Momma don’t take my Ornata Chroma-way
Your new word for today is mem-chanical, which describes a crossbred keyboard with both membranes and a spring, which makes the keyboard feel like a mechanical keyboard without actually being one. In…
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Author: Jeremy Hellstrom
Vive la différence! Threadripper 2 on Linux and Windows 10
Windows 10 is much better at dealing with multithreaded tasks but Linux has been optimized for both high core counts and NUMA for quite a while, so looking at the performance difference…
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The power of excess, Lian Li’s Strimer RGB power cables
The Lian Li Strimer is a extension for your 24 pin ATX power cable, 200 mm in length or roughly 7.8" long. There are two parts to the cable, the white one…
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6GHz across 32 cores, ThreadRipping mayhem
The low cost workstation class 2990WX has been verified as running at 5.955GHz on an MSI MEG X399 Creation board, with the help of a lot of liquid nitrogen. The Inquirer has…
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Rage against the remake; Jagged Alliance exhumed once again
The first and second Jagged Alliance games, and to an extent the add-on to JA2 were incredible games for those that liked turn based tactical shooters. From there it was all downhill…
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The biggest little storehouse in Texas … terabytes on gumsticks
This year at the Flash Memory Summit big is in as Toshiba unveils an 85TB 2.5" SSH and suggested a 20TB M.2 drive is not far off. SK Hynix will release a…
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Real time ray tracing in still life
The attempt to describe the visual effects Jensen Huang showed off at his Siggraph keynote is bound to fail, not that this has ever stopped any of us before. If you have…
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ThreadRipper 2: Die Four Real
The 2950X and 2990WX are both ThreadRipper 2 chips but are very different beasts under the hood. The 2950X has two active die similar to the original chips while the 2990WX has…
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Coffee Lake S will be released along with the pumpkin spice
According to the various sources The Inquirer has, the Coffee Lake refresh will be launched on the first of October, in time to ensure systems builders have models ready for the holidays. …
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EKWB offers Phoenix Down for your system with their new 360mm GPU and CPU watercooler
If you have space in your case and a need to move a lot of heat, the 360mm EK-MLC Phoenix might be a good choice. It comes with all the features you…
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Intel would rather you talk about their new QLC SSDs
Not to be out done by Samsung, Intel have also announced new QLC based SSDs, the 600p series and the D5-P4320. The two series of drives rely on SLC caches to provide…
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Zen+ and the art of thermal maintenance
There is a ~$30 difference between the Ryzen 7 2700 and the 2700X, which begs the question as to whom would chose the former over the latter. The Tech Report points out…
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