technology-discussion

[odd sand]

Just a little purple

Wouldn't want to go full People Eater with it

[lime wasp]

Let's add some more purple then

[odd sand]

https://tenor.com/view/purple-minion-shocked-gif-11951132

[wraith sluice]

I copy/pasted the shaders folder from gshade into the reshade folder and now everything works how it used to when using the gshade presets lol

using gshade without the gshade basically

[cerulean talon]

Purple is top-tier tho these days. Nice looking rigs.

[hard drift]

Just wait, they’re probably reading this and going to make a proprietary file format

[wraith sluice]

too late for them now lol, already have it

that'd be lame

Who knows what'll happen. Just hoping for the best. I'd like to go back, but if he's gonna be a butt then this is what'll have to happen.

[golden stream]

going not did

[sly elk]

i like purple ^^

pic from a while back when someone demanded i use purple lol

[golden stream]

so ye I replaced the shaders + texture, me gud now

[cerulean talon]

My love of blue slowly shifted to purple and I'm not disappointed.

[golden stream]

stormshader be a bit too old reshade

[sly elk]

i still love blue

[odd sand]

That's like UV almost. Very high on blue light

[sly elk]

ahahaha

[golden stream]

ok finished reshade switcharoo, man gist updated revisions after I did le oopsie
got backup stuff, lyfe gud now, will touch linux later

[jaunty light]

linux isnt even real bro open your eyes

[golden stream]

my work machine is linux, still play on it tho

[jaunty light]

https://tenor.com/view/linux-gif-25928231

[wide hill]

i need to swap to linux

but i want visual studio

for c#

but i got visual studio code for dart and typescript, which is nice.

[cerulean talon]

Just upgrade to rider.

Death to visual studio.

[wide hill]

rider costs money too

[rigid hill]

lol

[wide hill]

why do you have to pay so many for each ide's

"uh, you wanna program in c#, use this IDE",
"oh, you also want to program in c++? you gotta also buy these 2 IDE's"

[cerulean talon]

That's why you just go all products and say "Gimme it all"

[wide hill]

also, i work as a developer, so i can probably not use individual use license?

gotta pay for org

[cerulean talon]

I've never had an issue with that in the last 7-8 years I've used em.

IIRC it's license follows you versus stays with the org.

[wide hill]

oh, so it isn't like, commercial vs non-commercial

[cerulean talon]

No, I do commercial work under my JB licenses all the time.

I got my start w/ them using resharper for VS.

Very nice addon set, as they rolled their own IDE's, they were more pleasant to use.

[wide hill]

I do however get a free visual studio professional license from work

[cerulean talon]

Ah.

Well, that makes that easier. :P

[wide hill]

since that is what pretty much what we out of 4 use

easier??

[cerulean talon]

Easier as in just sticking w/ VS.

[wide hill]

yeah, but you can't do that in linux

gotta run a vm then

[cerulean talon]

Yeh, small price to pay for running linux in general tho. Or just have a dedicated windows dev machine you remote into.

[wide hill]

i hate remote

it's ok in visual studio code, where you have the editor on the client-side

but remoting into is laggy, keyboard inputs are laggy, mouse inputs are laggy, video is 180p

[cerulean talon]

Depends how far you're going, I don't usually have that many issues but I'm using that on LAN generally

[wide hill]

yeah, maybe i'll have to steal some horsepower from our server

but that won't work if you are working outside

connect into vpn, and you got that sweet, sweet, 300ms latency

oh nvm, it's not visual studio professional i have

it is visual studio enterprise

[cerulean talon]

Ye, comes with MSDN if memory serves right.

[wide hill]

nah

uh, idk about msdn

looks like it is registered as MPN

[sly elk]

For reals

[wide hill]

pog? free azure?

[outer sand]

what, my hotmail suddenly stopped sending me login code to my phone number

idk how to fix it

I login my hotmail with live.com

[odd sand]

Don't suppose they make Visual Studio for docker do they? /s

[wide hill]

damn, moving resources from azure tenant to tenant is so stupid

you can do it with subscriptions sure, awesome, do that, but individual resources? nooo

you have permission? well, you actually don't

so, i've had to transfer the subscription to the company tenant, and then i could move the resources over to the new subscription

[spare tide]

welp

gshade isn't on my pc anymore

oh shit

wrong chat LOL

sorry

[wide hill]

tech discussion

gshade

pc

sounds very much in the correct chat

NOO

oh thank god it is just application insight

[sly elk]

that sounds like MS alright

[sly elk]

well of course not, empowering the users (or even the admins) goes against the MS mantra

MS is all about empowering management to manage the users

[wide hill]

i actually had to make a guest account on the tenant to be able to transfer to it

[bitter girder]

o7

[sly elk]

it'd be funny if ISPs could group policy their customers

[buoyant falcon]

So I went into "App volume and deice preferences" and set FFXIV's sound to come out of my TV.

But for some reason when I launch the app it won't come out of there, it's just silent, and it stays that way until I go back into preferences and pick the TV (which is still selected) again.

[kindred brook]

do I need to do anything to fix the team green disocrd thingie

[cerulean talon]

Supposedly going to be a driver patch here at some point, nothing was noted in the last changelogs I saw.

[sly elk]

7 external displays connected to an M2 Max MBP 96Gb: 2x ASD 27" (TB), 1x XDR 32" (TB), 2x ViewSonic 19" (DisplayLink via DVI), Dell 38" Ultrawide (HDMI), & 10" iPad (Sidecar). I still can't believe this all worked perfectly out of the box. Runs like a champ. The Mx MBPs are incredible machines.

I'd hate if i had to re-arrange that

[golden stream]

HOW TF CAN YOU CONNECT THAT MUCH?
display switch?????

o wait nvm

[sly elk]

they're using usb-to-displayport displaylink dongles

it's the only way to do that with those m1/m2 macs

which is hilarious because I remember back in intel mac days, they broke displaylink in one os update

[inland mauve]

ok but what are you going to do with so much screen real estate

watch eight episodes of DuckTales at the same time?

[sly elk]

LOL

yea I'm not sure

I can use 3 screens

but more than that would be silly

[umbral moss]

leave it displaying the matrix scrollcode on your screensaver

https://tenor.com/view/im-in-hack-trinity-matrix-i-am-in-gif-25356817

[odd sand]

3 screens IMHO would be like terminal/coding on the main screen, discord or leddit on one window, documentation/reference sheets on the other

[potent arrow]

@deep sapphire

[deep sapphire]

Lmao

[golden stream]

Terminal/code on one, maybe chip/silicon image in one, discord/reddit in one, docs/ref stuff maybe in one or two
The rest can be anime waifus

[modern iris]

But late but I'm using linux too never had a problem with it. Games or programs I need.

[modern iris]

We have 4 at work I mostly use like 2 and have the others only for some smaller stuff.

[umbral moss]

MS announcing AI-powered chatbot for bing

https://tenor.com/view/sleep-time-gif-25989081

[sly elk]

I feel like chatgpt is going to be one of those things I wish hadn't been invented

[modern iris]

I mean still won't get anyone to use bing

[sly elk]

hahaha

tbh I bet bing usage has gone up a lot in the last couple of years

I've seen a lot more people using edge, and edge uses bing by default

(especially at work, where the computers come with edge and chrome by default lol)

i'm that dude that uses firefox/ddg by choice

[modern iris]

Yeah our computers @ work use windows 10/11 and would have edge on there too if I wouldn't work in IT.
So it's getting removed and replaced by firefox. Created a new install img. for the company that has no cortana or edge on there. Bricking hate it

[sly elk]

MS is also very persistent about pushing people to use Edge, so that probably gives them an edge

but at the same time, google is the default on android and iOS, and that may push people in the other direction.

[modern iris]

Thing is Microsoft got sued for it in the 90s already so if they continue like they do rn I bet ya it's gonna happen again

[sly elk]

compared to the bullshit apple has been doing with iOS?

I don't think the kinda antitrust trouble MS had in the 90s is even possible for MS to get into anymore

hell I'm surprised MS hasn't sued the government for it yet to get some $$ back

because apple literally does the exact same thing

like 100% all the way

it's actually even worse

[modern iris]

Yeah apple has safari on it. But it's easy to switch. Idk if you remember the early windows 11 days where you had to change every single extension to get rid of edge

[jaunty light]

that EU ruling still be one of the dumbest shits they done

[modern iris]

Also that they don't let you uninstall it is so radicicolous

[sly elk]

not true at all

so Apple in their infinite wisdom only allows webkit browsers

in other words, if you install any other browser on iOS, you're actually STILL using "safari"

[modern iris]

I had an iPhone and iPad was no trouble at all to switch. Can't talk for mac tho

[sly elk]

it's just a different frontend for the same shit

so if you use chrome or firefox, it's really just a wrapper for the same webkit browser

[modern iris]

Oh damn. Well I'm not in the apple eco system for a reason

[sly elk]

Apple claimed it was for security reasons, iirc

(another reason I despise the "security" excuse)

[modern iris]

Yeah doesn't make sense. Well I don't have windows or osx at work. Just linux and a custom PC cause I bugged my boss long enough to do what I want

[sly elk]

also, webkit is heavily baked into the OS.

it's just like windows 9x had IE "baked in" after 95b

the only difference is MS didn't force people to use their IE backend in third party browsers

[modern iris]

Yeah but edge isn't into windows 10 because I know you can 99% remove it

[modern iris]

I mean they stole the backend anyway

[sly elk]

-ponders- I forgot the name of the IE-based browser that existed in the 90s besides the MS one haha

it was a trippy IE reskin

neoplanet?

[modern iris]

idk either. I'm to young for that

[modern iris]

I watched a documentary about that stuff ages ago

[sly elk]

i do miss the loading animations 😄

[modern iris]

The old ones. I mean if you go on the old net with a vm or a retro PC you can get them back

and slow down the network of the pc

Netscape

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/netscape-internet-browser-logo-vintage-net-gif-16901987

[modern iris]

Netscape Navigator. Was it right?

[sly elk]

yea hahaha you'd have plenty of time to watch those back then ><

[modern iris]

I remember them. We still had a 56K modem in 2005

[odd sand]

Stupid excitement every time a new version would come out and download and see the new loading screen

[modern iris]

Yeah. Now they all go down hill. I mean have you seen the current firefox logo. Disgusting.

Hat to change it back to smth recognizable

[odd sand]

Insert Kylo MOAR memes

[velvet flint]

so uhhhh

[odd sand]

When will there be enough cameras on flagship phones?

[velvet flint]

I don't really know how to enable my Nvidia Overlay in FFXIV

[modern iris]

I have a pixel6 with a custom android version :P I think it has 2 cameras on the back

[velvet flint]

like apparently my graphics card is too low for that

[modern iris]

Do you have GeForce exp. installed? If yes I think it's alt G or smth like that

[velvet flint]

I do yes

but no response in game

[odd sand]

Windows comes with Xbox game bar but i can't actually figure out how to get it to save a clip despite it saying what the keystroke is

[velvet flint]

or in the app

[modern iris]

Can't really help with windows problems. Sowwy

[velvet flint]

In-Game Overlay told me my GeForce was too low

wtf man

mine's like MX450 but no

[odd sand]

Ah yeah that's really old. AFAIK you need to have a card that can do GPU encoding.

MX450 doesn't support NVenc so it's not possible.

https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-and-decode-gpu-support-matrix-new

[umbral moss]

y doe? they got slapped because IE6 was like 97% of the market

chrome currently enjoys that dominance and nobody gives a shit, even though chrome is literally worse than sticking your fist in a field latrine in july

[dull garnet]

monopolies are fine now actually

[umbral moss]

more or less

it turns out that consolidating almost all power in a handful of investment groups basically broke capitalism

[kindred brook]

guys I moved my monitors and PC and like my mouse seems "jumpy" now

I checked my refresh rates

and they seem normal

[dull garnet]

give it some cheese

[umbral moss]

sample rate fucked up

or you have your DPI set too low

or the sensor needs to be recalibrated to your pad surface

[kindred brook]

hmmm

I do have a new mouse pad too

is that discord GPU thing

still a thing

where it lowers your clockspeed

I wonder if this is it

[modern iris]

no they did cause they slowed down your PC when u removed IE and they didn't let you choose another default browser

[umbral moss]

edge doesn't do either of those things

[modern iris]

Not anymore

[umbral moss]

and is an actively updated branch of chromium that is generally standard compliant

rip trident though, that version of edge was actually pretty good too

[modern iris]

I still use firefox never switched since 2006

[umbral moss]

I use edge for my work emails, it's breddy gud

chrome is IE6 in 2022

[modern iris]

Could be idc I don't like what MS has done since win8 and won't support any of there stuff as long as I don't have to

[umbral moss]

dominant market share, barely upgraded, has a million hacky workarounds in sites that make it work specifically for and only with chrome

fuck chrome

fuck google too

[modern iris]

Can't talk for search engines since I have a self hosted one that grabs the results of all of the others

[umbral moss]

google is completely enshittified at this point

you have to scroll like halfway down any given page of results to get past all the sponsored bullshit they throw at you

[modern iris]

Could be.

[odd sand]

You sure you didn't hit the DPI button that are on a lot of mice?

[kindred brook]

I thought I did

I reset my computer

It looks to have fixed it

[acoustic viper]

hey guys ! I changed from gshade to reshade earlier today and now my game lags on 3440x1440 but not 1920x1080 resolution,

any ideas on how to fix this or what could be the issue?

[dull garnet]

spec? reshade settings?

[lost python]

Man

I'm having nightshift right now

Security operator contacted me because of some issues we are having.
Him: did anyone call yet because something isn't working?
Me: not yet
Him: thank God, because i broke the server.

And he can't reach anyone of the server team

things you really don't wanna hear when alone during nightshift

[modest moss]

oh boy

Rob is in for a fun night

[lost python]

I hope not

It's probably going to be at 5:30am again, right before my shift ends, because the distribution centers will boot up again during that time

[native basalt]

gg

Time to pull out the "oh fuck" flowchart

[dull garnet]

server team be like: 🛌

[lost python]

unrelated but: anyone got an idea how i can play games on my tv, while my pc is in a different room?

i know i can stream my steam games to the tv via steamlink app but how do i connect my controller without a 10m usb cable?

[crimson relic]

Has anyone else gotten a bug where your FF14 will literally spazz click random stuff along with just moving your character spastically ?

[lost python]

you may need an exorcist

[deep sapphire]

Are you a NOC?

[lost python]

a what?

[rigid hill]

Check to see if you have a controller connected

[deep sapphire]

Network operating center tech

[lost python]

nah

[deep sapphire]

More importantly

Are you still using the deathadder

[lost python]

i am

[deep sapphire]

Good

[lost python]

and the mousewheel annoys me

[deep sapphire]

Mine still works, it’s good to see razer finally making something that lasts more than a year

[lost python]

the rubber where my thumb is is rubbing away and my mousewheel rubber separated from the wheel itself so sometimes i just "scroll" the rubber, but not the wheel

[deep sapphire]

Oh god lmao

Does Logitech still use metal scroll wheels

Those would drive me nuts

[lost python]

i wonder

the wheel on my old G502 feels super weird now

like touching rusty iron

[deep sapphire]

Haha

I work on equipment that’s all heavy ass cast iron

[dull garnet]

i've used bluetooth with my smart tv and a xb1 pad

its no good for fighting games, i'll tell you for free

[lost python]

bleh

[modest moss]

I would likely use the cable personally

[crimson relic]

That was the problem

[rigid hill]

Haha good thing that’s an easy fix

[torpid kayak]

is it worth going for a ready-built PC if you don't know much about PC parts?

[hard drift]

depends, your best bet to check is usually take the specs of the build, put it into pc part picker to get an idea of price and then add say 100ish for someone else building it to see if it's worth it

but it's a safe bet usually if you don't want to build one

[torpid kayak]

is a PC that can meet 4k 144hz considered high-end or mid-range nowadays?

[hard drift]

high end

if not ultra high end

you also wanting to spend like 5k?

because you'll need it

[torpid kayak]

my monitor screen is 23 inch Full HD and the UI in FF14 looks kinda cramped. Will a 27-inch let me shrink UI down so that it will look more tidy? Or I need higher resolution?

[hard drift]

you could do that even on your current monitor by changing the scaling of the ui elements

a bigger monitor would allow you to see it better though if you're scaling it down since 23 inches is small these days for a monitor

but it really depends on you

[sly elk]

on some models, yes. maybe. my old g502 had a metal wheel and it got rusty as rob said. my wireless g502 has a rubber cover on the wheel

tbh the g pro is my favorite logitech now

IT HAS NO RUBBER

except for the wheel cover anyway

I hate those rubberized mouse finishes

[torpid kayak]

is the hz of monitor screen still important if I aim for a 2k monitor screen?

[hard drift]

i mean in terms of what? the game will be smoother/less input delay if you can run it at the higher framerates

but in terms of your UI it won't change anything

[odd sand]

Yeah this is the reason I might look for new old stock of the chroma 2014 deathadder. The current one has that plastic/rubber molding on the side

[torpid kayak]

I mean overall performance.

[hard drift]

if your gpu is weak it will only make performance worse

[sly elk]

lmao

[sly elk]

ouchie

[torpid kayak]

it is shedding fur :3

[sharp star]

it’s a seasonal thing, it’s normal

[sly elk]

ooooo

@tame fulcrum

$1499

oh i see, it's more of a replacement to the RP. No in-body-image-stabilization 😦

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/rubbish-top-gear-jeremy-clarkson-trash-you-suck-gif-5495325

idk why I thought maybe the most overpriced camera brand would launch a good bang-for-the buck camera

[sly elk]

ooo that's weird

[cerulean talon]

?

[sly elk]

the screen on my mom's apple watch looks... weird....

tbh i think the battery might be screwing up

[sly walrus]

huh, didn’t think planned obsolescence was that overt

[shadow laurel]

Any recs for a good m.2 SSD or at least one that isn't bad.

[sharp star]

not Samsung products.

Also what interface

3.0? 4.0? 5.0?

[shadow laurel]

4.0 sorry for late response

[umbral moss]

based google experience

[sharp star]

I personally use the WD SN850 but did hear that the SK Hynix P31 is good

[umbral moss]

my pixel 6 occasionally just doesn't charge, even on "normal" 5V/1A USB A->C

google cutting out the OEM and making their own hardware is a huge mistake

"muh profit" forgets that google has literally never made a single successful in-house product

[inland mauve]

Google made Google

[umbral moss]

I mean, search is technically a google product

but with the way they've failed spectacularly at everything else, one is left to wonder if they stole some grad student's algorithm and passed it off as their own

[hard drift]

nvidia driver fix for discord is finally out for those that need it

[dull garnet]

Good

[odd sand]

Something it has in common with my Surface Studio laptop then

Also how does something in Discord somehow lower the max frequency of GPUs

[umbral moss]

probably a code change that uses hardware acceleration but tells the GPU that it's always in 2d mode

like how nvidia drivers are still broken after all these years and remain in full 3d mode clock speeds when you have multiple displays

[odd sand]

Wasn't that the issue with the new AMD cards actually? Supposedly still taking a ton of power for multiple monitors even when not running a game

[hard drift]

yeah but i believe they fixed it already

[umbral moss]

it's a current issue with nvidia that's never been fixed

the only time my GPU actually goes to idle clocks is if I'm logged out so the second monitor is idle

[hard drift]

but there's also a different issue now

[umbral moss]

as soon as I log in and the second monitor activates the core clock jumps to 3d clock speeds and stays there

[modern iris]

I don't have problems with my 7900XTX

[deep sapphire]

[dull garnet]

solution is to get an arm processor

[modern iris]

Yeah great idea. Not for me tho for work. It would take decades to finish my job

[dull garnet]

[modern iris]

We have some people who do the audio for some stuff at work who use Mac Pros for there work with the M1 chip.

[bitter girder]

Arm so based

[deep sapphire]

https://youtu.be/RYMnIGxxqU0

8.1 was a good OS

[bitter girder]

I enjoyed 8.1

8.1 with openshell was fine

[dull garnet]

i used 8 for a bit

barely different to 7

[odd sand]

Just as long as you ignored the tile half of the UI

[dull garnet]

i ignore it in the same way that i ignore the ui in 10 and 11

thank fuck they leave the legacy control panel in

[hard drift]

I don’t wanna hear it nvidia is having the same shit wrong

[wide hill]

8.1 was the time they went away from the big new menu screen?

and fixed the very bad stuff of 8

[potent arrow]

Hehehe

[cerulean talon]

Keyboard caps?

[umbral moss]

hey sarah, did you get those ceramic keycaps?

[jaunty light]

i bought some but they arent shipping til mar or apr

[umbral moss]

I don't know if mine shipped yet, cerakey said they were having issues with the dye quality on the indigo keys

[potent arrow]

Yeah I did

idk where mine are

[potent arrow]

yep

[jaunty light]

got da blank whites cuz im a basic bitch

[umbral moss]

boo

I wanted purple and pink

because sombra is da bes

[potent arrow]

0_0

[jaunty light]

wat is that cute mousepad

[cerulean talon]

That is many caps.

[jaunty light]

no cap

[dull garnet]

pov: you waited 2 years for a keycap drop

[jaunty light]

[potent arrow]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/829360065055031316/1073028954052640869/20230208_185258.jpg?width=687&height=1221

mmmmm

[rose hornet]

SNESboard

[potent arrow]

Custom xraypad

[cerulean talon]

Das adorable.

[sly elk]

it's beautiful 😮

[sly elk]

and of course this is adorable 😄

[cerulean talon]

I kinda want to get an 80% board, I miss a few keys still.

[sly elk]

idk where I stand on keyboard sizes

I like my split keyboard a lot but those extra keys can be nice

maybe if they made a matching sideboard

but my split setup takes up more space than a normal full sizer anyway

[cerulean talon]

I'm on a GMMK right now, and pleased enough w/ it, their numpad is nice too, but I'd like something with a few more keys in normal spaces.

[dull garnet]

smaller than tkl is stupid

[cerulean talon]

I just find myself reaching for pg up/pg down a bit more than I expected.

[dull garnet]

i miss the top right page up/down on older thinkpads

shit was so useful

[sly elk]

i'm so satisfied with my dygma that if I need another keyboard it'll probably be another dygma

but a wireless defy with the bling bling lighting is $500 lol 😄

[jaunty light]

30% keyboard, 50in mousepad on 80in wide 35in deep desk, one (1) imac screen with $2000 stand, and a fake plant.

[cerulean talon]

I deeply, truly want the MS Ergo as a mech board.

That would be my keeb to end all keebs.

[sly elk]

$2000 stand?

there is this like $800 monitor shelf going around

there's 2 of them actually lol

i forgot the names, but one is just basic wood stuff

and the other has 'color grading' lighting built into it

or the /r/battlestations $200 benq screen light lmao

ah, I stand corrected

[jaunty light]

HALO

[potent arrow]

Why tho

[jaunty light]

because

[jaunty light]

are u telling me i can pay them to put anime girls on a pad

[dull garnet]

11/10 best reddit battlestation ever

[jaunty light]

so true bestie

[dull garnet]

bitd there was this site called artscow I think? and they'd do promo codes and everyone on *chan would get a free mousepad with whatever on it

had a few of those

[sly elk]

I've seen some

sometimes those "super minimalist to a point of obnoxiousness" battlestations tempt me

just dump all my shit and go with 1 screen, 1 tiny keyboard, 1 mouse

[dull garnet]

i'm just gonna have a mba and a monitor soon

[sly elk]

have you ever seen a meme battlestation where they have some random crappy 20" monitor and like $2000 speakers?

[dull garnet]

well, sound is a better investment

[sly elk]

hmm sometime between 2012 and 2013 my single fastest computer was a macbook air lol

but at my desk setup i had a powermac g5 and a 23" 1920x1200 monitor for shitposting

[dull garnet]

i just like that this makes no noise

[modest moss]

@potent arrow did you leave aether?

[potent arrow]

no I just like purple

[modest moss]

but it's blue

[sharp star]

blurple

[modest moss]

it is adaman hauberk coloured

[dull garnet]

i do hate that light has the worst colour

[hard drift]

Just don’t use light then

[odd sand]

That's how I feel as well with a 65% atm

Or at least 70-75%

[hard drift]

I want a fullsize again, 96% i miss keys

[cerulean talon]

Ye, I think I might get the drop ctrl soon and get some more switches.

There's just enough keys missing I want a few more back, but I like how heavy it is just having a slab of alumininum on the desk.

It also doubles as an excellent battering ram.

[modest moss]

you give off chaos vibes anyway

[cerulean talon]

Some days you just feel... chaotic.

[potent arrow]

I am god

[random marlin]

i want to voice a complaint i have about the vita

the convex thumbstick feels weird when you're used to the concave thumbsticks on the dualshock/dualsense controllers

and there's a mod someone did by sanding down the thumbstick and gluing the switch caps on top

[modest moss]

can you not just buy covers?

[random marlin]

gotta find one that feels good

one that doesn't feel cheap anyway

[modest moss]

maybe just toss it because it's a discontinued decade old device

[random marlin]

WTF

i mean valid i guess but

i love it so much

[hard drift]

Go back to the one console that matters

[random marlin]

i snapped mine

[hard drift]

how did you even manage that

[random marlin]

well technically it was my brother's

and i was 4

my second DS got misplaced along with my psp though

no idea where they are

hopefully if someone found them they found their way to an enthusiast who can take better care of them than i did

[hard drift]

wtf, i somehow lost the charger lol, i had it just the other day smh

[potent arrow]

Nah this is the best, homebrew and all

[random marlin]

thinking about it

the 3DS felt like a gimmick

[hard drift]

it was a gimmick 😐

[random marlin]

so its a vita with USB-C, 1080p, specs to match a steam deck, and a keyboard?

i dont even mind that the shape is essentially just psp

this looks fucking awesome

wish it had a headphone jack though

[sly elk]

sony is doing apsp again?

[random marlin]

this is the gpd win 4

[sly elk]

whatever that is, looks like a sweet gamer phone

[random marlin]

saw linus's video on it

its thicc but he says it feels good in the hands

and its less wide than the deck so hopefully it does feel at home for someone used to the vita

[sly elk]

hmm

it'd be nice if someone made a phone with joycons

then again, that's what those goofy cases do

hell, i'd forego the analog sticks

what would really be nice is a phone with 4 programmable buttons on each side :]

[dull garnet]

Ew, slow processor

[jaunty light]

ur a slow processor

[dull garnet]

NUH UH

[sly elk]

my pcmasterrace build tag - 4 slice rgb toaster

[golden stream]

Oy have you seen, a PC in a stove AND kettle?

[jaunty light]

I wonder if you could build a system that uses so much power, you can heat exchange it to heat water for tea

@potent arrow have you used the haimu heartbeats or.. whatever the fuck they're called glacier things?

same manufacturer I think, but silent but non-rubber dampened switches

whats the efficiency of a heat exchanger thonk

[odd sand]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH6r6J3WsDk

[potent arrow]

yeah I have

They sound a bit too hollow for me personallyu

but they are in my friend's keyboard and he likes them

[umbral moss]

https://tenor.com/view/brooklyn-nine-nine-rosa-diaz-fart-noises-fart-farting-gif-22683456

the psp's design should be in every industrial design course as what not to do

[dreamy chasm]

I'd argue that there are consoles that're significantly worse

[umbral moss]

in terms of ergo?

eh

the DS is close, but my god, the PSP is easily the worst

they needed to make it flat so it fit in a pocket, but it's so fucking long it only fit in some emo kid's jncos

[dreamy chasm]

dont worry, almost every kid had slacks with oversized pockets

[umbral moss]

but because it's flat there's nothing to grab onto when you're playing it so your hand is immediately forced into this horrible claw position

[umbral moss]

in 99, when jncos were cool lmao

[dreamy chasm]

The OG 3DS felt pretty weird

Resistance on the joystick was just enough that it felt odd

[umbral moss]

the DS also has fewer buttons though, if I recall?

it's been easily 10,000 years since I saw my DS

[dreamy chasm]

dpad , start/select, ABXY and L/R triggers

ergonomics on the ds lite was horrible for some games that required you to have a stylus on the touchscreen at all times

but i still treasured it

[umbral moss]

there were four buttons on the DS? I thought there were only two lmao

it really has been 10,000 years

[dreamy chasm]

all those nausea inducing car rides when i tried playing call of duty DS off of a 20 dollar flash card in the back of the car

[umbral moss]

the last time I saw my DS I was walking from terra with the emperor

[dull garnet]

i love flash carts

[bitter girder]

cart narcs

[dreamy chasm]

I was relatively poor, they were a great way to enjoy my console(s) without having to save a million years for a game

[dull garnet]

they're just handy, even if you own the games

long as you patch out the anti piracy in roms

[deep sapphire]

I don’t recall the PSP being that bad

The fat DS was way worse when it came to playing games like Metroid

[bitter girder]

ahh the ds lite

such a nice looking portable

[paper tusk]

the only thing bad about the psp is the analong stick location and finnicky disc drive

[dreamy chasm]

Same, ngl

But everyone I've borrowed it from always had some sort of grip casing for it

[dull garnet]

always liked the dsi over the lite

dsi xl had ips screen too

[bitter girder]

the ds lite just had that nice crystal shell

[rigid hill]

psp was actually very well received and was very mod friendly

the vita tho was another story lol

[sharp star]

but… Vita was life

[dull garnet]

Vita bros...

vita is plenty mod friendly now to be fair, can even use usb mass storage with the playstation tv

[modern iris]

I got my boss to let me buy a space heater today #4090

[hard drift]

[modern iris]

I don't even need it but I mean why not.

[dull garnet]

indeed

[random marlin]

its a perfect fit for me

and i have tiny hands

[umbral moss]

I have large hands

my suffering is immense

[umbral moss]

I was in middle school when the gameboy color came out lmao

the PSP came out when I was in college

[dull garnet]

you'd hate the Go even more

[modest moss]

best handheld ever made imo

[dull garnet]

correct

[modest moss]

I had so much fun with it, and the impact it had was just phenomenal

[buoyant falcon]

Wonder if they got a call from the FBI when they registered that domain.

[modest moss]

we don't need jokes about that in here thanks

[dull garnet]

yep, that's a dated computer

[modern iris]

I had it in my closet as a GPU encoder

now it's all in one server not 2 separate ones

[sly elk]

I don't know when it came out, but I got a gameboy color in middle school

looks like it was out for a year or so

maybe 2

[umbral moss]

I remember getting a gameboy color to play pokemon red/blue on

so it was 99-ish

[sly elk]

hmm yea that checks out, I think I got it christmas of 99

heheh I got it for pokemon yellow 😄

sadly I don't have it anymore

[umbral moss]

my gameboy color fucked off into the abyss years ago

probably for the best, I think I didn't take the batteries out before I put it $somewhere so it's probably full of battery acid now

[modern iris]

Question to fellow gamepad players: does anyone know of some of dongle/clip thing that holds a dualshock 4's usb cable in place better? When I need to keep my controller charged during raids it's infuriating when the cable moving just a little causes it to disconnect

Might be fixable with a new micro usb cable but that might be just a temporary solution

[dull garnet]

sounds like your port is busted

could always invest in a superior dualsense for the usb-c

i'd check for debris in your ds4 port though

[modern iris]

maybe so, but I've had this issue sometimes with past dualshocks

ohh I'll do the old dry toothbrush trick! good idea

[dull garnet]

i usually use something more pointy, should be able to assess the situation with a smart device torch tho

[kindred brook]

I hate this

someone help me troubleshoot this

tried two keyboards

two mice

same thing

unplugged one each

of course

[modest moss]

try Snip & Sketch

shift+win+s

[sterile bison]

Has somebody tried running FFXIV on their Macbook Air M1?

[sly elk]

imma just drill a random hole in my desk and stick a microphone RIGHT HERE

[sly elk]

I don't have an M1, but I'm curious how well that works.

[sterile bison]

I might try it on the weekend

[jaunty light]

not quite, but close.

2000 dollar chair

[dull garnet]

lewis plays on an M1 Pro

[jaunty light]

but aye. horrible placement cuz it allows little adjustmenr and looks terrible but.. my minimalism

[jaunty light]

lewis is fake

[sly elk]

that chair was on sale for a while

looks like it's back to the full 1695 though

I thought something might be wrong with mine but you see how his 'posturefit' is set all the way back so the back is leaning back like that?

mine's set fairly far back as well, because it's the only way to get any lumbar support out of that hump in the middle >>

if you set the back straight, it kinda goes C-shaped

[lapis mauve]

anyone here know if i should get some thermal paste if i wanna upgrade my gpu, im a greenhorn in that sorta stuff

[odd sand]

What's with people putting 1 tiny little shrubbery on their desk? So they can touch grass? /s

It's ONLY a $1700 chair... and then paired with the ikea chair in the corner

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/monty-python-shrubbery-monty-python-gif-4559155

I suppose they're staying prepared for a surprise encounter with the knights who say ni

[modest moss]

if all you're doing is upgrading gpu, no

if your cpu has been installed for a long time and you're having heat issues, yes

[lapis mauve]

Aight cool

[dull garnet]

People overstate the usefulness of replacing paste

[modest moss]

yeah, I'd only do it if temps were bad

my 2500k still has original paste

[sly elk]

it also depends on the paste lol

[modest moss]

I just used the one that came with the 212 cooler

[sly elk]

replacing the oem paste on a brand new corsair aio that was just made? almost certainly not worth it

might even make things worse lol

repasting a 2 year old build with kryonaut that's suddenly running way hotter? sure 😄

(kryonaut is known to dry out and run hotter when it does)

[potent arrow]

I still have four 35g containers of their extreme stuff

I don't think I've used more then two of those in the entire time I've built PCs

[jaunty light]

XxXtreme

[dull garnet]

It doesn't matter enough to matter

[sly elk]

it might be the thermal grizzly people trying to sell people more kryonaut

but they straight up say on their site that it's good for like a year or two

[dull garnet]

then the customer is a clown for buying it in the first place

[jaunty light]

no u

[dull garnet]

It's just marketing

And shilling

[potent arrow]

I've never had to repaste a customers paste

Even at 2 years

[sly elk]

weird I looked and can't find a timeline like i thought they had

[potent arrow]

Lmfao there are definitely systems that have kryonaut and it's been like 4-5

[sly elk]

that's good news

[dull garnet]

Lol, scan sells 500g of MX-4 for £230

[sly elk]

always been a fan of just getting the biggest tube/tub of thermal paste lol

get that ShinEtsu G746 in a generic drum

https://tenor.com/view/thermal-paste-pc-tech-it-funny-gif-26576525

[modern iris]

MX-4 is ass ngl

Try thermal grizzly kryonaut

[sly elk]

i've been using noctua stuff lately

the temp differences between brands amount to damn near nothing

2-3c worst case

[modern iris]

Yes it’s a marginal difference, kryonaut gets you more than just 2/3 C difference though.

Liquid metal is what you want to get, unless you have a aluminium plate heat sink

I also replaced the thermal pads on my 3070 Ti

Used gelid extremes, they were ok. Quality control is really bad on nvidia’s end though, some VRMs didn’t even have any thermal putty on them

[sly elk]

liquid metal is a GREAT way to get someone who doesn't play with hardware much to screw their motherboard up

it's something you might convince me to try but I'd never recommend to anyone >>

that's going down into "delid the processor to replace the TIM to get an extra 0.5c of performance"

[modern iris]

Delidding is unironically based

But honestly liquid metal isn’t that difficult to apply

[dull garnet]

2-3c is nothing

Liquid metal is the stupidest shit

[sly elk]

if the 2-3c is a big deal, sure

I expect that sucker's in a mesh case with noctua fans!

custom loop!

[dull garnet]

If 2-3c is a big deal you have other issues

[sly elk]

or you're bored and want the best cooling period

[potent arrow]

Liquid metal is dumb

[jaunty light]

no

i slather liquid metal all over my unplated aluminum for best results

[sly elk]

EW

-looks at his samsung-

-gets out the brake cleaner-

i disabled a lot of the samsung bloatcrap because of that kinda stuff

i don't even have 'samsung visit in' so

at least there's that.

how'd you get it anyway

is it not some kinda spyware

[dull garnet]

That reminds me, I was gonna try some program on github to remove all the Samsung shit from my tablet

[sly elk]

the name sounds like some kinda spyware

[dull garnet]

https://github.com/ujaRHR/android-bloatware-remover think this was it

[sly elk]

oh man even their samsung store page

1. Samsung Visit In is one of the feature of Samsung account and enabled with your separate consent to customization services, news and special offers, and to the customized ads or enhanced personalization of such news and offers. When you have enabled and when you are near participating Samsung or third-party stores offering benefits or coupons, you will receive relevant marketing information about Samsung product and services through push notifications.

^ I am convinced the first sentence of that is total gibberish

[sharp star]

the stuff is great but it dries out easily

So I went back to Noctua for... not drying out

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/beautifully-moist-gif-23635729

[modest moss]

Mary Berry, legend

[torpid kayak]

can a CPU without integrated graphic run Safe Mode?

like, there is a separate graphic card, but I'm not sure

[hard drift]

yes

[torpid kayak]

is it worth to get a CPU with integrated graphic chipset? Like, I heard one with chipset will run less heat/power or something. Perhaps opposite.

[paper tusk]

there's almost no difference other than ones without on board graphics are cheaper

at this point it's a case of might as well (have on cpu graphics) as a backup option in case graphics card fails

(I don't believe there's a very large difference in street price between apu K edition and F/non-apu sku's) edit: 30 bucks msrp difference for gen 12

[modest moss]

yeah I bought the K version, I like the backup

hopefully I'll never need it

[jaunty light]

https://tenor.com/view/drwho-ladycassandra-moisturize-skinlady-doctor-who-gif-5808910

[torpid kayak]

hm anyone with curved screen can tell me how it feels compared to normal screen? Like, can you monitor your UI in the corner better?

IPS curved screen is expensive, and I wonder if I should get VA curved screen or just opt for IPS flat screen

[hard drift]

depends, on a small monitor that's not ultrawide it's literally just a gimmick

i personally would vote flat ips because va is cursed

[sly elk]

I found the curve SUPER noticeable and a bit bothersome until I bought one and used it for like a month

[torpid kayak]

duly noted

[sly elk]

in fact, I was so annoyed by the curve that when the company i worked for started buying ultrawide monitors for people who asked for them, I asked for a cheaper LG model so I wouldn't get the curved dell lol

[torpid kayak]

hm my intended screen is only 27-inch, so I guess IPS is the go

[sly elk]

it feels like having a mini theater screen on your desk

[hard drift]

curved at that size is a gimmick in all honesty

[sly elk]

34" is just a wider 27" in terms of resolution and size (it's wider but the same height)

as for the curve: it's cool but you can totally live without it. Even on a mere 34" lol

my old monitor is a flat 34"

i gave it to my mom after buying the curved one, and kinda regretted getting the curved one for a while

like all other things, your brain eventually becomes (mostly) used to it and then you don't notice the curve anymore

[jaunty light]

you must get the UW, and then a reclaimed ash/fir wood desk top, with (1) plant

[sly elk]

lol

[jaunty light]

my desk is slowly starting to look like sarahs

[sly elk]

I have a VA ultrawide at our other house >>

it was cheap and I wanted the screen space and didn't care much about having beautiful colors

for $350 the build quality is great. The colors? ehh they're ok. Not as good as a nice IPS screen.

[jaunty light]

i never had a problem with VA, it was always the dogwater contrast of IPS that bothered me

[sly elk]

lol

[jaunty light]

"can we have true blacks?" we have true blacks at home (IPS grey)

[sly elk]

I'm aware of what you mean, but the IPS black has never really bothered me much

[jaunty light]

its a lot better these days but I think my LG 1st and a half or 2nd gen 144hz panel was actually just grey

could not do blacks

[sly elk]

I wouldn't call 144hz first gen

first gen would be like, my 23" cinema display

[jaunty light]

144hz first gen as in its panel age

of 1440p* specifically

[sly elk]

ahh ok

and the color reproduction on those was pretty good >>

[torpid kayak]

well does IPS fare better near window?

my PC is right next to the window

[jaunty light]

look at the monitor max nits under normal circumstances and its coating

[torpid kayak]

my current LED screen works just fine

[sly elk]

yea that's another thing >>

I run my monitors at like 30%

[jaunty light]

I have my pg27 at a blazing.. 100%!

only rocks 400nits standard tho

[sly elk]

10 years ago :]

i was missing the (1) plant

[jaunty light]

those obnoxious stands

so glad the plastic world phase passed

[sly elk]

i miss those screens lol

they weren't practical but they were very pretty

[jaunty light]

lets make speakers out of the literal worst material for resonance

PRASTICCCCCC

[sly elk]

no no I got a better idea!

Let's make it out of this crushed cardboard crap

and then cover it with the ugliest fucking fake wood grain

and we'll call them MONITORS

but really they have no bass and very little treble because they use 25 cent chinese tweeters

those HK speakers do have an annoying tendency to split in half because they're held together with glue :S

[jaunty light]

yep

[sly elk]

and when they're not sealed together they sound terrible

when they're put together, they sound fine

but they're like the opposite of what BOSE is known for

those are all highs and 'lows'

(in reality the 'low' is somewhere between low and mid, it's lower than what you'd get out of a small set of bookshelf speakers)

but not as low as a proper wooden case subwoofer

[jaunty light]

what the fuck you have to be kidding

"All Aria speakers feature ultra-rigid MDF cabinets"

$3000 cabinets EACH by the way

[sly elk]

lol 😄

I feel a lot of audio stuff is hella scammy

(and I apologize for the dig at MDF "monitors", I don't necessarily think that they exist that way)

(just being edgy)

[jaunty light]

no it definitely is, too many products that are like parody world that are very much real

[sly elk]

I'd really like to find a store that has the LS50x KEFs that people keep on buying

I'd never spend the like $1500 they go for

but I just wanna hear them

I'm pretty sure they sound like shit

[jaunty light]

my ideal system would probably be like, elysians or performa 226s

but i aint paying $10k on speakers alone

[sly elk]

lol

i've never heard of either brand

oh elysians are wharfedales

I've heard of those

[jaunty light]

wharfedale elysians and revel performas

ye

[sly elk]

wharfedale used to make some really pretty bookshelf speakers

I mean those elysians look pretty dang cool

[jaunty light]

the reddit house

featuring a DEAD fake plant

I found what you need

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_958XR100GB/McIntosh-XR100-Gloss-Black.html?tp=185

[sly elk]

i liked the chrome rings the wharfedale diamond 11s had

[jaunty light]

reminds me of a CD surface lol

[sly elk]

well yea the owner probably never even uses that room hahaha

[sly elk]

mmm McIntosh

just have one of these in the rack powering your sexy speakers

[jaunty light]

I priced a system with "just" the aria 936s and it was like $15k

[sly elk]

tbh i'd be tempted to get a vintage receiver and have it rebuilt

idk which but

[jaunty light]

speakers? fine! but then you need the amp, and of course like 3 whole companies will make the one you need in the power you need for given impedance, bam $5000. then you need a DAC or a receiver, bam another $5000

[sly elk]

giant analog tuner? 😄

[jaunty light]

I'd want fake tubes just for show

it looks cool

[jaunty light]

https://youtu.be/v7fegFU0Jq4?t=717

[sly elk]

ehehe

[jaunty light]

my favorite is still kenrick's custom setup

[modern iris]

You don’t get a 2/3C drop from liquid metal

You get more than that

You get that from the kryonaut lol

Factor in the C*/$$$ and you’ll find thermal paste replacements are actually really important, alongside PC fans

Also a 2/3C drop can be pretty vital based on what you have, could be the difference between throttling or not lmao.

[sly elk]

hmm

I wonder what kinda case/build does that lol

I have a 9700k on a 360mm watercooler exhausting out the top of the case. even with the 3080ti (air cooled) going full blast it doesn't get the cpu above 70c

hell in regular gaming use cases I don't think it ever gets above 65c

and I don't have a mesh case

[jaunty light]

give me a chilla

[sly elk]

i run the fans slower lol. 80c isn't gonna kill anything

[jaunty light]

80c too hot, need that sweet 20c

[sly elk]

oo

that looks really good lol

[jaunty light]

nice plant

but why is this at the apple joint

[sly elk]

apparently that was at the shanghai store and it was just kinda left ignored because they had nobody to take care of it for a while

idk

but i think it looks good that way xD

[jaunty light]

plants too real, 3/10

[sly elk]

https://www.reddit.com/r/macsetups/comments/10uik4j/new_home_desk_setup/

neat guitar hiding in the corner

[torpid kayak]

is a PC case with a back-fan and an 240mm air cooler sufficient for a mid-range gaming PC? Or should I get more fan? 🤔

[sly elk]

probably fine

what kinda case, and what cpu/gpu?

and is the 240mm acting as an intake for the case?

[torpid kayak]

https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/gaming-cases/prime/asus-prime-ap201-microatx-case/

[sly elk]

oo that's a cute case

where would the 240mm go?

it kinda looks like the power supply goes in the front, so would the aio go on the bottom?

[torpid kayak]

cpu is 13400f 2.5 Ghz (Turbo 4.4 Ghz) 10 cores 16 threads 20 MB (I dunno what are these specs lol XD)
and GPU is GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC 12G (rev 2.0)

[torpid kayak]

honestly dunno. I just pick parts and hope they fit XD

[sly elk]

yea that should all be fine

[sly elk]

the aio placement might be tricky, idk

let's see what people's builds usually look like!

[torpid kayak]

not an AOI. an air cooler

[sly elk]

OH!

i'm sorry xD

it looks like you can fit 3x 120mm in the bottom

why not get one of those arctic p12 5 packs?

or maybe something else, 3 cheap fans

but I think just the cpu fan and the back fan? you'll probably be fine

like, really

[torpid kayak]

https://i.imgur.com/fowhY2s.png vrroom

[sly elk]

i like the asus a lot better xD

[torpid kayak]

yeah, another reason I like Asus cuz its usb port is sideway

my space for my PC is kinda vertical challenge

I should try to tone down the RBG element. I kinda like its less coloful XD

[sly elk]

yea that's kinda personal taste 😄

I like rgb stuff

[torpid kayak]

The only RGB stuff I approve is the disco ball. A PC case that is round and spin around is ideal XD

[sly elk]

haha maybe i should find a tiny disco ball to hang in my pc

[jaunty light]

why not.. get this..

hang a disco ball from the ceiling..

THAT'S A PC

[worn cairn]

recently heard about the whole gshade situation, whats the recommended way of getting rid of it cleanly?

heard the normal uninstall leaves stuff behind

[sharp star]

https://gshadesucks.com

[worn cairn]

ty

[torpid kayak]

https://i.imgur.com/jBb7R7o.png that's a lot of Asus

bonus blinding for dark Discord users cuz this website has no Dark theme XD

[jaunty light]

Ayy zeus

[torpid kayak]

Read as A (little) sus

[sharp star]

https://www.pcgamesn.com/why-are-steam-deck-users-sniffing-the-vent excellent journalism

[odd sand]

Mmm carcinogens and microplastics

[real edge]

there are better monitors than that for the price nowdays, unless you already have it

[torpid kayak]

someone said Steam Deck is heavier than Switch

[torpid kayak]

well, my current is 23-inch LED Dell Full HD

[real edge]

yes but there are better 27inch 1440p displays that you can get for a cheaper price that are better than that asus one

I would suggest against going with that

[real edge]

https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-M27Q-Monitor-Display-Response/dp/B09VH8B1XW?th=1 https://www.amazon.com/LG-27GP850-B-Ultragear-Compatible-Adjustable/dp/B093MTSTKD

[sly elk]

TUF

[real edge]

or else the Q P from gigabyte as well https://www.gigabyte.com/Monitor/M27Q-P#kf

q p = 300-350$

QX = 400$ ish

LG = 300-400$

[sly elk]

idk why but I can't quite dig the design of those gigabyte monitors, they look unfinished

[real edge]

all much better than that asus display

[sly elk]

but they don't look bad by any means

the newest alienware 25" is uuugly

[sharp star]

even the Dell display I'm using is better than that Asus one

[torpid kayak]

my budget cannot handle more than the price of that ASUS D:
But well I don't buy them instantly anyway. So I will take time while checking out discounts

[sly elk]

aren't the gigabytes cheaper?

[torpid kayak]

shop discounts I guess

[real edge]

all of the monitors I listed are around the same price if not cheaper

[sly elk]

hmm that tuf is 329 huh

[real edge]

depending on your region

[sharp star]

imo it has "worse" build quality than the Dell

Dell S2721DGF is what I'm using for my second monitor atm

[real edge]

the Q P is for sure cheaper it was made to be cheap

[sharp star]

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/tools/compare/dell-s2721dgf-vs-gigabyte-m27q/16485/19668?usage=3623&threshold=0.10

[sly elk]

if you're in the US, look at https://slickdeals.net/newsearch.php?forumchoice[]=9&q=monitor&showposts=0

or

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/?f=flair_name%3A"Monitor"

[sharp star]

The only things that I would say that are "bad" about the Dell is that out-of-the-box settings are bad and that it lacks HDMI 2.1; though VRR is a thing Sony could implement for HDMI 2.0 on the PS5, they don't for some fucking reason

[torpid kayak]

is MSI brand okay?

[sharp star]

I hear they're "okay" at best

[real edge]

monitor-wise? meh

there are better

BUT

they recently released a 300$ display that is OK

not better than the three I listed but

its cheap

https://www.msi.com/Monitor/G274QPF-QD

this

its supposed to be 300$ MSRP

and it has OK specifications

but worse than the 3 I listed

but better than the asus tuf

[potent arrow]

I refuse to buy anything msi

[torpid kayak]

hm I will keep those models in mind. Prices may change when I actually buy one

[torpid kayak]

am in Vietnam sadly

stuffs can be overpriced here

[real edge]

ohh I've never worked with someone from that market

[sharp star]

The Philippines should be the same, aka fucked

in fact all of Asia is like that

[potent arrow]

SEA is just fucked when it comes to electronics unfortunately

[dull garnet]

Friend of mine bought that msi and returned it for the dell

The colours were just really off, apparently

[sharp star]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3673284490061926600?l=english I feel called out

[torpid kayak]

sigh

LG UltraGear that meets my requirements is as rare as Shiny Pokemon here

[umbral moss]

strange, since you'd think being a three minute walk from the factory would make it cheaper

when I was in dongguang I literally walked past the huawei factory to get to our laser manufacturing facility, they had phones on display in every store at the mall near the manufacturing district

[golden stream]

SEA is really fked in electronics and price, even there is advatage of shipping

[umbral moss]

is it just taxed to oblivion like south america?

[golden stream]

Taxed a bit, not too oblivion

[umbral moss]

I vaguely remember someone from brazil explaining that they have some insane excise tax on electronics so PCs and consoles are insanely expensive for no real reason

[golden stream]

But after tax is p expensib

Ya Egg explained that Brazil tax stuff and electronical consumption there is very ouch
The exchange rate doesn't help either
Thus SE allowing using steam wallet to pay sub whil under regional price is like godsent

So thing in SEA (also my olace as well bc in SEA lol) is the kinda better exchange rate frop yuan/or whatever the currencies are used, locally, to the local currencies, over USD to local currency
The availability tho
Meanwhile the price in here is equal or even more exp

[torpid kayak]

cuz they import the exported products XD

[umbral moss]

ah, like the US paying a premium for wagyu beef

export black angus beef to japan

wait two years

[golden stream]

Yeahhhhhh

[umbral moss]

import black angus beef for 3x the price

[golden stream]

A good chunk of CPU or silicon stuff are made in Malay ya
Still exp as hell

[umbral moss]

I thought it was packaged in malaysia

so it gets stamped "made in malaysia" but it's manufactured mainly in china and taiwan before final assembly

[torpid kayak]

made in non-China country to avoid sactions or something

https://i.imgur.com/h2q3Vle.png darn it

[umbral moss]

import fees

every country should have most favored nation status

[torpid kayak]

remind me of Uncle Isekai anime. He just zipped to the place, take the thing for zero import fee

https://npcshop.vn/gigabyte-m27q-27in-ips-qhd-170hz hm found one

My bro loves Gigabyte. He always builds my PC full of Gigabyte stuffs

[golden stream]

Idk maybe, except le PSU

Gigabyte PSU is a bit sussy baka

[torpid kayak]

yeah he sucks at PSU lol. He installed a low power one and my graphic card ran half performance. He refused to believe his choice was wrong until like one year later XD

[golden stream]

Tbh PSU is the one you better use the tier list

Motherboard can cheap out if just for not too stress casual stuff

[torpid kayak]

what tier list :3

[golden stream]

PSU tier list

There are some part tier list but yeahhhhhhh don't get Gigabyte PSU

[umbral moss]

there's only a handful of PSUs in S tier, the AX1600i is one of them

I wonder how MSI's new ATX 3.0 PSUs stack up

their spec sheets are crazy impressive but, well, ya know

[golden stream]

https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

[torpid kayak]

hm if I opt for Gigabyte IPS screen, the availability is surprisingly high. Price is also reasonable

[golden stream]

Tfw SFF peep don't have much choice
The easiest most popular option be Corsair but they only offer 750w plat tho

[umbral moss]

SFF seems like a fun engineering challenge but you're just so limited on how much power you can put in there

[golden stream]

Seasonic iirc made 1000w SFX size tho
Not available in mah place

It's also quite recently

[umbral moss]

I wasn't referring to the PSU so much as the total power consumption of the volume

you won't be able to extract 1000W of heat in a 1L volume

[torpid kayak]

do games run 16 GB RAM nowadays? I have 16 GB RAM. It currently uses 38% memory without any games running.

[umbral moss]

games are starting to finally pull the minimum RAM spec up

because they need it to cover the lack of nvme directstorage

[golden stream]

Shhhhh my personal rig is just 8GB
Still 14 alt tab discord firefox draw stuff vtuber just fine

But then I botched windows to bare minimum
Ofc still struggle with excels

[torpid kayak]

I used to have 8 GB. Then I noticed FF14 and my other apps wrestled for memory, so I download added some cheap RAM

[golden stream]

Yeah I want to do some UE stuff on my personal machine, defo 8GB is not enough

Or if do big project

[torpid kayak]

let's say the total power usage is like 420 W. Should I get a 450 PSU? Or should I opt for 550/650 instead?

[golden stream]

Are you keen in undervolt stuff?

[torpid kayak]

you mean like graphic card running half-performance?

[golden stream]

Actually no, still full perf

The dark secret of SFF of juicing performance while controlling power draw and heat: undervolt

[torpid kayak]

well if it only need 400 W but I use 750 one, it feels like a waste of electricity?

[golden stream]

Eh nah

750w = limit of how much wattage it can push

My current rig is 750w, only use like what 300??