Where Tech Isn't So Technical…
I came from an 27″ Intel Core i9-9900k. The 9900k in the iMac was gimped to begin with due to lack of appropriate thermal solution. However, it was a fast chip. Compared to other iMacs, at least. Compare an iMac to a PC built around a 9900k and there is a big difference. So, Apple…
Since I had to replace my liquid cooler, I thought I’d make a blog post on how it works. There is a huge correlation between water cooling a PC and an engine. Vehicle Cooling Here is a car cooling system diagram. I stole it from the internet. I bet they never know… You have the…
I actually wanted to fully disassemble and reassemble, but I don’t have any zip ties. Really, the cable management was pretty good so I didn’t want to mess with that. So, I did a smaller project. This is what it looks like a few days ago. It’s purple but not for long… Inside my case….
I am doing some comparisons between my laptop and my desktop. Let’s look at the basic specs of both. Desktop: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5600X GPU: AMD Radeon RX5600XT RAM: 16GB 3000Mhz Corsair LPX Vengeance Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus Pro B550 Storage: 256GB NVME drive (OS/Data); 1TB WD HDD (games); 2TB Seagate HDD (games) Laptop: Model: MSi…
I finally had to break with my old naming convention for my devices… I had them named like the device. My iMac was i9-iMac. Boring. Descriptive, but boring. Named like a business would… Today, I unveil new names for all of my devices that I have control over the names, but names just the same……
Even though I know that in next six months or so, the RX 5000 series cards will most likely be replaced with RX 6000 series cards and perhaps, the RX 5000 series will replace the RX 500 series cards as the entry-level cards. This is all speculation, but it is something that many in the…
Case I decided that I wanted to get the first case that I really wanted and should have bought when I did my build initially. I said then that if I were to ever build a PC, that this is the case. Just something classy looking about this case and I have finally been able…
So, recently, I left Fry’s after almost 4 years. I don’t miss working at Fry’s except for 1 thing: custom builds. They were all different and all cool. I don’t think that part will go away for a while. Well, I have my own build. I have installed a few new things since the last…
Ah, CPUs… Example CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X I am not a true fan of Geekbench. It is a good tool, but results are often varied and not a true representation of a CPU’s true power. Most PC hardware review sites do not use Geekbench for any metrics. The only reason I have done it…
I’m back for another Gaming performance post. This is the grandaddy of them all between a very similar card in the Radeon RX 570 and the Radeon Pro 580X (found in the 2019 iMac). First, here are the test systems used in this set of benchmarks: Test systems: iMac Intel Core i9-9900k @ 3.6GHz 24GB…