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[umbral moss]

FineWine driver technology 👍

[snow cypress]

Is the keychron k8 pro worth getting?

[lost python]

@potent arrow oi keychron simp, answer this

[potent arrow]

........

yes its worth lol

pro just means via enabled most of the time

and hotswappable

I think I bought a k8 for someone, its worth either ways

[dire viper]

do they make full keyboards

oh wait yea they do i was lookin at them

[lost python]

they have so many models i dont even know which to look at tbh

[potent arrow]

whatever you like

just get a via one : P

[snow cypress]

Got a Amazon gift card from work, now would be the best time to get it lol

[lost python]

what would i even need that for

[potent arrow]

very versatile remapping : P

its just really nice

[dire viper]

I hate keyboards without the numpad with a passion

[umbral moss]

I don't intend to reprogram the micro, all I need is the ability to turn the leds off or change the color

[umbral moss]

I just bought a split 60% Alice and I'm going to buy a separate numpad for maximum wire clutter

[dire viper]

awful

I actually use my numpad a lot for no reason at all

[umbral moss]

I only use it for excel so having somewhere else is kinda useful actually

[dire viper]

its my radar binds for like warthunder and DCS cause lots of buttons that I can combo with shift, alt and ctrl

its also faster that way cause its closer to my mouse and or joystick

[umbral moss]

I might set it up southpaw since I use it so infrequently

[graceful pine]

I don’t use the numpad that often

But it’s still essential to have for the few things I do use it for

[sly elk]

godzilla has landed!

though I need to figure out the refresh rate vs cable vs switch situation xD

[paper tusk]

o:

[graceful pine]

That’s a really wide screen

[sly elk]

it's almost as big as my 25+34+25 were (and more resolution, to boot)

but

it's a VA panel, and it sure as fuck feels like one

[graceful pine]

And LcD ok

[sly elk]

yea they make an oled but it's 49", i wanted the 57" and extra resolution xD

[graceful pine]

No just normal led display

[sly elk]

also why does this have to have only 1 displayport lol

it has 3 hdmi though!

[graceful pine]

What do you need such a large screen for

[sly elk]

why not?

you ever see something and want it just out of curiosity

[graceful pine]

I just have a primary 27 inch

Secondary 18

[dreamy chasm]

@potent arrow have you tried the keychron m4 mouse at all

i just noticed it released recently

[sly elk]

playing trackmania on this is kinda disorienting lmao

it's so huge XD

[potent arrow]

nah

my superlight is too stronk

I really do shill for keychron, but only the boards

[dreamy chasm]

man

I just need a small mouse

a 🤏 mouse

everything's too big for my fingertip grip

[potent arrow]

I have a really small hands so the superlight is a bit big too

I heard razer is better for smaller hands but ive never tried it

[dreamy chasm]

the viper mini does have a smaller inner lip

but

the wireless isnt worth it

iirc glorious makes a good clone

i had it but sold it off bc the coating on it felt weird

[potent arrow]

is their wireless shit?

[dreamy chasm]

not sure tbh

it felt about as good as my atlantis

but i only used it for a good 2-3 weeks

[dreamy chasm]

https://www.gloriousgaming.com/products/forge-series-one-pro

[potent arrow]

only mouse that really fits my hand LOL

[modest moss]

check out maia with the fancy colour

[dreamy chasm]

Hiii

[potent arrow]

my issue with mice is the sensor

and software

superlight has a good sensor and Logitech G works

Razer and Corsair software is borderline malware

i heard the glorious sensors are hit and miss

so >_>

[dreamy chasm]

the bamf on the series one is a modified 3370

according to Some Guy™️ on reddit

[potent arrow]

[rain sand]

i have 32 gigs of ram

should i get 64

[dreamy chasm]

are you

doing anything that needs 64?

[rain sand]

no

[dreamy chasm]

You shouldn't have to then

[sly elk]

you can use the razer mouse without synapse, for sure

[dire viper]

the DCS killer monitor

[sly elk]

and razer software IS straight up malware lol. or at least, iirc it did crypto mining by default for a while?

DCS killer?

[dire viper]

DCS

[odd sand]

https://i.imgur.com/gPeKkh2.jpg

[dire viper]

flight sim game

my friend bought one of those monitors and had to upgrade to a 4090 to run it at full resolution at full refresh rate

[sly elk]

ohhh ok

[dire viper]

cause DCS is very intensive with everything turned on

[sly elk]

yea, my 3080ti drives it at full res over displayport and hdmi.... at 60hz.......

I need to see if I can improve that situation by switching cables lol

wow this does get very bright

[umbral moss]

Why wouldnt it? Razer isn't above charging you to be the QA department, why would you expect their driver manager to be free too?

Also, if you want 64gb of ram, get it broseidon

It's not like ram is expensive right now and it's only going to get more expensive after the nand manufacturers collude in a price fixing scheme adjust their output to match demand

[versed socket]

I'm currently running a 2080 RTX. 😕

[potent arrow]

not using device software is mostly missing 20% of the features. I use Logitech G to the max

[sly elk]

FUUUUUUUUUU that moment where I packed my old phone in the box to send to the warranty company

and I realize that I forgot to pull the sim card out lol

[odd sand]

Oops. Can you open it up still or is it on delivery already?

[umbral moss]

The only thing I ever used g for was to turn the RGB off on my g900 lmao

[sly elk]

yea i can open it, and i just did lol. just annoyed that I had to

[odd sand]

Most mice these days have a toggle for DPI, which is the only thing I really needed synapse for. Although I used it to macro some item pickups in Everquest prog server years ago lmao bc they were like 24hr respawn items on a table

[versed socket]

Meh, I prefer my razer with 12 buttons on the side.

[dreamy chasm]

i never asked for your opinion.

[odd sand]

And if you want to change the USB polling rate I think you only need to run it long enough to change the setting, then you can close and disable it

[versed socket]

No one ever does ask for another person's opinion. That's irrelevant.

[odd sand]

I hate the MMO mice bc I feel like I won't be able to press the correct one when I need it. Deathadder for life

[sly elk]

and there we go!

I'm still not sure how I feel about samsung's warranty process lol. The refurbs they send out look brand new, but they are definitely refurbs (I had to get a 2nd replacement because the first had a loose back glass panel)

and the annoying part is they don't guarantee you'll get the same color phone as a replacement >>

[umbral moss]

They could have shipped you a defective phone to replace your broken phone 👍

[sly elk]

they effectively did lol

and now I have a black fold4 instead of a grey one

i'm.. actually ok with that change though

man this monitor running at 60hz has the same odd behavior dell monitors do at 60hz

[umbral moss]

You can see the strobe at 16.6ms?

[sly elk]

maybe

it's like I can see movement on the pixel grid

[umbral moss]

I can usually see the line hum in a 60 hz lcd

[dreamy chasm]

?

I was talking to someone else and you ping me trying to butt into the conversation

lol

[dire viper]

tf you guys beefing over a mouse about

also coming from an mf with the naga trinity this shit sucks for anything that requires lots of hand movement

im gonna get a new mouse just cause this things too heavy

[dreamy chasm]

I'm not beefing over mice

[versed socket]

Can't you tweak the mouse sensitivity? Less hand movement that way.

[dire viper]

why would you do that

thats worse for games that require precise movements

aka any shooter

[versed socket]

I don't play FPS's, so that's not an issue for me. I mainly do survival games and MMOs.

also RPGs.

[dreamy chasm]

But, they do.

Anyways

If you need an mmo mouse specifically

[versed socket]

The snark is over 9000. React to this with a nerd emoji if you enjoy being snarky.

[dreamy chasm]

I think Steelseries makes a 90g mmo mouse?

Still a bit on the heavier side as far as fps mice go

But it's probably as close as you can get to an actual middleground between that and the heavier mmo focused stuff

[potent arrow]

I really want like

a 30g mouse

[dreamy chasm]

just get the zeromouse

the keychron m4 gets really close to that, actually

but the shape seems a bit awkward

[potent arrow]

yeah it looks odd

[dreamy chasm]

It might be workable

They kind of don't give you room for your pinkey to rest properly though

hmm

[potent arrow]

my superlight is a custom, got it to 40-50g iirc

[dreamy chasm]

makes me wonder how light the m4 is after some trimming

[potent arrow]

I bet I can get it to 25

[dreamy chasm]

dremel my beloved..

you aren't using the hump in the back

so you might as well drill holes in it

[potent arrow]

My friend removed the scroll wheel on his superlight

[dreamy chasm]

NAURR

i could never

[potent arrow]

LOL

[dreamy chasm]

😭

i use that stuff for browsing

and jumping in fps games..

[potent arrow]

the sensor/pcb is held in by two carbon tubes and the feet are just the bareminimum to glide

fucking nerd is what he is

Well he collects mice like I collect boards so

[dreamy chasm]

makes senough sense

i just a stock atlantis bc it (mostly) works

id change the shape a bit to suit my grip better if i could, though

like

an atlantis mini sawed in half would be

the perfect shape for me 😭

[potent arrow]

it loks very cute

[dreamy chasm]

yeah

honestly

the HSK Pro?

Perfect shape

perfect size

I'm not paying 160 dollars

[dire viper]

idk if I agree with mice that are just so light for the sake of being light

[dreamy chasm]

I just like the size

[dire viper]

you reach a point where its just too light imo

[dreamy chasm]

I personally don't think so

Light mice on a pad with decent control feel good

[dire viper]

to me its like driving a car with too much power steering assist

too light

[dreamy chasm]

i just liking my cursor being where my hand moves

I've unironically toyed with the idea of using a drawing tablet to aim in games at some points

but a pen isn't exactly

comfortable to click with

[potent arrow]

that guy with the light ass mouse? uses a glass pad

that thing has NO CONTROL

I watch that shit slide off the desk

[dreamy chasm]

i don't think I could use glass 😭

i have a cordura pad and it feels like the right balance to me

[potent arrow]

still using my xraypad : P

[dreamy chasm]

im using the traigun you recommended me at some point

i love it

but i wish i got a bigger size

[potent arrow]

I dont think theres a better manufacturer for mousepads then xraypad ngl, not just because their stuff has good surfaces

but because of the size selection

[dreamy chasm]

I just

Hate how much my traigun L moves

the rubber underneath just isnt as good as some stuff ive had

[potent arrow]

get some of that spray adhesive

if you get like elmers or cheap brand

it comes off with like water

https://www.amazon.ca/ELMERS-Multi-Purpose-Spray-Adhesive-Clear/dp/B00178ORYY

d-dont ask how I knwo

[dreamy chasm]

I have a wooden top 😭

[potent arrow]

that didn't stop me

[sly elk]

mm

this monitor makes me want a monitor arm lol

[sly elk]

this is so ridiculous lol

who needs browser tabs?

[golden stream]

meanwhile me: using tab tree

it's rather nice tho

[sly walrus]

how long until the 360 degree monitor

[sly elk]

it's good but it would be better if it were IPS

also per usual I'm disappointed at the number of ports. On the plus side, 3 hdmi ports and 1 displayport. That's nice! But the headphone jack is next to the hdmi ports, and there's only 2 usb ports. On a giant-ass monitor. wtf?

oh well, at least it has more hdmi ports! (and it has 2 upstream usb ports o_O so built in kvm. neat.)

[modest moss]

@potent arrow shush

[sly elk]

any recs for a nice solid 7-10 port powered usb hub?

shame I can't use tp-link stuff

[paper tusk]

I'm happy with this brand. only issue I have is windows is stupid (will attempt to power manage the usb port so it'll stop recognising devices) https://www.amazon.com/ikuai-Aluminum-Splitter-Individual-Switches/dp/B086W45YHX

[umbral moss]

I generally trust anker stuff, I bought two of their hubs in the summer and they at least supply power

[lone glade]

about hopw much does a PC build cost?

im thinking of building one this year

for an average build

[sharp star]

What's your budget

Because you can get a build that can easily hold 1080p/60 in most scenarios for around $500-700 USD

[lost python]

also depends on if stores you can order from have special deals going on or if you have a solid market for used parts
and ofc what exactly you want to use it for

[paper tusk]

https://cybernews.com/tech/berlin-researchers-hacked-tesla-autopilot/

Three IT security researchers from Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) glitched Tesla’s driving assistant into activating a powerful “Elon mode” and were able to access the company’s secrets, Spiegel reported. Allegedly, all Tesla models are vulnerable to this attack.

[sharp star]

masterful gambit, sir

[dreamy chasm]

longevity is

very subjective

if you play AAA games on release every year it's probably going to need upgrades sooner than someone who just plays fallout 4 for the 50th time

[inland mauve]

LMAO

Elon mode... engaged

[deep sapphire]

someone would actually play a bethesda game 50 times?

[dreamy chasm]

You'd be surprised

[deep sapphire]

im amazed people played starfield for more than an hour

infact thats a good point why am I giving microsoft money for game pass still

[potent arrow]

how to play Bethesda games

go to nexusmods, find mods for a day or two

launch the game

play an hour

quit for a few months

[deep sapphire]

yeah pretty much

bethesda is carried by the modding community kek

which I have been told even modders want little to do with starfield

[potent arrow]

because it's too boring LOL

[deep sapphire]

whats the steam rating at now, like 25 percent

[kindred brook]

my friend us having issues with their mouse

while transferring things

from Phone to PC

but their keyboard is working fine?

[deep sapphire]

is it going like, ape shit or something

[kindred brook]

friend asked

define apeshit

[deep sapphire]

is the mouse cursor jumping around or something

is it losing connection

is it wireless or wired

[kindred brook]

@deep sapphire "it stops and goes"

[deep sapphire]

is it wireless or wired

[kindred brook]

@deep sapphire

sorry

its wireless

lmfao

[deep sapphire]

well, if it only happened during file transferring I guess I wouldnt worry too much about it.

could be anything, maybe it bogged the system down or there was some issue on the usb controller

I guess if it occurs again try another USB port to put the bluetooth dongle in. weird phantom issues are hard to diagnose unless its always occurring

[kindred brook]

thanks hank

[deep sapphire]

[sharp star]

close, 28% for recent reviews

[deep sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/american-psycho-impressive-very-nice-coping-patrick-bateman-gif-26518058

[kindred brook]

@deep sapphire

oof

[deep sapphire]

so they are uploading stuff from a phone and then putting it on an external drive at the same time?

[kindred brook]

yea

uploading from phone to an external usb drive

or external hard drive

[deep sapphire]

yeah thats pretty hard on your I/O, I bet the system was getting pretty bogged down causing the mouse to cut out

[kindred brook]

she says

shes done it before

and it was working fine

[deep sapphire]

well who knows then ¯_(ツ)_/¯

if it doesnt happen all the time we'll never really find out the root cause

like a car you bring to the mechanic and they cant replicate the noise or something

[potent arrow]

cheap CPU in their prebuilts STRUGGLIN

my morning has been great

[deep sapphire]

I cant wait for windows 12 when they force everyone off local accounts

[potent arrow]

TIME TO BYPASS IT AGAIN

[deep sapphire]

MS account prompt always fuckin glitched out on me in Win11 lol, half the time I would try to type my password and it wouldnt even do anything

[potent arrow]

OOB/BYPASSNRO my beloved

[potent arrow]

I just hate tying systems to my fucking account

[deep sapphire]

I really dont get the point like does MS think we all have 80 devices all connected with their cloud bullshit?

[potent arrow]

bahahaah wait what the fuck did I just do

no way that works

[deep sapphire]

usually they have a skip option

or "I'll do it later"

w/e they call it

[potent arrow]

not after a certain 11

[deep sapphire]

I've always skipped it I dunno

[potent arrow]

it's been a pain

[deep sapphire]

I think the pro version is the only one allowed to have local user groups still

basic home edition you are forced to use a MS account

well "forced"

[potent arrow]

yeah, I have to do the bypass for newer installs

even then it sometimes doesn't work so you use a banned Ms account

so it skips the step

[real edge]

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4080-super-to-feature-23-gbps-gddr6x-memory-full-rtx-40-super-specs-leaked

chonky core increase for the 4070super

[deep sapphire]

that 4080 Super looking real pathetic

[umbral moss]

So the 4080 super is still worse than a 4090?

[real edge]

yeah

[deep sapphire]

if its only gonna cost 999.99 USD (supposedly) thats a given

[real edge]

surely that will also be 1000euro right....right....? surely.............

[deep sapphire]

I dunno but I sure wouldnt buy it

[real edge]

yeah

[deep sapphire]

its like

[real edge]

4070ti super seems like the winner the more and more leaks come out

[deep sapphire]

5 percent faster

woah

[umbral moss]

5% faster but 35% more expensive

[deep sapphire]

actually its 300 bucks cheaper (supposedly)

wait was the 4080 12 or 1300 bucks

[umbral moss]

I'll believe that shit when I see it

[deep sapphire]

I cant remember

[umbral moss]

Nvidia lowering prices, what is this, 2005?

[deep sapphire]

I kinda do, the 4080 has always been a terrible value propisition like I hate Radeon but why tf would you even consider a 4080 over a 7900

[umbral moss]

Because the 4080 exists to push people to buy a 4090

[real edge]

7900xtx is like 880euro here, im sure its even cheaper or close to in the US

[umbral moss]

It's only a little more expensive but like 60% faster

[real edge]

but the 4080 is still 1100euro

[deep sapphire]

only issue is unless you game at 4K you are literally throwing your money away because at 1440P all the top cards perform the exact same

[umbral moss]

4k/144 isnt really viable anyway this gen

Maybe 5090 can get there

[deep sapphire]

the 4090 can do it just fine

[umbral moss]

Maybe in olderngames

[deep sapphire]

I play at 4K 120 maxed out in almost every game

no

even modern ones

[real edge]

ill just get the 4070ti super unless the 4080super is like 900euro or something

[umbral moss]

120 isn't 144

[deep sapphire]

you know, thats so knit picky im not even gonna respond to it

actually I will

[real edge]

4090 can do 4k high fps fairly easily

sometimes you may need dlss and such but you can

[deep sapphire]

actually no i wont

[real edge]

only games that wont are very badly optimized ones

[umbral moss]

All modern ones lmao

[real edge]

or cyberpunk 2077 with extreme path tracing

or sth

its a very good card

but too expensive for me

[deep sapphire]

I tried it out, it looks good with 3.5 but im sorry that game is so fuckin boring

I hope going forward people can look at elden ring and see how an open world game can be fun

[umbral moss]

All my builds are based around a 4090 but I'm not going to throw money at a card that's about to get blown away by the 50 series

[real edge]

the new nvidia gpus will have the 12v6 updated connectors so I also have far less fear then

[deep sapphire]

50 series still 9+ months out

[umbral moss]

Yeah, so is my new pc lmao

[real edge]

why would you update every gen

[deep sapphire]

you will forever be chasing something better. if you need something now just buy something

[umbral moss]

I dont

My current pc has a 1080 titan in it

[real edge]

then why care about next gen this early in the year

[umbral moss]

Because I'll just buy the most powerful card when I actually start the build

It makes no sense to pay the halo tax for something you won't get the longest tailing value from

[real edge]

the most powerful cards are rarely worth the extra tax

[umbral moss]

The extra frame buffer can be worth it because you get a little more life out of it

[deep sapphire]

which is a fair argument, as stated its usually not a good value so why pay 1600+ bucks if something is gonna leap frog it

[real edge]

the most cards with the biggest performance per dollar are always the xx70 series or the amd gpus

[umbral moss]

Yeah, buying a halo card with less than a year left to next Gen is just pissing money away

The 50 series will land in what, late 24?

[deep sapphire]

50 series gonna move to 2nm supposedly

yeah the 5090 will

[umbral moss]

Plus chiplet design

[deep sapphire]

5080/70 will come in early 2025

[umbral moss]

So it's going to have a new node and new uarch and new layout

[real edge]

if it moves to 2nm then we will see an increase in cost as well

unless they do AMDs chiplet design to save costs

[potent arrow]

Im not buying a gpu because I can see the 50 series being a huge difference

[umbral moss]

That's been the rumor for a while now

[potent arrow]

Also chiplet design for other things then cost too

[deep sapphire]

unless you buy a new generation card 6 months after its release window you will forever be chasing the dragon

[umbral moss]

As far as I knew the 5090 got delayed because of the switch to chiplet

[deep sapphire]

[umbral moss]

Yesnt

[deep sapphire]

im not gonna buy an iPhone 15 cause the iPhone 16 will come out in september

😏

[potent arrow]

We have hit the point where thermals, cost, performance, power and modularity are just hitting a wall at max speed

[real edge]

I have had a 1070 for 6yrs now, its time to shelve this mighty warrior soon I think, its starting to lag behind quite a bit, would have lagged behind already a lot without FSR chiming in to give it some new life

[potent arrow]

and those points can be easily addressed by chiplet design

[umbral moss]

Nvidia tends to drag out their releases when they have no pressure, so a halo card will only start to fade out when games demand more frame buffer capacity than your card can handle

[deep sapphire]

they have had a consistent 2 year release window for over a decade now

[umbral moss]

Like there's nothing immediately wrong with the 4090 if my pc ate shit tomorrow, but if I'm going to invest $2500 in a new everything I may as well try to cram as much cutting edge hardware in there as I can

[real edge]

I am not gonna wait for the 50 series, the only reason why I held out on the initial 40 release was terrible prices and specs for the 70 series GPUS

and 80

[potent arrow]

Yeah im the kind of freak to blank cheque my pc, and do it every like 4 years

[umbral moss]

To be honest I only really play overwatch with my pc lmao

[deep sapphire]

yeah but a year later and you are getting marginally better performance for the same price

I literally cant say this enough

if you have an old ass PC

and you need something now

just

buy

something

its better than what you have

by a metric ton

[umbral moss]

This tends not to be true if you buy a titan type card

[real edge]

even a 6650xt would be a big upgrade for me

[umbral moss]

You can usually coast for wayyyy longer

[deep sapphire]

okay but a 1070 is old as fuck

I had one

I get it

they were great cards

but shits almost 7 years old now

[umbral moss]

Yeah, and the card I replaced was a 780

[real edge]

the fact that it somehow still manages to shit out 60fps at 1440p is a great achievement for how old the card is

[deep sapphire]

eugh kepler

or was that maxwell

I dont remember

[umbral moss]

I go lavish on pc builds because I do them so infrequently

Mostly because I hate being in the guts of the stupid thing swapping parts and re testing everything

[real edge]

ill more than likely get the 4070ti super, unless the 4080super is at a very attractive pricepoint

[umbral moss]

So I do it once, cleanly, like once a decade

[deep sapphire]

im gonna remember this, if you come in here saying you are gonna wait for the 50 series im gonna fly over there and kick you in the dick

[real edge]

[deep sapphire]

maybe get a yuro as well

those are tasty

[potent arrow]

im gonna wait for the 50 series

[real edge]

the new gpus will also have the 12v6 connectors which will increase my peace of mind by quite a lot

[umbral moss]

Does amd generally refresh their boards with new cpu gen or are we stuck with these poopy first gen boards until am6

[real edge]

they do refreshes

[dire viper]

which boards are you talkin about

[real edge]

but they support old boards as much as they can, if we go by am4

[dire viper]

yea my B550 is kinda just chillin

[real edge]

amd said they are sticking to am5 through 2025 as well

[dire viper]

its good enough cause i dont do anything that requires a fancy board

[umbral moss]

I'm mainly looking for a refresh on the asrock X670e board

The tachi is like, OK, but could it be better?

[real edge]

if you get an x670e board they will more than likely support it for as long as am5 stays relevant

[umbral moss]

Yeah, I'm just looking for refreshes on the board functionality and power circuitry

[dire viper]

i cant imagine paying more than 200 bucks for a mobo

[umbral moss]

Could not care less about RGB disco fuckery

[real edge]

unless they shit on customers now that they have leads over intel in performance and power consumption

[dire viper]

what do you even need that mobo for

[real edge]

but surely they know that they have to keep it up to keep the shares going up and take intels marketshare

[umbral moss]

Intel launches a new socket on every cpu because fuck you

And they rearrange the pins so they use the same footprint but not compatible

[dire viper]

me when older intel CPU's are so cheap now they just are better value than newer ones by a land slide

[real edge]

11400f

be like

[dire viper]

lmao

[umbral moss]

The tachi is the cheapest board that has a 22 phase vrm setup

It's basically the only thing on the board that's high end lmao

[real edge]

what do you need that huge vrm for

even on my b550 board its vrm is considered overkill at 12+4 lol

22 sounds crazy

[umbral moss]

You get more stable current delivery so you're less likely to run into dumb vdroop issues

[real edge]

never had that so far in 15years of using pcs

[umbral moss]

I think the tachi caps out at some shit like 175a to the socket

[real edge]

so I dont think you have to worry about it too much as long as the vrm is good

[umbral moss]

That's usually why I look for the xxxtreme overclocking boards, because they don't use the cheap junk

[real edge]

those cost a lot more than what they are worth usually

there are lower end boards with good vrms

[umbral moss]

That's the tachi, the other boards with similar vrm setups are like $800

Tachi is only $499 and usually on a slight discount

[real edge]

500 on a motherboard???????????

[umbral moss]

Look at the other X670e board prices

[real edge]

and here I thought paying 120euro for my b550 aorus elite v2 was kind of toasty for a board lol

[umbral moss]

As soon as you leave the b series the prices go ballistic

And even the b series is mad expensive for am5

[real edge]

indeed

[umbral moss]

So yeah, $500 for an overengineered vrm setup is a steal considering the other products in the space

[dire viper]

bruh

idk about that

[real edge]

but my point is, if my b550 board has overkill vrm 12+4 phases, then why would any more be needed am5

[umbral moss]

I don't need my board to look like an anime girl or have a gun shaped heatsink on it

[dire viper]

my mobo was like 150

ROG B550 F

[real edge]

12+4 was overkill for even the 5800X3D which slurps more power than the 7800X3D even

22 seems nuts by comparison

[umbral moss]

I don't trust those rated amd power numbers because the test data for the x3d shows bonkers power consumption when you let the boost run all cores

[dire viper]

its not as crazy as intel

[umbral moss]

Isn't the 7900 non 3d almost 270w alone?

[dire viper]

even in independent testing

Intel just be bullshit

[real edge]

arent there benchmarks showing the 7800x3d consume less power than the 5800x3d

[umbral moss]

Maybe clock for clock?

[dire viper]

maybe?

its more efficient

fps per watt in gaming application is better on a 7800X3D

[umbral moss]

Who knows what the 8800x3d will do

[dire viper]

gamers nexus did a video cause somebody said that an Intel chip would beat anything AMD has in all work loads

which uh

they were wrong

so wrong

[real edge]

but you do upgrades very rarely

so why care about the 8800x3d

[dire viper]

only Intel's older CPU's that are steals now are actually comparable to performance per watt

[umbral moss]

Yes, which is why I choose components so they don't shit themselves immediately after installation

[dire viper]

are you overclocking or

[umbral moss]

The 8800 will probably be launched around the same time as the build being started

[dire viper]

ive never even seen my 5600X ever go full boost and I am running it uncapped atm

[umbral moss]

I usually force a fixed all core instead of letting the cpu throttle randomly

[real edge]

I haven't heard many rumors about the next line of CPUs from amd

but I keep hearing rumors about blackwell

[umbral moss]

End of 2024 seems likely

[dire viper]

idk what ur saying sounds more like an issue for work situations

cause mfs be running 7800X3D's on cheap ass boards no problem

one of my friends has a 7800X3D and a 4080 on the cheapest board he could get lmao

idk why

[real edge]

as someone that values money and shit lasting

I would buy a half decent board with good vrm and such

but anything further just seems outside of my budget and very extreme

[dire viper]

im more concerned about PSU's personally

[real edge]

even for me that was paranoid about 40 series 12vhpwr connector

me too

but I see no reason to replace my 750HXi yet

even if its 5-6ys old

havent had problems

and I paid a lot for it

and it was S rated for many years and still is

so I have faith

that it will last me the next 4-5years

[dire viper]

ive been using the same gold rated PSU since I bought it

I knew it was overkill but ive just kept it

750 Watt gold rated EVGA one

[real edge]

but ngl hank we are a great tourist country, come here and I can take you to several nice places

[night leaf]

Hmmm. Either to get me a hardware upgrade, or a proper gaming table.

[paper tusk]

b650 will introduce ATX12VO options (next year)

[umbral moss]

I feel like I've destroyed too many psus to listen to tier lists

Although the last one I destroyed was really my fault because I forgot to safe the atx before I started poking at the fan connectors inside the unit

[sly elk]

tbh

a good PSU should be able to easily last you 20 years lol

if it has a 10 year warranty they're saying you have the right to be pissed off if it dies before the 10 year mark

the only thing is capacitors do have a rated lifespan

but when you look at old computers, the #1 killer is leaky CMOS batteries

[dire viper]

how tf do you kill a PSU

just buy the ones that have been around for years with no issues

when I bought mine, EVGA was just the champ

which EVGA doesnt make PSU's anymore do they?

[sly elk]

at the height of capacitor plague, PSUs had a habit of dying after 5-10 years

they still do

[umbral moss]

They never made psus

[sly elk]

ok they never made a PSU but they definitely sell them

[dire viper]

yea they do

[umbral moss]

Some evga psus are made by superflower, which is a good company

[dire viper]

well whatever

it says EVGA on it

[sly elk]

they are made by a few different OEMs

[umbral moss]

Corsair is the same

[sly elk]

they used to have a deal with superflower to sell their PSUs in the US

that partnership ended

[umbral moss]

They're an odm

[dire viper]

the 750 Watt Golds go crazy

[sly elk]

the G6 series is made by seasonic

[umbral moss]

The ax series is made by someone else but it's apparently engineered by some fucking time traveler from the year 3506

The ax1600i is like 92% efficient at 1600w and atx 3.0 compliant

[sly elk]

corsair, evga, and asus use platforms from superflower/seasonic/cmt/fsp and others

but they aren't always exactly the same

iirc both evga and corsair get custom designs with upgraded or extra stuff sometimes

on the newer models, corsair uses their own fans

[umbral moss]

I think the 1600i is the only thing that oem makes

It's in a class entirely on its own

Msi mpg is close but can't touch that sustained power delivery

[dreamy chasm]

@potent arrow They released a new traigun with a better bottom, I might nab it if they have an XL

[dreamy chasm]

evga specifically tends to swap manufacturers a lot

probably based on availability

[royal forge]

Hmmmm

do keycaps make an impact on the typing experience for a mkb?

or are they usually just the same sensation

[sly elk]

hehe

i put my screenbar light on my monitor 😄

now I understand why they include that plastic spacer thingy

i still maintain these screenbar lights look dorky af

[full shale]

Does anyone happen to know/have opinions about the Asus ROG Flow Z13?

I'm looking at upgrading my laptop and it seems like it might be a good for my needs (work stuff and movie streaming mostly but occasionally getting on FFXIV to do cacpot and maybe seasonal event stuff while away from home)

The keyboard isn't an issue because I play console and use a controller when playing from my laptop at all

[deep sapphire]

whats the specs on it

[full shale]

This is the version I'm looking at

[zealous wolf]

am thinking of saving up for an RX 6650 XT or 6700 XT in the future at this point tbh

[full shale]

I may not purchase this exact one but it would be this one or the model with the 4080

[zealous wolf]

though the 6700 xt may or may not have similar performance to a rtx 3070 ti or so

[deep sapphire]

well if you can afford it I'd say go for it but from the sounds if it, you probably dont need something like a high end gaming notebook but thats your call

[royal forge]

hi hank

[deep sapphire]

hi aoi

hows it going

[royal forge]

The usual

my gundam box arrived dented

a bit salty

[deep sapphire]

was the shipment insured

[royal forge]

gonna model some 3D boobs

nah

its like

[deep sapphire]

[royal forge]

the usual standard shipping

im a bit annoyed

but

the pieces are intact

so i cant complain

much

im also trying to figure out how the fuck do I use my keyboard extra keys to launch discord

but ah well

[full shale]

I like to be able to push it when I need for as long as possible, my current laptop is the 2014 Alienware 13 that has started to wheeze anytime I do anything.

At this point of I'm deciding between a gaming unit or the Surface I know which is the better value

[royal forge]

Is there any particular reason to use a laptop?

[deep sapphire]

I've always found gaming laptops to not hold value because they always shit the bed after 1-2 years

[royal forge]

do you need it to be mobile?

[royal forge]

[phone]

take it from me

fuck gaming laptops

[deep sapphire]

modern chips just run so damn hot they are always at like 80c LOL

and with constant thermal cycling it just fucks them up plus people dont maintain them and the fans rev so damn high it just sucks in dust like nobody's business

[wise jay]

ya "gaming" laptops are going to run hotter than the average laptop with the same cooling as most laptops so they just cook themselves in a few short years

[royal forge]

and gaming laptops are either underpowered, skewed on specs (e.g. powerful CPU but shit GPU and vice versa) or just fucking heavy

[deep sapphire]

the CPUs are generally pretty good compared to desktop counterparts but GPUs yeah like a 4080 mobile is like a 4070 desktop and 4090 is a 4080 desktop

they have to downclock them significantly or they would run too damn hot

[full shale]

I have to run really screwy bits of the MS Office Suite and I've learned that most other things break the stupid files

[modest moss]

I don't see how a laptop or a desktop would make any difference to MS Office

[full shale]

Ohh I have to go into work from a borrowed space at my local university, I use a desktop at home but that doesn't travel

I thought you meant vs a tablet

[latent ore]

any high end one will last a long time

i use a legion 5i

[sly elk]

I would think long and hard about buying a microsoft surface lol

they look great but afaik getting support if it breaks is a pain in the ass

they used to have microsoft stores where you could get them replaced/fixed easily

[golden stream]

Will be somewhat diff if you have a huge ass excel file database lmao or more other stuff
For common MS office it should be similar

[sly elk]

OH FUCKING COME ON

i bought a fancy monoprice hdmi 2.1 cable

3080ti still only trying to drive my monitor at 59.99hz

[muted spoke]

change it in windows settings? it loves to default to ~60hz and not what the monitor's capable of

[sly elk]

nono in this case I think it's just a gpu limitation lol

the gpu has displayport 1.4, so same res at 60hz. but it supposedly can handle hdmi 2.1... supposedly...

Supports 4K 120Hz HDR, 8K 60Hz HDR and Variable Refresh Rate as specified in HDMI 2.1

it seems evga may have taken a "technically we support part of hdmi 2.1 but not all of it" approach 😄

[vital axle]

displayport should work at more than 60?

[sly elk]

it turns out you're correct

it does, but you have to convince nvidia control panel lol

turns out it defaults to 'aspect ratio' scaling and 'perform scaling on: display' which locks out 120hz

and disabling scaling and setting scaling to gpu lets you choose 120hz

now that alone sounds kinda funky

but after I did that, windows' display settings show 119.77hz as an option

whatever, it works. yay! this is a lot better than 60hz with that weird pulsing line shit

i can't see the pixel grid lines anymore

oh man using the screen with scaling turned off is niiice

XD

actually nv, I can still see the pixel grid when i move stuff xD

[bitter girder]

@sly elk it’s based guitar time

https://youtu.be/AyBYW_xQHTU?si=CDYIhJv915q5qmeB

[royal forge]

Hmmm

might be a bit out of the usual question

I have a website where there are videos i would like to extract/download

these videos are locked behind a members login

How should I go about ripping the videos

no its not porn

it's a conference i attended that recorded the lectures

[sly elk]

well this looks deliciously unbalanced >>

[sly elk]

i'm sorry aoi I'm not sure.

[latent ore]

[sly elk]

I tried switching things around but I can't get the left screen off my desk for now (it's where the house cameras are displayed) Luckily, my desk is still big enough to fit both. xD

[lost python]

is that a height adjustable glass table

[sly elk]

yep!

i built it a few years ago. 🙂 The bottom is a fully jarvis frame. I custom ordered the top from a glass company out here.

[lost python]

oh god

[sly elk]

-shrug- it is a very eccentric choice, I know 😄

[lost python]

its a very risky choice

thats my main concern

[sly elk]

not really. I've had glass furniture for a very long time

[wise jay]

depending on the webpage Jdownloader2 might work

[potent arrow]

if you can't find a way, just grab a seperate device or use your own and just screen record lmfao

do it overnight while you sleep w/e

[royal forge]

i suppose there was a way to pull from the site directly

[dreamy chasm]

I just found a cute taobao egg.. @potent arrow

40 bucks for a 45g mouse

[potent arrow]

no way that doesn't have a million latency

[dreamy chasm]

Naur

[potent arrow]

naaaaaurr

[dreamy chasm]

It uses a Nordic MCU apparently

[wraith agate]

Ah yes the Nordic Marvel Cinematic Universe

[dreamy chasm]

reviews on this seem fine

the shape would probably work really well with me but idk if i can justify a mouse purchase atm 😭

[odd sand]

Either put it on an adjustable arm stand, or maybe run it in portrait?

[jaunty nacelle]

it's got 999999 actually

[signal fable]

guys is it worth it at this price?

can't really find any GPU's for 1440p at decent price right now

[deep sapphire]

a 7900XTX would cost the same and net you better gains with less power consumption the 3080Ti was a fuckin power chugger

[signal fable]

Well here In Italy most GPU's cost 900 € so I'm just going to wait I guess

Thx anyway for the suggestion

[dire viper]

oh god italian consumer electronics market

[signal fable]

Yup

[dire viper]

everything costs so much

[deep sapphire]

that or wait for the 4070TI Super to come out next monthj

[signal fable]

True

But I think people would buy that in like 2 seconds

I can only hope for a price reduction of the normal ti version

I could go with AMD but those GPU's don't have a lot of power efficiency

[dire viper]

erm

nothing does right now at the higher end of things

[signal fable]

I know but I was still looking for something efficient for 1440p

I don't expect a 1440p card to go with the same power of a rtx 2060 or something like that

[deep sapphire]

plus the drivers suck ass

nobody will convince me "they are better now" because they arent

and people who say otherwise are high on copium

[signal fable]

So they didn't really fix them?

[deep sapphire]

no, they still have issues with poor idle power draw

and most new games have more issues than nvidia because AMD takes 4 months to make a WHQL driver

while nvidia pops them out every 3 weeks 😂

[signal fable]

I see

I thought they got better with the driver's

[deep sapphire]

WHQL is just a microsoft certified driver that was tested for reliability with multiple components and configurations

they are better but that mostly just stems from them taking 3 months to make a driver instead of monthly they did many years ago

[dire viper]

if you are concered about game applications? you are mostly fine.

[signal fable]

I'm just going to game mostly

[dire viper]

lots of people daily them and quite a few people here do

I have a friend whos never had problems with them but they dont have concerns about power draw

[signal fable]

I'm not the kinda guy that plays every new triple A game but I'm making an exception with dragon's dogma 2

[dire viper]

and he has like 3 PC's running AMD GPU's at this point, they did have issues previously but I havent heard many complaints about them having absolutely terrible problems

[signal fable]

But sadly I have to upgrade my pc

[dire viper]

i dont even know why people play every new game

cause half of them are meh

[signal fable]

The only thing I want to get 100% from AMD is the CPU

[dire viper]

if you want a brand brand new CPU thats fair

[signal fable]

I wanted to get those 3D series CPUs

[dire viper]

otherwise intel is still the best bet for if you wanna get something that is unrivaled on a budget

[signal fable]

Probably the 7800X3D

[dire viper]

ye the 7800X3D is nuts

its efficiency is way higher than even the other AMD cpus and everything intel has

that being said it is a full on powerhouse CPU, so its gonna run itself at full bore under load

it just gets more mileage out of what it has

[modest moss]

You could just buy a 7800xt for like €600

That will be great for 1440p and has 16gb vram

https://www.amazon.it/GIGABYTE-Radeon-7800-GAMING-16GB/dp/B0CGRMJF6C/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=11XVZI0G2SWEI&keywords=amd+radeon+rx+7800+xt&qid=1703979898&sprefix=amd%2Caps%2C121&sr=8-2

[dire viper]

real

does the EU have a VAT on hardware?

id assume yes

cause europe moment

[modest moss]

Should be included in the Amazon price

[sly elk]

AMD likes making bang for the buck stuff

[dire viper]

god me having to read EU and UK import tariffs and taxes at my last job to figure out loop holes

[sly elk]

Intel and nvidia like making “I don’t care how much it costs, I want the best” stuff

[dire viper]

vintage car parts are exempted from UK VAT if you provide the right tax number

as well as the EU, but you have to be a registered business in the EU for that to count which costs a few thousand dollars and 6-12 months of waiting

[dire viper]

thats fair

tbh the prices still feel inflated on nvidia products

they are doing crazy good rn

especially when they have an entire market cornered

[deep sapphire]

this use to be true, not so much anymore

remember the 7900XTX cost the same as the 4080 at launch

with worse performance in raster and less features

AMD is trying to milk people too

back in the day when they made like the HD 4870 fuck yeah

got a card that was on par with the GTX 280 for 200 bucks less

[snow cypress]

The k8 pro came today. Wish the cable they provided was a bit longer though lol

[inland mauve]

damn that looks nice

[snow cypress]

Feels great too

[inland mauve]

mechanical?

[potent arrow]

yep

I WILL CONTINUE TO AHILP KEYCHRON

I WILL NEVER STOP SHILLING KEYCHRON

[snow cypress]

Gateron g pro brown switches also (dont know if their the best)

[potent arrow]

they are pretty aight

[snow cypress]

Now i have the sudden urge to buy hundreds of keycaps

[dire viper]

wheres the numpad

where is the numpad

[snow cypress]

Eradicated

[potent arrow]

domnikeys is my fav

[sly elk]

2gobth3bt7fi cares about 5h3 h8gub3jr

Your argument is crap

[deep sapphire]

Huh

[sly elk]

Yea if you can get a 4080bgqt 8t

Get it

But those are not cheap

[deep sapphire]

Is your keyboard crapping out

[sly elk]

Phone

Im talking about stuff under 500 Hicks

Bucks

Sonofabitch

[deep sapphire]

How many drinks have you had

😂

[potent arrow]

2

[sly elk]

My keyboard is being woky

Woky

[deep sapphire]

https://youtube.com/shorts/cmPQ0l49oa8?si=r5MennPQXBSpVTrh

Is this true @modest moss

[modest moss]

they're pretty good, ngl

they used to be even better but they made them a bit healthier

[dreamy chasm]

500 hickies...

[sly elk]

hank be like GPUs don't exist under the 4080

what's a 4080 cost anyway

it's the cheapest one on amazon

so amd isn't a value brand anymroe because nvidia sells a 4080 for $1000?

buut there's so many options in amd land

6950xt for 659, 7900xt for abut $740-750

you can still find 6700xt for like 350 lol

[deep sapphire]

?????

I said when the 7900XTX first came out

AMD was clearly trying to take advantage of the bullshit pricing nvidia was doing

if AMD cared to be a value oriented brand they wouldnt have priced any of their GPUs close to nvidia's because it clearly didnt work when their adoption rate is among the lowest in the history of the brand lol

[sly elk]

that much is definitely true lol

they also always seem to be "just a little bit off"

and whenever a craze like gpu mining takes off and makes theri GPUs hyper valuable

they're total dicks about it

in that sense, I think AMD's business team is even worse than nvidia's

[deep sapphire]

iirc at least in the 6000 series they were only able to allocate enough wafers and for obvious reasons they wanted to do that for the CPUs so the 6000 series in general was low production and hard to get

the 7000 series not so much but hell I remember earlier in the year around june it got so bad AMD only had 10 percent marketshare on the steam hardware surveys

10+ years ago AMD typically had 30-40 percent

so something needs to change if Radeon wants to stay competitive

[sly elk]

idk what amd's business strategy is lol

[deep sapphire]

AMD just needs to make a GPU thats just flat out faster than nvidia, this whole "its almost as fast" shit they have been pulling for the last 15 years isnt working anymore.

remember the HD 5870?

that was a legendary moment for the brand

they finally had a flagship generation and they sold well

[sly elk]

yea

i'm not sure what they're doing

I do imagine, that if they DID launch a faster GPU

they'd charge more than nvidia does for their flagship lmao

[deep sapphire]

I think it would bring a lot more respect for the brand but the rumors are saying they arent even gonna bother making enthusiast class GPUs anymore which I dunno

[odd sand]

Probably bc they can't outspend Nvidia on R&D, and even if they could come close, RTX is the most supported so they would still probably "lose"

[deep sapphire]

thats true

especially now

[dire viper]

the thing I hate the most is the actual sellout reviewers just going hard "it has ray tracing that works therefore better" 😭

I aint running ray tracing to get 60fps on a monitor that supports 144 even in slower paced games, shit hurts my eyes to not be at high fps

especially the dips

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/nvidia-logo-the-way-it's-meant-to-be-played-gif-4234169783701264822

BUT NVIDIA IS THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE PLAYED

[dire viper]

lmao

[sly elk]

also: CUDA

BUT MOM I NEED THE 4080 BECAUSE IT HAS CUDA

[dire viper]

I wonder how much it costs to put the ray tracing cores on the GPU and design the 3rd party stuff around it

the only people ive seen be able to just use ray tracing in every game they play is my friend with a 7800X3D and a 4080

[sly elk]

ya know there was a time I pondered if apple should buy amd

that was a long time ago

[dire viper]

they can run cyberpunk at 240fps at all ultra without upscaling

[deep sapphire]

respect to nvidia though they were focused on their vision and CUDA paid off

[dire viper]

da raytracing

[deep sapphire]

what good did OpenCL do

[dire viper]

guys its raytracing

[deep sapphire]

[dire viper]

this new epic thing in gaming that wont be a main stay for another decade cause nobody can afford new pc's

[sly elk]

imagine spending all your free time contributing to open source projects so companies can use them and then not give you any credit

[deep sapphire]

Richard Stallman knows

[odd sand]

You won't need a car if you have an RTX 6090 tho

You can render your own car

[dire viper]

the car is more useful than the 6090

cause I get enjoyment out of it more often than not

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jskq3-lpQnE

remember this classic

ITS TOO LATE WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DO!!!!

ITS RUINED!!!!

[dire viper]

According to NVIDIA, 83 percent of users running on RTX 40 series graphics cards enabled RT, and 79 percent enabled DLSS. On the RTX 30 series, 56 percent of users enable ray tracing and 71 percent enabled DLSS.

bro idk how people use ray tracing on anything that isnt a 3080 and up

that shit chugs even with DLSS on

[deep sapphire]

40 series handls ray tracing almost 2x faster than the 30 series

[dire viper]

real

[deep sapphire]

im sure eventually it would be a minimal performance impact

[dire viper]

in decades

maybe millennia even

[royal forge]

Hi Hank. Buy me a 4090 pls?

[deep sapphire]

okay I'll put in some extra shifts just for you

[royal forge]

Damn nice

[sly elk]

i think the battery in my viper ultimate is le dead

mm bought that 2/10/22

[sly elk]

lmao tabloTV fails again

tried installing it on my bro's new amazon fire tablet. It shows up in amazon's app store. great!... nope. There's only sound, video is just a black screen. And it's a known issue with no intent to fix it

[sharp star]

https://fxtwitter.com/__femb0t/status/1741393403215261818

[deep sapphire]

LMAO

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/throw-out-rage-parks-and-rec-nick-offerman-ron-swanson-gif-17688925

[snow cypress]

Is Gunmjo a good brand for coiled usb c cables?

[paper tusk]

it looks like any other chinese word salad brand (so it should be ok for what it's worth)

[dreamy chasm]

Chances are

It's just a standard 3 pin battery you can replace

If it isn't in warranty anymore I'd just look into opening it up yourself

[royal forge]

Where this?

[sly elk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3p_Cv32tEo

the schematic is amazing

[deep sapphire]

haha I saw this

it really is incredible engineering

[sly elk]

i wanna see the original development diagrams XD

I bet those are fuunnn to look at

man it's pretty funny how amazon fire tablets work

$139 for a fantastic 10" computer that can do a lot of things out of the box... but a frustrating number of things just aren't allowed because the vendor would prefer you didn't

there's a number of android apps that will in fact run on these, but the amazon appstore lists them as "unavailable"

and sadly, a lot of companies don't host APK downloads

surprisingly, you can't just download a firefox apk. wtf?

if you do the email link thing, it just gives you apple/google app store links

yea wtf mozilla

this legit bothers me

[sly elk]

luckily, while amazon does put their finger on the scale, it is still pretty easy to just install google play stuff and then install things that way 😄

[sly elk]

also why does google make family sharing so janky lol

normally i complain about such things in apple land 😄

try to add my bro and find out that google workspace accounts don't work with family sharing 😄

[void dove]

makes sense, google workspace is meant for company use.
allowing family sharing just opens up a whole can of worms there.

[royal forge]

purty

[sly elk]

hahahaha true

I have a weird use case 😄

too bad they couldn't just make a setting for that

Allow family sharing on user accounts (disabled by default) 😄

there as a time when google apps had a 'personal use' case

companies hate this and generally don't allow it

but there's a use case for something like a 'microsoft domain for family use' where you admin your family's computers lol

but most companies are scared to death to allow such a system

several companies I can think of (google at least) make it so you can't create a parental controls setup with another account unless you lie about the age of the owner 😄

also lmao android doesn't understand exfat?!

[void dove]

it should

to my knowledge

[sly elk]

apparently not the kindle fire version of android hahaha

[void dove]

well if you need a cross compatible format for a large drive

get fat32format

and just format it as fat32

it can support large drives, just windows doesn't allow fat32 to be formatted over a certain size

despite the spec allowing it

so need a 3rd party tool

[sly elk]

lol this was fun

it also doesn't like doing usb file transfer mode with a mac . gg

so i put the stuff on a usb ssd and tossed it across, luckily it has a usb-c port like any proper computer should

[void dove]

fat32 spec caps out at 2TB for standard cluster size, of 512b

[sly elk]

even one running a janky OS 😄

[void dove]

or 16TB for 4k

[sly elk]

hmm nope it won't do it with my phone either. gg.

[potent arrow]

kyanche

[void dove]

huh, very odd

[potent arrow]

is this aerospace safe

[sly elk]

hmm?

[potent arrow]

[sly elk]

LOL

[potent arrow]

I'm marveling in my hack job

[sly elk]

epoxy?! PFT

[potent arrow]

hot glue!

[sly elk]

-gets out a roll of kapton tape-

[potent arrow]

I'm at the parents house, I don't have many tools

[sly elk]

-wraps the bodged cable together-

there. perfect.

[potent arrow]

hot glue, soldering iron, flux and multimeter is about what I got

client wanted PC to boot in an hour and I was done deal

[sly elk]

lol jk, a proper wire harness would never use that, they're real sticklers about heatshrink and insulation and connector types

and things like outgassing

if you have optical sensors you can't have them developing a stupid film over them because you used cheap heatshrink that outgasses

[potent arrow]

kek no dollaram heat shrink?

[sly elk]

debating what i should have for my final dinner of 2023

lol it sounds all ominous

[potent arrow]

I had church leftovers lol

[dreamy chasm]

Sarah

Am I fucking up by getting a tlc ssd as a scratch drive for recording

Actually, which island are you on rn

Ahh.

Mhm

I've just been stuck on my island

Haven't had the energy to travel in a long while..

[modest moss]

I wish we could do a proper survey of the regulars

I swear we have a disproportianately high ratio of Filipinos

[dreamy chasm]

[modest moss]

Ice go to bed

[inland mauve]

that shit is not cooked

[golden stream]

uh iirc after a certain amount of size it's better to use exFAT but ye technically still fat32

seems rn phones don't understand exfat, yes I tested w my mSD cards, exFAT format, no read
camera, same
samsung btw but idk about other phones, seems android universally

[sharp star]

the children yearn for the Nintendo DS https://fxtwitter.com/beanmaster79/status/1741533772074348596

[neon shell]

I thought those were fucking cookies lol. Somehow my brain just completely ignored the rice

[neon shell]

Honestly the design makes me cringe