Ok sucefully built my own pc but the fans wouldnt spin 
#technology-discussion
sharp star
double-check the connections
I don't know how it looks like so you're gonna need to use your own eyes
copper monolith
i use the argb hub adn idk if i ned to connect the fans to each other or not i jsut connect each of em into the hub
ill look into it
sharp star
Yeah the ARGB connection is separate from the fan header that powers the motor
copper monolith
OHHH i think i know why
one of the fan need to be connected to the motherbaord and other fans centepede connect to it
right?
sharp star
Yeah, or a powered hub which is connected to the motherboard
copper monolith
the hub already has a sata thats connected to the psu
pine thistle
just encountered the first auto dubbed video on YouTube and what the fuck is this garbage
sounds horrendous and it dubs a language I know
wraith agate
sounds horrendous and it dubs a language I know
It sucks ass
hazy frost
just encountered the first auto dubbed video on YouTube and what the fuck is thi...
it wouldnt be terrible if it didnt automatically get turned on and was slightly better its a theoretically decent feature
that once again they half assed and made bad
id like them to get decent auto subs on every video first lol
pine thistle
if it didnt turn on automatically the numbers would be a lot worse for the shareholder presentations :D
pine thistle
damn, discovered something even worse, auto dubbing on a music video
was wondering why the recording sounded like hot garbage
turns out when you turn it off it doesnt sound like ass anymore
mind you this is before theres even any vocals to dub
copper monolith
Ok so i fixed the fans issue now since most games require secure boot i did that in the bios
Now my pc wouldn't go to windows and just stays at black screen
I googled and it says i need to remove the motherboard battery
Is this true?
Ok i did that and i got no signal
I'm using the motherbaord display now so in this case it just would detetc my gpu
hard drift
I'm using the motherbaord display now so in this case it just would detetc my gp...
you got it working?
copper monolith
No not yet. I checked in bios
The pcie slot is already enabled
But it still wont detect my gpu
hard drift
And you already made sure it’s properly seated and connected for the cables?
copper monolith
Yep
It worked before
I just enable the secure boot in bioos
Thats how i got this issue
Enable secure boot
Then it wouldnt show me display
Then i remove the mobo battery so pmuch reset my mobo
Its showing up on device manager tho
hard drift
And what motherboard is it?
copper monolith
B550
hard drift
do you have another device to use to download the latest bios?
copper monolith
Lmao i trued to update the driver thru device manager now its restarting my pc cus error
hard drift
i found a forum suggesting that updating the bios might fix the issue as it's common on gigabyte motherboards
hard drift
yeah, on the motherboard there should be hopefully a Qflash port or something like that
you install the bios onto the usb, use that port and then flash it and give it time until it's done
hard drift
yeah, sometimes they ship with old bios revisions
copper monolith
My first time doing it too
hard drift
🙏 heck yeah
i would recommend reading the manual on how the qflash works because i haven't used it in forever so i don't want to give any wrong advice
it's pretty straight forward i just don't remember what all to look for to tell if it's done
copper monolith
Oh its ok i did this before on my old board
hard drift
🙏 okay
copper monolith
Oh i cant read the file on the qflash apparently
hard drift
hmm that's odd 
i mean if you can boot into the bios you can do it that way too
just incase qflash is being dumb
sharp star
have you tried renaming the file to GIGABYTE.bin
copper monolith
Oh i was about to ask
Cus the youtube told me to rename but it was thru an .exe thingy
And the bios update doesn't have the exe just the update file
Do i rename this file?
sharp star
Yeah
copper monolith
lmao how to check that
sharp star
It's usually on the lower-left corner of the board
Though I did find out you can piece things together in System Information
Go there for me, and then screenshot the window when you first open it
copper monolith
copper monolith
sharp star
One sec
copper monolith
oki
copper monolith
ahh oki ill try that
sharp star
Either that or 1.4; as far as I can tell they're identical
sharp star
Yes
copper monolith
Ok itsss updating
Tysm
Now i hope this update will let the mobo detect the gpu
Restart and it asked me to choose if i wanna keep the tpm setting y/n option
Y to reset n to keep and when i chose to keep it it restart but the pc jut light up with nothing on the monitor
i reset it now
omg i fixed it
tysm
everyone who helped me
copper monolith
is there a reason why mobo manufacturers had csm enabled instead of secure boot
hard drift
is there a reason why mobo manufacturers had csm enabled instead of secure boot
old standards i guess
not really a reason to have it enabled by default as far as i know since things haven't really required it... until now....
hard drift
omg i fixed it
glad you got it fixed 🙏 sorry i kinda zoned out and forgot to check back but glad it worked 
copper monolith
had to restart many times after that and fix things but it eventually worked now
hard drift
had to restart many times after that and fix things but it eventually worked now
😭 yeah that sounds about right, pc building is pain 
copper monolith
and i can play all the games that required secure boot now
i hope no more issues after this
hard drift
🙏 here's to hoping
lost python
i swear, reddit must be paid by AI devs to keep pushing their shit.
i have muted at least 20 subreddits with AI slop models so far and i still keep getting them recommended to me
spring raven
https://www.theverge.com/news/798857/apple-tv-plus-rebrand-streaming-service
this is like when HBO Max rebranded as HBO Go and then re rebranded as HBO Max again before re re rebranding as just Max
sharp star
this is like when HBO Max rebranded as HBO Go and then re rebranded as HBO Max a...
And then back to HBO Max, because what is old is new again
sharp star
only like 2 saphire cards
only one Sapphire card and one ASRock card
wild wyvern
What games do you need to have secure boot enabled?
wild wyvern
Yea
wild wyvern
Luckily im not playing BF6
sharp star
what
sly walrus
what
tepid gulch
sigh
wild wyvern
I mean
tepid gulch
sharp star
Whoever told you that is full of shit
wild wyvern
I know it doesnt but
sly walrus
is this like some kind of digital antivaxxer movement
sharp star
Yes
wild wyvern
Im on 11 anyways
sharp star
Like windows 7
Windows 10
tepid gulch
Im on 11 anyways
Then you would have no issues
Since any hardware that windows 11 requires will supoort secure boot
And it takes like 30 seconds to enable
sharp star
Please don’t make up issues for yourself
It’ll be easier on everyone if you didn’t make up problems
sly walrus
secure boot gives your computer autism /s
tepid gulch
Lmaooo
tepid gulch
It will eventually be standard
sly walrus
coward
tepid gulch
Probably
Unfortunately we need hardware anticheat
Because people suck
Oh well no skin off my back
I need to play more bf6
sly walrus
will hardware anticheat deal with hardware cheats
tepid gulch
I heard they're closing down the xp lobbies people have been doing because they're taking up all the servers
tepid gulch
will hardware anticheat deal with hardware cheats
Console is working on that
Actually
What about the guy that hooked electrodes to his muscles to move his arm for him and click his mouse
Is that hardware cheats
sly walrus
yee
tepid gulch
Biological cheats
sly walrus
i’m sure it’ll be sold like one
sharp star
Yeah uh
I'm just gonna expect more stupid tech takes surrounding secure boot moving forward
tepid gulch
Secure boot stole my wife
sly walrus
more like WOKEure boot amirite /s
odd talon
Secure boot deez nutz
sly walrus
i mean if you don’t turn on secure boot, your nuts are probably getting secure booted
sharp star
Secure boot stole my wife
Bill Gates vaxxed my PC
copper monolith
Secure boot ptsd
real edge
my psu is now swapped
I tested out a game that was crashing my pc before when on the nvidia app it was at a high power target % for my gpu
and it didn't crash
so my instinct that it was the PSU was correct
thankfully
sharp star
It's 25H2 now but yeah
wild wyvern
isnt 25h2 not out yet?
sharp star
It's out
wraith agate
Okay, am out of the loop
What's the secure boot
No, let me rephrase that
What's the deal about secure boot
I see it being brought up several times
sharp star
What's the deal about secure boot
Secure Boot makes it so that only UEFI drivers or OS boot loaders that are digitally signed can load
It's causing a stink because the recently-released Battlefield 6 and upcoming Black Ops 7 are required to play them
Riot's games require Secure Boot
wraith agate
And that is bad because?
sharp star
And that is bad because?
Because they allow playing Valorant or League
One of the big reasons that EA cited is anti-cheat
But yeah
Before getting mad at EA or Activision for this, know that they are not the first ones to require Secure Boot and will not be the last
Also Windows 10 is EoL as of today
earnest sedge
Huion is so annoying with their tablet drivers
They seemingly conflict with something and when you update them, there will be issues
hazy frost
sounds l ike a you problem bc no one else i know has this issue, more people have it with wacom than any other brand
ive had more than 1 and never had conflicts either
lost python
nah, i believe it was windows who changed something because over the past month, i have seen A LOT of posts pop up on the huion, xp-pen and wacom subreddits about the most random issues that suddenly appeared
like strokes not being recognized or only being recognized in some weird corner of the tablet, or it flipping out and giving your scrambled lines etc. was really surprised to suddenly see that many posts
sharp star
So the solution is to kill Microsoft, got it
hazy frost
nah, i believe it was windows who changed something because over the past month,...
I haven’t seen it at all on windows 10 recently so deserved for using 11 tbh
copper monolith
It's 25H2 now but yeah
Apparently mine is already 25H2. Idr since when
oh today
sus
idr i get any updates
sharp star
it's a very recent update so yeah
tepid gulch
As long as windows doesn't break things I'm fine updating to new versions
Meanwhile Nvidia keeps breaking things
But I had to update my drivers for bf6
Idk if it broke other games but uhh at least bf6 is fine
wild wyvern
It's out
I dont have it for me atm
Im still on 24H2
Oh the experience pack
Dont think i have it yet
hard drift
What about the guy that hooked electrodes to his muscles to move his arm for him...
basically homeless is taking it to the next level... electrodes + exo hand and crap all in one soon 😭
hard drift
the cool thing is how easily accessible it actually is 🙏
it's not practical at all but it's very cool
tepid gulch
It is cool
tepid gulch
I mean I figured
Have you actually looked at the wiring of the connector?
It's scary
hard drift
https://youtu.be/8uS90jakOuw heck yeah, we get to see how weak the new one is 
neon shell
I’m tempted to stay logged in and afk. I wanna see the hours go up. It’s probably not a good idea to keep my computer on for that long though. Hmmm
neon shell
https://youtu.be/8uS90jakOuw heck yeah, we get to see how weak the new one is <a...
I love Zack. He’s one of my favourite tech YouTubers
pine thistle
I’m tempted to stay logged in and afk. I wanna see the hours go up. It’s probabl...
bit pointless to fake numbers no?
I always log out whenever I afk just to keep the numbers accurate
neon shell
bit pointless to fake numbers no?
well I won't do it everytime. I was just curious
neon shell
I always log out whenever I afk just to keep the numbers accurate
I do that too
though tbh I changed my mind since I sent that message lol
pine thistle
It's nice receiving a email with restricted permissions in Outlook Desktop app
Can't use the reading pane so you gotta double click it so it opens in a separate window
Then the email isn't actually shown, instead you get a link you have to click
The link opens, taking a million years because it redirects you through twenty URLs while most likely also requiring you to authenticate again because MS has goldfish memory
Just for you to finally be able to read the message in the webapp
Or you can just read the email in the webapp directly
why tf does the desktop client even exist then
lost python
powercolor has launched a new waifu card
https://www.powercolor.com/product-detail267.htm
it looks ass
they literally lazily copy and pasted the ear onto different heads
sly walrus
why does she look like she was drawn in illustrator
lost python
because thats probably what happened
sly walrus
💀
dire viper
OpenAI is burning 1 billion USD every month before expenses spent on maintaining and upgrading physical assets
zealous wolf
sly walrus
same people who were ddosing steam last week?
neon shell
Should I get an 8 gig gpu or 12 gig
or anything above 8 gig for that matter. I only ever had 8 gig cards so that's why I'm wondering
neon shell
ok
copper monolith
I’m tempted to stay logged in and afk. I wanna see the hours go up. It’s probabl...
I afk when in game when sleep cus too lazy to log back in and my playtime, half of it is just from me afking and most of the time ppl do things as soon as i had to wake up so they didn't have to wait longer
I don't do that anymore tho cus no more ffxiv
sharp star
OpenAI is burning 1 billion USD every month *before* expenses spent on maintaini...
holy shit it's pathetic
sly walrus
not all of us are into humiliation, sam
sharp star
No one needs AI to conjure up a pair of fat tits
neon shell
I afk when in game when sleep cus too lazy to log back in and my playtime, half ...
I saw you afk once and I repeatedly used the slap emote on you
copper monolith
Wooooooooooow????
paper tusk
welp time to answer my own question. since updating to windows mistake 25H2 my frame rate in game pretty much dropped in half and s ranks are slide shows
https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1kgxdno/psa_windows_11_24h2_microsoft_issue_causing/
these vivetool settings so far fixed it
weak harbor
I brought the pc to a friend who own a store to clean and since I was running out of space with just FFXIV GW2 and not much more I decided to purchase a SSD
But since I wanted to do a job that lasted forever I went for 2 TB (from 500 GB I had currently)
Do you think the pc performance will be worse with a lot of space? I'm noob at this kind of things
hot shadow
no it doesnt change anything, it even runs better if you were extremely stuffed
it'll be fine
weak harbor
Nice
hot shadow
enjoy your journey of having 4 more in the future
weak harbor
Yeah it was like €40-50 difference and it was better to do a long lasting work
From 1 TB the difference
hot shadow
enjoy your closet being full of old harddrive and old ssd in the future cause you dont know what to do with it later
ya 2tb is sweet spot
weak harbor
Ah no I hope to be able to install it a second hard disk
Otherwise external the old one
hot shadow
but if you find a 1tb on sale you can grab those too and just plop it in really fast, you dont even need to unhook the pc, just turn it off
hot shadow
i mean, you put the new one in, right? did you look at the sata slots?
most people have like 4 slots
weak harbor
I clone the old one into the 2 TB one and put the old one as D:\ drive
I mean my friend does it xd
If there isn't space the old one becomes external
hot shadow
next time you get your friend to do something you should at least ask wtf they did so you learn js
lol
cause your friend isnt gonna be around all the time 24-7
sometimes sata cable can even be loose randomly one night at 3am
weak harbor
Makes sense 🤣
hot shadow
it's basically 1 power cable 1 sata cable
weak harbor
He has a store I can't just go in, but if a emergency arise I should be able to look at YouTube
neon shell
wow wow this is so cool
sly walrus
why pick n place when you can pick n PAWNCH
sharp star
paper tusk
instructions unclear, deleted microsoft edge
inland mauve
oh Youtube broke PIP again on mobile
it worked for a bit
yesterday they throttled me like crazy
just tell me you don't want me on your platform you jackasses
tepid gulch
They know you'll use it anyway
copper monolith
real edge
https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/10/18/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-october-2...
hey guise pls update to win11 guise we promise its good, btw we're ending support for win10 tehe
brave oxide
I got the 3 years of extended updates on win 10 so I get to enjoy these win 11 Ls from the sidelines
sharp star
I can just run the debloat script if they add shit again
Actually
https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat
https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI
Run these scripts if you are insistent on staying on Windows but also sick of its enshittification
lost python
hazy frost
I agree with most of the sentiment but the people exaggerating how bad it is are equally as annoying to me now
‘Nothing more than ps4 graphics’ is just wild bc ps4 games did not actually look very good lol
We can and have proved with many games we can comfortably make hyper realistic graphics without making ur pc explode but studios don’t have time or effort to do it apparently
sharp star
I think my only real horse in this race is that graphics have plateaued at the beginning of the console gen and further pursuit of photorealism is just a fool’s errand
Now we are midway and graphics have gotten worse
hazy frost
Idk there’s still improvements in the right games
Just a lot of them have gotten lazy
Battlefield, ghost of yotei, and metal gear are all pretty impressive and run reasonably
Assassins creed too for all other complaints doesn’t run that bad
sharp star
Yeah, there are, but generally graphics have gotten worse but not from a fidelity standpoint
hazy frost
There’s like only two extreme views on graphics rn and one is AI generate everything there are no consequences hell yeah, and the other is ‘games look the same as the PS3’ which are both stupid
sharp star
I think one way to look at this is while the games look great there are other aspects that got gutted for said pursuit of graphics
I love crunchy textures in Wilds
hazy frost
Tbf some of the companies doing that have just always made shitty games
It’s not particularly new
They’re just lazy
And have terrible upper management
I need FH6 to look good but they did say they’re finally remodelling cars so maybe it won’t look like they did on the Xbox 360 now
Hardware improvements also slowed a lot in the last 2 or so years tho, next gen leap might be great anyway
severe stream
I would say is the physics/interaction instead of graphics which is truly limiting
Realistic graphics but then you ask a game to simulate to thread winding each other and cpu explodes
dusky magnet
I love crunchy textures in Wilds
Bring back blurry polyhedron
tepid gulch
https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat
https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindow...
Reputable one?
sharp star
Reputable one?
yes
severe flax
Just checked the price of DDR4 ram out of curiosity
Shit doubled since last year same quarter 
Even DDR5 is fucked(this was November 2024)
And this is now...what the fuck?
real edge
Shit doubled since last year same quarter <:JillBruh:793222881671774288>
didnt companies collude with one another to intentionally raise the prices cause they were getting too low
also that kit of ram is more expensive than the alternatives
that kit of ram at 64 gigs and CL30 costs like 250euro here
sharp star
yes
hazy frost
I mean yeah if u look at specific kits and only on Amazon they sometimes change price drastically, the best one to buy changes every other week depending on deals
potent arrow
AWS going down is insane
wraith agate
Well y'know what they say, what goes up must come down too
Honestly the fact 99% of the world relies on Windows, AWS and Java is insane
sharp star
yuh huh
pine thistle
don't forget cloudflare too
sharp star
don't forget cloudflare too
maybe we should have a Crowdstrike outage sequel
pine thistle
that's....fun
inland mauve
yeah it's not an easy problem to fix but when you're the backbone of half the internet you have a responsibility
inland mauve
SanDisk 💪
sharp star
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/a-cheap-sandisk-memory-card-was-just-found-comp...
bruh
tepid gulch
It's good marketing
brave oxide
switching to sandisk
tepid gulch
I mean SanDisk has always been reputable for micro SD
ashen mirage
They are basically the bic lighter of SD cards, nigh indestructible, only rivalled by nintendo controllers and OG Nokia
cold yacht
Think my professor gives me an extra day for the quiz I put off for a week cause AWS
My school is practically dead online rn
dire viper
Yea most car dealer parts systems are down
Star parts and snap on pdc both use AWS iirc
zinc sluice
has anyone dealt with the gpu not pulling full weight
im sittingin limsa and it should be at like way higher usage
but its plateauing at 35%
potent arrow
<:ermge:1331934588334768140> has anyone dealt with the gpu not pulling full weig...
ff14 is more cpu then gpu
zinc sluice
ya but.. i cant even stably get 60 fps in raids
it doesnt wanna pushf or it is im curious
lost python
whats your cpu?
lost python
gotta check the load on it and temperatures when you are playing again. also check if you got any energy saving modes active, since this is a laptop
hazy frost
Are u another person using the igpu instead of gpu to play games
potent arrow
I'm going to cry villy
zinc sluice
gotta check the load on it and temperatures when you are playing again. also che...
- I notice im getting horrible fps on apex/ff so i mess around and find out i never installed lenovo vantage software, turns out i was running it on igpu/dgpu mix (which only allowed 30% of dgpu usage)
- switching to dgpu only mode fixed the issue and gave me consistent high fps on everything and it was fine
- i go back and forth for whne im playing games and for when im not and i dont have my launcher
- its on dgpu only mode and it still wont go past 35% dgpu usage now when it did before
??????
me too sarah
potent arrow
why are you not on performance mode
hazy frost
Is it only FFXIV running bad now
potent arrow
that's thermal mode
potent arrow
at least put this to balanced
zinc sluice
i put it on best performance for GAMING
god i feel like a 12 year old im
jesus
okay opening apex and going into range does bring the usage up
so it works
then its only ffxiv thats just refusing to pull the power even in raids...?
hazy frost
Are u using the igpu in FFXIV specifically
hard drift
1. I notice im getting horrible fps on apex/ff so i mess around and find out i n...
real quick do you have the amd control panel thing installed?
hard drift
if so, i would recommend doing a full uninstall and just do the driver only from the driver installer
zinc sluice
ddu?
hard drift
if you do the full install sometimes it causes issues with the 7840hs choosing between gpu/igpu for whatever reason
zinc sluice
wtf
hard drift
you can also try before that doing a profile for the game
and set it there and then relaunch
see if that helps at all
i wound up doing just the driver in the end because it would just constantly use my igpu but your experience may vary
zinc sluice
its kinda iffy because i do wanna run it strictly igpu outside of my room
hard drift
yeah then i would try creating the game profiles in the amd app and see how that does after restarting the game
zinc sluice
yeah then i would try creating the game profiles in the amd app and see how that...
is it just this or somewhre else
hard drift
it's similar to that, let me boot up my latpop and find it
zinc sluice
take your time
i ticked the dpi aware/unaware thing in xivlauncher and hooooly fuck the text looks so much clenaer
💀
everythings scaled so wrong though
hard drift
this is the screen i am talking about, try changing some settings like smartaccess graphics or in performance doing a profile and changing the bias to give more power to gpu if it supports that
hard drift
i think you're under the global one not the individual game one. it should be under gaming -> games -> whatever game you choose
if it doesn't show up though idk then but you could try messing with settings in it still
zinc sluice
this game pmo
hard drift
that's so real
tepid gulch
What happened
zinc sluice
updated nvidia drivers and tried to restart 5 times with the lenovo app thing
doesnt work
ffs
why is it specifically ffxiv
why isnt lenovo shutting out my igpu entirely
hazy frost
Can’t u select which gpu to use within the FFXIV settings did u check its actually using the right one despite other settings being correct
zinc sluice
zinc sluice
buh..
the issue is this
it thinks its urnning on dgpu but its
obviously not..?
hard drift
real quick are you using the framerate limiter in game?
hard drift
turn it off
zinc sluice
hard drift
oh, you have the regular one off then?
zinc sluice
oh the settings one is off yes
hard drift
hmm
copper monolith
anayone knwo the model of this keyboard?
hot shadow
anayone knwo the model of this keyboard?
common amazon one, mouse also
not considered that good tho, esp cause it's so much
hazy frost
Glad I’m not using it
hazy frost
the age of linux shall be upon us soon enough <:dorime:880516109701365820>
Only for gaming
Doing anything else on it showing few signs of progress
pine thistle
does this do anything
they'll probably make a new GPO with a slightly different name every other month knowing MS
they'll shove it down your throat and you'll like it
copper monolith
lethal dune
I need help with my PC
Lately it's been showing signs of pressing random buttons
I tried disconnecting the keyboard
But it did not work and my PC keep pressing random buttons
grizzled hamlet
Trace back your steps and get an idea of when it started. Had anything changed such as installing a new peripheral, software, or update during that time?
I just updated mint today so I need to test and see if my playstation controllers are going to play nicely or not since it would do the exact same thing as your situation on certain kernel versions.
sly walrus
did you spill coffee on your keyboard
pine thistle
But it did not work and my PC keep pressing random buttons
while the keyboard stayed disconnected?
or did you disconnect and reconnect
pine thistle
try keeping it entirely disconnected I suppose, if it still happens then you can rule out the keyboard at least
lethal dune
Ok so
This happened to me a few months ago until i swapped keyboards
But like
I have my on screen keyboard and it shows that the PC for some reason is smashing on the control key
I FOUND IT
Turns out I have a weird keybinds on my mouse
And dust came through
So it keeps spamming the button
NEVERMIND
THE MOUSE NOT A PROBLEM
old jetty
Hello there, I've been shopping for new headphones, and seems the best bang for your bucks is the DT770 Pro. But I also saw another called Fiio FT1. Any suggestion on the matter? Or if you know some headphones which are as good?
lost python
open or closed? and i assume wired?
hazy frost
Bass on the FT1s is better but I think the DT770s are more comfortable and block out noise better
tepid gulch
Bass on the FT1s is better but I think the DT770s are more comfortable and block...
Dt770 or pro
tepid gulch
They do
hazy frost
Don’t see it on their site
old jetty
open or closed? and i assume wired?
Ye, wired and closed
lost python
then yeah either of those could work. i strongly recommend checking if you can find a music store or similar nearby that carries them and lets you try them out first though, or at least order them from a place that lets you return them without hassle
do keep in mind that if you pick the 250ohm version, then your mainboard audio might not be strong enough to really drive them
if you dont have an interface or headphone amp then make sure to get the 80ohm version
old jetty
Ye, I can buy the dt770 pro from amazon, so I can refund it
The other one is hard to come by and don't think there is a music store nearby
I was also wondering, cause I don't have a sound board, so I would just need to plug them straight into my PC jack
lost python
the JT1 is also perma sold-out over here
old jetty
Ye, from my understanding the FT1 is the better option, but harder to come buy
Ans dt770 pro is like better build/still as good
lost python
always depends on preferences
i dont like the beyers for example because they are just very uncomfortable for me
also they are notorious for the plastic clips that hold the headband breaking
old jetty
i dont like the beyers for example because they are just very uncomfortable for ...
Ye, tbh I know next to nothing, and those are the two that just came up the most
tepid gulch
Ft1 look great
I just read reviews
Fiio always makes good stuff they mostly make dacs
And iems
old jetty
speaking of which, they have leather pads, ye?
tepid gulch
I think so
old jetty
cause a problem with headphones with leather pads I found is that it gets really sweaty in summer
but then again I doubt there is a solution to that
lost python
yeah thats just how it is
gotta get perforated leather pads or an open design to prevent it
both will of course affect noise isolation
old jetty
ye, that's why the dt770 seemed interesting too, cause they had velour pads
but dunno how much better it is
tepid gulch
I'm assuming you can get 3rd party cooling pads for it
hazy frost
but dunno how much better it is
Significantly
They’re the most comfortable headphones at that price imo
I get rly sweaty in summer so it’s great
real edge
ECKS DEE
dapper ferry
We're cooked
Smart beds exist
And they need an internet connection
And they malfunctioned during the aws outage
sharp star
This is why I prefer to keep my home as dumb as possible
Juicero was just the warning shot
hazy frost
Most smart items offer little to no benefit rn if u have one it’s just for the sake of being able to flex it on other people or bc ur bad with money lol
old jetty
the JT1 is also perma sold-out over here
btw sorry for bringing this back, but I also found the Fiio JT1 on sale, which I assume it is even more or a budget choice compared to the Fiio FT1
lost python
yeah they are a budget pair
supposed to be pretty good but a lil lacking in build quality iirc
old jetty
mhm, tbf I was considering getting the Fiio FT1 by splurging a bit more
and then maybe changing the pads to a velvet one
hazy frost
They’re not worth much more if it’s like $15 difference maybe
If it’s too much more then u might as well go up to the next price bracket instead
old jetty
nah, the fiio ft1 are like 160, JT1 are 60 euros
pine thistle
This is why I prefer to keep my home as dumb as possible
alternatively home assistant everything
then it's your own fault if there's an outage
sharp star
I will simply not
hazy frost
The only smart device I actually use and think is helpful is a video doorbell of some description
Obviously still annoying during outages but they can just knock when it doesn’t work
sharp star
Yeah I bought into the idea of a smart home at one point but dropped the idea some years back and kind of enshittification over the years as well as the AWS outage just outright made me repulsed from them
potent arrow
The only smart device I actually use and think is helpful is a video doorbell of...
too bad the major ones are all with police programs
potent arrow
Yeah I bought into the idea of a smart home at one point but dropped the idea so...
Home assistant, z wave, self host
pine thistle
some automation like for a thermostat is nice, anything not super critical anyway, and only if it runs with home assistant locally
I wouldn't use anything smart for a door lock or similar
and if my robot vacuum doesn't run because the manufacturer has maintenance or something it's not the end of the world either, beats cleaning manually all the time anyway
potent arrow
some automation like for a thermostat is nice, anything not super critical anyw...
I just have everything self hosed because I can't trust cloud or others. The smart lock on my home is pretty useful because my grandma is losing her memory so I can let her in and track if she leaves or not. I can also create temp codes for guests and hook it up to my HVAC so if it's open for long it cuts off the AC.
it can run with wifi and stuff too, so it's pretty nice
pine thistle
I just have everything self hosed because I can't trust cloud or others. The sma...
yeee, I don't have much yet but I'm definitely looking into HA compatibility before buying anything
Last thing I need is random shit breaking because the manufacturer shut down the servers
potent arrow
yep
My HASS is pretty robust
working on incorporating the old home security system into it
pine thistle
some convenience things like tracking energy consumption would be cool too, but gotta see if I can read my electricity meter automatically
sharp star
yeah thermostats would be nice to automate, but they’re not something you’d usually find in a Filipino household
potent arrow
very nice
soft oak
the case is so trans
pine thistle
I haven't figured out home power monitoring yet
Here in Germany the electricity meters emit pulses of infrared that you can attach a reader to, and then for individual devices you'd need a plug
pine thistle
yeah thermostats would be nice to automate, but they’re not something you’d usua...
Oh yeah, I forgor not everyone needs heating
sharp star
yeah
pine thistle
thermostat/radiators and robot vacuum are the main things for me tbh, not having my heating costs go through the roof and not having to vacuum every week is nice
potent arrow
my friend has bt presence detection so lights only stay on if he's in the room
it's nice
I'm probably going to do that
pine thistle
there's also mmWave presence detection, but I guess it needs line of sight which can be annoying
gentle star
Looks great! 
gentle star
Keyboard upgrade next? 
soft oak
oh that's just a 10 dollar m/kb set so i didnt have to pull my current setup
gentle star
We have those short membrane keyboards at work and I hated them so much I bought a cheapo brown/tactile switch keyboard to bring in for my crew to use
soft oak
but yeah I'm seriously considering another specificone to complement the case
pine thistle
god yeah those are awful
gentle star
Shocked it's lasted like 6 years in heavy industry
pine thistle
bought myself a keychron just for work too
gentle star
Still going strong despite all the iron dust in the air
soft oak
nuphy halo 96
modest helm
gentle star
96 is such a nice compromise
gentle star
I cannot survive without my numpad and I have the desk space for full-size thankfully on mine; I really love the Enter key on the numpad being so easily smackable with the side of my mousing thumb 
gentle star
but the caps cost as much as a whole board
Wish I could invest in a better board with heavier tactiles but they can get so pricy and I have so many other things I need to divert funds to 
soft oak
rn i have the tkl 8bitdo retro
got the numpad as a separate, but they have magnets to keep them together
odd talon
Key caps obtained
severe flax
Is it kinda weird that I dont trust software-level stuff? like for example, if I have a webcam, I dont trust it to "turn itself off", I want to have a physical thing to cover the webcam's camera
I dont trust when "Your mic is off" either
latent plank
🙏 Hardware killswitches.
tepid gulch
Just remember
When you say "hey Siri" how does your phone know when you say that if it isn't already listening
severe flax
When you say "hey Siri" how does your phone know when you say that if it isn't a...
Even when you turn off the mic
tepid gulch
Yes
Always remember
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you
hot shadow
Is it kinda weird that I dont trust software-level stuff? like for example, if I...
i feel this whenever i use chinese apps
usa app idc
hazy frost
I mean both are going to steal ur data and end up in similar places
pine thistle
Is it kinda weird that I dont trust software-level stuff? like for example, if I...
Companies have shown that they can't be trusted when it comes to respecting your privacy so totally normal tbh
"No" for big tech is more of a "ask again later" or "just do it anyway, we'll earn more from it than the lawsuit will cost"
severe flax
"No" for big tech is more of a "ask again later" or "just do it anyway, we'll ea...
"No" for big tech is "ok, we'll do it but won't tell you"
pine thistle
"No" for big tech is "ok, we'll do it but won't tell you"
Well, that's the second one
they'll still sometimes ask again tho in the hopes you press accept this time
MS with their "Can only turn it off 3 times a year"
has this been rolled out yet btw, I wanna know wtf that even means
zinc sluice
why isnt lenovo shutting out my igpu entirely
unfortunately i wont go away so i have to deal with like 20 fps in packed city states
i dont wanna try to ddu the amd software because i still want it to work
soft oak
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/546489252880449547/1430756813225328701/image.png?ex=68faef9e&is=68f99e1e&hm=495f89ab01ff7043ba778f599bf3a18b169eb20a3adbf304045858f42a88ded5&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=1791&height=1008& new pc is benching preddy gud
paper tusk
This out-of-band (OOB) update includes quality improvements. This update is cumulative and includes security fixes and improvements from the October 14, 2025, security update (KB5066835), in addition to the following:
[USB] Fixed: After installing the Windows security update released on October 14, 2025 (KB5066835), USB devices, such as keyboards and mice, do not function in the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). This issue prevents navigation of any of the recovery options within WinRE. Note that the USB devices continue to work normally within the Windows operating system.
sharp star
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/546489252880449547/1430756813225328701/...
I think the thing with this is that it's based on an older, pre-release build and that was before the TUs which fucked things up more
hazy frost
It’ll be ur cpu letting u down in wilds anyway
warped siren
i love picking up curb trash tech at my job
i hope this works
jesus christ this thing was heavy
lost python
oh my fucking god, windows 11 re-enabled automatic driver updates. fuck offffff microsoft i dont want your outdated pieces of shit constantly wiping my settings
tepid gulch
When did that happen
tepid gulch
Is this a meme?
Oh this is real
Now hear me out for a second, if it was a girl gamer blocking out a dude yapping this article wouldn't exist right
sly walrus
i'm waiting for the followup article where razer say they're pivoting to cater to chuds
tepid gulch
I don't think anyone will stop using Razer stuff ever
It's too ingrained in the PC community
People use it like a cult
sly walrus
yeah but there's alternatives
tepid gulch
I use Logitech stuff
sly walrus
i use corsair
tepid gulch
I use a Corsair mousepad
inland mauve
the ad worked, I wouldn't even have heard of this thing without the scandal
sly walrus
but are you gonna buy one
tepid gulch
I bet someone will see that and buy it
sly walrus
I bet someone will see that and buy it
"finally, headphones that aren't woke"
tepid gulch
Bad publicity is still publicity
inland mauve
finally headphones for men who neglect their wives
hazy frost
Now hear me out for a second, if it was a girl gamer blocking out a dude yapping...
Well yeah for obvious reasons that’s not as much of an issue
Except a certain group of gamer guys would get very upset with it
But generally that’s not rly offensive in the grand scheme of things
tepid gulch
True
hazy frost
The ad is crazy
tepid gulch
I didn't watch it
hazy frost
Tbf razer make dogshit besides their mouses
tepid gulch
Meeses
hazy frost
Not a big loss
tepid gulch
Razer keyboard are bad
hazy frost
Yes
Razer chairs headsets keyboards all suck
Few good mouse options and one good mic
tepid gulch
Logitech
hazy frost
I guess if my mouse breaks I’ll buy a g502 as much as I hate it compared to the basilisk
hot shadow
woman NAG
tepid gulch
I guess if my mouse breaks I’ll buy a g502 as much as I hate it compared to the ...
I use the g502x
sly walrus
i wish someone else would make a nostromo-style keypad
tepid gulch
Since it's lighter
sly walrus
but razer probably patented the thing
hazy frost
I use the g502x
I mean it’s alright but the basilisk ones just way better
I’d put up with it to not give them more money now tho
tepid gulch
I prefer Logitech anyway
tepid gulch
I think PC peripheral elitists are dumb
hot shadow
outgrown that mouse
hazy frost
I think no company makes good everything people who have brand loyalty for peripherals are stupid
At best they make 2 good product lines usually 1
tepid gulch
Yeah mix and match
Corsair is probably best keyboards
Mouse pads are subjective
Mice are also
Depends on what's best for you
hazy frost
Corsair is probably best keyboards
Best keyboards are anything not from a big gaming brand bc they’re all ass
Keychron or ducky or anything else
hot shadow
20 dollar logitech kb my beloved lol
sly walrus
wooting?
hot shadow
rubber nipples
hot shadow
agree
hazy frost
Only people buying wooting are people who spend too much time on esports games thinking owning it will get them out of plastic 3
hazy frost
They’re always stocked and sold above the other stuff here atm
They push it to the top usually when u look for gaming keyboards
There’s a lot of more niche ones that also have good keyboards but people definitely don’t know
tepid gulch
I use a Logitech g915 keyboard
I got it cuz it's super low profile but that was years ago
hazy frost
I want a keychron Q3 but I don’t want to pay £200
tepid gulch
Expensive indeed
hazy frost
Anything in ISO is annoying and more expensive to find
hot shadow
doing that rn lmao
cause lemix
do you guys have any cool keycaps
i just have a lil fake macintosh one and a resin koi pond
tepid gulch
I don't no
hazy frost
I don’t bc nothing fits on my keyboard properly bc of stupid steelseries layout
It’s mildly different to standard MX stuff
lol
hazy frost
And also bc ISO so I can’t even find full sets I like easily
I’m waiting until I buy a new keyboard bc I want a TKL one instead anyway
I don’t use numpad now
hot shadow
ya thats why i dont go below 96%
hazy frost
Use numpad for WHAT tho
I don’t use it now I don’t have any coursework or work to do with numbers
It’s just wasted space
tepid gulch
I use it for lots of stuff in Minecraft because in modded there's 1000 keybinds
Better to have it and not need it
hazy frost
MMO mouse > numpad
tepid gulch
Or you could do both
hazy frost
U put ur password in with the numpad
hot shadow
yup
tepid gulch
I also use it for that
hot shadow
i do use excel too so its just me
hazy frost
I also use it for that
Don’t act like ur doing math ever
sly walrus
excel is my calculator too
hot shadow
im family accountant currently
tepid gulch
There's never been a single time where I've said "I wish I didn't have this here"
tepid gulch
Don’t act like ur doing math ever
Sometimes I do
For dumb stuff
If you don't want a numpad then you don't have to have one
hazy frost
No ur WRONG only my preference is correct
hot shadow
i saw husb try to get along with no numpad
then he went out and bought a 96% to get it back
lmao
'i fucking told you so'
apparently he also uses it often and felt really uncomfortable with it not there
hazy frost
U learn to not use it eventually and the extra desk space is so good…
hot shadow
o i bought him a big L desk so he can put the other stuff more
hazy frost
Yeah I’d have an L desk if I had more space then I wouldn’t mind as much probably
hazy frost
lol
I was still in college when I had a laptop that didn’t have one and I used that 90% of the time for computer stuff
hot shadow
uni i can undrstand but i still went home to do assignments on my real pc
hazy frost
And tbh central keyboard on laptop is way better
hot shadow
so i think it's just a matter of not having another desktop or not
hazy frost
The ones with a pad under the trackpad or whatever are good
hot shadow
since some students are well, poor, and only have a laptop
i got a chromebook at the time knowing this cause i was just gonna go home to throw work on the pc
hazy frost
Lmao
hot shadow
ye
i think at some point i used the chromebook only for overseas travel then i used a thinkpad for stem classes
since they required us to get a real laptop or rent one
hazy frost
My brothers school makes u use a Chromebook now lol
It’s awful
Kids won’t learn how to use most software or 90% of computers being windows anyway
tepid gulch
Remember kids try to reach out and touch monitors at gaming conventions now
Thinking it's a touchscreen
hazy frost
They didn’t even know how to turn monitors or computers on when I helped teach a class
Couldn’t save files
tepid gulch
Exactly
We are unfortunately moving to the mobile only era
Of illiteracy
My 85 year old grandma can do those things
So we've gone from consoles, to PC, to mobile
Now kids only understand phones
hazy frost
My 85 year old grandma can do those things
My cousin said she doesn’t wanna do computer science bc ‘u don’t need to know how to use a computer’ and ‘I just use my phone i don’t need to know how anything works’
And that if she needs to do stuff she can just ask AI
It’s over for these kids
tepid gulch
Are you fr
hazy frost
Yes
tepid gulch
I feel like my IQ just dropped 10 points
hazy frost
This is what the next generation is like actually
They’re gonna make me look real good when they’re adults tho
Suddenly I look employable
sly walrus
tepid gulch
Didn't he kill someone
hot shadow
And that if she needs to do stuff she can just ask AI
this feels like a weird extension of 'i dont need to do math i have a calc' and then even if we have smartphones now, those people still don't know basic proportions and ask me for help with division too
well now you have an appreciation of how society works: there are useless bumfucks and everyone else has to help them lol
hazy frost
this feels like a weird extension of 'i dont need to do math i have a calc' and ...
People who don’t learn to do basic mental math bc calculator are crazy
hot shadow
hahahahhahaha
hot shadow
even just
hazy frost
But if u pull out the calculator to add or multiply whole numbers I’m going to judge u
tepid gulch
I remember having the times tables drilled into my head
hazy frost
Lmao
hot shadow
"how do you find the percent"
ok ive definitely been asked "what is 9x9" before
wtf
cold yacht
There’s some math that takes me a bit in my head
hazy frost
Teaching my brother to do maths has me questioning how smart I am bc I feel like I was a genius as a kid compared to what they’re doing now
hot shadow
i have dyscalculia but i still try at least
that's why i do shit by writing it down sometimes
hazy frost
ok ive definitely been asked "what is 9x9" before
When it’s like 34x73 or smth I mean maybe u can ask me but if it’s within the 12 times table don’t ask or I’ll laugh
hot shadow
yea haha
hazy frost
i have dyscalculia but i still try at least
People with actual disabilities always exempt from the general bullying of idiots in all cases anyway
hot shadow
i can at least reason through a word problem and set it up then go write it down
i did entire calc 1 2 3 like this
hazy frost
People just give up on basic stuff for some reason
hot shadow
cause we're not expected to do calc mentally, nobody is
cold yacht
I’m an idiot in a engineering program
hazy frost
I took maths until like first year university stuff basically
hot shadow
gl with that
hot shadow
i think the saddest aspect for me in math courses going upward is there were less and less and less women
it started being dickfest
hazy frost
Yeahh
hazy frost
They’re letting u in with lower grades now if ur a woman for uni here
hot shadow
after calc 2 it was no lady zone
hazy frost
Shame
cold yacht
My college engineering career is just this image
hot shadow
hahahahaha
hazy frost
There’s lots of them doing CS and maths here now
Not so much in like mechanical engineering or smth
cold yacht
There’s probably 5 women / 80 in my major
hazy frost
Tbf there’s not rly a class where it’s a majority of women that I’ve found here yet lol
hazy frost
women doin cybersecurity is nice
Probably what I’m going to go back and do bc I’m too lazy for anything else
cold yacht
The fact that it’s less than 100 people in my major still crazy to me
hot shadow
i saw the bustiest lady taking a firefighter training course everytime i left class
and they were always doing jumping jacks outside
oml
girl put those away you need a bra
hazy frost
Lmao
hot shadow
but im also very impressed
hazy frost
girl put those away you need a bra
Dont be too hasty..
None of the places near me had many women when I was looking for somewhere to go learn lol
hazy frost
Imagine
hot shadow
going to uni just to get married ....
hazy frost
No one wants me so I’m going to have to go back to uni instead
hot shadow
i did the reverse, i dragged us back to uni because i didnt want us to be stupid anymore