Excited for the future of 3dp
Hello everybody! Wish you best luck from Czech republic! I am a middle aged PC enthusiatist, currently struggling with my comp. Having medium Ryzen 7 7700X,Asus TUF B650-E WiFi,32GB DDR5 RAM Kingston FURY Black 6000MHz/CL30,EVGA RM850e PSU,AiO Arctic Liquid Freezer III 240,Crucial P510 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD,Fractal Design Define 7 case.. and there is the problem- my GPU has died several days ago, start showing some artefacts, have to restart several time till the pictures are fine and card works, then it take more and more restarts ,in the end it was simply unable to work properly.Also have to run on my iGPU from CPU,till i obtain new GPU, looking for the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX9070XT NITRO+,excellent edition, RDNA4 architecture,16GB VRAM, great cooling performance,dual BIOS(silent/boost),decent clean design (real design masterpiece!) have to chance get it for less than $770,brand new! Have suspcice, that GPU prices very soon will rise, due to well known memory shortage crisis, so have to buy fast, from current stockpile, maybe new stocked units will be already more expensive! Think that 9070XT paired with Ryzen CPU is best aviable option, especially for 1440p, what´s my monitor resolution (240Hz,G-Sync/AMD FreeSync[Premium Pro],0.5ms in SmartMBR,HDR400,VA LCD panel,W-LED backlight,8bit color depth-16.8mil.colors,3000:1 typical contrast,MegaInfinity DCR,1500R curved,screen surface SAG 25%,108.79ppi,sRGB 119%/NTSC 98.5%,300cd/m2 brightness,pixel pitch 0.231mm x 0.231mm,27” [68.6 cm]) Philips Evnia 27M2C5500W/00 black.. Sometimes experimenting with CPU overclocking and tightening RAMs (achieve 7200MHz/CL28 but wasn´t enough stable,so go back to 6000/CL30 that is rock solid), CPU bringing a few hundred MHz higher, even by very light undervolting. By former GPU (EVGA FW3 RTX3070) also experimented with OC, bringing the core +300MHz higher and memories speeding around +10% with staying stable. But doesn´t use OC for daily use, only as experiments for few hours, making some benchmarks with it and giving all backwards in the end, daily use on default settings (only by the GPU make TDP limit on 130%, allow to take more power and boosting core in most time, didn´t get thermal throttle or downclocking for high temps, card provide great cooling potential, temp don´t get higher than 70°C (max 72°C on hotspot after few hours of GPU heavyload!),having consumption avg.200W with really heavy worload taking up to 300W (peaks on 308-311W for a few seconds). Personally prefere closed cases,no backwall from tempered glass, rather all solid with proper noise reduction filling,leave all RGB off,those on motherboard and with former GPU, puting even rainbow glowing EVGA logo to darkness! Like no-RGB,ULN-ultra low noise builds with clean, minimalistic design. Last time very interested into BTF motherboards (with most connectors on back, looking extreme clean,no cables visible! There is also similar cabelless GPUs,having power supply connectors on motherboard next to PCie 5.0 x16 slot,able to deliver up to 1000W to GPU! Asus f.E.: offers 5000series GPUs BTF (stealth),mention Asus TUF RTX5070Ti OC BTF edition (white) (at the time announcing RTX5090 and 5070Ti as BTF 2.5 capable) probably limiting this particular “stealth” design →BRF [2.5] to Asus MBs,GPUs and proper chasis to cover all needed cables behind motherboard,GPU have direct power supply from MB (12VHPVR or triple 8pin connectors procided from pSU through back of the MB..12V-2x6pin connector provide GPU with up to 600W,having direct 12VHPWR at PSU (if support ATX3,1/PCIe 5.0 standard) or taking 3x8pin from PSU to 12VHPWR 16-pin connector,in fact 12V-2x6 and 12VHPWR cables are the same, mostly those adapters and connectors works also with 12V-2x6,modern PSU having standard 12VHPWR/12V-2x6 connector,if compatible with PCIe 5.0/ATX 3.1..those cover the 12VHPWR connector for modern GPUs as 5000 series from Nvidia,ATX 3.1 also have small imrobement in efficency, compared to ATX 3.0..have 12ms hold up time, 3.0 17ms,with 3.1 standard deliver more improvements..as the mentioned 12VHPWR connectroe&cable,less heat,less noise,more efficiency,also provide transient power excursion requrements-improving safety and performance,for casual user is ATX 3.1 as ATX 3,0 with polished key aspects,16pin 12VHPWR cable[sometimes called PCIe 5.0 16-pin] deliver 600W with single cable,making cable managment easier,also providing improved design defined by PCI-SIG,often deliver “sense pin” config to ensure GPU can detect proper insertion of the plug, prevent to melting connectors (known from 4090/5090 cards),overall have better contact and durability,simply refined 3.0 standards,also with 16pin 12VHPWR(or 12V-2x6) brings more peace of mind that connector meets newest refinements from PCI-SIG..it can also handle power spikes,modern CPUs and GPUs can momentarily draw far more than average power[f.E:300W TDP GPU might spike to 450-600W for a few miliseconds when sudden under heavy load, if the PSU can´t handle it,system become unstable..but ATX 3.1 can already handle it,PSU must handle power excursions to 200% of its rated power for very short durations,it also lays out specific timing brackets – for instance[simplified]:up to ~120% load for tens of milliseconds, ~160–180% for a few milliseconds, and ~200% for microseconds,in practical terms, an ATX 3.0/3.1 750 W PSU could briefly supply up to ~1500 W in a spike, and a 1200 W PSU could handle almost 2400 W in a microsecond-scale transient, also GPUs like the RTX 30/40/50 series, known for transient spikes, won’t overwhelm the PSU and cause shutdowns as long as the PSU is ATX 3.1[3.0] compliant, ATX 3.1 might require sustaining 200% load for a slightly shorter duration than 3.0 did, or define additional tiers for intermediate spike durations..these tweaks align with data collected from real-world GPU behavior and testing feedback, the practical implication is that ATX 3.1 PSUs are even less likely to trip OCP/OPP [over-current/over-power protection] during sudden bursts, compared to ATX 3.0 units,it’s mainly an assurance of stability under extreme conditions..3.0/3.1 maintain standard ATX PSU dimensions and mounting,typical 24-pin motherboard connectore,CPU EPS 8-pin connectors, SATA, etc., they also both coexist with ATX12VO [a separate, optional standard focusing on single-rail 12V-only PSUs for better efficiency],ATX 3.1 PSUs start emerging in 2023,steadily increasing it´s numbers,also support new “low-power sleep” states and modern standby features on MBs [helpful for reducing idle power draw], ATX 3.1 may incorporate slightly updated requirements for those as well, though those changes are minor for end-users..ATX 3.1 is more efficint for RTX5090 users,can plug direct into 16pin connector and be sure,PSU handle power spikes+connector has better safety improvements, ATX 3,1 is more stable performance in like VR gameplay, intensive ray tracing, or CPU stress tests, where power demand can jump instantaneously. ATX 3.1’s refinements further reduce the odds of tripping protections during these spikes,still have to ensure the proper plug of the 16pin 12VHPWR,don´t bend it too near the connector,but ATX 3.1 cables will be a bit more foolproof by design,manufactures often deliver high quality 12VHPWR cables, sometimes with 90-degree adapters or sturdier plugs..ATX 3.0 and 3.1 are fully backward-compatible,ATX 3.0 vs ATX 3.1 ultimately comes down to evolution, not revolution. ATX 3.0 brought huge improvements for powering today’s power-hungry GPUs and CPUs, and ATX 3.1 fine-tuned those improvements with improved reliability,in summary PCIe 5.1/ATX 3.1 better support for peak loads on the +12V line,hi-quality integrated protection mechanisms against overheating, overload, and short circuit..overall better efficiency-certified 80 PLUS® Gold and above, also added for 12VHPWR/12V-2x6 16pin a mechanically protected connector with locking to prevent accidental disconnection and reduced risk of overheating of cables and contacts compared to previous 12VHPWR implementations.)