Hardware support: MSI releases an RTX 2080 Ti with 16Gbps GDDR6 memory

MSI releases an RTX 2080 Ti with 16Gbps GDDR6 memory
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Anandtech Pulls Recommendation from Newly-Confirmed SMR-based WD Red HDDs in "Best Consumer Hard Drives"
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There really needs to be a standard RGB connector for motherboards
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MSI releases an RTX 2080 Ti with 16Gbps GDDR6 memory

Posted: 17 Apr 2020 08:55 PM PDT

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[Dr.Ian Cutress] Why Don't We See AMD in NUC-like Systems?

Posted: 17 Apr 2020 04:59 PM PDT

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TSMC Ramps 5nm, Discloses 3nm to Pack Over a Quarter-Billion Transistors Per Square Millimeter

Posted: 17 Apr 2020 01:56 PM PDT

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Anandtech Pulls Recommendation from Newly-Confirmed SMR-based WD Red HDDs in "Best Consumer Hard Drives"

Posted: 17 Apr 2020 09:05 AM PDT

Best Consumer Hard Drives: Q1 2020 | Anandtech (update 04/14)

Both 4 TB and 6 TB WD Reds have their prices struck out and this note was added on April 14th, linking to Block and Files' original reporting of Western Digital's admission.

Update: 04/14 - We currently do not recommend the 4TB and 6TB WD Reds because the channel is being filled with SMR drives (EFAX) instead of CMR (EFRX). SMR drives for NAS workloads (even consumer workloads) is not proven yet, and we suggest users wait for vendors to get the technology right for the use-case)

For those new to the SMR scandal, some good background from Synology, Backblaze, and now Ars Technica.

The analogy is a bit like buying a NAS-rated TLC SSD and finding out some of the models are now QLC, with a behind the scenes bait-and-switch: horribly poor write performance as the drive fills up, especially in a NAS setting. Interestingly, SMR HDDs ideally activate the TRIM command, which is usually reserved for SSDs.

Most WD Red 4 TB and 6 TB reviews are from the original model number, with CMR performance & reliability, while today people can only reliably buy the SMR revision.

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[Gamers Nexus] NVIDIA GTX 1650 GDDR6 vs. GDDR5 Benchmark: Big Uplift in Performance

Posted: 17 Apr 2020 09:58 PM PDT

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Intel Gen12 Xe iGPU Could Match AMD's Vega-based iGPUs

Posted: 17 Apr 2020 09:57 AM PDT

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Asus Lists Z490 Motherboards for Intel's Comet Lake-S Early

Posted: 17 Apr 2020 01:30 PM PDT

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There really needs to be a standard RGB connector for motherboards

Posted: 18 Apr 2020 12:34 AM PDT

The RGB situation currently is fricking nuts and a nightmare for consumers. I built my system with great care to ensure that I could control all the various lights with my motherboard's lighting software. Which is called Asus Aura. Motherboard is the Crosshair VI Extreme from 2017.

My motherboard has lights, my CPU fan (Wraith Max) has lights, and my case fans (Thermaltake) have lights. The CPU RGB cable connects directly to my Asus motherboard. My Thermaltake fans' RGB can't directly connect to my motherboard but they sell a little product called the "TT Sync Controller" which is basically a small square adapter hub that allows them to connect to the motherboard. Only problem with this adapter is that it only works with one line of Thermaltake's RGB fans not all of them.

Thermaltake also started making RGB fan products they call "Fan Sync Edition" which has the connectorsneeded to directly connect to motherboard RGB connectors. However, most RGB products from most manufacturers can't directly connect to the different motherboard RGB connectors. And have to be controlled from a separate program. There are at least 4 different RGB connectors from the motherboard makers. Maybe more.

Most people have to run multiple RGB programs to control their lights which is bad for multiple reasons. Including compatibility and resource usage. The main problem I think is that there is no standardized physical RGB connector for motherboards. Every motherboard manufacturer uses their own special type of RGB connector.

They really need to get together and figure this shit out. It's extremely annoying. Asus, Asrock, Gigabyte, NZXT, Biostar, EVGA, MSI, etc. need to all get together, figure out a standard RGB connector, and phase it in over the course of a few years.

In the meantime what they all could do is sell an adapter.

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Qualcomm 212 LTE IoT Modem Supports LTE Cat NB2, Promises Higher Power Efficiency

Posted: 17 Apr 2020 08:01 AM PDT