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  1. Do you have a link to some numbers? 0.0009" doesn't seem unreasonable, and at that scale the Arctic Silver is already twice the resistance of the Dow TC-5022. I'm seeing numbers from Arctic Silver that the average is closer to 0.003"-0.005".
  2. Yep. At $0.23/piece for a 30x30mm square, it could also be t-Global Technology. Panasonic lists one at 1850 W/mk, so I hope people can tell that W/mk isn't the number to look at--test results are.
  3. Looking at the Bulk Thermal Compound video, you guys used some generic Chinese paste off Amazon. Kind of disappointing that you guys do all this testing of "GaMeR gRaDe" TIM and don't even look at professional bulk stuff (that's also often cheaper than $100/kg), like from Wakefield Vette, Laird, Bergquist, Aavid, MG Chemicals, Chemtronics, etc. According to this paper, Dow makes thermal compound 4x better than Arctic Silver, and don't lie about it.
  4. This is an issue to troubleshoot because you're asking a black box of software (closed-source FRAPS) to count the framerate of a grey box of software (Doom + their implementation of Vulkan) running on a grey box of hardware (MSI's implementation of hardware/firmware). My first question is how FRAPS gets the framerate in the first place, because "it's not designed to work with LLAPI" is a bit ambiguous (and Google's seemingly changed their algorithm to make obscure searches impossible). Splenda_1's explanation sounds the most feasible: Although I imagine there may be a simpler way to tell which API it's using, if anyone around the LMG office has Visual Studio, or anyone reading this has Doom and Visual Studio, maybe download this tool and see if it reports that it's DirectX. Here and here's the code that app uses to determine that info. It looks like Sysinternals Process Explorer can show you what DLL's a program has running. Use Process Explorer to see if Doom's actually using D3D*.dll or opengl32.dll. This won't solve it for certain, but it could narrow it down; I don't have Doom to test on. It appears that (after going through its setup process), Vulkanized Dota 2 loads vulkan-1.dll and opengl32.dll, and doesn't load d3d9.dll.
  5. This is something that, like the fan obstruction tests, people want to matter, when it really just doesn't. This is probably a side effect of the fact it's one of the two or three things that even approaches requiring thought in building a computer (along with not touching the pins of the CPU and attaching the I/O panel cables). Personal computers are not precision equipment. If precision actually mattered, manufacturers wouldn't let the user do it. To the extent it does matter, very few users would notice or benefit from the difference. I've found the definition of a hobby, I guess
  6. On another topic... That Apacer SSD looks like a great idea, but it's not for sale anywhere? ok
  7. There's a point where buying things makes more sense than making them (especially in business), and the line between what's assembled vs what's "components" is not always clear. Why doesn't Linux build his own fans, equipment racks, or WiFi antennas? In this case, where's he going to get help when he runs into issues requiring support, like a legitimate hacking attack? I didn't subscribe to LinusLearningElectroMechanicalEngineeringTips. For the vast majority of his viewers, buying a UTM would be the much more sound decision--doing what he did is about as far from a helpful "tip" as you can get, and not mentioning the fact pre-assembled units exist is a disservice to viewers who may need a security device.
  8. I came here to say, why not just buy a Sophos (or other) UTM? A 220 would be great (if not a little overkill) for LMG.
  9. That's already a lot closer than anything I've found so far, so thank you. However, I don't see anything about it being specifically reusable--is that based on experience? (I've dealt with paste, but never pads like that)
  10. As Linus's video on watercooling a MacBook reminded me, my Retina MacBook Pro Late 2013 (I hate their naming system too) gets really-stupidly-ridiculously hot--its CPU will hit 99 degrees C under any sort of reasonable load, and the fans are set to be ridiculously inaudible up to 80 degrees C, and this is undoubtedly causing throttling (all three of the rMBPs I've used have this issue). Its aluminum chassis acting as a heatsink makes it very uncomfortable to hold. I looked into cooling pads, but (with few exceptions) they all seem based on cooling via pushing air into the bottom of the laptop, which is nearly useless for Apple laptops, which have their vents on the hinge and around the corners. Anyway, long story short, I want to create a cooling pad that makes proper contact with the MacBook's perfectly flat aluminum bottom to transfer (via conduction) the heat to a heatsink which can cool it via convection (picture for reference) and be reusable. I don't know what kind of material can be used as the thermal pad, because they all seem to be for long term/permanent contact and I know nothing about thermal pads. Are there any thermal pads that are large enough to cover the diagonal area of a 15-inch MBP minus the rubber feet, and also be reusable, i.e., not tear apart and leave residue when I take the laptop off the stand? Are there types of gel which have these properties? I saw some of the GPU heatsink pads in one of Linus's videos seemed to come right off, but they were tiny. Any help or links to some 3M product page would be appreciated!
  11. I just saw this series. I'm surprised you guys haven't shown any HooToo TripMate devices. I carry mine with me everywhere, and the Elite made a great gift for someone who's largely un-purchase-able-for(??).
  12. I've had a bunch of problems with my tech over the years (I built my first computer in ~2008)--I push my gear hard. Sparkle GeForce 460 started artifacting, RMA'd it. Got the new one, it would hit 99 degrees celsius, so I trashed it. Terrible RMA experience. Replaced with an EVGA GTX 480, which has been going strong, other than being louder than the first stage of the Saturn V. 600W Diablotek PSU died. Trashed it, replaced with a Corsair GS 550W (which is still going strong after a few years). Found out the Diablotek took a stick of Corsair RAM to oblivion with it (around the time Oblivion was the cool game), and Corsair was quick with the RAM RMA so I'm happy with them. I have a Seagate 1TB HDD with 995 days powered on, but it just started making noises so it's pretty much dead (which makes me sad, because my 1500-powered-days Samsung 580GB is still working). It terrified my roommate when it started happening. Had a Razer Carcharias. Died. RMA'd. New one died. RMA'd again. Don't remember what happened to it. Ended up with a Sennheiser PC360. Two years later its mic died. RMA'd. New one had a strange volume dial that only seemed to turn down any sounds occurring in front of me in a game (i.e., I could hear better behind me when I turned it down). I dealt with that, but it's dying on me. I don't have super high expectations from headsets anymore :'( EDIT: Oh, the third Carcharias would reroute about 20% of the stereo audio from the speakers to the mic line when I muted it. This confuses the Skype friends. Got a Razer Blackwidow Ultimate. ONE of the LED backlights started flickering (can you imagine that, out of an array of LED's, one blinking?). RMA'd. New one has been working fine for a few years. My current setup has these (audible) issues: Either my low-end Gigabyte motherboard, or Intel i5-2500K CPU, have a whining sound coming from the CPU area (both are a few years old). My Logitech G500 mouse has a high-pitched noise when I'm not actively moving it (sadly it's not the venerable beast I'd heard). My Samsung T240HD monitor has a whining noise when displaying mostly text, e.g., Wikipedia. It's a repurposed monitor and has seen lots of use so I'm not too upset. (As mentioned) my Seagate 1TB is pretty much dead. Did I mention I have tinnitus too? Yeah I'm going a little insane. So yeah. Take note: All of your PC components will all die at some point. Back up your stuff regularly. I hope my new WD 3TB external drive lasts. EDIT: I forgot to mention my Steelseries WoW mouse which (quickly) lost its paint coat with use. It became green. Oh god the horrors.
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