Recent content by decembermouse

I wish. Water vapor's role in driving climate change gives cause for concern in evaporative cooling of this scale. NASA did another study though that shows how thoughts and prayers expressed on Twitter definitely become stars, so at least there's that.

This was inevitable, as the desire for quieter custom PCs motivates system builders to make all kinds of creative choices in fan selections and placement, sound dampening, PC tower placement, noise-cancelling headsets, and so on. There's the PC build (Linus, I think?) that used an antique home...

I'm a fan. It's not the best-looking case I've ever seen, but it's not bad compared to some of what the industry produces these days. I'd add some mesh filters and ports, but that's just me. Impressive engineering from a consumer. Heat pipes can make noise, sure. Is it preferable to a typical...

Found a typo: "Cooler Master MasterKeys Prom M (SGK-4080-KKCR1-US)" Prom? Pro.

"Since when was the last time a high end laptop had an AMD processor, even when they were the better choice on all levels?" My first laptop was a Voodoo Envy M:860. This was in 2004. It had an Athlon 64 3400+ Clawhammer DTR, 1GB DDR-400, 60GB HDD @ 7200RPM, and a 15.6" screen @ 1680 x 1050...

Definitely Fallout 4. I have a ton of hours in it. I love building settlements, upgrading weapons and armor, finding legendary items, arming and armoring my settlers, and so forth.

Saints Row IV Don't Starve Together

I agree with other commenters. Too big, far too expensive for what it offers. The whole point of mITX is to go small. Minimalism. You don't plan to use two GPUs? Then might as well build a smaller computer and waste less space, generate less noise, makes it easier to transport or disassemble if...

No short / mITX cards? I hope to see some of those soon!

I would love to see a roundup of small GPUs. This is fast becoming a market segment that, for enthusiasts, was neglected for too long. Now that we have more options, we're slowly working towards a tipping point where smaller gaming computers will become the norm. As single GPUs become more...

Tom's hardware is my favorite site to get comprehensive computer and technology news, reviews, sneak peaks, and opinion articles. I've been reading the site for years and I can guess authors of top articles based on the writing style. It feels like home in an odd way... everything's just as I...

I have their FP241VW, which utilizes an S-PVA screen. I've had it for almost 6 years now and love it. If I get another monitor from them, I'd prefer it not to be a TN panel...

I don't understand why they chose not to attach the heatsink fins directly to the block that makes contact with the CPU. By putting more distance between the fins and the block with long heatpipes, the heat will have farther to travel than it would if they had simply attached the fins directly...

I'm really interested in the A4-5000. 15W TDP, and a quad-core with 128 shaders. The E-350 was a dual-core with 40 shaders, and both of these components are older than in Kabini. I expect great things from this platform - I mean, you're not going to build a serious gaming rig with this, but you...

ASIC mining has long eclipsed GPU and CPU mining. Even with one of the more common (and affordable) ASIC miners, the Block Erupter, which runs at ~333Mh/s, you'll likely never make a ROI. It will probably never even pay for itself at this point, since they've tripled in price in the past couple...