Recent content by Conradish006

Wait... That's even possible?!

There was no way an i7-860 wasn't going to bottleneck a GTX 1080 TI. It's like using a garden hose as the air intake for a car.

I have done this before, you MUST make sure that you select the right drive. Don't make the stupid mistake I did.

I recently had a friend buy a GTX 1080 TI for his system so he could play more recent games. I asked about the other specs in his system, and he told me, i7-860 (you read that right), 2 x 4 GB DRR3 800 MHz memory DIMMS, and a single 1 TB WD Caviar Black. He insisted for a long time that the GPU...

Not sure about Windows, but macOS has the option to write over everything 7 times for an extra secure-erase. I'm sure Windows or some third party app has that feature.

The 5600xt is an excellent card for gaming on ultra at 1080P. The CPU is a solid choice for gaming and streaming. I personally would've gone for the similarly priced Ryzen 5 3600, as it's 7nm technology, and the 6 cores are quite a bit more powerful than the 8 on the 2700x.

I'm almost 99% sure it would not. It's been almost 15 years since the CPU's of laptops were socketed. And your CPU would need to be Comet Lake architecture.

Could we see some improved VRM cooling with B550? Possibly even with water cooling?