Recent content by Slesreth

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    News This Raspberry Pi Microscope Was Built With Legos

    A note to readers who would be editors. Here is a publishing guideline request from the LEGO® Group in 2009: "Please help us to protect our brand name: • The LEGO brand name should always be written in capital letters • LEGO must never be used as a generic term or in the plural or as a...
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    News Aorus’ New PCIe 4 SSD Gobbles Up 16 Lanes of PCIe, Might Make Your GPU Jealous

    Where Niels Broekhuijsen got his IOPS information from is not provided in any link given in this article. The press release page linked from the article does not even use IOPS or the words that make it. The only numbers given for speed is in this quote from the first paragraph, "..., today...
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    Giveaway! It's Hammer Time!

    While I wait for ordered PC parts to arrive: I will feel hungry, eat less, and work more. In between these events I occasionally play games on my PC.
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    News Japan and South Korea Trade Fight Could Hurt Memory Supply

    "Japan claims a degenerating relationship with Korea is the reason these controls have been put in place. These may be a reference to a dispute over South Koreans who were forced to perform labor for Japanese companies during World War II and whether compensation will be provided." Japan has...
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    Article G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 2x16GB Kit Review: No Lights, Nice Price

    G.SKILL TridentZ Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 I would argure all prior pro/con arguments are invalid concerning the G.Skill Ripjaws V. The G.Skill TridentZ is $355 at Newegg & Amazon - CAS/RAS 14-14-14-34 & tRC 75 - 1T - 1.35v Tested XMP 2.0; it is cheaper and faster...
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    Gigabyte's Beefy X299-WU8 Motherboard Boasts up to 7 PCIe Lanes

    All other title concerns aside, mine is with the current one (on the article's URL not the forum's URL): "Gigabyte's Beefy X299-WU8 Motherboard Boasts up to 7 PCIe x16 Slots" Then the article says:
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    Square Enix Reveals Shadow of the Tomb Raider Minimum Specs

    Psycho_Kenshin says pretty well exactly how I feel about the last two TR games Square Enix has released in his OP on the EU Square Enix forum here: https://forums.eu.square-enix.com/showthread.php?t=141706 I might take a free copy in a raffle, but I wouldn't pay for what I view as a form of sexism.
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    Intel's Got Game? Ex-AMDer Chris Hook Joins Company's New Discrete GPU Team

    "AMD Earnings Soar on Exploding Ryzen Growth, Crypto Mining Craze" Why does anyone actually think Intel is after a gaming enthusiasts dollar? Crypto Currency is a market that they currently have little share in. It is the AIBs that are getting bought out to expand ones Crypto generating...
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    AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Review: Redefining Ryzen

    I thought this review was a well done, objective piece of work. Thank you, Paul and Igor, for an excellent read! I am impressed that AMD came out with power improvements on their top Zen+ model that beat the Ryzen 7 1700's power consumption at idle. It broke even in CAD with only a minor...
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    The Nintendo Switch Summer Fun Giveaway!

    Thank You Tom's Guide/Hardware!! Good luck to everyone!
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    Palmer Luckey Will Leave Oculus On March 31

    This read for me a lot like how watching the business politics for Rand Industries played out in Marvel's The Iron Fist on Netflix. "You get to keep your 51% shares. But, we voted you off the committee that runs this company. Your votes no longer count. Enjoy the early retirement!" Your name is...