YellowJersey

I will try that. Thanks!

I like to view my windows icons in "details" form, but I often find some mysterious green bar going across the top of the window. What is it doing? Why does this happen? I find it very disruptive when I'm sorting through files. In the folder I was organising here, I was renaming music files and the green bar would start up every few minutes. What is it?

Believe it or not, I haven't actually watched that.

The bottle neck was in you all along!

My new second-hand rig has an MSI 1060 (3GB) in it. I just put a 6700k into this thing and was wondering what a good GPU upgrade to pair with it would be for 1080/1440 gaming as well as photo editing (Using Capture One and Photoshop CS5). In particular, I was looking at the 1660 Ti vs the RX 6600 (though I'm open to other recos) I'm looking at the between $300-$400 CAD price point. Right now, MemoryExpress has the Asus 1660 Ti (6GB) for $309 CAD and the Gigabyte RX 6600 (8GB) for $319 CAD. Right now I'm leaning towards the RX 6600 as it's the newer card and seems to perform better on user benchmarks. Which one, if either, would make more sense?

So I'm watching Linus' review of the HP laptop that's supposed to be super user-repairable and I've noticed that whenever companies try to hype up their eco-friendliness, "recycled aluminium" is usually present. My question is: is this claim misleading to the point of greenwashing? (I don't know, I'm genuinely asking) The reason why I ask this question is that aluminium is really easy to recycle. I remember watching one of Joe Scott's videos and he said that of all the aluminium ever mined, about 70%(ish) is still in circulation, which suggests that most aluminium is recycled anyway. This got me wondering, "How much aluminium in, say, computer chassis is virgin vs recycled?" If (and that's a big "if") a significant portion of aluminium used in these products would have been recycled anyway, would that make marketing claims of "recycled aluminium" to boast sustainability greenwashing? I mean, it's not a lie, but is misleading? If it is misleading, how badly misleading is it? Thoughts? Or am I just overthinking this in my idle musings?

Humanity deserves the go extinct as soon as possible. Yes, there are X number of good people in the world, but humanity has an overwhelmingly negative effect on itself, nearly every other living thing on this planet, and the planet's capacity to support life itself. We're a plague.

I'd say desktops are already obsolete for average users. You don't need anything more than a basic laptop unless you're doing something that requires significant power (serious gaming, video editing, etc).

I've found the third-party intervalometer market to be a bit of a crapshoot as there are very few, if any, first party products and the third party products are mostly cheap Chinese stuff (hell, most of them are the same product with different housing... sometimes not even that). Best way to find out is to see if a credible outlet or photographer has done any reviews on them (I don't go by Amazon reviews). That's how I ultimately settled on mine for Sony. The one I use does have a Canon C2 compatible units. Your 250D would be an SL3 in North America. https://www.amazon.ca/JJC-Control-Shutter-Release-Connection/dp/B06XBRCB1N/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=JJC%2Bintervalometer&qid=1587521398&sr=8-3&th=1

I listen to FM in the car when I'm in the city. There's a station that plays music that I like. It's a good way to not get bored of my playlists and they also occasionally play something I haven't heard before and really like, so I buy it when I get home. I'll play music saved on my phone via bluetooth if I'm going out of the city, though. Subscription streaming services aren't for me. I see the appeal, but it's only a matter of time before songs I like get removed due to licensing issues or some other thing. I'd rather own my music.

Welcome to the future, where corporations own colours. It's only a matter of time before we have to pay a subscription to breathe. I'm still clinging to my copy of CS5, which adobe can have when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers, which they've already tried to do by invalidating my license key saying that they stopped working with that distributor. I found a way around it, but I'm increasingly using Affinity Photo instead of photoshop.

Linux is a fantastic way to breathe new life into old hardware. I probably got an extra five years out of my T530 thanks to switching to Linux. I got twelve years out of my T500, which I only stopped using because the screen hinge broke.

Can't seem to get it stable at 4.5GHz, despite pretty decent thermals, so I'm leaving it at 4.4GHz. I could probably squeeze that extra performance out of it if I really fine tuned it, but I really can't be bothered to put the time and energy into it. I don't think that extra bit would make much of a difference for what I'm doing anyway. Thanks for all your help!

I'm currently testing a 400MHz overclock to 4.4GHz. This is the furthest I've ever managed to get into a Prime95 (blend) test without one of the cores stopping. I'll leave it running overnight and, if there are no errors after a 24 hour run, then I'll know that I can at least hit 4.4GHz. From there, I'll tinker with trying to get to 4.5GHz or 4.6GHz, though I'd probably use the tools you suggested instead of doing the Prime95 24 hour test. From what I've noticed, there's about a 10C increase in temps per 100MHz of overclock. Right now, average temps are around 71C with the highest being 76C so far, so if I can get it stable, then there's thermal headroom to push it to 4.5GHz. If I can't get it stable at 4.5GHz, then I'll just revert back to 4.4GHz settings and leave it at that.

I'm currently running a Prime95 (blend) test. An hour and 15 minutes in, average temps are around 71C with the highest being 76C. I do have the window open, though, so it's probably getting a bit of an advantage from that right now.

So I recently got myself a used system from a mate and I put a 6700k in it (I'd like to overclock it) with a Noctua NH-D15S. I currently have it venting out the back (left) with two fans (not sure the size) drawing in fresh air from the front (You can see them on the right/bottom right). My questions are: 1) Should I orient the NHD-15S 90 degrees so it's venting out the top? Which do you think would provide the better airflow? There is an exhaust fan there, though the cooler goes right up to it) 2) Should I get any additional fans? (I was thinking one more intake on the bottom and a vent on the top. What do you guys think? (And, yes, I will clean up the cable management once I finalise the cooling layout)

So I recently got my hands on a second-hand rig from a mate and I've upgraded it with i7-6700k w/ NH-D15S air cooler 32GB 3200MT/s ram (downclocked to 3100MT/s for stability, confirmed stability with Passmark) 1TB nvme SSD MSI GTX-1060 On a Gigabyte ga-z170-hd3p motherboard (updated to latest BIOS) I'll be using the PC for photo editing and 1080p gaming (my monitor goes up to 100Hz so I'm not looking to run things that are overly demanding) (I have a feeling I'm going to need a few more case fans for better airflow). I understand that there's usually quite a bit of overclocking headroom on the 6700k and I'd like to get as much as I reasonably can out of it while keeping temps to a max of 75C. Where should I start? Should I use XTU or BIOS settings? What testing software should I use? (I've heard that if the system can run for 24 hours while running Prime95 then you should consider it stable. Is that a good test to determine stability?). But this is all new to me. So I'd welcome to advice.

Success! Woke up this afternoon morning to a passed Passmark test. One step closer to getting this rig up and running!

Noted. Halfway through Passmark with two of four passes cleared! Previously, the error I got was on pass number two. So I might be onto something by tuning my memory down a tad. Passmark is on a bootable USB stick.

I ran the new ram (went with Crucial this time instead of Corsair) with XMP off and it passed, but it failed when XMP was on. Taking your memory controller point into account, I enabled XMP but manually underclocked it to 3100 instead of 3200. I'm currently running Passmark again to see if that takes enough stress off the memory controller. I think the likelihood of getting three bad ram kits in a row from two different manufacturers is a bit unlikely. I also noticed in the BIOS an "extra stability" mode for the ram. Do you think that would help? I'll report my findings when Passmark finishes. *fingers crossed*

@RONOTHAN## @NF-A12x25 @Pixelfie Should I run Passmark once with XMP off and once with it on? Or does it matter?

What would you suggest I do? This is all a bit new to me. (I did double check to make sure everything was in the right slot) **Edit: Sorry! I initially read that as meaning tinkering with the bios can help. Derp. I did update the bios, though. Corsair + 6700k. This is the kit I got (I've gone through two of these now) https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00115488

Thanks! I just exchanged it since the last kit I bought was bad. I think I'll go for a different brand this time.

I just bought bought new ram for my PC and decided to run it through Passmark. 45 minutes in, I got an error. Does this mean I should return it? It's still running, but so far it's only one error. What should I do?