PC Tech Thread

Anyone any idea how to wipe a password protected SSD that I never set a password for? Kingston if that makes a difference.

For Office or generally?

You can't just format it?

Nah, oddly, something odd is going on with my Sata drives and I can't work out if its coincidence or something else.
The drive fails to initiate in both macOS and W10, shows 890GB free (on a 960GB drive) and errors out when I try to nuke.
In macOS recovery mode it shows the full 960 but again unable to erase.
In BIOS it asks for a password, but I have never set one.

Well it sounds like write protection, which is a bit that is set on the SSD by software.

You should be able to remove write protection and a quick Google says this is possible: https://www.easeus.com/partition-master/remove-write-protection-ssd.html

Personally I'd hard nuke in Linux disk mgmt software

This sounds about right! Cheers for the info!
Although I have no idea how my drives can be having issues in the first place.
Sadly I'm not on any Linux distro.

For Office or generally?

Well yes, that is a good point I didn't really think about.

https://youtu.be/KE-hrWTgDjk?t=50

(skip to 0.50 to miss the gash clickbatey gotcha)

There's people on the Apple thread at the moment complaining about Teams hogging resources for instance, on Windows it barely registers. Personally I'd be wary about something untested like the M1 chip with Office but I am dealing with pretty hefty files.

You can normally use a Live disk to boot into Linux so you don't have to install it, then format the drive in that

I only occasionally use Teams for calls, but maybe I'll park the idea for a bit. My files tend to be small, but I usually have... 6 word, 3 xls, and occasionally a couple of PP open. Although Soul said he had no issues using Office with what sounds like way more PP on the go than I would.

I'm also wondering whether a 13" screen is a good idea if I'm WFH and used to using 15.6". Not mad on getting a screen as with laptops they can be put away (theoretically).

Oh awesome, also seen you can instal on a USB from macOS so will give that a try...

Does anyone make the following screen:

• 24"
  
• IPS
  
• 1440p
  
• 144Hz (g-sync ideally)
  
• Not curved
  
• has displayport
  
  

I as far as I can see 1440p seems to be the domain of 27"

There are a few 24" QHD monitors around but I don't think you'll find one with gaming features (ie high refresh rate / g-sync). Gamers have all moved to 27" minimum.

Edit: there's this thing. Seems like a lot of ££ when you could pick up a 27" for similar £

Gamers have all moved to 27" minimum.

I thought all the super competitive people used 24" 1080p 240Hz?

Maybe I should move to 27" then, may require me to get two VESA arms instead of a single dual screen one

27" for similar £

Ok if we change that 27", what would be the hive mind recomendation? I was looking at the LG ones earlier

Take your pick.

The one they recommend is the same price as that 24" one...

BenQ Zowie?

looks like 1080 only

Was sure they had a 24" 1440p I was looking at. Ended up with a 1080 and pretty happy for games until the eve spectrum gets delivered / vaporware is revealed.

Also, TN by the looks of it too RIP colours :(

I am waiting, forever waiting, for 3060Ti's to actually exist, my plan was nice new screen and GFX card for BF2021 but as I cant get the card for many months I could at least get the screen

Hoping the eve arrives which should be best of both worlds. End of April apparently. Apart from Bluetooth sound issues the new comp is an absolute killer. Eats through work and breezes through games. Should have done it years ago but actually more apparent difference having really 'needed' the upgrade for so long. Just want a good headset but need to get some clients to pay me first.

What's the final spec?

Also what's the Bluetooth sound problem?

I have to say my sound solutions is flawless E10K DAC/amp which feeds my AKG headphones and then instead of a mic I have a Logitech C920 webcam.
Sound quality is ideal and I have lovely open back headphones with a proper band instead of some close cup sweaty headset

r9 3950x
gigabyte b550 vision d
gigabyte 3090 vision OC
corsair vengeance 3600 ram (64 / 2 x 32)
corsair hx1000i
corsair airflow 4000d
2tb wd black sn850
noctua nh-d15s
4 x noctua nf-s12a in push-pull

GPU temps are around 35 degrees idle and 55 degrees under load.
CPU temps idle are around 30 and load 65

cinebench single core 1317
cinebench multi core 24040

fans are very quiet even in resolve. they kick in a bit when gaming but it's much quieter than the dusty 6 year old iMac.

getting 240-300 frames with everything at ultra in PUBG or down to 140 if I stream it / am rendering video at the same time. Because why not.

resolve is buttery. noise reduction happens without dropping a frame in 6k raw footage rather than dropping to 1fps in 1080 footage on the imac.

bluetooth issues which I've accepted will be fixed with hardware https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/206616/?offset=6750#comment15797154

and more urgently, thunderbolt issues (which is an annoying workflow blockage after all my effort into getting AMD system that would work with thunderbolt). https://www.reddit.com/r/editors/comments/lfduul/gspeed_studio_xl_troubleshooting_tb2tb3_on_a_b550/
I could just get a new storage system but not sure what would give me best performance apart from that thing you linked which you had to request a price from which I'm avoiding by default because when you need to ask how much etc etc. It also seems a waste of about 6 grands (rrp 5 years ago etc) worth of functional storage.

Do you have build pic?

Not really. Have tried but those reflections on the tempered glass...

Reference snap just now. Excuse cables.

https://imgur.com/xYZi6nM