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    NTDaws reacted to RunnerUp in LTX 2024 WILL HAPPEN!   
    This aged poorly based on the comments last night
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    NTDaws got a reaction from Lightwreather in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    Its correct
     
    Edit: forgot to change the team number oop
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    NTDaws reacted to GOTSpectrum in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    As someone who has had multiple 240V shocks... I can simply say it doesn't help 
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    NTDaws reacted to BondiBlue in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    Can't believe it's been another year already. Looking forward to the event!
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    NTDaws got a reaction from GOTSpectrum in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    Good thing its snowing now cause i needed a space heater anyway.
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    NTDaws reacted to Frugivore8894 in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    Epic, can't wait for my room to be cozy for the month.
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    NTDaws 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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    NTDaws got a reaction from problemsolver in PC wont boot to BIOS.. but will boot to windows :/   
    He can try to access the BIOS through Windows directly go to the Start menu and go to Settings. Once here, click on Update - Recovery - Advanced Startup - Restart Now, once it reboots. Go to advanced options, then click UEFI Firmware Settings. This should reboot and then take them into the BIOS.
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    NTDaws got a reaction from Why_Me in Looking for suggestions   
    Does your build include peripherals and a monitor, also we can't see your parts list. You need to go into the parts list and click the T on the tool bar and paste it in here.
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    NTDaws got a reaction from Stefan Laza in Will I need more power for an RTX 3070?   
    You will be fine for sure, I used to have a 10850K and a 3070Ti on a 650 Watt PSU and as long as it’s not overclocked it’ll be a charm.
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    NTDaws got a reaction from PC Player in Buying Windows From DCM?   
    While DigitalChillMart is generally a safe site and have good reviews overall, it's hard to say if said keys are legit retail keys or as @Needfuldoer said; stolen corporate keys. I will still recommend purchasing a proper version from the Windows Store.
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    NTDaws reacted to Hinjima in Xmp profile won't boot bios (high end pc)   
    @Shimejii
    Running 4 dimms of DDR5 is going to be hard to get above 4800mhz due to limitation of the memory
    controller.
     
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    NTDaws reacted to Soaray in Pc has died, will only start if I unplug my gpu, help!!   
    Thanks, seems im going to have to try and find a cheap gpu, and if that fails power supply.
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    NTDaws got a reaction from Sil3nt1 in Portable gaming monitor that isn't garbage?   
    I can't say a whole lot about it from a longevity view, however I was testing it out at LTX and it worked very well. It was bright, no ghosting issues, refresh rate as awesome, convenient and portable, and overall a nice little unit. Unfortunately no matter what you do these are gonna be very pricey because they are not likely very popular in the tech community when it comes to travel. However if you decide to get it, you can always return if the quality is poor, or just not worth the price.
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    NTDaws got a reaction from Hinjima in Build Upgrade, Please Help!   
    Definitely would say the 7800x3d. It is faster then the 13900k, overclocking is easier if you care about that, and from some reviews it won't surpass 90 watts compared to the 125 watts on the 13900k. And as @Hinjima said, it's thermals are more manageable.
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    NTDaws got a reaction from MultiGamerClub in 10 Years of the LTT Forum   
    Man it feels good to see the old forum 🙂
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    NTDaws reacted to LinusTech in LTT Screwdriver   
    Thanks for the comments, Dizmo. 
     
    I suspect what we'll end up doing is seeing how things go out of the gate. It's a lot easier for us to improve things later than to realize that there's some horrible legal liability issue we haven't encountered and all of a sudden I'm 85 hand-packing people warranty replacements or some shit because they dropped their screwdriver and we didn't cover our asses enough in the T&Cs.
     
    We know it's a good product. Producing it in China has actually been a step-up compared to MegaPro's recommended manufacturer in Taiwan who ended up fucking us over. The tolerances are better and their communication has been outstanding. We'd probably have launched months ago if we'd been working with them in the first place.
     
    And no, it's not substantially cheaper, and if anything, losing some (or all.. not sure yet) of our deposit with the first manufacturer is actually making it more expensive. 

    We are not going to pretend to be perfect at this, but we know we're new and that's why we partnered with someone experienced. If all goes according to plan, 100k units won't be enough and we'll be reordering before the end of the year.
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    NTDaws reacted to Emily Young in I tested Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold3 5G early and it's AWESOME!   
    Samsung's Unpacked event isn't over yet, but I managed to get my hands on a Galaxy Fold3 5G early - Let's put it through its paces!
     
     
    https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/events/unpacked/
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    NTDaws got a reaction from sub68 in Picking a new phone   
    I would go for the A32 or A12 64GB, Moto G is a good phone but the 3GB of ram is pushing it when I used it.
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    NTDaws reacted to hirushaadi in PCPP embed   
    this is what we normally do if someone asks for a build - 

     
    How about adding a new thing like this
     

     
     
     

     
    wouldn't it be real nice for it? 
     
     
     
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    NTDaws got a reaction from Xolin in Temps hot on Modern Warfare high settings?   
    I had a single fan on my rtx 2060 when I had it and only hit 75 tops. I feel that's a little hot. Unless his fan settings aren't optimal or there is no air flow in the case.
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    NTDaws reacted to Emily Young in DON’T buy a new PC for Windows 11!   
    Literally watch the video
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    NTDaws reacted to dynamix1862 in Possibly no Thermal Compound..   
    You're all so amazing, I have been searching the internet for days trying to figure this problem out. I am very thankful I come across a Linus Tech Tips video, because it seems as if I have found a very committed and passionate community. Truly I could not thank you all enough, you eased my worried mind and it means the world!  
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    NTDaws got a reaction from dynamix1862 in Possibly no Thermal Compound..   
    You need a bigger AIO if you want better cooling, the water doesn't have enough time to cool in that small of a radiator for that CPU. They aren't bad temps but you should check when you are at load how the temps are. If you are over 78 Degrees then I recommend upgrading to 240MM, however 360MM is recommended.
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    NTDaws got a reaction from DankDoodles in My fans are going nuts!!   
    You should have the fans plugged into the motherboard either way. I am not sure what kind of aio it is. Keep them plugged into the board so you can change them from you're bios or windows.
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