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    EK in hot water again?

    I still have Swiftch Lok-Seal fittings in active use that I bought around a dozen years ago and their custom variant of the DDC pump lasted me till 2022. Turning to the main point... When I bought my first, and for a long time only, piece of EK gear a 400mm tall cylindrical reservoir, my...
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    [DEAD] Newegg: Seasonic Syncro Q704 Case $72 (w/FS)

    I have a monstrously large CaseLabs TH10 case still in active use. It's so big that when I was first ordering it, I bought a whole bunch of extension cables to to reach a presumed need for extra length with the 24 pin, CPU 8 pin, and PCIe 6/8 pin cables. However, because this TH10 was ordered...
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    New ZenHammer memory attack impacts AMD Zen CPUs

    What's not made clear from the article and the articles linked in chain is whether these related exploits can be run fully remotely and autonomously infecting RAM just by a user browsing the web, or like so many exploits where the attacker needs sustained physical access to an exposed...
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    DEAD - WD Black SN850X 4TB - $237 for Prime Members - delivery 4/3-4/5

    I got it for $229.95 from Amazon during a post-Christmas sale last December after my then new Crucial T700 4TB got fried in an electrical incident. Amazon is now sold out for direct purchase and is listing it for $249.99 from the cheapest third party vendor.
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    Asus Strix 1080 ti - fans not working

    OP: have you independently tested the old GPU fans as well as the new GPU fans with a power source separate from the GPU itself, like using a molex or sata converter or a graphics 4 pin to 12v fan 4 pin? If the new fans and the old fans work when powered from a source other than the graphics...
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    AVX-512 CPUs are being used for cryptomining

    So what, among the hundreds, if not tens of thousands, of new crypto marketed makes Qbic so special? More to the point, what mechanism is going to cause people to actively use it in a way that provides stability and especially longevity to it? Otherwise, this almost seems like the SSD eating...
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    Cerebras is still at it! Enter the Dinner plate CPU (WSE-3)

    Just think of a single bent pin...
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    AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT $550 @ Micro Center

    A 4060, especially in laptop configuration, is a low-range chip, which because it uses a "107" named die places it, under Nvidia old naming conventions for generations prior to this one, as a XX50 class GPU. You're not natively pushing many frames at a high resolution with maxed out graphics...
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    AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT $550 @ Micro Center

    That comparison is against a 6900XT, not a 6950. Most AiB 6950's are generally almost 10% faster than a reference 6900, with much of that coming from the better, faster memory. Moreover, a 6950 can generally be overclocked and undervolted to gain nearly 10% more performance for about the same...
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    Samsung dual 4k g9 $1800 @ amazon

    All you need is for Nvidia to start offering Display Port 2.1, which should hopefully happen sometime before 2035. Remember, 2x 3840x2160 is only a third more pixels than a 3x 2560x1600 monitor array and I remember those from the late aughts. It would also help if Samsung got their quality...
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    7950X3D - AM5 frame (Thermalright / ThermalGrizzly), offset mounting, delidding and other ancillary upgrades?

    If you're not de-lidding, the best options to really push and cool a 7950x are either a Techn block, an Alphacool Core 1, or an Optimus Signature block. The Techn was originally an AM4 block, but is fully compatible with the AM5 backplate, and marginally outperforms an Optimus Foundation block...
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    Nvidia RTX 4090 power connectors melting?

    A big point I took away from Roman's video (see around the 13:40 mark) was that even when using a 4090 with a dedicated sensor and warning light to confirm the cable was supposedly completely seated and plugged in properly, the card still had power and stability issues because tiny lateral...
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    7800X3D new build, help please?

    I've found that offset is very much a mix of silicon lottery, AEGSA version, and motherboard allowances. It's been a long while since I last looked at the more "advanced" portions of my motherboard's UEFI BIOS options, but if memory serves the X670E Ace allowed for an extra wide positive or...
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    M.2 mounting options? Heat under GPU? Heatsinks?

    The biggest reason to use a slot other than the one underneath the GPU (if your motherboard allows for it without taking a lane/speed penalty) is just to avoid having to remove the GPU any time you need to check on the underlying SSD. Heat would only be a problem if you were to have a really...
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    How many 4080/4090 owners plan to upgrade to a respective 50 series when available?

    I was planning on upgrading from my 6900 to either a 5090 or AMD's RDNA4 competitive equivalent. But after the rumors have become near fact that RDNA4 will likely have no high end chip, NVidia will almost certainly further overcharge will self-sandbagging performance. Looks like I'll be...
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    New Metal Alpacool Apex Stealth Fan with some Impressive Numbers

    Two 480 rads and a 120 equals nine fans.
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    New Metal Alpacool Apex Stealth Fan with some Impressive Numbers

    To modify an earlier question of mine, has anybody cancelled their pre-order? I'm thinking of eating modmymod's 10% fee to cancel the nine that I pre-ordered.
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    New Metal Alpacool Apex Stealth Fan with some Impressive Numbers

    Has anybody who pre-ordered from somewhere received them yet? Igor has a further, separate update post and it looks like somebody may have gotten fired over this.
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    New Metal Alpacool Apex Stealth Fan with some Impressive Numbers

    Igor has a big update on his review and has been exceptionally active lately in the comments section of that review. Set your browser to auto-translate and enjoy the read. It depends on your use case and which specific version of the GT as in whether the old Nidec Servo or some other, later...
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    Frozencpu.com going out of business sale 50% off

    You have something against the resurrection of Sidewinder Computers to leave them out?
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    Frozencpu.com going out of business sale 50% off

    So where did the inventory come from? Is this just everything left over from the last we're closing our doors for real this time sale?
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    New Metal Alpacool Apex Stealth Fan with some Impressive Numbers

    I pre-ordered a bunch of the 2,000 RPM models during the Black Friday sales, and if this bears out I will be disappointed. The intention was to replace the mix of A12x25 chromax black and F12 pressure fans that I have on my radiators with something I could run at a bit higher speed at a bit...
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    Threadripper 7980X & 7970X benchmarks

    Was the big change with HEDT coming later Intel's massive delays with Sandy Bridge-E compared to regular and then seemingly every generation thereafter? The regular non-"C" cores on the chiplets with Threadripper are supposed to be the same, but better binned for power efficiency as the...
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    Western Digital BLACK SN850X 4TB $230 + extra 10% off & free 128GB flash drive/Wireless charger

    For me, some of the more common noticeable tasks that task the ability of my drive are dealing with multi-gigabyte archive files and copying thousands to tens of thousands (and occasionally hundreds of thousands) small to medium sized files at a time. When I went from WD Black 1TB platter...
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    Samsung 990 Pro 4TB $250 with $50 cash back with Honey

    Any my current RAM dropped from a hair under $500 to just over $200 in a span of less than six months. I paid almost $340 when the 980 2TB was new and something like a grand for two pairs of 256GB SATA III SSDs when those were new. It happens to nearly all computer except some Nvidia cards.
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    Samsung 990 Pro 4TB $250 with $50 cash back with Honey

    Think I waited too long in decision paralysis while trying to set up a router. Samsung's website says undeliverable to my zip code and no local pick up. Tauntingly, it also shows the Florida micro center as having stock despite that location has yet to open, and probably won't until well into...
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    Samsung 990 Pro 4TB $250 with $50 cash back with Honey

    Decisions, decisions. I can: A) install honey and buy this drive for $200 if the honey cash back works; B) "recycle" a hard drive at Best Buy to get 10% off a WD drive, i.e., the SN850X making it $207 from which I can take another $100 with accrued points; or C) just buy a Crucial T700 at Best...
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    Performance PC's goes to 24% discount on all EKWB products + other great products.

    I was going to make my own hot deals post about PPCs, the post might as well go here. While I am buying a bunch of stuff from Performance PCs this year, the website's discount system is multiplicative rather than additive so you would not get the advertised discount. Even though the ad says up...
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    Visiontek Mystery boxes are back 2023

    If I splurge for the $5 box and don't get a dual 4090 with functional SLI on a custom PCB, is this where I lodge complaints?
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    Threadripper 7980X & 7970X benchmarks

    I miss using Crossfire on HEDT and having everything run at X16 with effectively boundless I/O left over for any hard drives.
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    WD Easystore 18TB $200

    In that case, should go the big storage route, I'll pay the extra $80 per drive to get the Exos 20TB models from NewEgg.
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    WD Easystore 18TB $200

    I can't remember, if you shuck it, what sort of drive is inside?
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    $429 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 Ti WINDFORCE OC 16G Graphics Card, 16GB 128-bit GDDR6, (GV-N406TWF2OC-16G )

    At least e-tailers have been recognizing that the 4060ti 16GB is a near complete non-starter at MSRP. I'd say the 16GB card is still somewhat overpriced at $400 flat. Besides, the upcoming super cards and AMD's response to them should further affect the pricing stack. Unless you are...
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    Western Digital BLACK SN850X 4TB $230 + extra 10% off & free 128GB flash drive/Wireless charger

    This is better than the current 990 deal. I really want it ~$200... scratch that. I want a faster than a T700 drive I can plug into my board's separate special cooling slot.
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    Samsung 990 Pro 4TB for $249 @ Amazon. Usually $344.

    Has the honey offer to stack points on top of this deal come back yet?
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    Scorching HOT ---------> XFX Speedster SWFT319 ,Radeon™ RX 6800 $429.99 on Amazon

    Bump-necroing the thread because Amazon has it down to $379.99, which can be lowered to $369.99 after clicking an on-page coupon.
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    LG - 48" Class A2 Series OLED $550 at best buy

    You just give up way to much from the B series, let alone the C series in stepping down to the A model from LG, whether this year's or last year's. Trust in Rtings and HDTVTest. I'd rather a mid-range or slightly above mid-range discounted regular flat screen for the money.
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    Whatz your oldest system/gear you still use on a daily or regular basis?

    All of approximately the same vintage are: the HPZR30W as my office/work monitor, which used to be my home monitor until switching over to a C2 42; a pair of Crucial C300 SSDs; a Cooler Master Storm Sniper midtower case; a generic blu-ray burner; and a Thermaltake (toughpower?) 750 watt psu. Of...
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    The EOL for GT and RX5000 series cards has begun

    Wait, Google is still splitting things by pages for you? I'm stuck with continuous scroll no matter which computer or browser I use... even ones with no gmail account logged in. The requirements for the game are ridiculous, especially expecting everybody to use some sort of fake frame generation.
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    New Metal Alpacool Apex Stealth Fan with some Impressive Numbers

    Need to see some more reviews, but if these can move the same or greater air at higher static pressure while having lower noise in a given RPM band, then I think I'll be giving up my mix of Noctua F and AF chromax radiator fans. Several of those I believe are limited to 3 fans in sequence while...
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