tech-coding-math

[quartz kayak]

It looks so cool

[arctic yarrow]

It looks cool, but most of it is impractical.

[quartz kayak]

I like the part that says tig er er

Tig ger er

[arctic yarrow]

Stuff like this is what I like

[quartz kayak]

Borty

[arctic yarrow]

Simple, functional, and looks good.

[quartz kayak]

Make an in desk pc

With wood

I feel like that would fit

[arctic yarrow]

That's something I've considered for a bit.

[quartz kayak]

If you think thats too much i ve heard some people.make wooden pc cases that look really good

Its a little bit of both sides

[arctic yarrow]

Just has some front panel I/O and hides everything, has fans along the sides.

[quartz kayak]

Looks absolutely insane

I doubt it ll look that good for your budget but this would be something you d upgrade over time

[arctic yarrow]

Basically I go for functionality over aesthetics.

[quartz kayak]

That would also works i guess

[arctic yarrow]

I could see myself building that with the right tooling.

[quartz kayak]

I just feel like 3k is too much to waste on a prebuild pc

Trying to give you some ideas on how to be different

[arctic yarrow]

Given the 4090 by itself is $2k, I think it's reasonable.

[quartz kayak]

I dont

Shit on

A 4090 on an office pc case should be a crime

[arctic yarrow]

As long as it has adequate cooling, I think it's fine.

[quartz kayak]

The potential

!!

Diy potential

[snow rover]

that is so woody

[quartz kayak]

Ur woody

Brass tubing makes me melt

Looks just so segsy

Most of this is lazer cut aswell so its probably not even that hard to diy

[lost fossil]

oh shit, diy perks posted last month

[brave field]

Did anything super notable or new happen between Android 11 and 14? It looks like it's just the base OS catching up with Samsung/LG/Sony's own features?

[quartz kayak]

Depends on the phone

If its just a pixel theres probably alot that changed feature wise

It also depends on the model

In my experience tho, overall android 14 is way better than 11

[charred otter]

yessir

[quartz kayak]

I d honestly bet that functionally android is the best its been rn

But if you like older versions better i d also understand that

And im not talking about miui or oneui, im talking about pure android

[quartz kayak]

Im gonna handle your pattern saw

[exotic patrol]

Not really

I'd argue One UI got massively downgraded with One UI 6

And the switch between android versions these days is so small you can barely notice it

[quartz kayak]

Bro thinks 2020 takes part in "these days" 😭

[lost fossil]

it really do be like that sometimes

[exotic patrol]

Time flies

[lost fossil]

2020 was a couple months ago

[quartz kayak]

I think past android 12 its not really worth it upgrading

But android 11 like cmon

Almost 5 years bro 😢

[exotic patrol]

Android 8 is still fine

[quartz kayak]

In 2022 i thought android 9 was already outdated imagine 11 to now

[quartz kayak]

What the crab

No its not

[lost fossil]

the other day, i booted up my shaomi pad 1 for the first time in a few years

everything is so slow

discord especially, not only is everything slow but it scrolls at like 20 fps

[quartz kayak]

Discord is always laggy on android

If i go to emojis and search dance my 1k priced phone goes to a powerpoint presentation

[exotic patrol]

Not really

[quartz kayak]

Yes really

Discord on android is the worst optimized version of all discords

Loke normal chatting doesnt lag at all

[exotic patrol]

Unless you're in a crazy amount of servers

[quartz kayak]

But the emojis really make the whole thing strugle

☠️

[cold elbow]

What the hell is that keyboard

[exotic patrol]

Samsung keyboard

What's wrong with it

[cold elbow]

Why it's making pulses

[quartz kayak]

Brainrot keyboard

[exotic patrol]

You're in a crazy amount of servers

No wonder

[quartz kayak]

So optimized

Best discord experience

[exotic patrol]

I don't doubt an iPhone will do the same

[quartz kayak]

It doesnt

[exotic patrol]

Have you tested

[quartz kayak]

Yeah

My se from 2016 doesnt lag when i open emotes on dance

[exotic patrol]

Idk I just tried it like that and didn't change it back

It's not that annoying tbh

[exotic patrol]

Rip

I'm thinking because discord makes them all render at once and they're all playing at the same exact time

Too much workload

Meanwhile on the SE it's a smaller screen and not all of them displayed at once

[quartz kayak]

I just think its silly

Like an app this big shouldnt lag this much

Whatsapp literally shows a bunch of gifs and it doesnt even lag

Meanwhile on discord you gotta wait a good sec to even open videos

If it even opens

Sometimes i just gotta restart the app like ok..

[exotic patrol]

That's just discord

[quartz kayak]

Poo app

So many bugs

Like literally as im talking here i cant swipe to go to channels anymore

HOW BROKEN CAN THIS APP BE GODDAMN

Lets all just port over to whatsapp or something

Tia talking platform has got better performance

[cold elbow]

Ur phone slow af

[exotic patrol]

Your phone is slower

[cold elbow]

It runs fine

[quartz kayak]

Girl-

[cold elbow]

I see the issue

[exotic patrol]

We all see it now

[quartz kayak]

Nuh uh

Stop the exynos racism mann 😫

[quartz kayak]

STOP

Im getting a new phone.

All your fault

[cold elbow]

But it can outperform 89% of devices then melt itself to oblivion

[quartz kayak]

Its not that bad

I mean it runs everything fine

Its really just discord

[cold elbow]

[quartz kayak]

Literally

LITERALLY

SHUT UP

[lost fossil]

[brave field]

I'm running android 10, which, in LG's case, is Android 9 with a few feature backports and a new skin

no scoped storage or mac address randomizing, even

its hard to not upgrade to another phone that will similarly be stuck out-of-date because the other brands are so expensive on the used market. Just care about security updates though.

[cold elbow]

Well new phone are supporting more years
My phone is 4 years old and still getting security updates

[brave field]

Would've had 5 years if not for their closing

looking at the entry/midrange phones <$200 and how sluggish some are, it's hard to argue against getting a used V60, but I know I'll feel awful buying dead software. Any you recommend? Even used Sony flagships are retaining their values

[cold elbow]

I see the opposite here where their flagships that msrp at 1200$ being sold for 300$

Would say used samsung flagship might be better since u get 5 years at least

Btw my phone is midrange

[brave field]

I only really see the S20 in my price range but there might be some S21's by summer. I have a family member with something like an A1x... A13? Whatever it is, it's garbage, and unusably slow

Do mobile carriers still have the ability to slow down the update release schedule?

[cold elbow]

A1 is like the lowest shit samsung makes after the A0

And we already reached to the 5th generation of that
My work phone is A24 and it's actually pretty good for 200$ new phone

So first number is class and it goes from 0 to 7
Second number is generation.

[spiral jasper]

How do I change the light on my pc case?

Context: I have a lian li 011 dynamic evo and on the case there is a led strip that emits light, but u can't change the color of the light strip

It always glows green

The option to change it doesn't how up in the l connect 3

[lost fossil]

right there should be a smol button

it cycles through several effects and then there's an effect that makes it use the argb cable

if only there were more inverted layout cases so that i wouldn't have had to get an o11 evo and be like everyone else on the internet

[spiral jasper]

The M or the C button?

Nvm looks like both change the lights

Thanks for the help

[cold elbow]

M for mode
C for color

I think holding M Can switch it to motherboard controlls if your controller supports that

[median elbow]

Non right angled trigonometry:

Remember your sine and cosine rules as well as the area of a non right angled (NRA) triangle:

Sine: a ÷ Sin(A) = b ÷ Sin(B) = c ÷ Sin(C)
Cosine: a² = b² + c² - 2bcCos(A)
Area of NRA triangle: ½abSin(C)

[quartz kayak]

Depends some good samsung flagships are dirt cheap compared to msrp rn

[quartz kayak]

What she said

[quartz kayak]

If you prioritize stock software longevity, go for a new Samsung, Pixel, or perhaps an iPhone. However, there's little incentive to invest in a new midrange phone these days, because some old flagships used at around the 300$ ish range (same price as new midranges) perform really well compared to the recent 1k+ flagships. Samsung and pixel devices offer exceptional customization capabilities (talking from experience), and tools like Shizuku provide solutions for issues like bloatware without the need for rooting, also helping with customization without rooting. Shizuku needs at least Android 12 to run, so if you're planning to upgrade to an android, aim for a device with Android 12 or newer for a smoother, cleaner user experience. That was why i said android 12 or newer as my own preference

Tho shizuku also runs on android 9 with alot of tinkering (and a pc)

I deleted so much text

Hate language barriers and beeing dum

Iphones are also a really good choice if you want security updates, but customization on them is kinda junky if you care

Also they are iphones, no one likes iphones

[fervent granite]

just get what everyone else gets ez

[pseudo hornet]

hi. can any own send me x64 audio folder cuz i lost it + i have crack verson

[lost fossil]

what

either way sorry but we don't deal crack here

[pseudo hornet]

i lost x64 aduio folder

i need some own to send me this folder only

[cold elbow]

We cant help you with that

[pseudo hornet]

why ?

[subtle veldt]

just download the game again

[pseudo hornet]

i have limted intrnet

[cold elbow]

We can't discuss pirated content on discord

[pseudo hornet]

and its 15g folder only i need

[pseudo hornet]

bro i mean send me x64 aduio folder

cracked or not its not matter

[lost fossil]

x64 arduino?

[pseudo hornet]

audio

[lost fossil]

in that case we don't deal crack here
nor do we discuss cracked content

find it somewhere else

[pseudo hornet]

ha ?

wdym

It doesn't matter if it is cracked or not

i need the folder plz

[cold elbow]

If it's not cracked then you can verify game files and it should fix it

Dont ask for anything else

[pseudo hornet]

why you cant send me the file

[cold elbow]

Not here nor other channels

[pseudo hornet]

its will kill you ?

[cold elbow]

Are you being sarcastic?

[pseudo hornet]

ok ok

bye

[exotic patrol]

What's the difference between IPv4 and IPv6

[cold elbow]

We are running out of ipv4 globally and they are getting more expensive or ISPs doing doddgy ways like CGNAT "double nat" to buy less ipv4s

So ipv6 is supposedly the solution for that but no one is brave enough to adopt it

[exotic patrol]

So it just kind of exists there until we get to a point where IPv4 is completely full and ISPs have to resort to IPv6 implementations

[brave field]

sorta

ipv6 is implemented in many places and standard on modern OSes

but ISPs are scumbags and deny giving it to customers in some countries (or charge for it )

[lost fossil]

imagine if they just added more octets to ipv4

[brave field]

businesses don't really need ipv6 the way normal people do because many of them have bought up entire blocks of addresses they're not using

[lost fossil]

like 8.8.4.4.2 or smth

[brave field]

gross

[exotic patrol]

Is IPv6 any better than IPv4 in any way or are they both the same

[brave field]

huge address range

[wispy mesa]

thats about it

[exotic patrol]

Yep

[brave field]

There are some advantages, but they're side-effects of that

[exotic patrol]

Fair enough

[wispy mesa]

i thought id make my network only ipv6 one day

[exotic patrol]

How do I check if I have an IPv6 address

[brave field]

on windows, ipconfig

in any browser, google "my ip address." Google will default to ipv6 if you do

[wispy mesa]

both of those work

[brave field]

also you probably have something like 4 of them if you do

[exotic patrol]

Is this trustworthy https://test-ipv6.com/

[exotic patrol]

Let me do that then

[cold elbow]

Just

Check your router

[exotic patrol]

Google showed me an IPv6

[wispy mesa]

my guess no lol, because i know i do, but this says i dont

ah actually my router has nat64 currently

so thats probably why

[exotic patrol]

Ok nice

[brave field]

ipv6 is awful in your LAN though

I don't plan to have 18 quintillion devices on one router and they're too long to remember and the shorthand address convention is so weird. ::1? %15?

[exotic patrol]

The address is a bit too long

Also it's a bit weird how none of the websites are getting my precise location but my average one

Is that intended

[brave field]

more precise location needs more info, like a GPS signal or cell towers

[exotic patrol]

I do have my location enabled tho

But I'm using fiber so that's probably why it's not narrowing it down just right

But if I use mobile data it should know right away right

[brave field]

the ip sites try to get an address of your ISP, using mobile data will get an address of that ISP too

if your location is on and you have a gps antenna, some other site or google maps have to manually request that instead with a popup or something

[exotic patrol]

Right

Even maps sometimes does become a little weird and put me in an entirely different country that's close to me

But it fixes itself after a while

Even tho it has full precise location access

[brave field]

fallback when signal is weak? borked modem? Some GPS tester apps give good info

[exotic patrol]

What's a good app you recommend

[brave field]

Chartcross Limited's "GPS Test" on the play store shows the number of satellites in range and signal strength

[lost fossil]

[exotic patrol]

Rip

[lost fossil]

why

[exotic patrol]

It doesn't really matter but 0

[lost fossil]

[exotic patrol]

Discord mobile

[exotic patrol]

What are the odds that I get this recommended right after https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-maps-might-finally-fix-device-orientation-accuracy-on-android

[brave field]

Debian using 90mb of ram at idle

[quartz kayak]

My laptop has 8gb of ram and a celeron

I put 6 more

[snow rover]

peep the whip

[lost fossil]

you really made sure to not press the esc key unless absolutely necessary

these horns gotta hurt

if you press keys with the force of a thousand suns, that is

[quartz kayak]

Where are the windows keys

Why do the ctrl keys say "control WAIT WHY IS IT ONLY AS

[snow rover]

aaaaaaaa a aaaa aa

[lost fossil]

because it's a keyboard

[cold elbow]

maybe they like that

[snow rover]

😩

[cold elbow]

these keyboards nerds cant help it but reduce the funtionality of their keyboards and pay more

where the fuck is you windows key

[lost fossil]

[snow rover]

the windows key is negatively useful so why have one

or two

[cold elbow]

????????????????

how

i use it a lot

[lost fossil]

i use arch btw (c) cora

[junior flax]

WHERE ARE THE F1-F-12 KEYS???

[snow rover]

fn+1-+

[junior flax]

ALSO WINDOWS KEY??

unless ur on linux or mac

[cold elbow]

even on linux you can use win key for useful things

and yes even on a mac

[junior flax]

ye that keyboard just looks to me unnecessarily complicated and missing buttons i’d use 😭

[snow rover]

no buttons are missing

[cold elbow]

and too expensive

[junior flax]

guessing the windows key button is the star then?

[snow rover]

no that's fn

[junior flax]

Ye i thought my steelseries apex pro tkl was expensive at like £150+ but that keyboard probs costs like alot 💀

[lost fossil]

84 is the best format

[junior flax]

i went from full size to tkl and like my tkl however sometimes i miss the numpad icl

[snow rover]

the

[lost fossil]

buy a separate numpad on aliexpress for the occasion

[quartz kayak]

The og >

[lost fossil]

[cold elbow]

best form of keyboard
except the UK layout

[quartz kayak]

What the fuck is this man

How am i suposed to do anything functional on a keyboard like that 💀

[snow rover]

press the keys

[lost fossil]

14 function layers

[quartz kayak]

WHAT KEYS THERES LIKE 3

[snow rover]

no there's 35

[quartz kayak]

Atleast 5

[cold elbow]

one day cora gonna pay 1000$ for this https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61tMyqkdQTL._AC_UF350,350_QL80_.jpg

[snow rover]

i could make that for like 4 bucks

[quartz kayak]

I already think tkl is pushing the limits of key unhaving

Imagine having anything less

[snow rover]

65% is pretty w

75% is just uggo

[cold elbow]

my mouse side keys can do copy and paste so u dont need these

[lost fossil]

this is basically what i have in the room wired a switch to an automatic air freshener that is placed way too high for anyone to reach

[cold elbow]

wait what

automatic what

wtf is this

da helll nah

[lost fossil]

uh

tf did u think of

cmon mel don't leave me on read

[cold elbow]

sorry i was hitting my head to a wall

so ok if its automatic

why u need a button

[lost fossil]

bc automatic = sprays on a schedule

but it has a button too, to spray manually

[snow rover]

oh yeah this is a good one

don't ask, i have no clue

[cold elbow]

1992 lookin aah

[lost fossil]

damn, it has a hotkey to launch persona 3

[cold elbow]

and one to print your CV

[snow rover]

yeah and seven uwu keys

i bet your keyboard doesn't have 7 keys just to uwu

[lost fossil]

it has a rice ball key

[cold elbow]

I really love that mousepad tho

[snow rover]

but fr fr i'm going to build a sensible keyboard

winkeyless tenkeyless just like god intended

just gotta wait 6 more months 😩

[lost fossil]

is it a coincidence that windows starta with a W and linux starts with an L?

[arctic yarrow]

I love my numpad mainly because it's convenient to use them for macros

[cold elbow]

I use them to fly in the forbidden game

[supple wharf]

Building keyboards is a thing too?

[chrome mica]

my head fucking hurts

acetaminophen time

[primal kindle]

Keyboards getting smaller is an evolution

I saw keyboards with only 2 keys for games like osu

But they don’t sell so good

[quartz kayak]

I use those prt sc and delete pg up and down keys

For macros

[drowsy mist]

I want a banner of my store related to fry item for ramazan

[cold elbow]

Use AI

[junior flax]

hire a graphic designer or use ai

[toxic field]

So I got the blue light of death on my ps4 and it’s saying I need a USB storage device to plug into the system and back it up on PlayStation dot com and I can’t even download the system software update currently

[junior flax]

i personally wouldn’t put ai on anything related to a business i worked in/ owned as i find it unprofessional

[toxic field]

Anyone know how this happened???

It was just fine and now it’s not

[lost fossil]

damn bro got a blue screen of death

[exotic patrol]

It's very easy

Get a PC and plug the USB in

Then go the Playstation website for firmware and follow the instructions

[toxic field]

I’m good now it rlly was no big deal

[exotic patrol]

Incase it happens later

[toxic field]

Was just panicking

Yeah I probably should back everything up especially fortnite and shit

[toxic field]

Fork Knife 😂

If I lose my skins I’d DIE!!!!!

[wicked ferry]

Nah Fortnite is terrible

[toxic field]

I enjoy it

[wicked ferry]

Anyway it’s connected to your PlayStation account

[toxic field]

I know

[exotic patrol]

What exactly is the difference between RDNA 2 and 3

[cold elbow]

a new generation

[snow rover]

1

[lost fossil]

do u expect amd engineers to lurk in this channel to answer that question?

[quartz kayak]

Im one of them

[cold elbow]

My gpu was making noise today

It was one of the fans so i added some cooking oil to its bearing and now all good and quiet

Thank you

[quartz kayak]

Actually thats probably not even that bad

You can submerge your whole pc in cooking oil it would be fine

https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupportgore/s/urbdA0LkbU

[rapid lake]

At least you didn’t put olive oil

Then you would have a really bad smell all over your PC area

I prefer lubing with slightly thicker gun oil

Last longer and leaves no smell and whatnot

[exotic patrol]

https://youtube.com/shorts/LNIVwoDtwX0

[sacred loom]

Need a opinion

Should i get the omen 16

The price of it in my area is 1266 usd

Or the legion 5i pro

Lenovo legion 5i Pro ( 16IAH7H )
CPU: i7 - 12700H C-14 T- 20
GPU: 3070Ti upto 150 TG
RAM: 32GB DDR5 4800Mhz i think
DISPLAY: 16” QHD (2560x1600) 165Hz refresh rate ( Dont know how much is the latency)
STORAGE: 1TB SSD
PRICE IN MY AREA: 1748 USD

[nocturne heath]

It's a good laptop

But im not sure about thermals

Did you check the temperature test?

[sacred loom]

Its a bit thin im pretty sure it gonna heat up ( temperatures range around 31C at morning and 17C at night )

[lapis haven]

on paper, all those shiny specs seem promising, but in practice, you are really limited to get the most out of those specs, and you are paying more in comparison to what you may get for a PC with same budget, so consider that in mind before buying a gaming laptop first.

[jovial tide]

Thoughts on my new gaming laptop? It came yesterday. Spent $1k on it at Best Buy. Here are the specs:

Acer - Predator Helios Neo 16" WUXGA 165Hz IPS Gaming Laptop - Intel i5-13500HX – GeForce RTX 4050 with 16GB DDR5– 512GB SSD - Steel Gray

I just need to charge the laptop.

[snow rover]

wow, it's a laptop

it looks like a laptop

[exotic patrol]

I still don't get the point of gaming laptops

All the thermal and battery issues

Along with that insane fan noise

The specs are alright but you need to keep it plugged in like a PC to utilize any of the gaming that could happen

[jovial tide]

thats why im getting a cooling pad and also this laptop is known for being quiet af too

[snow rover]

laptop and quiet af in the same sentence

sure

[exotic patrol]

Isn't the RTX 4050 laptop version very similar to a normal RTX 3050 or something

[snow rover]

yeah pretty close

barely faster than a desktop 1660 super which is hilarious given how cheap those are

[exotic patrol]

The CPU is decent I guess

Ram is most likely single channel

So it should be able to do some gaming but only acceptable when wired and when on max jet engine mode

[jovial tide]

its been quiet lmao

[jovial tide]

what settings will I need to turn off? I mostly plan on playing Warzone 2, Watch Dogs, and GTA V

[jovial tide]

I mean this laptop is fast af

[exotic patrol]

You're definitely gonna need more storage than that 512gb

Unless there's an hdd

[snow rover]

sure it's fast if you have no frame of reference of a faster computer

[exotic patrol]

But you wouldn't want games on an hdd

[jovial tide]

I could play one game at a time

then delete it

[jovial tide]

I got an ssd

[snow rover]

if you really want to get a scale for how fast it is, run time spy in dx12 mode

[wary pawn]

If you play with headphones, laptops are silent tho.

[jovial tide]

I mean an ssd is faster than an hdd

[jovial tide]

exactly

[snow rover]

but we were not talking about the speed of your storage media

[snow rover]

normie headphones yeah

[lost fossil]

i think he means that usually there is stuff playing through headphones such as 🎵 or ingame sound and it covers the laptop noise

especially if u set the volume to

[snow rover]

i do not set volume to 💯

[lost fossil]

you should

[cold elbow]

U probably use openback headphones to enjoy the laptop hairdryer experience

[exotic patrol]

And so that everyone can hear the music

[exotic patrol]

That just makes it worse

[fervent granite]

they should just work on making computers quieter

[cold elbow]

Not when people still want intel in their laptops and manufacturers only care about designing a cheap cooler able to handle cooling near the limit of cpu thermal design.

[fervent granite]

Yeah see they never innovate it’s like they want to keep making things bigger and more powerful instead of smaller and more efficient

[quartz kayak]

is this your doing @snow rover

[snow rover]

yes i'm mkbhd

[quartz kayak]

iknewit

[lost fossil]

so i have 2 monitors and a tv connected and sometimes i turn off both monitors and in front of the tv for better immersion, i then open geforce experience because for some reason it "rediscovers" displays and disconnects both monitors so that my tv becomes the main display. does anyone know if the new nvidia app can do this? i tried the detect button in display settings but it didn't work until i spammed the button so i feel like it's as robust of a solution as i'd like

[small mural]

dude

my gamepass subscription is active but I can’t play gamepass games

wtf is going on

ok did a “power cycle” and it worked

[charred otter]

see what i do is have a adapter switcher thing, and all i gotta do is press button and it switches the input to my TV then i just turn off the other monitor or select PC only screen. i reccomend it!

[lost fossil]

i have a kvm switch at work too, but a kvm is not what i need, i just wanted to know if there's anyone here with a multimonitor setup who has the new nvidia app and is able to test that whole thing

[charred otter]

i see

[cold elbow]

Im on amd

[charred otter]

im on amd

[nocturne heath]

I'm on Intel

🕵️‍♀️

[sacred loom]

HP Omen 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900HX 17.3 inch(43.9cm) QHD Gaming Laptop(32GB RAM/2TB SSD/RTX 3080Ti 16GB Graphics/165Hz/3ms Response Time/Win 11/MSO 2021/Backlit KB/B&O/Alexa/Xbox Pass)17-ck1023TX
Can yall let me know the tgp of the GPU

[cold elbow]

Dont think having a 3080 TI with a 12900HX in a laptop is a good idea

Probably thermal throttle and be power limited to hell and back

[lilac heath]

Probably 150-175W

[lost fossil]

i was just scrolling through the chat

saying that this website is made by monkeys would be an insult to monkeys

[snow rover]

this place has more leaks than a thing you dry salad in

[lost fossil]

can i log into cliffford here?

also spotify

why

[cold elbow]

Windows updated recently amd now my work laptop has weak wifi signal and this UNIFY keeps switching me from AP to another because it's freaking out
And now my Bluetooth earbuds that are connected to said laptop has bass boosted sound.
Thank you Microsoft.

Apparently mediatek wifi cards are not good

[snow rover]

windows and bluetooth

great combo

[cold elbow]

It's been working flawlessly for a year

[lilac heath]

Mediatek wifi cards are known to have lot of problems

Both wifi and bluetooth

[cold elbow]

Should probably find me an intel card

[lilac heath]

Yea idk why amd laptops have mediatek wifi cards in the 1st place

[cold elbow]

It's asus to blame for using cheap cards

[lilac heath]

Fr

[lilac heath]

Intel ax210 is compatible with amd cpu

[lost fossil]

my issi and gigabyte boards both had mtk wifi

[cold elbow]

My gigabyte board didn't come with wifi but came with intel lan

Anyway guys i think i figured out a solution and now my signal bars are fulllllll

Changed it from 802.11ax to 802.11ac

Reinstalled Bluetooth drivers might fixed the bass issue as well

Again thank you Microsoft

[lilac heath]

[cold elbow]

No one gonna say good job? 😭

[lost fossil]

good job

[charred otter]

this is why i refuse to update my laptop, everytime i do it a lot of air exhausts and something somewhere breaks

[brave field]

shamefully, I was the same

laptop up to date, but destop always multiple builds behind

I don't get why Microsoft can't just leave certain things alone

disable the third party software and driver updates with WU and it does it anyways, and naturally, ignores downgrade protections on them

[lapis haven]

cooking oil's viscosity gets higher usually after sometime in free air, fan's motor will be having a hard time spinning, i mean thats just a temporary lubricant.

[cold elbow]

Oh crap

Some people on reddit suggested to use automotive oil

[lapis haven]

there's some type of lubricant used for sewing machines, i don't know what they are exactly called but those are the best for lubricating such small parts, it's a very thin or watery kind of oil which is perfect because it penetrates the bearings easily, in contrast with automotive oil which is much thicker.

there's also lubricant sprays.

[cold elbow]

[quartz kayak]

Isnt that just dry wd40

[lapis haven]

yea that works perfectly.

[median elbow]

Remember:
Sinθ ÷ Cosθ = tanθ

[ocean thunder]

does anyone know how to make randomly generated python text find/highlight words?

[jovial tide]

Anyone know what gpu that is? I think it's a gtx 970 but not sure

[lost fossil]

the sticker is right there

[snow rover]

970 with no pcie power connectors?

[jovial tide]

Don't know much about computers sorry sir

[snow rover]

the best it could possibly be is like a 1050 ti

https://www.zotac.com/us/product/graphics_card/zotac-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-oc-edition

yeah it's this

[cold elbow]

that what i wanted to say then saw cora

my internet lagged on this

[jovial tide]

Thank you sir

[mighty badger]

ye it will go rancid and sticky/resinyish

[brave field]

!ban 720725173665267776 phished account/suspicious links/shorteners

[craggy thicket]

Banned man_in_black3523 (Case #243955) (user notified with a direct message)

[lyric rampart]

I have a Data Mining mid sem in 12 hours FML

[coarse crown]

Does anyone know if they able to tell if I can run the game or not?

[plucky raft]

I have a pc

[snow rover]

how is that possible

[charred otter]

yes, i have windows. my pc has windows too

[hexed crystal]

@gaunt granite i think i need to split it at the nearest whitespace but ive got the main functionality down 😭

[gilded delta]

Does anyone know how to make good e
EMP devices, I can’t make good ones but mine are still functional

[fervent granite]

sounds sussy

[sacred loom]

Frick it imma get a pc how does this specs count?

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8 Cores 16 Threads Upto 5.0 GHz

Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX Motherboard

32GB DDR5 6000MHz ARGB G-Skill Trident Z5 (16GB x2)

1TB Gen 4 NVMe - WD BLUE SN580

Montech King 95 Case (Included : 4x120mm ARGB Fans + 2x140mm ARGB Fans)(Black)

AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX 24GB GDDR6

Cooler Master - Master Liquid 360L: 360mm AIO Liquid Cooler

850W 80+ Gold Corsair RM850i

Custom Sleeved Cables

Priced @ Rs. 2,24,000/- Incl GST
Shipping is extra as per city and pincode. Do let us know the two so that we can accurately calculate the shipping charge.

[exotic patrol]

And how much does this cost in USD and is it pre-built

[sacred loom]

A company called xrigpc. Met em thru instagram. They build awesome pcs

$2692

This is what it would look like except the rx 7900 xtx would be white and there would be no ARGB PCIe power connector

Shits managing to beat 4080 Super

Except Raytracing Dlss etc but meh

[quartz kayak]

so good they sell a 4080 pc for the price of a 4090 one 🔥

[sacred loom]

How much 4090 costs in us

[quartz kayak]

and 16gb of ram aswell

didnt even see that

insane

[sacred loom]

16x2

[quartz kayak]

oh thats gram

owo

why is it in other color

confusing

[cold elbow]

Spec wise it's fine... just top of the top so do you really need this level of hardware?
Also 1TB SSD is not enough especially a WD blue

[quartz kayak]

you are wd blue

you can pretty much get a build with like a Ryzen 5 7600X and a 4090 for the same price

[cold elbow]

Wtf is this combination 🐟

[quartz kayak]

then upgrade the cpu later!!

all for the 4090

hail the 4090

[cold elbow]

[sacred loom]

Yea the ssd imma change it to 2tb of wd black sn770

[cold elbow]

Or 980 pro

[quartz kayak]

money will be the death of me

[sacred loom]

Too expensive

[cold elbow]

[sacred loom]

5000 mbs seems fine

[quartz kayak]

(2500E)

[cold elbow]

I don't even care about advertised speed

[sacred loom]

I like 4k gaming

[cold elbow]

Why not 2k 144hz?

Tbh 4k gaming is dumb

[sacred loom]

Still youd hit only 150-160 fps in cyberpunk ultra for eg

[quartz kayak]

i play 1080p gameng

[cold elbow]

Much better than 60

You get barely noticeable imagine clarity by using a 4k monitor meanwhile you spend double on hardware and power bill

Also

[quartz kayak]

imagine clarity

[cold elbow]

Upscale technologies work best upscaliing to 4k

That kind of hardware will drop fast in price.

[sacred loom]

Hmm i c

Also gta 6 is gonna release so yea

[quartz kayak]

no it isnt

[cold elbow]

Your hardware will be considered outdated by the time the game releases

[honest summit]

should i buy 27inch full hd monitor or 24 inch

[cold elbow]

its personal preference tho a 24-inch would look sharper than 27... unless you buy a 27 inch 1440p

[honest summit]

yeah but idk if my pc gonna handle 1440p gaming

[lilac heath]

Then get 24 inch monitor

1080p

[cold elbow]

A pc can be upgraded or use upscaling

[lilac heath]

[brave field]

Content-Type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8' is not supported
Content-Type 'application/json;charset=UTF-8' is not supported
Content-Type 'application/xml;charset=UTF-8' is not supported

[unreal iron]

With a 1050ti, can I make this computer play Helldivers 2

But just swapping basic parts like ram or the cpu

[exotic patrol]

I know it doesn't matter

But why windows enterprise

[unreal iron]

It's a work computer that would be retired

[snow rover]

depends on whether the motherboard supports a better cpu

[unreal iron]

I have a clean 500gb hdd

And that's just what it's gonna be

[snow rover]

you never know with those oem things, even though the socket and chipset are correct it could just simply not work

[unreal iron]

Whatever the default hunk of shit came in it probably

[snow rover]

i mean yeah the bios says dell so it is just the dell motherboard

[unreal iron]

Because the business bought 10,000 of these things at once

As a business does

@snow rover how can I see if this board has a newer chipset to support newer chips? Looks like that cpu uses LGA 1151 socket

It's made for 6/7 gen but newer chipset would allow 8/9 gen

[exotic patrol]

I think you can view that from the BIOS

Tho I don't know much about the hardware side of things

[snow rover]

it is a q170 chipset

[unreal iron]

Is that good or bad

[snow rover]

well bad, but the real issue is the motherboard itself as dell haven't accounted for cpu upgrades

[exotic patrol]

What's the story behind trying to get the office PC to run games

[unreal iron]

Because I have access to them as they are being retired

[exotic patrol]

They're multiple PCs?

[snow rover]

the chipset should technically work with a 7700 but someone on dell forums says it doesn't work

the best cpu that'll work is probably the 6700

[unreal iron]

Well, as they are individually retired

[unreal iron]

Because I can get them for less than uh..paid for

Because they're retiring them

Into a box to the dump

[exotic patrol]

So basically saving expenses and utilizing the opportunity

[unreal iron]

Yes

[exotic patrol]

That was the fastest response ever

So all you're missing is the GPU then

Or is it something else

[unreal iron]

1050ti phoenix

So this pc, right out of the box will play helldivers 2 on "ok" settings?

[exotic patrol]

And the 1050ti is it compatible with the motherboard

[snow rover]

yes

i refuse to believe even dell could make a motherboard so shit it has no 16x pcie slot

[frigid echo]

Watch it actually be x8 pins in the x16 slot

[exotic patrol]

It's probably not hard to take the motherboard out and find out right

[brave field]

It's bang on for minimum requirements, unless the game can heavily utilize more than 4 cores

There might be an actually usable res/refresh target chart if the game was ported instead of being native

Nixxes and QLOC 😍

[exotic patrol]

???

https://youtube.com/shorts/4N5tGime8yk

[lost fossil]

not interested in discord nitro

i mean i am but not like that

[quartz kayak]

I ll gift you pookie

[cold elbow]

rich fish

[wispy mesa]

wow they have no internet

[exotic patrol]

Exactly

[light sinew]

Too much tech, not enough math

https://youtu.be/ETnBgQFjaOY?si=BvsTPvQGhj80kL4W

I'ma even this out

[brave field]

too much math

#tech-coding-science is where its at

[visual rose]

I hate factorials with a passion

This is where the fun shit is at

[cold elbow]

Seen worse

[craggy mural]

Ngl this will become easy if u get the logic or we can say the rules of plotting the graph of functions

[craggy mural]

And what's that ? 😂

[cold elbow]

CFD and fluid dynamics

[visual rose]

Oh I know. It just gets difficult when you gotta graph the skeleton line

Needing to know sin,cos,tan,sec,csc all at once gets tricky when it comes to graphing it and also remembering their respective parts like period, asymptotes, dot every and phase shift segments.

This is similar to some things I’m talking about.

[visual rose]

That’s a whole different math. Physics. The same principle isn’t even close to what I’m currently doing

I’m doing that next year actually

[cold elbow]

Rip

[lost fossil]

evga

[glossy hollow]

Is anyone a pc expert here cus I seriously need help, I just built a pc recently and it’s not able to run gta or any game like it’s so slow yet the specs are beautiful to run even mw3

Ryzen 5 5600
Radeon 6700rxt
MSI b550
Nzxt kraken Z62
And Corsair power source cube

[snow rover]

"not able to run" is not a helpful description of the issue

[glossy hollow]

mb, I can get in vc and stream the condition: more specifically, the windows is slow af in response time. I launch a game or a difficult program like let’s say warzone, it takes hours for it to respond after multiple clicks or even Microsoft edge. The gpu flickers between frames in game too even though the hardware is properly installed and brand new, I’ve changed it twice to ensure defectivity issues

[exotic patrol]

That should not be happening considering your setup

[glossy hollow]

That’s what I’m saying

[exotic patrol]

You're not running a celeron or something for it to be that bad

[glossy hollow]

😭

[exotic patrol]

Outside of streaming how's the situation

[glossy hollow]

I don’t stream, this is the condition without streaming

[sacred loom]

Wbt 32 inch 1440p

[glossy hollow]

When I stream: I die

[exotic patrol]

Did you build the PC yourself

Or was it pre-built

[glossy hollow]

Yes

[cold elbow]

Good but u need to put it further back

[glossy hollow]

I built it

[sacred loom]

Pur what back

[exotic patrol]

Can you take a screenshot of the performance tab in task manager

[sacred loom]

Put

[glossy hollow]

Sure

[cold elbow]

The monitor will be farther from your eyes

[exotic patrol]

Hi melon

[cold elbow]

32 is kinda big monitor

Hey comfy

[exotic patrol]

That's not the performance tab

You see on the left there where it says performance

[exotic patrol]

Also so far it's not too looking too good with the ram and disk usage

You barely have anything going on

What's the setup on those

[glossy hollow]

I’m not sure bro, I just downloaded windows and booted it up. I’m not sure how to set up those

[lost fossil]

HDD
you fucked up

[exotic patrol]

I already knew it

There's no way an SSD would that have usage

[snow rover]

the os is on a hard drive?

[glossy hollow]

😭 is that why it’s so bad

Omg

[exotic patrol]

Also what's up with the ram

[glossy hollow]

Can I transfer the files

[exotic patrol]

Can you send a screenshot of the ram when you press on it

[glossy hollow]

Ok

[lost fossil]

what do you have on your d drive

if it's nothing important (just games and stuff) then you can install windows again, but on that drive, then move stuff from your current drive there and format the current drive

[glossy hollow]

It’s empty

[exotic patrol]

Ok ram is alright atleast but where's all that usage coming from

Can you go back to processes and press on memory then send another picture

[snow rover]

pretty normal usage with discord and a browser open

[exotic patrol]

I'm not too experienced with PC but is that bloatware

Or are they necessary

[snow rover]

well razer synapse and nzxt cam are

[exotic patrol]

Clean windows install should probably help leave some tiny usage on the ram too

So just reinstall everything on your SSD

Your issues should be fixed

[glossy hollow]

ok and how would I do that

like reinstall windows

[exotic patrol]

Same way you installed windows on the HDD

Just do it on the SSD

If you don't want to re-download everything and what not then just clone your HDD to the SSD

There are a couple of third party programs that can do it

[glossy hollow]

Can I just erase everything and start over

a new windows

[exotic patrol]

If you don't have any important files then sure

[glossy hollow]

or will I lose my windows

I’m just scared I’ll have to pay for another key

[exotic patrol]

That won't happen

[glossy hollow]

okok

[exotic patrol]

What did you use to install windows

A flash drive?

[glossy hollow]

Yes

[exotic patrol]

So start by installing it on the SSD and after that's done format your HDD again

Then you have a Clean start

[glossy hollow]

Do I choose the second one if I wanna use a flash drive

[exotic patrol]

That's not what we want

That will just reinstall it on the HDD and nothing will change

You need to boot back into the flash drive and reinstall windows that way

[lost fossil]

what i would do

• open the case and unplug the current os drive just in case
• boot from the windows install usb key
• during the installation when it asks where to install windows, remove every existing partition on the ssd
• proceed
• after windows is installed, shut down the pc and reconnect the old drive
• spam del to boot into bios and make sure that you then boot from the ssd with the freshly installed windows
• move files from the hdd over to the ssd
• format the hdd

[exotic patrol]

And there you go oreo made a step by step guide

[glossy hollow]

Lmfao guys tysm I’ll do this rn and lyk how it goes

[lost fossil]

what's the ssd anyway

[glossy hollow]

a hard drive I found lying around for 50 bucks empty

[exotic patrol]

Even if it's the slowest ssd on the world it's gonna be miles better than the HDD

[glossy hollow]

oh word

[exotic patrol]

Actually let's take a look before you do anything

Open task manager and press on the second drive which is the SSD in performance

Let's see what we're working with

[glossy hollow]

Ok wait I gotta turn my pc back on

[exotic patrol]

Take your time

There's no rush

Imagine plot twist if the OS was actually installed on the SSD and the HDD was like that on idle

But we already know that's not the case

Which is good

[glossy hollow]

Ya no my dumbass thought hdd was better than ssd so I installed everything on it

And now ssd is empty

[exotic patrol]

You got everything right it's just that one detail

[sacred loom]

Is this 32”?

[glossy hollow]

Yea

[exotic patrol]

Made your build like a 15 year old PC

Does it take long to boot

[glossy hollow]

Yea hella long

[lost fossil]

average western digital product name

[exotic patrol]

That's very good

Atleast we know it's decent

Plenty of space too

It's not like a 256 gb drive or something

[lost fossil]

WD doesn't necessarily mean good

[exotic patrol]

It's acceptable

Look up the model number

[glossy hollow]

Do I proceed with the disconnection and redownload

[exotic patrol]

Anyway now you can do the step by step guide that oreo said

Ye

[glossy hollow]

Ok

[exotic patrol]

https://www.newegg.com/western-digital-1tb-black-sn750-nvme/p/2CR-002N-00038

[glossy hollow]

Is it a good ssd

[exotic patrol]

Is that it

[glossy hollow]

Yea that’s the one I got

[exotic patrol]

Then it's ridiculously better

[glossy hollow]

Do I delete the partition or something

[lost fossil]

delete both

[glossy hollow]

Bet I deleted

It works

Now

[lost fossil]

now there's one thing called unallocated space or smth so click on that and then next

[glossy hollow]

Now reconnect old drive and spam delete to get into bios

[lost fossil]

not a necessary step if you don't have anything important there

but if u have some documents you want to move over then you'l lhave to do that yeah

[glossy hollow]

actually I’ll just leave it as it is

I don’t need it

Thanks guys

I’ll redownload shit and see how it works

[lost fossil]

do you use nzxt cam for rgb controls

[glossy hollow]

yes

And cooling

Cus of the kraken

[lost fossil]

im asking because i have an nzxt aio too and i use fancontrol to control it

not as heavy as cam

[glossy hollow]

oh I’ll use that then cus the rgb in stock isn’t bad at all

[quartz kayak]

is this ok

80c is alot :c

[lost fossil]

this is ok

[quartz kayak]

i did a better test

it is Good 😄

how to make it do more than 20000

pls send youtube tutorial

[snow rover]

get more komputer

[exotic patrol]

What browser is that

[subtle veldt]

brave

[exotic patrol]

Why not Firefox

[quartz kayak]

brave

[quartz kayak]

my brother told me to use brave so im using it

pc is his anyways

[cold elbow]

tried brave on mobile abd it bloawted

[exotic patrol]

The ad blocker for brave on mobile is very broken and barely works

Is there an extension that blocks the alerts that tell you that you have an adblocker enabled

[brave field]

ublock origin does

there's anti-antiadblock lists

think one or two are default

[stuck lichen]

is this pc good?

[quartz kayak]

Me personally i wouldnt buy a $900 pc with a 2060

Ours costed around 1200€ in 2020 and it also has a 2060, worst cpu but i still feel like 900 is alot

[stuck lichen]

is it bad

[quartz kayak]

Theres better for sure

Theres clearly something missing on the gpu side on that pc tho. Why does it have 64 ram

😭

@stuck lichen you could probably buy a new pc by parts with a 4060, a i5 13400f, 32gb of ddr5 ram and a 2tb ssd for $900 unless thats aus dollars

If it isnt aus, what i said would be a good base for you if you wna buy used, just compare components

[cold elbow]

Too expensive unless it comes with a monitor

[exotic patrol]

Way too average for the price

It would've been acceptable like 1 and a half years ago but not now

[wary pawn]

I use uBlock origin and "fuckfuckadblock list" https://bogachenko.github.io/fuckfuckadblock/

[exotic patrol]

I installed the list

How can I verify that it works

[lost fossil]

go to a website that you know for a fact has one of these alerts

[exotic patrol]

I had one but it was like a month ago

Surely there's a website that tests these on purpose

[snow rover]

chat i need a cheap beater multimeter

preferably available on aliexpress

recs

[rapid lake]

Ok

[snow rover]

don't "ok" me buddy

i think i will go with the uni-t ut133a

looks pretty decent for about 25 bucks

[cold elbow]

just sort by cheapest

[snow rover]

no

[brave field]

I've never known the model number of any of mine

sort by most orders if you don't wanna sort by price

[snow rover]

would you believe it if i said the one with the most orders is also one of the cheapest ones

[brave field]

yes

I imagine its either red and black, or green and gray

with the standard two prongs and a calculator display

a big ol knob

[snow rover]

i'd rather pay 25€ for something alright than 2.5€ for something that might be total ewaste

[brave field]

if it means anything, I've had that red and black one for 10 years and only replaced it because a new model was cheaper than buying new leads when a family member destroyed them

[charred otter]

um mr cora what is a beater multimeter

[snow rover]

a multimeter cheap enough that i won't be too sad if it gets accidentally doused in pepsi max or tossed into a volcano

[cold elbow]

cheap one can probably survive that since it comes with simple ciruit

[snow rover]

i bought the ut133a

[rapid lake]

aight lil bro

[craggy mural]

Ahhh shitt ... I dont even wanna talk about that 😭😭 I don't know how you tolerate that

[craggy mural]

It is bro 🫠 ... Skeleton becomes tricky sometimes when we get to see too many functions at once 😓

[craggy mural]

Ohh yes thats what i was talking about

[craggy mural]

5600G or 5600X ?

[craggy mural]

Have you fixed it or are you still in problem ?

[exotic patrol]

I'm having a bunch of mobile connection issues and I can't seem to figure out why

For starters any calls made on SIM will just disconnect if I'm in different rooms

Where the other person can hear me but I can't hear them

Second of all if I'm downloading a file with peak speeds

My phone will just disconnect from the wifi until I manually reconnect

Also the phone just refuses to connect to a good signal cell tower when I'm using wifi

As soon as I use mobile data it switches to cell tower near my house

[wary pawn]

Have you done clean factory reset?

[exotic patrol]

To the network settings yes

But I don't see why a full reset would help

[wary pawn]

Dunno. Maybe an app or setting is causing the problem. Sim disconnect i mean.

[exotic patrol]

Oh wait nvm

My ISP just has bad service in my particular area according to the speedtest map

[exotic patrol]

What's a good note app that I can use on any platform without needing major backup hassles or getting locked to a specific ecosystem

[brave field]

At what price (USD) is it worth upgrading from a Snapdragon 845, for the ram mostly?

No gaming or anything.

[exotic patrol]

The snapdragon 845 is still very good

How much ram do you have

[brave field]

4gb

[exotic patrol]

What phone is that

[brave field]

LG G7, base Tmobile model

Trying to decide between an S23FE for $100-150 or waiting another 2 years

[snow rover]

oh the good headphone jack phone

the bezels on the s23 fe are so uggo

and the phone feels massive

[brave field]

I've heard.

I don't feel good about the microSD card or headphone jack omissions either

[snow rover]

i want a g7 just for the headphone jack

i had a g4 that eventually got stuck in a boot loop

[brave field]

After a very unfortunate drop, my G7's headphone jack seems to be sanding down anything I plug into it, or something strange like that. Think its misaligned.

get a black ring around the plug after a while and then it acts loose after a year or so

[lost fossil]

s23 forza edition for $100 what the fuck

[exotic patrol]

Problem is any decent phone you want to get now with decent ram will lose the headphone jack

[snow rover]

zenfone 10

no telephoto camera though

[exotic patrol]

I got my a52s specifically for it even 2 years after its release

[exotic patrol]

Who needs the camera

Practicality over features

[brave field]

Zenfone is far out of my budget sadly.

[snow rover]

telephoto is much more useful than ultrawide imo

[exotic patrol]

It is but it's not a key thing you're looking for

[exotic patrol]

So let me get this

You want a new phone with atleast 8gb of ram and decent specs with preferably a headphone jack and Microsd support in a specific price range

Which you don't know yet

[brave field]

I don't mind used and the price range is $150. Was just asking about that S23FE in particular. Just having some FOMO. I could gladly stay on this phone another 2-3 years if nothing else changed.

[snow rover]

i mean for a hundred buckos it's a no brainer

this just makes me not happy though

[exotic patrol]

After using the FE I didn't like it much

It's practical don't get me wrong but the design choices are not for me

Everyone with their opinion tho

What frustrates me the most about it is that when you look at the ports of the phone

There is a perfect spot for a headphone jack that was just cut for no reason

It would've been amazing if it had it

The FE's flaws are mostly the design

The thick bezels and slippery back combined with the overall shape

As well as using a bit of a weaker chipset than it should have but it's still a great option

Unless you get exynos

In which it is not a good deal

[brave field]

The phone is just an S22+ with S23 cameras and A54 design, yeah?

[exotic patrol]

I wouldn't say s23 cameras

They're more like s21+ cameras

Also the a54 is a bit different in design although they look pretty similar

[snow rover]

isn't it a plastic frame

[brave field]

S21 cams, I think that's better than what I have, as long as I desaturate everything by 10%

[exotic patrol]

For the back or on the sides

[snow rover]

i just looked on gsmarena, a54 is a plastic frame with glass back

s23 fe is alu frame at least

[exotic patrol]

Ye

S23 fe definitely has way better build quality

I don't like glass back tho

It's slippery and it gets fingerprints all over it

You need a back cover to be able to hold the phone properly

[snow rover]

i just put the cheapest ugliest condom case on

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You need anything to hold it

Where with a plastic back you don't get any fingerprints and you can hold it out of the box

The A55 is also coming out later but it isn't gonna be breaking any records

Aside from 12gb of ram but that's rumored

I would recommend it a bit more since you would get more software support but long term the FE will be better

Oh wait the a55 already released

Nvm it's still pretty much the same as the a54 except for 12gb of ram

Not worth it

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The A series seems so weird to me

especially the A0x/A1x

Surely there can't be any profit margin at all for those prices, and yet, the phones still feel cheap to use

[snow rover]

don't need much of a margin when they sell millions

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The A13 or 14 was one of the highest selling phones in like the top 5

A lot of people in this server also have them

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I get that it sells well, but I wonder if Samsung gets anything out of that other than carrier partnerships and more people making Samsung accounts

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The phone is filled with ads for starters

Every A phone is

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The software experience has to be wildly different vs the usual Moto or Alcatel or BLU budget phones

ah

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But the lower tier have especially more ads

Like the oobe setup on One UI core which is specifically designed for A2 and under has ads in every press that you make

It also really pushes you to make a Samsung account and get involved in that ecosystem

Also they don't have to do any marketing so costs saved there

What does the average non tech consumer see

8gb of ram with 3 cameras on the back

They think it's a steal

Most people don't even know the name of the phone they have

They just know it's a samsung

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Ads make sense. That same carrier has a 4 phones for $100 promo, plus additional ones for $20.

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Also what's the easiest way to get someone pushed into a monthly network carrier subscription

Give them a phone that barely costs the carrier anything and increase the price on the network plan for a phone that the consumer thinks is great

Then lock it

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Samsung doing security updates and all is the shock. Budget Android phones have been horrendous in this regard for a LONG while.

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One UI core only offers 2 years of software support

Meanwhile anything else after the A51 offer 3 years of software support and 4 years of security updates

Sadly the A52s is now only getting security updates

Even tho it's totally capable of running like 2 more android versions without any hassle

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My last budget phone received 0 updates after launch

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Rip

I also don't like more than 4 year updates for an android phone

Considering the fact that the company will just start to rush making the updates run on the phone but barely any time to optimize it for that phone

Also features could get removed or added that you don't like

There are a lot of features that Samsung removed that I'm still very confused about and ones that I used daily

Most annoying one of them being that everything has to go through trash now in your gallery

You used to have the option to disable the trash or recycle bin and just delete images perm right away

Now you can't do that and instead you have to do 6 more clicks just to make sure that image is deleted

Or them removing the smartview developer options that had a lot of great settings that made the feature really useful and more user friendly

There are lot of other things but you get the point

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I know that feature removal frustration

LG's Android 10 update took all their fun features and added a randomized 0-3 extra taps to everything