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IMPORTANT NOTE: I will be the only forum member messaging the winners of this giveaway. If you receive a message from any other member telling you that you won something, it is NOT legit, and you should NOT respond to that message.
 
 
Today marks an exciting day - we are officially launching our new page over at http://vessel.com/linustechtips!
 
Of course, some of you may be wondering what exactly Vessel is... So before Linus took off to Asia, he created this video:
 

 
We also have an FAQ thread where you can ask questions about or make suggestions for the service at http://bit.ly/linusfeedback
 
As Linus mentions in that video, you can sign up for a full year of Vessel, absolutely FREE for the first 72 hours after launch! (March 24, 2015 @ 12:01am PST - March 26, 2015 @ 11:59pm PST)
 
 
We also have an official Vessel FAQ and Feedback thread, which you can view here. Linus and the rest of our team will be monitoring that thread, reading every post made over there, so ask any questions you may have and we will answer them to the best of our ability!
 
Now, on to the exciting stuff for you folks... THE GIVEAWAY!
 
What could I win?
One of each of the following (WINNERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED. EACH WINNER HAS 72 HOURS TO RESPOND BEFORE PRIZES ARE RE-DRAWN):   @Shaaaddoooww Galax GeForce GTX 980 Hall of Fame @Tomislav Matic LG 34UC97, 21:9 Curved Monitor @Moistmoose ASUS G750JZ Gaming Laptop with GTX 880M @safwanroslan AKG K7XX Massdrop Edition Headphones @secrethacker125 Nvidia Shield Portable @JackStaton Luke's "Scrapyard Wars" PC @TdawgG Linus' "Scrapyard Wars" PC   If this thread reaches these total post counts, the following will ALSO be added to the giveaway:   25,000 posts: @raymen1 Kingston V310 960GB SSD 50,000 posts: The Hardline Watercooled PC build (featured in the Vessel early access video) 100,000 posts: Linus' PERSONAL PC  
How do I enter?
Comment below and list:
 
Your Vessel username
Links to your two favorite videos on our Vessel page that you watched and liked
 
You can gain bonus entries by sharing the link to both this giveaway and our Vessel referral link, http://vessel.com/linustech
 
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So please, watch, like, comment, subscribe, follow, do all of the online video things! And get multiple chances to win some awesome gear!

It will fundamentally work, but you should use actual thermal paste as it's actually been designed for thermal conductance, rather than tasting good.

So .......I was browsing through youtube when i saw a particular vid and wanted to know if its real or just content creators horsing around. By content creators i mean cooler master so im confused as to believe this vid or no.... what do you guys think?
 
 
 
 
 

So, here's my experiences, that I can come to think of now:
 
- After I've fixed a computer for a friend or relative, they always blame me for every future problem.
- Two guys were talking in an MMORPG I used to play, and one of them said that he overclocked his hard drive and his computer is now more than twice as fast.
- Whenever I tell someone that I like computers and technology, they always assume I just post stuff on Facebook and play Farmville all day long.
- My mom freak out every time an email from someone she doesn't know, slips through the spam filter and end up in her inbox. Something worth mentioning is that she use hotmail, so she freaks out a lot.
 
Edit: fixed the formatting.

People thinking they can download RAM....

Thought it would be fun to make a topic about, all of our experiences with all the people, who doesn't really understand all the tech.
Note: Don't make this too harsh on them. You need to help them, not yell at them.
I'll go first:
So my mom has a daycare. And one day I am sitting on the floor with my laptop. And one of the kids, with real dirty hands come and put his hand on the screen. Guess he thought it was a touch screen. Still haven't gotten it off, and it was 3 months ago.
My grandmother is scared of getting rid of the computer, because she thinks it will cut the power to her house.

Hello all,
Thought i should get in early and create a central hub for all us Keyboard enthusiasts to congregate.
For those who don't know what a mechanical keyboard is, here is a quick, very brief outline.
 
On a regular rubber dome keyboard, ones you generally find in Schools, work places etc, under each key is rubber dome. When pressed, this rubber dome is pressed down, making contact with the underlying membrane, transferring the electrical impulse through the circuitry and thus telling the computer what button has been pressed.
A mechanical keyboard, on the otherhand, doesn't have such a set up. Instead, underneath each key is an individual switch. When pressed, this switch is forced down, connecting the contact and transferring electrical impulse. The advantages of using a mechanical switch are quite strong, firstly it provides a much more tactile and wholesome feedback, good for telling the user when they have actuated the key. This allows the user, when they have got used to it, to type at a much faster rate as they know the feeling of when they have typed a letter, and thus can increase their word count. Also, mechanical keyboards allow for NKRO, or N-key roll over. Basically this means that the user can press down as many keys as they like, the computer will register all the key strokes. With a membrane board, there is a limit.
For a much more in depth talk, check out Linus' video on Mechanical keyboards.
There are many, many switch variants out there. However the ones you are most likely to come across are: Cherry MX switches. These come in a variety of names, denoted by their colour. Each switch feels slightly different, and provides the user with different reasons to use a switch.

Cherry MX Blues: Tactile, clicky. - Good for typing, not so much gaming.
Cherry MX Browns: Tactile, non-clicky. - Good gaming and typing due to their quietness, but still maintaining the tactile feedback (you can feel a bump when you press the key)
Cherry MX Reds: Linear, non-clicky - Good for gaming, similar to Membrane in linear motion; no bump as it's not tactile.
Cherry MX Blacks : Linear, non-clicky. - Similar to MX Reds, slightly heavier

There are many other variants of the Cherry MX line up, however these are the main constituents which filtrate into the mainstream market.

Simply post what Keyboard you're running, what switch type, TKL or not, and any other mods you've done to it.
Here is my Filco Majestouch 2 TKL:

 
 
Also, checkout the thread Introduction to Mechanical Keyboard by @Eschew

Great and now PC gamers should just STFU and wait. If it came out a month or two ago, unpolished, looking like sh*t and gobbling up more VRAM than Watch Dogs..
 
Everybody would be b*tching and moaning like crazy. Feeling butthurt and mistreated because 'game developers don't care about the PC master race'. 

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/52308/grand-theft-auto-v-release-dates-and-exclusive-content -  go to comments.
 
 
 
 
New features for next gen and PC btw:
  - New weapons, vehicles and activities - Additional wildlife - Denser traffic - New foliage system - Enhanced damage and weather effects, and much more  
P.S. If you know how to jailbreak a PS3, please PM me cause I can't bother wait till next year to play...

Hyper212 (The original from 4-5 years ago) with gaps around the contacting heatpipes, not the 212+, not the recent ones.. It's an oldie.
Push Pull, with another High CFM Fan Pushing from the front panel 5.25 bay area, cos it's wasted space as I don't use DVD drives internally.
Worked a treat, 4.9 Without the 3rd fan @ 81*c across all cores with random spikes to 85*c and back down. and then the 3rd Fan brought it down to 78-80*c with spikes to 81-83*c. <-ballpark memory figures
Voltage is the main thing, while I cannot remember specifics, 4.9>5.0 required more than it was worth, but I was going for e-peen bragging rights joining the 5-Jiggahertz Club.
 
Recently my 2600K died from a Faulty PSU (The original PSU bought at the same time as CPU)
Such a shame, encoding performance on 8 threads with 4 overclocked cores will be missed.
But my (lack of funding) i5 4690 is no slouch

i got my 3570k to 4.8ghz from 3.4 so 1.4ghz my gtx 650 i got from 1058 to 1200 and memory from 5ghz to 5.6 however i didnt touch any voltage so could have gone higher.

My 4770K from 3.5GHz to 5.0GHz (43%)

Got my 3770K to 4.8GHz a while ago. It can go further, but I don't see the point right now. 

Whats the furthest you've overclocked a cpu or gpu in ghz or mhz any time period is fine

Single graphics card is (almost) always prefered over sli or crossfire, mainly because of compatibility issues.
Also, you can crossfire the 290 later if you got the money. 

Wow! We made it but i still miss his unboxing videos, but quality of the current video feeds have been improved quite stunningly, not to mention you guys eased in a 4k res video here & there..so... Congrats Linus & Team, you guys deserve it...
 
Now if you'll excuse me i'll be back after i click unsubscribe..*EVIL LAUGH*
 
EDIT: When Linus comes back & see's the new subscribers...he be like..
 

WINNERS: 
Surface 3 - Fedeger
Computer - MyMouseGoesWROOOM
Laptop - antoainb
 
You've got two weeks to claim your prize, then we'll re-draw!
 
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you all for giving us the opportunity to do a job that we love - a job that is truly one of the best in the world.
 

 
As thanks, please accept this small token of appreciation - a pretty awesome giveaway for our awesome Linus Tech Tips community members
 
PRIZES
 
Microsoft Surface Pro 3
 
Custom PC Built by Linus, with a case that is "signed and designed" by the Linus Media Group crew
 
ASUS G550J - One of the laptops used on the HighLANder excursion, signed by Linus Media Group, Tek Syndicate, Austin Evans, and Newegg TV
 
 
GIVEAWAY RULES
 
Post ONCE in this thread to enter. Include whatever you want in the post - how you found Linus Tech Tips, your favourite series or style of video on Linus Tech Tips, what product you would like to see us review in the future, heck, we'll even take a post about your favourite food. Creativity is always welcome

This contest will run from 9/10/2014 until 9/19/2014 at 4:30pm PDT. Winners will be drawn live on The WAN Show using a random number generator.

The Surface Pro and the custom system will be given to the first two posts that are selected in the draw, the G550J will go to a random member that we feel embodies the attitude of the linustechtips.com community (who has posted in this thread ).

Winners will be contacted through the forum and will have 3 days to reply to claim the prize before we re-draw!

Good luck, and again, thank you all for supporting us thus far
 
EDIT:
 
WINNERS:
Surface Pro 3 - Fedeger
Computer - MyMouseGoesWROOOM
Laptop - antoainb

So news just broke about AMD's new "from scractch" CPU architecture that is going to replace Bulldozer.
The new core has the code name "Zen" and is going to be launched in early 2016 accompanied by the new custom ARM core K12.
 

 
Both cores will address servers going up against Skylake but Zen will also go into desktops and notebooks.
This is the core that's going to be powering the next generation of FX CPUs that AMD has been talking about for quite some time now.

Rory Read AMD's CEO also talked about K12, manufacturing process roadmap for the company and next generation GPU and compute cores.
 
For further detail you can check out the original article.
Your thoughts ?
 
UPDATE : A transcript of the event is now available by SeekingAlpha.
You have to register to read the transcript but it's free or you can just read the relavent quotes from AMD's CEO in the original article linked above.