Rhymfaxe

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Is a contact frame necessary for a Gigabyte z790 with an i7-13700k? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You can expect something like 2.2-4.5c improvement (Hardware Canucks with a Noctua NH-D15), so it's kind of worth a $10 frame, but at the same time you can live fine without it. Some of the frames are also way overpriced, just get a cheap one.

For those wondering, it does absolutely nothing for AM5. It's the rectangular Intels getting bent into a slightly concave shape.

CPU Contact Frame for Raptor Lake necessary ? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

From watching Hardware Canucks, Intel yes, AMD no. They observed 2.2-4.5 degrees difference with top air coolers on 14900 iirc. AMD is no difference.

How do speeds compare between a USB 3.1 connection to a Hard Drive and a 10gb Ethernet connection to a NAS? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Before you even consider the link speed, can the drives in your NAS even read at 10Gbps? An external HDD over USB sure as hell can't, no matter what USB version you have. You'd need a RAID array or SSD storage for those kinds of speeds.