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I have the Aqua Computer Next. Bought it in the used market a year ago. And for below half the price. And yup... I have turned of the RGB😁 I hate bling bling. Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen Be aware that you have to pay yearly for license for the software. And I don't want to spend my money for that. Greed is disgusting. Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen

Yup. From that tomshardware article.... "We now know it can take years for symptoms to crop up". Exactly what I have predicted. In short.... Some of you have bought an Ticking Bomb 🙂 Not much plastic left on these thin flimsy power pins. All the cheap plastic have gone up in smoke. Another Asus 4090 melted ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I really look forward to this.... Hope Tomshardware editors have correct... Nvidia have silently changed the 12VHPWR connector so I think people have a good chance to win vs. Nvidia.

Inno3D GeForce RTX 4070 X2 - 12GB GDDR6X RAM - (cheapest 4070 you can find here home) 5,912.00 nok excl. VAT. = $544.71 USD here home. And this isn't with an discounted price. Ordinary retail price.... Not bad when you know how expensive tech can be in Norway 🙂 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not the most known Memory brand. But 8400 MT/s for 123 euros at Amazon. Test: Lexar ARES RGB 6400 MT/s CL32 https://overclocking.com/test-lexar-ares-rgb-6400-mt-s-cl32/6/ This ARES RGB 6400 MT/s CL32 DDR5 memory kit from Lexar is flawless. For a first discovery of the brand, we couldn't imagine better. With the most affordable price currently for 6400 MT/s CL32, it would be a real shame to miss out on it knowing that it is equipped with the best memory chips currently available, the Hynix A-die. Or $88 with an 29% discount if this is the correct mem sticks. Can't beat such deals. Yup. AMD have nothing that can compete with 4090. Hence we never see 4090 below MSRP. And they are still popular cards because of the disgusting prices for the 4080s and still no 4080Ti.

Yees 🙂 I'm not sure about 4070. But a better priced 4070Ti could offer some good value at 650-700$. The GeForce RTX 4070Ti started life as the canceled RTX 4080 12GB which was supposed to sell for $899. So 150$ off would be easier to swallow. The much weaker 4070 shouldn't be a cent above $550.

Everyone know 4060 offer bad value. And Nvidia want to rub it in. You "stupids" who bought this overpriced 128bit scam (in short 4050 card) isn't worthy getting the free bundle with Alan Wake 2. You went too cheapo for Nvidia CEO Jensen's taste(You are not an Graphics entusiast), hence Nvidia want to screw you a second time, LOOL Alan Wake 2 free with (some) GeForce RTX 40 GPUs... Because "some" of you are worth it.... Graphics enthusiasts can qualify for this promotion by acquiring NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 4070 Ti, 4080, and 4090 graphics cards or desktop PCs. Additionally, laptops featuring a GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, or RTX 4070 Laptop GPU are eligible. The RTX 4060 desktop and 4060/4050 Laptop GPUs are excluded from this promotion, which is scheduled to run until November 17th, concluding on that date. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel’s new driver boost Starfield performance by up to 149%, adds Arc A580 support https://videocardz.com/newz/intels-new-driver-boost-starfield-performance-by-up-to-149-adds-arc-a580-support STARFIELD 1.7.36 UPDATE - FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS GENERAL https://www.techpowerup.com/314558/starfield-gets-new-update-1-7-36-improving-intel-arc-gpu-support-and-adding-fov-slider PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY [PC ONLY] Improved stability for Intel Arc GPUs. Various additional stability and performance improvements. But, but Bethesda support team said that Intel Arc graphics cards didn't fulfill Starfield minimum HW requirements, so not much could be done with Intel's new graphics cards... Hmmm, how thing have changed, HaHa

#4080 officially down to $999 is still bad value#. 42% above 3080 is awful. 4090 is 7% above 3090 and this should be the same for all Nvidias graphics SKUs. So no thanks. Still 35% too expensive. BIGGEST GPU DISCOUNT EVER! RTX 4080 HUGE SALE "They are all about the PSUs, KB/M and coolers (in that order) now it seems".Evga have cheaped out and moved to 3 years warranty for their mid tier PSUs. That's worse than many other of the cheaper brands who offer 5 years warranty on PSUs that cost less than the one you get from Evga. EVGA is Dead. And maybe 3 years warranty match when they are out of business? Thanks for posting the video. And very nice to see our old good friends @d2ultima and @DrAMK replied on your video. Edit. @D2ultimaWellcome to new NBR. Nice to see you. And I hope @DrAMK join us as well 🙂

Isn't it nice bro @Mr. Fox If you jumped on the 4080 you'll be screwed two times. First time you pay 72% more over 3080. Then you'll loose several hundreds of $$$ when you sell it within it's useful lfespan (2 years). So double screwed, LOOL Yup, the 4080 is the worst card you could jump on. And with the 4080Ti arond the corner it will be even an worse deal. Good job Nvidia. @electrosoft I can't grasp why nvidia would release 4080Ti after new year. No one will buy any of the4080 if this rumors are correct. The sales will go further down the drain. Why not release the 4080Ti at end of November to take more of the AMD 7900XTX sales in the Christmas/New year hollidays season? And a 900$ 4080 would also be much easier to up-sell in the Holidays. Is it because the AIC partners have their shelves full of un-sold 4080s at +1200$ ? Hmm Only 5x PCIe 8-pin power connectors. 3 for the MB then you have two for the GPU. Then nothing. There is a few Radeon 7900XTX that have 3x8-pins. Then you are forced to use the unwanted pigtail setup with the drawback as dropping voltage on one of the rails. And god forbid you if you want 8 pins connectors to power other peripherals. Nice with new modern tech. https://www.ocinside.de/test/seasonic_vertex_gx_850_d/3/

Intel Core i9-14900K Listed by UK PC Components Retailer Core i9-14900K - £578 (incl 20% tax) - $586 (without tax) Core i5-14600K - £320 (incl 20% tax) - $326 (without tax) 🙄

3DM11 - GTX 1070 Strix trash.... https://hwbot.org/submission/5367706_papusan_3dmark11___performance_geforce_gtx_1070_29333_marks?recalculate=true Edit. https://hwbot.org/submission/5367722_papusan_3dmark___cloud_gate_geforce_gtx_1070_81539_marks?recalculate=true

GTX 1070 https://hwbot.org/submission/5367663_papusan_3dmark___time_spy_extreme_geforce_gtx_1070_3672_marks?recalculate=true https://hwbot.org/submission/5367656_papusan_3dmark___time_spy_geforce_gtx_1070_7919_marks

Thanks for the testing bro Fox 🙂 So in short.... Equal disgusting as this mess below. Waste of money when there is much better options out there. I watched the news and heard the warnings but thought I was ok. I've had it 5 months with no issues. Until yesterday. Another melted 4090 story Does this means the +85.000 buyers got message that they risk burned up cards? Nope, only recall can help stop this madness. This fun will continue long into 2024.

My take on this. 4080 is overpriced. And we may see Intel try compete with 4070Ti/4080 performance at lower prices next year. There is no competition in 4090 class cards so why bother with a Ti. The heated up competition will be mid/higher tier up to 4080 perfomance. Then.... Nvidia need card to fill the gap between $900 and 4090. There you'll find the new 4080(S)Ti.

What Wifi 6(6E) router to buy. Wifi 7 routers is in early life and all of them are quite expensive. My new thread here below for those that want to chime in with advices. Thanks.

What Wifi 6(6E) router to buy. Wifi 7 routers is in early life and all of them are quite expensive. Neiter do I need it https://www.tomshardware.com/news/wi-fi-7-faq So, yes, Wi-Fi 7 is here, but we highly suggest that you "sit on the sidelines until at least 2024" when the market is expected to start fully embracing the standard. I have an Asus RT-AC3200 I want to replace it with a new router. ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 Tri-band WiFi 6E - $528.31 USD (Wifi 6E) https://www.proshop.no/Ruter/ASUS-ROG-Rapture-GT-AXE11000-Tri-band-WiFi-6E-80211ax-gaming-router-Wireless-router-Wi-Fi-6/3037027 ASUS GT-AX11000 Pro - Wireless router Wi-Fi 6 - $497.40 USD (Wifi 6) https://www.proshop.no/Ruter/ASUS-GT-AX11000-Pro-Wireless-router-Wi-Fi-6/3118587 (this one have 10 GigE). Asus ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Router - $410.70 USD (Wifi 6) https://www.komplett.no/product/1114934/datautstyr/nettverk/routere/asus-rog-rapture-gt-ax11000-router# This is on the used market same as above... Asus ROG GT-AX11000 Wifi 6 Router - $293.56 USD - Ordinary retail price $410.70 USD (Wifi 6) https://www.finn.no/bap/forsale/ad.html?finnkode=276553222 This one is on sale here home on retail right now at 50% off. TP-Link Archer GX90 Router $183.38 USD with the 50% discount (Wifi 6) https://www.komplett.no/product/1242838/datautstyr/nettverk/routere/tp-link-archer-gx90-router I have always used Asus routers. Due their ability for Merlin custom firmware and ok'ish support lifespan. Other options... ASUS RT-AXE7800 Router - $330.16 USD - (Wifi 6E) https://www.komplett.no/product/1220695/datautstyr/nettverk/routere/asus-rt-axe7800-router Nighthawk AXE7800 WiFi Router (RAXE300) - $412.72 USD (Wifi 6E) https://www.komplett.no/product/1225136/datautstyr/nettverk/routere/netgear-nighthawk-router-raxe300 Long support life, good wifi range and possibilities for custom firmware is preferred. Pleasee come with advices and pros and cons for the posted models. Thanks

Windows 12 discussion thread... Post all your findings about coming Win 12 in this thread. Thanks Rumor that Windows 12 will charge a subscription fee is shot down in flames Tweaktown.com | Software & Apps | Oct 7, 2023 If you've been following news around Microsoft this week, you may well have seen an alarming suggestion that the next version of Windows will be subscription-based - the good news is that this isn't true. It's doubtful Microsoft could get away with demanding a monthly fee for Windows (Image Credit: Microsoft) Let's rewind a bit to where this rumor came from. It originated from German tech site Deskmodder, which discovered some entries in a configuration file in a Windows 11 preview build (from the Canary channel). Those entries mentioned things like subscription status and subscription type, leading to some speculation that this might be the groundwork for some kind of subscription model coming to Windows. Windows 12 as a subscription-based product seems very unlikely to happen, though. As we noted, it's more likely to become an ad-supported product...

Bro @Mr. Fox new AMD driver out for you. Hope you love it because newer is always better😆 And I hope you'll be equal exited with the performance as the Red team's fanboys🤪 AMD Drivers Expand Fluid Motion Frames Support To RDNA 2 “Radeon RX 6000” GPUs

Just add 300L automotive antifreeze, put the Freeze at minus 35 and use a very strong pump. But you have to carefully follow any condensation🙂 I could come away with sub 1100$ if I lived in EU and not in a tax hell as here home. Btw. I wonder what G.skill want for those.... G.skill F5-8400J4052G24GX2-TZ5RW https://www.gskill.com/product/165/374/1696494301/F5-8400J4052G24GX2-TZ5RW Tested Voltage (XMP/EXPO) - 1.40V Some of-topic. This is happening right now in one of world's richest countries with $1.600 trillion USD in their fund. They can't be used because the Government/politicians are afraid for that the high inflation don't drop. They rather let own citizens suffer to hunger than use some of the money to help the poor one here home. - We must do everything we can to control the rise in prices. Let the people be without food is legit, if we shall reach the goal. This in worlds richest land. We do not lack the money here in Oil ritch Norway, but the government will not use any $$$ to help it's own citizens. This is sad. Sounding the alarm: - Humanitarian crisis in Norway The day before the state budget is to be presented, voluntary organizations gather in a joint appeal to the government.... - We are in a social crisis. Today's welfare society cannot ensure that families with children and others have food and what they need, says Ingvill Alisøy in the Red Cross. Yep, no one is poorer than the old gready ritch man... They want everything themself. Governments also have this philsosophy as life line.

A hell lot cheaper than a chiller🙂 Or close to 1/10 of the price here in EU/Norway. I have to pay close to 1300€ or $1,365 United States Dollar for this chiller with shipping incl tax to Norway. Test: the Alphacool Eiszeit 2000 chiller CornerJack - October 4, 20234 After presenting you the Eiszeit 2000 chiller cooling system from the Alphacool brand,

ASUS to launch four new Z790 motherboards on October 16th, expanding Z790 lineup to 27 models.... ASUS will wait for Intel to announce its new 14th Gen Core series. /cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.overclock.net/attachments/1696522254557-png.2629916/ The nice thing.... I ordered the Black Apex Encore just in time. 3 hours later and the retail shop here home removed the product article from their sales site🙂

It seems nvidia want to improve their product stack with new castrated SKU to compete with Intel.... Their 4060 128bit scam is priced too high. And 4060 is in short 4050. What it better than pull up a new ugly trick from their sleeves. Cap the amount vram further on 3000 series and further castrate the mem bus... Hmmm. This is well known trick to cut cost with 4000 series low/mid end cards. That's really...... Faced with the Intel Arc A580, NVIDIA castrates its RTX 3050! For now, this new competition from Intel is forcing NVIDIA to offer a new card. However, given the price sectors concerned, an RTX 4050 would prove too expensive. Remember that the non-Ti RTX 4060 is trading around $300. Ayt least the 4060 didn't get 6GB vram. Maybe they will downgrade 4060 to 6GB cards in end of 2024 or when they launch 5000 series cards? who knows🥴 But hey.... It's nvidia. Just to have a little response, the greens could well offer us a small castrated 3050. For this reason, the card would rely on a GA107-325 GPU with an unknown number of cuda cores . The memory part would then be truncated, the capacity going from 8 GB to 6 GB while the bus would be shortened: 96 bits instead of 128 bits. In addition, the frequency would also be 17% lower since we are talking about 1470 MHz! NVIDIA to Launch GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Variant Late 2024 with Lower Specs NVIDIA is preparing to launch an upgraded version of the GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card. Unlike the original's 8GB of VRAM, this model will sport 6GB and will continue to be based on the Ampere GPU architecture. A detailed look into its specifications shows that the upcoming GeForce RTX 3050 will house the GA107-325-Kx GPU, built on the PG173 SKU 16 PCB board.

Yup, 1070 will still offer some gaming exitement/fun. And this isn't because nvidia was so kind offering new optimizions for 1000 series graphics cards. Thanks AMD😬 15:07 Testing FSR 3 on GTX 1070

What more to say......

New/newer is always better, LOOL @Mr. Fox @ryan+++++ Windows 10 Still More Popular Than Windows 11, Two Years Later According to StatCounter, Windows 10 holds an impressive 71.64% of the world's total Windows-based operating system market share, while Windows 11 holds just 23.61%. Windows 11's lackluster market share is understandable given its mixed reception overall. Windows 11 now has more features than Windows 10 — including Microsoft's new AI co-pilot, as well as widgets and full DirectStorage support — many people still prefer Windows 10's older user interface. (Even our Editor-in-Chief, Avram Piltch, still prefers Windows 10 on his main machine, due to its smaller, more customizable start menu and simpler context menu.)

New/newer is always better bro @ryan @Rage Set😁 And I know bro @Mr. Foxwon't be so dumb that he jump on the latest and greatest CU patches from the stupids in Redmond. So he is most likely safe from the madness. Windows 11's Latest Cumulative Update Breaks AMD Adrenalin Control Panel According to a community post on the AMD forums, Microsoft's latest cumulative preview update KB5030310 can break AMD's Adrenalin graphics control panel and can cause custom settings to be reset inside the control panel every time the system reboots. Thankfully, Microsoft's latest update does not break graphics driver functionality, but it will be irritating for users that use the Adrenalin control panel a lot. If you own a Radeon GPU, it would probably be best to wait on this update. Apparently, the problem can also be fixed by uninstalling the update if you have already installed it. Though this issue has only been confirmed from the AMD community forum post we mentioned above, so there's a chance some Radeon users won't be affected. I hope this one can be an option. I will follow up and see how it perform in reviews. The choice between black or black and no RGB, damn tempting🙂 Can't beat that color and feature options bro @Mr. Fox TeamGroup launches its T-Force Xtreem DDR5! With its new memory kits, the brand offers us DDR5 RAM equipped with an aluminum heatsink. The latter offers a sober design with a T-Force logo applied to the side. As for the color, we have the choice between black or black. In all cases, RGB is absent. Narvik Black. I can understand that color scheme label. Narvik is a big black hole in the winter time long north in Norway. A place known from the Second World War.

Yup.... Back in Black. Enjoy 🙂