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    Herman Mcpootis reacted to LinusTech in Gamers Nexus alleges LMG has insufficient ethics and integrity   
    There won't be a big WAN Show segment about this or anything. Most of what I have to say, I've already said, and I've done so privately.

    To Steve, I expressed my disappointment that he didn't go through proper journalistic practices in creating this piece. He has my email and number (along with numerous other members of our team) and could have asked me for context that may have proven to be valuable (like the fact that we didn't 'sell' the monoblock, but rather auctioned it for charity due to a miscommunication... AND the fact that while we haven't sent payment yet, we have already agreed to compensate Billet Labs for the cost of their prototype). There are other issues, but I've told him that I won't be drawn into a public sniping match over this and that I'll be continuing to move forward in good faith as part of 'Team Media'. When/if he's ready to do so again I'll be ready.

    To my team (and my CEO's team, but realistically I was at the helm for all of these errors, so I need to own it), I stressed the importance of diligence in our work because there are so many eyes on us. We are going through some growing pains - we've been very public about them in the interest of transparency - and it's clear we have some work to do on internal processes and communication. We have already been doing a lot of work internally to clean up our processes, but these things take time. Rome wasn't built in a day, but that's no excuse for sloppiness.

    Now, for my community, all I can say is the same things I always say. We know that we're not perfect. We wear our imperfection on our sleeves in the interest of ensuring that we stay accountable to you. But it's sad and unfortunate when this transparency gets warped into a bad thing. The Labs team is hard at work hard creating processes and tools to generate data that will benefit all consumers - a work in progress that is very much not done and that we've communicated needs to be treated as such. Do we have notes under some videos? Yes. Is it because we are striving for transparency/improvement? Yeah... What we're doing hasn't been in many years, if ever.. and we would make a much larger correction if the circumstances merited it. Listing the wrong amount of cache on a table for a CPU review is sloppy, but given that our conclusions are drawn based on our testing, not the spec sheet, it doesn't materially change the recommendation. That doesn't mean these things don't matter. We've set KPIs for our writing/labs team around accuracy, and we are continually installing new checks and balances to ensure that things continue to get better. If you haven't seen the improvement, frankly I wonder if you're really looking for it... The thoroughness that we managed on our last handful of GPU videos is getting really incredible given the limited time we have for these embargoes. I'm REALLY excited about what the future will hold.
     
    With all of that said, I still disagree that the Billet Labs video (not the situation with the return, which I've already addressed above) is an 'accuracy' issue. It's more like I just read the room wrong. We COULD have re-tested it with perfect accuracy, but to do so PROPERLY - accounting for which cases it could be installed in (none) and which radiators it would be plumbed with (again... mystery) would have been impossible... and also didn't affect the conclusion of the video... OR SO I THOUGHT...
     
    I wanted to evaluate it as a product, and as a product, IF it could manage to compete with the temperatures of the highest end blocks on the planet, it still wouldn't make sense to buy... so from my point of view, re-testing it and finding out that yes, it did in fact run cooler made no difference to the conclusion, so it didn't really make a difference.
     
    Adam and I were talking about this today. He advocated for re-testing it regardless of how non-viable it was as a product at the time and I think he expressed really well today why it mattered. It was like making a video about a supercar. It doesn't mater if no one watching will buy it. They just wanna see it rip.  I missed that, but it wasn't because I didn't care about the consumer.. it was because I was so focused on how this product impacted a potential buyer. Either way, clearly my bad, but my intention was never to harm Billet Labs. I specifically called out their incredible machining skills because I wanted to see them create something with a viable market for it and was hoping others would appreciate the fineness of the craftsmanship even if the product was impractical. I still hope they move forward building something else because they obviously have talent and I've watched countless niche water cooling vendors come and go. It's an astonishingly unforgiving market.
     
    Either way, I'm sorry I got the community's priorities mixed-up on this one, and that we didn't show the Billet in the best light. Our intention wasn't to hurt anyone. We wanted no one to buy it (because it's an egregious waste of money no matter what temps it runs at) and we wanted Billet to make something marketable (so they can, y'know, eat).
     
    With all of this in mind, it saddens me how quickly the pitchforks were raised over this. It also comes across a touch hypocritical when some basic due diligence could have helped clarify much of it. I have a LONG history of meeting issues head on and I've never been afraid to answer questions, which lands me in hot water regularly, but helps keep me in tune with my peers and with the community. The only reason I can think of not to ask me is because my honest response might be inconvenient. 
     
    We can test that... with this post. Will the "It was a mistake (a bad one, but a mistake) and they're taking care of it" reality manage to have the same reach? Let's see if anyone actually wants to know what happened. I hope so, but it's been disheartening seeing how many people were willing to jump on us here. Believe it or not, I'm a real person and so is the rest of my team. We are trying our best, and if what we were doing was easy, everyone would do it. Today sucks.
     
    Thanks for reading this.
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from fisherrr in Im building a first time budget pc and want to know if Im making good choices.   
    PCPartPicker Part List
    CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($139.79 @ Amazon) 
    Motherboard: MSI PRO B550M-VC WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
    Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($38.97 @ Amazon) 
    Storage: Addlink S70 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($56.99 @ Amazon) 
    Video Card: MSI MECH 2X OC Radeon RX 6650 XT 8 GB Video Card  ($259.99 @ Newegg) 
    Case: Deepcool MATREXX 40 3FS MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ B&H) 
    Power Supply: Enermax Revolution D.F. 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.98 @ Amazon) 
    Total: $745.70
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-01-27 22:34 EST-0500
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from Queen Chrysalis in Is this a decent list? I am going to build my first PC soon!   
    The NZXT C gold units use the GX platform.
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from Punccino in PC Build for Friend!   
    You'll have to drop down to an RX 6800.
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from AirNinja in Good pc config? Any issues/wrongs? the link is the final version   
    The H610 motherboard uses a different socket from the 5600X.
    Hybrid drives don't really give enough of a performance improvement to be worth the cost.
    Case has pretty hot airflow.
    PSU is mediocre.
    List is in American prices, you're not getting all that for 1k in Australia.
    Did you buy anything in this build yet?
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from TylerD321 in Good pc config? Any issues/wrongs? the link is the final version   
    The H610 motherboard uses a different socket from the 5600X.
    Hybrid drives don't really give enough of a performance improvement to be worth the cost.
    Case has pretty hot airflow.
    PSU is mediocre.
    List is in American prices, you're not getting all that for 1k in Australia.
    Did you buy anything in this build yet?
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from FI Fheonix in what is that in pc part picker?   
    Seems fine, but I'd get a 13600k or 13400F instead of the 12600k.
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from Queen Chrysalis in Upgrading my PC   
    With a 570 I doubt you'd really notice the difference with just a CPU upgrade alone, a GPU upgrade would be much better.
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from Queen Chrysalis in Upgrading my PC   
    Get the 5700XT or 6600 first, sell the 570 and save up a bit more for a 5600 or 5800X3D in the future.
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from Queen Chrysalis in Please help, looking for any improvements and suggestions on my chosen pc specs?   
    6700XT just edges out the 3060 in solidworks so this shouldn't be too far off in performance, plus the 3060 cost over $100 more.
    It has one 120mm fan, he can add another if its too hot.
    It's a tier B unit.
     
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from PLSHELPME123 in can i use these bracket to make my "uncompatible" cpu cooler work with 2011 mobo?   
    Deepcool literally includes the exact same thing for 115x support so it should work just fine.
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    Herman Mcpootis reacted to joeyoof in can i use these bracket to make my "uncompatible" cpu cooler work with 2011 mobo?   
    From what I know, you cant unless u drill holes onto it. Dont drill it tho.
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    Herman Mcpootis reacted to BlaDoS in General purpose budget PC ideas for 2022   
    This post is that bad I had to revive my never used account to express how bad this is.
     
    For starters, why 4x8gb over IDK, going a 12400 instead.
     
    The 6500xt is a waste of silicon, nearly on the scale of the 11900k.
     
    Not to mention, you fail to mention other aspects of a PC build, and fail to mention, that none of these systems are a "console killer", as to be a console killer, they need to be of similar price.
     
    You did not mention potential substitutions in the off chance they become the better option down the line (Price cuts, sales etc), and being glaringly obvious of your ommission of potential Ryzen/GeForce alternatives.

    Nor did you explain properly your reasoning behind any of the builds. 
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    Herman Mcpootis reacted to Nena Trinity in General purpose budget PC ideas for 2022   
    Use the iGPU from the Intel Core to encode? Solid choice to pick Intel with the 6500 XT. 
    Then you most buy Kingston HyperX to make sure you get it, no other manufacturer actually gives you the information! If you buy a Crucial 2x16GB kit it doesn't specify if you get Rev E or B! There is no way to tell what memory chip they use. 
    The CPU in the console has less L3 cache than even the i3-12100, plus the i3 manages to push up to 75% of the multi-core score tests in multiple benchmarks! More threads and cores doesn't matter as much as cache do, the truth was FX-8300 was indeed way better than 6300 and 4300 because it had more Cache combined with more FPU units. More cores threads only help if they give more cache and well all modern CPUs have a FPU per core now so any benchmark that uses FPU should reveal the truth, tough most games still do integer tasks. Speaking of the single core performance is over 30% better for 12th Gen over a 4700S the PS5 CPU so it will run all current games faster for sure. 
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    Herman Mcpootis reacted to LTTFan16538228 in Can someone look over my pc before i buy it?   
    I know SuperFlower PSU’s explode more often than EVGA PSU’s. And if I am right, most tech YouTubers recommend a PSU from a well known brand, and definitely NOT including SuperFlower. I’d prefer an Antec or FSP for a budget option. I use an EVGA 600 W2 PSU and
    I chose EVGA as their PSU’s fit in my 230 dollar budget (not including GPU as I got mine from a friend)
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from RONOTHAN## in Can someone look over my pc before i buy it?   
    you're really calling superflower off-brand? then recommending another company that uses their PSUs in their high-end lineup instead?
    ignore him, he has zero idea what he's talking about on PSUs.
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    Herman Mcpootis reacted to LTTFan16538228 in Can someone look over my pc before i buy it?   
    Don’t even DARE to buy an off-brand PSU. Your computer would explode just after 5 months and you won’t be happy. Use a budget EVGA PSU, and don’t go with the 6500XT, I’d go with a 1650/1660 if you’re going with that i5.
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from RONOTHAN## in Can someone look over my pc before i buy it?   
    if you can spend another $50:
    PCPartPicker Part List
    CPU: Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($198.99 @ Newegg) 
    Motherboard: Gigabyte B660M DS3H AX DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
    Memory: Silicon Power 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($56.97 @ Amazon) 
    Storage: Silicon Power A60 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($77.98 @ Amazon) 
    Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6600 8 GB MECH 2X Video Card  ($469.98 @ Newegg) 
    Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($51.99 @ Amazon) 
    Power Supply: EVGA B5 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
    Total: $1045.89
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-02-02 10:58 EST-0500
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    Herman Mcpootis reacted to PachkataMMA in 1842,00$ Beast UNERALLL!!! You can buy it!!!!!!   
    CPU-AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
    Cooling-Stock Wraith Stealth
    Motherboard-Asus ROG Strix B550-A Gaming
    RAM-16GB(2x8GB) DDR4, 3200MHz, Patriot Viper Steel
    Case-Inaza Stealth Black
    SSD-500GB Lexar NM610, NVMe.
    HDD-2TB Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM008, SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 256MB Cache, 3.5".
    PSU-Kolink Core, 700W, 120 mm Fan.
    GPU-Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, 12GB, MANLI Dual, LHR (M2500+N630-00), PCI-E 4.0, GDDR6, 192bit.








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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from dean_5234 in Any recommendations   
    this will be much better:
    PCPartPicker Part List
    CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ B&H) 
    Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
    Storage: Intel 670p 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
    Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6600 8 GB MECH 2X Video Card  ($469.98 @ Newegg) 
    Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
    Power Supply: BitFenix Formula Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.90 @ Amazon) 
    Total: $884.84
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-01-10 21:51 EST-0500
    GIGABYTE B660M DS3H AX DDR4 B660 Intel LGA 1700 M-ATX Motherboard with DDR4, Dual M.2, PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C, 2.5GbE LAN - Newegg.com $140
    you can get windows from sites like ebay for around $20-30.
     
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from Jack Dvorak in Need Help Building Pc   
    PCPartPicker Part List
    CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 
    Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3733 CL17 Memory  ($74.98 @ Amazon) 
    Storage: HP EX920 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
    Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.99 @ Amazon) 
    Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Speedster QICK 319 BLACK Video Card  ($988.53 @ Amazon) 
    Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
    Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ Newegg) 
    Monitor: Acer VG270U Pbmiipx 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($259.99 @ Newegg) 
    Total: $1780.45
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-01-09 23:09 EST-0500
    GIGABYTE B660M DS3H AX DDR4 B660 Intel LGA 1700 M-ATX Motherboard with DDR4, Dual M.2, PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C, 2.5GbE LAN - Newegg.com $140
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from dubbleup99 in First Build in 7 Years   
    PCPartPicker Part List
    CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($524.99 @ Newegg) 
    CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 RGB 48.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($124.95 @ Amazon) 
    Motherboard: ASRock B550 PG Velocita ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
    Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-4000 CL18 Memory  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 
    Storage: Corsair MP600 PRO XT 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
    Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6 GB STRIX Video Card 
    Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
    Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
    Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
    Monitor: Acer XV340CK Pbmiipphzx 34.0" 3440x1440 144 Hz Monitor  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 
    Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
    Mouse: Corsair GLAIVE RGB PRO Wired Optical Mouse  ($149.94 @ Amazon) 
    UPS: CyberPower CP1500PFCLCDTAA UPS 
    Custom: Lenovo 500 FHD Webcam - GXC0X89769  ($49.99 @ Walmart) 
    Total: $2199.79
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-01-07 21:47 EST-0500
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from dubbleup99 in First Build in 7 Years   
    not sure why you need that board, but ryzen is still king for compression/decompression. you could get a 5900X and good B550 board for less than what you have now and it'll perform better for compression. 
    thermal paste comes with the cooler, no need to buy it.
    get a 2x16gb kit instead and save the slots for later.
     
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from RONOTHAN## in 800 Gaming Budget PC   
    It doesn't work that way at all. the string of text just gets taken to Microsoft's servers and they check if it's valid.
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    Herman Mcpootis got a reaction from LAwLz in AMD to (potentially) add 5000 Series support to X370/B350 boards   
    Well this would have been nice to have a year ago... But at least they're going through with it now
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