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    jiyeon got a reaction from nox_ in what and why did you name your storage drive   
    I've named my drives after Greek Gods just to give my storage setup a bit of excitement, although it may sound confusing at first, the storage sizes dictates/indicates what the drive is used for.
    I love Greek mythology so I thought why not implement some of it into my drives.
     
    Atlas (C:)
    It's a 500GB OS drive, contains all my Windows files, drivers, and other software that needs to be kept on the fastest (and largest) drive available.
    Atlas was the God who was forced to hold the Earth above him, metaphorically, my drive holds the entire OS.
     
    Ares (D:)
    Ares is a 250GB games drive, although it's looking a bit full...
    Ares was the God of war and battle, metaphorically, this drive holds all the gaming spirit!
     
    Demeter (E:)
    This drive was supposed to be part of a RAID 1 array along with my F: drive but I decided to keep them separate just in case I need to dedicate a drive to a different role in the future. This mainly holds any important data such as YouTube footage that I can use to reference in the future.
    Demeter was the God of harvest, metaphorically, she is important to the files that need to be safe and sound.
     
    Hestia (F:)
    This drive was meant to be part of a RAID 1 array with the above drive but never happened due to the above reasons. Like its sister, it's used as a drive for generally holding important data.
    Hestia was the God of hearth, like the drive above, she is dawned with the responsibility of holding important files.
     

     
    TL:DR Greek lore implemented into my drives' names, with names that match the drive responsibilities.
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    jiyeon got a reaction from Eschew in what and why did you name your storage drive   
    I've named my drives after Greek Gods just to give my storage setup a bit of excitement, although it may sound confusing at first, the storage sizes dictates/indicates what the drive is used for.
    I love Greek mythology so I thought why not implement some of it into my drives.
     
    Atlas (C:)
    It's a 500GB OS drive, contains all my Windows files, drivers, and other software that needs to be kept on the fastest (and largest) drive available.
    Atlas was the God who was forced to hold the Earth above him, metaphorically, my drive holds the entire OS.
     
    Ares (D:)
    Ares is a 250GB games drive, although it's looking a bit full...
    Ares was the God of war and battle, metaphorically, this drive holds all the gaming spirit!
     
    Demeter (E:)
    This drive was supposed to be part of a RAID 1 array along with my F: drive but I decided to keep them separate just in case I need to dedicate a drive to a different role in the future. This mainly holds any important data such as YouTube footage that I can use to reference in the future.
    Demeter was the God of harvest, metaphorically, she is important to the files that need to be safe and sound.
     
    Hestia (F:)
    This drive was meant to be part of a RAID 1 array with the above drive but never happened due to the above reasons. Like its sister, it's used as a drive for generally holding important data.
    Hestia was the God of hearth, like the drive above, she is dawned with the responsibility of holding important files.
     

     
    TL:DR Greek lore implemented into my drives' names, with names that match the drive responsibilities.
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    jiyeon got a reaction from Eschew in Import tax on replacement??   
    You'll have to stomach the VAT as it's law to pay it, as outrageous as it sounds, especially as it's FedEx doing your business.
     
    I've found that you can get away without paying and still get the item, but you'll get a letter in the mail or in email form telling you to pay up or face the consequences.
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    jiyeon got a reaction from kelvinhall05 in Import tax on replacement??   
    You'll have to stomach the VAT as it's law to pay it, as outrageous as it sounds, especially as it's FedEx doing your business.
     
    I've found that you can get away without paying and still get the item, but you'll get a letter in the mail or in email form telling you to pay up or face the consequences.
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    jiyeon reacted to ProBottler in Mechanical Keyboard Club!   
    My first venture into this hobby. Scrappy CyanSpecification:
    - GK61X hotswappable PCB + stock aluminum plate with the 6.25u spacebar module and plastic case foamed with furniture foam 😅
    - Gateron Yellow lubed with Krytox 205g0
    - Gateron plate-mounted stabilizers fully modded
    - Cheapo YMDK gradient keycaps in cyan
     
    Since this is my first ever mechanical keyboard, I have no big complaints about the build quality. One thing I do notice tho is that there is audible spring ping on the B and ] buttons which I can't quite put my finger on what compoments are causing this.
     
    Anyway I'm still really happy with how this turned out and hopefully I can purchase other boards in the future.
    Thank you for reading!😃
     
     
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    jiyeon got a reaction from Eschew in WhatsApp lets messages vanish after 7 days   
    About as effective as swinging a knife through water.
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    jiyeon reacted to TVwazhere in WhatsApp lets messages vanish after 7 days   
    It's Facebook. Just because it's deleted for the end users doesn't mean it isn't archived. 
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    jiyeon got a reaction from Eschew in AIO Top Mounted Intake or Exhaust?   
    Exhaust to ensure balanced airflow pressure. You can also test around to see if having the fans in push or pull have any noticeable difference to your temperatures.
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    jiyeon reacted to rcmaehl in Watch Dogs: Legion Source code leaked   
    Oh no, the hacker game got hacked 😱 
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    jiyeon reacted to HarryNyquist in Watch Dogs: Legion Source code leaked   
    Maybe they can fix the utterly shit performance the game has.
     
    Also, lol get rekt Ubisoft. I have no sympathy for that company.
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    jiyeon reacted to narrdarr in AIO Top Mounted Intake or Exhaust?   
    yes the aio should be exhaust
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    jiyeon got a reaction from sub68 in What year was your mobile phone released? [Poll]   
    Currently using a Samsung Galaxy S20 which I bought a month ago, coming from an Apple iPhone 8 Plus.
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    jiyeon got a reaction from Eschew in What year was your mobile phone released? [Poll]   
    Currently using a Samsung Galaxy S20 which I bought a month ago, coming from an Apple iPhone 8 Plus.
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    jiyeon got a reaction from Eschew in Why don't Motherboards or Cases have POST Speakers in them anymore?   
    My brother's ASRock B450M board came with a POST speaker cable thing, I stole it for my own PC, it's not very useful as I've never tinkered with my hardware enough to hear anything other than a 'beep', but I appreciate it since my motherboard otherwise has no other method to telling me what's wrong if something doesn't come up. It's a basic Asus Prime Z370-P so it's not the highest end house on the block.
     
    They're definitely not as favored today, but for older or less-blingy motherboards, the speakers that attach to your motherboard exist.
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    jiyeon got a reaction from Mateyyy in Advice on CLC AIO: Found One, Need Fact Check   
    Ah, I should have noted that that case is not strictly an S340, but you're right, NZXT mid-towers seem to be equally standard in where their beauty panels are, so your point about the dimensions is right!
     
    Thanks to all!
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    jiyeon got a reaction from Eschew in Advice on CLC AIO: Found One, Need Fact Check   
    Ah, I should have noted that that case is not strictly an S340, but you're right, NZXT mid-towers seem to be equally standard in where their beauty panels are, so your point about the dimensions is right!
     
    Thanks to all!
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    jiyeon got a reaction from Eschew in Advice on CLC AIO: Found One, Need Fact Check   
    Sorry I wasn't specific, I meant it fitting inside the case.
     

     
    The NZXT S340 has this black bar thing near the front of the case, and as you can see from this Gamers Nexus screenshot, that AIO is getting its hairs trimmed, so I was wondering if I might have troubles with the radiator plus fans fitting in.
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    jiyeon got a reaction from WereCat in DragonForce Guitarist Herman Li Suspended on Twitch For Playing His Own Music   
    Following Twitch's recent rampage of suspensions surrounding the streaming of copyrighted music under the premises of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DragonForce guitarist and avid streamer Herman Li has been suspended on Twitch for playing his own music while streaming, seemingly misapplied.
     
     
     
    Herman is/was a prominent supporter of music on the streaming platform, often allowing his viewers and fans alike to cover DragonForce's songs without the knife of Twtich's DMCA takedown riding down the backs of smaller, aspiring streamers.
     
    Twitch hasn't appeared to have given a statement on why Herman was suspended, but fans speculate it was evidently because of music, given that Herman 99% of the time on his now-suspended channel was playing his guitar for thousands of his fans to see.
     
    It's yet another nail in the well-secured coffin for Twitch's dwindling and now-intimidated small and big streamerbase, when even a music streamer with such high pedigree in DragonForce's Herman Li gets suspended, although the reason has not explicitly been noted.
     
    While not a music producer myself, I feel like as a member of DragonForce and therefor under the label of DragonForce, he would be able to amend the situation by simply asking his label to give permission to his own music? However, I feel like Herman Li is one to take it on the chin and move on to YouTube, as conveyed in the tweet above, at least until/if his Twitch channel is unsuspended.
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    jiyeon got a reaction from geo3 in Mechanical Keyboard Club!   
    A Keycult No.2 for $885 and call it a day.
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    jiyeon got a reaction from seon123 in Mechanical Keyboard Club!   
    A Keycult No.2 for $885 and call it a day.
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    jiyeon got a reaction from Eschew in Mechanical Keyboard Club!   
    A Keycult No.2 for $885 and call it a day.
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    jiyeon reacted to BuckGup in The ALL MSI PC!   
    Perfect timing with the MSI GPU scandal 
     
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    jiyeon got a reaction from sub68 in Is this claim by Anker legit?   
    Definitely take that claim with a grain of salt, but I'd otherwise vouch for Anker being great.
     
    I own a few Anker products and they're pretty reliable all things considered.
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    jiyeon got a reaction from sub68 in [WIP] I Don't Recommend The Asus Prime Z370-P   
    Hi there, I'm Seoz, and I don't recommend the Asus Prime Z370-P. After countless times where I've witnessed users on LTT ask for advice on builds, only to find that their chosen motherboard is the Asus Prime Z370-P, it's time I made a full-blown discussion.
     
    What we have in terms of motherboard features:
    • Two, count 'em, two, chassis fan headers
    • Two M.2 slots
    • Four SATA 6G ports
    • Z370 chipset
     
    Labelled below are all the flaws of the motherboard that I have experienced firsthand minus the M.2 shields because I don't use an M.2/NVMe. Having two chassis fans is a struggle when you need to fit four fans into your system, especially when one of those two chassis fan headers is slap-bang in the middle of the motherboard, come on...
    Secondly, the lack of VRM heatsinks is a punch in the gut. If a company like Asus is going to make a motherboard for the Z370 chipset and not include VRM heatsinks, that's when eyebrows get raised. I'll go more into this later.
    Lastly, there are only four SATA ports. I must clarify that this doesn't affect me in any way since I am only using a single SSD in my system, so really this point may not apply to many, and the typical user I've seen will only ever need two or three SATA slots and possibly an M.2 anyway. But for those looking for storage expandibility, you're kind of short here in the Z370-P.

     

     
    Onto my personal usage with this motherboard, and to be brutally honest, despite my views on it, it's been okay.
     
    I'm not a heavy overclocker and so I've only ever gone as far as 4.6GHz 1.2V before.
    ... But that was before my motherboard started misbehaving.
    I remember back when I was new to the overclock scene and had my 8600K set to 4.7GHz on a 1.25V core voltage, it felt nice. I had it running just under a week until my PC had random shutdowns and mishaps in normal usage where my PC would cut out signal, crash, blue-screen, you name it, and it was all resolved when I rolled back to 4.4GHz on 1.2V.
     
    My second experience was when I was installing my brand new Arctic Freezer 33 eSports One into my case, and I had no choice but to remove the entire motherboard out of the case for me to be able to install it. So, standard procedure, undo standoff screws, unplug cables, and grab by the edges. It was agony to take it out, I could hear it bending about and cracking.
    When it came to installing my new cooler, I found out that the bracket that the 33 eSports uses actually clashes with the backplate on the Z370-P, and so I had to use a lot of force to get it actually on, needless to say, it did flex a lot and audible creeks galore. I did get the cooler on eventually after the backplate mishap, and also managed to fit my motherboard back into my case.
     
    Next, I want to talk about the lights, or lack thereof. This is one of the only Asus boards to not support Asus Aura Sync lighting. it only features brutally cheap-looking orange lighting by the audio side and inside the PCIe bracket clips, it's kind of disgusting to have it on, especially when the only options are either static, breathing, or off. Needless to say, I chose the last option. The motherboard shows its value by not having the addition of Asus Aura Sync lighting and instead opting for orange LEDs... Good if you're going for an orange build I guess, but the other factors outweigh this pro anyway.
     

     
    I understand my views and opinions on the board may have been controversial to some degree and I may even be under fire for what I have said, but it's my motherboard, and it's my experiences. Not everything is bad about the motherboard despite what I have said about it. It's cheap (interpret that how you will) so it may make a good budget option in the right configuration, and it's also a fairly nice entry-level motherboard.
    I feel as if this motherboard was made for the people whom are just getting into PC building and are looking to enter the Coffee Lake chipset on a tight as budget as possible, and this is where the Z370-P comes in. In the big picture, it really isn't a bad motherboard, you get what you pay for.
     
    This motherboard was made for those whom are:
    a) not looking to overclock heavily - think 8350K & 8600K lightly overclocked, 8700K don't bother
    b) thinking of small budgets
    c) want a foundation to 8th-generation Intel CPUs
    d) don't need that much storage expansion
     
    To finish off, the Asus Prime Z370-P is a good board for those whom aren't major enthusiasts, but just want to test the waters on light overclocks and get into PC building.
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    jiyeon got a reaction from Letgomyleghoe. in [WIP] I Don't Recommend The Asus Prime Z370-P   
    Hi there, I'm Seoz, and I don't recommend the Asus Prime Z370-P. After countless times where I've witnessed users on LTT ask for advice on builds, only to find that their chosen motherboard is the Asus Prime Z370-P, it's time I made a full-blown discussion.
     
    What we have in terms of motherboard features:
    • Two, count 'em, two, chassis fan headers
    • Two M.2 slots
    • Four SATA 6G ports
    • Z370 chipset
     
    Labelled below are all the flaws of the motherboard that I have experienced firsthand minus the M.2 shields because I don't use an M.2/NVMe. Having two chassis fans is a struggle when you need to fit four fans into your system, especially when one of those two chassis fan headers is slap-bang in the middle of the motherboard, come on...
    Secondly, the lack of VRM heatsinks is a punch in the gut. If a company like Asus is going to make a motherboard for the Z370 chipset and not include VRM heatsinks, that's when eyebrows get raised. I'll go more into this later.
    Lastly, there are only four SATA ports. I must clarify that this doesn't affect me in any way since I am only using a single SSD in my system, so really this point may not apply to many, and the typical user I've seen will only ever need two or three SATA slots and possibly an M.2 anyway. But for those looking for storage expandibility, you're kind of short here in the Z370-P.

     

     
    Onto my personal usage with this motherboard, and to be brutally honest, despite my views on it, it's been okay.
     
    I'm not a heavy overclocker and so I've only ever gone as far as 4.6GHz 1.2V before.
    ... But that was before my motherboard started misbehaving.
    I remember back when I was new to the overclock scene and had my 8600K set to 4.7GHz on a 1.25V core voltage, it felt nice. I had it running just under a week until my PC had random shutdowns and mishaps in normal usage where my PC would cut out signal, crash, blue-screen, you name it, and it was all resolved when I rolled back to 4.4GHz on 1.2V.
     
    My second experience was when I was installing my brand new Arctic Freezer 33 eSports One into my case, and I had no choice but to remove the entire motherboard out of the case for me to be able to install it. So, standard procedure, undo standoff screws, unplug cables, and grab by the edges. It was agony to take it out, I could hear it bending about and cracking.
    When it came to installing my new cooler, I found out that the bracket that the 33 eSports uses actually clashes with the backplate on the Z370-P, and so I had to use a lot of force to get it actually on, needless to say, it did flex a lot and audible creeks galore. I did get the cooler on eventually after the backplate mishap, and also managed to fit my motherboard back into my case.
     
    Next, I want to talk about the lights, or lack thereof. This is one of the only Asus boards to not support Asus Aura Sync lighting. it only features brutally cheap-looking orange lighting by the audio side and inside the PCIe bracket clips, it's kind of disgusting to have it on, especially when the only options are either static, breathing, or off. Needless to say, I chose the last option. The motherboard shows its value by not having the addition of Asus Aura Sync lighting and instead opting for orange LEDs... Good if you're going for an orange build I guess, but the other factors outweigh this pro anyway.
     

     
    I understand my views and opinions on the board may have been controversial to some degree and I may even be under fire for what I have said, but it's my motherboard, and it's my experiences. Not everything is bad about the motherboard despite what I have said about it. It's cheap (interpret that how you will) so it may make a good budget option in the right configuration, and it's also a fairly nice entry-level motherboard.
    I feel as if this motherboard was made for the people whom are just getting into PC building and are looking to enter the Coffee Lake chipset on a tight as budget as possible, and this is where the Z370-P comes in. In the big picture, it really isn't a bad motherboard, you get what you pay for.
     
    This motherboard was made for those whom are:
    a) not looking to overclock heavily - think 8350K & 8600K lightly overclocked, 8700K don't bother
    b) thinking of small budgets
    c) want a foundation to 8th-generation Intel CPUs
    d) don't need that much storage expansion
     
    To finish off, the Asus Prime Z370-P is a good board for those whom aren't major enthusiasts, but just want to test the waters on light overclocks and get into PC building.
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