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Steev43230 got a reaction from Mattias Edeslatt in Post your milestones, ranking, etc...
Some time today I finally appeared on the LTT team page! Yaaaaaaaaay!
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Steev43230 got a reaction from TVwazhere in Post your milestones, ranking, etc...
Some time today I finally appeared on the LTT team page! Yaaaaaaaaay!
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Steev43230 got a reaction from Gorgon in Post your milestones, ranking, etc...
Some time today I finally appeared on the LTT team page! Yaaaaaaaaay!
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Steev43230 got a reaction from hotrob in first time builder
Provided no one with experience disagrees with me, I understand that if you're not going to overclock just use the stock cooler that comes with the CPU. It's pretty enough.
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Steev43230 got a reaction from LienusLateTips in first time builder
Provided no one with experience disagrees with me, I understand that if you're not going to overclock just use the stock cooler that comes with the CPU. It's pretty enough.
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Steev43230 reacted to ch3w2oy in Asus Crosshair VIII Hero PCIe and M.2 Installation
Just plug in as many CPU connectors you have available.. Can't hurt anything but you really shouldn't need it.. That's up to you..
For the M2 heatsink, just use the motherboards heatsinks only.. You shouldn't need the thin piece of metal.. My SX8200 Pro also came with one and I don't use it either..
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Steev43230 reacted to minibois in Ultimate Keycap Replacement Guide
Assuming we're talking about a mechanical (Cherry MX-style) keyboard: yeah.
You can just go to whatever online store you like (like Aliexpress, eBay, Banggood, etc.) and purchase a small quantity (or one) of a heavier keyswitch (usually that would be a Black or Purple style, but just double check its activation weight. I believe going from Red to Brown to Blue, the actuation force is 45g, 45g and 50g respectively, while MX Black is 60g for example).
Then you have to take apart the keyboard (which likely voids your warranty) - desolder the switch and possibly LED (take your precatuations, like soldering in a well-ventilated room with a fume extractor, etc. Some materials like desoldering braid and a solder sucker will help) - resolder the new switch (and possibly new LED/old LED) into the board and that's basically it.
Of course we're talking about taking apart your entire boards here, which can be quite an operation and with many boards nowadays being held together with small clips.. Could even damage it, so do this at your own risk.
Unfortunately on most keyboards the switches are not hot-swapable and also the switches typically cannot be opened up (to replace the spring only) when the switch is installed.https://www.keychatter.com/2015/06/19/guide-how-to-swap-springs-in-cherry-style-switches/
P.S.: it would have probably been easier to just make a new thread yourself. Would get you more replies and would avoid bumping a three year old thread.
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Steev43230 reacted to AbydosOne in What Case Is This?
It's a Corsair One. Not really a case; a prebuilt system.
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Steev43230 reacted to lewdicrous in Always mark as edited
OP asked if it was an existing feature, that's what I answered.
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Steev43230 reacted to LogicalDrm in Always mark as edited
Soon to be relic of times when you could buy Floatplane subscription through forums.
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Steev43230 reacted to LogicalDrm in Always mark as edited
There isn't. Which is why this was posted in suggestions...
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Steev43230 reacted to Firewrath9 in GeForce plus Quadro in same system
They have RTX, RTX Quadro. my friend does 3D design on a Quadro M5000 he got for the price of a P2000 and he games on it too.
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Steev43230 reacted to Electronics Wizardy in GeForce plus Quadro in same system
You can do this, but id just get a single faster quadro and game on that. Quadros will game fine, very simmilar in performance to the simmilar speced geoforce card.
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Steev43230 reacted to Whiskers in Protecting Against Clickbait And Fake News in tech news subforum
Ultimately, this would segment the community and create two groups; a privileged few who can contribute to the section without restriction, and a 'lesser' majority who cannot. It's important to remember that we are first and foremost a community forum, not a tech news forum. Our tech news section is intended for the entire community to contribute to and participate in; locking off access or providing only an 'elite group' with higher privileges goes completely against the community ideals of the forum.
It's worth pointing out perhaps that around 4 years ago now there were discussions on the creation of "The Official LTT News Team", with the intention of promoting higher-quality news content on the forum and opening the possibility of more original content as opposed to the largely reposted content we have right now. Ultimately however this idea was rejected for technical feasibility reasons, as well as for introducing the same issues mentioned above - it would fragment the community and create an unwelcoming atmosphere for users new to either the Tech News section or the forum itself. Instead, the Tech News rules were created - and whilst there have been some niggling issues from time to time, by and large they have had a dramatically beneficial impact on the quality of submissions and even replies in the section.
We are always open to recommendations, suggestions and ideas on how we can keep the tech news cleaner and less "clickbait-y". But we will not be implementing this specific change.
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Steev43230 reacted to Windows7ge in Asus Crosshair VIII Hero PCIe
Find a pic of the back of the motherboard. You'll see how little of the slot is actually soldered into the traces.
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Steev43230 reacted to Windows7ge in Asus Crosshair VIII Hero PCIe
How many drives you can lose depends on how many drives you have. With 4 drives the data will be striped across two then mirrored across the other two so unless you were to lose the drives containing both copies of the same data chunks you can rebuild it.
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Steev43230 reacted to Fasauceome in Asus Crosshair VIII Hero PCIe
It isn't, it's just a large plastic slot with the wiring for 4 lanes. The topmost X16 slot has all the wires, the X16 as X4 slot has less wires but is the same size
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Steev43230 reacted to Windows7ge in Asus Crosshair VIII Hero PCIe
Pulled this from ASUS's website:
It's just telling you you can run 2 GPUs both @ x8, that the bottom most slot is really just x4, and that you have an x1 slot. I haven't looked in the manual yet but nothing is showing bifurcation support. Quite frankly I doubt the manual will tell you either. There was also a reddit post with someone complaining about a lack of AMD giving bifurcation support so I think you're out of luck.
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Steev43230 reacted to Windows7ge in Asus Crosshair VIII Hero PCIe
With 4 drives you may as well use RAID10. RAID10 will allow for the loss of 2 drives while at the software level offer much better performance since it won't have to calculate for parity writes. Same useable space, more performance, there's no reason to use RAID6 here.
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Steev43230 reacted to Windows7ge in Asus Crosshair VIII Hero PCIe
I'm not sure about it's support for PCI_e bifurcation. That's generally a server only feature those it does seem the LGA2011-3/2066 socket motherboards may support it.
Your choice for RAID6 makes absolutely no sense with 4 drives. Do RAID10. You'll have much better performance with the same usable capacity.
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Steev43230 reacted to Fasauceome in First Post - Rant About Cases.
Custom watercooling loop, and tall ass CPU coolers?
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Steev43230 reacted to seon123 in First Post - Rant About Cases.
Would you rather pay $58,89 for a 350W 80+ Gold PSU or $58,99 for a 450W 80+ Gold PSU? The price of producing them stays pretty much the same, which is why decent PSUs start at 400W.
They can. But a lot of people would rather have a cheaper product, than a minor customisability option.
Ah, yes, AMD hired a thug to beat you up if you don't buy their 3000 series products.
Guess all case manufacturers should just remove every single case on the market, since you still need to fit a PSU, some fans for airflow, and some cooling.
Some people prefer things like performance, noise and reliability, rather than having a slightly smaller case.
My cat also appreciates having a decently large warm box to lie on.
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Steev43230 reacted to VIVO-US in First Post - Rant About Cases.
We've offered a number of PC cases over the past few years, so maybe I can help you to understand some of the reasoning.
The width is needed so high end coolers and other components can be fit inside without worry. A good quality tower cooler is usually around 160mm, and some are even larger. The width also allows larger fans to be used, allowing higher performance at a lower noise level. If the width is shrunk down too much, it will become difficult to fit the majority of after-market parts. Also, you have to consider room on the other side for cable management nowadays. Cases with no cable management are now looked upon with great rage and disappointment by the users.
Most cards don't go above 13", but there are a few out there.
Attaching hard drives where you've said will certainly work, but to avoid attaching them to the door, additional brackets would have to be made. This will add to the cost, and it will reduce airflow through the case. As for the PSU, many positions have been tried over the years, but it always goes back to the default top-rear or bottom-rear after a while for the tower cases. It's just easier that way.
Yes, but that would add to the overall cost, and most users don't want to pay extra or have to think about USB placement. I can see something like this happening for a high-end modular case, but not for the ready-to-use cases most people go for.
Most cases won't be updated to support the latest tech until that tech becomes common. That's why so many cases still don't have USB-C.
Gesundheit.
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