tech-chat-1

[mellow cairn]

rarity is not relevant - even the 'rare' stuff he has is not desirable

[fallen sky]

My laptop is so bad that it’s stuttering on 30fps when I’m moving at the lowest possible graphical settings

In Minecraft

This is absolutely horrible

[cosmic stratus]

collectors.. I mean I see a bunch of retro junkies flexing their ewaste

https://tenor.com/view/business-man-leon-short-gif-21636355

[ripe spire]

Wtaf

[limpid dune]

ChatGPT is absolutely an idiot. I treat it like I'm a Turkish sultan in the 17th century and ChatGPT is my scheming son who seeks to depose me and take the throne for himself

[latent gull]

Are they from here?

[mellow cairn]

yes, but rarity doesn't necessarily mean collectible or desirable.

[limpid dune]

gotta fact check EVERY SINGLE WORD from that mf

[fallen sky]

[cosmic stratus]

seeking commissions

[tidal geyser]

How does that keep happening

[ripe spire]

I think I know

[marble cloud]

good pc?

[ripe spire]

IM A VICTIM APPARENTLY

[cosmic stratus]

mmmm

[ripe spire]

Why does bro have 3 disks and 3 GPUs

[latent gull]

Damn bro you got the whole chat laughing

[limpid dune]

tell them to write a React component that implements a todo-list app in Java

[tidal geyser]

A hdd and a 4070 with a r7 360 wut

[mellow cairn]

some things are rare because they are unremarkable, and nobody cares.

[cosmic stratus]

I have 4 disks and 2 gpus

[marble cloud]

internal graphics and the second gpu is for rendering projects

[limpid dune]

R7 390 as an FSR card is insane

[fallen sky]

I have 1 disk and 1 cpu and that’s it

[mellow cairn]

I have three turntables and two microphones

[tidal geyser]

3rd?

[cosmic stratus]

dual gpu set up

[marble cloud]

free HDD'S i had im using an ssd m.2 as my

[cosmic stratus]

the nvs is more like a display out extension than gpu lmfao

[ripe spire]

2 GPUs is pretty normal, I have 2, my XTX and my CPUs igpu 😂

[marble cloud]

yea the gpu 0 is my cpus which i dont use

igpu

the second gpu is for rendering out 3D models

[limpid dune]

I have my 4080 Super and my RX6600 for gaming while the 4080S renders

[marble cloud]

while my main is games

[tidal geyser]

Why r7 360

[cosmic stratus]

😭 🙏

[sleek ibex]

Two graphics card builds (one for 2D and one for 3D) 3DFX era from 1996-1998 was an interesting time

[marble cloud]

20$

thats why

[tidal geyser]

WHY

[ripe spire]

If I had £1 every time this happened, I could probably buy my own multipack of chocolate bars

[marble cloud]

also because gtx was killing it with dual nvidia

[tidal geyser]

It does nothing but make the system less stable

[cosmic stratus]

im about to buy a gtx 1050 for encoding bc its better than my 5700xt

[tidal geyser]

Not hevc

[cosmic stratus]

awww

[marble cloud]

yea i need an amd/nvidia setup amd for rendering out projects nvidia for gaming

[tidal geyser]

H264 just sucks on amd

[cosmic stratus]

intel a380

[tidal geyser]

Amd for rendering is a new one

[limpid dune]

arc A310 for encoding

[cosmic stratus]

can I use HVEC on parsec? NO

[ripe spire]

Sim do u even play games

[cosmic stratus]

there for its ASS

[tidal geyser]

Yes

[cosmic stratus]

OMG HOW

[tidal geyser]

I swear it's possible

[ripe spire]

U have a 7800X3D and 7900XTX and I never see u actually play games

[cosmic stratus]

possible

imma killa you

u just gave me false hope

[limpid dune]

every codec sucks on AMD (actually nah the 7000 series is better and the 9000 series might be goated)

[marble cloud]

if i disable my iGpu in device manager will that screw anything up?

[cosmic stratus]

[ripe spire]

Why do u want to do that tho

[cosmic stratus]

no?

[limpid dune]

disable it in BIOS instead

[marble cloud]

its glitching and keeps tryna use it

[tidal geyser]

Nope has been possible for over 2 years

[cosmic stratus]

yea thats useless, its not like you need to windows to use a specific gpu for gems when you can just plug monitor directly to the gaming gpu

[marble cloud]

i did but its glitching and keeps activating with my 4070

[limpid dune]

if it's disabled in BIOS it is invisible

not even the OS sees it

[marble cloud]

in task manager?

oh

[cosmic stratus]

ok lemme figure that bc ive been trying to get better persec streaming for a while

[limpid dune]

if it was still there, that means you didn't disable it

[cosmic stratus]

thats even better for him lmfao

[ripe spire]

Sim I gotta know, do u even game

[marble cloud]

i saw it there but it wasnt being used it was juzst there at 0%

[tidal geyser]

Literally just searched parsec hevc

[tidal geyser]

Plenty

[ripe spire]

When, and what

[limpid dune]

personally, I switched Chrome + Steam to use the iGPU to save my precious VRAM

[limpid dune]

gotta save all my VRAM for Stardew

[tidal geyser]

Right now

[cosmic stratus]

I just have a extra gpu so when my 5700xt crashes I can still controll the system remotely with parsec

[ripe spire]

What are you playing

[tidal geyser]

Warthunder now

[ripe spire]

Oh god ur one of those

[cosmic stratus]

fucling expensive

[tidal geyser]

Why do you think I have a laptop next to the pc

https://youtu.be/7Z0gP2LdYjk?si=y7IEUDda0_DNiMJ-

[cosmic stratus]

anyone know any decent encoder gpus for 80$ at the most

[random gyro]

Just subbed

[tidal geyser]

80 is a bit low but the a310 and the rest of arc gpus are more the perfect

He'll yeah 13 subs

[abstract wigeon]

is there a bloatware free soundboard app? just want to set a keybind and it plays an mp3

[ripe spire]

U game on a laptop? 😭

[cosmic stratus]

watch gaming benchmarks on yt lol

[tidal geyser]

NO

[cosmic stratus]

hmm maybe aliexpress is cheap

[ripe spire]

What did that msg mean then

[tidal geyser]

I build and sell computers

[left dove]

clean your room omg

[tidal geyser]

I record the performance in game

[tidal geyser]

I have many computers and not much room

[left dove]

garages exist

[tidal geyser]

I am trying to sell computers ut it takes time

[tidal geyser]

It's a apartment

[left dove]

oh ew

[tidal geyser]

What was it, I have like 30 square meters to work with or something

[ripe spire]

with drills? u gotta be doing something wrong

[tidal geyser]

You know you can set a tork limit on them

[random gyro]

Cool asl

[ripe spire]

r u using them to screw in screws-

[tidal geyser]

Mostly just fan screws or taking apart computers

[left dove]

tork

t o r q u e

[tidal geyser]

I have no clue what it's called in the moment

I am chatting here while trying to game

[left dove]

tor-kwey

[tidal geyser]

And this is not close to my native language

[left dove]

why is queue pronounced "cue" and not quayway

[tidal geyser]

I already have 44GiB of video

[lethal bay]

the ueue is silent

[tidal geyser]

1hr and 30min

[ripe spire]

bro pulled the language barrier excuse bc bro is norwegian

[left dove]

it shouldnt be

[lethal bay]

womp womp

[left dove]

quayway sounds way better

[sleek ibex]

English is such a fucktarded language with spelling, holy shit

[true stirrup]

Okay this is actually really cool

[tidal geyser]

300 fps in warthunder

5800x and the cola 2080

[split laurel]

Why do Nvidia gpus have such a lower clock then amd and intel?

[tidal geyser]

More cores

[left dove]

IPC>clock

[split laurel]

Nice

[ripe spire]

if i had to buy a windows gaming handheld id get this one https://www.ebuyer.com/2268582-antec-core-hs-a7840u-handheld-gaming-console-black-0-761345-80056-3-bundle?&mkwid=_dc&pcrid=&pkw=&pmt=&utm_term=&utm_campaign=&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=1530083092&hsa_cam=20947882996&hsa_grp=&hsa_ad=&hsa_src=x&hsa_tgt=&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAoJC-BhCSARIsAPhdfShPBfcQjzlb7vv3EGPpK0QvOeiWMbgm5RDY9In8IYZPUA5htFLficUaAmA1EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

[split laurel]

U play warthunder alot?

[random gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/panda-eat-munch-eating-hungry-idgaf-gif-15806998189948731128

[tidal geyser]

Kinda it's on of the games I use to test with

[rose stream]

Higher performance via IPC and other architectural-level improvements over brute forced increases via clockspeed and other factors. That was the direction they chose to go a good while ago.

If I remember correctly, it was back around Maxwell era gpus.

[split laurel]

I play it then get mad say ilk never play it again then play again the next day😭 🤣

[split laurel]

Ah ok

[random gyro]

If only I had this in 8th grade

[thin plover]

I'd get something like the lenovo cuz the controller is a mouse

[split laurel]

Right because the 5090 only has a max clock of 2.4ghz

[rose stream]

Does make more sense though, making a much more efficient gpu arch that gains more performance in that manner instead.

[ripe spire]

which lenovo, theres more than one now

[rose stream]

It especially works for them because their arches tend to have various limitations in their design, so they work around it to improve it instead of pulling a 3dfx or Cyrix with it in some way.

[tidal geyser]

God dam do I hate jets in warthunder

[split laurel]

Right intels xe2 cores are alot better then xe1 it was nice to see how much of a architecture upgrade they made being intel lol

[split laurel]

American tanks In rank 3 is what did it for me

[split laurel]

Fr lol

I swear if Intel doesn't make a midrange gpu for there next gen ima be real sad

[tidal geyser]

Same

B580 would be nice to throw in the nas

[split laurel]

Nvidia probably won't make gaming gpus much longer

[true stirrup]

Honest opinion which border looks better?

[thin plover]

whatever one has the detachable joystick/mouse

[split laurel]

They only make up like 7% of there profits

[ripe spire]

oh the lenovo legion go

[thin plover]

ya

[split laurel]

Right

I love intel gpus they just don't have a powerful enough card rn for me

[ripe spire]

why

[split laurel]

That's why I'm going back to amd for a 9070xt

I had a 6800 then a750 then 3090 in like 1 year

[thin plover]

mouse seems way better for windows to me

[onyx locust]

https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Hanbo-Chroma-Liquid-Cooler/dp/B09P1ZGP47?th=1
is this aio good?

[next hill]

Why people do sff builds? Are they even worth it

[ripe spire]

fair enough

[tidal geyser]

No

[true stirrup]

They are cool

[tidal geyser]

Sff

[thin plover]

small pc's are cool, and can be more practical in some scenarios

[rose stream]

With the way things are going, especially when they get to the stage of backing MediaTek and anyone else that wants to use their gpu arches for ARM-based SoCs, they might even end up doing what AMD might do and drop their true low-end altogether for those.

[onyx locust]

why not?

[split laurel]

If they bring there pcs around or don't have alot of room

[tidal geyser]

FUCKING DAMIT my gpu driver was the old one so I need yo rerecord EVERYTHING

[split laurel]

Damm 😭

[spring latch]

people always say to use tools to flash and shit and dont just copy it to the drive. while PARTIALLY true, its not exactly true either, as for most ISOs that support UEFI you can just format the USB as fat 32, copy it over and it boots. That being said this is an "in a rush" solution. Debian and especially Ubuntu dont like this method.

[next hill]

I looked at almost same spec build list but in sff, and its around 200-250€ more, soo hmm dont know

[split laurel]

That's painful

[hidden charm]

if I'm buying a M4 Max 128gb 1tb, is it worth spending like €300 to get AppleCare+ for 3 years?

[trim idol]

Ahhh, Ubuntu... lets roll

Time to set up a private, self-hosted cloud 🙂

[split laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/ogli-gif-17468683305861986751

How long did it take

[tidal geyser]

Over 1hr and 30min of footage

[split laurel]

I feel ur pain

[rapid coyote]

Fs in chat, boys and girls

[rose stream]

It will cost more, yeah, but for some of us (including myself who daily's one) it's worth it.

[tidal geyser]

I must have installed the driver itself to the system but not actually updated the gpu

[hexed sage]

Where would my function key go? (I should’ve taken a pic before taking it apart)

[umbral kraken]

Guys my pc is turning on but I’m not getting a display and my peripherals are not turning on either

[split laurel]

What are the specs?

[spring latch]

50/50

[tidal geyser]

5800x and 2080

[trim idol]

probably on the left, but you'll find out for sure when you put it back together 🙂

[true stirrup]

Any debug lights?

[next hill]

Yeah i dont have much space, so it would be much easier fitting a terra compared to like lancool 216. If i said that i would be putting a 9600x and im looking at sff builds, would say im crazy

[umbral kraken]

All are turned off

[split laurel]

Nice selling,build for fun,or for someone else?

[true stirrup]

And all the fans spin up?

[hexed sage]

Ok I just looked up the keyboard on google

[umbral kraken]

Yeah, all fans are spinning

[tidal geyser]

Maybe

[umbral kraken]

CPU, gpu, case

Ram lights are on too

[rose stream]

Mmmnaww, that's a pretty tame cpu to work with actually.

[split laurel]

Yeah that's might answer my question 🤣

[umbral kraken]

I swapped gpu and ram so far but no changes

[tidal geyser]

And you are plugged into the gpu and the monitor is on and using the cable standard you set the monitor to

[umbral kraken]

Yeah hdmi is plugged into gpu and it’s connected fully

[split laurel]

What's ur main biuld running?

[tidal geyser]

7800x3d and rx 7900 xtx

[true stirrup]

Try putting in just 1 ram stick and resetting CMOS

[split laurel]

W

[rose stream]

Sounds fairly decent.

[umbral kraken]

How do I cmos reset

[split laurel]

I currently don't have a gpu😭

[tidal geyser]

It's some of the best parts you can get

[true stirrup]

https://tenor.com/view/buildapc-cmos-gif-24520019

One of these

[split laurel]

The markets so fucked up rn lol

[next hill]

Yeah i looked at a video and a reddit post, and in gaming even 9800x3d is like max 65c or so

[true stirrup]

Eyyy I actually got mobile scaling to work on the first try

[next hill]

Doesnt like all core load but gaming yeah

[split laurel]

Do you play 4k or high refresh 1440p?

[tidal geyser]

Nope qd oled 1440p 240hz

[split laurel]

Yeah that's honestly the best solution for monitors

I got a 1440p 240hz but it's a ips I believe

[spring latch]

Yes.

[tidal geyser]

It is the same model that was 400$ in the us at some point

[austere cargo]

i have two pcs a 2080 with i7-8700 and a 1660 super with an ryzen 5 3600 which should i use to play fortnite

[left dove]

fuzzy piggggg

[split laurel]

Damm that's not bad

For oled

[spring latch]

Neither, fortnite is ass

[austere cargo]

in general which should i usw

[split laurel]

The 2080

[spring latch]

R5 3600

[tidal geyser]

Sad

[austere cargo]

welp mixed answers

[spring latch]

Wait I thought both had the 2080

[austere cargo]

no

[rose stream]

I know... It's just the personal side of me coming out.
I've seen the same thing over and over when it comes to high-end parts, which everyone knows is what it is: THE best.
I guess I'm just kinda bored of seeing it sometimes, having seen it so much.

[spring latch]

Misread

[warm slate]

Future server specs. What do we think? https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3PXZ80BDY4E29?ref_=wl_share

[spring latch]

The one with the 2080

[austere cargo]

ok cause i’m using the 1660 super pc my brother just got a new pc so i think ill take the 2080

okay

[next hill]

So yeah, might think about things but might look at that sff build just due not having too much space to put big ones

[rose stream]

Frankly, I'm more impressed when I see someone sticking with an old Amiga or having an old SGI workstation that still works on hand.

[spring latch]

She happy

[dapper abyss]

Hi 👋
I have 2 TVs in my room
Sadly the older one doesn't work...
A JVC LT-42R90BU and a Siemens TS 853

[latent gull]

https://tenor.com/view/seokjin-eatjin-bts-jin-eat-gif-21059087

[spring latch]

bruh

[elder quarry]

Big dub

[umbral kraken]

I reset the cmos, and took out one ram stick but issue still persists

[latent gull]

Omnomnom

[dapper abyss]

😭

[umbral kraken]

I’m still having the problem

[next hill]

It would be my first build for myself also, ive worked on friend pcs and other places but for myself havent yet built one

[umbral kraken]

It might by a cpu problem? But I haven’t used this pc in over a year

I’m trying to get it set up so I can give it to my friend

[next hill]

Whats the problem

[ember bloom]

Anyone know how to install a sata ssd

[next hill]

Which part you dont understand?

[ember bloom]

Well usually cases come with some type of tray but mine doesnt seem to have one

[steel umbra]

Sata data, sata power

[next hill]

Ssds dont care, just throw in place that doesnt block something and whatever

[ember bloom]

Oh so it wont matter if its not mounted or anything

[austere cargo]

i have two pcs a 2080 with i7-8700 and a 1660 super with an ryzen 5 3600. I know the ryzen 5 3600 is better so should I take the 2080 and swap it out for the 1660 super instead of using the i7 and acording to what I know, they both use the same pcie slot 3.0, lmk thanks.

[next hill]

Just need to not interfere with stuff and cables to reach

[ember bloom]

Oh alr thanks

[next hill]

Hdds need to be mounted, yes

[ember bloom]

Ohh

[next hill]

Hdds move, ssds dont

[ember bloom]

What if u cant mount the hdd

[trim idol]

tape

[tidal geyser]

the gpu also uses pcie 3.0

[next hill]

Well need to find a solution then, maybe case just dont support them

[ember bloom]

Ohh alr

So should i js get an nvme

[trim idol]

If your system takes it, yes

[next hill]

If motherboard supports it, yeah. They almost same price these days

[ember bloom]

Oh how i check if my motherboard does

[next hill]

Check if has m.2 slot

[trim idol]

What is your system? Model, cpu, etc..?

[austere cargo]

will 500w be too little cuase thats what I have rn

[next hill]

Most ssds are 2280 m-key

[trim idol]

I ask because some systems can have M.2 that is NVMe and some have M.2 SSDs

[ember bloom]

Well idk how to check because my mb hasnt come in yet

[next hill]

Well you have a motherboard model, just say it here

Anyway, im going off, night night

[ember bloom]

Uh its a b450m

[next hill]

Should have it easily

[elder quarry]

https://tenor.com/view/sleepy-cat-eepy-car-eepy-cat-goofy-car-goofy-cat-gif-14274068906636347779

sudo systemctl hibernate please

I need some sleep too

[elder quarry]

With sata connection

[trim idol]

?

[elder quarry]

Some m.2 ssds are sata

[trim idol]

That's what I was saying

[worldly abyss]

I will note that the battery removal method almost never works on newer boards

[trim idol]

It's never been a good method to clear CMOS... boards have had jumpers for that for decades for a reason 🙂

[worldly abyss]

Yep

Most boards will maintain voltage after removing the cmos for a decently long period

[elder quarry]

Ww

[onyx locust]

guys every 1 telling me that razer aio are bad, whats the reason?

[elder quarry]

Quantom dot Oled is a bit too good for me

[maiden crater]

lol i think someone got access to my iptv provider api

[elder quarry]

Never heard of it

[maiden crater]

the number is a scam i did know that when i called it and i did not turn it off i am running openwrt on my router i think maybe they prob put the wrong number

call it if you wanna know what it is

[onyx locust]

https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Hanbo-Chroma-Liquid-Cooler/dp/B09P1ZGP47?th=1
people are telling me that this is bad

[elder quarry]

Probably

[elder quarry]

Why not

[maiden crater]

could it be they forgot a area code?

[onyx locust]

like its 300 euros in my country and got it for 70, and after that im seeing that feedback, im doupting my decision

[elder quarry]

Do NOT get it

[elder quarry]

Likely

[ripe spire]

Hi e

[random junco]

whats a good idle gpu temp?

[tidal geyser]

110c

[random junco]

mine at 250 and its making stange sounds

let me unplug it

[tidal geyser]

Na the norm is 50-70c

[random junco]

fuck i burned myself

[tidal geyser]

Xd

[random junco]

oh mines 30-35

[quartz berry]

Lay on some bacon strips. It's a feature

[random junco]

and my pcs very quiet so i thought something went wrong

[random junco]

against my religious beliefs....i can try halal bacon though

[elder quarry]

Hello pin :~>

[elder quarry]

Hm my face was weird today

[cosmic stratus]

why the FUCK are glass skates 20$

[random junco]

thats cheap

[jagged yarrow]

hey does my power button wire go into the temp sensor thing its the only 2 thing on my whole board

[random junco]

what.

[cosmic stratus]

budget is 43$ tho

[random junco]

its less than half your budget and youre complaining !? 😭

[formal sonnet]

Um. Well, you see comrade, ... is your power button a temperature sensor? If no, then the answer is no.

[cosmic stratus]

forgot to mention im buying a g305 with ut

for 30$

[random junco]

dont you dare make me jealous i was gonna upgrade from my g203 to a g305 bu the price difference made me divert to choosing an attack shark x11 instead

[formal sonnet]

More helpfully, if you're building a new PC, awesome! Your power button wire should connect to the PWR header in your motherboard's front panel IO connection area. Your motherboard user manual will explain where this is located, and should show a diagram of what gets connected where.

[random junco]

it looks better asw imo and comes with a charging dock

[cosmic stratus]

I saw online the stock skates are ass

[cosmic stratus]

also lmfao

[random junco]

skates aint even that important

[quartz berry]

Razer mouse viper v2 is the goat

[random junco]

just need a good mousepad

[cosmic stratus]

I play osu

[jagged yarrow]

You see where I plug in

[random junco]

uh oh

[cosmic stratus]

my mouse pads are from school and they SUCK

[random junco]

well that makes sense then

[formal sonnet]

Check your motherboard user manual for the location of your front panel IO connections.

[random junco]

school and mousepads to not belong in the same sentence bro 😭

[cosmic stratus]

I literally play on paper

[random junco]

smartest osu player right here guys

[jagged yarrow]

This is all they gave

[cosmic stratus]

no, printer paper literally has the perfect amounf of resistance for me

[random junco]

oh. my. god.

[cosmic stratus]

its just that it doesnt last long... the platistic on my mouse just rubs off into it

[onyx locust]

i already have it :/, am i fked?

[cosmic stratus]

and eventually small movmentz become sticky again

[random junco]

im gna crash out istg..

[cosmic stratus]

you dont understand?

[elder quarry]

Probably not, but never heard of such thing, and wouldn’t recommend something untested or enough developed

[ripe spire]

i have the most dumb shit short-lived interests, not too long ago it was gaming laptops, now its windows gaming handhelds, tf is wrong with me lmao

[formal sonnet]

The full user manual is available on the manufacturer's website. Power Switch should connect to a header in the 7 Front Panel System area, along with the Reset Switch, Power LED, and HDD LED, if your case has those.

[random junco]

for the past year my monitor has been at 60hz..

[mellow cairn]

You have ADHD

[onyx locust]

well its from 2021 so not that new

[ripe spire]

what refresh rate is ur monitor supposed to be

[random junco]

120 😭

[ripe spire]

YIKES

[onyx locust]

so i hope im good

[ripe spire]

ur almost 20 bro how did u make this mistake

[random junco]

BRO 😭

[ripe spire]

probably

[cosmic stratus]

I lost interest in gaming laptops... I had to go the cheaper rought and just but a 90$ laptop for remote play at school and 250$ on a 1080p machine

[jagged yarrow]

Huh

[random junco]

hey we dont talk about that..

[ripe spire]

how do u even find any laptop that functions and can run chrome at 90%

[cosmic stratus]

who the fuck buys brand new laptops at 90$

no you got the wrong idea

I bought this-

[crude shoal]

Coming from a 6900xt, would a 9070xt be a worthwhile upgrade?

[formal sonnet]

🎶 Hello buying tech products to mod then never touch them again... You've come to throw my interests into a rock tumbler again. 🎶

[cosmic stratus]

literally destroys ALL CHROMEBOOKS

[ripe spire]

nah bc look how cool this looks https://www.ebuyer.com/2268582-antec-core-hs-a7840u-handheld-gaming-console-black-0-761345-80056-3-bundle?=&mkwid=_dc&pcrid=&pkw=&pmt=&utm_term=&utm_campaign=&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&gad_source=1

[sleek ibex]

As someone with ASD I can relate

[mellow cairn]

yeah it's ok to not understand how things work

[ripe spire]

i would definitely buy it if i had the moneym, use it for like a week or two then try and return it bc i regret buying it

[cosmic stratus]

whats wrong here

[ripe spire]

its so cheap too, just under £500

[elder quarry]

Hm, sounds fun, but what’s windows gaming headsets?

[ripe spire]

i didnt say headsets

[cosmic stratus]

what

[ripe spire]

what is this i cant read this, is this 5 hours or 5 days

[elder quarry]

I can’t read

[ripe spire]

fair enough

[ripe spire]

wdym "what"

[plain cypress]

I feel called out

[random junco]

days

[cosmic stratus]

omg is that 5 days and 2 hours

[ripe spire]

oh shi

[random junco]

mines at like 200 days +

i keep my pc on overnight

[cosmic stratus]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1117304302675968052/1321760904903131136/sory.gif

[ripe spire]

Omg

[random junco]

hey yours is at 5 thats terrible..

[ripe spire]

But look how cool it looks

[random junco]

[ripe spire]

I know, end my career rn rnnnn!!!

[random junco]

not cool at all if the screen cant cover the keyboard

because that keyboard wld get so annoying.

[ripe spire]

It does

[random junco]

phew

[elder quarry]

Switch three without the mouse

[ripe spire]

Makes my modded Nintendo switch look like a shit cake, yet it has Hall effect joysticks, in a switch

[cosmic stratus]

make rhe keys bigger

[ripe spire]

Have u ever used a phone

I bet ur fine with the keyboard on ur phone

[tidal geyser]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/532914296502353930/1333352803317317673/attachment.gif

[ripe spire]

Hi sim, what do u think of the

[tidal geyser]

handheld

[nova barn]

did some thing hapen bewen Feb 16, 2025 and today date a 4080 sold for 500$ and now they sell for 1.3k ouch ouch ouch

[hallow arrow]

good gaming mouse for about 50 euro budget?

[ripe spire]

Yes

[tidal geyser]

the 4080 has NEVER EVER sold for 500$

[tidal geyser]

i dono i would say more up to how long it lasts for the price and performance

[serene sonnet]

Hi just a quick question I'm looking at getting a gaming laptop, just wondering, both with an RTX 4070, which one's better? one's a Ryzen 7 7435HS the other's an i7 14650HX

[tidal geyser]

ryzen

no

thats zen 3'

[serene sonnet]

I'm not too bothered about power consumption btw it's gonna live plugged in anyway

[tidal geyser]

What

What is the definition of laptop

[ripe spire]

Watch a review on it then silly

[serene sonnet]

I'm buying a laptop because I have a tiny desk with no space for a tower

[tidal geyser]

Recording war thunder agin atm

[tidal geyser]

????

[ripe spire]

Not again

[serene sonnet]

the i7 sucks more power but if it's faster then i'd rather get that

[cosmic stratus]

I am NOT reachinf in the middle like that to type

[tidal geyser]

He has never heard of sff before

[ripe spire]

Congrats, welcome to the money wasting club

[cosmic stratus]

it is NOT the same

[tidal geyser]

Or you know just putting the computer under the desk

[cosmic stratus]

small form factor builds

[ripe spire]

Wait till u find where the g and h keys are on ur full size keyboard

[cosmic stratus]

right...

[serene sonnet]

i dont rly wanna be lambasted for buying a laptop over a tower i js wanna know which ones better

[worthy vault]

https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1345889165694341141

[ripe spire]

Oh no

[nova barn]

It did

[cosmic stratus]

yea plus the two wide spaced between both sides of the kb

[ripe spire]

Where

[ripe spire]

Ah yes they’re so wide (wdym bro, it’s the controller bit)

[serene sonnet]

chatgpt gave me an answer wo having a go at me for not getting a desktop i will get the intel one 🙏

[cosmic stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/mmhmm-mmhm-gif-8299952145522411766

[serene sonnet]

I'm not getting a desktop because I'm a broke uni student buying a laptop on credit so can't rly go buying all the parts individually lol

[elder quarry]

Some happy dude has probably got it for free at some point

[serene sonnet]

I also only have a mac keyboard or the money to buy a decent new one 😔

[elder quarry]

Or just from their parents;-;

[rapid coyote]

still didnt sell for $500 then

[cosmic stratus]

stock cooler

[cosmic stratus]

pls get a decent gaminf laptop

rtx 4060 laptaps can be good value

[elder quarry]

Buy a cheap wraith prism

[tidal geyser]

Ooo yeah those were scams

[serene sonnet]

I'm looking at an Aorus 16X

[tidal geyser]

Cpu comes with a cooler

[serene sonnet]

4070 and 14th gen i7 whatever tf the name is i already forgot

[tidal geyser]

Do we not love missiles you can't evade

[turbid summit]

are 4070 surpers good atm

[tidal geyser]

No go 7800 xt

[elder quarry]

Not tray tho, sometimes you can get it for much cheaper and just buy a prism

[cosmic stratus]

4070m js bad value

[mellow cairn]

why do you think all chromebooks should be destroyed

[cosmic stratus]

jump to 4080 at the very least or get a 3080 laptop from last year

[serene sonnet]

what's the performance diff between that and a 4060m?

bc if i can get a better cpu and not feel much of a hit then I'll do that

[cosmic stratus]

small last a checked

maybe 15% faster, lemme go check

[ripe spire]

Yes according to this logic my PC was free

[serene sonnet]

if it's within 10-15% then ill get a 4060

[tidal geyser]

Power use ya dummy

[ripe spire]

Spend 3k on a framework desktop I dare u

[serene sonnet]

tell that to my credit card

[tidal geyser]

It matters more how much power its allowed to use

[ripe spire]

Bro has a credit card, u know it’s in debt

[serene sonnet]

bro im in uni

i am in unhealthy amounts of debt but i want a gaming laptop

[ripe spire]

Welcome to debt

[cosmic stratus]

you mean dont forget about power consumption

[serene sonnet]

had to get a macbook bc arts course and it can't even run cities skylines

[latent pasture]

pretty big
also what r u doing that u think u need better cpu? if anything its the other way around
even i5s already have like 12 cores

[serene sonnet]

honestly not much I just need something thatll run cities skylines 2 and cyberpunk lol

[cosmic stratus]

the 4070 is 140watts

[latent pasture]

the higher end cpus just have more ecores

[tidal geyser]

But can be 50

[serene sonnet]

can I configure that like a desktop or is it just kinda stuck to whatever the manufacturer sets

[tidal geyser]

Manufacturer

[cosmic stratus]

no the laptop hes looking at

[latent pasture]

also i sent 1440p results bc the laptop they were looking at comes with 2560x1600

[cosmic stratus]

its 140watt 4070

[serene sonnet]

for context the last time i built a pc it was a 7700k and gtx 1080 so im kinda outta the pc game

[cosmic stratus]

yea that makes more sense

[latent pasture]

rtx 4050-70 laptop dont scale much past 100w anyway

bc of how theyre configured

[tidal geyser]

Also the cooling needs

Anyway a sff would be the best option

[serene sonnet]

if I can get parts for a sff on the currys website then ill do that lol

[mellow cairn]

Yes, it's stuck, but also it wouldn't have the ABILITY to deliver that power, NOR the ability to cool it

[elder quarry]

Something like this would be fun to see https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/188j5l1/custom_case_with_builtin_monitor/

[rose stream]

Rebranded AyaNeo Slide. Still looks cool, just that I can't get behind that thumbstick placement personally.

[ripe spire]

Yes I know, it’s cheaper than the Ayaneo slide tho

[rose stream]

Plus, the 3 will come out eventually and that one has modular control schemes.

[elder quarry]

The left one? Aweful

[serene sonnet]

would a sff build not have a similar issue

[tidal geyser]

God no

[elder quarry]

No

[ripe spire]

I know, and for a BEEFY ahh price

[latent pasture]

depends on how small bc ud obviously need to pick smaller gpu

[tidal geyser]

There are 2 fan 7900 xtx

[elder quarry]

Have you seen a laptop cooler and a sff cooler?

[serene sonnet]

im tryinna spec out parts rn but theyre pretty limited

[latent pasture]

if ur gonna get an sff pc worse than like rtx 4070 and i7, a laptop will be better (unless u want upgradeability specifically)

[serene sonnet]

my hard budget is £1500 and they have to be on the currys website so its a challenge

[rose stream]

Would be worth it though, at least for all of these.

[latent pasture]

since even cheepo laptops can get like 8-16 core cpus

[rose stream]

That fightpad layout is sooo tempting, I'll be honest.

I've long missed having such and I've never used it in vertical fashion outside of the old Xbox "Duke" controller, and that wasn't even that great of an experience either.

I want it for real.

[mellow cairn]

The answer is it depends. But generally if you're building a DIY SFF, you'll have flexibility

[latent pasture]

were u looking at this? its pretty well priced for a 4070

[serene sonnet]

that exact one yeah

[hallow arrow]

good gaming mouse for about 50 euro budget???

[serene sonnet]

I like the razer deathadder theyre pretty cheap and mine's lasted like 3 years now

[lyric horizon]

@elder quarry @tidal geyser update reseated my cpu and it worked a little. Put my old drive in and it booted up to bios. Put the new drive in and it booted up bios. So reseating cpu fixed it

[latent pasture]

if ur still thinking abt sff then matching this would need like r5 7600 cpu and rtx 3060ti/4060ti gpu tier of performance

[lyric horizon]

Now will mount everything proper and put in my 3070to

[elder quarry]

Wow, any idea what could’ve happened

[hallow arrow]

it doesnt like start doing random shit when you use it too fast because my cheap ahh mouse does it

[serene sonnet]

nah its really solid

[hallow arrow]

does it have like a software where you can mess with dpi and stuff?|

[serene sonnet]

yeah razer synapse

also has rgb if u care ab that

and side buttons

[lyric horizon]

I may have jostled the cpu when removing my gpu…. The primary m.2 slot is just above the gpu and I have a nh-d15 cooler…

[serene sonnet]

does the 7600x come with the stock cooler btw?

[hallow arrow]

doesnt really matter but if i could change the colors it would be nice

[lyric horizon]

I was having issues unlatching that gpu.

[elder quarry]

Hm weird

[latent pasture]

the 7600 no letter does
but if ur building sff ur probably buying some low profile cooler anyway

[tidal geyser]

Not x but non x does and its cheaper

[serene sonnet]

im not rlly doing sff i found some lian li matx case and an matx mobo so im gonna do that

[tidal geyser]

Well the stealth is pretty low profile

[serene sonnet]

what's even the diff between the 7600 x and non x

[tidal geyser]

One tends to cost more and does not come with a cooler

[rapid coyote]

an x

[lyric horizon]

I’m just happy it’s working

[serene sonnet]

so its not like intel where the k says if you can oc or not

[latent pasture]

all ryzen cpus r unlocked which is why ppl say to just buy the cheaper one

[ripe spire]

I could technically sell my old gaming laptop and buy that windows handheld

[lyric horizon]

Thank yall for the assist.

This is the first time I had to reseat a cpu to fix an issue in an older build lmao.

[latent pasture]

7600 is 7600x that is 0.2ghz less, but u can just tweak 7600 to take that back
or even if u do nothing, 7600 is only avg 1-2% worse

[serene sonnet]

the 7600 is out of stock anyway but the 7700 is in stock so I may do that if its cheaper than a 7600x with a cooler

yeah it's £70 more for the 7700

[cosmic stratus]

I turned 18.. now I can finnally own a after pay card

[hallow arrow]

btw should i get the wireless one its a little more expensive

[serene sonnet]

if you care about not having a wire yeah

mannnn it was £14 too expensive to get the 7700 4070s

[lethal bay]

after pay cards are dogshit

[wheat field]

Yippe

What's after pay?

[serene sonnet]

buy now pay later

[high elm]

interest rates are crazy

[wheat field]

So...a credit card

[serene sonnet]

if you miss a payment yeah but most of them are interest free

[lethal bay]

payment plans designed for people who can’t afford the shit they’re buying

[wheat field]

No? Sorry European living in Asia, I have no context for this

[serene sonnet]

unregulated credit yeah pretty much

[lethal bay]

Nah it’s different

[wheat field]

I just don't use any credit products

[high elm]

i’d prolly never get a credit card ngl

just gonna stick to a debit

[wheat field]

In America don't you need one?

[lethal bay]

Credit cards are fine and useful if you know what you’re doing and are responsible

[high elm]

Im Singaporean

[rapid coyote]

i got 4 credit cards :/

[serene sonnet]

there's credit cards that work like afterpay. But for example with Klarna they split the payment into 3 and you pay them back no interest over 3 months, whereas with credit you either pay the whole thing off whenver you're meant to or split it with interest

[high elm]

idk about america

[lethal bay]

After pay cards are literally just credit cards with none of the benefits of an actual credit card

[rapid coyote]

pay for everything with em

[wheat field]

Wooooah!!!!!! I'm going to Singapore in two weeks!

[high elm]

nice!

[wheat field]

I live in Shanghai 👋🏻

Currently in Jeju

[high elm]

ooo

[cosmic stratus]

right, ill now proceed to buy the rtx 4090

stop me if you can!

[wheat field]

Are you Singaporean?

[high elm]

yes senator i am singaporean

[wheat field]

Hahahaha. I'm white

[serene sonnet]

sanity check I've got an RTX 4070, R7 7700, SSD, case, PSU, RAM, and mobo im not forgetting anything right? I can get it for £1400 but it lowk feels too cheap

[wheat field]

Do you speak Mandarin in Singapore?

[ripe spire]

Man, pc performance is a long way off of people not wanting to ever oc anything, itll probably be like a 15900X3D and 9090 Super before that happens

[high elm]

mainly just english ngl

[cosmic stratus]

why?

[wheat field]

Damn, I can speak Mandarin

[tidal geyser]

I would wait like 4 more days and maybe go for a 9070 xt at 600 if that fits

[lethal bay]

#tech-chat-1 message

[high elm]

its kinda useful ig

[wheat field]

你好，来自上海

[cosmic stratus]

people who cant buy it instantly anyway, im not gonna buy something I cant properly pay up over time

[high elm]

o

[serene sonnet]

honestly the 9070xt is very appealing i might, i wasnt gonna buy it rn

[latent pasture]

ur not putting it in a portable sff lol

[lethal bay]

If you can’t buy it outright you can’t afford it. Just save up.

[cosmic stratus]

oh, what are the benefits of an actual credit card

[serene sonnet]

but also this 4070 is £500 doesn't the 9070xt start at £599

[cosmic stratus]

im not waiting

[wheat field]

I woke up at 11 pm and now it's 8 am the next morning. Should I just stay awake?

Or sleep?

[cosmic stratus]

If know I can pay up properly there's no issue and no need to wait

[lethal bay]

buyers protection, rewards, builds credit, etc etc

[ripe spire]

U might be onto something here…

[lethal bay]

good luck have fun

[elder quarry]

“Might”

[grizzled frost]

adhd is just the nice way of saying you have a touch of the tism

[wheat field]

I have ADHD

[serene sonnet]

There's a lot of things I buy that I can't afford in the moment but I know over the longer term I can so why not get it and spread out the financial burden of it other than going broke

[ripe spire]

Wdym might in quotation marks, what’s that supposed to mean

[wheat field]

Pretty much, ya.

[cosmic stratus]

LMFAO

[grizzled frost]

(i have adhd)

[ripe spire]

I don’t know u

[wheat field]

So do I lol

[lethal bay]

Really long winded way of saying you’re irresponsible with money

[ripe spire]

Fr

[gusty wagon]

When do i upgrade my gpu? I have a mid-tier card and i want more fps for the same power draw. (6800XT)

[lethal bay]

Nothing you can payment plan is a necessity

[wheat field]

I know people who have payment plans for McDonald's....

[lethal bay]

Shouldn’t be, anyway

[lethal bay]

McDonald’s isn’t a necessity

[cosmic stratus]

how

[cosmic stratus]

ok now thats silly

[wheat field]

That's my point

[lost yarrow]

Can't find a good laptop. What do you think of this desktop instead?
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/JoshuaBuildster/saved/r38TmG

[serene sonnet]

Not necessarily lol sometimes there's stuff you either buy it then or you don't get it, I bought concert tickets for that exact reason

[ripe spire]

Well shite

[gusty wagon]

Payment plans aren't accounted into expenditure and cashback rewards, so that's a triple loss

[wheat field]

Pay later is to take advantage of our hyper consumer brains

[lethal bay]

The potential risk outweighs the sole benefit of “have thing now”

[elder quarry]

Gargh ew

[lethal bay]

Practice some self control and just save up until you can afford it

[rapid coyote]

this is fiscally irresponsible, and that was the point

[ripe spire]

Do u really need to upgrade, what resolution r u playing at, what games do u play

[lethal bay]

Thank you lol

[gusty wagon]

Helldivers 2 and Elden Ring, 1440p

[cosmic stratus]

risk... I wouldnt buy it if there's a risk lmfaoo. You pay now knowing you WILL be able to make the payments on time with NO issue lmfao

[elder quarry]

It’s private

[lethal bay]

That’s what they all say

[cosmic stratus]

if you dont think you can do so in the future then dont

[serene sonnet]

so should I just not have them experiences and just never go to concerts and stuff but at least I have money

[ripe spire]

6800XT ain’t even bad, but for 1440p I can see ur issue, maybe look at the new 9070XT when it comes out

[lethal bay]

Nobody signs up for a payment plan thinking they won’t be able to make the payments lmfao

[mellow cairn]

I generally am

[lethal bay]

Yet it happens lol

[cosmic stratus]

I see how it is smh... and for the record, I personally think thats common sense

[lethal bay]

You’d think

[lost yarrow]

Didnt know it was, ill see if I can figure it out

[ripe spire]

It’s fine tho, I’ll never get it checked out, and my parents will never believe me so, ig we stay as we are

[elder quarry]

What does figjam mean

[rapid coyote]

correct

[mellow cairn]

googlerise it

[serene sonnet]

exactly why im debating spending £1400 on a pc

[rapid coyote]

you should focus on becoming financially stable first

[wheat field]

Crap, earthquake

[gusty wagon]

I have several payment plans. Mortgage, insurance, aircon, university, for example

[formal sonnet]

I want to believe this, but at least 3 people in my life (2 of whom have declared bankruptcy more than once) have proven this wrong. 🤣 🥲 These people see the Klarna / Afterpay icon and go "ooooh that means I can get what I want NOW and worry about it later" except they never worry about it later...

[wheat field]

Well I'm scared now

[cosmic stratus]

[serene sonnet]

unfortunately not possible in uni

[lethal bay]

I’m not talking about loans

That’s a whole different thing

[cosmic stratus]

idoits with money

[rapid coyote]

very much possible, if youre not lazy

[gusty wagon]

aircon and insurance, then

[lethal bay]

yeahhhhhhhh lol

[cosmic stratus]

Basically, could never be me

[wheat field]

Idiots without money*

[lethal bay]

considered a necessity imo

[cosmic stratus]

right 😭

[wheat field]

And calling people who are bad with money "idiots" is not entirely true.

I know plenty of really smart people that are fiscally irresponsible

[serene sonnet]

the bar for being financially stable isnt rlly about the number in my bank its about knowing incoming and outgoings and being able to forecast and account that, which I can and I have so id argue im fine

[lethal bay]

Can’t be that smart if they can’t do simple math

[cosmic stratus]

sounds like an idoit to me or at the very least, not smart

[serene sonnet]

ah thank you currys

[lost yarrow]

I think I figured it out

[cosmic stratus]

right

[wheat field]

It's not about the math. These people are addicted to buying stuff

[lethal bay]

Lack of self control and discipline

[wheat field]

You wouldn't call a gambling addict dumb, they have an actual problem

[cosmic stratus]

idiots in my book

[wheat field]

Sure, but not dumb. Those are two different things

[ripe spire]

I might be able to make a curry better than they can sell tech, I can barely fry an egg bro

[wheat field]

Maybe spell "idiots" correctly before chiming in

[lethal bay]

Nah I’d say you’re pretty dumb for starting gambling in general

[mellow cairn]

yes but they don't think they won't be able to make the payments, they don't think about it at all

[wheat field]

Nah

[cosmic stratus]

right 😭

[wheat field]

I have great sympathy for addicts

[serene sonnet]

I think the bar for being smart with money is being able to actually account for everything, like if you have so many subscriptions that you don't remember them then you're dumb with money, but if you're in the red and know exactly how and when you'll be out of it I don't really see the issue with it

[cosmic stratus]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/395646588682240020/1161148224153858048/1070017885382131783.gif

[rapid coyote]

the same people who just look at the payment are the ones car dealers LOVE

[lethal bay]

Can’t relate

[elfin night]

is it worth to get a ryzen 7 5800X3D over a 5800X (context: already on AM4, currently on a 5600G (i have a rx 6600) want to upgrade to a better cpu but dont know whether its worth the extra £120 for the x3d (will be used for gaming primarily))

[timber locust]

So the airflow of water cooling fans mounted at the top of the computer case should go out of the computer or toward the CPU?

[rapid coyote]

"oh sure, i can get you in this car for $500 a month!" insert 96 month loan

[formal sonnet]

More or less right. Having been asked about tech products I know they can't afford but buy anyway, they think about it for a split second, until the purchase button is pressed and then yes - they immediately forget it was something they agreed to pay off over time. 😄

[cosmic stratus]

😭

[lethal bay]

This, again, is different

[wheat field]

Oh actually I did use a pay later thing for my college laptop back in the day I guess. I financed it at the time

[lethal bay]

Transportation is a necessity for many people

[tidal geyser]

A major rule for me is that I will try as hard as possible yo never take out any loans

[mellow cairn]

I'm about to lease a car. The government REALLY wants me to buy a brand new EV

[serene sonnet]

or get it for $1000 at 48 because unless you wanna save for like 10 years straight you can't really buy a nice car outright

[formal sonnet]

To their credit (pun intended), these people have an extremely difficult time logging into X number of different banks / credit card sites / payment systems, so I don't fully blame them for all their money mismanagement, but also... if you buy something, you're responsible for it. I miss Mint.com so much.

[ripe spire]

Same

[rapid coyote]

dont buy a nice car

at least not new

[wheat field]

Loans are super useful if you use them correctly

[serene sonnet]

your example was for $48,000 lol, that's the price of a nice car

[mellow cairn]

buying it outright in my case would be MORE expensive.

[rapid coyote]

my example was not for $48,000

[serene sonnet]

500*96 is $48,000

[wheat field]

I take out loans for stuff I have the money for and pay it off over time, have done since I was about 19ish. Now I can take out a very large sum of money with my Irish bank very quickly if I need it.

[rapid coyote]

my example would have ended up at $48,000 paid, but that doesnt take into account interest, down payment, trade in, any of that stuff

[cosmic stratus]

I sit there for hours thinking about whether or not I can fit something in my monthly- weekly payments and whether or not its worth it before I buy something.. If it cant fit ill jusy have to wait until I pay off the product I already bought... but certian ppl cant seem to do this

[mellow cairn]

Now, admittedly, that's because of the way the tax works and the fact that EVs are FBT exempt

[serene sonnet]

even if it was $30-35,000 that's still a quite nice car

[rapid coyote]

you can end up at $500 for 96 months on a 2006 honda civic

[serene sonnet]

this is getting pretty pedantic now

[lethal bay]

TC1 in a nutshell

[cosmic stratus]

are u new here

[wheat field]

I think my maximum loan amount is 250,000 euros now, which is a lot in Europe. I can also get approved for a mortgage rather quickly if we choose to move back

[serene sonnet]

not v active

[cosmic stratus]

mmmm

[wheat field]

In China my credit is just....nothing, never used any Chinese credit systems

[frail delta]

Yes, yes they do

[lethal bay]

No rational adult does*

[frail delta]

Yes they do

[lethal bay]

k

[wheat field]

This stemmed from "I just turned 18! I can do this now!"

Not an adult really, ya know?

[cosmic stratus]

paying off my 5700xt...

[lethal bay]

literally which is why I’m explaining it’s dumb

[lethal bay]

In the eye of the law yes

[wheat field]

Ya I agree, I'm just pointing it out.

[serene sonnet]

done that which is why i have an iphone 15 pro

granted i got my finances on track and now im fine paying it

turned 18 went i wanna buy myself a thing and then got into a 24 month contract on a phone

[wheat field]

Desperate ones do. I don't know your background but this stinks of not really knowing what it's like to struggle with money.

Could be wrong

[lethal bay]

Phones are the biggest waste of money imo

[wheat field]

Most of the people I know who'd do this are very poor

[cosmic stratus]

its cool bc it means im not limited to stores like ali expresss. its only dumb if you use it irresponsibly no?

[lethal bay]

Extremely wrong

[wheat field]

True

[serene sonnet]

tbf I was upgrading from a galaxy s20fe

and I don't plan on upgrading it until it doesnt get updates anymore

[lethal bay]

Acting like that’s an obsolete phone

[wheat field]

Fair enough, then you should know. Those who grew up poor are either super duper financially responsible or super duper financially desperate

[serene sonnet]

it didn't do everything I wanted it to and the power button wanted to fall out

[cosmic stratus]

as a power user hell no

[serene sonnet]

also it had oled burn in

oh the urges are strong

[cosmic stratus]

no its not obsolete

its mediocre

[lethal bay]

Those who grew up poor weren’t financing “wants”, ykwim?

[wheat field]

AliExpress? Do people just go to them for cards now

[cosmic stratus]

like my s21+ and the samsung made, snapdragon 888😭

[lethal bay]

who cares it’s a cell phone

[wheat field]

Ya but say the washer goes or the fridge.

[serene sonnet]

I grew up very poor im just making up for not having cool stuff growing up that's my excuse

[wheat field]

That's where they get poor people

[lethal bay]

Again, for the third time now, that’s different lol.

[cosmic stratus]

how regular phone users think:

[mellow cairn]

People are not rational.

[wheat field]

I don't disagree I'm just pointing it out

[lethal bay]

You implying you’re some sort of super power phone user is hilarious

[cosmic stratus]

power users yea

[lethal bay]

sure pal

[cosmic stratus]

snapdragon 888 has bad thermals

[serene sonnet]

it started stuttering and i wanted an iphone to go with my macbook so i got a new one ez

[cosmic stratus]

start lagging after 5 min of load smh

[lethal bay]

Womp womp

[glass brook]

Is it possible that I will get better performance when I connect my laptop to a external monitor?

[wheat field]

I have an iphone 16 for work and I still use my pixel 9 over it whenever I can.

[tidal geyser]

No

[serene sonnet]

no because it's still the same computer

[mellow cairn]

it is possible, it depends on a lot of things

[wheat field]

No lol

[serene sonnet]

if the monitor is higher resolution it might feel worse tbh

[elder grotto]

The iPhone 16 would be better if it had a 120hz screen but unfortunately it doesn't

[wheat field]

Unless your current monitor has a low refresh rate or something but you won't see performance gains

[mellow cairn]

wrong, some external display plugs come from the dgpu

so it may force a switch to the dgpu

[wheat field]

I don't know, it's my work phone. I don't really care about it

[serene sonnet]

that's what used 15 pros are for

[lethal bay]

I’m on a 12 Pro Max I bought almost 4 years ago now with no intentions of upgrading

[cosmic stratus]

I would love to upgrade and keep a s25U for 4yrs but the s25u didn't get and meaningful camera upgrades other than the ultra wide which I generally do not care about in the first place

[elder grotto]

The iPhone 12 Pro Max is already a good phone

[mellow cairn]

Also - laptops generally get better performance when plugged in to power , which is likely when you're using an external monitor

[cosmic stratus]

yea thats a perfectly fine phone

[mellow cairn]

also - it may have better cooling

[wheat field]

But these things are independent from the monitor. You can get better cooling for a laptop by using one of those cooling stands

[elder quarry]

Real old system or not?

[wheat field]

If you mean not having the laptop power the built in display...maybe the thermals would improve slightly

[oblique terrace]

Yes it's real

[mellow cairn]

yes, aside from dgpu switch

[wheat field]

Not a whole lot though

[mellow cairn]

no I meant generally when you're using a display you're in a better cooling situation

[elder quarry]

Can I see the system?

[wheat field]

Could you not just force the laptop to do that anyway.

[elder quarry]

What Linux distro

[wheat field]

I guess. Depends

[cosmic stratus]

honestly why do you think pro and ultra models exist.

[mellow cairn]

he specialises in ancient e-waste and getting angry when you point it out

[oblique terrace]

Q4OS

[indigo basin]

i got bored and printed a mouse bungee

[elder quarry]

Bruh

[wheat field]

That's cool

[mellow cairn]

So you can segment the market and extract maximum value

[wheat field]

People are dumb and buy dumb things

[cosmic stratus]

useless as expected smh

[lethal bay]

What Bob said

[cosmic stratus]

[wheat field]

The only guy I know who's an apple head doesn't upgrade for at least two gens

He told me he's never seen the point

[indigo basin]

I dislike apple

[lethal bay]

Phone is phone lowkey

[wheat field]

I don't, those M chips are coool

[indigo basin]

expensive for what they are

[oblique terrace]

Q4OS makes it possible to watch YouTube on 20+ year old towers

[lethal bay]

I like iPhones because they just work and I don’t have to deal with any bullshit

[mellow cairn]

this is because phones are a solved problem. New phone gens add basically nothing. There is nothing worth doing you can't do with a 2 gen old phone

[cosmic stratus]

if thats all you value, absolutely

[wheat field]

Exactly, ya.

[lethal bay]

With that being said, I dailied a OnePlus 7 Pro for 2 years before my current phone

[wheat field]

I never liked one plus. I daily a pixel 9

[lethal bay]

I’m just trying to figure out wtf you’re doing that makes you think you’re a “phone power user”

[wheat field]

I love google pixels

[indigo basin]

I have a nothing phone 2 atm

[rose stream]

Yeah and honestly, the upgrades they keep doing year after year are really minor or even try to put in too much for so little, creating new problems that didn't even exist before.

[wheat field]

Watches tiktoks at 144hz

🫨🫨🫨🫨

[lethal bay]

real

[mellow cairn]

I really want a pixel 8+ rather than my 7 pro, because I could use it as a remote thing with an external display - but this isn't actually a hardware limitation per se, they could have done this at any time

[indigo basin]

did the iPhone 9 ever exist

[cosmic stratus]

Gaming, video editing, taking photos and videos. Emulation etc

[lethal bay]

ah so games

[mellow cairn]

video editing on your phone...

[lethal bay]

lmfao.

[wheat field]

The 7 doesn't allow for external output right?

I use my 9 with a desktop app sometimes if I want to take notes

[mellow cairn]

correct

[wheat field]

So things you shouldn't do on a phone.

Gotcha

[rapid quarry]

No. 7,8 and then X

[cosmic stratus]

sometimes faster than loading it on the PC, for capcut I havnt noticed a difference its pretty convenient

[wheat field]

I'd get the 9 if you like pixels. They're nice.

[rose stream]

One is more power usage than necessary, another is higher thermals than usual, phones themselves becoming bigger than they even need to be (which is a step back too), and even durability being lessened compared to before.

[indigo basin]

I'm going to create an iPhone 9 and sell it to a grandma pretending it's an actual iPhone

[wheat field]

I upgraded from a pixel 7

Just recently

I got mine in Hong Kong so I dunno about western prices

[mellow cairn]

oh, I'm sure it's nice, but there's nothing wrong with my 7 pro, so I'll just keep using it for now. I will inevitably break it.

[wheat field]

Absolutely, I still have my 7 and use it for KDE

The pixels support ubunto touch I think hahaha might be a fun weekend project

[indigo basin]

I have an old Xiaomi
I might repurpose it to be a print server

[wheat field]

a phone OS mad why someone who was told what a phone was by an idiot

[cosmic stratus]

I do gaming on the go bc why the fuck would I wip put my laptop to complete dailies??? video editing is done on the phone because I record videoes there especially since its a decent camera????

[wheat field]

Xiaomi stuff is generally pretty good if you flash something else on it.

I have android running on one of their tablets that came with harmony os

[cosmic stratus]

Like what lmfao

[wheat field]

If you're editing video on a phone you're not making a good video

Just gonna be real.

[cosmic stratus]

I value the utilitarian aspect of a phone

not just for commination, such basic ppl lmfao

[cosmic stratus]

Or it doesnt need that much editing

[cosmic stratus]

ofc if I was heavy video editing I dump it to the PC

adding text making cuts, I can do on the phone

[wheat field]

I mean, if you're happy you're happy

[brave brook]

talking about Xiaomi, i find it funny that a cheapo Xiaomi tablet (under Redmi brand) got Android 15 sooner than a 2023 midrange Samsung phone

[rapid quarry]

That read out has not changed since forever

[wheat field]

No idea what that means

[cosmic stratus]

my problem here is you dont understand but then I again shouldnt care so much in the first place so mb ig

[wheat field]

Those aren't rebrands

Redmi is the name of their line up, it's still Xiaomi

[cosmic stratus]

redmi is a sub brand

[indigo basin]

yeah my phone is a redmi, im just seeing if i can charge it

[rose stream]

This feels like a matter of taste at this point. Lol.
I won't defend you, but I won't agree with that either, since you probably have a way better (and also more expensive) phone than I do anyway to make any of those features matter at all.

[brave brook]

i didn't said it is a rebrand. But Redmi is usually the budget Xiaomi brand

[cosmic stratus]

everyone keeps glazing the vivo x200 but its not sold in the US

[wheat field]

Oh "under" sorry very tired.

Um, ya kind of.

I have one of their flagship tablets

[brave brook]

the point was that a 2023 Xiaomi 180 euro tablet got Android 15 sooner htan a 2023 Samsung 450 euro phone

[wheat field]

The ground is still shaking here

;----;

[wheat field]

Huh

[brave brook]

https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_pad_se-12466.php

[frail topaz]

oneui 7 is trickling out so slowly

[brave brook]

vs https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a53_5g-11268.php

Redmi Pad SE is at Android 15, A53 at Android 14 😄

[wheat field]

Redmi pad pro

[brave brook]

and sorry, A53 is 2022. Still, same thing, Samsung is very late this year

[wheat field]

But in china they come stock with harmony OS or whatever it's called. I had to flash android onto it

[brave brook]

they might be so slow that they skip Android 15 altogether

cause Android 16 launches in like 2 months

[wheat field]

I haven't even updated my pixel 9 to 15

[wheat field]

I should do that

[glossy veldt]

duuuude

an a2000 for 180

[brave brook]

they are doing Android 16 sooner than usual, instead of August they do it in April/May, and then they do fix version in fall

[wheat field]

I really hope arc laptops become mainstream

🤌🏻🤞🏻

[brave brook]

meanwhile funny fake brands on Aliexpress

[glad fog]

i need me some half life 3

[tidal geyser]

I am finally done recording

[wet ember]

i know this is the 100th time i complained about my pc stuttering while playing video and all

but i was on a discord call and it was stuttering

so this issue is widespread on my system

[lethal bay]

It’s broken buy a new one

[wet ember]

unfortunately, yeah

at least i have another computer

[lethal bay]

fr though sounds like windows reinstall time

[wet ember]

yeah

[glossy veldt]

stuttering?

[wet ember]

and the stutters were super bad today. 5 seconds was the longest, where video playback froze, audio glitched/buzzed, and unresponsive to input

[glossy veldt]

overheating?

[wet ember]

i had a temp monitoring system for my cpu in my system tray. temps were normal

[glossy veldt]

weird

[wet ember]

checked afterburner and my gpu was also fine

[glossy veldt]

probably windows reinstalling time

[wet ember]

😔

[glossy veldt]

are you on an ssd

if so is it filled up

ssd performance declines when they fill up

[wet ember]

lol dual boot windows 11

[glossy veldt]

yeah no clue

pc wizard stuff

[wet ember]

windows updates, graphics drivers, system checks, ram checks, nothing indicated an issue

[oblique terrace]

https://youtube.com/shorts/h1DRK-y3rI0?si=oeKP7JKLs4ApY5Kr

[random gyro]

need help building my
pc right now

my ssd comes with a medal cover and my motherboards has a heatsink already

can i put the metal
cover and heat sink both on?

[left dove]

no

[random gyro]

or do i not need one or the other

[left dove]

you dont have to use the motherboard heatsink

if its just cooling the ssd

[wet ember]

is there a way to reinstall windows without deleting my apps and files?

[random gyro]

so dont put this motherboard cover on?

for the hs

[left dove]

your ssd doesnt have a cooler, what

[junior valve]

dont reinstall it

[left dove]

thats just the sticker

[random gyro]

its a medal sheet thats not a sticker

[grizzled frost]

why are you trying to reinstall it?