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    Do you use Light mode or Dark mode?

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    iTX Case recommendations?

    I think I'm going to stick with my old Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini iTX Case. It still looks nice, and is in pretty good condition. Maybe I'll do a build log.
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    External SSD

    I just transferred 700GB's worth of data in a few minutes, yesterday. Slowest speed was 480MB/s, fastest up to 1GB/s. Limiting factor was probably the enclosure I was using, and maybe the NVMe SSD I was using. It's better than waiting overnight for the files to transfer, and waking up to find it...
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    AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Review

    That reviewer is brave. The backlash from AMD fanbois will not be pleasant.
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    iTX Case recommendations?

    I'm finally doing another iTX build since my BitFenix Prodigy (White) with a i5-4670K and ASUS Z87-I DELUXE. I have no preference for color, but have been eyeing this SGPC K66 Lite, except it's a bit pricey. I might re-use the BitFenix Prodigy, and I also have an old Corsair 250D an old Cooler...
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    Liquid metal sucks long term.

    Sorry, I meant aluminum. With nickel, it creates that staining, but doesn't affect thermals.
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    Liquid metal sucks long term.

    Never put gallium (main ingredient with liquid metal TiM) with nickel aluminum. Keep it on copper.
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    External SSD

    Get a USB4 adapter and connect it via the USB4 port (40Gbps). You may need to shuck your external NVMe SSD, though. If you're using 2.5" SATA, then USB3.2 2x2 (20Gbps) should be fast enough.
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    Asus not done with ROG 20th anniversary - ROG Crosshair X870E Edition 20

    I remember at least a decade ago, that I wished they made motherboards into a cube shape. I think someone made a prototype or something a few years ago? Maybe it was a dream. 🤷‍♂️
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    Playing Cyberpunk2077 in High Native 4K with an i5-3570K and an RX 9070 16GB vs an i7-14700T

    I'll might try it out one day... I got tired of FPS games, even tactical ones, with all the cheaters/hackers. It just wasn't fun, anymore. Yeah, I gamed at 1440P (and still do), and could feel the bottleneck with the 3930K and DDR3 with web browsing and 2K gaming. I just found it crazy people...
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    Playing Cyberpunk2077 in High Native 4K with an i5-3570K and an RX 9070 16GB vs an i7-14700T

    Well, with the Tick-Tock cycle, it's always been: 1. Make it smaller, add more cores = Tick 2. Make it more efficient = Tock Every now and then, they'd try something new. With powerful graphics cards and higher resolutions, it gets less CPU-bound. Most applications are now utilizing GPU's...
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    Asus not done with ROG 20th anniversary - ROG Crosshair X870E Edition 20

    I'm good with my "cheap" $150-ish boards.
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    DRAM Pricing Jumps 50%, Only 70% of Orders Getting Filled

    To be fair, every country does this, they're just the main manufacturer of goods these days, so they get noticed the most. There are no international patents, just agreement pacts and what not. Just like how Japan's auto industry copied the U.S.'s and improved upon it from the 80's onward...
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    Playing Cyberpunk2077 in High Native 4K with an i5-3570K and an RX 9070 16GB vs an i7-14700T

    I finally got my m-ATX test bench up, and I put an iTX motherboard on it with a delidded i5-3570K with an RX 9070 16GB. Unfortunately, it's not an overclockable motherboard. Still, I was curious how it would do at 4K, and I was actually surprised. It took forever to get into the game, all 4...
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    WTB: Z77 motherboard

    I had a Sabertooth motherboard once. They were great!
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