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I sent my inquiries on the evening of Friday the 23rd... got my answers in the morning of Saturday the 24th.. placed the order that afternoon.. order processed and credit card charged on Monday the 26th... product completed and shipped, UPS tracking number received on Wednesday the 28th... and...

Thanks for the suggestion, but for some reason the only i7-8750h (2.2 - 4.1) + gtx 1080 laptop available in computer shops here is down to the MSI GT75 Titan. It seems to be end-of-life, the shops do not like to refresh its inventory of them so stock levels have always been really low, and then...

I just placed the order with Eurocom. Emailed their sales team with some configuration questions, and also noted that they are doing a Name Your Own Discount promo for Black Friday. Got 10% off, which then I spent on better components... as one does :p Here is what I ordered: Eurocom Sky X7C...

I am buying a desktop replacement, and I have all but decided upon configuring a Eurocom Sky X7C. Since it is just a Z370, it takes Coffee Lake desktop CPUs... and is a big reason why I opted to go this route, as opposed to getting mobile parts in big brand offerings such as MSI Titan or Asus...

Went by the computer shop today, because no matter which model I pick up and when, I needed to buy these, even though only the Mouse was technically "Black Friday": Samsung 970 EVO 1TB - $369 CAD Logitech G502 (same one I use on my desktop) - $56 CAD Both after taxes. The MSI Titan is also...

Yeah, I've been looking for Clevo resellers / builders here in Canada, and I think I found a good one: Eurocom Sky X7C - $4465 CAD Intel i7-8700 6C/12T 3.2-4.6GHz GTX 1080 16GB DDR4 2666MHz 17.3in IPS 144Hz G-Sync 1080p + calibration Samsung 970 EVO NVME M.2 1TB Seagate Firecuda SSHD Hybrid...

This is the follow up to this thread I created. However, since the parameters have changed quite a bit, I have decided to create a new thread here. Though I will not object if Mods think they should be merged. Anyways, I did get the job offer... and will be leaving at the beginning of January...

When I bought my 1440p@144Hz monitor, I picked up a 2nd GTX 980. That means, when SLI is working well (and for the games I played: BF1, R6 Siege, Dragon Age Inquisition, Wildlands, and finally Fallout 4... they actually did), I will chime in that that is probably the minimum: 2048x2 CUDA cores @...

Here are the local brick-and-mortar prices in Vancouver, Canada (all prices in CAD): GTX 1080 - starting at $630 GTX 1080 Ti - was starting at $830, but now has completely disappeared RTX 2070 - starting at $770 RTX 2080 - starting at $1080 RTX 2080 Ti - backordered / preorder starting at...

Was it MBR2GPT? Here is the kicker for me.... #1 MBR2GPT converts drive from MBR to GPT without needing to format, and can do so on boot drive and even in full Win10 environment. Perfect! #2 The tool only comes with and works on Win10 "Anniversary Update" aka Version 1703 or later! #3 For me...

Hello! Just came home with the Asus DUAL 2080. You can see our local pricing and so the reason why I ended up with this one in my post here: https://hardforum.com/threads/poll-will-you-be-buying-a-2080ti-2080-2070.1966862/page-7#post-1043869504 Anyways, it is not running properly at the...

I just bought a 2080 light OC for $1099 CAD, which is basically NVIDIA.com's FE prices (Google says $799 USD = $1035 CAD)... to replace my GTX 980 SLI setup. I thought it was a sensible price, because here are the local prices (all in Gigabyte Windforce OC for direct comparison): 1080...

Alright! After a few false starts (including one that I got all the way to Diamond City), I finally figured out the levelling system and so can settle on a "build". My Sole Survivor will be wielding semi-auto Combat Rifle + semi-auto Pistol, dealing damage via Criticals, and also dabbling with...

Thanks everyone! It looks like I will survive with 16GBx1, but it will be worthwhile to throw in that second stick of 16GB to make it into 16GBx2, ASAP. Please excuse me while I leave to break the news to my embattled wallet....

The laptop that I am eyeing comes equipped with 16GB RAM, but it does so as 16GBx1. I feel that 16GB is enough for what I want it to do, but I am also somewhat uncomfortable with not running at dual-channel. If you were me, would you: #1 live with the single stick of 16GB? #2 replace it with...