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Guess the Guessing Game
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Saturday, 27-December-2025 16:00:38 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN
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Wishing you all a peaceful holiday season and a bright New Year ahead. Recent events reminded me of how important it is to be part of a caring community.
And what better way to spend some well earned down time then to play a game or five with friends.
The Song Game post a song title that has a word, any word, from the previous song title
Geoguessing Game find a google street view link, or a maps/earth link, that matches the posted clue
The Movie Guessing Game name the movie title from the hints provided
Retro Game Guessing Game a retro game guessing game
Hardware Guessing Game name that hardware
Audio Visual:
OBSBOT Tail 2 AI-Powered PTZR 4K Live Production Camera @ TweakTown
AOC Q27G4SL/WS Gaming Monitor @ TweakTown
Edifier ES300 Tabletop Wireless Speaker @ NikKTech
EIZO ColorEdge CG2700S Wide Gamut Monitor @ NikKTech
Keyboard, Mouse:
Womier WD75 Mechanical Keyboard @ ThinkComputers
ASUS ROG Harpe II Ace Wireless Gaming Mouse @ TweakTown
Razer Cobra HyperSpeed Gaming Mouse @ Madshrimps
Logitech G915 X Lightspeed Low Profile Wireless Gaming Keyboard @ NikKTech
Glorious Model O3 Wireless @ TechPowerUp
Cooling:
Endorfy Stratus 120 White PWM ARGB Fans @ FunkyKit
Cougar Poseidon Vistek Pro ARGB 360 @ TechPowerUp
Antec Flux M Micro-ATX Chassis @ TweakTown
Storage:
ANACOMDA I4S 2TB PCIe Gen 4×4 M.2 2280 SSD @ Madshrimps
Motherboard, Memory:
Colorful iGame Shadow II DDR5-6000 UDIMM 32GB Dual-Channel Memory @ TweakTown
ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi @ guru3D
Sapphire Nitro+ B850A WiFi 7 @ TweakTown
Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra RGB DDR5-6000 2x24GB DDR5 @ APHnetworks
PSU:
SAMA G1000 1000W Power Supply @ APHnetworks
XPG Pymcore SFX 80 PLUS Gold 850w PSU @ TweakTown
Software, Benchmark:
AMD FSR 4 Redstone @ TechPowerUp
Portable, Prebuilt:
Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10 @ TechPowerUp
Inside A Simulated Steam Machine @ HotHardware
Minisforum UM750L Slim @ guru3D
ASUSTOR AS5402T 2-Bay NAS @ TweakTown
Mescy Picsmas
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Friday, 26-December-2025 15:18:40 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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I definitely did not forget it was Friday because of the holidays. Actually the ancient version of Photoshop that I use was misbehaving. Anyway, hope you're having a good one! A few classic Xmas ones in this batch.
     
     
     
     
Merry Xmas
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Thursday, 25-December-2025 10:17:03 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Merry Christmas if you celebrate it. Last year I was on a cruise with my family but we're having a much more sedate time at home this year. Wherever you are and whatever you're doing, I hope you're having a safe and happy holiday.
India's New Spyware Mandate Sets A Dangerous Precedent. The government of India released an order that all smartphones manufactured for Indian citizens must come with a pre-installed government app. This app, known as Sanchar Saathi, is supposed to protect against phone-based crime such as stealing smartphones or miscellaneous telecom scams. India's Department of Telecommunications (DOT) specified that this app cannot be disabled or restricted by users, and that phone manufacturers would have to submit a comprehensive compliance report within 120 days of the order.
NBN Co's 2Gbps services are too fast for ACCC to monitor. While a boon for bandwidth-hungry consumers, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) revealed this week that it has a limited ability to monitor the quality and performance of these very high-speed NBN connections under its 'Measuring Broadband Australia' program. Field testing hardware devices used by the program, manufactured by SamKnows, can’t measure data transmission speeds greater than 1Gbps. This means the ACCC's testing can no longer keep pace with the capacity of NBN Co’s very high-speed service tiers.
Thanks to IntelInside for those two stories above.
Maybe reconsider that energy drink when you're enjoying some holiday gaming. The man, who was in his 50s and otherwise healthy, showed up at a hospital after the entire left side of his body abruptly went numb and he was left with clumsy, uncoordinated muscle movements (ataxia). At that point, doctors pushed for more lifestyle information from the man, who finally revealed that he had a habit of drinking an average of eight high-potency energy drinks every day.
Microsoft have done it again, massive gains in their Windows Server products, just 14 years late is all. Sysadmins willing to take the plunge only have to tweak a registry key, or add a group policy MSI, and they can enjoy up to 80% higher IOPS and up to 45% lower CPU utilization under a high I/O load. This should be a shot in the arm for scenarios involving high-performance file serving, virtualization, AI and ML workloads, and databases.
DDR5 pricing is having an unexpected knock-on effect for prices of older CPU's. The DDR5 memory pricing crisis has sent the whole PC market into utter chaos, including pricing on AMD's flagship AM4 gaming chip. eBay prices for the Ryzen 7 5800X3D have skyrocketed to the point where these chips are being sold regularly for more money than a brand-new Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Second-hand prices for the 5800X3D average around $500-$600 on eBay. Some of the highest-selling units sold at nearly $800, showing how desperate some buyers are to buy AMD's best gaming chip that still uses DDR4 memory.
What a time to be alive !
AMD thought a new 9850x3d chip would help. The CPU was spotted at SHI, an American retailer that listed it for $553.09, and a Swedish retailer called Ordeflow.ch, which put it up for 473.55 CFH (in a now deleted post), which comes out to around $595 USD. Searching the part numbers mentioned on SHI's listing doesn't bring up any further details either. For some context, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D is likely to be a routine mid-cycle bump, bringing slightly higher clocks to an otherwise unchanged spec sheet. We're looking at rumored 5.6 GHz max clock speeds, up from 5.2 GHz on the 9800X3D.
Last one before Xmas - have a happy and safe holiday!
     
     
     
Friday Afternoon Reviews
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Friday, 19-December-2025 13:58:38 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Motherboard & CPU:
ASUS ROG Strix Z890-I Gaming Wi-Fi on TechPowerUp.
X870E AORUS MASTER X3D ICE on Vortez.
MSI MEG X870E Godlike X Edition on TechPowerUp.
MSI MEG X870E GODLIKE X Edition on Guru3D.
MSI MEG X870E Godlike X Edition on Tweaktown.
ASUS ROG Strix B850-G Gaming Wi-Fi microATX on TechPowerUp.
Cases:
Thermaltake View 600 TG Snow Full Tower Chassis and 6.0" LCD Panel on FunkyKit.
CPS PCCooler K101 Mesh SFF case on TechPowerUp.
Cooler Master QUBE 540 on Tweaktown.
Thermal Grizzly der8enchtable Review - After 3 Months of Usage testbench on TechPowerUp.
SAMA Z60 Mid-Tower White on FunkyKit.
Cooler Master MasterFrame 500 Mesh Mid-Tower on Tweaktown.
Audio Visual:
Elgato Stream Deck + Review - Content Creators, Don't Walk, Run to Get One Now on Tweaktown.
Elgato Prompter XL on Tweaktown.
Elgato Facecam 4K Webcam Review - Studio-level Camera Quality on Tweaktown.
ASUS ROG Strix XG248QSG Ace Esports Gaming Monitor on Tweaktown.
Einarex Pulse PM400 on TechPowerUp.
SOUNDPEATS Clip1 Bluetooth Earphones on APHNetworks.
SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3P Wireless headset on NikKTech.
Storage:
TerraMaster TNAS F4-425 Plus (4x HDD / 3xNVME SSD) on Guru3D.
Kingston Dual Portable SSD on StorageReview.
Cooling:
Noctua NF-A12x25 G2 Series Cooling Fans on APHNetworks.
Cooler Master Hyper 212 3DHP Black ARGB CPU Cooler on ThinkComputers.
Input Etc:
be quiet! Dark Mount Silent Tactile Mechanical Keyboard on APHNetworks.
ENDORFY Thock V2 Wireless Gaming Keyboard on Tweaktown.
Pulsar Susanto-X mouse on TechPowerUp.
MSI Strike Pro Wireless Gaming Keyboard on Tweaktown.
Simagic Alpha Evo 12Nm Bundle on Tweaktown.
AULA F75 MAX Wireless Mechanical Keyboard on FunkyKit.
Epomaker P65 65% Compact Gaming Keyboard on MadShrimps.
Razer Cobra Hyperspeed on TechPowerUp.
Power Supply:
Formula V Line PSFX-1200 ATX 3.1 Power Supply Unit on NikKTech.
Super Flower LEADEX III GOLD UP ATX 3.1 1000W on FunkyKit.
Portable & Prebuilt:
OnePlus 15R Review: Affordable Midrange Phone With Big Battery Life phone on HotHardware.
XMG Focus 17 (M25) Review - Proves that the 17.3-inchers Are Still a Thing laptop on TechPowerUp.
ECS LIVA Z11 Plus Mini-PC on MadShrimps.
PELADN WO4 mini-PC on TechPowerUp.
Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Ultra SFF Gen 2 on StorageReview.
Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Tiny Gen 2 on StorageReview.
Misc:
Intel Arc Pro B60 Battlematrix Preview: 192GB of VRAM for On-Premise AI on StorageReview.
Supermicro JumpStart Review: A Week With an NVIDIA HGX B200 on StorageReview.
Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 Aurum DDR5-8000 UDIMM 32GB Dual-Channel Memory Kit on Tweaktown.
It's difficult to know what to say in the wake of such a shocking event. I am dismayed and feel great sorrow for those affected by the incident at Bondi this weekend. Be kind to each other - violence is never the answer.
Thanks to mpot and Lou this week!
     
     
     
     
Thursday Night Reviews
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Thursday, 11-December-2025 20:12:38 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Motherboard & CPU:
Sapphire Nitro+ B850A Wi-Fi 7 on TechPowerUp.
ASRock Phantom Gaming Z890I NOVA WiFi Motherboard on FunkyKit.
MSI MEG Z890 ACE on TechPowerUp.
ASRock Phantom Gaming X870 Nova WiFi on Tweaktown.
ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E EXTREME on Guru3D.
Storage:
KLEVV C910G NVMe M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD on FunkyKit.
AGEEN TB001 Thunderbolt NVMe Enclosure on TechPowerUp.
BIWIN Black Opal X570 2TB Gen5 SSD on NikKTech.
Crucial T705 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 SSD White on MadShrimps.
Crucial X10 SSD Review: Fast, Rugged, Pocket-Size Storage on HotHardware.
Crucial T710 2TB M.2 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD on OCInside.
Lexar NQ780 4TB PCIe Gen 4.0 x4 SSD on NeoSeeker.
TEAMGROUP ULTRA 1TB MicroSDXC UHS-I Memory Card on NikKTech.
Cases:
Fractal Epoch XL Black TG Light Tint on Vortez.
Fractal Design Epoch XL on ThinkComputers.
Beelink EQi13 Pro on TechPowerUp.
Cougar CFV235 Mesh Vision mid-tower on TechPowerUp.
Input Etc:
COUGAR ULTIMUS PRO Wireless RGB 98% Mechanical Gaming Keyboard on FunkyKit.
Corsair Sabre v2 Pro mouse on TechPowerUp.
CHERRY KW X ULP 2.0 MINI Ultra-Slim Mechanical Keyboard on MadShrimps.
Turtle Beach Vulcan II TKL Gaming Keyboard on Tweaktown.
G-Wolves Fenrir Asym 8K mouse on TechPowerUp.
Turtle Beach Vulcan II TKL Mechanical Keyboard on APHNetworks.
Portable & Prebuilt:
GEEKOM IT15 mini-PC on TechPowerUp.
Geekom AX8 MAX Review: Compact Powerhouse with Ryzen 7 8745HS mini-PC on Guru3D.
ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 G835 (2025) Review - Incredible Gaming Laptop on TechPowerUp.
Alienware 16 & 18 Area-51 Laptops Reviewed: Benchmark-Crushing Gaming Beasts on HotHardware.
Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition (14, Gen 10) Review - Solid, Beautiful, Efficient on TechPowerUp.
Video Cards:
ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Monster Hunter Wilds Edition on TechPowerUp.
PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT Reva on TechPowerUp.
Cooling:
SAMA L70 AIO CPU Cooler on FunkyKit.
LYNK+ GeForce RTX 5090 Modular AIO GPU cooler on TechPowerUp.
Einarex Vertex 360 AIO CPU cooler on TechPowerUp.
Audio Visual:
MSI MPG 322URX QD-OLED monitor on TechPowerUp.
BenQ Zowie XL2566X+ Gaming Monitor Review - 1080p 400Hz on Tweaktown.
Kiwi Ears Altruva Headphones on APHNetworks.
Trak Racer Haptic Bass Shaker Kit on Tweaktown.
Acer Predator XB273K V5 Gaming Monitor Review - 4K 160Hz & 1080p 320Hz on Tweaktown.
Magedok Mageflex-140A Dual 14 Inch 2K OLED Portable Touch Monitor on NikKTech.
LG UltraGear GX7 Gaming Monitor Review - 1440p 480Hz OLED on Tweaktown.
Beyerdynamic DT 1770 Pro MKII Headphone on HWAsylum.
Dangbei MP1 Max 4K Projector on NeoSeeker.
Dell 32 Plus S3225QS Monitor Review - 4K 120Hz on Tweaktown.
Samsung Odyssey G8 Gaming Monitor Review - It's More Than Just High-End PC Gaming on Tweaktown.
Memory:
Crucial DDR5 Pro OC Gaming 32GB 6400MT/s CL32 Dual-Channel Kit on NikKTech.
Biwin Black Opal DW100 RGB DDR5-6000 32 GB CL28 on TechPowerUp.
Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x48GB DDR5 RAM on APHNetworks.
Exceleram 42 Series 2x32GB DDR5-6000 Memory Kit on MadShrimps.
Crucial Pro Overclocking Edition DDR5-6400 CL32 32GB on ThinkComputers.
Misc:
Nitro Concepts E-Racer Sim Racing Chassis on Tweaktown.
Arozzi Vernazza XL Supersoft gaming chair on TechPowerUp.
SAMA G1000 PSU on Vortez.
ASUS ZenWiFi BQ16 review: Quad Band Mesh with Wi-Fi 7 on Guru3D.
Govee x Pac-Man Gaming Pixel Light Review - Pixel Art Brought to Life on Tweaktown.
The 2025 Formula 1 season comes to a head tonight, with the final round at Abu Dhabi. Three drivers are still in the running to become World Champion - including Australia's Oscar Piastri, his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, and the defending 4-time World Champion, Max Verstappen. McLaren dominated the season early on but seem determined to throw it away, with Max looming ever closer - and starting this race from pole position. Should be a good one, kicking off at midnight Sydney time, with discussion towards the end of this thread.
I know, I know.. but wifey just reminded me we have a school function in like an hour so it's Retro Misc Pics from June 2013 this week!
7th June 2013:
     
     
     
     
     
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Retro Gaming December 2025
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Tuesday, 2-December-2025 00:07:37 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN
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This month's "Retro Let's Play" for December is Colossus from 2005
The protagonist of the game is Wander, a young man whose goal is to resurrect a girl named Mono. The only established fact regarding Mono is that she was a maiden who was sacrificed because she was believed to have a cursed destiny. Assisting Wander in his quest to revive her is his loyal horse, Agro, who serves as his sole ally in defeating the colossi ...
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