I have one NVME SSD and two SATA – would using the fastest drive for Win10 instead of one of the slower SSDs make any practical difference in games and daily usage?

Source: [H]ardOCP – OS or games on fastest drive? Does it even matter?

I had bought this about a year ago.
https://us.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-RTX-2080-SEA-HAWK-EK-X

I am looking to replace the water cooling with decent after market cooler as…

MSI 2080 Seahawk EK and Fan Cooler

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http://www.primegrid.com/challenge/2019_challenge.php

Last years thread https://hardforum.com/threads/2018-primegrid-challenge-series.1951409/

Source: [H]ardOCP – PrimeGrid Challenge Series 2019

I have a used Ryzen 7 3700X for sale for $280 OBO shipped within the CONUS. If you just want the CPU in the small internal box, I can do $272 shipped within the CONUS. I take PayPal.

I am the…

FS: Ryzen 7 3700X (with Wraith Stealth cooler) $280 OBO shipped

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I’m in the market for a new 3600 CPU and was going to hold out until Black Friday to see if Micro Center had any good promos. However, I really want The Outer Worlds and it’s free if I buy the…

Current AMD free game promo – end date?

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Hello Forum, I am looking to build a HEDT machine that will also hopefully double as an ESXi server. Hope to dual boot between the two. Pretty much set on the 3900x and I have also bought a…

3900X Component help

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The Radeon RX 5500 XT hits the review wire today after being announced a couple months ago. It’s an AIB only launch, so no reference cards – expect a variety of offerings up for review. Here’s…

Radeon RX 5500 XT Launch Review Round Up

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Ryzen 5 1600, Asrock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming itx/AC, Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 16gb Kit. These are brand new run very briefly complete in the boxes. The R5 1600 includes the better…

FS: Ryzen 5 1600, Asrock B450 Gaming itx/AC, Corsair LPX DDR4 3200 16gb Kit. Free XBox Game Bundle

Source: [H]ardOCP – FS: Ryzen 5 1600, Asrock B450 Gaming itx/AC, Corsair LPX DDR4 3200 16gb Kit. Free XBox Game Bundle

https://www.tftcentral.co.uk/blog/a…ltrawide-panel-175hz-refresh-rate-and-g-sync/

Same panel as the…

Acer Predator X38P (37.5″ 3840×1600 24:10 IPS 175hz G-Sync) (DUPE)

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This one looks like it’s in the process of being patched in firmware.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00317.html

and this one with a fun…

YAIV – Yet Another Intel Vulnerability

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I would be interested in your opinion because I am migrating all my machines to Virtualized solutions (mostly Proxmox VE, still have one ESXi Box).

For the Host (or AIO using OmniOS + Napp-IT)…

Virtualization and ZFS

Source: [H]ardOCP – Virtualization and ZFS

Due to a spilled Dr. Pepper I am in need of a new (used) motherboard.

Don’t really care too much about generation, but would not be very enthusiastic about an A320…

As ever, budget is a huge…

WTB: mATX AM4 mobo

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“I’m digging the style of this PS5 render from the front — for some reason, it just looks nice and plain and I Love that. I could see some gorgeous blue LED light strip making the console…

New PlayStation 5 renders show off radical different design, again

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https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/jotun/home

Source: [H]ardOCP – [Epic Store] Jotun: Valhalla Edition Free Till 12/12

He was able to push this GT710 to almost double the performance of stock clocks!

“I decided to buy the cheapest graphics card on Amazon to see if it’s any good. I then overclocked the living…

I bought the cheapest new graphics card on Amazon.com and overclocked the crap out of it

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It seems like this is an odd issue, while I haven’t found the exact issue I might not be alone.

Recently purchased an ASUS ROG Strix B450-i Gaming with a Ryzen 3600X, 16GB RAM and a Sabrent 1TB…

Trouble installing Windows 10 on ASUS ROG Strix B450-i Gaming

Source: [H]ardOCP – Trouble installing Windows 10 on ASUS ROG Strix B450-i Gaming

Oh man this kinda sucks. I really hope another developer can step in and help refactor the code or what not. Heck maybe even Valve could hire a couple of lead devs for this given the awesome work…

DXVK Entering Maintenance Mode

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Microsoft just released the first version of Teams client for linux after so much demand and countless requests by the community. How does it stack up against the Windows version? Is it any good?…

Microsoft Teams for Linux. Is it any good?

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32gb Wii U with good games and 4 controllers. 1 wired pro, 1 wireless pro, 2 nunchucks.
Games include;
Mario Kart 8
Mario and Luigi
Minecraft
Starfox
Donkey Kong tropical freeze
Sonic…

Wts: WII U 32gb bundle

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Do y’all think this is a decent overclock for 3900x. I have notice others get same results but seems my voltage )1.3v) is a bit on lower end but it has been stable for 24 hours . I have notice…

Overclock 3900X

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