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I'm planning on buying a used tiny PC for 4k streaming to TV from Youtube and Streaming services. (No, not interested in Chrome thingy, I want a PC that I can install Brave browser on. No, Raspberry PI cannot handle 4k videos without stutter and lags, I have tried.) I'm aiming to buy a PC...

Just a heads-up, there is a known issue with Intel® Ethernet Controller I226-V, the one used on Z790 boards. Unfortunately MSI uses this LAN chip on the Tomahawk (actually all their boards, except the Godlike, which is ridiculous in price)...

I'm shopping for a MOBO for an i7 13700k. I have narrowed it down, if I missed something, please let me know. I want it to live long, so a maker with good track record: Asus, Gigabyte, Asrock, MSI. Asus and Gigabyte include aggressive bloatware in the form of Ring -1 (below Kernel) level...

Hello, Shopping for a MOBO for i7 13700k, i watched Gamer's Nexus's recent rant on MOBOs. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEjH775UeNg He mentioned that ASUS installs, on the freaking board, practically a rootkit that installs Armory Crate on your system. I didn't want to believe...

Hmm, I was afraid I had to do this. Luckily I'm only interested in 3-4 manufacturers, so that narrows it down a bit. Thank you!

Thanks, I was suspecting that it would be too much work to maintain such a site. I'm looking for MOBO for i7 13700k. I plan to use the new system for 8-10 years, with one GPU upgrade down the line. I hate e-waste, I hate the "buy buy buy new new new" mentality, and this has worked for me so...

Hello, browsing for MOBOs is a bit overwhelming. Do you know of a detailed and accurate feature list for the currently available 700 (Z790, H780, B760) motherboards? I know roughly what I need, and reading the 100th "best MOBO for intel 13th gen" article (all of which mention the same 5...

Thank you for the reply! The K and non-K variants have a difference in base clock and turbo clock. Enough to justify the minuscule price difference and go for a K chip. And from what I saw based on a quick price check, top end B series boards are still a lot cheaper than low-end Z boards. And...

Hello, I'm wondering which mobo chipset to go for for i7 13700k. The price difference is actually big. (>150 EUR) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1700#Raptor_Lake_chipsets_(700_series) I'm getting a k cpu, because the price difference between k and non-k is negligible (~25 EUR where I live)...

I like your thinking. :) I agree that there are many factors, but I think technically it would be possible to have close enough comparisons by installing the same image on a Ryzen and an Intel machine, and take power readings while the same programs are running. Just like with full synthetic...

Hi Aeacus, thank you for the reply! Well, this is my problem: Processor Base Power The time-averaged power dissipation that the processor is validated to not exceed during manufacturing while executing an Intel-specified high complexity workload at Base Frequency and at the junction...

Hello, I'm looking to upgrade to a new system, and the first and hardest decision is CPU. The Intel 13th gen non-k paper launch was very very disappointing, so I'm looking at either i7 13700k or the Ryzen 7900 (yes, the non-x version with a decent MOBO so that I can overclock if I need in 5-7...

Thank you both for the answers. @RobCrezz I’ll look into the VGA, I thought a passive DVI to VGA could do it, but now that you mention I’ll research this better. @Ramlethal is HD movie watching really that taxing on a video card? I know a 1080 ti would do the job, but I don’t want to get a card...

I’m thinking about upgrading my graphics card, as my current one can’t run current games in HD (1920x1200) with high settings. I need a card that can run most current games in high or ultra at 1920x1200, 60 fps. This would be a 1060 or an RX 580. The catch is, while I game, my wife wants to...

After long hours Googling, I couldn't really find what I was looking for. I'm looking to buy a laptop that I can use for work during the day (the biggest challenge is an occasional virtual machine running on it), and play some games on at night. I don't care about: - battery life (almost...