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I just got hooked on the latest consumer Medtech Trend = continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) I would love to see a Linus style review of this medtech Trend. It’s something else and not so Gamer focused, but it’s incredible and two companies Levels and Veri seem to be taking over this space for now. The trackers itself come from Freestyle Libre and those two companies provide the apps to read and analyze the blood glucose data. I am a mixed bag of tech and health enthusiast, so that’s totally in my ball park. At the same time, such monitors only used to be available for diabetics, which also include an automated insulin injection system. This can actually be amazing for prevention. As far as I can tell medtech content is quite rare on the channel, so I hope you won’t ignore this Cheers Solid

Hi everyone, My question relates to the differences between those two variants. Assuming that the v2 is an upgraded version of this rtx 2080 super, my local stores sell the Super Evo Oc v2 at a 100 euro discount as compared to the Super Evo Oc. Clockspeeds and Ram as well as everything else seem to be identical. The cards have different product Ids. The Super Evo Oc is 90YV0DJ0-M0NM00 while the v2 is 90YV0DP1-M0NM00. Is there truly no difference between those cards and merchants just trying their luck or am I missing something? Best, Solid

It would probably need around 5m. I am actually not even sure if you can buy 5m usb c extension cables...

We all know that Linus uses a thunderbolt 3 PCI-E Card in combination with a tb3 dock to get ports for his tv and living room toys. Since I have an x570 mb without tb3 support, I was wondering if something similar (with less bandwidth) can be achieved using usb-c extension and a powered usb-c dock that sits in the other room. I couldn‘t find much on usb-c extension cables. The classic alternative is to route all kinds of cables and even then it has always been a problem to even extend display port beyond 5m without tb3. Would this be possible with said usb-c setup? Does anyone have any experience with this? Best Solid

We all know that Linus is a fan of the new Apple Watch and is actually wearing one, while driving an Android phone as his daily driver. He must have an iPhone lying around, but I would like to know what his experience is with such a setup and how much of the Apple Watch functionality he gets this way.

Ah yes sorry, I forgot to add this...

Even if you populate 4 slots, it does not mean it runs in Quad Channel Mode. No motherboards supports quad channel. They will still run in Dual Channel Mode. The major difference is the possible frequency. On Daisy Chain boards (only 2 slots used) the DIMM frequency can be pushed higher, while on T-topology boards (all 4 slots are used) the highest frequency is currently unclear. ASorkc reports for its x570 taichi 3200Mhz stable. For higher clock speeds there are no tests available yet it seems

I also assume this to be the case. But that has implications on the choice of the mobo as xg32 has pointed out above. If I intend to populate all 4 slots the taichi as a t-topology board would be the way to go. I just realized that I am not sure if I understand Dual Channel Mode properly. Do I still run in Dual Channel Mode if I populate all 4 slots with the same DIMMs? I just researched this and I found this https://www.cgdirector.com/best-memory-ram-amd-ryzen-cpus-3600-3700x-3900x/ which states that populating all 4 will still run in Dual Channel Mode? So is there now any disadvantage in populating all 4 slots on a t-topology board? If not, then I would just put in either 4x8 or 4x16 and I am good? The tradeoff here would only be in the reduced frequency because t-top might not be able to handle 3600Mhz, which could be compensated with tighter timings.

So is there actually any chance to ever get 64gb of Ram when daisy chaining without sacrificing. What are the prospects of 2x32gb kits in the near future? Are people ever using all RAM slots in these boards with these limitations?

Can you tell me why the taichi can support 4 sticks? Is there any X570 board that can handle 4x16 ddr3600? If I just put in 2x16, how would a possible upgrade path look like with this limitation?

And how would 1) compare to this GSkill Trident Z RGB 32Gb (2x16) DDR4-3200 Cl-14-14-14-34. EUR 261 In the tests so far the lower frequency of 3200 didn‘t matter that much. You can also get 64Gb Kits with the same specs...But the frequency might matter more for production builds. The tests are mostly done in gaming settings, right?

Thx, yeah. That is also a tradeoff worth considering. Half the RAM but 25% more cores. The cost per core on the 3900x is actually better than on the 3950x. I will have to really think which serves my uses cases best...

I am currently researching my new Ryzen 3900x build and I am stuck on the RAM choice. I will require at least 32gb or preferably 64gb of RAM due to work reasons, but I also want to be able to do proper gaming. I intend to use a Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master. The system has to last quite some time as my replacement cycles are quite long with 7-8 years. So the cost is not the main priority for me right now. If I want to run 3600Mhz for the 1:1 ratio on the Infinity Fabric, I have realized that I am quite limited on the choices for timings due to the DIMM size. So far I have found the following options that maximize the potential. I realize that there are significant cost differences here, but I would just like to realize which of these would be preferred given the technical tradeoffs involved: 1) GSkill Trident Z RGB 32Gb (2x16) DDR4-3600 CL16-16-16-36, EUR 300 2) GSkill Trident Z NEO 32Gb (4x8) DDR4-3600 CL14-15-15-35, EUR 550 3) GSkill Trident Z RGB 64Gb (4x16) DDR4-3600 CL16-19-19-39, EUR 365 4) GSkill Tridentz Z RGB 64Gb (4x16) DDR4-3600 CL16-16-16-36, EUR 630 (twice of 1), no Dual Channel then?) 1) and 2) are 32Gb choices. 1) keeps Dual Channel and but 2) has lowest timings. 3) and 4) are 64Gb options and the only kits I found for 3600Mhz. Loosing Dual Channel on both options. 4) has lower timings but is incredibly more expensive. I am also open to suggestions with other frequencies. I am completely impartial to the producer, if anybody has suggestions. it just happened that GSkill offered the closest to what I am looking for. I am also considering using 1) maybe and upgrade to 64Gb when technology has progressed with timings on these frequencies, even though I have no idea when that will happen. The tradeoffs (DIMM Size, Dual channel and looser timings) are probably very small and definitely luxury problems. I am just curious as to what other enthusiasts think. As I said, I can also live with other suggestions if they look reasonable. Thx for the help in advance.

I also have used it on an i5 7th gen work laptop. It was ok. I was just wondering since the Y series have lower base clocks despite the higher turbo. So hypothecially speaking, would running a VM alone already need an adequate base clock or would a turbo handling peak loads if you actually do sth be sufficient.

Hi, I would like to know if anyone has experience running a Virtual Box Mint or Ubuntu with an Intel Core i7Y Series CPU. This is probably not the usual question, since most people want to discuss the best performing cpu's out there. But I am trying to figure out if this lower watt cpu would be able to handle light tasks in a VM Linux. Basically a portable machine to do some work in linux on the go, without having to install a proper Linux on the Ultrabook.