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Captain_Yuri said:

Intel, Nvidia, TSMC execs agree: Chip shortage could last into 2023

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/04/intel-nvidia-tsmc-execs-agree-chip-shortage-could-last-into-2023/

One does have to wonder at some point as to whether or not this chip shortage is real or if it's like the Nand shortage where they were short cause the companies were doing nonsense. Still, gonna be a while regardless before everything stabilizes.

While that sucks for obvious reasons, I wouldn't give it more value than it has: it's a forecast of what could happen. It's not even about what is happening right now.

There are a lot of things that can change and alleviate the problems, from Ethereum and other cryptos to face another crash, to lowering demand in significant numbers once business and particulars have updated the systems they had been using for too long, to bottlenecks moving to somewhere else (like DDR5 memory).

In short, we'll have to see how it goes.

Captain_Yuri said:

GPU memory latency comparison

https://chipsandcheese.com/2021/04/16/measuring-gpu-memory-latency/

Interesting to see how Infinity cache actually helps AMD, and how Nvidia seems to be getting worse with each new architecture. It will be interesting to see if they make another test like that when modular chips hit the market.

Thanks for sharing.

hinch said:

Okay so been a long day trying to figure stuff out but finally got it all running. AIO installation was a nightmare (threw away the supplied back bracket) and used the motherboard one. Plus had a tonne of issues with BIOS and RAM compat. But yeah I mean seriously, fuck screw back plates that are held in by little brackets that don't do jack.

But yeah CPU idling at 38 C and 60 or under while gaming. Left it on auto OC and the CPU is boosting to 4.65Ghz. A tad louder than my setup before due to open top and AIO though pretty happy with the results.

At least you got it running. Horray! Now it's time to enjoy it.

By the way, I remember from other AIO reviews that the loudest part is usually the pump. I don't know if there's a software in the package or any other way to lower it a notch, but that could get you a quieter system without a noticeable increase in temps.