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This is great discussion, thank you everyone. Like I said, a lot of us around here still use PIA, but the VPN industry as a whole seems to be in a weird place these days, so we're still going to hold off on actively promoting anyone in the space for now.

Nah, I say post all the photos! 😍

Riley and I have known each other for almost 8 years and we've worked together in some capacity for over half of that time. 
 
He asked to review a graphics card as a total joke. That's not his forte and he's perfectly comfortable with that. Even back at NCIX Tech Tips (as he mentioned on the WAN Show today) he got Ivan's help with a lot of the benchmarking stuff. Big deal. 
 
You also need to understand that he's not some intern who isn't sure about his job security or his skills. Evaluating gaming cards may not be one of them but who cares? That's not what he was hired to do.
 
Riley was brought in as a specialist for TechLinked. 
 
Something you guys might also not realize is that Riley is perfectly comfortable dishing out his share of trolling off-camera - even if he's not sure where the limits are yet with the live audience. 
 
If LMG was a horrible place to work and anyone actually took me seriously about this stuff, we'd probably have a little more turnover, don't you think? These are very talented people who could get a job tomorrow if they felt like it. 
 
We tease each other, but it's part of having some fun at work instead of being all corporate. 
 
I messaged Riley to tell him people were upset at the way he was treated on the WAN Show and to make sure he was okay and he had to go find the timestamps people were posting to see why he was supposed to be upset. 
 
So it's probably worthwhile to try re-watching with all of that in mind..
 
 
 

I was not expecting this.
This is insane. I haven't played Crash Bandicoot game since 2000-something.
I didn't believe I was ever going to say this but.... Thank you Activision!
I hope we get great 4K version. 
Who else has played Crash Bandicoot and is excited for the release on the other platforms?
On what platform are you planning to play it?
 
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this is why i buy from places with an in-house warranty policy.

I have never wanted to defend Linus more than I do right now. I have never seen any particular need to defend Linus at all before now, actually.
 
Here's an idea, Apple forum folks: How about you buy your products from a company that lets you repair your shit? Jesus Christ, even Gigabyte would still gladly take your money to repair one of their motherboards that you threw off a building then shipped back to them.

Remember these, and keep this discussion civil.

But outright refusing to fix it when it's offered to pay for it is different than refusing to fix it under warranty

Howdy,
This garbage showed up on my google now feed. 
"A YouTube video is generating over a million views and myriad social media complaints about Apple "refusing"
to fix an iMac Pro destroyed after taken apart for a video -- but the creators are short on specifics, and profoundly
lacking an understanding of how the system works..." [it goes on and on]
 
It's funny cause how "The system works" is bad, and the entire video was about how bad the system is. 
 
 https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/205115
 

For one, $520 is high even in this market. A brand new Zotac Mini GTX 1070 costs $490, your card costs $525 new (and in all likelihood no one is going to go with your card just to save $5, unless they have to pay taxes on a new card). There also may not be a lot of interest in your area.
 
Try /r/hardwareswap on Reddit. They'll let you know what it is worth and you can sell it there.

Nah. Fuck the people that can't afford Intel's products, they don't deserve them.
 
 
 
-Intel
 
Probably.

This all screams smear campaign
 
1. 24 hour disclosure instead of industry standard 90/180 day


2. Amdflaws links to a YT video, with comments disabled

3. YT Channel with video was just just March of this year



4. Domain (website records) for this "16 years in operation" company don't exist any earlier than February of this year


 
5. This sketchy quote from their disclaimer
 


6. This OTHER sketchy quote from their disclaimer



7. Exploits are common sense when it comes to security
MASTERKEY: "Exploiting MASTERKEY requires an attacker to be able to re-flash the BIOS with a specially crafted BIOS update. "
REBUTTAL: By the time you let attacker install BIOS you are already PWND
 
RYZENFALL: Exploitation requires that an attacker be able to run a program with local-machine elevated administrator privileges. Accessing the Secure Processor is done through a vendor supplied driver that is digitally signed.
REBUTTAL: By the time you let attacker to have admin rights, they can do anything they want anyway!
 
FALLOUT: Exploitation requires that an attacker be able to run a program with local-machine elevated administrator privileges. Accessing the Secure Processor is done through a vendor supplied driver that is digitally signed.
REBUTTAL: Same as above. Not a major concern
 
CHIMERA: A program running with local-machine elevated administrator privileges. Access to the device is provided by a driver that is digitally signed by the vendor.
REBUTTAL: Same as above. Not a major concern.

Something new to learn every day apparently. I had never heard of this before, but it seems to be true (links are about DDR2, but eh):
https://superuser.com/questions/1048215/can-amd-only-ram-really-restricted-to-amd-chipsets-and-if-so-why
https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1043995/ocz-releases-special-memory-for-amd-am2-cpus
 
A quick glance and it seems to be that indeed Intel wasn't able to (properly) address that kind of RAM back then.
Some have found them not to be that good though:
https://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/whats-the-deal-with-cheap-amd-only-ram-from-ebay.4071188/

That is technically true but this particular kind of ram won't work on Intel-based boards due to a certain controller-design on that "amd only" memory.

Welcome to the Intel HEDT massive conglomeration of people, who can either justify their need for HEDT or people who can't but use it anyway!
 
Started out as a thread for X58/5520, now merged with the X99/C612 thread, and now welcoming X79/C6xx (according to Wikipedia there's a few server chipsets) peeps! ? Hell we'd probably let X299 peeps in too ?

This is really just a megathread for all things Intel HEDT/server chipset related (if you have another chipset/socket that's rare or wacky but still Intel HEDT, feel free to bring it here). Began with OCing/value builds back when Ryzen had just dropped and X58 actually had a value proposition, now it's more of an enthusiast platform. We've got server guys, hardcore overclockers, people just interested in the platform, and everything in between. 
 
Have some resources (if there's any essential guides/downloads just ping me with them and I'll add 'em here): 
 
Thanks to @panther420, we have a ZIP file with the latest BIOS for most X58 boards, along with instructions and utilities for flashing them: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5ovrrGliZffS3B5TnZHQ0JYUW8/view?usp=sharing
 
Legacy intro:
 
if you move to mainstream Ryzen you're a traitor and I will be sad ?

Does anyone remember old LTT youtube intro? Well, I just randomly found a song from which I'm almost sure the intro was made. It's called AdhesiveWombat - Funky Sundays.
You can listen to it here.
 

I read Radeon RX Vegan 
 
AMD doesn’t have the budget to develop massive new lines of products that won’t sell well because the market is small. A lot of gamers would just buy a proper GPU rather than an APU for gaming. 
 
Those APUs were very nice value for money and could actually run games half decently.
 
Also note their new APUs have Vega on them

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/14/16776154/fcc-net-neutrality-vote-results-rules-repealed
 
 
Ajit's arguments were completely false. Now expect to see ISPs setting up packages for certain websites.
 
HALT! PLEASE PAY $10 TO SEE THIS FORUM POST. WE HAVE ALSO SLOWED YOUR CONNECTION DOWN.
 
 
All is not over though! The FCC's decision can still be reversed by Congress. GET WRITING AND CALLING NOW!
 
Save Net Neutrality!
 
INCOMING NEWS:
It's just been heard that one of Ajit's arguments that Net Neutrality should be repealed is that 'Two million comments were stolen identities' and 'Half a Million comments from Russia' 

 
This is really sad. I pray that other countries like Canada and the UK don't follow this. I honestly have nothing else to write here. Go nuts in the replies. 
 
EDIT: Added info on how this can be reversed.
EDIT 2: Added more information and more of my thoughts.
EDIT 3: Added some critical news

"My one thing i bought was DOA, item must be shit" *gives lowest rating and calls company crap*
i can never respect people who can do something like this 

I bought a Ryzen 5 1600, and I noticed that it has 8 cores instead of 6 cores.
My cpu shows 8 cores 16 threads in every program even in the bios but it is named AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor.
Did AMD forgot to deaktivate 2 cores of my CPU? Or what went wrong? Am I Lucky AF?

Much as I have found AdoredTV's channel to be grossly biased and misrepresentative, I came across a rare gem today, and it got the gears in my head spinning. 
In summation, Adored thinks Intel is positioning itself mostly to damage Nvidia in mobile and reap more profits from the sector along the way, and he believes Nvidia has focused on datacenter so much in recent years BECAUSE it saw the long-term trend of the industry with integration and already had terrible relationships with Intel, Apple, and OEMs.
 
I'm in agreement with all of this, but I thought a little bit farther outside this microcosm, and I'd like some feedback and discussion.
 
To start, Intel EMIB (Other Parts Incoming Post-Discussion)
 
EMIB allows Intel to connect any harmonious group of IC dies, including CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, FPGAs, DRAM, and Non-Volatile Memory in a manner far more compact, more scalable, and cheaper manner than using interposers. We've already seen how Intel intends to leverage this by directly linking AMD Polaris and Vega GPU dies to HBM2 alongside Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake CPUs in a custom compact AIO setup for Apple and likely other laptop OEMs as highlighted here: https://www.anandtech.com/show/12003/intel-to-create-new-8th-generation-cpus-with-amd-radeon-graphics-with-hbm2-using-emib
 
As Adored points out, this serves to undercut Nvidia's dGPU pricing and cut them out of the mid-high and down mobile range; and he does point out Intel could easily play AMD and Nvidia against each other to compete on pricing, but I disagree with his stance that Nvidia would refuse to take the loss on selling more cheaply to Intel. It's better to lose a little than lose it all, tactically and strategically speaking. I think Nvidia will compete for scraps even as it pivots more and more to Datacenter and AI.
 
However, this DOES also represent a serious problem for AMD. While it is still significantly cash-strapped and lacks the mindshare both in PC and mobile to puts its graphics tech back on the map in the minds of consumers, Intel still has the IPC lead in CPUs as well as the overall cheaper manufacturing purely given its merit of operational size. If AMD can't get Raven Ridge and Zen or Polaris and Vega into high-end mobile, this represents a better-than-nothing deal.
 
Adored also thinks AMD is shooting themselves in the foot somewhat since they could turn around and do exactly this with interposers, especially since Zen seems to have the power and clocks advantage in mobile. However, the fact they entered into this deal suggests mindshare IS the blocker here. With Intel's endorsement, perhaps this partnership will only last a year or two before AMD can deliver an all-AMD AIO solution with mass appeal outside enthusiast circles. However, there is still the problem of price. Interposers are NOT cheap. They are strictly bigger than the sum total of areas for each die in the package. They are also thicker than EMIB-based solutions, where the interconnect is literally embedded in the substrate of the daughter board or mainboard. And while some remain hopeful EMIB can be opened up as prior art via a patent dispute lawsuit, my learned opinion is not optimistic for that.
 
What do you think?
Will Nvidia compete for space in the new Intel AIO package era, or simply give away midrange mobile?
Will thin and light dominate so much that interposer solutions are unappealing long-term?
Will Intel be able to guard its embedded bridge designs from competitors? 
What are your thoughts on Intel leveraging EMIB tech in its custom foundry to possibly get a piece of the ultra mobile pie (phones and phablets getting even thinner and lower power)?
Do you see Intel's "CPU/APU" strategy in the next 3-5 years manifesting to include non-volatile storage (Optane/NAND) and HBM/HMC caches in packages which themselves drop into consumer boards?
What interesting applications do you see for EMIB outside the "APU" sphere?
 
 
 
Part 2: Intel/AMD Graphics
 
We know Intel has access to all the Maxwell and previous IP from Nvidia until the end of time thanks to its patent deal, for which all of the payments have been made. We also know Raja Koduri was poached by Intel and will be heading up a discrete graphics division for the company. We also know Raja was responsible for Vega and Navi pretty much start to finish. And we know AMD's graphics division actually has not been doing so well in recent years (see Adored's videos concerning the GPU wars and AMD's semi-custom strategy for details, taking careful note of AMD's bare 1 million USD profit on the graphics division in 2014/15).
 
With this information added to the semi-custom graphics chip deal being supplied for this EMIB package and unknown specifics regarding Intel's access to the driver stack, are we potentially looking at the early stages of a deal between AMD and Intel to hand over or spin off Radeon back into its own company for the two to share and help resource? Is there an additional IP deal between Intel and AMD which is aiding them in their work to create their own dGPUs?
 
With Raja having left after taking a sabbatical and an internet beating by fans for Vega's disastrous delays and launch and incomplete driver support to this day for tiled rendering and other features, could there have been an agreement between AMD and Intel to begin a transition over with investor politics wanting to cut its losses/dead weight with graphics? If a handover were going to happen, who better to manage it than the man who headed the division under AMD?
 
Perhaps the timing is coincidental, but in this industry, that's rarely the case. It seems strange to me that this all strategically aligns for Intel and also seems to alleviate a black eye that AMD has been suffering since it bought ATI in 2005 and has only just finished fiscally paying for. What's more is AMD's driver team is known to be quite small. Intel has an army of programmers at its disposal and is very active in its open source Linux driver development.
 
What are your thoughts on this? Extremely convenient coincidence? Perhaps there's another angle being played where AMD retains full control of Radeon moving forward, but it seems like it would be unpopular with the Board of Directors at best.

-PETG tubing
-EK HDC Fittings
-EK Acid Green CryoFuel
 
and if we're wishing I want a D5 pump/res combo but since I'll be paying for all of my own gifts it's out of the question.
 
 

Haha, I know, I was being cheeky.
Yeah. I just don't see why you'd complain about a platform if you don't use it
They have to get revenue though, that's how a company works. They don't make videos for fun. I don't pay, but I also don't really enjoy a lot of their content.

I would be cool if LTT would make another compensotor, build, now that new powerful components came out. Could you? @LinusTech @Slick

The hate do not come by the product, but by management. They lied, they lost transparency, they prevented the market to grow, they stopped to improve, they do not give any chance of upgredability, they just don't care about their costumers.
 
It's not about their CPU, it's about the company itself. And they built this, so it's totally their fault.