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Programmable hub if you want to go that way:…

Just buy an externally powered regular USB hub and put that between them and your NAS and use smartplugs. There are a number of…

> Worse Motherboard (A320 vs B550 chipset) The HP Victus is actually a B550A which is effectively a rebadged B450. AMD accommodated OEM…

Everything chiplet sold has been B2 stepping for quite a long time now, so should be no difference.

@Vinodra Oooohh. That's good to know. I didn't think they were available anywhere. hrmmm, though I can't really justify buying one with how…

And Australia will again miss out on the reference cards no doubt...so just bullshit AIB prices with all of the usual Australian…

> What's the point of holding prices high if no one is buying? So that early adopters with the means are persuaded to buy up to the high…

$421.93 for 6650 XT is equivalent I suppose: https://www.amazon.com.au/MSI-Radeon-6650-Gaming-Graphics/dp/B09YHXT12P

No need to really feel regret. It's still a super fast processor and unless you are frequently doing large multithreaded workloads, you…

@qvinto 100% agreed. Whoever runs their Australian operations should get fired.

@synergy > Do you use it in clamshell mode then when docked? Nope, I always have it open as an auxiliary screen to the side of my ultrawide…

After some initial pain with Intel iGPU kernel drivers in Fedora (sorted in F37), it's been working really well as my main machine. Rock…

They have got shallower after the X1 Carbon 6th gen.

We definitely get shafted in Australia compared to US Lenovo store. Lack of stocked 32GB RAM models, pathetic discounts on customisable…

It's more a matter of degree. Whilst not nothing, the marginal manufacturing cost difference from the additional silicon die area dedicated…

How is it different from apps with premium versions or different plans for cloud SaaS? They have already paid the cost to develop those…

@essent1al not true. https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d/17.html

It will likely still be in production for a while. These are effectively EPYC Milan-X chiplets and enterprise won't be jumping immediately…

It sounds like there is a lot of stock on shelves world wide. People who don't care about the cost buy a 4090. Then there is the RX 7900…

I would get a [ThinkPad P1 G5 for…

> I personally do like the flexibility of having both. Many people share that thought and were disappointed by the lack of higher core…

You can perform an analysis at a system level and application level with: https://developer.amd.com/amd-uprof/#userguide Cores (and…

Perhaps worth first instrumenting that VM with perf or Intel VTune to see what the bottleneck is? If Linux, you could disable CPU…

ThinkPad P16 Gen 1

> Lenovo warranty is tied to the machine and is determined by the system type and serial number. The warranty is with the system, not the…

You can get a new ThinkPad L14 G2 for $995 (or put in an offer for less): https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/195372660072 [PSREF…

@abadacus I haven't looked recently, but I would personally look at the soon to be released WiFi 6 version of the [Turris…

After the Raptor Lake benchmark embargo lift today and the i5-13600K being available for less than $530, that should put quite a bit more…

@FireRunner > > Upgrade parts impact: -Framework loss > > I don’t think this bullet point is fair. If you’re upgrading just one…

@FireRunner Reduce, Reuse, **Repair**, and Recycle are the ordering for least environmental impact. My quick analysis of Apple vs Framework…