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    4K monitors were out more than a decade ago but why is gaming at this resolution still such a big deal?

    Just whatever the highest is after which you can no longer see a noticeable improvement without getting inches away from the panel. One thing to keep in mind is that different high performance panels might have non-standard subpixel layouts (e.g. BGR instead of RGB, RGBW, etc), so those might...
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    4K monitors were out more than a decade ago but why is gaming at this resolution still such a big deal?

    ?? There aren't any Ultrasharp models that compete with actual high-end gaming-centric monitors. All their better (i.e. faster) gaming displays are on the Alienware branding. Also, 4k+ res requiring 50"+ displays to be worth it is objectively wrong. The smaller the screen for a given...
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    WTB: Msata ssd.

    I have none to offer atm, but honestly I'd recommend just getting an mSATA to SATA adapter (~$6=$10) so that you can use regular 2.5" SSDs. mSATA drives are only marginally more expensive than 2.5" models, but the real kicker is that they usually have lower sustained performance and endurance...
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    WTB: Zalman ZM-RS6F 5.1 (non-USB version)

    I don't have those Zalmans anymore, but I do have some Arctic P531 on hand in case you change your mind about non-USB only.
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    Replacing existing video card with a new video card

    There is almost no reason whatsoever to use DDU outside of actual in-depth troubleshooting of a serious GPU-related issue. The nv unified drivers have been very good at working seamlessly between GPU swaps as far back as at least Pascal. I've personally swapped out at least 3 GPUs on the same...
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    Modders Give 8GB Memory to GeForce GTX 970

    Yeah it's pretty ridiculous that I haven't passed a new VRAM milestone in 10 years. I got 2x GTX Titan X on release, 2x Titan X Pascal at release, a 2080Ti for ~1mo, then had a 3080 for ~1yr before finally coming full circle with an RTX 4090, never having passed that original 12/24GB mark 🤡
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    Need some input on a member

    I don't agree with that. Communities differ in their terminology, but I've seen most places make the distinction between BNIB and NIB because sometimes there's a legitimate desire for confirmation that a new item isn't damaged from the factory, which absolutely can and does happen, sometimes...
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    Need some input on a member

    This sucks, but overall at least it was an easy tell, for the most part. The one time that I (and a couple other people) have been scammed was from a legitimate user who, iirc, was found through other boards to be a gambling addict or something, and one day he just decided to try and sell the...
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    FS - 96GB of ECC DDR3 dimms (24x4gb)

    That's the 2021 model. I've bought several for family in the past, you can tell it apart easily by that emerald color and 4-lens configuration (the 2022 model has 3).
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    RTX 3090 FE not outputting to more than one display at a time

    Those are AM4 processors, so that's even less relevant. -edit- Correction, I meant to say Zen4, those are Zen4 cores slapped onto an AM5 socket chip, so that's why they have no iGPU.
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    Does coil whine bother other middle aged people?

    lmao What you're experiencing is aging. Hearing degredation happens to everyone without exception, only the rate of it varies. It's the same thing with how young kids can actually hear in the 16-20KHz range for a while, but that very quickly tapers off between adolescence and adulthood. Most...
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    Who makes the best price/performance 1TB gen 4 or better Nvme for a new PC?

    Should be obvious. Not every system is a large enough form factor to put an HDD in (or it might be undesireable due to thermals, etc), and it could just be games storage, not general media/document archival, so high read speeds would still be desirable even if top write performance isn't. And...
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    Who makes the best price/performance 1TB gen 4 or better Nvme for a new PC?

    Just buying from a "good" brand doesn't automatically make everything from their lineup acceptable for all use cases, same with them being TLC vs QLC, because TLC DRAM-less drives exist. Just make sure that if you're going to be using a drive for lots of I/O intensive tasks and sustained...
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    Brought My Computer To Be Rebuilt At A Computer Store, They Messed It Up? Pictures

    Yes, installing the radiator up top is a better choice, but the vertical rad install doesn't actually matter once the liquid gets moving. The only thing that happens is that you'll hear some gurgling when you first turn the system on since some air that was sitting in the upper plenum will get...
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    On board sound sucks compared to external USB DAC

    In most cases, I wouldn't make generalizations or expectations for current hardware based off of an almost 7 year old board, but unfortunately, not much has changed since then. Most boards still use the same old codecs, and despite these onboard solutions being significantly better than what was...
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