tech

[pseudo comet]

Cold lotplaces (German word : Lötstellen)

[tender quartz]

Never heard of that

[sterile crypt]

How would baking your gpu fix it 🤔

[remote estuary]

Google is your friend

[tender quartz]

You better not make food in that ever again @pseudo comet

[pseudo comet]

its working

my geforce 8800 Ultra is working

[halcyon rune]

bruh i need put my gtx 970 in oven but i dont have time

[pseudo comet]

30 Minutes 120 °C

@halcyon rune

and 1 hour for Cooling

[distant zodiac]

I'm guessing you are remelting the solder incase over time you have what's called a dry joint?

Like what they used to do with the original 'fat' ps3 when it would get ylod

but with a hairdryer, or better yet a heat gun

[hidden shell]

Your oven is not hot enough to melt lead!

[short urchin]

It actually works, if your GPU is having problems. Sometimes heating it up works.

[halcyon rune]

@pseudo comet tysm

[hidden shell]

Clean 🙂

[hollow drum]

❤️

[hollow drum]

@hidden shell

[hidden shell]

G27? I won't post my setup. I've posted it too often now.

[sand valley]

No it's the G31

[sinful monolith]

rate my mobile setup: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EAlDbAhX4AAVWYu?format=jpg&name=medium

[hidden shell]

Haha, nice 🙂 30 thousand feet setup !!

[sand valley]

Tfw you fly economy

[hollow drum]

I have macbook as my mobile

@hidden shell And yes G27

send me ur setup

[hidden shell]

Done

[sinful monolith]

economy with complimentary wifi 👌🏼

[sand valley]

[hollow drum]

3v where is ur setup

please don't tell me you play on mobile

[spiral yew]

nice finger reveal beenz

[hollow drum]

Oh no

[pure venture]

Anyone help me, whenever I teleport into service, I get stuck in pause mode and can't do anything and I have to reopen it all over again

[sand valley]

how to fix little micro fps stutters in ets2? rx580 and locked the game at 60fps

[sterile crypt]

What cpu do you have?

[sand valley]

ryzen5 2600

[cedar grail]

I'd say; disable fullscreen optimizations, VSync, and Xbox Game Bar

[sand valley]

omg i hate Xbox Game Bar....

[chilly imp]

^

[cedar grail]

it's just useless if you don't have a high-end PC and if you're not a recording or streaming the game for some reason

[sand valley]

closing xbox game bar fixed it

[cedar grail]

Great, have fun ^^

[hollow drum]

@sand valley Known issue also I think you'll get better help when posting issues in the support chat 🙂

[pseudo comet]

MSI

[sick yoke]

MATES! I got it. A new laptop. Now, It's not the best but I don't really care. It can run ATS at high everything and 30 FPS.

[sand valley]

[exotic shadow]

@pseudo comet: This is primarily an English Discord, but you can head over to #579776826600325130 and react with the emoji flag of the country with the specified language (e.g. :flag_pl: for Polish). You can then access that language's channel.

[sterile crypt]

What laptop you got?

[lament carbon]

Don't hate me for cable menagment XD

[spiral yew]

that's not bad cable managment

[marsh sparrow]

Finally fixed my shifter knob

[sour sleet]

@sick yoke I'd rather suggest lowering settings and playing with 60 FPS

[distant zodiac]

Anyway to go about fixing this? Did a full chkdisk as recommended by forums which did find and fix errors, yet every 3rd or 4th boot it'll blue screen to this

[hidden shell]

What does the event viewer say about the crash?

[distant zodiac]

Now that I've not looked at, how does one do that?

I can put together a pc with my eyes closed, but when it comes to troubleshooting I'm hopeless 😂

[sinful monolith]

Start menu > type "event viewer" and launch it

It's something like system logs

[hidden shell]

Or right click the start menu and it's right there at the top

[distant zodiac]

I'll take a look at that later and update you

[royal forum]

I got that error and at a certain point I tried to fix it nothing worked anymore. The only way I could fix it was by reinstalling windows

But that was a bit ago

[distant zodiac]

Yeah I'm backing everything up, well work and software licenses the rest can be obliterated

Just need it to last the rest of today then I can work on jt

It

[final dagger]

@lament carbon is that even a management?

[sick yoke]

@sour sleet I will, I just CAN run at max, with my old one, I couldn't run 20 for the life of me on lowest settings

[sour sleet]

Lol ok

[analog mist]

Is someone here firm with cameras? I'm looking to buy a dslr for starters for planespotting and landscape photography mainly. I sadly don't know enough about cameras to know which one would be the best for a maximum of 600-800€ with a proper lens. So far I've had the Canon 250D with the 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 lens that comes with it in mind...

[sterile crypt]

Landscape photography and planespotting are 2 completely different things

Where the main difference would be in distance to your subject

For landscape photo's you want to get a really wide view so you can capture as much as possible

Meanwhile planespotting is mostly done from some distance for which some zooming capability is handy

[analog mist]

so two lenses

okay, but do you think the eos 250d worth its price?

[sterile crypt]

Personally when I went looking around for a camera the only thing on my mind was: 'How does it feel?'

Cause every camera has a different layout which you may or may not like

I'd say it is a decent camera, thing I would not like is that it only has 9 focus points

[analog mist]

what about the 77D?

[sterile crypt]

The 77D does have more focus points which is convenient to have from personal experience, the downside to the 77D is that it is a bit of an older camera,
you lose the ability to shoot 4k video
it has an older processor which might result in a 'more worse' image looking at something like denoising

plus the fact that the 77D is more expensive which makes you unable to get your preferred lenses within you stated budget

[analog mist]

dangit. which camera would you consider that's worth it with a high quality image and video output and decent zooming capabilities?

[sterile crypt]

I think the 250D is a good starter for the enthusiastic beginner
Furthermore, I recommend getting it as a combo with the 18-55mm and getting the 55-250mm from cannon
This way you have 18-250mm completely covered

Where I live that combo would be just under €800

[analog mist]

aight, I'll propably go get the 250d and the two lenses you said. Much apprechiated, thank you for your time

[sterile crypt]

I do still recommend that (if possible) you get a feel of the camera before buying

https://youtu.be/WeOsvMYGzhA

Here’s a video I found for reference for 18-250mm

[analog mist]

yeah you're right. I need both lenses. One for far range and one for close things. Again, thanks for helping me out :)

[pseudo comet]

Another Graficscards

[sterile crypt]

Does your gpu collection ever stop

[pseudo comet]

@sterile crypt No xD

[bright parcel]

I want a 1050Ti 😢

[cursive cave]

Why do you want a 1050 Ti on December, 2019? 😀
There are some much better price/value VGAs now. 🙂

[bright parcel]

Because my PC can only take 1050Ti’s

[cursive cave]

And are you sure can't get a card with same performance for a lower price?

[bright parcel]

Im not sure

I choose those because they generally have overclocking capabilities

[cursive cave]

You can OC nearly all VGAs now, especially from the budget level. But your choice.

[bright parcel]

Is there any you can recommend?

In particular

[cursive cave]

Hmm.

You can get a RX 570 for the same price, but with much better performance. And if you upgrade other components from your PC later, you will not need to change the VGA again.

[bright parcel]

Okay

Sure

[distant zodiac]

@bright parcel Only a 1050ti? What's the limitations power supply, space?

If you can budget a better card then go for the better card. The 1050ti is a nice entry level gpu for 1080p gaming, although even today I have a 1060 I am finding it to struggle in more modern titles to keep 60fps with somewhat decent settings.

[pseudo comet]

my 680 4gb is better than 1050ti xd

[final dagger]

my 1050ti is working perfect

even can play gta with mods

graphic mods too

[bright parcel]

Ill see if i can get some specs for you

[distant zodiac]

This is what I'm currently running as my desktop
CPU: Intel i5 6500@4.7GHz
GPU: Palit GTX 1060 3GB OC
RAM: 2x 8GB Corsair DDR4 2666MHz -> 2866MHz OC Dual Channel
MB: Gigabyte Z170 Gaming K3 (One of the few MBs that allow for skylake and kabylake non-k overclocking on bclk)

The bottleneck for me is the GPU, I didn't have the budget to go better and that's hitting me now with the 3GB VRam limitation 😢

I built this in 2017, just shows the advancement in the past few years as it already looks pretty outdated lol

[sand valley]

I'm running a i5 7400@3.5ghz, gtx 1070 8gb OC, 16gb of God knows what ram xD.

[spiral yew]

old and new pc's

[sand valley]

Get an SSD

[spiral yew]

i have a m.2 just 2 lazy to re-install the OS on it

[sand valley]

But isn't it way faster

[spiral yew]

yeah

[sand valley]

I'd honestly do it just for the convenience

[distant zodiac]

Further dialing in the RAM. Got it stable running at 3072MHz. Weird frequency as I'm using the bclk to overclock a locked CPU.

This RAM is standard Crucial 2133MHz sticks, I've had them running at 2666MHz for a few years and today decided I could bump it up and really see what they can take. Any further the system becomes unstable and I'm not willing to push the voltage past 1.4V on these sticks due to their lack of cooling

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/22661208

100th Percentile on the CPU, 100th Percentile on the GPU and 100th Percentile on the RAM not bad

Reported CPU clocks are multiplyer clocks which are locked. CPU is running 4.7GHz on bclk

[sterile crypt]

Where do you think the bottleneck is 🤔

[hexed lion]

I'm really confused rn.

I was looking at some 2K 144hz monitors and found 2 at about 350 euros. And I don't get why they're are the same price. One is a Dell 2K 144hz 27inch and the other an AOC 2K 144hz 31.5inch,

Oh and the AOC is curved

Searched for some reviews and both have pretty good reviews

Dell is TN panel, AOC is VA

So why the same price ?

[hexed lion]

Oh shit. I just found a LG 34inch 2K 144hz with Freesync and curved for the same price. Resealed

With a IPS panel

[spiral yew]

Oh you mean a refurbished monitor

[hexed lion]

Yeah

But my dreams were crushed. It was a 2k 1080 not 1440

[compact cove]

2K = 1440p

screen size =/= screen resolution

[sterile crypt]

2K is not 1440p, 2K is 1080p

[agile ermine]

2k is a slightly wider 1080p

its 2048*1080

[brittle mountain]

2K is 2560x1440

aka 1440p

2048x1080 is cinematic 2K, not commercial 2K

[sterile crypt]

Let's just stick to calling it FullHD and QHD

[agile ermine]

no

2k is 2k

2560x1440 is QHD

calling this "2k" is a mistake

same goes with 4k, btw

excepted 4k is used all over the place, while saying QHD is usually preferred to 2k

[sterile crypt]

QHD would be the correct term for 2560x1440, 2K on the other hand isn't

[spiral yew]

2k and 4k are a marketing term

[sterile crypt]

Tbh here in the Netherlands I've never seen 2K actively being used to advertise devices

[spiral yew]

just like microsoft saying the new xbox can play 4k at 60fps

[sterile crypt]

It can, but only on easier to run games like cuphead XD

It’s mostly race games that can run at 4k60fps on Xbox one x

[spiral yew]

i find the new claim about the series x xbox to be a bunch of bs

[sterile crypt]

I’d say the claims aren’t that crazy

4K is getting more and more normal

[spiral yew]

4k at a solid 120fps?

[sterile crypt]

Again probably in easier to run games like race games

[spiral yew]

yea but people are come after microsoft for false claims of 4k at 120fps in games like cod

[sterile crypt]

We don’t know until it’s released

🤷‍♀️

[agile ermine]

Consoles are using variable resolution, I think... like, if it can't maintain a given framerate, it will lower the resolution

[mighty vine]

HQHD is 4K

[sterile crypt]

[sand valley]

Any advise for a good Gaming Headset?

[pastel lodge]

one that works?

[sand valley]

Already bought one

[sterile crypt]

Which one you got?

[sand valley]

Logi G Pro X

[sand valley]

Hi

[sterile crypt]

👋

[distant zodiac]

Logitech G430

[sterile crypt]

Logitech G430?

[distant zodiac]

Headphones

[halcyon rune]

:o

pc gets little warm when i play ets2

[sterile crypt]

Those are rookie numbers, my past laptop got to 99C on cpu when playing even the lightest games

[thorn owl]

50C on high quality games xd

[brittle mountain]

104 C on AVX tasks, fight me

[sterile crypt]

104C??? You running AMD or something?

[old shell]

pfft

i was running 110c on an 4670k

[pastel lodge]

i run single fan with amd and i dont even reach above 80 lol

( and thats only when its really hot in my room in summer )

[old shell]

(what is really hot)

for me,really hot is 25c

30c max or im dead lol

[sterile crypt]

While gaming my GPU only gets at 65 degrees 😛

Let's not talk about my CPU tho

[old shell]

gpus dont heat up alot

60c on me

[spiral yew]

You've never pushed your gpu if you only hit 60c

[old shell]

twin frozr cooling

[spiral yew]

Savage run the 3d mark demo on steam

[old shell]

huh why

isnt fh4 enough

[spiral yew]

FH4 lmao

[old shell]

but sure lol

[spiral yew]

The 3d mark demo will test how good your cooling is

[old shell]

im cool with any tempatures

till it thermal throttles

[distant zodiac]

@wary warren

We gotta stop spamming car talk with tech and Maccies 🤣

[wary warren]

nice

[old shell]

look what i found

[brittle mountain]

@pastel lodge AVX on 12 cores is lit fam, literally 🔥

@distant zodiac don't forget LTTStore.com

[light palm]

I know nothing about PC specs, apart from the fact that ssd is faster 😂. Will this pc run ets2, preferably TMP on a high graphic setting? Also I’m not paying that price, I would be paying £600 from a friend that doesn’t use it. It’s 2 months old. https://uk-store.acer.com/acer-nitro-gaming-desktop-n50-600-black

[distant zodiac]

1080p, yes

[wide temple]

pls don't tell me you're buying that

oh, you're buying it used, that's fine lol

[distant zodiac]

For £600 that's a steal

[wide temple]

yeah definitely

[distant zodiac]

Plus if he has the receipt you've got a warranty, maybe not with the shop but with the manufacturer

Also since when was multi desktop thing in the alt tab menu?

[light palm]

would never pay that for my first gaming pc

I’ll custom build once I have more knowledge and finish school

[distant zodiac]

For £600 your not gonna find anything better at the moment

[wide temple]

It's been a thing for ages

[light palm]

that’s reassuring, I’ll need to tell him to hold onto it for after Christmas

[distant zodiac]

If you are waiting, then it's best to also just keep an eye out for other deals

Amazon is good for those flash sales, especially this time of year

[light palm]

Yeah I’ll keep a look out, also comes with two sets of keyboard and mouse so I’ll only need to get a monitor

[distant zodiac]

For 1080P gaming, monitors are cheap enough. If you do decide to go for a higher res just keep in mind that you might need to turn down settings

When I hook my 1060 to a 4k tv it's just lag central, whilst at 1080p i'm holding 70/80fps in most games

[light palm]

I only really play ets but will probably get into more games with it, not expecting to be able to run every game at max settings would be happy with medium

[distant zodiac]

Yeah it'll easily provide that, provided Acer haven't locked it down in some way

[agile ermine]

That should easily run every games at max settings and comfortable framerates as long as you stick with 1080p

It's possible to use it at a 1440p resolution, but you might have to drop the details for a heavy game

[chilly imp]

the multi-desktop thing is great when there's a teacher over your shoulder let me tell you 😂

[sharp steeple]

@peak oracle so what's in your PC?

[light palm]

@distant zodiac I don’t really understand the 1080p, is it something to do with what monitor you get? As I said I’m pretty clueless

[mighty vine]

Yes, it's the resolution

[agile ermine]

It's the resolution of your monitor, basically the number of pixels. The most common is 1920px wide and 1080px high (said 1080p)

The more pixels you have, the sharper the image will look, but it is also harder to run

[halcyon rune]

finally got parts for my pc :o

[chilly imp]

Niceee

Also loving the b profile picture 😂

[halcyon rune]

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198170990047

its like on my steam

[halcyon rune]

finally git this out

got*

[halcyon rune]

:o

[distant zodiac]

Cable manage pls

[light palm]

are there any reliable websites that sell used gaming pcs? I just don’t want to spend big for my first pc

[distant zodiac]

So your not going for that Acer?

[light palm]

I want to keep my options open until I’m ready to purchase, was just curious to see if there’s any websites that sell refurbished ones

that are trustworthy

[sterile crypt]

If you’re going to look for refurbished things try to look for shops that give like a 2 year warranty

[light palm]

am I setting the bar to high for specs when I mainly only play tmp? although I would like to be able to play it with full graphics if possible

budget about £650, possible 7 at a push excluding the monitor, etc

[distant zodiac]

Take a look at Currys Refurbished

[light palm]

don’t they fill their pcs and that with a load of crap to slow them down in a few years time

might be talking 💩

[distant zodiac]

You can remove that

Most things come with bloatware installed

[light palm]

can’t find refurbished, typed it in and opened link and said no results found

[distant zodiac]

oh that doesn't exist anymore? It was there literally a week ago

[light palm]

can’t find anything on their website

hdd and looks like a crappy processor https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/desktop-pcs/desktop-pcs/pc-specialist-vortex-ar-intel-core-i3-gtx-1650-gaming-pc-1-tb-hdd-10199161-pdt.html

[distant zodiac]

That i3 is on par with a 6th gen high range i5, it'll play ets2 ultra any day with that gpu

Other more modern games, it'll start to struggle in the future

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Razer-DeathStalker-Keyboard-Backlight-Programmable/dp/B00AU2SFCS

Oh wrong channel

Just a keyboard for someone else lol

[light palm]

Went onto their actual website and custom built and this came out cheaper and looks like a better system?

[distant zodiac]

Pretty nice setup, although add a mechanical drive for storage

[light palm]

like that?

[distant zodiac]

no

You'll want 1tb hdd at least

[light palm]

lol 1tb hdd was only £1 more

[distant zodiac]

make sure it's SATA III and 7200RPM

[light palm]

what’s the purpose of having both, baring in mind I don’t keep a lot of things on my pc

[sand valley]

dunno your budget but a 500GB SSD seems a bit more comfortable to me

SSD is for the operating system probably

Fast boots n stuff

[distant zodiac]

500gb is kinda small nowadays, especially if your gonna be gaming

[sand valley]

Well not everything is gonna go on the ssd

especially not games

[distant zodiac]

HDD

not SSD

[light palm]

there’s a 480gb

[sand valley]

His HDD is 1TB

Whatchu talking lad

[distant zodiac]

Ye I see now

oops

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

[light palm]

still £25 cheaper than the curry’s one

this is the specs from the one at currys that’s 25 more

no ssd

[agile ermine]

You could try to fit a better gpu, something like a 1660 or 1660 super

Drop windows if you can

[light palm]

I’ve decided I don’t want to chuck all my Christmas money into a high spec pc.

I’m just wanting one that can run ets2 and a few other games at mid graphics. How’s this

1tb hard drive, 256gb ssd
8gb ram
Nvidia gtx 1060 3gb
i5 7400

It’ll do me a couple years until im done with school and into a job

[spiral yew]

8GB is pushing it for ram

[light palm]

possibly but I’m not into any newer titles, I have an xbox for that

[spiral yew]

more games will benefit from having more than 8GB of ram

[sand valley]

That's a good pc

kinda like mine

[light palm]

@sand valley do you manage to stay on ultra graphics and how do u handle Duisburg, Kirkenes quarry etc?

[sand valley]

I have 16 gb of ram and a better cpu i think

lemme check real quick

Mines a tad better

but not much

Only difference is the ram. I handle everything pretty well on 60 FPS but don't expect a perfect performance on ultra. Kirkenes and Duisburg are laggy cause TMP is pretty heavy on performance.

Everything else should be fine tho

[burnt carbon]

hi my name is kayla and i barely passed tech in 7th grade

[sand valley]

But don't trust me man, cause we got different rigs (i5 vs ryzen)

Youll be able to play pretty good on lower graphics tho. like high instead of ultra i bet

[light palm]

I don’t see much difference between the both so should be fine

and when you say laggy, is it bearable

[sand valley]

its bearable

I was in rush hour duisburg and could still play the game

but your tolerance might be lower

[hollow drum]

I highly suggest 16gb ram

[sterile crypt]

Almost every pc will struggle due to the way ets2 is coded when talking about Kirkenes, Duisburg or Calais

[bright parcel]

Hi

How much is it from Curry's?

[sterile crypt]

wdym with Curry's?

[light palm]

couldn’t I just upgrade the ram, it’s easy enough

that’s if I feel the 8gb isn’t preforming well enough for me

[sour sleet]

Is anyone good at nanoleaf troubleshooting with experience?

[spiral yew]

@sour sleet i have the nanoleaf panels

[sour sleet]

Hey @spiral yew , Ever since firmware update and the app update i can't seem to pair them or let alone reach them, They come up as not connected to internet in the app but there's no indication of network loss on controller. I tried a soft reset but nothing.

I really don't want to do a hard reset but keeping it as a last resort to fix things, Any ideas/Suggestions?

[spiral yew]

i didn't realize there was a firmware or app update

but i'm updating now and will check mine

@sour sleet do you the light panels or the canvas?

i just updated the app and the firmware and mine still work

[sour sleet]

Light panels

[sour sleet]

@ me bro when you reply pls

[spiral yew]

@sour sleet are you still having issues?

[sour sleet]

yeah i figured it out what it was though, after a hard reset they started working so luckily nothing wrong w/ the controller, but when i did a restore/cloud sync , they just started to not respond. now im waiting for nanoleaf support to see whats wrong with my cloud though

[drifting pollen]

Can someone help me setup a 270 degree wheel

In a way its playeable in ets2

I know its generally trash for the job

But its a gift and its all I got

[hidden shell]

Maybe try that https://forum.scssoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=248107

[drifting pollen]

I have, far better than default, still struggle with slider configuration for this thing to be comfy

[buoyant cave]

Hello there.

I have just gotten a new pc and I’ve connected the power supply to the computer and monitor and then put in the VGA cable to my PC from Monitor but the monitor is coming up with “no signal”, I suck at pcs and have no idea what the issue can be, anyone able to help?

[mighty vine]

Do you have an graphics card?

[light palm]

Am I better off with a 1060 over a 1650 even though it’s 3 years older

[buoyant cave]

Yes I have a graphics card @mighty vine

[sterile crypt]

@light palm What version of the 1060 are you talking about, the 3GB or the 6GB version?

[light palm]

3GB, I don’t play any big titles really. That’s why I’m not getting a crazy system

[sterile crypt]

From what I can tell, the gtx 1060-3GB delivers more performance that the gtx 1650

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zrkJFq9AN0 I used this video as reference

On the other hand, the gtx 1650 Super delivers more performance than the gtx 1060-3GB

[mighty vine]

@buoyant cave did you plug the VGA cable into the graphics card?

[sterile crypt]

@light palm ^^ Hope this helps

[light palm]

Thanks 👍🏽

kind of struggling to find a pc that has a decent enough system that isn’t a complete rip off.

Budget is about £650 and wouldn’t mind refurbished but would prefer brand new

[sterile crypt]

@light palm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfcschg9uwU&feature=youtu.be&t=146 If you put this build together yourself with UK prices it might be a decent start

[light palm]

I made up this on pcspecialist and it’s coming in at £651

I don’t think I’m capable of buying separate parts and building it myself

[sterile crypt]

You got a tech friend that can help you with that?

Or you could try watching some build tutorials

Cause I can almost certainly guaranty you that you won't find a new pre-built pc for that price

[final dagger]

Does someone have a G920 for PC??
And Using it for ETS2?
Because I can't throttle

[pastel lodge]

g920 is bad for pc

always giving people issue

[final dagger]

well somehow i cant shift

im using automatic now

but this works

can someone explain this shit to me? xD

Truck Shifting seems to be very complicated

[tender quartz]

I use the g920 never had a problem

[hollow drum]

@buoyant cavemake sure your monitor is set to VGA its probably set to hdmi

[light palm]

is this alright for £650? not able to buy parts and build my own as idk how

[pastel lodge]

doesnt look too bad

[buoyant cave]

@hollow drum my monitor only has an on button

@mighty vine ye

[mighty vine]

Maybe the cable is bad

[cursive cave]

You will lose a lot of performance with single channel ram. Check this video: https://youtu.be/-k5wA7EFwpo

You can clearly see the difference.

[buoyant cave]

I have tried different cables

[light palm]

4gb x2 is only a couple more pound so would u suggest going with that @cursive cave

[woven turtle]

I would even suggest spending just a bit more so you have 16GB

[cursive cave]

Sorry, what do you mean? I can't really understand. :D
The main thing is that you will lose a lot of performance if you decide to buy only 1 module. Rather spend a little bit more. 🙂

[woven turtle]

While 8 is enough for most things, it is handy for some things to have that additional 8GB

[cursive cave]

exactly.

Of course, it depends on your budget, but if you spend that amount of money for that, add a little bit plus for much better performance.

[buoyant cave]

any tech people wanna give a guy a hand

[buoyant cave]

@mighty vine are you able to join a call and you can assist me that way?

[mighty vine]

I can't sadly

[flat grove]

instead of asking if someone could help you, it would be better to tell us what kind of problem you need help with, so that those who want to help can message you @buoyant cave

[mighty vine]

His display says : No Input or smth like that

He uses a VGA cable

And it's plugged into his GPU

[sand valley]

why are my fans at 80-90 degree only on 1200rpm max. can i turn the limit or idk off

[flat grove]

Benjamin, did you check if the graphics card is seated properly and if the BIOS is set to display on dediceted graphics unit (instead of integrated)?

Itsab, cpu or gpu fans?

[hidden shell]

Are the power plugs connected on the video card, do we know which model it is?

[sand valley]

gpu rx580

i hate the new drivers from amd

[flat grove]

i think there is an option or menu in the new radeon software to set the fan curve.

[old shell]

makig

[hollow drum]

Every monitor has a settings button or a button to change display the reason for it not displaying is because its not set to too vga @buoyant cave

[buoyant cave]

I fixed it all

[light palm]

Apparently cost about £2,000 brand new. Only thing I don’t really know about is the graphics card quality as I usually come across gtx

[wide temple]

How much is he asking for it?

[light palm]

£500 but could probably knock down cooler to 450

closer*

[wide temple]

Bit of a rip off in comparison to the PC your friend was offering

[light palm]

isn’t available anymore, he isn’t keen on selling it now, really annoyed as I was up for getting it. it’s either paying around £450 for that or £650 for this one brand new

[wide temple]

It's not worth £450, you can get cheaper equivalent specs on eBay

CrossFire is also not something I'd want to deal with

[light palm]

yeah I guess but it’s who to trust on eBay

this person would test it infront of me etc

[wide temple]

If you lived near to me, I could sell you my old PC for cheaper of the equivalent spec

[mighty vine]

Where do you live Moh

[pastel lodge]

postal street and house number please

• country

[mighty vine]

[light palm]

what specs is it

cause I would consider it and pay the postage

[wide temple]

Processor: Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.2 GHz
Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BL
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
Video Card: XFX R9 280
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl)
Power Supply: Corsair RM650 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB DVD/CD Writer
Fan Controller: NZXT Sentry 3
Fans: 4x Fractal R2 Silent 120mm
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro

[light palm]

looks good, is i5-4690k better than 9400f or at least at a similar level

[wide temple]

not even close

9400f blows it out the water

[light palm]

I really only play ets, would it handle okay? I’m looking on eBay and and there’s people who don’t even put all the specs so it’s hard to see

[wide temple]

For ETS it'll be fine

ETS is more GPU bound than CPU bound... at lower resolutions

[light palm]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gaming-Edit-Stream-VR-PC-i5-7400-R9-390X-8GB-16GB-RAM-240GB-SSD-2TB-HDD-Win-10/193247413315?hash=item2cfe718443:g:KAQAAOSw3F5d7YmP

no nothing about the graphics card unless it’s gtx

[mighty vine]

what's the price Moh

[wide temple]

idk

[mighty vine]

[light palm]

is i5 7400 any better?

[wide temple]

definitely would be

[light palm]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MSI-Codex-3-Intel-Core-i5-7400-16GB-Nvidia-Geforce-GTX-1070-Gaming-PC/184090110789?epid=28017525982&hash=item2adca02b45:g:wAwAAOSwCGVdem4n feel like it could be cheaper, then again it has a better graphics card

[agile ermine]

not bad for 600£

[light palm]

think about it overnight, at least it has warranty as well

[tender quartz]

I'd personally save up more for a better pc depends on what you plan on doing with it tho 🙂

[pastel lodge]

[light palm]

don’t play any big titles, no point

[wide temple]

Anyone have any recommendations for headphones?
Looking for something with the following:
Replaceable battery, replaceable cups, active noise cancelling, Bluetooth

[light palm]

this is about £70 more than the used one, which I’m willing to pay if it’s worth it.

specs of the used

@wide temple you know what you’re talking about lol

I’ll also upgrade the ram of the new one if I need to in the future

[agile ermine]

The big point there is the cpu

New games are starting to take advantages of high core count, so getting a i5 9400F can be good. On the other hand, if a quad core cpu is enough for the games you'll play, then the used one with its 16gb ram and a significantly better gpu will have the advantage

Btw, looking at the specs of the new pc, I'm sure you can get better than that for the price

[light palm]

possibly, but I’ve looked around. I don’t know how to custom build which would save a lot of money

[spiral yew]

ozzy google pcpartpicker

[woven turtle]

I would try to get 16GB of RAM from the start @light palm It is definitely worth it.

[light palm]

16gb and a 😬 case or a good case with 8gb which I could upgrade to 16gb in a few months

[tender quartz]

I'd go for 16gb

[light palm]

If I were to order parts from pcpartpicker and get a company to build it for me will they have everything they need to build it if I order all the right things? I won’t have to order addition wires etc will i

[spiral yew]

yes but the company will charge you more than what it would cost to build it yourself

[minor lily]

If you're a bit shaky on what you're doing, Then probs best to get the company to do it for you. I did it with PCSpecialist and the rig I got kept me going for years

but I spent a good heap of money to futureproof it

[tender quartz]

I had never worked on a pc before untill 2 months ago.. It was only replacing a graphics card but hey i did some research on how to do it properly and in less then 5 minutes it was in and out

The cpu in my opinion is the sketchiest part of it all.. 😛

[light palm]

@minor lily Yeah that’s who I planning on going with as you can choose your system and they make sure everything is compatible

am I better with 1 16gb ram or x2 8gb

[spiral yew]

definitely go with 16GB of RAM cause right now i'm using 10GB while playing Gears 5

[light palm]

Does it make a difference weather I get one 16gb stick or two 8gb sticks

[spiral yew]

oh 2 8GB

[tender quartz]

On most cards it does

2 8gb is better then one 16gb

[spiral yew]

2x8GB RAM is better than 1x 16GB RAM

[light palm]

It’s £1 cheaper as well lol

[spiral yew]

well that depends on the memory company

[light palm]

is this part right, or should the hdd be the first

or does it not matter

[tender quartz]

Uhh, don't think that really matters tbh

[spiral yew]

does it list a primary storage?

[tender quartz]

M.2 ssd's are

[light palm]

I would presume the first one is the primary

[spiral yew]

m.2 SSD are stupid fast but expensive

[light palm]

what if I put the current ssd into the m.2 lol

[spiral yew]

you can't

[tender quartz]

m.2's are getting less expensive quick

[spiral yew]

SSD and M.2 SSD are different

[light palm]

should I keep it the same or move the hdd into slot one and sdd into slot two as the hdd will be mainly for storage

[spiral yew]

keep the SSD for your Operating System and use the HDD for storage

[minor lily]

@spiral yew is talking a lot of sense 👍

[light palm]

as you can probably tell I know nothing about pcs, hence why I’m not building one myself

[spiral yew]

i've built both of my pc's

[light palm]

how will I make sure I keep the ssd for the operating system. With my current laptop I just chuck files into random places,
I’m really bad for that

[spiral yew]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/378700976733028353/656603857681383434/3d_mark_dx11_test.PNG

[tender quartz]

ssd's aren't that expensive anymore right?

[light palm]

It lets me add a 128gb m.2 ssd for £28

[spiral yew]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/378700976733028353/655223132914712576/pc_specs.PNG

i would do it if you have the funds

[light palm]

I don’t really play any big titles, the biggest would probably be gta

[spiral yew]

if you want to use the M.2 SSD for your primary i would do 250GB or 500GB

[tender quartz]

Next year im building a new pc myself not sure hwat im getting yet

[light palm]

So the order of these two don’t matter?

[spiral yew]

it shouldn't

[minor lily]

as long as you can specify which drive you want your OS on, you should be fine

[tender quartz]

ssd for OS for sure

[minor lily]

defo

[light palm]

normally it gives you that option when you press proceed but it hasn’t

[tender quartz]

I don't have an ssd myself cause i have a 7yo pc

[light palm]

Yeah it hasn’t gave me the option to choose which I would like the os on

oh wait so if I selected a m.2 ssd they give you the option to put it on there, which they recommend. So without none they automatically put it on the ssd

[minor lily]

That makes sense

I'd put your SSD as your first storage device anyway

Juuuust to be sure

[light palm]

yeah cause when I added a m.2 it said next to the 1st storage slot (ssd) nor recommend as I had a m.2 there. It said nothing about the hdd

So obviously they put it on the 1st storage device automatically

I’m presuming

[minor lily]

To be honest, It'll tell you at check out

Or at least most sites do anyway

Like it might even have a tick box

I'd imagine the reason it offers you when you do m.2 is because it's another SSD

and it can't differentiate outside of normal "SSD/HDD" rules

[sand valley]

Hi

Samsung QLED Q60RA or Sony XF9005 ?

[sand valley]

Depends

[icy bronze]

hey guys when should i sell my pc in order to make the most profit

i got this prebuilt for 738 US dollars

intel core i7 8700
nvidia gtx 1060 6gb
Memory 8gb ram
237GB SSD 1TB HDD

windows 10 home

with dvd writer, hdmi and 8 usb plugs

[sterile crypt]

237GB SSD?, weird amount

[royal forum]

He probably means a 250GB SSD but windows makes the shown amount usually smaller - for me, it says I have 232GB at all but I have a 250GB installed

[light palm]

I switched the HDD to the primary to see if it would change anything. So it confirms they install the OS on the primary which is the first, so I’ll put the ssd on the first

[light palm]

ok it’s ordered

[woven turtle]

What specs did you end up with?

[light palm]

It was between more ram or a nice case, but I decided to get both as I would regret not getting one of them.

and if I chose a ugly case I would’ve regret it

[woven turtle]

good choice to get 16GB of RAM

[light palm]

what graphic setting will it comfortably run ets on

[sterile crypt]

Max 🙂

[flat grove]

ultra settings and scaling between 200 and 400%
(1080p60)

But I would recommend faster RAM (DDR4-2400) is not the optimal choice

[sterile crypt]

On intel the ram speed doesn’t affect performance that much

[flat grove]

it does

[sterile crypt]

If it was AMD it would’ve been another story

[flat grove]

not as much as on ryzen, but still matters a lot

I tried it on my i7-8700k
Got a Kit with 3600-Rating, but used the 3000-XMP Profile first, before trying the 3600-Profile
I noticed an increased performance of 15-20%

[agile ermine]

intel doesn't needs 3200mhz or 3600mhz speeds for the ram

but there's still an improvement between 2400 and 3000, not that much at higher speeds

and he doesn't have a monster CPU, so getting really fast ram isn't useful

[sterile crypt]

The motherboard officially supports ram up to 2666, so he could only upgrade to 2666 anyway

[light palm]

I don’t require a pc with better specs than that, seen as I don’t play really demanding games

it would be a waste of money

[icy bronze]

would rather get i5 8400 instead of 9400F

[agile ermine]

Bruh

It's worse than the 9400F, and not available anymore anyways

[icy bronze]

tru but for the same price its better to get ryzen 2600 or x varient

cuz over the years go by more games will need more cores n treads

so

but it depends

just my own opinion

[agile ermine]

I don't think pcspecialist has the 2600 available... and it's not much better than the 9400F for multithreaded tasks, let alone the fact that you'll need faster ram

[sand valley]

When I get my ryzen it's gonna be pretty miserable with 2133 mhz RAM until I upgrade the RAM xD

not really, ryzen likes fast ram

but get faster ram yes

3000mhz +

as long as it supports it anyway

Yeah I'm upgrading my storage, cpu and mobo. keeping the GPU and RAM though. When I get money I'll get some nice ram

corsair vengeance is a strong recommendation

16gb+

wait wut

I'm fine xD

It's already 3000 mhz lel

Wait, maybe not.

https://gyazo.com/679b0d5fc3056e834ad07dc97eef2215 -- Is it NB frequency or DRAM frequency in cpu-z? xD

nb is north bridge

dram is probs ram ye

Uhhh I'm in trouble then

https://gyazo.com/695f0904c38b37437d7caa105c4ea157

Uhm xD

Wait that must be how much I'm using atm

honestly ive no clue

[remote estuary]

A 1066mhz stick? Oof

[sand valley]

cpuz heps lol

your ram is like 2000mhz

I'm using cpu-z lol

since it only reads off 1 stick i gues ?

Oh come on xD

i have 4 sticks

1499mhz

and this is the reason to never buy a pre-built: Rubbish parts xD

ew

if you were in single channel it'd say the full speed

but dual is halfed

I'm in dual channel :P

so 2000mhz then

Welp. Thanks xD

https://gyazo.com/d1e385a6de2b58bce5d42674b666dd36?token=265b8784b17ca788683a91cc0bd4a164

I regret buying a pre-built so bad

I have 16gb's

2 sticks?

Yeah 8x2

[remote estuary]

Same

[sand valley]

ye so itll half

2133 approx, so yeah I was right. xD

So yea next on the list after the mobo, psu and cpu upgrade is ram :P

[marsh sparrow]

Yall know any way to get a good connect with solder to a cb mic input

cause everytime i try they always just come loose

[hidden shell]

Soldering?

You are using paste in the process?

[ocean hazel]

Brush the soldering point brush the wire coat off.

[hollow drum]

Cleaning time

[sand valley]

Which i5 is the best?

[wide temple]

price to perf? i5 9500f atm

[sand valley]

I'd say about 250$

Dunno since I dont use dollars neither euro

Its 200$ so I guess it hits the budget

Any big difference between 9400f and 9500f?

[hollow drum]

I would rather an i7 but thats just me

All clean

I think im going to overclock back to 5.1

[sand valley]

Found an i7 , kinda over budged but I guess I will manage

[wide temple]

Might as well go Ryzen unless you’re just using it for gaming

[sand valley]

Well I spend most of my time playing games

[hollow drum]

I would say I stream fine with my i7 but i have 9th gen. I7 6700k is a good one

[sand valley]

I see

Anything is better than an i3

What about an i7 9700?

[light palm]

not much difference in performance but it’s newer

9700 has slightly better performance though

[sand valley]

Also is Nvidia Ge Force GT 1030 2GB DDR5 good for its price?

[light palm]

If I were you I would get a i5-9400f or similar so you can get a better graphics card

what’s your overall budget for the processor and graphics card

[sand valley]

Well my original budget for the Intel was 200$

But I can go over as long as I dont go too overbaord

Currently building a pc online so that's why I'm asking

They give me a base box intel and a graphics card and then I choose the things left

[wide temple]

What’s your total budget and what country?

[sand valley]

Bulgaria aka 200$ are 400 leva

[light palm]

you might be best buying a good graphics card with all the money and waiting a few months to buy the processor? Cause with that budget for both it’s kind of difficult

[sand valley]

It's about 1500k

The currency difference is a big pain in the ass

No not for both

Only for the processor @light palm

[light palm]

what graphics card do you have

[sand valley]

Uh I dont remember

It was and AMD

But it's not high end

[light palm]

so what’s your budget for the processor

[sand valley]

About 150$

200$ max

[hollow drum]

@sand valley If you were to go over how much would you ?

[sand valley]

50$

[hollow drum]

so total 250 at most

[sand valley]

Yes

[light palm]

kind of same performance as 9400f

I’m not an expert myself

actually, it’s slightly better in all ways compare to the 9400f and it seems it’s a lot cheaper on the usa Amazon

[sand valley]

I will check it out in a min

[hollow drum]

@light palm I was looking at that one too for him as I'm in canadian dollars so everything is more

[light palm]

this one too

that’s better than the 3600 ^

i5-9600k > AMD Ryzen 5 3600 > i5-9400f

Probably best to worst for money in your case

although someone who knows a lot more than me will probably correct that lol

[sand valley]

I will stick to the 9400f

Safest option since it's pretty popular and easy to find

[light palm]

that’s what I’ve just ordered on my new pc

[sand valley]

Nice

Nvidia GTX 1050ti 4GB DDR5 or Nvidia Ge Force GT 1030 2GB DDR5

[light palm]

1050ti

that’s between the both of them, definitely go for the 1050ti

[hollow drum]

@sand valley What's your budget max for GPU

[sand valley]

Found an i5 9400f "coffe lake house" with a 1050

For a pretty good price

U asked me that already I think

Anyways its 250$

And the Nvidia GTX 1050ti 4GB DDR5 is a pretty good option

[hollow drum]

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-GeForce-Single-Graphics-VCG16606SSFPPB/dp/B07ZPK6YRS/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=gtx+1660&qid=1577810094&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExRzFMOE1VQVRETDlKJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDYwNzM0MVlUU0QwM0xPNzA3QyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNDgxOTM3MTAwMDJVRDVIOE80TCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

[sand valley]

Yeah it does seem better

[agile ermine]

if you can't afford a powerful computer, you'd better get an i3 or a 2nd gen ryzen instead of picking a cheap GPU...

[sand valley]

Getting and intel 5 9400f

[hollow drum]

1660 can run ets2 fine

[sand valley]

I can run it now too

Lol

Dont underestame shitty comps

[agile ermine]

the 1660 is a good option, you can also look for an amd rx 580 or 590, but it will draw more power

[sand valley]

Power is not really my concern

[agile ermine]

your PSU choice depends of it...

[sand valley]

Power in what way are we talking

[agile ermine]

watts

electrical power

[sand valley]

Oh nvm then lol

[light palm]

i5-9400f and 1660 6GB is what I went with

[sand valley]

Yeah seems like a good choice

I think I'm gonna stick with that also thanks for the feedback

[agile ermine]

a rx 590 can be insanely power hungry compared to the nvidia equivalent... a 940f and a 1660 is a nice combo for 1080p gaming

eventually a 1660 super

[light palm]

I’ll upgrade in a few years probably

[hollow drum]

I just upgraded my PC like last year and went overkill

[sand valley]

I'm doing a big upgrade rn so I think I will not be upgrading in the near future

[hollow drum]

🙂

[sand valley]

Also is there a big difference in these two coolers?

Cooler Master HYPER 212X and be quiet! PURE ROCK

[light palm]

don’t know much about coolers

[sand valley]

There is barely any price difference

So I'm not sure which one is the best option

Also is it worth getting this hard drive 2TB SATA 7200 оборота/м instead of 1TB SATA 7200 оборота/м

[agile ermine]

depends, do you need 2TB of storage?

[sand valley]

Well I do but j dunno if I should get an ssd instead

[agile ermine]

You can get a 1TB hdd and a 250/500GB boot ssd

[sand valley]

That's what I was thinking

Getting an additional 500gb ssd

But it does cost more

2TB is only 20$

500gb SSD is 60$

[agile ermine]

Wait, you found a 2TB hdd for 20$? Wtf?

Should be at least 50...

[sand valley]

Wel there is a build in 1tb

So it doesn't change the price

[agile ermine]

Oh, thats the price diff

Ok

[sand valley]

Yeah

Lol

I guess a 2tb hdd seemed better economically wise

[agile ermine]

Maybe a 250gb ssd can be enough, most games don't really need an ssd

[sand valley]

It's still 50$

[agile ermine]

All is up to the storage you need, if you feel that 1.25TB isn't enough

[sand valley]

Well I will prob be playing some heavy games and j want to have functional space

If I have no space left that's a big no no

[agile ermine]

I'd recommend you to get an ssd, but that can also be a future upgrade

[sand valley]

Yeah

Also the hdd is actually 20$

I used my currency

On accident

So it even cheaper

Nvm I said 20$

Asking me if I want Wjndows pro for 100$

I can just crack it lol

[spiral yew]

i currently have a 2TB HDD and it's already half full of games

[light palm]

Is there any point getting a 144hz monitor for ets, I feel 60 is fine for what I play

[spiral yew]

i have a 165hz monitor

it also depends on if your GPU can handle that many frames

[light palm]

1660 6gb

[spiral yew]

well you can turn off v-sync and see if your gpu can even hit those numbers

[hollow drum]

I get like 160 while streaming

on all ultra with shaders

[sand valley]

U stream on twitch?

[hollow drum]

Maybe

[sand valley]

Nice

I'm finally not gonna play cs with 30fps

And I will be actually able to play more games

[hollow drum]

nice

[light palm]

can all 60hz overclock to 75 and If so, how?

[hidden shell]

I would say no, each monitor is different, you have to Google your model and try to find if it's feasible

[light palm]

will a 144hz be beneficial to a 1660 or would I be best with the 60

[hidden shell]

Benificial no, better looking, yes. If you play a lot of fps games, go for 144 if not, then 60 is fine

[hollow drum]

144hz gang

[sand valley]

Oh god I forgot I need to get a monitor and a keyboard

[sterile crypt]

You’ll need a mouse as well

[hollow drum]

And a table xD

Not to mention a headset or speakers

[sand valley]

I got some headphones and I will prob use the mouse that I'm using rn

[light palm]

my pc I ordered is coming with a 250w power supply, I totally forgot about upgrading that. Is it a problem and if it is, can it be easily upgraded in the future?

[flat grove]

what kind of pc/psu is it?

[sterile crypt]

250w is gonna be too low

[agile ermine]

depends... but if it's a gaming pc, 250W is definitely not gonna be enough

[sterile crypt]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/378700976733028353/660534178198061089/image0.png?width=306&height=585

He ordered this

So yeah, 250w is not gonna be enough

[light palm]

Oh never mind it’s 350w, will that be alright? @sterile crypt

never mind, it’s all good

[spiral yew]

350w is still low

it's better to have more power than what you need than not having enough power

[light palm]

I do have more power than what I need and if I do upgrade my processor and graphics card in the future I’ll upgrade the power supply too

[spiral yew]

i have a 860w PSU even though i have a i7-6700 and a 1080 ti

[light palm]

I’m not buying for the sake of buying, if I need to upgrade it if I get new components I will do

[sterile crypt]

A PSU is a very serious component of your pc, for example, gpu fail? new gpu, cpu fail? new cpu, ram fail? new ram. But if your PSU fails it may take everything that is connected to it down to the grave.

So it is recommended to have a reliable PSU and having like 100w of head room may be a real nice thing to have

[spiral yew]

cassie if they want to risk losing their new pc to a underpowered PSU let em

[light palm]

I’m sorry but if a big company supplying to huge retailers in the uk and even amazon, are recommending it’s enough, it clearly is. I’ve got 3 years warranty and by then it’ll probably be voided as I’ll have new components in.

they aren’t going to recommend something that’ll go wrong in the long run as they’ll be liable and it’s not underpowered to the extent that it would cause a problem. I would be worried if the power supply was from a company I had never heard of but corsair know what’s acceptable

[spiral yew]

ozzy if it's a prebuilt they will chose the cheapest components they can find which means nothing will be brand name except for the CPU

ozzy when i built my pc cyberpower pc still has a deal with walmart where you can choose the parts you want and they install it for a cheaper price but nothing was name brand except for the CPU

unless you buy it directly from a pc customization website where you get to choose all of your pc parts everything will be what ever is the cheapest

[light palm]

I chose everything for that pc, it’s custom built for me but obviously I’m not building it lol. They have pre-built options ready to buy on their website which are a lot more expensive and didn’t have a specification I was satisfied with

and I believe they do keep all the brands, as I’ve watched a few unboxings

[spiral yew]

you posted this https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/378700976733028353/662064170212130869/image0.png which means you didn't get to choose the PSU

[light palm]

I did have a choice, I changed it to 550w so I could get that message up to see how much my pc would require, it’s already ordered with the 350w so I just copied the order to see what it required

[spiral yew]

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Systems/c/Cor_Systems is that the site you used

[light palm]

nonono, https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk

it’s a biggish company in the uk that supplies pre-built pcs to big places in the uk

but as I didn’t want to get ripped off and wanted to choose my own components I went with the build your own system option

[spiral yew]

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z370-pc/c86JxfB2Xg/ what i chose

[agile ermine]

350w should be fine, but you won't have any room for some upgrades

Those vs-series corsair psus are quide bad though, not very good quality

[light palm]

Yeah, but in a couple years I will most likely upgrade the gpu, cpu and the psu along with it

but when it does come to doing that, how will I know that everything will work fine as other components in the pc might not be powerful enough to handle a really powerful gpu, cpu etc

[inner flame]

ey

[agile ermine]

The only thing that could be an issue is the mobo, if you replace your cpu for one that requires a different socket/chipset, you'll have to replace the board

But if you're not overclocking your cpu, the motherboard usually isn't an issue

Oh, if you replace your cpu in two years, you're gonna have to replace your board anyways, there are no chances for it to be compatible

[hollow drum]

Before upgrading you should always read up on your motherboard

[sand valley]

Is a 550W gonna be enough for me?

It comes prebuild in

I can chnage it to a to an updated version of 600W

For the i5 9400F and the GTX 1660

[pastel lodge]

should be fine

[sand valley]

Ah alright

[pastel lodge]

i have 550 watt too with ryzen 5 1400 and a 1060 6gb

[sand valley]

I'm getting this pretty cheap

About 700$ usa dollars

[marsh sparrow]

Before OC

After OC on gpu

[pastel lodge]

[sand valley]

Ppl with coloured fans make me want to puke

You're weird

[pastel lodge]

rgb means better performance you noob

[sand valley]

[compact cove]

blue lights cool the pc, red lights give more performance

green is for energy saving

also

[pastel lodge]

technicly every monitor is rgb

[compact cove]

thats the joke 😐

[light palm]

I managed to upgrade to 450w so I’ve got just under 150 headroom

[spiral yew]

ozzy when you do decide to upgrade see if you can get a modular or semi modular PSU so you don't have like 100 cables in the way

semi modular PSU http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yOyAh5xnL.jpg

fully modular PSU https://c1.neweggimages.com/ProductImage/17-116-038-V26.jpg

non modular https://www.eteknix.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/XFX_PRO_450_Core_Edition-10.jpg

[light palm]

Probably won’t be upgrading for at least 2 years and that’s if I’m still into gaming, but I’ll order the parts myself and get a local place to install it all

and I’ll have a job then so I’ll probably go overboard lol

[spiral yew]

the best part about semi modular or modular psu's is that you only use the cables needed

[marsh sparrow]

I got 750watts corsair RM750x

[crisp adder]

i hate non modular but they do the job

[distant zodiac]

rip

[old shell]

i am speed

[spiral yew]

18k rpm da fuq 🤔

[inner flame]

flash was useless anyways

and it was really unstable and unsecure

[marsh sparrow]

got to redo my 18 speed shifter or at least do some mods to get a better final product switching to a Arduino Uno Nano, but that means about the same work tbh, because of switching from making a box and more mechanical stuff for a USB joystick circuit but then an Arduino takes code which is not too hard but takes less money and less heavy equipment

[wary sinew]

yo ,I’m buying a Razer blade 15 RTX 2080, just wondering if any of you have a Razer blade and if so what’s you think of yours?

[spiral yew]

for that amount of money you would better off buying a pc

[hollow drum]

@wary sinew I suggest gaming PC's not laptops

[wary sinew]

I’m a trucker irl and do long haul so am not at home for 2-3 weeks at a time so need a gaming laptop otherwise I would buy a PC

[final dagger]

Should I buy a mechanical keyboard

If yes, loud or not

And maybe send me some links, I need some suggestions! 🙂

[hollow drum]

https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=corsair+k70+mk2&gclid=CjwKCAiAjMHwBRAVEiwAzdLWGICgKftWvk0E0JN1YtlMBkEvOPYE3f30qxyGMUYV6mfjxVD77UQpPxoCgdYQAvD_BwE&hvadid=325586879233&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9000429&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=10665857389104340155&hvtargid=kwd-464155268778&hydadcr=14853_10145639&tag=googcana-20&ref=pd_sl_41f86k7exf_e @final dagger

[light palm]

I can’t justify paying for much for a keyboard lol

[agile ermine]

I've got that very one, and it's great

but yeah, a good keyboard is really expensive

I often see some good deals on the peripherals tho

[spiral yew]

ozzy everything is more expensive in canada

ozzy this is the US prices https://www.amazon.com/s?k=corsair+k70+mk2&gclid=CjwKCAiAjMHwBRAVEiwAzdLWGICgKftWvk0E0JN1YtlMBkEvOPYE3f30qxyGMUYV6mfjxVD77UQpPxoCgdYQAvD_BwE&hvadid=325586879233&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9000429&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=10665857389104340155&hvtargid=kwd-464155268778&hydadcr=14853_10145639&tag=googcana-20&ref=pd_sl_41f86k7exf_e

[light palm]

they’re £100 in the uk

[hollow drum]

Justify paying that much for good quality stuff

[light palm]

it’s a keyboard though, they all do the same thing, £30 rgb ones do the job

[hollow drum]

They are not the same really

[sand valley]

I hate loud keyboards

And rgb keyboards

[sand valley]

CS voice chat changes my voice so much

It's like I'm hearing a different person

[final dagger]

Well

I don‘t want to give out that much

When I could buy one for 50$ which also makes its job

[compact cove]

logitech g413, romer-g switches, quite silent, relatively cheap

[remote estuary]

I have one with brown switches, not very loud and very well built

Sharkoon SGK3

[agile ermine]

got a corsair K70 with cherry MX brown switches for 100€, that was a steal for a keyboard of that quality

[remote estuary]

RGB or not?

[agile ermine]

rgb

[remote estuary]

It's 148€ here right now so yea, 100€ is a bargain
The Mk2

[pseudo comet]

But can it Run Crisis

[hollow drum]

@pseudo comet Not even NASA computers can run Crisis

[distant zodiac]

https://youtu.be/7nwOCIEoABk

[light palm]

it’s a nightmare when your mum asks what a “gaming pc” is, she thinks it’s a waste of money when people buy ones for up to £2000 if not more

tried to say it’s a more advanced Xbox/PS4 that has better performance and game variety.

[sand valley]

Why you gotta explain it to here? Just buy it

[light palm]

it’s already bought, she was like to me “that money could’ve gone towards a good car”

[sand valley]

Well yes

[light palm]

The older generation don’t understand, I’ll be working soon enough to get myself a car

don’t need one until late summer

[sand valley]

If you still have enough money then, i don't see the problem

[light palm]

I paid £705 for it, not bad compare to what some people spend

at least when I’ve got my own pay check I won’t need to justify why I’m buying something

[sand valley]

What did you get ?

Like specs

[light palm]

I5 9400f, gtx 1660, 16 gb ram

not the best, but for what I need it’ll do for a few years

[sand valley]

Not bad

You can run games smoothly atleast

[light palm]

would’ve gone even better if I didn’t have a car to save for, but as I said in a few years I’ll be in the position to upgrade components

[sand valley]

I'm gonna get a new one december

[distant zodiac]

@light palm Personally would've gone for the car and put the pc on hold, but you probably know that from #car-talk 😂

[light palm]

Yeah lol, hopefully I mange the car to

[hollow drum]

Car's are expensive with unwanted fixes which cost money plus gas plus insurance plus registration plus license so IMO I would get PC first unless car is a need

[light palm]

that’s another thing actually, lessons are so expensive so hopefully I don’t need many

some people need like 40+

[spiral yew]

#car-talk

[sand valley]

thats one thing im not sure about

pc or car i got 2 years but still

[hollow drum]

PC because once you have a car you won't be able to save as much

[agile ivy]

I will get one of mine later

[hollow drum]

❤️

[pastel lodge]

Mouse on the left

Peasant

[hollow drum]

bruh

stay mad

[final dagger]

Nice pc

But that screeb

30hz?

[hollow drum]

144hz 1ms @final dagger

[final dagger]

Huh

Then sorry

Looks old

In my opinion

[hollow drum]

😭 It's not that old

I'll just buy the new 340hz monitor

[final dagger]

Holy

[light palm]

do normal hdmi monitors just have hdmi to hdmi, or is it hdmi to displayport

[clever spire]

If a monitor has a HDMI port then any HDMI cable, including HDMI to DP, can be used

[light palm]

DisplayPort is the best though isn’t it? for high resolution

[brittle mountain]

HDMI 2.0 and DP 1.4 are on par at the moment

but some stuff only works on DP

like G-sync on Freesync monitors, DP only

[light palm]

kind of confused when it comes to g sync / free sync, is it something to do with your gpu and cpu

[brittle mountain]

gpu and monitor

it syncs the frames between them to avoid screen tearing

[light palm]

so it’s best to have g-sync, but I swear some people want free sync or something

[tender quartz]

340hz is a waste imo for the price at least

[hollow drum]

https://tenor.com/view/stian-shifting-gif-13994411

[light palm]

60hz will do for now, the budget is real

[clever spire]

144hz is totally worth it btw, you don't need to spend much for it either. My old 144hz monitor was £130 on Amazon

[light palm]

I have already gone overboard with the pc lol, I’ll possibly upgrade once I’ve got a car. like monitor, desk, chair etc

[spiral yew]

i have a 165hz 1ms 27 inch curved monitor

[tender quartz]

If you own a 60hz monitor 144hz is most worth it

340hz is the max though the human eye can't see passed 360hz i believe

[agile ermine]

Human eye dont have a framerate limit

But most people can't tell the difference between 120hz and 240hz

[sterile crypt]

It's mostly about feeling a higher refresh rate, let me see a video at 120hz and a video at 240hz and I probably won't see the difference but let me play for example a fast paced game like rocket league or csgo and I'll probably notice a difference

[distant zodiac]

I've got two 60hz monitors, although my main monitor runs at 74hz using Nvidia's custom resolution settings any further it'll go out of range.

I do see the hype around high refresh rate monitors and I have experienced the difference and whilst it's pretty substantial and I'm not too fussed with my setup. Most games I have I'll adjust the settings so it's around 60 to 70fps. I'd rather have better shadows, textures, etc than super high refresh rates.

[brittle mountain]

IPS Freesync 75hz monitors, which are cheap AF and have great color range, should be everyone's consideration for non-FPS (shooter) games

[brittle mountain]

bored waiting for the cpu cooling, so here's some work in progress shots from the gpu cooling upgrade

[hollow drum]

Why do you have 2 fans on the back coller thing

[brittle mountain]

push-pull config for the gpu

[sand valley]

When I'm getting a monitor its totally gonna be a 144 hz, the difference between a 60hz and a 144hz in cs is pretty noticeable

Barely any point in getting a new pc if I'm still gonna get delayed bc of a monitor

Well there is since I'm playing Cs with 20fps

Which ppl consider "unplayable"

[spiral yew]

30fps or lower is pretty much unplayable

lupus why buy a new monitor if your current hardware can only reach 20fps?

[light palm]

cause he’s upgrading his gpu and cpu aswell, I think

[spiral yew]

trying to hit 165fps on games like doom is pretty hard to do when you max out the graphics

[peak oracle]

TruckersMP server is away

[spiral yew]

is that your connection to the EU servers?

[peak oracle]

Yup

[spiral yew]

feelsbadman

[peak oracle]

What about you

[spiral yew]

mines like 190

[peak oracle]

Oh

[spiral yew]

i'm from the US

[peak oracle]

Mine worse cuz I'm from AAAAAAUUUUSSSTRRRRAAALLLIIIAAA

[spiral yew]

you mean hell with all fires surrounding you

[peak oracle]

Yeah

I'm vibin in Latvia ETS

[distant zodiac]

GeForce 210, I'm impressed it actually runs ETS

[peak oracle]

It does amazing

But it's the TruckersMP server

I wish there was one in Australia

'-'

[hollow drum]

Im from canada and get 90 lmao and 2 ms on the CND servers

[peak oracle]

Where's AUS servers

I'm sueing TruckersMP

[hollow drum]

Oof

[peak oracle]

That's yours?

I have better internet

[spiral yew]

your upload is better

[peak oracle]

I get 6ms

[hollow drum]

Is that to your local?