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Didn't know that existed. Nice option for someone who wants a 10850K or 10900K and Z590. I thought hard on that configuration, who doesn't want the 10 cores? Especially since this was a 2nd machine for me alongside a 5900X, and it ended up replacing it after playing with both of them. My Z590...

Completely agree. Needs revisiting. You seem well informed, where are you on reddit? ;) I don't have a reddit account anymore, so I'm joking. When they do the Alder Lake reviews though, if they disable MCE again (not only is it default on, and statistically few change BIOS options at all, as...

You're correct for sure, I don't recall as I pieced this together and ran all those typical benchmarks back in early May. Temps are higher than mid to low 50s that I see in my gaming. But I will note, my measurement isn't just while gaming, I use 8 thread Steam Link software encoding from my...

I've run CB on this, and it holds 5.1Ghz on all 8 cores during a run if I remember correctly. I typically only care about what I actually use my machine for though. I mostly watch the stats for my use cases, because I think that's a bit more intelligent to focus on. The way mine is configured...

The paste crowd has been split 50/50 for years on this. Some use pastes formulated for sub-ambient cooling like a lot of Thermal Grizzly pastes and maybe gain a celsius or two, but they do dry up. At risk of angering everyone, I believe it's just improper use based on a misreading of benchmarks...

Just to follow up on the bold quote there on the Zipcar app. That was because I had Apple's zoom mode enabled. Which makes everything bigger on the screen, basically making it very similar to the old 4" screen's real estate. That's how much I like a small phone, losing real estate for larger and...

I've used an IC graphite thermal pad, the 40x40mm version for about 4 years now on 3 different heatsinks. Never had a problem with it, and it's even torn now. Still use it anyway. I have a good amount of things going on right now across my triple monitor setup, Spotify, RDP session, Firefox...

Interesting take. I think MS should just partner with any vendor that wants to enable their headset on their platforms (Win11 / Xbox). It's true MS could compete but I don't see the point. Depending on well it takes off for Facebook, for the heavy hitters we'll probably see FB / Samsung / Apple...

So that statement actually is completely true. But not the whole story. I was faced with the decision of Z590 ITX boards and was also between the Gigabyte and Asus. The Asus Z590-i is cooler than the Gigabyte both with the Asus's VRM fan on, and with it completely disabled...

The 6.1" phones like the base 12 and most Androids are definitely my limit too. I know pretty much everyone here has one besides me.. so I can't just talk trash without getting pummeled.. but some have expressed regrets on the Max/Plus phones. I really don't want to buy a ~6" phone unless I'm...

Interesting, I haven't thought about that. This is just the 1 of 1,000 ways to do things and there's always something. I would never leave just empty space myself, as I consider my apps that aren't in folders as my core, frequently accessed apps. I may play around with it sometime and see. Even...

What do you mean by this? I use all my folders at the bottom, and just moved one to the top to see if I was missing something. An aside, that's 71% battery left after all day on a 12 mini. That said, phones are utility for me. Battery life is kind of subjective based on use-cases. My wife has...

Yes, Wacom EMR FTW. That's why I bought my wife the Samsung Notebook 9 Pen, their 2-in-1s were the only models on the market that I know that use it. I didn't know about that HP. My wife wouldn't accept that because she used to work for HP and isn't a fan. :) And, I like Samsung honestly...

I already told my story plus detailed some software differences between iOS and Android.. but that post reminded me- I do have you beat on 2+ years with your phone. I went 5 years with my iPhone SE that I paid a whole $280 for new. I never came close to going 5 years with any of my Android...

One thing about this that I think people will find interesting, not on the 60hz + "bad" battery life comment but on Apple's 60Hz devices is that while being true, one of the reasons iOS often still feels smoother than Android is because the render loop of the OS is decoupled from the app by...