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Armakar

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    Armakar got a reaction from RageTester in Windows radomly closing software   
    My windows has started doing exactly the same thing today. I think it's the update.  

    I can't even open the settings because that freezes/closes too.
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    Armakar got a reaction from DocSwag in ASUS Awkwardly releases their first AIOs   
    They aren't. The 240mm Ryuo (which is the lower tier of the 2 models) is £160 on OCUK, not including shipping. I've had a lot of experience with OCUK and usuallly they are around £10 to preorder, £20 at most. That means you can expect £140 for a 240mm cooler, which is first gen and may have oversights that may not deduct from quality but usage, that's to be expected when two companies who have never made AIOs make an AIO. For less than £120, you can get the Corsair H115i PRO, which uses the latest Asetek pump design, has excellent fans and it's 6th gen coming from an excellent company.

    The cooler looks great and if I'm honest I think it could very well be a top-tier first cooler like EVGA released, but EVGA didn't release their first cooler with such a huge price tag (infact it was the best price-performance cooler imo). Ontop of that, EVGA's customer service (which is important for AIO buyers) is FAR better than Asus'.
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    Armakar got a reaction from Taf the Ghost in ASUS Awkwardly releases their first AIOs   
    ASUS highlighted two sets of coolers back at Computex, which are now being more officially announced by ASUS themselves and some of the coolers are now available for preordering.

    The two models of coolers being released are the "Ryuo" and the "Ryujin" AIO coolers, which appear to be mostly similar with a few differences.

    The "Ryuo" series is the less expensive of the two, and has the following features:
    topped by a 1.77" OLED screen addressable, aura sync ready RGB LEDs at the base of the block copper block topped with aluminium and an aluminium radiator sleeved rubber tubing ROG Ryuo Fan model 12 fans The Ryuo series isn't available in many places yet, but as far as I can tell it will come in (at least) the following sizes:
     Rog Ryuo - 120mm preordering at £129.95  Rog Ryuo - 240mm preordering at £159.95  
     
    The more-expensive "Ryujin" series comes with a larger, square block sporting similar features:
    (Quote from Asus' site)
    Again, it is not for certain, but currently the only seen Ryujin coolers on Asus' website are the following:
     Rog Ryujin - 240mm - no price yet  Rog Ryujin - 360mm - no price yet
     

    The awkward part is the "release" - ASUS have announced the coolers and posted them on their website, but many of the product pages are broken and are dead ends, such as this page showing nothing and  the "Ryuo" series page only shows "Ryujin" items.
     
    Additionally, it is unclear whether the "cheaper" Ryuo series will be built using Noctua's fans, as the preorder page states nothing about using Noctua products or research, and the fans have ROG logos on them. The Ryujin cooler on the other hand states on the official website that it uses Noctua's top of the line fans.

    In my opinion, these coolers don't look like anything spectacular. The addition of Noctua fans might be cool but I don't think Asus has displayed anything we haven't seen in virtually every AIO on the market. I think this mostly panders to people who have an AURA setup, as this does fit in well with other ASUS products, and there certainly is a lack of Aura-sync coolers on the market, other than less-trusted brands like Deepcool and Cooler master. Asus has done a good job in finding a gap in the market, a high end- aura ready cooler.

    The price is pretty steep - the "Ryuo" series looks to top the market with NZXT in terms of pricing, and the "Ryujin" series is expected to be even more expensive, so these may be the most expensive AIOs we have seen yet. That said, ASUS does and always has made top of the line products, so expect quality from this cooler. The tubing looks quality, and the pump is totally metal, so I don't see any quality issues here.
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    Armakar got a reaction from TVwazhere in intel teases new dedicated gpu   
    >intel
    >reasonably priced
     
    pick one
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    Armakar got a reaction from Bazrat in intel teases new dedicated gpu   
    >intel
    >reasonably priced
     
    pick one
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    Armakar got a reaction from leadeater in intel teases new dedicated gpu   
    >intel
    >reasonably priced
     
    pick one
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    Armakar reacted to Froody129 in Corsair releases H100i Pro   
    Basically all AIOs use mixed metals. The pump dies long before it's a problem 
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    Armakar reacted to JoeCoke in Intel to release Gaming graphics card in 2020   
    Maybe Intel can bring some competition to GPUs, because Radeon sure isn't.
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    Armakar got a reaction from StellarPC in how long does a MMO session take online?   
    not 20 minutes then, closer to 25

    he said the AVERAGE league game, over half of the player base is silver, so 30 minutes
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    Armakar got a reaction from TVwazhere in Could Nvidia be skipping to 7nm for the GTX 11 series?   
    The gap between kepler and maxwell is the same gap between maxwell and pascal...

    780ti = 970
    980ti = 1070
     
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    Armakar got a reaction from soldier_ph in Statements that trigger tech fans.   
    Title.

    What are some tech-related things that people say that trigger you or other tech fans?

    Personally, when someone says "memory" when they mean "storage" it makes me cringe. I once even had a phone-repair shop employee tell me " the ram is what gives your phone its speed".... I felt bad and didn't wan't to tell him how wrong he is so I just pretended like I had no idea about how computers work.

    EDIT: Well, this thread blew up.. Apparently i'm not the only one who gets triggered at false statements.
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    Armakar reacted to gepowr in Motherboard swap   
    I don't think so. Just send the crosshair 6 back and put your 2700x in the new crosshair 7 when it arrives. The only problem is that you might have to buy a new windows 10 key since it's stored in the bios/uefi.
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    Armakar reacted to BubblyCharizard in Motherboard swap   
    If the key is linked to a Microsoft account, you usually will have no issues.
     
    The 2700x worked since the bios was previously updated for you. 
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    Armakar reacted to RollinLower in Motherboard swap   
    won't be needed. i literally swapped my windows 10 installation from an old X79 system onto my new Threadripper system just today. just plug in the drive and watch it boot
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    Armakar reacted to Skiiwee29 in can't get stable 3200mhz on ddr4   
    Memory support and compatibility by all accounts is vastly improved in the X470 chipset and BIOS. You likely will be able to achieve the rated speeds on the X470 platform. 
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    Armakar reacted to Kaita in Asus crosshair vii hero ports blocked   
    Had the same issue with mine ? You need to poke a pen or a screwdriver through the Wifi ports on the IO shield.
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    Armakar reacted to Oshino Shinobu in Asus crosshair vii hero ports blocked   
    Poke them out
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    Armakar got a reaction from xriqn in Intel May Be Entering the Smartphone, Tablet and Wearable Chip Markets   
    Next up: Intel develops a brain chip that is later found to have a huge flaw in it, resulting in decreased brain activity
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    Armakar got a reaction from Sabir in GTX 2080 and GTX 2080 Ti release date?   
    Well yeah, that would imply AMD can rival them. Ofcourse they won't admit that. It's not usually in direct response, usually they hold onto the Ti cards so AMD can't just release nothing then suddenly come out with one card that tops everything.
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    Armakar got a reaction from Sabir in GTX 2080 and GTX 2080 Ti release date?   
    They are expected in 3rd quarter, I'd say for sure no earlier than April/May.

    Don't expect the 2080Ti this year. x80ti cards don't really get released until a while after the original 80 is released (so they can keep fresh cards in the market to rival amd)
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    Armakar got a reaction from NvidiaIntelAMDLoveTriangle in New rumours about new Nvidia GTX cards   
    Given the timegap between Pascal and this gen, I'm expecting a significant performance boost in these cards, just like the 9 - 10 series "30%" jump. I'm thinking the X060 could even match 1080 performance, the X070 being the 1080Ti and the X080 to become the new king. It's what happened with Kepler to Maxwell (780ti = 970) and Maxwell to Pascal (980Ti = 1070).

    Additionally we've got stuff like new PCIe specifications and new VRAM specifications, to me that says that GPU manufacturers have started to push the limits of PCie 3.0 and GDDR5X, likely with this generation. I'm hoping that the fact I only have 8 lanes for my GPU (nvme ssd takes up 2 out of my 16) won't screw me long term if I buy one of these.
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    Armakar got a reaction from handymanshandle in New rumours about new Nvidia GTX cards   
    Given the timegap between Pascal and this gen, I'm expecting a significant performance boost in these cards, just like the 9 - 10 series "30%" jump. I'm thinking the X060 could even match 1080 performance, the X070 being the 1080Ti and the X080 to become the new king. It's what happened with Kepler to Maxwell (780ti = 970) and Maxwell to Pascal (980Ti = 1070).

    Additionally we've got stuff like new PCIe specifications and new VRAM specifications, to me that says that GPU manufacturers have started to push the limits of PCie 3.0 and GDDR5X, likely with this generation. I'm hoping that the fact I only have 8 lanes for my GPU (nvme ssd takes up 2 out of my 16) won't screw me long term if I buy one of these.
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    Armakar got a reaction from Defunct Lizard in Core i7 8850H, 8750H, and other Coffee Lake cpus   
    For the lower end sure. For higher end, doubt it. AMD haven't even got a VR capable laptop yet.
     
    edit: oops yeah they have, still a 580 though
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    Armakar got a reaction from Septimus in Is it safe to buy used ram?   
    What? That isn't true at all. RAM is volatile. RAM, on a hardware level, is incapable of holding data when deactivated. A virus can't stay in RAM.
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    Armakar got a reaction from MultiDJRoni in Burning smell from psu   
    As mentioned, DON'T use your system until you get a new PSU. Dead PSUs can kill every component in your PC, they can even kill you.
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