Recent content by Zescion

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    News OpenAI's gargantuan data center is even bigger than Elon Musk's xAI Colossus — world's largest 300 MW AI data center in Texas could reach record 1...

    Not an expert, but I don't think datacenters are connected directly to the grid. To my knowledge, large capacitors are used to smooth energy demand fluctuations. The problem still stands, who is going to pay for those large systems.
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    News HP intentionally made customers hold for 15 minutes for telephone customer service, then quickly canceled it due to backlash

    That's what they mean when they say “We’re always looking for ways to improve our customer service experience“
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    News AMD Fixes Botched Ryzen Firmware That Accidentally Disabled CPU Cores

    Those comes more from the motherboard firmware updates and the changelog should mention it. Not an expert here, but the changelog of my B650 Gigabytes motherboard reports for some firmware revisions a generic "improved memory compatibility" and just in the last one mentioned the implementation...
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    Review SilverStone VIDA 240 Slim SFF AIO Review: Dynamite comes in small packages

    3% better cooling and 0.6% more performance than a DeepCool AG620 for more than double the noise and price. I don't think it's worth the hassle to go liquid with this option.
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    News Core i9-13900K Cooling Guide: Testing Intel's Flagship With Budget Air and Big AIOs

    To my understanding this is done with no overclocking, but just relying on turbo boost. If that's correct, is the same behavior to be observed with B660 motherboards, provided a proper power delivery?
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    Review Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 Review: Quiet i9 Chiller

    Nice cooler, but the Thermaltake Peerless Assassin beats it with similar noise using air and a third of the price.
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    News Nvidia AD106, A107 Ada Lovelace GPUs May Use PCIe x8 Interface

    Not just cost saving, but smart business decision. They'll keep selling 30xx GPUs when the new cards are out. This will give one good reason to buy the old cards.
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    News Used GPU Prices Fall Up to 50% in Recent Months as Mining Stops

    I had a single opposite experience. In times when I naively ignored cryptomining even existed, I bought a used R9 280x "previously used in a server". It suffered flickers from day one and I had to significantly down clock the memory to make it usable. Inevitably the issue got worse and I...
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    News Intel Comments On Alder Lake's Warping and Bending Issues, Mods Void Warranty

    It's jut the beginning of the Deflection Gate....
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    News Amazing Budget CPU, the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Now at its Lowest Price Ever: Real Deals

    Serious question, is the i5 12400 with B660/DDR4 a better deal right now for gaming? Looking at reviews it's not just (slightly) faster, but also similarly efficient. Am I missing anything?
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    News Nvidia Image Scaling Runs On Radeon GPUs Thanks to Lossless Scaling

    Can this be run on non-steam games?
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    News AOC Unveils Ultrawide 32:9 165Hz 49-Inch Monitor

    Its refresh rate will be max 75Hz if you connect it through one of the three HDMI ports, it will be max 165Hz if you use the Display Port.
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    Review Acer Predator Triton 300 SE Review: More Powerful Than it Looks

    It would be nice to see a comparison with the Asus Zephyrus g14, as that is one of the main competitors given the similar price, weight and specs
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    News Asus Publishes List of Mobile RTX 3000 Configs

    Nicely done from Asus. It's good to know what you are buying. Hope to see many other companies providing the same detailed information.