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To add to and expand upon the above. They release far to many overpriced, one off products for a company tied into minimum quantity contracts. Looking at their most recent consumer releases as quick examples. Both being direct die blocks for socket 1700 and AM5 x3d ($450+ with required parts)...

If you already made your mind up, why did you bother asking for advice? And if JG says you're gtg, rock on.

Focus has always been gold/platinum... I'm running a focus px-850 currently. As for your initial question, the differentiators. They are the components used etc. You will have to check out reviews to nail down the specifics but I wouldn't worry to much about it. Seasonic makes solid units in...

Boltdepot is also where I buy/bought all of my rad screws. Their selection is top notch. You can match almost any screw type imaginable. Btw. Hardwarelabs makes Black Ice rads.

I never let windows update my drivers. Disabling automatic installation/updates is the first thing I do once I'm in a fresh install. It seems like something always gets jacked up otherwise and I end up having to spend time reinstalling something.

If I were in your shoes, I would pick up a top tier ATX 3.0/1 unit of appropriate wattage and give myself the peace of mind that comes with it. My x1050 was reviewed very well by our guy JG. That was the main factor in my buying it (same as the 1300g2) but like the saying goes, time catches up...

It's impossible to say how many hours per day it saw definitively...it's a 12yo unit after all (it never saw anything close to 1000w, 3-400 at most). The type of usage a unit is put under is always a factor in the longevity of any PSU imo. Like I said, it lived an easy life. Being that it spent...

Of course. My badass Seasonic x1050 that powered more systems than I can remember, died quietly 6 or 7 months ago. Smoking my i7 8086k and Asrock z390 Phantom gaming 9. No warning at all. Still have no idea what caused it. It was beyond the warranty period of course. Tore it apart and found...

I was just going off of my poor memory (there are several more small manufacturers not including China). I know Nanya (SKorean iirc) makes ddr4 and 5. None of those are NA companies but they sell worldwide. They're all tiny in comparison to SKHynix, Micron and Samsung. The best info/articles are...

Nanya, Winbond, Powerchip, are smaller companies. They haven't shut entire foundries down iirc. Only what they need to, I don't know what percentage each is running currently. Yes, for as long as supply and demand has been around tbh. Not off the top of my head. There are estimates out there...

All of the big 3 are playing catch up to fill demand in regards to building fab space etc for HBM3 iirc. Their will almost assuredly be shortages due to the insane demand for it currently. Dram and NAND? It will only be a matter of them bringing back their laid off workers and firing up the...

The big mannies have been cutting production on nand and memory for 6 or 8 months now. Prices have been steadily creeping back up on storage and memory unfortunately for those that missed the train. Either load up when prices bottom out or get shafted when they go through the roof again...

The fsp is currently the best PSU you can get right now hands down. The other two I haven't seen any reviews for yet.

I'm familiar with all of OCFs wcing guides, been a member since forever. 20 years ago that info was already sliding off the edge. Now? To say it's outdated is being kind. I'll leave it at that so as not to disparage the author any further. You would be surprised how many people use AF. And how...

Risk? There's zero risk when running antifreeze. We're not talking about vehicle temps. Just wimpy pc temps. It wont clog up CPU or GPU fins or stop up rads. There's no worries of thermal breakdown in a pc loop, period. By eliminating the one factor that destroys AF, heat, we have no reason to...