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We put the limit at $300 for a hopefully new-in-box board; but yes I agree. Mostly what I am looking at are the 16-phase boards which all come in at or over $300. Maximus line, etc. The high end boards.

Hi errbody! Got a 10850K lying around to give to my best bud. Have some RAM for him as well and we need suggestions on a Z490 board. Looked into Z590; but offers nothing without CPU upgrade. So.... Looking for suggestions at under $300 US for a BNIB board OR used. I'm hoping someone has experience with 10th gen and especially the 10850K on a series of tested boards. ASUS Maximus line comes to mind but I haven't toyed with GB/EVGA/ASROCK etc. Don't need links unless someone thinks "OMG" this is a steal... but definitely looking for suggestions. I wasn't super stoked on the MSI MPG platform (which I'm still on) so maybe even another line is better? Thanks, very very much!

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I was lucky enough to grow up in the 80's / 90's in the South Bay of Los Angeles. I'm no pro skater, but I skated with Rodney Mullen (me and 3 friends are in an OLD shorty's VHS back in the day watching him), Daewon, Bam, Weeman, and a bunch of the oldschool ET Surf sponsored guys. I mean... maybe I was more around than skating with... by Daewon I have a video (somewhere) of him 360-kickflipping over my mom's 1989 Caprice Station wagon off a 1' kicker ramp my buds n I built. skateboards. Love punk rock.

Merry Winter Solstice y'all.

@The Pook You find Starfield a little bit repetitive in things? I finally dumped more time into it this month and after getting past lvl 10 (barely 23) everything seems... very similar if not identical.

There is so much going on behind the scenes too. So, so much. So much very few people would likely even care to share, let alone able to. It's interesting to me where a lot of the theory for building AI comes from and how it is implemented. Based on what's publicly available and of the dozens and dozens of companies (and otherwise) working to create rationally thinking compute intelligence (able to reason), I see the solution already laid bare before us. Hear me out: Breaking it all down in a very simple way it would essentially be networked collage of mini systems, each with a system built on one (possibly multi) model that can be learned; fact based - such as simple mathematics. Combining all of the 'base structures of factual intelligence' they get divided into intelligent-self-contained-systems and those are linked with other systems that only reason and infer with the available data. Somewhere in the system are other integrated systems which handle all of the things you need to learn to rationalize. Combine all of these systems together and add layers of complexity with subsets of these kinds of systems (ie; this large idea of a system broken down further into similarly large but 'bundled' smaller systems), and you're not far off from being able to get very, very, very close to AGI or even (if given the elective to learn and change it's own code/base structure, but perhaps still possible not to control - implement a kill switch) - a 'super' AGI (essentially uncontrollable, kill switch unattainable). And given that when you realize AI work has been a field for much longer than the current rendition of the 'internet' and subsequent technological advances, along with the introduction of worldwide computer adoption (all industries etc), we've paved the groundwork for a lot of these systems to get trained, basic, generalized - factually based data. Seems to me the stage for reasoning 'training' is already past as well - humans have been providing that kind of information in various forms readily available for analysis. And for me, this is the 'behind the scenes' issue if I have to read between the lines of the OpenAI fiasco in Nov. Ilya Sutskever is noted for boldly understanding the power requirements and technologies needed to enact connecting 'said' systems (with 'said' systems being all my own inference noed above and simply connecting the journalism covering Sutskever is the driving force pushing to find power/technology able to make the next iterations of AI possible because the ideology already exists in some form). If you run Sam Altman's route you kind of skirt the kill switch debate (not entirely), and you end up with a sort of - "well we can always unplug" approach and let the thing go. Sutskever doesn't think that's a good idea. But I think both agree on what and how to get where they need to go, obviously; otherwise you don't end up where we are now with OpenAI (at least on the surface). This is all just my two cents on things... interesting times for interesting technologies. 2024 is really going to get really interesting (as has been noted in the MSM).

Ooooof I mean I remember it being bad at launch. Gotta see if it ever got fixed lol.

I'm so with you - it makes me think Windows just gets GUI updates with a few sprinkled advancements in. And while I know that isn't technically true, my god! The CP hasn't changed since the 90's! LOL. That said I prefer Win11 over 10 simply for the better multi-monitor support. Will probably be happy with direct storage too, but alas we all wait. I don't debloat any more. I'm just too old. I just turn all the nonsensical stuff off (notifications, etc) and run.

Thoughts on the ultra-far-reaching-goals of the Light No Fire team? Pretty dubious effort for a game and looks amazing already (of course, it's marketing right?!). Predictions? Haven't played NMS so I dunno...

I could be reading between the lines here, but if this fruition of... and I quote, "AI" infused Windows based PC's is a reality to witness in 2024 - does that mean we're still guinea pigs teaching AI how imitate us?

I don't wanna speak for anyone but myself, though I could easily entertain the idea is likely shared among us.... You! You go ahead and take your absolute time. Your contributions here are a cut above, better than first rate. You do you baby, we all got time!

Coffee fan here. I dunno why but the 7-11 'Brazilian' blend is my cheap go-to out and about. If they're out, I find a high voltage selection somewhere at a gas station (usually an Arco). But at home in the morning I'm a fine grind guy. 5 cup maker (small pot) with 4 scoops of Kirkland from Costco. 3# @ $12. Hard to beat price-wise.

Commercial not nearly as technical as your piece. And after watching that commercial, I'm EVEN MORE EXCITED.

I'm excited. Anyone else excited?

RANCID BABY!

Been listening to this for weeks on end now... seems prevalent in society and in every divide we observe at this moment! lol

I suggest Windows 11 IMHO. I'm not even on a platform that will soak the new features up (still 10th Gen) - but just going from 10 to 11 was at first daunting. However I have subjectively found: A) Gaming is equal to or better, cannot say performance is because I have no dual boot testing/data B) Multi-monitor use is MUCH improved, still leaves a lil to be desired but HUGE improvement C) All the things any advanced Windows users use, are still there D) Get the Pro version, by far. E) Win10 IIRC will not support DirectStorage

@Oglethorpe Welcome friend! This be the place.

Oh man I was hoping this was gonna end up with; "UltraMega on ETSY is the newest, hottest PC part picker and maker to buy from." Dude, perma banned? Seems shady IMHO. But I'm also sure it left a bad vibe anyway. I know you're looking at this as a simple side-hustle and not knowing your own situation (job/family/etc) I can bet it's time consuming beyond the building on top of life. Have you considered hosting/free hosting a cheap site you can link to in some of your ads and/or at least give folks a place to see "you" for you instead of being crammed in with 1000's of other sellers (NE/AMZ)?

@UltraMega You're like the only person on my Steam list who has it. So down to play. I think we often see each other at random times but please don't hesitate to ask for a game! I'm totally down. That goes for *EVERYONE* here! For MP games, feel free to LMK pm/steam: CS2 (excellent) COD (excellent) BF2042 (excellent) APEX (i'm pretty new) THPS 1+2 (i button mash) And anything else I can play MP I'm down. Oldschool gamer. Love comp / cas play.

Welcome! It's a very nice place here. Very nice. But remember, don't poke @The Pook. HE'S ALWAYS WATCHING.

Oh man has to be. Plus the upsides to owning and maintaining your own energy will create a new corporate monster. I mean progressively upgrading technology company.