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That NVMe-Card card comes with a caveat you should be aware of if you call a 4090 your own. Your 690 chipset does not have enough PCIe lanes to feed those extra drives, or better said feed that PCIe-Slot with enough lanes directly from the CPU ! Page 2-23 of your manual states the modes the TWO ( not four ! ) NVMe can run in and if both or only one can be used. what that doesn't tell you is what you sacrifice, that is stated in the technical documentation. You have to READ & UNDERSTAND BOTH paragraphs to know what you are facing. If you plug it in the 2nd PCIe-slot you will force BOTH PCIe slots #1 and #2 into 8x mode, before it was 16x and 0x, now it's 8x + 8x. That means your 4090 only has 8 lanes instead of 16, if that matters a lot, maybe..the more data you need to send across, aka the higher the resolution the more it does matter. Try it out. The second option is slot #3, which does NOT link up to the CPU as #1 and #2 does but links up to the Southbridge chip, which usually forces you to sacrifice 2 Sata drives and maybe a 4th PCIe slot if you have on. The lanes must come from somewhere and if you opt to run more devices than there are lanes you need a PCIe switch that can switch lanes between connectors, between ON and OFF. Mind that when you start a build. I have 4 NVMe in my rig, 1 from CPU and 3 from the chipset. For #3 and #4 I had to sacrifice Sata 5+6 and my fourth PCIe slot, they got deactivated when I put #3 and #4 NVMe in. If I wouldnt need all 16 lanes for my GPU I could have used #2 slot with a AddOn card and put two NVMe there but I do not want that unless the GPU has PCIe v5 itself and can shuffle enough data at only 8 lanes. All GPU's out there now have PCIe v4 and if you cut that in half you end up at PCIe v3 16x speed and that I think is too little for an unleashed 4090. If the 4090 was a v5 card then 8x at v5 might still be plenty.

I disagree totally for many reasons. Maybe the most non-technical is that everybody seeks for the best performance and there you throw it away. When a system needs that much RAM like DCS I highly doubt, tho I cannot proof it, that going from 128bit to 64bit bus width won't hinder performance. The thing about DDR MHz is about bandwidth, you can settle with 2133 if you doubt that dual-channel, quad- hexa- octa- channel systems give any benefit. Guys, I cannot believe you throw away 64bit's of bandwidth.. left in disbelief...I need a beer.

I run my 5900X in stock power settings ( 200A max iirc ) but have set the Curve Editor to -26 All Cores, which is undervolting the cores per se with a -26 value if you are new to tuning 5000 series AMD chips. I have pumped immense Ampere and heat through this CPU, cores up to 5.15GHz but in the end, it all was slower than this simple setting. Enable XMP, edit your Curve to minus 20 or lower and call it a day. *You have to spend some time to find the value that your CPU can work with, a too low value, max is -30 will almost certainly not feed enough volts and cause instability. Start with -25, most can run this, and see if it runs stable. If it does, you can try -26..... Once you have found the lowest it can go stable you will likely see higher sustained boost speed. If that fixes your DCS Apache issue, I highly doubt it tbh. But a better (less volts, less heat, higher speeds ) running CPU is a good thing, nonetheless. edit*: This is all done in Bios, you do not need Ryzen Master but you could, I just dont like that GUI and how it handles things, I prefer Bios.

Depending on what "a lot of other things" is, the 16 core 7950 may make sense ( lots of MT ) or not ( Gaming ). I would at least get the X3D version of any AMD 7000 chip if gaming was involved. If you need the cores for heavy MT, get the 7950-X3D, if it's mainly gaming and if 8 cores are enough, get the 7800-X3D and save some money. PSU wise you can't do much if you stick to the promo, for such expensive parts I would preferably choose Platinum or Titanium grade PSU's. I don't do VR anymore but from following the forum I think with Nvidia you do yourself a treat if you want to go VR.

The build looks great..and I love excellent PSU's, Platinum or Titanium... but that 1600w looks almost overkill to me but let's do the math. Say the GPU will go 400-600w in a realistic scenario and the CPU will take up 100-150w permanently in DCS, plus 100w everything else, fans, pump, LED, Board, Drives, RAM, USB peripherie ( Hotas ... ) etc.. that quickly adds up to 600~800watts. Aiming at 50% PSU load under full game load you end up looking for a 1200-1600w PSU. So yes, it fits the bill on the upper end, as desired. Headroom. So, yeah, it's a big fat PSU, hopefully titanium efficiency for high efficiency under very low load too, under 10% is where you will mostly be while watching hours and hours of YT content and reading the web, daily stuff. Look for a tower with at least a 360 or 420 radiator option and bear in mind, a AIB 4090 card may block the front radiator, fans may clear it but if there is another inch or two for the rad can be tricky for some AIB 4090 SKU's and more than a few cases, not even talking having a front rad in there. Those 14th-gen need proper cooling, may own 5900x meanwhile sucks up around 90-100w in DCS, so I wonder what a 14900k will pull, that heat loads many 240 rads in no time and fans will need to spin like mad cause most AIO's have 2-3cm thick radiators only, that's next to nothing for100+watts permanent draw and wasn't designed with such CPU's in mind. The size of the 4090 somehow is important to match GPU + Case + AIO360-420. I wouldn't go small, 240 or 280 AIO, rather the other direction and go DIY and include that 4090 in the loop, that makes the most sense since that card eats the wattage and pumps the heat into your case. If you consider the cost for a 360-420 AIO you can already go DIY without too much extra cost and stay flexible. Start with the CPU and may add the GPU months or years later, do external or internal rads or both etc etc. many options I have a DIY loop for many years myself and it's been the best investment in cooling and PC parts in general in years. My external rad MoRa3 overall has more surface than most cases can have with all the rad options filled out, but mine is also 5cm/2inches thick and it has options for 4x200mm fans that are way way quieter than 9 x 140mm...and cost less too btw. Less hassle insider the case, easier tubing, external pump too...soo much less stress and better to service than any in-Case solution...and hey..it looks cool too may wanna check watercool.de website for their MoRa3 and waterblocks as well, you can buy that in the US too.

I may add that where I live, Germany, I can't complain about DL speeds, it's not always 112MB/sec but mostly above 80MB/sec...even Steam doesn't always give me a full Gbit DL, just happened the other day. You can keep using Steam for those that are on Steam while you can also use them on Standalone same time. The problem arises when you switch where you buy them, because if you buy Standalone you cannot use them in Steam since they changed that few years ago. So if you have 3 modules in Steam and then buy 3 modules in Standalone you can use all 6 in Standalone but only the first 3 in Steam. Which may not play a role for most to be fair. One example would be DCS in Linux, it works best via Steam, I know of no other way but it works in Steam on Linux. That's where I can fly my first few modules before I went Standalone for any purchase after that.

It's why they shouldn't even sell any AM5 2DPC boards at all and avoid this Fiasco. It's not the dumb user here, it's companies selling stuff that by all means is not mature in some specific sense, here 2-DPC ( Dimms per Channel ). Why don't they stick to 1-DPC boards until that issue is solved. I doubt that future AM5 CPU's will run 2-DPC in those current boards w/o issues. If they would deliver what's been promised we could still do a 1-DPC - 128GB with 2x64GB but avoid the 2-DPC signal integrity pit. They should throw in ~500 new Pins for the CPU and do a 4-Channel 1-DPC layout on Sockel ~2300ish ( 192 pins per Dimm ? forgot LoL ). This "will it or will it not" is not what you want with a rig that's many grands, you want assurance it's solid and stable and works as advertised.

Sure, just that the specific device underperformed compared to the one sent to reviewers and to initial customers. Nothing wrong with it as long as performance is ~95ish% but that wasn’t the case. Anyway, it’s an option among many others and one needs to decide wisely.

There is a GSkill 6000-Cl30 out there, it’s on my list for a similar 7800x3d built I am ordering for a friend. i personally would not take Adata, they have been cheating in the past with Ssd IC‘s….

Likely the device is faulty then !??

Also, there is G-Sync compatible and true G-Sync with a full feature set. The specs are not the same.

Make a new user account, load Target and the profile from there and see if the problem also recreates itself in a the new "AppData" folder structure. If it doesn't, you'll know what to wipe.

My mouse & kb are usually wired and plugged into a USB20 port and I never had those issues with Gigabyte so far, also not on other GB boards.

Track-IR has a native poll rate of 120hz and there are many threads here in this forum from the past that debate about Track-IR causing micro-stutter / jitter when looking left/right when the FPS is not 120 or an equal devider of it, like your 60. So according to this, with your 60Hz locked and assuming you can ALWAYS deliver 60fps, than TiR shouldnt be to blame. Try locking your max FPS with Riva Tuner Statistics Server ( part of Afterburner ). So that DCS is locked to the same refresh rate that your monitor can deliver and in sync with TiR. That should eliminate any stutter that may originate from TiR's poll rate. You can define a key combo to activate/deactivate the lock, I use it to. When my kids game I lock it to 60fps and save 120w GPU and when I play DCS I do both and must say, I dont really see microstutter above 60 fps, but I have G-Sync as well, that may iron some out other can't and thus have visible or noticable stutters. It's very much a matter of perception at some point too. 60fps is ok and the entry level for smooth gameplay but more fps means less input lag, less smear when reading gauges and moving the head ( that's where you will see a BIG difference between 60fps, 90, 120 and 144fps. Read the cockpit dials and move your head, amazing difference in clarity. Is it vital...no. It's important not to ditch below 60fps under all circumstances, that's harder to achieve depending on HW and settings.

Vulkan's mGPU might be a thing if implemented as advertised*. Cross-vendor, cross-SKU, cross-everything and it should still work & benefit the experience. I just have my doubts. *Vulkan itself and the app devs

200€ is way too much for a 4790k ! It should be 50€ at most

Agreed, it only makes sense if this 4790 costs you next to nothing and maybe you independently from this have to re-paste the CPU anyway, that's a 2014 era CPU...that old paste has dried out years ago The CPU is actually still ok, I manage and built one still running 24/7 on Ubuntu Server as an Acronis Backup SSH target machine. It runs and runs and runs...

FWIW, imho an AMD system is easier to handle and maintain than Intel chipset based systems. I run both myself and service a few dozen PC's at client sites. The AMD systems are just way easier to update with chipset drivers. It's a QoL feature but for some that may make a difference when finding a decision. Actually, I cannot recall a single Intel system that I sold since Ryzen came out, really zero Intel...and I am no fan boy of either one, I just buy what I think is best and I only sell what I trust. But tbh, I don't sell to customers anymore, it's only a BIG family and LOTS of friends that I still do actually build a rig for. If a customer needs 5 or 10 new Clients I give Dell a call, no kidding. So it's been like 10 systems since then, but they are all happy, no complaints and easy maintenance for me via TeamViewer.

I also tend to say NO to GPU's that have mined for a longer period of time where you don't know the conditions, which make all the difference from 1st hand experience. My 1080ti has mined about half of it's cost back when I got it, that was part of the plan and it worked out. Even if the card dies today it lasted long enough to justify the mining. But I have seen cards that died in half the time which also where used for mining for about as long as mine ( 4-6 months ). The difference was cooling, undervolting and underclocking as pointed out above. But still then, our consumer AIB's are not designed for 24/7 full tilt usage, a Nvidia Workstation or Ai AIB is designed for 24/7 non stop torturing. It's always a risc if you stress consumer hardware beyond it's design limits. Choose your hardware wisely.

We are quitting on nuclear power stations here in Germany ! Are you interested ? Should be OK for SLI too Nothing beats a personal stockpile of Uranium.

No no, I did not refer to new or used, my POV is independent from this. If you buy something too small for your needs just to save some 20-30% you might end up buying something that doesn't work for the intended purpose. Sometimes you can fix it like selling the "wrong" GPU and get a "right" one but if the CPU is too old, you may end up buying a new CPU that also needs a new mobo, which may force you to buy new RAM as well, ..then it quickly becomes a bad deal to have paid less and get the cheaper option that won't deliver. It's not a new wisdom, I bet we all have made that mistake a few times in our lives with this or that purchase, ending up buying again. It pays to invest in research before you open the wallet.

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Lol true… Windows icon cache can act up sometimes, I remember many issues on XP, 7 and some in 10, also together with start button and menu. In 11 it seems more stable and reliable

Paying some money for anything that doesn’t fulfill the desired cause is always a loss, sometimes a total loss if you can’t fix it afterwards. Contrary, paying some 25ish% more money but get what you need is the better deal. Regardless of country and currency, this is globally true.

... if you play DCS on Android...LoL