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    AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

    Taichi had a (minor) BIOS update yesterday by the way:
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    Crashplan ends home subscriptions!

    I find this super annoying but a I guess it's a reality of our dependence on companies that provide cloud services. I'm lucky though in that I started a year subscription only a month ago, so with the bonus months and a year of small business at a discount it'll be over two years before I need...
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    AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

    No, just testing different settings and 2T supposedly being more stable.
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    AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

    Quickly checked a few things. First while cold booting has been fine, I have had some failures on reboot. Since I'm pretty busy coming up and soon to be out of town, I'm probably going to set it to 3066 for stability and revisit it in a couple of weeks. AIDA64 memory stress test ran for 40...
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    AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

    Got my 3200 hynix ram (CMK16GX4M2B3200C16) to boot full speed on the Taichi with the newest BIOS. I saw a screenshot that someone else posted that it booted and was reporting a tRC of 75, so I loaded the XMP profile, changed tRC to 75 and it's up and running. No obvious issues yet although I...
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    I'm totally stopping sodas - Anyone else here massively addicted?

    This gets outside my wheelhouse but I believe the concept is the same and it's just a matter of degree. On a ketogenic diet, for example, protein is kept to a very moderate level and the body doesn't convert anything to glucose except as needed for the most basic things. At an Atkins level...
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    I'm totally stopping sodas - Anyone else here massively addicted?

    The body has a mechanism -- gluconeogenesis -- for creating the small amount of glucose needed even when carbs aren't present.
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    AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

    I was doing fixed and hadn't messed with LLC yet. I'll start messing with that soon as I get a chance. Thanks!
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    AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

    Just started overclocking a 1700 on the Taichi. Two quick questions: 1) I'm getting some crashes with AIDA64's FPU stress test in an otherwise stable system. Some of what I read online is that it's an unrealistic test and should be disregarded. Thoughts? What's a good "final" determination...
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    AB350 Pro4 1.0.0.6 Guinea pigs out there?

    Quick mention that the Taichi and Fatality x370 boards also have the update available. Maybe (probably) others, too. In reading a bit it was mixed reviews. Mostly good, but no silver bullet. Saw one person say they planned to revert, but honestly only being out half a day it's probably too...
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    AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

    And nice, the Taichi has the offical release of 2.40 as well. 1.0.0.6 AGESA http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X370%20Taichi/#BIOS
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    Command Prompt Flashes Instantaneously and Disappears

    I believe I've read that's an issue with office 2016. Might want to check for more info in that direction.
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    AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

    I've been unable to keep up with this thread for the past 3 weeks, hoping to get a quick opinion before I purchase a motherboard. I had thought I'd go with a Gigabyte or ASUS motherboard, but I'm pretty underwhelmed with their reviews and performance so far. I'll be trying for a decent (but...
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    AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

    There's no chance I could find it now, but I'm nearly positive I saw an official range from AMD about a week ago. I know that doesn't help you but I think the answer is out there. Force me to guess and I think it was 1.35 for long term use.
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    Speculation on Ryzen Overclocking

    I spent about 45 minutes yesterday comparing the Gaming K7 vs the Gaming 5 on Gigabyte's website, and it's worth noting that the only thing I could find that was at all different was the K7's inclusion of Turbo B-Clock. I don't know what that will ultimately mean for their respective ability to...
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    More low T

    So you are doing injections yourself? I'm about to start some treatment but the doctor insists it be done in the office. Also the gel is crazy expensive and not covered by my insurance so it wasn't a viable option either.
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    Speculation on Ryzen Overclocking

    Is there any way to gauge what the potential of Gigabyte's AM4 motherboards might provide in terms of VRM? I'm not finding any power specifications on their website.
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    AMD RYZEN Builders Thread

    Trying to see if I can come up with a search link for either Amazon or Newegg that would show all Ryzen mATX motherboards, but I'm stumped. Is that possible?
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    Started keto diet yesterday - anyone done it?

    There are some meal-replacement shakes out there (think Soylent). I can post some details if you are interested. I rely on those when traveling (just made up 4 for this weekend for a quick trip).
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    Started keto diet yesterday - anyone done it?

    Some very good discussion here and I think you are both right in a way. Keto specifically works for many people because it 1) keeps them satiated when nothing else does and 2) naturally avoids a thing that is (as was well described earlier as) a toxin to them. Point 1 balances the calories...
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    Started keto diet yesterday - anyone done it?

    With a couple of exceptions, yeah I've been in ketosis the whole time. Twice I've been out intentionally, once unintentionally. I do that on very rare occasion (~ every 6 months or so) to adjust leptin levels. I don't think a lot of people do that, but I (seem to) have some strange insulin...
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    Started keto diet yesterday - anyone done it?

    I've been on Keto since mid-2015 with rather good results. A couple of miscellaneous thoughts: Check out the /r/ketogains sub on Reddit. They are more in line with what you are trying to do as opposed to a strict weight loss regimen. /r/keto has more general information. Some find 50g carbs...
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    PSA -Sapphire Reserve with 100K points bonus, LAST CHANCE is Saturday 3/11 at branch...

    The reimbursement is a 1-to-1 credit as you incur travel expenses. If you don't have $300+ in travel expenses in a year you lose the credit difference.
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    PSA -Sapphire Reserve with 100K points bonus, LAST CHANCE is Saturday 3/11 at branch...

    If you can max out your rewards it actually is a fantastic card. I've done a few new cards over the past year and almost jumped on this a couple of weeks ago. But I'm doubting I'll have enough travel expenses in the near future to fully take advantage of it.
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    Win10 install -- Express settings or not?

    Exactly how I do it as well.
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    PSA-Mega Millions jackpot is $540 million..Drawing will be Friday 7/8/16.. UPDATED!

    If I understand what happened correctly (although I was a little confused) some of the tickets were "numbers x/y/z for this drawing AND the next 9 drawings".
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    How do you feel about Nazi memorabilia?

    I had a nazi civil service medal come into my possession as part of a coin collection and I had mixed feelings about owning it. It's not on display, but I came to terms with it being a part of history and the importance that comes with it all. Quick edit: we don't know exactly where it came...
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    Chipotle challenge - can anyone here eat that much Chipotle?

    Maybe things are different regionally, but at my local store they were able to swipe on my first purchase before registration. It then did show up when I registered the card.
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    PCIe power drawl

    PCPerspective also had some notes about how they tested the power (which was a different method than Tom's Hardware) but that it took some specialized equipment.
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    Vizio Smartcast

    From what I understand (do not own, but have read up a bit) the tablet is mostly a "gateway" into the cast protocol and apps. As Eug said, the basics of turning the TV on and changing inputs should be possible with basic IR.
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    [Hardocp]GeForce GTX 1080: Most Bizarre Secret Paper Launch Ever

    That makes just about every piece of tech equipment ever produced a paper launch.
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    Android Wear

    I've said I'd buy a 2nd cheap OG Moto 360 at some point before doing $250-$300 on something new. Maybe they'll tempt me with something but that's by far the better value.
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    Quantum Break

    It came in just yesterday afternoon for me. I saw it mentioned codes would release in waves.
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    Lan Li desk

    I'd given some serious thought to one of those. I had read they aren't balanced and are subject to tipping when it is pulled out to be worked on. The most recent version they have (not sure if released yet or not) apparently has the glass top come off instead of a drawer pulling out to fix that...
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    MUD, anyone?

    Yup, played a couple of AberMUDs, then helped admin one for a while. Also played Medievia, which was pretty impressive. I remember them deciding to try some advertising (pretty much unheard of for MUDs) to try to be an even bigger success. Turns out people liked graphical games better.
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    Help with Bedroom speaker system

    It's not always a waste, in that streaming files (such as from Plex) may be encoded with Dolby or DTS and it is nice to be able to Direct Play those files. I'm in a less-than-ideal situation right now on one of my TV's for that reason. As for soundbars, I've been a fan of the Samsung...
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    $250 SSD Choice

    Interesting that the Samsung 850 Evo 500 GB is far more competitive on price than the 1 TB. Edit: You may have seen the 850 Evo comes with Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. If by chance that was on your wishlist that would partially help make up the difference in cost.
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    Encryption software, now that TrueCrypt has ceased operations?

    I'm still using TrueCrypt 7.1a and, at least in my circle, that remains the solution of choice.
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    FireTV vs. NVidia ShieldTV as a WMC supplement/replacement?

    Both, actually. Test patterns show some significant issues in how the signal is processed. The splash screen of Netflix is a perfect example of where you see a ton of banding in the grey background. Almost any dark video with blacks or greys end up looking pixelated as they band. I *think*...