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[jØrd]

RAM coolers are still a thing? Why do you need those, are you planning on doing some overclocking abuse on your DIMMs?

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w/out coolers -> http://sprunge.us/ZBTh
w/ coolers -> http://sprunge.us/fadh

 

[iFreilicht]

Holy crap, I did not expect those kinds of temps.

 

[Phuncz]

I've had one of those exact coolers, the fans on mine weren't reliable at all. I think it's cheap bearings so be sure to monitor their speeds, or you could hear them when used in quiet environments.

 

[esplin2966]

Holy crap, I did not expect those kinds of temps.

Ditto. Holy shit that is hot!

 

[confusis]

J0rd is running FB-DIMMs, a tech pretty much reserved for Core2 era Xeons. Each dimm runs 8w or so - so 8 dimms = 64w of RAM! Memory bandwidth in quad channel is epic though. (for the era)

 

[Phuncz]

While not a toy, literally and figuratively, this is still a passion and a hobby:

Five hot sauces ranging from "Mild" to "Xtra Hot" from Kankun. These seem promising because only one has vinegar (I hate it in sauces) and they are very basic ingredient-wise. So no colouring or additives. I've had a few from El Yucateco which were also fermented instead of vinegar-based, I loved them. Especially the Chipotle.

 

[Vittra]

Agreed. Hate when the primary ingredient of a sauce, hot or otherwise is vinegar. Bleh. There goes the flavour.

 

[confusis]

 

[Phuncz]

Nice tiny card ! GTX 970 or R9 380/285 ?

 

[confusis]

R7-360. Review coming soon.

I can't afford a R9!

 

[Phuncz]

You have perfectly good organs, don't you ? Sell those !

 

[iFreilicht]

I really like gigabyte consistently having an mITX version of a GPU where possible. Curious for the review! Do you have a regular R7 360 to test it against?

 

[confusis]

I really like gigabyte consistently having an mITX version of a GPU where possible. Curious for the review! Do you have a regular R7 360 to test it against?

Unfortunately not. I would like to find a R7-260 to compare it to though- since that is the previous gen card.

To compare performance to stock clocks, I can underclock the card to 1050mhz.

 

[confusis]

You have perfectly good organs, don't you ? Sell those !

My organs aren't in the best of condition

 

[jØrd]

8Gb DDR3 to go in the server

 

[Phuncz]

"WARRANTY VOID IF REMOVED"
Then don't put a big honking white sticker on 3 of 8 black chips on a green PCB.
The top part has about 100mm x 4mm worth of "sticker space". This way people with mild sticker-OCD (like me) get to sleep at night.

 

[confusis]

I wish RAM manufacturers would default to using black silkscreen. Can't cost any more than green!

 

[Phuncz]

I agree, but that way they can't charge more for the "premium" sticks while keeping the costs the same.

 

[iFreilicht]

I agree, but that way they can't charge more for the "premium" sticks while keeping the costs the same.

Good counterexample: G.Skill Value RAM:

They still have the stupid white sticker on the side, but it's something.

 

[Phuncz]

Nice, I thought I saw these having a green PCB as well. Apparently also available in DDR4 in black, but only as a kit-of-4 at the moment and at 8GB per stick.