Recent content by robodan918

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    NZXT N7-Z37XT Motherboard Review

    Looks terrible. Performs meh. No USB 3.1 10Gbps (A or C ports). No built-in wifi. Only 2x 16x slots. Thanks Tomshardware I won't go anywhere near this
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    Gift Guide for the College Student

    Want to feel like you're living in the future but you're on a student budget? Buy a google home mini $50 https://store.google.com/?playredirect=true
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    Asus Unleashes A B250 Mining Motherboard With 19 PCIe Slots

    I just got this board today. The biggest problem it has (and I didn't know because the asus product webpage wasn't available until after I bought it) is that you can only address 16 GPUs whether in Linux or windows (which itself has a 10 gpu limit). This makes the "19" slots borderline false...
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    Biostar Announces Racing Z270GTN, B250GTN Mini-ITX Boards

    No USB 3.1? No thanks also biostar so... no thanks
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    Best PSUs (Archive)

    If you can get your hands on one of Seasonic's X-series (650, 750, 850W 80+ gold PSUs) I'd highly recommend. The Prime is based on them, they very nearly reach 80 plus platinum spec (that prime has), have 7 years warranty (instead of 10 with prime), but - this is where it gets very interesting -...
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    Arctic's Freezer 33, 33 Plus, 33 CO All Have Zero-RPM Fan Modes

    For the price, the i32 is unbeatable. 25 quid on amazon.co.uk. I added a second Arctic F12 PWM fan (the same as the first one that comes with the i32) for an extra 5er... not that it really needed it. Used Arctic Silver 5 (as I have for years). My i7-6700 CPU idles around 30C and never even...
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    Arctic's Freezer i32 Plus CPU Cooler Has A Zero-RPM Mode

    For the price, the i32 is unbeatable. 25 quid on amazon.co.uk. I added a second Arctic F12 PWM fan (the same as the first one that comes with the i32) for an extra 5er... not that it really needed it. Used Arctic Silver 5 (as I have for years). My i7-6700 CPU idles around 30C and never even...
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    Intel To Produce 7nm Node At Fab 42, Announces $7 Billion Investment To Finish Construction

    Subtext to this news: Intel fears competition from AMD again: sets off to complete factory 4 years late and finally stop producing the same chip 5 years later.
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    Lenovo’s Charming Little Multimedia Controller Impresses At CES

    an unsurprising transition from the Lenovo mini keyboard N5901 and N5902 predecessors
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    MSI Announces Ten New 200-Series Gaming Motherboards

    Asus is still winning with 2 M.2 M-key slots 2x 1TB 960 Pro in RAID0 would be heaven
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    Lenovo Intros New 'X1' Product Family With Infrared Webcams, Long Battery Life, LTE-A Support

    only fail is using ddr3 otherwise this is a beautiful machine that, when paired with a eGPU dock, would make for a killer single machine/desktop replacement
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    Crucial Goes 'Ballistix - By Micron'

    worst NVMe write performance... ever