UltraMega

Yeah, like I said I generally don't post much there anymore. Almost never post anything myself, and only ever occasionally answer people's questions. But again, I'm just a regular user. I want this site to do well as I think we all do, but that's not why I don't use OCN much anymore. It's just because OCN is lame now, and if they are creating fake content over there, that just makes it even worse. Knowing a lot of us here came from there, it just seemed relavent to bring this up, and especially over there where it can serve as a warning to users who don't want to waste time going over fake content.

I used to be the main person posting news on OCN back before they changed the format and took away the news section. I usually post more news here, but I was sick lately. If you do post news, if you're on a PC it's a lot faster if you use multi-copy-paste which you can do with windows key + C/V. A news bot would be tricky because it would be hard for a bot to know what kind of news is actually relavent vs mindless clickbait. Side note on the site activity: I'm just a normal user, I have no stake in this site beyond just hoping it does well so we have a good place to talk about tech stuff. I don't know any details about how well either site is doing, but I just want to point out that even though the amount of active users here may not be that high, it seems like there are a lot of people visiting the site who don't have accounts. The other day the I happened to notice the list of people logged in where it also shows how many guests are on the site, and at the time there were like 5 users logged in and another 200 guests. Seemed like a lot more guest users than I would have... guessed.

https://www.ign.com/articles/gundam-requiem-for-vengeance-trailer-showcases-giant-robot-warfare-release-date-sdcc-2024 I watched Gundam a bit as a kid. Could be cool to revisit it. This is the first I've heard of UE5 being used for an entire film. Side note: I had covid lately which is why I didn't post any news for a while. Was just too out of it. Better now.

https://www.guru3d.com/story/amd-ryzen-9-9950x-overclocked-to-6-ghz-shows-multicore-performance-increase/ Not a huge OC, but looks to have a bit more headroom than previous generations perhaps.

Since you edited your comment, I'll reply to the part you added. I don't think this issue in regards to this specific example is a factor of OCN being a larger site. My best guess is that this bot is intentionally there to boost traffic/Google analytics. I've seen a lot of spam bots on OCN that just post links to random stuff, but I haven't seen this before, or at least not with such obvious real and fake threads on display at the same time. I suspect the bot messed up here by copying a post that was so recent, but it's entirely possible OCN has a lot more posts like this; that copy old content, alter it slightly, and repost it. Can't control, but I'd be happy to remove the link if you want me to. I honestly just thought it made sense to post an link to an alt site in this context.

Haha, nice. Welcome back

Not like I posted the link as an ad anyway, more like a logical response to the fact that OCN is filled with bots... try a different site.

Its very rare that I post a link to EHW on OCN. Pretty rare that I post anything over there that isn't a reply to a question. I hear your point, but frankly I do not agree. And really there's nothing to lose by posting a link. Even if you're right that it "looks desperate", if that just means no one bothers to use the link, no net loss.

So a spam account copies another thread almost word for word, posts it a few hours later, and hopes no one will notice? Sounds possible. I'd still call that a fake post.

https://www.overclock.net/threads/windows-7-pc-does-not-boot-after-disabling-driver-signature-enforcement-please-help.1811568/?post_id=29349200#post-29349200 https://www.overclock.net/threads/my-windows-7-pc-wont-boot-after-disabling-driver-signature-enforcement-–-need-assistance.1811570/?post_id=29349048#post-29349048 Looks like they're just inserting fake BS to boost activity. I have suspected this with OCN for a while, but now there seems to be clear proof.

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The contest is now over. The winner is... Fluxmaven! Congratulations, and thanks again to everyone who participated. I'm looking forward to having more of these kinds of contests here in the future! Winning post: https://extremehw.net/topic/3775-official-ehw-contest-giveaway-best-1500-build-specifications-vote-now/?do=findComment&comment=46939

If I were going to do something like this, I would go with a case that could fit a standard ATX PSU. SFF PSU are generally a lot more expensive and have a higher failure rate. Any one of these would work well IMO.

Just a note, any feedback about this contest is appreciated. We may do more of there. How did you guys enjoy it? How do you feel about the prizes? We could do more elaborate prizes, or more frequent contests. Any suggestions towards future contests, or if anyone wants to get involved in hosting, feel free to voice your opinions!

Whenever I enter this thread, I feel like I can smell the american chopper fumes.