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6 hours ago, luegnicl said:

The Mac pro has not been Updated since 2013. But the price has not lowerde anyhow. So i tried to build an hackintosh with the same specs as the lowest spec 6 cor mac pro apple offers in germany. it costs 3400€. i built an machine with an i7 6800k, 16 gb of ram,  an 1000gb pcie m.2 ssd and an rx580 wich has 1.5 times the performance that the dual d500 gpus in the mac pro offer. So it has the same ammount of ram. 4 times the storage that is by the way faster than the mac pro`s, an 3.4 instead of an 3.5 ghz six core processor, that instead has an higher ipc and is overclockable, and more graphics horsepower for 1400€

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7 minutes ago, Xanthe_2871 said:

That's hilarious. I've had the same issue with some friends of mine. It amazes me how people can forget the most basic steps like, you know, turning the thing on! 

That's why at the start of my first programming class, the lecturer told us how to turn a PC on

 

 

 

Then proceeds to never come to class...........

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16 hours ago, DocSwag said:

They updated Ryzen with proper ECC support? I musta missed that :P 

I've seen a some indications that it does if the MBs support it. ( https://community.amd.com/thread/210870#2784005 )

 

 

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Now there was an answer from AMD in the Reddit AMA.

 

ECC works as long as the motherboard supports it, but it is not part of the official validation testsuite.

 

 

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1 minute ago, Abyss Gaming said:

http://www.estar.eu/en/product/estar-x50/Science...

It's a dual core at the same time as being a quad core. Hmm, that doesn't seem right....

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2 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

It's a dual core at the same time as being a quad core. Hmm, that doesn't seem right....

Unless by some miracle, that CPU supports hyperthreading...

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6 minutes ago, Abyss Gaming said:

http://www.estar.eu/en/product/estar-x50/Screenshot_208.png.db0a87b22725e4128f9d19c9872a144a.pngScience...

probably something similar to what AMD has done with Buldozer and Ryzen, haveing sevral cores in one module

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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Wait another 15 years and see where they are at. I will be retired and on a sandy beach on my own island.

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18 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

probably something similar to what AMD has done with Buldozer and Ryzen, haveing sevral cores in one module

No, it's using 4 A7s :) just incorrect info

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This isn't really an experienced with non-techies but i still thought i'd share it lol.

So i was searching "Bottleneck" on youtube to link Techquickies video about it in a thread.

Turns out there's some Redneck Rapper dude/crew that's called Bottleneck. 

The thumbnail of their muiscvideo looked TOTALLY cringe so heck, i clicked on it.

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Soon i realized while it's really not my kind of music, it was actually pretty good, so i commented exactly that.

And look what happened:

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The dude replied within minutes and was pretty cool about everything. So i decided to just sub him because why the hell not.

 

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7 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

This isn't really an experienced with non-techies but i still thought i'd share it lol.

So i was searching "Bottleneck" on youtube to link Techquickies video about it in a thread.

Turns out there's some Redneck Rapper dude/crew that's called Bottleneck. 

The thumbnail of their muiscvideo looked TOTALLY cringe so heck, i clicked on it.

XpAql4Q.png

 

smal musicians are always pretty nice, i watch quite a few guitar covers of metal songs for example, i drop a nice coment and then talk a bit to the artist. a bit of praise can probably make their day :D 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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Friend: you probably can't afford an iPhone so you got an s8 

Me: *showing him price* an iPhone is cheaper

Friend: no look at the plus it's more expensive

Me: ok then let's compare the s8 plus price

Friend: *silence*... Sounds like a copy to me

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10 hours ago, Abyss Gaming said:

Friend: you probably can't afford an iPhone so you got an s8 

Me: *showing him price* an iPhone is cheaper

Friend: no look at the plus it's more expensive

Me: ok then let's compare the s8 plus price

Friend: *silence*... Sounds like a copy to me

b.....b.....but iPhones are better cause they have moa POWA for less MOOLAH

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I think this counts.

 

Friend has 4790k, and is looking at upgrading stuff.

 

Him: The CPU is not compatible with ddr4 RAM motherboards. The i7 4790k can only go in motherboards which support ddr3. What should I do?

Me: Use a Z97 board...

Him: There aren't any ddr4 Z97 boards? Do I need a new i7?

Me: Just use ddr3... Haswell refresh doesn't support ddr4

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Laptop (I use it for school):

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And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb

 

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10 minutes ago, matrix07012 said:

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Verizon making you pay extra for Steam and Netflix? What is this horseshit?

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33 minutes ago, Dude said:

Verizon making you pay extra for Steam and Netflix? What is this horseshit?

I thought it was one of those 'if net neutrality wasn't a thing this might become a reality'

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138 is a good number.

 

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38 minutes ago, Dude said:

Verizon making you pay extra for Steam and Netflix? What is this horseshit?

 

49 minutes ago, matrix07012 said:

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I've never seen that before lol wtf. I have Verizon and I can go go any website lol

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1 hour ago, Abyss Gaming said:

 

I've never seen that before lol wtf. I have Verizon and I can go go any website lol

It's a "this could happen because of net neutrality being gone" thing

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Laptop (I use it for school):

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Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050

And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb

 

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I think my favorite experience dealing with a no techie has to be this kid in my class who would try to play games on a low end laptop like Crysis and stuff during class at school, unfortunately the laptop only had Intel on board graphics and a i3 for the cpu, anyway the kid proceeded to download Nvidia Drivers for the high end cards because he thought that they would improve the performance on the Laptop just because it said Nvidia GTX 980 Drivers.

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Today I had to explain to a guy how to open his new laptop.. I'm fkn dead xD

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MSI GE60 2PE i7-4700HQ / 860M / 12GB / WE 1TB / m.Sata 256gb/Elagto USB HD Capture Card

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4 minutes ago, Not_Sean said:

Today I had to explain to a guy how to open his new laptop.. I'm fkn dead xD

Give details about this moron you helped?

Age, Race, Ethnicity, Country, Income bracket

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3 hours ago, Abyss Gaming said:

 

I've never seen that before lol wtf. I have Verizon and I can go go any website lol

I've literally never seen that before and the 22gb thing looks like wireless internet lol vpns are a nice F U so it's all a moot point.

 

 

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@themctipers is triggering me w/ his way to change a cpu 

 

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RyzenAir : AMD R5 3600 | AsRock AB350M Pro4 | 32gb Aegis DDR4 3000 | GTX 1070 FE | Fractal Design Node 804
RyzenITX : Ryzen 7 1700 | GA-AB350N-Gaming WIFI | 16gb DDR4 2666 | GTX 1060 | Cougar QBX 

 

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Just now, Space Reptile said:

@themctipers is triggering me w/ his way to change a cpu 

 

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I'm having a new CPU coming soon, and this laptop had a pentium. If it breaks ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it's a shitty laptop 

if not, yay I have a decent laptop that runs Linux 

Ryzen 5 3600 stock | 2x16GB C13 3200MHz (AFR) | GTX 760 (Sold the VII)| ASUS Prime X570-P | 6TB WD Gold (128MB Cache, 2017)

Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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