Git-Fidler
Inspired
With great power comes great responsibility...(I couldn't help myself)
Just put an Intel Pentium in mine and send it over!
Nah use a Celeron 300A and we'll be able to overclock the snot out of itIt's all about the Pentiums.
Ahhh ... The good ole days!!!Nah use a Celeron 300A and we'll be able to overclock the snot out of it
What Kind of chip you got in there? A Dorito?
nearing the beginning of Q3, any insights or updates on restock?
They will update this thread and probably lock it once they have information about new stock.I've been on the list seemingly forever now - 11/01/2021. I hope they find a stash of chips soon...
The FM3 was announced before the product was actually released if I remember correctly.I wouldn't get my hopes up. Most "experts" don't see silicon manufacturing returning to pre-covid levels until well into 2023. I'm a late-comer to Fractal, but from what I understand people waited over a year for an FM3 - and that was without any chip shortage.
Yep. And a long time for the FM9, prior to the shortage. Fractal has a lot of demand for their products because they’re worth having.I wouldn't get my hopes up. Most "experts" don't see silicon manufacturing returning to pre-covid levels until well into 2023. I'm a late-comer to Fractal, but from what I understand people waited over a year for an FM3 - and that was without any chip shortage.
I really wish they would have made a revision to the FM3 like a "turbo edition" and offloaded the reverbs to a separate processor as the FM9 does. All of the videos I've seen of the FM3 seem to have the processor nearly maxed out with fairly modest patches. As new as it is, I think that the FM3 might be pushing its limits already.Yep. And a long time for the FM9, prior to the shortage. Fractal has a lot of demand for their products because they’re worth having.
For anyone waiting, the FM3+FC6 is a great combination with a surprising amount of power and is worth considering.
Yep, would love the fm9 but this combo is really great!Yep. And a long time for the FM9, prior to the shortage. Fractal has a lot of demand for their products because they’re worth having.
For anyone waiting, the FM3+FC6 is a great combination with a surprising amount of power and is worth considering.
I think it's nowhere close to pushing its limits. People always want everything in their preset and they want their blocks to be set at the highest resolution, which causes fairly modest patches to max out the CPU. Yeah, the FM9 has an advantage with the bigger DSP and dual cores, but they're not available, so, an FM3 or the FX3 are the current choices. If they go with the FM3, then studying the factory presets can help immensely to learn how to build presets that do a lot without maxing it out. Heck, people max out the FX3-Turbo by setting everything to the highest quality and putting every block in it they think they'll ever need. I've seen presets that immediately raised CPU warnings on my FX3, that, with some judicious tweaking ran easily in the FX3; It's about knowing what to do when. And, I've taken presets that only run on the FX3 and with a few minor changes moved them to my FM3.I really wish they would have made a revision to the FM3 like a "turbo edition" and offloaded the reverbs to a separate processor as the FM9 does. All of the videos I've seen of the FM3 seem to have the processor nearly maxed out with fairly modest patches. As new as it is, I think that the FM3 might be pushing its limits already.