Tech: Open thread

2012-01-01 16:37:26

#9626

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|5750|شمال

Last week, a Taiwanese overclocker putting his OC workbench through an relatively laxed OC stress test saw its Gigabyte X79 UD3 motherboard go bust. Its CPU VRM couldn't cope with the stress, and blew a MOSFET. At the time, people responding to his video condoled him for his bad luck. It appears now that his wasn't a one-off case of "bad-egg". Gigabyte, in its latest press release on its Chinese website, noted the issue. Apparently it received several such complaints from overclockers where even moderate voltage-assisted CPU OC fried its VRM. The issue was found to be widespread, among three of its main socket LGA2011 products, the GA-X79-UD3, GA-X79-UD5, and G1.Assassin 2.

Apparently, the issue is caused by a cocktail of bad firmware to complement the board's PWM circuitry, and bad quality PWM components. As an immediate remedy, Gigabyte issued a BIOS update for the affected products. This BIOS, however, will cripple the board's overclocking abilities. The new BIOS will throttle CPU when subjected to extreme stress, to save the VRM. The BIOS remedy is only for those who opt to keep their boards, or don't subject the board to extreme tuning. The other remedy, is to return the board to Gigabyte, for a free replacement when the "right" boards are available. Gigabyte also announced a general recall of the GA-X79-UD3, GA-X79-UD5, and G1.Assassin 2, from the market.

http://www.techpowerup.com/157543/Gigab … oards.html

الشعب يريد اسقاط النظام
...show me the schematic

2012-01-02 01:04:14

#9627

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|6771|PNW

THAT'S the Gigabyte I know and remember. Poof.

2012-01-02 03:41:28

#9628

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6438|King Of The Islands

Mass produced items fail and require an RMA?

Well I never.

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2012-01-02 05:32:19

#9629

Benzin: Member; +576|5998

Cheez wrote:
Mass produced items fail and require an RMA?

Well I never.

The problem is that it isn't restricted to a small percentage of boards but rather a design flaw across an entire model series. Big difference between statistical failure and engineering fuck-up.

2012-01-02 13:36:36

#9630

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,810|6105|eXtreme to the maX

Is the board intended for overclocking?

Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй!

2012-01-02 13:55:20

#9631

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6653

people like cheeze and dilbert boggle my mind

2012-01-02 16:15:25

#9632

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6658|BC, Canada

Looks like Coolermaster is releasing a new Cosmos case. I love everything about it.

^{Execpt the price.}

https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/twigmar/cosmos.jpg

https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/twigmar/cosmos7.jpg

https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/twigmar/cosmos2.jpg

https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/twigmar/cosmos3.jpg

https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/twigmar/cosmos4.jpg

https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/twigmar/cosmos6.jpg

https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/twigmar/cosmos5.jpg

Last edited by -Whiteroom- (2012-01-02 16:26:31)

2012-01-02 16:18:09

#9633

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6658|BC, Canada

Also, saw this over at www.techpowerup.com :

Techpowerup via Kotaku wrote:
The Most Pirated Games of 2011
Today Kotaku is reporting the top 5 games pirated for major platforms this year according to TorrentFreak. As usual the PC platform is the most guilty almost doubling in pirated copies then its competitors.

Some of the titles listed are not surprising but the lack of a certain title filled with dragon slaying is. Why Skyrim didn't make the top five is anyone's guess. Ether Steam is in fact the most user friendly DRM or people just love Skyrim. Ether way this is just a small glimpse into the world of pirated software.

Top Five Pirated PC Games

1. Crysis 2 (3,920,000) (March 2011)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (3,650,000) (November 2011)
3. Battlefield 3 (3,510,000) (October 2011)
4. FIFA 12 (3,390,000) (September 2011)
5. Portal 2 (3,240,000) (April 2011)

More complete list from Kotaku:

Kotaku wrote:
Top 5 Pirated PC Games

1. Crysis 2 (3,920,000) (March 2011)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (3,650,000) (Nov. 2011)
3. Battlefield 3 (3,510,000) (Oct. 2011)
4. FIFA 12 (3,390,000) (Sept. 2011)
5. Portal 2 (3,240,000) (April 2011)

Top 5 Pirated Wii Games

1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (1,280,000) (May 2010)
2. Mario Sports Mix (1,090,000) (Feb. 2011)
3. Xenoblade Chronicles (950,000) (Aug. 2011 EU)
4. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (870,000) (May 2011)
5. FIFA 12 (860,000) (Sept. 2011)

Top 5 Pirated Xbox 360 Games

1. Gears of War 3 (890,000) (Sept. 2011)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (830,000) (Nov. 2011)
3. Battlefield 3 (760,000) (Oct. 2011)
4. Forza Motorsport 4 (720,000) (Oct. 2011)
5. Kinect Sports: Season Two (690,000) (Oct. 2011)

Last edited by -Whiteroom- (2012-01-02 16:33:14)

2012-01-02 16:21:18

#9634

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|5788|Catherine Black

Most Pirated Games of 2011:
4. FIFA 12

2012-01-02 16:54:59

#9635

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6152|what

Finray wrote:
Most Pirated Games of 2011:
4. FIFA 12

Mongos love shiny things.

2012-01-03 06:52:57

#9636

Benzin: Member; +576|5998

-Whiteroom- wrote:
Looks like Coolermaster is releasing a new Cosmos case. I love everything about it.

^{Except the price.}

beautiful piece of kit but at €350 fuck that... fixed your typo, too

Last edited by CapnNismo (2012-01-03 06:53:18)

2012-01-03 07:58:49

#9637

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|4968|Dundee, Scotland.

CapnNismo wrote:
-Whiteroom- wrote:
Looks like Coolermaster is releasing a new Cosmos case. I love everything about it.

^{Except the price.}

beautiful piece of kit but at €350 fuck that... fixed your typo, too

typo?

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-01-03 08:18:07

#9638

Benzin: Member; +576|5998

Compare White's post and my quote of the post.

2012-01-03 10:19:52

#9639

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,736|6737|Oxferd Ohire

except

didnt even notice xD

2012-01-03 14:13:36

#9640

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|5750|شمال

الشعب يريد اسقاط النظام
...show me the schematic

2012-01-05 17:46:08

#9641

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|4968|Dundee, Scotland.

anyone got any experience with the cooler master elite 430?

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-01-05 18:05:52

#9642

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6658|BC, Canada

Looks like a generic, old style case. For the price range I would suggest:
Silverstone PS05
or
LIAN LI Lancool PC-K58W <--------------
or
COOLER MASTER HAF 912
or
COOLER MASTER Silencio 450

2012-01-05 18:14:14

#9643

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|4968|Dundee, Scotland.

-Whiteroom- wrote:
Looks like a generic, old style case. For the price range I would suggest:
Silverstone PS05
or
LIAN LI Lancool PC-K58W <--------------
or
COOLER MASTER HAF 912
or
COOLER MASTER Silencio 450

I'm getting it for £20.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-01-05 18:32:00

#9644

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6658|BC, Canada

It will work, but it is nothing special is my opinion then, I wouldn't use it. But thats just me.

2012-01-05 18:57:56

#9645

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|4968|Dundee, Scotland.

-Whiteroom- wrote:
It will work, but it is nothing special is my opinion then, I wouldn't use it. But thats just me.

I have a chieftec dragon just now but it's stupidly big and stupidly heavy.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-01-05 19:02:00

#9646

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6658|BC, Canada

It's really not worth it to "upgrade" to that case, you are really just trading crap for slightly fresher crap. Continuing the cycle of shit.

2012-01-05 19:11:04

#9647

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,973|6631|949

Finray wrote:
Most Pirated Games of 2011:
4. FIFA 12

people who've never played a video game sports franchise itt.

2012-01-05 21:01:51

#9648

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6148|'straya

Posting using new monitor. Never realised how average my old one looked until now

2012-01-06 15:38:52

#9649

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6653

enjoy it, I keep my monitor on 0 brightness/0 contrast and have a program that reduces the brightness by another 40%. Looks like shit but it keeps my eyes healthy

2012-01-07 06:15:00

#9650

Benzin: Member; +576|5998

A friend of mine just called me and she's buying a laptop. I already picked one out for her and told her to buy it but she was at the store and the salesman tried to tell her that an HP with an AMD A8 quad core (1.8GHz) was going to be faster than an Intel i5-2430M (2 cores, 4 threads), despite the fact that the Intel has a higher clock frequency and a higher benchmark... I hate salesmen...

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Finray wrote:

-Whiteroom- wrote:

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-Whiteroom- wrote:

Finray wrote:

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