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Andreas Lilja

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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from TVwazhere in dog thread   
    Best dog ever.  And to think he wanted to bite me Cujo-style at first. Is very uneasy with strangers, got heavily mistreated by previous owner.
     

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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from Skyesgaming in dog thread   
    Best dog ever.  And to think he wanted to bite me Cujo-style at first. Is very uneasy with strangers, got heavily mistreated by previous owner.
     

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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from soldier_ph in dog thread   
    Best dog ever.  And to think he wanted to bite me Cujo-style at first. Is very uneasy with strangers, got heavily mistreated by previous owner.
     

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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from atarione in Your unpopular (non-political, non-offensive) opinions!   
    Retro gaming is a weird hobby; especially spending hundreds on a single (often short) game when accurate emulation is a thing. 
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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from Monkey Dust in Your unpopular (non-political, non-offensive) opinions!   
    Romancing in video games is cringe. 
     
    Double cringe for sex. 
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    Andreas Lilja reacted to Needfuldoer in Used prices for the following?   
    Make sure you're looking at the sold listings, not currently active listings. People can ask for anything they want, but sold listings tell you how much money actually traded hands for those items.
     
    Looks like the 11700k is going for about $200 and equivalent memory goes for between $50 and $70.
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    Andreas Lilja reacted to HenrySalayne in Used prices for the following?   
    Filter ebay listings for "items sold".
     
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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from soldier_ph in Show off your latest purchases   
    Lil battlestation upgrade. Saved a bunch of money thanks to y'all. Wanted an i9 at first (solely for gaming). More expensive is not necessarily better. CPU is a 7800x3d.
     
    Now looking at the next or refresh gen GPUs. 
     

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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from SimplyChunk in Show off your latest purchases   
    Lil battlestation upgrade. Saved a bunch of money thanks to y'all. Wanted an i9 at first (solely for gaming). More expensive is not necessarily better. CPU is a 7800x3d.
     
    Now looking at the next or refresh gen GPUs. 
     

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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from CommanderAlex in Show off your latest purchases   
    Just bought this for only NHL, got a hockey craving. Last PC iteration was released in 2008.

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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from SimplyChunk in Show off your latest purchases   
    Just bought this for only NHL, got a hockey craving. Last PC iteration was released in 2008.

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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from atxcyclist in Show off your latest purchases   
    Just bought this for only NHL, got a hockey craving. Last PC iteration was released in 2008.

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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from soldier_ph in Show off your latest purchases   
    Just bought this for only NHL, got a hockey craving. Last PC iteration was released in 2008.

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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from Blue4130 in PSU for the future.   
    Good to know, I'm gonna wait for the future holds!
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    Andreas Lilja reacted to Poinkachu in PSU for the future.   
    https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-geforce-rtx-4070-super-dual-with-12gb-memory-has-been-leaked
     
     
    I'd say 850w is enough
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    Andreas Lilja reacted to Blue4130 in PSU for the future.   
    How do you know that it isn't future proof? But more to the point, future proof isn't a thing with PC's. AND it entirely depenent on what you are running for hardware. 850 watt could be good for decades if you are a mid/low spec gamer. (Not that I would use a PSU for that long)
     
    But what you need now, not what you MAY need in 5 years.
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    Andreas Lilja reacted to Blue4130 in PSU for the future.   
    Well a reference 4090 has a 20ms spike of 500w. That leaves 350w or everything else. And that doesn't include the buffer that is built into the PSU (they can do more than 850w for bursts, not recommended, but a 850 w doesn't sh*t the bed the second that it hits 850w)
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    Andreas Lilja reacted to RONOTHAN## in Z790 Strix vs Maximus Dark Hero?   
    I mean for this, you can get the B650M-HDV/M.2 or B650M Pro RS. They're both about as barebones a board as you can find, but they'll do everything you want it to well enough. 
     
    If you do want to spend more, a couple other options that exist for sensible prices in Canada (I'm assuming you're Canadian because the Amazon.ca link for the RAM) are the X670E PG Lightning, B650 Tomahawk, and B650E Taichi Lite. Each of those has its own pros and cons to it depending on what you need (the PG Lightning is the cheapest Gen 5 board out there, the Tomahawk is the cheapest way to get 6 SATA ports given you said before you had a bunch of SATA SSDs, and the Taichi is the cheapest way to get a POST code for debugging as well as overclocking support for the 7800X3D, though the OC support is not very useful), so I'd get whichever of the five you think makes the most sense for you. 
     
    As for the whole "intuitive software" request, I'm probably not the best person to ask about that as I've learned most of the major board vendor's software at this point, so I find them about equally usable. Their BIOSes all have a mild learning curve, though with the X3D you won't really be messing with the BIOS that much so it shouldn't really matter, and their Windows specific software for RGB is all about equally unusable so using an alternative like OpenRGB is a good idea. 
     
    That's a fine kit, but the price is extremely expensive. Don't think that you need to go G.Skill for the memory kit, their kits are fine and everything, though other manufacturers also have great kits and most of them have better designed heat spreaders as well (not that it makes much of a difference for most people, but still). 
     
    https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=24_311&item_id=246174
     
    This kit, for instance, should be a little better (not enough to care, but theoretically slightly faster) for the quite a bit cheaper.
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    Andreas Lilja reacted to RONOTHAN## in Z790 Strix vs Maximus Dark Hero?   
    For gaming? No. 
     
    Technically the 7950X3D exists, which is a 7800X3D with a 7700X bolted onto it, so you get extra multicore performance with the same gaming performance. The problem is that chip has some very weird scheduling behavior, and there are some games where it will just fall on its face for whatever reason (Starfield is the first example that comes to mind), so unless you absolutely need the multicore performance for video editing on the side it's best to avoid it. 
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    Andreas Lilja reacted to RONOTHAN## in Z790 Strix vs Maximus Dark Hero?   
    Then 14th gen isn't likely the best option. The 7800X3D is the better gaming CPU by a fair bit in most games, while also being cheaper (both in part cost and platform costs) and actually having an upgrade path. 
     
    There's the Z790-H, Z790-F, Z790-E, Z790-A, Z790-A II, Z790-E II, Z790-F II, Z690-F, Z690-E, Z690-A, Z690-G, and all the B- series versions as well. "Strix" is just their catch-all term for all the ROG boards without the ROG OC features, and there's quite a lot of difference between each of them. There's multiple "TUF" boards as well, and "Maximus" boards as they're each different series of motherboards. 
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    Andreas Lilja reacted to RONOTHAN## in Z790 Strix vs Maximus Dark Hero?   
    Yes. It's worse than the Apex Encore that's $50 cheaper than it. 
     
    Which Strix? There's a dozen of them. 
     
     
    What do you actually need the system to do and what features do you need? Most ROG boards are hard to recommend for most people, especially since generally you can get most of the features out of a ~$200-250 Z690 Force/Carbon when compared to the $500+ Z790-E Strix and Hero boards. 
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    Andreas Lilja reacted to Hinjima in CPU and ram upgrade?   
    The ROG Maximus Hero boards are for ROG enthusiasts and is not a recommended board for anyone thats looking for a normal gaming system.
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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from kitchenmadelemonade in Proton/Steam Deck Updates   
    Didn't notice much depending on the game. 
     
    Yes it's a great device, I even sold my LCD one to rebuy the OLED one. 
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    Andreas Lilja reacted to Hinjima in CPU and ram upgrade?   
    14700k is more than plenty for gaming. No reason to go with the 14900k for gaming only.
    DDR5 6000CL30 or 6200mhz CL30 is the sweetspot.
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    Andreas Lilja got a reaction from WildDagwood in Facebook messenger stuck at "sending"   
    > disconnects from employee Wi-Fi 
    > connects to patient Wi-Fi
     
    Checkmate my bosses. 😄
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