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    Rupe reacted to Needfuldoer in "Intel Processor": Intel drops Celeron and Pentium branding   
    Maybe they can whip up some deepfake ads starring Abbott and Costello.
     
    "My new laptop has an Intel Processor!"
    "What processor?"
    "An Intel Processor!"
    "No I mean which Intel processor?"
    "Yeah, that's the one!"
    "WHICH Intel processor?!"
    "That one!"
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    Rupe reacted to GoodBytes in Windows 11 - Here is everything you need to know - OUT NOW!!!   
    Windows 11 is coming in a few days. Windows 10 was released 6 years ago back in mid-July 2015. Windows 10 had a similar life to Windows XP, which also was out for 6 years before its successor was released. And like XP had, Windows 10 is under a long-extended support despite a new version of Windows being out. Microsoft continues its long line of multi-year continuous support despite having a new version released.
     

     
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    IMPORTANT NOTE
    Before upgrading to Windows 11, ensure the following:
    Your UEFI (BIOS) is updated to the latest version. Many motherboards in the DIY space have been identified to have issues when fTPM is enabled. This issue, to my knowledge is ongoing to this day for many people, this is despite multiple updates released so far.
    Note that: There is a risk of bricking your motherboard while updating the UEFI/BIOS, if things don’t go perfectly for you. So, please: Carefully read every step from your motherboard manual and be prepared for recovery steps and troubleshooting steps beforehand. Don’t assume it will be a nice experience. Ensure that when you download the new UEFI, that you are connected on the internet with a strong connection to avoid the chance of corrupted UEFI downloaded.
      Aside from this, if you are using a third-party security software, update it or uninstall it before starting the Windows 11 update process. Back in Windows 10 days, with new Win10 version updates it has been identified that they might create issues with the updated system and ended with an unbootable OS (example, anti-virus flagging system files and blocking them from being updated).
      Backup all your personal data before updating to Windows 11. You never know when bad luck can strike.
      Once you update to Windows 11, check for updates to ensure you have the latest “day 1” updates, and ensure that all your drivers are fully up to date. This includes: Chipset, SATA Controller (if you are using a SATA drive), Audio, GPU, printer, webcam, and so on. Windows 11 drivers have just been released for many manufactures. Of course these are initial releases, so minor issues might occur in some games or software. Should be mostly fine, but something to expect. If this is a possible issue for you, best to wait for the GA of Windows 11, which by that point should have updated Win11 drivers with fixes, and Windows 11 should also have, at the very least, its first round of cumulative update fixing discovered day 1 issues. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
     
    Download
    Special thanks to @linkboywho discovered it, a day early!
     
    Update Assistance, Media Creation Tool (for Win11), and Win11 ISO download:
    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
    (All on the same page)
     
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    System Requirements
    As with new version of Windows, it brings updated system requirements. However, as you most likely have heard, this time, that the requirement is more than just performance related. There is a lot of mud on the message that Microsoft has said. Part by click-bait articles, part by journalists who report on technology barely knows how to turn on a computer, and part by Microsoft themselves who clearly faces internal communications issues. So, I’ll do my best to clear things up. Apologies, if they are inaccuracies. I’ll update this section if they are any.
     
    Gathering all the info, including being part of the Insiders Program, it sums as follows:
     
    Minimum System Requirements – No support from MS, but can install
    CPU Arch: 64-bit CPU (x86-64 or ARM64) CPU: Dual core, 1GHz (not part of Windows 11 supported list of CPUs, see "Minimum system requirements - With Support, bellow) CPU Modes: any RAM: 4GB of RAM or more Storage: 64GB or more BIOS Type: UEFI Security: Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 (physical hardware or firmware supported) GPU: DirectX 12 with WDDM 2.0 driver model or later Display: 720p or higher Internet: Internet connectivity is required for Home edition, and access to many built-in apps (they require or use the internet, and also are not actually pre-installed. Will install when clicked on for the first time, to help keep the OS clean) If you only meet these minimum specs: You’ll be able to install Windows 11. HOWEVER, Microsoft won’t be supporting you. If you face crashes, performance issues, you are on your own. The Windows 11 update WILL NOT be available through Windows Update for you. Future updates of Windows 11 might not be available for you. In other words, if there is a security update that requires a CPU security feature that you don’t support, it won’t be available to you.
     
    Minimum System Requirements – With support.
    Same as minimum above with:
    For Intel: Intel 8th gen CPU or later (Select 7th gen CPUs are also supported) For AMD: Zen+ and later with some exceptions (DCH drivers required) For ARM: Snapdragon 850 or later DCH-based drivers required CPU features: Virtual based Security (VBS) - protects system memory Hypervisor-protected code integrity (HVCI) – Protection against Windows (or any supported OS) kernel code injection Mode Based Execution Control (MBEC) Part of the supported CPUs list (or newer, of course): Intel, AMD, Qualcomm Optional feature requirements:
    Pretty obvious stuff, but for completion, here it is:
    4G / LTE / 5G: Modem with 4G or LTE or 5G is required with valid active SIM card (or eSIM) Windows Hello Facial: Windows Hello Facial Camera supported Windows Hello Fingerprint Scanner: Fingerprint scanner supporting Windows Hello Hyper-V: Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) DirectStorage: NVMe SSD DirectX 12 Ultimate: Graphics card with DirectX12 Ultimate support WiFi-6E support: WLAN IHV hardware and driver, Wi-Fi 6E capable AP/router Windows Projection: Wi-Fi adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct (aka: Miracast), WDDM 2.0 Android support: 8GB of RAM (16GB recommended for optimal functionality) AutoHDR: HDR compatible monitor  
    If your system does not meet the requirements, fear not:
    Windows 10 is supported until Oct 2025, if there are no date extensions DirectStorage is coming to Windows 10 WSLg is also coming to Windows 10 The new Store is also coming to Windows 10  
    Windows 11 Story
     
     
    Release date
    Windows 11 will be released on Oct 5th for those who wants it. However, Microsoft will make it available to all supported system (general availability (GA)) by early next year. So, it expected that, or a few cumulative updates will be released. If you seek for the best experience, might be worth waiting for the GA of Windows 11. If it were my guess, Oct 5th was picked to ensure that this holiday season Windows 11 is on every new computer. But that is just my guess.
     
    What’s New?
    New Interface

    A completely new interface is introduced. Like Windows 10, we have the lite and dark theme. Screenshot above is the dark theme. The ribbon background represents abstractly a blooming flower at the center which follows the moto of Window 11, which is focused front and center on the user, centered on the user.
    The Start menu is by default at the center of your screen (which should be welcoming for ultra-wide and super-ultra-wide screen users) and has been simplified. Its most notable change is the removal of the live tiles. 
     
    Android App Support
    This feature won’t make it day 1 on Oct 5th. Microsoft has announced that the feature has been delayed. The feature would allow one to run Android apps under Windows. Android app can be side-loaded or acquired through the Store via Amazon Store which will be integrated into the Store. Only systems with 8GB of RAM can enable this feature. 16GB of RAM is recommended for the optimal experience.
     
     
    Start / Taskbar
    Start menu and task bar items can be move between the center layout (default) and the traditional left side of the screen.
    Simply go to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Taskbar behaviors and set Taskbar alignment to Left.
     
    Updates
    Windows 11 introduces a new update model, which results in updates being (claimed by Microsoft) to be around 40% smaller in size. This ends up having update that are faster to download and install.
     
    In addition, when you restart the system from the Power button for a pending update, if the system has an SSD, you'll get an estimated install time.

     
    Improved Bluetooth audio experience
    Unified audio endpoint: Bluetooth headsets used to feature multiple end points to manual switch between headset mode and audio mode. Headset mode would drastically reduce the audio of the headset (telephone quality) but gave you mic support. Audio mode, you got the best audio quality your headset could produce, and Windows allowed with its Bluetooth stack. Now, Windows 11 has a single endpoint, which the Bluetooth Stack of Windows will auto switch. So, you can listen to your music, and switch directly to meeting without having to adjust your settings.
      Support for AAC codec: Windows 11 finally support AAC codec for audio. AAC is a lossy codec that delivers high quality audio streaming via Bluetooth to your headset. Most headsets support AAC due to Android and iOS, but Windows never did support it until now. OOBE
    Windows 11 introduces a new Out-Of-Box Experience (the wizard when you first install / run Windows on a system). The OOBE has been simplified and Cortana is no longer there.

     
    x86-64 support on ARM
    Windows 11 on ARM finally gets officially x86-64 emulation support. Introduced under Windows 10 Insider program initially for Windows 10 on ARM users, Windows 11 is now taking that option. This feature allows the translation of x86-64 instructions set to ARM64 ones. This means that now Intel/AMD 64-bit designed applications can now run under Windows 11 on ARM. Previously it was only 32-bit which was an issue as many programs only exist in 64-bit variant.
     
    ARM64EC
    Windows 11 on ARM feature which allows running hybrid architecture applications. This means that if the developer has not fully converted their application to ARM64 native, Windows 11 will run the application in this partial ARM64 and x86-64 (or x86) state. This is big advancement as many developers could not port their application for ARM64 due to dependencies that didn’t exists in ARM64. This also allows program extensions/add-ons to be loaded in the ARM64 version of the application despite compiled for x86-64.
     
    Auto HDR
    If you have an HDR compatible monitor, you can enjoy Auto HDR, which is a feature introduced back in the Xbox One days, which uses an AI system to update games who don’t normally support HDR in adding support for it and augment the game visuals.


     
    Read more: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/auto-hdr-preview-for-pc-available-today/
     
    HDR support to color managed apps
    For programs that uses ICC profiles, such as PhotoShop, Adobe Lightroom Classic, Corel Draw and more. These programs where limited to sRGB color gamut. Windows 11 introduces a feature to allow applications get accurate color and access the full gamut of the user HDR display. Simply turn on "Use legacy display ICC color management" option under the executable Properties panel > Compatibility

     
    Clipboard History (Win+V) Improvements
    Using Win+V will display the clipboard history panel. This panel has been improved, with the ability to paste formatted text copied as unformatted (text only). Just hit "..." on the item you want to paste and pick the paste button.


     
    New System Font
    Segoe UI is updated with a new version of the font called Segoe UI Variable. This font was designed to better scale with different display sizes, it also improved legibility at small sizes.


     
    Segoe MDL2 also gets updated. The "icon font" if you want to call it that, has been updated to feature the new updated Windows 11 design language, with its rounded corners and simplified look.
    Sample:

     
     
    New Settings Panel 
    A complete reorganization with new settings and more ported settings from the old Control Panel.


     
    New Touch keyboard
    Microsoft has completely reworked the touch keyboard. It is now more responsive, feature improved layouts, and many other quality of life improvements, including scaling the keyboard larger or smaller. In addition, it is now customizable. The background can be change, the key colors, key text size, suggested text color, and keys background color. It also features direct paste of last copied text in the suggestion box, like most mobile phone keyboards.

     





     
    (Great feature if you have cat on keyboard issue).
     
    A new Store
    Windows 11 introduces a new store which has been completely redone from scratch. Back-end and front-end. The new store is nothing like the old one. It features a download system that works all the time, and it is faster and more responsive at all tasks compared to the older one. It also features a more organized layout, and improved search, making finding applications and games, easier than before.
    The new Store features support not only for UWP apps or Win32 UWP wrapped apps. It now allows developers to publish their application regardless of how it is made without any additional work.
    Already, the new Store, despite having Win11 not released, has many Win32 applications, such as:
    EPIC Game Store (yes, thanks to new store policy!) Discord OBS Studio LibreOffice OpenOffice Opera web browser (yes, thanks to new store policy) Yandex web browser Firefox (Mozilla hinted that it may come... no confirmation yet) Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Adobe Creative Cloud (confirmed by MS that it is coming) Foxit PhantomPDF Disney+ ZOOM Cloud Meetings VLC WinRAR TeamViewer TALK Conva Luminar AI Music Maker Clipchamp Reddit (PWA) Lyft (PWA) Wikipedia (PWA) Tumblr (PWA) Microsoft Visual Studio Code Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition Microsoft PowerToys Microsoft Edge web browser  
    You can read more here:
     
    Device Manager - Direct Managing of Drivers
    Device Manager now features new views option to allow a power user to manage their drivers. This is part of a new set of views called “Devices by drivers”, “Drivers by type”, and “Drivers by devices”. This permits to better manage drivers installed on the system.

     

     
    Task Manager
    Task manager now has Edge process integration
    You can now see with relative ease which tab is consuming how much of your CPU, which extension is consuming CPU and memory and so on.
     

     
    Content adaptive brightness control
    Settings panels now has a new option for embedded displays device (laptops/tablets) which helps improving the device battery life at the exchange of image quality. In other words, the options play with the contrast and brightness at a software level to help make text more visible allowing you to keep the display brightness lower than normal, and help you save battery life.
     
    Dynamic Refresh Rate (DRR)
    This feature fluctuates the refresh rate to help save battery life from your mobile device. This means if you have a 120Hz panel (for example), it can drop it down to 60Hz when the image is still, like you are reading a document, or typing one out. Scrolling content will adjust it back to 120Hz. Same for inking. That said, the feature needs software support. Currently: Office, Edge, Whiteboard, Photos app, Snip & Sketch, Sticky Notes, Drawboard PDF, Adobe Acrobat, To Do, Inkodo all support it. This feature is NOT variable refresh rate. The focus of this feature is not gaming but non-gaming tasks. The option is found under: Settings > System > Display > Advanced Display.
     

     
    Virtual Desktop Improvements 
    Move: You can now drag a virtual desktop under the Task View panel. You can use, under Task View, right-click on a virtual desktop thumbnail, and pick "Move Left/Right". Backgrounds: Changing the wallpaper in a virtual desktop, will now only change the wallpaper of that desktop environment.
      External Display Improvement
    Windows 11 has the ability to retain and restore window position when a screen is disconnected and reconnected. Simply snap you window layouts on your external monitor and when you disconnect your external display, the layout will move to your other display, and restore itself to what it was once the display is connected back.
     
    Snap Groups
    Previously, when you snapped a program windows side-by-side or in quadrants, and minimize them, to restore you have to restore them one-by-one. And sometimes would loose the snap layout you initially had. Under Windows 11, when you roll over one of the programs snapped, you’ll see the option to select the initial group:
     


    Mouse is rolled over “Word”. Where in my snap group, I have Edge + Word side-by-side. Clicking on “Group | …“, will restore both window, and the border in between can scale both window, as if I never minimized either window.
    Even more snaps
    For select resolutions / Display Scale, you can enjoy Side-by-Side-by-Side window. Meaning you can now snap a window on the left, middle and right sections of the screen.
    This is achieved with the new snap layout selection. Simply roll over the mouse on the maximize/restore button on the title bar, and the following menu will display, showing your available options:

     
    (Simply pick one, and the window will snap directly to new location)
     
     
    File Explorer
    New Look: File Explorer has been redesigned to feature a cleaner more simplistic look and feel. It removes the ribbon bar, in favor of a simplified tool bar. The header of the window features a new material called: Mica, which is transparent frosted look but ignores any window behind it. It only takes into consideration the wallpaper.


    Also, notice that the “3D Objects” folder is now gone, and that the OS features new icon set. This icon set is set is nearly everywhere applied to the OS
      New beautiful menus:
    The OS features updated menus look.


    Sadly, legacy menus, like anything else you’ll notice that is legacy, doesn’t get this nice new look, however, Microsoft does attempt its best to update its look to better match Windows 11 look and feel. And of course, programs using custom GUI framework, are on their own. So, you’ll get the traditional square corner menu that you all love.
     
    Compact View: The updated File Explorer has items more spread out than before. However, you can return to the old way, by checking the box "Decrease space between items (compact view)" in the Folder Options panel.
     -- or -- :   
     
    Navigation Pane: You now Show/Hide  Network This PC



      Action Center
    Action Center has been reworked. Notifications are now separate from the quick actions of the Action Center of Windows 10. Clicking on the Ethernet/Wireless and sound icon (they are grouped together) reveal this menu:


     
    Customizable the same way as Windows 10 Action Center quick actions button (right-click > edit), this section allows you click access to system options. You’ll also notice on the right of the volume slider an icon. If you have multiple output source, this icon will show, and allow you to quickly change the output source, and access more sound settings:
     

     
    WSLg - WSL GUI support
    WSL now feature GUI support with Audio passthrough as well as GPU acceleration.
    For full details: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/the-initial-preview-of-gui-app-support-is-now-available-for-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-2/

    Linux GUI program runs through Microsoft own solution which provide GUI support for Linux based applications. The solution support dialog boxes, and menus coming out of the application window, as one would expect.

    (Blurry and large font is because it uses Linux based OS (in this case Ubuntu) font rendering engine. It shows the very same if you were to install Ubuntu natively on your system. It’s bad, it is hard to read, that is normal.)
     

    (Again, the sharp font is also due to the font rendering engine of Linux based OS failing to do anything with legacy applications, such as the OS calculator xcalc)
     
    WSL GPU Drivers:
    Nvidia: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda/wsl
    AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-wsl-support
    Intel: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/29526
     
    Camera Settings
    Window now give you control to camera and webcam brightness and contrast control. It allows you to manage your cameras as well, including adding with ease network cameras.
     

     
     
    Windows Tools
    Small reorganization of Windows settings in the Start menu. It now regroups all panels under "Windows Tool" folder
     
    Windows Terminal
    Old command prompt, be gone! Windows 11 features Windows Terminal built in. Microsoft new terminal console window replaces the old Command Prompt (you can still bring it back by running cmd.exe). It brings countless improvements, and the project has been quite active in its development. (You can get Windows Terminal under Windows 10 via the Store)
     


     
    The new terminal features:
    Tab support Configurable font and size Panel support Emoji support Full color and text formats (bold, italic, underline) support and customization Links support Transparency and background wallpaper Per console type color profiles
    And more… It is also open source: https://github.com/Microsoft/Terminal

     
    Widgets Panel
    Microsoft is introducing the Widgets panel which is a panel showing news which can be tailored to you by saying what you like or not (including removing sources) and features widgets which can be added. So far, the available Widgets are the ones made by Microsoft. Microsoft did mention that they aim to make the APIs public to allow third party widgets to be made.
    To access the Widget panel, simply click on the Widgets button on the taskbar or swipe the left side of the screen if you have a touch screen.
     

     
    Add Widget panel, shows all currently available widgets that can be added:

     
    Each widget can be resized in similar fashion to Live Tiles, where you can just right-click on one, and pick if you want Small, Medium, or Large. In the first screenshot, I put the Weather and Stock market widget, both set to medium size.
     
    Battery Consumption Meter
    Windows 11 introduces a battery consumption meter section under Settings panel, which is like your phone. It allows you to track battery life of your mobile system, and see which application is consuming the most power.

     
     
    UWP App archiving
    Similarly to your mobile phone, you can have Windows archive unused apps either done manually or automatically to save space. This applies to UWP apps only.

     
    UWP Background App Control
    Windows 11 now give you control on UWP apps running in the background. Simply go to Settings > Apps > App & features > [Pick “⁝” button on a UWP apps] > Advance Options
     

     
    You can pick: “Power optimized”, “Always”, “Never”.

     
    Storage Drive Health
    Windows 11 now provides you the SMART state of your storage drive. If you have any issue, you’ll also have Windows pop a notification. You can see the health of your drive by going to Settings > System > Storage > Disk & volume > [pick your drive]

     
    New High Contrast Themes (accessibility)
    New customizable accessibility theme has now been introduced under Windows 11

     
    Accessibility support for WSL / WSLg
    Those with that need accessibility tool in order to better use their system should not be left out from Linux. Microsoft has implemented various accessibility features to allow accessibility tools to interact with WSL. You can read more on it, and other accessibility improvements here: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/07/01/whats-coming-in-windows-11-accessibility/
    Since Windows 10, Microsoft has been very serious in making Windows the best OS for those with disabilities, and despite quickly achieving this, Microsoft has continued going all in.
     
     
    Updated Apps:
    Weather
    Weather app got a new iconography for its weather, matching the rest of the icons of the OS.
     
    Photo
    The photo interface has been cleaned up, updated to Windows 11, and is now faster and more responsive than ever before.

     
    Camera
    The camera got updated with new functionalities. It can now take pictures of Business cards, Whiteboard, and Documents and realign them to be straight. This is the same functionality of Office Lens on Android / iOS but brought in the Windows Camera app. It can also scan QR codes.
     
    Snipping Tools
    Snip & Sketch and Snipping Tools got merged bringing the best features of both into one.
     
    Paint
    Microsoft Paint is getting some love from Microsoft by updating its look & feel to better fit with Windows 11 design language.
     

     
     
    And that is about it!
     
    Video Demo
     
     
    What do you think?
    Are you excited for Windows 11 and the new features it introduces?
     
     
    Warning: Do not print this page. It is 42 pages long.
     
     
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    Rupe got a reaction from Sandro Linux in Should I use Opera as my main browser   
    I agree. Given how similar the experience from one browser to another is this is easily enough reason to not use Opera 
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    Rupe reacted to pythonmegapixel in Should I use Opera as my main browser   
    I think it really depends on your ethics; the loan shark scandal was to do with other applications owned by the Opera company using misleading tactics to take peoples' money.
     
    Of course there's the question of whether you want a company like that to have access to any of your data...
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    Rupe got a reaction from Taf the Ghost in DrDisrespect Permanently Banned from Twitch   
    DrDisrepect has been banned from twitch.tv
    According to "esports insider" slashers sources the ban is permanent. As far as I can tell from looking around nothing else is known as to why he is banned at this time
     
     
    Quotes
     
    My thoughts
    Personally I really liked DrDisrespect as an entertainer and therefore this is sad news if the permanent ban stands. Of course we will have to see what information comes out to make a judgment on whether twitch is justified in banning him
    Small Update
    Slashers sources have apparently told him the reason for the ban but he does not want to reveal the reason "due to the importance and sensitivity around the subject"
     
    Sources
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2020/06/26/report-dr-disrespect-permanently-banned-from-twitch/#f854e718fc6b
     
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    Rupe got a reaction from Video Beagle in MMORPG Recomendations?   
    It's still monthly £10 in the UK includes classic and retail with one sub. You get all the expansions excluding the newest one just with a sub. Currently double XP until the pre-patch of the next expansion comes out so leveling is FAST, and the zones levels scale with you now so you don't just quickly outlevel each zone you're in. 
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    Rupe got a reaction from drumn_bass in S20 Plus 64MP max zoom bad quality?   
    and that gentlemen is what we call a "Red Flag"
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    and that gentlemen is what we call a "Red Flag"
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    Rupe got a reaction from kingmustard in S20 Plus 64MP max zoom bad quality?   
    Glad you were able to find some solution to your issue, but oh god is that Choco cooky font? Just threw up a little bit in my mouth
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    Rupe got a reaction from Kilrah in S20 Plus 64MP max zoom bad quality?   
    Glad you were able to find some solution to your issue, but oh god is that Choco cooky font? Just threw up a little bit in my mouth
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    Rupe reacted to Mathew Lang in Frozen In The Blizzard   
    Frozen In The Blizzard
    Snow White Color Theme & Massive Air Flow
     
    "When I was young we didn't have it good like you kids today with you're giga this and peta that. We had kilas and if you were willing to walk in the snow you could fight that blizzard outside and invest a weeks pay in a single megabyte of ram! Bah! Air Flow you say? Stop being weak you little snott! I didn't need any Air Flow for my 386 but if you really want some Air Flow just give me a moment, Grand Pa had some beans for lunch earlier today, you're about to get some Air Flow soon you whipper snapper."
     
    - Grandpa
     
    Weather Forecast Data
     
    Case: Fractal Design Meshify S2 with Duel Tempered Glass Panels Power Supply: Be Quiet Straight Power 11 750W 80 Plus Gold Mother Board: MSI MEG X570 Unify CPU: AMD Ryzen 3900x RAM: Micron Crucial Ballistix Gaming(HA! Marketing!) Memory 32GB (4x8GB DDR3600, 2666 OCed up to 3600) Boot Drive: Corsair Force Series MP600 NVMe PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 SSD 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 Super Gaming OC 3x White 8G (Virtically mounted through a Lian Li 011D-1X PCEI 3.0 x16 kit) CPU Cooling: Noctua NH-D15 Chromx.black (Noctua NA-HC4 chromax.white added for looks) CPU Thermal: Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Paste Case Fans: 7 Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC-3000 PWM (Noctua NA-SAVP1 chromax.white Anti-Vibration PADS replaced the brown included pads for looks), 2 Notctua NF-F12 IndustrialPPC-3000PWM (with the same white vibration pads) LED: 7 Phanteks 140mm Halos Lux Digital RGB Frames, 2  Phanteks 120mm Halos Lux Digital RGB Frames (These are connected through a single Phanteks Digital-RGB Controller to a JRGB port),3 Phanteks Neon M5 Digital-RGB LED Strips (connected through a 2nd Controller to a 2nd JRGB Port) Comments From The Weather Man
     
    This was a really fun build. I started by stripping down the S2 case so that I could understand my options and was not disappointed by all of the nooks within the case which left many possibilities to be explored. I stated by choosing the Unify Board because it was the most basic x570 board I could find which also had just enough features for multiple future planned upgrades down the line. Even though this build has quite a few LED elements, I appreciate that this board has minimalist design which does not force its own lighting on my design. I am also happy with the Bios options which will make my Overclocking adventure a really fun story to tell when that time arrives.
     
    For the CPU I went with a 3900x. This was a future proofing choice. It will handle my Multi Tasking habit and also not bottle neck a planned upgrade to a Duel 3000 Graphics purchase for Christmas. This CPU is being cooled down by a NH-D15 with White Caps added for looks. The fans have been setup to blow cool air to the center and then get sucked out the bottom by the lower case exhaust arrangement. The vertical GPU orientation allows the air to flow down with no impediments. Future upgrades include liquid metal and Lathing as part of the future Overclocking Adventure.
     
    I went with Crucial ram for pure aesthetic reasons and I went with 32gb because I tend to run allot of programs at once and the extra Ram allows me to Game while I work.
     
    For the GPU I just wanted a white card that was good enough to give me a good experience today without spending too much. I will end up selling this on Ebay when I upgrade in December. This 2070 allows me to easily game at 4k/30+ FPS in FFXV and other titles I have tested so far. Gigabyte has software to change the color of the on board LED but once you choose your color you can just delete the program as the card holds your choice permanently. I did Vertically mount this because this case has about 20mm between the side panel and the card for plenty of airflow. This places the card perfectly in line with the top of the Noctua Heat sink. If I had done a Horizontal mount I would have to worry about GPU sag and it would have not lined up with the dimensions of the heat sink as nicely.
     
    I do not need allot of storage so I went with just a single 1tb NVME gen 4 as my boot drive. I am very happy with this choice as it takes advantage of the PCIE 4 and gave my higher then advertised results when I ran it through some benchmarks.
     
    For airflow I went absolutely overboard and threw in as many fans as the case could hold just because I wanted too. The one thing to note here is that while most people will have a single case fan blow out behind the CPU I am actually bringing air in through that location. The reason I am doing that is because my CPU fan setup wants air from both sides of the CPU and then is exhausting the hot air down. Because of this I did add a small air filter between the case and the fan. All 7 intake fans are filtered.
     
    I was forced to place to 120mm fan in the bottom of the case instead of 140mm because the larger fans would not fit due to the LEDs and the Power Supply. This also left me a little extra room for cables and with the 23 extra components I have many wires to manage.
     
    Power was chosen for silence more and size vs power so that I could fit everything in. I also went with a 750w to allow for all of the extra components. I know a single case fan does not have allot of pull but when you have 11 fans and 12 lighting elements then the those small numbers start adding up to something that at least has to be considered in your power totals.
     
    Finally to give me a massive increase in FPS, CPU clock speed, Extra RAM speed and lower heat ratings across the board I added LED elements throughout the case. To achieve these amazing stats I went with the Phantek Digital LED system with Halo products on each case fan and NEON stips along the motherboard and the base of the panel. This products works with MSI's Mystic Lighting product and finally brings lighting to my Noctua Fans (I hope Noctua does not repo my fans!). I have these lights synced with my system's sound output which provides me with a simple light show and also keeps the lights off when I am not using my computer without requiring any thought. Something to think about when it comes to LED products like these is that they do burn out eventually. So doing it this way will keep them working longer.
     
    Frozen In The Blizzard has been a passion project of mine for the last two months which began with my first post a while ago about stripping down the Meshify S2 case for this build. At the time I had bigger aspirations about doing an entire series about the build. Life gets in the way and my lack of experience with media and story telling really made the venture more then I am ready for. I did take lots of video and photos to document the adventure I had and maybe in the future I will have the talent to tell the full story of how this build got from point A to point B.
     
    Thank You!
     
    In conclusion I want to thank everyone in the community. I am not able to give credit to all of the individuals because I just do not remember every single person but I want to thank every person who created a video I watched, a post I read or a website I looked at to help me with this build. Your content matters and it helps all of us with these builds we share with you.
     
     
     
    "I looks like that Blizzard is finally done. You're Grand Dad told me you built a new computer. Can it dial up Facebook for me?"
     
    - Grandma








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    Rupe reacted to Fasauceome in cant run Overwatch   
    Did you click the blue "play" button?
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    Rupe got a reaction from Soag in what game should i play   
    It has actually been free to play for quite some time now
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    Rupe reacted to Artesian in 7 GPU RTX 2080 hybrid liquid-cooled Cinema/Octane Render Supercomputer Rig - AKA thanks PLX chips! One of very few in the world.   
    We just finished & photographed the build of our 7 GPU Hybrid Supercomputer Render Rig with 7X RTX 2080s from Evga. Designed for Octane Render, it's powered by a Xeon W chip on a Gigabyte server board; 128GB of ECC RAM and 2X 1600W PSUs. 
    If it's not a world first of its type, it's at least quite rare -- as getting all 7 gpus functional at maximum theoretical [16x8x16x8x16x8x16x8] PCIE bandwidth is a huge, annoying challenge. It involves tweaking some in-depth settings related to PCIE compatibility. 

    Usually we build high end desktops, but we couldn't resist trying this out. It's going to save the final user A LOT of money on AWS render costs. 

    Why liquid cool? It's going to be run in an office so being extra quiet is helpful. 

    Why 7 GPUs? If you put 4 gpus in two rigs, you pay twice for the motherboard, case, RAM, AIO, and drive... so this saves a few thousand bucks. 

    It easily outperforms an amazon cloud server that costs MANY times more than it does. 
    Basic SPECS & PARTS:
    7X EVGA RTX 2080 hybrids, for a total of around 24,000 CUDA cores.
    XEON W 2125+ (any W series will work on this board)
    Gigabyte MW51-HP0 dual gigabit [not 10gig] networking, 7x16 pcie slots!
    128GB Samsung ECC server RAM
    Corsair H100 AIO cooler (large air coolers would not fit under the thick risers!)
    7X Thermaltake risers
    2X EVGA 1600W PSUs
    Custom aluminum frame (adapted from mining & modified to support the huge heavy radiators)
    3D printed PSU adapter bracket and PSU adapter to join the two PSUs. Master PSU activates the slave when turned on.
     
    Posted this to Reddit last week and got lots of positive response; a few folks suggested we post here as well! So here we are.

    Questions/comments let me know...

    Thanks for looking, 
    -Artesian 




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    Rupe got a reaction from Ben17 in Socks for gamers   
    You guys clearly aren't hardcore gamers otherwise you would appreciate the utility of having socks specifically designed for hardcore gaming. £80 is a steal for the high level of performance increases one can expect from these hardcore gaming socks #hardcoregamer #getshitonkid #MLG
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    Rupe got a reaction from GDRRiley in Socks for gamers   
    You guys clearly aren't hardcore gamers otherwise you would appreciate the utility of having socks specifically designed for hardcore gaming. £80 is a steal for the high level of performance increases one can expect from these hardcore gaming socks #hardcoregamer #getshitonkid #MLG
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    Rupe got a reaction from msknight in Socks for gamers   
    You guys clearly aren't hardcore gamers otherwise you would appreciate the utility of having socks specifically designed for hardcore gaming. £80 is a steal for the high level of performance increases one can expect from these hardcore gaming socks #hardcoregamer #getshitonkid #MLG
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    Rupe got a reaction from Bombastinator in Socks for gamers   
    You guys clearly aren't hardcore gamers otherwise you would appreciate the utility of having socks specifically designed for hardcore gaming. £80 is a steal for the high level of performance increases one can expect from these hardcore gaming socks #hardcoregamer #getshitonkid #MLG
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    Rupe reacted to Xplo1t in TR 3970X build   
    Started putting it together to get an idea of how to layout the loop.  Still undecided on intake/exhaust setup.  I have another 4 Vardar fans that I can put in the side to create 8 in and 7 out.
     

     
     

     
     
     
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    Rupe reacted to Sakkura in only 2cores are available in 4core cpu   
    No, they changed it. An FX-8350 shows up as a 4-core CPU with 8 threads, for example.
     

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    Rupe got a reaction from dalekphalm in Using a wireless phone charger to charge a mouse.   
    It works differently to how competitors do it. Corsair has a QI wireless charging mouse and placing the mouse in a specific spot in the corner of compatible mouse pads charges it. Whereas Logitech slowly charges the whole time you are using it. The idea being that you never have to worry about charging your mouse, although it takes no effort to put your mouse in a specific spot or plug it in to charge I think some people like the idea they never have to even think about it.
    You are right though in that it is very expensive
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    Rupe got a reaction from Derkoli in Bored at work, what are y'all going to do this weekend?   
    Going Climbing (bouldering) this evening, hitting the town tomorrow evening for a halloween drinks with friends at the pub with the prospect of post drinks at a friends house. I have a tennis match for my club Sunday morning which I'm sure I will sufficiently hate as I fully suspect to be hanging pretty hard.
    You up to much this weekend @aaradorn?
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    Rupe got a reaction from Teddy07 in What are y'all upgrading this holiday season?   
    Well that seems somewhat risky. I'm often watching streams and it makes me wanna game. What if you are watching your favorite streamer and suddenly wanna play a game? What if you change your mind? How can you be so certain you never want to game again yet still want to watch other people game? Seems like a very generous and risky gift. I've gone through periods where I don't feel like gaming but never crossed my mind I would not come back to the point where I would sell/giveaway my gaming components
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    Rupe got a reaction from soldier_ph in What are y'all upgrading this holiday season?   
    I'm coming up to three years with the G900 and that new Razer Viper Ultimate looks tasty but it's harder to justify than a new monitor. I wanna go from 24 inch 1080p 144hz to 27inch 1440p 144hz. There is a small white spot where my monitor got damaged and I mostly don't notice it but it's still annoying, all the more reason for that being my next upgrade
     
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    Rupe got a reaction from LAwLz in Streaming Service Mixer Acquires Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek, Joins Ninja in Exclusivity Deal   
    Obviously in their position you would take a large enough pay check to move over. But Ninjas manager and wife is clearly not being honest about their motive when she says "he decided to leave Twitch because of the company’s inability to work with them on building out the “Ninja” brand.".
    Moving to Mixer is only bad for their brand because at the end of the day what will maintain the brand is high viewership and moving to mixer is a sure way to lower ones viewership. 
    Although Shroud was my favorite Twitch streamer I don't expect I will be watching him as much now he has moved as I do enjoy Stream hopping and all my favorite streamers are on twitch.
    Perhaps this gamble will pay off for Mixer and they will be a legitimate competitor to twitch, although if I had to put money on it I doubt it and all they would've achieved is slightly damaging Twitch for both Twitch and the audience
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