AngryBeaver

The temps in gaming are perfectly inline. I had a 7700k when it came out and it is still in a second system. They were very hot chips with temp spike issues. Even on a custom water loop after a delid it was a warm chip. I think it was running something like high to low 90s before delid at 5.1ghz. Then after delid the temps dropped into the low to mid 70s. So basically the TIM they used under the IHS was garbage and caused temps to get pretty high. Then again for most users running at stock speeds they would never see temps high enough to damage the chip. So if you can get temps under 85c stock you are fine IMO. It might run hotter than you are use to seeing, but that is just how that particular chip was.

Strange I work for a company that is using a blockchain model for some of our services/products and we technically should be at the top of that list. I think the OP is just confused on how it is implemented. So when you see blockchain it doesn't mean it works just like cryptocurrency, which is a pretty popular assumption, it can be as simple as just the way data is being transferred, secured, and stored.

I have the first rocketfish all metal mouse pad. That thing is over a decade old and still hasn't been replaced.

SaaS has it's place in a fair amount of circumstances, but apple being apply likes to charge the most they can get away with. I personally don't use their products anytime I have the option and I think if you did some digging you would find a ton of their products are pirated in the private sectors. So there is another downside to a pricing model like this. You drive people to looking for ways to obtain your software for free instead of paying for the subscription service.

They are a slightly older design from what I have been told, but they ARE made by Hwlabs and the difference in thermals is less than 1C and thus inside margin of error.

Or just buy a cheap Bluetooth USB dongle. They are like 9-15 bucks.

In my opinion the absolute best is HWlabs. They have all shapes and sizes. The Hydro series is also right up there and performs within margin of error, but that is mainly because it is rebranded Hwlabs stuff with a corsair logo slapped on the side. I only mentioned the Hydro line since it might be less complicated to pick what you want/need vs the HWlabs offerings. Now for HWlabs the 3 main lines you would probably be interested in is - GTS - Low fan speed, low noise, stops gaining advantage from fans at about 1500rpm GTX - Good middle ground rad likes fans in the 1200-2k range and fans over 2400 rpm provide little benefit. GTR - doesn't perform well until around 1800 rpm, but it will provide massive TDP removal as fast as you can push it away via fans. So this one is going to be the loud balls to the wall rad. Now if you do consider the Corsair Hydro line they only have a GTS (x5) and a GTX (x7) equivalent. I personally love the GTXs. They also have the SR line (Hwlabs), but I didn't want to over-complicate it.

Either option will work as longs as you have enough USB slots for the second option. Keep in mind though that the USB and network speeds on the pi3 are handicapped vs something like the new pi 4. So if speed turns into an issue (which it might) then you will need to get the newer PI for full gigabit ethernet and full usb 3.0 speeds. The pi3 is limited to about 300Mbps or about 37-38 MBps.

I know it can run steam link. Since I have done it on one of my 4k tvs to allow streaming. So the capabilities are there.

So what I said was this - "My point is the problems you have with an AIO are normally similar to those you will have with an air cooler when it comes to setup." I also mentioned there are more points of failure for an AIO which isn't the problem at hand here. This is a setup issue. When it comes to setup there is only 1 other point of failure with an AIO and that is a DOA pump, but that is very rare as they are normally QA'd before leaving the factory. On top of that the vast majority of AIOs will last until their warranty expires which is 2-3 years. If they do in extremely rare circumstances leak at no fault of your own then if you purchased from a reputable company they will even replace the unit and anything it damaged. So for someone wanting more piece of mind you can just upgrade your AIO every 3 years when warranty is expired and have a mostly care free experience. So are AIOs perfect? No, but neither are all air coolers. Having more points of failure doesn't mean you will have one fail. So you are trading a tiny bit of long term reliability for more cooling performance and efficiency.

Intel needs to kick the monolithic approach and also get a new interconnect. The ring bus now that we have 8+ cores is going to start to show its age and we will see latency increases. We REALLY need to see graphic engines like Dx12 splitting up draw calls to more than a single core. I know there are some hurdles here when it comes to frame pacing and sync, but the day they can spread that out to even 2 cores will be the same day that intel has to drastically change their strategy. Don't get me wrong. I love intel and I think they make a really good product, but they made some gambles that didn't pay off and they are just throwing frequency at the problem. It is time they bring out something new and innovating (which I am sure they are working on, but this will push that timeline forward).

AIO's are about as difficult to use as an air cooler. The difference being a few more points of failure, but in general a 360mm is going to out perform AIR. Now when it comes to a custom loop those are a lot more complicated to setup, but the payoff is much higher in terms of temps. My point is the problems you have with an AIO are normally similar to those you will have with an air cooler when it comes to setup. So things like a bad mount or forgetting to plug in a power wire.

from what you have said... I wonder if it is a voltage issues. Those idle temps make me lean that way if the machine is truly idle. That is why disabling pbo reduces temps. So I would look into my cpu voltages.

The bios attack i am talking about is VERY targeted. It has to first be a motherboard that is susceptible to the attack, it then has to be directly targeted at the exact motherboard you have.. so in most cases if they already have enough information about your machine to pull this off... then you have much bigger issues. These mostly target pre-built corporate machines that all use the same motherboard. So you are free and clear from this one.

In 99.9% of cases yes. Since most malware persistence mechanisms are in your storage drives. Now there are some very rare cases where the persistence mechanism is on the motherboards actual bios, but these are very rare and can still be sorted with a destructive bios update. Now let's day your machine has multiple drives. A full destructive windows install would be enough. Then once in windows you can format the other drives (or do it while installing windows if you prefer). The reason behind this is if you wipe windows you break the persistence the malware established and the only way for it to restablish itself is by you running it again.

Do you have a budget in mind? I mean if you are looking for replacing the bare min.. Get a 7700 (non k since you can't oc on that board) Get an 500gb to 1tb ssd for os and a few games keep your other hdd for storage. Find out the specs of your monitor... if it is only 1080p 60hz then you could grab something like a nvidia 1660, or amd 5600(xt). Ram being single channel isn't the end of the world,but another 30-40 bucks would land you 16gb total with dual channel. Now if your budget is a little higher or you want more longevity I would try to sell your current setup 300 maybe 350ish. Then I would go with one of the abundant budget builds with a b450 and 3600 at the core.

I feel like some of you have never taken any IT certs. If so you would see many of the all of the following answers are correct, but please provide the most correct answer type questions. For this one in particular you have to consider a closed ecosystem. Meaning each machine operates in a bubble without any outside ethernet or drives. So from that stand point the only drive with removable media in that case is machine A.

While those are "safe temps" I would definitely not want to run those 24/7 to fold. 80c over a long period of time would more than likely lead to silicon degradation. So if you are using the stock heatsink for cpu and have a blower style gpu... then you are definitely going to be seeing those temps. In that scenario gpu won't have many options other than running 100% fan. Cpu could have the cooler upgraded on the cheap for much improved temps. Now of you do have a gpu with a decent cooler on it and also have a decent cpu cooler then the problem is case flow. So you will need to need more fans, better fans, or a better case. I mean 26c is less like 78 degrees Fahrenheit. So definitely not hot. So having around a 55c delta makes me think you are lacking in either cooling solutions or air flow. I would expect that cpu for example to be running high to low 60s Celsius under full load. Actually now that I see your gpu is a 1650 super... those temps also seem high for it.

It can, but it will leach for a while. So you might as well just do a good flush in 6 or more months.

I run my main machine 24/7. In all my time watercooling I've had one pump failure and it happened after a shutdown. I haven't seen or heard of many good pumps (like a d5 or ddc) that have died while they were already powered on and running... outside of them getting to hot by running dry or not having a good enough heatsink. Now when the machine is powered down and then started it takes a lot more to get the pump going and thus this is where most failures seem to occur.

If you are using soft tubing then it is more than likely plasticizer. I've had that issue in pretty much every sold tube build I've done.

I for one frown on these console specific exclusives. So if you want to increase my chance of not purchasing your system... shove those at me. That is the one big upside to xbox. The underlining OS is very similar to your windows 10 machines. So a developer can release on both platforms with very minimal work... this isn't even looking at things like xbox play anywhere cross platform titles. Now all xbox needs to do is launch with mouse/kb support and a light version of windows 10. If your xbox can replace a desktop computer for your average person and be used from the comfort of their living room.... ya going to be a hard sell for ps5. Plus this is something that would not be hard at all for xbox to do. The question is would they.

People always look at things around launch time. I mean I don't see either system out performing high end systems at similar quality levels. Even mid range machines will still be a slight step up. Now on launch day the price/performance will likely be hard to beat, but then you have a stagnate system so in 6+ months that can drastically change. Look at the difference in your average gaming pcs power over a 2-3 year period. The difference is normally pretty big. A big reason these consoles are going to be so good is they have always used AMD setups and AMD is doing better than ever as far as progressive tech. In previous gens they took a pretty big backseat to nvidia and Intel.

I was talking about a 3600 or 3700 ryzen. You appear to have ddr 4 ram so you are looking at probably 350 for chip and motherboard. I didn't see you having one in the list If you want to go even cheaper a ryzen 1600 can be found for like 100 bucks these days and you can grab a cheap 50 dollar motherboard and call it done. The reason I am suggesting these newer zen amd chips is because sometimes hardware encoding messes up so it would need to be done on the cpu. Also audio is still transcoded by the cpu. So it is always nice to have more than what you need than not enough.