tech

[latent aurora]

Yes, but not on Ultra, perhaps on mid/good settings

[noble turtle]

What about this?

[hasty ether]

Ew a chromebook

[cold frigate]

It's the same.

Obviously.

Maybe a few extra FPS because R7.

[hasty ether]

Do you have the pc or are you just buying it?

[noble turtle]

Is it worth it for the first one if the laptop you have can't cplay ATS at all really and gets like 12 FPS between Low and Medium settings?

[hasty ether]

The 1650 is a good enough card to run ets2 and ats.

[cold frigate]

Is laptop.

[hasty ether]

And on probably high or mid.

[cold frigate]

And it's worth it.

[noble turtle]

I would have issues in crowded TruckersMP areas?

[cold frigate]

If you get it at the right price.

[noble turtle]

The top one is $499

[cold frigate]

Not really. It'll be fine.

As long as you don't run too high scaling, it'll be fine.

[hasty ether]

You'll always have issues even with the top of the line on tmp.

[noble turtle]

Bottom on is $1000

[cold frigate]

Sheeeesh.

HP tax is high.

[hasty ether]

1000 bucks?

[noble turtle]

Mhm on sale

[hasty ether]

Dude if you can. Get it.

[noble turtle]

The top one is from Wal-Mart black Friday but if there is little difference maybe I should get the top one

[cold frigate]

If it's just for ETS2, then yeah. The HP is going to run it with a $500 difference in FPS.

If you doing other stuff though, the R7 would be good.

[noble turtle]

I have money save for either really but if I go with the $499 one then I can build a pc with the money I have left over. Since I am only gonna use the Laptop mainly for ETS2 and other minor games Bloons Tower Defense games mainly

Well slowly build a pc with the money left over

[cold frigate]

Best option. But why not just build a PC in the first place if you can afford the HP?

[noble turtle]

Well I could but just don't really have the room for a pc at the moment a laptop would be better

And gotta learn

[noble turtle]

The current one I have compared to this one is:
CPU: Intel Core i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
RAM: 4GB
Graphic: Intel HD Graphics Family

So I mean it might not a a crazy step up or the best one but it will definitely make a difference? @cold frigate @hasty ether

[hasty ether]

It might be good? I'm coming from experience.

[cold frigate]

A giant step up, obv.

[noble turtle]

I mean I played ATS at 20-25 FPS with the i3 laptop and still had fun so I'd be happy with 40 FPS with the other one

[hasty ether]

I mean good enough for now.

[noble turtle]

If you had to guess could it hit 60 FPS?

[hasty ether]

That's pushing it.

You'd need to put it on very low.

and very low res

and no vsync.

[hidden shell]

Wouldn't it be a waste to spend $500 to get 15fps more?

[hasty ether]

I mean with older valve games you still can get 60 fps with intel hd graphics.

and with most source games

[mighty idol]

am I the only one or instagram explore really loads slowly?

instagram app really broken since facebook "meta" bought it

[hasty ether]

What? Did Meta just break their servers or something?

[mighty idol]

I dunno but my explore it really load below post slowly and sometimes just loading....even after I refreshed, I'll found the same post I've liked

[cold frigate]

On medium with 75% scaling, it might do 60.

On TMP that is.

[hasty ether]

well I lost my facebook account so I can't log in to insta.

[noble turtle]

So probably around 40-50 FPS?

[cold frigate]

Probably.

That all depends on how high you run the graphics and GeForce settings.

[noble turtle]

Better then what I had 🤷 I just wanna be able to play the games

Ya know

[cold frigate]

Just buy it and see if you're happy. You can always return it if you're not happy with the performace.

[pure venture]

@kind sapphire 😂

Well

[kind sapphire]

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[pure venture]

My pc is doing this frequently, and becoming more frequent

[kind sapphire]

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[pure venture]

I have a weird buzzing noise from it

I couldn't make out what part it's coming from

[kind sapphire]

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[pure venture]

😂 😂

It's hard to explain

[kind sapphire]

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[pure venture]

I've noticed the case fan is moving a bit

Like up and down

[kind sapphire]

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[pure venture]

Left to right

[pure venture]

I know

😂 😂 😂

[kind sapphire]

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[pure venture]

I just can't word it

[kind sapphire]

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[pure venture]

But the fan is constantly moving like that and the noise isn't always there

I'll try to take a video but im not sure if it will pick it up

It's like a whistle noise with a slight brrrr

And then when I put my head close to it then I hear a louder like proper vibration 😂 😂

[kind sapphire]

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[latent aurora]

So, I just tested Windows 11 on a VM (with disabling TPM Check in REGEDIT) and I've to confess, it's awesome!

Once I've got my new SSD, I will move to Windows 11 to test it out natively on a dedicated system, not a virtual one.

[mighty idol]

#W11gang

[atomic basin]

Just did a speed test on starlink and it’s obviously not as fast as you’d get on fiber but it is very impressive for satellite internet

[dusty timber]

[cold frigate]

Is the connection stable? Does it suffer in rainy or stormy weather?

[atomic basin]

Considering this test was done while it’s raining I’d say it does well during bad weather

[dusty timber]

1.5 ms of jitter is not bad

[atomic basin]

And the latency is low enough for casual gaming, and gaming performance is actually pretty decent, tested it on TMP and the connection was brilliant, no lag on CD

[remote estuary]

Not bad at all, upload is still very low.

[atomic basin]

I’ve seen upload speeds as high as 40 mbps, but yes still very slow compared to symmetrical plans on fiber

[remote estuary]

Getting better, I'd be fine with 50

[mighty idol]

new psu

[noble turtle]

How well would this run ATS/ETS2?

[mighty idol]

pretty decent, it would run at medium setting smoothly

what brand is it?

[noble turtle]

Dell

[mighty idol]

ram speed kinda slow but considering it's intel and it's laptop so I think it would do just fine

[noble turtle]

Trying to find a decent cheap priced one is hard

[iron orbit]

my computer is way worse specs than that and it can run ets2 at max graphics without breaking a sweat

so yeah

[mighty idol]

remember it's a laptop, temperature is a part of the performance factor

[celest nova]

I have Predator Helios 300 with an i7-8750H with a 1060 6GB. The RTX 3050 Ti will definetely do that in ultra settings with ease

[iron orbit]

my computer is a laptop too

[mighty idol]

https://tenor.com/view/thumbs-up-cool-great-nice-not-bad-gif-5220607

[iron orbit]

i mean it's like a 9 year old game so not the hardest thing to run anymore

[kind sapphire]

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[noble turtle]

So would there be much differences between these in terms of ATS/ETS2/TruckersMP?

[cold frigate]

Yes. Big difference.

G15 would give much better FPS at higher settings.

[noble turtle]

Around how many FPS difference?

[cold frigate]

I don't know exactly. But a considerable amount.

[agile ermine]

yeah, that msi basically has the lowest possible spec for a new gaming laptop

[mighty idol]

something is burning rn

[celest nova]

ouch

[hasty ether]

Yeah I can smell it... Wait.

[flat yarrow]

Heheh boy 😈

[cold frigate]

Nice.

[noble turtle]

What is a good cheap hard drive/ssd that works with a MSI laptop? Would the Toshiba Canvio Ready work or is there are better one around $50??

[latent aurora]

If you have a spare 2.5" slot, any 2.5" drive (SSD/HDD) is working Samsung/SanDisk are good brands for HDDs, WD is good in terms of SSD & HDD as well

[noble turtle]

It is a laptop so don't think I can check for a spare spot

[latent aurora]

my laptop has one

and I put a 2tb 2.5" HDD in it

[kind sapphire]

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[noble turtle]

I don't see a spot but mainly looking for a external one

The Samsung G7 SSD would be good?

[kind sapphire]

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[noble turtle]

Yea forgot to add it

[kind sapphire]

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[noble turtle]

G7 is a 500 gb ssd that could be for just steam and steam games, truckers mp, etc..

[kind sapphire]

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[noble turtle]

Thought about a HDD but not sure if the load times would be longer, but do you think a HDD would be better because of steam games?

[kind sapphire]

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[noble turtle]

Well 500 gb is alright cause I got gta v, ats, ets2

[kind sapphire]

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[noble turtle]

There is a 1TB Toshiba HDD for like $40 which is really tempting.

[kind sapphire]

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[noble turtle]

Well wouldn't the only thing that increases is load time? Everything else would be the same right?

[kind sapphire]

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[noble turtle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdCqDdjp6iU&ab_channel=TechvsTech this probably isn't a good comparison but took gta v about a minute to load on a hdd

[kind sapphire]

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[noble turtle]

Maybe I'll just get a external 500 GB SSD which should be plenty of space. If not just put GTA V on the external SSD

[kind sapphire]

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[noble turtle]

But GTA itself seems like 115 GB so that still leaves 300 GB for everything else.

[simple cypress]

115gb for what? If rockstar compressed a lil bit the textures ans removed the unnecesary textures the game itself was about 70-80gb

[noble turtle]

@kind sapphire nevermind don't need to install steam twice just needed to make a library on the new SSD

[celest nova]

they even included the original code in all their trilogy releases lmao

[simple cypress]

You know the trilogy was made by Groove Street Games

And was a total disaster

[celest nova]

was predicted right to be likely that way

since the mobile ports were a mess aswell

and well yeah, rockstar's supervision was kinda bad to say atleast rofl

[simple cypress]

They want to port trilogy on mobile too

[celest nova]

yep, that's gonna get even more bad than it actually is right now

good thing I refunded

gonna use the money on other things I wanted

[simple cypress]

Good thing i got it cracked

[celest nova]

pssst

[simple cypress]

People's who buys the trilogy and say are way better than they expected are braindamaged(not being rude)

But rockstar promised we will get gta v mechanics and others

[celest nova]

yeeeeaaaa, I wouldn't go that far but I definetely agree on the fact, that even for a remaster (not remake) this is just too worse to be a good game to buy.

[simple cypress]

Modders made a way better trilogy lol

[celest nova]

Yeah, damn I need to find all the mods I had back then

maybe gonna need to pull out a system backup to get my mods back

[simple cypress]

Yeah..

And Rockstar can't take modders are way better than their subdivions etc and take down the mods lol

[celest nova]

I mean, the most of them even did it for free

without requesting money to get the mods

[simple cypress]

And the ones which was payed, they needed to be payed and was worth paying

[kind sapphire]

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[noble turtle]

Is anyone using windows 11 for gaming?

[dusty timber]

yes

[latent aurora]

I didn't game'd on yet, but Minecraft works well

I'm hopping on later in ets2/omsi2 😄

[flat yarrow]

Yeah

[simple cypress]

Used it for like 2 weeks, but due to bugs i installed 10 back

[mighty idol]

it's fine, just some minor bugs that I ignore them

[hasty ether]

How are you liking the small context menu?

[cold frigate]

Is there a way to turn that off?

Never mind, found a way.

[mighty idol]

I've also reverted to the old context menu, the new context menu is good, just it's slow in my potato pc and I need to use the same old menu for additional option

[iron orbit]

new laptop time

[mighty idol]

nice one

[celest nova]

daaaamn, nice laptop

I mean, it will be fine for like 1/4 of a year, after that it will become way worse

happened to mine as well lol

[cold frigate]

Clean the cooling vents, and do a manual defrag on the drives, and don't use 3rd party AV.

That's how I kept my laptop's performance at peak for about 3 years.

[celest nova]

Well, I had mine for like 2-3 years. Had to buy a complete new cooling system for it.

since the fans died and you couldn't buy the fans standalone, I needed to buy a whole new, friggin cooling system.

[cold frigate]

https://youtu.be/roO0tIpYk6Q

[sand token]

Some cyber-security related news - does anyone know that default passwords on smart devices have now been banned in the UK?

https://gizmodo.com/the-uk-just-banned-default-passwords-and-we-should-too-1848119862

[silent bridge]

my laptop still works fine after 3 years

Only the battery got garbage and the performance went a bit down, but other than that it works fine

So I don't know where you bought your laptop, but I think it's the problem of that laptop and not of all laptops

[celest nova]

Yeah right, it's just my laptop that constantly goes up to 100°C while gaming

Nah, it totally isn't

[silent bridge]

😂 😂

You have a garbage laptop then

As I said, my laptop still works fine after 3 years, so it's definitely not all laptops.

[celest nova]

Every gaming laptop does that

They thermal throttle like hell

Even the newer ones

[silent bridge]

If it works good., I'm fine.

[celest nova]

This is mine

[silent bridge]

I have a Medion Erazer Notebook X7853

[celest nova]

Ahhh, so with a 1070 I guess?

[silent bridge]

Correct

[agile ermine]

Not necessarily, mine stays at around 75°C... small and powerful ones might easily overheat, but the bigger ones are usually fine

[celest nova]

Well, there's also the difference between Max-Q and Max-P GPUs

[sand valley]

Hey, can someone enlight me how many inch this laptop is?

Im lowkey gonna order a cooling pad to deal with its heat issues

[cold frigate]

Just Google the model.

It looks 15.6 inch to me.

[sand valley]

Yeah i could if it wasnt strapped to the desk

With cables etc

17 inch cooling pad would fit this thing?

I could also just measure it

[cold frigate]

Innit

[kind sapphire]

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[sinful monolith]

with numpad and still space on the sides it's likely 17"

[mighty idol]

who knows the causes of this?

it's my old grandmother tv, it has like physical bubble and if I touch it, there are little bit of liquids coming out

it's like degrade over time.....just dying itself sitting in the upstair cabinet unused

[hidden shell]

I've never seen this before, i suspect some kind of harsh cleaner was used on it

[mighty idol]

before this, it just little bubble but after months, it become like dis

I want to take it home and repair it myself but seeing at the parts, nvm I just gonna let it sit there until someone throws it

it's an LCD tv anyway

[spiral yew]

Yeah it looks like a harsh chemical cleaner was used cause if you look at the top right edge the screen is just fine and LCD's are liquid crystal displays

[mighty idol]

is LCD screen are sensitive? most of the screen degrade I saw was LCD screen

[spiral yew]

LCD's are sensitive to extreme temperature changes

You aren't supposed to leave them outside in the winter time cause the liquid will freeze

[mighty idol]

I remember 1 time I was using a screen cleaner I bought off a diy store, idk what inside it but defenitely not an alcohol, I guess there mostly water and mixed with some light chemical

but it was a long time story, so kinda weird if it's react to long time thing I made

it's the same cleaner I use for my monitor and it's fine

[spiral yew]

Plasma TV's were popular cause you could leave them outside in the winter cause of the plasma gas that was used

[mighty idol]

aaa now I know what's plasma tv for....but never see a monitor with plasma technology

[spiral yew]

That's cause plasma technology never really caught on kinda like 3d TV's and movies

[vague sapphire]

Hey guys need a quick help.

Does system image (C drive) will include the files present in "Documents" "Pictures" aswell?

[dusty timber]

System image?

[mighty idol]

I guess system image is iso file which is mostly different than the installed os

[dusty timber]

Imstaller generates those folders, but not contains them

[mighty idol]

yea I think so

[vague sapphire]

its like a backup thing

creates an image file(iso files) of the current running windows

Now my query is, will I get the files aswell, which were present in "Documents" and "Pictures"?

[dusty timber]

Is it a Windows thingy?

[vague sapphire]

yes, windows backup

[dusty timber]

Huh. Well, unless you moved OneDrive or individual Documenta folders, everything should be in the image by the looks of it

[vague sapphire]

okay, thank you.

[flat yarrow]

🥳

[dusty timber]

[mighty idol]

oop saw a brand never heard of and realized it's a pny graphic card

[dusty timber]

Not MSRP, I imagine

[mighty idol]

who even sell gpu in msrp

[jovial jay]

MSRP? What's that?

[flat yarrow]

Idk, was a bundle so got a ssd and 16gb ram with it

paid about 1k €

[dusty timber]

Ah, not bad

[celest nova]

Uhhh well

Depends what SSD/RAM

[dusty timber]

I mean, it has the value anyway. Even the cheapest SSD/RAM from reputable retailer will do its job fine.

[celest nova]

Hmm well true

Atleast to the current situation it kinda is not that bad of a deal.

[dusty timber]

Yeah. I imagine the SSD is DRAM-less, so that's the downside.

[onyx snow]

Harsh liquid cleaner, damaged the LCD.

[lime tide]

Hello, I despair of the current version, I looked at the FAQ and with me still comes the following error:

[mighty idol]

[mighty idol]

go to #support

[mighty idol]

Edge is not google supported browser

[hasty ether]

Yay now edge can die.

[celest nova]

This is a gaming mainboard, right?

Literally every damm desktop has one of these old, high end ballers

for the time high end

[dusty timber]

I mean, any mobo is a gaming one if it has RGB

[celest nova]

lmao

Well, they seem to have pretty good features

[dusty timber]

I mean, the ability to work is pretty compelling

[celest nova]

lol

Hopefully I'll find i7 3770k CPUs cheap enough to give them an upgrade

[mighty idol]

I'm planning to upgrade to either i5 3750, 3770 or 4770

but still no budget so not thinking into that rn

it would be a pricey upgrade as I need to buy the whole setup
(mobo, ram, cpu, cpu cooler)

[mighty idol]

omagad the new theme looks good

I want to keep it dat picture but somehow I can't as I can't find for the folder

[spiral yew]

what even is this? https://www.walmart.com/ip/Logitech-Dual-Motor-Feedback-Driving-Force-G29-Gaming-Racing-Wheel-with-Responsive-Pedals-for-PlayStation-5-Black/409113807?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=16214

and yes i know it says it's a logitech g29 but look at the product pictures

[hasty ether]

Tesla wheel.

Bluetooth wheel

[sand valley]

ew win 11... it looks beautiful but its a buggy mess

sry didnt mean to ping

[mighty idol]

I just spotted some minor bugs

[hasty ether]

Don't forget the poor design choices.

[mighty idol]

but I'm still waiting for resizable taskbar

[celest nova]

now only to get a decent GPU right now lol

even GTX 970s, argh

[mighty idol]

even a second hand gpu become expensive like bruh

[celest nova]

Only ones I have are old af

Geforce 315 and a Geforce 7300 LE

but then comes my main rigs one, RTX 3070 xD

But I want one for another rig, that I'll hope to get from school

[mighty idol]

damn you can take parts from school?

[celest nova]

yep

for free even

gonna see if I take a Benq Beamer with me as additional display

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

heh lol

nahh, I'm collecting some old ass shit, that's why. Also I would like us to have a second rig, my parents are just too stingy and think laptops are a solution.

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

the next second they keep hammering onto them since they're too slow

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

Me being "Well, you saw the upgrade on the other laptop helped (SSD install), why not let me do that on your main laptop as well, after you saved your data?", they're like "no"

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

yea exactly

and you know, they even laughed that I revived their old, sorted out laptops and they didn't even know they could be that fast

[mighty idol]

like bro, even a vga cable is government thingy, so I can't take any parts from it haha

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

I can literally use everything from school 😂

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

Got some VGA splitters, a case, a motherboard with CPU, 5 HDDs, a whole Fujitsu Siemens PC and such

they don't care about that

[mighty idol]

and because of goverment thingy, most of the school still using acer oem pc back from 2010 haha

[celest nova]

we have a company that delivers us the PCs, using some old Antec cases

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

that's how those look, old 5:4 monitors aside they're pretty stable

using old gaming motherboards with the utterly slow i3-2120

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

but they can be upgraded to a i7 3770, they have everything in need for that

[celest nova]

I literally did that with a prebuilt lmao

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

sadly I'm not allowed to take pictures of our server room/electronics storage

it is like heaven

as a server monitor they even use a monochrome CRT, with completely new servers running Xeons xD

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

exactly xD

I mean I would be proud having a CRT, they're great

[mighty idol]

oop I oc'ed my memory to 1020, and it's running fine until like 10 - 20 minutes and it crashed

[celest nova]

watcha got for memory?

[mighty idol]

what you mean? vram size or clock?

[celest nova]

DDR2/DDR3 idk, clock

[mighty idol]

and I forgot to tell that it's vram not the ram

[celest nova]

ahh okay

nevermind then 😂

[mighty idol]

trying to squeeze the performance out of the smol card

[celest nova]

what card do ya have then?

I wonder if I could smack out some performance of the 7300 LE

[mighty idol]

gigabyte gt 630 rev 2

it's original memclock is 900 and now I successfully oc'ed to 1017

[celest nova]

noice

heh I could try doing it up to 700-800 MHz maybe

[mighty idol]

oh god that card is OG

[celest nova]

Imagine putting something like that of the 7000 series in that prebuilt

[mighty idol]

sheesh dual gpu

sli?

[celest nova]

with that baller and another one you could have done quad sli back then

2GB VRAM, GDDR3 it would be then with 2 dual GPUs

[mighty idol]

I remembered linus made a video on a card that looks like dat haha

[celest nova]

yep, an old workstation card xD

[mighty idol]

dang it got more vram than my smol card haha

[celest nova]

same xDDD

My smol one has only 128MB

and another one of mine which is quite big has only like 16MB

pretty care actually

[mighty idol]

back when gpu aren't powerful enough, so manufacturers put 2 gpu on a card to make it powerful

[celest nova]

but even then it was a horrible compromise

it performed worse than a single card

[mighty idol]

hahah

[celest nova]

well, inefficency kicks in

[mighty idol]

well, my phone got more ram than the card hahah

[celest nova]

just like my Pentium 4s

I have the PGA and LGA Pentium 4, the PGA is horribly inefficient, the LGA one seems solid tbh

[celest nova]

modern phones have waaay more

[mighty idol]

it's like 90's - 20's tech I guess lul

[celest nova]

yep xD

[hasty ether]

New Headphones who dis?

[dusty timber]

Enjoy

[atomic basin]

HyperX better

[dusty timber]

Debatable

[atomic basin]

Yeah, I’ve had a steel series headset before, they aren’t bad I just prefer hyperX

[dusty timber]

Those ones have a flat sound, which I prefer to bass drops of HyperX

[atomic basin]

Exactly why I prefer hyperX, headsets with good bass is what I love

[dusty timber]

I have a good bass on my Sony XM3s, so that's covered

[atomic basin]

I have 2 subs in my car and 1 sub in my office so I think I’m covered there as well but I don’t think my neighbours like it when I play loud music late at night

[dusty timber]

I commute every day, so my XM3s are there with me

[atomic basin]

I heard the quality is absolutely amazing with those, I would consider buying but it’s a bit pricy

[dusty timber]

XM3s should be cheaper because XM4s are out, so might be a the good time to grab them on Holiday sale somewhere

With their outstanding noise cancellation, it worth every penny

[atomic basin]

Might be, i used to have a pair of headphones that I got when I was in the US for around $450 USD, can’t remember the brand but they were amazing, got them in 2015 and they lasted me until late 2019, noise canceling and extreme bass

[frozen mantle]

Flat is much better than a big bass/high end bump imo

[atomic basin]

Would depend on what you’re using your headset for, if you like loud music with decent bass, you’d wanna go with hyperX

[frozen mantle]

The only time I like more bass is when you can feel the bass, not hear it

[atomic basin]

I like to hear and feel it, kinda difficult sometimes to balance it right

[frozen mantle]

Personally prefer top end

Each to their own

[atomic basin]

Facts

[hasty ether]

My old beats was complete garbage.

[dusty timber]

You can here more music with a flat scene, btw. More details, I should say.

[frozen mantle]

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

Heresy

Revived a Windows Me PC today

[latent aurora]

[hasty ether]

Oh god

Not Windows ME.

[hidden shell]

Kill it with fire

[mighty idol]

https://tenor.com/view/laptop-smoking-fire-burning-lag-gif-19373925

[kind sapphire]

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[pearl relic]

Maybe just maybe there was a reason why it was dead in the first place cough cough windows ME cough cough

[hasty ether]

Windows ME with newer hardware: Blehh... Windows ME with Windows 98 hardware: Perfect.

Slap a quantum bigfoot in that and your go to go.

[celest nova]

Damn forgot to take a pic of the internals

It had an Athlon 700 MHz CPU inside

Yeah an AMD Athlon K7

[remote estuary]

You mean the quietest hard drive ever, right?

[craggy prism]

Should I get this ?

[spiral yew]

never heard of that brand

[dusty timber]

Looks generic

[kind sapphire]

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[craggy prism]

is it any good ?

[kind sapphire]

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[mighty idol]

I'm proud to be the secondary or backup CPU manufacturer

[agile ermine]

"secondary"

not like they decked AMD with their 12th gen being better in many aspects and still being cheaper

[mighty vine]

The motherboards ain't cheap

[agile ermine]

true

cheaper motherboards will come, though

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[agile ermine]

you know there are some ddr4 boards, right?

[celest nova]

Still, their base of developement was for DDR5.

So comparing chips that were primarily developed for DDR5 and if you would say also PCIe Gen 5.0 won't be a good comparison.

[agile ermine]

PCIe gen 5 is useless rn

and the chips are still performing extremely well with ddr4

[hasty ether]

Microsoft hates my Windows 10 Settings.

So it tells me to reset them every three days.

F$@k you Microsoft.

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[agile ermine]

ah, yes, because 10nm and hybrid cpu architecture is old

ddr5 doesn't makes a big difference apart from the fact that it's rare and overpriced

[celest nova]

It does make a difference

why the heck would there even be a new generation of RAM if it wouldn't make a difference? xD

[hasty ether]

If I didn't have to deal with fricking drivers then I would move my happy go lucky life over to Linux.

Sucks I can't,

[celest nova]

Lower latency, higher bandwidth, higher efficiency and higher capacity sticks. I guess those are big differences right there

[craggy prism]

I would get this but it's expensive

[agile ermine]

yeah, a few % over fast ddr4

I don't call that a big difference

and it's definitely not worth the price

[bright geode]

note that Intel wasnt originally intended for gaming and Intel will always stick in the background letting AMD shine

gotta be bias

no but for real here, I can agree Intel made some nice processors and they are CPUs that run game at nice results and then AMD takes over when it comes to more advanced operations with rendering and such

[dusty timber]

Mind your language, @hasty ether

[agile ermine]

Note that I never specifically talked about gaming

[bright geode]

yep

[kind sapphire]

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[analog dune]

anyone know some good deals on gpus at the moment?

[clever spire]

Right now a good deal is anything under double RRP

[sweet zenith]

Tf my GPU is 9 years old lmao

[celest nova]

Well, I'm still searching for a 780 Ti.... Prices god damn

[mighty idol]

ikr

even the used one

[celest nova]

It would be sooo clean

having the chance to finally build a little second PC with decent parts (old ASUS DDR3 mobos with a possible i7 3770(k))

[celest nova]

200€ for a god damn 780 Ti... ugh

[mighty idol]

atm, I suggest nvidia to make Nvidia Geforce GT 1030 with higher clock and 6gb, probably scalper won't even scalp it

[mighty vine]

They'll scalp it

[brittle mountain]

anything 6gb or above gets scalped for mining

reason why all the miners ditched their 4gb RX400/500 cards

[vague sapphire]

Hey guys,

I need your advice/expertise.

Which one is better?

Crucial MX or Crucial BX

[hasty ether]

expertise?

I'm just an idiot with a pre-built.

So leave me out of this.

[agile ermine]

The MX has a DRAM cache, which makes it better than the BX (and probably a bit more expensive)

[vague sapphire]

Thank you

[halcyon rune]

is rtx3070ti any good?

[mighty idol]

yea I'd say it's good but goodluck finding them

[halcyon rune]

i mean theres few but all cost like 1k€+ brand new so is it worth it

[mighty idol]

try searching for cheaper, or if you too desperate and you have money then go for it

but 3070ti for 1k seems not worth it

[mighty vine]

3070 Ti's go for 1K? 3060 Ti's are 1K+ here

[kind sapphire]

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[halcyon rune]

yeh 3060ti cheapest available is 850€ and expensive one is 999,90€

both lhr tho

[kind sapphire]

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[halcyon rune]

idk it dosnt matter me

[kind sapphire]

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[halcyon rune]

will my cpu bottleneck (r5 2600) with 3070ti

[kind sapphire]

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[halcyon rune]

i have one way to find out how badly it will bottleneck

[kind sapphire]

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[halcyon rune]

3070ti rog strix is 1400€

[kind sapphire]

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[halcyon rune]

okay

[fleet crest]

whats a good keyboard and mouse to buy under £30

[sand valley]

anyone knows what sort of SSD fits on this motherboard? "HP 828B"

I've tried googling but i cant really find what im looking for

[dusty timber]

I mean, at least 2.5"

[sand valley]

I only have 225gb diskspace so im looking towards an SSD for extra space

[dusty timber]

That's a notebook, right?

[sand valley]

Its a notebook yes

[dusty timber]

So, it should be 2.5" SSD

[sand valley]

Great! Thanks CJ!

I shall inform myself of what type of SSD to get

[dusty timber]

You'd better open it up and see for yourself

[sand valley]

I dont have the knowledge to open it up

[dusty timber]

I mean, you will open it anyway.

[sand valley]

Im gonna let someone who knows what they are doing probably put in an SSD

Got a friend who knows quite a bit about computers

[dusty timber]

It is better to search against the notebook model, not the MB model.

[sand valley]

I've tried that aswell but google only comes up with non HP laptops

[craggy prism]

should i get this

[spiral yew]

blue yeti's are pretty good for budget streaming

[dusty timber]

They are not exactly budget

[dawn crag]

id say its a good call, but make sure to watch some reviews on youtube and sort just to know kind of the sound you are getting from the mic. some mic's excel in certain areas compared to others, so YouTube reviews are probably a must when going to splash some cash on a new piece of tech. But the Yeti is a great all in one mic that has just about all you need for that price. USB is fine for what you probably need it for, like XLR mics really dont make a difference until you get into the REALLY expensive stuff. It offers more pickup patterns than for say the AT2020 USB so yeah, its a great choice, just make sure you like the sound first!

[celest nova]

Boom, my new hardware right there

Got two plastic bags yesterday full of cabels and those two things: Acer Aspire 7520G with graphics card issues (easy replaceable tho) and a fully working PS2 Slim with Spiderman 2

Gonna get that laptop shining new again and replace my faulty PS2 Slim with that working one until I have a replacement disc drive

[brittle mountain]

this looks so dumb, but it works 😂

[dusty timber]

Why it shouldn't?

[mighty idol]

apparently, steam cotroller configuration is better than ds4windows, but somehow, I can't use it in wired mode

[toxic socket]

Anyone knows where to find the "truck_speed_limit:" line? I don´t find it in my DEF

I want to set a general speed limit of 99km/h

[west phoenix]

Could you stop channel hopping?

[toxic socket]

Whats that?

[dusty timber]

Also, #ets2-modding

[toxic socket]

i just deleted it from #support

[toxic socket]

should i use that one?

[dusty timber]

What do you think?

[toxic socket]

idk

[west phoenix]

Its not related to tech at all, so that would be a more appropriate channel. Also, have you tried reading the post that you're posting a picture of?

[toxic socket]

yes, i did

that why i am asking, if someone knows where that line is since it´s now where it´s suposed to be one year ago

[mighty idol]

wait wut

ask in the game channel not here

[craggy prism]

the best part of a 3000 series gpu

[frozen mantle]

has anyone used noctua nth1 before? I wanted to get thermal grizzly kryonaut but it seems this was the next best in stock option

[pulsar cipher]

Thrustmaster wheel new version + firmware 😮

[zenith trench]

Sheesh

[brittle mountain]

it feels extremely wrong having a mainstream stock rgb cooler on a server board, but i guess it ain't stupid if it works

[dusty timber]

There is nothing wrong in having a working system

[brittle mountain]

technically it's not working yet, i'm missing 5 of the 6 drives for it (dyi home nas)

[celest nova]

Somehow I already hate the Aspire.

Just read it was known for having really bad issues with the graphics card, same issues like YLOD and RRoD

but well, somehow I managed to finally turn it on after half an hour, trying to do some stress tests on the GPU in order for it to heat up.

It died while updating

Gonna salvage the HDD, RAM and maybe the processor out of it, rest goes to electronic recycling.

[rocky canopy]

Can anyone suggest me a nice webcam? I need to buy one for my online job training. The max I'm willing to spend is 100 euro

BTW, @ me when answering, thanks!

[sand valley]

I have the „Logitech Streamcam“ and i can’t complain… it’s 99€ right now on Amazon

[remote estuary]

The Logitech C922 Pro seems good too

And it's cheaper

[remote estuary]

It depends where you live, it's 124€ here

[sand valley]

Damn for 124€ you can get the brio 4k in germany

[rocky canopy]

StreamCam is 105 here

[sand valley]

Then look for the C922 as Falco said… should be around 85-90€

I guess a friend of mine has the C922 and he looks good xd

Not my friend… the picture

[rocky canopy]

I already did and it seems that it's good

[rocky canopy]

I hope your friend doesn't read this XD

[sand valley]

Fingers crossed xd

[sand valley]

How do i know which heat wrap i need to buy? 🤔

Im trying to wrap a cable and connector and also maybe my graphics card

Also. Is there something you can buy that hides the green part of gpu?

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Ah thanks plinky

And ill try to find a photo

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

It is rtx 2060 but as you can see. Its very awful looking

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

So its called gpu backplate but it doesnt have to be water cooled right?

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Yes steelseries uk qwerty layout 🙂

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Cant afford

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

I looked for gpu today. 2k

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Its alienware aurora r8 rtx 2060

[celest nova]

OEM somehow manage to create blue or green pcbs still today

also saw brown once

[celest nova]

oh lol I got my RTX 3070 for 900 bucks

[sand valley]

Yeah uk has huge supply issues

Then tax on top

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Then import fees

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

nah I mean this is way overpriced aswell

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

My friend in usa found a graphics card 1.3k same gpu in uk from uk seller is 2.8k

Plinky

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

This was overclockers

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

since I needed to upgrade I sadly had to agree up to the huge amount of money

else I would get a 10 series card well overpriced

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Not lately sadly

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Possibly

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Currys out of stock everywhere near me and cant order online and scan also out of stock

Im trying to get 3080ti or 3090

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

I need a 4k graphics card

[kind sapphire]

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[celest nova]

my laptop's cooling was dying again

[sand valley]

I checked amazon but as you know. The scalpers and supply issues prices are truly insane

[celest nova]

so I had to get a rig, never ever a laptop again

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

4k because i dont have monitors. I use 65” 4k hdr tv

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

My setup XD

I dont like monitors. Difficult for my eyes to see the small writings. On my tv very easy to read 🙂

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Im saving for one

I get 1k spare a year after bills XD

[west phoenix]

I need to get something else than a 1080 monitor, but we'll see what time brings

[celest nova]

back then I even considered buying a complete new cooling system for it, like with OEM parts

[sand valley]

Plinky youre still here?

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

You know the name of this cable?

I purchased white replacement cables like i explained in dms. And it turns out it only comes with 1 of these wires but i checked my pc and it has 2 of these

So i need to find the name of this cable so i can see if i can buy one seperately

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

No this is 1 wire

The image shows 1 wire

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

But i need 2

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

No a second wire i need 2 of them

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

But the extension kit i purchased only includes 1

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Thanks plinky time to see if i can find a white one for sale by itself XD

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Okay great ty

Usb 2.0 Extension cable?

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Yeah i c lol

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

I cant find any 🤔

[sand valley]

„Usb 2.0 Frontpanel extension white“

Found something instantly

For me its only showing normal usb ports :/

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

https://www.caseking.de/bitfenix-interne-usb-verlaengerung-30cm-sleeved-weiss-schwarz-zuad-291.html?sPartner=999&gclid=Cj0KCQiAt8WOBhDbARIsANQLp954-xQOMFx5gVRcdORSsDLJkDITilO7xlyybW83dAHLICwD2akU714aAr9FEALw_wcB

German website but maybe it works?

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Its 15 euro shipping

Its gonna cost 30 euros for just 2 wires

Wich region are you?

Uk

I cant pay almost 36 euros just for 2 cable

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

https://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/BitFenix-internal-USB-extension-30cm-sleeved-white--white_33880.html

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Out of stock lol

I already got white sata cables and front panel extension kit. The only 2 wires i need is the usb 2.0 white extension and the usb 3.0 white extension then ive replaced every cable in pc

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitfenix-alchemy-internal-usb-extension-30cm-sleeved-white-black-cm-185-bx.html?template=amp

For what?

Found it

In stock

I guess lol

Oh overclockers i wonder why i couldnt find 😮 thanks!

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Hm i havent seen those

[kind sapphire]

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[spiral yew]

Plinky just buy some black thumb screws and paint em the shade of blue that you want @kind sapphire

[sand valley]

Does not look as nice though

With expensive pcs where you can see all the parts its not worth painting some and it looking slightly tacky its better to leave it. But also plinky has black pc so their thumb screws match the case

[sand valley]

Does anyone know if theres gpu stockers that let you preorder?

I saw a leak saying rtx 4080 will be priced around $1,199 which means i might be able to get a white 4080 for around 1k but realistically with scalpers and miners the chance of me getting my hands on a card will be super difficult. I tried to buy 3070ti on launch day but it sold out in uk in 3 seconds

[agile ermine]

leaks, leaks and leaks

[clever spire]

If RRP is gonna be $1200 then you aint getting a white one for 1k, maybe 1.5k if you can even get one. White parts are always more expensive

[sand valley]

Im in uk

[agile ermine]

you want a brand new gpu that doesn't even exists yet, while it's impossible to find anything else than a GT 730 in stock, and you want it in white as well? and hoping to get it at MSRP?

[sand valley]

If stock is $1200 a white one will be around £1000

[clever spire]

If RRP is $1200 in US then it will be around £1200 in the UK

[sand valley]

Done a google search and found 20 rtx 3060 ti white 8gb for sale for next day delivery

[agile ermine]

if MSRP is 1200$, the retail price will be above 2000$

[sand valley]

Are you not reading? Look at currency symbols

[agile ermine]

excuse me, if the MSRP is 1200£, retail price will be 2000£

[clever spire]

Gotta love the current gpu market

[sand valley]

$1,200 USD for stock means a white one will be around £1,000 gbp

Because of conversions in currency

[agile ermine]

except you forgot about various taxes

[clever spire]

That isn't how it works. RRP in the UK is more than US when you translate it to USD

[sand valley]

No i havent

Not necessarily

[clever spire]

It is

[sand valley]

No. Its not necessarily. Theres been many products launched in usa and uk that you can get cheaper if purchased in uk

But back to original question. Since it seems that was skipped. Anyone knows a gpu stocker that lets you preorder? Or sign up for a preorder? Like register your interest or something

[clever spire]

Dude, go look up 3000 series RRPs in UK and US. UK is always more when you convert to USD. My 3090FE for example was RRP in the UK but it's over $400 the RRP in the US

Any sites that let you preorder have a crazy queue

[sand valley]

Well if anyone told me a site then i could preorder early because 40 series isnt even official announcement yet so im trying to find preorder sites so i can preorder on day of official announcement

[agile ermine]

RTX 3080 FE : 699$ (=516£) and 649£ in UK

[sand valley]

[agile ermine]

anyways, EVGA used to do preorders but it was still impossible to get a gpu

[clever spire]

EVGA have a queue system, idk about preorder, but ppl who ordered back when the initial 3000 series cards launched are only just getting them. IMO it's a waste of time

[sand valley]

Im hoping to get an asus

Because will work better with icue

[agile ermine]

you won't then

[sand valley]

I might email them

[agile ermine]

like... you're hoping to get a very specific gpu from a specific brand and you want to choose the color... do you realize that you're already lucky if you can get a gpu?

[sand valley]

Its not hard to find gpu for sale

Sure they are over rrp but still can get some easily

[agile ermine]

it is if you want it from a reputable seller

[sand valley]

No not here

[clever spire]

[sand valley]

Scan.co.uk, currys have many many for stock

[clever spire]

??????

[sand valley]

But its inflated prices

[agile ermine]

these aren't gpus though

[sand valley]

You typed 3080 thats it? XD of course that will show parts and not gpus

[clever spire]

Those are the only in stock results

[sand valley]

Type 3060ti

Unless they sold over 20 in the past 2 hours

[clever spire]

All OOS

[sand valley]

Brb

[clever spire]

Idk what you're smoking but you cannot get a GPU at RRP anywhere unless you get insanely lucky in a drop

[sand valley]

Oh its ccl computers

Wait why are you still saying rrp? Ive said multiple times its all inflated prices and not rrp

Im just gonna stop replying since clearly nothing im saying is being read properly

Cya 🙂

[clever spire]

Because no one in their right mind is gonna be spending double RRP on a card

[celest nova]

I almost did

had no other choice

[sand valley]

Yeah its a sad market since covid. Hopefully 2023 will be better year for pc parts

[mighty idol]

I got shocked because those tv broadcaster can't even afford for windows 10 upgrade

[sand valley]

But windows 10 was free for everyone

You still can get it free if you know the bug to get it unlocked as option

[sand valley]

Nah

Getting rid of graphics cards like that?

Wtf

[kind sapphire]

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[sand valley]

Ikr lol

[sand valley]

I mean windows 7 was one of the best versions

[mighty idol]

yep, because it's smoothness and their aero theme

but because I already using windows 11 for several months, I feel like windows 7 is lack of feature

[celest nova]

probably just the cooling unit of the original graphics card hidden with an older one inside. Nobody does this with their right mind.

[hasty ether]

That's something that Plainrock124 could easily do.

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[sand valley]

I absolutely hate windows 11 but I know for a fact I'm gonna have to upgrade soon due to stuff being unsupported

[craggy turret]

W h y

[mighty idol]

I'm not liking it so much and when I install it I just wanna try it....didn't expect I'll use it until now, it's not a bad OS, just some minor bugs and lack of feature

and you wanna know a secret? I install it on my Core 2 quad cpu

[sand valley]

How

[celest nova]

Pentium Dual Core series right here lol

[sand valley]

XD i refuse download win 11

I just keep win 10

[remote estuary]

Same

[dusty timber]

https://twitter.com/mozilla/status/1476951030638260225

Mozilla (@mozilla)

Dabble in @dogecoin? HODLing some #Bitcoin & #Ethereum?

We’re using @BitPay to accept donations in #cryptocurrency

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[sand valley]

Anyone will be buying rtx 3050 or 3090ti?

[fiery vigil]

should i get a 1050ti for ets? apparently it runs over 100 fps on ultra?

[mighty vine]

No it doesn't

[clever spire]

3090ti is such a dumb buy rn unless it's only gonna be like $100 more than the 3090 which we all know is pretty much never gonna happen. If it's LHR (highly unlikely) I'll probably trade up to it with a miner tho

[craggy prism]

And most likely out of stock

[sand valley]

Yeah the main reason im confused is. They already confirmed 40 series rtx this year. So it makes me wonder why the quick announcement and release of these cards now?

Im really really hoping nvidea some how manages to build a big stock for 40 series because the only way to beat the scalpers will be to flood the market

[dusty timber]

[sand valley]

Yeah i dont think it will happen but i hope somehow it does haha

How easy is it to transfer everything from 2 hard drives onto a third?

Currently i have 120gb nvme, 240gb ssd, 1 tb hdd. I need to keep nvme for windows. But im looking at buying 8TB ssd which i want to move everything to

Apart from windows. Windows i want kept on nvme

The only problem is. I have never moved stuff between drives before so not sure how difficult it would be 🤔

[brittle mountain]

this is only taking forever...

[sand valley]

How big are the drives?

[brittle mountain]

4tb each, long test, 3 passes

started it last night, it's only at the 2nd pass now

[sand valley]

And how come you chose hdds over ssd?

For price?

[brittle mountain]

price and network limitation

[sand valley]

Ahh okay

[brittle mountain]

raid 6 with hdds is cheaper than raid 5 with ssds

but also, only 1 of my machines can do 10gig networking, others are limited to 1gig

so no point in going ssds

[sand valley]

Ahh okay makes sense to choose hdd then

The storage i wish i had is linus tech tips server XD

I think he has like 1 pentabyte now or something

[brittle mountain]

bruh, the Storinator (or however you spell it) is damn insane

[sand valley]

Its fun to see them set up servers because not really the sort of thing you get to see unless working in i.t sector

[brittle mountain]

i do work in IT, but i still don't see stuff like that 🤣

[sand valley]

XD

[brittle mountain]

our server room still uses CAT6 while i have CAT7a SFTP at home like...

[sand valley]

I never worked in i.t only helped out setting up new pcs but whenever i saw server rooms i always wondered what went into them so always i watch random tech videos so i can understand how that stuff works

Im not sure what i have. Because i live remote area

The fastest internet possible is the one i have and i get 8mb download and 0.1 upload

[brittle mountain]

oof, that's rough buddy

[sand valley]

To upload a clip to youtube like 10 second clip as proof for a report takes me around 30 minutes to upload to youtube XD

[brittle mountain]

i'm on 500mbps because i felt i didn't need gigabit outside of my LAN

[sand valley]

Wow must be nice XD

Did you see that japan set the new world record for fastest internet speed recorded?

[brittle mountain]

didn't someone reach 1tbps last year or somethin like that?

[sand valley]

I think it was 392tb/s

Thats japans new record

You can download the entire netflix catalog of all countries in just over 1 second

[brittle mountain]

where did i put my "i'll never forget the japanese" meme?...

[sand valley]

I know that before this record BT tower in london achieved 4tb/s

[brittle mountain]

i think that's enough bandwidth to cover my entire country

[sand valley]

XD insane speeds

Could steam 8k to twitch and no lag XD

[brittle mountain]

and like 3 people would watch in actual 8K 😐

[sand valley]

I heard in usa you can get 1gb internet from google in most places

True XD would be pointless but still awesome that they are achieving such insane speeds

[brittle mountain]

and i think Starlink was supposed to give like 800mbps wifi or somethin around that range

[sand valley]

Wow thats great from satellites

[brittle mountain]

haven't checked on Starlink in a while

[sand valley]

I was looking at starlink but its kind of expensive honestly

[brittle mountain]

it was 200 bucks a month last time i heard

[sand valley]

Oh yeah no way i can afford that XD

[brittle mountain]

it's almost a 5th of my salary so big no

but i would get it if i was in a very remote location and actually needed a good connection

[sand valley]

I am not allowed to work so i only get 6k a year

And after i pay bills to live maybe i get 3k spare or so a year

[brittle mountain]

better than 3G over usb 😄

[sand valley]

Yeah true haha

I think starlink will get cheaper the longer its out. Because more people that start to use it cheaper it will become

[brittle mountain]

i assume it's expensive now due to all the satellites Musk is sending into space

MS: win10 requires 40gb of storage to install
big brain me: running it directly off a 16gb stick

[sand valley]

XD

My c drive which is meant to be only for windows is 120gb and apparently windows is taking up 96gb of it

Not sure how or why that has happened but yeah.

[sand valley]

I found such a pointless thing for sale XD

I will get link because i cant believe it exists XD

https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-|-Parts/PC-Components/Memory/CORSAIR-VENGEANCE-RGB-PRO-Light-Enhancement-Kit/p/CMWLEKIT2

It is rgb ram… but it isnt ram XD its simply the same design as the ram so it fills the slots XD

Why would you buy plastic fake ram just to fill slots XD

[clever spire]

Aesthetics

[sand valley]

But so pointless XD

[clever spire]

To each their own but yeah seems like it's way too expensive for what it is

[brittle mountain]

a friend of mine has these

it fakes the look of having 4 sticks while having 2 functional and 2 dummies

[sand valley]

Maybe if it was £10 or £15? Then eh still pointless but i would understand buying until you can get the ram. But £40? Thats just insane to me

Yeah its just too expensive to make it worth buying even if it is just a gap filler

[brittle mountain]

it's for builds where aesthetics > performance

like show builds

[sand valley]

Yeah i guess

[brittle mountain]

or if your OCD doesn't let you have 2 empty dimm slots

[sand valley]

Im hoping mine will be show build ish this weekend but performance aswell except gpu. But scalpers and miners have made it a real struggle

[brittle mountain]

tell me about it, i'm still waiting to find a 6800XT/6900XT for a price under 1500 euros...

they're still close to 2k here

[sand valley]

Yeah card prices here are just stupid

I white asus rog strix white 3080 launched at just over £1500 and the only one ive found for sale thats in stock is £3800

And the worst thing is. Its actual pc stores inflating the price this much

[brittle mountain]

i can build an entire pc with a scalped 1660ti/super for less than that

not sure if that needs a 🤣 or a 🥲

[sand valley]

Haha yeah, im trying to get hold of white gpu because my entire build is white

Even down to cables. I bought replacement cables so they are white

[brittle mountain]

white builds are more expensive (and rare) than itx builds

[sand valley]

The only reason i went white is because rgb glows so much nicer in a white build

The black parts seem to dull the lighting effects

But yeah. Finding complete white builds is rare

[brittle mountain]

i'm fine with my generic af black/red Vader build 😄

[sand valley]

Nothing wrong with builds that are popular theme. Black and red is a great color combo

[brittle mountain]

my wife's are black/green and black/blue

[sand valley]

Nice!

[clever spire]

stealth builds ftw

[brittle mountain]

what's crazy is that non-rgb parts are getting more expensive than rgb parts

[sand valley]

The only time i would consider a black build is if i was going to have colored watercooling. Black case and black parts with a really bright red or yellow cooling liquid flowing round. Looks so nice

[brittle mountain]

i have clear fluid in my loops

[sand valley]

And true. But it might just be because rgb is popular lately so more people buying those parts so easier to produce them cheaper as they make them in way bigger batches

[brittle mountain]

dyes tend to ruin the tubes

be them pvc or glass or even rubber

[sand valley]

Even the pc specific dyes?

[brittle mountain]

yea

[sand valley]

Plus the only ones ive seen ruin tubes is people that use food dye or they dont look after their builds and leave the liquid for years before refreshing it

I heard watercooling needs a complete flush through every 2 months or so

[brittle mountain]

clear dyes aren't as bad, but pastel dyes (opaque) are very heavy on the parts

[brittle mountain]

6-12 months depending on the fluid and/or dye

[sand valley]

Oh interesting 🤔

[brittle mountain]

some people go 2-3 years without a complete flush

but by that point you'll have corrosion, especially on the nickel and copper bits

[sand valley]

Yeah no way i would leave it that long XD

[brittle mountain]

[hidden shell]

Funny that you used the letter A: :)

[brittle mountain]

i do the same at work for the share drive

since it's the primary drive i access

the fact that it's also the first letter in my name is completely unrelated, i swear 😂

[celest nova]

Me thinking: Wait, A: normally is the Floppy Drive?

[sand valley]

Used to be yeah from what i can remember 🙂

[celest nova]

I still use Floppys, it is so weird to see something different than that xD

[sand valley]

Natalies videos make me want to cry

[brittle mountain]

yeah, it used to, same for B:
one was normally 5.25" and the other 3.5"

[elfin wolf]

I was going to ask google how to delete someone's message on discord, but then I remembered that I can already do that

[brittle mountain]

nowadays i use both A: and B: as network shares

[sand valley]

I used to love inserting floppy disks but for some reason i always used to lose them

Used to put marker on labeling them but always used to lose them 😦

The main thing i miss is dial up tone XD

[celest nova]

I still have everything here

Heck, the hardware I'm working with still has modem cards, firewire and whatnot

[sand valley]

Its done!

Just installed final part

[celest nova]

ye, seeing even my machine and this one, I miss DVD/BD drives.

[sand valley]

Dvd drives are super useful but you can buy external ones

[celest nova]

uhh I hate external ones

like those slim ones

[sand valley]

Yeah but useful to own just in case

[celest nova]

but full drives build in those external cases like you had in the 90s and early 2000s, mhm they're really nice

I have one of them right here, it normally is a fully fledged IDE drive, but right here it has a USB interface with a power brick

[sand valley]

The only thing i remember about those old cd drives is they used to brake and refuse to open all the time haha

[balmy fulcrum]

Looks very good

[sand valley]

Thanks 🙂

[brittle mountain]

that looks very good, but i swear Lian Li went over the top with the rgb cables 🤣

[sand valley]

Thanks 🙂 and yeah XD i just got them to add to the rgb glow in the case. Plus looks kinda cool

[glossy pilot]

Reply with links to gaming pcs sub 1k usd

[kind sapphire]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[glossy pilot]

Preferably not to google

[sand valley]

You dont want to buy prebuilt

Its not worth

You are better off doing research. Making a list of parts you want. Then shop around for those parts

[kind sapphire]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[spiral yew]

yea decent pc and 1k good luck trying to find one

[glossy pilot]

I know