charity: water Completion Report #11
April 23, 2019
Our eleventh charity: water completion report arrived! Thanks to your support, we were able to fund 16 water projects in Ethiopia serving 3,095 people. Check out the interactive map courtesy of charity: water showing the details of all the completed projects sponsored by PCPartPicker.
| Project | Completed | People Served |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | April 2019 | 3,095 |
| Rwanda | August 2018 | 887 |
| Ethiopia | April 2018 | 2,275 |
| Ethiopia | September 2017 | 1,235 |
| Ethiopia | March 2017 | 4,418 |
| India | March 2016 | 1,817 |
| Malawi, Africa (2016) | March 2016 | 7,361 |
| Bangladesh | December 2015 | 4,775 |
| Adishimhafti School, Ethiopia, Africa | March 2014 | 198 |
| Timket-keze School, Ethiopia, Africa | December 2014 | 223 |
| Malawi, Africa (2014) | Early 2014 | 373 |
| Total | 26,657 |
PCPartPicker is supported through affiliate commissions from participating retailers. One of our founding principles is to help those in need by donating a portion of our earnings to charity. We do this because it is important to us.
When you purchase components through retailer links on PCPartPicker you're not only supporting this site, you're helping provide clean water and sanitation to people in need. 100% of donations to charity: water go directly to the field.
Thank you for being a part and helping make this happen!
Announcing Cycling Builder
April 10, 2019
Today we’re pleased to announce Cycling Builder!
Cycling Builder provides part selection, pricing, and compatibility guidance for cyclists and do-it-yourself bicycle builders. Whether you're building a road, mountain, or cyclocross bike, Cycling Builder can help you choose compatible parts at the best prices.
We hope you find the new site useful. Please don’t hesitate to send us feedback or product addition requests on the Cycling Builder forums.
Happy Building,
Philip
charity: water Completion Report #10
Oct. 23, 2018
Our tenth charity: water completion report arrived! Thanks to your support, we were able to fund 2 water projects in Rwanda. More than half of the population of Rwanda lack access to clean and safe water. The Rwandan government contributes a 45% match in funds towards new water projects.
The specific projects were:
Check out the interactive map courtesy of charity: water showing the details of all the completed projects sponsored by PCPartPicker.
| Project | Completed | People Served |
|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | August 2018 | 887 |
| Ethiopia | April 2018 | 2,275 |
| Ethiopia | September 2017 | 1,235 |
| Ethiopia | March 2017 | 4,418 |
| India | March 2016 | 1,817 |
| Malawi, Africa (2016) | March 2016 | 7,361 |
| Bangladesh | December 2015 | 4,775 |
| Adishimhafti School, Ethiopia, Africa | March 2014 | 198 |
| Timket-keze School, Ethiopia, Africa | December 2014 | 223 |
| Malawi, Africa (2014) | Early 2014 | 373 |
| Total | 23,562 |
PCPartPicker is supported through affiliate commissions from participating retailers. One of our founding principles is to help those in need by donating a portion of our earnings to charity. We do this because it is important to us.
When you purchase components through retailer links on PCPartPicker you're not only supporting this site, you're helping provide clean water and sanitation to people in need. 100% of donations to charity: water go directly to the field.
Thank you for being a part and helping make this happen!
charity: water Completion Report #9
Oct. 4, 2018
Our ninth charity: water completion report arrived! Thanks to your support, we were able to fund 8 drilled wells and 2 hand-dug wells for 2,275 people in Ethiopia.
We received this back in April, but it fell through the cracks and I forgot to post it. I'm happy to share this with you now. (And we just received two more completion reports that I'll be posting soon.)
The specific projects were:
- Hand-dug well serving ~135 people
- Hand-dug well serving ~155 people
- Drilled well serving ~250 people
- Drilled well serving ~250 people
- Drilled well serving ~225 people
- Drilled well serving ~250 people
- Drilled well serving ~255 people
- Drilled well serving ~250 people
- Drilled well serving ~250 people
- Drilled well serving ~255 people
Check out the interactive map courtesy of charity: water showing the details of all the completed projects sponsored by PCPartPicker.
| Project | Completed | People Served |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | April 2018 | 2,275 |
| Ethiopia | September 2017 | 1,235 |
| Ethiopia | March 2017 | 4,418 |
| India | March 2016 | 1,817 |
| Malawi, Africa (2016) | March 2016 | 7,361 |
| Bangladesh | December 2015 | 4,775 |
| Adishimhafti School, Ethiopia, Africa | March 2014 | 198 |
| Timket-keze School, Ethiopia, Africa | December 2014 | 223 |
| Malawi, Africa (2014) | Early 2014 | 373 |
| Total | 22,675 |
PCPartPicker is supported through affiliate commissions from participating retailers. One of our founding principles is to help those in need by donating a portion of our earnings to charity. We do this because it is important to us.
When you purchase components through retailer links on PCPartPicker you're not only supporting this site, you're helping provide clean water and sanitation to people in need. 100% of donations to charity: water go directly to the field.
Thank you for being a part and helping make this happen!
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Benchmarks
Sept. 19, 2018
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti are officially available. MSI sent us their new GeForce RTX 2080 Ti DUKE to find out how the new RTX 2080 Ti compares to the previous generation cards. NVIDIA provided early access to the RTX GPU drivers.
How do we benchmark?
We use our new automated test architecture, allowing us to create reliable and reproducible test runs.
Three common resolutions were used (when available): 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160. Each test scenario is run a minimum of 3 times. Between each run the system is allowed to cool to idle temperatures. We used the pre-release v.411.51 drivers from NVIDIA for all three cards. Build version and settings are listed with each result below.
Video Cards Tested
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- MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card
- Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card
- MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB DUKE Video Card
Benchmark System
| Type | Item |
|---|---|
| CPU | Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor |
| CPU Cooler | Corsair - H110i 113.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler |
| Motherboard | Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard |
| Memory | Avexir - Blitz1.1 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory |
| Storage | Samsung - 850 EVO 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive |
| Case | Lian-Li - PC-T80X ATX Test Bench Case |
| Operating System | Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Build 1803) |
Benchmarks
3DMark Firestrike Ultra
- 3DMark version 2.4.3819 64
- Systeminfo version 5.2.624.0
| Video Card | Peak GPU Temp (C) |
|---|---|
| GTX 1080 | 79 |
| GTX 1080 Ti | 67 |
| RTX 2080 Ti | 73 |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- Game version v1.0 build 230.8_64 (launch day build)
- Max settings
- HDR disabled
- VSYNC disabled
- TAA anti-aliasing
- Exclusive fullscreen across all 3 resolutions.
| Video Card | Peak GPU Temp (C) |
|---|---|
| GTX 1080 | 77 |
| GTX 1080 Ti | 69 |
| RTX 2080 Ti | 73 |
Hitman (2016)
- Game version v1.14.2
- Built-in benchmark
- Max settings
- SuperSampling set to 1.0 across the 3 resolutions
| Video Card | Peak GPU Temp (C) |
|---|---|
| GTX 1080 | 76 |
| GTX 1080 Ti | 66 |
| RTX 2080 Ti | 72 |
Ashes of the Singularity - Escalation
- Game version 2.75.32453
- Built-in benchmark
- "Crazy" preset
- DirectX 11 engine
| Video Card | Peak GPU Temp (C) |
|---|---|
| GTX 1080 | 78 |
| GTX 1080 Ti | 68 |
| RTX 2080 Ti | 73 |
DOTA 2
- DOTA2 build 7865
- Playback demo (OG vs EG in The Kiev Major / file 3148575443) to obtain the average fps for the 1000 frames played back before the mark at time 146.940 seconds.
- Max graphics settings
- DirectX 11 engine
| Video Card | Peak GPU Temp (C) |
|---|---|
| GTX 1080 | 80 |
| GTX 1080 Ti | 68 |
| RTX 2080 Ti | 72 |