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  1. ben90

    Platypus' Beginners Guide to Running

    Appreciate the tips! After doing some more reading, I think it might be the beginning of shins splits. It doesn't hurt to walk or anything but if I tap my shins it feels like they are bruised so I will definitely try to take it a bit easier for now.
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    Platypus' Beginners Guide to Running

    It's the usual cliche, but with the new year I've decided I want to start running more and do a half marathon in 6 months. I've just completed my 3rd running session which involves 1 run around the block next to my house. It works out at bang on 2.5km, and my app says I've done it in 13 minutes...
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    "simple" FPS games

    Half life immediately springs to mind, although I assume most people would have played them by now. Serious sam (3 is the best) Turok 1 + 2 can be had on steam and are about as simple as you can get.
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    Limescale remover

    Try this
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    Roof leaking despite being 'fixed'

    No competent tradesman would recommend re-using that old lead after paying for scaffolding, far more cost effective to replace it...although the quote does say to reuse existing leadwork which is unfortunate. Regardless I am looking at the leadwork being the biggest offender and they need to...
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    Amazon Prime sucks massive donkey balls

    Can't say too much bad about it, for the most part. My biggest gripe is to do with our local DPD driver, who enjoys not ringing the bell and then leaving the parcel on the floor.
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    AM4 gets yet more CPU's

    They will still command a premium price because AMD know that the target market will still save a lot of money by not upgrading to AM4, while also getting excellent performance.
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    What are the 30 year old plus gamers playing?

    Currently my main game is Rust, but I play Overwatch if I'm on my own since it's something I can hop on and off of. Occasional bit of CS but most of my competitive drive has gone when it comes to gaming.
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    Ryzen 7950X3D, 7900X3D, 7800X3D

    I'm way out of the loop with PC tech right now, but I am one of those with a 3600 and have been holding off on upgrading my CPU to the 5800x3d. To me it looks like AMD is in quite a tricky spot right now due to the cost of upgrading to AM5 in general. The new chips will really need to be quite...
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    Possible help with screen tear

    Seemed to have fixed it. For anyone that may come across this issue - the culprit was that I was using Windows 7 basic theme. Changing this back to normal w7 theme solved the issue.
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    Possible help with screen tear

    Hi all, I've bought a new monitor to act as my second one purely for movies/youtube and general internet browsing. My problem is that I have noticed the new monitor screen horizontally tearing in on spot, which appears about 2 inches down from the top of the monitor. This is the only place...
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    AMD Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000) - *** NO COMPETITOR HINTING ***

    Marketing has never been AMDs strong suit. The 5GHz rumour had a lot of weight behind it, maybe AMD were pushing the boat a little too far when trying to reach that milestone.
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    AMD Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000) - *** NO COMPETITOR HINTING ***

    Found myself getting quite lost when reading around enthusiast forums. A lot of people are recently seeming quite unhappy with the new chips. I understand that 2months into the release, having unfinished BIOS's would be annoying. What I want to know is if the annoyance is down to purely...
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    AMD Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000) - *** NO COMPETITOR HINTING ***

    They are some team group 3200 (not 8 pack) and I only ever managed 2933 with a lot of work. They are A-die and I don't have high hopes for getting close to 3600. I will try before I buy anything else but may also try really low speed with tight timings, as we saw in the Linus video last week.
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    AMD Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000) - *** NO COMPETITOR HINTING ***

    Looking to upgrade my 1600 to a 3700X to put into my x370 Taichi, to start with at least. I'm hoping for a cheap little perf gain until the next chips arrive where I may do a full upgrade. Questions: Which AGESA version am I looking at for the best plug and play? I was keeping up with the...
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    AMD Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000) - *** NO COMPETITOR HINTING ***

    Its not that easy with Ryzen since it has inbuilt magic that does it all for you out of the box. All variables are changed and monitored by the chip itself, depending on what is happening. If stock settings are on then yes higher than normal voltages are within operational limits, by design...
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    AMD Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000) - *** NO COMPETITOR HINTING ***

    I believe Zen 3 will be more than a small refresh like Zen+. AMD will hopefully have binned enough chips for the server market to allow more of the better silicon to go into the desktop chips, coupled with some ironing out of software. I have seen some nice 3900 chips from people on Reddit that...
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    ASROCK X570 TAICHI - THE RYZEN 3000 MOTHERBOARD GIBBO & 8 PACK RECOMMENDS

    A strict diet is a vital part of a gamer's performance, maybe it will help with that.
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    3800x thread.

    Level1Techs said he has one and he thinks it is worth the extra money. Waiting for his video to come out to see what's up.
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    AMD Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000) - *** NO COMPETITOR HINTING ***

    I cancelled mine. Was umming and ahhing for ages so I ended up flipping a coin :P At best I save myself £250 to spend on something else, at worst I can simply spend £200 on a 3600 which will actually most of what I need to do. I will do a proper upgrade when the next AMD chips come out unless I...
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