Recent content by aviphysics

Looking at getting an air duster and was wondering what people recommend.

Any solutions for regulating more DC fans than I have case fan headers? I am trying to decide between this, or just buying a proper set of PWM fans to replace the DC fans that iBP supplied. For now, I am just running three of the six fans. Seems to be plenty of airflow, but having unused fans...

Wondering if a 5900x would be noticeably better for gaming within the lifetime of a RTX 3080 (~4-6 years for me) The other question is, would a 5900x likely bottleneck a mid-high end GPU that I would replace the RTX 3080 with in about 4-6 years? I am thinking the respective answers to those...

Thinking about selling my tower and building a whole new one, so I was curious what y'all thought it might go for on Craig's list. Location: SF East Bay, CA CPU: 4790k GPU: 980Ti RAM: 32GB DDR3 MB: Z97-A SSD: 500 GB Samsung 840 Case: Meshify-C PSU: Corsair HX520W

Hi, If anyone has a source for Xbox series X that they would be willing to connect me with it would be appreciated. Trying to buy one for my brother-in-law to enjoy while he still can. I don't mind paying a little above retail, but the scalper prices are kind of crazy. At any rate, if you can...

Thinking about upgrading to he rest of my hardware while waiting for new GPU availability. Was wondering what the current high-ish end CPU to get is these days. Normally I just get whatever the thing is just before the cliff near the top end of the performance/price curve. Last time that was...

A friend and I were talking about recommendations for a new system he is building and it got me wondering what mothboards are popular these days. In my friend's case, he is looking at a Ryzen 9 3900x centric build. He isn't the overclocking type, which would lean me towards whatever is the...

I am looking for a USB sound card to use with my modmic and Sony V6 headphones. Mostly because my on board mic input is too noisy. I am wondering what other people are using and what they might recommend.

Any guess as to what this ebayer's scam is? Looks like he has some unbelievably cheap surface books as well. https://www.ebay.com/itm/223118001528

I am just surprised there isn't already a thread for it. Checked my news feed this morning and saw pre-orders are up for the next gen nVidia cards. After looking around a little, I pre-ordered a founders edition 2080 directly from nVidia for $800. I saw some zotac cards for $750, but their...

A friend asked me to recommend a "gaming" mouse and keyboard for under $100. For the keyboard, after a bit of looking, I think I would recommend a Patriot viper v730 keyboard ($60.) Can any of you recommend a less than $40 mouse to go with it? I kind of ran out of steam after finding a...

The reviews of this thing are pretty spectacular. Only thing holding it back is that $400 price tag for a 280 GB drive... still pretty amazing. https://www.anandtech.com/show/11953/the-intel-optane-ssd-900p-review

Most of the fans in my system have seen are showing their age, so maybe its time to replace them. My goal is to reduce case fan noise, while keeping everything reasonably cool. I think I want to do... Pair of 140 mm intake fans on the front of the Design Meshify C. New intake and exhaust 120...

Thinking about getting a case that isn't terrible, unlike the one I have been using for the last 10 years. Like most years I get the idea to finally replace the scrap heap my computer sits in, I feel at an impasse when choosing the tin can I will put up for the next 10 years. My interest is in...

I need a recommendation for a waffle iron. I had one I really liked, but my parent's co-opted it while I was living with them and it isn't made anymore.