OCAU Forums

  1. General Topics

    1. Overclocking & Hardware

      General technical discussion of topics not covered by the other forums.
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      1. PC Build Logs

      Latest: Cinebench R23 Benchmarking Thread (DIVISION - CATEGORY - USERNAME - SCORE - CPU) spit051261, Mar 4, 2021 at 5:30 PM
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    2. Troubleshooting Help

      Problem with your PC? Ask here!
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      Latest: Windows 10 Upgrade fail.... O-B-E-L-I-X, Mar 4, 2021 at 2:52 PM
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    3. Newbie Lounge

      Flame-free zone for people who are new to hardware and overclocking. No question too stupid, nothing taken for granted. Please read back in the forum and see if your question was already asked (and answered) recently. Non-newbie threads and threads on specific topics should be posted in an appropriate forum below. Troubleshooting or help threads should be posted in the Troubleshooting Help forum.
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      Latest: PC is caught in a boot loop is the motherboard dead lt_matthew, Mar 4, 2021 at 7:57 PM
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  2. Specific Hardware Topics

    1. Modding

      Improving the functionality or looks of your PC.
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      1. Modding Worklogs

      Latest: What have you done to your PC today? ashenIC, Mar 4, 2021 at 6:59 PM
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    2. Hobby Engineering

      Discuss CNC Mills, Laser Cutters, 3D Printers, etc, and the projects involved in building with these devices.
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      Latest: Bench mounted a belt sander dirtyd, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:15 AM
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    3. Electronics & Electrics

      If ohmly I could resist those capacitors..
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      Latest: Automatic Potentiometer? RyoSaeba, Mar 3, 2021 at 10:43 PM
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    4. Extreme and Water Cooling

      Watercooling, phase-change etc. AIRCOOLERS GO IN OC&HW!
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      Latest: Xtreme Cooled Case Gallery Umbrella Corp., Mar 4, 2021 at 12:04 PM
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    5. Business & Enterprise Computing

      Star-trekkin', across the univ.. no, wait.
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      Latest: Consolidated Business & Enterprise Computing Rant Thread elvis, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:15 PM
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    6. PC Audio

      Sound cards, computer speakers etc.
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      Latest: What amp/dac & headphones/speakers are you using? aokman, Mar 3, 2021 at 11:20 PM
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    7. Networking, Telephony & Internet

      LAN's and WAN's and fixed line phones.
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      Latest: When is consumer 10GbE going to happen? Blinky, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:14 PM
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    8. Video Cards & Monitors

      Video chipsets, cards, screens etc.
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      Latest: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series | RTX 3090 3080 3070 | Discussion Elchupacabraj, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:35 PM
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    9. Storage & Backup

      Keep your data safe and speedy..
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      Latest: HDD prices mtma, Mar 4, 2021 at 7:10 PM
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    10. Memory

      Tasty DIMMs & SIMMs. SDR, DDR, DDR2 etc.
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      Latest: Need help picking new Ram spit051261, Mar 2, 2021 at 10:37 PM
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    11. Portable & Small Form Factor

      Laptops, notebooks, PDAs, SFF's, mini-barebones, etc
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      Latest: SSUPD Meshlicious Tazor, Mar 4, 2021 at 1:01 PM
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    12. Retro & Arcade

      Love Retro Machines and old Arcade Machines/Games? This is the place to discuss it.
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      1. Retro & Arcade Worklogs

      Latest: Retro Racing March 2021 - Need for Speed II (1997) JSmithDTV, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:25 PM
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  3. Manufacturer-specific Forums

    1. Intel x86 CPUs and chipsets

      Discussion of Intel's chipset and CPU products..
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      Latest: Intel 11th Gen Rocket Lake desktop CPU in early 2021 jpw007, Mar 4, 2021 at 12:29 PM
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    2. AMD x86 CPUs and chipsets

      Athlons, Durons and Hammers, oh my!
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      Latest: ClockTuner for Ryzen (CTR) by 1USMUS micsway123, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:24 PM
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    3. Apple Desktop Hardware/Software

      PowerMac, iMac, OS X, etc
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      Latest: Big Sur Updates Failing... 2SHY, Mar 1, 2021 at 1:48 PM
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    4. Other CPUs and chipsets

      Discussion of VIA, ARM, MIPS, etc
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      Latest: The 'Raspberry Pi' thread flu!d, Feb 28, 2021 at 11:29 PM
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  4. Software Topics

    1. Windows Operating Systems

      All turn towards Redmond and bow..
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      Latest: Windows 10 Mega thread BurningFeetMan, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:18 AM
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    2. Other Operating Systems

      *ix, *BSD, BeOS, Palm.. etc.
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      Latest: Grub or Windows boot manager miicah, Mar 3, 2021 at 12:51 PM
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    3. PC Games

      Gotta use all that PC grunt for something, right?
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      1. MMOs

      Latest: Ultima Online Australian Free Server Tibzy, Mar 4, 2021 at 1:35 PM
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    4. Programming & Software Development

      10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD”; 20 GOTO 10
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      Latest: Powershell - New AD user script questions Optimus., Feb 28, 2021 at 4:35 PM
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    5. Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Mining

      Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc
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      Latest: Ethereum mining rig suggestions aussie-revhead, Mar 4, 2021 at 8:06 PM
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    6. General Software

      Software that doesn't fit in the specific forums.
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      Latest: What project tracker for home projects? breech, Feb 27, 2021 at 3:40 PM
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  5. Other Topics

    1. Audio Visual

      Hi-Fi, Home Theatre etc.
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      1. HTPC

      Latest: My "Home Theatre", circa 2001. Gibbon, Mar 4, 2021 at 7:09 PM
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    2. Game Consoles

      PSP, Xbox etc
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      1. Microsoft Consoles

      2. Nintendo Consoles

      3. Sony Consoles

      Latest: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - Switch - 12-02-2021 mesaoz, Mar 4, 2021 at 2:31 PM
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    3. Geek Food

      Yummy, quick and easy to make!
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      1. Geek Recipes

      2. Geek Grog & Homebrew

      Latest: Groceries running out barywhite, Mar 4, 2021 at 4:54 PM
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    4. Graphic Design & Digital Art

      Digital Art, Illustration, Painting, and Graphic Design – Let’s get creative!
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      Latest: Show us your 2D/3D/4D work KANNIS, Mar 3, 2021 at 3:37 PM
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    5. Holidays & Travel

      Jet-settin' about
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      Latest: $50 reward to find a flight from the uk to australia mtma, Mar 4, 2021 at 12:50 AM
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    6. Live Streaming & Content Creation

      Ha ha! I'm using the Internet!
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      Latest: post your twitch profiles so i can/we can watch riccoo, Jan 27, 2021
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    7. Mobile Phones & Devices

      Ring ring, bling bling.
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      1. Apple iOS (OS & Devices)

      2. Google Android (OS & Devices)

      Latest: Disabling USB audio and disabling sound in Safari/Chrome wwwww, Mar 3, 2021 at 1:50 PM
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    8. Musicians

      Learning, playing and writing music.
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      Latest: OCAU Guitar Players Club 3 ndt, Mar 4, 2021 at 1:36 PM
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    9. Other Toys/Hobbies

      RC toys, hobbies etc, that don't fit anywhere else.
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      Latest: General RC Discussion mAJORD, Mar 4, 2021 at 6:10 PM
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    10. Pets & Animals

      Big'n'little critters.
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      Latest: Got a dog? post it here! ruffdayz, Mar 2, 2021 at 1:19 PM
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    11. Photography & Video

      Film or digital
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      1. The Gallery

      Latest: Canon EOS R5 lonewolf1983, Mar 2, 2021 at 10:53 AM
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    12. Science

      Science news and discussion
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      Latest: Falcon 9 / Dragon kombiman, Mar 4, 2021 at 2:09 PM
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