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I wouldn't suggest running your router in a VM unless you're cool with your Internet access going down every time the host freezes or reboots. If you choose to go virtual, anyway, you will want to pass it the NICs and storage that it will be using. Four-port, fanless mini PCs are pretty easy...

For the record, the brain swap went off with only a few hitches I had to manually install some drivers for Win10, but it reactivated without any complaints. Windows 11 activated on the old laptop without any complaints Also, Win11 Home sucks donkey balls

As far as I know, the new machine will be licensed to Windows 11. There's actually a SKU with the same hardware and Windows 10, but it costs fifty bucks more....

I'm hoping that one of you has some experience with moving Windows 11 installs. I have a customer with a failed fan on their HP laptop. It's still under warranty, but they can't be without a machine for the two week turn-around time, so I'm picking up this year's model with the intent of...

I'll point out that, if you had dropped an Intel chip on the motherboard socket, you may have had a useless motherboard....

In my experience, Newegg has basically become a crappier version of Amazon

Between cryptocurrency miners, low supply of new cards, and high consumer demand, used GPU prices are through the roof Last time around, I sold my RX 480 for as much as I paid for it; this time, I sold my 5700XT netting about $100 more than I paid for it Better to be selling shovels than...

What was the configuration before?

CGNAT? I wouldn't worry about the IP information. Even if the owner hasn't changed in years, I've seen them be wrong.

I kind of feel like B550 doesn't have a whole lot going for it when B450 boards are so cheap.

Shouldn't portable heaters come out in the fall, not the spring?

I don't think that this is going to make it past OEM systems which can save money by doing it this way. There's not enough in it for your average builder to switch.

His podiatrist would know, right?

I think that I'd prefer a huge pain than losing 2FA to someone who managed to break into my phone.

Next gen Epyc will be out next year. They better be pretty deep into Zen 3.

Sure, if my main use for the computer was burn-in testing and benchmarking the CPU....

Hmmm. I have almost 900GB, the vast majority of which is FLAC. Do we need to switch user names? ;)

Isn't the easiest solution to just build a Faraday cage around the prison? ;) Unless there's a worry that the "users" may be able to tap into it, wired is the way to go. Any wireless solution would be unwieldy or nonstandard, or both.

I picked up a 3600 non-X. I'm running it stock on a B450 board with the stock cooler. It runs 100% load all day at 3.8GHz and pretty quiet. Intel has work to do.

TDP is, unfortunately, a load of baloney. Intel's seem more honest but considerably more useless; their TDPs are basically what the cooling solution needs to dissipate for the chip to only hit the base clock. AMD's TDPs are supposedly what the cooling solution needs to dissipate for the...

Well, first and second gen Threadrippers and x399 boards should get real cheap soon....

I'm guessing that you're dead already, then. You may want to check if Gmail will fetch the mail for you. I haven't set it to up with any other accounts since the days of POP, so I don't know what it supports now.

Well, Intel isn't doing it with Ice Lake, either. Threadripper 1000 and 2000 chips have a much more compelling price/performance.

Stop using it. Problem solved!

Doesn't AMD already offer more than 18 cores for less than $1000? This looks kind of like Intel trying to fight AMD's mainstream desktop with HEDT.

So, what's the problem with "too many old ATT and Verixons emails?"

I get the (unfounded) feeling that Threadripper will get better chiplets. The AM4 parts with two chiplets have a good one and a not as good one. I think that Intel has spun out on HEDT. All they can do is push clocks at 14nm and hope that their 10nm chips can catch up. I don't think that...

Why did you leave the messages on the telco servers? I've always downloaded my messages, so Thunderbird now manages about two decades' worth in email.

The new iPhones are often cited. Their chip is also produced by TSMC on 7nm. Between Apple and AMD, that's a lot of silicon.

Thunderbird does support OAuth, but I've only used it in connection with Gmail. I wouldn't put it past AT&T to use something non-standard or out of date which isn't compatible, however.

The same chiplets are used in Ryzen, Threadripper, and Epyc. I think that demand is just much, much higher than expected. Considering TSMC's recent announcement concerning lead times on new chips, AMD could be in a crunch.

May as well wait for the new Threadrippers. Why not spend more money for a marginal gain, right?

Get a 3600X. Same base frequency.

AMD and Intel are more or less at the same IPC. The only difference is that Intel costs more and clocks higher. And, if number of cores matter, AMD has more for less $$. Newer processors from both companies come with built-in mitigations for the those flaws. But they keep finding new ones in...

If you can get a hold of the T-mobile version of the router, they're usually cheaper. You just have to do some hacking to turn it into an AC68U.

Between the power outage in Japan and the looming Japan-Korea trade war, DRAM and NAND prices are going to go up. And the US-China trade war doesn't make anything cheaper. It may be a wash waiting for some prices to go down while others go up.

Ditch the cooler. Stock is fine and you can put that money elsewhere. Like faster memory. Ryzen likes that. If you're willing to go used, video cards and spinning disks are pretty cheap.

My impression is, unless you need specific features, you'd get more out of a x470 board of similar cost.

You get what you pay for?

You'll have to take that up with the motherboard manufacturers. While there is some additional cost expected due to the chipset and implementing PCIe 4.0, I think that, at the high-end, there's a bit of raising prices because they think that people will pay. And it does seem like they are...

I registered my domain through Google, and it renewed at $12 earlier this year. They appear to charge differently based on the TLD, however.

The 12- and 16- core models, at least, were more HEDT than workstation. Those core counts are now just "desktop."

It seems clear that the new Threadripper chips will be squarely aimed at workstations. Translation: They won't be cheap.

Unless you need the additional PCIe lanes or memory bandwidth/amount, the AM4 parts make a lot more sense. A 3900x on an x470 board looks to perform pretty decent. Only you can determine whether it'll be worth the extra cost for the four more cores of the 3950x.

Have you set Windows to pause updates during your job? Granted, that only works once a month. If you're on Pro, you should be able to set updates to be delayed for 30 days. If you check before starting, you should, theoretically, be good for a month. As a last resort, you can set your...

Read what I wrote back in May. It's the CPU that has 24 lanes. The chipset has more.

Surprise! nVidia has been making better GPUs all along, and AMD was going to sell Navi at lower prices anyway! Seems like nVidia was sandbagging buyers with crappy price/performance, and AMD was sandbagging nVidia with crappy pricing.

This sounds like some tin hat stuff, not "common knowledge." The worst case scenario that I can foresee for most of these volume key sellers is that they are selling the keys in contravention of the agreement under which they acquired them. The keys themselves, however, are legitimate. As far...

Perhaps someone at Intel has woken up to their situation: https://www.game-debate.com/news/27327/leaked-intel-internal-memo-highlights-fear-of-cheaper-and-faster-amd-ryzen-3000-cpus

In my opinion, just as in discrete graphics cards, the market leader is greatly overpricing. AMD is just coming behind and taking more profit where they can. We should be paying much less.