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Clearly AMD isn't the right choice here. My whole fleet is online (anything worth running), and I'm barely getting like 2.6-2.8m PPD across 5 systems. -_- And this is why after this fold-a-thon, I'm out lol.

There are so many options that are not only cheaper, but also perform better, look better, whatever the case may be. I agree whole heartedly that they're trying to sell this cooler based off the naming alone. Considering the older $30 cooler that they released a decade ago performs better in the same foot print, I just can't say much good about this one. I'll try though. The MF120 Halo fan included LOOKS really nice........once setup and configured, assuming you don't need to buy a 5v ARGB controller just to make it work. I mean I guess that's why they didn't include older socket compatibility on the box, but they must've forgotten that not many AM4 motherboards came out with ARGB hookups either. There's lost sales right there on Socket AM3 / AM2 potentially since this would bolt right onto those too the same way it does AM4. Not many sales, sure, but its just yet another oversight made. I'd still say the Hyper 212 Halo Black is better than a stock cooler, it absolutely is. My kiddo's rig with that Ryzen 2600x went from 3.8GHz boost as a 4c / 8t part with the stock AMD Wraith cooler installed, to boosting to over 4GHz as a proper full on 6 core. So it wasn't a complete waste. It boosted higher, more consistently with the Hyper 212 Evo v2 though, especially with upgraded fans. However, for any stock boosting CPU, the new 212 Halo Black is fine. Review is done with, I've still got the cooler installed on his machine, with the stock ARGB fan now. It works fine, the CPU boosts properly enough, it does what its supposed to do. But that's about all it does. With the older Evo, I'd be running a good overclock, but honestly the new one does look better and mounts easier. To be 100% honest here, had the MSRP on this cooler been $29.99 or even $34.99, AND had it included an ARGB controller or at LEAST a 12v RGB header adapter cable; just something to allow the fan to be connected properly to all capable RGB era motherboards......I'd have a lot more nicer things to say about it, even if the performance is worse than the 212 Evo v2. At least then its a fair price for its performance and would be being compared to similarly priced competitors. Sorry /rant I guess. Stuff I really wanted to put into the article, but it was just too much bias. I really did try to like the cooler, and I do. It suits a purpose, and it does "work". Just grrrr Cooler Master, I know they're capable of better than this. TY. This one there was a LOT of thought put into it. I'll just put it that way.

Sandbagging........or was I just not willing to put up with the power bill increase? -_- Whatever, I have my entire "fleet" of useful folding equipment online. GPU's: 6900XT, 5700XT, Vega 64, FuryX, and a GTX 970 for good measure CPU's: Ryzen 3600, Ryzen 2600x, Ryzen 1400 I'd have more things online, but my 5800x rig is my ETF rig (with the 6900xt), so passkey issues there. The rest of my gear is too old to really help with any sort of placing, so meh...better to just leave the 290x, 7970, FX, Thuban, and the rest of the old gear alone probably. I was confused too, otherwise I'd have got my equipment online yesterday. To be fair, I didn't pay too much attention to what TIME it started, I saw the dates of 3/17-3/20 and just assumed we were starting Friday. Instead we started Thursday around 5pm. Yeah, that was a little confusing. Again though, I hadn't noticed 0:00 UTC either, and if I did I probably confused UTC for EST just out of habit.

Source Cooler Master was founded in 1992 and they produce computer cases, power supplies, PC cooling for both CPU’s and GPU’s, laptop cooling pads and computer peripherals. They’ve also produced cooling solutions for other major brands in the industry and they’re a major sponsor of eSports competitions. The question remains though, is this new version of the Hyper 212 worth looking into in 2023? Let’s find out! Read the full review HERE

Just scored a Dell E248WFP (1920x1200 / 60Hz / TN Panel) for $16. Also scored a set of 2.1 Altec Lansing VS4121 speakers for $19. Only had to open the subwoofer up and dig out all the rat poop and toys stuffed into the subwoofer....seriously had no clue it was THAT gross inside. Whatever, its cleaned out now. Looks fine on the outside. They WORK fine. Yay. Do not recommend these speakers, but they will go nicely with one of my vintage builds, so that's why I bought them. They're not HORRIBLE bad, but they're far from good too. On that note, there was another deal I couldn't pass up at the thrift store. There was a "chinsey" set of speakers sitting on the shelf, still brand new in the box. I absolutely had to try them. AVol AS200's. I can't seem to find anything about them online, but found a few auctions that sold them years ago for under $5. I paid $28 for them. Definitely steep, but....they're so amazingly crap, they were worth the money just because of that fact. They're literally a $9.99 brand new pair of 2000 era speakers from Ali-Express or something. They sound exactly as you'd expect, and because of that.....they're quite lovely. Yes, they suck....but you expect that.

Never seen a PSU like that one before, I too would be skeptical with side connectors like that. Glad its not as daunting as it seems in the pictures, and sounds like its a fantastic unit regardless! Glad it held up to the abuse.

Drivers wise, I've heard you can install the Pro drivers, but I've never given it a try. I just put up with the garbage tbh, figure with enough GPU horsepower I can just power through the malware. Now, I HAVE gone through, unpacked the driver package, and just installed the inf through device manager. That does work. On Windows 10/11 though, I cannot verify if Adrenaline Software would get installed automatically later by Windows Update or not, that's another problem entirely. I'll be honest, I run my 6900XT at stock or underclocked 99% of the time. I run 2.60GHz on it for benchmarks as its known to be stable on my card, but my hotspot temp is just too hot. I don't trust 110*C loads, no matter if its "safe" or not.

Here we go, Intel stealing our nanometers again..... I am curious of course, at what the future will hold in store for silicone like this though. Considering Moore's Law, its a very interesting time for computer chips indeed.

This is about the only good use I can see out of this tech....... I don't mind pixelated......you know, things. I grew up on dial up. Inb4: "Back in my day, we had to walk FIFTEEN MILES to get our porn......THROUGH THE SNOW, UP HILL BOTH WAYS.".

I have the MSI Gaming 6900XT. I'm pretty sure it'd flash just fine. Ubuntu + Complex = I'm not going to try though and risk bricking my card. Honestly, I doubt its going to perform much better than it does as is. I'm at right around 2600MHz on the core under load, stock memory, and my hotspot temp hits 110*C already. Core temp is fine, stays under 65C.

Ehhh, green or red, they both pump out frames lol. I think you'll have fun with it. Looking back on it NOW, yeah I should've waited for the 6950XT, but whatever. Both cards are fantastic, especially now that prices are dropping on them.

No I have not. That might actually give me that little extra 5-10% performance I need at my res, but my card's hotspot gets stupid hot as is and makes me nervous.

I'm missing the options you are, but it gave me a validation window. Main Rig - 5800x with PBO / DDR4-3800 @ 16-17-16 / RX 6900XT @ 2.6GHz https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/compute/153027

I wonder what it'd take to get this put into Sven Coop, the coop mod for the HL series. If its just a map thing, that might be pretty easy to get the above mod, and any future HL2 mod for RT, and plug them into Sven maybe. Or maybe Sven needs to be completely reworked? Idk...... Either way, I love me some classic games with revamped graphics regardless.

You got it, and thank you for understanding.

Might want to be careful. You have stuff in your portfolio that's under NDA...... Or at least was.

@Bastiaan_NL when did you let Jan take a video of you in your speedo? Happy Birthday Bastiaan!!

The investor thing isn't really THAT iffy if you think about it. It'd be like Microsoft being an investor in a pro America video game and people boycotting American made video games because of a war or something. The investor isn't necessarily involved with the game other than finances. Yes, its a valid concern, but I doubt they had much to do with the game itself. And yes, the game is very pro Russia from the sounds of it. But again, is that REALLY that big of a deal? It's fiction for starters, and secondly who wouldn't want to be pro their own country? If Italians made a new game that was painting Italy in a positive light and was "pro Italy" would THAT be that big of a deal? It's a touchy subject simply because of politics and the war, it has nothing to do with the people themselves in said country (in my opinion). And yes, the second point you made there is very curious indeed. If there's already a boycott why DID this game get through? Hard to say for sure. THAT, is a very valid question and probably deserves some answers. I'm not saying that I'm going to install this game or not. Probably not to be honest, I'm just not much of a gamer. I just don't see the problem here if you take things at face value. It's a video game. If people outside of Russia bought it, the developers should get paid for their efforts, regardless of their country or nationality. See, I don't care about some war between one group of rich people and another group of rich people. I care about the people themselves of these places. And its pretty rough on my heart hearing people hating on Russians or Ukrainians. Those people themselves have nothing to do with this nonsense, they just want to live their lives, same as the rest of us.

Right, I understand that point. The problem with that logic is that basically cuts off ALL people in Russia. Same as it would if an American company was being boycotted for political reasons. I drive on the roads, I pay a gasoline tax and license fees. Those taxes and fees go to the state, which also help fund the federal government. So as such, I'm indirectly funding the federal government myself. Same situation here. Russian developers make a game. They get paid for said game. They pay their taxes. Oh no, they're funding the invasion!!!! Except they're really not, they're just paying their taxes as Russian citizens. That's all I was getting at. It's not the developer's fault that their nation is in a war right now.

Regardless of who made what, its a stupid video game. If Atomic Heart is a good game, those Russian developers deserve to be paid by the people that play the game. Period. It's no different than tying an American to Joe Biden or Donald Trump and saying that American can't get paid because you disagree with their politics. These Russian citizens are not Vladimir Putin, as such, they should be free enough to get paid for the work they've done. Ukraine can go kick rocks.

In I guess? I'm using my ETF GPU though, since @damric finally helped me get that going. Stupid 290x being unstable, swapped to the 6900xt.

E's probably sitting at his desk grumbling....... "so difficult to please everyone these days....."

Correction, its really REALLY close to being fixed on my end.