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https://www.techspot.com/news/102684-zilog-discontinuing-z80-microprocessor-after-almost-50-years.html I wonder if it's due to demand falling below a threshold needed to sustain it, or the wafer maker retiring the ultra-legacy process it's being manufactured on.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hdmi-forum-to-amd-no-you-cant-make-an-open-source-hdmi-2-1-driver/ Display port just keeps looking better every day.

My immediate use will be to hold my current i7-4790k + 3080 system in aircooled mode while building a replacement in my Caselabs tower. Short term I probably could repurpose one of my other existing cases; but they'd basically be maxed out space and cooling wise. Longer term (next 2-3 years)...

TL;DR Some fan hubs in the just released Torrent case were damaged in manufacturing and are shorting out. A replacement program is already in place and Fractal is working with retailers to handle customers who'd rather return the case than get and install a repair/replacement kit...

https://www.engadget.com/electronic-arts-hacked-164608934.html Bad news for anyone who plays multiplayer games using Frostbite because having the full source code in the wild will make things at lot easier for anyone trying to create cheats for games using it.

Don't get too excited, it's a 9/9.8W 8/16 channel controller for big enterprise SSDs. Hopefully a cut down model will be out soon enough that consumer PCIe5 SSDs will be out at the same time that Alderlake makes the interface available to us...

Just a small segment in a larger video, but they're reporting that unlike with the last generation both PSU and mobo makers are onboard with supporting the new standard. Hopefully they'll still have a good selection of traditional 24-pin ATX PSU mobos for a few more years; but Steve had nothing...

my stash of old/spare 120mm fans just got wiped out today (discovered in addition to the noisy fan, the other two OEM fans in one of my cases had also died, as had one of my salvaged spares). Most of my systems still run on them, so I'd like to have a spare or two on hand for the next time one...

About 33k cases in the US and Canada are being recalled because the PCIe riser bracket can short causing overheating or a fire (11 incidents globally). Fortunately for NZXT and anyone who owns an affected case they were able to address the issue with a repair kit, not having to replace the case...

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-sudo-flaw-lets-local-users-gain-root-privileges/ TL;DR If you run a *nix OS you need to patch ASAP.

After switching back to an aircooled GPU (no waterblocks for an EVGA 3070 yet), I noticed my CPU is running ~25C cooler than it did before with the coolant lines never getting above room temperature instead of getting warmish to the touch after running long enough to heat soak. Since the lower...

We have met the enemy, and he is us.

https://www.razer.com/razer-card 1337 people in the beta, because of course they'd cap it at that. 🙄🙄 I find it most amusing that it's a prepaid card, not a normal credit card; because prepaid cards are normally only for people whose credit is too bad to get a post-paid account; so you'll be...

It's a slightly cut down RX5500: Same number of shader cores at a slightly lower clock speed (343mhz lower base, 200 mhz lower boost); but only 3 memory controllers and thus only 3GB of GDDR6 instead of 4. TDP comes in at 100W, down from 130W. Tom's speculates it might be OEM only; which...

If you've ever wondered what NVidia looks for to certify a monitor, here's a peak behind the curtain.

I'm indifferent between HDMI and DP, both will work. This is to replace my current VGA model, which I use to control a few secondary boxes with hand me down GPUs. An 1180/2080 for my gaming machine (not on the KVM) is in my near future, that will pass the 1080 it's currently running onto one...

https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/08/asus-gaming-monitor-rog-bezel-free-keyboard-strix-flare/ Assuming the contrast distortions shown in the press picture are just done to make it more visible in the render and not actual artifacts this looks really promising. I really want to see actual...

I've been holding off on replacing my current 30" 2560x1600 display because I don't want to give up a significant amount of vertical height by going with a 27" model, and 32" 4k screens are expensive enough that whatever I bought would probably be my main screen for at least 4 years. Until...

My ~18-20 month loop failed earlier today with a hole forming in the Tygon tubing. It happened while I was sitting next to the machine but in a break from gaming, so I was able to here the noise from water spurting from the break in the tubing and shut it down before the pump ran dry or water...

I'm hoping to jump on the high DPI bandwagon sometime in the next year or so. I'd really like to go to 5k instead of 4k so that I have a 2:1 fallback option available that is similar to what my current 2560x1600 display offers. I'd be putting the new screen next to my existing displays...

I've been asked by a teenaged console gamer about the possibility of replacing his elderly homework PC (single core vista era relic) and aging console (XB360) with a gaming PC. To keep costs down he's planning to continue using an existing 1366x768 monitor, so he doesn't need a high powered...

I recently bought a USB3 hub that uses the older micro-b style plug to connect itself to my PC. The cable that came with it was on the short side so I ordered a longer one to replace it. The new cable kept dropping my connection; while troubleshooting the problem I discovered that its plug was...

I have my loop roughly half assembled. Currently my pump isn't stuck down (mostly because I want to stick a container under it during filling as spill control); but the two tubes attached to it are twisting it rather hard at an angle. This has me wondering if the adhesive on the foam is strong...

According to EKs compatibility list the waterblock should be compatible with my MSI Z97 MPower MAX AC motherboard. But when I went to install it the backplate gasket overlaps with several wire protrusions from the front of the board causing it to lift up on one side instead of laying flat. Can...

The Phantek fans I bought for my new build came with really long rubber anti-vibration pegs to use instead of screws for mounting. The fan mounts in my case attach the fans from the side of the fan on inside of the case not the one facing the outside. As a result te pegs extend well past where...

I'm building my loop with now with the goal of being able to support a 4790K CPU and eventually 2 GPUs (whatever is best in a year or two when I buy a 4k panel); although in the short term I'll only have one in the loop. Initially a year old GTX770 since it's still doing well enough and I don't...

I'm starting to plan my Haswell build. While I'm only going to have a single 770 in it initially; I am assuming I'll need to go dual GPU (GTX880's or equivalent) when I'm able to upgrade to a 4k monitor. Splicing a second water block into the loop will be easy enough; but adding more radiator...

Since Swiftech's gone AMD only for their most recent generation of products does anyone else sell a similar product for nVidia cards? As a screw on solution it seems a lot easier to install and less likely to go wrong than tape/epoxying on individual ramsinks; but I don't want to be restricted...

Having finally dealt with the gunk problem in my CPU block I went to connect everything up in my new loop and begin bleed/leak testing it. After doing the bend and twist routine to work most of the large air pockets into the res and get everything filled I connected the pump and a few 120mm...

Shortly before Christmas my WC system sprang a leak and ran itself dry while I was at work. I've been busy with other stuff over the last few weeks; so aside from swapping my HDs to a spare box and trying to dry out my 5870 to revive it (failed), the only thing I did until today was to order a...

This is one step above the normal dirt cheap emergency card. It's still hobbled by DDR2 memory like all cheapie cards, but with 320 SPs should allow you to play something more graphically intense than minesweeper if your main card ever fails. $55 - $25 rebate - $10 promo code: EMCYTZT378 =...

5" screen, android 2.2, and unless I'm missing it no requirement for an ATT contract. I assume this means Dell's planning to launch a new version soon, but if you're planning to get a dell anyway this is a nice sweetener...

My 5870's fan died yesterday, and annouced the fact by overheating, causing a windows crash, and then initially failing to post although it did do so after I let it passively cool to ambient and remained stable long enough to boot windows at which point I shut down again and swapped it out for a...

Has anyone done comparison reviews of various 3rd party ram coolers? I've tried googling but all I can find are sites reviewing a single cooler and comparing it to nothing. These numbers are useless for comparison purposes though since they're using completely different systems.

I'm hitting swap on my current x58 system hard enough that I need to upgrade from 6 to 12GB of ram. I don't want to sink more money into 2GB dimms though. At the same time though since I'm planning to build a new system this summer/fall with whichever of Intel or AMD's flagship platforms turns...

My current MCP-350 pump is almost 5 years old, which is close to the rated 50,000h (5.6 year) MTBF. I'd like to delay replacing it until I built my new loop this summer (LGA2011, or Bulldozer), but if the failure is likely to damage my system (leak, or CPU frying before thermal shutdown) an...

I have a first generation MSI wind netbook. The fan in it was crap and has required oiling every month or two since I bought it. Unfortunately after 2 years, my fan has worn out completely and is no longer functional. I looked on ebay, and found several different companies selling replacement...

Basic situation, I'm renting in a valley and my analog reception with Hauppauge and ATI tuner cards and the bundled wire antenna in the past was consistently full of static. Because I'm renting putting up a big ugly rooftop antenna isn't an option. Are there any tuner/antenna pairs that...

I'm posting here instead of in [H]otDeals because the offer is dead now, and because I'm mostly lolling about how badly they shafted themselves by not voiding my purchase. Last weekend I went to geeks.com to get a cheap laptop HD ($30ish vs $50ish anywhere else); they had a free shipping over...

How well do these compare in terms of reliability vs new drives? Geeks.com has a bunch of laptop sized drives, mostly from Seagate, for sale. I'm considering using on to resurrect an older celeron laptop, and am thinking about using one to keep costs down. The smaller capacity isn't an issue...