🔌│tech

[vagrant pagoda]

is it not semi custom?

[latent mural]

I’d say beans 🫘

Easier to carry around and exchange

But yea no, new base price is like 899 usd and 850 is considered a discount

Nearing 5080 prices smh

[ashen spindle]

the cpu is, the gpu might litearlly just be a desktop chiplet

we dont know for sure yet but it seems like a possibility

that way they could offer multiple xbox tiers with much lower cost due to just using rdna5 chiplets

[latent mural]

Damn I just looked it up and the series x is a rdna2 custom gpu, I forget how old the current gen consoles are

Covid scalping really made them feel like they’ve only been out for a bit

[ashen spindle]

technically both consoles are some frankenstein rdna 1.x even lol

[latent mural]

Yea, it’s such a shame how much the series s has hamstrung the consoles this cycle

Was such a disappointment on the Xbox side

Only upside I’d say is that the games are getting ported to PC by nature of their next consoles being basically PCs with stripped down windows

[vagrant pagoda]

i mean ms has been on win+xbox release for a long time

the number of xbox exclusives is very low if you dont count windows

[latent mural]

There goes the only upside I could think about ig lmao, I forget Microsoft really started pushing it back in 2016-2017 with windows 10. Atleast it’s a nice blue ray player

[lunar elm]

I got my 5070Ti for MSRP, hopefully the 5060Ti 16GB my friend is grabbing for me also turns out to be the same

[ashen spindle]

ports arent going to change much the current gen is also the same hardware sans optimizations and you still need to make builds specific for one hardware

[vagrant pagoda]

i snagged one at msrp too, in the tax holiday

[ashen spindle]

and with the console OS working different this isnt going to change ports in any relevant ammount

[latent mural]

Likewise, my buddy just grabbed a 9070xt for a bit below msrp. Gods be praised

I’ve been thinking about getting a 5060 for a sff plex server to sit behind my TV

Maybe some light gaming

[lunar elm]

Hopefully its still in stock and the price is unchanged. Godspeed

[vagrant pagoda]

i mean 99% of xbox games will run on windows with zero changes

ms store apps are pretty portable

[ashen spindle]

software wise yes, optimizations wise depends on how much they focused on the exact hardware

but yeah its hardly an issue these days

[vagrant pagoda]

now it might run like ass

[ashen spindle]

its more a thing of input support, widescreen support and stuff like that

[latent mural]

I.e the new Xbox series s replacement you mean? Everything will need to be developed to run on that with a certain target res and frame rate

[vagrant pagoda]

kb+mouse is common on xbox and ps these days

[ashen spindle]

yeah but not a requirement so on a port you'd want to make sure those all work

[latent mural]

I hate the ms store games from game pass, modding them is a nightmare

[ashen spindle]

both xbox x and s hardware wise are super similar to pc so ports dont need to have a cursed rewrite like ps3 games

and not much is going to change with the next gen, hardware is super similar to desktop pcs so for ports the changes arent going to be difficult

[latent mural]

Gonna go buy a bunch of ps3s to run as a compute cluster lmao, fuck porting your games to newer consoles

[ashen spindle]

just buy a mainframe if you want cursed ibm hardware lmao

[vagrant pagoda]

if you could even just buy one

[frozen ingot]

truly ahead of its time

like unironically

[ashen spindle]

the one that you want

[halcyon moss]

Npus are slow

But efficient

[ashen spindle]

yeah theres a reason they are made for phones first and laptops now

[tribal dirge]

Very efficient, given that they are designed to do parallel calculations very fast

Anything matrix math NPUs will be pretty much superior for

I think Apple started adding NPUs to their silicon in 2017 ish to make FaceID possible as well as making touchID on iPhone 8 much faster

Man 2017 was a long time ago

Jeez

[halcyon moss]

I just feel mansplained

[tribal dirge]

Lmao

[vagrant pagoda]

worse, you got clanker-splained

[pale sigil]

I definitely like my printer more than my ender xs

I got it on 26th Feb xs

[fast sable]

Anybody have B850?

[umbral heron]

Sure

[fast sable]

you got one?

[umbral heron]

My brother has B850, I have B650

[fast sable]

I think I’m missing some screws

and I have HYTE Y70

was their screws with B850?

by any chance?

[umbral heron]

Motherboard usually takes 6 screws
And screws come with case

[fast sable]

This?

can screw with HYTE?

[nimble arch]

I have X670E

[umbral heron]

What motherboard you have?

[fast sable]

B850

[nimble arch]

PRIME X670E-PRO WIFI

[umbral heron]

The exact model

[nimble arch]

[fast sable]

GIGABYTE B850 AORUS Elite WIFI7 AMD AM5 ATX Motherboard, Support AMD Ryzen 9000/8000/7000 Series, DDR5, 14+2+2 Power Phase, 3X M.2, PCIe 5.0, USB-C, WIFI7, 2.5GbE LAN, EZ-Latch

[umbral heron]

Okay, so that's ATX, so stand-offs go into holes with letter A
There should be 6 or 9 of them

[fast sable]

And came with this

A, AM, AMI ?

[pale sigil]

i do

[umbral heron]

Everywhere where is A, so in A, AM and AMI

[pale sigil]

blurry

[pale sigil]

To late to return? 😅

[pale sigil]

I had the matx version

Awful, just awful.

Ethernet port died randomly too

[umbral heron]

Yeah, there is 9 of them

[fast sable]

😭

ion think they fit ngl

[umbral heron]

In holes that they weren't by default you need to put some force in to deform the sheet metal

[fast sable]

Does it matter if it squishes the bottom of motherboard ?

[frozen ingot]

yeah you might need to use a tool to get them screwed into the plate properly

[umbral heron]

Nonono
They go only in the case
Motherboard goes on top of them
And then you use screws to secure board to those screws

Like so

[fast sable]

So like this then

[ashen spindle]

you keep one of them in then put the board on top then use a different one to scree it in

you dont double stack them

[fast sable]

Alr thanks I don’t think I have the screws

They are missing it seems

sigh

can’t pack my motherboard right 😭

[umbral heron]

The ones that you secure motherboard with look like this, they may be black, but they have flanges

[pale sigil]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSTKVZcp5sQ&t=163s

[fast sable]

I didn’t get those

[umbral heron]

Screws come with the case not motherboard

[pale sigil]

Yep

or if you are like me and lose a lot you have a bunch of spares in a box

[fast sable]

I’m dumb it was the HYTE box

lil box in power supply

[umbral heron]

[fast sable]

So middle I use?

9PCS FOR HDD

Nvm

[umbral heron]

The bottom ones, M/B is motherboard

[fast sable]

Okay thank you

[pale sigil]

The manual is your best friend tbh

[fast sable]

I got it all figured

[pale sigil]

it will show pictures etc

[fast sable]

I was confused ngl

first pc

preciate yall being patient 😭

[reef patrol]

Really tempted to pull the trigger on this laptop, since it's a return with a steep discount.
HP OMEN 16 R-AI7 350/16/512/5060 16"

It's 1000€ but the other ones I've looked at for pure office are still around 600€ and all feature soldered RAM. This has actual slots.

And having a dGPU never hurts.

[fast sable]

Anyday life is confusing

[sinful quest]

sometimes you just need to pull a trigger to be happy
(of course if the wallet allows it)

[fast sable]

So I got EK Nucleus AIO with no screws?

did it come with pc case…

I would guess

[reef patrol]

Isn't it already installed?

[ashen spindle]

its the best amd cpu before the higher tiers that have some fucked up setup for some tasks so solid option there xD

[reef patrol]

Yeah... it's more money than I originally intended to use. But on the other hand, this would last me quite a while, and offer more reasons not to lug my 40kg desktop around anywhere 😄

[sullen bear]

seems nice yea

[sullen bear]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVuCI8zgSLS/

i know instagram is just as much he said she said, but it seems to be doing fine multitasking

impatrickt

“But it only has 8gb of ram”

#apple #macbookneo #tech

Likes

18538

Instagram

[ashen spindle]

yes? again the complaint isnt that you currently run out or ram and cant do a task with it

[lyric hatch]

Right but try doing what he just did on a $500 windows laptop, it ain't happening

[ashen spindle]

https://www.newegg.com/acer-america-aspire-14-0-wuxga-16gb-memory-512-gb-pcie-ssd/p/1TS-000X-063P7 same price, has 16gb, can do the same things

[lyric hatch]

Is $100 more and is not doing what that MacBook just did

[frozen ingot]

instagram pausing the video as soon as you highlight a different application on your computer is peak enshittification cancer

[ashen spindle]

the neo is 599 though? so its the same price?

[lyric hatch]

It's 499 with the education discount which is who this laptop is targeting

[frozen ingot]

that's a bit of a reach

[ashen spindle]

okay you can get education discounts at other vendors they just dont sell it directly

thats a massive reach

[lyric hatch]

Not really, they don't even verify education discounts where I live so anyone can use it

[frozen ingot]

I don't think that's applicable to all markets either

[lyric hatch]

It is in the main markets we're talking about

[ashen spindle]

okay so use the acer student discount that can make it cost even less than the neo

so now the windows version is cheaper, great comparison

[lyric hatch]

https://youtu.be/oe4d1s-DRIY
This what I'm getting?

Seems greatt

[frozen ingot]

that's not an aspire

[tribal dirge]

if only it was made of an all metal chassis

[frozen ingot]

not that I know what the difference is

[ashen spindle]

yeah this is not the same laptop at all

[lyric hatch]

Either way they share basically the same processor ~10% performance

[frozen ingot]

sure I'd probably rather a macbook over an acer when it comes to build quality and longterm value but the competition ain't non existent

[ashen spindle]

man all I'm saying is 8gb is bad, is it really so hard to just see that as it is? I dont use laptops I dont know or care which one is made better and if the neo is a better quality or not I can just see ram usage and how heaviy the swap is used on day already whne you have 6gb of ram for the cpu

idk how tf this gets into student discount price comparisons

just put 10gb instead of 8 on it and it would be a non issue

[lyric hatch]

Oh and you know screen, touchpad, battery life just little other bonuses

[ashen spindle]

I dont care I never said anything about those parts

[tribal dirge]

thats just a limitation of the A18 pro itself

[ashen spindle]

you wanted to do the same thing on a windows laptop I showed one at same price, I never said the screen or battery or anything is the same

[tribal dirge]

next refresh my best guess it will have A19 pro with 12gb of RAM

[lyric hatch]

If it can run scrub though a 4k video with no issues and is designed mainly for students I'm not seeing the issue

[tribal dirge]

same

if you are thinking about how much ram is in a laptop the Macbook Neo is already not for you

[frozen ingot]

is basically an ipad with a keyboard

[tribal dirge]

also like, it really doesnt take much to run something like google classroom or instructure canvas

[frozen ingot]

with a slightly less restrictive os

[tribal dirge]

you can do some pretty crazy stuff with macos if you are keen enough

sudo gives you a lot of power in ZSH

or bash if you are picky with your CLIs

[lyric hatch]

Also has really good single core

[tribal dirge]

yeah, ST performance is great, more than enough for MS word or google docs

[ashen spindle]

yeah unless you use it because ST on the neo throttles and not even MT lol

drops like 500mhz after 30seconds in the ars test

[tribal dirge]

they do that to save battery though, which is fine tbh.

[ashen spindle]

in nT workloads usually, you almost never see ST throttle because that means your usage will be worse just while running anything on it

[lyric hatch]

Keeping in mind it does all of this at 4w

[frozen ingot]

you can, but apple would rather you fuggedabout that and stay inside their curated garden to not mess up the manicuring of the hedges

[tribal dirge]

yeah, its a phone chip, thats unsurprising

[frozen ingot]

you have the app store, what more could you ask for

[tribal dirge]

eh? not really.

[lyric hatch]

And from reviews the only time it ever even gets warm is when it's charging

[tribal dirge]

yeah it doesnt get much hotter than most chromebooks in its price bracket or lower.

its about the same in terms of surface temp

[lyric hatch]

Makes sense when it's a phone chip, I know that Acer laptop is pumping out some heat and noise just loading up the OS

[tribal dirge]

now pls, cellular Macs pleeeaaasssseeeee

a Macbook with 5G cell would be so nice

[lyric hatch]

Could see it, if the rumours of touch screen MacBook come true

[frozen ingot]

disapproving steve jobs noises from the grave

[tribal dirge]

Jobs used to also dunk on styluses

and now apple pencil is a thing

[frozen ingot]

yeah because styluses was basically a requirement to use the crappy resistive screens

[tribal dirge]

Tim Cook's Apple is way different from Steve Job's Apple

[frozen ingot]

the apple pencil doesn't really exist for the same reasons at all

[lyric hatch]

You got 5 styluses on each hand mate you don't need one of those

[tribal dirge]

true

[tribal dirge]

I dont think Apple Watch would have ever existed under Steve Jobs leadership

[frozen ingot]

I get his gripes with a touchscreen laptop, but its also not really the main or only means of interacting with the device like on smartphones or tablets

probably not

he was quite firmly against making the iphone larger too

[tribal dirge]

I mean, if they put a 360 hinge on the touchscreen macs I can see it being useful

[empty wren]

used to be this https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2017/07/18/im-using-touchscreen-macbook-pro-heres-how/483911001/

[tribal dirge]

but if the hinge isnt 360 its high key useless

[frozen ingot]

bruh

Rather, I’ve been testing the AirBar sensor from Sweden's Neonode.

never heard of this thing and its developed by a company here

[vapid ruin]

Hoping the rumored touch screen to be as good as ipad. The one there is really nice for rhythm game

[empty wren]

https://www.msi.com/news/detail/MSI-Unveils--Frieren--Beyond-Journey-s-End--Limited-Edition-Series--Begin-Your-New-Journey-with-Exclusive-Co-Branded-Hardware-148125

[lunar elm]

msi wants to try to put a fight against the chinese modders

do not underestimate the chinese in this regard

[empty wren]

Are those like

Pad printed... would explain why it would be rather easy to mimic them

[lunar elm]

the vladlena one has files online

also the discord compression sucks so those pics look blurry

[empty wren]

Very nice of someone to share

[empty wren]

Fair enough

It happens everywhere these days

[lunar elm]

i can consider doing this for the backplate of my 5060ti if I indeed get it

just leave the top half in the backplate fr

[empty wren]

Dye sublimation?

[lunar elm]

yeah something like that

[empty wren]

So some heat and pressure alright

[lunar elm]

I have a friend who somewhat knows his way doing this typa stuff im not sure exactly how we could do anything like it

[empty wren]

I guess another option would be hydro dipping

[lunar elm]

he suggested hydrodipping first option

[empty wren]

Alright then

Well cool I guess if you want the aesthetic

[lunar elm]

the backplate is really small though

its gonna be a big compromise

also cant really do anything to the fan

[empty wren]

It will be hidden anyways when you install the card....

More than likely

[lunar elm]

Who said Im installing the card?

[empty wren]

Ah alright then

Nevermind 😄

[lunar elm]

I could also consider modding my 5070ti prime

[cerulean arch]

I hope so that looks disgusting

[lunar elm]

?

[latent mural]

I truly don’t understand Asian market computer tastes

Do people really pay extra for GPUs to look cute or have their fandom on it?

Like a keyboard sure, but even in a PC build with fishtank glass, you’d mostly be looking at the AIO or RAM sticks

The gpu almost always it just lying horizontal

Even when you mount it vertically you aren’t seeing the backplate

[umbral heron]

I would do that
Alas all such GPUs are either with gacha characters or very much overpriced Nvidias from ASUS

[vapid ruin]

Yes, how else would I flex on my online friend my 5080 got my waifu

[latent mural]

Lmao that is fair

Same reason I have a little side monitor

Gotta flex the waifus

[reef patrol]

Huh? The backplate of the GPU is just as if not more apparent when looking inside.

[latent mural]

I’m talking about when your actually sitting down and using the PC

At best I can usually see the sides of the card

Unless I’m standing I really can’t see the backplate at all, even without a beefy tower cooler

If I was spending money on a cosmetic I’d want it visible from the position I’m using the pc in the most you know? Idk tho, that might just be me

[sullen bear]

Depends on where you put your pc

But for me the backplate is also one of the most visible parts

[reef patrol]

Short person problems.

[latent mural]

Guess I can’t really see the appeal

We don’t see eye to eye

Heh, guess so

[steady sail]

FloorPC gang

[latent mural]

I barely can see my backplate when sitting down, could literally be not having the tall experience of seeing it sitting down

[analog sinew]

computer is black box

[sullen bear]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gamer-cat-cat-computer-computer-cat-kittens-gif-19682674

[analog sinew]

kitteh

[sullen bear]

Yeah my rgb is off, even more of a waste i guess, paying for rgb but not using it haha

[latent mural]

Been thinking about selling my MacBook to upgrade my PC and just dual boot Linux in a separate add. Might get a pure black box mini itx case

[azure otter]

same

for my keyboard atleast

[latent mural]

I’m tired of my fish tank case bieng annoying with reflections and scratched

[azure otter]

yea the reflection is annoying

[steady sail]

Put some anti reflective stuff on it

[latent mural]

Thinking lian li h20

But that would mean getting a new cooler and mobo

[analog sinew]

like pinup posters of u?

[latent mural]

Unironically might just buy the ssd and literally turn the pc against the wall lmao

Pocket the rest or upgrade my cpu

[azure otter]

there’s stuff like that?

[steady sail]

Im pretty sure there is anti-reflection vinyl for glass

[azure otter]

[latent mural]

Frosted vinyl is big

Or straight up matte vynl that covers the case panel

[sullen bear]

Would be worse but, saw some people put mirror foil on their lian lis and actually looked quite good

Cube.

[latent mural]

I mean…that’s furniture at that point lmao

Put that in a living room? Little mirror and a PC

[sullen bear]

Think i would personally go for a fractal north basic bitch build then ngl xD

[latent mural]

I like the north it’s beautiful, love to build in one

It would be nice if there was a slightly smaller version tower for mff pcs

Lian li’s A3 is too small and the north is too big

[reef patrol]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uETMOsxlZMw

Holy shit. Lenovo does non soldered CAMM RAMs

[umbral heron]

So that AI bros can steal it easier

[latent mural]

Gonna start popping open work laptops

[reef patrol]

Before the AI craze, we had a lot of debates here on why these new CAMM RAM modules were a good thing or not, for upgradeability and repair.

Cause... soldered RAM is no good for self repair.

[crimson wigeon]

What's old is new again

[fair gull]

there is soldered camm ram?

isnt that just normal soldered ram?

[reef patrol]

Yeah but this is standard CAMM - in a laptop, that's not soldered. That's the important aspect (for me anyhow)

[umbral heron]

Nowadays more often than not it's just RAM die straight BGA soldered to motherboard
As for CAMM I'm very excited about it, because it not only makes laptops a bit more compact in comparison to SO-DIMMs, but it may improve connectivity in PCs when placed closer to CPU on motherboard

Thus way higher possible clocks

[old marlin]

dell has done it before since they made the tech

[reef patrol]

[ashen spindle]

Camm is the non solidered Design there’s no soldered camm modules

[reef patrol]

Y'all keep missing the point. This is an alternative to using soldered modules.

[ashen spindle]

Lpcamm will be more and more of a thing in laptops but it’s not better for signals it’s worse in its current form

Yes but this is nothing new, second gen of lpcamm was announced in 2024

Dell introduced it like 3 or 4 years ago and it’s now being included as a jedec spec so it’s not dell proprietary

[fair gull]

there always has been

so dimms didnt stop existing

[reef patrol]

I for one wasn't aware that these CAMM modules were a thing on laptops, cause everyone's gone to using soldered dimms, or still using traditional DDR SODIMMs.

Source: Me checking laptops all day yesterday.

The only models who doesn't have soldered RAM are the higher end enterprise models with configurators and some gaming laptops that still haven't joined the cult 😄

[fair gull]

cant say i encountered a lot of soldered ram in laptops during my old job

mainly so dimms

[reef patrol]

[umbral heron]

There's a ton of soldered RAM in laptops nowadays
There's usually second slot where you can put SO-DIMM, but... sometimes manufacturer "forgets" to solder in the plastic catch, there are only traces

[fair gull]

socket*

[umbral heron]

[ashen spindle]

Camm is a laptop spec by dell made to allow for one sided models so you can make them less tall

It’s not commonly used because it’s not just a straight easier way to include it

Framework for example isn’t using it because the signal integrity can’t be done well enough to make the speed high enough

[rough osprey]

we should just add 64gb of l1 cache to cpus

[reef patrol]

Apple be like.

Your hardware is immutable. Everything on one chip.

[rough osprey]

l1 is very unrealistic but i wouldn't have an issue with it tbh

has its benefits

[reef patrol]

I'd care a lot less about the Apple approach of doing everything on a single chip, if it was more modular. Some kind of solder material that could be safely heated up and separated, so you could swap an 8GB RAM model with 16GB later.

[rough osprey]

do they still sell 8gb models

outside of the neo

[reef patrol]

Yeah I was referring to the Neo. First example that came to mind 😄

[umbral heron]

In typical Apple fashion it would then scream at you that you have aftermarket RAM die installed

[rough osprey]

that would get much more expensive

i wonder what kinda performance you could get if someone tried to make a highend gaming chip

[marsh glade]

Is there laptop news?

Do I need to ping quin?

[reef patrol]

[umbral heron]

Ping just in case

[marsh glade]

@pale sigil

Oh shit wrong person

[umbral heron]

Mum killed my Thinkpad

[vapid ruin]

New laptop time

[lunar elm]

Perfect upgrade to a Pantherlake X7 358H

[umbral heron]

But expensive
And I need a little dork

Rest in pepperoni my little pink A285

[vapid ruin]

macbook neo time

[umbral heron]

Costs like almost $1000 here

And I don't want into Apple garden

[nimble arch]

Get your mother to replace what she's broken?

[vapid ruin]

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

the video is edited on macbook neo

[marsh glade]

Strong "thermal throttling your CPU a little bit is not bad for the computer. It's designed for it." energy

[reef patrol]

As a treat

Who needs active cooling anyway.

[ashen spindle]

I mean I would like any sort of citation of how they designed for higher swap usage?

[analog sinew]

if you cool your cpu too much, it gets used to it and will only ask for more

[ashen spindle]

also uh

we dont use swap
shows swap usage

[crimson wigeon]

Only 41 megs it does not count!!

[umbral heron]

That's inductor?

[sullen kelp]

Guys why my keyboard after update is not working???

[reef patrol]

Try this.

[sullen kelp]

yea thanks a lot

[reef patrol]

[thick elk]

It really does not count for much, not sure how macos works in that regard but on linux using a little bit of swap is pretty normal even with plenty of memory.

[ashen spindle]

oh it goes to over a gig its just really funny he says theres no swap and the moment before you can see it starting to use swap

I just used the screenshot at the time the caption had the text still lol

[thick elk]

Got you

[sullen bear]

Maybe there should be be a bot which looks for phrase “working” “keyboard” “update” and just autopaste that image or what

[clever hinge]

Question, I just bought the Tenz unit, Will I be able to swap out the original case for the aluminum one?

[winter patrol]

You mean the zinc one

[azure otter]

[reef patrol]

Sure. The TenZ is just a pre-modded 80HE. Can be swapped with any part that the 80HE can.

Our cases, other aftermarket ones like the Holy80 and GT80.

[clever hinge]

Yes

[clever hinge]

Perfect thank you 🙏🏻 I’ll see how the original one feels before deciding on a change

[pale sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/meerkat-hide-hello-peek-a-boo-peek-gif-7988957

[magic minnow]

So MacBook neo good?

[reef patrol]

If you don't need a lot of USB ports, or mind using a dongle if you do? Seems decent for a cheap end Mac for low end use.

See here for video editing review: #🔌│tech message

[umbral heron]

For notes or light browsing - good
For anything more... eh, not so much

[reef patrol]

I mean... it's perfect for students. Cause they're most likely not going to be using their laptops for anything heavier than... Office and Youtube 😄

[tribal dirge]

this tbh lmaoooo

[reef patrol]

I swear - Remembering back to my studying days, every random Student had a macbook, and not necessarily the Air models. It was a big expense.

It was funny when they couldn't run the Office apps that aren't for Mac.

[umbral heron]

Sure, but don't expect much more from it

[crimson wigeon]

I would consider getting one for shits and giggles... if it had 16 GiB RAM

[sudden imp]

yeah, most college students are using docs/office suite.

[umbral heron]

If it had 16G even I would consider getting it
But I figured what's broken in laptop, and inductor is on it's way

[sudden imp]

even if it was 16g upgrade for an extra 100 it'd be worth

600 for a laptop is REALLY competitive

[frozen ingot]

tbh it would probably work for my laptop needs, but its more like 7-800 with vat in eu

and that stings a bit much

[umbral heron]

700 eur here for the 256G version

[sudden imp]

jinkies

though I do have concerns if americans would even see a a 600 MSRP

[umbral heron]

Would be great... if you could add your own SSD and some RAM

Say about Tim Cook what you want, but he has a ton of friends in right places, and knows about logistics, so it is quite likely actually

[sullen bear]

I mean I think they are just spamming out the aio A18+8gb no?

[frozen ingot]

sadly competition at the same price point is kinda scarce as well nowadays

[sullen bear]

cuz its made for 8gb

[umbral heron]

Yeah, A18 Pro has 8G too, that's why it comes with 8

Don't they also produce it now on die directly, so they don't care about RAM shortages?

[ashen spindle]

on package ram is still bought sperate its not made on the same wafer

if ram was made on the same node as the chips you would easily pay like 3x for that

[umbral heron]

Nah, same wafer wouldn't make sense, but same manufacturer would, given Apple was a premium customer for TSMC for ages, so maybe they had a fab with lower node for that

[ashen spindle]

tsmc doesnt make ram

[umbral heron]

But it looks like they mostly order from Samsung

[ashen spindle]

sorry, tsmc doesnt make dram they just make sram, but sram is what you have on the chips and is massive, if you'd use sram to make dram capacities that would be unmarketable costs

you cant use the same manufacturing process so tsmc would need separate fabs just for dram, where they have 0 experience

[umbral heron]

Betcha with some strategic personnel acquirements from Samsung they would spin out it quite quickly
But why would they do that, when what they do already nets so much more profits anyway

[ashen spindle]

no they would still need to make a new fab for that

even if they can reuse some equipment for it and hire people

so best case they reuse an older fab building that was stopping and refurb that for dram

but then, why would they do that when they could just do regular nodes or packaging there

which is a monopoly they almost have vs trying to enter a dram cartell

[reef patrol]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOe-Ock4pnw

Now we're talking.

[heady hazel]

@empty wren im done with stock creality extruders its just a pain to deal with, friend of mine uses this one

[empty wren]

Well alright then

You can also potentially source some gears and print a Sherpa/orbiter body

[heady hazel]

for that price im willing to try

[magic minnow]

What better to use BitDefender or Malware Bytes @unkempt lake

[unkempt lake]

malwarebytes is lighter to run

[magic minnow]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rewindpix/rewindpix-a-non-disposable-digital-film-camera

[umbral heron]

$99? This... will not be... good...

[pale sigil]

Bexin has something similar

[halcyon moss]

That's impressive

[analog sinew]

our daily kickstarter scam give us

[leaden kiln]

scamera

[halcyon moss]

@umbral heron your next Nas? https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/nas/minisforums-new-flagship-nas-comes-with-openclaw-pre-installed-strix-halo-powered-n5-max-can-run-a-local-ai-llm

[umbral heron]

It's a PC with drive bays, not NAS

[crimson wigeon]

How long until someone complains about the AI wiping all their drives

[umbral heron]

Yeah, OpenClaw is a joke in itself, but putting it on data storage? That's recipe for disaster

[analog sinew]

b b b but ai

[empty wren]

inb4

the system comes with automatic linux delete command

[latent mural]

Was able to cope a 64gb kit from kingston for free

really is overkill lmao but it feels nice giving my ubuntu image a full fat 32gbs to work with

anyway, anyone know if its worth flipping old ram sticks on ebay

Ive heard selling on their is annoying due to customers pulling scams \

[tribal dirge]

Doesn't that make every NAS a PC then?

Like my Synology uses like a Ryzen V1780B

And it even has 32GB of RAM!

[gusty kiln]

Anything can be a nas

As long as it has an ethernet port and can run an os

[iron wave]

A CPU that constantly freezes and reboots at stock speeds is dead yeah?

[latent mural]

I’d check the power cables for the cpu header

Inadequate power can cause that id imagine

[iron wave]

Didn't happen at all before.

[frozen ingot]

does it still happen with different ram sticks

[umbral heron]

https://newrepublic.com/post/207693/palantir-ceo-karp-disrupting-democratic-power

[umbral heron]

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/garrys-mod-creator-says-programmers-over-relying-on-ai-is-like-using-too-much-porn-you-lose-your-ability-to-ejaculate-using-your-imagination/

[vapid ruin]

he's just like us frfr

[frozen ingot]

prompt gooning

prooning?

[modern sky]

framework 12 flew under my radar i thought its just a more budget 13 turns out framework might have just made me break up with lenovo.

I planned to get a 2 in 1 from them, the price is almost identical to a framework 12

[ashen spindle]

Dont they still use the screen that only covers like only 50% of the rgb range on the 12

[reef patrol]

Well... programmers don't need colour accuracy anyway. It's all dark mode and neon coloured formatting.

[modern sky]

yeah its one of the common complains i saw, im still gonna hold off on it

the brightness is also not the best

[ashen spindle]

How do you think contrast on dark mode with colors looks at 60%srgb 50%adobe rgb apparently

[reef patrol]

Twas a joke for the record

[modern sky]

you forgot the common nordic theme that everyone seems to encounter at least 40 times in their life

and the nostalgia of loading obsidian theme onto codeblocks and still having the app be white

[iron wave]

Doesn't happen with my other CPU.

[sullen bear]

Which cpu 🤔

[iron wave]

5950X/5900X

[iron wave]

So they think they have stupified us enough already? That's a scary thought.

[reef patrol]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N6Z0f7cP5fA
I love malicious compliance 😄

[umbral heron]

Sony? Sony.

[sullen bear]

If anyone needs ethernet cables lel

https://amzn.eu/d/0iW238I8

Bought 4, im sure ill need them somewhere

[halcyon moss]

why do you post this? 😮

[sullen bear]

40 cent for ethernet cables, surely someone needs that in the tech channel

[tribal dirge]

With the base screen or the upgraded screen?

Or both?

[ashen spindle]

idk

[tribal dirge]

Jeez

I'd imagine the delta E is pretty bad too

Also the MacBook Neo seems like the most repairable Mac in a while

No glue, no adhesive, no more rivets that hold in the keyboard

For being cheap I'm surprised

[ashen spindle]

its an accidental benefit of some ways are chepaer to make in a way thats also repairable

but its a welcome change

[tribal dirge]

Fair but like, I would imagine stretch adhesive is cheaper than a metal battery bracket held in with 14 screws

Also the trackpad seems super overbuilt lmao, which is a good thing

Probably the biggest springs I've seen in a trackpad

[vapid ruin]

with who it's selling to it's a great thing, can't wait to see what the F students going to do with it

[distant tapir]

I want the Neo a lot. I wanted a simple laptop that just has a nice screen, keyboard and build quality that I can easily use my headset with and future iFoon. But the Air was unreasonably expensive for my needs. It's like they made the Neo just for me

[rough osprey]

the keyboard color pmo

[tribal dirge]

https://tenor.com/view/f-student-f-students-f-inventor-inventors-gif-17430117864120009867

[vapid ruin]

what foon will you be getting next?

[distant tapir]

iFoon 18 maybe

[vapid ruin]

ooo

1 more year I guess

looking to get the 18 pro maybe

[distant tapir]

I wouldn't want a pro over a regular one unless the pro model has a significant innovation that the regular one doesn't such as under the screen camera so no dynamic island

[tribal dirge]

why not the rumored fold?

[vapid ruin]

I just want the pro cause the rumored color red (my very fav) might come out.

[distant tapir]

I assume that will be much more expensive and I don't want a phone that can fold anyway

[tribal dirge]

they havent made a product(RED) iPhone in a while

[vapid ruin]

yeah, but this one is looking DEEEP Red

[tribal dirge]

I mean, the product red stuff always used the deep red of the product(RED) branding

[vapid ruin]

i see

ehh, doesn't matter. Just getting 17 Lavender even though 1 year later is still good enough for me

[tribal dirge]

like

[vapid ruin]

yesh, me likey

[tribal dirge]

saw these in the store too, they are super deep and bright red.

its a good balance

[vapid ruin]

it'll add a nice pinch of placebo of it being a fast phone

we'll see what I get, this December I'll be going to the only Apple Store in my country

[distant tapir]

I just go for the black one

[vapid ruin]

black is fine too

[tribal dirge]

apple always does like 3 normal colors and then one unique color for the pro phones

there will always be a black, there will always be a white, and there will always be some sort of pink or off-white color

and then there will always be a cool color

[minor citrus]

Yeah, people really thought „there’ll always be a black“ and then Apple released a blue only last year

[leaden kiln]

I liked the 16 pro titanium color but I could only find black 🥹

I’m thinking of getting a new apple watch to get the color I like

[karmic summit]

Tryna buy a wooting kb dm me if you're selling it

[rough patrol]

You can buy wooting keyboards at wooting.io

[vapid ruin]

owo, what's this?

[rough patrol]

Probably that new oneplus folding phone

[rough osprey]

when they making good folding glass

[leaden kiln]

whens the next breaking the laws of physics

[rough osprey]

aint that our job

[leaden kiln]

get back to work

[rough osprey]

the job is breaking me

[magic minnow]

Find N5 up top and Find N6 bottom

Oppo

[vapid ruin]

i see

seems like the crease is now gone

[rough osprey]

its visible in the image

[little zodiac]

Do you guys think my wooting 60HE will fit in there

[reef patrol]

No

[little zodiac]

Dang it

Why?

[reef patrol]

I mean... for one.

[alpine patio]

the wkl?

i mean it should be fine no?

just dont add a switch there

[little zodiac]

I mean no windows button i guess

[fair gull]

nothing and angle grinder cant fix if needed

[little zodiac]

So it wont fit?

[fair gull]

idk im just saying if it doesnt just angle grind away until it fits

[reef patrol]

Here's an idea. Look up the case on the compatibility list. And consider if you want to not have those two keys on your board physically.

#🪛│modding_faq

[little zodiac]

Holy thats much

Arent these swicthes on the picture

[minor citrus]

The two things in your picture, that mansen zoomed in on are indents of the case. It's intentionally blank in the place where switches would sit on other keyboards.

[little zodiac]

Ohhh i didn’t mean that tho

I meant if the case would fit

Im going to change the boards

I only wantes to know if the case would fit

[smoky parrot]

Nobody can tell you

Not like this by sight

You'll have to fuck around and find out ™

[old marlin]

wooting is not 7u bottom row

[alpine patio]

oh yea

rip

[old marlin]

venom might work

but more info required on what case we are even looking at, sone chinese boards even use pogo pin connectors

[smoky parrot]

Tldr; It will likely NOT fit

[old marlin]

venom probably would

wooting will not

[smoky parrot]

Why mention venom when he specifically asked wooting tho :p

[old marlin]

if he wants HE in there that is his only option

if he wants a wooting than the answer is no

[little zodiac]

Well i guess its a luck game

$170

[smoky parrot]

No, it's not

It won't fit your wooting

[little zodiac]

Oh shoot

[old marlin]

what board is that lol

[little zodiac]

I wanted to switch the boards

[little zodiac]

Where do i find awesome cases

Like i want something more special than just black

[smoky parrot]

The compatibility list is a good start

[old marlin]

well knowing what you want helps

[little zodiac]

Idk how to name this Color

But this one rgb Color

Wait ima send u a pic

I only got a pic of the Color

[smoky parrot]

All colors are rgb

Rgb means... Red green blue...

[old marlin]

no colors are rgb

[little zodiac]

That color

[smoky parrot]

I WILL cry, Pronin

[old marlin]

[smoky parrot]

That's just the oil color

Pearlescent black

Afaik

[old marlin]

oil spill.png

[little zodiac]

Where do i find cases like that?

[smoky parrot]

You search

[marsh glade]

White

[old marlin]

idk, call bp

[old marlin]

when talking about materials rgb is just not a thing

[smoky parrot]

Depends how said material is made

[marsh glade]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-bear-vodka-rgb-crying-gif-27274017

[old marlin]

yea it never is rgb

[smoky parrot]

In 3d materials and shaders I definitely use rgb

[old marlin]

well you can

but comparing it to an irl material is just guesstimating

[smoky parrot]

I think we're drifting mr Crocodile

:D

[old marlin]

fair

[little zodiac]

What site is the best for cases tho?

[old marlin]

none

[smoky parrot]

The internet

We can't and won't find you an oily case, I'm sorry

That's up to you

[marsh glade]

https://wooting-technologies.notion.site/de7a52e2b5a941258a17e448b0c9d9b0?v=5ec0b31c59db4a51b8a86a1288249e9f

[smoky parrot]

What you can do however, is ask us when you find one if it's compatible

[steady sail]

https://library.wooting.io/248eb391798480d7a016e27c591cf94f?v=248eb391798481df8b1f000c3aa064f5 or here is the newest one from sno

[little zodiac]

Bet ty

[smoky parrot]

Mark pulling out the old ledgers

[little zodiac]

Which one should i go with?

[old marlin]

the melgeek one is not compatible

and the baka is kinda ass

[little zodiac]

So normal wooting case?

[old marlin]

I'd prefer it if those were my options

[steady sail]

[sullen bear]

Noctua case tease?

[steady sail]

yes

[sullen bear]

Sheesh

[steady sail]

and it gonna be noctua brown

[sullen bear]

Noooo

I want the black version once it comes out

[rough osprey]

i dont think thats gonna exist

sadly

[sullen bear]

Is it their own case or a collab?

[rough osprey]

this one will support dual 420mm

flux pro

[sullen bear]

Cuz if its their own why wouldnt they make a chromax version

[rough osprey]

its a collab

[jaunty rose]

Very interesting

https://vxtwitter.com/kipashleyy/status/2032183402225680628?s=46&t=VqI5iDV7vzdBL7A4lG5-9g

KipAshley (@KipAshleyy)

HE PROBABLY SAW MY TWEET WHAT THE FUUUUUCK.

QRT: KipAshleyy
was watching markiplier’s playthrough of re9 and this man has 192 fucking gigs of ram and a rtx 6000 with 96 gigs of vram holy shit.

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Mar 12, 2026, 7:54 PM

[sullen bear]

Is it the antec one?

[rough osprey]

ye

[ashen spindle]

he just has the workstation card for his movie production thing and he just games on it as well

[sullen bear]

Ah ok

[smoky parrot]

Yay

[sullen bear]

Nvm then i wouldve liked a super minmaxer noctua case

Max airflow with low decibels

[leaden kiln]

jane doe better

[smoky parrot]

It's the next song :p

[wheat plume]

HELL YEAH!!!!

[rough osprey]

i wonder what they changed other then color

[wheat plume]

same player I have :D

[smoky parrot]

I unfortunately did not have a bigger micro sd than 4gb on hand

So that'll do for now

[jaunty rose]

Well yes but no, pretty sure he stated that he has built multiple pc’s for the vfx rendering of iron lung, if I had to guess he’s just reusing them for another project or to not let them go to waste

[ashen spindle]

yea

[leaden kiln]

sd in this flash economy

actually I bought a new sd card today, not for music though

[wheat plume]

i have a 32gb for music, its about half full

[smoky parrot]

My switch has a 512 micro sd

[wheat plume]

my deck has 512 too :D

[leaden kiln]

rich

my camera has a 128

[wheat plume]

rich?? i got this card maybe 3 years ago xd

[smoky parrot]

Look, my switch has a totally legal modification that requires a micro sd

[unkempt lake]

Only took months because the international shipping for yhe kickstarter was a disaster

[cerulean arch]

I fell in love

[wheat plume]

Those looks expensive

[umbral heron]

Ayooooo, I have the same ones

[distant tapir]

They aren't cheap but they are far cheaper than just a few years ago

[cerulean arch]

ill try the Organic and HE1000SE too but these are perfect

i have went through a lot of headphones recently to find my endgame including exotics like Grell OAE2 but this is it

including EQ of course

[iron wave]

Is there a way to properly test Zen cores?

[heady hazel]

lowkey a banger

[wheat plume]

You know what I find oddly charming about this player ...besides the physical design

The slow ass way it loads the album art when you change songs xd
The way the image slowly loads from top to bottom is oddly charming to me

[wheat plume]

Also
How did you make it show all cover art?
Some songs I know for sure have art but it won't show it when playing them ;_;
All my art is embedded into the flac file

[iron wave]

Try MP3?

[ashen spindle]

what do you mean test?

[iron wave]

I have recently acquired a CPU that appears to be bad and I want to gather more evidence to support my case. My system keeps freezing shortly after boot with only that change.

[ashen spindle]

uhhh cant think of anything that would test it without stable booting into the os

[iron wave]

Yeah, I was hoping for a memtest like thing.

[sullen bear]

Is the CPU still under warranty?

Or why do you went to test it

[iron wave]

..

[cerulean arch]

You want to test stability?

Just run very hard cpu stress

Like prime avx torture

[iron wave]

I want to prove it's the CPU.

[iron wave]

How do you expect me to run that when the system won't even run without freezing?

[cerulean arch]

How do you know its a bad cpu?

[iron wave]

It helps to read.

[cerulean arch]

Yeah i can read thank you

I still dont see how you think specifically its cpu and not chipset, ram, imc, bios

A cpu outright failing is INCREDIBLY unlikely

[iron wave]

That's the only thing that changes when you change the CPU.

[cerulean arch]

Most people will never see it happen

[iron wave]

I've seen it before.

[cerulean arch]

So what cpu did you have before?

[ashen spindle]

it's not that rare

[cerulean arch]

And what is it now?

[cerulean arch]

People misdiagnose all the time

[iron wave]

The 12C24T version of this one.

[cerulean arch]

Because they dont actually have a clue how to troubleshoot

[iron wave]

Also, this CPU has liquid metal damage on it, so it could have easily been abused.

[cerulean arch]

What is liquid metal 'damage' supposed to be?

[iron wave]

This stains the IHS.

[cerulean arch]

Abd that is damage?😂

Im starting to get the picture lol

[iron wave]

Technically, yes. It doesn't affect performance, but it is still damage.

[cerulean arch]

But yes if you bought a cpu off of someone who put LM on an IHS (lmao😂) then i would be wary of its condition

[iron wave]

And yes, I did thoroughly clean it with alcohol before I used it.

[cerulean arch]

Well you cant clean LM with isoprop. You would need to polish with more LM because you cant get rid of the indium/tin without gallium

[iron wave]

Yep, but it doesn't affect performance, so why bother?

[cerulean arch]

Because its 'damage'😂

If all you need is 'evidence' that the cpu causes the issues and nothing else, just record the issues and be done with it. I documented a failing IMC thoroughly to AMD and there wasnt a single question asked on my rma

[dry cosmos]

Hello guys,
I ordered Wooting 60HE v2 module split spacebar version with ow60 case.
My question is: Does the switch plate included with the OWL Lab 60% case (carbon fibre) support the Wooting Two V2 with the split spacebar layout?

[winter patrol]

nah you have to reuse the v2's plate

[twilit schooner]

yeah, you either use v2 stock FR4 plate or order v2 compatible third party CF plate

[sudden imp]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/fake-ram-bundled-with-real-ram-to-create-a-performance-illusion-for-amd-users-1-1-value-pack-offers-desperate-psychological-relief-as-the-memory-shortage-worsens

[wheat plume]

I am so happy that Pipewire can remember the volume levels you had set for each device you have connected

I use 100% volume when using my echo mini in DAC mode and control volume via the echo itself
But like 20% volume when using my wireless headphones

[umbral heron]

Works amazing until device desperately tries to set its own volume
My work headset does this

[wheat plume]

🤢

also, I am soooo tempted to get the Fiio Disc

I know I have the Echo Mini already and the Disc is basically the same functionality but it looks so cool

[reef patrol]

Set all devices to 100% and handle volune externally.

😄

[wheat plume]

idk if my wireless headphones can get low volume enough if I set my laptop volume to 100

ooo... audio driver updates on my laptop

[pale sigil]

Also works amazing till it doesn't XD

[wheat plume]

Teams has this BS issue where it cuts off audio after a while in calls if your headset has built in controls on the cable

We bought a few different headsets at work to test which ones wont have the issue, they all have no inline controls cause we narrowed it down to that being the cause as the issue doesnt happen on the wireless headsets we use in my own office

How is resolution calculated on a round display??? xd

[halcyon moss]

Just like a square one

[leaden kiln]

plenty of devices have rounded corners on rectangular displays, still counted as width and height in pixels

[sullen bear]

iPhone

Or any phone nowadays

[leaden kiln]

and tablets and laptops and smartwatches

[wheat plume]

It must be tricky on the iphone to hide the sharp corner of the display panel under the very thin bezels

[rough osprey]

the corner is rounded 🤔

[wheat plume]

okiii this is very nice https://youtu.be/VU8v2dCSqmI

[pale sigil]

Do all HDMI cables work with HDMI arc?

I had issues with one of my cables with both my TV and my mum's, is it something you have to buy specifically?

@ashen spindle

[ashen spindle]

idk what hdmi arc is

[pale sigil]

It's what sound bars use

[ashen spindle]

no clue

[pale sigil]

eARC apparently relies on higher speed ones

[fading meadow]

anybody have a old gaming keyboard they dont want anymore? im 14 and dont have the money for a new one i got mine from goodwill

[pale sigil]

If you were in the UK sure

But based on goodwill I think that's a US thing?

[sullen bear]

Cant u work at your age?

[pale sigil]

I have a bunch of spare Wootings 👀

[pale sigil]

Slave pay if any at all

[sullen bear]

Work is work and money is money

[fading meadow]

nah dude i have school and lacrosse every day

[sullen bear]

In chinese family you work and no pay!!

[sullen bear]

Weekend

[dull hollow]

gotta get that summer work line up

[halcyon moss]

Audio return channel

[ashen spindle]

ahh

[bright briar]

deliver newspapers

[reef patrol]

Oof

[bright briar]

https://tenor.com/view/reaction-my-eyes-cant-unsee-burn-gif-7225082

[analog sinew]

with how much people like soft mounting and flex this might be something for keyboard enthusiasts

[reef patrol]

[wheat plume]

wtf people doing on a phone that costs more than like $500?
even the heaviest mobile game can run great on a $500 phone
hek even on a $300 phone if you lower the settings
Everything else is flawless on even cheaper phones but I think around $250 is the cheapest Id go for a good experience on Android
idk if Android has any decent video editor to edit videos with so idk if anyone is doing that on their phones

[frozen ingot]

the phones with good cameras are pricy

[wheat plume]

True...

[sullen bear]

I enjoy my phone lasting a few years without feeling like i do on a Monday morning

[wheat plume]

the new stabilisation on the galaxy phone is amazing :O can rotate the phone and its still smooth

[frozen ingot]

that too

[wheat plume]

Yeah, its sad you need to spend like 600 to get good software support

[leaden kiln]

my smartwatch cost like double that

[sullen bear]

Goedkoop is duurkoop we say in dutch, for me my 1300 iphone lasts several years, my cousins 400$ android lasts 2 it feels like

[frozen ingot]

I wish you could get a phone with flagship camera and screen without also having to pay for flagship hardware inside

[wheat plume]

The A series Pixels have the same main camera as their flagship equivalents

[leaden kiln]

I got apple care with my phone too in case something happens to it in the first couple years

[bright briar]

im assuming you guys heard about the new iphone coming out

[frozen ingot]

if the iphone e model has as good camera as the main lens of the pricier ones I might go for that

[leaden kiln]

unc i gotta get a new apple watch mine is the wrong color

mine still has 100% battery health but I wish I got the silver one instead of this ugly ahh black

[wheat plume]

Is there a pink apple watch?

[leaden kiln]

idk, there's probably pink bands at least

i did buy a new camera in a moment of weakness

[halcyon moss]

Got my S25u at launch for a bit more than €700.

7 years of support

[umbral heron]

You can get a 200€ phone and 400€ camera instead, and it will be leagues ahead of any phone

[reef patrol]

[halcyon moss]

But then you carry 2 devices

[umbral heron]

But the costs are getting lower as you go
Camera will last you for years, batteries are quite cheap, and replacing phone will be cheaper too
Plus in the age of mirrorless cameras you can get quite small ones

[leaden kiln]

even my tiny rx100 isn't super pocketable, or at least not that comfortable to pocket, because of the very thick and kinda odd shape

[wheat plume]

Is there a way to get MusizBrainz Picard to output the file changes to a different folder instead of making changes to the folder you loaded the music files from?

[umbral heron]

You know Strawberry has also metadata editor... and most music players do...

[sullen bear]

Damn theres a crazy 9070xt deal in NL right now

[wheat plume]

how do I make it remove the artist from the file name?

[reef patrol]

You delete the text?

[wheat plume]

surely there is a way to do it in Picard??

[reef patrol]

There's usually a formatting *** system in your app.

[lapis plaza]

I have one but I wish I got a 5070ti now there is a huge price difference

[halcyon moss]

That sentence almost makes sense

[sullen bear]

whut

[lapis plaza]

I mean I have a 9070xt, but in retrospect I wish I had bought a 5070ti

[halcyon moss]

That one makes sense

[lapis plaza]

But when I bought it the price difference was like 150 euros

[sullen bear]

but still why

[lapis plaza]

Because dlss

Not enough games use fsr

[wheat plume]

Ok, I had to click Rename Files in the options....

[lapis plaza]

Some people found ways of using it through something called optiscaler however but never tried

[reef patrol]

Most offer both these days.

[lapis plaza]

Well in some game it is still fsr 3 which is not great

[reef patrol]

Yeah uh... you're not getting better than that even with Optiscaler.

[lapis plaza]

I do not use frame generation but I wish more games made use of fsr 4 for upscaling

But the 9070xt is a good card, it is just that amd does not have the technologies of nvidia for dlss, path tracing…

[reef patrol]

They also don't have nVidia prices - and generally have more VRAM.

[lapis plaza]

True

I paid mine 590 euros

[ashen spindle]

just use optiscaler to inject fsr4 instead of dlss if the games dont ahve it

[lapis plaza]

Yeah I have to try

[reef patrol]

Optiscaler only adds 3.1 though? Or did they improve on it?

[lapis plaza]

I dont understand why adrenalin dont do that and we need optiscaler

[ashen spindle]

if you have rdna4 any implementation of 3 works to be 4

[crimson wigeon]

Pretty sure it does upgrade FSR3 to FSR4, but only for some approved games

[ashen spindle]

also path tracing isnt an nvidia tech? thats just heavier RT

[lapis plaza]

Well it works way better with nvidia cards

[ashen spindle]

yes RT hardware is better on nvidia

[lapis plaza]

But yeah need to pay the nvidia taxes

The control resonant demo with PT is crazy

Sadly I do think nvidia cards will be cheap anytime soon

[fast sable]

does anybody uses a power surge for pc?

[covert steppe]

yes

[fast sable]

which you got?

[covert steppe]

i have the 30 dollar anker power strip lol

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Protector-Multiple-Extension-Essential/dp/B09SG2Q23M/ref=asc_df_B09SG2Q23M?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80127120445095&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=95893&hvtargid=pla-4583726596909166&msclkid=6dbdf1158bdf1421c0a398a06b626ff1&th=1

[fast sable]

Is it actually good?

Because I have high end pc so I’m lowkey scared 😭

[covert steppe]

havent had a issue with it yet lol

[reef patrol]

Imagine not removing the tracking cookies from Amazon links.

[fast sable]

Huh

[covert steppe]

im not even logged into amazon on here lol

[reef patrol]

Doesn't matter. Still getting tracked 😄

Everything past and including the ? is just tracking data.

[covert steppe]

oh lol

[fast sable]

Ryzen 9 9950X3D + RTX 5070 Ti.

[covert steppe]

mines a 9950x3d and 5080

[fast sable]

Word

[covert steppe]

havent had an issue yet, pc and monitor are both plugged in, seems to be fine

[fast sable]

I’m gonna it the surge then

Buy

[covert steppe]

fire

[dry cosmos]

Hello guys,
I ordered Wooting 60HE v2 module split spacebar version with ow60 case.
I just knew that i cannot use the switch plate included with the OWL Lab 60% case (carbon fibre). So the question is: is my keyboard will sound good without the switch plate included with the OWL Lab 60% case (carbon fibre)?

[covert steppe]

i know people do battery backup surges also, but i dont have any sort of experience with them myself

[fast sable]

This literally my first pc

Blood and tears

[sinful quest]

https://tenor.com/view/preference-glarses-mx-brown-cherry-mx-brown-keyboard-gif-21044520

Maybe you will even like the sound of the fr4 plate

Well at least I like fr4

[covert steppe]

it should be fine. If you want a cf plate, toronto sells a split cf plate

[dry cosmos]

Can you please send me the link for it ?

[covert steppe]

https://torontokeyboardman.ca/products/wooting-v2-modding-kit?_pos=2&_sid=8b9bbcf0a&_ss=r&variant=45095721697475

they're out of stock on the split version currently it seems though

i bought my cf plate from there and seems to be just fine

[dry cosmos]

Thank you so much

[dry cosmos]

From you experience, do you think it is worth it to buy the cf plate?

[covert steppe]

try the fr4 plate that is included first before trying the cf plate. I love my cf plate because all it does is make the sound a tad bit poppier which i prefer.

[dry cosmos]

Thank you so much 🙏🏻

[wheat plume]

I don't think I've ever described a phone as an "Objet D'art" because I didn't want to sound like a pretentious prick, but I almost feel like this qualifies
MrMobile - iKKO Mind One Pro review

[vapid ruin]

hmm, phone seems nice

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/iri2lLTWImE

I dont wanna guess the price, but a phone this niche is probably gonna be around $800
Thats just my guess...idk the price yet

4g only

[vapid ruin]

ngl, from the size and the addon case, this makes for a nice mp3 player without the bulk that other mp3 player of the same price has

[wheat plume]

mp3 player, get fiio echo mini
smol and nice to use
unless you need streaming, then maybe not

[vapid ruin]

snowsky disc would be more me, cause I wanna connect external dac and not tied to the one that's on device.

[magic minnow]

It’s not that good

[wheat plume]

o true!!

[wheat plume]

yeh I see that 😅

Im too scared to check the price, im still guessing maybe $700 now

[vapid ruin]

from the store it's kinda $500 ish

[wheat plume]

ah.... no thanks

Would buy a Nothing Phone 4a Pro for slightly cheaper and be hella happy

[magic minnow]

[wheat plume]

Sorry
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro*
they use brackets a lot for some reason

Why it seem that only TechSpurt and MrMobile are the only tech youtubers who actively hate AI?

The others are like OMG ITS SO COOL

[ashen spindle]

never even heard of those names

think thats just the sample size of what you watch

[wheat plume]

They aren't niche xd

[ashen spindle]

didnt say they are niche but million subs on youtube doesnt make them anything special anymore either

[magic minnow]

Then get the clicks Mr mobile is working on it

[wheat plume]

Maybe I just like Techspurt cause he's a sarcastic anime weeb

[old marlin]

quite happy with my nothing 3a pro but I honestly don't see much of improvement on the 4a pro?

[wheat plume]

I have the CMF phone 2 Pro and it's AMAZING 💜

[old marlin]

camera system is different but not necessarily better than the 3a pro

[wheat plume]

Except that it overheats and shuts off the mobile hotspot if I download more than 10gb at once over it

[old marlin]

and the "essential key" is still as stupid as ever

oof

[wheat plume]

I think part of that is the plastic build
Not good at removing heat

[old marlin]

oh yea 4a pro is metal

guess it doesn't matter if you want to use a case

[wheat plume]

Yeh
I like metal phones
Fuck having glass on the back :/

[old marlin]

typically I am a no case kinda person but I want one for the qi2 magnets for a car mount

[wheat plume]

I don't use a case
It came with one but it's too bulky and makes it hard to use the back gesture on Android

[old marlin]

since my slk can only do single din radios and I still want decent navigation

[wheat plume]

Aha

[old marlin]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134515355337

200 USD for a dual din frame that is unfinished MJF nylon 💀

[wheat plume]

ACHTUNG

Why does the marketing show it display a warning message? Xd

[old marlin]

idk what you are talking about

[magic minnow]

Signalis reference

[wheat plume]

🤔

[umbral heron]

Apple? Are you alright?

https://youtu.be/PbPCGqoBB4Y

[ashen spindle]

eu regulation mandated changes

[wheat plume]

Right??????!!!

[ashen spindle]

no because the american mind is on the side of the corporation should make more money

[wheat plume]

NGL
MacBook Neo is tempting me

[reef patrol]

I'd be in if it had 16GB RAM. That's my only issue. It's a great school laptop for those who want a Macbook whatever the cost, but don't NEED a big Macbook model.

[umbral heron]

Even going with A19 Pro with 12G of RAM for $100 more would be amazing
8G makes it not very much future-proof

[wheat plume]

Macbook Neo 2 next year?

[reef patrol]

I just want to be able to use more non-Apple apps without having to worry. A lot of games that can run on the Neo will be held back.

[wheat plume]

Neo is A16, which is 3 gens behind the current iPhone

[reef patrol]

Oh also - Fuck Apple for not having a free charger addon on the checkout 😄

Or a voucher etc..

[crimson wigeon]

"What don't you already have a million of those chargers?!"

[ashen spindle]

its the A18pro no the A16

[reef patrol]

I'm all for making them optional, but I also don't want to feel like buying one is an extra tax on top. 😄

[ashen spindle]

I mean its just a 20w usbc powerdelivery cable

[reef patrol]

It's obvious that if you walk into an Apple store in person, the salesperson is going to grab one off the shelf and a cable.

[wheat plume]

ok wtf why the 17E so pricey?!

I thought it was around 500 also

[magic minnow]

I saw this, but wasn’t the iPhone 17 going in a good direction as well when it came to repairing?

[wheat plume]

Oh, its just Ireland getting ripped off

[frozen ingot]

ever heard of VAT?

[wheat plume]

🤔 oh yeah
the prices in US dont include that
Good point...

The notchless display is nice, no more global menu getting cut off so that the options need to go to the other side of the notch

My niece chose the iPhone 8 over the Pixel 8 because its Apple and her friends wont judge her and call her poor for owning an Android
......I dont understand America

My sister's friends called her out when she switched to Pixel wondering why TF would she buy an Android

[frozen ingot]

had a notchboi iphone for like 6 years now, still don't get what the fuzz is about

[wheat plume]

nah, im talking about the macbook

on the Air and Pro..if the app has a long global menu, the notch gets in the way and forces some of the menu options to move the other side of the notch

[frozen ingot]

americans are like that with everything, they love being corpocucked to brands

[wheat plume]

and the cursor cant go through the notch so you need to do this odd semicircular motion to get to those options

[frozen ingot]

they have no history or culture apart from consooming

[wheat plume]

true...

the pink Neo is hella cute

we need more colorful laptops besides black and silver

my laptop is silver and its boring though I did make the bezel lavendar color
and spam stickers all over the lid

[tribal dirge]

its ecosystem, I find connecting with others on iphone much more seamless than on any android i've had

[wheat plume]

Pixel 10 has Airdrop now :P

and Magsafe

Sorry
Quick Share and Pixel Snap*

duh... /s

[tribal dirge]

even the bump the two phones together to exchange info?

[wheat plume]

not sure about that part

[tribal dirge]

ah damn, that sucks

I use it all the time at networking events

and trade shows

[wheat plume]

but the regualar way works..the broadcast and seeing it in the Airdrop sending UI

[tribal dirge]

yeah, although oddly enough whenever I airdrop in a crowded space I never saw a single android pop up in my UI

[reef patrol]

Imagine having something like that enabled ever.

Camera cuts to Cyberpunk 2077 NPCs getting hacked

[wheat plume]

yeh, only Pixel 10 and some OPPO phones can do that

wait, Huawei* not OPPO

[tribal dirge]

if only huawei wasnt banned here

[wheat plume]

yeh -.-

My Huawei Watch is amazing <3 best 55 euro spent