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    News Ryzen 7000 Runs Faster With Security Mitigations Enabled on Linux

    How do 5000-series (Zen 3) CPUs perform with these new mitigations?
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    News Seagate Launches Limited Edition Cyberpunk 2077-Inspired SSD

    The motherboard in the photo must be an X570.
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    News GPU Shortage Got You Down? GeForce GT 730 Makes a Comeback

    I went from a GT 740 to an RX 5600 XT. The GT 740 is kinda okay, but it's definitely not great. Honestly, integrated graphics, especially AMD's, are better than that these days.
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    News Big HDDs Set New Sales Record: 288 Exabytes in Q1

    NAS drives up to 12 terabytes are sold to home users. It also seems like people are becoming disillusioned with streaming services and are opting for NAS systems. In addition to streaming services, there are services like iTunes and Google Play where you "own" the content but can only use it on...
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    Review Patriot Viper VP4300 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Killer Looks, Fast Performance

    Going by Western Digital's pricing, I'd say at least $50 of Patriot's price is from the heatsink. At least Western Digital lets you save $50 by going without the heatsink, which makes sense if you have a motherboard that comes with its own SSD heatsink setup, like the relatively inexpensive...
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    15 Technologies I Thought My Son Would Never Use

    I'm not too sure about the SD card. I had a similar thought about ten years ago, but with music. My idea was that you could go to the store with a flash drive, go up to a kiosk, select an album, insert your flash drive, pay, and then the album would be copied over to your flash drive. Granted...
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    15 Technologies I Thought My Son Would Never Use

    1. Most ISPs will remain wired-only because it's the best way to provide a connection, especially one with low-latency. Wireless is neat, but it just won't ever be able to compare to wired. 2. Digital cameras may have lost their appeal for most people, but they still outshine phone cameras in a...
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    News AMD X570S Motherboard Listings Suggest Impending Chipset Refresh

    Since AMD explicitly said Zen+ was the last generation to use the AM4 socket, it must be a more power-efficient x570. Considering the R&D money that went into making it more power-effiicient, I'm afraid it won't be any cheaper than B550. It would be a good alternative for people who want the...
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    News AMD's Zen 3 CPUs Are Susceptible To Spectre-Like Vulnerability

    The reason I mention it is because they've had vulnerabilities like this in the last few years, but most of them could only be exploited locally.
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    News AMD's Zen 3 CPUs Are Susceptible To Spectre-Like Vulnerability

    I noticed that there's one tidbit missing from both the article and AMD's whitepaper: Whether this bug be exploited remotely or if physical access would be required.
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    News Razer May Finally Be Launching Its First AMD Gaming Laptop

    The video at the bottom of the page says to not overclock GPUs, but some cards are overclocked at the factory. It's just that factory-overlocked cards usually have coolers and VRMs that can handle the extra heat and power. I think it would have been better to say "Don't overclock a GPU yourself...
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    News Best Buy Laid Off 5,000 Employees in Response to the Online Shopping Boom

    Thank you for contributing to unemployment.😠
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    News AmpliPi Raspberry Pi Sound System Plays Music in Every Room

    How do you connect speakers? What kind of adapter would you need?