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Blindsay

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  • Birthday Dec 19, 1984

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  1. As I noted in the first post, the bios does see all 8 sticks and reports them as 16GB each, but is only showing a usable 96GB. None of the sticks are dead
  2. Hey all, I got a Gigabyte X299 board paired with a 7940X that I tried to put 128GB in (8x16GB) and it sees all of the memory in the lots but only reports 96GB. I already tried reseating the cpu thinking it might be that but I am wondering if it is because it is not on the supported list for 8 sticks. I see it listed for 1,2,4 sticks but not 8. I see it is listed as 1Rx8 and the only ones that are checked for all 8 lots are 2Rx8 Am I SOL here or is there anything i can try?
  3. So right now we have telephone service through comcast and they are charging us like $45/mo which seems expensive and also it required a special cable modem which was also expensive. Separately in our barn which is about 150ft away we have an old landline through or local phone company (I forget what that one is costing). We want to keep the telephone number in the house but ditching the one in the barn is fine as long as there is a phone of some sort there (needs to be an actual phone, a cell is not going to work). Inside the house we have one of the vtech phones with the expandable bases and it does not reach across the house (house is very old and has a lot of horsehair plaster walls so it murders signals). Trying to find a phone solution that can cover both builds, with the same telephone number. I do have great wifi coverage on both buildings (all unifi gear). So I was wondering if there are any clever solutions for something like a phone that could leverage the wifi network and cover both buildings? These guys looked interesting - https://www.ooma.com/home-phone-service/ There is switch in the house on the wall closest to the barn, not sure if the DECT6 phones have any better range than our older ones. Or do i look at some fully VoIP option? We are trying to drop are monthly costs (probably 80-100month currently total) but dont mind buying some equipment up front. Also open to hosting something myself if thats an option (as long as its reliable)
  4. Almost looks like their new cable modem but i think he has fiber right? https://store.ui.com/us/en/products/uci
  5. So i found in the AMD software the max speed of my gpu fan was set to something like 76%. I gave it a max of 100% and it is able to keep the hot spot at like 98c max now
  6. Thanks, It is this exact card - https://pg.asrock.com/Graphics-Card/AMD/Radeon RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming 24GB OC/index.asp I had it in a Fractal torrent nano but it couldnt get fresh air that well. Just put it in a phanteks NV5 but that didnt seem to help much
  7. I thought I remembered an issue a while back with the 7900 XTX hot spot temp? I can't remember what happened with it though. I ask because as I'm sitting here playing Diablo 4 I see my hotspot at 108c. Everything bone stock and plenty of airflow (in fact I just got a new case to try to help it a bit even)
  8. bumping this thread a bit. I see the new OLED version of the Samsung is coming out, but i suspect that will cost a fortune. The Samsung Ark is interesting (when on sale), any other displays i should consider as well? Doesnt have to be 32:9 but I want to be able to have "2" work monitors side by side on it so it must support picture by picture edit: looks like the Ark cannot do 2 HDMI sources in picture by picture so thats out. I would also consider a 3840x1600 or 5120x2160 21:9 monitor (I just dont want 3440 wide as I find it to be too little when it is cut in half). Maybe even a large (like 42 or 48") 16:9 OLED that could do picture by picture (Does not look like the LG c2 can at least)
  9. Hey all, Looking to get a new monitor for my home setup since I am working remotely permanently now. Trying to find something that is good for both my work setup and also is good for gaming (at least 120hz). Right now I have an Alienware aw3420dw and some other rando Dell 27" 1440p monitor above it. I hate trying to look either up or down for one of the monitors and a 27: 16:9 + 34" 21:9 side by side would be too wide for my desk The Samsung 49" neo G9 is the one that has caught my interest most. I like being able to do picture by picture to give me 2 monitors for work and then gaming on the entire monitor. I know the OLED version is coming out later but I suspect it will be quite expensive. So I need something big enough to be able to comfortably work on 2 things side by side for work and then also be a good choice for gaming. Not sure if there are any other cool options out there? Samsung Ark? Other new OLED monitors (IE ones that are unlikely to burn in)
  10. Just to follow up in case anyone else has the same question. I did end up buying https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07RC8F2L3 I have my wireless transmitter for my G915 and G502 on it, my Schiit Modius and my AT2020USB+ mic and they all switch back and forth between my work pc and gaming desktop without issue
  11. I dont need a KVM though, I dont need/want it to handle my displays at all. I just want to be able to switch my 4 listed usb devices
  12. So I have 4 items i would like to be able to toggle between my gaming PC and work laptop and was thinking of a usb switch but wanted to make sure it would be fine. Logitech G915 Lightspeed Logitech G502 Lightspeed AT2020USB+ Mic Schiit Moduis DAC I dont care about having the Logitech software installed on my work laptop so I was thinking of getting a usb switch with 4 ports and plug the wireless transmitters and the mic/dac into it and switch them all back and forth. Would that work fine? (Monitors i just use the second inputs on and dont need to worry about those) edit: was looking at this one - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RC8F2L3
  13. Worth a shot, not a terrible expense if it doesn't lol. Thanks for the tip, appreciate the help
  14. Ah yeah mine is a passive cable, I can snag an active cable though if that fixes it.
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