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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from da na in Post your HDD lifespan (bragging topic)   
    This thread is more suitable to be a profile status update.

    EDIT: As per request - thread remains open, with a slightly modified title that is more generic and understandable.
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from Middcore in Sapphire RX 6800 failure rate?   
    If the card is really dead, we can't really be of much help. Please contact the people who handled your RMA request saying that you received a dead GPU, I think that should be your first order of business here. I assume your power supply is enough to support the card.
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from RockSolid1106 in Why in VirtualBox Windows 10 Emulation (for me) Not show a BSOD?   
    Could you elaborate more on the problem? Do you mean that your VirtualBox Windows 10 VMs just crash without even BSOD?
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    Morgan MLGman reacted to Skiiwee29 in Gaming PC Size   
    The only thing you have to worry about is the size of the case here. According to Neweggs product listing, this is the size of the case:
     

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    Morgan MLGman reacted to Spotty in Arctic to launch MX-6 to replace discontinued MX-5 thermal compound   
    Summary
    Arctic's MX-5 thermal compound has now been listed as End-of-Life on Arctics website and it appears the company is getting ready to release a new thermal paste, creatively called MX-6.
    MX-5 thermal compound was recalled earlier this year after defects were found that caused issues with liquid separation and premature hardening.
    This does not appear to affect Arctic MX-4 which is still currently available and has not had the same issues MX-5 had.
     
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    My thoughts
    Since Arctic is discontinuing the MX-5 product perhaps the issues they faced were more than just a bad batch, and not something the company was able to fix without changing to a new formula.
    I was actually looking at buying some thermal compound a few days ago and MX-5 is one of the cheapest listed on Amazon (AU). I knew about the recall they had earlier in the year but I was hoping they might have fixed whatever issues they had with it. Given they've now discontinued the product I'm glad I held off buying it.
    Hopefully the 28 Euro for 4g that is currently listed on Amazon Germany is just a placeholder price at the moment, because that is way too expensive for thermal compound and 3 times what the MX-5 and MX-4 cost. You could get 5.5g Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut for 18 Euro, less than half the cost per gram of the MX-6 compound.
     
    Sources
    https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/arctic-halts-troublesome-mx-5-thermal-paste-mx-6-successor-spotted-at-almost-three-times-the-price.html
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from SimplyChunk in My pc doesn't want to work. Can someone help me?   
    IMO it looks more like a Windows issue, and you won't know until you reinstall. I suggest you do that.

    Also - don't run Insider Preview Builds if you want stability.
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from GuiltySpark_ in My pc doesn't want to work. Can someone help me?   
    IMO it looks more like a Windows issue, and you won't know until you reinstall. I suggest you do that.

    Also - don't run Insider Preview Builds if you want stability.
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from frozensun in 12600k vs 3900K   
    At that resolution, with that GPU and CPU combo, you're not going to see any performance improvements in gaming if you upgrade your CPU.
    A 3900X doesn't hold back a 2080S in any way in games.
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from LAwLz in Twitter reportedly set to accept Musk's offer [Twitter accepts deal]   
    I've never used Twitter and I don't intend to, but I'll say this about Musk taking over - Overall a very interesting development, from the tech perspective though I don't understand why is it such big news. The most exciting thing tech-wise was what Musk said about making the algorithms Twitter uses public.

    We all know what Twitter has become recently and it's safe to say that it won't get any worse at this point so we'll see what changes in the near future.
    The only advice that I'd give to Musk is that he should "clean house" and fire most, if not all of the people in management. Otherwise I'm pretty certain he'll have people inside his own company actively working against him judging by the hysterical reactions to the takeover.
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from Blademaster91 in Twitter reportedly set to accept Musk's offer [Twitter accepts deal]   
    I've never used Twitter and I don't intend to, but I'll say this about Musk taking over - Overall a very interesting development, from the tech perspective though I don't understand why is it such big news. The most exciting thing tech-wise was what Musk said about making the algorithms Twitter uses public.

    We all know what Twitter has become recently and it's safe to say that it won't get any worse at this point so we'll see what changes in the near future.
    The only advice that I'd give to Musk is that he should "clean house" and fire most, if not all of the people in management. Otherwise I'm pretty certain he'll have people inside his own company actively working against him judging by the hysterical reactions to the takeover.
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from SolarNova in Twitter reportedly set to accept Musk's offer [Twitter accepts deal]   
    I've never used Twitter and I don't intend to, but I'll say this about Musk taking over - Overall a very interesting development, from the tech perspective though I don't understand why is it such big news. The most exciting thing tech-wise was what Musk said about making the algorithms Twitter uses public.

    We all know what Twitter has become recently and it's safe to say that it won't get any worse at this point so we'll see what changes in the near future.
    The only advice that I'd give to Musk is that he should "clean house" and fire most, if not all of the people in management. Otherwise I'm pretty certain he'll have people inside his own company actively working against him judging by the hysterical reactions to the takeover.
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from steelo in Twitter reportedly set to accept Musk's offer [Twitter accepts deal]   
    I've never used Twitter and I don't intend to, but I'll say this about Musk taking over - Overall a very interesting development, from the tech perspective though I don't understand why is it such big news. The most exciting thing tech-wise was what Musk said about making the algorithms Twitter uses public.

    We all know what Twitter has become recently and it's safe to say that it won't get any worse at this point so we'll see what changes in the near future.
    The only advice that I'd give to Musk is that he should "clean house" and fire most, if not all of the people in management. Otherwise I'm pretty certain he'll have people inside his own company actively working against him judging by the hysterical reactions to the takeover.
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    Morgan MLGman reacted to porina in 8gb vram enough for 1440p gaming   
    I'm using a 3070 8GB on 4k. There isn't anything I've been unable to run on it, and I don't expect that to change within its reasonable working life. However, if games at highest settings start to consistently use more than 8GB, then it means you may have to optimise some settings to keep usage below that and keep performance up. Games are not going to absolutely require more than 8GB for a long time as it would nuke a large portion of the PC gaming market. The question is what quality you get at 8GB?
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    Morgan MLGman reacted to mr moose in Facebook whistleblower alleges executives misled investors about climate, covid hoaxes in new SEC complaint.   
    You'd have to be a pretty dumb investor if you thought facebook were actually able to do any about fake shit.   I mean seriously, their efforts to make it a little more trustworthy/truthful was like watching a politician fact checking the opposition while embezzling a few million from a fund set up to investigate fraud.
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    Morgan MLGman reacted to LinusTech in Linus tech tips "pirating" OCCT - answer from the dev [Reddit thread]   
    I'm transported back to my time on NCIX forum man... 
     
    You ever notice the arguments get most heated when the stakes are lowest? 
     
    If I admitted piracy wasnt the correct word (which I did but then I apparently didn't seem remorseful enough or...?) then what? Would anything change? Lol. 
     
    As long as the bar keeps moving there can be no victory. If there can be no victory then we might as well just enjoy the ride, eh brother? 
     
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from Poinkachu in I cannot figure out why my thermals are so out of whack, am I doing something wrong?   
    Lower your front intake fans - put the NZXT one under the Corsair one, or even better move the fan from the top exhaust into a 3rd front intake under the Corsair front fan. It looks to be in a place in which it could actually hurt airflow by throwing fresh air from the front intake fans immediately out of the case before reaching the hot components.
    It's better to provide more fresh air into your restricted case and let it flow out of it naturally (since warm air goes upwards anyway).

    You could also try playing with the idea of placing a 120mm fan over the PSU blowing into the GPU since you have a bit of a mesh area on the PSU chamber cover over there.
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from RedbiT in I cannot figure out why my thermals are so out of whack, am I doing something wrong?   
    I believe there's not much you can do - if you swapped your aircooler for a liquid cooled AIO for the CPU then the GPU may have a bit more room to breathe and the hot air from the CPU cooler would immediately go out of the case.

    1080Ti was a fairly hot running card and your particular model doesn't have that great of a cooler. That's the main reason for the card being 83-84C, that is a fully safe temperature however and it's perfectly normal. The card tries to stay at that temperature by reducing core clock speeds dynamically. With a liquid cooled CPU you could potentially see a bit higher GPU core clocks, but it's honestly not worth much, if anything.
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from RedbiT in I cannot figure out why my thermals are so out of whack, am I doing something wrong?   
    Well yeah - the primary reason for those GPU temps (besides the GPU cooler itself) is the overall case ventilation but I thought you already assumed that (Closed front panel and all that) 😉

    Adding an AIO could help in this particular situation of limited airflow, but the first thing you should look to improve is the case airflow by using fans where available and prioritizing SP (static pressure) fans over AF (airflow) fans, even though cases usually use AF ones. SP fans are better for providing airflow in tight and restricted spaces. Maybe try increasing the RPM of intake fans first and see if it helps at all?
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from RedbiT in I cannot figure out why my thermals are so out of whack, am I doing something wrong?   
    I think the differences between SP and AF fans were explained well above, watch the linked TechQuickie video and that should give you a good general idea about this.

    As for the current config, you are still limited by the case that you have and that shows when you opened the front panel. What are the core clock speeds under those current temperatures? Maybe you're just worrying about nothing, unless the noise generated by the card bothers you. From a "safety" perspective, these temps are perfectly good.

    Remember how GPU boost works - if you cool the card better, it will increase clock speeds automatically and up the temperature again until it hits one of its limits such as temp limit, power limit, voltage limit etc. So if you lower the temperature limit, it should slightly reduce clock speeds but it should give you better temperatures (provided it has enough fresh air) as the card will try not to exceed the limit that you set.
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from RedbiT in I cannot figure out why my thermals are so out of whack, am I doing something wrong?   
    Lower your front intake fans - put the NZXT one under the Corsair one, or even better move the fan from the top exhaust into a 3rd front intake under the Corsair front fan. It looks to be in a place in which it could actually hurt airflow by throwing fresh air from the front intake fans immediately out of the case before reaching the hot components.
    It's better to provide more fresh air into your restricted case and let it flow out of it naturally (since warm air goes upwards anyway).

    You could also try playing with the idea of placing a 120mm fan over the PSU blowing into the GPU since you have a bit of a mesh area on the PSU chamber cover over there.
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    Morgan MLGman reacted to Poinkachu in I cannot figure out why my thermals are so out of whack, am I doing something wrong?   
    Airflow Fan = Sucks in and lets out a ton of air, but bad at delivering the air if it have to get through obstacles. The Air will bounce and lose a lot of velocity once it meets obstacle.
    Static Pressure Fan = Generate less air, but it delivers air in some kind of pressurized manner, so that it can get trough obstacles more easier.

    When the intake holes are limited/small, people usually use static fan.
    When the air needs to get through obstacles, like HDD rack, radiator fins, cooler fins, etc. They use SP fan.

    Example : Put a small paper on table, blow air through a tissue using your mouth. Compare it with when using canned air.
    Example : AIO Radiator fan, they are usually static pressure fan, because the air needs to get through the radiator fins.
    Example : Your air cooler fan is a static pressure one. A powerful one.

    Your current config is fine, the difference with SP fans will be that more fresh air will be delivered to your GPU, most especially to the GPU fan near your pci-e bracket.

    Because, it could be just a simple problem of "The Air delivered inside by the intake fans gets sucked upwards by the noctua fans and therefore creating an airless zone under your GPU"
    When there is multiple fans in a enclosed room facing different sides, those fans are gonna fight each other for air, the more powerful fan will get the most air.
    To counter it is either to provide more air in the room (because each fan intake amount is limited by their own mechanical limitation), or deliver the air directly to the less powerful fan.

    If I have to give a simple example : If you pull a box with 1kg force from right to left, and I am pulling the same box upwards with 3kg of force, can that box reach left side? or will it end up above?
     
     

    To get a gist how air moves inside a particular pc case :
     
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    Morgan MLGman reacted to leadeater in Dell shows "proof of concept" "sustainable" laptop with greater repairability.   
    Not really, many laptops are ODM Clevo and they aren't actually more repairable than any other standard formfactor laptop. Main benefit is ability to get parts however depending on which exact Clevo design actually doing the repair can be more challenging than others. That's why I like HP Elitebook laptops because basically everything is field replaceable with minimal effort.
     
    Like Clevo is certainly well above the bar however the bar now days is so extremely low simply being able to open it without permanent damage (even only visually) is not a given.
     
    Anyone else remember when almost every laptop the bottom cover could be taken off with a slide release? I do. Anyone else remember swappable batteries? I do. Anyone remember their arms falling off because those laptops were only 20%-40% heavier than today? I do not. And an exact dimensions laptop made today would be far lighter anyway. People that specifically like ultra thin laptops deserve a slap in the face with a wet fish.
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    Morgan MLGman got a reaction from Grayblade in My new Noctua NH-D15S defeated by 5800X. Can I make it better?   
    Those chips run that hot, but this is normal behavior for this generation. I have a Corsair H150i Pro and I can make it go up to 88C in Cinebench, in normal games it's 65-75C most of the time. Options are increase fan speed on your cooler and in the case, or limit performance like setting PPT to a lower value.
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    Morgan MLGman reacted to SansVarnic in What is LMG doing to combat climate change?   
    My favorite three terms growing up: /s
    Global Cooling
    Global Warming
    Climate Change
     
    All Failed and based on bad science. Dammit I was promised an Ice Age in 2001, then they changed their minds and said the polar ice caps would be gone by 2010.... Now its Climate Change this and Climate Change that. Sorry but ummmmm cry wolf so many times and . . . I turn a deaf ear.
     
    That said, I don't deny that pollution and production can have harmful effects and there is a degree of action that needs taken. Conservationists such as Hunters and farmers have and do the best for the environment than anyone else because they care, and the conditions are necessary for crops and game. But this is my position and what I know, what I have seen. I do not expect anyone to accept it but its more accurate than any "inconvenient truth" garbage science that has been pushed for the last 40 years.
     
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    Morgan MLGman reacted to LogicalDrm in What is LMG doing to combat climate change?   
    Does shooting trees into ground while driving huge SUV count?
     
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