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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to JZStudios in Using Active Studio Monitors (Speakers)?   
    Green by default is the audio out. The black I think is surround rear in a 7.1 setup.
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to Dissitesuxba11s in 144Hz Widescreen 24" Gaming Monitor Suggestions?   
    Get the Predator simply for the G-Sync, if the price is right for you. G-Sync is nice for higher frame rates.
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to Aytex in 144Hz Widescreen 24" Gaming Monitor Suggestions?   
    Guess what  
    http://www.viewsonic.com/us/xg2402.html
     soonTM
     
    If you can wait a little more I think this would be great, doesn't have as big of bezels either. @Steve N. Mavronis
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to Glenwing in 144Hz Widescreen 24" Gaming Monitor Suggestions?   
    The VG248QE is a very old model, it's a bad value since there are much better options for the same price. The ViewSonic XG2401 would be my recommendation.
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to The Sloth in Best VR Headset for iPhone 7   
    nothing, 768p in 2016 is a huge joke, you will see pixel if you pay attention, i can even see pixels on my 7 plus if i go close to the screen. 
    if you want to try Mobile vr with 768p display i suggest you buy one from ebay, or the cheapest you can find on Amazon. 
    that looks good 
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    Steve N. Mavronis got a reaction from OPSJono in Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX   
    While building, because I had to use a fan cable splitter for the bottom fan header on my ASUS Z170i Pro Gaming motherboard next to the PCIe slot to power the 2 front fans, I elected to install the dual 140mm fans in the front. I didn't test with the 200mm stock fan because I already bought a set of three Phanteks 140mm fans for my system cooling and was eager to get my system done. The two 140mm fans pull more air in than the single 200mm fan and I wanted to insure that my GPU got most of the lower fan airflow. I was worried about the front case panel air gaps but they proved to be sufficient and no need to modify with extra opening like I was expecting to do. It's fine as is and I like the clean look.
     
    One word of advice though. To remove the stock 200mm intake fan (unless you want to snip the cable) you have to remove the Evolv ITX roof panel to fish out the cable. There is a plastic tie strap in a cable bundle that you have to cut so you can't just pull it through.
     
    Also, I only have the bottom HDD tray populated with my data drive so the top tray just acts as a GPU power cable shelf and lets air flow around it to the HDD and GPU. My SSD boot drive is mounted on the back wall bracket.
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to CostcoSamples in Doom 2016   
    So I just picked up a copy of the new Doom, and it is awesome!  I got 20% off from https://www.greenmangaming.com if anyone is interested.  I saw similar deals on G2A.com
     
    So far I'm about 2 hours into the single player campaign.  The graphics are awesome, plenty of blood and gore, very fun kill animations, and challenging gameplay.  The story is pretty cool as well.  If you like this kind of game, you won't be disappointed!  I haven't tried multiplayer yet.
     
    edit:  the 20% coupon code at Green Man Gaming was DOOM20
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to Praesi in Doom 2016   
    No its not. Doom its Strength is the SP. Everybody know that. And the SP is brilliant.
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    Steve N. Mavronis got a reaction from CostcoSamples in Doom 2016   
    The single player campaign is 100% awesome to behold and play. I've taking my time through the levels in Ultra-Violence mode to take in all of it. This was me pre-order game pickup night May 13, 2016:
     

     
    The K70 Vengence Keyboard and M45 Raptor Mouse are red LED. Don't know why my iPhone captures it as purple.
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to rucdoc in SC Handles   
    you can't post or play until you buy a package, or so my notes indicate
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to rucdoc in In-Game UEC Items   
    once the game has persistance, and is more playable then yes you can trade stuff with other people.
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to abyss03 in In-Game UEC Items   
    Currently buying with UEC is unwise, the game is limited in functionality and stats are not confirmed at all. Renting items with REC from playing arena commander is your best bet right now  There is no persistence yet so you can't really discover or mine things yet. Plan is to have all this in game as it goes on in development.
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    Steve N. Mavronis got a reaction from Marinatall_Ironside in DOOM and the Players: How I Have Drawn My Conclusion to the Playerbases of All Games.   
    I've been waiting for the new Doom since I built my PC last month. I'm old school and been around since the beginning of 3D shooters. I'm mainly interested in the single player campaign story with monsters jumping out at me as I progress through the game. Multiplayer comes afterwards. I did the same thing with the Unreal series and Quake. My best times were the old Quakeworld days of dial-up gaming where me and a friend ran servers and decided the map rotation. We even formed a QW team for a while. But today's FPS multiplayer scene is rough. I have a hard time just getting above breaking even in Quake Live because other players are so good and dominate the maps. But it's still good fun and you can't take it too seriously. These great players just have too much free time on their hands as compared to me with a family to support and limited play time. 
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to Napper198 in Squadron 42 and Star Citizen   
    Squadron 42 will take place before Star Citizen and there will not be much of an influence between the two games except some badges and maybe a title to wear in SC however may encounter a spoiler or two in SC because of things being destroyed or not. I'm sure CIG will do their best to avoid that in the first place and/or make it as unobtrusive as possible but if you're going with SC first there's also the chat so other people can ruin it.
     
    What you should buy is up to you. Do you want community driven multiplayer or story based singleplayer?
    + there should be an add-on for 15$ to get both games, but I only see the combo package right now.
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to Imakuni in 6700K Overclock Voltages   
    With the numbers you've posted, I'd stop at 4.5 with 1.28. 40mv for just 100mhz ain't worth it IMO.
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to done12many2 in 6700K Overclock Voltages   
    You're more than safe for sustained use at 1.3v.  The whole "degradation" scare is really getting old.  My favorite part of the whole thing is that somehow people miraculously know what a safe voltage window is.
     
    Take advantage of voltage offsetting, which is the topic of yet another worthless rumor stated that you should never use adaptive voltage or offset voltage.  You probably don't want to keep adaptive voltage set during stress testing as peak voltages will exceed your requested, but for everyday use it is fine.  It's better than fine, it's the best of both worlds.  Using it will bring about the automatic regulation of voltage based on processor speed so that as your processor drops to its idle speed (1200 MHz), voltage drop proportionately with it.  This method allows you to keep your 4.5 GHz profile loaded without fearing the dreaded "degradation" of your CPU.
     
     
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    Steve N. Mavronis got a reaction from Wauthar in Squadron 42 and Star Citizen   
    Cool well now I have to decide between the 2 combo packages!
    Perhaps you're looking for something that offers carrying capacity but has combat capabilities too? The Aurora Marque comes with a pair of Behring-quality lasers and a high quality gun cooler system. Inspired by Consolidated Outland CEO Silas Koerner’s cutting edge vision, the Mustang Alpha is a sleek, stylish spacecraft that uses ultralight alloys to push power ratios to the limits, albeit sometimes unsafely. And now, with the optional Cargo Carrier, you can have the Alpha’s advantages without sacrificing carrying capacity. So if I went for the Mustang Alpha which is a fighter (SQ42) there's an optional cargo carrier for it? How would that aspect compare to the Aurora MR?
     

     
     
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    Steve N. Mavronis got a reaction from DieHörnær in Skylake Evolv ITX Classified   
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    Steve N. Mavronis got a reaction from Homicidium in Skylake Evolv ITX Classified   
    Specs on PCPartPicker - https://pcpartpicker.com/b/96JV3C
     

     
    I decided I'd build inside the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX windowed chassis. It's a very sexy looking case, especially for its form factor - not too small and not too big with plenty of headroom for tall graphics cards and CPU coolers. It also has some very nice features found in more expensive cases. It's very well made and looks fantastic. To improve case airflow out of the box, I added a rear 140mm fan and replaced the stock front 200mm fan with dual 140mm fans.
     
    I also settled on having an air-cooled system using a large 140mm fan-based CPU heatsink cooler that doesn't block RAM slots. Thermalright's Silver Arrow ITX was a perfect fit. Its universal mounting system allows for 3-5mm of horizontal wiggle room next to installed RAM per the manufacturer. By request they graciously sent me their new LGA1151 CPU Support Spacer and 4 Special Mounting Nut Washers free of charge direct from Taiwan. They're being proactive after some reports of shipped systems coming with damaged CPU/Sockets due to the thinner Skylake processor PCB bending at the corners. Although Thermalright coolers have not been involved so far, they are recommending this for coolers over 500g and will be including the spacer and washers on all future products.
     
    Case badges are cool but I didn't want to stick them onto my case like you normally would. So instead I came up with the idea to make movable magnetic case badges! A roll of 1" wide magnetic tape did the trick. Right now they occupy the rather empty back wall next to the rubber cable grommets. I even removed the Phanteks unused mid-plate logo (gently peeling up the edges using a plastic bread bag clip) and made a magnetic case badge out of it.
     
    I hate seeing 'GPU sag' so I made a DIY standoff by cutting down a stiff power connector strain relief from my miscellaneous electronics parts collection. I inserted it through one of the PSU shroud holes where acts as a support column between the PSU and GPU. My massive EVGA GeForce 980 Ti Classified graphics card sits perfectly level and will never sag.
     
    I'm using my new PC for gaming, multimedia, and productivity purposes. I successfully manually overclocked my system to 4.5Ghz and enabled core voltage adaptive mode. I have my G.Skill DDR4 TridentZ memory clocked to its rated 3200Mhz speed using the XMP profile via ASUS Z170i BIOS.
     
    Just added some PC lighting bling with a BitFenix Alchemy 2.0 Red Magnetic LED-Strip to top it off!
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    Steve N. Mavronis got a reaction from Homicidium in Skylake Evolv ITX Classified   
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to Tech Deals in Manual vs Adaptive Overclock   
    The question I ask myself is...  Is 100 MHz against 4.5 GHz worth the risk of system stability?
     
    Are you on air cooling?  4.5Ghz and 1.32v might be a fair setting for that.
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    Steve N. Mavronis reacted to Tech Deals in Manual vs Adaptive Overclock   
    I honestly don't have any inside info as to the long term ability of Skylake to run at 1.35v.  One question to ask yourself (and anyone else reading this) is how long do you want your CPU to last?
     
    You can probably run it at 1.5v, for awhile.  But "awhile" might be a month, or 3 months, or 6 months.
     
    I have a i7-4770k overclocked to 4.4GHz on water cooling at 1.2v.  It will run at 4.6GHz if I give it 1.3v, but frankly the extra 200 MHz isn't worth the voltage to me.
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    Steve N. Mavronis got a reaction from HPWebcamAble in Skylake Evolv ITX Classified   
    Specs on PCPartPicker - https://pcpartpicker.com/b/96JV3C
     

     
    I decided I'd build inside the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX windowed chassis. It's a very sexy looking case, especially for its form factor - not too small and not too big with plenty of headroom for tall graphics cards and CPU coolers. It also has some very nice features found in more expensive cases. It's very well made and looks fantastic. To improve case airflow out of the box, I added a rear 140mm fan and replaced the stock front 200mm fan with dual 140mm fans.
     
    I also settled on having an air-cooled system using a large 140mm fan-based CPU heatsink cooler that doesn't block RAM slots. Thermalright's Silver Arrow ITX was a perfect fit. Its universal mounting system allows for 3-5mm of horizontal wiggle room next to installed RAM per the manufacturer. By request they graciously sent me their new LGA1151 CPU Support Spacer and 4 Special Mounting Nut Washers free of charge direct from Taiwan. They're being proactive after some reports of shipped systems coming with damaged CPU/Sockets due to the thinner Skylake processor PCB bending at the corners. Although Thermalright coolers have not been involved so far, they are recommending this for coolers over 500g and will be including the spacer and washers on all future products.
     
    Case badges are cool but I didn't want to stick them onto my case like you normally would. So instead I came up with the idea to make movable magnetic case badges! A roll of 1" wide magnetic tape did the trick. Right now they occupy the rather empty back wall next to the rubber cable grommets. I even removed the Phanteks unused mid-plate logo (gently peeling up the edges using a plastic bread bag clip) and made a magnetic case badge out of it.
     
    I hate seeing 'GPU sag' so I made a DIY standoff by cutting down a stiff power connector strain relief from my miscellaneous electronics parts collection. I inserted it through one of the PSU shroud holes where acts as a support column between the PSU and GPU. My massive EVGA GeForce 980 Ti Classified graphics card sits perfectly level and will never sag.
     
    I'm using my new PC for gaming, multimedia, and productivity purposes. I successfully manually overclocked my system to 4.5Ghz and enabled core voltage adaptive mode. I have my G.Skill DDR4 TridentZ memory clocked to its rated 3200Mhz speed using the XMP profile via ASUS Z170i BIOS.
     
    Just added some PC lighting bling with a BitFenix Alchemy 2.0 Red Magnetic LED-Strip to top it off!
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    Steve N. Mavronis got a reaction from Hydrogen1803 in Skylake Evolv ITX Classified   
    Specs on PCPartPicker - https://pcpartpicker.com/b/96JV3C
     

     
    I decided I'd build inside the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX windowed chassis. It's a very sexy looking case, especially for its form factor - not too small and not too big with plenty of headroom for tall graphics cards and CPU coolers. It also has some very nice features found in more expensive cases. It's very well made and looks fantastic. To improve case airflow out of the box, I added a rear 140mm fan and replaced the stock front 200mm fan with dual 140mm fans.
     
    I also settled on having an air-cooled system using a large 140mm fan-based CPU heatsink cooler that doesn't block RAM slots. Thermalright's Silver Arrow ITX was a perfect fit. Its universal mounting system allows for 3-5mm of horizontal wiggle room next to installed RAM per the manufacturer. By request they graciously sent me their new LGA1151 CPU Support Spacer and 4 Special Mounting Nut Washers free of charge direct from Taiwan. They're being proactive after some reports of shipped systems coming with damaged CPU/Sockets due to the thinner Skylake processor PCB bending at the corners. Although Thermalright coolers have not been involved so far, they are recommending this for coolers over 500g and will be including the spacer and washers on all future products.
     
    Case badges are cool but I didn't want to stick them onto my case like you normally would. So instead I came up with the idea to make movable magnetic case badges! A roll of 1" wide magnetic tape did the trick. Right now they occupy the rather empty back wall next to the rubber cable grommets. I even removed the Phanteks unused mid-plate logo (gently peeling up the edges using a plastic bread bag clip) and made a magnetic case badge out of it.
     
    I hate seeing 'GPU sag' so I made a DIY standoff by cutting down a stiff power connector strain relief from my miscellaneous electronics parts collection. I inserted it through one of the PSU shroud holes where acts as a support column between the PSU and GPU. My massive EVGA GeForce 980 Ti Classified graphics card sits perfectly level and will never sag.
     
    I'm using my new PC for gaming, multimedia, and productivity purposes. I successfully manually overclocked my system to 4.5Ghz and enabled core voltage adaptive mode. I have my G.Skill DDR4 TridentZ memory clocked to its rated 3200Mhz speed using the XMP profile via ASUS Z170i BIOS.
     
    Just added some PC lighting bling with a BitFenix Alchemy 2.0 Red Magnetic LED-Strip to top it off!
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    Steve N. Mavronis got a reaction from mikeeginger in Skylake Evolv ITX Classified   
    Specs on PCPartPicker - https://pcpartpicker.com/b/96JV3C
     

     
    I decided I'd build inside the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX windowed chassis. It's a very sexy looking case, especially for its form factor - not too small and not too big with plenty of headroom for tall graphics cards and CPU coolers. It also has some very nice features found in more expensive cases. It's very well made and looks fantastic. To improve case airflow out of the box, I added a rear 140mm fan and replaced the stock front 200mm fan with dual 140mm fans.
     
    I also settled on having an air-cooled system using a large 140mm fan-based CPU heatsink cooler that doesn't block RAM slots. Thermalright's Silver Arrow ITX was a perfect fit. Its universal mounting system allows for 3-5mm of horizontal wiggle room next to installed RAM per the manufacturer. By request they graciously sent me their new LGA1151 CPU Support Spacer and 4 Special Mounting Nut Washers free of charge direct from Taiwan. They're being proactive after some reports of shipped systems coming with damaged CPU/Sockets due to the thinner Skylake processor PCB bending at the corners. Although Thermalright coolers have not been involved so far, they are recommending this for coolers over 500g and will be including the spacer and washers on all future products.
     
    Case badges are cool but I didn't want to stick them onto my case like you normally would. So instead I came up with the idea to make movable magnetic case badges! A roll of 1" wide magnetic tape did the trick. Right now they occupy the rather empty back wall next to the rubber cable grommets. I even removed the Phanteks unused mid-plate logo (gently peeling up the edges using a plastic bread bag clip) and made a magnetic case badge out of it.
     
    I hate seeing 'GPU sag' so I made a DIY standoff by cutting down a stiff power connector strain relief from my miscellaneous electronics parts collection. I inserted it through one of the PSU shroud holes where acts as a support column between the PSU and GPU. My massive EVGA GeForce 980 Ti Classified graphics card sits perfectly level and will never sag.
     
    I'm using my new PC for gaming, multimedia, and productivity purposes. I successfully manually overclocked my system to 4.5Ghz and enabled core voltage adaptive mode. I have my G.Skill DDR4 TridentZ memory clocked to its rated 3200Mhz speed using the XMP profile via ASUS Z170i BIOS.
     
    Just added some PC lighting bling with a BitFenix Alchemy 2.0 Red Magnetic LED-Strip to top it off!
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