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For perspective, if you can afford me a brief tangent...this is a small business in healthcare. I get why he's looking for what he's looking for. There isn't money available for this, dude can't even pay himself and lives on-site. I've seen the inside baseball, the numbers, and...I'll never work in healthcare, I'll just say that much. On the other side of the token, I realize the unlikeliness of something existing in his price range and being stupid simple, simply because that's what he can afford and manage himself. I know it doesn't work like that. The monthly fees I understand and have explained - the communication to an outside system for data collection requires wireless data. He was originally looking at units with WiFi systems, and I explained that the cell phone would need to be in range to speak to it. I also explained to him why he needs offsite storage. Again, tech savvy he is not. Anyway, I can look into fleet management systems for him (to a point, he will eventually need to take control). Thanks for the heads-up.

Asking for a friend who owns a business. I know jack diddly about dash cams, but he has an issue with employee behavior he needs to squash (his company transports nonverbal disabled clients). He has multiple vehicles in his fleet. He is looking for a set of dash cameras that are also driver monitors: -Record outside and inside the cabin -Record speeds, possibly record speeds after a speed threshold is exceeded -Viewable live from a phone application, including speed -Switchable between different vehicles within the app -Wake-up recording when something happens and the vehicle is parked -Something that preferrably records data offsite, so cameras can't be tampered with -Something that's maintenanceless and easy to set up, because tech savvy this person is not Does anyone have any good options? He wants to spend about $100 per unit, but I think that might be unrealistic. Personally I would spend more good money once than less bad money several times, and I plan on having that discussion if my suspicions are correct. Thanks in advance for whatever you can point me to.

Just so you are aware, 100 decibels is the volume of a motorcycle with loud pipes, like a Harley Davidson, while you are sitting on it. Or a snowmobile, while you are sitting on it. Or a fighter jet taking off 300 meters from you, or flying 1000 meters above your head. Like others have said, your measurements are bad, there is no way your laptop is producing 100 decibels at listening distance. The speakers would crap their pants and blow their cones, or coils, or both. They aren't big enough to do 100 decibels at listening distance. An app on a phone to do decibel measurements with its microphone is like a ring with magnets and copper dust in it that's going to fix your arthritis.

I will find out how long it needs to be once I have the SFX power supply in hand. I realize that I can get "some cables" from elsewhere. However, I can only get THIS cable, that matches the rest of the set I already purchased, from CableMod.

Ahhh, did not realize this. That's a bummer. Thanks for the clarification.

I had not purchased an extension cable yet, and now I don't need to, I just need to order a new cable, and wait three months to get a $60 cable. Plugging the extension into the custom cable wouldn't make sense, because then you'd see the extension.

Also, to clarify, I'm switching to a Corsair SF750 for the power supply, but from what I understand the new power supply uses the same cable pinout.

I had gotten custom CableMod cables for my iTX build. Corsair RM850x PSU. That was before I decided to scrap the Phanteks Enthoo iTX case I had, and decided to pick up an O11D Mini. The GPU cable I ordered months ago is too short to now make the run from the PSU to the graphics card. Can I plug an extension cable into the PSU, and then plug the custom cable into the extension cable? I don't see why not, but I've never done it.

@airborne spoonThank you, sir. I appreciate it.

I want to see what green coolant (like car coolant) looks like when the waterblocks and fans are all set to a red color theme, to see if I like it or not. About to buy coolant for my loop, and I'm playing with ideas. Thanks in advance!

Actually, client wants it because of the aesthetic. It's the only 3080 he likes the design of, and he's a super visual person. I've softened him up on the idea of "we'll get what we can get," but he's still really only going to be "happy" with the FE.

There's a ton out of stock on Amazon UK. Here's three under £50 in order of cost and best performance. Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo - Tried and true, one of the most common aftermarket coolers. Really don't need anything more than this. Make sure it's not too tall to fit inside your computer case. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Hyper-Cooling-System/dp/B0068OI7T8/ Noctua NH-L9x65 - Better performer, and quieter. Low profile, fits most computer cases. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Noctua-NH-L9x65-Premium-Low-Profile-Cooler/dp/B00VB3Y89E/ Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML120 - A liquid cooler/AIO. Best performance, but the most complicated to install. You don't need a liquid cooler at all, but this will fit in any case, and likely be the coolest of the three while still being pretty quiet. Make sure the radiator and fan is installed somewhere above the CPU. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-MasterLiquid-ML120L-Liquid/dp/B084LKNQBV/

I'd like to be able to use my computer, the one I took my 2070S out of to give to the client. Like I said, he had an opportunity cost - he needed a working PC by a specific date. I don't "need" to use my computer again, sure. But I'd sure like to have a computer again.

Like the title says, I need to know what's going to give me the best shot at getting a 3080 Founders at MSRP. The only valid seller I'm aware of is Best Buy. I have a client (a buddy) who currently has my 2070S in his build...he had an opportunity cost he needed a PC to meet, so I had to loan it to him to get the sale at all. I want my 2070S back, but he only wants the founders version of the 3080 he paid me to get him. People have pointed me to Discord, that there are channels that advertise when there's stock, but the ones I've looked at don't list the Founders card at Best Buy. They look at Amazon, NewEgg, B&H, etc. and seem to list only AIB cards. I've heard that Best Buy e-mail stock notifications are garbage, and will come several hours after they've already sold out - if they ever send the e-mail. I'll do the work and play the game, I don't want to pay for a bot to go buy it for me or something like that. I just need to know when it's in stock to be able to play the game. I can't sit and refresh Best Buy endlessly. I have a day job, and I can't divert my attention from it like that. I can if it's for like 10 minutes every day. Any ideas? Is there a specific Discord I need to be looking at for this? Are there typical days/times that Best Buy restocks them? Or am I just SOL?

An NH-D15 outperforms many 240mm AIO coolers. Something is wrong. I would take the cooler off, make sure you took the sticker off the bottom of it. Look at the way the thermal paste spread - if it isn't covering the whole CPU, not enough was put on. Clean off the thermal paste from the cooler and the CPU using a coffee filter and isopropyl alcohol. Let it dry, add a pea-sized blob of new thermal paste to the CPU, and reinstall the cooler. Make sure you tighten the screws holding the cooler down in a cross pattern, and tighten them until the screws won't turn - they are designed to be completely seated. Make sure the fan on the cooler is installed so it will blow in the right direction (usually towards the back of the case) - the sticker and the fan's housing with the cross-bracing should be facing the back of the case, the face of the fan with no bracing and completely exposed fan blades should face towards the front. Turn the PC on, and make sure the fan on the cooler spins. Go into BIOS, and set the CPU fan curve to 100% all the time. Set your case fans to 100% all the time. Enter Windows, and see how your temperatures are. If this doesn't work, double-check with different reporting software to make sure the software you're using isn't bugged. If that doesn't work, get some cheap case fans to fill out the case, and set those to 100% as well in the BIOS. If that doesn't work...something might be wrong with that chip.