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Norseman4

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  1. Yeah, selling is a good option. Just wanted to know if certain CUDA aware applications can use the CUDA cores from both cards at the same time.
  2. The last components for my new build should be here today but I have a question about my current and immediately previous GPUs. I have a 2070 and a 2080, both from Gigabyte and now that I am moving from a mITX board for the first time in a long time I have space to have multiple GPUs. While I know I cannot put them in an SLI configuration, can CUDA aware applications use the CUDA cores from both cards, or are they limited to the primary? Basic introductory video rendering, Handbrake, MakeMKV, and the like. Is there any benefit having both cards in the same system?
  3. The first PC that I built was when I was stationed in Ft. Bliss in El Paso in the very early 90's. It went together fairly well being careful about all the bendable pins that the CPU and memory used. When I tried to turn it on I got nothing. All the switches were on but still nothing. Checked over all of my connections and they were all good so the last thing was to open up the PSU itself. One of the wires had come loose in the PSU. When I was buttoning up the PSU I cut my finger on the unfinished edges. Everything worked fine for years. The builds I did for myself always seemed to have one or more cuts from the metal. This became known as the blood sacrifice. ( The first build I did using a case with finished edges I did not cut myself, and the MB had a bad RAM slot. Coincidence? ) I never cut myself when working at a PC shop, just for my own builds. Back in the day, a "magazine"/catalog called computer shopper had hundred+ pages of thin 11x17 paper mostly filled with ads, many full page, but also had several articles.
  4. Actually, eys they did and actually had 386 trademarked before it was lost in a lawsuit. They tried for 486 and 586 as well. (They got i586, with the understanding that 586 was still a valid generic mark) They swithched to Pentium because they could trademark that. https://tedium.co/2017/05/18/intel-386-486-trademark-battles/
  5. On, April 2nd, we'll see, though having had a start date of 4/1 at one of my previous employers, and it being on a Monday, this could very easily be true. And the fact that a google search shows that Intel had the position available, but now doesn't adds weight to it being true. Good luck Kyle. (Some 4/1 jokes on tech and other pages have started this early in the past.)
  6. I don't know about the others, but yeah, the itch is real. Mine usually doesn't get very strong until a year or so has passed. I've been using tricks to sooth that itch for a while though since my 6600k build. It was in a large mITX case with a GPU that, technically was too long. Replacing the GPU with a 1070, which normally would be a simple operation required a bit of research to find a card that wasn't over-tall or any longer that what I had, and the actual replacement had some interesting moments. Getting that back up was a very itch soothing moment. Next I replaced the case with something even smaller, with an AIO CPU cooler. Again, researching what was available that would fit my components. That when surprisingly smooth. (After I removed the protective film from the CPU cooler, that is.) Now, my next build is on the horizon with Ryzen 3. TL;DR Itch management is a requirement.
  7. I build my own in various different conditions, including in socks on carpet. One of the things that I made sure to do on my first several builds is to have the power supply unboxed and plugged in, but not turned on. The PSU is now a grounding point. Before I went and touched any part, I'd touch the PSU first to discharge any static that may have built up. Now, I know what I do that can generate a spark-able charge and generally don't do those things any more. Haven't had a discharge when building for a long time. (Static, that is.) Or you could do like the Verge and put a rubber band around your wrist and say you are safe. </sarc>
  8. Or a firmware update fails ... leading to a new definition of bricking your toilet.
  9. I'm not worried too much about aesthetics, but that could now change since I have my first case with a side window. Cable management I spend a few half-arsed moments on, but mostly to get the cables out of the main chamber, if it has one, or ensure that there are as few airflow restrictions in the main chamber, and the case can be closed. I don’t run my box without side panels for two reasons. I have a cat and she’s a curious thing, and it reduces the audible fan noise. The only lighting in my current case is the stuff that included in the components, though now with the window I may add some barely there light
  10. If you look at the post from Phas3L0ck that you replied to you can tell that he (?) is talking about the current connectors, not the legacy 4 wire to wire connectors. Phas3L0ck's post was in reply to Princess Cadence who wasn't aware that molex connectors are a mainstay in modern PCs, though true, we normally reference them individually. (main power, aka 24 pin, PCIe, 4/4+4/8 pin CPU power, etc.)
  11. The mainboard power (24 pin), CPU power, (4 and 8 pin) and graphics card (PCI-E) power are all "molex" or at least in the molex style.
  12. I always like o have physical disks for both music and video, so for all of my builds in the past, and the foreseeable future I will always have at least on ODD.
  13. The 650 is a good choice, and EVGA has a SuperNOVA G3 model. (According to PCPartPicker, at least in the US markets, the EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G3 model is the same price.
  14. What really needs to be stated is that it also depends upon the games that you want to play. (I'm on a 6600k and 1070 on a 4k screen so my results will be close, but still not a direct compare.) For me, AC:Odyssey doesn't hit 60fps with max settings at 1080p, but reduce some settings for items that I really don't concentrate on and I get smooth play, but still below 60fps. (displaying a 1080 image on a 4k display is as clean as a native 1080 image on the same screen size, while using a 1440 screen to display a 1080 image isn't quite as nice. IMO) For coding and some photoshop work, being able to go 4k on a 32" screen is very nice. If you can afford it, go for a decent 4k.
  15. In my case ( a 2080 card) after the payment verification it went to packaging and stayed there for a couple days. Tried contacting them and I was number 997 in the chat queue. After a couple hours watching my number drop I checked the order status again and it changed to shipped. (I'm thinking this was an inventory issue because the item went out of stock shortly after my order and only came back on the day that I tried to contact them.) Another order on the next day went through and shipped that same day.
  16. All of my builds have been in solid cases, no transparent panels at all. RGB on the keyboard to highlight specific keys based upon the particular application is pretty much all I've done. Whenever I get around to my next build, I think I'll go with a glass panel with RGB if I can get the values for a dark gray (#303030) to be consistent. If not, then RGB will be off.
  17. CPU: Zilog Z80 @3.58 MHz Graphics: Texas Instruments TMS9928A This was a Coleco Adam
  18. DOSBox worked for me when I wanted to get Master of Orion II back up and running. (Since Wargaming bought the MoO franchise they have released it in a pre-packaged DOSBox shell.)
  19. I'd say to wait just a bit to see what the 2700x really has to offer. You'd probably have to update the bios on your current MB, but it would be a much more economical update. You'd probably benefit from a 1700x upgrade now, but the timing just wouldn't make sense. (Plus you're current wraith cooler would probably have to be replaced as well, while the 2700x will come with one) My next build will probably be AMD, though I don't know exactly when the build/upgrade itch will become overpowering. (Going from a 6600 to any recent r/i7 will give me extra threads that I seem to be finally lacking)
  20. Also add HBO streaming and similar sites and anyplace that streams the Deadpool movie. (Since that would be covered by the simulated sex)
  21. Yeah, at first I thought the camera was doubling the 30fps recording, but the properties dialog for the file shows 1920x1080x29.97fps with a data rate of 45,016k (Total bitrate 45144k) while the 1920x1080x60fps shows very slightly less in both bitrates.
  22. So I recently purchased a Hero5 Black and now have some questions about the actual mp4 files produced. (In May, I'm going on a 1,050 mile motorcycle trip and want to get as much traveling footage as I can in a 128Gb SD card.) When recording at 60fps at 1080p resolution I get nearly the same file size, for the same recording duration, as when recording at 30fps. (The 30fps is actually a bit larger) Looking at the mp4 properties, the 60fps has a total bitrate of 45008kbps while the 30 has 45144kbps. When I asked in the GoPro chat, the chat "tech" responded with Am I missing something? Which one of us has to be reported on the "Experiences with non-techies" thread? (btw, I was typing a bit fast there in the chat and didn't see two typo's, one more significant than the other, hence my corrections here)
  23. (Never been down this far in ltt, didn't know there was a build log section. Didn't find it using the search feature either. So here I go again.) In an effort to appease my current itch to assemble a new computer I decided to 'side-grade' my current (i5 6600K) machine by transferring it into a smaller case. (From a Corsair 250d to a Cooler Master Elite 130) I watched the official Cooler Master YouTube video showing a AIO cooled system and the funky way the drives attach. Commentary said that there would be more than enough room for a push/pull setup on a front 120mm radiator having a 3.5" drive on the floor, so the side drive bracket could be removed. Since the air cooler that I had was too tall, I went with the Cooler Master Masterliquid 120. The MB transferred over flawlessly, of course. Assembling and mounting the AIO was also very easy, given the thumbscrews used to mount the fans. The 3.5" HDD, on the other hand did not fit in the designated area, even after removing the two lower thumbscrews on the inner fan. I had to re-mount the side drive bracket and use the upper mounting location for the drive, since the lower location impacted the AIO's hoses. Next was moving my two slim ODDs, in the appropriate 5.25->2x slim ODD adapter, using the tool-less mount mechanism on the case, the GTX 1070, and the modular PSU. It's amazing just how long the cables actually are and I thought several time, 'How am I supposed to cram all this into that? This case, however, allowed the cables to be folded against each other and moved out of the way to the sides so that there is a clear(ish) tunnel from the fans to the rear of the case. This is the first case that, from the get-go I honestly cared about cable management since none before had been a showcase or were so da[r]ned small. (Even the 250d had plenty of room below the main chamber to shove all the cables into after the fact.) It looks very good, and after messing with fan curves (upward) has acceptable fan noise, meaning for me almost none at 4'. Immediately after the build, however I noticed the CPU temps under a 10 min CPU-z stress test, were much higher than I expected, not dangerous though, simply disappointing. Normal operations were cool enough so I didn't worry about it too much. The next afternoon I smacked myself since I could not remember removing the plastic from the cold-plate of the AIO. After 20 years, I finally made that mistake. Temps dropped 15C when that was corrected. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/n6KBf8
  24. In an effort to appease my current itch to assemble a new computer I decided to 'side-grade' my current (i5 6600K) machine by transferring it into a smaller case. (From a Corsair 250d to a Cooler Master Elite 130) I watched the official Cooler Master YouTube video showing a AIO cooled system and the funky way the drives attach. Commentary said that there would be more than enough room for a push/pull setup on a front 120mm radiator having a 3.5" drive on the floor, so the side drive bracket could be removed. Since the air cooler that I had was too tall, I went with the Cooler Master Masterliquid 120. The MB transferred over flawlessly, of course. Assembling and mounting the AIO was also very easy, given the thumbscrews used to mount the fans. The 3.5" HDD, on the other hand did not fit in the designated area, even after removing the two lower thumbscrews on the inner fan. I had to re-mount the side drive bracket and use the upper mounting location for the drive, since the lower location impacted the AIO's hoses. Next was moving my two slim ODDs, in the appropriate 5.25->2x slim ODD adapter, using the tool-less mount mechanism on the case, the GTX 1070, and the modular PSU. It's amazing just how long the cables actually are and I thought several time, 'How am I supposed to cram all this into that? This case, however, allowed the cables to be folded against each other and moved out of the way to the sides so that there is a clear(ish) tunnel from the fans to the rear of the case. This is the first case that, from the get-go I honestly cared about cable management since none before had been a showcase or were so da[r]ned small. (Even the 250d had plenty of room below the main chamber to shove all the cables into after the fact.) It looks very good, and after messing with fan curves (upward) has acceptable fan noise, meaning for me almost none at 4'. Immediately after the build, however I noticed the CPU temps under a 10 min CPU-z stress test, were much higher than I expected, not dangerous though, simply disappointing. Normal operations were cool enough so I didn't worry about it too much. The next afternoon I smacked myself since I could not remember removing the plastic from the cold-plate of the AIO. After 20 years, I finally made that mistake. Temps dropped 15C when that was corrected. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/n6KBf8 What have you enjoyed working on, and completed, recently. What issues did you have during the build. I'm not really looking for the most impressive builds since modest and even first time builds, issues and corrections can be interesting to read. (Over the top rigs can be fun as well, though.)
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