Here is an answer to one of the big questions. PCI E gen 3 vs gen 1.

GEN 3 what is most important is game tests.


GEN 1


As you can see yes there is a slight performance drop in gen 1........you can also see that cpu performance scales with ref clock and lower mem dividers.

This is extremely consistent. I see fps drop but cpu performance gains repeatedly test after test.

Also as always the TAICHI drops its wifi/bt device whenever I run up ref clock like this. I suggest disabling it as leaving it on could damage it.