didn't work for me doing the modded BIOS directly from 1603 the first time so I downgraded to 1503, booted into...