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On 7/11/2018 at 12:35 AM, Bokishi said:

Put the 1080ti back in the main PC...

No 2080Ti? I honestly feel a bit weird having one when the Hutt-lord of the forums might not. 

 

[POST YOUR SPECS]

On 4/16/2019 at 9:41 PM, Gorth said:

Looking at all those fancy GPU's... I need to upgrade my Ti 1050 (4Gb)  some day. I could use more Cuda cores for rendering, but I worry that the trade off is going to be a noisy cooling. My current build (somewhere in this thread) is effectively noiseless.

Have you considered a custom loop? If you go with soft tubing and quick disconnects they're actually not that bad to work on and drain (although you shouldn't have to do that more than once a year to once every two years).

[POST YOUR SPECS]

The newest version of the desktop:

• CPU
  Delidded 8700k at 5.0Ghz and 1.20v - AVX Stable

  Aftermarket Rockit IHS

   
• Motherboard
  ASRock Z370 Taichi

   
• RAM
  64Gb 3200 DDR4 at CL15

   
• GPU
  EVGA 2080Ti KingPin

   
• Case
  Customized H440

   
• Storage
  240Gb SSD - Boot Drive

  480Gb SSD - Games/Storage

  500Gb SSD - Games/Storage

  512Gb SSD - Games/Storage

  512GB SSD - Games/Storage

  8Tb HHD/64Gb Optane - Storage

   
• PSU
  EVGA 1000w P2

   
• Display
  Alienware AW3418DW - 3440x1440p 120Hz GSync

   
• Cooling
  Custom Watercooling Loop

   
• Keyboard
  Logitech G Pro

   
• Mouse
  G903 with Powerplay

[Nvidia RTX Series]

On 10/2/2019 at 3:43 PM, LadyCrimson said:

I've bought only EVGA for a long while now and they've all lasted longer, in terms of still running, than my PC's.

Agreed, I'm also a fan of EVGA and only buy their stuff and I've never had an issue (in fact I just upgraded my 1080Ti KingPin to the 2080Ti version, now I just need to get the waterlock and add it into the loop).

[What you did today?]

Well, this is different...

[Laptop suggestions]

On 1/22/2019 at 4:44 AM, Gorgon said:

OLED has burn-in issues anyway.

This is a personal anecdote and shouldn't be treated as a universal truth, but I've had a laptop with an OLED display for a couple of years without any issues. Likewise, there are a few people at work with OLED models and none of them have reported any either.

[What is the most cool processor]

Liquid cooling isn't much cooler than air...

 

That's generally true if you're talking about AIO units but once you get into even fairly basic custom loops then you're going to see much larger gains.

[Build Thread 2.0]

Can't wait for AMD to get back in the game so Nvidia gets some high-end competition again.

 

Sadly it doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon.

[Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19]

We've come a long way from Republicans who swore "Better dead than red"

 

Is it wrong that my initial thought was that Republicans must be a bunch of nVidia fanbois?

Looks like I should take a break from computer hardware for awhile...

[The Great Game Giveaway: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Edition]

Are Killing Floor 2 and Crusader Kings 2 still available? I was going to get each of those as a gift for two different people so if they've not been taken that could work out well.

[Politics Thread: Edge of Seventeen]

Cool it with the personal attacks, guys.

 

 

 

 

I thought that was the sole reason that this thread existed? Because who needs well thought out arguments when you can jump to the ad hominem? 

 

/s - in case that wasn't obvious.

[GTX 1180 Rumors]

Given that this is WCCFTech the information could be spot on or completely incorrect...

 

July seems unlikely though since, as far as I've heard, there still hasn't been any word on board partners getting specifications or samples?

[Is there a problem using 6 sided dice in pen and paper games?]

Fate, FUDGE

 

I'm not sure I'd really count a FUDGE and Fate as d6 systems, you can a use regular d6 with them in a pinch but they're designed to be used with custom dice.

[POST YOUR SPECS]

I've not posted my updated rigs yet so I should remedy that!

 

The desktop:

• CPU
  Delidded 8700k at 5.3Ghz and 1.36v with a -2AVX offset

  Aftermarket Rockit IHS

   
• Motherboard
  ASRock Z370 Taichi

   
• RAM
  32Gb 3200 DDR4

   
• GPU
  EVGA 1080Ti FTW3 Hybrid

   
• Case
  Customized H440

   
• Storage
  240Gb SSD - Boot Drive

  480Gb SSD - Games

  500Gb SSD - Games

  8Tb HHD - Storage

   
• PSU
  EVGA 1000w P2

   
• Display
  Asus PG348Q - 3440x1440p 100Hz GSync

   
• Cooling
  H110i GT with ML Pro fans

   
• Keyboard
  Logitech G Pro

   
• Mouse
  G903 with Powerplay

The 'laptop':

 

• Base System
  
  Alienware 13 R3

   
• CPU
  6700HQ

   
• RAM
  16Gb 2400 DDR4

   
• eGPU
  Alienware Graphics Amplifier

  - EVGA 1080Ti SC2 Hybrid

  - Corsair SF600

   
• Storage
  512Gb NVME - Boot Drive

  500Gb SSD - Games

   
• Display
  Alienware AW2518H - 1920x1080 240Hz GSync

   
• Keyboard
  Logitech G810 Spectrum

   
• Mouse
  G602

At some point I'll need to upgrade the laptop's external screen to something higher resolution to offset the weaker CPU but, for the time being, the 1080p screen is working well enough and I got it for free as part of a deal when I sold off some of my old 4790k hardware. I'm also looking forward to upgrading to the new 200Hz 1440p Ultrawide screens when they finally launch, provided they aren't too expensive, and might also spring for the next line of GPU unless they don't provide any significant performance gains.

[Build Thread 2.0]

I'm seriously pissed at all the bitcoin mining going on. It's making it pretty ****ing annoying when you're (STILL! ) in the market for a bleeding gpu...

 

You might want to consider getting a pre-built, tearing the GPU out of it, and then selling the bits you don't need.

EVGA is also releasing cards on their site at retail pricing although they usually sell out within a few minutes of going up.

[The Great Game Giveaway: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Edition]

The killing floor games are really good! I love both of them, even love the first one as much if not more than the 2nd one. Old game with strong community still.

 

Yeah, it's a classic although I think I would choose the second one if I could only have one of the two since I really like how they implemented 'smarter' AI as part of the difficulty curve instead of just piling on HP and damage reduction.

[You did WHAT Today]

I popped the lids off some CPUs (although I'm thinking about abandoning Devil's Canyon soon and moving onto CoffeeLake):

 

[Politics - Jason X]

Hey I voted Trump, you give me a Libertarian that can stay on point and has a campaign backing them and I'll vote crazy again. Cuz **** the system.

 

 

So... Gary Johnson?

It seems like he would fit your criteria and then some.

[What are you playing right now?]

 

3 drm's

 

Whoah! That is a lot!

 

 

But more DRM means it's a better game, right?

[Politics - Jason X]

He stripped because he thought Gary Johnson was a republican who smoked weed and not a libertarian.

 

And both points would be wrong since Gary Johnson isn't a Republican and doesn't smoke weed!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He eats it...

[Politics - Jason X]

 

"Have you ever considered not voting for Republicans and Democrats? If we get enough people to do that we CAN start changing things a little without screwing with the Constitution. It has happened before. You don't see any Whigs running around do you?"

 

 

Sure, 7 million paying member of the LP and this one guy is representative of every one of them.

 

 

Wasn't that the result of a bet? I could be wrong but I think that's why he stripped.

[Politics - Jason X]

So about that story of the guy who got stabbed because he looked like a Neo-Nazi...

[What's so funny right now?]

[What's so funny right now?]

This is just too hilarious:

 

Antifa beats their own

 

I'm sure you would also find it amusing that the Neo-Nazis here accidentally pepper sprayed and punched some of their own, right?

[Politics - Episode 9: The Lurking Fear]

Here's an example of anti-white racism just from today : http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/08/24/aclus-twitter-account-gets-lesson-in-political-correctness.html

Meh, honestly I think that the ACLU should have tweaked the wording a bit given recent events.

This seems like a non-story on both sides (the ACLU, who I donate money to and like, ran an ad without thinking about all the implications and some people overreacted because it's the internet - nothing really noteworthy).