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I just spent 2hours and 39 mn watching the interview of two ethic hackers (working for Cyber security) and there was a very interesting bit on how to secure Windows: One of them explained the French DGA (Direction générale de l'armement) have very stringent requirements for the number of their contact and customers using Windows. The E.U published a list or measures to take in order to securise Windows but according to the intervied guy, it start with "Hardening" asked as technical measures applied to the O.S to reinforce the level of security, among which 200 measure; unistalling useless services, getting rid of the "guest account" etc. There is a real concern about Windows level of security and it is directly linked to the way Microsoft uses users data, those data can easily be hacked and leaked, so when one company works with a Defense Industry Agency, they just can't got away with standard Windows settings. You might not be concerned about this aspect of using Cyber functions (like online gaming) but I am and this is one reason why I do my outmost best to disable/uninstal all of those services and prevent automatic update which is one way to transmit the data collected by all those applications to Microsoft. You might want to inverstigate the subject for yourself...

Myself am an advocate of the best RAM-to-CPU bounding, for the simple reason that the result can outperform a more expensive CPU or an O.C liquid cooling kit, here is an example: A 5600X run at 4.6 GHz, the Ryzen 7 5800X at 4.7GHz just below 2.13% difference, even less when a 5800X is bounded with an average (non premium) RAM kit. I gained 6.04% at 4K in CPU speed (*) by eliminating the latency bottleneck and making full use of the Ryzen architecture, which is more than double of the average one can expoect from O.Cing it with a water-cooled kit. My RAM kit runs at its standard frequencies and it means that I retain full warranty for both RAM and CPU. Passed that it's everyone choice, Motherborard, I didn't need WI-FI and a lot of features I never use, so the cheapest MSI gaming board does just fine, when it comes to CPU it's another matter altogether. As Bossco82 rightly pointed out, there is always a premium to pay for higher peformances especially true when it comes to GPU and the 3080Ti seems to be one of the top cards, but at the moment it is out of my budget and playing DCS, if a good GPU is needed, remains mostly CPU-heavy, so his solution, even in VR at 4K remains viable. In short, some systems and solutions looks like they can give better results with a game than another and I am optimizing mime for DCS and CPU performances, to this regard the combination of the 5600X and Cl 14 RAM kit looks by far like the best solution. (*) This is not the top (boost) frequency but the speed at which the CPU will throttle down due to controller/RAM constraints under load, which is precisely what happend when one plays DCS at 4K and/or VR. By saying "I gained" 6.04%, I meant precisely this, my CPU will keep running at optimal frequency under 6.04% more load than if it was bounded with a Cl16 RAM kit, it doesn't mean that it will run at 6.04% higher frequency than its stock boost frequency. Still, it is a gain of speed compared to the same CPU bounded with a Cl16 RAM kit, in the case of Intel and the previous generation of AMD CPUs, those B.die Cl14 3200 MHz kits are used for best results for RAM O.C, they offer a much tighter range of timing which allows for this, impossible with non-B.die chips. The new generation Ryzen responds a lot more to lower latency and are not as dependent on frequencies as the previous, plus both have a limitation when it comes to controllers, 4 ranks in total when 3200MHz is set, so fitting 4 sticks of dual rank 3600MHz Cl16 will de facto limit the performances of the CPU under load, despite the increased freequency. You need to know this before you splash dosh into RAM whatever solutions you chose.

Considering the fact that more than a few of them failed to enter production, an F-20 Tigershark would be just as realistic and a lot more fun to play...

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Thanks guys for all those useful informations!

Same here. It took me long enough to prevent Windows 10 to steal my personal data and not to update when I don't want it just to jump on an even more intrusive release. I'll keep it that way as long as possible and if there is a viable alternative like Linux for gaming when it is no longer possible to use this version I'll change ship, enough with Microsoft and their abuse...

Nothing to do with AMD, they got their house in order which is far from being the case of Microsoft, they didn't even manage to clean Windows 10 yet...

If you're in the UK, you can exchange your old card plus cash for a decent 1080 Ti with two years warranty as I did and I am certain it was one of the best buy I've done with my motherboard and RAM. Product photo × 18 people have viewed this product today NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X

Sounds like Gigabyte typical Support... Normally it is up to them to sort out this sort of issues unless your board warranty is already expired or you've done something that nulifies it. Reseting CMOS doesn't always work, flushing it and reinstalling it does more to solve this sort of issues simply because the files can be corrupted during instalation or in other cases like bad handling of settings which sounds like what happened to you if you tried an unsuported set up. I hope your shop knows what to do and can help you, next time you upgrade your M.B, try a company with a good reputation for technical support... To get a new BIOS file you can try downloading it from a local internet cafe following their instruction, in particular formating for the USB stick, or you board might not see it at all. My opinion haven't changed, I'd have flushed and reinstalled the BIOS first thing.

It's not the shop you should contact but support of the manufacturer...

Once again we have absolutely NO information on one of the most important details when it comes to performances, for both Intel and AMD. RAM We need: Frequency. CAS/Cl and number of ranks per sticks.Details about the nature of the chips is not necessary as the material changes from a CAS number to a lower CAS number. AMD upgrade from a 3600X to a 5600X with a decent Cl16 Kit (but not optimum) gave me a 21% increase in overal performance at 4K, it should be the case for an Intel ot there about, there are reasons for this not to happen and the RAM bottlenecks are one of them.

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Nope, if you know what you're doing your datas are safe. There are Apps for everything including phones themselves which prevent this to happen, so it's up to you to use them or not. Right now, I have a very old Motorolla V3 which i will replace with something like this: The Freedom Phone just an example of what one can do, it's a question of choice.

You may want to investigate because there are issues reported on Windows 11 support for the Ryzen CPUs...

Windows 10 is already way too intrusive, Microsoft collects user datas, from literally ALL Apps you don't uninstall, including personal contacts and they "lose" them to hackers, hundred of million of personal data have find their way to someone who isn't supposed to have them so definitively NO. I don't trust Microsoft at all, so if there is an alternative (like Linux) that works for gaming I'll go for it when Windows 10 Pro which i Just keep under control is in trouble with support of CPU/GPU and the rest of it.

That would be the first time I heared about such an issue with a 5600X, we never know, but on the other hand, issues with BIOS updated are not uncommun among Mortherboard manufacturers, I'd be updating my BIOS first thing after downloading the last version and the version before it to make sure... One way to do it is to use an Internet cafe, go there with an USB stick and format it to the right format following the manufacturer instructions, download the update (S). Then back home start the BIOS update process, it will probably reset it as well...