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    Kyle Bennett of HardOCP Joins Intel as Director of Enthusiast Engagement

    This looks to me ass a 1st April fool joke from Kyle / Hocp Quoting: "Effective April 1, 2019 I will be taking on the position of Director of Enthusiast Engag ..." Also there is no discussion button that gets you to their forum ... Is way too much coincidence :)
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    AMD Ryzen Memory Tweaking & Overclocking Guide

    Hi Nice stuff. I have a Ryzen 1700 oced to 3.8 ghz Asus B350 prime plus with 4207 bios. Crucial 16gb 2133mhz ( CT8G4DFD8213 ) oced to 2933 mhz with 16 17 17 39 timings. Vega 56 reference design Windows 10 x64 I wish to upgrade for memory for getting more minimum framerate in games. I have a...
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    Scythe Katana 4

    I have a Scythe Kama Angle rev B...I want to know if i want to upgrade should i go for 30-35$ coolers zone or go for middle ground like Ashura or Mugen 4...Thank you My rig: I5 750 stock 8gb ram 6950 2gb W7 x64
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    ASUS Announces ROG SWIFT PG278Q G-SYNC Gaming Monitor

    The fastest iPS i know of is 3.4ms and is the newest Eizo Gaming monitor http://www.eizo.com/global/products/foris/fs2333/ Unfortunetly it doesn't support G-sync..Also G-sync is limited to Nvidia users only. 1ms IPS is still in future ... The chances the Asus would be a TN are around 90%...
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    AMD to Webcast GPU '14 Product Showcase

    Do AMD give AMD cookies with AMD taste on 25 sept. ?
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    ASUS 7870 underperforming?? Am i bottlenecking??

    I hope you consider also an I5 on 1156..Easy to OC and cool also...and cheap because is old... When i bought the 1156 kit i also got a mainboard from premium segment for a very good price.. Asus maximus III..Of course im using only 10% of it's options but is a very nice way to get a glimpse on...
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    ASUS 7870 underperforming?? Am i bottlenecking??

    I upgraded long time ago from a PII 940Be to an I5 750 because the 940be got very hot when oced and my cooler (Scythe Kama Angle rev B) couldn't cope with the 3.7Ghz heat emanated by the oced PII..The I5 750 got better overall and cooler so i have decent oc headroom until i reach the cooler...
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    PC Shipments Post the Steepest Decline Ever in a Single Quarter, According to IDC

    It will be nice a CPU's shipment table, a VGA shipment table and mainboard shipment table...
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    Cisco Reports Third Quarter Earnings

    I done CCNA 3.0 but didn't atend to final exam and also i have on my home network a Cisco 1811 with two clients..I bought it cheap to expose myself to Cisco gear... CLI have a tremendous "advantage" for Cisco..They sell courses and trainings for it..It's command line like a C language or like...
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    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Cancelled

    X-ray engine is way way more advanced for a "rusty" feeling of Ex-soviet union stuff.. Crysis graphics is too cartonish and colorfull...Is good for mario or rayman but not for Stalker Also Falout 3 graphics is better for SF games with spaceships and stuff because every corner of Falout...
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    AMD to Drop Support for Pre-HD 5000 GPUs with Catalyst 12.7

    I want windows 2000 pro support for 6950 .... do i want too much ?
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    ASRock Introduces Fantastic Scout Mode in its Top Gaming Sound Card - Game Blaster!

    I have a broadcom gigabit lan in my PC in PCIE 1x 5751 model..
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    Now GOG.com Joins Opposition to SOPA and PIPA

    I am from EU and i want to vote too against SOPA
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    Arctic Announces Accelero Twin Turbo II Universal VGA Cooler with G-1 Thermal Glue

    Yes because arctic have 2 coolers on different price segments..This is why the twin turbo II don't have the compatibility with very high end vga's like 580.On the other hand on the bottom of the page there are special kits for specific vga's..
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    Arctic Announces Accelero Twin Turbo II Universal VGA Cooler with G-1 Thermal Glue

    Why you guys are talking crap instead of actually looking on arctic site http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/18/accelero-xtreme-plus.html?c=2182 this cooler cools the very high end market of vga's..Also take a look at mounting kits available.I think you can buy an nvidia kit for Twin...
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