Recent content by pepar0

Thank you.

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I installed my i7-14700k on my ASRock Z790 Taichi Lite motherboard only to find that it doesn't POST. Started digging into the problem. That pointed to the original 1.06 BIOS needing flashing, and that lead me to discovering there is no FLASHBACK feature, i.e. no way to flash the BIOS. Reddit...

Sure, at a premium. I have a low opinion of sellers who conveniently have stock on a generally sold out item, and are selling over MSRP.

After the first batch, which has been termed the most successful GPU launch in history, and some “enterprising” SCALPERS, there are none to be found. Amazon projects delivery in mid-Oct, Newegg doesn’t say and MicroCenter is mumm as well. MC even removed the Hellhound from its offerings. How...

Perfectly working MSI Z390-A PRO system lost video output (discrete GPU) then audio and then turned off completely while playing Elden Ring. Tried to reboot and got a brief flash of CPU EZDebug LED (and brief PSU fan rotation) and then blackness. Period. Over the next minute or so the system...

What we need is for Intel to flood the market with GPUs.

Like flammable and inflammable, maybe? Whelmed and overwhelmed ...

Am I alone in feeling like gamers are being ignored with AMD and nVidia high end offerings??

The pricing may "justify" the increase in cost, but is it needed? Personally, I think $1150, or anywhere near $900 is insane. I hope the gaming market passes on this generation of nosebleed cards. nVidia has been the darling of Wall Street; maybe they've forgotten who got them there?

Thanks, I'll give it a go, matey. Jeff

I am running out of space on my Intel 750 400GB PCIe SSD and, remembering the hoops I needed to jump though to use this as my boot drive for Win 7 (Pro 64-bit) on an X99 motherboard, I am now wondering if upgrading to the 800GB part is as simple as restoring an image of the 400GB onto the 800GB...

eBay prices are inflated. The purpose of buying from “Asia” as pointed out by the reviewer, is that the prices there are not as inflated. That does seem like it is the case, though I don’t know why as there are miners there as well. I’ve given up on the idea anyway. The prices are not *that*...

Recently I read a review of a new Vega card, though I forget where. The writer took some flack on reviewing an unavailable card, including some from me. His reply was that he bought it in "Asia" and had it shipped to him. I just checked Alibaba and they do indeed offer Vegas at (relatively)...

10% contribution to sales for mining? Seems more like 99 44/100th percent. Ahhh, the 10% is "overall." No one buys the entire line though. More supply will be welcome though.