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Well to each his own. I’ve had glossy years ago and didn’t like seeing all the reflections behind me. I’d prefer a light matte like on my Alienware aw3418dw. So there is no “correct answer” here. It’s nice to have options.

Any idea on pricing? This might be the ticket. 900 NITs brightness for HDR is more than LG C2 42”. (IF the 900 NIT rating is legit for the 42” Swift). Also IMO, matte works better for a computer monitor than glossy.

it is matte, I should be happy w/ the 42". I don't need to pay extra $ for 48"

Even better deal here. $300 for Gaming X motherboard and 32GB of DDR5 https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?sdtid=15852346&ItemList=Combo.4502626 I bought the deal in the original post and bought a 12700K and a SK Hynix p41 Platinum...

Yeah. I’m sure that’s true but… $90 vs $2.50 The ever-ready lights are inexpensive and sometimes that’s all you need. They are of surprising quality. They have the three light modes, they also have the zoom/focus pull out feature on the lens...

Ah sorry, I looked at the DDR4 version of your board. It has an F8d bios from 4/28. You must have the DDR5 version of that board. Indeed, F7c from 3/28, is the newest bios.

I have the newest BIOS on my motherboard F7 and Windows is fully updated. Not sure what BIOS you are mentioning I'm two behind on? Where'd you even see that LOL? I can't seem to find any BIOS updates for the P41 Drive. I downloaded the newest...

Well, whatever is wrong with it on this Anvil Benchmark, isn't a problem on the 3DMark Storage Benchmark! :cool: Windows Central said the SK Hynix was the fastest NVME they ever tested and it got this score in their test. Mine benched even...

In addition to what E4g1e said, your board splits the 20 lanes this way: 16 5.0 lanes to the x16 slot and 4 4.0 lanes to the M.2 slot.

If you add an NVMe drive to a slot other then the one connected directly to the CPU it will go trough the chipset, unless you are connecting and using tons of devices on there at the same time you should not notice any difference in performance.

That board only has 1 pcie 5 slot so none of the other slots will impact it, it will always be x16.

The Z690 chipset is not connected directly to the CPU's PCI-E lanes per se - but is instead connected to the CPU's eight DMI lanes (in this case, DMI 4.0, which provides the maximum total bandwidth/throughput of eight PCI-E 4.0 lanes). The Z690...

That’s good to hear, but how does it even work? Does the 690 Chipset have its own PCI-E lanes in addition to what the CPU offers? I.E. lntel Ark site says that the 12700K only has 20 PCI-E lanes...

I bought this motherboard Gigabyte 690 Elite AX with DDR5 https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/Z690-AORUS-ELITE-AX-rev-1x#kf and an Intel 12700K Here is the mothberboard block diagram. here is the manual...

It’s been inevitable multiple hard dates for the last 5 years +

I keep it simple. I buy and hold. I don't trade crypto. If I thought BTC was dying I wouldn't be selling my equipment to buy more BTC. As to selling my Ampere cards -- I won't be selling them until the next Crypto boom, as they'll be worth...

Thanks Archaea , in for a pack! StoleMyOwnCar, a headlamp sounds smart too...

Its a 50,000 watt grid tied system with net metering. It also powers my house. Last year it generated 67,535 kWh, which works out to 185 kWh per day or 7,708 watts 24/7. So it just about covers my miners 100%. During the summer when the days...

The SK Hynix is supposed to be the fastest NVME on the market right now, according to most review sites. For example: https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/10110/sk-hynix-platinum-p41-2tb-ssd-the-best-yet/index.html Here is the IOPS read test...

That’s one perspective. I’m holding till it hits 100K, and then I’ll re-evaluate — or likely riding it into the ground. BTC has faced plenty of headwind before and recovered and advanced.