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Had my semi-local news station on, and they mentioned that not only is there a run on things like toilet paper, hand sanitizer, paper towels & water, ... but some companies are saying they're also seeing a run on computersespecially laptops, because of shelter-in-place orders, people telecommuting, etc.  They were saying it was even worse than Black Friday.

 

 

Also I was thinking the last few days ... If things happen to where it's not possible for manufacturers to make new CPUs or other components at their normal pace, but have to slow way down ... What can be done to make our existing setups last longer?  And is it possible for the makers to extend their warranties, and/or reserve manufacturing for replacing dead parts?

 

I've already heard about NVidia delaying the Ampere 30 series GPUs, wonder if other products might follow suit...

 

I don't have any overclock configured on my two K-series CPUs (i7-4790K in desktop, i7-6700K in daily-driver laptop), but then I haven't set that up anyway, although I've tested a little.  I do have my 6700K undervolted to -150mV offset, maybe I should also be willing to consider underclocking it as well... Hopefully it will last long enough though to where I won't need to take such drastic measures.  (And I still have an i3-6100 I could put back in if the 6700K died - that is, if I haven't accidentally killed the i3 by dropping it on a linoleum floor once or twice, haven't had a way to test it though.)

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