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It’s a pretty solid game for a week or two of fun with friends.

New batteries for the UPS.

Just think, if you buy 2 you will save twice as much on energy over time! The more you buy, the more you save!

Is this why my mail just stopped working in Windows 10 the other day?

Looks good as a PCB colour. Just call it rose gold and you’re set.

Ok maybe a tad overkill but since i’ll be swimming in blown in fibreglass in the attic routing some network cable i figured i’d do it safely.

I am a fan of anything that removes the number of cables needed. i.e. Having to connect a power cable to SSDs always drove me nuts and is a big reason my current build only uses m.2 drives.

I’ll need to look into those brands as i’ve never heard of either, is there anything about them that makes them stand out against Netgear/TPLink/Asus? The phone app is neat but i’d never use it, I prefer to set the router up once and be done with it.

Currently using an ASUS RT-AC66 that is getting long in the tooth and constantly dropping wifi. Just looking for something reliable and current. Are there any standout routers in the $75-250 range, or lemons to avoid? My PC will stay hardwired so raw wireless throughput isn’t a concern...

Is there a competition for bad power connector implementations between AMD and nVidia?

Ouch, $550 Canadian. I still see this selling really well given the crazy GPU market. Tough sell for me, though, compared to paying: GTX 570 for $450 (retail) GTX 780 Ti for $650 (HWC review unit) GTX 1070 Ti for $450 (BNIB from HWC member)

Technically the wife bought it for me with my tax return. I’ll probably return it, but not before walking around with it for a bit.

Are people getting DDR5 stable these days using XMP? My Alder Lake system fought me every step of the way trying to get my 6400 CL36 kit to work at those speeds.

Imagine taking anything he does seriously.

I’m curious what tangible benefits this card has over a 6800xt. Things like DLSS/frame gen don’t appeal to me but if i remember right nVidia had better nvenc encoding and streaming support which I do occasionally dabble in. Is this still the case?