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I am still waiting on @LinusTechto eat his stealth hoodie as he went on record claiming the same! Timestamp 4:20 (Nice) in this video!

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Some 10 years ago Intel released the Celeron 420 based on a low power variant of the Core 2 architecture. It was cheap, slow, and somewhat power efficient. The chip was only used in compact cheap industrial PCs so it never received much attention in its day. For those interested in the specs: https://ark.intel.com/products/29734/Intel-Celeron-Processor-420-512K-Cache-1_60-GHz-800-MHz-FSB Thus today is 4-20, making the perfect occasion to overclock the Celeron 420. We start off with the stock 1.6GHz base clock and see what we can get. The Cinebench R15 score is abysmal compared to really anything else after 2005. We only managed to score a 28. That's right, just 28. As for our overclock I made it to 3.2GHz comfortably, but anything beyond that, the system would not post. I used a Seidon 240m on a GA-EP45-UD3P and 4GB of G. Skill 800MHz. As you can see with the base clock at 3.2GHz we managed to get that score up to a blistering 49 points, still well below even a stock Core 2 Duo E6300. This CPU doesn't have the performance even when overclocked. If all you need to do is check email with no background tasks this CPU may fit the bill but it's difficult to recommend it for anything more.

What's up , I'm fixing all my broken glass equipment with some walmart epoxy , would it be wise to sand the areas where the epoxy is going to be or leave the glass as is.

Hi First post here, although I've been reading here for a while... My question is: Should I get a 30mm thick 420mm HWlabs GTS, or a 60mm thick EK XE360mm to expand the loop in my Fractal Design R5? Background: I have an R5 with all drive bays removed, in which I used to have a 360mm EK Predator as an intake, cooling 2 1080Ti's with the 7700K CPU on air (NH-D15). It used to be a near silent aircooled rig, that started making way to much noise once I added in a second 108Ti in SLI (MSI Gaming X). One was near silent, 2 horrible. I then put both of them on water using a modded (cpu block removed) Predator expandable AIO and prefilled GPU blocks. This was my first venture into non-CLC watercooling... This worked fine in my use case (GPU's mostly using only 60% of their TDP), but really struggled when I stressed both GPU's for a longer time at 100% TDP. OC was not an option, so I started plotting an upgrade... Given the complexity to empty, fill and bleed the Predator unit while it is in the case and the fact that the low powered DDC 3.1 in the unit is not able to push both a second radiator and QDC connections, I bought a EK D5/140mm pump res combo and a 30mm thick HWlabs GTS280mm radiator which I put in the front with 2 Noctua NF-P14s's before and added QDC's to that as well as a temporary solution, so I could make up my mind how te proceed. I didn't dare go for something thicker, because I suspected it would not fit. If I measure now, a 45 or 60mm thick 280mm rad might actually just fit, but only in push... While HWlabs 30mm thick GTS rads are reported to perform similar to 45mm thick EK PE rads at the same dimension, the difference between the 360mm and the 280, combined with the shift from 2200rpm max Vardar fans to 1200rpm max Noctua's has made the current solution unable to cope with the heat of the 2 GPU's at 60% TDP. I added a water temperature probe and the water gets above 60 degrees quickly... I run on one GPU atm. I can still hook the Predator back into the loop, with it's pump disabled, in which case I get decent temperatures when I test it... To do this, the Predator sits outside the case and the cpu is still not in the loop. A predator has rather high noise 2200rpm Vardar fans, but only a 45mm EK PE radiator core in it. I want to change this to a system contained within the case, and the most obvious way to do so, would be to add either a 420mm x 30mm rad in the top, or a 360mm x 60mm one. The HWlabs GTS420 and XE360 both seem to be best in class, but I can't find any comparison between them. With the 360mm I get to keep an 140mm Noctua exhaust fan, (also giving me more negative pressure in the case unless I reverse it), with the 420mm I can't keep that fan. I mainly run the system with low CPU usage, and full load on the GPU's at 60% TDP limit right now. I want the least possible amount of noise in this use case, but headroom for scaling up to (noisier) overclocking in the future would ideally still be an option... I am leaning towards AF-F14 PPC 2000 PWM or NF-F12 PPC 2000 PWM fans for both usecases. Has anyone compared the performance of both rads to each other?

My review of the GT 420 starts out with using a motherboard that will cause the least bottle necks so i used a hp MT 500b an LGA 775 CPU running a core 2 duo 2.93 GHz,This card cost me 39.99 us dollars free s/h it got here in 2 day so when I tested it i had my doubts about a 40 dollar card but it surprised me This card was made for streaming YouTube and other things like that so what can it do. The card stars out at a base clock of 700 MHz and a memory clock of 1600MHz so i overclocked it to 750 MHz and 1700 MHz memory clock and it could play 1440p video for now but i will try to keep everyone updated with my reviews and problems i have had with the card.Thank you

Hello everyone! I have the following setup and want to start with a custom cpu loop. My 6700K is able to run 5GHz, but I can't cool this beast with air. When going 4.8GHz or higher I get temperature limits at gaming/benchmarks. (100°C). thermal paste is cryptonaut https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/BtkXD8 this is my setup I want to go for a 420mm radiator setup. I already have the following parts: 3 Eloop 140mm fans (B14-2) Aquacomputer D5 pump motor with PWM input and speed signal Aquacomputer pump adaptor for D5 pumps, compatible with aqualis, G1/4 aqualis base for pump adapters 450 ml (https://shop.aquacomputer.de/product_info.php?products_id=2923) double protect ultra 2l - blue What I want: 420mm radiator (thought of the XSPC 420mm) soft-tubing (EK WB ZMT) Phanteks fittings ball valve temperature sensor What may be an issue: I have 1 odd, 1 hdd and I need both. I could go with the 3.5" inside the 5.25" slot or maybe you have different ideas. I tried the 3.5" mounting from Phanteks, but sadly it doesn't fit for the luxe, maybe you also have an idea for mounting that. I know now that I will have to remove the hdd cages for fitting that big pump+reservoir combo. Do my ideas work? Anything I miss? Thanks if you could help me.

I currently use loudness equalization quite a lot with my current sound card but I am having driver issues and I want to get a portable and driverless external DAC. I am thinking about getting a FiiO E10K since it is fairly cheap and driverless. I am just wondering, does the FiiO E10K and other driverless DACs have loudness equalization in the sound settings in windows? I tend to use loudness equalization quite a lot and find it useful. thanks

Hi. I want to know will be there some impact for fps in particular game (CS:GO) if i set in nvidia control panel texture filtering to high perfomance? I have 4670k oced 4.5Ghz and gtx760.

Hello everyone, I found a pc for sale and here are the specs : Cpu : Intel Core i7 860 Motherboard : ASUS P7P55D Gpu : Sapphire HD 5970 4G, Dual-GPU 2x2GB RAM : Corsair 4x 2Go, DDR3-1600 Psu : Corsair TX750 (750W) I know there is no case and hhd or sdd ! He is asking for 420 dollars, should i get it or not ? I would like to game on this pc, like far cry 4 and newer games, i know that i wont be playing in 4k all maxed out ! Thanks a lot in advance !!!!!

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Before I say something rude, if you guys already know I almost set someone's computer on fire. Now that that's over, some idiot decided it would be a good idea to un-plug one of the fans from the inside of a video card. I bought new replacement fans because the old one was toast. The fans have the same model number however the new Asus ones use a 4pin connector instead of a 3 pin, and I'm not sure how to re-wire or just plug them back in. The old configuration on the stock Gigabyte fans is BlackBlack/RedRed/Yellow and the 4 pin connector with the same orientation is in the scheme BlueBlue/Red/BlackBlack/YellowYellow. From my understanding the blue wires are for fan speed control, and I know I will have to cut the connector on the videocard. Anyone have experience with this? I was unable to find a wiring guide for these fans. Both sets of fans share the model number "T128010SH" http://imgur.com/AJasN8y,GbG2va8,YNbbdZY,0kDKtbR,9hb8jz9,XHgTp4u#0

GOTY? Sure. Why not? It has Mtn. Dew, Doritos, Dubstep, 420, Noscopes, and a gold plated AK! And still better than some games.......::cough:: ubisoft ::cough:: I made it through 5 minutes. Props to whoever watches it all the way through.... Source: http://www.eteknix.com/game-year-420blazeit-doritos-mountain-dew-scoping/

Given that they are the same thickness which one performs better?

So, I'm planning on matbe selling my new computer and re build a newer one from scratch, as the computer I have now, was build kinda poorly (by me) and has some bad picks in it (by me). So while looking at a GPU, I find I have two options; 770 or R9 280X. The rest of the system is looking to be an FX-8320, 4x2 RAM, 120 SSD and 1 TB HDD. The models I'm looking at are the MSI GAMING ones. Prices are pretty much the same (R9 280X is rougly a dollar cheaper) Help me pick! Which one will perform best in games?

Sorry. I reached 420 posts. blaze it

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