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HPdeskjet commented on What's with The Love for The Intel N100/N150 over Refurbed i5-6500T or Similar?
N100 / N150 have quicksync, which means they can do 8x 1080p or 2x 4k streams for media transcoding. A 6500T can't do 2x 1080p streams…

HPdeskjet commented on Google Nest WiFi Pro Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System White 3-Pack $376 Delivered @ Amazon AU
Good price for 3x 6E APs, but https://dongknows.com/google-nest-wifi-pro-review/

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combatant on INNO3D RTX 5080 X3 16GB GPU Graphics Card $1989 + $16 Shipping ($0 NSW Pickup) @ UMKLOGIX

MSI inspire is 50mm (2.5 slot) and dosen't fit in a lot of smaller 2 slot cases. For the cases with only 50mm support, it results in intake…

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Shootinputin89 on Cusu 32GB (2 x 16GB) 3600MHz DDR4 RAM US$43.20 (~A$69.21) Delivered @ CUSU Global Store via AliExpress

That ripjaws kit is actually rebinned 3200c16 and could be anything, even low tier samsung C/D-die - you are looking for 3600mhz…

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hippo2s on Cusu 32GB (2 x 16GB) 3600MHz DDR4 RAM US$43.20 (~A$69.21) Delivered @ CUSU Global Store via AliExpress

Agreed, price isn't that good for 16-20-20. Just saying there is zero difference buying Corsair or Kingston or Kingbank etc if it's the…

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hippo2s on Cusu 32GB (2 x 16GB) 3600MHz DDR4 RAM US$43.20 (~A$69.21) Delivered @ CUSU Global Store via AliExpress

It's not no-name ram, it's Dual Rank 3200cl16-20-20-40 1.35v which is likely really low bin Micron Rev. B / E or Samsung C-die. Think…

HPdeskjet commented on ASRock B650 Steel Legend WiFi AMD AM5 ATX Motherboard $309 + Delivery ($0 to Metro Areas/ C&C/ in-Store) @ Scorptec
2dpc daisy chain = eww If I'm paying 300!! for a b650 I want 1DPC or a functional nitro mode at least, this does neither.

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abbeyroad on Samsung 990 PRO PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe 4TB SSD $450 Delivered @ cheaperretail eBay Australia

The NM790 is much faster in sustained (2600mb/s VS 1400mb/s) once the initial SLC cache is used up. It also has about 20% higher endurance.

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botchie on LG UltraGear 27" OLED 480Hz QHD Gaming Monitor $1,279.20 Delivered @ LG

I'm currently top 400 in Valorant (was top 1000 in CS) and have recently played at a few offline tier 3-4 events against salaried pro…

https://blurbusters.com/massive-upgrade-with-120-vs-480-hz-oled-much-more-visible-than-60-vs-120-hz-even-for-office/ 120hz -> 480hz is…

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8bitsperbyte on [eBay Plus] Intel Core i7-14700K CPU $555.15 + $5 Delivery (Excl. NT) @ Centre Com eBay

Yep, correct. My ASrock Z690 actually had calibrated values by default, 0.2mOhm AC Loadline for LLC3 (0.4mOhm for LLC4) and would not go…

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conza on [eBay Plus] Intel Core i7-14700K CPU $555.15 + $5 Delivery (Excl. NT) @ Centre Com eBay

You wouldn't be looking at the 9700x, the relevant comparison would be the 9900x @ $700 for mixed usage. I agree, nobody should buy 14700K…

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conza on [eBay Plus] Intel Core i7-14700K CPU $555.15 + $5 Delivery (Excl. NT) @ Centre Com eBay

BIOS updates are required on both AM5 and LGA1700 right now. AM5 actually has far more risk with an older BIOS if you are using a 9000…

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Jolakot on [eBay Plus] Intel Core i7-14700K CPU $555.15 + $5 Delivery (Excl. NT) @ Centre Com eBay

Just overall platform cost for the 14700k is much cheaper, especially if you needed tb4/usb4/10gbe or additional pcie lanes etc. This is…

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8bitsperbyte on [eBay Plus] Intel Core i7-14700K CPU $555.15 + $5 Delivery (Excl. NT) @ Centre Com eBay

You can go all the way down to 1.35-1.4v vcore limit and lose less than 2% performance on the 14700K in ST and no performance in MT. I…

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Jolakot on [eBay Plus] Intel Core i7-14700K CPU $555.15 + $5 Delivery (Excl. NT) @ Centre Com eBay

The 265K is a bit faster in multithread (~5%) but slower (~7%) in gaming. I would personally take the 14700k due to the lower platform /…

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vid_ghost on [eBay Plus] Intel Core i7-14700K CPU $555.15 + $5 Delivery (Excl. NT) @ Centre Com eBay

Not an issue as long as you stop the motherboard from auto pushing 1.58v to the cache... Incredibly easy to fix in BIOS as well, set…

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BradH13 on Crucial T500 4TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD (Redeem $20 Woolworths eGift Card) $401 Delivered ($0 VIC, NSW, SA C&C) @ Centre Com

Ah, good to know the 4TB version solves the multiplexer issue - unfortunately still looks like there are massive drops in TLC write mode…

HPdeskjet commented on Crucial T500 4TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD (Redeem $20 Woolworths eGift Card) $401 Delivered ($0 VIC, NSW, SA C&C) @ Centre Com
The T500 has a Missing DRAM Multiplexer, drops to ~150mb/s after the first few hundred GB, worse than dramless drives.…

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Steven Reece Lewis on WD_BLACK SN7100 2TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD $187 Delivered ($0 VIC/ NSW/ SA C&C) @ Centre Com

Yep, it's not terrible (crucial p2 etc drops to 40mb/s), just correcting the DRAM helps long writes statement by the other 2 posters in…

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Steven Reece Lewis on WD_BLACK SN7100 2TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD $187 Delivered ($0 VIC/ NSW/ SA C&C) @ Centre Com

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KeLmEw8tRFLqJMo5LDDF39-1024-80.png.webp The T500 has a missing DRAM Multiplexer and the write speed drops…

HPdeskjet commented on ASUS ROG Azoth Extreme Wired/Wireless Mechanical Keyboard - NX Snow $599 + Delivery ($0 to Metro Areas/ mVIP/ NSW C&C) @ Mwave
$599 and significantly worse performance than $279 and $324 boards like the EZ63 and 80HE...

HPdeskjet commented on Asus ROG AZOTH Extreme 75% Wireless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - Snow Switch $677.77 + Delivery ($0 NSW C&C) @ JW Computers
outright worse performance than the $200 HE keyboards (EZ67, 80HE etc), wonder who this is for.

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EitherWayUp on Galax GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Graphics Card $2049 Delivered ($0 VIC, NSW, SA C&C) @ Centre Com

Thanks for the cordial response and discussion, rare to see that on this platform :) I mean, I can notice the latency penalty for FPS games…

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EitherWayUp on Galax GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Graphics Card $2049 Delivered ($0 VIC, NSW, SA C&C) @ Centre Com

Latency @ 240fps on GeForce NOW (<40ms end to end with perfect 1000/1000 fiber in a metro area...) has more input lag than dropping all the…

HPdeskjet commented on Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD $87 Delivered ($0 VIC, NSW, SA C&C/ in-Store) @ Centre Com
This drive is about less than half the speed of current gen 7200rpm HDDs, avoid at all cost. Actual speed is ~100MB/s once you fill up…

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MelBorn on Seagate 28TB Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive (STKP28000400) US$382.05 (~A$607.78) Delivered @ QuickDealStore via Amazon US

the enclosure itself has a USB controller that handles up to ~900MB/s, but the actual X28z drive inside is bottlenecked to 110MB/s for…

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octagonalman on Seagate 28TB Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive (STKP28000400) US$382.05 (~A$607.78) Delivered @ QuickDealStore via Amazon US

A HC550/570 or even the Exos X18/22 CMR is about 2.5x faster in sequential write (large files) and about 20x - 100x faster in random…

HPdeskjet commented on Seagate 28TB Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive (STKP28000400) US$382.05 (~A$607.78) Delivered @ QuickDealStore via Amazon US
Exos X28z, SMR, much slower than the 22TB CMR drives.

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Dubzy on Alienware 27" Dual-Resolution IPS Gaming Monitor AW2725QF $449.46 (Was $599) Delivered @ Dell

the most popular resolution for cs is 1280x960 (even on 1080p/1440p monitors), so 1080p isn't really a downgrade. 180hz is also pretty bad…
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