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tx...I've increased the supply of chocolates and flowers, for now ! ...also, they're looking forward to get the use of two additional rooms back ...some more pics...

...good snow tires ?

...the point is simply that given the scalper et al situation in the GPU market that has prevailed, some retailers here note on their web site that you cannot directly order RTX3K online to begin with, but have to do it in person...I didn't even (pre)order my Strix, just happened to be there when it came in ...for the record, it was late January in Canada (brrr) when I got the 3090

...not to rub it in, but when it came to be time to upgrade my home-office work-play machines recently, I went the old-fashioned way: On foot and shopped OFFLINE Neither card was ever listed in their online inventory (and the GPUs were priced at / below MSRP, no tariff).

...Got me some Thermal Putty (10.0 W/mk) to see what's what...

Nice ! Don't forget to post your best top-ten near misses !

...the Canadian Wood Frog can do it for a single arctic winter, not to mention the Woolly Bear Moth- but 24,000 yrs - now that puts even Rip van Winkle to shame. But more seriously, who knows what nasty surprises (including bacteria and viruses) await thawing via global warming's impact on permafrost ?

Ravens' Nest 'box-fest', including boxes for new tables, shelves (not shown) etc so that 'we can get our home back'...things had spread over four rooms and a hallway ? ...xx chromosome carbon units not happy w/ this invasion ? purchased December '18

...yeah, I'm sure they carry an 'R+D' premium, as this is a revised version (after R+D done by...customers ? ?) and one of the various strings is actually doubled up (so two strings on top of each other, each with its own plastic shielding). ..the TT PCIe 3 risers that came with their Core P series cases don't have that

US$ ~83 , EURO ~68

..fyi update: The 2nd LinkUp PCIe 4.0 arrived today and it also performs w/o any issues ? sorry for the ugly testbench used ..soon, I hope to make it all shiny

...kudos for the fire breather GPU avatar !

Yes, exactly that...just allows for more overall flexibility for non-traditional builds. If there needs to be a DB 'id' for EHW, you can link that to their first mobo / CPU listed though then add a secondary DB entry field for the other mobo and so forth

...TT Core P8 on its 'transport platform' for 'nest 1', a steel tool cart w/ wheels that can carry over 300 lbs ? ...an earlier TT Core P5 build (Core P5 being smaller and lighter than Core P8) that had 5 big rads, 4 pumps, 3 w-blocks etc ended up over 100 lbs. It's hard to move as it is not a normal case you can pick up at the typical grab spots. The Core P5 will be rebuild and become 'nest 2' ...Core P8 on the just-assembled steel tool cart :

FYI, we use large text files (up to 5000 characters, complex-multilingual, searchable) in some of our online biz apps we host and find it really useful for fine-tuned multi-term searches. It works for both the 'contributor / author' and the 'browser / user' Another thing you might want to consider are options for dual or triple mobo arrangements (in a single case etc). I'm a member at builds.gg and while I like that site, I find that it was far too restrictive re. multiple, 'competing' components - such as more than one motherboard or CPU in a single entry.

I had picked up a LinkUp PCIe 4.0 PCI riser via Amazon a little while back and finally got around to test it out on a PCIe 4.0 GPU - works like a charm, no hick-ups at boot, no fps loss ...so I ordered another one for the dual mobo build. FYI, the TT PCIe 3.0 risers that came with the TT Core P8 and P5 work fine in 3.0, but in 4.0 mode >> black screen, as expected.

..thankfully, this might not happen in the immediate future, but as stated, complacency is definitely not an option. Our firm had a 9-mth battle on a SaaS apps with an Asian state-sponsored 'outfit' some years back. Fortunately, we are using not only technologies but also undocumented 'distributed' techniques and managed to prevail. I mentioned it because 'state sponsored' is s.th. to worry about in this context because... a.) Quantum computers are extremely expensive and difficult to run, at least for the time being (D-Wave, one of the leaders in Quantum computing, is only 20 km from here - you should see their 'cooling' setup..). Governments and their 'agencies' are among the few initial adopters which have the budget and the infrastructure. b.) The debacle around 'NSA dark tools'...but NSA itself got hacked and those tools made it into the dark web, with bits and pieces acting as the foundation for ransom ware attacks etc. More > here

...since I play both on the red and green team, I look forward to FidelityFX to compete with DLSS - for the best of both worlds ? . There might also be a '3rd' approach (per Epic / Unreal 5) as discussed here by Steve from GN:

...Raven's strike again ...w-block for the new 6900 XT ...the 6900 XT block arrived (w/ back-plate) and quality looks excellent ?

...yeah, I took a lot off the IHS given its crazy wavery look - w-block seating pressure would be an issue (borderline now) but longer springs might work > good idea ! ? ...I have my own 'HoF of fav mobos' I'll keep no matter what ? ...apart from the Gigabyte Z170 SOC Force, there's the Asus Maximus V Extreme (3770K) that actually has Thunderbolt, an Asus X79-E WS (PEX + 7 PCIe) and the more recent MSI X399 Creation, plus some real oldies like the Abit IC7G

...just finished a new build for productivity purposes - has a 6900 XT in it, and I am kind of tempted to try that one out in FS2020, but it would mean getting MSFS2020 server change logging and updates I don't want... ...we had a major weather front move in a few evenings ago - sky (real weather setting) looked awesome ?

...knock yourself out: ...then you can drive around and ask...

Thanks ? ...The BeQuiet block is part of a 360mm 'PureLoop' AIO I use for initial testing of CPUs (Intel and AMD compatible)...works well...pump is also NOT Asetek but sits between the block and rad