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Attia is no longer taking a statin btw.

Avoid if at all possible. Side effects are often downplayed and benefit exaggerated. LDL alone is a very poor indicator of risk. Some stuff I compiled a while back: This one gives a 13 minute general overview of some of the science behind them. End of the video is very interesting when going...

In general with tech advancement and warranties it probably is not worth buying something for that use at that price point. If all he is doing is web surfing and printing stuff off, buy him a $500 laptop and tell him to save the other $500 to buy a new upgraded one in 3-5 years. If a laptop...

This is kind of YMMV, but for those that live near a microcenter they have a combo deal with the AMD Ryzen 7 7700x and 32 GB g.skill Flare DDR5 6000 dual channel ram for $348. You can then add another 32GB ram kit on for $0.01 . I believe this only works if you reserve online for in store...

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I never had a problem until last year with a MSI card and it has been a nightmare. They have had some of the worst support I've ever seen. The AMD 5500xt card in my son's system started crashing after a couple months. They require the customer to pay shipping for the RMA. Two months later (it...

Hopefully Warzone 2 has a more efficient graphics engine. I'm running warzone on two 3080 systems at 1440p and still get some texture issues and odd and random FPS drops. This guy has one of the better graphics settings videos:

Does it hit exactly 30? The only reason I could see that happening is if the frame rate limit in the game settings was set to 30. What resolution are you playing at?

Every time, or just the first time when it reinstalls all the shaders?

Yep. The best workaround I've found is getting an original Pixel or Pixel XL. They have free unlimited lifetime storage of videos and photos at full original quality (pixel 2-5 allow backup at compressed resolutions). There are a few methods where you can somewhat automate backing them up to the...

It is great as long as you don't store videos. Prime gets 5gb of video storage.

I have a 3a and didn't really have plans on upgrading, but they are also giving $300 trade in for the 3a. I'm just going to sell the buds. The biggest downside for me is that the 6 series no longer offers free photo/video backup of any type. I'd personally hold off on going from 5a to 6a, as the...

Speculation based on newest leaks:

6900xt for $720 after rebate. https://slickdeals.net/f/15858220-gigabyte-radeon-rx-6900-xt-gaming-16gb-gddr6-oc-video-card-720-after-100-rebate-free-s-h#comments

At release the aim assist and aiming in general with a controller was really bad for this game compared to kb/m, and as you said it was way worse with certain classes. I had a few friends on console quit over it.

Power supply was bad, as well as SATA cable from case. Both covered under warranty. EVGA got me a new power supply in a few days with cross shipping. It has been running with zero issues now for weeks. How exactly is a person going to figure out what is bad without "testing" what is going on? I...

Definitey do not go with that HP. I'd go with cyberpower or ibuypower over them, but self built is better for most people who are fine doing self troubleshooting and warranty/RMA with manufacturers. If you have a microcenter anywhere close, it reduces the cost even further (some of their...

I'm really looking forward to this. The base game had issues, but they did address a lot of them. Playing in a group with friends and trying lots of different things out was a lot of fun (I maxed out multiple builds on all 4 classes).

It is usually less than 10% difference in mining between a 3080 and a 3090. Non-LHR 3080s are preferred over 3090s for mining for numerous reasons, inlcuding thermals and initial cost. Nicehash and others have also unlocked full potential on LHR cards now, so if your 3080 is the LHR variant that...

Lancool II Mesh RGB . Based on what slippery said I explored further, and maybe that center standoff is supposed to be that way? The smaller tapered part does go inside the MOBO hole, so it still sits at the same height. It still can be screwed into though. The last PC I had built before this...

Thanks for your help! The Lian Li case came with standoffs already installed. I took a closer look, and the middle one was longer than all the others (it also tapered at the end). Being black with a black background and looking straight at the standoffs it was hard to notice. Maybe the...

I did that and removed everything. I got it to bios flash using the button next to the USB. It then powered on outside of the case with no components attached. I put it back in the case and installed everything except the CPU cooler. It booted with the CPU LED troubleshooting light lit, and then...

EVGA PSU's actually come with a plug in adapter that has a jumper for testing. It definitely does not spin the fan (ECO is OFF). The PSU I just picked up from Best Buy will spin the fan for a few seconds if I do the same thing. The issue I now have is the PC will boot for a split second and then...

Odd issue with my son's computer. He went to turn it on today and although he said it didn't come on and nothing made a sound, but the circuit breaker in the room was tripped right around the time he hit the power button. Two other pc's in the room booted fine after i reset the circuit, but his...

I don't bot, and I can definitely sympathize with your frustration. I missed out on the early access week and only hit tier 3 recently. With limited playtime I'm somewhat gold and material strapped, and don't really have much time other than chaos/guardians most days. Just two guardian runs on...

I just noticed they put in a Punika knowledge transfer. Was that in the notes anywhere? If I had more gold I would 100% KT more. Running these 2 hour quests on multiple characters is the part of the game that annoys me the most right now.

I really wanted to try a curved ultrawide, and I ended up getting a Monoprice Dark Matter to try out ( Dark Matter by Monoprice 34in Curved Ultrawide Gaming Monitor - 21:9, 3440x1440p, UWQHD, 165Hz, 1500R, VA - Monoprice.com ). So far this has been a mistake! It is 165hz, but I seem to be really...

6900xt for $1050 after MIR ($1100 before). Microcenter pickup, but can reserve: https://slickdeals.net/f/15676072-msi-amd-radeon-rx-6900-xt-gaming-z-trio-1099-50-mir

I tweaked a few things and ended up with an efficiency about 440 kH/J . VRAM is at 94. My Overclocking in the classic section is at 0 Core Clock Delta, 750 Memory Clock Delta, 375 Power Limit. My fans generally stay around 2000 RPM with those settings. I think most guides have the core much...

I'm looking to try out ultrawide, and am down to a couple monitors (I also want to try curved). Gigabyte G34WQC for about $410 or a Spectre Nebula C345B-QUN168W for $370. The Spectre does have a 1000R curve, and more limited reviews (the two video reviews I found were very positive ones, and a...

Start here: https://whattomine.com/ https://www.nicehash.com/cpu-gpu-mining I use the quickminer. I used the OTCTune and adjusted some settings to get it to where I hit the 94c with a lower fan speed and similar efficiency compared to the "optimal" setting the OTCTune came up with. You can also...

There is hash rate, and then there is efficiency (amount mined per energy unit used). With tuning you can go for pure mh/s, or tune for higher efficiency (kH/J). I get about 440 kH/J with 94c memory junction and under 85% fan speed. I get 90-94 mh/s. If all I wanted was mh/s I could be getting...

In just under a year I have over $2,000 sitting in Bitcoin from mining on a 3080 system I paid $2,400 for (I use the PC for gaming too, so it doesn't even mine all day). I convert eth to BTC, and it will be even higher as BTC goes back up. Power cost was $137 for that time period. Yes it is...

What is your average efficiency at? You can often get lower temps while getting higher efficiency via clock and power tuning. 94c is generally accepted as the temp you don't want to go over for card longevity.

Regulas was open for character creation when I looked a minute ago

I was able to make a new character on East - Danube server.

They finally posted: