🔌│tech

[cursive summit]

Hardware leaker

[nimble arch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGc8BKD7a08

[cursive summit]

But I don't remember them being.. moronic

[nimble arch]

[fair gull]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6MybDJfmmY

hahaha so someone other than archive.org archived bambus website before they tried to gaslight everyone

[vagrant pagoda]

Yep

Bambu has always been suspect, but they made such a good product that people still bought the product.

Lots of people in the community were just waiting for them to go full corpo garbage

The consumer 3d printer market is built on open source, even crappy Chinese printers are open source.

[cursive summit]

What even is a Bambu?

Yet another 3D printer maker?

[umbral heron]

Bambu Lab, 3d printer manufacturer

[cursive summit]

And what's the scoop this time, denying warranty?

[umbral heron]

Hardware good and cheap, but... yeah...

[fair gull]

they made 3d printers that were actually desirable for new people as it was just unbox, connect, print.

but now that i know why they are not on archive.org and this new gaslighting of customers i have lost all interest in bambu

i rea;lly looked forward to getting an X or P series printer with multi fillament stuff

[umbral heron]

X1 has custom community firmware
P and A though...

[cursive summit]

So wait what's the problem, lack of documentation?

They sell you a 3D printer and provide no manuals of operation?

[sudden imp]

Can’t wait till we create printer exclusive filament just like the good ol dell printers

[umbral heron]

They wanted all users to go through their software and account to print, even if only via LAN, without connecting to their servers
And limit users to only their slicer, with no option to use 3rd party ones

[cursive summit]

Ahh, that bullshit

Yeah that's just annoying, why I'm never buying a Dell or HP printer

[umbral heron]

Now they've backtracked to "you can pick between staying in our ecosystem, need account and companion app, or fuck off of our ecosystem, here are open protocols, do whatever you want"
But they've added so much gaslighting and passive aggression to it that it's absurd
And edited previous blog post, so people won't be able to call them out

[lyric hatch]

https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2025-bryan-catanzaro-interview-dlss-4-and-machine-learning

[cursive summit]

There's some no bs printers out there

[halcyon moss]

Sounds like a usb device to me

[cursive summit]

Eh I guess I'll just watch that vid

Did Louis Rossmann start talking even faster than usual

Brother's spazzing

Don't kids nowadays call people his age "unc"

[umbral heron]

Buy one with refillable ink containers, not cartridge system, and use CUPS' PPD, not official drivers
That's all for 2D printer

[cursive summit]

Ink is horrid though, if you want to print less than every 3 days

Just get a laser unless you need color lol

Still far cheaper

Laserjets are cheap as hell

[umbral heron]

My Epson still works great after 14 or so years

[cursive summit]

Ink dries out and you have so many problems it's not even funny

Not only new ink, but also printer needs service

[umbral heron]

And with Bambu printer I don't really care, because all I wanted was a possibility to use it on LAN with OrcaSlicer, I don't give a damn about their whole "ecosystem"

I still have about a week to return it, so I'll wait how things will go, but for now it's pretty much alright to me

[reef patrol]

Naw. It was removed from archive long ago.

But it does make for excellent drama.

[umbral heron]

Not that I'll buy anything from them anymore

A gang of autistic engineers fueled by self-hatred and caffeine
No wonder it feels like home

[reef patrol]

Whitehats fueled by pure spite.

Truly a force to be reckoned with.

[cursive summit]

Can you print in silicon yet?

[fair gull]

ye but they requested removal cause someone used it to tell people about bambu just changing some warranty stuff and then trying to hide it

[cursive summit]

I would only consider a 3D printer than can print me kitchen utencils

[fair gull]

you can

[cursive summit]

In silicon though

[fair gull]

yes

you can

[cursive summit]

Any of them can do that?

[reef patrol]

Sure. Too bad for Bambu that they operate in the EU, so I don't care what their website says 😄

[cursive summit]

I don't plan to use non food grade silicon

[rough patrol]

eating off 3d prints

yum i love microplastics

[cursive summit]

Nah I just want to make silicon forks and shit

As long as it's food grade

[umbral heron]

I wanted to float Benchy in tea mug, but it flipped and subsequently warped

[fair gull]

pretty sure if you disinfect all the 3d print parts (especially cause silicone is resin printed) you could prob do food safe printing

[umbral heron]

Tea with a hint of PLA

[reef patrol]

ssss

[marsh glade]

Why limit yourself to microplastics when you could consume macroplastics?

[old marlin]

you need to replace all brass parts on the hotend

[fair gull]

resin

no hotend

[old marlin]

💀

don't think resin can be food grade

actually

[reef patrol]

wat

[old marlin]

nvm

[reef patrol]

[rough patrol]

getting a metal 3d printer so i can make forks and shit

[fair gull]

https://chillepoxy.com/product-category/product-type/silicone-resins/

[old marlin]

uv resin is iffy in general

[fair gull]

apparently there is food safe silicone resins

only some time until someone makes not just silicone resin for 3d printing but food safe

[rough patrol]

those wood+epoxy tables are super cool

[fair gull]

not why i linked it lol

[old marlin]

I think the weird filled resins can be turned food safe

but those are expensive

[fair gull]

the actual page looks like this

idk why the preview has the table

[umbral heron]

Oh yeah, gotta print this thingy, poop basket
Previously unbeknownst to me, A1 likes to fling purge across the room

[reef patrol]

[fair gull]

wasnt related to EU as they state 2 yrs for the EU

was more fudging over basically everyone else

[reef patrol]

Mhmm.

[vagrant pagoda]

https://youtu.be/ZVFB2g25OkM

[reef patrol]

Flashbacks to the woes of ball mice

[fair gull]

at least they dont look like hard boiled egg yolks

[reef patrol]

Not those.

I mean the ones where you roll the ball

[vagrant pagoda]

You mean trackball?

[fair gull]

oh trackballs

[vagrant pagoda]

I guess technically a trackball is a ball mouse

I never liked trackballs that much, but they are better than old track pads for laptops and rack kvms

I do love my 3dconnect, which kind of takes the same input

[reef patrol]

I remember having one as a kid. It got a small dent that you'd feel randomly while spinning it. Did not work well

[vagrant pagoda]

Pretty sure most people hate it when you dent thier balls

I have a friend who to this day swears by trackballs

[grand anvil]

review my future pc build . any improvements I can make?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fC9H4p

[umbral heron]

Swap board to B650 and upgrade CPU to 7800X3D/9800X3D
Otherwise looks okay

[ashen spindle]

And no need for separate thermal paste

[halcyon moss]

1tb ssd seems low these days

[reef patrol]

Depends on how good you are with keeping your games library clean I guess -and internet speed.

[halcyon moss]

i also doubt you need 10 fans

[reef patrol]

How would you even fit ten fans into the Mini?

The XL has ten fan mounts, and it's BIG

[vagrant pagoda]

Mini has 8 too I think

1 back, 3 top, 2 front and 2 bottom

Then 2 on the cooler

That's 10 fans

[pale sigil]

Ye 1tb is painful

[reef patrol]

Couldn't relate.

[pale sigil]

But definitely manageable

If you have a secondary drive, however with my laptop I always feel the pain of 1tb

[halcyon moss]

I would downgrade speed for size

[pale sigil]

2tb is pretty cheap these days tbf

[cursive summit]

This specifically since the CPU tower fan comes with it included

There's prolly a few celsius worth of improvements from top tier 15$ paste tube but.. it's a good fan, it'll do fine

[grand anvil]

so i only need 1tb i have it now and it still not full

[cursive summit]

85$ is way cheaper than what you'd be paying for 2TB so it's fine

[grand anvil]

the fans are just caus i can fit 3 on the bottom 2 in frond 1 at top 1 in the back and it cheeper to get them in a 5 pack so thats way

[halcyon moss]

i manage just fine with 1TB as well. but that was in a pc from 5 years ago 🙂

[cursive summit]

I am unsure if it's the right time to buy a GPU right now

[vagrant pagoda]

Just get x3d and not worry about paste is my recommendation.

[cursive summit]

X3D are a lot more expensive

[grand anvil]

no past ?

[balmy vector]

2tb the king, i got 2 of em in my system

[cursive summit]

Tbf if you don't get the X870 and get a B650, that's prolly enough savings to upgrade to a 7800X3D

[ashen spindle]

The cooler comes with paste

[grand anvil]

i want aircooling so no x3d caus it will get to hot and then i need to go for an aio

[umbral heron]

X3D doesn't need AIO

[halcyon moss]

no you dont

[ashen spindle]

And x3d does not get hot

[umbral heron]

Only Intels do

[grand anvil]

ok thx

[balmy vector]

X3d pretty chill

[ashen spindle]

Source I run a 9800x3d and most of the time my fan isn’t even moving

[grand anvil]

u sure ?

[lyric hatch]

60°C when gaming it's chilling

[ashen spindle]

Yes very sure

[umbral heron]

I run 7950X3D and it's perfectly happy wit air cooler

[grand anvil]

amd wabsite says you need on aio

[cursive summit]

You don't at all

What I'm seeing wrong with that build is that you can get an X3D if you get a B650 board, don't buy extra fans and controllers and instead get a case with 4 fans preinstalled

Although maybe you need the cores so, idk

[balmy vector]

7800x3d at 69……. Nice…

[umbral heron]

No matter which CPU you'll go with, do not get X870, B650 is cheaper with the same stuff

[cursive summit]

What Cal said, and then get a 7800X3D which is a lot faster in gaming

Unless you need cores for work reasons

Don't buy the extra Noctua thermal paste, the fan comes with paste, and you can get a better case that already comes with 4 fans so you don't buy more

[grand anvil]

but .... i want the usb-c ports and wifi 7 lan 10

[cursive summit]

If anything there's enough savings there to go with a 9800X3D

-100$ from motherboard, -100 from extra fans, that's a 9800X3D

[grand anvil]

i want to start steaming not sure if i need the cores or not

[cursive summit]

For streaming you'll be fine with X3D and 8 cores

If anything the GPU matters more there lel, you should prolly get an NV card

[grand anvil]

amd fan xd or do you think the 4080 is so much better ?

[cursive summit]

I'm an AMD fan but you should prioritize what matters to you instead of brand loyalty

[umbral heron]

Unless you already 10G infrastructure go for it, otherwise it'd be a waste of money
And there are B650/E boards with USB-C

[cursive summit]

I'd suggest waiting for reviews on RTX 5080 and 5070 Ti to see what happens with those cards

[grand anvil]

i think they are 💩

[cursive summit]

Buying a thousand dollar card right now that is about to be last generation is a bit pre-emptive

If you need VRAM that's a proper argument, but it's better to wait a few days

[grand anvil]

mmmh true but my potato pc crashing

[cursive summit]

Also that price for the XTX seems a bit high, surely there's cheaper ones

[grand anvil]

not rly

[cursive summit]

It's a good card but I'd wait until Jan 29th or 30th when the review embargo lifts on the new Nvidia cards

[grand anvil]

its euros btw not dollar

[cursive summit]

Country?

[grand anvil]

belguim

[cursive summit]

I mean I can find up to 100 euros cheaper but that's just my country it does weird things with price

Kinda around that mark that you're paying for XTX so yeah saving isn't a thing

Meh if you find that price okay then it'll be a good card, Nvidia pricing is insane in Europe so RTX 5080 won't be within your price range

[grand anvil]

i found one for 860 something but i did not like the color of it

[cursive summit]

Priorities, huh

800W? https://videocardz.com/newz/alleged-geforce-rtx-5090-prototype-with-24576-cores-800w-power-and-32gb-32gbps-memory-has-been-pictured

[grand anvil]

haha yea

[gusty kiln]

https://youtu.be/oqqCQ2RpT7E?si=dCkj4m4bQhIpq7EH

5090 kingpin is going to be like 3000 i bet

[grand anvil]

crazy you will need a 2000 w psu

[cursive summit]

You will.. not

800W is a bit insane so you'd need 1200W prolly but it'll rarely ever actually run at 800W prolly

[unkempt lake]

Brand loyalty is the stupidest shit someone can do

Corporations do not care about you.

[unkempt lake]

big brain moment

i own an XTX myself and right now is an absolute stupid time to buy one

Especially for the price you found lol too damn much

There's still so much rdna3 on shelves anyways they ain't vanishing any time soon

[unkempt lake]

Is basic troubleshooting too hard for you?

[vagrant pagoda]

1600w more likely as that's the most you can do on a normal outlet in the us

[prime epoch]

hey yall i’ve never had a pc before but i decided to get in to the market for purchasing my first i bought absolutely everything i need wooting keyboard which gets here in march mouse high end monitor etc all im actually missing is the pc itself do you guys think its worth waiting for the 5090? or should i just go for 4090 (im building high end to game as well as video edit)

[cursive summit]

You don't need a 5090 to game

[nimble arch]

Y'know, that's a better price than I expected for the UK.

[cursive summit]

5070Ti or 5080 is fine as well for editing

[prime epoch]

do u have any recommendations on prebuilt sights?

[distant tapir]

Are the 5k oled gonna release this year?

[unkempt lake]

Weren't you the kid who ordered that intel ultra pc and 4080?

Like a few weeks ago

[prime epoch]

yeah i canceled it because of 50 series

[nimble arch]

I don't think so

[distant tapir]

Le sigh

[grand anvil]

its a laptop that is running to hot caus it on for to many hours.

[prime epoch]

i also decided i didn’t wanna go intel as a cpu

[unkempt lake]

Well right now theres no prebuilts

[unkempt lake]

Repaste it?

Get a cooling pad?

[prime epoch]

only websight that i saw would let me preorder is build redux and im on top of their list for the pc itself

[grand anvil]

but at the time i was i need for a laptop for school but i put it in my back one or two times and i think i destroyed the gpu

bag

[unkempt lake]

Not how it works

[grand anvil]

well its crashing all the time and it disabbeles my gpu

[cursive summit]

There are a few

[cursive summit]

That looks god awful

I want to see what the price is for that

[prime epoch]

4500

usd

[cursive summit]

what

That is like 3k tops

Competitive pricing huh

[prime epoch]

the graphics card itself is 2k

[cursive summit]

With 50% markup

[cursive summit]

The rest is a grand at most and not even gaming focused

[grand anvil]

someone know anything of this motherboard ? MSI PRO B850-P WIFI what does the p mean ?

[prime epoch]

ahh okay

idk where else i’d buy

[cursive summit]

Build a PC yourself

[prime epoch]

not experienced enough nor do i have time only free time i get to myself is weekends until september

[cursive summit]

Considering that is the only -P motherboard in the market, it means virtually nothing and that is something the manufacturer just added to the product

[balmy vector]

My b650e has 2 usbc

[steady sail]

There is a ton of tutorials on youtube how to build a pc

[prime epoch]

ah

[grand anvil]

name

[grand anvil]

oke thx

[gusty kiln]

Oh shit when did you upgrade

[crimson wigeon]

Sounds legit what even is a cashtag

[minor citrus]

This sounds like a case for <@&1098943457654997093> 😄

[balmy vector]

They gone

[analog sinew]

my god now i'm home during microsoft support hours

"we'll call you back"

lmao this company

9-17 on weekdays but you cant even talk to someone

[balmy vector]

[minor citrus]

to be fair, it's almost time for them to stop working

[analog sinew]

yeah but for me too

usually idont get home before 18

this is a multibillion dollar company

and they cant afford a ticket system or something?

they push AI on you but dont have a chatbot? something?

also you can have help centers around the world so the timezones do the work for you

but nah

[minor citrus]

their call center probably does indeed work night shifts 😄

[grand anvil]

@balmy vector what mobo do you have ?

[balmy vector]

B650e-e gaming wifi

[grand anvil]

asus rug right ?

[ashen spindle]

On release when they had stock for like an hour xD

[grand anvil]

it is 350 euro here even more as the x850 that i selected

🇧🇪 belguim prices are so strange

[balmy vector]

I had gotten a deal on it when i got it since im US

Its pretty pricey without deal

[cursive summit]

Just get a B650 AORUS ELITE AX V2

Wifi + BT for connectivity, USB-C ports, 2.5g networking, it's a good motherboard and I see it's under 200

[unkempt lake]

https://gamersnexus.net/gn-extras/our-response-linus-sebastian

[umbral heron]

I just saw the word "attorneys"

[steady sail]

Okay soo what would be the best outcome for me in terms of a new GPU

Should i just wait till late march and buy a rx 9070 or just buy a gpu from 2nd hand and be happy

[cedar fog]

Bro I just read like regurgitated words for multiple paragraphs

just for them to say this only the minimum amount of interactions are presented below that are needed to prove the claims that were made and provide the requested evidence.

and then a following screenshot of Linus oblige a request and the dudes response is basically calling Linus's writing team uneducated

lmao

[cursive summit]

This one is fun lol

Linus saying people are a type of R word and autistic

[cedar fog]

yeah I saw the part where he was called less autistic than he used to be or something

[cursive summit]

Tbf Linus is ridiculously not self aware

[cedar fog]

honestly this whole drama is such a stretch

[cursive summit]

In WAN show 2 weeks ago says "Dude I'm not going to make that (Honey expose) video, that will be insane, people will think I just care about money"

Literally NEXT WEEKS WAN show "Dude I've been looking at jets recently"

[balmy vector]

Linus famously cares about money

[cursive summit]

Ah yes, because making videos about having a fancy house and a private jet.. does not make people think you care about money

[balmy vector]

Especially in 2nd hand market lol

[cedar fog]

Tbh I wouldn't join a lawsuit either if I was in his position

it would such a pain in the ass

[cursive summit]

This isn't about a lawsuit

LTT knew about Honey's fraud practices 3 YEARS AGO

And did NOTHING about it

[cedar fog]

Ah

[alpine patio]

i honestly do not think linus does much of the management

[cursive summit]

He allowed for Honey to harm other creators and his excuse is "I can't make that video cause people will think it's about the money"

It's morals and ethics

[alpine patio]

it feels like he is just being told what to do

[cedar fog]

Agreed especially since he stepped down

[gusty kiln]

Wait so this whole drama is about honey?

[cursive summit]

The recent one got sparked by it

[alpine patio]

i dont think he knows much or is involved with other things like sponserships

[gusty kiln]

I honestly have no idea what's the ltt gn beef is about

[ashen spindle]

its not only about honey, it just added more fuel

[steady sail]

I love the channel Drama Nexus

[rough patrol]

The whole honey stealing from creators thing was public knowledge back then too 😶

[unkempt lake]

Info was already public, it's not linus's job to babysit other content creator's sponsorships. He could have handled things better but GN behaving as if everything is Linus's fault was stupid.

[balmy vector]

Linus Drama Tips

[ashen spindle]

its started sorta with the billet labs thing that ltt messed up and then theres just been a lot of cases

[balmy vector]

[ashen spindle]

it's not linus's job to babysit other content creator's sponsorships
not what anyone ever said or expects

[cursive summit]

GN did a video announcing a lawsuit of Honey and they showcased a clip of Linus saying that he knew about Honey's practices years back and did nothing about it, GN's point being "you should remember where you came from" and morals & ethics

And now Linus basically broke and is out on an attack

[alpine patio]

it just is funny that they made videos like investigating our sponsers

[gusty kiln]

Idk linus does feel a bit out of touch for a while

[unkempt lake]

I mean GN's been taking jabs at him here and there for a while

There's more to it than just the honey thing

[ashen spindle]

its not just gn and gn didnt even starte the billet labs thing

[cursive summit]

I watch their videos and GN did not really mention LTT since the original controversy

[ashen spindle]

(but steve is definitely not doing it he best way either imo)

[cursive summit]

Steve is.. honestly a bit carried away at times

[rough patrol]

GN steve has had an obvious hate boner for linus for a while now and even when he was giving valid critisism it always felt weird cause he would always go above and beyond

[unkempt lake]

Fairly sure i heard him being mentionned a handful of times

[alpine patio]

^ this is just funny to see

[unkempt lake]

Maybe it's just my memory

[cursive summit]

But I respect the dude, Steve has the best intentions at hand

[ashen spindle]

iirc the only time something was said was when steve called linus in the night as the first person when their channel got hacked, nothing else between now and the first disagreement they had

[cursive summit]

Yeah that happened, Steve was the first to call Linus and warn him about multiple of his channels being hacked

I remember the WAN show episode when that happened

[rough patrol]

Which time linus‘ channels got hacked

You‘re gonna have to be more specific about that one

[cursive summit]

Tbf the whole deterioration of GN/Linus relations started with the backpack

"Trust me bro", the T-shirt, basically ridiculously out of touch Linus

[gusty kiln]

Yeah and linus still kinda just blew that off hand wavey

[cursive summit]

GN said they'll treat LTT as a company not as friends anymore after that

Linus did not like that, I remember

Cause giving people not a warranty but a "trust me bro" is a very nice thing to do on a 300$ product

[rough patrol]

They are bound by law to give a warranty and they have since shown to take good care of their customers that bought it, if course it was a bad look back then but you cant say he was entirely incorrect

And a normal warranty policy is also just "trust me bro" written in more fancy language and slightly more legally binding

He shouldnt have been an idiot obviously but that whole thing was completely overblown

[cursive summit]

It was also very out of touch to then take that whole "Linus wtf are you doing, where's the warranty" thing and print it on a T-shirt

[rough patrol]

Yeah that is true

[cursive summit]

Cause that's very funny and not out of touch

[rough patrol]

I think linus has a way of taking serious situations not seriously and it ends up in shit like that

[cursive summit]

Linus is just unfit for a public position imo

[vagrant pagoda]

To be fair, how many people that drop big bucks on the initial run of the backpacks actually got offended by the trust me bro

[cursive summit]

He's a decent worker and visionary for content I don't see him as a spokesperson

[vagrant pagoda]

If that were true his company wouldnt be where it is

[rough patrol]

I dont think he‘s a bad presenter or anything like that

I do however think that he‘s a bad descision maker

[cedar fog]

Honestly though after skimming the Gamer Nexus article it feels like they intentionally have people at Gamer Nexus proof watching LTT videos just to point out when they're incorrect - a lot of the drama seems to come from Gamer Nexus'

[unkempt lake]

I don't think Steve has bas intentions either.

[cedar fog]

I never took LTT videos as 100% accurate

[rough patrol]

None of that would have happened if someone more serious told him to stop and not make that shirt

[cursive summit]

Steve never had malicious intentions, but he's quick to burn bridges and I don't really see why

[vagrant pagoda]

He literally started as a one man thing and went from there. He's always been the public face of it and if was bad at it, he wouldn't be that successful

[unkempt lake]

I'll say tho he should improve on some stuff like right to reply

[marsh pewter]

isn’t the whole trust me bro controversy almost 2 years old at this point

[unkempt lake]

GN has some stuff thry need to get better at

[cursive summit]

I stand with GN on the right to reply thing

Right to reply doesn't really apply with public personalities and the ability to hide and manipulate evidence

[unkempt lake]

Literally contraticts every journalistic norm out there

But ok

[cursive summit]

Meh, that's my hot take, I disagree with GN being so hellbent on burning bridges, and I did not particularly see the need to include a Linus clip in the Honey video

[unkempt lake]

Hard to "manipulate" evidence when you're on an extremely tight timeframe

Which is why GN should release their things in writing first then make a video out of it

[cursive summit]

But I'm standing with GN, Linus proves time and time again to be inept

[cedar fog]

Okay but seriously do you guys actually watch LTT videos and take all the information as 100% accurate most of the time they're being very unserious and making jokes about how they aren't even using final production products or they're fixing issues caused by other products they used by using a newer product

[unkempt lake]

I think GN's right but nowhere near perfect

[cursive summit]

I've stopped watching anything LTT since like 2021, their stuff is just.. cringe

I want numbers and graphs

[ashen spindle]

ltts viewer base is so large you can absolutely expect a large portion of that do think of the content to be completely true

especially when thats literally what they tried to do with labs

[cursive summit]

What did the labs thing even evolve to

Is it still there?

[cedar fog]

yeah have not seen labs content at all

[ashen spindle]

every review uses labs data

[cursive summit]

I always thought the labs thing was a way for them to become a "proper" business and aim for selling a service to other businesses

[ashen spindle]

thats why its such a meme because it has bad data so often lol

no they were clear from the start labs will not make money lol

[cursive summit]

I thought I remember them mentioning that Labs will also sell services to other companies

[cedar fog]

I've always watched LTT videos entirely as entertainment

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[marsh pewter]

I think LTT can be entertainment and accurate at the same time. while I also just watch them for fun and entertainment, if they’re trying to give data out they need to make sure it’s accurate.

[steady sail]

The only videos that i somewhat take seriously is the server/building stuffs or whatever but not fully

[agile plover]

guys whats better huntsman mini red switches or gk61 w yellow?

[cedar fog]

LTT has definitely shifted content direction too

[marsh pewter]

don’t send the same question in multiple channels

[cedar fog]

like renting airbnb to find hidden cameras

its not even your normal consumers technology anymore

its just entertainment

[steady sail]

Just like the gold xbox controller

[agile plover]

mb

[cursive summit]

Was that not the point of channel super fun?

Where they'd do just wacky shit?

And keep the serious stuff main channel?

They're putting dumb shit on main channel?

[cedar fog]

Yeah i mean its basically entertainment only videos

you could scroll through the channel

[gusty kiln]

Channel super fun is also less pc tech related

[reef patrol]

Isn't CSF dead?

[unkempt lake]

I only watch LinusCatTips

[marsh glade]

Is that a channel?

I would unironically watch it

Also I hardly ever watch LTT and certainly not any of those sub channels but I do listen to the WAN show

[unkempt lake]

Yes

https://youtube.com/shorts/vhWFwk2WqAM?si=rRRZVtkKT74fuZjp

Literally just vids of his cats

[analog sinew]

gottem

[cedar fog]

ltt really fell off after that gn article

[astral haven]

Also discord was robbed

[gusty kiln]

Wat

Also amd delaying rdna4 is not a good look

[unkempt lake]

We talked about it yesterday

March release in a tweet

Is meme worthy

WE DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS YET

[gusty kiln]

It feels like they want to get this gen over with and have an actual launch with rdna5 or cdna

[ashen spindle]

its just marketing messing up I guess, could all be fine but without a halo tier you need to price it after the competition is out

we dont have indications for anything else

[cursive summit]

Anyways the Asus Flow Z13 is 2 grand and I really want a tablet that has the possibility to play absolutely anything at FHD

Though I'd basically never use it

[astral haven]

Is stx halo on rdna4?

[ashen spindle]

3.5

probably no apu coming with 4

[astral haven]

Keep forgetting that but it's disappointing every time

[agile plover]

whats better gk61 optical yellow or huntsman mini red switches? and which is better wlmouse akitsu mouse or hitscan hyperlight?

[ashen spindle]

yeah rip all the fallout from 3

[cursive summit]

Well they're working on an X3D Halo apparently and that could easily be "RDNA 4.5"

[uncut gale]

Why is the w key less bright?

[astral haven]

Would be hard, not easy

[astral haven]

#1019755933959733258

X3d halo if planned for could be no change whatsoever just staple on the x3d die

We don't have halo die shots right?

[unkempt lake]

if only they had priced rdna3 correctly from the start

But no

[cursive summit]

We do?

[unkempt lake]

who wants to play halo 3 with me

[cursive summit]

Kinda shit shot

[fickle ore]

is 9800x3d out

[cursive summit]

Basically this

[cursive summit]

Yeah for a while now?

[fickle ore]

OK

[cursive summit]

In short stock though

[analog sinew]

yeah it released in november or such?

[astral haven]

I mean one where you can see the compute structures

[fickle ore]

Ill go buy it brb

I fancy new setup

bored

[astral haven]

Or was there confirmation that halo CCD = client CCD?

[ashen spindle]

yes in the CnC interviewr wiht mahesh

https://chipsandcheese.com/p/amds-strix-halo-under-the-hood

its the full one and the difference is how its connected mostly

[astral haven]

sweet, so x3d on same die confirmed

(at least as an option)

[cursive summit]

Can't they slap X3D on both CPU and GPU?

GPU would benefit from super fast cache maybe

[astral haven]

thats why i was asking for die shots, if you see the x3d connectors

[ashen spindle]

halo has MALL already

[astral haven]

yea but imagine 3x mall

[ashen spindle]

we first need to see how much that even changes for the gpu

could very well be 100% power limited not bandwidth

[astral haven]

maybe
but if it saves imc power?

theres always some section of the render pipeline that consoooooms bandwidth

[ashen spindle]

yeah but the added cost is immense too so I just dont see it for a niche in a tiny product

[unkempt lake]

#1019755933959733258

[astral haven]

can always wish

cpu x3d tho im very down for

[ashen spindle]

I just want the interdconnect to be well enough that zen6 can use it and wont be io die limited

[agile plover]

whats better gk61 optical yellow or huntsman mini red switches? and which is better wlmouse akitsu mouse or hitscan hyperlight?

[iron wave]

I kinda want a USB hub that I can plug a Wooting Two and other devices into but I don't know of any good powered hubs. Does anyone have recommendations?

(The use case is one of those active USB cables to go to a couch for HID)

[last sapphire]

Do anyone know what lekker springs do?

[digital cliff]

they... spring?

[unkempt lake]

I have one

[cursive summit]

Bounce

[iron wave]

Boioing!

[unkempt lake]

I just use some no name brand one and it works fine even with rapid trigger and crap like that

[crisp granite]

so much cat floof

[unkempt lake]

No need for anything fancy

[balmy vector]

Yeah, but what about moumou rgb

[crisp granite]

hell nah

[unkempt lake]

It does get everywhere

[crisp granite]

RGB is cringe
nothing should distract one from the game

unless Moumou needs attention

[balmy vector]

But it’s moumou

[crisp granite]

Moumou is priority

[unkempt lake]

She is

Always #1

[balmy vector]

Give moumou the rgb so she gives you extra fps

[unkempt lake]

Anyhow what i was trying to say is @iron wave even a fairly cheap on will work fine

[iron wave]

That says it's a switch?

I've had pretty big issues with them in the past so I wanted to ask.

[unkempt lake]

@iron wave https://a.co/d/1O5REY3

Used it for a while

[iron wave]

I suppose I can just look for a powered hub if it's been solved.

[unkempt lake]

Basically a hub that's switchable between 2 devices

So i can switch all my peripherals from my desktop to my laptop

With a little button i leave on my desk

[iron wave]

Yeah in this context I don't need that at all.

I do need to find a KVM for my Mac though.

[unkempt lake]

Welp this one works and is fine with my wooting 2he even if im playing games on my gaming pc

[iron wave]

I need one that won't let the computers see the monitor fall off of when I switch devices.

[sly mango]

why my wooting not working on my ps5? it connects but the keys dont respond at all

[umbral heron]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa5qVMNfQbU

[sly mango]

thanks

[magic minnow]

https://meshless.design/products/meshless-aio

[cursive summit]

AIO

Yeah, no

[rough osprey]

yummy

[cursive summit]

Also why are you reposting messages from months ago

I went to search for what on earth was the name of that insane small case that was SFF sized but positioned the GPU properly with no risers and has enough clearance for a tower, and here you go reposting shit

NCASE M2, just get that and that's an insane case

[gusty kiln]

My next pc will probably be a rackmount case. Idgaf about looks anymore

[cursive summit]

Looks never mattered to begin with

[balmy vector]

You know what did though

Putting many cats on top

Make the biggest warm station for cats

[cursive summit]

No that didn't matter either

[magic minnow]

forgot I had posted it, and because it's a nice SFF. Nothing wrong with a repost

[cursive summit]

You should be ashamed

[magic minnow]

I should though, with how pricey it is

[distant tapir]

That's kinda cool

[balmy vector]

When the frog takes over the brain, you forget sometimes

Also @magic minnow that yakuza thing i showed i found among us in it, and maxwell the cat

[magic minnow]

Maxwell!

[cursive summit]

Casual reminder maxwell the cat was never named maxwell

[magic minnow]

[balmy vector]

https://tenor.com/view/maxwell-cat-cat-meme-silly-cat-silly-gif-4508364476527350133

[pale sigil]

Damn

[unkempt lake]

LIGHT MODE

[gusty kiln]

They have shit write endurance, but fine for secondary storage

[unkempt lake]

Vidya game storage

[cursive summit]

Since 2016 or whatever

Dark/light though, not light mode

Hybrid basically

[gusty kiln]

Yeah, just don't put anything mission critical on those

I've been actively trying to kill this Sandisk sata ssd using it as a torrent and download write disk before I move the content to my nas.

[steady sail]

soo a full system would be fine

[gusty kiln]

So far the replacement I got is trucking along

[steady sail]

I still need to buy a 2tb sata ssd for games xd

[umbral heron]

P5 Plus has better TBW, also shouldn't be that much more expensive

[steady sail]

And a gpu as well xd

Im more than happy with sata ssd’s

[balmy vector]

I use p3 plus for games thank goodness

[gusty kiln]

Sats ssd aren't that much cheaper anymore

[steady sail]

As i cant use more than 1 m.2’s

[lyric hatch]

I have currently found a balance on two 1tb NVME drives, helps my download speed is decent

[steady sail]

I still have a HDD

[umbral heron]

256G NVMe for OS

[steady sail]

I have a 250gb 860 evo for my OS

[balmy vector]

I got 1tb nvme os, 2 2tb nvmedrives for games, and 1tb sata for video recordings

[steady sail]

And thats my only m.2 in my system

[gusty kiln]

128 gb slc ssd for os

[umbral heron]

SLC?

[steady sail]

One of my friend has an official AMD sata ssd

This

[gusty kiln]

Slc last wayyyy longer than modern cells

[cursive summit]

"official"

What really is official about what Radeon slapped their logo on?

[umbral heron]

Yeah, but still, usual MLC/TLC last for quite long too

[cursive summit]

They never made these themselves to my knowledge

Though AMD making their own SSDs would be.. interesting

[gusty kiln]

Slc is like 100,000 write cycles while qlc is like 1000

Is perfect for like a server boot drive

[umbral heron]

OverlayFS
Reduces wear even more

[cursive summit]

https://www.laptopmag.com/laptops/gaming-laptops-pcs/its-night-and-day-amds-adam-kozak-explains-the-game-changing-differences-between-its-ryzen-z2-handheld-gaming-pc-chips

He explained nothing btw

Other than there's major segmentation there where the Go version is basically a Steam Deck chip

When's the Strix Halo handheld launching huh?

Z2E should be pretty okay though

[gentle osprey]

You guys ready for benchmarks in a few days

[ashen spindle]

when people want a 2 grand 140w handheld they will launch stxh handhelds

[umbral heron]

If it can't hold the battery for 5~7 hours when on battery playing indies, then I'm not interested

[cursive summit]

If it can't run all games I'm not interested

That's why I'm kind of looking at the Flow Z13 with the Strix Halo, that thing looks nuts

Again, would prolly never use it though

[umbral heron]

For all games there's PC
I just want to play cool indies on handhelds while chilling in bed or outside

[cursive summit]

Tbf Z13 seems a lot better than a handheld

I hate holding things in my hands like a Switch, I'd love the Z13 as a screen to put in front of me and then use a controller

Big screens are also big pog, that's why I have an S8 Ultra

[pale sigil]

Pro tip

Moonlight exists and is great with handhelds

[balmy vector]

Balatro for any occasion

[umbral heron]

Mobile
I regret buying it, I have at least 300h or so already put into it

[steady sail]

[pale sigil]

i will never understand how one can play 300h in a digital card game

[umbral heron]

[pale sigil]

Very big difference to a card game tho

xD

I knew you were going to do that

[umbral heron]

If game good then it doesn't matter what kind of game it is

[steady sail]

I have 2200 hours in osu

[pale sigil]

OSU us also quite different

[analog sinew]

i did useless cable management

[umbral heron]

Ayyy, risk of electrical fire significantly lowered

[steady sail]

Me with a 40 series GPU

[analog sinew]

why should bad cable management cause fires

[umbral heron]

Oooh, like in PC case, gotcha

[analog sinew]

yeah i did some under the back panel

but eh i was in the mood

[umbral heron]

That's nice, future you will be thankful when it'll be cleaning or upgrade time

[astral haven]

im pretty confident ive spent more than 300 hours playing klondike with physical cards, and from what i can see balatro is alot more fun...

[thick girder]

It shouldn't unless you really fucked up.

[lyric hatch]

I just got it, it's a lot of fun

I'm at like 510 days played across my runescape accounts

[distant tapir]

I'm currently playing Runescape

I finally managed to get abyssal whip yesterday

[lyric hatch]

gz, you joined at a contentious time

[distant tapir]

Rejoined. I quit OSRS in like 2015

Although the account I play on is "new"

[fair gull]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Pma5Bdvoo

hm yes very casual thing to make a talk about

[astral haven]

great timing too -_-

[gusty kiln]

ironman?

[distant tapir]

No

Just a low level acc doing high alch

[thorny fulcrum]

amd naming scheme is so confusing

Ryzen 9 9950X - $649 retail
Ryzen 9 7950X3D - $699 retail

wtf

is the 7950x3d newer or is 9950X shitty

[gusty kiln]

X3D tax, means more better

[thorny fulcrum]

lmao

[gusty kiln]

X3D means better gaming, so you pay a lil extra

nothing wrong with the regular version

[thorny fulcrum]

which is the latest tho

96xx?

or 78xx

[gusty kiln]

9950X3D is coming out soon to replace the 7950X3D

[thorny fulcrum]

oh

[gusty kiln]

bigger number better

9800X3D for best gaming

[thorny fulcrum]

I personally just want more cores

thinking of the threadripper series

[gusty kiln]

might be able to find a deal on a 7900/7900x

unless you got the cash to spend

[thorny fulcrum]

im just looking for what's best now and within the next 2 months

price is sort of irrelevant

[gusty kiln]

9950X3D is soon and will be the best gaming + multi-core work

[thorny fulcrum]

is threadripper overrated?

[gusty kiln]

if you don't care about gaming, then 9950X is plenty

your usecase need threadripper?

[thorny fulcrum]

going to use as part of homelab to run intensive loads and host k8s cluster

plus occasional game sesh

[gusty kiln]

do you need that many pcie

like 25gig networking and shit ton of nvme?

cuz a 9950X is plenty for most workstation workloads

[thorny fulcrum]

no

[gusty kiln]

you gotta KNOW you need threadripper

[thorny fulcrum]

i can probably get awawy with mobo nic

and a couple of nvme and ssd

[gusty kiln]

the cheapest thread ripper 7000 is like 1300 for 24 cores

you can get 9950X mobo + ram for the same price

[astral haven]

you only get threadripper if you want more than 16 cores

and its hawt

[gusty kiln]

kek

if I was balling and want to make a giga home server, I would choose threadripper

but I don't do anything that would justify the money

how are the deals on 1st/2nd gen epyc on ebvay?

[pale sigil]

We also allege that there were derogatory comments made by Linus Sebastian in a conversation with Steve Burke on a private phone call on August 31, 2021 at 7:31 PM Eastern lasting 9m 43s, where Sebastian referred to Burke as being “less autistic than you used to be;” however, with no recording of said call, this can only be alleged and there is no additional evidence to provide

https://gamersnexus.net/gn-extras/our-response-linus-sebastian

I find this way too funny

"less autistic than you used to be"

[sudden imp]

Tech bro beef is crazy

[unkempt lake]

Lmao

[nimble arch]

It’s tech YouTube, they’re probably all turbo autists anyway

Proof or not, that’s such a dumb comment.

[analog sinew]

is it? most phones have a call history

[unkempt lake]

You can also request it from your carrier

Logs are generally kept for a year or 2 for legal reasons

in a moumou database

[reef patrol]

I can check my phone for when a call was made. Doesn't mean I literally recorded every call though.

[magic minnow]

S25 gets announced today

[halcyon moss]

yup, i will be reading the news about it

[magic minnow]

it’s perfect

[lyric hatch]

i am thinking of buying 1 even if it's relatively mid as the kids say

the S25 that is not the 5090 👀

[wild coyote]

teamspeak 6 is out

with the ability to screenshare

I'm more surprised that you can set your own bitrate

[magic minnow]

Which S25

[lyric hatch]

probably the regular s25 or the s25+

[lyric hatch]

might try a bigger phone this time around see if I get use to it

[magic minnow]

You could get a ohsnap on the back I love it

[halcyon moss]

i'll most likely buy it anyway.. the s25u.

[vapid ruin]

Dat Lilac, I want~

[magic minnow]

Same

[magic minnow]

It’s pretty

[umbral heron]

https://x.com/chunvn8888/status/1881263953923494019

yawn (@chunvn8888) on X

So it's confirmed that the 16GB S25U is exclusive to the Asian market only. China, South Korea, India, Vietnam will have far from my knowledge. Looks like Asians like us are eating good one more time

X · Jan 20, 2025, 8:54 AM

[analog sinew]

progressively bigger lol

[halcyon moss]

tis a silly one...
but not one really noticeable i guess

[vapid ruin]

soo much ram

[magic minnow]

OnePlus did the same with the 13 I think Asia got the 24gb of ram and 1tb of storage

[nimble arch]

But why?

[reef patrol]

Because they take more photos, and don't want cloud? 😄

(And don't mind paying the luxury tax)

[vapid ruin]

internet coverage on certain area is still spotty so it make sense

[umbral heron]

oldcals ranting Back in my days we didn't need terabytes of storage, we had those small rectangles called microSD, it was enough to put one in and it worked, and you could even swap it to a bigger one in mere seconds!

[magic minnow]

But Samsung wanted to be like Apple

[reef patrol]

It's not like you need a constant internet connection to cloud sync though.

[lyric hatch]

i just got txt another discount code now I'm at like $400 off with the trade in

the curved edges really make it look like an iPhone from the side

[steady sail]

https://youtu.be/oqqCQ2RpT7E?si=uJv_AhPeAxUvrknt 👀

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/Nlnuk8W2A0Y

[halcyon moss]

Nothing new.. Very annoying though. And an other good reason to have adblock :p

[ashen spindle]

It would be so hilarious if we get a amd kingpin card xD

[steady sail]

I mean I think a lot of ppl would be surprised

Or even a intel kingpin card

[cursive summit]

I must have no attachment to them so.. what's surprising about that?

I get it that they used to be Nvidia only cause EVGA, but.. new company, more selection? I don't get the hilarity

Saw a cool short though https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5LStXyYziLc?feature=share

I wonder if it's true the reason why an "external drive" with basically the same exact drive that's sold by itself for 100$ more is cause they are just shit bins stuffed into a lower quality product

Cause tbf it's kinda weird that you can just buy a 300$ HDD for 200$ and just.. save money

[umbral heron]

Ooooo, Teams wants to fight today

[bold coyote]

get em

[umbral heron]

[wheat plume]

It is easy to use
That should be STRONGLY DISAGREE

Teams is the worst UX ever made

[cursive summit]

Hi, Calslock
Thank you for your feedback!
None of it will be acted upon
Kindly, fuck you
Microsoft

Tbf I found teams just.. meh? Annoying UI but it does what it needs to do

[halcyon moss]

You haven't seen bad ui. Teams is ok. It works. It does the job.. Doesn't excel

[frozen ingot]

its just another jab at shitting on ms

like we know ms is shit but teams is kind of a reach in terms of the worst they do

[cursive summit]

No idea what their credibility is

But sounds plausible

[digital cliff]

I dunno I never figured out how to use teams

luckily I never need to use it again

[umbral heron]

I just want one thing
I just want to sit down, in a closed room, with this absolute genius who bound call to Ctrl+Shift+C shortcut
And one who had a brilliant idea of not letting people change shortcuts
Guess what happens when I want to try and copy some chat message

[digital cliff]

you're using it wrong, you are supposed to right click to copy and press the call icon to call

[umbral heron]

https://tenor.com/view/of-course-gif-21373815

[kindred python]

ive got no idea where to put it but my 80he doesnt connect to the wootility app, with the browser its connecting without problem
anyone here might know why?

[umbral heron]

Are you on Linux by any chance?

[kindred python]

nope

w11 pro

[umbral heron]

And you're using v4 or v5 app?

[kindred python]

v4

[reef patrol]

Well... duh 😄

You need V5 for 80HE

[kindred python]

oh?

i didnt know that! thanks alot 😭

[umbral heron]

https://wooting.io/wootility/changelogs?version=5.0.0-beta.6

[magic minnow]

Yeah lol I like curved edges

Oh my 9800 shipped already it wasn’t meant to until late next month

[astral haven]

While im disappointed, im not surprised

[ashen spindle]

is there a vendor in the US that does all 3 or 2 vendors?

would be funny to have kingpin cards of both intel and amd

[astral haven]

the whole point of kingpin was to go ham bypassing the limits that nvidia imposed, amd doesnt impose those sorts of limits on the vendors, (except for the really wonky cards) its just not practical to make an xoc card for not the best gpu,

[astral haven]

thing is tho a kp card that doesnt get the 3dmark record is kinda ???

[ashen spindle]

oh no amd has been putting up more limits in the last 2 gens so theres room to unlock things

intel probably not, they first need to stick around before we worry about a halo gpu lol

[unkempt lake]

A kingpin intel card

[ashen spindle]

for amd my hope would be that could help push management to not cancel flagships all the time even if its power hungry monsters and not moving marketshare because they need to understand its needed for mindshare

[unkempt lake]

Sounds like a good meme

[nimble arch]

Kingpin Intel GPU for the ultimate 1080p medium settings experience

😉

[ashen spindle]

intel had plans for bigger gpus but obviously got canned since they arent in the best palce either currently

who knows how that translates for next gen

[astral haven]

yea but arent there hidden tools that bring it all back still?

[ashen spindle]

MPT doesnt work on 3 just on 2 I think? but havent really kept up there

[unkempt lake]

Lets liquid nitrogen an intel gpu

[rough osprey]

https://youtu.be/RDr1pr_c6ts?si=mv3i5SdS_8Yz__0n

[vagrant pagoda]

Was kp still holding records post tin?

[astral haven]

the quad 1080ti machine held the record until 3090 lel

[vagrant pagoda]

Lol

1080 was tin

3090 wasn't and last I checked it was all HOF

KP is an amazing overclocker, but tin was the magic that made the cards the best.

[thorny fulcrum]

is embargo lifted on 5090 yet? haven't seen any benchmarks

[ashen spindle]

well I think you just answered your own question?

[ashen spindle]

even if they arent as great, just the fact its a card for OC will mean it has more potential

since HOF/lightning etc arent really being made either

[thorny fulcrum]

don't know - last time i checked was 2 days ago LOL

[vagrant pagoda]

They still make Hof

[ashen spindle]

for the 4090? dont think there was one

[vagrant pagoda]

Yep

Just checked HW Bond and it holds the ultra record

GKVV`s 3DMark - Fire Strike Ultra score: 29398 marks with a GeForce RTX 4090 https://search.app/GVFBZUCu7ny6uz7A7

Also I don't think gigabyte has ever been their competitor the GPI space. It's always been Galax and ASUS

[astral haven]

woah, in fs extreme, they kept the record until 4090 came out

[vagrant pagoda]

I don't think 3090 SLI ever worked in that

Also the Titans are ref cards

[astral haven]

🤷 a records a record

[vagrant pagoda]

The actual record isn't even with kp cards

[astral haven]

https://hwbot.org/benchmark/3dmark_-_port_royal

port royal record is dual kp 3090ti

[vagrant pagoda]

Yeah there's only a handful of profiles for the 3090s

I don't think timespy was ever one of them

[astral haven]

also you are reading them backwards, titan is oldest

[vagrant pagoda]

I'm on mobile so it's burry

[astral haven]

roboclocker was so op that it held the record for 3 entire gens

[vagrant pagoda]

Yep

That and the lack of multi GPU in a benchmark that historically loved multi gpu

Yeah timespy is the one that a good nvlink profile exists for

A6000x4 holds it rip wallet

20k for GPUs to bench

A6000 is the last of the 4 way so it will be a while on that

[astral haven]

who knows, 5090 is quite a monster

this does really hurt to see on a WR tho

yea looking it up peak 3090ti doesnt even break 15k, 4090 is 24k

[distant tapir]

I finally got my money! Time to buy my epick new build

[analog sinew]

o:

[distant tapir]

What I have so far:
Case: Fractal Era 2
Motherboard: Asrock B650M-HDV/M.2
CPU: 9800X3D
GPU: 5080 (subject to change in the future since I have no choice but to wait for reviews)
RAM: G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5-6000 - 32GB - CL30
Haven't decided on PSU and cooler yet

[magic minnow]

What do you think of the exclusive colors

[gusty nexus]

Be quiet or seasonic for the psu and Thermalright Phantom Spirit for the cooler

[distant tapir]

I should say that I'd prefer a PSU that is fully passive or at least has a mode where the fan can shut off

[gusty nexus]

Install Fancontrol, you will be able to do that and many other things (for the CPU cooler/fans)
Also be quiet and seasonic are silent

[distant tapir]

Turn the fan off?

[gusty nexus]

You can't

[ashen spindle]

Most psus will be near silent and only ramp up when the gpu fans overpower the sound anyway

[distant tapir]

I had a Corsair PSU before that let me turn the fan off when below a certain power level. It never ever turned on

[gusty nexus]

On good psu you will never hear the fan

[analog sinew]

hybrid psu?

i got a seasonic vertex gx1000 its hybrid

[distant tapir]

Hmm, sounds nice

[magic minnow]

I use a sfx Corsair psu and never hear it

[analog sinew]

my previous psu was corsair and it made strange sounds

worked well but it made some strange... beeping every now and then

[distant tapir]

I have only had bad experiences with PSUs that didn't have fan-off modes

[analog sinew]

support told me its fine

but i wanted to try seasonic next

So far its nice but i have only used it for 2 days :D

[distant tapir]

Asus Rog Strix Loki 1000-watt is currently cheaper than that and it also has a fan-off mode

Seasonic: 2 700
Loki: 2 300

[analog sinew]

hm i'm not the biggest asus fan but if the price is the deciding factor sure

[distant tapir]

The Asus one is very uggy but the case isn't open anyway

[distant tapir]

The Vertex GX is for gamers and has beautiful, smooth, individually-braided cables that you can easily bend and cable route beautifully
This true?

I always have awful thick and stiff PSU cables that are horrible to work with

[analog sinew]

yeah

theyre all braided individualy, nice to work with

combs are included

[distant tapir]

Dat's nice

But since my case is very small it might be better to get shorter aftermarket cables anyway(?)

[analog sinew]

i've never dabbled in custom length cables ^^

[vagrant bronze]

i wanna make my own keyboard i already have a keyboard that sounds pretty good and looks pretty good however i think getting another keybaord wouldent be bad tell me if these are good things i should be doing/using for my new keybord (maybe)

Starter keyboard : Wooting 5 Dye-sub PBT Magnetic wave keycaps

Switches: Gateron Oil kings

Keycaps (If i get any the wootings already look good) https://shop.minimaldesksetups.com/products/keycaps?variant=47612025209025&currency=USD&srsltid=AfmBOopKya67E6uuPWorCAyEVKbog7syqL41N9GM91Pwc4lGSK8YLnJ5sno&com_cvv=8fb3d522dc163aeadb66e08cd7450cbbdddc64c6cf2e8891f6d48747c6d56d2c

so are these good ore should i change somthing or reinvest into my current

[distant tapir]

I don't like it

I don't like how everything I want has to be ordered online and having to wait several days to get them with no way of trying them

[distant tapir]

And if it doesn't work out you have to wait even longer for another chance

[analog sinew]

yeahh

[vagrant bronze]

so i should get them from the same company

or should i reinvest into my current keyboard

[analog sinew]

invest into $TAK

[vagrant bronze]

? whats stak

oh. Im slow 😂

[vagrant bronze]

what shold i actualy put it into

[ashen spindle]

#🔧│keyboard_modding might be better suited to help

[wheat yacht]

https://phanteks.com/product/evolv-x2-black/

Yo monkeys is phanteks a good case brand?

Idk a lot about cases but I need a new one to support a bigger gpu

[digital cliff]

it's fine, they have existed for a while now

read a review if you wanna

[magic minnow]

Yeah Phanteks is nice I owned one before my current case

[wheat yacht]

I saw some reviews and some people said something about a o11 case being better

[wheat yacht]

What is your current one if you don’t mind me asking I heard that airflow is super important for cases

[magic minnow]

https://lian-li.com/product/a3-matx/

This was the Phanteks I used to own it was just too big but plenty of airflow

https://phanteks.com/product/eclipse-g500a-drgb-black/

[digital cliff]

it's not gonna be super important unless you push it with high-end components

just don't get the literal worst one haha

[wheat yacht]

Igu thanks

Are there cases that are considered kinda like yk the best for performance

I generally don’t care about looks all that much

Just how it performs

[ashen spindle]

https://gamersnexus.net/cases/best-pc-cases-2024-80-800-airflow-cable-management-thermal-leaders

[lyric hatch]

I like the navy one

[magic minnow]

I wish they’d let you choose between black trims or silver

[cursive summit]

Sadly GN do not test enough cases for me to be comfortable to trust their "Best of" list in that market

They test very few, and when it comes to SFF barely any

[ashen spindle]

yeah well sff sacrifices things for form so its hardly something to look at if your need is just performance

[digital cliff]

a case does nothing for performance, how could it? it's a block of material

[analog sinew]

cooling kinda?

[digital cliff]

I mean sure but as long as you don't get such a horrible one that it lets no air through I'm sure pretty much anything you can buy is fine

[ashen spindle]

it does in the sense that better airflow means lower temps and thus quieter fans or higher boosts depending on how far its running at the limit

[analog sinew]

a friend of mine cut a hole in the case with an angle grinder lol

[magic minnow]

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24348682/netflix-price-increase-earnings-q4-2024

[halcyon moss]

Up to $1??

Preview broke at the wrong point

[balmy vector]

17.99 usd

[sudden imp]

https://tenor.com/view/pirate-eye-patch-gif-3139231117372817383

[magic minnow]

Literally though

It’s like they want us to

[magic minnow]

Did you order it? I’m still on the fence

[lyric hatch]

idk my pre-reg promo code isn't working which makes me not want to atm

[wary heath]

is my rappid trigger on?

[ashen spindle]

no

also wrong channel

[magic minnow]

It’s not automatically applied?

[manic pasture]

my s key sometimes double taps and i cant figure out why 😭

[ashen spindle]

#1019755933959733258

[magic minnow]

I’m just gonna wait for the Pixel 10 and see what they show off with the new chip

[jaunty rose]

@balmy vector doing that TODAY actually

[balmy vector]

gotta keep the magnets

[magic minnow]

Keeping the case warm with blanket

[jaunty rose]

:D

[jaunty rose]

For sure

[jaunty rose]

I kinda want more magnets ngl

[balmy vector]

can never go wrong with more magnets

[magic minnow]

Puerto Rico

[jaunty rose]

Whaaa??

[lyric hatch]

Google doesn't sell their phones here so that makes that a pretty easy non option

[distant tapir]

How reliable is pcpartpicker when it comes to compatability in terms of size of components?

If it says x components fit into y case, how high of a chance is this to be true?

[ashen spindle]

usually accurate since it just takes the numbers from case spec tables

for SFF I'd double check and such

[jaunty rose]

Done

Desk is a mess but heres with it turned on

[distant tapir]

Okay thanks

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/cpZURhmkf_U

[distant tapir]

Damn... My motherboard can't fit in the case I want

[ashen spindle]

huh didnt you go for the hdv or was that someone elses list

really small case?

[distant tapir]

Yep, HDV

[distant tapir]

Fractal Era 2

[ashen spindle]

let me guess, its the number they say it supports, or its more/less because hes not following spec or using splitters?

oh yeah thats tiny

[distant tapir]

Had it not been for pcpartpicker I would not have known it wouldn't have fit. So thanks for that

I thought they did fit originally

Are there any AM5 mini-ITX motherboards you recommend?

[ashen spindle]

never looking into smaller ones so would have to look at hub's big board reviews

[distant tapir]

I don't have requirements for Wifi or a ton of ports

[distant tapir]

Alright I will

[jaunty rose]

@balmy vector @magic minnow loving how it turned out

[balmy vector]

ROXIE AND LAMB

[jaunty rose]

Yess!!!!!

[bright briar]

https://tenor.com/view/this-is-the-way-this-is-the-way-mandalorian-mandalorian-i-have-spoken-baby-yoda-gif-24159898

[bright briar]

why only one intake fan

[jaunty rose]

I should ask my boyfriend that 🙃
He bought the parts for me and I built it.
Im very grateful but this has been bothering me for a while

[ashen spindle]

another fan on top wont do anything if your cpu is using an aio anyway

gpu just drags in air from beneath

if you have a fan might as well put it in, if not no point getting one really

[jaunty rose]

Thanks for the info

Thats a thing for another time cause I just spent like 2 hours working on it and I just plugged everything back in

[bright briar]

its easy to install a fan

but its like what quin said

he knows best🧠

[jaunty rose]

Yeah im aware

[distant tapir]

What I have so far

(The PSU is much cheaper where I live as it's on a big sale)

[ashen spindle]

sff probably means the usual air coolers wont fit

do check if the board has a pcie gen5 slot since we dont know quite yet if the 50 series needs it or not

[distant tapir]

The 1000 watt one is actually cheaper than the 750 watt one currently

[distant tapir]

I'll check

[ashen spindle]

otherwise we do have the 5090 tests on friday so I assume TPU does the usual pcie scaling test and we will know if it matters

[distant tapir]

It says 1 PCIe 4.0 x16

[unkempt lake]

A low profile air cooler

The 9800x3d doesn't really get hot tbh

[ashen spindle]

meh those do get quite loud at that point the pump noises arent louder anymore

[distant tapir]

I haven't looked at Liquid Freezer 3 reviews yet, I forgot to do that. But the product looks cool and isn't very expensive

[ashen spindle]

its a decent one for the price

[distant tapir]

I had an AIO before but it eventually died somehow and after that I vowed to never get another but here I am

[ashen spindle]

SFF compromises xD

[unkempt lake]

If you get a good one it shouldn't be too loud

shrugs

[magic minnow]

ohhhh cozy

[wheat plume]

Dave2D flexing on us

[lyric hatch]

just get you a SFF that does support a big ass air cooler

[ashen spindle]

physics in small cases just limit what you can do even if you fit a big towercooler in, if the airflow isnt good enough in the case its still louder etc.

[unkempt lake]

My case is

Way too big

[ashen spindle]

yes and we are talking SFF builds

[unkempt lake]

I know i'm talking about somethibg else now

:3

Meshify 2 xl big

Gigantic

But i got it massively discounted and it was cheaper than the smaller version i was originally gonna buy

And my cat loves it

Hell this case makes me 7900xtx look normal sized

[distant tapir]

I care a lot about looks, that ain't it

Love how this looks

Especially the curved edges which remind me of the Xbox 360

[distant tapir]

What case is that?

[unkempt lake]

Meshify 2 XL

It's gigantic

I can't say no to the cat

She loves it too much

Also gets her head at desk level for easy petting

https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/meshify/meshify-2-xl-dark-tempered-glass/dark-tempered-glass/

[lyric hatch]

Me too and imo it's a lot prettier then that https://youtu.be/C1rHpHN_3L0

[autumn summit]

will gaming on a normal laptop cause more wear on the battery / laptop itself compared to if I were to game on a seperate device?

[split flicker]

there’s little bit of water in the switches

[bright briar]

TECH