tech-coding-math

[brave field]

What's this about a bot?

[jovial tide]

yeah

[charred otter]

Kid wants to mirror a bot for the gta news

[unreal iron]

He wants to mirror the gta twitter like we do.

He's offering to pay you in modded gta cars

[jovial tide]

Yes

Modded gta cars are worth super much

[unreal iron]

So, exposure

[charred otter]

Still can't get over the payment method

[unreal iron]

Also he has discovered that I am homosexual

Apparently

Oops there he went

[jovial tide]

i used to make discord bots

But that intent stuff is annoying ashell

[unreal iron]

Intent like how they want to use it?

[charred otter]

He gone

After all that

Ge is gone

[jovial tide]

nah for all events and stuff

and now to read messages aswell

[unreal iron]

Ahh

[jovial tide]

they used to be chill

Now they have strict rules about it which makes it way less fun

all my bots are dead anyway

[brave field]

intents are so annoying, yes

hate them, hate them

Its not even that they suck really, but making a command and then getting an "oh yeah, by the way, you need to go back to discord's site and enable the intent, and then reinvite your bot to test this new command" is so lame

[jovial tide]

I remember when my bot needed intents to make the auto-roler on join work, it took 2 months for them to respond

Yeah its crap

slashcommands are ok but they had a greater idea behind it we now know

[brave field]

really dislike slash commands

The new interactions are very nice though

[jovial tide]

the slashcommands are useful because now people dont need to "know" the commands they already show up with explanation

[brave field]

ephemeral messages, being able to just right click messages, the pretty buttons

slash commands still don't group or anything though

even for dyno in here

[jovial tide]

they might add it

[brave field]

you have 10 /afk commands and right underneath it, you have the entirely unrelated /cat and you can't even sort though them any other way, bleh

[kindred temple]

/cat

[echo mural]

fun module turned off server wide

[civic cloud]

/cat

[cedar panther]

:dynoError: The Fun module is disabled in this server.

[civic cloud]

WHAT THE FUCK

[autumn crypt]

:dynoError: The Fun module is disabled in this server.

[civic cloud]

😭

[cedar panther]

:dynoError: The Fun module is disabled in this server.

[unreal iron]

Dang

Wanted a dad joke

[unreal iron]

Lmaoooo

[glad grove]

Are alienware PCs overpriced?

[brave field]

yes

usually its a "depends on price" or "maybe" but I don't think a new Alienware has ever been worthwhile (excluding laptops, where its overpriced vs slightly less overpriced)

[glad grove]

I see, thanks for your feedback! May I know how do I check if a pre-built PC can run a game? I get confused by all the terms since I’m new to the PC scene

[brave field]

Look for benchmarks from youtube channels like https://www.youtube.com/c/GamersNexus and https://www.youtube.com/c/Hardwareunboxednow or from publications like TechPowerUp for the exact CPU and GPU in that system. Avoid sites like Userbenchmark or CPUboss that have fake results. There will also be a few somewhat less-professional youtuber channels that have gameplay with performance overlays you can look at.

asking people in Discord servers, IRC, and sometimes reddit can be useful too, since many study or can have some extra anecdotal evidence that might be useful

[kindred temple]

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/KBsVrr @brave field rate my sub 2k sim rig build

[brave field]

but you'll likely have to learn many of the terms regardless. There's unfortunately no easy way to get info on PC components without learning PC components

[glad grove]

Alright!

Thanks for the advice

[brave field]

@kindred temple The hand saw
I got sad when they removed the 18 pack poptarts from PCPP

[kindred temple]

I was going to include drills and drill bits but it wont be sub 2k

So fuck it, gorilla glue that bitch

[jovial tide]

See when you say Alienware, which one do you mean?

[kindred temple]

All shit priced

[jovial tide]

They have like 95% defective products and 5% good

[kindred temple]

Even in black friday refurbs

[jovial tide]

Nope

[brave field]

The category still exists! https://pcpartpicker.com/products/food/

[kindred temple]

Yooooooo

I didnt know this exist

[glad grove]

Can I DM you the link?

[brave field]

send here!

[glad grove]

Alright

[jovial tide]

Dude why dm, people are fair here

I'll tell you my opinion too (as an Alienware owner who returned his laptop after 20 days)

[unreal iron]

Can I ask, in good faith, if he wants to buy my alienware

[glad grove]

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktop-computers/alienware-aurora-r12-gaming-desktop/spd/alienware-aurora-r12-desktop/wdaurr1210h

[kindred temple]

Jesus fuck

[brave field]

This alienware, no

[kindred temple]

No

must resist making fucked up joke about how bad the airflow choke is

[jovial tide]

You can get better prebuilts and build better computers for much less

[brave field]

That's $1200 for a $550 system if were weren't in a shortage and a frequently $700-$850 PC now

[glad grove]

Wow

What are some good alienware PCs then

[jovial tide]

Laptops are ok'ish but not for 1000 to 1500$

Like the X17 is great

[unreal iron]

"In a chassis desig nEd for high performance gamaeplay"
Tfw the case decides class of gzmes.u can play

[kindred temple]

A used one with cheap motherboard and PSU replacement

Thats a good alienware.

Get a good new case too

[jovial tide]

Build a pc bro

[unreal iron]

None of them because they're just dells. Look at performance dells and you will save from being charged the Alienware Name

[jovial tide]

Right now 11700 and 3060ti abs sells for 1550

That's a much better deal

[brave field]

The best value Alienware I'm seeing on this link is the R12 with a 11400F and 3060 at $1500, but that price is $500 too high

[glad grove]

I see

[brave field]

not including hidden costs

[unreal iron]

It's the logo that's worth the extr $500

Just the badge

[brave field]

the inability to upgrade or repair these and the terrible only 1 year of warranty on parts that otherwise would've had 3

[unreal iron]

No guarantees or anything, it's like Apple

[jovial tide]

It's the art and beauty

[unreal iron]

Tfw pride and accomplishment

[brave field]

@glad groveAre you limited to only Alienware right now?

This one could be a balanced system, if you buy extra ram and storage for it

[kindred temple]

Telling us where do you live nation wise would really help

[unreal iron]

We upgraded mine just fine after many hours of fighting the system

[unreal iron]

Budget range would be best tbh

Oof

[kindred temple]

That too

[glad grove]

Sorry

[glad grove]

No I can buy anything

[kindred temple]

But honestly sometimes the currency is already dead giveaway

[glad grove]

The US

[brave field]

Exusia, we upgraded yours by removing every component dell made
hold on, I can get the link without the tracking parts of the URL that make it that long

[unreal iron]

I'd like an alienware but my range is 3 strings, 2 pocket lint and a frog"

[unreal iron]

We did!

[brave field]

https://www.dell.com/en-us/member/shop/game-desktops/new-aurora-ryzen-edition-r14/spd/alienware-aurora-r14-desktop

idk what in the world is causing that to get nuked

[unreal iron]

Li k length probably

Server hates long links

[glad grove]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali571/p/N82E16883360206?nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=AFC-RAN-COM&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-Future+Publishing+Ltd&AFFID=2294204&AFFNAME=Future+Publishing+Ltd&ACRID=1&ASUBID=UUwpUdUnU88649YYmYg&ASID=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.windowscentral.com%2F&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=2294204&ranSiteID=kXQk6.ivFEQ-9CzuVlRRYMAPAHf3Po7O6g

I have found a few options that I am interested in.

[unreal iron]

Didn't I just build something better than this for uhhh

[kindred temple]

Looks averagely priced for a 3060+400F build

[unreal iron]

$400?

[glad grove]

Which one?

[brave field]

the GPU makes a huge difference on the price

[unreal iron]

Oh no yeah I see the gpu

[brave field]

That Newegg ABS system is not terrible. Its a bit higher than should be, but its definitely on the reasonable side for price/performance

[kindred temple]

The last one ya sent

[unreal iron]

That was a huge cost saver. I saved 300 by not having to buy gpu

[kindred temple]

I wouldnt buy with that link because windowscentral is a shit website and thats their referral link

[glad grove]

Ahh I see

I just want to run 2 games: FH5 and GTA O

[unreal iron]

What a pepega

1 star "I need help"

[brave field]

For reference on just how bad that alienware was, this Newegg ABS one you just sent can occasionally perform up to twice as well as that first alienware for only $200 more

[unreal iron]

Any potato will run gta now

Halo tho

Oof

[kindred temple]

I can run GTA 5 with my dumbass brain alone

Anything can run GTA 5 nowadays

Its all in how many FPS youll drop in GTAO

[unreal iron]

My 9 year old alienware ran it without issues

[brave field]

GTAV and GTAO are different beasts, but will be fine

[unreal iron]

Like

[brave field]

Yes anything from the past decade runs it +100fps on average if at 1080p, but the drops from singlecore perf when Online gets hectic can suck pretty badly. Even the 5600X can dip under 60 at times in GTAO

[unreal iron]

Yeah that i3 2120 handled gtao lmaoooo

Like the only aaa game it could handle

[glad grove]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-master-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-5-3600-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-6600-xt-500gb-ssd-black/6481360.p?skuId=6481360

[glad grove]

I see

[kindred temple]

Cyberpower

[unreal iron]

What about ibuypower

[brave field]

Its really a game issue sadly

[kindred temple]

Only build in cyberpower site, not their brick and mortar store

And even then

Its still horrible.

[brave field]

That cyberpower is definitely better in raw price to performance, but in the other departments, meh

[kindred temple]

iBP is decent but again

Avoid their brick and mortar preconfigs

[glad grove]

I guess I wouldn’t mind the FPS for GTA Online, but not for games like COD

Or halo

So cyberpower pre-builts are a no?

[brave field]

I honestly would take the risk for this one, out of it and the Newegg ABS

[unreal iron]

Halo 5 is more demanding. That's your real Condition

[brave field]

price drop is decent enough and the GPU is slightly better (assuming only game usage). Cyberpower sucks as a company but I think its worthwhile

[kindred temple]

look cookie

You can build the shittiest PC

[unreal iron]

My bad 5 isn't new that's infinits

[kindred temple]

And youll still be better than Digital Storm

[glad grove]

So get the cyberpower > abs ?

[brave field]

I would out of those two. Keep looking though, in case there is a better option

@kindred temple That name needs to be blacklisted

[kindred temple]

And Redux too

Subsidiary of DS as well.

[brave field]

Digital storm isn't "oh yeah, they have some problems and they're overpriced" like Alienware or the Amazon brands or ibuy/cyberpower

Digital storm contributes nothing to this planet but ewaste

and they need more than a 70% discount to be even slightly worth considering most of the time

[kindred temple]

I have a single sentence to summarize purchasing PCs from digital storm

"theyll deliver your PC atop your dead body."

[brave field]

@glad groveWhat's the total budget look like?

There's a few alright deals still active

[glad grove]

Nothing over 2k

[kindred temple]

You could realistically DIY at 2 grand

[glad grove]

I see

[brave field]

5600X + 3080 system at $1600 on HP's site after a code 🤔

It'll need some $100 in ram and storage, but viable if you really had to go with a prebuilt

[kindred temple]

i forgot to tag you on this, but i realized that NZXT BLD started to ship out DIY kits for PCs, are these gon be decent way to circumvent BLD shitty build quality to get their very good components? @brave field

https://nzxt.com/product/bld-kit-starter-pro-pc

link

[brave field]

mmh, price makes up for any sort of partout stuff, but it should avoid their mistakes, yeah

Their kit can't be much more than a recolor of the mobo manual that would've come with it, nothing that forces the user to install things incorrectly or hotglue stuff to the case

[kindred temple]

no actually their manual is completely custom

[brave field]

@glad grove If you're comfortable opening a PC up, there's this, which is pretty much top of the line when you swap the GPU to a 3080 in their menu. Comes to $1600 after code, but it'll need another $100-$150 in other parts to be well-balanced https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/ConfigureView?langId=-1&storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&catEntryId=3074457345619940319&urlLangId=&quantity=1&source=aw

[kindred temple]

@brave field have a read

[brave field]

still looks like a mobo manual to me, they just added some drawings and verbose interludes

I mean, it appears there's nothing in here telling people to zip tie a cable to their heatsinks, so the awful practices are avoided

[kindred temple]

lul

but yeah, its seems decent

[brave field]

installs singular ram stick
instructional book:

[kindred temple]

yeah its overgratifying but honestly i understand why

PC building can be very tedious.

[brave field]

good to feel rewarded but the cheese!

[glad grove]

Alrighty!

[kindred temple]

yes it is very cheesy lmao

[glad grove]

Thanks everyone

Y’all have been a great help

[brave field]

Oh, if you were to go with that, https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mwrYcf/seagate-barracuda-computer-2-tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm008
and https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QRQG3C/patriot-viper-steel-8-gb-1-x-8-gb-ddr4-3200-cl16-memory-pvs48g320c6 should be all the extras needed

anytime, friend

grab more opinions before making a decision

[glad grove]

Alright

[glad grove]

so i am using pcpartpicker to build a pc now

what's a good cheap motherboard?

[brave field]

Depends on the CPU you're looking to use, which are you planning to go with?

[kindred temple]

You can get a better deal than that, and you only need 6 core/12 threads CPU for modern games

[brave field]

would replace the 3800XT with a 5800X or 5700G or even a 5600X, the 3800XT was created solely as a scam

[kindred temple]

y e s

[brave field]

The 212 evo is barely better than the cooler that comes with most Ryzen CPUs as well, but is priced in the range of a high end cooler

not as a scam though, more because they stopped manufacturing them 6 years ago and they don't really exist in new condition much anymore

[glad grove]

ahh ok

[kindred temple]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qXvNXb go stupid

and i still leave you 400$ to get a monitor and cheap kbm

[jovial tide]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali560/p/N82E16883360190?Item=N82E16883360190

This?

11700 and 3060Ti

[kindred temple]

overkill cpu

[jovial tide]

Maybe this? https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali583/p/N82E16883360218?Item=N82E16883360218

11400f 3060ti

[kindred temple]

painfully high price for em

[jovial tide]

Hmm idk

How much is 3060ti market price?

I don't think it's overpriced

[kindred temple]

Like at best 600$?

900$ is still too much

[jovial tide]

I don't think anyone can buy 3060ti at that price

750 to 850 should be the lower prices

[glad grove]

whats a good cheap storage to use?

[brave field]

A non-QLC SSD for booting and essential programs, and a larger hard drive for older games and mass storage is usually enough to start out with

toss in as many extra drives later as needed

[jovial tide]

@glad grove See Hallowed, this is much better than Alienware

[brave field]

something like a 500gb-1tb NVMe drive at a reasonable price with a Barracude 2TB

[jovial tide]

We have experts here

[glad grove]

yep! i'm trying to build my own pc now

[glad grove]

okies

right now I am trying to consolidate stuff

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KrMmy4

[kindred temple]

pretty much this PC with shittier RAM and a cooler barely beating the stock cooler

oh and also an 80$ too expensive windows 10 key.

and a bad X570 board pick, B550 is good enough

[brave field]

no SSD makes it very close to unusable with how Windows 10 is on its current updates
The parts in this list that work do work well, its just the parts that don't work really don't work

[kindred temple]

also yes

HDD only

[glad grove]

Ahh ok

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VcMmy4

[brave field]

same link as before?

[glad grove]

Oh my bad

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hRFHYg

[kindred temple]

still no SSD in sight

[glad grove]

What’s that

[brave field]

This 212 evo needs to go

[kindred temple]

you kidding me?

[glad grove]

No

[kindred temple]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/f3cRsY/samsung-980-pro-2-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-mz-v8p2t0bam im talking something like this

a solid state drive

its like the storage in your phone, but even faster. It uses flash dies to write data on it instead of magnetic platters.

[glad grove]

Ok

[kindred temple]

You really need to have one to have a pleasant modern windows experience nowadays

Atleast 250GB, but personally i find the 480-512GB is already cheap enough to have even in budget rigs.

[arctic yarrow]

yeah, 250gb is minimum, 500 is typical.

[glad grove]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4QGVrr

[kindred temple]

just 1TB to boot in...

You dont need a pair of it.

[willow swan]

1+1=infinity

[kindred temple]

just, follow this and get your damn 5800x and a better cooler like NH-U12 S. I give up.

i got homework, soz

[lost fossil]

we live in an age when you have to explain simple stuff with phones...

[jovial tide]

sadge

Alienware sells to this type of people unfortunately
People who look for beauty, lack computer knowledge, and are scared of building a pc.

[glad grove]

Not everyone has the time to research about PC building tbh

So I guess people pay more for alienware for the convenience

[jovial tide]

I wasn't talking about you, I'm an active /r/alienware redditor ever since I bought that laptop (m15 r6)

[glad grove]

Also, fixing a PC may be troublesome to some

[glad grove]

I know lol, I was just describing a certain group of people

[jovial tide]

also, alienware is pc, with worse support (Dell), and irreparable parts

(motherboard, power supply)

and then if you replace these 2, you have to cut some parts of the case to fit those parts in :/

Such a shame really, wish they sold their Alienware brand to some other big manufacturer.

[glad grove]

I guess they enjoy the profits

Anyways, one should not be spending more than 1k on pre-built PCs

Get a cheap PC and upgrade it as time passes I guess

[jovial tide]

That I also disagree with

The moment I returned that laptop I bought ABS from Newegg

10400F + 3060Ti + 16GB ram + 1TB Nvme ssd and I'm happy with it
At the time, it cost around 1450$ (USD) which was 100-200$ below market price (if you took GPU into account)

[glad grove]

Which pre-built PC would be the best choice for someone like me who only plays a few games, like forza horizon 5 and gta sometimes fifa

Would love to hear your opinion on this

[jovial tide]

Well what I have handles FH5 well

GTA's pretty much fine too, fifa I've never played but I guess that's good too

[glad grove]

Which PC do you currently own now

[jovial tide]

are you in us?

[glad grove]

Yes

[jovial tide]

I have this https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali559/p/N82E16883360189?Item=N82E16883360189&cm_sp=SH-_--_-8-_--_-83-360-189-_-abs+3060ti-_-abs+3060ti-_-3

But the 3060Ti + 11700 is better deal I think

Mine has lower specs, my PSU is bronze not gold

[glad grove]

Ahh i see, mind linking this?

[jovial tide]

https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali583/p/N82E16883360218?Description=11400f 3060 ti&cm_re=11400f_3060 ti-_-83-360-218-_-Product&quicklink=true

So here's option #1

here's option #2 (what I recommend) https://www.newegg.com/abs-ali560/p/N82E16883360190?Description=11700 3060 ti&cm_re=11700_3060 ti-_-83-360-190-_-Product&quicklink=true

[glad grove]

Alright, thanks buddy

[jovial tide]

np

[glad grove]

Sorry 1 more question, what fps does FH5 run at for you

[jovial tide]

Ultra around 140

Extreme 100-110

[glad grove]

Ok thanks man

[jovial tide]

[lost fossil]

110 on extreme on a 3060 ti

[strong saffron]

Can you update BIOS without already having a compatible processor?

(is this something i need to worry about?)

Warning! Some AMD B550 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Cezanne CPUs. Upgrading the BIOS may require a different CPU that is supported by older BIOS revisions.

[kindred temple]

Its less some motherboard and more like some motherboard batch

newer boards made in 2020-21 should be updated for 5000 series CPU already

[lost fossil]

some mobos have the bios flashback feature where you don't need a cpu or even ram installed but on most you'll need a compatible cpu first

[kindred temple]

yeah, 80% of the time you gonna need a compatible CPU.

[lost fossil]

that;s why i had to buy a 3600 to get my 5800 working

[strong saffron]

I'll check if it has BIOS flashback then
Thanks

[lost fossil]

later i upgraded my work pc from 1600 so it's good

later sold the 1600 to a coworker

[kindred temple]

or you can buy your motherboard at any big box store and tell em "i need it for 5000 series CPU, can you check the BIOS on it if it works"

as simple as that and you aint losing much if they have the same exact motherboard you gonna buy online.

Or...

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/pa-100

Wait, thats the 400 series form

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/faq/pa-105

here

[lost fossil]

tbf any 500 mobo you buy today will have the updated beavis

[kindred temple]

yeah most of the time

but in places like Indonesia, oleg

the same stock in release usually still wont be sold for like months

[lost fossil]

my situation was last december when these things were still rolling out

[kindred temple]

or even till the product's EoL

[lost fossil]

[kindred temple]

its that low of a demand.

[strong saffron]

I'm not buying it in person because things are expensive here - I'm having someone I know buy and ship it here so I don't think I qualify for that
I can probably tell them to get it updated at the store though

[kindred temple]

My B450 board i bought had a release bios and i bought it in december 2019

[jovial tide]

I can show you HTID

It boost to 1920MHz

[lost fossil]

i mean, i get 110(ish) on a 6800

are you playing at 1080?

[kindred temple]

optimized for novideo meme

[jovial tide]

1080 yep

[lost fossil]

ah

i are 1440

makes sense then

[kindred temple]

yall mf turn off motion blurs right?

[jovial tide]

yep

[lost fossil]

i do except for when i forget to

[jovial tide]

hate motion blur, mine is on low

[lost fossil]

our eyes have motion blur built in

[jovial tide]

that's a mind thing

[lost fossil]

[jovial tide]

not everybody in every state of mind has motion blur speaking from experience

[lost fossil]

tbf in racing games you're supposed to look at the road smth like 50 meters ahead

[jovial tide]

Oleg you like hard bass remixes?

[lost fossil]

and it doesn't move that fast on the screen

[jovial tide]

Listening to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS300yagmaI

This will turn your brain's motion blur off

[lost fossil]

i don't listen to thank you very much

[ionic thistle]

@fickle flume what game ?

gonna watch arcane rn

[cold elbow]

The dude arrived

[civic cloud]

Hot

[lost fossil]

wait but i read that 980 regular is dramless

dramless would be good for something like a game drive but i wouldn't use it for operating os system purposes

[cold elbow]

Why is that

[lost fossil]

bc dramless is bad for write intensive things

which being an os drive is

for games you just install them and that's it so not having dram cache is not a big deal but for os it's no bueno

[cold elbow]

Well it comes with 5 years warranty so

What I care about the most is performance

[tame current]

I wish iPad Air 5 comes out already

[lost fossil]

i mean maybe it's not as bad as we all assume dramless ssds are

it will probably be fine as an os drive

certainly not as fine as a 980 pro

[cold elbow]

The slc cache is 160GB

im moving from a wd blue sata m.2

[jagged lark]

What else can i do with c++ knowledge apart from game development and server side stuff?

Cause i wanna learn the entirety of C and C++ but looking at unreal engine code it's not in C++ /stack overflow, just unreal

[brave field]

Make drivers, native Windows/Linux programs, embedded/systems programming, libraries/modules for other programming languages

[latent drum]

AMD shifting to samsung instead oF TSMC

QUALCOMM was first then nvidia , now AMD

HHMMM

[lost fossil]

gnusmas is in big money

[jagged lark]

I know this is far fetched but can i make my own game mods?

Or discord bots?

[latent drum]

yes

with enough skills

[latent drum]

they really are , their sales are booming too
they sell more flagships than the iphone

they are also shipping GDDR6+ and 1st leader for DDR5

not to mention 5G towers and their monitors lineup
they also make panels for apple and google and every one else

samsung is a money printer

[brave field]

competition eliminates itself

wonder how GloFo is doing after telling AMD that they're done going under 12nm

[latent drum]

samsung been deleting competition

they arent making products
they just make the shit needed to make products
thats 100000000 IQ business plan

[brave field]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003327649977.html 👀

They've really been taunting me with these prices

I just need one of these hundreds of posts to drop to $50

[latent drum]

thats awful

[brave field]

Its perfect!

[lost fossil]

think i should and buy the 2699v3?

[brave field]

18 cores wowie

[lost fossil]

my server/nas pc currently has a 6 core i7

[brave field]

where do you find a cheap enough board for these?!

[lost fossil]

i already have one

anus asus x99s

[kindred temple]

alibaba diy motherboard

[brave field]

LGA2011 v3 board?

[lost fossil]

yes

[kindred temple]

with like 1+1 phase VRMs for a 100+W CPU

:dab:

[lost fossil]

my friend has a workstation x99 board and some engineering sample 8 core xeon, he's planning to get this cpu

[brave field]

That TDP is a bit wild, I don't think I would

[lost fossil]

and i'm here like

145w tdp i think

[brave field]

Does he

really have a good usecase for it all?

[lost fossil]

compiling code

as for me, idk

[kindred temple]

all for how much

[brave field]

What in the world is he compiling?

[lost fossil]

195 eypo

[brave field]

Is he part of the Ungoogled-Chromium team, compiling 100gb+ of source code per day?

[kindred temple]

no, for the whole shebang

[lost fossil]

i dunno, both him and i already have all the other hardware

[kindred temple]

fair enuf

[lost fossil]

both his pc and my server have x99 boards

and then maybe down the line i could start buying these

[brave field]

If you can use 18 cores, and have a reliable way to cool that monster, worth

[charred otter]

finally fixed my audio drive

[charred arrow]

Hey I wanna buy a hdd but cant decide which one:
Seagate BarraCuda 1TB, 3,5", SATAIII, ST1000DM010:

• 7200rpm
  read/write: 156mbps

Seagate SkyHawk 1TB, 3,5", SATA, ST1000VX005:

• 5900rpm
  read/write: 180mbps

[brave field]

Prices?

[charred arrow]

barracua 34 euros ($38)
skyhawk 40 euros ($44)

[brave field]

The Barracuda is generally regarded as a better drive for general use, but it might be worth spending 45-50 euro or so for the 2TB Barracuda instead, since capacity is doubled for very little

[charred arrow]

So this one

[brave field]

ST2000DM008, yup. As long as you're not installing your OS, like Windows onto it, that drive is usually 1.2x the cost of 1TB options for double the storage
SkyHawk is slightly more targeted at NAS and video surveillance use than random read/writes

[charred arrow]

Im going to use it to install games

Got a fast internet connection and now im enjoying downloading a ton of games but my 1tb hdd filled up in no time

:P

[charred arrow]

Thank you so much for your help!

[brave field]

I feel you, storage is never enough

anytime, friend!

[charred arrow]

Now I finally understand why my friend has 8tb of storage

[arctic yarrow]

How much storage do you have right now? I have 9TB in my PC and 10TB in my home server.

[jovial tide]

@brave field

Remember when we talked about my PC

[brave field]

just under 4TB in my main PC, 1TB on the home server

[jovial tide]

And you told me to get a 3060 or something

[brave field]

but all in all some smelly 100GB truly free

[jovial tide]

I switched from the 6600XT I was first planning to get to a 3060ti, that was a good decision imo

[charred arrow]

@brave field can I ask you a question that I cant find a answer to?

[brave field]

sure

@jovial tide 3060<6600XT<3060ti, definitely the better choice if you can find it in stock at a good price

[charred arrow]

I have a Gigabyte gtx 1050ti g1 gaming oc rgb card, and the question is if this is a kind of 'rare' card maybe? Just because I cant really find noone selling it, all of them are without rgb or without the g1 gaming, cant find the same one like I have, theres one on ebay and thats for 350euros

(I always find gtx 1050tis without rgb or the g1gaming and oc tag)

https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N105TG1-GAMING-4GD#kf

this exactly

[brave field]

Doesn't appear rare, it just seems the "OC" and "RGB" parts are always left out of listing titles

I can't find any non-oc or non-rgb model anywhere, just posts not mentioning those parts

[charred arrow]

Hm

Just because almost no 1050 i found had no rgb on the box

But also on the card

On the side where is the rgb logo

Other card have the whole side design different than mine

a bit different

anyways good to know

And thank you again!

[lost fossil]

today i learned that one of my hard drives died

the good thing is that i don't even know what the hell i stored there

so potentially not too much of a problem but ig i'll have to schedule some hard drive expenses

[glad grove]

980 bucks for this

Let me know if it’s worth a buy!

[cold elbow]

I was about to point that out

[lost fossil]

now im not sure if 930 dollars for any computer with a gtx 1650 is a good buy but i know for a fact that 930 for a computer with 512gb ssd and no hard drive, with a noname power supply and a copy of windows that they expect you to crack is definitely not worth your time and/or money

[arctic yarrow]

Yeah, that thing is a piece of junk for what you'd be paying for it.

[lost fossil]

and a stock intel cooler

[brave field]

Offer $400

[glad grove]

Got blocked by the seller

[brave field]

bullet dodged

[civic cloud]

lmao what

[lost fossil]

yeah you see an i3 - that's $600 tops, with gpu included

maybe even $500

[cold elbow]

But but

It comes with LED strip

🥺

[glad grove]

Found an even more absurd deal

[brave field]

better deal than the last, I suppose

[arctic yarrow]

That is a better deal, but the CPU is pretty dated.

[brave field]

Its not as fair to ask for 50% off with this one

[glad grove]

I was thinking of purchasing this and swapping out the CPU

[brave field]

You'll have to swap out the motherboard as well if you want something significantly better

and then the ram

[glad grove]

Tech is really overpriced

[brave field]

ye

With this shortage, the used market is just so terrible

and there's enough financially well-off people overpaying on everything new that actual budget options won't be a thing for a while

[glad grove]

I will try and wait it out then

[glad grove]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xmN9ht

Plus a 2nd hand 980ti?

Hope I did well this time

[civic cloud]

Don't be sad 🥺

[glad grove]

The PC building scene is scary

I’ve only ever played with consoles

[brave field]

good system!

you can get more for your money by removing the cooler and going for a less expensive, but just as reliable PSU

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bHK3nL for example adds a 2TB hard drive

Since the 10400/F can't be overclocked at all and doesn't run hot, another cooler won't benefit it

[glad grove]

I see, good eye!

[brave field]

since the 10400F is only $1 cheaper, might as well keep your 10400, though

The difference in the two is that the normal 10400 has integrated graphics, which won't be very useful for your games, but can be alright for troubleshooting a dead GPU or doing video encode/decode

Paying $1 for a GT 710 with the video encode/decode of a GT 1030, just about. Worth.

[glad grove]

Sounds like a steal to me too

I was considering a brand new 6600xt, but they are wayyy overpriced

[indigo viper]

I was supposed to get a rtx 3080 but it got way to expensive and I went to a pc shop near by and they sold a rtx 3080 for $2000 I got and rtx 3060 instead that was still alot

[lost fossil]

yeah i heard streaming on intel cpu can be good if you use quicksync

[jovial tide]

Someone tried that in the beginning of mining, he still has no computer

Best options today are prebuilts and some laptops

[brave field]

waiting it out since 2009 wowie

Given up on the Xeon plans

ATX board prices are stupid, even importing

[charred otter]

help

my mouse is not working

[kindred temple]

wat mouse wat device

[charred otter]

usb mouse and uh laptop

just worked 20 minutes ago

i legit was playin minecraft

[cold elbow]

That's the problem

[jovial tide]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY2OMSAKFSI

SteamOS 3.0 will be a standalone linux distro!

[lost fossil]

speaking of that, i and bought the 18 core

[lilac fable]

I got a 1050ti and there’s no like slots or smth for the cables to go into

[lost fossil]

description

[lilac fable]

Do I just not plug it in then

Wait that didn’t make sens

[lost fossil]

1050 ti is low enough power to not require extra power

[lilac fable]

I’m trying to word this lmao wait

So when I get my power supply

[jovial tide]

Hmm pictures please

[lilac fable]

I just don’t plug any cables into it?

[lilac fable]

Ok

[jovial tide]

Also 1050Ti doesn't need supplementary power

So no PSU cables go into it

[lost fossil]

you're trying to tell me that your gpu doesn't have a 6/8 pin power connector and i'm here telling you that it's weaksauce so it doesn't need extra power

[jovial tide]

You just plug it into PCI-e and enjoy

[lilac fable]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking, thanks

[lost fossil]

bruh

[jovial tide]

Yep, it's normal

[lost fossil]

why can't we have nice white mobos

[jovial tide]

Even 1050Ti OC versions don't have it

[lilac fable]

This mobo is very nice

[jovial tide]

Too much waste brother

[lilac fable]

I know I still have to peel the little thing that goes on top

My power supply got canceled

[lost fossil]

https://aliexpress.ru/item/1005003117421758.html

[lilac fable]

Out of all things

[jovial tide]

what are your specs?

[lilac fable]

The power supply

[jovial tide]

yeah but that's not common practice, and it produces lots of extra waste

you can put hardcover on top of it

[lost fossil]

i want a white mobo right fucking now

[lilac fable]

Ryzen 3600 16gb ram 1050ti 2tb hard drive gonna get a 1tb m.2 ssd too

[lost fossil]

good shit

[jovial tide]

that motherboard looks like it supports 5800x easily

[lilac fable]

Probably

[jovial tide]

it's almsot black friday, get a better CPU for it

what's the board btw?

[lilac fable]

One sec

I think it’s like b550 something but ima chrck

[jovial tide]

ROG Strix B550-F ?

[lilac fable]

rog strix b550 a gaming

[jovial tide]

that's a great board, do a CPU upgrade if you can afford 😉

[lilac fable]

Yeah I just got it so I’m gonna stick with it a bit

I will probably get a better one 100%

Better gpu first tho

:c

[jovial tide]

Pretty good

[lilac fable]

They haven’t refunded me yet

[lost fossil]

do a xeon style upgrade and get a 5950x in 6 years

[jovial tide]

takes up to 1 month cory

[lilac fable]

For a refund ?

[jovial tide]

yep

[lilac fable]

Wth

[lost fossil]

fund

[lilac fable]

I don’t have the money to get one in the meantime so I guess I’m waiting pc-less

[jovial tide]

I can give you a nice song to enjoy while waiting for it xd

[lilac fable]

Is it a 1 month long loop?

[jovial tide]

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=duCgYID13q4

Nope

[lilac fable]

Why thank you

What about the operating system

[jovial tide]

Grey market it ez

[lilac fable]

Someone told me I can use windows for free for like 90 days

[jovial tide]

I bought for 20$ OEM

But we can't talk about how to do that here.

[lilac fable]

Gotcha

But is that true?

The free trial

[jovial tide]

Oh there's no free trial

[lilac fable]

Aw man I got lied to

[jovial tide]

You can use Windows without any license forever

You can also get that license for cheap from grey market which is like semi legal

[lilac fable]

Lmao semi legal

[jovial tide]

Many tech youtubers like Greg Salazar openly advertise the websites and even give people ref codes to get % off

[lilac fable]

But for the free no liscence what can I can or can’t do

[jovial tide]

You can usually pay with paypal for a safe pay, and get the license instantly

[lilac fable]

Gotcha

[lost fossil]

when i see people talking about pirating things

[jovial tide]

Well HTID, idk if it's pirating

[lost fossil]

well

[jovial tide]

You buy a legitimate, one use OEM or retail license.

[lilac fable]

Popo oleg 👮‍♀️

[lost fossil]

i didn't pay for my windows

[jovial tide]

I use a public Iranian KMS server to activate 😄

[lilac fable]

I can’t pay for my windows : D

[jovial tide]

See, we're close xd

[lilac fable]

I want a aio

[jovial tide]

But I used to do that, here in Canada I always get legitimate keys

[jovial tide]

H100i

So here are the good options

Kraken x53, H100; and for triple fan 360mm H150 and Kraken x73

[lilac fable]

Yes

That’s what I’ve had my eyes on for like

Pretty much forever

[jovial tide]

You in US?

[lilac fable]

Canada

[jovial tide]

Oh, same

Newegg's selling for good price + gives back rebate

https://www.newegg.ca/corsair-icue-h100i-rgb-pro-xt-liquid-cooling-system/p/N82E16835181190

[lilac fable]

Lemme see

[jovial tide]

Also, Newegg's partnering with ZIP which gives you 4 interest free payments

(Rebate applies to US only, sorry)

[lilac fable]

Just realized I can buy at my local Best Buy for $150CAD

[jovial tide]

Well it's cheaper on Newegg

135

They ship from Ontario I believe

[lilac fable]

It’s more expensive there for me

$230

[jovial tide]

interesting!

[lilac fable]

Ah that’s the black one

I’m looking at white

[jovial tide]

Yeah this one's the cheapest

This one also performs really well

[lilac fable]

Do I need to buy more fans for the h100i radiator

[jovial tide]

130$ (USD) https://www.newegg.com/corsair-liquid-cooling-system-icue-h100i-elite-capellix-white/p/N82E16835181215?Description=h100i&cm_re=h100i-_-35-181-215-_-Product&quicklink=true

[lilac fable]

Because isn’t there fans on both sides of the radiator

[jovial tide]

Ships from US which is kind of disappointing

No you don't

[lilac fable]

Oh so the fans are just on 1 side

[jovial tide]

AIO would work perfectly as is

[fervent granite]

aye io

[jovial tide]

You make it pull air from top to inside

[lilac fable]

Aye eye oh

[lilac fable]

So how would the fans work

Or like

How do I say it

[jovial tide]

They pull air to the radiator same way car's fans work

Then your case's fans push it out from the back

[fervent granite]

You reckon aio water is good enough to drink still?

[lilac fable]

So would it be mounted to the ride side or top

[jovial tide]

Preferably top

[kindred temple]

most of them have anticorrosion solution

so n o

[fervent granite]

[lilac fable]

Ok but then the fans would be mounted for exhaust so the hot air gets pushed up

[lilac fable]

Yes

[jovial tide]

Nope

I would do it the other way

[lilac fable]

Left and top fans intake right fans exhaust?

[jovial tide]

Depends on how good your case is, but if you pull air to the radiators from outside

into the case, then push it out with front case fans it works better

[lilac fable]

Then shouldn’t I mount it to the right then

[jovial tide]

Yes, you shouldn't

[lilac fable]

So those 3 fans are pulling cool air

[jovial tide]

Front fans cool the whole thing, including GPU

You don't wanna block your front for a normal case with AIO radiator + fans

[lilac fable]

Ohhh ok

I get it now

Thanks

[jovial tide]

See when you do this, if your case's ventilation's good, your radiator will run more efficiently since it cools with cold air outside instead of hot air in the case

Also, the hot air that temporarily sits on top doesn't really affect the CPU, since it's much harder to heat up water with air, plus very little air actually gets in.

[pliant lynx]

time to upgrade storage

[fervent granite]

Soldered components gang

[jovial tide]

Laptop?

[fervent granite]

Yep

[jovial tide]

Yeah laptops are bad

[fervent granite]

Eh kinda, my config is more than enough for my needs

Would be nice to have upgradeable ram/storage but I prefer the slim form factor

[jovial tide]

@sour marsh staff? 😮

Congratz

[jovial tide]

When I was in PCMR, there was a guy with Intel NUC device

A Chinese brand making it with 9900K and 1660Ti (notebook) GPU

[fervent granite]

Yeah but that's still a desktop

Would never work as a laptop

[jovial tide]

It's small though

[fervent granite]

Yeah but it's not like you're going to be using that thing in class or on the road

[civic cloud]

@lilac fable hey how u doing

[cold elbow]

That's rubbish airflow

[kindred temple]

positive airflow would still be miles better than negative

[cold elbow]

I like controlled balanced airflow.

[civic cloud]

I like trains

[kindred temple]

no shit, fucking duh.

[cold elbow]

Hi gus

[civic cloud]

Hewo melon

[lost fossil]

https://youtu.be/o7sdAnPVuxk?t=2847

[jovial tide]

Best timestamp for a response ever

[jagged lark]

Bruh my school wifi is fast asf yet can't load GeForce now

141 download, 32 upload

[pliant lynx]

school network have the tendency to block some app

[cold elbow]

might be just DNS

[jagged lark]

Wasn't blocked just said could not connect

[jovial tide]

It's blocked

[civic flower]

my tv dont have hdmi arc, optical, bluetooth, or an aux cable so how do i connect it

[cold elbow]

start by telling us what it has

[civic flower]

hdmi 1 and 2 and other av ports

[cold elbow]

then why not using HDMI

[civic flower]

because it isnt working, i think i need to use an optical cable with the regular hdmi but there isnt a port on the tv for optical

[cold elbow]

u want it for sending audio?

[civic flower]

crap i forgot what i said i was tring to connect. im tryna put a soundbar with it

[cold elbow]

u could try like taking audio from the sending device

or yeah optical if u have that

[civic flower]

what can i use tho my tv has the most minimal amount of ports on it no optical or anything

[crude jewel]

is it possible to play with two different characters in different devices from same account?

[cold elbow]

as i said u can take audio directly from the sending deive like your console

or use arc adapter

[civic flower]

ill try an adapter i guess

[pliant charm]

I decided to make a rickroll on this microbit, because i was bored in class, however I didn’t have enough time to finish the entire line, nor to upload the code on to the microbit

[brave field]

Nice!
Hardware Arduino-like access but usable via JS, interesting!

[vernal bloom]

Need help finding a starter gaming PC?

[jovial tide]

Anyone can Suggest me best laptop for games, editing and study

[jovial tide]

Explain hmmm

[jovial tide]

country and budget?

[jovial tide]

India and 500$

see, you're asking way too hard questions

Laptop for games, editing, and study, for 500, in India sounds impossible.

Hardware is already overpriced, and I think if I know correctly, overtaxed over there. and for 500$ you really can't get anything that good.
Best I can think of would be Acer Aspire 5 or Nitro 5 (older ones)

[cold elbow]

Imagine having 6 intake fans and one exhaust
The result is an uncontrolled airflow because of the positive pressure
your GPU will get warmer because you are pushing hot air back to its intake.

[jovial tide]

Top's not really an intake fan

The radiator sits below, and there's very little air coming in

[cold elbow]

Flip the fans on the top rad and i will be happy

[fervent granite]

Just stick one of these on it and you should be good to go

[brave field]

@jovial tide pic?

[jovial tide]

im bout to leave home but ill show u eq

rq*

see that part between the top n bottom

completely missing

[brave field]

card looks normal

[jovial tide]

Thats the old one

new 1

whoever does the prebuilding sucks at their job

[brave field]

Different models

[jovial tide]

ah

we asked for a dif one but same thing

what model?

[brave field]

the building process doesn't really involve assembling the GPU cooler

The top is a gaming OC and the bottom is...

[jovial tide]

ehh that is true

the bottom is empty

lol

under it is wiring right?

[brave field]

heatpipes

[jovial tide]

ah ok

is it a 3060ti or no

cuz we asked for an exchange

[brave field]

found it

[jovial tide]

also, i dont know my gpus lol

[brave field]

the top has the Gaming OC/Pro cooler, the bottom has the Eagle OC cooler

there's no indication of which GPU it is from the outside, they use the same coolers for everything but the 3090

but seeing heatpipes there isn't a manufacturing error, just part of this cooler design

[jovial tide]

ah

I was worried tbh

so when i get home ill just see which one it is

If it isnt a 3060ti then we’re about to have 2 returns sitting outside our house

[brave field]

that would be awful, ugh

got images, aha

Gigabyte's 3D model pictures compare something like this

[fervent granite]

Soooo when they making these things slimmer?

[brave field]

Never

gamers have more money than ever right now, and want more RGB than ever right now

have to squeeze as many frames and fit as much RGB in as possible without increasing manufacturing costs

[jovial tide]

lmao

dont point me pit like that

out*

my whole setup is rgb custom

[brave field]

may be worth looking into RGB strips

you can get enough to light a whole mansion for $20 vs ram or GPUs that have 200% markups for it

[jovial tide]

all my things have rgb strips already

lmfaoooo

fr those 16 foot strips r like 5 dollars around here

[brave field]

yeah, really easy to buy a 200 ft reel of Alexa/Siri-enabled, wifi-enabled, waterproof lights for $10

[jovial tide]

that looks like a 2060 bro

[brave field]

and then you have companies like corsair or razer also ordering them from the same factory and putting their own stickers and custom connectors to sell them for $100

[jovial tide]

how tf they gonna scam me like that

if it is a 2069

2060*

[brave field]

complain again if they do

[jovial tide]

well guess what

thats why we ordered 2

lmao

i got another one from black friday

[brave field]

Gigabyte uses some of the same coolers for their 2000 and 1600 series though, its likely what you ordered

[jovial tide]

and return

i specifically ordered a “exchange for the same thing”

and they gave me a ripped up damn 2060?!?!

[ionic aspen]

what’s a good entry level budget cpu?

[fervent granite]

ideal

[jovial tide]

can i have you

i need a 3090

[brave field]

@fervent granite They can't man

we'll lose that extra 5fps that we'll never see on a 144/165hz monitor

Linus Tech Drip will complain !!111!

[fervent granite]

[ionic aspen]

yes you just have to download from a shady website

[brave field]

@ionic aspen What usecase and budget? Have a motherboard in mind already?

CPU options are likely going to be some sort of 10400F or 5600G for "budget" at $150-200

The $100 CPU market is almost dead

[jovial tide]

Ill downlod it from free robux.com

they said they would give me a free 4090 ti extreme

[brave field]

@fervent granite I agree with you on size/power being overdone though, really

look at this monster https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/191044/intel-core-i99900t-processor-16m-cache-up-to-4-40-ghz.html

25W cTDP should be an option for every CPU
(EU, get on that after right to repair, please)

[ionic aspen]

im new to building pcs and i was just going down the list in pcpartpicker, so i don’t have anything else going for me rn

if i can find one id prefer a dedicated gpu though

[fervent granite]

[ionic aspen]

doubt with my low budget ceiling

[brave field]

16 thread i9 using less power than some CPUs in non-gaming laptops is absurd

[jovial tide]

mine is a i7 11700f or a i7 11700k

[brave field]

What's the budget? @ionic aspen

[jovial tide]

well it shouldve been

[fervent granite]

$700?

[jovial tide]

you saw nin

[ionic aspen]

800$, but if the total comes up a little over, i can compensate

[brave field]

GPU is really going to eat into that

I'd look into the prebuilt postings over at r/buildapcsales

[jovial tide]

nom nom muda fuga

i steal your 1500 dolahs

[brave field]

The cheapest GPU this generation has a $330 MSRP and sells for $700, and the used market is full of people who know it, so prebuilts with 16 series stock are really the best option

[ionic aspen]

i was trying to avoid prebuilts though, just out of personal experience with them prior

[brave field]

understandable

[jovial tide]

good idea

[mossy spear]

lemme flex my 1.7TB storage on console 😎

[brave field]

GPU prices are the worst they've been in a whole decade though

not too much that can be done right now

[ionic aspen]

i don’t mind just going for an iGPU, then coming back and upgrading later, warzone would be the most demanding game id play for a while anyway, and i’m not looking for 60+ fps performance

[mossy spear]

Cookie, how much storage do you have?
brad, how much storage do you have?
geforce, how much storage do you have?

[jovial tide]

itll save over 4 grand of buying gaming pcs

idk how to build one so i rely on people who do

[brave field]

just under 4TB on my main system, roughly 1.5TB on my server

[mossy spear]

w h a t

[ionic aspen]

my ps4 has 2tb and my garbage couple year old laptop has 1tb

[jovial tide]

t a h w

[mossy spear]

t h e

[jovial tide]

k c u f

[brave field]

@ionic aspen You have options like this, I guess https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nsMxDc

[mossy spear]

I swear to god I thought this message was from a bot

[brave field]

the iGPU really isn't going to give performance a $600 PC should have, but its an option

[mossy spear]

as a console player, I should leave, I have no clue what's going on here 😔

[jovial tide]

me neither

[ionic aspen]

i could work with that, just one question

[brave field]

I'd still really consider the prebuilt. There's an HP on Walmart's site that shows up once every two weeks at $390 or so, it has a Ryzen 5300G and a 1650 super, pretty much the GPU's price with a free PC attached

[jovial tide]

390?!?!

thats ceap af

cheap

[ionic aspen]

how in the entire fuck did you do that? i tried something like this and it came a bit over 800

[jovial tide]

magik

[brave field]

Its often just that ram is some $30 overpriced for no reason on PCPP.

[jovial tide]

i buy things with big numbers

[ionic aspen]

i bought a prebuilt from walmart once before, and the gpu just randomly died for no apparent reason after like 2 months

[cold elbow]

U look like a very wise guy

[fervent granite]

walmart
died for no apparent reason after 2 months
expected

[brave field]

ouch

[fervent granite]

too bad components have bigger numbers

even on black friday too smh, guess cyber monday will have to do

[jovial tide]

i bought a cyberpower on black sale for 1300

its my third one now

2 are absolute trash

the other 2 are trash

[fervent granite]

Been looking at a cheap ssd to replace one of my laptop's slow hdd's but didn't find anything eye catching

I feel like amazon/walmart just make it seem like they're having a big discount, but really everything is like $5 off at most

[brave field]

SSD prices seem higher than normal today

[fervent granite]

Reverse black friday

[echo peak]

ayo guys

is ryzen 5500u good for gaming?

my friends say it’s alright but idk

[arctic yarrow]

Yeah, it's decent, a good mid-high range laptop cpu. The GPU is more important for gaming tho.

[echo peak]

i can copy paste the specs for the laptop i found if you wanna look at them

[arctic yarrow]

Sure

[echo peak]

i know absolutely nothing about the laptop other than it’s doesn’t have the best ram lol

HP 14 Laptop, AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD Storage, 14-inch Full HD Display, Windows 10 Home, Thin & Portable, Micro-Edge & Anti-Glare Screen, Long Battery Life

[arctic yarrow]

Nothing about the gpu. Do you have a link to it?

[echo peak]

yea

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091D9652Z/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_api_glt_fabc_ZF0NBZHNTMBYS1KPX34B

“amd radeon graphics”

[arctic yarrow]

That's using an integrated GPU, you'll probably be limited to 1080p 30fps on titles 5 years old or older, or 720p 30fps low settings on modern titles.

[echo peak]

30 fps 😬

[arctic yarrow]

If you're looking for a laptop that can give you a better experience at gaming, I suggest looking for a laptop with dedicated graphics.

[echo peak]

how much with dedicated graphics cost more?

will*

[arctic yarrow]

For laptops, probably $700-800 minimum for one with a dedicated midrange gpu.

[echo peak]

ight

damn

was hoping to get away with something cheaper

unemployed highschooler moment

[pliant lynx]

HP laptop are often higher-priced imo

[arctic yarrow]

And garbage IMO, had more HP laptops fail on me than I can count.

[pliant lynx]

@echo peak u tryna game on the laptop?

[echo peak]

yep

[echo peak]

what should i look for?

[pliant lynx]

u can check Nitro 5 series by Acer

[echo peak]

i just need a decent budget laptop tbh

[pliant lynx]

altho they are about 2.4kg +/-

[echo peak]

enough to run mid sized games at 60fps

any suggestions?

[arctic yarrow]

If you're tight on money, I recommend checking out your local classifieds for used gaming laptops if that's an option for you.

[echo peak]

is there a link 😭

[echo peak]

local classifieds?

[pliant lynx]

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-i5-9300H-GeForce-Keyboard-AN515-54-5812/dp/B086KJBKDW

im not in the states, so price might differ

[echo peak]

honestly

not a bad price

id need to save up for it tho

[pliant lynx]

the problem i have with nitro 5 is the battery

[arctic yarrow]

Yeah, that would be a good one.

[echo peak]

but isn’t intel worse than AMD??

[pliant lynx]

im using it atm

[arctic yarrow]

I mean, gaming laptops aren't exactly known for power efficiency

[pliant lynx]

yeah

[arctic yarrow]

AMD Currently has better power efficiency, but intel has taken the top dog performance from them with 12 gen.

[echo peak]

oh lol

[arctic yarrow]

Both are very comparable in the midrange.

[kindred temple]

thats already 2 gen behind

[pliant lynx]

well he wanted a USD$700

budget

[ionic aspen]

back

Wait wrong chat sorry

[arctic yarrow]

Still good for the budget. But yeah, I answered in a general way a specific question.

[jovial tide]

@jovial tide go to file explorer then copy this to address bar C:\Program Files\WindowsApps
press enter

it asks if you want to get permission, press continue (it fails) then click on security tab

This?

click on advanced -> click on continue -> change the owner to your username -> make sure your user has full control under permission entries -> enable inheritance -> press ok

then find that forza folder try to launch it

if the forza folder gives you errors you can also override that as well

So I launched via the exe but the same error pops up

here are my permissions for the file also

check if yours check out

also, you can do chkdsk (chkdsk /r /f)

[jovial tide]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UAa5PO_I3E Oh my....this pc looks disgusting

[cold elbow]

Your pc when u dont visit #tech-coding-math

[jovial tide]

Id burn my pc if it ever ended up like that