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Hi A little advise please.... I'm looking to build a secondary PC to handle stream encoding rather than loading up my main gaming rig (i7-6850 + 1080Ti) I was looking to build a wee ITX rig with an AMD 3600 processor and I was tied over which GPU to get. My main hesitation on GPU is whether or not the 1660 Super has the same new NVENC chip as the RTX cards. I've seen that it has GDDR6 and mentions NVENC, but nowhere I found says it's the new NVENC. or ... do I even need a GPU? The PC will do other work too when not steaming like some video encoding and run a Plex server hence the 3600. Would the 3600 have the chops to encode out a 1080p 60fps live stream at OBS medium settings without too much sweat? I'm used to x264 as I've been all Intel until now, so not sure how the quality of AMF compares - which is why I was looking at the 1660 Super for NVENC encoding

So this 1660 super has the same new NVENC chip in it that came with the RTX series cards....?

I'm pissed...... I'm loving the PiHole and have been tinkering with it a fair bit. However, using it as a network "sniffer" I spotted that Facebook is somehow transmitting from my phone back to the mothership. Android wouldn't let me uninstall FB, but I disabled it as soon as I got it (Samsung S9), so it shouldn't be doing anything. But there it is in the PiHole logs My other half uses FB, so unfortunately I can't block it (until PiHole Devs set up custom block rules per client)

I did the HTTPS DNS change with no problems and moved on to this task to make sure things stay as snappy as possible, but ran into an error when attempting the sample inputs: iptables/1.8.2 Failed to initialize nft: Protocol not supported In case anyone else has this problem, it looks like installing NFTables + a reboot fixes the problem sudo apt-get install nftables After a reboot I was able to add them adding "sudo" before each command One thing I noted was the save function didn't work, but after looking at the man pages for iptables, iptables-save and iptables-apply, this seemed to work for me on Raspbian lite: sudo iptables-save -f /etc/network/iptables.up.rules

You could but it would only be active then windows is running and you'd probably have to manually start the VM. Easier to spend the $15 or so to get everything together to have this as a 24/7 standalone solution for all your devices.

I thought I was pretty well covered with ABP and Ghostery, but now I have this installed, I can see what other non-browser traffic is getting through. Especially from my "free" Antivirus sending analytics .... wth? As we already use the other programs I haven't seen much of a difference ... except on Twitch. Holy hell. Some streamers have frequent ads, but now. Nada Good to put one of my my old Pi 2b's to use too. (retired after we got an NVidia Shield) Because the Pi2 is low power, it can run over USB, so I hooked it into the spare USB slot of our Shield which stays on 24/7 The only change to our setup was to use 1.1.1.1 as a secondary DNS on our devices. That way if something is off with the Pi then we can still access the internet.

I saw this and thought of you I've noticed a trend, especially around tech reviewers, to use the word "Super" as a filler instead of a descriptive word. e.g. "..it's super not bad..." So, it's .... "excellent" (right?) The best is when super is used twice in succession to make it extra super. "...it gets super super hot..." ? Luke used to do it constantly, but as he's no longer getting much airtime it's not so bad on LTT, but Linus still drops some belters from time to time. I'm not sure if these are ad-libbed or is the script writers are putting them in the video copy for the teleprompter, but 'cmon ...

Ok, so in the end I went back to my original idea I now have the Predator front mounted for best airflow with 4x 140mm fans in push/pull. It's all wired up and ready to test. Kinda annoying that EK don't include the power jumper in the box so you can test the system for leaks (they say to test for 24hrs). tbc...

I think it does. From the Strix X99 manual: Thermal Sensor connector (2-pin T_SENSOR1) This connector is for the thermistor cable that monitors the temperature of the devices and the critical components inside the motherboard. Connect the thermistor cable and place the sensor on the device or the motherboard’s component to detect its temperature.

I had thought about that, but I heard a couple of people had troubles cooling the v-ram and I remember Jayz2Cents had issues with the backplate or adapter needing modification to allow the AIO to sit on the GPU die. Plus ... this looks sexier with the clear GPU block on there (yea yea, I know) What I might end up doing is keeping the H115i for the cpu and move it to the top of the case. Then use the EK Phoenix with only the GPU block. That way each has its own radiator and the CPU rad has the least favorable position as I game waay more than I render video and streaming doesn't use that much load. It also means I can leave the CPU running with the PWM settings in the BIOS (which I think is safer for it) and run just the GPU from SpeedFan or MSi (if possible) It arrived today, so I just need to figure out how to wire the other pump up the the board now...

My current setup: Strix X99 motherboard Strix 1080Ti AIO cooling my CPU All Noctua fans I'm looking to watercool my GPU so that it runs quieter when gaming, so I've been looking at the EK Phoenix 280 to replace my Corsair H115i and so I can waterblock the GPU. My current setup in my Enthoo case is H115i at the front with 2x 140mm fans pulling air in when the CPU gets warm. The on-board GPU fans are controlled by MSi Afterburner and I also have a couple of fans in the top of the case connected to the extra GPU headers to pull cool air in when the card needs it. + 1 regular 140mm fan exhausting at the rear of the case The mod I'd like to do to my PC is to: Fit the EK Phoenix 280 to both GPU and CPU. Front mount the Radiator to replace the H115i Reuse my current AIO fans plus the extra fans in the top of the case and make put them on the EK block in push/pull. Take the fans that come with the EK rad and put them in the top to act as low RPM airflow for the RAM and chipset (and aid in positive pressure). The question I have is how to set it so that when either the CPU and/or the GPU gets hot, the radiator fans ramp up to cool the loop. At the moment the CPU is controlled by the BIOS and GPU by MSi. Is this something that SpeedFan could do? If yes, I've seen that you can set up different Fan Controllers (under the top tab: Fan Control | Advanced Fan Control) where you can control fans based on different parameters, but if CPU temps are low and GPU high, could the low CPU temp override the high GPU and prevent the fans from spinning up? If you've done this already and it works, would you be willing to share your config and settings? Ta

I've been looking at water cooling my GPU and I've seen a few reviewers mention GPU sag afterwards due to a lot of the supporting bulk being removed which makes the flimsy car bend (even though it has less actual weight on it). e.g. See timestamp : 09:10

Exactly like Unbox Therapy ... Except Linus and team work crazy hard in comparison and have a huge amount of data and details to share instead of "This cola making machine tastes like .... cola" But yea they both have presenters holding the product to camera. Just like almost every other review channel

Anyone else see the dead pixel on the RED's sensor? And no, it's not on my screen. It moves if I resize the video and/or the footage is cropped. It's on the mid-line of the video and about 3/4 - 4/5 to the right of the image. Really obvious white dot at 06:39 as the phone is panned across the black screen Shame

Hi Here are my PC specs: i7 6850k Overclock to 4.3 32Gb DDR4 3200k Asus 1080Ti Strix CPU AIO NVME and Raid0 SSD Source footage on NVME (3000MB/s), Scratch space on Raid0 SSD (900+MB/s) Not that it makes a difference as there isn't much disk activity. Output to NVME This is a new PC I built to replace a gaming laptop (i7 4700HQ, GTX880M, 32GB DDR3) which I was using for rendering and some gaming. The new PC does run faster, but there is a lack of CPU/GPU use when rendering out and I can't see why it's going so slow.... was hoping you guys had some ideas? Source project - 1080/60fps .MP4 from a Canon G7xMKII 320bit MP3 Audio from Zoom H1 Audio corrected with EQ and a couple other filters to clean it up a bit. Output settings, H.264 1080/60fps, NTSC 5.1, Maximum Depth on, CBR 30Mb/s, Keyframe 14 and Maximum Render Quality on. I render out an uncorrected cut for quick reference, make sure I haven't made a mistake before the final render, and when rendering out it uses an average 70%CPU and almost no GPU 6 minutes renders in a little under 6 minutes. Still got a lot more headroom in that CPU Then I activate my layer which has my basic corrections - Colorista (free version), Brightness/Contrast and Shadow/Highlight. (I use Colorista as it's much faster to render and easier to use than the built in RGB Color Correction in PremPro) Export and boom!!! 1 hour 8 minutes to render The CPU sits at about 30%, the GPU bounces between 15-35%, there's hardly any disk activity and I'm using about 7Gb of memory. There's so much more the computer can give, but for some reason it looks like it gets lazier the more I ask of it. It's not throttling. The CPU is at 43C and the GPU is at 36C. It is quicker than the old laptop, but anyone have any ideas how I can get it to use all of the hardware capability... pin that sucker to 80+% CPU/GPU (on a side note, if I take the exported file and do a simple 720/30fps/5mb/s re-render for vimeo, it pins the CPU to 100% on all cores)

It will look ... smaller

What does your Task Manager say your computer's dong while it renders? CPU load, memory use, disk activity.....

Have a look at Voicemeeter banana. (yes, 2 "e"s ) It's a software mixer rather than a hardware one. Pretty good and you can link multiple machines with it (using built in VBAN). You will also need the virtual cables from the same site It's all donationware. I paid some money for it because I find it really useful and works really well, but you don't have to donate if you don't want to.

An Elgato cature card is the only thing I have that's not the normal setup for editing/gaming. Everything else is connected by USB or LAN

Could just jam a Raspberry Pi in there and job done

You can usually buy books to teach you how to get specific knowledge that gets you through specific exams. Not the same as real world experience, but if you just want a pass mark, then that's probably the easiest way. e.g. for Cisco networking: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=CISCO+exam+cram&rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3ACISCO+exam+cram

On my new build - a small perspex tube to support the weight of my GPU

Just use your TV. Unless you REALLY want to use your laptop in which case you'd need a video capture device like an elgato - assuming your new PC motherboard has an HDMI out

If you have HDD, remove (and number) it/them, wrap them up and carry separately. If you have a heavy graphics card then may be worth doing that too. Otherwise, it's just a box

You should be fine as long as you take your time. There are plenty of build videos on LTT where you can clearly see the install process of CPU, heatsink and memory. Everything else is pretty straightforward square plug in square hole kinda fitting. Hard to go wrong nowadays.