micro1331

I would love to see a video breaking down different sports technologies used in today's stat tracking obsessed culture. I recently got back into golfing and the TrackMan Golf system is a seriously impressive piece of tech that I would love to see broken down and explored. Maybe even a facility tour like you've done in the past as well. This is just one example as well, I'm sure nearly every sport has some neat tech for not only training purposes, but also broadcasting and stat tracking. Specifically related to the TrackMan Golf system some questions I would love to watch answers for are: What tech is used inside (beyond just that it uses Doppler Radar) If the device is meant to sit behind the player, how is it able to track the club face angles How is it able to identify what is a club, what is a ball, and track them separately How accurate is the Doppler Radar data, is there room for improvement, if so what other tech are they looking into for improving that accuracy Where/how did they start development (in relation to the above question, why did they go with doppler instead of LiDAR or some entirely different tech)

TLDR: Looking to upgrade PC. CPU is current bottleneck running 100% on all cores even just playing Overwatch at 3440x1440 @ 100Hz causing stuttering. Would appreciate suggestions on my proposed build, or full upgrade suggestions, not opposed to AMD. Must be ITX form factor. Under $800 preferred. Current build (outlined above): https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VHLzLJ Proposed build (outlined above: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wD3pkd

Looking to upgrade my primary PC to better support my usage and would like opinions on what I have spec'd out so far, or even full upgrade suggestions. Primary Usage: Gaming (Games below are staples I come back to but play a wide variety of games) Rocket League Overwatch Diablo 3 Forza Horizon 3 VR Gaming (Vive Room Scale) 4k Couch Gaming Usage Goals: Streaming/Recording Near/Above Stable 100fps in most games at full resolution with minimal fidelity lowering Current Issues Attempting to Solve: CPU Bottleneck Poor performance when multitasking Discord + Spotify + Overwatch/Rocket League causes stuttering and momentary delays with input and display. CPU pegged at 100% utilization across all cores when playing most games Hit-or-miss VR performance # of USB devices unsupported Current Full Setup: Intel Core i5 4690K @ 3.50GHz (previously at 4.5) NZXT Kraken X52 ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac Storage: 250GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 128GB Corsair Force GS SSD 8TB Western Digital HDD Asus STRIX GeForce GTX 1080 (O8G) Displays: Acer Predator x34 (3440x1440 @ 100Hz) [Primary] Acer H243H (1920x1080 @ 60Hz) [Secondary] Vizio P-Series P65-F1 (3840x2160 @ 30Hz) [Couch Gaming] 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Seasonic 750W Thermaltake P1 TG 7 USB devices (though the HTC Vive is seen as multiple devices and I'm not sure what in total it counts as) Upgrade Idea: Intel Core i7 9700K @ 3.60GHz ASRock Z390M-ITX/ac G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3600 Samsung 970 Evo 500GB M.2 (Optional) The more lengthy explanation of my issues are that I've noticed my CPU is a huge bottleneck with most of the tasks I am attempting to do anymore. The most frequent issue is that a lot of times while playing Overwatch and Rocket league I will stream music from Spotify and also be in Discord voice chat (no video). Doing these three things together will peg my CPU at 100% and I will get random hiccups in either game due to queued processes waiting to finish. This is quite disruptive to gameplay in both games. The same holds true in some VR titles, but during those, I am not running Discord or Spotify. Another issue is that my Microphone and Speakers need to be plugged into a USB hub, then into my USB port of the motherboard. This is because when I want to play VR and connect the HTC Vive, Windows will indicate that my PC cannot support the number of USB devices, which causes me to need to unplug a few devices before connecting the Vive. I would prefer to be able to hook up all devices and leave them plugged in at all times (see note above about number of USB devices and that the Vive control box is seen as multiple USB devices). The last issue is general ability to hit 100fps or higher with High settings in most games. I'm not 100% sure how well the 1080 should fair at 3440x1440 as I know its not an extremely common resolution. However, I feel like my CPU still bottlenecks even without any multitasking going on. Final notes: I would like to stay under $1,000 for this upgrade (ideally under $800), and the further under the better while still maintaining the goals of the upgrade. I have OC'd the current CPU to 4.5GHz previously (returned to stock to troubleshoot separate issue, never OC'd it back) and saw minimal improvements in performance for the tasks I'm attempting to accomplish. The m.2 is entirely optional and am undecided if it's worth purchasing now or at a later date. I will not change cases, so ITX is a hard requirement. Not opposed to going AMD, just more familiar with building out Intel. I know RGB ram is silly and pricey, but I would prefer to keep it in the build. Thanks for reading my extremely lengthy post. -Micro

Perhaps I am misunderstanding you, but I'm not terribly concerned with syncing using different software. More-so that I can control the lighting of different companies products with a single companies controller/software. Or if corsair fans for example are somehow proprietary to their controller/software.

With all of the RGB products on the market nowadays I was curious how well they all work together if you don't stick with a particular brand. I assume the strips tend to be standard 5050 SMD strips that work with any controller and follow the standard, but I wasn't sure about AIO coolers, RGB Fans, and other accessories. For example, if I went with NZXT's Kraken X52, but wanted to use Corsair's HD120 RGB fans with it, and some CableMod RGB strips is that possible? What about RGB controllers, do they work with all products from all companies? How about the software as well? In the scenario provided, would I be able to use the NZXT CAM software to control everything, or would I need NZXT's CAM software to control the AIO lights, Corsair Link for the fans, and either one of those from the strips?

The ZBOX is the perfect size box to replace a dedicated HTPC for wall mounted TVs. With it's size I could easily see mounting it behind the TV on the wall keeping the TV/entertainment area nice and clean, while maintaining all of it's current functionality.