It seems like for your use case, noise would be the only good reason to replace the stock cooler immediately. I don't think there is much of a resale market for them, but you could check ebay. If you don't feel like tearing into your system at a later date to install a cooler when you decide to...
This is talking specifically about a desktop proc, but it looks like AGESA 1.0.0.3 ABB microcode should fix the bug. I would see if the laptop you are looking at has a BIOS update from after Oct 2019. That should have the fix within it. If you have a BIOS older than Oct 2019, then you might...
I'm curious where the break over point is that an SSD is cheaper, no matter the capacity than a Hard Drive? I'm guessing OEMs are getting HDDs at $10-$15 per drive, and that is the lower limit of the fixed cost of making a drive. SSDs should at some point undercut that, as the manufacturing is...
I have one of these also. My first one was returned because of instability, even at stock clocks. I also have very little room for memory overclocking, only getting 8400 MHz effective. Does anyone else notice Wattman doesn't allow any voltages above 1175 mV and that it doesn't even seem to...
I am wondering if the ability to max out Forza 7 is an artifact of the engine being so optimized to be able to run smoothly on the Xbox One. We have heard time and time again about engines and games being able to give us better image quality, but the option is not in release because of the...
No, this would give you a MTBF of only one hour. The headline is terrible, and you really have to look at the failure rates / the number of drives they used.
I love that Backblaze uses consumer HDDs in their storage pods. Then they even compile and release the results from the drives they buy! The only downside is the small sample of models they buy, but they do have a good sample size of each model.
Disclaimer: I subscribe to their service and it's...
Have you had any issues with crashes? I just bought this card and have had many crashes in BF1 and Witcher 3.
Update: I am getting a new card today. After changing to a 750 Watt power supply, and trying the newest beta drivers and the newest WQHL, underclocking the card, increasing the power...