Recent content by Grindathotte

I don't think this is continuous, it is just spikes in download speed. Actual data rates per hour would be very much lower.

I got the R7 from the Dell Outlet store and it was a great price. I managed to add a liquid cooler and upgrade the graphics to a 3070 Ti, so I can't complain too much but I could not upgrade the CPU except with a K version if I wanted to pay for a few percent increase in CPU speed. I think...

Easily upgradeable, you just need a hacksaw, bolt-cutters and maybe a crowbar. I still have an R7. It was good value at the time, but a few years down the line I realised my mistake.

Looks like the 5800X3D is still king for Flight Simulator.

I wonder if this will ever work for VR or if the latency would just make you sick?

You beat me to it. I made the mistake of buying an Aurora R7, thinking I could upgrade the graphics. Getting your hands on an RTX 3080 of any form is almost impossible; the fact that there is only one that will fit (that I know of) means a new machine is the only option.

I wonder how many will boycott Amazon if this goes ahead?

This is still energy that could be used in place of fossil-fueled energy elsewhere, whether it's nuclear, solar, hydro or volcano. It's a bit of a cliche I know, but wouldn't saving the planet have a slightly higher priority? Just dreaming of course.

Exactly! This is what happened to house prices in the UK a while back.

There's potential for a price crash, though huge demand may make that unlikely. If hoarders see prices going down they may try to sell quickly to beat the trend, thus pushing prices down further and so increasing the desire to sell quickly, and so on... Well, we can but dream. Nice to see a...