I have a wide gamut of stupid things I’ve done with computer bits. It’s a broad collection of stuff that on retrospect can only be best described using the word ‘stupid’. Not to be deterred by evidence, or learning or prolonged self-awareness, I’m now thinking of 'delid’ing my i5 4690K and trying to…

[image] Wes: If you were happy with the i5, but wanted additional threads (i7 hyper threading) to say edit some video and could sell the i5 to recoup some cash…that would also work. It’s funny, in that for the current poorly i5, I’ve noticed that I’m using more cores in flight sims recently. …

I’m not running VR, but I can play DCS and stream it with OBS doing software based video encoding thanks to the i9-9900k. Just to give an idea of what the core/thread count can do. That’s also with no overclock - just the new TurboBoost which goes to 4.0ghz when it needs it. Typically now if a prog…

This is also worth a read - buying an i5 is essentially a “partially broken i7” previously and now a half-broken i9: [image] How does Intel manufacture a set ratio of i3/i5/i7 processors to meet demand? Answer: They don’t manufacture a set ratio. They make i7 processors, some of which d…

M.2 SSD installed with out a hitch (but I am pretty sure I lost access to my USB-3 card that was sitting in the PCIEX1_1 slot (as you have to switch that in the BIOS to the M.2 setting). I have not used that card for a while as it was really set aside for the Oculus. DCS and X-Plane transferred str…

[image] Fridge: Installed the AI Tweek 3 utility and it immediately bumped my 3.5 GHz i5 4690K up to 4.3 GHz Yay, free performance - nice! It looks like the Ai Tweek just did what I was proposing automatically, in change the multiplier from stock 35 to 43. If your temperatures are all ok (sa…

[image] Fridge: DCS and X-Plane transferred straight over without issue. That was nice. How is the M.2. SSD - much better in terms of load times? Also, the overclock still working ok at 4.3?

Have not had much of a chance to test it out yet. Hoping to get a Race leg in tonight but it may have to wait until Monday. Isn’t it funny that when you have stuff planned, other things always want to come in a pull you away from it? :slight_smile:

M.2 should be lightning. It’s the best ever.

SATA SSD’s typically rate 450-600 MBps(megabytes) per second, but the user likely doesn’t see that (at least I haven’t on mine) I guess due to overhead. Typically I can push up to 200 on mine with large file transfers. I haven’t really tried to fully “speedtest” it. M.2’s on PCIE bus are rated ~3,0…

Uh Oh, I’ve now got a vice and a razor blade - what could go wrong? :slight_smile: [image] Still need to wait for the liquid metal coolant to arrive, so the i5 gets a stay of execution for a little longer.

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Hardware & Tech Questions

fearlessfrog May 5, 2019, 7:17pm 51

How is the M.2. SSD - much better in terms of load times?

Also, the overclock still working ok at 4.3?

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