Mr. Fox

As a parent it is always stressful when one of your kids has difficulties. That doesn't even end when they become adults. It feels the same even though you're not the one paying the doctor bills. One of our five was born with a serious heart defect and had open heart surgery three times during his first five years of life. He made it through like a champ and is an adult now with a family of his own. So, I know exactly what kind of stress you feel right now about the surgery. I will keep your family in my prayers.

Sold to @mx500torid at overclock.net in his WTB thread - boxed and ready, will be headed his way tomorrow via UPS.

Happy Father's Day to all of you that are a dad, have a dad, or both. I am enjoying my day doing nothing at home.

Happy Father's Day. I hope all of you that are a dad, or have one, or both, have a nice day.

I love old music, too. In fact, I am primarily a metal head. But, I like most things with a driving beat and if the message is right (like Brother Tom MacDonald) I am more interested in the message than I am the music. Music has the ability to shape the way people think and act, and the lyrics are especially important. The lyrics are why so many of our youth and young adults are totally screwed up in the head. And, I like that this music has NO LYRICS. But, this stuff... this stuff is my favorite genre and music style.

It has become difficult to identify any area of life where being stupid and evil isn't normal. The human race has become largely reprobate. What a perfect time to put our trust in AI that has been programmed by degenerate reprobates. The growth and normalization of stupidity is a symptom of being fundamentally corrupt, self-centered and irrational.

They are totally unworthy of anyone's trust. Their criminal intentions and extreme stupidity are unfixable deal-breakers. Their examples of poor judgement are unforgivable and recurring with alarming frequency. I wish the worst for them and crApple. The world would be a better place if both of them were gone. I would delight in seeing both of them fail and go out of business.

I have purchased several certified refurbished Dell Precision and HP Elitebook business class machines that are all in excellent condition in the $500 range. In fact I just purchased one Dell Precision 7720 with a 17-inch 4K display, 64GB of RAM, 16GB Quadro P5000 (MXM) for under $600 last week. These machines are built like a tank with full metal chassis. You can usually purchase them with an extended warranty through Square Trade or Allstate at the time of purchase if you're worried about not purchasing something that is brand new. If you buy something new for $1,000+ more it's probably going to have poor overall build quality and be a less serviceable piece of garbage.

There isn't an honest bone in any of their bodies. AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, ASUS, MSI, etc. are all liars that say what they think will make them more money.

That's why I no longer make the effort on HWBOT. It's pointless and rigged where current hardware is concerned. Yeah, forum seems normal again. When I posted last night it was malfunctioning. Edit: OK, now it is running super slow again, LOL. A technology company telling lies? No... really? Say it isn't so! (They are all liars. All of them.) Will a new motherboard/chipset be needed to benefit from Ryzen 9000? If so, then probably no point in buying the new CPU if you're staying with the same motherboard. Wonder if that is debris or bent pins?

Welcome to the forum. We're glad you joined us. I swear your post was not there or not visible at the time I posted following your post. I'm not sure if it was because your new account wasn't approved and it was hidden or something else. I didn't want you to think you were being ignored.

Such nice features in an OS! Ignorance is bliss.

Did you jinx it? Does not seem like it lasted long. 😶

One thing we can always count on when it comes to being stupid is that stupid people don't know what they don't know. Their words and actions provide irrefutable evidence of their morbid stupidity.

Today is 111°F (44°C) and 5% relative humidity with a dew point of 26°F (-3°C) so condensation is not even a concern with the chiller this time of year. It cannot keep the system cold enough for condensation to form when the dew point is below freezing point. @tps3443 would like that with his chiller running 24/7. The forum is crazy slow right now. Borderline unusable at the moment.

Stupid is the new normal. We used to have pity for people that were extremely stupid. Now there are national holidays to celebrate their stupidity. We need one for the tech ignoramuses. What makes no sense is there are no holidays to celebrate being normal, or being better than average. I thought everyone was supposed to get a trophy for participation. Apparently not. Only if you're messed up.

I had that happen with 3DMark not too long ago and the only way I could fix it was to DDU and reinstall the drivers and then uninstall and reinstall 3DMark. I think that UL is doing some silly nonsense behind the scenes right now with validation because of the stupid crap they are obsessed with in terms of being overly-worried about 4090 scores with ECC disabled. Hopefully the next AMD GPUs will have GDDR6x or GDDR7. Sticking with GDDR6 really held back 7900 XTX.

I gave my Eluktronics MECH-15 G2Rx to my wife a year or so ago, maybe two. It is still in excellent shape. She uses it for web browsing, social media and some very basic games like Bejeweled and Peggle. It literally never gets used for anything strenuous. She has been eye-balling my Dell Precision 7720 17-inch laptop for a long time (since I bought it) and I finally decided to get her one. She wants the bigger screen and she does not like mechanical keyboards. Specs: Processor: Intel Core i7-9750H (2.6-4.5GHz 12MB Cache) Graphics Card: 6GB GDDR6 NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 2060 Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR4-3000 32GB with Custom 3200 XMP Profile (Programmed with Thaiphoon Burner) Storage: Dual 1TB NVMe SSDs Eluktronics Mechanical RGB keyboard 15" FHD 144Hz Display Metal Lid and Palmrest OS: Windows 10/11 (your choice or you can install) PremaMod Unlocked BIOS (full access to everything) thanks to @Prema Spare AC adapter Condition: Very Good (minimal wear, no damage of any kind) What do you think I should ask for it? If there is any interest I will post it in the Marketplace.

That doesn't make any sense. Did you run DDU and reinstall the drivers to see if that will help? What does the 3DMark validation information show you as the reason?

Seems like all of the junk he is working on came from ASUS, LOL. And, I don't see any mention of Cablemod or adapters melted in place in these videos lately. We know the adapters didn't help, but it seems clear that the problem itself is not the adapters as much as it is a stupid choice in connector. You shouldn't use them, but not using them doesn't keep you safe.

For my mobile computing needs, which are very limited, I have the Dell Precision 7720 in my signature. Although gaming is not something that I place I high priority on, it can play games pretty well, actually. It has no problem with modern AAA titles with the Quadro P5000 16GB MXM GPU as long as I don't get too crazy on the settings. It is a solid machine. Built like a brick house. Everything except the CPU is replaceable. I just ordered a Precision 7720 for one of my teenage granddaughters a couple of weeks ago and another one for my wife earlier today. I didn't notice the one I ordered for my wife has a 4K screen, so I may have to trade her for mine if she hates that. They have identical specs otherwise. I seldom turn mine on. Only when I don't have access to one of my desktops. Can't beat if for less than $600. Way better than the plastic crap for sale at 3 to 5 times the cost.

Sorry, I can only speak for myself but I was not ignoring any posts. I didn't see it. There are only about 3 threads that I visit unless I get tagged and respond like I did when @1610ftw mentioned me here. It's not that I don't care about the people posting in the other threads as much as the fact that I don't care about the subject matter. The PC technology landscape has changed dramatically since around 2013-2014 and the downhill slide began around 2011-2012. I have no interest in mobile computing. BGA and the focus on thin and light ruined that for me. I only accept change when I agree with it. If I do not agree with something, then I reject it and withdraw my support. I am here because there is a small group of forum friends that have lasted through the years and we remain friends because they share some of my PC passions. I think the direction things are headed in PC technology is truly disgusting, repulsive and loathsome. Because I reject change that I do not agree with and do not embrace compromise, I see my interest in PC technology fading rapidly. My primary interest is hardware and overclocking. Hardware configurations are largely fixed and disposable now. Overclocking has become a joke because idiots that don't understand or appreciate it are running the show. And, I'm pretty much an all or nothing type of person. (Yes, I am stating the obvious for anyone that knows me.) I like gaming, but don't love it and do not invest a lot of time or energy into it. My interest in gaming has been closely tied to my passion for hardware and overclocking, so there is no place for console or mobile gaming in my world. Linux affords the autonomy that the Redmond Mafia seems hell bent on denying to the users of their modern digital filth. I love Linux, warts and all, (and it has plenty of them,) but not enough to use chintzy crap hardware as the platform for running it. If I am going to use disposable garbage hardware, it will be something extra cheap like a Raspberry Pi. It is hard for me to get excited about something like that, but I am more likely to get excited about spending $200 on disposable crap than I would be $2000 on disposable crap. I like that I can still find dinosaurs like myself and @Papusan here in this community.