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    Please help - TPM enabled for W11 slowed down my games on W10 - using an Asus mobo on i7 8700 + 2060S...

    I never went to Windows 11 - I've always been on Windows 10. Never left. I didn't. I wasn't. I never said I had upgraded - I think I maybe needed to be explicit about that. Sorry. I turned on TPM in expectation of needing it on, for when eventually I upgrade, and noticed the hit to gaming...
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    Please help - TPM enabled for W11 slowed down my games on W10 - using an Asus mobo on i7 8700 + 2060S...

    So... in preparation for being able to install Windows 11 in the coming months, I enabled TPM on my Asus Z370-I mobo in a SFF machine. A day later, but still on Windows 10, I played Rocket League, and a few other games, and found them to be awfully laggy - so much so, they became difficult to...
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    Looking for advice: Zotac 3070 and EVGA 3070 Ti are the same price - which do I get?

    Hey all - OP here. Sorry about the long wait on a reply, from me - I'm now an uncle, that's why. Anyway... I'm now just doing some thinking / considering, given all the feedback, and I've added some replies below. I just wanna indicate that I'm grateful for all the advice - it was, and it...
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    Looking for advice: Zotac 3070 and EVGA 3070 Ti are the same price - which do I get?

    Thanks, dudes, for the feedback so far. That is four votes for EVGA, and none for ZOTAC, sadly. I say it's "sad" because as just your answers came in, I've discovered that other users have reported the EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3070 TI XC3 ULTRA 8GB does not fit in the Dan A4 SFF case without...
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    Looking for advice: Zotac 3070 and EVGA 3070 Ti are the same price - which do I get?

    So to my surprise, I've finally found two 3070 cards available in my area! And both are exactly the same price. Unfortunately, I have no idea which card is better, in their various respects. My choice is between... ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Edge OC 8GB EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3070 TI XC3...
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    NUC 11 Extreme?

    Like you, I'm really interested in the "Extreme" segment of the Intel NUC lineup. I went with a 7.2L SFF case about two and a half years ago... but come the end of this year, any new purchase for me is probably between a costly laptop, or a Intel NUC system. I'm personally most interested in...
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    DAN A4-SFX: The smallest gaming case in the world

    Okay, gotcha. So the 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming version fits, and the backplate doesn't need to be removed. Noted! Thank you! This is really good to know. Cheers. I had thought the Black version would fit easier, because it is seemingly without a backplate... however as you said, the backplate...
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    DAN A4-SFX: The smallest gaming case in the world

    This is wild. I love it. Have you also removed the backplate? Did you need to remove it, in order for it to fit? Also, is that the 3080 XC3 Black Gaming, or the 3080 XC3 Gaming, or the 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming? Edit / additionally... I wonder whether the XC3 Black Gaming version would fit...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    I believe there are several variations of the NCASE M1 that have been released. I've got one in storage in Australia (bought a few years ago, just days before a huge change to my life / living arrangements sadly occurred, and so could never be used) and so I'm wondering: how will I determine...
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    DAN A4-SFX: The smallest gaming case in the world

    Do we anticipate that DAN will update the A4 so as to accomodate three-slot cards? If i'm honest, I'm also hoping for a new A4 case with stronger heat management credentials... so I'm quietly hoping that the case will grow in size for these three-slot cards, and then given that change has been...
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    Alternatives to EVGA Precision X1 software, simply for fan control?

    Thanks for the advice, DrDoU. I'll give it a whirl. Cheers. It looks like Afterburner does so many other things... but that's cool - I'll just be using it for the fan control functions.
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    Alternatives to EVGA Precision X1 software, simply for fan control?

    Simple quick question... Is anyone able to recommend some alternatives to EVGA Precision X1 software, simply for fan control purposes. I'm able to explain I think why Precision X1 sucks... if necessary. Ideally, the software will: start automatically, when Windows 10 loads, start...
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    So do you wait for 3060 / 3070, given they ~seem~ relatively close, or get a 2060 / 2070 Super today?

    This video from Linus is a little dated now (almost exactly 2 months old) but it still expresses the "wait now for optimal parts, but accept risk" vs "get what you can, right now" options which were discussed by some of us above:
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    So do you wait for 3060 / 3070, given they ~seem~ relatively close, or get a 2060 / 2070 Super today?

    Hey bud - honestly, I didn't really feel comfortable buying a 2000 series card, either, knowing the 3000 weren't / aren't that far away. But yeah, as magoo has said... ...and it's true. I take your point though, Banya. I really do - buying something which is sooo clooose to being superseded...
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    DAN A4-SFX: The smallest gaming case in the world

    Are you able to share a 3D model / file of your fan ducts, with us?
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