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I'm tempted to start "The Nvidia Debacle" thread. AI Means Everyone Can Now Be a Programmer, Nvidia Chief Says Same for doctors, lawyers, artists etc. you name it. Nuts.

The I would get the nice red and black Noctuas or IPPC if you don't mind the noise (which resembles a jet engine at 3000RPM, I have mine limited to 2500RPM in response to fair complaints from the family). About the same price, but the performance is worth it and with this ITX build you will be cooling limited for sure.

From the 120mm performance perspective Phanteks T30 or bust if you have the 30mm clearance. Very quiet up to 2000 RPM and those not that loud 3000 RPMs come in handy in close encounters with benching and other heavy loads. 30 bucks but you only need 2 or so.

I am not sure the CPU module would need to be weak, he could have a 13900K tuned for power efficiency and 150W operation, but does anyone imagine that a 450W GPU would run concurrently without throttling in such a form factor? So maybe one could run the CPU at 150W and the GPU at 250W, with the total socket power draw of around 500-550W but that assumption would probably be optimistic. Also one would need a larger PSU to nominally support the 4090 in a situation where you'd probably never get anywhere near the max power on a constant basis. It feels like such a system should beat a laptop on performance and obviously upgradeability etc., but by how much is not clear. Looking at bro electro's post I assumed this is more for car mobility. Probably not the best idea to try and haul this via air in any kind of a normal suitcase. I guess one could get a special secure metal padded/cushioned equipment case and check this in as a special item with insurance to boot. Edit: The Dan C4 review looks like "influenceware" (a nice way of saying BS). First of all, it's clearly a large-ish case (compared to a laptop) although it's being shot as to make it seem smaller, but even so the only HWInfo screenshot is showing the AMD CPU running at 150W while the GPU is idle. 450W GPU + 150W on the CPU looks like a stretch. He talks about liquid cooling that case? What? One would think he meant external, but no, he is talking about some micro custom loop. What's the point? He says "with that you can run pretty much any component you want". ROTFL. A 360 3000RPM AIO with 12 3000RPM fans in a huge case is not really enough to run 13900K at stock without a massive undervolt.

I mean it's -85%, $5 at the moment...

I saw that, thought it left something to be desired. Generally commercial mainstream media, especially on the right side or connected to big tech like CNBC, tends to downplay AI risks. "We need to consider things like universal income to support people in the 'transition'". Transition to what lol? Prompt engineering? Any idiot can do that. Where is the money for this universal income going to come from? Here is a somewhat funny story though - a lawyer submitted a court filing copied and pasted from ChatGPT, with made up case references. Of course, all those quirks will be ironed out within a year or two max. Lawyer 'Greatly Regrets' Relying on ChatGPT After Filing Motion Citing Six Non-Existent Cases

Basically what you are saying is "I'm already naked and exploited by M$, although I feel it's worse if further parties are involved. At least I get a 'free' RAR treat at the end.". Stockholm syndrome is real. Cool. It's a good sanity check. Wouldn't have occurred to me before.

Here we go: On the lighter topics of destruction of visual art and the generation of post-truth world:

Actually, you are right: they are reporting about 2.5% voltage drop vs the Nvidia adapter. Not ideal. At 450W it would be about 11W lost and dissipating somewhere in the cable. Hopefully not in a particular faulty spot, as 11W could probably do a bit of damage over a small area?

Minute voltage differences would have nothing to do with melting. I took a quick look at the link and I'm worried it's a case of much ado about nothing. They are not saying 'performance or stability suffers as a result of using this or that cable'.

Yeah, this is kind of my opinion of G.Skill carried over from the notebook space: leading frequency and timings, but compatibility and stability tends to be hit and miss. In contrast, I never had any issues with the "slower but stable" Kingston/HyperX RAM. Where your opinion also differs with @tps3443is regarding the Corsair RAM. You said it's basically slow but stable, @tps3443 seems to think it's outright garbage :) Only Corsair modules are available here at the moment, G.Skill are starting to show up, it's a US import on Amazon with no warranty. I guess I will have to pull the trigger on the Corsair and see how it does if I can't hold off any longer. Ideally Kingston would finally get into the 48/96GB game. I thought your question was around configurability generally, but forgot you are in the Windows 7 business - here is the first hit on YT: For me, the Windows UIs are fine, but I can't get over what's going on under the hood and at Microsoft in general. Not sure about Ubuntu (I thought it was basically Gnome), but I do like and use Gnome. It's minimalistic and very fast. It's palpable how much faster and responsive the Linux/Gnome UI is vs basically all versions of Windows. Of course, I have a couple of tweaks and extensions on as well. That said, if I had a choice I would probably switch to Mate.

The guy seems to be a Russia-funded troll who won't even show his face lol, but I digress. Well, you may not agree with the message and methods, but people should have the right to protest. What's really bad is that the failed quasi-fascist government here (on their way out within 18 months, fortunately), has used situations like this to push through legislation to limit the right to peaceful protest. There were some anti-monarchy demonstrations here recently during the new king's coronation (most Americans should get that!), and almost everyone just got arrested.

Eating Disorder Helpline Fires Staff, Transitions to Chatbot After Unionization What's interesting about the story is that the bot is supposedly not GPT-based, so even simpler technology can well wreak havoc on the labour market. So which human jobs can't technology take? Well, let's cross providing advice and talking empathically to people in need off the list. This example is about greed pure and simple, and here AI is a technobabble excuse to ... people and siphon resources to those at the top of the heap (running the "non-profit" in this case). The problem is how to effectively communicate this to a very broad audience, including people who are non-technical, poorly educated etc. 40% of the US population fails to grasp these issues according to a recent survey. You'd basically need an anti-AI Trump, who probably wouldn't speak against AI himself, given that it/ML played a large part in the online side of the effort to get him elected. Interestingly though, there is a lot of understanding on that side of the electorate already. People who are already feeling the heat of AI are more aware. If you are a trucker, you don't need convincing, since you are understandably alerted by the efforts to completely replace you with autonomous driving. If you are a border force officer, you may be having a bit of laugh at this one: Passport e-gates at UK airports down Basically it's a failure of an AI system deciding whom to let into the country....

Wahey, $10k+ tax. I would be furious if I paid that lol

A slight diversion into the Musk debacle: Huge Tesla leak reveals thousands of safety concerns, privacy problems A bit of an extra insight into how his companies operate.

Are there any burgers in Burger King? ;) Linux is all about customisation. Personally I quite like Mate desktop:

(sorry unable to delete the above on my phone) A new kid on the 48/96GB block: TeamGroup Launches 48GB DDR5-8000, 96GB DDR5-6800 Kits So, TeamGroup or G. SKILL?Which brand do you rate higher?

I had this on my Alienware m15 out of warranty. Contacted Dell and got a new battery delivered within a day or two for like £50, don't remember exactly.

Based on my experience with the 3090Ti FE, 3090 FE is slimmer (<3 slot, 2.7 or so) than most gaming cards and has workstation-like blower-type design, so might work better in a space-constrained case. Temps are good. If you can grab a 3090 Ti at a good price then go ahead as well. IMHO no worries about the 12VHPWR connector if you stick to the original adapter (not great for a small case though due to the clutter) or use a native 12VHPWR cable for your PSU.

You know it's really bad when you get 2 stars from PCWorld lol Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (8GB) review: Disappointing for $400

Basically all the data involved in AI's operation will be sent to Microsoft, "responsibly" of course *wink wink* (*) The US has close to zero legal protection for personal data

Another sig-worthy classic :)

The perception of limitation comes from the relentless push for minute improvements in graphics quality which, in case of games with good story/mechanics, have little to no impact on the overall experience. With consoles the paradigm is more sensible: here is the hardware - keep producing content that works well on this for the next five years+, instead of essentially just lining NVidia's pockets. No $2000 upgrades required basically just to escape reality for a while.

I wonder if devs like this get any incentives from GPU manufacturers. I played the game just fine on the PS3 which has 256MB of VRAM :)

The killing of SLI/NVLink also ensures that those who actually need the latter must pay double/triple the price for essentially the same hardware, but in the workstation variant. I suppose we should be grateful NVidia hardware doesn't require paid subscription to receive driver updates, or permanently deactivates/driver support is dropped after 3 years. Meanwhile Nvidia stock is up 30% on AI. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-24/nvidia-s-rosy-forecast-shows-chipmaker-benefiting-from-ai-boom