Hi all. I am upgrading my 6850k build to 14900k. At the moment microcenter has a bundle deal of Intel i9 14900K, MSI Z790 MAG Tomahawk WiFi, G.Skill 64GB DDR5-5600 Kit for $800. Is this a good bundle? I don’t mind paying more if necessary.
Hi all. I am upgrading my 6850k build to 14900k. At the moment microcenter has a bundle deal of Intel i9 14900K, MSI Z790 MAG Tomahawk WiFi, G.Skill 64GB DDR5-5600 Kit for $800. Is this a good bundle? I don’t mind paying more if necessary.
MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi has an I226-V ethernet controller which likes to drop connection at random times and this issue did not have any workarounds the last time I checked (about 2-3 months ago). So be prepared to buy another ethernet controller. Just google “I226-V issues”.
Unfortunately G.Skill memory sticks have issues with thermal pads. Not only do they not cover the power components on the PCB but some sticks have thernal pads that do not even contact some of the memory chips. Which results in these chips overheating during stress and eventual app/system crash. You can read about this here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/1470w7u/hot\_ddr5\_temperatures\_probably\_best\_to\_avoid/
Does that problem with motherboard persist on updated Tomahawk MAX WiFi? Also regarding a memory, that’s goes for all z5 or there were revisions where it was fixed? I just recently bought z5 6600 cl32, wasn’t able to find info about that problem in any of the reviews and that sucks - at least I could return them if I get any problems.