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Well, it seems like a lot of fuss over a fan. As Roman said, had Igor's Lab not generated unrealistic expectations then nobody would be saying terrible things about the fan or Igor's Lab. The biggest flaw is the fact that it is priced about three times more than it is worth. Igor made a mistake. Not the end of the world. He is human and allowed to screw up once in a while. Unless we see a trend developing where this is a recurring issue, or he tries to deflect and make excuses to justify his test results should not harm his reputation. He should just admit what he did wrong and move on. The people that can't move on need to seek counseling, LOL. Welp... it still works. Nice. I'm very glad. I would have been sad if it did not. I'm not sure what the "0071 Test BIOS" is supposed to do. Safedisk uploaded it to HWBOT. It didn't break anything, but I don't know what makes it different. My CPU and RAM overclock seem to be unaffected. Hopefully, it's something super useful that hasn't captured my attention yet, like disabled mitigations.

I do not think that you can do it directly. You might be able to do it if you do the recovery flash procedure if the file is renamed correctly. Or, you might be able to get someone to mod it for you.

Absolutely. In fact, before I purchased the A770 I was wanting to purchase another 4090. I wouldn't mind having one, but the price makes we want to puke. I am so satisfied with the A770 that I have not even turned on my desktop with the 4090 in more than a week. I have done a bit of gaming and since my work desktop was already turned on I played on it instead and honestly don't feel like I missed out on anything.

I would strongly urge you to not buy a Dell, Alienware or HP desktop. If you watch any of the GamersNexus or Greg Salazar videos you will see they are dead-end garbage. While they are better than a turdbook, the case, motherboard and power supply is generally a proprietary form factor and upgrades range from difficult to impossible because nothing or most of what you would buy simply will not fit. Wiring connectors are not standard, parts are oddball shapes and sizes, and screw holes do not line up. Even something as simple as a GPU upgrade can be difficult or impossible due to internal case design space restrictions and missing power connections. You are generally extremely limited. These severe limitations are deliberate on the part of the OEM. You would be better off buying a used older custom build in a full tower case and upgrading that over time as you find good deals. You can likely find a decent buy locally on FB Marketplace or Craigslist, or a local pawnshop. Even something old and slow, and very cheap, will be able to accommodate upgrades if it is not a big name consumer pre-built turdbox. If you don't plan to do any crazy overclocking the TeamGroup Elite kits are pretty cheap, do not have RGB crap and heatsinks are easy to remove if you soak them in paint thinner for 30 minutes or so. That will dissolve the adhesives without doing any damage to the memory modules. I have not seen any naked 24GB modules for sale.

Sorry to hear you were in an accident. I'm glad to hear that you had nothing significant result from it and I hope your life returns to normal swiftly. It was my understanding the Omen is a pretty popular laptop among those who like gaming laptops. B0B of All Trades had a pretty big audience that was freakishly fond of them and zTecpc sells them like hotcakes. But I have found that younger tech enthusiasts are often kind of a goofy group. They're happy to overpay for something brand new if they can put it on a high-interest credit card and make monthly installment payments for a long time, but if they have to pay cash for something used, but like new condition, they expect an opportunity to rip off the seller for pennies on the dollar or they don't want it. If a person who realizes the value of the large storage drive and memory capacity wants it, it shouldn't be too hard to sell. The trick is getting a smart person that recognizes a good value to see it versus of a bunch of people wanting something for nothing. I have had better luck selling things in forums like this one and overclock.net than I have had with eBay.

You might find a sweet deal at a local pawn shop, if not Craigslist or FB Marketplace. You could also sell 3 of the laptops (keep the one you like most) to offset the cost. Excellent review, Brother @Rage Set. Thorough analysis and very professional presentation. It was easy to read and enjoyed it. Corsair MP600 Core Mini Gen4 NVMe SSD Review by RageSet

I guess they have to have a few lame excuses to get people to buy turdbooks. It sure as hell isn't because they are respectable products. And, excuses taken from the Alienware Owner's playbook are now "open source" and can be freely used by all... ...yeah, but the screen is sooo gooood ...yeah, but the keyboard is just amazing ...yeah, but the build quality is spectacular Like my daddy used to say, "Son, an excuse is just a reason surrounded by a pack of lies."

Yes, that is exactly what I was referring to. 👍 I just kind of gave it quick glance and moved on because the AMD CPU and compromised form factor were both conditions that made it a product of no interest to me. It looks like the one in LTT's video can use a standard production motherboard. I don't think it is going to be pleasant to cool, but it certainly shouldn't be any worse than the pathetic turdbooks the world has embraced in such a disgusting manner. Edit: I just watched the LTT video. Looks like it has a poor quality screen, low quality keyboard and touchpad and the chassis gets extremely hot (flesh-burning hot).

Those Viper Blackout DDR4 modules I mentioned also had heatsinks with screws and normal thermal pads, not the cheap trash that is so common now that is utterly worthless and traps heat. Not sure if that is the same one I saw the other day or not, but will only be available on Chinese sites like AliExpress and uses desktop CPU and desktop 4080, and has water cooling. It's kind of neat, but I think it would have more compromises that I am willing to make. I don't know if they use a standard desktop mATX or mini-ITX mobo. That would also be a requirement. Proprietary mobos are one of the numerous reasons I despise laptops now. But, I can certainly see where this would be very exciting for some folks.

Those must be new to market. I don't remember ever seeing them before. Did you find them at Newegg or Amazon or some other place? One of the best Samsung B-Die DDR4 kits I had were Patriot Viper Blackout. They also had the most effective stock heatsinks I had ever seen before. Unlike all the rest, they actually worked, LoL.

Which kit? There was no detail in your post.

We can only hope... exactly what needs to happen.

Gigabutt is typically my last choice as their products are generally inferior in one or more ways. There are a few possibilities where I would consider making an exception if the price is low enough, but I am not fond of the brand overall. The only brand name that I am more likely to reject is AMD. And, I think a lot of what ASROCK sells is also cringe-worthy... especially their crummy motherboards. We're running out of options; so there's that problem, too.

It looks like some of the GPUs with cracks in this video are Asus, not only Gigabutt. I think any video card that doesn't receive proper support and is allowed to sag and bounce around is at risk to end up fractured. Same is true of people that handle their system like a ragdoll. The bigger and heavier the GPUs are, the more likely they are to end up with cracks or broken solder points due to flexing and distortion of the PCB. I think it is a huge mistake to ship a system with the video card installed in the PCIe slot. GPUs should be packaged separately and installed by the receiver. If the receiver lacks the basic skill necessary to install a video card, then they probably don't have any business owning the computer to begin with because they're too ignorant for that turn out well. Aside from the probability of paying more for mediocre components than better components, the biggest drawback to purchasing a pre-built desktop is the physical damage that is very likely to occur in transit.

I'm at the point that I expect nothing less than garbage from tech companies. I only want to buy things from companies that accept hassle-free returns because about 8 or 9 out of 10 products that I purchase are a worthless or compromised piece of feces and I want my money back. So, yeah... not surprising at all. It's unfortunate that the supply of chintzy trash is so abundant and there is no longer any emphasis on quality. Even if it were fan-tastic (pun intended) it wouldn't be worth purchasing at a price north of $15, so it was predestined for failure in my eyes. If it was under $15 one could easily overlook it's lower performance like many of us have always done with the weak Arctic F12 fans that are super cheap. But, I've moved on now. This product falls into the 80-90% bucket of filth and simply isn't worth burning any more calories on.

I remember some people had an emotional meltdown when Trump put tariffs on China. It was a brilliant move and appropriate. Doing business with your enemies and providing them with a revenue stream of any kind doesn't make any sense. China doesn't have the resources to thrive without support from other countries and we should deprive them of anything they need to be successful as a nation. We should stop selling them anything and ban the import of anything they produce. It would mean doing without some things that are non-essential in the short term, but it would end up being worth the sacrifice in the long run. The bulk of what they produce is trash anyway.

They should just come out and tell NVIDIA that they will be stiffly penalized for selling China anything that promotes business of any kind and just outright forbid them to service China clients in any manner and threaten to impose brutal fines if they do. In fact, they should just do that for all technology providers and not limit it to NVIDIA. Make it across the board for all companies. Maybe impose a 100% tax or a fine equal to twice the estimated revenue generated from the sale of any technology-related products or services to China. Make it functionally and financially impossible for them to conduct business with China.

It is unfortunate that it does not perform better. It is far too expensive for me to even remotely consider as a viable option even if it performed the best, but lower performance at a higher price is a pretty condemning scenario. It is puzzling to me that a fan could be considered the "most anticipated cooling product" of the year or the "biggest disappointment" of the year. I can't relate to the idea of a fan being overly stimulating one way or the other. Being excited about a fan just seems kind of weird to me. Evidently, fans are a fetish for some people.

A new release from Brother Tom MacDonald. @ryan

Dang it, why is it so hard to find normalcy, decency and goodness is this goofed-up spinning chunk of rock? Open source and closed source, both vessels of wicked machinations and degenerate, ignoble underlying agendas that do not serve the greater good. I was using Thorium as a Chrome substitute (on Chris's recommendation) and it turns out to be filled with Easter eggs planted by their sick-o developer. Kudos to Chris for posting this video to retract his previous recommendation. We're waist deep in crap and surrounded by filth and it is getting worse, not better. All of the off-grid survivalists and anti-social hermits that have been unjustly labeled as "tin foil hatters" are making more sense than they ever have before.

It's funny, I almost posted a comment on his video about him moving to Texas. That shows a tremendous amount of wisdom on his part to escape from New York. New York and California are two of a number of very horrible places, because of their utterly insane, absurdly incompetent government "leaders" that are not content with destroying their own states, but want to bring their corruption, destruction, depravity and psychotic dystopian world view to the rest of our nation. The only reason I did not comment is he chose Austin, which is about as nutty, far left and woke as it can get for Texas. It truly baffles me to think there can be fellow human beings with a pulse that don't care about the causes he champions. It is all common sense stuff that adversely affects all people, that anyone paying attention should care about. But I digress... paying attention is something not nearly enough people do. A growing number are too stupid to know they should.

It seems to be becoming more and more common that things that are stated or claimed bear no factual semblance to reality. It feels like sometimes they just make stuff up based on what they think people want to hear. It makes matters even worse when they are full of crap and their assumptions are way off base, or reflective of only what a like-minded segment thinks.

I wonder how long until the leftist deep state lunatic fringe orders a hit on Vivek to silence the truth? The demonstrations of journalistic incompetence on the part of goofball, degenerate, government-sanctioned disinformation cabals like CNN and MSNBC are truly astonishing.

If the OEMs and technology sponsors want their Chosen Ones to get money they should just give them money because they are "special" or favored people. It is nobody else's business and they have every right to do that. It is a marketing tactic and should be seen as that. However, creating an impression that they "won" the cash or merchandise in a competitive event using special hardware and firmware that is not available to all is specious, if not outright surreptitious. Likewise, changing the rules to benefit select participants during a competition and only making modified firmware available to the general population at HWBOT after an event has ended, or so late in the game that it cannot be leveraged by all contestants, is just dishonest and immoral. Nobody likes playing a game when the outcome is rigged. No one should have a surprised look or their face or scratch their head in wonderment about why the sport is dying and participation is at an uprecedented low point when their behavior is what caused it. When it was decided that ECC needed to be enabled on 3DMark submissions with 4090 they were swift to disqualify submissions by the general public, but deleting submissions by the Chosen Ones that did not have ECC enabled did not occur swiftly.