Recent content by Dementoss

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    News Delidded AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D runs 23 degrees cooler

    Given that a 9950X3D costs around £700 here in the UK, there's no way I would risk trying delidding.
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    The best Amazon Big Spring Sale deals 2025

    I could do with some springs...
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    News Seagate hard drive controversy persists as scammers discover methods to alter reliability metrics

    You don't think the scammers haven't already thought about that one? The scammers aren't stupid...
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    News Angry Miao claims new gaming mouse offers ‘infinite battery’ — premium tri-mode mouse maker makes dubious claims

    If they try selling this mouse in the UK, with the "infinite battery" claim, the Advertising Standards Authority will slap that down, as long as someone reports it...
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    News RTX 5070 Ti manufacturing defect cuts performance by up to 10% — 88 ROPs vs 96 ROPs (design)

    This seems to me like cutting back on product testing and, cutting quality control, presumably to boost profits. If it is the case, it looks like the policy is backfiring.
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    News Asus continues fragrant device trend with an aromatic mouse

    So we have finally progressed from Intellimouse, to Smellimouse...
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    News Newegg reintroduces scalper-beating 'Shuffle' lottery for premium-priced RTX 5080s

    I've said this before, don't buy the latest products as soon as they come on the market, don't be an early adopter. Buy later and you will get a better price, as you won't be hampered by deliberate stock shortages aimed at keeping prices high, or be competing with the scalpers. Added to which...
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    News RTX 4090 liquid cooled with 12,000 BTU air conditioner, RTX 5090 up next — GPU runs at 20C

    If the fridge interior has fan assisted cooling, as many modern fridges do, most of the moisture in the air is deposited on the heat exchanger and exits through a drain. So, if the door is kept closed, humidity will be kept low. As stated above though, the fridge won't last long as they are not...
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    News Ryzen 5 7400F uses thermal paste instead of solder, chip hits max temps at stock TDP

    If I was thinking of buying one of these CPUs, I would wait for proper reviews from known respectable sources, like Tom's. Not rely on some random spod, who's testing methods and level of honesty are unknown.
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    News Users report bricked or unstable RTX 5090 and 5080 cards — root cause to be determined

    I see where you're coming from but, personally, I have no need of such a powerful GPU so, for me it matters not.
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    News Users report bricked or unstable RTX 5090 and 5080 cards — root cause to be determined

    The obvious point to make here is, don't buy the latest hardware immediately it's released, wait until any teething troubles have been dealt with.
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    Question Restore eMMC ?

    If you really could afford to spend that much money and, the data was sufficiently important to justify the spend, you would have gone straight to a data recovery firm, you wouldn't be farting about here. Equally, you would be looking even more of an idiot for not having backups, note my use of...
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    News Apple silicon is vulnerable to side-channel speculative execution attacks "FLOP" and "SLAP

    Is the problem only with Safari or, are other browsers affected? As far as I am aware, all web browsers have to use the Webkit kernal, to be permitted in the Apple App Store.
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    News Nvidia finally admits looming RTX 50-series GPU shortage — RTX 5090, RTX 5080 stockouts may happen

    Only a mug buys the latest hardware, as soon as it's released. Just be patient, then buy for less.
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    News Lucky buyer snags a RTX 4070 Super for $350 in Walmart clearance sale

    A whole article because, person buys cheap graphics card. Future's clickbaitery going into over-drive...