My 7600x is under a Noctua NH-U9S. And temps are very good in eco mode, despite it being one of their lowest performing coolers that fit AM5 (I think).

At the full 105 watts, I could hit 95° C a bit too much for my liking. My understanding is that Ryzen is kind of designed to do this anyway, but I’m old school and prefer some headroom under the max temp.

I got one of these today too.

Something tells me the USPS wouldn’t be using bit.ly.

Oh but haven’t you heard? No wars under Trump. Trump will end it as soon as he takes office, or so I heard from some voters dumb enough to no longer be in my life.

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

Monopoly Man was born old.

Obvs this is my main concern about eventually becoming famous. I wear the same clothes all the time.

Will my fame save me from this? Some famous people get away with it. I never hear anyone saying “you know, JFK always wore a suit”.

I have, actually. A lot, with all the extra time from not having kids.

This isn’t new.

The list of handhelds goes back 50 years.

Yet more bullshit probably aimed at RTO. Corporate media will keep pushing the same narrative.

A whole cabinet of people loyal to Trump above loyal to the US. That’s what happens when traitors get elected.

They’ll bend over before too long, don’t worry. It’s the GOP way.

This is such a weird take. It sounds like looking for a reason to be happy with your decision to have kids.

Here’s the thing about your genes “outliving” others’: by definition, it cannot affect you at all.

Probably no larger than 24", I would think

Thanks for the response.

I guess I just don’t see the point of going 4k over 1440 or even 1080 for these games. Ultimately it means I’ll pay more for the monitors and use more system resources for what seems like a minor difference to me.

To be sure, it might be a huge difference for flight simming, but that is relatively resource intensive, so I’m still remiss to jump to 4k for that use case, too.

The saber rattling escalates and it’s only November

The best way to win is not to play

Personally I’d suggest considering a 9700x instead of the 7700x. Zen5 is way more power efficient than Zen4.

The 9700x is slightly more expensive ($50-70), but the stock TDP is 65W. I have a 7600x with a Noctua air cooler, and to keep it from throttling, I usually run it in Eco mode (i.e. dropping it to 65W TDP). Though Zen4 performance in this mode is still quite good, it isn’t nearly as good as Zen5 at the same TDP.

The 9700x seems to have gotten a bad rap for being a somewhat boring release, but on paper it’s worth it for air cooled setups, and tbh boring != bad.

Interesting – didn’t know that

Generally yes, but as that gains popularity, the industry will look elsewhere to get their connection.

The world is bathed in cellular data networks and WiFi. I’d suggest that we aren’t that far off from TVs that are connected without your knowledge.

And even if you find that tinfoil-hattish, the key point is: having the hardware in your house to begin with is a security risk. Why must I buy a TV with a camera in it when I literally have no personal use case for a camera in my TV?

Someone a while back on a thread not dissimilar from this one suggested looking into commercial display screens. A kind of BYO solution to the smart TV problems.

The fact that it is taking this long still shocks me.