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  • Ryzen Build: Part 3

    Ryzen Build: Part 3

    It’s organ-selling RTX 3090 time!

  • Ryzen Build 2020

    Ryzen Build 2020

    This is a consolidation post for all activities related to this Ryzen build. Part 1: Initial Build Part 2: Vertical Mounting Part 3: GPU Upgrade

  • Ryzen Build: Part 2

    Ryzen Build: Part 2

    This was a pretty straightforward installation. I had to dismount the GPU from the case to give me access to the middle PCIe 16x slot that was behind it. Using the lowest slot wasn’t feasible, as the riser cable is quite long and I didn’t want to fold it too much. I noticed that…

  • My First Ever Ryzen Build, Part 1

    My First Ever Ryzen Build, Part 1

    I’ve traditionally been an Intel builder, with my last build being a Core i7 920 on an Asus P6T motherboard. That was maybe about 10 years ago about the time Faizah and I got married. My Intel builds have been generally straightforward and worry free, so I thought, how could an AMD build be…

  • Living with OLED as a PC Display

    Living with OLED as a PC Display

    It has only been about a month since I got my LG C9 display which I use with my newly built PC (another post on that later). People talk a lot about how this OLED+PC combination is bad because there is higher chance of burn-in, so here are the current measures I’ve tried to…