battlestations

[wanton elm]

Does he do heavy image or video editing tho?

[plain sage]

i dunno

he might

[ebon prawn]

yeah

[ebon prawn]

is this normal

[plain sage]

this is a ps5 controller

[sacred rivet]

Interesting battlestation

[gentle raft]

Idk, it is ur controller quit beatin on it so much 😂

[ebon prawn]

i think some dirt went inside the stick or smth

[gentle raft]

rubbing alcohol and a q tip or a cotton ball would hopefully help it,

I would look up a video, or best way I can describe it just get a little bit of alcohol on the swab and rub it on the black part of the joystick where it goes into the controller itself

[green forge]

that is really alot
i remember i had to go out of my way to go beyond 3k when fooling around in pc configurators and i included multiple GPUs and a threadripper

but the 4090 and 4tb ssd are probably 40% of the build

nevermind
just put together a moderate build
with 4080 and 7800x3d and the price is 2600€

[ebon prawn]

shit

shoot

[plain sage]

wacky

can't have a doom pc without a vega gpu

[ebon prawn]

new setup

[umbral snow]

Cool

[umbral snow]

Fun fact my pc user name is Vega

[plain sage]

😨

[ebon prawn]

ik my cable management isnt good but why do the cables have to be over the keyboard?

[wet tree]

best setup ever 🔥 💯

[umbral snow]

They don't have to now since I use wireless headphones

[umbral snow]

That pfp is based af

[plain sage]

hehe

my second channel on youtube has the nail gun pfp

[wicked sluice]

It's my battle station and my sister's battle station.

[midnight coral]

Postal dude

[gentle raft]

left for dead massive w

[plain sage]

a hp victus, great looking machine

how are the thermals on this thing?

[wicked sluice]

The thermals is not that bad but not as good as msi or Lenovo gaming laptops

[ebon prawn]

true gaming

[plain sage]

msi has terrible thermals wdym

theyre notorious for making hot laptops

[vestal matrix]

Upgrade x100

For comparison, the game I’ve been programming runs at 40fps on average on my potato laptop but 100fps on my new one.

Megaton thanks to my fam for getting me these (need them for my career and projects)

[green forge]

what are the specs?

[vestal matrix]

The new one:
Intel Core i7 13620H
32gb ram
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

The potato:
Amd Ryzen 5 3500u
4gb Ram
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics

[wicked sluice]

How do you have a 4070 in a laptop?

[ocean magnet]

hp victus

[vestal matrix]

pricey laptop 💀

[wicked sluice]

How pricey?

[vestal matrix]

$1500 on sale. Otherwise around $2000 (didn’t remember if it was in the 2K+ zone or just near)

[plain sage]

4070m is not the same as the desktop 4070 though. probably something like a desktop 3060ti would be a closer comparison

[green forge]

4060 desktop is Close to 4070mobile

[green forge]

got an hp gaming Laptop too
but with 4060

almost the only gaming laptop without rgb

thats the old laptop
desktop is on the left out of frame

[plain sage]

dang i need a laptop table like this

[rose rapids]

My Vault 101🤣

[green forge]

uhhh that nerf is sick
got it on a fleamarket
you probably got it the same reason i did "wow kickass doom like shotgun"
too bad its so awkward to use

[green forge]

30-40 bucks on Amazon
got it from my old job but this and the monitor arms really save you desk space

[shell frigate]

Yoo

[split dune]

Happy 30th anniversary DOOM

[ebon prawn]

nice

decided not to get a 4090

[brittle sluice]

this is my battle station. note the xbox 360 games and the pitures

[brittle sluice]

this baby plays smoothly doom 3 in max graphics, but doom 2016 in minimum with lag

thats why i dont play anymore doom 2016

[plain sage]

this kinda shows how far graphics have gone, i can run doom 2016 on lowest with good framerates on my laptop i3's igpu

doom 3 is epic

[wicked sluice]

Do you like doom?

[rose rapids]

Sometimes....🤣

[elfin cedar]

Compaq Armada (late model)?

[split dune]

E500

[wicked sluice]

Definitely due for a new desk and an actual PC

[bronze blade]

My Garage Dungeon. PS2 + VCR + Modded Wii + 2004 Atari Flashback, all hooked up to a CRT. Alongside a couch, fan, and a box of VHS tapes.

[plain sage]

hot damn 3d trilogy posters

[bronze blade]

Hell yeah, the only one from the Trilogy that I need is GTA III but unfortunately a complete copy with the poster is kinda hard to find

[plain sage]

i need to play them, sadly they're kinda unobtainium for PC and idk if I wanna play the """""remakes"""""

[arctic tusk]

I love your vault!!!

[rose rapids]

Thx

[arctic tusk]

Np

https://tenor.com/view/predator-handshake-muscle-strong-man-gif-5783927

[wicked sluice]

all so mainstream

anyone got custom shit

a custom pad or a thrustmaster atleast

[gentle raft]

thrustmaster. like the steering wheel? yea in my basement

[wicked sluice]

ya joystick not wheel

[gentle raft]

idk bro send a pic

[ebon prawn]

for a pc with a 4090 this price aint half bad

[plain sage]

what cpu?

[ebon prawn]

9 5950x

[plain sage]

hmmm

couldnt you get something like a 7800x3d for that price

no reason for buying into an old platform at this budget

[ebon prawn]

that bottleneck tho

[plain sage]

huh?

its not a bottleneck for games

its like on par with stuff like 13900ks in most games

[plain sage]

yeah pc-builds is not very reliable

it tried to calculate it but it doesnt take into account things like the x3d cache and whatnot

[ebon prawn]

its now 3.5k instead of 3.6k

when i changed the cpu

its worth it

[plain sage]

yeah thats gonna perform better

[ebon prawn]

thoughts on this pc?

it has a 4070 ti but it isnt said on the spec sheet

[plain sage]

which i7

[ebon prawn]

i7 14700kf

[plain sage]

oh thats nice

[ebon prawn]

with a 4070 mb

[plain sage]

thats pretty good

[ebon prawn]

for 2k

and 32 gb ram

[plain sage]

yeah thats a reasonable price

[ebon prawn]

1tb ssd

[plain sage]

ram and storage is pretty cheap these days so thats not really something to take into account

[ebon prawn]

ig 1 tb is enough for gaming

since im not gonna have a whole mountain of games

btw is the 4070 like the 4070 ti

like is it the same

or are there differences

i may actually buy this pc

cuz 2k was my original budget

[plain sage]

yeah thats enough for a bunch of games

most modern motherboards have at least 2 M.2 slots so you can always buy another drive and slot it in, its not hard at all

[ebon prawn]

ik

[plain sage]

it is a different card

[ebon prawn]

ik that

what are the differences

the normal 4070 is enough for most games right

[plain sage]

4070ti is like a slightly cut down 4080

[plain sage]

well more than enough

[ebon prawn]

yeah so like the 4070 ti is just less vram than the 4080

[plain sage]

4070ti outperforms 4070 by like 15% in most games

[plain sage]

its not as good as 4080 but it is basically that yeah

[ebon prawn]

than this pc is perfect

[plain sage]

it used to be 4080 12gb but it was scrapped and made into 4070ti instead

[ebon prawn]

cheap good specs enough storage

[plain sage]

for 1440p high spec gaming yeah

[ebon prawn]

good stuff

ive saved up like 1.5k by now so im pretty close

th ram is ddr5?

holy shit

[plain sage]

yeah intel 12th gen and up can support both ddr4 and ddr5 and ryzen 7000 only supports ddr5

[ebon prawn]

https://youtube.com/shorts/fq9-HZramEo?si=EFtfJYG9r7yfbLZ
@wicked sluice

[wicked sluice]

so is it good that I have it or ?

[ebon prawn]

maybe the pfice will go up

cuz it wont be manufactured anymore

[wicked sluice]

that sounds good

[ebon prawn]

yeah its good

[wicked sluice]

building pcs is becoming way harder and harder as the years go on

[ebon prawn]

cuz you wouldnt be able to buy it anymore

[wicked sluice]

It's actually crazy

[ebon prawn]

yeah

thinking abt it paying close or more than 1k bucks on a pc part and not the pc itself is crazy

[wicked sluice]

2k now when 5090 releases

[ebon prawn]

its already 2k

withthe 4090

nvidia could released the 4090 again with no changes and charge 6k

[plain sage]

absolutely not

[plain sage]

nah pc components dont really get more expensive with age unless its like super far back

[ebon prawn]

@plain sage yo this has a 4070 ti

[plain sage]

ooooo

thats kinda sick

[ebon prawn]

is it better?

[plain sage]

ye

better cpu too

[ebon prawn]

than this one

[ebon prawn]

its from the same brand 2

[plain sage]

nvm the cpu is basically the same power since intel buffed the i7s

but still, gpu is better

[ebon prawn]

nice

im gonnam buy this

[wanton elm]

What type of i7? A new one? a 10 year old i7?
What type of RAM? Clockspeed, timings etc.
Whats the motherboard?
What kind of SSD? NVME? SATA? How fast?

Those prebuilds are almost always a scam

They cheap out on so many things in those prebuilds, its insane

[green forge]

Its actually weird because every other pc on the site has the detailed specs in the name

some of them stil have DDR4 ram
DDR5 is not so great that you have to throw everything away and get a new machine
but when you buy a new one you really should look out for that

@wanton elm Found it
its mediamarkt AT

not too bad
at least not last gen like some of the offers

[wanton elm]

4800MHz is pretty darn slow mate... >.>

for the RAM*

[green forge]

yeah thats the part i dont get
6000 costs like 10 bucks more

[wanton elm]

Because those retailers get better prices for lower end shit
Especially if they buy it in bulk, thats how they generate their profit

[green forge]

yeah wondered how they make a profit because the build isnreally hard to recreaten for that price

[ebon prawn]

its enough for me ig

[plain sage]

he said 14700kf iirc

anyways i finally got a laptop :D the search is over

the lucky winner of my affection is asus tuf a16 advantage edition with r9-7940hs and rx 7600s

here's a pic of it hooked up to everything

rn its on my lap (and running a different os cuz fedora was a b)

[ebon prawn]

nice

[plain sage]

i think ill need to go back to windows because i cant get the dGPU working on linux no matter what

[ebon prawn]

darn it! gotta pay 250$ for an os!

[plain sage]

nah it did come with W11 home but... uh... i kinda fucked up and i need to use "cloud recovery" which has as much information about itself as a banana

[ebon prawn]

lol

[last furnace]

Its finally here! Best Christmas ever!!!

[autumn bolt]

that looks sick!

[dim hatch]

took this a month ago but i still love this photo

[last furnace]

Thanks, that's when the set up isn't quite there. This is it now!

[autumn bolt]

It gets better and better!

[unreal pine]

Not the best, not the worst

[gentle raft]

better than mine💀

[ebon prawn]

i decided to get a laptop instead of a desktop pc

[gentle raft]

why?

if it's preference over cost then u js cockblocked yrself

[green forge]

yeah well, long term a desktop has benefits of raw Power, heat management and upgradeability

but the laptop i now bought for around 1000€ kinda outperforms my desktop.

and if i wanted to buy a GPU that significantly upgrades my 2080ti
i look a 1000bucks just for that upgrade

[ebon prawn]

no i didnt buy it yet but im thinking about it

the price is the same

its just that all the desktop pc’s are either not what im looking for or likely a scam

the laptop has 32gb of ram a 4070 and an r7 cant remember which model but i think its an7745

and its 2.1k

but there is also a desktop computer with the same specs from the same retailer

that i just found so

i may get that instead

[gentle raft]

nvm nvm, u do u fam 2.1k sheeesh,

[last furnace]

24 inch 1080p

[raw ravine]

Thanks

Thankyou

[ebon prawn]

24 inch for 1080p 27 inch for 1440p/4k

27 inch is pretty big i own a 27 inch monitor from acer and i transitioned from a tv, its seamless

also dont enable hdr on a monitor

it looks really ugly

this aint the best pic but

[ebon prawn]

this is my setup currently

yeah

but make sure to get a 120 hz monitor if youre only playing on ps5

but if you also use a pc get a 144 hz

the extra 24 hz are gonna get wasted

yea

also

do you prefer an IPS or a VA

panel

sent a pic

ok wait

[last furnace]

Np, ngl I'd say go with the one I have but tbh I'm not an expert when it comes to PC stuff (I'm a noob)

[last furnace]

Damn dude that blows. Well hopefully you get a sick ass monitor

[ebon prawn]

@wanton elm
i found this pc, wondering if its worth the price
the ram is 4400 MHz (if you are wondering)

[wanton elm]

A 13700k with only a 4070ti lol

Dont pay for prebuilds if you have that much a budget

[ebon prawn]

i dont really have a plce to get seperate parts

[wanton elm]

actually nevermind, if you play at 1440p its actually pretty good

[ebon prawn]

im planning to

most accurately i am

going to play at 1440p

4k and 8k seem like a gimmick to me

[wanton elm]

it kinda is

[ebon prawn]

and plus 1440p is really sharp

[wanton elm]

So, i tried to rebuild this exact PC on PC Part Picker even incl. a Win11 License for 120€ and my total of parts is:

||1,848.09€||

If you get a win11 license... somewhere else... its only ~1700€...

So you are paying ~1000€ EXTRA by buying a prebuild...

You can get maybe even 100-150 cheaper by buying a smaller PSU and AirCooler instead of a A.I.O.

So you definitely get ripped off big time here

[ebon prawn]

but where do i get seperate parts

because i dont trust amazon

[wanton elm]

Where u from if you dont mind me asking?

[ebon prawn]

austria

[wanton elm]

https://www.alternate.at/

Its where i bought my PC Parts from

And building it yourself is not only super rewarding but also super simple nowadays

[ebon prawn]

ill check it out

[wanton elm]

And those 1.000€ extra, invest that in a better GPU lol

[ebon prawn]

but i dont trust myself building a pc

ill figure it out tho

[wanton elm]

Its super simple and there are dozens of video tutorials out there

Alternate even assembles and tests the PC for you, for a extra little fee if you dont feel like building it urself

Dont let others rip you off with prebuilds mate 🙏

[ebon prawn]

i found anither site

pc specialists

they build the pc for you

and you pick the parts

@wanton elm yea so the pc’s stamdard price is 3099 because its on sale, i made a pc with a 4090 for 3526

[wanton elm]

So does alternate if you missed my text

[ebon prawn]

yeah i know

[wanton elm]

aight, just saying ^_^
Whatever youre more comfortable with

[ebon prawn]

^^^

exkl. is 2938 and inkl. is 3526

[wanton elm]

I paid a total of a little more than 4000€ for my 4090 build
So thats an okay price

[ebon prawn]

its kinda funny how i can get a far better pc for only 400 bucks more

[wanton elm]

Of course lol

Thats why i say prebuilds always suck.
And even if the price is kinda okay, they cheap out on parts like the motherboard, PSU, RAM etc.

But the case they use is almost always a shiny RGB shitshow, because they know "Das Auge isst mit"

[ebon prawn]

looks >> performance

[wanton elm]

exactly

[ebon prawn]

they will use the modt dogshit specs but use the most rgb filled case because they know people will buy it because pf the rbg

[wanton elm]

Thats how those "scam pc's" on amazon work. They are called "HIGH END GAMING PC" have a super nice case, RGB Fans etc.
But parts from like 2011

[ebon prawn]

never buy pc’s from unknown brands

they’ll 99% of the time scam you

[wanton elm]

And parents who dont know jack shit about PC's see those 500€ PC's and buy them for their kids

[ebon prawn]

and then ignore all the complaints you have and wont refund you

[ebon prawn]

thats the saddest part

[wanton elm]

And they think their kids will be super happy cause its high end and all, just so they can find out fortnite runs at 40FPS

if even*

[ebon prawn]

i wish parents would do more research before buying pc’s

or even better… THE SCAMMERS WOULD STOP

[wanton elm]

Thats why its so important to educate as many people as possible, friends, family etc

[ebon prawn]

thank god my mom’s whole job is about computers

so she knows alot about them

[green forge]

hello
i7 is alway fast lol

[ebon prawn]

this is the one

wait

a 4080 is only 400 more

ill get the 4080

[plain sage]

"i7 32gb rtx" means i7 3rd gen, 32gb of mixed ddr3 at 800mhz and rtx 2060 which might or might not have been used by a dozen of people before

[plain sage]

the ram has kinda low clocks can u change it whatsoever or is it the only one they have

[ebon prawn]

it can go up to 7400 Mhz i think

[plain sage]

you have a Ryzen so check for CL/CAS latency

(theyre the same thing)

ideally youd want CL32 or lower

[ebon prawn]

i think its already like that

since they bitch about it if your components arent compatible

like motherboard etc

like if you choose 2 ssd’s it will say your motherboard only has 1 ssd slot

[plain sage]

something like g.skill trident z5 or corsair vengeance should be compatible with everything

[ebon prawn]

is 5200 mhz good?

[plain sage]

kinda low, depends on timings tho

ryzen cpus benefit from lower latency and intel cpus benefit from high clock speeds

[ebon prawn]

the highest they have is 6400mhz

[plain sage]

they don't tell you the timings on the website?

what kit is that, like model?

[ebon prawn]

nah

i specifically chose am5 ruzen chips

like there is an option for am4 am5 chips

[plain sage]

yeah 7800x3d is a great cpu

def don't change that

[plain sage]

if its corsair or g.skill its probably cl32 which is good

[ebon prawn]

i think they only put the components best for tjose chips

[ebon prawn]

based on what option you choose

[ebon prawn]

i chose vengeance

[plain sage]

yeah that's probably got good timings

[ebon prawn]

the total price is 2680

4080 77800x3d

gigabyte b650m ds3h motherboard

32 gigs of ram

1tb of storage

those are the specs i chose

[plain sage]

that's pretty good

[plain sage]

for 50$ either buy 16 more gigs of ram

or get more storage if youre running low

rx 6700 is a banger gpu

[wicked sluice]

WIP.

[ebon prawn]

sick

[agile light]

smoking sexy game

[fresh cove]

dmc?

[ebon prawn]

that rdr2 poster is sick

[wicked sluice]

Yeah

[marsh scaffold]

W thanks

[haughty scroll]

that joey jordison poster? if so thats fire

[marsh scaffold]

Yes it is

[haughty scroll]

hes my fav drummer

[marsh scaffold]

Ong

[haughty scroll]

nice

[marsh scaffold]

My status

[fresh cove]

ok but brian chippendale

[haughty scroll]

who is he

[fresh cove]

😢

drummer for lightning bolt

[haughty scroll]

oh

[fresh cove]

when it comes to metal tho my fave drummer is probably flo mounier (basic bitch choice but like)

[haughty scroll]

never heard of them unfortunatley

my favorite artists are cliff burton (ex metallica bassist) lemmy kilmister (motorhead founder+bassist) joey jordison and chris fehn (slipknot percussionist

and alex shikoali

[fresh cove]

and i thought i was basic

[haughty scroll]

man stfu

[fresh cove]

[haughty scroll]

i like what i like

[fresh cove]

yeah they're good

[haughty scroll]

just to name a few

[fresh cove]

mayhem pfp
no mayhem

[haughty scroll]

oh they are somewhere on the list just not the screen shot

[fresh cove]

👍

[haughty scroll]

at the bottom for some reason

[marsh scaffold]

Twisted transistor is very special

[haughty scroll]

yes

as is daddy

and a.d.i.d.a.s.

as well as pretty much half the songs from korns first few albums

[kindred vine]

SNES controller, specifically the European/PAL one, do you have an snes?

[green forge]

looks like a demo unit

[echo latch]

Upgraded from an ryzen 3 3100 to an ryzen 5 7600

[wicked sluice]

i7 13700k 3090 Ti Windows 8

[drifting harness]

y’all doing too much

[wicked sluice]

Why

[tardy wing]

dawg all of this makesme feel borderline homeless

[wicked sluice]

How come

[tardy wing]

dawg look at what im playing on

[wicked sluice]

Where is it

[tardy wing]

My webcam is taped on

[gentle raft]

chief

[tardy wing]

yep

[wicked sluice]

Does it help to run Win7 or 8 ? Windows 11 gross

[tardy wing]

what

[wicked sluice]

Win10 and 11👎

[gentle raft]

does it really matter ?

[tardy wing]

what does that have to do with the setup

[gentle raft]

exactly 💀

[wicked sluice]

10 and 11 slows ur computer down

[tardy wing]

dude

my computer isnt that old

it came with windows 11\

i know its a laptop but its not THAT shit

[wicked sluice]

Built my 13700k rig in November it currently runs 8

[gentle raft]

tbh bro, I'd maybe clean and straighten up, save up some money if possible and get some nice rgb or nice ambient lights for the setup

[tardy wing]

its dirty cus im rearranging my room and am putting stuff on my desk

Other side of desk

[wicked sluice]

It look ok besides win11

[tardy wing]

dawg

lemme see your setup

[wicked sluice]

ok!

[tardy wing]

i swear if your using one of those cream white box monitors from the early 2000s along with your windows 8

https://tenor.com/view/macintosh-duo-computer-screen-gif-9452853

[tardy wing]

are you going to show us

[wicked sluice]

Yes

[tardy wing]

where is it

[tardy wing]

wow

looks awsome

exept for the keyboard

[wicked sluice]

Thx mate ! I don't like Rgb

[tardy wing]

there are plenty of good keyboards that arnt rgb

hold on ill find one

[wicked sluice]

The good keyboards are the mechanical IBM PS/2 ones and also I have a bluray drive which seemingly everyone lacks these days

[tardy wing]

whats wrong with mechanical keyboards

also you have a blueray device in your keyboard?

[wicked sluice]

They are razer RGB and also USB is not as fast as PS/2 USB is polling based and PS/2 is interrupt based and no lol I have an internal SATA Bluray drive in my computer

[tardy wing]

i have a razer keyboard but those arnt the only good ones

and if you want a wireless keyboard if your worried about usb

[wicked sluice]

Wireless is worse !

[tardy wing]

but you just said you didnt like usb

heres a good one

Montech MKey (Darkness)

and if you want something more similar to what you have right now theres the Das Keyboard 6 Professional

[wicked sluice]

Yeah PS/2 connection is better than Usb

[tardy wing]

ps/2?

hold on lemme look it up

ooo i see

the old ports

[wicked sluice]

Ye

[tardy wing]

theres not much of a difference

between usb and ps/2

[wicked sluice]

I mean PS/2 is faster, more secure, and far better backwards compatibility, and a lot of modern motherboards still has at least 1 PS/2 port

[tardy wing]

actually

usb is faster

your right about the backwards compatibility

i mean the whole reason that usb was made was for it to be an upgrade from ps/2

[wicked sluice]

Well from what I can tell PS2 has lower latency, because instead of waiting in a queue per input, PS2 skips that line and interrupts the CPU, hence sending the input much faster. I wish there were higher DPI PS2 mice, but there are tons of good PS2 keyboards. I was able to install 2000 on a modern system thanks to PS/2

[wicked sluice]

It was more of an update. The only downside to it pretty much is it is not plug and play. But who unplugs their keyboard or mouse constantly anway? Overall, I like PS/2 better. It fixes problems when USB does not work properly or at all.

[tardy wing]

i searched it up:Now USB max pole rate is 1000 per second which is exact 5 times faster than PS/2. For your mouse this means much high precision, better responsiveness when moving quickly, and less jitter. It also means the increments for your input is smaller and more likely to be captured in time for your system to include the input.

[tardy wing]

fair

[wicked sluice]

Maybe to an extent usb is better for the mouse, but that comes at the expense of CPU time. That is why extreme overclockers that use liquid nitrogen for overclocking uses PS/2. Well that and the USB controller can get buggy with a very high clock speed

[tardy wing]

oooo

makes sense

you know there are modern mechanical keyboard with ps2

not many

but they do exist

[wicked sluice]

How many euro ? And is it cheap plastic or heavy metal ??

[tardy wing]

euro?

[wicked sluice]

Yes

[tardy wing]

idk

i would have to convert us dollars to euro

[wicked sluice]

ok mate !

[tardy wing]

i think i found something

i have to double check to see if its ps/2 im pretty sure it is tho

@wicked sluice

is it ok if it has both usb and ps/2 inputs

because i found one

Cherry Electronics G80-1800LPCEU-0

its 89 euro

or i found a listing on amazon

and then converted the price to euros

so they might not all be 89 euro

@wicked sluice

[wicked sluice]

Im here sorry

[tardy wing]

its cool

but as i was saying the Cherry Electronics G80-1800LPCEU-0

is your best bet

[wicked sluice]

What about Vintage IBM by Lexmark Model M 52G9658 Wired Mechanical Keyboard Clicky PS/2

@tardy wing it is 119.11euro

[tardy wing]

lemme check

its fine but its still old

where as the other one is a modern aproach to old keyboards

[wicked sluice]

modern yet cheaply made

[tardy wing]

actually

i watched a review and in terms of quality its actually not as cheap as it seams

[wicked sluice]

But is it 1920 heavy metal

[tardy wing]

pretty sure they used typewriters in 1920

[wicked sluice]

Ye !

[wicked sluice]

Is it that heavy

[tardy wing]

like dont get me wrong i like the sound and feel of older keyboards and typewriters

but that has more to do with the keys that the actual keyboard itself

and the cherry is made to replicate that "heavy keys feeling"

if it doesnt i bet you can easily buy heavier keys

the point im trying to make is that the vintage IBM is old

and is slower than modern keyboards

[wicked sluice]

Keys that weigh 43kg and old is Gold

[tardy wing]

cus things age and deteriorate with age

not the keys of the old keyboard but the "insides"

[wicked sluice]

I don't know, I just like the feeling, just like with old tube TVs and monitors, modern ones are super cheap

[tardy wing]

ah

i think your making the connection that "light" = "cheap"

but it doesnt always

[kindred vine]

yall wanna see my pc (yes i see the conversation here)

[wicked sluice]

sure !

[tardy wing]

also with the older keyboard it would be harder to get replacement parts

[wicked sluice]

A lot of the time it does, CRTs are built to last and they can break a brick, flat screens the bricks tears through the foundations of it

[tardy wing]

but ig what you could do is keep the vintage exterior and add modern "insides" so that it runs better but still feels like an old keyboard

if thats possible

[wicked sluice]

I suppose, even my OS I would have kept windows 7 but aero broke due to my horizontal resolution, once again Microsoft could have fixed it but false obsolescence

[wicked sluice]

Nearly everything is good. Did u see my build

[tardy wing]

why would they fix something that they have already made 4 better version of

[tardy wing]

bulbman

i need your opinion

[kindred vine]

yes

[tardy wing]

scroll up to here

and read

what would yuou thinkis the better purchase

the cherry or the vintage IBM

[kindred vine]

sexy lookin old one

[tardy wing]

rigght

[kindred vine]

or the

[tardy wing]

what

[kindred vine]

what else

[tardy wing]

cherry\

hold on ill get a picture

[kindred vine]

Should I open my pc to dust it off

[kindred vine]

Yes

[tardy wing]

it has the ps/2 that he wants while still being new and not cheap shitty plastic like alot of modern keyboards are

its a modern approach to the super old keyboards like the vintage IBM

[wicked sluice]

Win11

[tardy wing]

what would you choose if you were @wicked sluice

[kindred vine]

Yes

[wicked sluice]

Try Win7 or 8

[tardy wing]

@kindred vine

[tardy wing]

ok i get the old keyboards but why do you prefer windows 8

like isnt the whole point of releasing new windows OS to upgrade them

[kindred vine]

idk

[wicked sluice]

7's interface is certainly better I switched to 8.0 because I couldn't get my aero working and no once again new windows versions are updates not upgrades especially after 8.1

[tardy wing]

why is that

[wicked sluice]

More garbage Cortana laggy copilot on win11 and other stuff if I could still main 2000 I would they need to make another 2000

[tardy wing]

what

can you say that again but not in a way that is incomprehendible

[wicked sluice]

Windows 10 and 11 has a bunch of pre loaded "apps" and the store which is absolutely useless "although so does 8 and 8.1, Cortana and the copilot is useless and so is directx 12. I don't need DX12 or any of these new features, really 7 did all I needed it to without any extra garbage or spyware in the OS. I really wish I could still main windows NT or 2000, we already have the extended kernel but it still isn't good enough

[tardy wing]

what is directx 12

[wicked sluice]

api that many modern games use 7 8 and 8.1 has direct3d11 and very few games got ported d3d12 ported to 7 but even then not 8 or 8.1 because of how unpopular it was.

[tardy wing]

o

eh

to each their own

[wicked sluice]

What do u mean ?!

[tardy wing]

its an expression

[wicked sluice]

I see mate ..

[tardy wing]

it means that everyone has their own preferences

[fresh cove]

everything past win 8.1 is unneeded bloat

from my experience at least

i use windows 8.1 on my PC and i'm going to downpatch my laptop when i find the time

[wicked sluice]

Who needs Cortana or CoPilot

[kindred vine]

Why windows 7 it’s becoming unusable

I mean windows 8 is worse

[fresh cove]

no

windows 8.1 is fully functional, for me at least

windows 10 is just 8.1 with bloat

[green forge]

what

windows 8 performs way worse than 7 or 10.
everybody i met hated it and most just stuck with 7 until 10 came out

[fresh cove]

idk it works better on my pc

also 8.1, not 8

8 is utter dogshit

[green forge]

thata why 8.1 exists in the firat place

[wicked sluice]

8s ui is utter dogshit. performance wise it is better than 8.1

[fresh cove]

yeah

tbf ive barely used 8 LOL

only daily driven windows 7, 8, 10, and 11

[wicked sluice]

I used 8 for a while it came on my 2013 dell inspiron and I started with win98 in 2008

[wicked sluice]

I am proud to have never daily driven 11

[fresh cove]

based

[wicked sluice]

I had the displeasure of daily driving 10 but that was only because my oculus rift would not work under 7 but I sold it because it is not worth my sanity but I may try to get a used htc vive, supposedly someone got theirs running under 7 so I cannot imagine 8 would have an issue

[haughty scroll]

yo this channel is alive again

[haughty scroll]

Hopefully I’ll be getting an Xbox soon

Then I’ll probably re arrange shit

switch is for doom,

computer for steam

skateboard for fun

frog because frog

just did all this today

[misty bone]

This picture gives me a bad feeling about your laptop and gravity

[haughty scroll]

lol

thanks for pointing that out

fixed it

[misty bone]

I'm glad

[haughty scroll]

already lost the piece that goes between the screen and keybord

covers up the hinges

[misty bone]

Ah.

[gentle raft]

sick blanket dude

[haughty scroll]

thx

[gentle raft]

reminds me of the one I had as a wee Lad

[haughty scroll]

gift from my aunt

[misty bone]

Looks almost like my weighted one, except that mine is dark blue. But the fabric is most likely the same

[haughty scroll]

i kinda want a weighted blanket

[misty bone]

I love mine

[haughty scroll]

nothing like knowing you my die to asphxiation

[misty bone]

It took me a bit to get used to it. I started by covering only the legs

[haughty scroll]

nice

overall what do you think of my setup

i just need some stuff on the walls

[misty bone]

It's nice that everything is in reach from the bed.
Yeah you need stuff on the walls, there's so much empty space to fill, like a canvas

[haughty scroll]

i want to get my old metallica posters but they are in storage somewhere

[misty bone]

Your skateboard is nice :) 🤘

[haughty scroll]

gift for my 13th

[misty bone]

I tried to use one, couldn't do it lol. Always fell off

[haughty scroll]

takes alot of practice and a lot of bruses

[misty bone]

I bet. I can't skate on ice either. But I don't have any problems with roller skating

Weird.

[haughty scroll]

cant do either

but i want to try snowboarding

[misty bone]

Yeah that fits

[haughty scroll]

always seemed rly fun

[misty bone]

Yes, I've watched a few videos of people who can do it. It's almost like flying lol

[haughty scroll]

ye

its funny

i am almost the perfect stereotype for a early 2000 teenager

we got metal, skateboarding

[misty bone]

Is that bad?

[haughty scroll]

classic doom

not really

[misty bone]

Lol

[haughty scroll]

among many other things

if you buy old spice

is it techinicaly new spice

[misty bone]

Omg haha

[haughty scroll]

why do doctors say xrays are safe

than haul ass outa the room

after giving you a lead blanket

[misty bone]

Here come the dadjokes

[haughty scroll]

nah these are truths

the fbi are in my walls

[misty bone]

In your laptop, in your switch, in your frog

[haughty scroll]

nice

time to blow my brains out with metal so they can never take me alive

[misty bone]

Ha

Metal makes me fall asleep faster

[haughty scroll]

im not the only one?

[misty bone]

No.

[haughty scroll]

nice

what kind tho

i enjoy almost everything from sabbath to paleface

[misty bone]

Thrash, Black, Industrial mostly for me

[haughty scroll]

i like thrash

and obviously black

[misty bone]

But I've always loved Motörhead too

[haughty scroll]

lemmy kilmister is THE bassist

[misty bone]

Lemmy is God! Says even the female UAC speaker in Doom Eternal

[haughty scroll]

never made that connection

[misty bone]

I was laughing when I heard her.

Seen them as often as I could

[haughty scroll]

nice

[misty bone]

Now it's mainly Overkill though since Lemmy is dead

[haughty scroll]

ye

[misty bone]

Those guys are the best, they actually want to get connected with their fans. After the gig they come outside, you can talk with them, gather signatures, if you're lucky and they have time, share a drink

[haughty scroll]

ye

didnt lars vomit on lemmy once

[misty bone]

Really?

[haughty scroll]

that ma was obsessed with lemmy

[misty bone]

He was

Motörhead and Metallica were like bff's

[haughty scroll]

yea

[misty bone]

And my phone suggested bfg. Ha

[haughty scroll]

lol

ima go play rdr

have a good evening

[misty bone]

Hf & gl

Thanks, you too

[haughty scroll]

ggs

[haughty scroll]

just realized that each time i go here i manage to turn this shit into the music channel

[obsidian kestrel]

Today is my birthday

[gentle raft]

happy birthday bro

[plain cave]

Happy birthday Little friend, have a good day

[misty bone]

Happy birthday!

[vestal matrix]

Yo happy (belated) birthday (our birthdays are close)

[median roost]

hi sorry i dont know where i can write can someone help me

[gentle raft]

what's up?

[median roost]

hi

🙂

[gentle raft]

hello

[median roost]

how are you

[gentle raft]

are u just looking to socialize ?

I'm doing good, js pc acting wack 😅

[median roost]

yeah and talk abnout doom

[gentle raft]

ahh hell yeah dude let's go to #doom-eternal

or general 😎

[median roost]

thanks 🙂

[marsh fossil]

cool but it should go in #merch-showcase

[wicked sluice]

Ok thanks

[haughty scroll]

Yo happy late birthday @obsidian kestrel

[wild mango]

Same here, happy late birthday 🥳 🎂

[ebon prawn]

i love these make most of what you have builds

they feel so human

anyways rip n tear my dude

[marsh fossil]

👽

[tribal lion]

did you guys like my setup

[wicked sluice]

Im jealous

Of ur monitor

[kindred vine]

Show full room

[arctic tusk]

This is absolutely beautiful!!!

[ebon prawn]

@wanton elm thoughts?

the exact cpu‘s are at the top

i personally think the 2nd one is better

because of the ram

[wanton elm]

Dont buy a notebook/laptop. Thats my thought.

Just because it has a 4070, doesnt mean it performs like a normal desktop GPU for example

keyword thermals

[ebon prawn]

yeah i know

but the games i play dont need a super high end graphucs card

so a mobile 4070 should work

[ebon prawn]

ill get those fans

that you put under the system

[wanton elm]

that doesnt rly do anything

[ebon prawn]

damn

[wanton elm]

u cant get the thermal capacity of a dual or even tripple 80-120mm block with heatpipes and big heatsink in a flat surface matie

it just doesnt transfer enough heat quickly

the only thing you cool with it is the surface temp

which can help making it nicer to the touch

but not to the core

[ebon prawn]

i would buy a pc from the website i found but

i dont trust new websites i find

[wanton elm]

Thats why most people mistake it as efficient
"hey it feels cooler, nice, this works"

[ebon prawn]

like idk but i have this irrational fear that i pay the money i dont get it and i dont get a refund

when buying from a website

[wanton elm]

buy only from trusted, well known, sites

[ebon prawn]

is pcspecialists trusted

[wanton elm]

never heard of it

Only sites i buy from are alternate or caseking (for accessories)

Amazon i ONLY buy from if it is sold and shipped DIRECTLY from amazon

Not any third party company

[ebon prawn]

they can be a scame like half the time

if its cheap and the main selling point is that its high end its definitely a scam

[brave olive]

Portable unfortunately no wifi for online.

But planning to get Xbox soon

[gentle raft]

hell yeah!

I like the blueberry flavor too good pick

[kindred vine]

mmmmmm

[autumn bolt]

mmmmmmmm

[languid violet]

Mmmmmmmmm

[brave olive]

[hardy hedge]

you should try strawberry

[plain sage]

yoo its THE synthesizer

[devout hill]

[ebon prawn]

will these work together?
i wanna buy an rog ally because i wanna play my steam library on the go and i also wanna use this as some sort of placeholder pc till i finally get it on my bday

[ebon prawn]

nvm

found smth better

[wanton elm]

u ever gonna buy something? i only see you posting cool shit but never buy anything lol

[ebon prawn]

i will

in a few months

[wanton elm]

lol

[ebon prawn]

im still saving up

[ebon prawn]

@scarlet kettle

[scarlet kettle]

that's a damn good pc bro

[ebon prawn]

should i?

[scarlet kettle]

if you have the money sure

[ebon prawn]

i saved up 3k bucks till now and i wanted to get a pc for my bday

[scarlet kettle]

i think it would perform better than mine

[ebon prawn]

i can spend my money on a way better system

[scarlet kettle]

well if you can go for better and want to, go for it

i would leave some money available to buy a good headset and keyboard/mouse

[ebon prawn]

i already got a monitor

a pretty good one

[scarlet kettle]

1440p?

[ebon prawn]

yea

[scarlet kettle]

nice

if you're going for 1440p gaming you might want a beefier gpu

[ebon prawn]

the games i play aren’t that demanding

[scarlet kettle]

something like a 4070 or 3070

[ebon prawn]

you are right

[scarlet kettle]

yeah the games aren't but 1440p is

[ebon prawn]

there are other pc’s

there’s this one with 16gb of ram but a 4070

[scarlet kettle]

i run 16gb of ddr4 and i haven't maxed them out yet lol

[ebon prawn]

i don’t really think i should sacrifice ram for a better gpu

[scarlet kettle]

it's better to have 16gb of faster ram than 32gb of normal speed ram, i made that mistake when i built my pc

[ebon prawn]

i’m not sure if it’s faster

nvm

[scarlet kettle]

if it's ddr5 it's fast

faster than the best ddr4

[ebon prawn]

it’s 1700 bucks

[scarlet kettle]

and this one has a 4070 you said right?

[ebon prawn]

yea

[scarlet kettle]

the other one has a faster cpu and more ram, but this one has a better gpu

[ebon prawn]

i already like have a pc ready

but i don’t trust online shipping

and warranties are always a hassle to deal with when buying online

[scarlet kettle]

it's that bad in europe? i thought it'd be better

[ebon prawn]

no it’s not that bad

there are always so many things you gotta do

[scarlet kettle]

well yeah they gotta make sure you're not warrantying an item that's working fine

[ebon prawn]

no i mean actually contacting them

you gotta go through several pages to find out what their number is

when they are open

[scarlet kettle]

honestly i'm not sure

i think the first one is a better deal because you get a better cpu and same speed ram but more

you can always just sell the gpu in the future and put money on top for a better one

[ebon prawn]

i already got a pc that i’m planning to buy (7900 gre with 77700x)

but

[scarlet kettle]

i'd go nvidia for the gpu

[ebon prawn]

i don’t trust online sellers

[scarlet kettle]

dlss is way too good to not use

[ebon prawn]

yea

i like amd more because the price is more attractive

and more vram

[scarlet kettle]

for the gpu, amd isn't always that good

[ebon prawn]

i actually don’t know

this is difficult

[scarlet kettle]

nvidia has been kicking their butts for like a decade now in the gpu department

[ebon prawn]

idk what pc to buy

[scarlet kettle]

i'd go with the first one, it's a better base pc to start with and you can always change the gpu in the future

an i7-14700f and 32gb of ddr5 ram is a really hard thing to say no to imo

[ebon prawn]

yea

it’s a better upgrade path

[scarlet kettle]

exactly

[ebon prawn]

the reason i don’t trust buying a pc from an online seller is that i don’t know them very well

i know this store i’m at and they are always great

[scarlet kettle]

trust is very good when it comes to these things, they're not cheap after all

[ebon prawn]

that’s why i want to buy a pc from this store

i know how their warranty works

i know everything

[scarlet kettle]

my conclusion is that the first pc that you sent is the way to go, it leaves you enough money on the side to get a good keyboard, a good mouse and a good headset

if you need recommendations on mice and headset i can give you some

[ebon prawn]

i already chose them

the peripherals

[scarlet kettle]

neat

what did you have in mind?

[ebon prawn]

logitech g203

i already have an earphone

[scarlet kettle]

i'd pick the g502

it has a more comfortable shape for your hand

[ebon prawn]

how much is it

[scarlet kettle]

i'm not sure how much it is in your local markets, for me it's probably overpriced due to the way this country handles taxes on imported products

[ebon prawn]

@scarlet kettle yo i just checked the online stores policies and i found out a way to contact em

actually way easier than i thought

i may buy the pc online because it’s better

[scarlet kettle]

Do you get lower prices that way?

[ebon prawn]

it ain’t cheaper but it’s way better

it’s got a 7900 gre rx 77700x 32gb ddr5 6000mhz and a 2x 1 terabyte samsung 990 pro ssds

@scarlet kettle

[scarlet kettle]

damn

what about graphics card

[ebon prawn]

its a 7900 gre

im getting amd because it has more vram

and i value price to performance

[scarlet kettle]

vram doesn't necessarily mean better performance

[ebon prawn]

i know

just for futureproofing

[plain sage]

rate the fit

school setup 🤑

[ebon prawn]

bro gonna play run 3 in 4k 120 fps hdr

[wicked sluice]

I have 24gb vram , does this mean I have bad gpu ?

[scarlet kettle]

not at all

if it has that amount of vram then it's probably a really high end card

[wicked sluice]

can i send u my spec ?

[scarlet kettle]

sure

[wicked sluice]

hold on

[wicked sluice]

Here u go

[wicked sluice]

does it look ok ?

[scarlet kettle]

why do you use windows 7?

[wicked sluice]

Why would I use 10 or 11?

[scarlet kettle]

10 is pretty good, 11 sucks ass

[wicked sluice]

The later versions of 10 also suck ass, server 2016 and 2019 is the best of the worst for Win10. 7 just works and it does what I need, and I am not a huge gamer either

8 and 8.1 are also good

[gentle raft]

negative. sir

[scarlet kettle]

positive, miss

[plain sage]

hdr on windows is so shit :(
the laptop is 240hz and the tablet is 120 but runs at 60 with screen sharing unfortunately

[ebon prawn]

yeah hdr is garbage on pc

[plain sage]

im a color accuracy nerd so idc about hdr anyways

[ebon prawn]

hdr messes with my game it puts fuzzy borders on everything and its borderline unplayable

[plain sage]

ive only tried hdr in devil may cry and it made the entire game awfully gray

not even desaturated it was just ugly

[molten swallow]

Nice processor

[plain sage]

7940hs i love it thx

[plain sage]

another machine to install doom on....

[ebon prawn]

@scarlet kettle I FOUND THE PERFECT PC

[scarlet kettle]

tf does it say there

[ebon prawn]

it has an r77700

rtx 4070

32gb ddr5 ram

1tb storage

it’s perfect

i might buy it cuz it was just what i was looking for

@scarlet kettle

should i buy it

it’s 1.9k

[scarlet kettle]

You still haven't chosen one?

[ebon prawn]

i did but i was just curious

what they had in my local store

[plain sage]

needed to destroy the legacy

[molten swallow]

💀

[plain sage]

i mean thats certainly not the worst thing that could happen

uh nevermind

seems like linedefs stopped existing

[tight frost]

damn

[ebon prawn]

ill put my pc on this desk

and my current setup

[tight frost]

what monitor is that?

[plain sage]

that looks like just a TV

maybe

do you finally know what PC youll be going for Checo?

[ebon prawn]

Acer Nitro XV271UM3

[ebon prawn]

yeah lemme send the specs

[tight frost]

Ty

[ebon prawn]

@plain sage

[plain sage]

oh so youre going AMD after all

looks pretty good

[ebon prawn]

ty

ive been mostly playing my steam library on an office laptop

[plain sage]

mini itx build thats interesting

[ebon prawn]

so this is going to be a huge upgrade

[ebon prawn]

i like small tech

[plain sage]

who doesnt right? fractal terra is a sick case btw im sure youll love it

[green forge]

look at that Beauty

but 180 really is something.
is there anytging that makes this case special?

[ebon prawn]

its small and has wood on the front

[plain sage]

the design makes up for it

i dont just mean the exterior

unsurprisingly its difficult to create a case that's both small, good to build in and doesnt cause high tier hardware to overheat

[green forge]

recently got the sugo14
because my old itx case could only fit dual slot GPUs

not sure if i would pay 80 more for some wood but it sure does look nice

[plain sage]

i have this chieftec gaming cube

it's a pretty silly case but i like it

one issue is that i have a 3-fan card and when it spins up the metal side panel vibrates and it sounds like a diesel

this is how it looks opened

[green forge]

you really have to cram the gpu in there somehow

[plain sage]

its not that bad actually

ive crammed this challenger pro 6700xt into it and it's... fine

that's about the biggest gpu that you're gonna fit in there though

it's running a bit hot sometimes but thats probably because my case fans are really trash

i didnt have any proper ones so i dug them out of my previous case which was.... not good

[ebon prawn]

we are so back

[plain sage]

hot

[ebon prawn]

@plain sage W?

[plain sage]

hell yea

wouldnt go for a razer mouse unless you were budget constrained

well actually its not that bad

what board is that?

[ebon prawn]

razer tkl

i like how responsive it is

[plain sage]

well shit all keyboards should be responsive

you mean like it has a tactile switch or?

[ebon prawn]

i mean i feel when it registers

like the click

[green forge]

I usually used to go for the bare minimum.
which was like 1 standard fan that came with the case.
recently put in 2 Higher quality silent fans in there and its really a difference in noise and temperatures

[plain sage]

this case only has two fan mounts though

front and back and that's it

[green forge]

smol case
smol need for Fans

the main issue with the standard fans is that they dont have pwm so they just spin with over 1500 rpm at all times instead of maybe 600

[plain sage]

it's not that small

it's wider than my mid tower

[wicked sluice]

fred the snail

[ebon prawn]

it says you can only post your setup here

[gentle raft]

bro what the fuck

<@&162901871168585728> sorry but got this one and another In merch showcase

he did it everywhere

and videos and music

[opal meadow]

Rate my setup

[ebon prawn]

the most based setup ever

[viral trout]

Sneaky background feet

[sharp pike]

Mancooobus

[opal meadow]

You only find it in goofy nightmare mode

[plain sage]

spunch bob

[wicked sluice]

Indeed

[ebon prawn]

do you live in chicago by any chance

[fresh cove]

philippines

[plain sage]

close enough

[green forge]

you can tell by the fan