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I remember paying around R180 for a happy meal in Singapore a few years back. What's worse is they also gave us rice instead of fries.

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Saw a bike being advertised yesterday for R5000 more than it was sold for about a year ago. Looking at the same bike's previous ad from from last year (I assume the guy he bought it from) It was also far more transparent about what the bike on offer really was. People are entitled to ask what they want for their stuff. I have no problem with that. And when this thread about ad comments returning popped up I thought that I was firmly in the camp of leaving the comments off. Because most times its just an excuse for people to **** on ads. But now I'm not so sure. Look. There are bikes or parts I may be prepared to pay up for despite knowing that the asking price is above what most people would agree its worth. But my decision to overpay for something is still an informed one. I might know better. But if I really want it then it has greater value to me. My problem with the ad I mention is that not all prospective buyers would know what they're looking at. And the omission of certain details while not inherently dishonest is still misleading to those who don't know better. I might not have a solution here. But I feel that something should be done regarding transparency when it comes to certain ads. Perhaps Bikehub could introduce some sort of buyers guide for new members? Asking sellers the right questions could go a long way into helping people make better informed decisions when buying bikes. If an ad omits the year model. You should ask. How old is this bike? Have any of the components been swopped out? You can't enforce how certain ads are structured. But I'm speaking directly to the seller now. Ask any price you want. But if you're going to sell a 26er frame converted to 650b. That's something you really should disclose upfront.

Sure sucks to be a Kenyan gamer

Kom nou Shebeen its been like 6 months. Where's our update?

Yah that's the main difference hey. They kept going. Since the first Ryzen they just kept pushing. If they reach 5nm before Intel's 10nm hits mainstream desktop. Jeez. Intel investors are likely set buildings on fire. What's interesting is the direction they took with improvement and efficiency with Ryzen 5000. I'm dissapointed that they were just shy of the magical 5ghz boost. But boasted some significant ipc and tdp improvements that could make that 4.9 really really good. And mark my words. Overclockers will hit 5ghz stable without breaking a sweat. It makes me wonder. What exactly the slowdown in process nodes is realy indicative of. Whether moore's law really is dead. And wtf is going on at Intel? Why? I mean with those resources. Seriously.

If you account for inflation the pricing seems much the same compared to last years launch. Well at least if you compare the 3950x to the 5950x. I usually look at the flagships because often its often indicative of the the lower end of the value scale. But at a solid $50 premium over last gen you definitely paying more for Ryzen 5 and 7 this time round. The real question is how much more you're getting. I think we're in the habit of holding AMD a standard of pricing where we expect greater value with every launch. Its really hard to quantify that right now. I also think that AMD are getting comfy in the pound seats. They can get away with less aggressive pricing until Intel has an answer. And by the looks of things that could take a year. My only fear is supply. I doubt AMD will starve the market to drive prices up but you just don't know. The demand could higher than expected. The good news is Ryzen 3000 will cost an average of $50 less than 2019s launch off the shelf moving forward. The value for prospective upgraders is really good now. Lisa also promised 400 series chipsets would get bios support for 5000 series chips in January 21. That was unexpected. It certainly holds a candle for existing 400 owners to consider chips upgrades without having to buy a new platform altogether. Offering value by staggering how much cash users need to fork out over a given time. I guess it hinges on partners and what degree of support we talking here. People with older machines? Just get a 500 series board and 3000 series chip. You're getting superb performance at a very good price and future support to boot. I really really hope Intel steps up soon. Don't let AMD get too comfortable. Or consumers will eventually end up paying.

When I cleaned my laaitie's blue lit keyboard it had this brown glow from all the flings and maries.

https://www.pocket-lint.com/laptops/news/154125-how-to-watch-the-amd-zen-3-reveal-on-8-october https://youtu.be/iuiO6rqYV4o Intel investors are gonna be like those podium sitters watching Minnaar do his run. Ryzen's new launch go's live later.

I'm not against it at all. Everyone has different tastes. I'd rather have the option because I could always turn it off. I've seen setups where lighting and rpm could be synced to thermals automatically. That's pretty useful. But I guess it narrows down compatibility options. As sleek as murdered out setups are a degree of case illumination is still useful. But you're right. They definitely went too far. They wont stop because people keep buying it. I see there are rgb chairs now too. And Razor just dropped some credit card that also illuminates.

Good to know. Guess I saved R700. Everything else is super pricey though

I have a question. I'm aware of all the options regarding integration with various rgb software. So I know they could sync up with the rest inside the case. But I'm more interested in its degree of functionality. Is Gamdias limited to aesthetic choices? Or can I use my board software to change lighting based on temps? I'd probably have a fairly muted scheme which isn't too distracting. But I would love the option of the case displaying an overall change in colour as temps go up. Ideally everything would be white on idle and slowly ramp to red when things get toasty. Is this possible?

Gamdias case fans?

Honestly these leaks are driving me nuts. Every other day something else is 'leaked' and quite frankly it seems the purpose is just to yield more media traffic. Most times various sources are just recycling the same information which further reinforces the assumption that specs are likely accurate. I mean its nice to get a glimpse of what's to come and indulge in the hype. But refrain from making any decisions regarding your upgrade. Here's my advice. When ever new tech is pending and you're thinking about upgrading. Wait for official release. 3rd party testing regarding stability and performance is a far more reliable source of data to make an informed decision. And once products drop there will be no shortage thereof for reference. Its worth noting that from a value perspective you could and should keep an eye on existing prices prior to launches. More often than most, especially if you're a few years behind the curve. The value sweetspot of upgrading your rig from a price to performance perspective wont lie with adopting new tech once its launched. But in upgrading to something just shy of the latest and greatest. It all hinges on what type of setup you have currently. But quite often, you could benefit from a significant performance bump at a much lower cost by going this route. For those who absolutely must have the latest and greatest. And by this I don't necessarily mean those who have more money than sense. I'm talking about users who absolutely benefit from a productivity perspective of being on the cutting edge of performance. Users who benefit from a stream of income based on their machines and relative specs. Often the value prospect here can go both ways. Where machines a year or so old are often sold to help fund a better machine which is new and expensive yes. But would provide a greater degree of efficiency for productivity. Making early adoption more viable.

Yoh bra you like halfway there!

Yeah. way out of my league. PC porn in my book. It may be a subjective thing but I don't think it gets better that proper hardline routing. If you do it right. Maintenance can be much easier. And lets be honest here. I've never seen a floppy loop that can rival the aesthetic nor ease of access to components as hard tubes. EK probably rule the roost when it comes to plates and fittings. I think Bykski is up there too so worth looking into especially since they have an official local retailer. A few of the mainstream component manufacturers have entered the market recently too. Corsair and Thermaltake's stuff seem decent. But if I could ever afford it and they had what I needed I'd probably go EK too. A threadripper with 2x 3090's in a hard custom loop is probably my dream setup. But then I'd probably want a pool guy who could do the maintenance. Anyone here who actually have a computer like that?

Its something I've definitely thought about. And while the old 650b trance is just fine. The way things are going. I should probably consider a mid travel 29er. Not that I really want one though. As a kort gat the ergonomically viable options aren't really that plentiful. Its more a practical choice than a personal one. If I ever do go big wheels. I would want a smaller playful *** aan vang bike as well. My heart yearns for a good condition blinged out 26er. Something around the circa of when forward geo took off but the bigger wheels weren't that prevalent yet. Something thats snappy and not too slack. I'll Probably ride somnething like that more than a 9er. Unless I'm seriously impressed with the big wheels. I dunno. I feel like the prospect of having 2 bikes that different could be more fun than the single bike I have now that feels somewhere in the middle.

Correct Some b450 boards are capable of supporting gen 4 depending on traces and bios updates. While partners supported this feature quite early in adoption (Gigabyte rings a bell) AMD warned that they would not officially support gen4 on b450 moving forward since it hinges on too many variables inconsistent with so many b450 options. As a result AMD has themselves released Ryzen bios updates which blocks support for gen 4. But many older bios versions are available for many boards which end users can adopt at their own risk. Here's the thing though. For most of us its probably not worth the trouble. As mentioned before gpu performance gains with gen4 are almost non existent. They're certainly there. And hint at the possibility of expanding on this moving forward. But for now even the latest and greatest GPU's function on gen 4 and gen 3 slots with pretty much identical performance. Despite latest gpu's themselves having improved immensely. This scaling however seems to be irrelevant from the bandwidth difference between gen 3 and gen 4. For now at least. Then there's storage. There's no beating around the bush here. The performance gains with nvme gen4 over 3 is massive. Much, much faster read and right speeds. This is where gen 4 start to make a difference. And a big one at that. But... Lets look at it objectively. For that difference in speed to make a real difference to the everyday the end user. You're only really going to benefit from those speeds when you're doing large data transfers. At least enough to notice. And even then you'll be limited to the slowest speed you're transferring to and/or from. So lets say you have 1x gen 4 nvme drive. Its super fast. But you want to copy gigs of datas to a sata ssd or hdd. Unfortunately you're going to be limited to the maximum speed of the slowest device. If your board supports enough lanes for multiple gen 4 nvme storage drives then yes. You'll definitely benefit from the speeds. But how often are you going to be moving massive amounts of data? And are you prepared to fork out the kind of money required to benefit from such support? But skollie. What about games? Ah, you see. If you have your games stored on a gen3 nvme ssd. You already going to benefit from 5-10 times shorter loading speeds over a sata ssd. This you will definitely notice. But moving from gen3 to gen 4 nvme? Not so much. The amount of data required to be loaded from playing games is just too little for any of us to really tell a real world difference. Many times probably just fractions of seconds. Because you just not loading enough data at any single time to truly notice the performance gains

When liquid cooling and by extension AIO solutions were introduced. They had the type of performance gains light years ahead of what air cooling was capable at the time. Thermal headroom meant greater OC potential and back then if you wanted to overclock you'd want water or nothing at all. This mindset is still prevalent today despite air cooling solutions that have improved significantly to date. Today I really think the argument has to be made that there is no better. Not in terms of performance anyways. Certain setups will work better with air. Some better with water. I'm of the opinion that if you want to use a good AIO over a good air cooler. You will benefit from a cleaner overall setup. Better (subjective) aesthetics, possiblly better case airflow, and overall a nicer, cleaner setup. But not necessarily performance benefits. There are air solutions for CPU's which rival even the best AIO's from that perspective. At the expense of a huge slab taking up half your case. Possible ram clearance issues, and possibly extra cable management hurdles. I think if we want to talk water cooling as apposed to air cooling from a purely performance gains perspective. You're better off going all in with a full custom loop. They're pricey, you need to know what you're doing, and they require a greater degree of maintenance. GPU performance on water seems to benefit more in terms of thermal headroom than cpu's do. Its a general statement which kind of holds true in most scenarios. But there are exceptions of course. When you go custome loop however. Balls to the wall mobo, cpu, gpu slabs, pumps resevoirs and rads with fans. The overall performance gain is astounding. And beautiful as well. Its here where you see the real benefit of water over air. Go big or go home. If you're just someone looking for a decent cooling solution to your chip without breaking the bank. There are many many air solutions that can work as well (and in some cases even better) than an AIO.

Bonus points for superb cable management

The training wheels aren't there for their safety. Its for parents peace of mind. You can address this with some protection they can wear while riding. Lots of options available. Helmets, knee and elbow pads. Even gloves. Both my kids started on balance bikes. They become very proficient very quickly without any input from us as parents. And soon you'll be more concerned with reminding them about the brake instead of ruining their shoes. When they transitioned to pedal bikes. I removed the crankset. But was surprised at how quickly they carried their ability to balance to the new sized bikes. After I put the crankset back on so I could teach them to pedal. I remember it took my daughter a single day to learn how to pedal. My son struggled to get off the mark (probably gear ratio) but was able to pedal on his own on the first day too. He just needed me to give him a push for some momentum. Once he got rolling his feet pedaled away.

Check on Carbonite. I suggest you wait a month though. Let the new stuff drop. Retail prices on previous gen will definitely come down and many early adopters will flog their stuff to fund new purchases.

Lekker. I see the 4000d is a popular choice. Post some picks of the build when you're done.