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Join the community - in the OCAU Forums! Forum Projects (2 Comments) (link)  Wednesday, 15-May-2024  21:07:31 (GMT +10) - by Agg Time to catch up on some more cool projects and reviews from the forums. Another good way to see what's going on is to hit the New Posts link. RnR posted info on a new CAMM2 memory standard Phido is converting a Tronxy 3D printer to a Mega Vxbot QuinRiva has a hardline Lian Li V3000 Plus build mR_CaESaR has cleaned up an Atomiswave arcade machine Radiant posted their impressions of a Minisforum BD770i mobo aeries has a very tidy water cooled mini-PC with gold bits Kelvin reviewed an ITX gaming PC as well as a Mini Nuke compact NUC PC while Deftone2k has refitted their shed Wednesday Night Reviews (0 Comments) (link)  Wednesday, 15-May-2024  21:00:35 (GMT +10) - by Agg Storage: Corsair MP700 PRO SE - PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD - 14GB/s on Guru3D. Lexar Professional SL600 Portable Solid State Drive on ThinkComputers. Patriot Viper VP4000 Mini 2TB M.2 2230 Gaming SSD on FunkyKit. Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 x4 Gaming SSD on MadShrimps. Corsair MP700 PRO SE Gen5 SSD Review (4TB) on StorageReview. Power Supply: FSP Hydro Ti PRO 850W ATX 3.0 Power Supply Unit on NikKTech. Enermax REVOLUTION D.F. X 1200 W on TechPowerUp. Portable & Prebuilt: Google Pixel 8a Review: Possibly The Best Midrange Phone Yet on HotHardware. Razer Blade 18 Gaming Laptop Review: Thin, Stylish And Potent on HotHardware. Alienware M16R2 Gaming Laptop on Tweaktown. Misc: Corsair iCUE H150i Elite LCD XT AIO CPU Cooler on FunkyKit. ASRock B650 Steel Legend WiFi Motherboard on OCInside. Homeworld 3 Performance Benchmark Review - 35 GPUs Tested on TechPowerUp. Logitech G ASTRO A50X Wireless Gaming Headset + Base Station on Tweaktown. Shelly BLU Door/Window and Shelly H&T Gen3 smart home sensors on FunkyHome. Interesting Forum Threads (2 Comments) (link)  Tuesday, 14-May-2024  21:56:55 (GMT +10) - by Agg It's been a while, but here's a few random forum threads that have caught my eye lately. You can keep on top of things in the forums via the recent activity feed or the new posts page. To see activity in threads you subscribe to, check out your latest alerts. It's also worth checking your watched threads list from time to time in case you missed an alert. Photo/Video hoarders - how do you sort/categorise? in Storage & Backup. AOOSTAR 2bay mini-PC NAS in Storage & Backup. napp-it cs web-gui for (m)any ZFS server in Storage & Backup. OpenSolaris/Solaris 11 Express/ESXi : BYO Home NAS for Media and backup images etc in Storage & Backup. REVIEW Techfast ITX Gaming (March 2024) in Portable & Small Form Factor. Framework Modular Laptop in Portable & Small Form Factor. Smallest Windows Device in Portable & Small Form Factor. Alienware Graphics Amplifier (AGA) adventures in Portable & Small Form Factor. I'm at my witts here! in Troubleshooting Help. Power usage meters for appliances in Electronics & Electrics. Public DNS audit tool feedback in Business & Enterprise Computing. Generative AI Assistants (ChatGPT, Grok, Copilot, Gemini etc.) in General Software. AI / neural networks / language models in General Software. Pie Reviews in Geek Food. Epic's Pho king Sunday Lunch Reward Journal in Geek Food. Bypassing the evil empire of Colesworth. Purchasing direct from farmers. in Geek Food. 2024 F1 Silly, Pre-season and Season Discussion in Motorsport. Anime Modelling in Other Hobbies. Slot Car thread. If and or when in doubt, Flat out. in Other Hobbies. Bambu Lab A1/P1S/P1P/ X1C 3D Printer Thread in Hobby Engineering. The VR game / Software thread (What are you playing) in VR - Virtual Reality. Tuesday Evening (1 Comments) (link)  Tuesday, 14-May-2024  19:37:56 (GMT +10) - by Agg You should update Chrome if you use it. Fortunately it's not the drama it used to be as Chrome is quite good at keeping all your open tabs across various windows. Left unpatched, a remote attacker without physical access to a system would be able to compromise the render process "to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page," hence the High security rating. Put another way, a user running a vulnerable (unpatched) Chrome build could suffer a range of undesirable consequences simply by visiting a malicious website, with a browser crash being the best case scenario. Corsair are looking to acquire Fanatec. Over the years, Fanatec has established itself as one of the most popular brands for racing sim hardware. It offers a premium lineup of racing wheels, pedals, shifters, and more, which virtual racing enthusiasts can hook up to their console or PC when playing games like Gran Turismo 7 and Assetto Corsa. Steam have released their monthly hardware survey for April 2024. The Steam Hardware Survey & Software Survey results for April 2024 paint a pretty disappointing picture for cards like Radeon RX 7700 XT and Radeon RX 7800 XT. They show that when it comes to RDNA 3, anything outside of the flagship 7900 XTX has failed to find a PC gaming audience. Meanwhile a recent Steam Deck OS update allows overclocking. Overclocking controls have been added to the Steam Deck LCD version, allowing those owners to squeeze out some more performance from their hardware. Accessible in the Steam Deck BIOS, this overclocking support should prove modest for most, as cooling considerations are still paramount for this tightly-packed unit. This overclocking feature was already in the the newer OLED model, which has some internal differences versus the LCD Steam Deck. Tweaktown report on the low rate of Windows 11 adoption. According to new data from Statcounter, a renowned web analytics service that has tracking code on more than 1.5 million websites, market share figures between Windows 11 users and Windows 10 users is trending - at least in the short term - toward more Windows 10 adoption, as global desktop share between February 2024 and April 2024 dropped from 28.16% to 25.65%. On the other hand, Windows 10's market share grew from 67.26% to 70.03%. Never mind your fancy GPUs - turns out you can do AI image generation on a Commodore 64. Kinda. AI image generators are very popular these days, and the results are used in all sorts of creative projects. This made me wonder what it would have been like if image generators had existed during the early personal computer revolution in the 1980s. What would they have been like, and what would the images have been used for? Someone who really needs to go back and watch Black Mirror again has decided that fitting firearms to robot dogs is a good idea. What's next, sharks with frickin' lasers on their heads? The evaluation of armed robotic dogs reflects a growing interest in small robotic unmanned ground vehicles for military use. While unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been remotely delivering lethal force under human command for at least two decades, the rise of inexpensive robotic quadrupeds—some available for as little as $1,600—has led to a new round of experimentation with strapping weapons to their backs. If you long for a simpler time, perhaps a re-born Nokia 3210 might be for you. Let’s throw back to Y2K, when conversations mattered more than likes and shares. A legendary phone returns with a long-lasting battery and a redesign for modern times. And of course, it’s got Snake. This is newstalgia at its best – the return of the Nokia 3210. Sunday Night Reviews (0 Comments) (link)  Sunday, 12-May-2024  23:54:23 (GMT +10) - by Agg Storage: Samsung 990 PRO vs 990 EVO, What’s The Difference And Which One To Pick on ThePCEnthusiast. ANACOMDA I4X Fiery Serpent 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD on NikKTech. PNY XLR8 CS3150 M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 5×4 1TB SSD (with RGB Heatsink) on FunkyKit. Corsair MP700 Pro SE 4TB SSD Review - As Fast as They Come on Tweaktown. Corsair MP700 Pro SE 4 TB on TechPowerUp. Corsair MP600 Mini 2024 Edition 1TB SSD Review - Fastest Tiny Drive on the Planet on Tweaktown. Input Etc: Razer Firefly V2 Pro Mouse Mat Review: Slick, Rigid, With RGB on HotHardware. ThundeRobot ML903 NearLink mouse on TechPowerUp. Misc: Artillery Genius Pro 3D Printer on NikKTech. Bykski CPU-XPR-C-I CPU Water Block Review - Amazing Value! on TechPowerUp. Corsair 6500X Mid-Tower Dual Chamber Chassis on Tweaktown. ZMF Caldera Closed Planar Magnetic Headphones on TechPowerUp. Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5-6000 2x16GB DDR5 RAM on APHNetworks. MINISFORUM Venus NAB9 Core i9-12900HK Mini PC on Guru3D. Retro Racing May 2024 (0 Comments) (link)  Friday, 10-May-2024  21:19:00 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN This month's Retro Racing game is Over REV from 1997. Developed by Jaleco for Sega's Model 2 arcade board, Over REV features four nicely rendered tracks across the Greater Tokyo Area. Although it has some serious issues with driving and collision physics, if you stick with the game long enough to overcome its intricacies, it can be pretty rewarding. Like Jaleco's other Model 2 racer, Super GT 24h, you'll want to use an automatic transmission. click for the thread! Retro Misc Pics (7 Comments) (link)  Friday, 10-May-2024  11:49:14 (GMT +10) - by Agg I have Done Something Bad to my shoulder at hockey last night, so here's some one-handed Retro Misc Pics from June 2011, while I go get X-Rays etc.. 3 Jun 2011: 10 Jun 2011: 17 Jun 2011: 24 Jun 2011:

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