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    What's your fallback card?

    GT 520 master race!
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    Your GPU progression?

    OEM GT520 MSI GTX470 Hawk SLI EVGA GTX 680s EVGA GTX 1080 Ti I flirted briefly with Crossfire R9 290s but I went through four (none achieved States clock speeds short of overclocking) and Newegg still tried to prevent me from getting a refund.
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    Intel's 8th Generation Core Family - Coffee Lake (LGA 1151, 6C/12T)

    Given Nvidia's fuckery with SLI of late, I have a harder time being persuaded by available lanes than I did 4+ years ago. It's why I went with a single 1080 Ti. Looks like we're at the point where we ought to look more at chipsets and features than just cores, clocks, cache and PCIe lanes.
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    Intel's 8th Generation Core Family - Coffee Lake (LGA 1151, 6C/12T)

    I'm slightly confused by the point of the -X SKU 6c/12t (and lesser) processors given Coffee Lake's existence.
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    Intel's 8th Generation Core Family - Coffee Lake (LGA 1151, 6C/12T)

    How often do current i7's hit > 4.5GHz? Anecdotally, it seems the Sandy chips could do it much more frequently than Haswell and subsequent processors. If Coffee Lake does give us a 4.5 giggle 6c/12t i7, I will be absolutely tickled.
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    Intel's 8th Generation Core Family - Coffee Lake (LGA 1151, 6C/12T)

    What motherboard do you have? In my Maximus V Gene, the onboard sound is shockingly good even when I don't use SPDIF out (which I do exclusively). I would venture to say most full featured motherboards should preclude the need for sound cards. If audio quality is that important, optical out is...
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    Should I repaste my MSI 1080Ti Gaming X?

    I will be doing exactly this upgrade in the next week or so. Part of me wants to repaste with the stock cooler and measure like for like, but ultimately the hybrid cooler is a temporary solution until Fall when my Calyos chassis arrives. Not thinking I'll do too much over locking on this card...
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    GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Discussion Thread

    I was finally set on buying an EVGA 1080 hybrid cooler when I got the email that the ( much more expensive :eek:) Ti / Titan XP cooler was in stock. Probably could have saved a buck going with the non-Ti/XP cooler but I like EVGA's warranty.
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    GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Discussion Thread

    Per my correspondence with EVGA, no, it does not void the warranty. I asked specifically about Grizzly Hydronaut and they said all good. They also confirmed that it's perfectly fine (meaning no harm to the warranty) to install their hybrid cooler using the TIM of your choice. Just don't...
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    GTX 1080 ti on PCI-e 2.0 System???

    The ease at which my 2600K cruises at 5.0 giggles is why I've been comfortable keeping it for so long. I suspect most of us with Sandy's clocked at 4.7+ feel similarly. A 4.0+ GHz 6c/12t Coffee Lake would finally be that substantial enough upgrade (IPC improvements plus the extra cores/threads)...
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    Intel i7 2600k

    MrCaffeineX is pretty much spot on in my experience with this CPU. I have a very good chip that can hold 5 giggles at 1.4v steady but is heat throttled at that point. Pushing to 5.1 or > 1.4v is beyond my Noctua cooler. If Coffee Lake really does bless us with a 6c/12t LGA 1151 and my board/CPU...
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    GeForce 20 series to be released this year (Volta)

    Common scenario: Bought a gently used 1070 for cheap ($300-320), found it couldn't drive their display and/or resolution of choice, 1080 Ti launches and benchmarks show it could, flipped for the Ti. Hell, this was almost exactly my scenario before finding a Ti for fairly cheap as I'm about to...
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Video Card Review @ [H]

    This is where the attraction of buying through reputable Ebay stores comes in. I used to buy almost exclusively through Amazon, but when they opened a warehouse nearby it suddenly wasn't as cost-effective compared to other vendors (particularly expensive things). Someone might put up a 1080 Ti...
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    Intel's 8th Generation Core Family - Coffee Lake (LGA 1151, 6C/12T)

    Admittedly I'm tired, but nowhere in the article did I see mention that Coffee Lake will give us an LGA 1511 6c/12t processor. I badly want to believe and I've seen the rumor elsewhere, but I didn't see it here.
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    Upgrade Advice - 2600K - Can it still cut it?

    Thing is, though, [H]'s own comparison between the 2600k and 7700 show little compelling reason to upgrade. Synthetics are only a 20-ish % improvement, games at low res to make them CPU-bound show even less, and users who've made that upgrade report even less improvement (on high end GPUs...
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    Kaby Lake 7700K vs Sandy Bridge 2600K IPC Review @ [H]

    Well damn. I've been looking to sell off my current system (2600k + MVG) to start from scratch but now it doesn't look like it matters. I don't think my ol' Sandy will hold my GPU back enough for it to be noticed until I can upgrade my monitor.
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    GeForce 20 series to be released this year (Volta)

    I really should have specified 1080p... So I guess it's clear 1080 Ti prices are safe now. With the RX 580 launch I can't see Nvidia feeling threatened by that. Probably also means 20 series is just a refresh. Dammit AMD.
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    GeForce 20 series to be released this year (Volta)

    Like for like in real world applications? Not really. They are definitely measurable, repeatable improvements (which vary by SKU), but the real world gains are less impressive. We aren't talking GTX 680 to Titan gains in most cases.
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    GeForce 20 series to be released this year (Volta)

    Impressive if it pans out. Seems pie-in-the-sky like though, having the same feel as the 580X perf rumors. "I want to believe," but Nvidia has never been that gracious with a next generation performance boost since I started building PCs nearing a decade ago.
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    Where are the AM4 ITX boards?

    When was the last time AMD had a serious competitor in the SFF market? The high-performance SFF market is relatively young, so I don't believe AMD has really ever had the pull with vendors to convince them that a new-socket AMD board in mITX was worth their while. I can understand their...
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    GeForce 20 series to be released this year (Volta)

    Do we know anything about Volta yet, design wise, or are we stuck in speculation phase? Is it an improvement on Pascal or new arc? I'm in need of two graphics cards for two different builds but I can "settle" for a 1070 if I can expect 1080 Ti prices to come down more due to 2000 series launch.
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    AMD Ryzen 5 Reviewer's Kit Giveaway

    Once!
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    Eagerly awaiting my second r9 390 :)

    Yeah, it was definitely an older GPU thing. I'll see if I can find some of the older articles of folks measuring the microstutter; if memory serves it first came to light with a Catalyst driver and the 7990 / crossfire 7900 GPUs, but was measurable on any multi-GPU setup.
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    Eagerly awaiting my second r9 390 :)

    Is it still the case that microstutter basically goes away with 3-4 way multi GPU? Back in the GTX 680 / original Titan days, it was very clear that 3-4 GPUs smoothed out microstutter tremendously... in applications that supported 3-4 GPUs. I'm told new Nvidia GPUs don't even support 3 and 4 way...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    Well done, gentlemen. You spent $144,380 to make this happen and sold 600 cases in 8 days. Corsair, Thermaltake, NZXT, and others only wish they could accomplish this, and now they'll all be competing against the M1 in their future ITX designs. What an awesome success... I can't wait to see...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    $63,000 in only 19 hours. Unreal.
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    Based on this picture, it looks like you'd be fine so long as you bias all of your plugs to one side of the PSU. It will depend on how much room there is port-side of the graphics card between it and the case wall and how much clearance there is between the case ceiling and the graphics card...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    Nope. The case is awesome as it is, but for me there are a couple changes I would make and I'm trying to verify clearances/dimensions. If it were steel and just a little taller inside, I'd buy in before it went on sale. :D Actually, think fully modular ATX PSU, slim 240 rad at bottom, slim...
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    NCASE M1: a crowdfunded Mini-ITX case (updates in first post)

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you added an extra 20mm below the third expansion slot, wouldn't you have enough room for a slim 240 rad (30mm) plus fan (25mm) to fit below a watercooled graphics card?
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    Short SLI bridge

    Are the old ones viable? Have SLI bridge specs changed or updated over time?
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    Short SLI bridge

    Evenin' guys. Are there any short 2-way SLI bridges out there or will I have to cut down a 3-way Asus/EVGA bridge? I've got a Max V Gene so my cards are stacked on top of each other and the longer flexible SLI bridge is not working for me aesthetically.
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    Need to step up from Noctua U12P SE2

    Hey guys. Unfortunately I've hit the thermal wall for my 2600k on the Noctua U12P SE2 w/ push-pull AP14s. I'm gaming and web-surfing stable at 4.8GHz with 1.32V, Prime blend stable with 1min 1344 sweeps + 90% RAM use at 1.375V, and stable at 1 min 1792 sweeps + 90% RAM at 1.395V. At 1.395V...
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    Nintendo Loses Appeal for WiiU.com Domain

    Absolutely not. Eminent domain is one of the greatest crimes against individual freedom in the United States. If you own it lawfully, it's nobody's damned business what, if anything, you do with it. The United States has no lawful authority outlined in the Constitution to take what lawfully...
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    Kabini ITX boards

    Hm, I like the specs for a pfSense firewall / router. Gimme a dual Intel gigabit NIC version with a newest-gen mPCI board for a Centrino 802.11n wireless card and antenna's and I'll be very happy camper.
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    Intel Sandy Bridge 2600K and 2500K Processors @ [H]

    Stability testing my 2600k at 4.5GHz on 1.28V. Hopefully I can either bring this voltage down and keep x45 stable, or move to x46 with little fuss. Idle temps are low 30s (my room is normally 23-25C), load so far hovers around 70 with a Noctua U12P SE2 and Gentle Typhoon AP14s in push-pull.
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    Sandy good enough?

    This article shows the difference between PCIe x16 1.X vs 3.X to be pretty damned minimal. The extra throughput might be more tangible at x8 / x8 though; I wish they'd have done SLI and Crossfire tests too.
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    Sandy good enough?

    Hunt around forums for deals too. I got a 2600k and Maximus V Gene for less than a new Haswell i7 would cost. The deals are definitely out there.
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    8000 series speculation thread.

    I'm thinking AMD needs a $550-$600 X970 with a big-assed mem bus that trades blows with Titan, which would put it solidly ahead of the 780. In order for AMD to start making up market share, they need to keep doing what they're doing with gaming bundles, price their 'competitor' GPUs just under...
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    Replacement screws for EVGA GTX 680

    Hey guys. So I got some shiny new bling in the form of two GTX 680s. Specifically, the EVGA 02G-P4-2680-KR. They came with heatkiller blocks and back plates already installed. It's a great touch, but I'd like to test them on the stock coolers first, which the seller was nice enough to...
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    What display setups can SLI 2GB 680s run?

    23" Samsung 120hz. The picture is for display purposes though; I need to know what two 680s can do before I invest in any specific monitors.
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