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Is this outcome being priced into the market? Is fear of a Chinese takeover contributing to inflated prices because companies are worried that they may need to live off of the fat that they can build up now while the global supply chain readjusts in a post every semiconductor is made in Taiwan...

The Trojan Horse analogy seems appropriate and the fact that TikTok is made in China is convenient. This is the current iteration of the cyclical demonizing of something to push an overt agenda with an upside for unintended consequences. Jazz was the enemy at one point in time, then rock and...

It's always about control.

Exactly. It was fine when it was optional, but each successive iteration of Windows 10 made it harder and harder to find the local account only option. Windows 11 requires the terminal method Zarathustra mentioned above. Back on topic: I have no need for a 7800x3D since I'm running a 5800x3D...

I had a dedicated 240v outlet for my PC equipment in my old house.

Hopefully it won't fall apart before they are able to get the whole group to the table.

https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/subcommittee-analysis-reveals-excessive-corporate-price-hikes-have-hurt

While this is true, you cannot simplify the inflation equation to just labor cost increases. Economies of scale are still at work. Depending on the company, the sheer volume of goods being moved through the supply chain equates to a minimal, though not insubstantial, increase in the cost at...

Hopefully, quality PSU makers will take the bend radius into consideration when manufacturing their native cables/connectors so that it is not left up to the user to be super mindful of their installation.

I saw a desktop PC case that was the base for the monitor at a computer show when LCDs were first hitting the mainstream market. Now you can get an iTX build that mounts on the back of the display using the VESA mounts. I actually ran into a similar issue with one of my random retro builds...

No argument there, it's an aspect of retail. You have to make the money while you can early in a product lifecycle because later in its lifecycle you'll be selling at a discount and maybe even a loss.

The primary cause of the insane prices were crypto bros to the mooning every shit coin they could come up with. Were retailers inflating prices, in many cases even to the point of gouging, due to the imbalance between the demand for cards and the available supply? Yes, but in my opinion, they...

Didn't they mention in one of their press releases that a 3D cache lineup was coming sometime after the initial launch? I would guess they are taking the time to bin some chips for that due to the potential heat dissipation issues or have they resolved that this time around? I suppose it would...

I mostly sell to friends or on here. You can get a relative idea for pricing by browsing the For Sale / Trade sub forum: https://hardforum.com/forums/for-sale-trade.17/ I have purchased a bunch of stuff on here and through the HardwareSwap subreddit https://old.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap...

This is not the competition anyone is hoping for.

Sell it for some cash to help offset the upgrade cost or do the dumb thing that I always do and build another computer because why not?

The first point makes sense for general consumer grade hardware. The last point about the TRX40, while disappointing, is such a small market of prosumer customers, that I would give them a pass. I think at least some of the issue with the backlash against Intel comes from changing the platform...

If it isn't broken, don't fix it?

Could they also not simply issue a patch disabling the "phone home" technology and allowing people to continue to play the game(s) offline? This always seems like a simple, sensible solution, but it never seems to happen.

Marketing is going to do what marketing does. 1TB 5400RPM non-hybrid HDDs in modern laptops instead of 250 - 500GB SSDs can attest to this.

This is the part that I will never understand. Why is Microsoft issuing firmware (BIOS) updates via Windows Update? It is going to cause problems. It is inevitable. There are [H] users that don't flash their BIOS out of fear of breaking things. Why would anyone think this is a good idea for...

Makes sense. I have one PC with the 5600G and another with the 5700G. I don't really notice a difference in day-to-day things. They're both using B450 motherboards with M.2 NVMe SSDs and pretty much the same RAM. At the office I have the 5600X and I definitely noticed a difference in Adobe...

If bleeding edge performance is not your primary concern, then the 5600G may offer a worthwhile upgrade at an even more affordable price.

Something tells me that GPU manufacturers that already skimp on the components will be less than enthusiastic about increasing the bill of materials even a few cents to compensate for this when they can deflect blame to the PSU.

I had the non-BT set, but brought them into the office. Ordered a set of these, got them the next day, and so far they're very similar while hardwired. The neighbors haven't BT'd into them yet and I didn't bother to test out that functionality as my experience with BT in the past has been that...

It's popped up a few times over the last few years in different places. As Twisted Kidney mentioned above, I'm glad I'm not involved in lawmaking. It feels like there is always a pendulum swing between onerous government intervention and laissez faire ignorance, with only the occasional...

https://apnews.com/article/legislature-legislation-local-governments-nevada-economy-2fa79128a7bf41073c1e9102e8a0e5f0 They're working on it.

That's just it: the minimum PSU that they're recommending is not handling the load. Should we really need 1.5kW+ PSUs for gaming desktops?

While I can't argue the point of using the Internet to research these things (it's probably a large part of why we're all here at [H] isn't it?) I guess I'm failing to understand your disdain for "...these streamer/vod scumbags..." or why it is relevant to the conversation at hand. Industry...

How do you know what PSUs are compatible with which GPUs? One of the points that was discussed in the video is that some of these video cards are seeing momentary spikes of double their rated power usage and that their rated power usage is what is being advertised in conjunction with the PSU...

It may not have anything to do with the quality of their product, but rather the quality of their service. Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that EVGA was indeed selling pallets of GPUs to mining operations, while hundreds or thousands of loyal customers waited in the queue. I can...

It wouldn't be the first time that I've seen a manufacturer cut a corner and only allocate partial lanes for the storage or chipset. A drop from x4 to x2 bandwidth could roughly cut your speeds in half.

Windows update has written more to most of my SSDs than I have.

This is where it would be nice to see some representation in our republic that has at least a rudimentary understanding of the legislation they enact or the laws they are responsible to uphold - or people that are not so arrogant as to believe that they know all things without accepting input...

I'm pretty sure that Hardware Unboxed uses a 5950X test bench for all of their video card testing. Their 3080 Ti review results should be comparable to your setup I would think.

I think the logic is reversed. ATX cases will accept smaller motherboard form-factors (e.g. mATX, mITX, etc.). Cases that accept ATX motherboards can still come in a smaller form-factor variety, depending on the expansion options supported and the layout of the components. The SFFTime P-ATX...

I've purchased quite a few open box motherboards from Microcenter in the past. They will usually let you look at it at the back counter by the hardware components prior to purchasing it. Even if they don't, it's a brick and mortar store that you can bring your item back to in the event that it...

The only chances they are taking now are with how many RGB LEDs they can cram onto the board and how badly they can mess up the RGB controller software.

As long as you can find the features and expansion options that you require, then mATX should be fine. Like others have mentioned, mATX motherboards can get weird with slot placement, IO panel connectors, and generally go toward the cheaper end with respect to component selection, so your CPU...