Living in SOCAL in San Diego County, I attended the SOCAL Can Jam back in September of 2023 to listen to some different headphones (ZMF), DAC’s, and headphone amps. Schiit had a table and they brought the Mjolnir 3 (MJ3) amp and it was connected to an Yggdrasil+ OG DAC. I brought along my...
I purchased the ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 ROG Strix LC Overclocked Liquid Cooled 24GB ($2,199) and the MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM LIQUID X 24G Hybrid Cooling 24GB ($1,799). I have read about the high memory temps on the MSI so I though I would see how they compared. The last MSI card I owned...
FYI, Purchased the MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM LIQUID X this past Friday and it had bad coil whine only happens when gaming and the GPU is under a load. Returned the MSI GPU and spent the extra money on the ASUS GeForce RTX 4090 ROG Strix LC Overclocked Liquid Cooled and no coil whine. My PC...
I will be using my Corsair AX1600I for the PSU and have already purchased the Corsair power cable to attach to the 4090. Upon further research the MSI can be purchased from MSI, Newegg, and Amazon for $1,749.99. Microcenter is still at $1,799.99, not a big deal but I rather walk into to store...
I have owned mostly EVGA GPU's over the years but going with EVGA is no longer an option. I am looking at buying a 4090 and since I am gaming at 4k the 4090 seems to be the direction I will be going with. I want to go with a water cooled version of the 4090. Looking at my local Microcenter I...
While not a in stock thread. I would recommend signing up for the EVGA queue. This past Monday I got an email that I could buy a 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming Hybrid and i jumped on it. I did sign up for it back on Dec 6, 2020. Since I live on SOCAL I received it on Tuesday.
I bought this game several years ago and purchased the X4 Foundations while on sale back around Christmas. Sadly I played only several minutes of Elite Dangerous (ED). Getting ready to take the plunge into ED or X4.
I took a hiatus from the game and yesterday I keep crashing out of the game after playing for several minutes. Hopefully they fix this issue since it has been reported online by numerous players.
Purchased Cyberpunk 2077 yesterday from CD Keys for $31.69 which activates on GOG Galaxy with no issues. I already had a GOG account so it seemed like a no brainer. Have about 4 hours of game time, went with the Nomad character. Having fun so far.
I recently purchased (12/20/20) the Vogels 546 Thin mount full motion for my LG CX 48. The screen should be around 3.5 inches from the wall once mounted. Bought it off of Amazon for $349.52. It connects to 1 stud on the wall. However my wall studs are off centered and I need to buy a 3/4 plywood...
I have to say I am enjoying the CX 48. I was using a Alienware AW3418DW since Feb. of 2018. My GPU is a EVGA 2080Ti FTW3 Ultra and while it is not a 2.1 hdmi I may upgrade in the future. Mostly play fps games such as BF4 and The Division 2. The resolution is set to 3840 X 2169 under the PC...
I will be interested to see what you think of the new monitor, like you I have a AW3418DW. Last week I purchased a LG CX 48 and I am happy with it. Only down fall is my GPU (EVGA RTX 2080Ti FTW3 Ultra) with only HDMI 2.0. I picked up the LG up on a military base exchange (retail store) for...
Still using a 5.1 Boston Acoustic surround sound and my 2010 sound card (sound blaster x-fi titanium fatal1ty ) needed to be replaced. Went with the AE-5 Plus and could not be happier. For music listening I use my Arcam AVR-850 with my Oppoi-205.
I am surprised they keep their stores open. The cost for the utilities alone would support closing the stores. I lost track how many times a customer representative would tell shipment of goods were inbound to replenish the shelves dating back to the beginning of 2019. I wanted a Samsung SSD...
Went into Fry's in San Marcos California. Two motherboards on the shelves. Back in May of this year I was looking for a 2TB Samsung that was not in stock and the salesperson said they were waiting on a delivery. Presently no inventory. I be surprised if they make it to the end of the year.
Update: MSI technical support recommended that I send (RMA) the GPU to them or return to seller (Microcenter). I elected to return it and I bought a EVGA 2080Ti FTW3 Ultra. The EVGA allows me to set a fan curve and set the fan at any given percentage speed. So I now have regained control of the...
The default fan curve has my GPU temp at 50 degrees Celsius when idling. Per MSI the fans do not come till the GPU reaches a temperature of 70 degrees Celsius. Gaming under load (The Division 2) temperature is in the high 70 and crested into 81 degrees Celsius with an ambient room temperature...
Maybe I can shed some light on this GPU. I bought the exact GPU from Microcenter this past Sunday. I am coming from a MSI 1080 Ti Sea Hawk X. I had two EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Hybrid over the past several months (both purchased new from Amazon). The EVGA 2080ti's had a loud whining noise...
This past weekend I purchased a new MSI 2080 Ti Gaming X Trio. I am upgrading from a MSI 1080 Ti Sea Hawk X. Prior to the MSI 2080 Ti I wanted to say with a hybrid card and went with a EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Hybrid. Since May of this year I have went through 2 EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Hybrid...
I made the transition from a MSI 1080 Ti Seahawk X to a EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Hybrid. While the cost of the EVGA card ($1,449 bought from Amazon) is not for the faint of heart. My monitor is an Alienware (AW3418DW 34" 120hz) wide screen and presently I am playing mostly Division 2. I ran the...
I was reading a review for the WD 16Tb and the reviewer stated, "A very important fact that was not in the WD literature is that there is a hardware encryption that prevents the drive from being read in any other enclosure. In my case the WD Duo enclosure went bad and while the drives were ok I...
I have been using WD drives dating back to the Raptor drives. I am currently using a 4TB WD Black since 2014 and it is still working flawlessly. The WD 4TB is used for me Steam / Uplay games along with massive music collection. I use this in conjunction with a San Disk Extreme Pro 960GB SSD...
I am currently using the MSI 1080 Ti Seahawk X that I purchased from Newegg for $871.97 back in April of 2017. I am using a Alienware AW3418DW (3440X1440) and the GPU performs great.
I am always thinking about upgrading and I was looking forward to the MSI 2080 Ti Seahawk but at the current...
I am enjoying this game, with just over 5 hours of play time. The scenery is visually appealing. I had my wife sign up for a new green man gaming account and was able to pick up the gold version for 20% off.
Seen this on sale on Jan. 1 at Best Buy for $999.99 (still on sale presently) and I ordered it. Currently running a Dell U3415W at 60Hz and a MSI GTX 1080 Ti X Sea Hawk. I am looking forward to running at 120hz.
I am at 41 hours of game play and I am enjoying the game. The only problem I have had is connecting or staying connected to the multiplayer porting of the game. There is no issues with my internet service provider and my router and modem are working with no issues. I play BF4 online with no issues.
I initially purchased a EVGA GTX 1080TI FE from Frys and was hoping to purchase the EVGA Hybrid kit. I received three notifications from EVGA it was in stock and within minutes it was sold out and never had a chance to order one. I came across the MSI GTX 1080TI X Sea Hawk in stock at Newegg and...
I purchased a MSI GTX 1080 TI X Sea Hawk from Newegg on Tuesday (4/11/17) and no game coupon was available. Then on the following day (4/12/17) the game coupon (For Honor / Ghost Recon Wildlands) was added to the sale page on Newegg for the GPU I just purchased. I called Newegg and the best...
I am 49 years old and soon to be 50 and I build my own gaming PC's. I remember buying my first PC (HP 386SX) from Circuit City back in 91. I remember buying many games from Microprose (Gunship, F19 Stealthfighter, B-17 Flying Fortress, F-117 Stealth Fighter). There use to be many flight...
I upgraded from SLI Evga GTX 780 TI Classifieds. They were installed in a HAF X case and the top card was always hotter and while gaming (BF4) with a custom fan curve the top card was in the low 70's. Now I have one 980 TI Hybrid and it is at 24 degrees as I type this and while gaming it is in...
I switched from a Dell U3011 to the Dell U3415W and I am very happy with the upgrade. I was able to pick the U3415W from Adorama several weeks ago for $849 with free shipping. I am running SLI (2) EVGA GTX 780 TI Classified's. I play BF4 for the most part and I am getting over 100fps during game...