AMD Navi Discussion

Yeah, it's a nice case. There is a couple of mods out there to invert the case making it more like the NR200P MAX . You can get better compatibility for AIO's with the GPU in a horizontal position. If I get some time I might actually try it out

Computer, what do you mean I thermal-throttled my top end GPU in a Be Quiet! case?

I think I upped the fan speed.... but it's hard to tell, it's quiet!

Yeah, I think I have 3 PCIe cables and ports available still for a 3rd direct cable and I tend to agree with the logic, but I know enough about electrical theory to know I don't know a thing about electrical theory. It does seem practical that, if one of 2 Y-plugs is drawing more power than the other, that the signal is going to be 'dirty' between the 2 of them. That said, I would have figured the board puts the power back on a common rail once delivered from the PSU.

I found a Kermit the Frog impersonator on Youtube that already toredown one of the new 6950 XTs but I don't see one for the Red Devil.

https://youtu.be/H2E2swBDml4?t=1132 <- starting to talk about power delivery and in their humble the input filtering on the 6950 XT is "light," typical of the RX 6900 card line, and will result in 'more switching noise' which in my experience, may have been detrimental to the card.

So, yes, definitely going to triple cable, probably go ahead and do it on the dud this afternoon. I should be getting the newbie tomorrow.

Cards here... shame these don't crossfire anymore, not that I have the cabling for all that. This is a lot of money sitting on my desk - 2 6950 XTs? dang.

I decided I'm gonna wait until sunday to put the new serial no. GPU in here because as it turns out, I only have 2 PCIe power cables for up to 4x8 pins.

Corsair gave me 3 8-pin CPU cables, but only 2 PCIe Y-cables.

And I checked, thats the BOM, not a mistake. I don't get it. **** you threadripper; why wouldn't you gimm a 3rd PCIe cable with THREE CPU cables.

Anyway I ordered another **** corsair compatible PCIe cable so I can get all 24 pins going straight to the GPU from the PSU so all the load balancing can happen there, and I hope not to hear coil whine when that process is done.

That's a shame, it does seem that each generation's top tiers power requirements are getting bigger and bigger. It's another expense to consider when upgrading

From some reading I did the other night, American households can handle 1800W (120V x 15A) or 2400W (120V x 20A) max while Irish sockets can handle up to ~3000W (230V x 13A). For safety though, you're only supposed to do 80% of max, so 1440/1920/2400W respectively.

Mind you, that's per socket - add other items, e.g. monitor, to a wall strip & you need to combine their power use.

Seems an over supply of RX6700M mobile chips which where also used in mining only cards have resulted in the release of a new 10GB ram desktop card the RX6700. It's performs somewhere in-between a RX6650XT and a RX6700XT.

Also the RX6900XT has returned to the AMD shop, they must have had a bunch returned unopened by folks who couldn't resell them. Absolutely no point in buying one as many better preforming AIB's are available for less

Changing the PSU to 1000W didn't do a damn thing for the coil whine.

It helps but not in everything, eg. starcitizen.exe, or other games that drag the framerate below the refresh rate.

Steve released a huge expose'/documentary about this issue! Not just for AMD mind

Most American property's run one circuit per socket to my knowledge.

We can run up to 3000watts on a plug usually, even then we wouldn't hit the breaker as most circuit's can handle a good bit more.

Basically, 120volt bad for devices that pull a good bit of power.

Most rings(assuming its not faulty) are on a 32 amp breaker, meaning in theory 7680 watts before it starts tripping the breaker, although I think the 80% rule comes into play. But rings are not that common these days. They still install them in the UK though.

Most radial house circuit's are on a 20 amp breaker, meaning 4800 watts before it starts tripping.

Our plugs are usually limited to 13 amps max, meaning they are designed to handle a max of 3120 watts sustained.

In reality, few devices are a straight pull of x watts. Kettles, hoovers, hair dryers, even heaters can pull up to their max but they don't do it sustained. Its really hard to blow a breaker in a modern house, you would have to get them all out and turn them all on at the same time. Fan assisted heaters and gaming/mining computers are about the two main things I could think of with sustained high wattage power draw.

Depending on the state, because America, power concerns and the videos are justified. The property's I am aware of had 15 amp breakers, with a limit of circa 1800 watts(I think its actually 1440W). So they tend to run a lot more circuit's then we would, as its not that difficult to pop a breaker there. If PC parts keep going this way, higher end PC's are going to need dedicated circuit's there.