Andrew

Reference or aftermarket? I want to see how well various aftermarket ones do as far as heat and noise go.

If you can't get it to align properly the first time, use a bigger hammer.

Oh yeah, you can't go wrong either way. Both are very good as long as maxing out games at 4K 60fps+ isn't your goal.

Both 5700XT and 5700 run very hot. At least with the stock blower coolers. I don't actually know if the aftermarket coolers have solved this, but the stock cooler isn't good enough. They're reaching 110c which is very, very high considering older AMD cards with the stock cooler would rarely go above 85-90c. AMD do insist that it's safe for these GPUs to get up to that temperature, but still, I'm not sure how well they'd last in the long run. Then again, they could have just changed how they get the temperatures which result in higher readings than previous GPUs.

I wouldn't go for AMD at this point TBH. It doesn't seem like they can make good CPUs and GPUs at the same time. Sure, AMD is cheaper than the equivalent nVidia card but it does lack DXR. DXR isn't really essential, but it is nice to have.

Well I can see why they haven't released it yet. Rome wasn't built in a day upside ?

Just a thread for Valve Index owners.

Hello. I have RGB as well. Unfortunately, only my mouse and monitors are RGB. I don't have any of that fancy RGB RAM or fans.

Is that the new 2020 Civic Type R?

That's a big ol' snail.

I've noticed just about every tech forum has one of these. Seems there's an overlap with car enthusiasts and tech enthusiasts. I don't have pictures of my cars at the moment, or a camera but I have a 1995 Lexus LS400 and a 2001 Volvo S80.

Well, the original is on sale on Steam at the moment, 75% off until the 2nd of Sept. The second game does look like it's going to be very similar as far as gameplay goes, just expanded massively.

Source. More info: https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/game/kerbal-space-program-2/ I'm really looking forward to this. I've put a lot of hours into the first game. I'm most looking forward to the insterstellar travel as well as the multiplayer. Both are something I was really hoping would be released as an update for KSP 1 throughout the entire beta.

Kind of expected. I don't ever see Sony going with the same model as the PS3 ever again. Having an affordable console that's as powerful as some of the most powerful PC hardware of the time is definitely nice, but it doesn't make sense business-wise. It took Sony 5 years to break even with the PS3. I'm sure it was a similar story with the Xbox 360 for Microsoft. Not forgetting the nightmare that was RROD due to overheating. At the same time I do see the hardware being a step up this time around. The PS4 (and Xbox One) were very weak at launch. AFAIK, this generation is the first time there's ever been a new version of the same console released with more powerful hardware from two different companies just to keep up with the better graphics demand. Now VR is starting to become more mainstream as well with the recent launch of the Valve Index, Oculus Rift S and soon to be launched Vive Cosmos. I'm sure there'll be a VR demand from the console gamers, especially considering the success of the PSVR. I'm expecting the successor of both the PS4 and Xbox One to have hardware around that's about as powerful as an AMD R5 3600 for the CPU and RTX 2060 Super for the GPU.

Looking forward to the pictures there friendo. What's this PC going to be used for? I noticed the hardware is quite a bit better than typical gaming PC hardware.