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  2. Ok so what is it used for? Why does your friend want a new screen? Thats the main question. What is bothering them that they want to switch. Or what are they looking into improving the most?
  3. on second thoughts @Trembletop this made me remember that the A380 sparkle is on a deal at amazon currently (only $100 USD for the card). it is in the US but amazon is quite good with shipping and it's also a new card. Though the 3050 6gb does perform better than this by quite a margin
  4. Get HD 25... https://www.hifivision.com/threads/sennheiser-hd-25-for-music-and-gaming.81636/#post-905250
  5. which of the three systems on that page do you have? Tower? Desktop? Mini?
  6. Oh yeah, almost forgot RTX 3050 exist I always thought that RTX 3060 is the lowest tier RTX 3050 should be good enough for budget without breaking the PSU
  7. I rented a Volvo XC60 T8 Recharge (455HP, 709NM) yesterday and have been driving it for about 400km so far. It's pretty good, but definitely not a car that I would buy. The seats aren't all that comfortable, because the headrest is non-adjustable and the thigh support is kinda uneven.

     

    Also, it's an SUV. So it drives like an SUV, which means it's incredibly uncomfortable and handles like a boat.

     

    Mustang GT > XC60 😄 

     

    I would love to try an S60 or V60 tho. 

  8. Yes I made a typo. PS 7 heat pipes, PA 6 heat pipes. Same size viewed from the top but I didn't look at height. I have no plans for water cooling. Not even AIO.
  9. 3050 6GB? 8700 doesn't turbo too much above it's tdp and 3050 6gb tdp is 70W
  10. For me, the extra rear I/O, s/pdif audio port (which isnt for everyone), EZ-DEBUG code display rather than an led or lack of anything and the bonus of a USB 4.0 port really sold me. The Fractal Meshify 2 Compact and the Fractal north are similar within the interior, but the torrent compact is distinctly unique. All of them are technically different and dont reshare a lot of tooling/parts. The same is true for the Meshify 2, North XL and the Torrent (the case i technically have)
  11. it's just that the cpu cooler used for the benchmark in the picture below was a PA120 non SE (but they're performance will be identical) PS120SE = PS120SE? do you mean PA120SE vs PS120SE? For context the phantom spirit 120 SE is slightly better and shorter than the Peerless assassin 120 SE Looks good but I would just change this to a North XL for the larger rad compatibility (only if you can fit the larger case in your home)
  12. Does having multiple data vdevs with more redundant drives make any sense? How does pools with multiple data vdevs work? like jbod? fills the first vdev first then onto the next one?

  13. Realistically with that PSU capacity, GTX 1650 is the best it can do But if you want, you can do a bit make over by changing the Motherboard and CPU to B650 and Ryzen 8600G It is the best integrated GPU and powerful enough for budget gaming
  14. 8700 should be perfectly competent for a low profile 1650 or 6400 I think even a 3050 6gb low profile could work, 1080p right? 3050 6gb is only about 1.5x better than a 1650 which one out of these workstations is it? if it's the smallest one you won't be able to put in a dgpu
  15. How about the fans? After 3 or so months, I started hearing harmonic resonance. Otherwise, quite happy so far. Oops, lift is 1.6 M not 1.5.
  16. I will have a closer look later. It is a price step up, but given the total of everything so far isn't insignificant, I'll have to weigh what it brings for the cost. Do Fractal make a bunch of cases on the same frame with different cosmetics? Looks pretty similar without doing a side by side comparison. For now my provisional buy list is as follows. Nothing set in stone so feedback still welcome. If I order this afternoon I could potentially get all this tomorrow, although I'm not in any specific rush. It draws upon suggestions from this thread. All items are currently in stock from a combination of Scan + Amazon UK but I could optimise costs further with a little waiting and using more suppliers. PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£346.00 @ Amazon UK) CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (£36.29 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£229.99 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£219.99 @ Corsair UK) Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£149.99 @ AWD-IT) Video Card: NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card (Purchased For £0.00) Case: Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case (£107.41 @ NeoComputers) Power Supply: MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£109.98 @ Scan.co.uk) Total: £1199.65 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-04-26 13:25 BST+0100
  17. I can't speak to Storage Spaces, but the standard Disk Management RAID-5 is only available on Server builds of Windows.
  18. HE400SE at ~75€ Sundara (closed back) at ~180€ The Sundara is usually above 300€, yet in Aliexpress HiFiMan official store they are now 178€. I wonder if there might be a catch? I bought my HE400SE in 2021 for 150€+ Links to Aliexpress needed? I'll add the link anyway. The prices seem to go up and down quite a lot it seems. And I'm obviously after lower end headphones.
  19. I got my hands on a old work PC for relatively cheap, it has a i7 8700 and 16 gb of ram (i'm going to purchase another stick to make it 32) This PC is going to be used for gaming but I've encountered 3 problems. Problem No. 1 the clearance isn't very large Problem No. 2 the power supply is only 210W Problem No. 3 The CPU will likely bottleneck something like the GTX 1650 Please suggest any GPUs that you think could work All specs for PC here: https://www.newegg.ca/lenovo-thinkcentre-m720t-business-desktops-workstations/p/1VH-006T-000A3
  20. To check I was looking at the PS120SE, not PA120 anything. I'll stick to the PS120SE. Great I wasn't looking for lowest numerical timings, but talking about low latency in general. Looks aren't important as it wont be clearly visible. I will get the PS120SE unless there is a good reason to look at the PA120? As far as I can see the PS120SE has 7 heatpipes vs 6 of the PS120SE.
  21. I built a 7800x3D and RTX 4080 build in January and had similar thoughts (a big focus for me being on rear I/O). May I recommend... https://pcpartpicker.com/product/R226Mp/asrock-b650e-taichi-lite-eatx-am5-motherboard-b650e-taichi-lite Price wise, this board made the most sense to me for all the featrues it has (or rather, that every single other board lacks (its actually cheaper now than when I bought it) For added context, I ended up with the Deepcool AK620 cooler mainly for aesthetic reasons over a cheaper but still performance option like the thermalrite's. I imagine it would work great. And before you ask what case I got...
  22. I own a few.. of their coolers, boxes range from brown with info, to brown with more info, to glossy images and info, to glossy images and more info. I actually have the Aqua Elite, but its the same thing as the edge, and that other one with the 420 rad. Just different fans. Mine is coming up to 1 year old now, with about 9 months of hard use. Still works pretty good.. maybe I will try yours.
  23. HiFiMan HE400SE headphones have become quite affordable. I bought mine in 2021 for ~150€

    Now they are ~72€ in Aliexpress. 

    Good headphones for such a low price.

  24. Only reason s24 ultra performance even compares to apple performance is because of having double the ram. Cpu benchmarks don't show this off but every game comparison i've seen the s24 keeps up with the 15 pro max. Plus take into account the ram plus feature on samsung, not sure how much you can do on the s24 ultra.
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