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Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by shajznnckfke » Tue, Aug 25, 2020, 3:47 AM UTC

formerly_proven wrote: post #92

wheybags wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use a corsair aio in a custom build. It's fine. It's exactly the same as using an aio on windows without installing icue (their device management software, which is pretty shit). You can't set custom fan / pump speed curves, but the defaults are fine. I'm cooling a 3950x and I've had no issues with temperature. You also can't adjust the LEDs but whatever.

Bloatware like iCUE (iirc one of the worst offenders) can reduce game FPS by 10-20 %, which is roughly the performance difference between one or two tiers of graphics hardware.

That’s wild, how does it do that? What resource does it consume?

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by fomine3 » Tue, Aug 25, 2020, 7:52 AM UTC

wmf wrote: post #13

nemothekid wrote: post #5

40% of the revenue is from selling RAM? I assume they aren't fabbing their own chips, so are they just reselling Samsung/Hynix memory?

Besides Crucial/Micron, it seems like consumers can't buy DIMMs from Samsung or Hynix; you have to get them from some gamer brand. And clearly a lot of people are buying from brands that they recognize.

memory.net has great lineups and cheap for Samsung memory.

Re: Corsair Gaming S-1

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Post by deaddodo » Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 8:01 AM UTC

hddherman wrote: post #94

deaddodo wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eh, IDK. It'll definitely take some research, to maximize everything. But there's so much uniformity these days, that you could figure out your build in an hour or two. And, if you're not going for SFF or the like, have a build complete in less than 30-45 minutes after watching a YouTube video. This isn't the 90's/00's where you had to match graphics interfaces, FSB timing, RAM sockets/timing, modular vs cabled PSUs,…

There are still plenty of topics that make sense to an experienced builder, but not the novice. * does my motherboard m.2 slot support PCIe or SATA m.2 SSD-s? * on AMD motherboards: will my CPU work out of the box or do I need a loaner CPU to perform a BIOS update? * using the wrong fan header on the motherboard for your AIO water cooler * not setting the proper XMP profile for your RAM Those are the ones that I coul…

> does my motherboard m.2 slot support PCIe or SATA m.2 SSD-s?

Definitely SATA, most likely m.2 as well. They're not either/or.

More likely, you'll run into exhausting your PCIe lanes and might knock your GPU into 8x/4x mode or your additional SSD's into the dedicated SATA lanes.

> on AMD motherboards: will my CPU work out of the box or do I need a loaner CPU to perform a BIOS update?

Unless you fall into a very specific set of Motherboards from during the Zen -> Zen+ transition, the answer is no.

> using the wrong fan header on the motherboard for your AIO water cooler

Any header will still work, and it's not catastrophic anyways. Just change it if you got it wrong. Realistically, any modern motherboard will have the CPU fan header marked clearly, as opposed to the chassis headers.

> not setting the proper XMP profile for your RAM

The point of XMP is that you don't have to choose the profile. You just choose "XMP custom" (or however your motherboard manufacturer labels it) in the UEFI settings. If you don't, you'll get standard JEDEC RAM timings, which is hardly going to stop you.

I mean, your off the top of your head examples are all pretty easily solvable and probably wouldn't even be encountered unless you were specifically looking for them anyways. And if you don't configure them, most will Just Work (tm) at default configurations.