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Usually you have to pay import taxes and VAT on top. When I brought stuff from the US to Germany I usually paid 3% toy tax ( R/C engines are considered toys ) and the current VAT. Basically, you pay a specific amount of tax for the good you buy ( toy, car, light bulbs, clothing etc.. they all have tax rates ) and the VAT. What you don't have to pay is the VAT in the seller's country, you skip that when you take it out of that country. That should be stated on their site when you check out,..usually. Call customs, they can tell you.

The drawback of the 4070ti is it's limited bandwidth of 192bit, that's where the 3080's and better 3xxx GPU's still have an edge with up to 384bits. It's ment to be that way, ala "If you want more, pay more!" that kind of strategy.

Thought you stopped drinking

Two things Kenneth, 1. AMD Ryzen 7000X3D release comes in a few weeks. They may top Intel's 13th gen, maybe not - but I'd wait and see. 2. 32GB is too little for DCS. Get a 64GB kit right away

Oh, easy, I have it noted somewhere, I think it's in the box with the JFK evidence but I gotta feed the unicorns first, then I'll mail to you, encrypted, pssst !

No photos..make a video Enjoy, it's a "Once in a Lifetime"

Humans always buy bigger, in simple terms. The „I want More „ syndrome i think that’s what he means

I really don't get why this reflects all your knowledge etc.... Anyway, your opinion is far off what most consider a safe approach to PSU sizing and I have no intention to argue with you. Let the reader decide which way to go.

It's hard to sell for good money in such a constellation, I also suggest splitting it up, it's not too many parts to be an overkill eBay scenario Hardly anyone who is out for a cheap gaming solution will pay you the extra RAM when most would be happy with 16GB for most games, maybe 32GB. Maybe Board + CPU as a bundle and Case + PSU as a bundle. AIO may be added to either one if that makes sense for the buyer ( it fits either one combo). Or a friend who gives you 500 cash, quick & easy.

As a side note, iirc OVP and OCP can only be triggered that often before that specific circuit fails, that's what my electronics guy in town told me with another device that triggered those circuits way too often. It all depends and as long as all involved know the benefit and risc of using a "just fit" PSU vs. a more powerful one is ok with me, I am not paying for the damage, I fix those and charge them Long story short, I totally disagree out of experience fixing PC's. I would never sell a "GAMING" PC with a high cost GPU and cut 50-100€ on the PSU. That will likely not pay out. my honest 2 cents

You mean the wheel between B16 and B17 ? According to their advertising it has 8 axis and that is one of them, they actually name it "fine trim" on the german website, so it should work. As always, make sure there are no double entries in key and axis mapping, that is usually the #1 culprit if it won't work as intended.

Sure, you could, but it's far from optimum and will need massive active cooling at 75%+ load. Also the quality of the DC current may degrade a lot towards 100%, depending on the overall build quality of the PSU. Aim for double the Watts you generally need. GPU 200w + CPU 80w + 50w fans/led/ etc.. ~ 350w consumption gaming -- would lead to a 650-750w PSU.

Do you pay the electricity bill ? 4x xeons roughly idle at 200w.. ouch …otherwise, great 2nd use

L2 Cache maybe ?

So, I have finished the repair and the CPU and SSD were both still fine. Next up is to take the old PSU apart for recycle, maybe I can see something inside though I doubt there are visible signs of damage. What the young gentleman did ( again ) forget was to tie his Win10/11 license to his MS account. PWD forgotten, a "I dunno..!" didnt help either so off to eBay and got another 10€ lic for 10Pro and upgraded it to 11. Tie your lic to your MS account !! Otherwise you can buy a new lic with every major hardware change !

*stay away from Samsung 990Pro right now, especially the 2TB SKU. They have an issue with wear level.... google the news and fears

Are you sure all cores on the 2nd CCD will run full 5.7G ? I haven’t had my hands on 7000 yet but 5000 and previous Ryzen do not behave like that. Maybe 2-3 cores do 5.7 ish, most will do less, I estimate 5-5.2G

More Cache here, more Cache there, everybody is upping the Cache Levels.

LOL, the new parts came and one of my fears turned out to be real, the new GPU is as long as the old case itself, top match. I told my pal that there is serious doubt about the fans being the root cause, which I also believe more than the fan theory ( but it costs more to fix ! ), and that he better invests in a new PSU of reputable brand, somewhere 750-850w.. He went with a 750w beQuiet Titanium that was on sale for 169€ and a larger case ( where we take 4 fans out to put his 6 new Noctuas in ). Let's see if the CPU survived once we put it back, if not we have to replace that one as well. The old PSU, we checked the specs and invoice, was an LC 1000w Titanium for 120€ back then. I told him, 1000w, Titanium and 120€...somebody is lying !Those 3 don't go together w/o cutting corners. They cost at least twice that. So, yeah, I then told him that we have been there before, about 4 years ago when he burnt through a 1.2kW cheap PSU while mining on his gaming rig. He then bought a better one that still runs today in his other son's gaming rig but now this LC low-tier PSU again. In the end, if you want and need that thing running for whatever task, you spend more money & downtime with cheap parts, it has never payed out for as long as I build & fix PC's.

See if you can manage to get hold of at least 32GB of RAM that fits your motherboard, could well be used RAM. If there is any HDD involved, either OS or DCS, than replace that one with a SSD. 16GB and a potential HDD is bound to cause frustration, 16GB alone is on the edge already.

I am curious too, maybe the fans where just so bad and failed early so that the whole rig overheated for a long period of time until that caused it's early death. Still, it's strange..

The reason may very well be careless kids that keep on gaming and putting stress on the machine while it squeeks and moans under your table, for hours, days and months. That their dad didn't pay attention to the PC's health is another thing, the boys are teenagers and should know better without the need of their dad. I told them often enough to look after that thing, LoL. I just don't live nearby anymore. The circuits..well, I am no electronics guy and I honestly don't know if fans have the potential to ruin a rig but those were the only things with obvious, loud and visible damage and experience from the past have showed me that broken fans have the potential to ruin the 230v house electrics to a point where your cable TV fails tuning into ceratin frequencies. If I had not seen and fixed that myself at a neighbour and long term buddy I would not believe it, 1 fan ruins TV 1 floor downstairs but it did. So from that experience I thought, well have been the damn broken fans, not 1 but 3 of them. We will see once the new parts are in.

LoL... got an update, lessons learned. along with a new 6750XT and B550 board come six, now listen: Noctua fans. let's hope the rest of the rig still works the fans are 30€ each, that,s 180€. I don't say you need to spent that much but I have seen weird stuff with cheap worn out & broken fans but this is tops them all loss wise, there, 180€ would have been a good investment first place and may well have saved the board and GPU

A rather bad advice

I may add, while you just got to know the folders located in your users home folder, usually here: C:\Users\your_name\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta To avoid GFX glitches it is not a bad idea to delete the FXO and METASHEDER 2 folders after every update. It will take a bit longer to start DCS 1st time again since it needs to recompile shaders and do it's things but it may safe you from errors. It's a good habit to do so, just to be safe. Mac