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  1. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    It means the prebuilt is a $1300 tower with well under half the multithreaded performance of a small children's toy coming out before Christmas. Weaker gpu and slower storage too. Baseline of decent performance in pc games is heavily weighed by consoles. It's the reason why most games still run...
  2. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    Wait for an Xbox X for more power and save a grand? Suprised you don't have an afternoon to assemble a pc right now.
  3. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    You should actually try a decent gaming monitor before declaring a high latency + no freesynch cheap tv to be superior.
  4. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    Speculative in this context is how Intel optimized workflow, the attack just uses this speculation. Speculative execution - Wikipedia
  5. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    Concentrated garbage in the form of an article, I especially liked the part speculating Samsung would make the graphics cards. Good to see the 200% increase in performance to watt people are back out in force.
  6. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    There are some hard limitations preventing a 200-300% performance per watt increase over the 2080ti in a single generation. A 50% performance increase would be more likely with ray tracing, slss / etc enabled, but not on normal use. This applies equally to all chip makers Curved screens...
  7. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    3700x and 3800x both have the wraith prism rgb cooler, main difference between the two is binning. Prism is nice looking and decent enough, but you could do better if you want to oc a 3800 or higher. However the gains from overclocking are small these days, moreso on Ryzen.
  8. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    The layout varies so different pins have different voltages. Mixing psu cables can cause drives to brick and even start fires in some situations, they really should be standardized.
  9. Axiel

    Boneworks

    Watched it for a few minutes, looked a bit like portal without portals, the combat however -
  10. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    Rx580 is a 2 year old refresh of a 3 year old card, I had the original 480x 8gb; it was great for the price but it was strictly a 1080p card even in 2016.
  11. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    Atleast 3 fans since the case comes with a free 120 in the back, <10$ per fan. 3600 cl16 ram can get you an extra 5-10% overall performance over 3000 mhz for an extra $20.
  12. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    Nvidia cards have always worked with AMD processors, where are these wives tales coming from? Liquid cooler for a 3600 non x is pretty overkill, esp at 1440p/75hz. Strongly consider some 140mm case fans; less hassle, money, and points of failure. A modest m2 nvme drive for your os and some...
  13. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    Some of that is Nvidia pushing monitor makers to rebrand as "Gsynch compatible" instead of "Freesych." Pricing of Logitech mice made me try a "UtechSmart Venus 16400 DPI High Precision Laser MMO Gaming Mouse" that was on sale for twenty something last year; really good if you like more buttons.
  14. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    I don't think gamers should want a thread count barely above old quad cores with all the headaches it'll inevitably cause in a few years. Just because something doesn't run well on your I5 doesn't make it shitty.
  15. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    The extra pins DO NOT MATTER, the eight pins covers 384 watts and the board+cpu can't use half of that before shorting out. Here's a video that goes ad nausea about it
  16. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    Not going to get much use of an above stock cooler with that motherboard, fwiw 3700x with the included wraith maxes out at low 70s C if your case has reasonable air flow. 16gb is probably the right amount since software's always going to expect more as time goes on. Consider either 3200 cl16...
  17. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    I wouldn't recommend a $500 card for 1080p. You can get a non xt for 350 and maybe even flash it closer to xt performance, or just a get a 1660 TI. Drivers are mostly fixed for 5700s now, bulk of the problems when you search for drivers on reddit are from the first few weeks , some are people...
  18. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    50% is ideal efficiency, this chart can help deciding on a psu Not everything at wikipedia is crap
  19. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    There was the "Ryzen effect" on fast RAM earlier. Overall desktop market is hot for the first time in a while probably boosting prices on other components.
  20. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    Failing that fix some cable management to the trim so they atleast stay straight and out of the way. If you're carpeted you can hide them too since network cables aren't going to start a fire.
  21. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    If the mb works with everything you have, there's generally no point in updating the bios.
  22. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    The reference 5700XT with a blower is crazy hot and loud like the vega, but you might not hate yourself if you can get the sapphire pulse with proper fans for ten dollars more.
  23. Axiel

    Twitch.tv

    Was trying to find a non sellout with over 10k viewers
  24. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    Shouldn't have to compromise that much on a monitor if you're gonna use it very much as a primary display. Fwiw, two years ago I bought a re-certified Acer XF270 HU 27 for $400 (IPS, freesynch, 1440p, 144hz, 4ms.)
  25. Axiel

    Car ?'s

    Honda loves them for some reason. Toyota put 5 pairs of fake vents on the 2020 Supra, so they're probably here to stay.
  26. Axiel

    Car ?'s

    The massive fake vents to the side and the big bar going across the middle really spoil it.
  27. Axiel

    Car ?'s

    I'd consider clicky buttons and dials to still be the best, just closer to your hands
  28. Axiel

    Keyboards & Mice

    I've repaired the double click of doom (stretching a very tiny spring in a g500) a few times, but each time it'd take less time to go back to fucking up. Lasted like 4 years (new) - 12 mo - 6 mo - 3mo when repairing it. Took about 15 min after the annoying first time with a pairing knife and...
  29. Axiel

    Car ?'s

    120V is hardly lethal. Lower voltage means more amps and hotter wires, so more houses on fire. Well, it'd be offset by the lower power consumption of led bulbs.
  30. Axiel

    Desktop Computers

    Freesynch needs to be enabled in your graphics card control panel. Set windows to single display mode and turn on the hz overlay in the osd to make sure 144 works on the monitor. Tend to have less problems (like flickering) using 120/60 with some games while browsing on an older second monitor.
  31. Axiel

    Battlefield V

    From reddit, but still.
  32. Axiel

    The Video Thread

    AC photo mode
  33. Axiel

    Hearthstone

    I've been given ~3k dust at the start of the last two expansions from cards being nerfed/retired, about 600 dust from each monthly rank 5 box, and maybe 400g from dailies a week.
  34. Axiel

    Hearthstone

    Shudderwock (it's not just an otk,) drake, and Hagatha win games against players using that tactic.
  35. Axiel

    Hearthstone

    I don't think Shudderwock is a low % deck if you build it right and know when to use him. I've gone from rank 5 to 2 in maybe 20 games, mostly playing a few after doing the daily quest.
  36. Axiel

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    That's Pike's Peak Hillclimb so there's no navigator, gotta have those 20 km memorized Edit: Looks like a few classes do have have a co driver, Jeremy Foley (Driver) and Yuri Kouznetsov were on board
  37. Axiel

    Web Browsers

    Noscript finally updated for Quantum.
  38. Axiel

    Twitch.tv

    Using firefox? They've disabled a ton of extensions.
  39. Axiel

    Dirt Rally

    Took quite some time to get good at this between setting up controls, the vehicles, game options, learning the value of a narrow fov with first person, pace notes, and well, rallying. Amazing experience but that's quite a mountain for most gamers, leaving you kinda stuck with tiny sim...
  40. Axiel

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics