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    Valve Steam Machine, SteamOS Desktop, Steam Frame VR and Steam Controller

    The inability of it to match other PCs is the biggest issue to me. Like I get it: Consoles are subsidized and Valve doesn't want to do that. You can argue they should, I mean Steam takes a big cut, maybe they should subsidize it with that but it is fine that they aren't. But when you can go to...
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    So why cards?

    Mostly because it would be more limiting without any real gain. The good thing about PCIe cards, the whole reason they exist, is that they make it easy to cheaply add capabilities to a system. You can build a board as big or as small as you want, with whatever additional support hardware it...
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    WiFi Extender

    Yep, all about what you use WiFi for. Like mostly I just use it on my phone for scrolling so for that, even an all 2.4ghz network with no wired backhaul would be fine. Sub 100mbps is fine for just basic surfing. The only real concerns are gaming, where you need low latency but not particularly...
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    WiFi Extender

    Also just in general with all this, the better solutions matter more if you are doing something that needs high latency and/or low bandwidth. If all you want is web surfing and maybe some HD video streaming, pretty much anything works. Even if you end up using 2.4ghz backhaul shared with the...
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    WiFi Extender

    Yes wired backhaul is always the best answer, be it with mesh units, extenders, MoCA, whatever, if you can swing it.
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    WiFi Extender

    For a cheap solution, GotNoRice is right. Something like that will help with signal levels, but it won't be great. If you use it, you want to put it somewhere that it has decent signal to the AP, and is still close enough to the back room to give signal there. You can get signal. Won't be the...
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    RTX 5090 FE Molten 12VHPWR

    I mean there's a difference between something where there's a more compatible setup and where you NEED a new setup. I do not have an ATX 3.0 PSU yet it has run a 3090, 4090 and now 5090 just fine. It's a Seasonic Prime Titanium 1000w. It's a well designed PSU that has had no issues with the...
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    RTX 5090 FE Molten 12VHPWR

    None of that is particularly complicated. The new connector, well we already have that. Internally PSUs already do DC-DC conversion for all the different rails, adding one more voltage wouldn't be a big deal, or all that much more cost. The reason it isn't done is COMPATIBILITY. If they made a...
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    Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now

    As is common for Reddit, that is uninformed garbage. Linux works fine with Secure Boot. Not every distro chooses to get their stuff fully signed, but those that do (Ubutnu for example) work with no issues, no need to add keys. That aside the "OMG they will make it so you can't turn it off on...
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    G-Sync Pulsar monitors worth waiting for? Or should I side grade to current IPS monitor?

    I've become a Reno snob too. RTX HDR just over brightens shit. Reno is the only one I feel that really does do HDR where there are bright parts, but the overall image is unchanged. Either way, glad it works for you and the first person thing is an interesting observation. I'll have to try 3x in...
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    G-Sync Pulsar monitors worth waiting for? Or should I side grade to current IPS monitor?

    I think it also depends on the kind of HUD and shit like that. Like in Cyberpunk, I can totally see frame gen distortion on HUD elements if I look... but it is real minor, and I have to be looking because the kind of distortion is just not that noticeable. Basically I think that MFG is just...
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    G-Sync Pulsar monitors worth waiting for? Or should I side grade to current IPS monitor?

    Could be the clarity makes it obvious, also could vary game by game. When I tried MFG 2x in Hogwarts Legacy quite some time ago, I found it extremely noticeable and distracting. In Cyberpunk 2077, I find 3x quite nice. However the strobing might do it. Clarity is not always good, blur is not...
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    RTX 5090 FE Molten 12VHPWR

    I dunno, you telling me you think they did it just to save money on $15,000 datacenter GPUs? Like I can, maybe, get it for consumer GPUs though even there I kinda doubt it given all the other high-cost things you see on them, and their overall high price. However it is the same setup on the...
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    Whats your favorite pc game of all time?

    Hmmmmm. It really depends on the criteria I use to decide favorite. BG2 is a contender for sure because it is one I still replay from time to time. Every couple years I'll get bit by the itch and say "Know what? I should replay it again." Not a lot of games that do that, and it is by far the...
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    12VHPWR &12v 2x6 Fire Risk Discussion

    I mean, go talk to a lawyer if you feel strongly... but don't be surprised if they aren't that interested. Screamy posts on the Internet are not proof. You need to be able to show that these are melting at a rate that is causing an increased number of RMAs compared to previous connectors. Can...
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