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Hi After 6 years is finally time to retire my i7 7700. Therefore i'm in the market for a new CPU. My use-case will be heavy motion design and editing as well as sometimes Blender. Currently i'm running an i7 7700 with a GTX 1060 6GB that i'm planning to still at least a couple of years more. Cooler is a Scyte fuma 2 and PSU is a smart se, that i definetly have to repleace. My budget ranges between 300 to 350 euros. In this price range i've found 2 CPUs that might fit: Ryzen 7 7700x and Ryzen 9 5900x, currenty both at roughly 300 euros. now my questions Is it better to have 4 more threads or to have 5.0 and DDR5? Eventually i will have to buy new ram anyway because my current PC will go to my dad, expect the GPU. Is it more beneficial to have 4 more threads or to have 5.0? Thanks

PCI-SIC accelerates the creation of PCIe 5.0 Source: https://www.overclock3d.net/news/misc_hardware/pci-sic_accelerates_the_creation_of_pcie_5_0/1 PCIe 5.0 will enable users to get more bandwidth out of fewer PCIe lanes and enable the creation of faster PCIe devices, allowing 400Gb/s Ethernet solutions to be created for servers or to reduce the PCIe requirements of modern M.2, U.2 or PCIe storage devices. So with GPUs not even saturating the bandwidth of a current 3.0 x16 slot, I can only wonder what this will do to SSDs... MOAR POWER!!!!111!!!!!

The LAN PC 5.0 Well here we go again. another LAN PC. I really thought i was done with these but clearly not. Here are some important things to note about these builds: they are ment to cost me as little as possibe i generally dont have much time to put them together often i dont buy stuff for them and just use stuff i have around doing stuff the right way isnt doing them the LAN PC way often *intensly stares at the LAN PC 3.0 in terror* they just need to work for about 48h total, more is always good but thats all they NEED to do often This build does not, in any way what so ever, replace the Toaster Project. Not at all. Its just that i cant use a dead computer(mobo died) and this stuff dosent fit in that case so i had to make something new. Specs: CPU: FX 6300 Black Edition - Got it in my first desktop computer i bought back in 2014 GPU: GTX 1050TI MSI Low Profile - Bought it for the Toaster, which is still going, but the motherboard is dead AF RAM: 2x2GB HyperX Genesis - Got these sticks after i sold off my 1600MHz HyperX something that was orange, because they werent compatible with the motherboard in the 4.0 LAN PC HDD: 1TB 7200RPM HDD - Got it of Sweclockers along with another 1TB drive for a total of €60 + shipping a while back. pretty good HDD, perfect SMART values CPU Cooler: Arctic Alpine 64 GT - Same as the CPU Motherboard: 960GM-VGS3 FX - Same as the CPU and cooler, but i havent realized untill yesterday that its DTX!!! PSU: BeQuiet SFX Power 2 300W - Same as the GPU Case: Shitty desktop thing from the early 2000's or the 90's The plan: this is going to end up a sleeper is my idea, looking like garbage while haveing acceptable specs. the case is half height, and i got a low profile 1050TI so thats no problem and the SFX PSU and CPU cooler also both are fine with that. this build was started this sunday and i have come most of the way already, but i still have quite a few problems. i will be bringing this PC to the NTI LAN this comming weekend, so i have just a few days untill it HAS to work or il have to bring Northern Bee which i really dont want too for sevral, probably pretty obvious reasons. if it dies il have to go home so it needs to work for about 36h of games and random shit. Where im at right NOW: first some pictures so what i say here makes some sense: So far i have found a place for all the parts, wired up the power button and front LEDs(the LEDs i havent checked, might have done them wrong lol) and installed windows. At this point you might be a bit like "well not much of a log here is there if everything is already built!" but thats where you are deeply wrong. the case gets so hot that it burns your hands, it shuts down from overheating because there is barely any airflow, the PSU is just kinda held in place with nothing but the fricton from the case(this isnt actiually a major problem tbh) and a bunch of other shit. just routing the SATA cable and completeing the power button took me about 4.5h to do... this case is clearly never made for this hardware, the DTX motherboard and GPU went in with ease but the SATA cable for the harddrive wouldent fit inside the case, especially not with a right angle connector. so i ended up using a normal connector and then instantly wrapping it over itself, over the harddrive and through some metal and shit to the motherboard. power button is a funny thing as well, its a dual button thing so you cant turn it on with the button before the case is closed. figuring that one out and doing the rest of the front panel was a huge pain in the ass but it got done. As for the overheating im super not sure what to do, il probably just remove the IO plate to increase airflow. i have added in a fan that kind of sits on the RAM but it overheated and shut down even with that so clearly thats not helping enough. oh and PCPP estimates about 265W draw from this system on this low end 300W peak output PSU lol. Next update should be whenever i find a solution to the thermals which isnt just straight up removeing the panel Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy this journy as i work my ass off trying to fix basically everything!

Hello, guys! I'm currently looking for a new microphone to my setup, my little yeti microphone died yesterday when I was playing some games. What are you guys thought on the mod mic 5.0 and what sound card should I get with it?

hey all, i have series problem with my internet. fist i need to clarify that i work at c++ programming and i about something or two about internet/routers and so on.. but this problem is making me a difficult time so lets start : i have 200Mbps internet and i have modem+router that a got from my isp provider and it have only 2.4ghz its been a while that i have been seeing a dramatic dropping at the speed i tried to connect it with wired and i got 180Mbps but my wifi only giving me 10Mbps even when i am close to it so i got new router and connected it (tp-link) and it got a dual band so i made my modem+router as bridge mode and made it only a modem and i connect my tp-link as the main router for my surprising the 5.0GHZ was giving a 140Mbps but again the 2.4GHZ was giving me only 10 Mbps i tried to change the channels and change everything but still the 2.4GHZ was very very slow and i has a very small range and very low speed i checked wifi analyzer and there is no wifi signals in 2.4 so i am the only one so there is nothing that can affect my signals.. please help me what is the problem here what do i need to do? do i need to buy a new router or its something with the settings?

Can't find a topic on this, but this is a bit late. Dolphin Emulator got updated to 5.0 on June 24th, with a bunch of fancy new stuff that not only makes games easier to run, but more accurate as well. A DX12 backend was implemented back in february (forum thread created in march) and since then lots of stuff made it to the release, three years in the making. Straight from the horse's mouth: https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2016/06/24/dolphin-50-release/ and the youtube release trailer A couple of highlights and pretty pictures: Other stuff: Dolphin now has an optional statistics reporting tool that you can opt into that can help the developers figure out bugs. (more info https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2016/06/19/optional-usage-statistics-reporting/ ) ========== Honestly, I'm really impressed with the Dolphin team, they continue to be gold standard in not only Emulation, but OSS as well. Now if they can continue the greatness to [insert literally any other half working emulation project here], then that would be damn great. However, I am saddened that there is no official benchmark built into the Emulator. There is no button that says "Click here to test your CPU's performance for Dolphin Emulation", and instead you have to rely on the special build to do that. There doesn't even seem to be plans to put that in there, going off of the last two sections in the release page Go ahead and download it https://dolphin-emu.org/download/

Ok, So I just got the Blu Advance 5.0 about a week ago and in the last three days or so I've been having issues. The phone will randomly crash. Completely restarting the phone as if I had just turned it on for the first time. Going through the process of setting up the apps before going to the home screen. When the phone gets to the home screen I have problems. All the apps that I've places there that were installed on the SD card are gone and they aren't in the app drawer either. I can only get them back after clearing the cache and/or rebooting the phone. I can't seem to recreate the issue, but it only seems to happen in the mornings after not touching the phone all night and without warning. This is my first Android device and I have no idea what I'm doing! EDIT: Just as of today I've experienced two apps crashing with the only way to get them to work again being reinstall and my wallpaper just.....resized itself.......

Hey, I want to know if I can get android 5.0 on my Lg Volt.

I've done many searches in the past for games that support surround sound. Not headphone emulation, but real... gut wrenching... surround sound... the noise that makes you nauseous to open the next door. Anyway I finally came across this site and I wanted to share with the forum. It appears pretty legit. I confirmed a few titles that I've previously found issues with (nearly anything developed by 2K), and the site has it nicely documented. It's unfortunate to see the industry has moved away from 7 channels to 5. Barely any games support LFE channel. Sadly the list is as comprehensive as I would like to see it, but it's better than nothing. http://satsun.org/audio/

Its finally happening after a 9 day delay from November 3rd do to a Wifi battery drain bug Android 5.0 OTA's have started rolling out to all nexus device except for the 4 which should be coming very soon. Start mashing those update buttons people, Its finally here! For anyone who wants to flash the factory image they are also up: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images I will update to a link to the OTA zip for the device when the become available. Source: google, Android Police(http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/11/12/lollipop-otas-have-started-for-the-nexus-5-6-7-2012-and-2013-9-and-10/)

There aren’t many surprises in the tech world at the moment, but the Nokia N1 Tablet’s arrival was completely unexpected. Since selling its phone division to Microsoft, Nokia’s new CEO had mumbled some things about not making mobile devices anymore, and many of us wrote the poor company off, relegating it to the dreary world of navigation and network infrastructure. We were judging Nokia based on its performance over the past few years. You know, rolling over for Microsoft and becoming a characterless corporate stooge. Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/nokia-n1-tablet-shows-nokia-is-back-and-fabulous/#ixzz3JwyVOfgr

Hi there! This past couple of days i have been reading some news report about the new Android 5.0 Lollipop update having trouble connecting to WiFi networks on the Nexus 5. I just got the notification on my Nexus 5 that I can (finally) download the new version but I am not sure if I should update. Are these bugs fixed yet? Should I update my Nexus 5 to the new version? Please help. Thanks.

Hi! I have a problem, I installed Android Lolipop a day ago and I don't like it, so I searched up how to downgrade. There were a lot of tutorials, but all the same and all of them got me the same mistake: When I start flash-all.bat it brings up this (+ an error "fastboot.exe stopped working"): sending 'bootloader' (2508 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (No such device or address)) finished. total time: 0.004s rebooting into bootloader... FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error)) finished. total time: 5.003s sending 'radio' (45409 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (No such device or address)) finished. total time: 0.004s rebooting into bootloader... FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error)) finished. total time: 5.003s archive does not contain 'boot.sig' Press any key to exit... I need an answer quick! Lolipop is draining my battery like water in some rich country + I hate it + it's laggy as hell More info: I have a Nexus 5 with LRX21O version installed, Bootloader version: HHZ12d Thanks to anyone who can help!