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Putin's ordered his government to look into creating Russia's own Steam Deck, SteamOS, and basically Steam itself The government instruction Google-translated from http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73305 I'm curious to see what people think about the actual timeframes it might take...

deal: https://2game.com/ca/jagged-alliance-3 Jagged Alliance 3 on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1084160/Jagged_Alliance_3/ The coupon code CPT5 gave me an additional $0.91 CAD off. In total, after the site's service fee, it was $17.40 CAD. Jagged Alliance 3 is a sequel to the...

Russia has launched a new annual sporting event, called Games of the Future, combining digital and physical sporting activity. It began on February 19 in Kazan, Russia, and will run until March 3rd. It is being participated in by over 100 countries, apparently including some Western states, such...

As you might've seen in another thread, I recently got a Martin Logan Forte stereo amp, which has wifi functionality. It takes maybe 40 seconds or so for the wifi to initialise after the amp is powered-on. And until the wifi initialises, the amp is appropriately quiet, except for any audio I'm...

Can someone do this for me? I want to use a better-looking version of this 1080p image as a 1440p desktop background, but I don't know how to ask the AIs: https://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=566586 I tried a few free online upscalers, and they keep blurring parts of the image, or even nearly...

I'd like to stop all sound coming from my PC speakers when not using them, including the faint white noise sound PC speakers emit all the time, even while no sound is being played. I want complete silence as default, except when I'm deliberately playing audio. Perhaps a noise-gate app will do...

I'm looking for a replacement due to unwanted hum and buzz noise in my old Cambridge Soundworks system that I don't know how to troubleshoot. I replaced all the caps in it recently. I think this system otherwise still sounds amazing. And the only other PC speakers I've tried didn't sound nearly...

I have an API A2D microphone preamp interface that I need to get connected to my PC for music recording. I bought a Creative Labs Titanium HD sound card, because it supposedly has coaxial SPDIF, but I haven't been able to get it to work with that sound card. I just get this screeching noise...

An EUV lithography machine? How about an EUV lithography factory? China is aiming to leap-frog current top-end EUV technologies with steady-state microbunching (SSMB) EUV, that would give China what's been called a "lithographic cannon", enabling faster, higher-yield, and cheaper production of...

I wonder if anyone here has insight what the issue and solution could be. I've just bought an Asus PG329Q monitor, and when it's connected, I can't enter my PC's BIOS or Windows' Advanced Options screen (triggered by holding-down the Shift key while clicking Restart or Shut Down in Windows)...

On multiple PCs and OS installs, I've encountered this issue, where I can't log into many Microsoft websites. I've contacted Microsoft support about it at least a couple of times before, without a solution being found. For example, if I went here: https://account.microsoft.com/ It asked me...

The (normally-overpriced, especially in Canada) ASUS ROG Swift PG329Q 32” 1440P Gaming Monitor is on sale at 27% off in the US, and can be shipped to Canada (B&H offers the cheapest shipping option to Canada), where I am - which means if I order it, it could be difficult or expensive to try to...

From what I've read, Windows 11 isn't a good option for these CPUs, and future updates could make them have an even worse time with the OS. I'm setting up my old PC to give to a friend. I've installed Windows 10 LTSC 2021 IoT on it. But I'm running into some annoying issues that take control...

I bought a new large Steel Series mouse pad to replace my old one, and when I took it out of the box I immediately felt that it was lighter and thinner than my old one. So, I weighed them both in the box the new one came in. The old mouse pad in the box weighs 326g. The new one weighs 282g...

While cleaning up my old PC before I give it to a friend, some of the old thermal paste I was wiping away seeped into the CPU socket. The pins don't appear to be covered, though. I don't want to mess around and potentially bend any pins. It looks to me like I could install the CPU and it might...

I already have one Samsung 870 Evo 4TB SSD as a backup drive, and the same model is on sale at 45% off MSRP right now - $299 CAD. I am thinking of getting one for a redundant backup drive. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08QBL36GF/ But the Crucial P3 4TB M.2 is even cheaper - $278.72 CAD...

I want to replace the CMOS battery in my old PC before giving it away. Will the BIOS not lose its configuration if I do it while the system is powered on? I can put some tape on the battery to make sure it doesn't fall and short against anything.

I have 2x32GB G.Skill 32-38-38-96 6000 Mhz DDR5 with EXPO enabled. I got UB results of 177% (EXPO 1 profile - Asus optimized) and 180% (EXPO 2 - default EXPO settings), while the average result for my memory is 187%. The UB chart suggests enabling EXPO, but it's already enabled. UB pass 1...

I just ran User Benchmark, and most of my system did well. But the graphics card performed well below average (my score: 113% / average user score: 187%). I disabled my 140 FPS cap in Nvidia Control Panel, and also disabled Gsync-compatible just to be sure it wasn't interfering in some way. The...

This was the OS drive in my old PC. I recently built a new PC, and have been slowly organizing files and moving them to my new drives in my new PC. Unfortunately, I hadn't yet transferred everything over, and there's a bunch of stuff on this old OS drive that's kind of important to me. This...

Without removing the heatsinks or taking them out of the system, and without installing some kernel-level software that I'll likely never use aside from for this task?

On January 18, I purchased an Asus X670E-A Gaming Wifi motherboard for an AM5 build. From the very first time I powered it on, it didn't function properly, as documented in this thread. And while that might seem in that thread like it was an issue that was fixed, it ended up recurring over, and...

I'm wondering if I can figure out when a motherboard was manufactured. Asus support could only tell me when the warranty for a motherboard started, which isn't the same as the manufacture date as the one I have right now is a warranty replacement.

The power [PWRSW] and reset [RESET] switch headers on my mobo both have a connection to ground, but the header cables for my case don't have positive and negative markings for the sides. Does it matter which orientation I plug them in? Also, should I set the jumper for CPU_OV to Enable...

I'm going to have the two P41 drives for OS, apps, games. I'll have a 4TB backup drives for essential stuff. Though, some important things will be in the OS and profile folders that I won't back up that often.

ASRock developed an AMD X670 expansion card, but you can’t buy it (yet) ASRock reveals expansion card that can turn a B650 motherboard into an X670 one I saw some of you discussing in a thread how you wish motherboards were more modular these days. Well, this is going in that direction. My...

Should the thermal sticker on an m.2 drive be removed before installing a motherboard's heatsink on top of them? The heatsinks have thermal pads on them that will press onto the m.2 drives. And the manual for my Asus ROG Strix X670E-A mobo says to add a rubber spacer to the rubber standoff that...

I have an Asus ROG Strix AM5 X670E-A motherboard, which has four m.2 slots. Two are PCIE 5.0 x4, and I guess they run off the CPU. The other two slots are PCIE 4.0 x4, and they run off the X670 chipset. None of the slots share bandwidth with anything else. I have two Hynix P41 m.2 drives, which...

Is it simply because DDR5 is new that it currently has much higher CL ratings than DDR4, or is there an underlying difference between DDR4 and DDR5 that means DDR5 will always have a higher CL rating? Like, will there eventually be CL16 DDR5?

I'm building a new PC, and wondering whether to move on from the Auzentech X-Fi Prelude that I've been using. But I don't think I can live without the Crystalizer feature in the Creative Labs software suite. I have it enabled and turned up just little bit, and it makes a big, pleasing difference...

What's the pricing outlook for 2023? I'm looking to get one of these 64GB kits. But I won't be ready to assemble the full PC until another 1.5 - 2 months. I'm wondering if I should buy now, if there's even a tiny discount available, or wait a bit. G.Skill 2x32GB CL30-40-40-96...

If a PC case has USB Type-A ports on it, to be connected to a motherboard USB 5Gbps header, but your motherboard has many rear USB 10Gbps Type-A ports, can a cable be run connecting some extra rear USB 10GBps ports, through the PC case, and to the PC case's frontal USB ports, to make them 10Gbps...

I'm planning a build with an outlook to upgrading the CPU to Zen 5 and maybe Zen 6, and am looking for a good-value board with a PCIe 5 graphics slot, one or two PCIe 5 M.2 slots, 20 Gbps type-C connector for a case port, a good number of PCIe 5 lanes... Since the AM5 mobo tier requirements are...

The front of the case features two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (5 Gbps) and one USB type-C gen 2 port (10 Gbps). Should it be possible and practical to replace the 5 Gbps ports with 10 or 20 Gbps ports, and maybe the type-C port to 20 Gbps?

Corsair RMx 1000 watt, EVGA G6 1000 watt, seem to have gone way up in price. The EVGA G6 1000 watt is now double the price it was 6 months ago. https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/QdFbt6/evga-supernova-1000-g6-1000-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-220-g6-1000-x1?history_days=180

China's Huawei has filed an EUV lithography patent titled "Mirror, Photolithography Device and Its Control Method", which indicates that China is making some headway with its plan to develop its own EUV lith tech, to immunize itself from external supply challenges, risks, and threats, a prime...

My impression of the Zen 4 mobos was that they were lacking some features, and were costly for what they offered. I'm planning to make a Z4X3D build, and I'm hoping that there will be some new / updated AM5 mobos available at that time, and hopefully will be cheaper, too. What do you think the...

New and sealed in the boxes, for $200 CAD. The buyer is to pay the shipping. It currently lists for $290 CAD + taxes on Amazon.ca: https://www.amazon.ca/Sabrent-Internal-Performance-Heatsink-SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-HTSK-2TB/dp/B07TLZVBNC/

Brushing off US sanctions meant to throttle China's semiconductor development, Chinese chip manufacturer SMIC has managed to produce 7nm SoCs for the MinerVa Bitcoin Miner. Bloomberg: China’s Top Chipmaker Achieves Breakthrough Despite US Curbs – SMIC has started shipping 7nm chips...

I was just looking at gaming mice, hoping to find something to replace my Logitech G402 with, and I might have struck gold, finding a mouse that addresses what I dislike about the G402, and while also being on significant sale. The G402's low profile and lack of support for the ring and little...