🔌│tech

[somber coral]

nah the contrast is crazy

idk it looks REALLY good on my oled

even when my room light is on

[dull hollow]

#💬│general message

[somber coral]

not buying because its french, not because its a sus psu

[dull hollow]

bro its 550w 😭

[somber coral]

ik but my friend lowk needsd a psu for his random ass preubuilt with no gpu or smth idk

[bright briar]

rice mob business again huh eathan

[somber coral]

Buisness is business

[fickle ore]

Ah AMD and Intel up premarket :3 tariff news be good news

[marsh glade]

Liquidity, always liquidity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUphDV3Pjww

[dull hollow]

ill selll you my corsair 750w+ gold frfr 💯

[whole axle]

Which one guys

[halcyon moss]

uh, 2 very different styles

[whole axle]

Current setup. Just mine rn is perma sag so gonna get a new one

[fickle ore]

Diamond tier PSU exist yet?

[halcyon moss]

sag? or broken?
as in, does it need to be replaced or is it still fine?

[whole axle]

Still works yes

just annoying lol

[gusty kiln]

Only from Cybernetic labs

Amd finally back to triple digits

[atomic bear]

how can i do the insert bouton plsss

with my wooting

[fickle ore]

yee, but they didnt use to exist, now they do?

[gusty kiln]

Check the second layer in the wootility

[atomic bear]

pls i need help

@gusty kiln pls

[gusty kiln]

Seems like it's not bound in the default layout

Gunna have to add it yourself

[atomic bear]

where

[gusty kiln]

With the wootility, just watch any video

[gusty kiln]

Ok? But they have the rating now, just that no PSU meet it yet.

[fickle ore]

Ye I asked if they exists nowadays

if some1 knows

[fickle ore]

up 4 %

[somber coral]

4.67$ and a bottle of coke

[gusty kiln]

Macro pulling us down

[dull hollow]

https://tenor.com/view/silly-cat-silly-car-car-stare-10-thousand-yard-stare-10-thousand-yard-gif-14200271775968563996

[somber coral]

You’re covering shipping

[dull hollow]

thats literally just me paying you to take it smh

[somber coral]

exactly

[dull hollow]

cousin wants to build new pc :v

[somber coral]

exactly

[dull hollow]

hes probably going for either 7800x3d or 9800x3d

gpu....... i got no clue

[somber coral]

Make him get a 5090/9800x3D

[dull hollow]

money definately isnt an issue for him, made hella during nvidia stock boom

[somber coral]

exactly

[dull hollow]

but he doesnt need a 5090

[dull hollow]

he doesnt really play that many games, afaik he only plays like apex and diablo and some other games

apex is capped at 300fps

and he only has a 120(?)hz monitor either way

[somber coral]

Dual mode oled and 9800x3d+5090, 4tb 9100pro and a 20tb hdd to store homework on

[dull hollow]

he already has an oled

[somber coral]

Not dual mode?

[dull hollow]

he has the g9

[dull hollow]

who needs duel mode when you got something this wide

[somber coral]

Still not as wide as your mom

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF52HPGS7oG/?igsh=bndneXN0bzkzOWZx

signal_rgb

1080Ti is the perfect anti-sag holder #pcgaming #pcgamer #signalrgb #gaming #pcsetup #pcbuild

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[dull hollow]

hes not that young bro 💀

in fact, recently had a baby gender reveal/baby shower party

[somber coral]

Don’t question the homework folder that’s 13tb

[dull hollow]

what are you projecting here

[somber coral]

Nothing :)

Nah get 2 5090s

[dull hollow]

????????

[fickle ore]

we will be 200 this year

time to take a reverse mortgage and slap it

[unkempt lake]

Your cousin is pog

[unkempt lake]

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/RN-RAD-WIN-25-5-1.html @dull hollow new driver 4 doom

[dull hollow]

:v

[unkempt lake]

?

[dull hollow]

i dont play doom

[unkempt lake]

There's other fixes too

[dull hollow]

@bright briar does but he doesnt use amd yet

[bright briar]

whats going on?

[dull hollow]

fsr4 for the finals

[bright briar]

maybe you FRICKING SHOULD

https://tenor.com/view/doom-eternal-goose-peace-was-never-any-option-gif-16563148593469228887

amd giga chad

[balmy vector]

https://tenor.com/view/the-finals-the-finals-game-the-finals-meme-the-finals-cat-dopaminedreams-gif-10766575995504250507

[bright briar]

@unkempt lake sexy gpu

[unkempt lake]

assus

[bright briar]

dats because that assssss is THICK

[unkempt lake]

asuce

ha funny

[bright briar]

i would get msi but they pulled out

fricking peepeepoopoo heads

[dull hollow]

my microcenter didnt have this on launch day

[devout raptor]

tuff

best card

[bright briar]

gigabyte still sexy as well

this card would of been my favourite but the rgb fan makes it look fugly imo

[gusty kiln]

9070xt proart would have been my pick of it existed

[marsh pewter]

https://youtu.be/JY-Ypejro3s

im gonna miss THE Bringus Studio

[unkempt lake]

https://videocardz.com/pixel/amd-releases-updated-fidelityfx-sdk-featuring-fsr-3-1-4-with-reduced-upscaler-ghosting

Far 3 still getting love

[old marlin]

just set them to a static color or turn them off?

[fickle ore]

https://www.trendforce.com/news/2025/05/08/news-intel-18a-reportedly-lands-major-deal-with-microsoft-google-and-nvidia-said-to-be-in-talks/

pretty sick for intel will see if its just rumor or not

Nvidia would be big

[ashen spindle]

its probably just packaging or for the additional ones like the cpus that nvidia makes not the gpus

so low margins products

[fickle ore]

For all google, msoft ? doubt it tbh

[unkempt lake]

https://www.comicbasics.com/nintendo-switch-2-price-could-go-up/

[fickle ore]

Companies likely see it as a way to derisk and diversify production

x % at TSM y % at IFS

[ashen spindle]

meant for nvidia

MS could be whatever

[dull hollow]

import duties trippin

[somber coral]

Real

[dull hollow]

this doesnt include duties or tax btw

its just item price

[somber coral]

USD?

[bright briar]

ugly rgb go brrrr

[dull hollow]

of course its usd what else would it be? maple leaf dollar??

[somber coral]

I was thinking

[iron wave]

Does anyone know if the Kinect v2 works with 2nd generation VR tracking?

[somber coral]

What do I do if my psu has no 10pin connector

Do I use an 6+2 and another two pin from the other 6+2?

[unkempt lake]

Do you mean a 12VHPWR connector?

[somber coral]

Yeah mb I can’t count

[unkempt lake]

And yes just plug in the cables into the adapter

[somber coral]

Wait what adapter

[unkempt lake]

Or buy a cable from corsair or whoever makes your psu

[somber coral]

So basically I gotta buy a new cable to use my gpu

Or a new psu since there’s no 12 pin conntwctor on my psu

[unkempt lake]

Or use the included adapter

[unkempt lake]

You dont need a new psu...

[somber coral]

I don’t believe there was an included adapger

Am I tripping

[unkempt lake]

Was your card new?

[somber coral]

Yes

[unkempt lake]

Looks something like this

Should be in the box

[somber coral]

I don’t see anything in the box but foam and gpu

Update;this little piece of shit hid under the foam

I have found the box labeled accessories

Which also contains a gpu sag thing?

[unkempt lake]

good job you have eyes

[dull hollow]

unfortunately we are not known for this

[marsh pewter]

I wouldn’t be so sure…

[unkempt lake]

i still can't believe he was about to force regular cables in the 12vhpwr slot

[dull hollow]

average ethan activities

buys a 5080 does no research

[unkempt lake]

he struggled to install windows so i'll be surprised if the thing works

[covert ravine]

That's actually just average behavior for him

[dull hollow]

i know

[barren pollen]

any monitor recommendations

[lone dune]

Mans gonna wipe out the power grid one day

[bright briar]

doesnt he need the latest version of the psu that support 12vhpwr?

i saw something about "new psu" supporting 12 pins now or something like that

[vagrant pagoda]

nah any psu with the right wattage will work

[bright briar]

i heard something about atx 3.1 or something like that

[vagrant pagoda]

you dont need that

its why they include the adapter

[unkempt lake]

a lot of existing psus are already atx 3.1 compliant and just arent because they didnt have the cable in the box

example mine

literally the atx 3.1 version of the hx1500i is the same model number on the psu unit lol, it just comes with a 12vhpwr cable instead of 3x8pins

[dull hollow]

@unkempt lake can you send driver link again

[unkempt lake]

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/RN-RAD-WIN-25-5-1.html

[bright briar]

ohh i see

[unkempt lake]

i literally got it at a massive discount because of that actually xD

[bright briar]

someone told me theres a common 1000w psu that melts the connector

[unkempt lake]

no?

[bright briar]

is that true or just any psu over 850w burning thsoe connectors?

[unkempt lake]

its very random

[vagrant pagoda]

i mean everything can melt a cable

[bright briar]

i know that guy was talking shit. TY

[vagrant pagoda]

its lottery

[bright briar]

i see i see

[unkempt lake]

some people were blaming the asus thor something

but then it was proven false

[bright briar]

yeah and thats the 1000w correct?

[unkempt lake]

iirc yeah

but it was proven false

[bright briar]

okok

o7

[unkempt lake]

derbauer actually checked one of those psus out during his analysis

[bright briar]

what did he say

[unkempt lake]

psu was fine

[dull hollow]

@unkempt lake oops...

[unkempt lake]

gpu poopy

[dull hollow]

😅

[bright briar]

which brand is still good corsair?

[unkempt lake]

psu wise?

[dull hollow]

@bright briar look at this cringe fr

[unkempt lake]

corsair, be quiet, seasonic, silverstone

those are solid

but check reviews based on the individual psu

only psu brands i'd really avoid is gigabyte and asus (asus cuz bad warranty gigabyte cuz im still not over their exploding psu)

[bright briar]

yeah i have rm850x

if i remember correctly should be solid for 9070xt if i decide to upgrade

[unkempt lake]

yep

[bright briar]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-cat-yippee-cat-gif-6081453495700419424

[unkempt lake]

even my ax860 from 2014 was fine with the 7900xtx lol

i wouldn't have replaced it if it wasn't that nico needed a new psu anyways and that i got an HX1500i on a massive discount

[dull hollow]

https://tenor.com/view/catvibe-gif-18088574

as soon as i sent that 5 different yellow lines appeared across my screen

[unkempt lake]

remember to reboot after lol

[dull hollow]

yeah pc kinda slow after that install

[vagrant pagoda]

i have a 1500w gold unit

[bright briar]

you have to restart pc after amd update?

[vagrant pagoda]

still works perfect

[unkempt lake]

you don't HAVE to but

its better to do so

[dull hollow]

things just feel slow

ngl even tho nothing is using up any pc resources

or thats how it is for me

[rain quiver]

[unkempt lake]

just reboot lol

i dont get why they dont have a restart now prompt like they used to 2 years ago

[bright briar]

okok

[bright briar]

i see so you restart to fix it

[dull hollow]

time to test fsr4 in the finals

[bright briar]

lmk

[dull hollow]

i get 150 during heavy fights and 200 normal gunplay without fsr

all low settings

[dull hollow]

tbh i dont feel much of a difference

[unkempt lake]

its more of a visual difference lol

[dull hollow]

i do get like a 20 or so fps boost

20-30

which isnt bad but then my pc shits the bed when i tab out lol

[unkempt lake]

you did turn it on in radeon adrenaline right?

xD

[dull hollow]

yes

[unkempt lake]

ok

[unkempt lake]

its the game telling you

FOCUS DAMN IT

[dull hollow]

xd

i wonder if i turn up the game quality

will i retain the frames

hmm i do

[unkempt lake]

It was so annoying

Kept making my fans go zero rpm then ramp lol

Because it would cap the game whenever i was tabbed out or chilling in the menu to 30

Then i click on something

Goes to 240

Weeee

[dull hollow]

where

[unkempt lake]

in the settings

[dull hollow]

in game or on amd? (not on pc anymore)

[unkempt lake]

game

[dull hollow]

ill check tomorrow

[unkempt lake]

@dull hollow

[dull hollow]

ah i dont think ive ever scrolled that far down

[unkempt lake]

its why i thought i'd show you lol

[whole axle]

Which one guys

[devout raptor]

everything on epic🫩

[unkempt lake]

why not

my 7900xtx handles it fine at 5120x1440

I get 100-120ish fps

Its enough for me

[devout raptor]

cuz it looks shite on epix

[unkempt lake]

Does it?

I'm too busy playing the game to notice tbh

anyhow i go back to bed

[devout raptor]

post processing adds motion blur

[unkempt lake]

I'm gonna shock some people but

I don't mind motion blur

[devout raptor]

oh

[unkempt lake]

In like 75% of games

[devout raptor]

then all good

[unkempt lake]

Some games i turn it off but i leave it on for like a good chunk of em

Really depends on how its implemented to me

[devout raptor]

in fps i dont like it personally

But if you just chill then its not a big deal

playing comp games (I dont anymore) on the lowest possible settings just feels nice for whatever reason

[unkempt lake]

I go back to sleep sloop

I'm not a sweaty gamer

[umbral heron]

I just want to say that Microsoft Teams is a parody of professional software and shouldn't be used nowhere near corporate and production settings, thank you

[rain quiver]

NONE

[whole axle]

[rain quiver]

Dont waste your money on that garbage, if youre spending that much get a rode psa1+

[whole axle]

Someone just told me not to

🫤

[rain quiver]

They dont know shit

Watch videos

[whole axle]

I did

I’d have to do the screw in one

[rain quiver]

Ask em whats wrong with the psa1+

[rain quiver]

What

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX_zS0hk-_A

[whole axle]

My desk is too thick

So I gotta screw in the disc mount to the top of my desk

[rain quiver]

That mount needs a drill

[rain quiver]

Mine is too but it still worked idk how

[whole axle]

Yeah I know

I built my desk so no issue there lmao

I’m just saying I can’t do the clamp one

[rain quiver]

My desk is fucked too

[rain quiver]

If you cant do the rode clamp then none of the others will work either?

It would be a shame not to use the disc anyway, that shit defo expensive its so heavy

Im gonna use it once i decide on a spot im comfortable drilling

[whole axle]

Dawg look at the pics I made it so you can clamp on the back lol

[rain quiver]

So why you saying you can use the rode clamp then

[whole axle]

But the low profile is what I had so I didn’t factor in the overhead

I have no idea where I would put the rode

[rain quiver]

You just put it where that lint roller is

[whole axle]

Would it not block the monitor or nah?

[rain quiver]

Idk how it would block it

If anything your current mic is blocking the monitor

The lint roller isnt behind the monitor its on the left so why would it block it

[whole axle]

Well cuz it would be angled to the right

Where the OG one is rn

And the first one looks like it’s blocking it cuz of the angle

[rain quiver]

Idk i just dont see it happening

Maybe youre seeing something im not seeing

Get a 2nd opinion ig

[whole axle]

I mean I was gonna get the psa1+ until someone said no lol

If anything I can return if it don’t work

Just didn’t know if anything was better

[rain quiver]

Ask them why they said no and watch the video i sent

[rain quiver]

Yeah

Video should help you decide

[whole axle]

I did ask they legit just said they were recommending what not to get. Didn’t really give an answer lol

[rain quiver]

[umbral heron]

There are even videos ranking mic arms?
That's just 2 pieces of aluminum pipe ans some screws

[whole axle]

Not wrong

But like. Some stay in place a lot better than others

[rain quiver]

Try a cheap and an expensive one you’ll see how its not just 2 pieces of aluminum and screws

[umbral heron]

I have a very cheap chinesium one and I'm very happy with it

[digital cliff]

yeah bro trust you need 200€ arm for your 600€ mic

in fact better to get 600€ arm so the arm doesn't have inferiority complex with the mic

[rain quiver]

Cuz you never tried the good shit

[digital cliff]

for cheap price of 1200 you can call your friends on discord

[lofty pivot]

is the shure one gas spring?

[rain quiver]

What is this guy talking about

[whole axle]

Believe so

[umbral heron]

Why tf would I need "good shit" if I'm happy with what I have

[rain quiver]

Pulling random numbers bruh just saying anything

[rain quiver]

Nobody said you need it

[umbral heron]

Ah, so usual consoom debate, please continue then

[lofty pivot]

i second the don't buy rode psa1 honestly. Buy a low profile arm with same spring loaded structure, it doesn't get in the way when gaming

this is speaking as someone who has owned 2 rode psa1

[rain quiver]

Oh nah its very worth it if youre willing to spend

But you dont need it

[whole axle]

Elgato pro?

I have the reg one but uh yeah it’s sagging and doesn’t stay up

[lofty pivot]

that's what I'd get but i'm not familiar with the shure one so i don't know if it's better/worse

shure is a good brand, i have no idea about their boom arms though

[rain quiver]

Psa1+ is way better than the one you had

[lofty pivot]

i don't think rode has a low profile version unless they released one recently

[whole axle]

They don’t

[lofty pivot]

yeah then don't buy a psa1+

[rain quiver]

How does it get in the way of gaming

[whole axle]

This is my LP rn

[rain quiver]

Mine doesn’t get in the way

[lofty pivot]

you can set it up to try not get in the way, but why not just buy one of the many low profile options that fix that issue

i'm not sure what the argument here is

[rain quiver]

Exactly what is the argument? You just saying dont get the psa1+ for no reason

[lofty pivot]

rode psa1 is a great arm, particularly for podcasting but for gaming at some angles it gets in the way

[rain quiver]

Sacrifice quality for a low profile

[whole axle]

I think I started an argument lol

[rain quiver]

We’re talking about the psa1+ not the psa1

[lofty pivot]

psa1+ is just an updated psa1 still not low profile

[rain quiver]

Why does he need a low profile

[lofty pivot]

I thought we just went over this

[rain quiver]

The rode is way higher quality

[rain quiver]

And i told you it doesn’t get in the way

So we didnt go over anything

[lofty pivot]

and i'm telling you it does

[rain quiver]

How?

[lofty pivot]

it doesn't always but at some angles it does

[rain quiver]

Maybe your setup is fucked up

[lofty pivot]

because the arm goes across part of vision when playing fps games

[rain quiver]

No it doesn’t

Maybe if you position it wrong

[lofty pivot]

yeah only if you put it off specifically far off at a specific angle etc

why not just buy an arm that you can put at lots of spots with that issue never happening

it's not like every boom arm that isn't a rode psa1 is bad quality

[rain quiver]

Ig it depends on whether bro prefers quality or low profile

[lofty pivot]

this isn't a quality vs low profile lol

[rain quiver]

Psa1 is old as hell nobody is talking about it

[lofty pivot]

you realize the psa1 and psa1+ is just a different spring and cable support right

[rain quiver]

Youre wrong

The video i sent says otherwise

[whole axle]

[rain quiver]

Its a comparison between psa1 and psa1+

[lofty pivot]

okay then, I see you're one of those guys. I now remember why tech channel is cursed

good luck with your boom arm selection erix

[rain quiver]

Yeah im one of the guys that uses proof

The video i sent lists many improvements, not just 2

[whole axle]

🫡

[lofty pivot]

i would check out the shure and see if you can find some reviews though, they're generally a good brand, i just haven't heard of their mic arm before

[whole axle]

Yeah I’m most likely getting the sm7db so I’ll look into their boom arms

If they as good as the mics it would be good

[lofty pivot]

i'd be curious if it's spring loaded like the other elgato pro one

[whole axle]

They are but the elgato is gas spring

Shure is regular

From what I just read

[lofty pivot]

i think the funniest part of all of this is i checked the video that guy linked and the same creator just released a video saying he loves the elgato pro one for the low profile nature as one of his top picks along the rode psa1+ lmao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hXkxzQ10OY

[whole axle]

Peak

[rain quiver]

Yeah and he likes it for the low profile

[whole axle]

I could probably get away with this thing

[rain quiver]

So like i said its about whether you want better quality or low profile

[whole axle]

Wait this might be the move

[lofty pivot]

i swear this is every conversation when i used to peek into tech channel. Just a bunch of "you must buy this or you're wrong and i will never change my pov or take in any other feedback cause i'm right no matter what"

[whole axle]

Well I might be the problem cuz I get whatever people say are the best

[lofty pivot]

the only thing to consider with that one is it's connected directly to the desk, so vibration etc may pass through if you don't have a shockmount attached

[whole axle]

Ah true

I’ll probably just do the LP pro

[pale sigil]

If building a new system, 32gb or 64gb? My friend is convinced 64gb but I feel that's excessive.

[whole axle]

32 is fine for the next 5 years+

[pale sigil]

That's what I'm thinking tbh

Friend asked me to launch rivals with 5 YouTube videos/5 home tabs XD

[umbral heron]

Go for 2x24G then

[rain quiver]

Thats why i upgraded from 32 to 64

People swear 32 is WAYY more than enough but im almost always at 70%+ ram usage like bruh

Thats too close to maxing out for my liking

[umbral heron]

So it is more than enough
Ideally you should be capped at90%

[rain quiver]

Ye its more than enough but they make it seem like 32 is some godly amount that will last forever

I just gave it to my brother and got myself 64

[umbral heron]

32G is still good
48G will be enough for like next 4 years or so

[rain quiver]

I dont even do anything special on my pc just gaming and browsing / watching

I was gonna get 48 but they didnt have 48 for the kit i wanted

[pale sigil]

70% is fine though wtf

[rain quiver]

Its fine now but what about next year or what if i one day decide to do more on my pc

Ill suddenly need more than 32

[pale sigil]

What a silly way of seeing it.

You're not suddenly going to need 64gb in a year.

Just like you didn't need 32gb in a year.

[rain quiver]

I said more than 32 not 64

[magic minnow]

Yeah like everyone who builds a pc for the first time “what if”

[rain quiver]

Big difference

[magic minnow]

[pale sigil]

Such a stupid take.

[rain quiver]

Nah its not

[pale sigil]

Fuck it

[rain quiver]

Im already too close to maxing out

[pale sigil]

128gb

[rain quiver]

Hell nah

[pale sigil]

In case it's needed in two years

Or three

Gotta be prepped right?

Future proof

[rain quiver]

Thats dumb thats not what i said

[pale sigil]

Basically it is but more extreme.

[rain quiver]

Youre just twisting what i said so it fits what you want me to say

I said im close to needing more than 32, then you made it seem like i said i need 64

Then now youre saying 128 like cmon G dont troll

[pale sigil]

70%

[rain quiver]

And i said i was gonna get 48 but they didnt have the one i wanted in stock

So yeah i never said i need 64

[pale sigil]

It's still stupid

[rain quiver]

So how did we jump from me saying i might need more than 32 to just buy 128? by the time ima need 128 ddr6 will be out

[umbral heron]

[rain quiver]

So youre not looking at it right

[magic minnow]

I did 96gb I got this one

[rain quiver]

64 was already kinda expensive ngl

But its mostly cuz of the kit i got

[whole axle]

Bros just eating popcorn

[magic minnow]

I do serious gaming Toasty if you’re gonna ask why I got 96gb

[frozen ingot]

2D waifus very hardware demanding

[magic minnow]

Gotta have my android emulator running in the background

[umbral heron]

I'm not gonna say anything about my RAM

[magic minnow]

256gb ram user spotted

[rain quiver]

Lemme guess you have 128+

[whole axle]

I mean I’m at 16gb ddr4

Works for me

I barely go above 50% on gaming

[frozen ingot]

I'm at a meager 32gb ddr5

[rain quiver]

You have 16gb of ddr4 but youre spending $130+ on a boom arm?

Aight i guess

[whole axle]

Yeah and?

[rain quiver]

Different priorities ig

[frozen ingot]

I'll probably double it when I do a cpu upgrade

[whole axle]

Why would I upgrade my ram rn

[magic minnow]

The longer they wait the cheaper the ram gets

[whole axle]

I’m waiting for 9800x3d to go down in price

Duh

[rain quiver]

At this point they waiting for ddr6

[analog sinew]

why is that meager

[rain quiver]

You cant get it for msrp?

[magic minnow]

GTA VI

[whole axle]

Nope

[pale sigil]

Ram management is a thing

[whole axle]

545 here

[frozen ingot]

said with slight sarcasm

[analog sinew]

😴

[rain quiver]

Damn no micro center no amazon no bh photo?

[umbral heron]

192
Quite useful for all the VMs I need to have running for work

[whole axle]

Amazon is 545

[rain quiver]

Sold by amazon or nah

[whole axle]

By a reputable seller at least

Nah

[rain quiver]

Thats why then

[magic minnow]

Lots of Minecraft

[frozen ingot]

tbh I'll probably play gta6 in like 2030 when its on sale

[whole axle]

Amazon is more bro….

[rough osprey]

where did u download that much

[frozen ingot]

like I did with gta5

[rain quiver]

For me its msrp but obv its not available all the time

My micro center almost always has 9800x3ds tho

[pale sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/chewing-character-chewing-character-hd-chewing-character-hd-gif-22077966

[whole axle]

Either way if I upgrade my ram I’m gonna get a new cpu and motherboard too. No point in getting more ddr4 ram lmao

[whole axle]

8 hrs away

[rain quiver]

Obv i meant switching to ddr5

[pale sigil]

Meanwhile zfs

[rain quiver]

Damn

[frozen ingot]

yeah I was sitting on a ddr4 system as well and was considering faster cpu and more ram but it ended up costing about the same just getting a new ddr5 platform in the end

[rain quiver]

Im lucky ig i have 2 microcenters within a 30 minute drive

[whole axle]

Yeah lmao

[whole axle]

Yup

[magic minnow]

I wish I would have waited for the 9950x3d instead of the 9800x3d

[whole axle]

I also have spent $400 on mice and $200 on mousepads in the last 2 months so

[pale sigil]

9800x3d had a bugged pricing here a week ago for £230

[whole axle]

Don’t even get me started on wooting parts

[pale sigil]

They honoured most orders

[rain quiver]

[whole axle]

Lucky

[umbral heron]

Mine is coming next week

[pale sigil]

It was up for a solid 5 min

[magic minnow]

That’s cool

[pale sigil]

I wish I was lucky

[whole axle]

Wwww

[magic minnow]

Which one 9950?

[umbral heron]

[magic minnow]

[rain quiver]

I woulda gotten one if i wasnt on 4k

But this 7800x3d should be enough

[frozen ingot]

its ok you can send over the 9800 to me and then you can buy the 9950

[whole axle]

9950x3d for $300 more for same performance is wild tho

[umbral heron]

8 more cores though

[whole axle]

Video editing? Or

[magic minnow]

Multitask

I run 2 webpages at the same time

[umbral heron]

VMs, Docker, containers, multi-OS compilation

[whole axle]

I mean hey my 5600x does that kinda

[frozen ingot]

the power user stereotypes are real

[magic minnow]

lol

[whole axle]

VMs are fun

Doing one for the first time was sick

Multi OS?

[umbral heron]

For Linux and Windows

[whole axle]

Oh like dual boot

That’s what a VM is no….

I confused now

[umbral heron]

Nono, I use Linux only
I need Windows VM though to test binaries

[magic minnow]

Linux is cool but Mac OS mastered it

[whole axle]

Ohhhh okay

[umbral heron]

And I compile a ton of binaries

[whole axle]

Ah a coder genius

[umbral heron]

X3D is just there so I can game after work

[whole axle]

Got it

Game on Linux?

[umbral heron]

Sysadmin
I'm kinda forced to code our internal tools

[umbral heron]

Yup, everything that doesn't need kernel AC works
Marvel Rivals works too

[whole axle]

Oh wait

Maybe I should be doing that then

Since I finally deleted the virus Valorant

[magic minnow]

do Fortnite

[whole axle]

I’ve never touched FN

[umbral heron]

I mean
OS is a tool
VMs, KVM and programming tools I prefer to use under Linux
Just that all games that I play work is a nice bonus

[whole axle]

Browsers work on Linux?

[umbral heron]

Yeah, all of them

[rain quiver]

Linux needs to step it up so i can switch to them

[whole axle]

Isn’t Linux better performance wise too

For games

[umbral heron]

About the same
Some games work better, some worse
But it's like +- 3% or so

[whole axle]

Ah ok

[magic minnow]

Just waiting for SteamOS to take over everything

[whole axle]

Steam and discord work?

[rain quiver]

Is that coming to pc or what

[whole axle]

I was waiting for that too but ig someone said it was gonna not happen anymore

[magic minnow]

Oh

[rain quiver]

I want them to support all games before i switch

[umbral heron]

Steam works great, Valve throws a lot money into Linux after all
Discord works too, 3rd party clients are also available

[rain quiver]

Why cant they add support to everything

Like why would i sacrifice so much just to have linux yk

[whole axle]

Wait I’m literally switching when I get home wtf

[umbral heron]

I mean games work
Just kernel-level anti-cheats don't

[whole axle]

Although maybe I won’t

Idk how Linux works at all 💀

[rain quiver]

What else do i lose tho theres gotta be a catch

Like will all random softwares work too

Like handrake, capcut, hwinfo, crystaldisk, msi afterburner etc

[umbral heron]

For quite a lot of soft there are alternatives, so instead of After Effects there's DaVinci Resolve for example
HandBrake has native Linux version, I use it too
CapCut not sure, I now web version works
Instead of HWInfo there's tons of htops, btops, radeontop, nvidiatop etc.
And instead AfterBurner there's MangoHud
So yeah, if you want to use your tools, there's not really a reason to switch
Same for me, because soft I use is not available for Windows

[rain quiver]

Damn they have a knockoff version of everything

Maybe i can make it so i can boot both windows and linux? So i get the best of both

Or is that not a thing

[umbral heron]

You can do dual-boot, sure
Quite a lot of distros also detect if there's Windows on PC and will install alongside of it

[rain quiver]

Shit maybe ill do that for gaming or something

I wish my motherboard took more than 2 nvme ssds

[halcyon moss]

hey, thats what partitions are for.
you can dual boot from 1 disk

[reef patrol]

Until Windows throws a fit.

[halcyon moss]

yeah.. that hasn't happened to me in many years

[whole axle]

Just found out I can’t use DLSS swapper on Linux

Sad day

[umbral heron]

I'll try it today
Seem like it should, given it's only swapping files

It's .NET8 and allows for adding own game directories, so it should work just fine

[whole axle]

Idk I just use the windows version called DLSSwapper

Idk how to do it manually lmao

[crystal ferry]

Should I get a better oled and use my current oled as second monitor

I want more hz but I feel like the games are so unoptimized I couldn’t even run at very high refresh rates

[sudden imp]

Well I’m officially done with all Nintendo products. https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-reserves-the-right-to-brick-your-console-following-unauthorised-use-in-bid-to-prevent-piracy

[umbral heron]

So... nothing new

[nimble arch]

Microsoft and Sony can do this as well

[umbral heron]

Keep in mind that they can only enforce EULA for software and not hardware
So if you get banned just install cfw and done
And if they completely brick hardware too... Oooo, there will be lawsuits
The class-action exemption is only enforceable in US, not in EU/JP

[nimble arch]

Assuming custom firmware exists, that is.

[reef patrol]

Sure it is. There's a differece between blocking your access to their online ecosystem and bricking a console.

Functionally similar but... 😄

[umbral heron]

Wasn't that the case with later models of Switch 1 too though?
And I'm pretty sure it was with 3DS

[nimble arch]

Given how much of modern gaming requires an internet connection, your console is basically bricked if you get banned from the online ecosystem.

[reef patrol]

Updating your device firmware to not turn on anymore? No, no I don't think so.

[umbral heron]

I am confusion

[reef patrol]

Hello Confusion, am duck

[magic minnow]

I love Nintendo!!!!!

[compact relic]

they've done it in the past but it wasn't a part of their user agreement before afaik

[reef patrol]

I'mma need a source for that one

Intentional bricking - Not accidental*

[compact relic]

https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2018/apr/09/avoid-bricking-your-nintendo-switch-dont-use-third-party-chargers-or-docks/
https://gadgetsranked.com/can-nintendo-brick-your-3ds/

[fair gull]

how do you pirate without cfw

[reef patrol]

That's a short, not intentional bricking from an update...

[compact relic]

well tbf it's hard to tell if nintendo's updates have specifically targeted certain third party stuff or if it's just accidental

[reef patrol]

Not really.

[compact relic]

not like they'd admit it if they did

[reef patrol]

Of course they would?

[fair gull]

ah yes the smart choice of saying they dont and then facing a massive lawsuite when they are found out

nintendo is quite open about what they do including banning console certificates of detected consoles so they cant connect to nintendos online services anymore ever

same for physical game cartridges you share dumps of (without removing the headers)

[reef patrol]

It's just another weekday. You turn on your Switch and there's a system update. It reboots to apply it, and it suddenly won't turn on anymore.

So you contact customer support who just... say there's no warranty, and they won't explain why? How does that scenario work exactly Mr. Strider?

[compact relic]

ig their response would be warranty void for using third party hardware or apps which breaks eula or someshi, ive never contacted nintendo customer support so cant say

[reef patrol]

[pale sigil]

*have been

For many years

Oh wait this is offline too? o.0

I think the only way Xbox was able to do that were dev consoles

[crystal ferry]

Hello

Nvm I’ll get humbled for not sending this at memes

[digital cliff]

WHY ARE YOU NOT PAYING US charges 80€ for single game THIEF! PAY US! continues charging exorbitant fees on everything NOOO DON'T PIRATE GAMES WE ARE ONLY POOR MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CORPO bricks your device remotely, refuses to elaborate, leaves

WHY DOES NOBODY LIKE US 😭

[vagrant pagoda]

"no body likes us", makes the best selling consoles of all time.

[digital cliff]

unfortunately so

people hate em but still buy the products

[vagrant pagoda]

they really suck but also animal crossing, mario, zelda, pokemon

[sudden imp]

I can do without those

I’m honestly sick of having to pay for Nintendo online to use wifi

[vagrant pagoda]

then dont

[nimble arch]

Me when I have money and enjoy my hobbies

[whole axle]

@lofty pivot

[lofty pivot]

Nice, the pro one?

[whole axle]

Yessir

IEMs are next on the list to get

[lofty pivot]

i want to get that one eventually too probably, since i have the older one without gas spring

[whole axle]

Twins

Although my OG one yeah the spring don’t stay in place so that’s why I’m replacing

[unkempt lake]

what are you on about

[vagrant pagoda]

nintendo has yet to secure moumou rights, when that happens youll understand

[unkempt lake]

nuntendo will steal moumou and turn her into a pokemon

:O

[vagrant pagoda]

then they ban your access to moumou

[unkempt lake]

angewy

Also random but

I swear there was a system update that once cause havoc with hacked 3dses

Was so long ago tho

I personally only hack my consoles way down the line or if i have a second one

Ex: i hacked my og 3ds when i upgraded to a new XL

[vapid ruin]

quite nice, maybe can port to switch 2

[unkempt lake]

And i'll probably hack my switch one for the heck of it just to put android on it because i'll have a switch 2

Mine's a launch model so its gonna be ez

Vita i hackes when they said they were shutting down the ability to buy new games with the vita psn

My new 3ds xl i hacked when they remoced the ability to buy new stuff on the eshop

My wii u i need to get around to it

But yeah i just... don't really bother while a console is actively being used lol

Also the thing about bricking only applies to the us so... yeah

It's whatever to me

[vagrant pagoda]

i mean eternal is on swtich

id tech has pretty good low end support

[ashen spindle]

The doom numbers from HuB are a mess

TPU had what you would expect

Mostly just 50 series having random driver issues for some but not every reviewer

[vapid ruin]

yey

[vagrant pagoda]

9070 doing very well

[unkempt lake]

Didn't see tpu had numbers up

[magic minnow]

Bro the 4090 was the deal of the millennium

[vagrant pagoda]

how

[unkempt lake]

Odd how amd performs way better on hub''s benches

[ashen spindle]

see here

[unkempt lake]

How does that make the 7900xyx 10fps slower tho

[ashen spindle]

because both are using custom scenes?

[unkempt lake]

oh you're right there's no built in bench

silly me

[ashen spindle]

hub also never uses ingame benches

[unkempt lake]

i don't try to understand his logic anymore

When it comes to that

[vagrant pagoda]

XSD

[magic minnow]

[vagrant pagoda]

4090s were never cheap

[magic minnow]

They were when the crypt crash happened

[vagrant pagoda]

they are only a good deal vs a quadro or tesla XD

[magic minnow]

[vagrant pagoda]

nah

[unkempt lake]

Not really

Even at msrp they were too expensive

1600usd...

[vagrant pagoda]

never been sub 1000 4090s that arent like stolen

[unkempt lake]

And that was basically not a real msrp for most of the generation

[magic minnow]

[unkempt lake]

@magic minnow how much was yours

The only deal is if well... you wanted a 5090 and got a 4090

[magic minnow]

A little less than 1900$

[vagrant pagoda]

i mean 1600 is barely a good deal XD

[magic minnow]

[vagrant pagoda]

new or used?

[unkempt lake]

how is that a deal

[magic minnow]

New

[vagrant pagoda]

that is ok

not bad but not good

[magic minnow]

It wasn’t more than 2K

[unkempt lake]

I maan its still over msrp

By a lot

What aib

[magic minnow]

Aibvv

[unkempt lake]

Was it a big moumou model

[vagrant pagoda]

i mean 2k is barely a good deal now

2200 is normal even now

[magic minnow]

It’s the MSI Suprim X the Air one not the liquid cool one

[unkempt lake]

That's a fairly fancy aib

I guess i can see why there was a premium on ot

[magic minnow]

Can you replace the liquid in the liquid cool gpus?

Or do you just get fucked one day

[unkempt lake]

Only if its a custom loop

[vagrant pagoda]

you can in any of them

its just harder

[unkempt lake]

well yeah but they're not designed for it

Technically

[vagrant pagoda]

they are

they dont glue it shut

its just screws

[astral haven]

Welllllll
Not always lol

[unkempt lake]

Really depends on the aib

[vagrant pagoda]

who glues the aio shut?

[astral haven]

Usually not glue, usually it's machine press fit fittings

[jaunty rose]

The mouse to end all mouse arguments

[vagrant pagoda]

which one?

[vagrant pagoda]

top tier mouse pad

[jaunty rose]

Sadly none of it is available for purchase, it was all made by the creator

Besides the mouse pad I assume

[astral haven]

EVGA for example
Only screws are on coldplate

[vagrant pagoda]

yeah just pull the cold plate

thats what i have done on every aio to replace coolant

[astral haven]

Which is giga f'd and super easy to screw up

[vagrant pagoda]

how?

its a copper plate, rubber gasket and some screws

done it like 5 or 6 times over the years

mostly on gpus

[magic minnow]

This one is so nice looking

Bro it’s on eBay for 6,800$

[gusty kiln]

that gpu is extra binned, basically a 4090ti

but might as well get a 5090 at that point

[vagrant pagoda]

4090ti would have more cores though

and they arent binned that well

[jaunty rose]

I dont understand aio gpu’s

Og heat sink and fan design will alway look better imo

[balmy vector]

and last longer

[jaunty rose]

Msi’s gaming trio line up for the 50 series looks so beautiful

[gleaming oxide]

anyone else having blue screens with dune awakening?

[magic minnow]

I didn’t see it

[jaunty rose]

Its been out for a while

Lemme get some photos

[vagrant pagoda]

noise

[balmy vector]

id prefer if the dragon was on the left od the backplate than the right

[jaunty rose]

5070, 5070ti, 5080 all have the same look and dimensions

5090 is the same but thicker

[jaunty rose]

Honestly never really thought about that but now that I think about it I totally agree!

[wheat plume]

I haven't had this much orange on my screen since the inauguration
https://youtu.be/2X1Zph-yTFQ

[unkempt lake]

https://youtu.be/tyE4AI8EI7o?si=rBtEkXg-hNpjYGj8

Who the fuck buys a 170usd backbone

[distant tapir]

Apparently iPhone 17 will have 120 Hz across the entire lineup according to rumours. Makes me very tempted to switch back

[unkempt lake]

With a 40usd a year subscription

All for... a meh mobile controller

[unkempt lake]

Odd that this is what makes you want to switch back

[bright briar]

this is a nice white gpu card

[distant tapir]

I already want to switch back, that's just the final nail in the coffin

[unkempt lake]

I really don't get the 120hz on phones hype

Yes it makes scrolling look nice but

Its a phone

[jaunty rose]

Yeah!

[unkempt lake]

you do phone stuff on it

[distant tapir]

Like scrolling

[jaunty rose]

nah its for all the epic gamers who play fortnite mobile and pubg B)

lol

[unkempt lake]

only games i play on my iphone are emulators

And they're capped at 60 anyways

Haha

[jaunty rose]

tbh same

originally got Delta because I was tired of ads in the official Tetris mobile game and forced online usage

[unkempt lake]

It's either emulation, plague inc or pokemon tcg live

[jaunty rose]

so true

[unkempt lake]

i'm an epic mobile gamer guys

hyper demanding games right here

Need 120hz for my pokemon

[jaunty rose]

geometry dash could sure use that 120hz

[unkempt lake]

I don't even remember when i last played that

I sucked at it

Boost 2 best game and its not even updated for new devices i have no clue how that little mobile game still runs on the latest ios

[distant tapir]

60 Hz on a phone is an eyesore for me. I still have my 60 Hz iPhone and I don't like looking at it whenever anything at all moves

[unkempt lake]

Best little mobile game i've been playing it for over a decade

It's my go to time waster

Damn

Fuck it's been more than a decade

It's been 16 years

I played this shit on my ipod touch

i was 12 years old lol

Fuck

I'm old

About to turn 28

2 years and i become dust

[frozen ingot]

that's cute

I'm 40 next year

[unkempt lake]

old man

how have you not been thanosed yet

we all know you're supposed to turn to dust at 30

[frozen ingot]

I'm too stubborn

[unkempt lake]

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/boost-2/id333191476

go play this game tho

the day it stops working on new ios versions i'll cry

[astral haven]

If only there were an os that allowed you to use old apps for practically ever

[unkempt lake]

Iirc this only happenned when they switched from 32 to 64bit

And apps that werent updated just broke

[leaden kiln]

I got my new phone a couple days ago
I think it's 120hz but I can't really tell 👴

[gusty kiln]

try it on and off

scrolling a long page

[leaden kiln]

it turns off in power saving mode

and discord fixed the app sometime semi recently, so I don't need to close it to get the right ui when switching screens :)

[nimble arch]

Bro is folding his phone

[leaden kiln]

iphone 6 vibes

[nimble arch]

My colleague had two of the Samsung folding phones and the screens cracked on both of them after a year

[leaden kiln]

I have a fold 3 that I bought for really cheap because I wanted to try a foldable and the inner screen is pretty messed up now lol, but it's like 4 years old at this point I guess

[graceful wedge]

Have u guys ever brought ur peripherals to microcenter

[gusty kiln]

I'm keeping my S24U until at least 2028, hopefully foldables get a upgrade in screen tech by then

[graceful wedge]

I feel like it’s a weird thing to do

[nimble arch]

I'm keeping my iPhone 16 Pro Max + Watch Ultra 2 combination until 2029

Just waiting for AirPods Pro 3 which should arrive this summer

[gusty kiln]

they have pulsar and endgamegear mice now

and the usual big box brands

[leaden kiln]

I think I'm gonna keep this phone until something like battery life or performance becomes a bother, or I break it

fold 3 still worked well as a normal phone just using the cover screen

[pale sigil]

I'm too scared to buy one of these haha

[graceful wedge]

Fr?

I think they have steelseries keyboards

[wheat plume]

Wtf is Pokemon Sleep? Xd

[wheat plume]

Probably not set to 120 out the box

[leaden kiln]

it is

[wheat plume]

They usually never are ... Got to turn that shit on yourself just like a monitor for your computer

Oo?? That's rare

[unkempt lake]

A game

Its a sleep tracking based game

I suck at it because my sleep sucks

[wheat plume]

O.o

Interesting concept

[halcyon moss]

It's a data gathering app

[graceful wedge]

All these dam mobile games have so many ads

[balmy vector]

wait @pale trellis this you?

what a funny coincidence

[vagrant pagoda]

that is a super dox username

[bright briar]

lul

@unkempt lake why western digital be like this

[astral haven]

Its the WD NVMe driver, you can probably update it from their site or remove it and be perfectly fine

[bright briar]

yeah i know i gotta update it im just laughing

because i forgor

[astral haven]

They also do this for hardware that has errata on the new update
Some USB controllers and Ethernet were like that for a while

[unkempt lake]

Actually there was an issue with some wd ssds being borked with win 24h2

[astral haven]

If it's not fixed by driver update it's fixed by firmware update, either way update and be fine

[unkempt lake]

yep

On the 2tb models

Firmware update needed

https://www.polygon.com/xbox/597941/xbox-pc-handheld-images-leak

I'm laughing my ass off

Its the dirtiest piece of shit

Did someone put it incthe trash???

the rog ally xbox lol

Trash edition

[wheat plume]

???????

[rain quiver]

Handhelds are so goofy woofy

Peaked at the og psp and went downhill with the vita

[ashen spindle]

depends on the content and codec

just record at different bitrates and see what you prefe

its the same quality for everyone if they select the same resolution

[astral haven]

Resolve free is great and the limitations are kind

[vagrant pagoda]

dont use hvec

youtube wants h264

the encoding the dose is setup to best support h264 and aac

[astral haven]

At the same bitrate you still get better quality from HEVC than h264,and it's more convenient to record and store in one format

[dull hollow]

@unkempt lake i think i borked something, i used a custom filter for a game to make it brigher and when i exit the game, the brightness stays

ive restarted my pc and set the game brightness back to 0 but the issue is still here

[unkempt lake]

A custom filter?

[dull hollow]

[unkempt lake]

In what

[dull hollow]

oh wait

i found it

[unkempt lake]

Smh

[dull hollow]

adrenalin

[unkempt lake]

Oh display color enhancement?

You can set it per game

Or globally

[dull hollow]

yeah ik it was per game

but for some reason it bugged out and changed the global setting

[unkempt lake]

Fyi if you fuck something up and can't figure it out

Settings system factory reset

You can also use snap and save all of your settings as is

When its the way you like it

[bright briar]

so dont update my m .2 software?

[unkempt lake]

Yes update

Or else you can't update your windows

[bright briar]

okk

i know just dont want to lose save storage

[digital cliff]

where can I get this feature

[unkempt lake]

Buy a 2tb wd drive without dram that has the bad firmware that breaks 24h2

[digital cliff]

[analog sinew]

i should probably update my ssds sometime

urgh

[umbral heron]

Update SSDs?
What's to update there, it's for storing data

[crimson wigeon]

Firmware, sometimes it's buggy

[reef patrol]

The firmware presumably.

[crystal ferry]

you probably also dont change the oil of ur pc

[latent mural]

Is this normal?

Im currently swapping my switches and found this

[fair gull]

what

[latent mural]

The

I assume green thing

On the chip

[fair gull]

oh the yellow marker you mean

yes

[magic minnow]

Tony spilled Dijon mustard

[fair gull]

its part of the assembly and initial firmware flashing

[latent mural]

Oki ❤️

When u r colorblind it looks like rust xd

[reef patrol]

Yeah it's extremely common for pen markers like that in varying colours on chips, to show they've been flashed and checked successfully.

Hard to tell without reading it with a device otherwise. Can just glance at it and go "yep, it's finished"

[pale sigil]

I'm colourblind and don't think it looks like rust

How dare you say this.

[latent mural]

what colors u cant see?

or not seprate

im red green

[pale sigil]

Not all colour blinds are the same

Very ignorant of you pft pft pft pft

[latent mural]

i belive that secretly everyone sees colors differently

[latent mural]

sorry mom i try to change myself

ly xoxo

[pale sigil]

I gave up on the terms, I'm bad with all colours.

I was diagnosed as a child.

[latent mural]

same

the funny thing is i got diagonsed with 5 years old and found out when i was 18

after arguing with my brother that his gray shoes look terrible ( they were green)

my mom cant speak very well so she didnt understand what the doctor was saying back then

so i never found out

until 5 years ago xD

2 years ago i swapped roomns with my mom and found the the Letter that the doctor wrote where she said that i am colorblind for red and greenxD

Yay

[pale sigil]

Well you see, I never not get bullied about it even by Wooting pft

When voting on colors for the lekker that weren't green or orange etc XD

[crystal ferry]

does someone here know like a good looking gpu sack bracket around 12-13 cm?

[pale sigil]

Lego

[crystal ferry]

melting?

[pale sigil]

No

I used a Lego person to hold up my last GPUs XD

Abs needs a constant 100c+ to soften, let alone melt

I only know this because of 3d printing

When I say soften I mean barley

[ashen spindle]

I use a pair of cut down chopsticks