Recent content by BillyBuerger

8-pin PCIe cables are a standard. Corsair can't just make a 300W PCIe cable as that's not the standard and no one else does that so it wouldn't change GPUs at all. As far as I can see, the whole Type 3 or Type 4 thing is related to the connections on the PSU. Type 4 8-pin connectors on their...

You really don't need a 1kW unless you're powering one of nVidia's stupid high power cards which will use these connectors anyways. So it makes sense that these PSUs focus on that. But also, if you wanted to power a more reasonable GPU that uses a couple 8pin connectors, you can just use a...

Chyrosran did a video review of this thing a few months back. He's a big fan of large keyboards with lots of macro keys so no surprise he's been on top of this keyboard. Definitely not my thing but it is still cool. I would point out that while their classic layout is very much symmetrical...

In the software section, seems to be something left behind or an accidental copy/paste from a different review...

https://www.amazon.com/Button-Square-Silent-Wireless-Switch/dp/B0CWNNX11S These are only 2-pin switches, not the 3 pin ones used in many mice. But they work just fine as a replacement. I forget what the 3rd pin is for exactly but it doesn't affect the switching needed.

This is a good idea. Except that most of what I'm seeing are mouse feet and screws and batteries for wireless keyboards. It's something but there are plenty of other parts that could use replacing. I have a G305 mouse and they have the feet and screws but they are $15 each which is pretty...

The keycaps don't appear to be shine through and the lighting only shines around the keycaps. So the position of the LEDs doesn't seem to matter. Now it will if you decide to change the keycaps for ones that are shine through. But yeah, still seems weird. The south facing position was for...

I like how Manawyrm brought up Technology Connections on YouTube to show it working.

That's actually something I have been thinking would be cool. Not the orientation MSI has it here. But if the PCIe x16 slot was on the bottom edge of a mITX, then the GPU could connect edge-to-edge with the motherboard and give a larger full sized system with the CPU and GPU on the same plane...

Hot swap server PSUs running at 1kW or more use similar connectors. This isn't a new idea and it works just fine in those cases. They are essentially using the same idea here. Assuming they are using similar quality connectors. The one picture there looks a lot like an ISA slot. But server...

The section listing the cables and connectors is incorrectly titled... FSP Hydro G Pro ATX 3.0 1000W

I used a couple of K750 keyboards in the past and they worked well while they worked. But eventually, the battery inside will die. And Logitech seemed to treat these as non-replaceable making them useless after this happens. I hope Lenovo will make the battery replaceable. Otherwise, I would...

I don't really care about blu-ray players as I have never owned one. But if they go away, then blu-ray discs won't be far behind. As noted Best Buy doesn't sell them anymore and Target had become my source for new movies on blu-ray. But Target has stopped selling them in store. Still...

I built a custom server for some development work many years ago when fully buffered DIMMs were the thing. Those things ran hot and I had issues with them overheating. I used a very similar RAM fan from Vantec I think. It helped and kept them at reasonable temps. But I agree that the bigger...