Is my hardware bad or is there other reasons for the low framerate
A lot of my games run bad, and are often sitting around 30-60 frames (i.e helldivers on 50 ish)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor, 3801 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)
gpu: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
Motherboard: ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING
Ram: Trident Z RGB DDR4-3600 CL16-19-19-39 1.35V
16GB x 2
SSD: Kingston SFYRDK/2000G 2tb
Are there any SSD brands sold on AliExpress that are good, cheap, and durable?
So this is a surprisingly interesting engineering story buried under what looks like a nostalgia product announcement.
TSMC discontinued the original SoIC hybrid-bonding process it used to stack the 96MB L3 cache on the 5800X3D. That process is just gone. AMD couldn't fab another batch even if they wanted to. So instead of quietly killing the chip, they apparently went and re-validated the entire silicon interconnect and power-sharing architecture to work with TSMC's second-gen stacking process.
The result: the new Anniversary Edition is physically built differently at the packaging level but ships with the exact same cache configuration, clockspeeds, and 105W TDP as the original. No performance delta, no thermals change. From a gaming benchmark standpoint you'd never know the difference.
The one tangible bonus: AMD bundles a Carbice Ice Pad with it — a carbon-based thermal interface material specifically designed to handle the heat concentration that comes with stacking silicon. Anyone who's dealt with the 5800X3D's hot spot behavior will appreciate that inclusion.
What I'm genuinely curious about is whether the yield story is different on the new process. The original had some notorious quality variance. Would be interesting to see if this revision is cleaner from a consistency standpoint.
TL;DR: TSMC killed the packaging process that made the original 5800X3D possible, so AMD rebuilt the chip's stacking architecture from scratch using a newer method. Performance is identical. Comes with a thermal pad now.
Hey everyone,
thats a test video
https://vimeo.com/1198162508?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci
I’ve been working on a custom virtualization utility called **NVMeRAM**, and I wanted to share the architecture. It essentially weaponizes the Windows Memory Manager to heavily compress the physical RAM footprint of target applications (like Chrome or game servers) and forces them to page out to a custom NVMe-backed sparse file.
**How it works under the hood:**
* **The Shim:** A `launcher-gui.exe` injects `shim.dll` into target processes via `CreateRemoteThread` → `LoadLibraryW`.
* **Working Set Hijacking:** The shim calls `SetProcessWorkingSetSizeEx` using the `QUOTA_LIMITS_HARDWS_MAX_ENABLE` flag, placing a strict hard limit (e.g., 32 MB or 2 GB) on the app's physical memory residency.
* **Aggressive Eviction:** A background thread calls `EmptyWorkingSet()` every 1.5s while forcing the process memory priority to **Very Low** via `NtSetInformationProcess`. This paints a giant target on the app, forcing the OS to immediately page it out to the NVMe disk.
* **The Sandbox Bypass:** To catch Chromium renderers, the shim hooks `CreateProcessW` in the browser process. When a child is spawned, it forces `CREATE_SUSPENDED`, injecting the shim at medium-integrity *before* the Chrome sandbox drops privileges to CIG.
I also experimented with hooking `RtlAllocateHeap` to map large allocations directly to `%TEMP%\NVMeRAM_backing.bin` via a linear bump-allocator, though it fights heavily with PartitionAlloc in Chromium.
It’s a brutal, aggressive way to manage memory entirely in user-space, but Gen4/Gen5 NVMe drives are actually fast enough to handle the page-fault thrashing for certain workloads.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the architecture or ways to optimize the page-fault hits.
**GitHub:** [https://github.com/elouardighi/NVMeRAMLauncher](https://github.com/elouardighi/NVMeRAMLauncher)
So my PC has a 250Gb NVME for storage. I was looking at replacing it with a bigger SSD, but I got to thinking I have several 4Tb SATA drives (mechanical drives) so rather than replace the NVME, I thought I might just add a SATA drive.
This is a Dell tower I bought a couple years back. It came with Windows 11 on it. I looked at the specs on Dell's website and it said the SATA controller can handle up to 1Tb.
Now I'm not exactly a noob, but that made me stop for a moment. Is there really anything that would prevent me from adding a 4Tb HDD, just because the system only "supports" up to 1Tb? I'm thinking that's just Dell saying they SHIP up to a 1Tb hard drive, not that it won't work with a bigger drive.
CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Cooler: Phantom Spirit 120 SE
Motherboard: Gigabyte X870 Gaming X WIFI7
RAM: 32GB DDR5-6000 CL30
SSD: WD SN850X 2TB
GPU: RTX 5080 Gaming OC
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX
PSU: RM1000x 2024
the prices are so evil especially out of state
when do you guys think the prices will go down significantly
Hi everyone,
I need your honest opinion on a pretty wild and terrifying RMA situation with Gigabyte.
My GPU was recently sent in for an RMA. After getting it back, it ran fine for about 3 days until it suffered a sudden, spontaneous short circuit with actual flames and smoke. Luckily, I was standing right next to my rig and managed to cut the power immediately before it could spread.
Naturally, the card went straight back to Gigabyte for a follow-up RMA. Today, I received an official update from their support: The technician repaired the exact same card again and it is currently undergoing stress testing. If it passes, they plan to ship this "burned" card back to me. In the very same email, support recommended that I thoroughly check my other components, warning that the card could short-circuit again if another part of my system is faulty.
Just for context: It is definitely NOT my PC's fault. After the fire, I upgraded to a brand new, high-end Corsair RM1000e (2025) PSU, which has top-tier protection circuits (SCP, OVP, etc.). My motherboard is also a high-end board from the exact same ecosystem – a Gigabyte Aorus X670E Master. The failure was 100% isolated to the (previously poorly repaired) GPU PCB.
My questions for you guys:
I’ve been without a GPU for 6 weeks now. I love the Aorus ecosystem, but I’m honestly blown away that they think it's acceptable to send a fire-damaged card back to a customer.
Thanks for your input!
Hi all, my little HP laptop (HP ProBook x360 11 G7 Education Edition) stopped giving me the option to connect to WiFi and was only offering Ethernet, dial-up, etc. after it got dropped flat on the floor.
I'm very much a beginner at repairing tech, especially computers vs. gaming consoles, but I did some looking around, tried a few troubleshooting and software repair methods, but after all of those didn't work it became obvious to me that this is a hardware issue.
I did some looking into HP forums where I determined my WiFi card/wireless LAN module was either dislodge or damaged.
When I took off the plate and removed the card it looked fully intact with no issues, though I did see that the ribbons 'next door' to the card and over top of the wireless connectors were bundled up and just shoved into the corner - photo attached.
This device was refurbished and sold to me by a third party, but I've had it for a year with no issues. Once it got dropped was the first time I've had any genuine problems with the device.
Based on the photos attached, does the device look like there is an issue near the wireless connectors on the left of the card? Does the module itself look damaged or bent? I'm going to reinsert the card and put the computer back together in hopes of it only having been dislodged once I post this.
IF I end up needing to replace the card, where do you recommend I purchase it from? Should I try to purchase the replacement directly through the HP website, or are there other sites that would have this piece?
Thanks in advance.
