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All this complaining about a 12-core 3D-cache CPU for $300... Unreal.

It's hard to resist but I'd kick myself if we see a non-X3D 8 core part that nearly matches it next gen. I don't want BIG.little or mismatched cores. My personality would have have me paranoid and chasing ghosts to ensure optimal core use. I have...

In the context of displays I think of DPI as a result of a calculation of resolution and size. How it was manufactured. If there is a DPI setting in the OS then I'd say it's software scaling and a decision made during development on how to draw...

Yeah, don't do it. In the earlier days of Windows 10 I was missing key imaging functions that were in WIndows 7. Artificial limitation that M$ decided to incorporate into Windows 10 Enterprise instead of Pro. Also I believe the Windows store...

The temptation to use this to make a custom image for my org is huge, and also known as a CLM... Career Limiting Move

Consider a NAS as initial storage for your backups. An occasional manual copy to external storage from the NAS. I use Easeus Home Backup (lifetime license was $93 for three computers.) Run scheduled disk image backups for each workstation that...

I moved this weekend and had an appointment with Verizon to move my FiOS connection yesterday. I've had the standard Gigabit so I kept that, but was surprised the router they brought out supports up to 10Gb on the WAN port and one of the LAN...

I'm pretty sure the Ryzen 9000 will be my next upgrade. Gaming is the only stressful thing I do on my home PC and doubting there'll be an 8 core X3D part at launch. I bought more cores than I needed last upgrade cycle and haven't regretted it...

Honestly, the asymmetric core dies was such a disappointment. I really do hope AMD learns from this for future X3D processors.

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War. Single player only. Slowest game I've ever played. I was probably 3+ hours into my very first game using Space Marines before realizing that I had only been fighting the wildlife. I thought they were...

Wonder if these monsters will create a glut of second hand 7-15TB drives from datacenters in the near future. That is an incredible amount of data on a single device. Coming from SME size companies it's humbling what the big datacenters can...

I'd wait for 15th gen if you're not willing to go AMD. The cooling and power needs are nuts for Intel. Maybe 15th will bring them down to more realistic levels. 250+ watt CPUs are bonkers for machines that sit a few feet away from your ears. If...

Check that the 12v rails provide enough amps for the GPU. If the performance is good enough, I'd use it. I run power supplies until they become insufficient, die, or no longer have the connectors I need.

I use a 2.5gbps Trendnet TEG-25GECTX as the LAN connection of my PFsense. Hosted as a VM in Hyper-V. Works fine. I occasionally use the iperf package on it for testing network performance on the network.

I find it more interesting now than I did at launch due to the price. For the same price as a 7800X3D and being sub $400, those extra four cores are enticing. My personal use computers will be solely full power, full feature cores, until I'm not...