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    PNY 4080 Super XLR8 Bios Flash

    If it is not broken, don’t fix it.
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    RTX 2070 are these artifacts?

    That looks like a driver/shader issue. When your GPU Core or VRAM is starting to bite the dust, you will see pink or green blocks. That's indicating a hardware issue. It's been a minute since I have encountered this issue, but any of my Nvidia, AMD/ATI cards that have died, started with pink...
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    NVIDIA Points Intel Raptor Lake CPU Users to Get Help from Intel Amid System Instability Issues

    I was having random hard locks and resets when I first put my intel system together. Though I am currently using a Beta BIOS from MSI and have locked in the stock limits as specified by Intel. I haven't had any issues really since. Been about 2 months now. I get the occasional hard lock due...
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    Intel Discontinues 13th Generation "Raptor Lake" K-Series Overclockable CPU SKUs

    That’s a pretty quick turnaround for EOL a product. Don’t they usually go about 3 years before they are EOL’d??
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    Arctic Mx-4 or Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut

    MX-6, moved from TG Kryonaut due to it degrading in performance after just over a year of use.
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    Liquid Metal Question

    Thanks for the thoughts and the input, I am just going to go with MX-6 on my CPU and GPU. This thread can be closed.
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    Liquid Metal Question

    All, I am about to perform my annual maintenance on my cooling loop. I currently have TG Kryonaut on my CPU and GPU. In the almost years' time, I have seen some thermal degradation on my GPU. When I first applied the TIM, I had a difference or about 12C between core and hotspot. Now when I...
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    RATIONAL custom loop for 14900K and 4080S

    I 2nd this.... Have had water-cooling several times over the last 15 years or so..... it all equalizes and hits a steady state.
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    Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League PC Spec Requirements Unleashed

    I played the most recent weekend test and yes the game does support some raytracing. I think the game looked quite good maxed out on my system.... I don't know what some people expect.. I mean you want photorealism that runs on a mid range GPU?? Are you dense? And as we all know, graphics...
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    AMD Reference RX 6800 XT with RX 6900 XT backplate! (mining card???)

    If you are concerned about it, I would just return the card and not spend the time jacking with it. Any time you mess with the vBIOS you run the risk of bricking the card. Being able to flash up to a higher performing part was done away with a long time ago....
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    Arctic Mx-4 or Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut

    I have used both and I think either one would be fine. I lean towards the MX-4 because it is cheaper.
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    EK Unveils EK-QuantumX CoolingStation Monoblock for PlayStation 5

    I watched that prototype video they posted and they were still feeling out if this would be a feasible product. I guess they think there is a market for it. As someone who had 3 Fat PS3s die (original version, all backwards compatibility and Linux) due to heat and the solder being broken, this...
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    Activision Announces Campaign Details, CoD Next, and Multiplayer Beta Dates for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

    Hopefully this is the last round of the PlayStation perks, and all platforms get everything at the same time. I suppose time will tell though.
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    What do you do for a living?

    I am an Environmental Engineer. Didn't finish college until my early 30s, took quite a while to for me to finish because I would lose motivation to continue. I have worked IT and computer sales/repair, retail, and loading/unloading cargo aircraft. Been at my current place for 12 years. They...
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    Worth reseating my motherboard over tiny screw offset?

    If it isn't broke, don't fix it. Leave it alone.
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