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    Samsung's roomy and speedy 4TB 990 Evo Plus SSD returns to its lowest-ever price of $229 at Newegg

    I'm still mad at WD for lying to us about SMR NAS drives. So i'll stick with no drives in my computer. ;)
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    News First AMD Strix Halo handheld gaming PC confirmed — GPD teases Ryzen AI Max+ 395 handheld in performance video

    As well as the Family car, 65watt USB Cigarette adapters are like $25. Grandma's house has outlets, as well as many waiting rooms. My brother works in a hospital and he plays his Legion Go while waiting in the staff lounge between surgeries.
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    News First AMD Strix Halo handheld gaming PC confirmed — GPD teases Ryzen AI Max+ 395 handheld in performance video

    Yes, me too. Especially when I travel for business, I want to dock with a monitor or a tv, the performance of the current handhelds is typically at lower resolutions and quality. It's just not up to par with my standards.
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    News YouTuber resuscitates unstable Ryzen 7 5800X for $30 — a 300 MHZ underclock saved the day

    I bought a 5800x when it was first released. It was never stable and overbinned from the factory. All defaults settings, no overclock. I had to manually clock it to 4.4ghz to prevent it from boosting too high, otherwise it would bluescreen with whea uncorrectable errors. After a year of...
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    News Cyberpunk 2077' comes to the Mac July 17 — patient Apple gamers get support for every Apple Silicon chip, new Metal features, and Spatial Audio

    It would be so nice if they brought this to iPadOS, which uses the same M series silicon.
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    News Switch 2 account ban saga continues as Redditor taunts Nintendo after ripping 20 cartridges and playing online — others warn that it's just a matte...

    Actually, I have no need to pirate. As a parent, I cringe whenever my son carries around his Switch case loaded with games. At $60 each and something like 10 games. That's about $900 he's carrying around. Would be much nicer to mitigate it to just a switch as a flash card. If I weren't...
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    News Dude, where's my GPU? — Microcenter customer gets backpack-stuffed box instead of RTX 5090

    When a customer purchases a new 5060 or above graphics card. They should open the box right then and there at the counter to ensure authenticity.
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    Question 2.5Gbe on Asus Prime B350M-A

    I'd recommend you get a USB-C to 2.5gbe adapter. PCIEx1 doesn't have the proper bandwidth for 2.5gbe. With USB-C, you'll get the proper bandwidth. My whole home network is 2.5gbe now and 2 computers use usb-c to 2.5gbe. They work great without hiccups or issues. As for your current...
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    AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Faceoff

    I got my first AM4 in 2017, a Ryzen 1600. That's 6-7 years depending on how you look at it. There'll be a noticeable difference before that. Especially if you plan on playing Squadron 42 which is based on a heavily modified Cryengine 3. It's very CPU bottlenecked.
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    AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Faceoff

    X3D is a gaming processor. If you're going to compare non-gaming, then you have to consider the 9950x which is cheaper than the 285K. The 9950x is also better at single core than the x3D variant shown by the charts in this article.
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    Question [smartphones] About default mode photo's resolution and how more limits are added if we decide to photograph with more megapixels

    You have to keep in mind that phones have 3-4 separate cameras as well. Some cameras are higher megapixels than others. At least in the iPhone, there are destinct 0.5x, 1x, 2x and 5x buttons. At these button levels, you're using the actual full resolution of the sensor (2x is pixel shift I...
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    News Nintendo details the Switch 2 in a Direct livestream

    Many parents, including myself would not want a built in camera on the switch. If it has a camera, I would want a way to lock it out for young children. I would also want the microphone and party VOIP to have the ability to lock out as well, except for APPROVED friends. Too many old creeps on...
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    Question Is there a way to permanently set an IP address to an USB ethernet adapter?

    This sounds like the winner right here. Zero cost too.
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    News Nintendo details the Switch 2 in a Direct livestream

    That pricing is getting crazy for parents. Especially if they have multiple kids.