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    What replacement screws for my case??

    Mild steel is standard for computer cases. They just use the cheap stuff and paint it. Honestly mild steel is overkill for the strength requirements of a typical computer case. Back in the good old days you could get all aluminum ones that weighed a lot less and were plenty strong. Now...
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    LG 45″ OLED Ultrawide 5120 x 2160@165Hz 45GX990A and 45GX950A

    If I were to go out and buy a gaming screen right now I'd likely end up with a 5k2k OLED. No chance on the Samsung G9 57" for gaming. I got used to OLED and I'm spoiled. VA? No way. IPS also no. LCDs are for work screens. I prefer them there. I write code for a living and I'm not real...
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    RX 9050 is a bit of a turd

    I would expect so, assuming you can source 1GB GDDR6 modules or it can run on a single 2GB GDR6 chip with a 32-bit bus. Might need some bios mods, but I bet it's theoretically possible. I'm guessing getting 1GB GDDR6 has become problematic since AMD apparently used 2x2GB on the 4GB RX 9050 and...
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    RX 9050 is a bit of a turd

    Running on max settings without ray tracing seems to be the industry standard. I suspect part of the reason is they don't want to have to retest every comparison card for every review. So just use a standard platform and run everything on ultra. A really good review would I suppose still...
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    CPU contact frame worth it for Core Ultra 270K?

    My Arctic AIO only works with the included contact frame. It literally cannot mount to a standard socket 1851 ILM... so I dunno, but this setup seems fine. That said I like this AIO. Instead of a bunch of stupid bling-bling shit like RGB or an LCD display the CPU end has a VRM cooling fan.
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    RX 9050 is a bit of a turd

    I'd be more interested in a 4GB model that pulls less than 75W and can run on slot power than the 8GB retail version. Cheap low power card to make a proc with no integrated video & a board with no ipmi/video work so I can use it as a server. AM4 CPU, X299, Threadripper, etc. But I'm sure...
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    LG 39GX950B 39" 5120 x 2160 OLED 165hz Ultrawide

    Is that an FE? How'd you pull that off? Sane price, or did you cough up $5k? I have a 5090, but I got it over a year ago and they were way cheaper back then.
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    What replacement screws for my case??

    6-32 has been the standard for case screws for ages. You'll probably need something a little bigger for a worn out/damaged hole. So one size up. You'll want good hard steel and will probably have to force it in. You'll probably have to crank on it. It'll probably have to cut new threads.
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    AMD Debuts Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 Powered by RDNA 4, and FSR 4

    The sticky bit between those two is they're close in performance and the price/perf advantage bounces back and forth. You can always undervolt a 9070XT if you want it to use less power. So really I think which one is the better buy depends on price, so it's a matter of when and where.
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    Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 57" 7680x2160 super ultrawide (mini-LED)

    I'm kind of a big fan of the pass-through DP support in USB-C and Thunderbolt for laptops, especially combined with a dock or monitor that supports power delivery. Just plug in one cable and boom, video output, keyboard, mouse, webcam, Ethernet, whatever other USB stuff and it charges the laptop.
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    GPU prices — is the worst behind us ?

    Same here. I managed to time all of this pretty damned well just kind of randomly. Did a couple rig upgrades including my main rig in the first half of 2025, both using DDR5. Also picked up 10TB of PCI-e 4 M.2 while I was at it. Then I went and snagged a 5090 in spring 2025. But yeah, if I...
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    Blu-Ray vs Streaming

    My hunch is 8k+ computer monitors will become common before 8k TVs. TV moves in chunks. Monitors creep up in res. Computer can support whatever, and don't need "content" to justify a higher resolution. Then, eventually, TV will go 8k. TVs going 4k and most monitors being lower res is a...
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    EA May Go Private in $50 Billion Buyout By Multinational Investors

    These private equity buyouts are just weeding out the incumbents with old, tired franchises. EA is actually one of the better targets for them. They have a bunch of annual sports franchises. They're probably clueless, but they can understand updating the player roster in licensed sports games...
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    Is this termination no bueno? 2.5G network drops

    Bad cables can reduce speed. Your NICs could very well negotiate 2.5Gb, run at that speed, and oops occasionally have a glitch causing packet loss and a retransmit and run slower overall. The more packets get dropped the lower the throughput.
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    What Is Your Personal Favorite Video Card of All Time?

    I'd probably be voting for the 4090 too if I'd bought one. Or a 1080Ti. Probably the 1080Ti if I'd bought both. I still think the 1080Ti is the GOAT, but I never had one so I just can't bring myself to call it my personal favorite. That has to be a card I've owned. Hmm... I should probably...
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    Is this termination no bueno? 2.5G network drops

    In my case this was an old NetGear switch from maybe 2003 or so (20+yo & still works!) and an integrated Intel NIC on an X79 board from 2012. If Intel and/or NetGear are doing it I bet it's common. Auto downgrade is also more user friendly, so I can certainly see why they'd try to detect...
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    Is this termination no bueno? 2.5G network drops

    No you're right, it's just 2. I looked it up. Thought it was 3. Not that I've really paid much attention to 100Mb in the last 15-20 years. Bad connector can drop your speed to 100. Been there, done that. Picked up a spool of Cat6A, ran a line, oops ends didn't show up on time so I tried...
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    Is this termination no bueno? 2.5G network drops

    Also you want all the individual wires to be the same length going into a keystone jack. It's unshielded Cat6 so cutting off the plastic wrapper early doesn't really matter. You just want them the same length and you want to un-twist them as little as possible. When I put in a Cat6 or 6a jack...
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    Is this termination no bueno? 2.5G network drops

    Dropping all the way to 100 suggests a bad line. Gigabit+ needs all 4 pairs. 100 needs 3. That's just a guess, but I'd start by redoing the keystone jacks and swapping patch cables. Patch cables first. They're cheap and having spares is a good thing. If that doesn't work I'd redo the...
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    Are there still inkjet printers that don't try to screw you on ink somehow?

    That's one thing I always print. My tax return. I do my taxes on a computer and e-file, but I always print out a copy as a backup. Guess I'm old fashioned or something. Other than that, my office at work is paperless. We just don't use the printers. Been there 3.5 years and I don't think...
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    New Machine Needed for Video Rendering, etc.

    It's not really a thumbs up to anything, just that Asus, MSI and Gigabyte are all fine as vendors. ASRock too mostly, though they have had some issues with AM5 boards killing procs, mostly 9800X3Ds. A couple other thoughts - That Rosewill PSU looks ok but it might be worth spending a little...
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    New Machine Needed for Video Rendering, etc.

    The extra 4-pin CPU power connector on the Asus is for overclocking. You're not planning on OCing, so don't worry about it. You probably don't even need to connect it. Since you're not overclocking they'll all be fine. The biggest differences are often in slot & port layout. Also sometimes...
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    One monitor in a 3 monitor setup wakes to black screen others are OK

    Depending on the specs of the monitor it might be worth trying the HDMI port. Ampere has HDMI 2.1, so that's no problem. If the monitor has at least HDMI 2.0 it should be able to run at a full 144Hz refresh over HDMI at 1440p.
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    Signed up for TDS

    Oh ok, so it was "2.1MB" not "2.1Mb". That's better. Not good, but better than what I was thinking. Back in the day I had DSL with speeds like 768kb or 1.5Mb over old copper phone lines. You had me thinking you were stuck in the 2000s. First DSL service I had was in 1999. It was 768kbps...
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    One monitor in a 3 monitor setup wakes to black screen others are OK

    Sounds like it. If it won't show anything at all when you poke the buttons that's not a good sign. You should at least be able to get it to show a message complaining about not having a signal. If it just wouldn't display output from the PC but you could get some sort of built-in menu poking...
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    Are there still inkjet printers that don't try to screw you on ink somehow?

    Yep. I have a color inkjet - same reason the OP wanted one. Lasers suck at photos. Also have a B&W laser. The inkjet is an expensive pain in the ass. Gums up if you don't use it, ink costs too much, etc. The laser is using a 12+yo toner cartridge and can sit for a year, then fire up at tax...
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    Upscaling and Frame Generation Usage Poll

    DLSS quality is the first knob I reach for if a game can't run maxed out at 4k native on my 5090. Past that I start trying other knobs. Sometimes I end up with more DLSS, sometimes quality + lower some settings, or in the case of Borderlands 4 a bit more DLSS and lower a few settings a bit...
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    Will 2027 next gen video cards get rid of the 12VHPWR and be safer?

    My bet is they'll quietly stop using 12V-2x6 at max power. Next gen top end cards will go over 600W and have 2, while 80 cards will be 450W or less and NV will tighten the specs on line loading so they're less likely to get out of balance and melt. But nah they're not gonna admit defeat and...
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    Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 57" 7680x2160 super ultrawide (mini-LED)

    If you're using a Dell monitor the Dell Display and Peripheral Manager app can do similar things with dividing a monitor up into chunks. At any rate there are a bunch of options for slicing a screen up and snapping windows to the slices.
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    Cyberpunk 2077

    I played through CP2077 with mouse & keyboard. Driving was ok, but maybe I should have tried a controller for driving. Flight stick? Wheel? Nah, not going to bother. Not for a game with multiple console ports. I'm sure CDPR put a lot more work into making an XBox controller work well than...
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    What Is Your Personal Favorite Video Card of All Time?

    Probably the Matrox Millenium 4MB I had back in the 1990s. Vid cards became a pain in the ass once 3D acceleration hit, and they're still a pain in the ass. If you're talking GPUs, that's tougher. Probably the GTX 680 4GB cards I bought to run a surround setup. Those lasted me a long time...
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    Okay time for a major upgrade…

    If you game and do text-based work in your office I'd go for an L-shaped desk setup so you can support separate monitors for work and play. I have one and I love it. OLED for gaming and IPS screens for work, at least in my case. That way you don't have to compromise. 2 keyboards and 2 mice...
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    recommend 10gb nics for esxi 8.0.3j

    Haven't tried them on ESXi but I have several ConnectX-4s and they work well on Linux and client Windows (aka 11 and previously 10). Best RJ45 SFP+ I don't know about. I don't have any 10Gb RJ45 clients. All my 10Gb rigs are using fiber or DAC cables. Mikrotik makes a multi-gig 10Gb SFP+...
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    Anyway to make a 10700K SKU downclock and behave like the non K SKU

    That's good and at least you're not in a hurry. Must fix right now is much more likely to get expensive.
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    Anyway to make a 10700K SKU downclock and behave like the non K SKU

    I built an i7-10700 machine for my dad back in 2020. Gaming board, so it defaulted to no power limits and thermal throttled right away during a stress test. "65W" 10700 non-k will pull 250W+ with power limits disabled. Also built an i3-10100 box for myself as a NAS/home server. Both of those...
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    WTB: old cpus

    Usually in this situation I'd rattle something off about modding bridges, etc. to get what you want working. As a general rule Athlon XPs could be converted to MPs by modding bridges. I had a couple "Barton" MPs for a while. AMD never released an MP version of the Barton chips, but you could...
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    This is one of the stupdest things, I've ever heard.

    Same thing I do. OLED for gaming & media, IPS display for work. Having multiple screens also lets you avoid compromises. On my gaming/media OLED I'm looking for speed, color quality, HDR, stuff like that. Go fast and make my games look good. Don't care much about RGB stripe OLED and I'm not...
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    Valve Steam Machine, SteamOS Desktop, Steam Frame VR and Steam Controller

    My ideal living room cube wouldn't even run games. It'd be a game streaming box that runs off my main rig. Fast networking, high performance video decode hardware, etc. Pair it up with a PCI-e 4x card with a high performance hardware accelerated compression engine and a fast NIC. SFP+/28...
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    Amazon no longer showing 1 Star Reviews

    Really not sure what in the hell people are talking about with "Amazon not showing 1* reviews". I just searched for a USB cable, pulled up some random one, and filtered for 1* and hey, they're still there. Tried a few other items. Still have 1* reviews.
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    NVIDIA and OpenAI Reportedly Discuss $250 Billion Deal for 10-Gigawatt Ohio Data Center

    That's one reason putting this in Ohio makes sense, or could depending on where in Ohio. As long as they build enough power plants states putting datacenters near the great lakes make a lot of sense aside from perhaps Illinois & maybe Indiana. The area near Lake Michigan in the...
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