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    The Perpetual Guitar Thread

    How many others here use a Fender Super Reverb as their main gig amplifier?
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    Converting a "read only" USB stick.

    I went down that rabbit hole 10-12 years ago. A medical company donated several write-only USB flash promo drives to the radio station. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to reformat them I ended up going on a several hour Google journey. I discovered flash drives have microprocessors in them...
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    Is it really dead, Jim? (OG Corsair K70 no longer recognised)

    Welcome to the club. My Logitech DiNovo died in it's sleep last week. I paid $50 for it in 2013 so at least I got my moneys worth out of it. I replaced it with one of several newer Logitech keyboards I have (and paid $10-20 for).
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    i5 10400 vs i7 9700k SFF thoughts

    I always mount my AIO radiators externally if the case has a removable top cover. Better cooling, you can run push/pull fan configurations and there's a lot more space to work inside the case. I'm not familiar with that case by my Corsair Carbide 500R's and Graphite 780T have pop-off tops. Up...
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    i5 faster than an i7?

    That depends upon the generation and silicon lottery results. My i5 13600KF runs great at 5.6GHz, my early production i7 12700K struggles at 5.1GHz. I have a later production i5 12600K that's perfect at 5.3GHz. I'm going to be replacing that 12700K with a 14600K when they come out later this...
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    Judge ruled Twitter must be evicted from Colorado office over unpaid rent

    I lived in Boulder in the 70's and worked for a small private trash disposal company. I don't know how the laws work there today but back then the Sheriff's office would give eviction notices, remove all people and pets from the building then have companies like ours remove everything inside. We...
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    YouTube now allows videos that falsely claim Trump won 2020 election

    So what's next? The Axis won WWII and the Confederacy won the Civil War?
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    Which sound card did you choose?

    I have 8 Asus Xonar D2X's and 3 Xonar Essence STX's. The STX has slightly better sound using Uni drivers, the D2X is more versatile. All were bought used cheap off Ebay of the local Craigslist.
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    Bi-amping single speaker from many sources - Doing something silly?

    I have bi-amped and tri-amped systems. Bi-amping that single speaker isn't going to make any noticeable difference other than costing money. Also, if you remove the jumpers on the speaker terminals you're going to need an external crossover. As has been suggested above get a pair of used...
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    Long boot time on new intel i9 build

    DDR5 doesn't play nice with 4 sticks in Z790. Instead of 4x16GB use 2x32GB. Make sure to only use RAM that's on the QVL list for your mobo. I just learned that the hard way in my own Z790 DDR5 build.
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    Root User's Continued Haswell-E/X99 Issues

    Not needed. I'm running 128GB on X99 at stock voltage.
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    Root User's Continued Haswell-E/X99 Issues

    I've been using Xeon CPU's in X79 and X99 mobos for years. As far as X99 goes the fastest RAM will run with an E5 V3 Xeon is 2133 + whatever BLCK you can get out of it. 103.4 is the best stable OC I've found. With E5 V4 CPU's 2400 + the same BLCK applies. For reasons unknown to me ASRock X99's...
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    Why do radiators interact with general case airflow at all?

    I've been doing externally mounted radiators for years without issues. That's the only way to do push/pull with 38mm thick radiators, especially if you're also using 38mm thick fans as well. I blow the dust out every few months with compressed air (I have a 30 gallon compressor in my basement...
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    Why do radiators interact with general case airflow at all?

    I've been mounting radiators externally for several years, at first because of space limitations inside of cases but later I realized separating them from the internal heat gave cooler temps in the long run. The Corsair 500R was the first case to allow external top mounting of 240 and 280mm...
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    Upgrading from Intel to AMD, Windows reinstall?

    A few years ago I did a totally Intel upgrade on one of my rigs that, no matter what, refused to play nice until I reinstalled the OS. ASRock Z87 Extreme6/ i7 4790K to ASRock X99 Extreme4/3.1 / Xeon E5 2699V4. The chipset drivers absolutely refused to install. I finally gave in and put a fresh...
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    SSD brands... are these "off brand" drives just as good?

    I was a dedicated Samsung customer for many years. I still have old 840 Pro's that work fine (while lacking in capacity). Then came the issues with the 870 Evo, 970 Evo Plus, 980 Pro and now 990 Pro drives. My last two personal builds have SK Hynix Platinum P41 NVMe drives in them. Faster than...
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    X99 mobo sees Corsair 64GB RAM kit as 32GB- single-rank vs dual-rank issue?

    I have Asus and ASRock X99 rigs running V4 Xeons. I'm able to run 128GB in my ASRock X99 Extreme4/3.1 with an E5 2699 V4. My Asus X99 Deluxe with an E5 2683 V4 only allows 64GB. It's a manufacturer and BIOS issue. I know other X99 users that have encountered the same thing. I'm using G.Skill...
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    MB IO Jumper?

    Asus has had the Q-connector for many years and it's something every mobo manufacturer should include.