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Apple switching to USB-C: Yay or Nay?
Reciever replied to Sandy Bridge's topic in Mobile Devices & Gadgets
I hadnt heard about it, but its good to know! This was just what kept me from iPhone in the past, around iphone 3/4 era, so I am sure there are a large number of improvements surrounding the topic since then :) -
2700X to 5800X3D upgrade! With a 10850K Cameo!
Reciever replied to Reciever's topic in Desktop Hardware
Not a single synthetic benchmark was run for this thread as its not the intended purpose. This system is for my DD stuff, gaming, web browsing etc and benching is doing on the 10850K system. Console will give a gaming experience but its essentially a terminal within a walled garden. The moment you decide you want to play Metroid Prime you have to repurchase it if you have the right console and/or buy the right console, rebuy it there. The other option is you could just spin up your copy on your PC and play with a better framerate and higher visual fidelity heck in some cases there are texture packs too. Lately I have been playing a bit of Assetto Corsa and you can mod that game to a higher degree than probably skyrim. You play on keyboard and mouse? odd but go ahead. All you have is a controller? There are scripts for that to make it more enjoyable. Oh you have a wheel, pedals and shifter? go ahead! Oh you want to add feedback into your steering rack and pedals? go for it! Oh you have a full roll cage and nvidia surround? no problem! You want to drive a car that doesnt exist in the game? download and done. I just comes down to what you can imagine doing on said system. Consoles are great for picking up a controller and playing a game, PC's are great for people that like to the same thing, with potential to dare for more. -
2700X to 5800X3D upgrade! With a 10850K Cameo!
Reciever replied to Reciever's topic in Desktop Hardware
I wouldn't even have the z490 if it wasn't for @Mr. Fox selling it for such a bargain. -
Apple switching to USB-C: Yay or Nay?
Reciever replied to Sandy Bridge's topic in Mobile Devices & Gadgets
You are probably right, it's due to iTunes that I avoided iphones in favor of android "back in the day" because I could just slap music and books on my device directly in an era where cellular data was much more limited than it is these days. Couple that with dealing with unstable internet connections probably colored my reluctance to embrace things that needed credentials -
2700X to 5800X3D upgrade! With a 10850K Cameo!
Reciever replied to Reciever's topic in Desktop Hardware
No, not at all. This is just me following through on what I wanted to do when I originally purchased the 2700x -
Good Evening! Was curious if anyone had any interesting ideas of what to do with 8GBx25 worth of DDR4 SODIMMS. About half is 2133Mhz and the other half is 2400Mhz, a few 2666Mhz Are there any server boards that can use it? workstations? nifty adapters? I already have maxed out my laptops, thin clients and micro's I have four T7810's and I think 1 T5810 2 of the T7810's have been outfitted with 128GB of RAM each and I have enough to make the third unit 64GB (8GBx8) @Rage Set Might you have any ideas? I know they make adapters to slot them into DIMM slots, no idea if they work with workstations though.
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Apple switching to USB-C: Yay or Nay?
Reciever replied to Sandy Bridge's topic in Mobile Devices & Gadgets
I'd imagine that it will be a net positive, but may be a bit bumpy due to that one detail. Its not as if Apple is going to redesign their product to account for that. -
MSI 1070 Longevity? Aetina 1070 Viability?
Reciever replied to Naberius's topic in Alienware 17 and M17x
I asked cicichen some time ago if he can make a heatsink that is similar to that of the clevo models of the same era but he was firmly adamant about it not being useful. It was a shame since the heatsink did very well otherwise, I ran my 1070 @ 120w @ 54c with maximum fan in the 17 R1 and later traded the GPU+cash for a GTX 1080 that is in my P750FM now. Until then however, I would experience just straight shutdowns until I added copper heatsinks pretty much all over the passive end, trimmed them to be flush with the clam shell and opened up the GPU slot to allow it to breath with a custom laptop cooling pad that most "enthusiasts" tend to go. Never had a problem again in terms of GPU health. -
MSI 1070 Longevity? Aetina 1070 Viability?
Reciever replied to Naberius's topic in Alienware 17 and M17x
The MSI 1070 has to deal with a lot of heat around the VRM's since they are packed neatly in a single line. I used to get shutdowns on the 17 R1 until I added some heatsinks to the passive end of the heatsink assembly so it wouldnt surprise me if running them hot for prolonged periods of time would cause what would otherwise be premature failure. -
Apple switching to USB-C: Yay or Nay?
Reciever replied to Sandy Bridge's topic in Mobile Devices & Gadgets
Im sure there will be some scorn for the USB 2.0 bit and the 15 but from what I understand that is due to the chipset? -
Precision M6800 questions and upgrades
Reciever replied to Jers6410's topic in Pro Max & Precision Mobile Workstation
The Ranger 17 R1 and P157SMA are both HM87, different chipset. its only a guess but seems to line up for now. -
Precision M6800 questions and upgrades
Reciever replied to Jers6410's topic in Pro Max & Precision Mobile Workstation
It did well for me at the time in my t440p, let me downclock pretty aggressively and get around 10-11 hours out of the t440p when I was actively using it work. From my testing, any QM87 chipset should work. M4800, M6800, E5540, t440p all accepted the chip without issue. Alienware 17 R1, P157SMA both wouldnt post. Need to find someone to send the chip off to repair the pins that broke off, maybe one of those techrepair youtubers. -
Precision M6800 questions and upgrades
Reciever replied to Jers6410's topic in Pro Max & Precision Mobile Workstation
They will work, though I think I tested on LVDS variant. You lose the mDP port on the T440p so Im not sure if that will persist since the t440p doesnt have an option where the dGPU is wired to the display. I have one but 3 pins broke off when removing it from the M6800, it was really stuck in there, I still have the 3 pins as well just lack the tools and motivation since it doesnt work in my P157SMA (different chipset). -
NotebookTalk Show-n-Shine Thread - Show Off Your Rig Here
Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Not a laptop, not ideal since memory is what gets roasted, not the GPU. Better to just put in some cash than to mine. Even with a 4090 you'd be mining at a loss, and its no better than a 3090 in that regard. -
NotebookTalk Show-n-Shine Thread - Show Off Your Rig Here
Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
I could mine right now since my power is free from 8pm - 6am but it's a lot of hassle. Mining already got me some pc stuff and the 3090 the rest is just sitting until it hits the right value to sell. These are meant to be VM sandboxes since professional development should yield higher returns than mining would. I still have a couple more precision T7810 towers that I could retrofit for mining but I would have to go through and setup schedules and timers to make sure it mines only at the right times, the right coins. I will still do that when winter is in full swing to warm up the house. When it comes to home labs, really anything will do. What I have is overkill at the moment. -
*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D
Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Yeah the 1K vBIOS did well for benchmarking last winter, I still have it for this year when I try swapping the fans out to force the temps lower, plan to do the same thing to the other cards I have where it makes sense to do so. I'll look forward to when you can share that vBIOS :) -
*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D
Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Where can I source that vBIOS? I did try the 1000w vBIOS but it also introduced odd behaviors during gaming so I went back to the standard vBIOS for my card. Most I usually pull is around 500w depending on the title of course. -
*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D
Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Not really surprising since Nvidia themselves stated that they are limiting supply to keep demand higher by extension justify the higher price tag. Personally I wont be upgrading for a while, 3090 still plays everything I want @1440p144hz. Even then, my gaming time has gone down a bit since I am working on professional enrichment these days. -
NotebookTalk Show-n-Shine Thread - Show Off Your Rig Here
Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Got two of these up and running this weekend. Putting in an earnest effort to setting up a virtual sandbox with hopes of gpu pass through in the future. I didn't like seeing 5x 5700xt's just collecting dust so it's turning into an interesting project. Goals are professionally focused for now though. Want to set up an sccm/mdt server to test deployments to various systems. I also have 6x hp t630's I may try my hand at HA or clustering but that will be a little further off. -
I believe you can do that on your own :) Left click and hold and it should be come "edit-able".
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*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D
Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Oh that looks right up my alley. FEAR and DOOM vibes looks perfect as an after work stress reliever, thanks for the tip! -
I got the second adapter in and ran into the same issue, only 1 NVME drive would show up. Then I realized the BIOS revision was still in A02, latest being A34 iirc. BIOS updated and now the drives are showing up.
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*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D
Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
Of course you post an article about ocing an SBC lol If I can get one i'll try out OCing, I can probably put the M.2 heatsink on it since its good for up to 70w :D -
*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D
Reciever replied to Mr. Fox's topic in Desktop Hardware
I mean its not often you can have independent controllers for every USB port :) -
It may be that this particular adapter I have doesnt work well with the system. Doing a bit more research I did find a product that supposedly works in the 7810 so I went ahead and purchased that should be here around Saturday