Recent content by martinigm

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    News AMD vs Intel 2020: Who Makes the Best CPUs?

    I was (and still am) the owner i9-7940X/1080Ti but I needed another machine at my exwife+son. So a couple of weeks ago I built a Ryzen 5 3600/2070 Super.. so I'm not a Intel nor AMD fanboi... and the really cool thing is: just a few years ago the writing an article called "AMD vs Intel" would...
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    Bluetooth is Named After What? The Real History Behind Tech Brand Names We Say Every Day

    In old norse "blue" was actually the color "black". So his tooth or teeth were actually black, not blue. And another fun fact: Harald got his nick name long after his death.. I guess no one would call him blåtann (blue/black tooth) to his face.. A viking king who united nations in those days...
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    Asus Prime X299-Deluxe Motherboard Review

    I've had my Asus p8-z77 + 3770k for five years. Even if X299-deluxe + 9700X is kind of pricy up front the price over several years is not bad at all. :)
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    Compression Performance: 7-Zip, MagicRAR, WinRAR, WinZip

    What about the unpacking performance of the programs? Doesn't that count for anything. I'm wondering which of the programs unpacks a 5-10GB archived who is divided into smaller parts?
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    Quiet Gaming Cases, Part 2: Corsair, Fractal, And Gigabyte

    Bought a R4 a couple of months ago and I'm not really that impressed. My old Antec P182 was really, really quiet almost silent. The fans on the R4 isn't noisy, but you hear them hum when you're sitting next to the computer.