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Back in the day the 14 inch HP dv4 laptops gave you the option of removable high capacity batteries. It was a chungus using 18650's but that 12-cell combined with mobile Core 2 Duo back then resulted in an all-day laptop that you could also casually game on.
 
Removable batteries in laptops should NEVER have gone away IMHO since the advantages far outweigh the hurdles today of getting internal batteries replaced. Dell in particular with their XPS laptops are especially guilty here and a major PITA to swap - not only do they NOT SELL batteries to you, but getting any replacement sold from 3rd parties to work requires jumping through unnecessary hoops in the BIOS. Believe me when I say I would thoroughly enjoy taking an XPS 17 and whacking Michael Dell over the head with it.
 
That reconfigurable keyboard with number pad is a seriously amazing thing. The layout eliminates the problem of missing keys or wrongly spaced keys - something that your resident Alex fails to point out on all of his laptop reviews (shame on you!!!). It also opens up the possibility of different color options for folks who may want a white keyboard instead of black, for example, or textured key caps versus glossy.
 
I would seriously consider a 16 inch Framework in lieu of a XPS 17 for my next laptop, but I do have some reservations. Not knowing the specs of the unit is one. What removable GPU options is the second. The 3.5mm jack module is a funny one though, because given the real estate they could have placed THREE 3.5mm jacks on there instead for headphone/mic/line-out - something to consider for a future module option!!!
 
My real hold out though at this time is an 18 inch laptop rocking a 2560x1600 display, quad m.2 and dual GPU's - wake me up when Framework gets there.

I got four words for you Linus - slow the fuck down!!!
 
You are like that kid in high school who could never pay attention beyond 5 minutes, exhibits all the symptoms of ADHD and is a handful for parents to manage.
 
As for Steve's video, I feel it was a long time coming to finally address many of the issues. These hit personal to me too as for many years I was doing the same job - reviewing tech gear online. The big difference in my work routine was I adhered to one golden rule - NO DEADLINES!!! I would take however much time I needed with a product to look at it properly, test it, review it, take it through its paces and form an educated, hands-on opinion before sitting down and start bashing away at the keyboard.
 
And while I was nowhere near pushing out multiple articles a week, the work that I did do was well put together, accurate and detailed. I honestly cannot recall where I needed to get back and significantly redo a piece because I had made a serious error, and you would be hard pressed to find a piece where there even is an "EDIT" remark - and that's across over 100 credited articles.
 
To be honest, I have stopped watching LTT videos this year. It's just not worth my time any more. The clown-show antics, the ads, all your fucking segways... I don't need to hear it. If you are that desperate for ad revenue then you are doing something wrong, more so when other tech reviewers survive without all the nonsense sprinkled in.
 
Case in point - for years I have been bashing you guys over your horrendous laptop reviews. Not once has Alex criticized a manufacturer when they sent him a laptop with a horrible keyboard layout. Not once!!! How the hell can he call himself a serious laptop user and expert critic if he is missing those glaring deficiencies??? I have been using laptops for 22+ years and can immediately tell if a keyboard layout is rubbish or not. Alex has no business reviewing laptops when he doesn't even know his way around keyboards!!!
 
The result of this lazy attitude from leading review outlets - manufacturers become lazy too. In shopping for a replacement laptop I have found it next to impossible to find one with a proper keyboard. They either mash the cursor keys together, screw up the zero on the numpad or place the damn power button where the delete key should be. Try editing a document where instead of replacing text you power down your laptop - an absolutely maddening experience!!! In years past I would have expected BS like this from the likes of Clevo and Acer/Gateway but today even the big names like HP and Alienware have decided not to give a shit when it comes to placing a proper keyboard on their $2000+ products. And when manufacturers become lazy that's when consumers suffer.
 
So yes, what Steve did had to be done, because when reviewers get complacent manufacturers follow, and that's never good for the consumer.

I got four words for you Linus - slow the fuck down!!!
 
You are like that kid in high school who could never pay attention beyond 5 minutes, exhibits all the symptoms of ADHD and is a handful for parents to manage.
 
As for Steve's video, I feel it was a long time coming to finally address many of the issues. These hit personal to me too as for many years I was doing the same job - reviewing tech gear online. The big difference in my work routine was I adhered to one golden rule - NO DEADLINES!!! I would take however much time I needed with a product to look at it properly, test it, review it, take it through its paces and form an educated, hands-on opinion before sitting down and start bashing away at the keyboard.
 
And while I was nowhere near pushing out multiple articles a week, the work that I did do was well put together, accurate and detailed. I honestly cannot recall where I needed to get back and significantly redo a piece because I had made a serious error, and you would be hard pressed to find a piece where there even is an "EDIT" remark - and that's across over 100 credited articles.
 
To be honest, I have stopped watching LTT videos this year. It's just not worth my time any more. The clown-show antics, the ads, all your fucking segways... I don't need to hear it. If you are that desperate for ad revenue then you are doing something wrong, more so when other tech reviewers survive without all the nonsense sprinkled in.
 
Case in point - for years I have been bashing you guys over your horrendous laptop reviews. Not once has Alex criticized a manufacturer when they sent him a laptop with a horrible keyboard layout. Not once!!! How the hell can he call himself a serious laptop user and expert critic if he is missing those glaring deficiencies??? I have been using laptops for 22+ years and can immediately tell if a keyboard layout is rubbish or not. Alex has no business reviewing laptops when he doesn't even know his way around keyboards!!!
 
The result of this lazy attitude from leading review outlets - manufacturers become lazy too. In shopping for a replacement laptop I have found it next to impossible to find one with a proper keyboard. They either mash the cursor keys together, screw up the zero on the numpad or place the damn power button where the delete key should be. Try editing a document where instead of replacing text you power down your laptop - an absolutely maddening experience!!! In years past I would have expected BS like this from the likes of Clevo and Acer/Gateway but today even the big names like HP and Alienware have decided not to give a shit when it comes to placing a proper keyboard on their $2000+ products. And when manufacturers become lazy that's when consumers suffer.
 
So yes, what Steve did had to be done, because when reviewers get complacent manufacturers follow, and that's never good for the consumer.

I got four words for you Linus - slow the fuck down!!!
 
You are like that kid in high school who could never pay attention beyond 5 minutes, exhibits all the symptoms of ADHD and is a handful for parents to manage.
 
As for Steve's video, I feel it was a long time coming to finally address many of the issues. These hit personal to me too as for many years I was doing the same job - reviewing tech gear online. The big difference in my work routine was I adhered to one golden rule - NO DEADLINES!!! I would take however much time I needed with a product to look at it properly, test it, review it, take it through its paces and form an educated, hands-on opinion before sitting down and start bashing away at the keyboard.
 
And while I was nowhere near pushing out multiple articles a week, the work that I did do was well put together, accurate and detailed. I honestly cannot recall where I needed to get back and significantly redo a piece because I had made a serious error, and you would be hard pressed to find a piece where there even is an "EDIT" remark - and that's across over 100 credited articles.
 
To be honest, I have stopped watching LTT videos this year. It's just not worth my time any more. The clown-show antics, the ads, all your fucking segways... I don't need to hear it. If you are that desperate for ad revenue then you are doing something wrong, more so when other tech reviewers survive without all the nonsense sprinkled in.
 
Case in point - for years I have been bashing you guys over your horrendous laptop reviews. Not once has Alex criticized a manufacturer when they sent him a laptop with a horrible keyboard layout. Not once!!! How the hell can he call himself a serious laptop user and expert critic if he is missing those glaring deficiencies??? I have been using laptops for 22+ years and can immediately tell if a keyboard layout is rubbish or not. Alex has no business reviewing laptops when he doesn't even know his way around keyboards!!!
 
The result of this lazy attitude from leading review outlets - manufacturers become lazy too. In shopping for a replacement laptop I have found it next to impossible to find one with a proper keyboard. They either mash the cursor keys together, screw up the zero on the numpad or place the damn power button where the delete key should be. Try editing a document where instead of replacing text you power down your laptop - an absolutely maddening experience!!! In years past I would have expected BS like this from the likes of Clevo and Acer/Gateway but today even the big names like HP and Alienware have decided not to give a shit when it comes to placing a proper keyboard on their $2000+ products. And when manufacturers become lazy that's when consumers suffer.
 
So yes, what Steve did had to be done, because when reviewers get complacent manufacturers follow, and that's never good for the consumer.

I got four words for you Linus - slow the fuck down!!!
 
You are like that kid in high school who could never pay attention beyond 5 minutes, exhibits all the symptoms of ADHD and is a handful for parents to manage.
 
As for Steve's video, I feel it was a long time coming to finally address many of the issues. These hit personal to me too as for many years I was doing the same job - reviewing tech gear online. The big difference in my work routine was I adhered to one golden rule - NO DEADLINES!!! I would take however much time I needed with a product to look at it properly, test it, review it, take it through its paces and form an educated, hands-on opinion before sitting down and start bashing away at the keyboard.
 
And while I was nowhere near pushing out multiple articles a week, the work that I did do was well put together, accurate and detailed. I honestly cannot recall where I needed to get back and significantly redo a piece because I had made a serious error, and you would be hard pressed to find a piece where there even is an "EDIT" remark - and that's across over 100 credited articles.
 
To be honest, I have stopped watching LTT videos this year. It's just not worth my time any more. The clown-show antics, the ads, all your fucking segways... I don't need to hear it. If you are that desperate for ad revenue then you are doing something wrong, more so when other tech reviewers survive without all the nonsense sprinkled in.
 
Case in point - for years I have been bashing you guys over your horrendous laptop reviews. Not once has Alex criticized a manufacturer when they sent him a laptop with a horrible keyboard layout. Not once!!! How the hell can he call himself a serious laptop user and expert critic if he is missing those glaring deficiencies??? I have been using laptops for 22+ years and can immediately tell if a keyboard layout is rubbish or not. Alex has no business reviewing laptops when he doesn't even know his way around keyboards!!!
 
The result of this lazy attitude from leading review outlets - manufacturers become lazy too. In shopping for a replacement laptop I have found it next to impossible to find one with a proper keyboard. They either mash the cursor keys together, screw up the zero on the numpad or place the damn power button where the delete key should be. Try editing a document where instead of replacing text you power down your laptop - an absolutely maddening experience!!! In years past I would have expected BS like this from the likes of Clevo and Acer/Gateway but today even the big names like HP and Alienware have decided not to give a shit when it comes to placing a proper keyboard on their $2000+ products. And when manufacturers become lazy that's when consumers suffer.
 
So yes, what Steve did had to be done, because when reviewers get complacent manufacturers follow, and that's never good for the consumer.

I got four words for you Linus - slow the fuck down!!!
 
You are like that kid in high school who could never pay attention beyond 5 minutes, exhibits all the symptoms of ADHD and is a handful for parents to manage.
 
As for Steve's video, I feel it was a long time coming to finally address many of the issues. These hit personal to me too as for many years I was doing the same job - reviewing tech gear online. The big difference in my work routine was I adhered to one golden rule - NO DEADLINES!!! I would take however much time I needed with a product to look at it properly, test it, review it, take it through its paces and form an educated, hands-on opinion before sitting down and start bashing away at the keyboard.
 
And while I was nowhere near pushing out multiple articles a week, the work that I did do was well put together, accurate and detailed. I honestly cannot recall where I needed to get back and significantly redo a piece because I had made a serious error, and you would be hard pressed to find a piece where there even is an "EDIT" remark - and that's across over 100 credited articles.
 
To be honest, I have stopped watching LTT videos this year. It's just not worth my time any more. The clown-show antics, the ads, all your fucking segways... I don't need to hear it. If you are that desperate for ad revenue then you are doing something wrong, more so when other tech reviewers survive without all the nonsense sprinkled in.
 
Case in point - for years I have been bashing you guys over your horrendous laptop reviews. Not once has Alex criticized a manufacturer when they sent him a laptop with a horrible keyboard layout. Not once!!! How the hell can he call himself a serious laptop user and expert critic if he is missing those glaring deficiencies??? I have been using laptops for 22+ years and can immediately tell if a keyboard layout is rubbish or not. Alex has no business reviewing laptops when he doesn't even know his way around keyboards!!!
 
The result of this lazy attitude from leading review outlets - manufacturers become lazy too. In shopping for a replacement laptop I have found it next to impossible to find one with a proper keyboard. They either mash the cursor keys together, screw up the zero on the numpad or place the damn power button where the delete key should be. Try editing a document where instead of replacing text you power down your laptop - an absolutely maddening experience!!! In years past I would have expected BS like this from the likes of Clevo and Acer/Gateway but today even the big names like HP and Alienware have decided not to give a shit when it comes to placing a proper keyboard on their $2000+ products. And when manufacturers become lazy that's when consumers suffer.
 
So yes, what Steve did had to be done, because when reviewers get complacent manufacturers follow, and that's never good for the consumer.

I got four words for you Linus - slow the fuck down!!!
 
You are like that kid in high school who could never pay attention beyond 5 minutes, exhibits all the symptoms of ADHD and is a handful for parents to manage.
 
As for Steve's video, I feel it was a long time coming to finally address many of the issues. These hit personal to me too as for many years I was doing the same job - reviewing tech gear online. The big difference in my work routine was I adhered to one golden rule - NO DEADLINES!!! I would take however much time I needed with a product to look at it properly, test it, review it, take it through its paces and form an educated, hands-on opinion before sitting down and start bashing away at the keyboard.
 
And while I was nowhere near pushing out multiple articles a week, the work that I did do was well put together, accurate and detailed. I honestly cannot recall where I needed to get back and significantly redo a piece because I had made a serious error, and you would be hard pressed to find a piece where there even is an "EDIT" remark - and that's across over 100 credited articles.
 
To be honest, I have stopped watching LTT videos this year. It's just not worth my time any more. The clown-show antics, the ads, all your fucking segways... I don't need to hear it. If you are that desperate for ad revenue then you are doing something wrong, more so when other tech reviewers survive without all the nonsense sprinkled in.
 
Case in point - for years I have been bashing you guys over your horrendous laptop reviews. Not once has Alex criticized a manufacturer when they sent him a laptop with a horrible keyboard layout. Not once!!! How the hell can he call himself a serious laptop user and expert critic if he is missing those glaring deficiencies??? I have been using laptops for 22+ years and can immediately tell if a keyboard layout is rubbish or not. Alex has no business reviewing laptops when he doesn't even know his way around keyboards!!!
 
The result of this lazy attitude from leading review outlets - manufacturers become lazy too. In shopping for a replacement laptop I have found it next to impossible to find one with a proper keyboard. They either mash the cursor keys together, screw up the zero on the numpad or place the damn power button where the delete key should be. Try editing a document where instead of replacing text you power down your laptop - an absolutely maddening experience!!! In years past I would have expected BS like this from the likes of Clevo and Acer/Gateway but today even the big names like HP and Alienware have decided not to give a shit when it comes to placing a proper keyboard on their $2000+ products. And when manufacturers become lazy that's when consumers suffer.
 
So yes, what Steve did had to be done, because when reviewers get complacent manufacturers follow, and that's never good for the consumer.

I got four words for you Linus - slow the fuck down!!!
 
You are like that kid in high school who could never pay attention beyond 5 minutes, exhibits all the symptoms of ADHD and is a handful for parents to manage.
 
As for Steve's video, I feel it was a long time coming to finally address many of the issues. These hit personal to me too as for many years I was doing the same job - reviewing tech gear online. The big difference in my work routine was I adhered to one golden rule - NO DEADLINES!!! I would take however much time I needed with a product to look at it properly, test it, review it, take it through its paces and form an educated, hands-on opinion before sitting down and start bashing away at the keyboard.
 
And while I was nowhere near pushing out multiple articles a week, the work that I did do was well put together, accurate and detailed. I honestly cannot recall where I needed to get back and significantly redo a piece because I had made a serious error, and you would be hard pressed to find a piece where there even is an "EDIT" remark - and that's across over 100 credited articles.
 
To be honest, I have stopped watching LTT videos this year. It's just not worth my time any more. The clown-show antics, the ads, all your fucking segways... I don't need to hear it. If you are that desperate for ad revenue then you are doing something wrong, more so when other tech reviewers survive without all the nonsense sprinkled in.
 
Case in point - for years I have been bashing you guys over your horrendous laptop reviews. Not once has Alex criticized a manufacturer when they sent him a laptop with a horrible keyboard layout. Not once!!! How the hell can he call himself a serious laptop user and expert critic if he is missing those glaring deficiencies??? I have been using laptops for 22+ years and can immediately tell if a keyboard layout is rubbish or not. Alex has no business reviewing laptops when he doesn't even know his way around keyboards!!!
 
The result of this lazy attitude from leading review outlets - manufacturers become lazy too. In shopping for a replacement laptop I have found it next to impossible to find one with a proper keyboard. They either mash the cursor keys together, screw up the zero on the numpad or place the damn power button where the delete key should be. Try editing a document where instead of replacing text you power down your laptop - an absolutely maddening experience!!! In years past I would have expected BS like this from the likes of Clevo and Acer/Gateway but today even the big names like HP and Alienware have decided not to give a shit when it comes to placing a proper keyboard on their $2000+ products. And when manufacturers become lazy that's when consumers suffer.
 
So yes, what Steve did had to be done, because when reviewers get complacent manufacturers follow, and that's never good for the consumer.

I got four words for you Linus - slow the fuck down!!!
 
You are like that kid in high school who could never pay attention beyond 5 minutes, exhibits all the symptoms of ADHD and is a handful for parents to manage.
 
As for Steve's video, I feel it was a long time coming to finally address many of the issues. These hit personal to me too as for many years I was doing the same job - reviewing tech gear online. The big difference in my work routine was I adhered to one golden rule - NO DEADLINES!!! I would take however much time I needed with a product to look at it properly, test it, review it, take it through its paces and form an educated, hands-on opinion before sitting down and start bashing away at the keyboard.
 
And while I was nowhere near pushing out multiple articles a week, the work that I did do was well put together, accurate and detailed. I honestly cannot recall where I needed to get back and significantly redo a piece because I had made a serious error, and you would be hard pressed to find a piece where there even is an "EDIT" remark - and that's across over 100 credited articles.
 
To be honest, I have stopped watching LTT videos this year. It's just not worth my time any more. The clown-show antics, the ads, all your fucking segways... I don't need to hear it. If you are that desperate for ad revenue then you are doing something wrong, more so when other tech reviewers survive without all the nonsense sprinkled in.
 
Case in point - for years I have been bashing you guys over your horrendous laptop reviews. Not once has Alex criticized a manufacturer when they sent him a laptop with a horrible keyboard layout. Not once!!! How the hell can he call himself a serious laptop user and expert critic if he is missing those glaring deficiencies??? I have been using laptops for 22+ years and can immediately tell if a keyboard layout is rubbish or not. Alex has no business reviewing laptops when he doesn't even know his way around keyboards!!!
 
The result of this lazy attitude from leading review outlets - manufacturers become lazy too. In shopping for a replacement laptop I have found it next to impossible to find one with a proper keyboard. They either mash the cursor keys together, screw up the zero on the numpad or place the damn power button where the delete key should be. Try editing a document where instead of replacing text you power down your laptop - an absolutely maddening experience!!! In years past I would have expected BS like this from the likes of Clevo and Acer/Gateway but today even the big names like HP and Alienware have decided not to give a shit when it comes to placing a proper keyboard on their $2000+ products. And when manufacturers become lazy that's when consumers suffer.
 
So yes, what Steve did had to be done, because when reviewers get complacent manufacturers follow, and that's never good for the consumer.

Ignorance is bliss. You talk about the hardware, profitability, pricing and availability but fail to mention what it is exactly these ASICs do, where it's output goes, how the coins are financed and the mining process itself. Not asking for a full blown tutorial here, just want to know how these "operations" are backed, since that cash has to come from SOMEWHERE.
 
But this could all be a moot point anyway. With the difficulty exponentially increasing it simply won't be worth it even for hybrid workloads like Curecoin in the next few months. How do you NOT prove that supply is held back by the manufacturers, or that they use the hardware to mine before they sell it on to the consumer months later? What do the specific ASIC dies contain and who makes them?
 
Going further, why can't end users build their own ASIC boxes and source the components? It's not like buying the gear to print legal tender - or is it???
 
A $6/day return for a $5K downpayment is paltry and $33/day is just a teaser. I see mining as nothing but a get rich quick scheme for the wealthy who can afford the outlay to purchase a warehouse worth of hardware today, cash out every 24 hours and flip same hardware 6 months later before the parts are completely obsolete and while some NOOB will still hand over money for it. The little guy will struggle making a realistic earning even with four of those units because it's the megalodons with the mining farms wielding the capacity to collect what coins are available for harvest.
 
For my money, I'd put solar on the roof and invest $10K there. Guaranteed return, government subsidized with ZERO risk and minimal maintenance. Your savings in electricity will continue WELL PAST even 30 years. Now that's $$$

It's great that you guys not only threw together a 6 GPU folding rig but also went the extra mile to set up a WU server.
 
Congrats also for topping 50k active users and pushing 5 billion PPD!!! Way to make an impact.
 
What disappoints me, however, is the number of those out there with an online presence who don't even have a folding team to speak of (shame on you Paul, Kyle, Jason, Justine, MKBHD). Never mind those teams from Engadget, HP, Apple etc.. and the various university/college teams that are barely making a dent in the standings. Don't these people, along with their followers, feel any importance to this cause or for fighting debilitating illnesses in general???

Oh yeah, its all fine, as long as you don't mind all these "minor issues".
 
This sure "kills Linux", lol. 

Back in the day the 14 inch HP dv4 laptops gave you the option of removable high capacity batteries. It was a chungus using 18650's but that 12-cell combined with mobile Core 2 Duo back then resulted in an all-day laptop that you could also casually game on.
 
Removable batteries in laptops should NEVER have gone away IMHO since the advantages far outweigh the hurdles today of getting internal batteries replaced. Dell in particular with their XPS laptops are especially guilty here and a major PITA to swap - not only do they NOT SELL batteries to you, but getting any replacement sold from 3rd parties to work requires jumping through unnecessary hoops in the BIOS. Believe me when I say I would thoroughly enjoy taking an XPS 17 and whacking Michael Dell over the head with it.
 
That reconfigurable keyboard with number pad is a seriously amazing thing. The layout eliminates the problem of missing keys or wrongly spaced keys - something that your resident Alex fails to point out on all of his laptop reviews (shame on you!!!). It also opens up the possibility of different color options for folks who may want a white keyboard instead of black, for example, or textured key caps versus glossy.
 
I would seriously consider a 16 inch Framework in lieu of a XPS 17 for my next laptop, but I do have some reservations. Not knowing the specs of the unit is one. What removable GPU options is the second. The 3.5mm jack module is a funny one though, because given the real estate they could have placed THREE 3.5mm jacks on there instead for headphone/mic/line-out - something to consider for a future module option!!!
 
My real hold out though at this time is an 18 inch laptop rocking a 2560x1600 display, quad m.2 and dual GPU's - wake me up when Framework gets there.

Back in the day the 14 inch HP dv4 laptops gave you the option of removable high capacity batteries. It was a chungus using 18650's but that 12-cell combined with mobile Core 2 Duo back then resulted in an all-day laptop that you could also casually game on.
 
Removable batteries in laptops should NEVER have gone away IMHO since the advantages far outweigh the hurdles today of getting internal batteries replaced. Dell in particular with their XPS laptops are especially guilty here and a major PITA to swap - not only do they NOT SELL batteries to you, but getting any replacement sold from 3rd parties to work requires jumping through unnecessary hoops in the BIOS. Believe me when I say I would thoroughly enjoy taking an XPS 17 and whacking Michael Dell over the head with it.
 
That reconfigurable keyboard with number pad is a seriously amazing thing. The layout eliminates the problem of missing keys or wrongly spaced keys - something that your resident Alex fails to point out on all of his laptop reviews (shame on you!!!). It also opens up the possibility of different color options for folks who may want a white keyboard instead of black, for example, or textured key caps versus glossy.
 
I would seriously consider a 16 inch Framework in lieu of a XPS 17 for my next laptop, but I do have some reservations. Not knowing the specs of the unit is one. What removable GPU options is the second. The 3.5mm jack module is a funny one though, because given the real estate they could have placed THREE 3.5mm jacks on there instead for headphone/mic/line-out - something to consider for a future module option!!!
 
My real hold out though at this time is an 18 inch laptop rocking a 2560x1600 display, quad m.2 and dual GPU's - wake me up when Framework gets there.

That 16 inch with dedicated GPU is REALLY tempting to keep on the radar

I would really appreciate A MASSIVE battery expansion, like going over FAA limit with two batteries in total. Its not like I am going to buy one though.

Damn it, Colton!

These would work best in a temperature controlled room, avoiding condensation issues. That's actually why servers have hot+cold aisles, since pushing targeted cold air from the floor below is simpler than plumbing tubes and chilling equipment, never mind cost/maintenance of blocks when dealing with hundreds of processors. TrippLite actually sells a 7000 BTU 8U rack mount AC unit that sits on the bottom of the rack and forces cold air up in front of the rack. It doesn't need 208V either since runs on regular 120V 15A, important for residential/office use. It also only costs US$1000 as opposed to the $12K price tag of this chiller - major savings!!! Combined with a stacked sandwich of chunky 360 rads/fans you could probably achieve very similar results, never have to worry about condensation, run dual D5 pumps for redundancy, and enjoy the added benefit of more coolant volume to absorb the thermal load and run your system QUIET. I have roughly a gallon of EK coolant inside my loop and it's enough to keep a 5960X and four 3080Ti's happy.

those are low volume cases thru... neat cases but still.
 

Seems too small IMO. You're going to have a hard time testing full desktop cases in there, never mind newer Xeon 2400/3400 rigs with dual PSU's. It's one thing to check individual components, but that won't give you the WHOLE picture of what a system is doing. That's why I went overkill with 5 chunky rads and 30 fans that can keep four GPU's for me running even in a 40C ambient and keep my delta under 15C.
 
Fingers crossed you guys will eventually move to a larger system that can accommodate the big CaseLabs cases like what I am running. At the end of the day though, if you've designed your rig right, you won't need equipment like this to get that stamp of approval.

Thought it was 1-800-867-5309
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Personally I wouldn't rate the 700 series that highly because it didn't age very well thanks to its limited VRAM. That 3GB in the 780 simply wasn't enough a few short years down the line.

What's most shocking is that even in 2023 Windows 7 still has a higher install base than Win 8 had AT IT'S PEAK. Microsoft had good reason to extend Win 7 and it's the OS that I still use TO THIS DAY on multiple machines... without any issues.
 
That said, I most likely will be forced to transition over to Windows 11 over the next two years not so much for software (new games like Cyberpunk 2077 no longer run on 7) or even security concerns but because of hardware. Trying to find Windows 7 drivers for new hardware sold today is next to impossible and the same applies when trying to get Windows 11 drivers for hardware from 7-8 years ago that is still working.
 
I know I'm not alone with this headache of moving over from a perfectly working old system to a new one. There's lots of hardware out there that still works and shouldn't be thrown away yet you cannot get drivers for it. Then there's the issue of software licensing - things that you already paid for and work on Windows 7 will most likely won't on Windows 11. That can be very costly if software that you paid for already for full price has moved over to a monthly subscription model.

You are entitled to your wrong opinion. Not even close 7 was by far the best, cleanest windows without all the bloat, and telemetry theyve since added. I would much prefer a windows 7 style OS with streamlined features, no telemetry, and it just works. 
 
Windows 8 was so bad i had to wipe 40 college desktops that got the forced updates and the school was debating whether or not suing microsoft for the forced update. It caused so many issues, corrupted hard drives and such. I really wish they got sued and had to pay, because forced updates like this are dumb. 

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