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    RGB switches now?! Ubiquiti Pro Max 24 PoE

    Of course, the kid in me wants all LC fiber cables to "glow" when there is data going thru them.... yet we don't see that. :(
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    RGB switches now?! Ubiquiti Pro Max 24 PoE

    First thing I thought of for the colors... VLAN number. But of course, 1) you'd have to memorize vlan & color combinations; and 2) some people have color blindness. :)
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    Fractal North Wood good quiet case?

    I have a friend with the Fractal North. Her experience has been it's a bit loud with factory config (air cooled), but I believe it can be made quiet with the right tweaks & fans. And yes, a video card bracket is required. :) Also, I believe a 360 rad is relatively close in surface area to a...
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    Anyone went strictly to SSDs only yet ?

    It's interesting to see that I've been doing what most people have been doing. My main rig is 2 x NVMe only. Gaming rig is SSD only. I only use HDD for the NAS and for offline backups (HDD docks work great for this purpose), due to the price per TB.
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    [Dead]Hot? XFX MERC 7900XTX $799 @ Amazon

    Must have been a pricing mistake. The AMD RX 7900 XT Ultra is $799... but now the XTX version is back to $979.
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    Cold boot intermittently takes a full minute to post

    Try to disable ALL overclocking... memory, CPU, etc. Boot to OS once with that setting, then cold shutdown. See if that fixes it... My guess would be RAM timings/instability. I've seen RAM age...i.e., must run at lower clocks vs when bought new.
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    Warm: Arc A770 Video Card

    NE shell shocker $279 for Intel A770 card... https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16814553001
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    GPU recommended purely for 4K video play back?

    I just played a 4K movie on my AMD 6800.... uses about 1% CPU and 7% GPU. No studder here. Monitor refresh rate is 120Hz however, which I've found to be helpful all around.
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    Nvidia pulls in some $18.1B up from $5.93B this time last year...

    Hello? Have you guys seen the cost of video cards? How about cloud computing anyone? * "its data center division... up 279% over the same quarter last year." * "its gaming division... increasing 81% year over year." No surprises here.
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    Opinions as to if I need more fans

    If your temps & noise are OK now, I'd leave it as is. If not, then try adding an intake fan at the bottom first. There are enough holes in the case that static pressure (i.e., heat buildup) shouldn't be an issue, especially if you can run the rear fans faster than the front ones.... Also, I...
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    Video Card Suggestions for Stock Trading Computer

    So, you want to run 3 x Dell U3821DW montiors? Also, what is your budget (range)?
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    How would treat your PSU if you experience this behavior? Not turning on at all when a bad cable is connected?

    Yeah, the OCP is faster than your eyes can perceive. As others have stated, always use provided cables or ones that have been vetted for the power supply. The PSU is probably fine now.
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    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Fired, ChatGPT Hired As Interim CEO

    I smell bribery somewhere...
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    Super slow post

    Do you have any add-on cards with BIOS (e.g., RAID controllers, etc.)? If so, are they EFI compatible? Also, check for any BIOS updates from your motherboard manufacturer's website.
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    Raspberry Pi 5

    They literally moved everything on the new board except the power plug. Ugh. So, you'll need completely new POE hat, heatsinks, cases, etc. However, I do like the PCI Express x1 so, NVMe is now possible.
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    Jonsbo N2 Case for NAS

    Anyone purchase one of these new cases? It's really hard to find 4 SATA drive cases anymore that are small for a closet NAS. Wondering if the N2 will solve the overheating issues that the N1 had. https://www.jonsbo.com/en/products/N2Black.html
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    Post Your Workstations 2023

    What case is that?
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    Are you using ECC with 64 GB+?

    Current build has Mushkin RedLines 32GB ECC (unbuffered) in B550. Those are the highest performing ECC modules I could find at the time. Happy so far.
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    What Is Your Personal Favorite Video Card of All Time?

    Honestly, my favorite video card is the one I have today. It's the 6800 Red Dragon. It was easy to install, worked great out of the box with Linux, and runs all my games at 4K in relative quiet.
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    Ranking of Linux Distrubitions from Best to Evil

    And I believed that the whole point of separating the desktop environment of Linux (KDE, Gnome, XFCE, etc.) was to allow this consistent experience regardless of the underlying distro flavor.
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    Do you encrypt data on your own local file server?

    If there is any risk of "theft" or "investigation", I would advice encrypting. As long as the CPU hosting the file share is sufficient and you don't mishandle the encryption key, then there's no downside.
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    How thieves steal cars using network bus

    This is old news. Hackers have been working on the CAN bus for years and presenting their findings at Black Hat.
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    UEFI Bootkit Successfully Hits Windows 11 BlackLotus

    Assuming BIOS flashing was disabled and BIOS is not compromised (appears to not be from the article), it appears you could recover the hardware by switching to legacy BIOS boot and deleting all secure boot keys. However, the entire contents of the disk/OS I would not trust. Write /dev/urandom...
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    $26000 RTX 4090 4Way

    You know that thing runs relatively quiet, except for that tiny northbridge fan that sounds like a mosquito. That would make me return it. :P
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    Post Your Workstations 2023

    Are those wallpapers public domain somewhere I can snag them?
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    What game made you a PC Gamer?

    Hmm... it's hard to say which "one" game made me a PC gamer.... The top ones for me are: King's Quest VI, Star Control 2, Lands of Lore -- Throne of Chaos, and Day of the Tentacle.
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    Goodwill store treasure

    Next week, stop by and see if they have any 7000 series video cards still in the box. :D
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    Are these criteria still valid when buying GPU in 2023?

    As an example, consider the AMD 6800 XT. I found one for $580 tonight at NewEgg (within your budget). Has your required 16GB for 4k textures. Performance: 80-90 FPS on the newest games... so you'll want FreeSync technology. 120-150 FPS on older games... Should perform well for several years...
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    Are these criteria still valid when buying GPU in 2023?

    The most important criteria is your use case. I.E., is this a video editing workstation, a gaming box, a general computing (Office apps), or something else? Next most important criteria is your budget. Third criteria is what you're kind of saying in point #3 -- What size screen resolution do you...
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    AMD at CES 2023: 7950X3D, 7900X3D, 7800X3D - VCache Party In Here

    I saw something similar on some ARM chips a while back... I believe they called it "Little Big Architecture". https://www.arm.com/technologies/big-little This makes sense on a mobile platform... I'm not sure about it on a desktop. The market will decide.
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    Steam 2022 Winter sale is here! Winter sale runs from December 22 to January 5th, 2023, 10 AM PST

    Picked up FAR: Lone Sails for $3. Just wanted something easy and atmospheric.
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    My recent GPU experiences with AMD as a long time nVIDIA user...

    I was an NVIDIA fan boy too for a while. My monitor died which prompted me to upgrade to 4k. Then, my 960 card could barely display 4k (even desktop lagged). So, I went with AMD 6800. It's been a great card, and I paid way less than something similar with NVIDIA. I can play everything at 4k...
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    A picture I took 2022

    Getting close to the end of the year. Guess I should post something. LOL I took this a few months ago on a trip to N Cali. I believe it's Mt. Shasta at sunset.
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    Nvidia 522.25 drivers (DX12 boost for all RTX GPU's)

    Those of you running NVIDIA driver version less than 526.98 should update your drivers this weekend. Some big vulnerabilities were patched today: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5415 The older 474 (Windows) and 470 (Linux) series drivers were also fixed too.
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    Upgraded from 1700x to 5600 and now mobo does not post

    Take the CPU out (carefully) and check every single pin to make sure none are bent/missing. Also, just in case, make sure you have a PC speaker hooked up for BIOS beep codes.
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    Are we sort of in a drought or something? (bit of rambling here)

    Do you like Myst-type games? Perhaps "Quern" would interest you; there is very little dialog at all.
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    High temps on RX6800XT after a re-paste?

    Can you provide pictures of the card with the paste, and a picture of the cooler side that contacts the card?
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    Should I Upgrade from 6600 XT to 6750 XT?

    Bit late for this thread, but for anyone who cares, I upgraded my power supply and now the coil whine is much quieter. With vsync enabled (120Hz), it's almost silent.
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    RTX 4xxx / RX 7xxx speculation

    Not sure if this was linked yet, but AMD has confirmed they will use 8-pin connectors for the 7000 series cards. https://wccftech.com/amd-wont-use-gen5-16-pin-12vhpwr-power-connector-on-radeon-rx-7000-rdna-3-gpus/
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