Recent content by CXB

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    News 2TB SK hynix Platinum P41 Now $154, An All-Time Low: Real Deals

    Here in the UK, it's worse!! £319, or $394.
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    News Motherboard Shipments Plummet by Ten Million Units in 2022: Report

    Nice graph. But I couldn't find a SINGLE item that was "latest generation". Even the Apple M1 has been superceded.
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    News How To Manage Users in Linux

    If only. While it's true that the vast majority of everyday tasks in Linux can use the GUI interface, it only takes ONE exception to ruin that reputation. It's in the nature of Linux that some applications and drivers are supported by entities outside the main distributors: manufacturers...
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    News Microsoft: You Can't Get Around Windows 11 Requirements

    I welcome a more secure environment. Microsoft has to gamble their entire fortune on the security of their software. It' a huge risk for them. Making PCs more secure, moving clients onto GPT, checking they have firewalls up, reducing the vast set of possible configurations, etc etc all makes...
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    Review LG 27GN950-B 4K 144Hz Monitor Review: One Fast Pixel Mover

    Well, you may have heard that, but I've just left my PC and my LG 27GN950 alone for 4 hours, and as soon as I hit my space bar on the keyboard, everything just woke up where it had left off. What I do find is that sometimes, with a second monitor, the GPU gets in a twist. But that's not a...
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    Review LG 27GN950-B 4K 144Hz Monitor Review: One Fast Pixel Mover

    The most recent firmware to the LG 27GN950-B pushes the display rate to 160Hz at 4k (the firmware takes a nervous 30+ minutes to load) A very nice monitor, well-suited to DisplayPort, DSC and the new graphics cards coming out (I was lucky to bag an RTX3070)
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    [SOLVED] Asrock B450m Pro4/Ryzen 5 3600 Highest Ram Speed?

    Yes, it was bought last year, and I paid to have the latest BIOS update (just to be sure - but that was a year ago). I'm not even sure they did anything! Since then, I've applied other updates, and the the latest Ryzen 5000 CPU upgrade, as AsRock are very good at supporting BIOS updates on their...
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    [SOLVED] Asrock B450m Pro4/Ryzen 5 3600 Highest Ram Speed?

    Sorry if this is too late. Lots of speculation here. I have an AsRock B450M Pro4, an AMD R5 3600, and Corsair memory that supports 3600MHz. Everything works just fine at 3600: Infinity fabric (1800), CPU (varies from 3600-4200), and memory (at XMP2.0 3600 level). Technically, the XMP 2.0 is an...
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    News MSI MPG B550 Gaming Edge Wi-Fi Motherboard For Ryzen Processors is $40 Off

    You might like to re-phrase your first line in this review. This doesn't look anything like a "mini-ITX". Regards
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    [SOLVED] Gtx 1050ti needs 6 pin

    Hi, I have had 2 motherboards and vastly different cpus (but both rated at 65w), with a bunch of rotating and SSD disks, and a GTX1050ti, all operating from a 300w supply in an HTPC. Two differences: the GTX1050Ti was 75w with no additional power connector (ie all through the PCIE connection)...