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4 hours ago, minibois said:

Misschien moeten we een discussie in deze thread starten.. Dat zal de replies per uur wel omhoog halen.

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According to pcgamer.com the minimum requirement is a 2500K at stock speed, so a 2400 is pushing it. 

If you have the multiplier maxed out it should be possible ... unless the game simply refuses to boot if it detects the 2400.

9 minutes ago, Vishera said:

What?!,What is this nonsense,

The GPU loads the textures not the HDD.

I remember having HDD-related issues with a highly modded GTA:SA.  On HDD it was a mess of missing objects, low-res textures etc, on SSD it ran just fine.  If the object's data can't be read from the storage device fast enough, the GPU can't render it.

That being said, I don't think that's the problem here. 

@whitZ : open the task manager before launching the game and go to the "Performance" tab.  You'll see a histogram of the CPU usage there.  
Keep the task manager open and launch the game.  Play a bit, and when you notice an FPS drop quickly alt-tab and look at the histogram.  I'm suspecting that you're hitting 100% CPU usage most of the time, which would be a textbook case of a bottleneck.

This could be a very good thing. 

With some luck the end result is a ban of Fortnite.  Worldwide, preferably. 

Then they can ban the rest of the games for being addictive as well. 

Once that happens, the prices of GPUs will drop and mining can become profitable again. 

26 minutes ago, Okjoek said:

Then for the remaining 5.25 bay I was thinking maybe a 3.5'' + 2.5'' hot swap drive bay, but then I also quickly realized that most of them are garbage with poor reviews revolving around their weak connector pins.

I've had my Sharkoon SATA Quickport Intern Multi since early 2016 and never had an issue. 

If you still have bays to fill, by all means consider a 5.25" storage drawer.

13 hours ago, thrasher_565 said:

grammar nazi's plz don't post!

It's grammar nazis.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Anyway, a couple of degrees will usually not make much of a difference.  Yes, a CPU or GPU that runs cool will last longer than that same part would last if it were hotter, but it doesn't matter because you will almost always be upgrading long before it breaks anyway. 

12 hours ago, GetacFanboy said:

Do you find that it holds enough water to last the whole day? I noticed a discrepancy between people claiming it's 18oz and 21 fluid ounces. Do you know which one is accurate? 

If having enough for a day is a concern, "The Coldest Water" has bottles up to a gallon.

In use :

3 desktops (main rig, folding rig, NAS)

1 laptop

Lying around :

1 netbook, but that's in the "electronics for the recycling center" bin right now and will be gone shortly. 

I hate to throw out stuff that still works, but even with Puppy Linux it just isn't usable anymore.  Time to get rid of it. 

Looks like the cable was plugged in correctly.  I see standoffs as well in the pic you just posted, so that's not a problem either. 

Looks to me like there was a problem with the 4+4 connector on the motherboard, but it could also be a problem with the power supply or the cable itself. 

If you bought the parts in a computer store, I'd take it there and let them verify that the power supply and cable work as intended and that the CPU still works.  Once they find out which part caused the problem, that manufacturer should be liable for any damage to other components.   

If you bought everything online, I'd go to a repair shop anyway so they can identify the culprit and tell you the extent of the damage.  It's better to pay $50 or so to a professional to get a proper diagnosis than to spend days on it yourself and possibly spend a lot more money on buying replacement parts you don't actually need. 

Once the shop has had a look at it, take it up with whoever you bought the parts from or get in touch directly with the manufacturer.

1 hour ago, kpluck said:

But don't let the facts interfere with the point you are trying to make.

From the article by The Intercept, which The Daily Mail links to :

Quote

The Information quoted former employees saying the standards have not always been in place, and indicated that efforts to more tightly control video were put in place by Amazon only this past May after Amazon visited the Ukraine office. Even then, The Information added, staffers in Ukraine worked around the controls.

 

Furthermore, Ring’s overview of its Neighbors system provides zero mention of image or facial recognition, and no warning that those who use the feature are opting in to have their homes watched by individuals in a Ukrainian R&D lab.

So the things you quoted were

a) PR damage control and

b) not even remotely effective at stopping the problem. 

The only positive thing about the whole situation is that Amazon at least seems to have tried a little.

Even if Amazon would have been successful at stopping this, that doesn't change the fact that it happened. 

And it also doesn't change that Ring under Amazon's ownership started something that I can only describe as bribing police departments to get them to advertise and sell Ring's products.  That is not the behavior of an honest company.

18 hours ago, faketruth said:

ive asked nick on reddit a month ago directly (but no reply yet as of this post)

You might have better luck getting in touch with him on here. 

Any input on this matter @nicklmg?  I'm surprised we haven't heard anything yet.  Normally the staff is rather quick at replying to such topics and taking appropriate actions (Synergy comes to mind), so I assume you simply hadn't noticed this topic yet. 

Barracuda.  As you mentioned, the Skyhawk is more geared towards surveillance use.  It's great at writing, not so much at reading.  The latter is kinda important for desktop use. 

@seagate_surfer  will probably be able to explain the details a lot better than I could.

21 minutes ago, ChemistZombie said:

Originally I wanted to get a 3TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM since, well, it's got 7200RPM, but none of the stores here have it in stock for some reason (perhaps they stopped shipping them here?)

I wouldn't be surprised if it's because of the (very) bad reputation that these drives got back in 2011-2014.  Even if the modern 3TB Barracudas have different internals than the ST3000DM001 of back in the day, the name is tainted. 

Nope, Steve had charisma. 

They can demand all they want, doesn't mean they'll get it. 

Even if they can create laws that force companies to build in a backdoor, nothing stops people from creating their own means of end-to-end encryption.  The genie is out of the bottle.

35 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

But this, this is one step too far.

Nah, that was nothing compared to this :

This whole account thing is Microsoft deciding that the peasants should make it easier for Microsoft to personally identify them. 

5 minutes ago, MrFixitBlankFace said:

But, then... mold.

If short-term moisture would cause mold, you wouldn't be able to boil water for cooking anymore without the kitchen having mold problems.  And forget about taking a hot shower too. 

It really takes lots of moisture over a long period of time for things to become problematic. 

If you need to temporarily get rid of dust (like for instance to apply a screen protector to a phone or tablet), water vapor can help.  Cook some water in that room and as the air gets humid the moisture will cling to the dust, which will then become too heavy and fall down. 

As for permanent solutions ... forget about that.  Not going to happen. 

Can't wait for the far right to start using   as a symbol.  Let's see how fast Facebook removes the "like" button from all over the internet then. 

Apparently the next version will not be available for download anymore.  A Microsoft employee will come over with a USB stick and guide you through the install.

I managed to get a photo of that, courtesy of a friend who's in the Windows Insider program.

Nothing to worry about then, it was most likely just Avira giving a false positive. 

If the drivers are messed up as a result of that, a simple removal and reinstall of the drivers may sort it out.  That being said, a full reinstall of the entire OS never hurts. 

Just be sure to back up everything in your personal folders (savegames etc) and perhaps your browser bookmarks and login details for the various sites and forums. 

Definitely needs headphone jack, microphone line in, USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports, possible a type C, a FireWire port, eSATA port and at least two 5.25" bays.

Joking aside, you do need to put a power button somewhere on the case, or at least behind a panel where it's easily accessible.  Unless you set up the BIOS to boot from keyboard.  The problem with that is that pets, and in particular cats, will regularly turn the PC on at night.

11 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

What does that have to do with T2 chips or TPM’s?

Absolutely nothing.  Tigger specifically said "Plus by the time they break even the SW based encryption it wont be any use", to which Lawlz replied that that won't do anything if someone steals the laptop. 

I'm not sure how you got the idea that this was somehow about T2 and TPM. 

The problem with that picture is that it was taken a long time ago.  The wheels kinda give that away.  The Krew Kut was wearing those back when it was featured in the August 1999 edition of Truckin', but when it disappeared in 2001 it had different wheels already. 

The Truckin photoshoot was done on the beach, so I'm 99% sure that this photo was from that shoot. 

EDIT : Here's the cover of that magazine. 

EDIT2 : the link @mariushm provided confirms that it is indeed from that photoshoot.  

Truckin' Magazine apparently still exists.  It never hurts to ask, worst case scenario you get a negative answer or no answer at all

It has always been €579 at my local store, and is still there at that price.  Guess that price will go up soon then. 

Then again they didn't really raise GPU prices during the mining craze either. 

22 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

What are you talking about? If someone steals your laptop then you can't change or revoke the password. We're talking about full disk encryption here, not some online password. It's two very different things.

I kinda get where tigger's coming from though.  If someone makes it past the encryption and can boot into the OS, the machine may have saved logins of sites, corporate networks, mailboxes etc. 

Having the time to change the passwords of all those, or to revoke that machine's access, can make a world of difference in how hard your digital life can be compromised by brute-forcing the encryption of the laptop. 

Nah, worst case scenario is that you need to reinstall Windows (which I'd suggest doing anyway if there's any sort of infection) and then perhaps change all your passwords just to be sure.