ShadySocks

I’m recommending a thinkpad or dell latitude because those tend to have the best support for thunderbolt as they are a very common use case for those laptops and will have good support.

I would get the 4060 because the 3060 is almost 3 years old at this point, so ideally it would have more life left in it especially software wise and higher resale value.

I would get the 4060 because the 3060 is almost 3 years old at this point, so ideally it would have more life left in it especially software wise and higher resale value.

Yes, this also happens to me especially when playing VALORANT. You can try playing in windowed fullscreen mode but I think that increases latency/decreases fps. A long time ago I was also getting this problem when playing csgo but I think it was because the gpu was delaminating from the motherboard...

I would get a UPS for your situation, cheap ones are around the same price.

Just sayin'.
 
Good quality tho

The ninja5 is 155mm high and the NR200 fits coolers up to 155mm high
Worst case scenario I'll get 1mm shorter standoffs

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-pavilion-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1650-256gb-ssd-shadow-black/6427566.p?skuId=6427566
 
This laptop isn't perfect but at $450 it's a steal.
 

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-pavilion-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1650-256gb-ssd-shadow-black/6427566.p?skuId=6427566
 
This laptop isn't perfect but at $450 it's a steal.
 

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-1tb-ssd-mica-silver/6407752.p?skuId=6407752
 
Surprised this hasn't been posted yet (afaik).

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-1tb-ssd-mica-silver/6407752.p?skuId=6407752
 
Surprised this hasn't been posted yet (afaik).

Checking ebay sold listings, you can get around $35. Personally I would sell for $20 so people will buy it fast.

Checking ebay sold listings, you can get around $35. Personally I would sell for $20 so people will buy it fast.

A permanent fix would involve either not using the desk ever again after you fix it, or replacing the desk with a material that doesn't wear down over time. What I'm saying is that ANY wood material will wear down over time with use, so you can't really permanently fix it.
 
What you can do though is sand down the edge that's wearing down, then paint over it to repair that section. If you want to go the extra mile, you could sand down the entire tabletop, then prime, paint, and seal it using a clearcoat.

A good 750w would be safe...
1000w would be fine

Was the laptop plugged in?

https://www.evga.com/Products/feature.aspx

You could try asking MSI if you can buy a fan

Maybe look at the rx580 4gb cards. Those can't be used for (profitable) mining anymore so the price is much lower. Also, miners usually take very good care of their cards, they have to protect their investment, usually keeping temps low and efficiency high.

Are you OK with an eGPU?

Hello Everyone,
 
So i recently purchased a used Desktop PC from a local retailer, so after installing the windows 10, its showing Intel Core i5-4470 as its CPU, i checked about this CPU on intel website, and all other major websites, cant find any single information about this CPU, I even checked the CPU itself and it shows "Intel Core i5-4470" is this an official cpu launched by intel or something else ?
 
I've attached the pics here
 
Cinebench 
 

 
Windows Properties 
 

 
CPU
 
 
 

Its certainly not intel fanboy propaganda, its just how the cookie crumbles. For most people, spending a few hundred extra dollars on the highest end intel chip for a few % higher FPS doesn't make any sense... spend the money on a better GPU since that will make a bigger difference in FPS by far. BUT, if you already have the best GPU, then get the highest end intel chip as it will net you the best performance in games.
 
Everything is a cost benefit analysis. If someone has a 1660 GPU, they WILL without a doubt see FPS gains with a 10900k vs a Ryzen 3600. Does it make any sense to do that though? No, because the couple hundred bucks extra for that "better gaming" CPU will only get you maybe 3-5% more FPS tops, heavily dependent on resolution. But if you took that few hundred bucks and moved up to a RTX 2070, now your talking serious FPS gains... Would that RTX 2070 get more FPS on a 10900k than the 3600, yes it would. But that doesn't make the 10900k "the right CPU to buy for that person". It just depends on their use case, and what makes sense to their wallet.
 
That said, no, a 3600x will do better. Zen 2 is a solid notch better than Zen 1/1.5 which is what the 2700x is. Is it worth upgrading too, I would say no. I would wait to see how the xt does when it comes out, or wait until the end of the year (or whenever it ends up being) for the next round of CPUs from AMD. The 2700x is still a capable chip, and going from that to a 3600x doesn't make much sense, its just not worth it. I would get a 1080ti if you can afford it now, enjoy that combo through the rest of the year or even into the next year a bit, then possibly look at a 4600x when that comes out. Its all cost benefit analysis..... 2700x to 3600x on a 1080ti, at 1080p resolution I bet you would see up to a 10% performance bump, at a higher resolution like 3440x1440 for example, I bet that margin drops to 5-6%. Hopefully a 4600x would be faster enough to make that maybe a 15% bump, which is now at the point where spending the money on that CPU makes some sense.
 
For more detail on how CPU's do make a difference, here is a good resource. A good example on that chart is the Devision 2 at 1440p. That is running into a GPU bottleneck, but you can see how Ryzen just can't keep up with Intel, and it is much more apparent in CPU bound games like F1, especially at 1080p where its extremely CPU bound. https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3587-intel-core-i9-10900k-cpu-review-benchmarks

100% means lots of bottleneck
0% means no bottleneck

https://pc-builds.com/calculator/Ryzen_7_2700/GeForce_GTX_1080_Ti/0Qg0XF8A/8/

I decided to get rid of my bios password, there was no option to delete it so I when create new password window appeared I just hit enter and now it asks me for a password that I don't know. Can't even go to bios.
Pc is Asus all in one zn220ic. Anybody knows if there is CMOS battery or pins to reset the damn thing? I want to make sure before I open it since the screws are under glued plastic strip that I will probably inevitably mess up if I attempt to take it off.