Recent content by polycrac

I don't even fully understand this myself and am not a Linux user, but it came up in a Reddit thread I usually follow and I hadn't seen it mentioned here. Apologies if this post is in the wrong place, or linking to Reddit isn't appropriate, I liked the way this user set out the info and thought...

Happy new year, everyone, best wishes for your health and happiness in 2024.

I love that the big bottle sizes are all named after biblical kings who had to have their lifespans massively inflated to make the Bible's chronology make sense. The long lived kings = the large bottles I remember being so let down when I found that Magnum was the exception to this rule (poor...

So, if the vulnerability is in Gigabyte's access to remote-update the Bios, do I need to worry about updating the Bios or will the security fixes be applied automatically?

China is taking over the world with, ahem, 'brand new' CPUs: https://wccftech.com/china-powerstar-x86-cpus-confirmed-rebadged-intel-10th-gen-comet-lake-chips/

Worst game ever made was 'ride to hell: retribution', a friend of mine helped develop it and grew oddly proud of how utterly bad it was. I bought a copy to try and it is every bit as bad as he said.

Steam spring sale just kicked off: lot of familiar titles, not spotted any massive bargains yet.

You don't have to take take it down the canal, with a sack and some bricks. It can still sit on the rug by the fire and fetch your slippers, or keep an elderly relative company. That said, it wouldn't be a bad time to look at planning your next steps, whether that means reading up on new options...

Everyone should pay more tax. Twitter users are narcissists. Specing a PC to last ages is just wrong. We all know we would rather buy a shiny new one every few years instead of upgrading bits.

Merry Christmas, everyone. I hope you all are warm and well.

Just tried it - VERY easy, thanks for the tip!

Just because I couldn't see it mentioned on the forum (hard to miss on the website, but you never know), worth pointing out that the code BFD22 gets you £25 off your build until the 28th. Also, a reminder for anyone snapping up Amazon bargains: camelcamelcamel.com is a handy Amazon price...

I find these power levels insane, not sure anyone predicted how fast it would rise. My PC is only four years old and at the time the configurator would have let me get away with a 550W PSU. Ousebon, Spyder and the rest made me up it to a 750 minimum and suggested an 850 for headroom. I went for...

Now I see why GPU support brackets are a thing.

That is HUGE