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  1. kar

    Intel i7 14700K review

    What board did you go for? And what did you come from? To be honest in gaming the 13600 is fine for what I do, the main thing I could imagine it benefiting is code compilation and emulators (RPCS3/Yuzu). As I'm still on DDR4 this is end of line for this particular build so maybe follow original...
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    Intel i7 14700K review

    What are folks thoughts, I'm on Z690, 13600k with a pretty beefy cooler (H150I cappelix). Originally I was going to camp out until the 13900s came on the resale market after Meteor was due to hit but with Intel going all devils canyon seems like the 14700k would be a better fit especially if...
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    Do we really need a 5090 ?

    I don't know, I feel like the AI revolution is going to go the same way at the VR and Crypto ones - some utility but much more limited than everything thinks and a longer term play, but there will be some other hype train departing the station before then for Nvidia to hop on board. This AI...
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    Do we really need a 5090 ?

    Well 640kb of memory should be enough for everyone! I think the 5090 is less interesting than what should be the downmarket cards, with pricing what it is, if you're coming from a 20xx or even 30xx card it's going to be a big jump and makes the eye watering pricing less intolerable. Given...
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    Noisy Seagate Exos X20s

    Yeah they are perfectly fine, the only thing I've noticed is that my older ironwolfs (supported) had a 'seagate' tab in the disk manager which allowed some additional seagate specific configuation which isn't available for these x20s. Performance and raid modes work to spec.
  6. kar

    ** Diablo 4 Thread **

    It’s not even the grind that is really a problem per se, it’s just that the grind feels like digging to China with a tea spoon. My character always feels so impotent no matter progression. If I could increasingly light up mobs like a Christmas tree as I cross the map I think it would feel...
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    14th Gen "Raptor Lake Refresh"

    I built a 13600k system late last year (going from 9700k) as I was thinking about chucking a 13900k in it once prices came down. Now then sounds like a 14700k will be an even better option, intel are being unusually generous with this socket.
  8. kar

    Quake II RTX and other classics

    Re pathfinding what's happened is due to the push to get the game out the door ID ripped out the WIP AI/Pathfinding and essentially lobotomised the monsters. The original AI / pathfinding code still existed and Nightdive were able to resurrect, modernize and complete it such that the game feels...
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    ** Diablo 4 Thread **

    I'm stuck with this game - I want to love it, but I'm finding it such a chore to play. Level 28 fire sorceress and I play as a completionist - i do *every* sidequest, normally enjoy 'grazing' through games but D4 just stopped being much fun for me after about level 15. I feel like the level...
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    Noisy Seagate Exos X20s

    I have noticed they've 'quietened down' over the past week as they've been in use, but still sound more like the 20mb hdds of the 80s than a modern drive. Learning to live with it, but from what I've read helium filled 'enterprise' drives are just noisy, price you pay for the longevity...
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    Noisy Seagate Exos X20s

    Hi there, I saw this comment - https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/looking-for-a-quiet-7200rpm-hdd-16-18tb-drive.18974711/post-3655568 and had me wondering about my recently acquired Exos Enterprise X20 20TB Drives (Seagate ST20000NM007D). They are REALLY loud. The idle noise isn't too...
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    IMPORTANT: Members Market access

    I was affected by this - generally engaged in MM only, and well under the new limit. It was of value to me both as a buyer/seller and i passively consumed the forum reading quite a lot but not adding a lot. Practically speaking I will now need to post more, and there is value in that for me (and...
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    LTT called out

    The update is even more devastating than the initial breaking story - if nothing else as a large media company LMG should invest some of the money they are scrimping on reviews into a PR agency.
  14. kar

    Voodoo 5 6000 (anyone got $6k spare?)

    Hmm I have a voodoo 5….
  15. kar

    *** NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4090 STOCK SITUATION & OcUK YOUTUBE REVIEWS - NO COMPETITOR DISCUSSION ***

    Q1/P133 days. That'd have been a Riva TNT (a beast as well) at best :). First Geforce was end of 99/early 2000.
  16. kar

    AMD RX 7900 XT/XTX Upgrade discussion

    Sapphire Nitro looks good to me. Going to be interesting in Jan / Feb. My 3060ti's days are numbered.
  17. kar

    WTF! - Intel reveals pay extra to use Xeon features

    Intel is run by an engineer now though :(
  18. kar

    4080s in stock on nvidia site

    I don’t think availability is going to be a problem.
  19. kar

    Do people need memory for old systems still?

    I am a hoarder, i'm taking my FPM Dram, 8088s, 486s and Pentium Pro 90 to my urn! Will let the Pentium 4s go in a fire sale though :D
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