tech-chat-1

[glass perch]

So if you know anything which can help

[granite onyx]

So Facebook marketplace and ebay are the best because I'm gonna go to sleep and look tomorrow

[tidal geyser]

yes

[granite onyx]

✅

[rigid fjord]

definitely bios update asap, you may need to do a replug after with your mobo

[gusty wagon]

Which amd card has twice the performance as the 6900XT?

[rigid fjord]

still $200 max

[glass perch]

Rtx 4590

[tidal geyser]

twice?

o well i would go with a 9070 xt or 7900 XTX

[rigid fjord]

none yet, you're closer to 50% with a 9070 xt/7900xtx

[tidal geyser]

dlss and frame gen?

[rigid fjord]

you mean fsr and frame gen, still wouldn't double the performance

[glass perch]

4060 my goat, the best graphics card there is

[rigid fjord]

fuck no

[gusty wagon]

Why?

[glass perch]

Those copper wires tho-

[warm linden]

I forgot how to bios update lmao

[tidal geyser]

i dono physics

[warm linden]

Do I just set boot order to bios usb

[tidal geyser]

no

[warm linden]

Or press bios flash button while pc off

[tidal geyser]

you need to update the bios

you use the bios flash tool in the bios

[warm linden]

Right

[glass perch]

Im gonna smash my airfiber

[tidal geyser]

skill issue

also get more then 30Mb of internet well 3.75MB

[warm linden]

I renamed the bios file to GIGABYTE.BIN like it said but it didn’t like that

[tidal geyser]

yes

[glass perch]

I am happy with it but what do i do if im not even getting that speed!?

[warm linden]

?

Why doesn’t it like it

[tidal geyser]

when not downloading how much

[rigid fjord]

a 7900xtx is around 20-30% more performance over a 6900xt

[tidal geyser]

sicne its not the right name

[glass perch]

6 mbps

5 id say

[warm linden]

Obviously

[tidal geyser]

and when downloading?

[glass perch]

2

[tidal geyser]

not Obviously to you it seems

[tidal geyser]

that is worse

welp i give up on you

[glass perch]

Ill just break into the ISP's door

Cuz i give up on downloading the last of us too

[warm linden]

I was just following instructions

Apparently they were wrong

[tidal geyser]

it was the ones for flashback

aka usin the button

[warm linden]

I’m just using the bios utility

I didn’t change the file name and it still didn’t like it so I’ll keep looking

[tidal geyser]

you are installing the wrong bios

[warm linden]

No

I downloaded the correct one

[tidal geyser]

no

clearly not

open hwinfo in normal mode

[silk halo]

Is a gen 2 Nintendo switch with everything used worth it for $100

[tidal geyser]

well more up to you

[gusty wagon]

I want twice the performance

[rigid fjord]

according to what i've seen you don't rename it

[warm linden]

I didn’t

[tidal geyser]

qflash does

[warm linden]

Still didn’t like it lol

[rigid fjord]

you're not gettign that til 2-3 gens later

[tidal geyser]

what motherboard do you have

take pic of the motherboard box

[viscid helm]

Hi, my GPU suddenly became slow at handling PSD files (the same file I was editing for days)

to a point my photoshop stops using GPU

What could be the reason for this to happen suddenly?

[rigid fjord]

from what i read q flash didn't require it

[tidal geyser]

o wow

[warm linden]

I downloaded the correct file for version 1.3 which is what I have and didn’t rename it and I am still getting the same error

[tidal geyser]

wat, cant read file

[warm linden]

Literally what I’ve been trying to tell you

[tidal geyser]

try to reformat it to fat32

[warm linden]

Did that

[tidal geyser]

you said it was just a erorr not WHAT error

[tidal geyser]

use a differemt usb port

[warm linden]

I’m using the bios flashback port

Specifically for that

[rigid fjord]

this one ?

[tidal geyser]

no

[warm linden]

Yes

[tidal geyser]

did you extract the file 😐

[warm linden]

Yes

[prime parcel]

reviving 20 year old Vaio battery is going very shittily and I give up

[tidal geyser]

wtf welp i dono then

[exotic nexus]

MSI MAG X870 TOMAHAWK WIFI vs GIGABYTE X870 AORUS ELITE?

I've heard X870 have really slow boot times but the MSI one was really bad?
I'll be using a 9800X3D CPU and 3x m.2 NVME drives, my understanding is both have 4 so I'm good from that view
Any ideas?

[tidal geyser]

O GOD NO

[prime parcel]

the cells are dead 0 volts so I'm giving it barely any voltage in hopes I can get the battery circuit working again for proper charging

[warm linden]

Ah

[tidal geyser]

you do know the performance difference from THE cheapest name brand a620 vs a x870e best version is like zero difference

[warm linden]

It would help if I selected the file

[tidal geyser]

that does not work

[prime parcel]

it is 23 years old, it might if it has crappy old protection

[tidal geyser]

so it has a BMS?

[rigid fjord]

you should be using a b850 instead

[exotic nexus]

The rear IO on the X870 is better from my research - I have a fair few USB devices (admitedly, none of high power)

[tidal geyser]

or b650

[prime parcel]

Doesn't seem to be a fused bms, judging by the fact it actually had a voltage readout to the connector at the end

[exotic nexus]

Hm

[tidal geyser]

does it even matter at all

[prime parcel]

Just that if the voltage goes too low it wont charge anymore

[rigid fjord]

nope, i could get that from a b650

[exotic nexus]

B850 vs X870
Same MSI MAG Tomahawk

[tidal geyser]

but why

[exotic nexus]

Oh they're both Wifi 7

[rigid fjord]

b650 livemixer

[tidal geyser]

do you have a wifi 7 AP

[exotic nexus]

nope!
buttt the only reason I look for wifi is in the off chance Valve release a VR headset that supports wireless streaming like the Quest does

[tidal geyser]

also why use wifi for such a spensive mobo

[tidal geyser]

that is from the AP?

[exotic nexus]

100% using ethernet day to day

[warm linden]

I just don’t like cords

[rigid fjord]

really bad way to choose a mobo

[warm linden]

That’s why I use WiFi on my board

[exotic nexus]

that's why i'm here!

It's about a ~£60 difference going B850 instead of X870

[rigid fjord]

you do realise there's internal extra headers for usb

[tidal geyser]

a GOOD like GOOD motherboard on am5 is like 120-130

like 9950X with pbo possible motherboard

and wifi

[exotic nexus]

I do require three m.2 slots for my SSDs which not every motherboard has

[gusty wagon]

I have an unrelated question

[tidal geyser]

the one i am talking about does

[rigid fjord]

i know of many b650 and b850 mobo's that have 3x m.2 slots

[prime parcel]

What is it?

[tidal geyser]

WTF fuck the tarrifs its not 30$ more tthen it should
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CvcgXL/gigabyte-b650-eagle-ax-atx-am5-motherboard-b650-eagle-ax

[gusty wagon]

Cypro or spiro?

[prime parcel]

uuuuuuuhhhhh I know a lot about this uhhhhhhhhhhhhh give me a uhhh

[swift moss]

I need this

[gusty wagon]

Hehe, Peyton too

No worries, i have the answers, i'm just fishing

[swift moss]

Delivered on my doorstep by nzpost

[exotic nexus]

Is B650 just a future proofed as B850?
I'd be looking to keep it for probably 5 years

[tidal geyser]

what?????

that makes zero sense

[prime parcel]

I am very very educated in the medications in which I literally just now learned about by looking up

👍👍

[tidal geyser]

the cheapest am5 motherboard will last as long of support as the most pricey x870e

well mostly

[exotic nexus]

Okay cool

[pallid otter]

Hello sim 🙂

[tidal geyser]

no

[pallid otter]

Heheh

[golden sage]

does anyone know other good monitors with similar spec at this price range? https://thetechyard.com/products/gigabyte-gs27q-x-27-240hz-ips-gaming-monitor?_pos=2&_psq=240hz&_ss=e&_v=1.0

[gusty wagon]

Yes the A520 series lasts as long as a X570 series

[rigid fjord]

an a320 also does

[tidal geyser]

god i love buying computers with it

[gusty wagon]

Not with the limited rom, it doesn't

[tidal geyser]

like 100$ and i can put in a 5950x

[tidal geyser]

well yeah on cpus older then ryzen

but almost all a320 motherboards support some of the latest am4 cpus

[rigid fjord]

when you can get a 5950x to hit 5ghz without issues doing pbo, nope, it really do last long

[cinder shell]

includes razer huntsman mini

how is this for 600 usd (900 AUD) Motherboard: ASUS STRIX B550-E
CPU: Ryzen 5600X
GPU: RTX Gigabyte 3070 OC
RAM: Corsair DDR4 32gb 4 channel-with rgb
PSU: Corsair cx750m - 750W
Storage:Samsung 1tb ssd
Liquid cooling system
plenty of rgb

[sinful cobalt]

Anything I need to keep in mind for a mobo swap?

[tidal geyser]

go am5 but this looks used

[tidal geyser]

why mobo swap

[rigid fjord]

for 600 usd equivalence it's pretty decent

[cinder shell]

it is used but i asking is it good deal?

[gusty wagon]

This is interesting to hear, a 5950X on an A320

[pallid otter]

Just so you know I could get out a ssd and use a hunk of metal as a crowbar and broke the screw and pull out the ssd the add is a TEAMGROUP T-Force Cardea A440 Pro

[tidal geyser]

not the best but its fine

[rigid fjord]

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ryzen-9-5950x-5ghz-a320-motherboard you can, not that you should

[cinder shell]

i was just thinking never gonna happen but i get this sell the 3070 and get a 5070

[gusty wagon]

Huntsman mini tho

[sinful cobalt]

im gonna take the steel legend out as a test bench and utilise the longer wifi connector on the B850 A.Elite Ice since my wifi on the PC rn is absolute cheeks and I cant find the appropriate longer antenna

[gusty wagon]

Lovely keyboard

My only problem with Razer keyboards is that they're staggered layout

They introduce this thing called Chronic Staggered Typing Syndrome on people

[rigid fjord]

would be a massive improvement but tbh i'd get a 4070/4070s/4070ti/4070ti super instead of a 5070

[tidal geyser]

you are semi forced to use shitty unsuable corppyting software

[tidal geyser]

9070 or 9070 xt?

[gusty wagon]

People who love staggered keyboards are criminals

[rigid fjord]

you really mean the shit quality and a keylogger as official software for it

[sinful cobalt]

Im spoiled by my 80he for keyboards :p

also being stuck in a place with shit internet sucks

[rigid fjord]

those also, but we're talking dollarydoo's

[cinder shell]

what about a 9070 xt its the same price

[gusty wagon]

That's fair, I want a VIA / GMK fw compatible keyboard

[prime parcel]

older laptops are built so well I love my M6800

[rigid fjord]

also a better option

[tidal geyser]

way way better, its like a 5070 ti in terms of performance and features

[gusty wagon]

I'd support razer too, if i was a shareholder

Their marketing is pretty successful

[sinful cobalt]

^

[cinder shell]

ok enough imagining now. about something that I might buy what's the best gpu i could get for around 400 USD (used or brand-new)

[sinful cobalt]

I have stocks in intel, tsmc, amd, nvidia and Im supporting all of them lmao

[tidal geyser]

probs 6800 xt

[prime parcel]

their new stuff is awful but I will admit their old products were actually pretty baller

[tidal geyser]

maybe 7700 xt or 7800 xt the 7800 if possible

[gusty wagon]

But what about the speaker headrest

[prime parcel]

their what

at that point I'd pull seats out of an NA Miata and use the speakers in that

[gusty wagon]

https://www.razer.com/gaming-chairs-accessories/razer-clio

[warm linden]

should I get a better cooler if my 5700x3d is getting to 75c in game

[sinful cobalt]

no thats normal

[prime parcel]

is it good or not good

I can't imagine it's great

[tidal geyser]

get a worse one its abnormally low

[sinful cobalt]

Do you usually turn on the aircon while gaming with a headset? My ears get hella warm easily wearing one

[tidal geyser]

should be closer to 90c

[gusty wagon]

I have passive speakers with a powered $999 sub so i can't compare

[gusty wagon]

I don't use headsets, my WH1000XM3's are used on average twice a year

[cinder shell]

i ahve a aio and my 7600x gets 80 degrees what is wrong

[warm linden]

why do you have to be facetious

[prime parcel]

lollll I should start using my PC speakers more, I have a 250w Logitech sub and a set of speakers with it but nothing special

[true stirrup]

Under heavy load?

[gusty wagon]

Z630?

[tidal geyser]

you

[prime parcel]

Id have to check real quick

[cinder shell]

yes me\

[tidal geyser]

fyi its meant to be 95c

[sinful cobalt]

Im rn running iems and speaker setup, iems are pretty cool but they lack the soundstage I sometimes want

[cinder shell]

wdym?

[true stirrup]

Does it reach 80°C idle or under heavier load?

[tidal geyser]

https://community.amd.com/t5/gaming/ryzen-7000-series-processors-let-s-talk-about-power-temperature/ba-p/554629

[cinder shell]

heavier

[tidal geyser]

to all of you

[cinder shell]

oh ok

it might also be becuase i have pbo 80 level 2 i was wondering wha the 80 70 and 90 meant

[tidal geyser]

yeah that is why its only at 80c

[prime parcel]

I literally can't find it online

[tidal geyser]

you should try and turn it off or something as it should be 95c

[true stirrup]

That is normal then
The CPU will boost to that temperature

[rigid fjord]

i wouldn't, i'd sooner support logitech in comparison

[cinder shell]

no i have a AIO and its only on pbo 80 level 2 not 90

[tidal geyser]

set it to 90

[cinder shell]

why

[tidal geyser]

since its meant to be 95c

[cinder shell]

i already get good scores and 1000 fps in fortnite

[tidal geyser]

then why give a shit

[cinder shell]

i dont need the extra performance

just wondering cuz my old cpu ran below 60

[rigid fjord]

such a good game for benchmarking with......NOT

[cinder shell]

no i mean i get average scores in cinebench too

[tidal geyser]

yeah old

[cinder shell]

i thought i didnt put thermal paste right

[tidal geyser]

older cpus could not take the heat

[cinder shell]

it was a 12400f not that old

[tidal geyser]

12400f to 7600?

[rigid fjord]

well it is bit of an upgrade there

[cinder shell]

yeah (x)

[tidal geyser]

the 7600X matches a 12600k

[cinder shell]

it got me highly better fps for what games i was playing

[rigid fjord]

13600k it matches*

[cinder shell]

bro but i made such a big mistake

[tidal geyser]

anyways as long as its under 95c you are getting 100% of the performance you payed for

[cinder shell]

it was on 280 aud on amazon but i thought i would order it when i got home cu zi was somewhere but then i came home and it becmase 350 :( 😭

[tidal geyser]

at 95c you most of the time get most of the performance

[cinder shell]

180 usd

[sinful cobalt]

so is there anything i should take note swapping the mobo

other than the physical wiring shit

[rigid fjord]

cables and ssd positions

[tidal geyser]

ngl why not just use mesh or as much as i hate it powerline

[sinful cobalt]

because my hands are itchy i wanna do pc shit fr

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/cta-cat-cat-swimming-yeah-nyxn-gif-22803107

[cinder shell]

be careful with the usb 3 ports when unplugging

[cinder shell]

cat

[gilded harness]

i disconnected rgb from my aio and pc looks a lot better

[true stirrup]

Catfish before evolution

[tidal geyser]

No

[cinder shell]

catfish 1st edtion

[sinful cobalt]

@tidal geyser smth like this?

[tidal geyser]

how many units comes with that

[sinful cobalt]

thats a good question

actually how do meshes work

[tidal geyser]

welp ask in https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/387022787480387605

[rigid fjord]

that always happens

[plush wren]

hi team

[tidal geyser]

no

[sinful cobalt]

does mesh create another network connection?
e.g original router in wifi connections are bruh.exe
then the mesh is like bruh.exe_ext ?

[gusty wagon]

uh

the same as a router with multiple APs

[sinful cobalt]

from what I understand the meshes do share and extend the connection and connect to the strongest one to you, but my concern is mainly whether it’ll identify as a whole nother network in the wifi connections

[gusty wagon]

the APs are added to the same bridge under different node addresses and and allow devices to connect via the whole segment, using typically a reserved wifi band for backhaul or my preferred ethernet backhaul

[sinful cobalt]

And Im also afraid that the connection might get randomly fked while gaming in a comp, like randomly switching from mesh 1 to mesh 2, which would be annoying

[sinful cobalt]

So I shld get the mesh and connect it to ethernet to ensure the PC stays on that mesh

[gusty wagon]

the mesh nodes will have more stringent roaming assistance (db-based cutoff points) which is adjustable

and if you're worried about devices roaming to an undesired node you can lock it to only one ap

[sinful cobalt]

the debate rn is to get Mesh or another mobo that has my desired antenna extensions

and the old mobo as a tb

[gusty wagon]

just connect your pc to wired

a tplink metal-enclosure switch is $10 or something

[sinful cobalt]

not possible, the wifi router is on the other end of the living room

I have a several metre long cable tho

[gusty wagon]

powerline (not recommended) or conduits / cable trunking (highly recommended)

[gusty wagon]

Sure, ugreen has 1gbe double-sided keystones for copper extentions

Or just head down to zion and sim lim and ask them to get you a custom length cable

[sinful cobalt]

cable trunking is hiding the cables right? Also not possible tbh, due to where my room is situated

[gusty wagon]

drill HOLES in your wall and pull cables THROUGH them

Exactly how a renovation contractor would pull your electrical wires

Even better if you can pull ethernet cable through existing electical wiring trunking

[sinful cobalt]

I think i draw a diagram better

[gusty wagon]

That way the holes are already there and you just have to put the right things in the right holes

[sinful cobalt]

the green ones’s my objective, blue part is basically where my wifi router is situated

[gusty wagon]

pull cables

[rigid fjord]

easily enough a wifi repeater or you can easily route cables around

[gusty wagon]

repeaters would work

[sinful cobalt]

the room nearest to the router gets like 700mbps

while mine (green room) gets like at most 200

[sinful cobalt]

mesh or repeater? dk whats the difference unless they’re the same thing

[gusty wagon]

Though signal degradation is multiplicative

iirc repeater doesn't automatically do roaming control for your devices because it's under its own network

[upper wave]

This has just reminded me I need to ask my network provider for a network extender

[gusty wagon]

mesh is just like adding machines to a scaling docker cluster

[sinful cobalt]

I did have a wifi repeater but it was rated for like 1200mbps or smth, and my main problem with it was that the connection had _EXT behind

that was really annoying

[gusty wagon]

that's what i'm saying with the repeater

[rigid fjord]

no not mesh repeaters, straight forward wifi repeater like this

[sinful cobalt]

how would you go about it then without doing wires

[gusty wagon]

the most common repeaters don't have their interfaces added to the bridge on your routers, mesh nodes do

[gusty wagon]

mesh

mesh nodes do

[rigid fjord]

tbf, the tp-link one i use repeats the same ssid and allows for 1Gbe from it to whatever device it's plugged into with an ethernet cable

[sinful cobalt]

then is this a fucking mesh, repeater or are they the same thing bruh

my head finna start spinning istg

[gusty wagon]

yes but it's configured as two separate networks

[rigid fjord]

nope

[gusty wagon]

how do i say this... it's two separate bridges

[sinful cobalt]

^ I dont want this so whats the one I want

[gusty wagon]

the dhcp and dns will still go back to your initial router

[sinful cobalt]

monke head spinning rn

[gusty wagon]

but they won't have mutual roaming assistance

[thorny saddle]

I need roaming dhcp

[sinful cobalt]

so is mesh the one I want?

repeaters as far as I know identify as another connection

[gusty wagon]

i say this is 30%-40% accurate

[sinful cobalt]

balls

[rigid fjord]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00M0KILOA funnily enough, this one did without it being mesh, the app for it is a bit sucky though

[sinful cobalt]

@gusty wagon what if I do a mesh with an ethernet cable? (orange shit)

[gusty wagon]

oh, tplink uses their own software and app for this, i'm not sure it it works with routers outside of tp-link. i'm referencing the situation where alex uses a different brand of ap from the router.

[rigid fjord]

this lets me connect downstairs for my phone from where my router is up in my room tbh, i don't need high speed wifi for my phone luckily

[gusty wagon]

that can work, that diagram shows either wire-extended AP/repeater or mesh with ethernet backhaul

[sinful cobalt]

What if I get multiple meshes, do the one in the diagram and put another one in my room? Would that be more consistent/high speed?

because right my pc is on the other end of the door

[rigid fjord]

tbf, going full ethernet is the best option

[sinful cobalt]

at the window

[gusty wagon]

if you're going to put one in your room then just run a wire there, connect a switch and put a mesh-compatible (with your router brand) AP in the switch

[rigid fjord]

the app is still a bit sucky tbh

[gusty wagon]

The other solution is to have multiple mesh nodes with 2x gbe (one in and one out) and copper-link them all the way to the room

[sinful cobalt]

I have a socket thats near the door, should I just use wireless mesh then connect ethernet to the PC instead?

[gusty wagon]

that can work, the description is about the same

[sinful cobalt]

idk if there would be any big diff doing that

unless I also decide to add mesh for the kitchen area lmao

[gusty wagon]

reading manga while sitting on the throne

[left dove]

[gusty wagon]

I approve

[sinful cobalt]

idky but my wifi doesnt like mangadex, lmao

[gusty wagon]

3d cooling ay

[warm linden]

Mine is the opposite

[gusty wagon]

Ahaha open test bench

[warm linden]

Yes

[gusty wagon]

That's an expensive case, too

Compared to something like a rosewill

[warm linden]

It’s only 40

Over priced for what it is tbh

[gusty wagon]

yep

[sinful cobalt]

I wanna get a open air like this, but idk any that suit a ATX mobo

[fair condor]

Hi guys

[warm linden]

Just get this one

[golden palm]

How're y'all?

[sinful cobalt]

whats the one ur using? might be getting an itx board in the future for a tb instead since now im convinced to get mesh instead of nother board

[torn lava]

dude my pc has no post

[gleaming rose]

well yeah no shit it's not a fence

[tidal geyser]

Too bad

[warm linden]

Post pic of light

[tidal geyser]

Or no shit it does not have its own twitter account

[gleaming rose]

lmao

[warm linden]

Just search mini itx open air you’ll find one

[sinful cobalt]

alr thx

[mellow escarp]

Will any of my pc be wiped if i fix this

[gleaming rose]

update your version of windows man

[mellow escarp]

It is updated

[gleaming rose]

I don't think windows 10 or 11 has that

[mellow escarp]

Im Windows 11

[gleaming rose]

anyways my phone is dying bubbye

[dusky crest]

can you update windows via the install usb? cuz every time i try, the option is grayed out

[deep epoch]

I’m going to be leaving Windows behind soon, next month (in give or take 2-3 weeks) I’m building a new PC and going with Arch Linux this time

[rigid fjord]

you're definitely a masochist

[deep epoch]

Because I’m going the hard route?

[true stirrup]

Good choice

[elder quarry]

Nice

[deep epoch]

I was using software that was Windows/Mac exclusive in the past and I kinda don’t use those programs anymore, as I switched to other programs which have Linux versions, so why not committing to switching now that I’m not shackled by software anymore?

[elder quarry]

Yes

Linux id awesome

Arch is better

[deep epoch]

Photoshop -> Photopea/GIMP
Premiere Pro -> Blender
3DS Max -> Blender
Surface 3D Painter -> Blender
SLOBS -> OBS with SE.LIVE (switched a while ago from SLOBS)

For UWP Games I can play them on my Xbox

[sinful cobalt]

is that a pela pfp

[deep epoch]

Drawn by my artist but yea

[glossy bloom]

Is there a way to improve the responsiveness/polling rate of my touchscreen laptop? I'm trying to rhythm games on it but it seems when I tap too fast or my fingers are too close together it drops input and I have no idea how to troubleshoot this 😭

[deep epoch]

Yeeeee, I picked Arch for its features and awesome nice customization stuff :3

[raven scroll]

its alive

[granite sundial]

photoshop -> photoshop (pirated)

[elder quarry]

Aur helpers

[gilded harness]

man without fan tuning this gpu is just sad

70c doing literally nothing is wild

[fallow yacht]

debloater tools eww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXE0AiI7LaA

[granite sundial]

is that a problem though?

my gpu usually idles around 60c

with the fans off

[deep epoch]

On a private server I made a channel where I post what I need for my future Linux Install

It has links on how to mount NTFS formatted drives with Read and Write permissions as well as ReFS as I’m going to reuse my current drives

[gilded harness]

probably normal because blower card

[granite sundial]

mine is a triple fan 40 series

passively cooled at idle

[lean nova]

... maybe

[sinful cobalt]

@gusty wagon So I fixed my wifi problem
One of the power cables essentially stopped working for some reason, and it was connected to the main router that provides the fast speed, which was why my internet speed was cut by more than half
I found this out by doing a internet speed test on the other PC, where the speed was way lower than when it was working

[gusty wagon]

[sinful cobalt]

But 250mbps is still not impressive

its the same speed, slightly less than when I shifted my PC location

whilst the ITX in the closest room is getting up to 800

[gloomy sleet]

dang still only 1 star is wild

[west wagon]

with and without overclocking

[silver heron]

Guys today I’m cleaning up my home and tidy up some boxes

Look what I found

[west wagon]

scammed 2 times

3*

[silver heron]

I tested this one is working

[west wagon]

do you not sell your gpu after upgrading ?

[silver heron]

No

I keep it

[west wagon]

why

[silver heron]

Maybe mine will break one day I have spare

[sinful cobalt]

he loves having a spare

[silver heron]

Or my family need one

[west wagon]

he has 3 spares

[silver heron]

Or my friend

You never knew

[west wagon]

my guy loves spending i can tell

[silver heron]

Well I have 3 computer on my home

So having few spare old card is normal

[sinful cobalt]

shopping therapy

[white pawn]

Does this actually work? https://www.amazon.com/Bejavr-PCI-E3-0-Expansion-Aluminum-PCI-Express/dp/B09JM5FVC7?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.kLFnABxj-JjWC23LWWWnY89YAaE_khhGYPPCPdTHN59S7uhDDg27nvq60WkhBr9SXgWr6L9REMhziU6zREsYDFfZ-NfhZlBbUwn_HlCUiYWr7DklXykdm2wljPoNlZF6P0VRBOACy6xyXLCliEbwNCxV8pK-dRAeAApLa4_VeUKf96Vs3mrQaufuSFub2JtvB9qHsyUc6PoWUd4LYlgvM0R8cWVnxTd6JMFfYmMNw5Q.jCTs0w55a1ksCQwp4OaYq111ZcjDe-hdyoenxoc5_FE&dib_tag=se&keywords=pcie+nvme+adapter&qid=1747574193&sr=8-4

Should I just buy another motherboard instead?

I have another NVMe M.2 SSD but there's no slot for it on my motherboard.

[sick reef]

you're using very wrong

[desert swift]

What the hell is this link, it's bigger than the embed

[gusty wagon]

this is the real link without all their additional things behind

https://www.amazon.com/Bejavr-PCI-E3-0-Expansion-Aluminum-PCI-Express/dp/B09JM5FVC7

[rigid fjord]

the somewhat hard route yes

[lusty eagle]

for gaming, which cpu should i pair with the rx 9070xt am5 platform, the 9800x3d is out of my budget range, thinking something like 200 - 250 dollars (i also have danish tax on things so its more than normal) . any suggestions i mostly play open world games and first person shooters

[latent pasture]

7600/x and sleep

[rigid fjord]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JM5FVC7 bare minimals minus all the faf

[latent pasture]

@lusty eagle

you get x3d if u know ur gonna play the sim games that devour the cache

[lusty eagle]

tysm

[clear canyon]

Same

[deep epoch]

I’ll be fine, I’ve been using Linux on one of my laptops for the better part of the last 3 years

[gilded harness]

man i wanted the lancool 207

but corsair ended my dream right there 🥀

[somber void]

Damn bro

[white pawn]

Is this a good motherboard?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LGKGBKT

[somber void]

Yes

[white pawn]

What is a good ATX case?

[rigid fjord]

it's ok, not great, would go with an asrock/asus or msi b550 instead

[white pawn]

what's the functional difference?

[rigid fjord]

also oh look, return of the 10400f +lenovo mobo killer

[white pawn]

ye

[rigid fjord]

sucky bios, shitty customer support, lower performance and that's just for the gigabyte one

[white pawn]

alr thanks

btw I believe it was almost 4 years since I killed that cpu lmao

bro has a great memory

[gilded harness]

the one i just posted lol, the lancool 207

it has wanky psu placement but it is good

unless you have long power supply like mine

i was debating what should i get between a dark base 700 and that lancool 207 but lian li ended my dream

clearly they hate me because i hate o11

[gilded harness]

yeah guess im getting the dark base 700

[lapis talon]

why do my CPU temps keep going up to 63 when I am using onenote and then onenote just crashes

[magic ivy]

MSI MAG Forge 100M
with what fans does it come

[latent pasture]

gugel and manual

[steel umbra]

you own korsair psu?

[gilded harness]

yeah

180mm psu 💔 💔

[steel umbra]

you could sell it and buy a different psu that fits

[indigo basin]

the neoforge experience™️

[elder quarry]

ew

[thin plover]

I've never tried neoforge is it good

[elder quarry]

no

[indigo basin]

fabric is better just all the mods are on neoforge/forge

[thin plover]

a sad reality

[upper abyss]

someone do a joke

[elder quarry]

you'

saiko

@upper abyss

[wintry oyster]

context: pc is 7 years old

[outer pecan]

hey guys im completely new to pc building can anyone give me any advice on my build

i play valorant mainly and also have no clue about cases and cpu coolers

[elder quarry]

#1106613567966429224

[outer pecan]

sorry

oops

[swift slate]

If I'm editing Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator files of an external USB SSD, is there a real/meaningful performance difference vs the internal SSD, or is it irrelevant?

Could be a dumb question but I am not sure.

[white sphinx]

I hate how lightbulb efficiency is given in kWh/1000hrs in the EU, just give me the brightness in lumen and efficiency in watts please

[lethal bay]

Cases are mostly personal choice on what you think looks good. As long as it has decent airflow and will fit your parts, you’re good. As for that cpu, you’re gonna want at least a dual tower air cooler

[latent pasture]

its like 5gbps for usb3 vs 6gbps vs sata3
its probably not that different unless the stuff ur editing is massive

[swift slate]

Ok I understand. The simple answer seems to be no, since I'm just editing stuff that's 1920x1080

[latent pasture]

hmmge

In this test, we measure the time it takes Photoshop to open fifteen 50 megapixel images at the same time and, once done, process each image, one by one. The operations performed on each image are crop, move, auto levels, resize, and save for the Web.
the large jump at the bottom starting with baracuda 120 ar the sata ssds, the rest above are nvme
theoretically the connection should be on par with sata, so the question is on the quality/parts of the ssd storage itself not it being USB

[swift slate]

But if I'm using a USB-C SSD across a Windows laptop and MacBook to store files, I don't need to do any sort of specific formatting or anything right? I'm new to macOS

[rigid fjord]

as you pulled to cooler off, yes

[warped plover]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VmBh8Q

Needed to build a pc under $900 (with tax), preferably AM5 and I wanna play 1080p high settings on games like wukong, cyberpunk, marvel rivals, sims 4 etc

[sullen oriole]

how could i completely fry my gpu without anything too complicated

[minor cove]

exFAT is the filesystem format both OSes can read/write, main issues sharing filesystem between OSes are due to differences in filesystems and file permissions/ownership attributes @swift slate

[rigid fjord]

send the link instead

[wintry oyster]

wym

[warped plover]

Tell me if I can fix anywhere

[latent pasture]

what country is that cuz those dont look like usa prices

[warped plover]

They are

Inclusive of tax

[latent pasture]

then the list is shit

[warped plover]

Well

[rigid fjord]

the moment you take the cooler off you need to replace the paste

[warped plover]

Help?

[rigid fjord]

definitely not a great build

[latent pasture]

to make it easier what is the tax
if ur budget is technically 900 but theres 20% tax
then the total should come to like 750?

[rigid fjord]

$900 is your budget right ?

[latent pasture]

so people dont have to calculate on their own

[wintry oyster]

damn i didn't know this. thanks

makes sense

[lethal bay]

Drank too much last night and now my stomach sounds like the beginning of Rack City

[minor cove]

NAS can be a good solution to sharing cross systems since can use like samba/SMB to make a share that both systems can connect to and write to but always some permissions issues to deal with

[warped plover]

I added the numbers with tax

[warped plover]

Under that, yes

[minor cove]

We saw was gonna ask how the hangover is treating ya ;D

[warped plover]

Id say like $890

[latent pasture]

bruh read my previous message
or do u want everyone to mind calculate the tax too on every single part they add?

[lethal bay]

Weirdly enough it’s just my stomach. I don’t have the usual headache lol.

[latent pasture]

i assume pcpp doesnt include tax so if people make a $900 list then ur gonna pay like 900*whatever% it is and so its out of ur budget

[warped plover]

No, not mind calculate, I added the items to cart and check out so I can get the prices after tax, the tax is 10%

[warped plover]

I added those prices myself after checking out each item and getting the price after tax

[latent pasture]

so for pcpp ppl have to make it not cost > $820

also why is the mobo $0 u alr have it?

[warped plover]

The motherboard is a combo with the ram

the cpu, gpu is from micro center NY- Yonkers

[latent pasture]

which location mc

[warped plover]

The motherboard is a newgg combo

ssd is from newegg, case from microcenter and psu from newegg

[gleaming rose]

look what I found a while back

[warped plover]

I just realized I selected the wrong case, this is the case, same price

[empty quartz]

Why are you replying to a message from that long ago

[crystal maple]

which ones best for both gaming and 3d modelling and has the quietest cooling system, all will be upgraded to 64gb ram or more as well as 2tb+ nvme

[empty quartz]

@sick reef you are also wrong in that regard

[latent pasture]

we cant see the gpu which is like the thing that determines the performance in what u wanna do lol

[sick reef]

I never have problems with CRT monitors, since i overclocked to maximum refresh rate

[grand spear]

guys, is my monitor dying ? 2 years using it

[crystal maple]

All got 4070

[empty quartz]

Not everyone is the same

[crystal maple]

But it was more regarding the cooling system

[latent pasture]

is the legion not available in a lesser cpu but still 4070 for cheaper
bc rn thats the 7000hx model which is the same cpu as there are on desktop pc

[sick reef]

Minimum: 96 Hz (85 Hz W/O OC)
Maximum: 166 Hz

and my eyes didn't hurt

and i haven't got a headache

[tidal geyser]

hx loq are known to not last too long

[empty quartz]

And you’re a completely different person

[latent pasture]

i dont think loqs are sold with 7000hx amd

like the desktop chiplet amd cpus

[tidal geyser]

o i thought you meant hx intel cpus

[rigid fjord]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/brXY74

[sick reef]

i have question, why did you used to have a headache from a CRT monitor?

[empty quartz]

The noise

[sick reef]

oh i don't hear a noise

[warped plover]

Are these with tax prices?

[rigid fjord]

2024/2025 models be having issues on the loq primarily for the intel ones but several amd ones have had issues

[rigid fjord]

pretty much

[empty quartz]

Every crt has a high pitched noise when powered on

[livid fern]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Gv848d/adata-xpg-pylon-750-w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-pylon750b-bkcus
Here

[empty quartz]

@livid fern i got a new psu

[ripe sable]

Wich one would yall say is better for gaming

[livid fern]

Nice which one

[grizzled frost]

tax isn’t included, no

[tidal geyser]

evga n1

[sick reef]

yea but i don't even hear a noise still. i'm deaf i wear hearing aids

[fringe prairie]

legion unless you care about battery life

[rigid fjord]

really don't need a 750w for what he wants tbh

[tidal geyser]

that one

[livid fern]

Hx1200
How much did u pay for it

[tidal geyser]

100 CAD

[grizzled frost]

it’s high pitched so not everyone can hear it

[empty quartz]

Im also sensitive to the refresh rate

[empty quartz]

$100 cad

[tidal geyser]

i already said it

[livid fern]

Nono its the price
Abn is 70$
The mail in rebate comes 2 months late

[empty quartz]

Womp

[livid fern]

Nice very good

[warped plover]

I appreciate the build but it may be out of budget for me 😭 lets say I have $890 cash, I wont be able to pay for the taxes, tax is at 10% for me

[empty quartz]

https://tenor.com/view/very-nice-borat-very-nice-gif-1291449474784112932

[warped plover]

With my build, was it the cpu to be improved on?

[thin plover]

L America for not including tax into the price

[empty quartz]

L europe for french people

[thin plover]

arent you Canadian

[empty quartz]

Yes

[thin plover]

L Canadian for French people

[empty quartz]

Yes

[latent pasture]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sNFKRV $822+10% is 905

oh nvm w8 the psu isnt available

well it claims may 26 shipping anyway

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xR84h7 807+10%=887

[warped plover]

Thank you

[latent pasture]

if u have high chr and barter u can probably haggle the micro center people

[tidal geyser]

wtf

how tf is it becoming cheaper

[thorn pewter]

@azure topaz

fuck you man you made me into a indomie addict💔

I

[distant frigate]

https://x.com/terrell352/status/1923819386420203665?s=46 lets fucking gooo

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X · May 17, 2025, 7:14 PM

New tower speeds

[indigo basin]

how can this go over 100% utilisation?
like what does this actually mean
im guessing its just saying "oh over base clock speed, its x% over this?

[lean flame]

i'm looking for a drawing tablet. i'm wanting to get into digital art.

time to upgrade from sketchbooks and colored pencils.

[subtle pecan]

WHAT THE FUCK???

Uhh what do I do???

[somber void]

no

[gleaming rose]

press enter?

[next hill]

microsoft really annoying fr. What the hell is happening with them needing me to put in password every time i open solitare collection or xbox app or the store

[gleaming rose]

use Linux

[fringe prairie]

select it

[next hill]

need 2k and then i can

[subtle pecan]

Alr that works thanks

[gleaming rose]

nba2k?

[latent pasture]

u make a better list for $818 then
should be easy if this is a no

[next hill]

no, 2k money, in my case euros

[gleaming rose]

anyways T-Mobile moment

[somber void]

use am4

boom

[latent pasture]

instant L

[somber void]

why

how

u save money on the cpu and ram

[latent pasture]

cuz they wanted am5 now and theyll just upgrade gpu later

[next hill]

used am5 then

[marsh hare]

ive got a question guys - if i were to buy 2 of 2 x 48gb ddr5-6000mhz cl30 and put it in my 9950x server would that be good or should i just go for a standard 4x48gb 5200mhz cl38 kit?

[empty quartz]

Hit the enter key

[tidal geyser]

standard xd

[subtle pecan]

I got that but how did it enter there?

[tidal geyser]

there is no standard

[empty quartz]

Probably pressed an f-key

[subtle pecan]

F key?

[latent pasture]

4x and save urself from the headache
4x getting that much ram to run fast isnt a guarantee, so the 2 separate kits not validated to run together AND running it at fast 6000 is gonna be a pain prob

[marsh hare]

didnt necessarily mean standard i just mean a generic 4x48gb kit instead of getting two 2x48gb kits.

[tidal geyser]

speeds do not matter much

[marsh hare]

ah okay

[elder quarry]

F8, F9, F14, F17

[empty quartz]

Like the f1 - f12 keys

[latent pasture]

heck even on intel which typically runs ram faster easier
apparently ppl are having trouble getting 4000-5000mhz working on 192gb, theyre getting like 4400mhz
amd will have an even harder time

[elder quarry]

F1 to F24

[marsh hare]

ahh okay

thanks for the info 🙂

[empty quartz]

Ive had systems that use f2

For the boot menu

Or im misremembering

[subtle pecan]

Oh that, wait dosent it only go up to f12?

[subtle pecan]

For me it's f12 but u didn't press it when I was opniing it up though

[elder quarry]

Yeah

[tidal geyser]

WOOW this is bad

[elder quarry]

Oi

[tidal geyser]

yeah no it screams scam in out and backwards

[elder quarry]

What is mconnect

[tidal geyser]

no clue

[elder quarry]

https://mmvd.syniverse.com/mobile/

[tidal geyser]

look at this shit

i wanna see what the final URL looks like

a

wow this is bad

[elder quarry]

Install kasm web container Im a jail with VPN

[tidal geyser]

im running this shit in a VM with a VPN

welp ama see how i can report this to the police

[elder quarry]

Trying to get acces to your bank account

Sim stop gambling

[tidal geyser]

wtf

[crystal maple]

a bit strange of a question but are there any laptops that have quite a large amount of empty space from the cooling system to the frame itself?
i need a base of good core components but wouldnt mind upgrading the cooling system myself

[tidal geyser]

upgrading the cooling system?

also no laptops are meant for the lap so no

[latent pasture]

bruh at that point buy one of those xmg things that come with a pipe to connect a pump to

[tidal geyser]

i love my xmg laptop as it has a am4 socket

[crystal maple]

i would but thew system is bulky as, just want a laptop thats like 4cm thick would be fine

[tidal geyser]

40mm laptop WTF

at some point just make a thin desktop pc

[latent pasture]

well the watercooling sht thing is the only way ur getting low noise while getting good perf
without it u either get low perf so a slow fan speed can cool it
or accept the noise

wear headphones or smthn

[tidal grove]

https://www.startech.com.bd/gigabyte-c500-panoramic-stealth-gaming-casing

How is this for airflow and asthetics?

[tidal geyser]

it is a computer case with fans

[crystal maple]

It's more ill be working on big workload shit in public and don't want my laptop sounding like a damn jet

[latent pasture]

so turn down the fan speed and accept lower perf

or depending on ur workload if it runs on a macbook get that

[tidal geyser]

yeah get a mac

[tidal geyser]

why not just remote into a server?

all pluses other then higher latency and semi worse looks

[gloomy sleet]

someones offering me an ibm model m2 for £20

is it worth it lol

[azure topaz]

i didn’t do SHIT

[elder quarry]

@azure topaz

[azure topaz]

what

[tidal geyser]

@azure topaz

[azure topaz]

yes yes

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-12450451651611168773

[azure topaz]

@azure topaz

[tidal geyser]

@tidal geyser

[azure topaz]

this darth vader in fortnite shit is hilarious

[coarse maple]

cop?

[crystal maple]

nah cuz its also gonna be a gaming on the go machine, though i will make a portable pc for most usecases i need the extra portability of a laptop, at this rate im considering buying one of those workstation am5 boards that are tiny and use laptop ram and hook a slim gpu into the thing with a screen too and batteries and shit but takes a lot of R&D and resources i dont have access too so not really an option

[tidal geyser]

remote into a desktop computer at home

parsec and moonlight are both GREAT options

fyi LTT uses parsec for their remote editors

[crystal maple]

i just want to be able to work locally on the machine and game on it as well

ill try see what options i can find

[tidal geyser]

why

[crystal maple]

0 latency

[tidal geyser]

you will anyways be using wifi

[crystal maple]

faster upload and download

no need for internet as well

[crystal maple]

noit always

[tidal geyser]

if you're always going to get faster speeds on the desktop computer at least if you have a good plan and next to zero latency on that

[crystal maple]

i have worked on planes before but the plane masks the noise, and sometimes ill just be sitting at a cafe without internet and i dont want my machine to sound like its trying to fly to another planet

[latent pasture]

bruh just get a laptop and tune the fan noise to not be shit

[mellow python]

0 latency over lan? Let alone Wan? Yea right.

[tidal geyser]

straight to the datacenter

[latent pasture]

im gonna pick a random 4070 laptop off jarrods and check its noise to perf lvl

[mellow python]

Dude, $600/mo just to colo a gaming computer so you have access to 10 gig internet

[latent pasture]

actually gonna pick one of ur options earlier (the legion)

[crystal maple]

0 latency relative to remoting into a pc at home that i dont want on anyway while im not home, i dont want to leave a machine running for days at a time if im not in the city/country anyway

[trim gyro]

can't you turn it on and off remotely?

[mellow python]

The legion is a great gaming laptop. Micro center recently had a sale on it and my dad got it. He has no complaints, plays most games comfortably and the fans aren't too loud.

[tidal geyser]

remove a zero and i think that is what a lot of people in Singapore pay

[mellow python]

I'm flying to Singapore baybeeee

[tidal geyser]

WoL

[crystal maple]

idk but im guessing itll only be going to sleep mode

[tidal geyser]

im not sure if it was dat place tho

[latent pasture]

the other modes are louder but 0 perf so i didnt include

[tidal geyser]

o yeah you can just put it to sleep to

[empty quartz]

I forgot a feature that apple has over smasnug

[mellow python]

I'll take my chances

[empty quartz]

Lidar

[mellow python]

At least my phone bends in half... on purpose

[white pawn]

Is there such thing as a proprietary PSU?

[latent pasture]

yes

[tidal geyser]

i so badly want a pro ipad

[empty quartz]

Okay?

[mellow python]

As opposed to a open source power supply?

[tidal geyser]

when has there not been

[empty quartz]

I just used my 16 pro max to scan my basement

[tidal geyser]

i want lidar so bad

[mellow python]

swing and a miss on that one.

[white pawn]

Other than the motherboard, how can I tell what's proprietary here?

[mellow python]

What do you mean. Are you talking about the power and data standards these components use as opposed to Dell boxes?

[empty quartz]

My phone can handle having a rock hit the screen

[white pawn]

I mean I would like to swap out the motherboard because it's trash. Would I run into any problems?

If it's a B550 or B650 motherboard

[latent pasture]

just get the tuf and sleep
actually scratch that, get the hp victus at 3900 aed

[tidal geyser]

by that you are able to buy the parts from a store normal one

[tidal geyser]

anyways it is standard, just dumb to go with am4 in 2025 for a brand new pc also WTF WINDOWS 10

[empty quartz]

Foldable phone users on their way to break their screen after 1 little pebble hits the screen

[white pawn]

No I just want another M.2 NVMe slot that's why I need a new motherboard.

[upper abyss]

man i just got fucked at work and now i read this

[white pawn]

And I want to add my 16 GB RAM sticks so that I have 48 GB RAM.

[mellow python]

Mine can as well, hell, I dropped it into snow while snowboarding and someone skiied over the fucken thing with just a dbrand skin on it. Just some scuffs and the screen works just fine. Ngl, the foldable durability has gotten a lot better. Still doesn't feel like an apple product tho.

[empty quartz]

Ayoooo

[tidal geyser]

no

[tidal geyser]

no

[elder quarry]

911

[white pawn]

Ye

[tidal geyser]

stop it

just slap in a x4 to m.2 nvme card

that extra ram is not going to do shit

[empty quartz]

Now drag a fingernail with a bit of pressure across your screen and compare it to a normal phone

[white pawn]

I know but might as well if I upgrade the motherboard lol

[white pawn]

I'll do research on that

[upper wave]

Windows 11 is awful on my 11 year old laptop

[upper wave]

But I think it could just be my WiFi

[empty quartz]

Are you surprised?

[upper abyss]

wat

[latent pasture]

are nvme ssds substantially cheaper than sata ssds on ur stores

[white pawn]

Doesn't my sound card occupy this slot? @tidal geyser

[mellow python]

Yep, the internal screen is softer than a regular screen. But it's closed most the time. It's not as bad as you think brother.

[latent pasture]

you have a sound card? in 2025?

[white pawn]

I just have an NVMe at home from my other PC that is unused

[upper wave]

Yeah (I am be sarcastic)

[tidal geyser]

sound card????????????????

[white pawn]

Isn't that where the bluetooth adapter is?

😭

[mellow python]

You put too many words in this sentence "windows 11 is awful" is terse enough.

[tidal geyser]

how big is it

[latent pasture]

no the bluetooth/wifi is in the same chip usually

if u meant u have the wifi card there then eh ig youll have to choose

[empty quartz]

My point is that id rather have a phone screen that cant be damaged with a fucking fingernail

[tidal geyser]

just take a pic of the inside of the pc

[elder quarry]

it's illegal

[white pawn]

As big as it is in this PC. Took this photo from Amazon but it's like this but green.

[hidden hill]

Is 32 gb of ram still fine if I’m wanting top end performance?

[tidal geyser]

and that size is

[upper abyss]

you might be a prodigy

[tidal geyser]

yeah ikr very overkill

[latent pasture]

what happened to the 4090 one
0 reason to get anything else now that we know that existed

[white pawn]

Idk I'm not good at computers

PHISON M.2 SSD 1TB PS5012-E12S 1T PCIe Gen3x4 NVMe

[tidal geyser]

most games do not even break 16GB

[upper wave]

But hopefully windows 11 can still run office 2007

[hidden hill]

Sold out

[tidal geyser]

so both are 1TB

[hidden hill]

Was kinda pissed tbh lol

[mellow python]

Exactly, it's a trade off. Duh.
Some people just can't respect their phone and that's fine. You can continue on walking around with your keys and phone in the same pocket.

[white pawn]

Oh you mean file size, yes 1 TB

[dusk acorn]

Hey guys, im trying to test a friends pc by using a different power supply but the 12hpwr on the psu that i have doest fit but the old psu came with a 12hpwr that you plug 2 pcie into. Do you think itll be ok to plug in 2 pcie from the new psu to the old 12hpwr connector? Im not sure if it came with the psu of the prebuilt or not. Its an hp omen

[hidden hill]

I mean a deal like that, should have known

[tidal geyser]

does not work

[white pawn]

@tidal geyser Why are you asking?

[empty quartz]

as someone who does extreme sports, a foldable wouldn’t last a day

[tidal geyser]

if it was even worth doing anything

[empty quartz]

A day with me during the season

[latent pasture]

is it the corsair one that takes 2 pcie

[mellow python]

What's extreme sports to you? Did you not read my snowboarding anecdote?

[empty quartz]

I do mountain biking

And snowboarding

[hidden hill]

Okay, so for gaming pcs putting in 64 gb ram is not really needed? I know ram speed is important but if 32 can achieve peak performance then that’s great

[white pawn]

Do you know how I can check my total space available from all drives in HWiNFO 64?

[latent pasture]

wiztree

[white pawn]

Thanks, give me a second.

[crystal maple]

im so tempted to mod the laptop for more cooling once i get it and i kinda want a ryzen 9 + 4070 system anyway so may not get it but its a great deal tbh

[mellow python]

And I'd be willing to say that if you gave a foldable a chance, it'd survive more than you think. But to each their own, foldables do have some downsides.

[dusk acorn]

Yeah but it has a little bump on one side but the gpu doesnt have the clearance for it to go in

[latent pasture]

what are you even gonna mod

[mellow python]

Wiztree mentioned, epic piece of software.

[empty quartz]

I will never own a foldable

[dusk acorn]

It had this in but idk if i can use it instead of the corsair one. Its an hp omen prebuilt

[empty quartz]

@mellow python dont get me wrong, cool tech

[white pawn]

@tidal geyser I need more 🙏

Let me check if that slot is occupied

[crystal maple]

thicken the laptop by like 1cm overall and slap heatsink into that place all over where the current heatpipes are and then put some fans in there too

[empty quartz]

But until it can survive the fingernail test, i wont even consider one

[latent pasture]

so buy a thick 18 inch laptop that has its cooling designed by actual engineers and actually works

[white pawn]

What is the fingernail test 😭

[mellow python]

It's getting there, compared to first Gen. My 6th Gen screen almost feels like a regular screen in hardness. But it's definitely no glass yet.

[crystal maple]

came up with a whole scheme to mod my current laptop but seems i may buy a new one soon so imma just smack the idea into that

[empty quartz]

Durability test from jre for foldables

[crystal maple]

i want to buy a 16-17 inch laptop but i just cant find one with an insanely good cooling system cuz no1 makes somewhat thick laptops

[mellow python]

Foldable screens are softer to accommodate the bending businesses. This means a fingernail can leave a considerable indent into it with some force.

[empty quartz]

Which is permanent damage*

[latent pasture]

because theyve seen that most customers will tolerate 45db noise to get max performance

[hidden hill]

Okay the ram speed is 6400 MT/s

Which seems fast, my current ram is 5200 I think

[mellow python]

Next Gen will have swappable screens almost like older phones with batteries.
(joke)

[white pawn]

I just chuck it in there and I'm good to go?

[latent pasture]

yes

[white pawn]

Wow damn

[latent pasture]

itll be stuck at x1 speed

[white pawn]

You mean the same speed as if it were the main on the motherboard?

[latent pasture]

1/4th the speed

bc the mobo slots usually have x4

[empty quartz]

In conclusion, i love my lg g7, and 16 pro max

[tidal geyser]

yes

[white pawn]

Wait so will it detriment the speed of my main NVMe?

[tidal geyser]

you will not be able to notice a difference

[white pawn]

Good. Thank you guys for the help 🙏

[latent pasture]

no the one on the addon board will be slower
nothing will hapen to the main one

[crystal maple]

yeah but thats cuz people use them at home when they need max performance and dont mind the noise, in public its a different story

[white pawn]

You just saved me $110 or eventually more

[white pawn]

Perfect

Slower, i.e. 25% as fast as it would be on the motherboard like you said?

[latent pasture]

in sequential yes
but u probably dont see that speed much anyway

[white pawn]

Ok well perfect

[latent pasture]

in most apps and windows a gen5 ssd that does 14000mb/s sequential doesnt load much faster than a sata ssd at 500mb/s
cuz the type of 'speed' that most pc use uses isnt sequential

[crystal maple]

dammit, i found a laptop with 128gb lpddr5x earlier but cant find it again

[white pawn]

4 TB of storage is not that bad. Will it run better than my SATA KINGSTON SSD in games?

[tidal geyser]

storage is not part of the rendering timeline

[latent pasture]

depends on the model
sata kingston is still too vague

[white pawn]

Let me see

Kingston A400

[dusk acorn]

My friend bought a prebuilt like 3 years ago with a cpu/gpu of 5700G/3070. The problem is that whenever I try to run a game, the display just goes black and dies but the pc stays on. Do you think its because of the psu? I just saw it was a 500W psu and I think thats not enough. i cant test with a different psu because the 12hpwr on my own psu doesnt fit in his gpu. What power should I try to buy him then?

[white pawn]

SATA Rev 3.0
500MB/s read, 450MB/s write

[normal tusk]

wat

[white pawn]

Forget it

[normal tusk]

your sound card is also a bluetooth card?

[white pawn]

Nah I thought that was how it was 😂

[normal tusk]

i cant forget it my brain doesnt forget things if i tell it to forget or atleast ive forgotten all the things that ive forgotten and therefore i have never forgotten, to my knowledge.

[white pawn]

Same

[hidden hill]

850 watt psu is more than enough right?

[white pawn]

Depends on what it's for

[hidden hill]

As long as I don’t use a 5090

For a 5080 and Ryzen 7 9800xd

[latent pasture]

what do u mean the 12vhpwr of ur own psu doesnt fit his gpu
is the cable going into the gpu an adapter? or does it connect to psu directly
or if u can know, what model was their psu and what is yours too

[dusk acorn]

I have a rm1000x shift corsair and he had a coolermaster 500W. The corsair cable had a little bump at the top that his 12hpwr doesnt and its not going in the gpu

[latent pasture]

what does the cable GOING INTO THE GPU look like

[dusk acorn]

Left is his right is mine

[latent pasture]

actually you have a corsair psu it should be fine

[latent pasture]

both of them lead into the same thing on the gpu (assuming u picked the right cable)
so u should have no issues

[dusk acorn]

Theres not clearance on the actual gpu to fit the bump in

[latent pasture]

u sure its not upside down

[tidal geyser]

looks like rtx 3000 12 pin

[tidal geyser]

OMG I WAS RIGHT

[dusk acorn]

Its a 3070

[tidal geyser]

HAHAHAH XD

[tidal geyser]

yes that is a rtx 3000 card

[steel umbra]

30xx***********

[spring raft]

should i really spend extra money on 32gb of ram instead of 16gb nowadays?

[tidal geyser]

fyi rtx 3000 connector does not work forward and most of the new connector does not work on 3000

[tidal geyser]

yes

[spring raft]

Alr ty

[dusk acorn]

Do u guys think i can plug my pcie on this

[tidal geyser]

that only works for the rtx 3070

[dusk acorn]

Or is this from the psu?

[steel umbra]

hi sim

[dusk acorn]

Yeah ill plug in 2 pcie

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/kitty-cat-sandwich-cats-sandwich-gif-740861365561915930

[dusk acorn]

From my psu

[latent pasture]

this doesnt connect DIRECTLY TO PSU right?
if it takes 2 pcie then yes just put the 2 pcie from the rmx

[tidal geyser]

well that is what you are meant to do

[dusk acorn]

Just to be sure, this 12hpwr came with the gpu not the psu?

[latent pasture]

yes
bc they cant know that ppl have the new model psus

[dusk acorn]

Hopefully it doesnt explode

[tidal geyser]

its not 12vhpwer

[dusk acorn]

Oh?

[tidal geyser]

yes

[dusk acorn]

As long as it doesnt directly plug into the psu then its ok?

[tidal geyser]

no

[dusk acorn]

Oof

[tidal geyser]

but rtx 3000 cards is 12 pin

[tidal geyser]

rtx 4000 and better cards use 12vhpwer now replaced by 12v 2x6

[tidal geyser]

perfection

[dusk acorn]

But can i use my own psu? Rm1000x pcie to plug into this splitter thingy then into the gpu?

[tidal geyser]

YES

[hidden hill]

Anybody here heard of thermaltake or sky tech gaming?

[latent pasture]

usually its good practice to use individual cable for each pcie but cmon its am rmx1000 lmao

[dusk acorn]

Yeah ill use 2 pcie lol

[latent pasture]

if u want to eliminate all possibility of overpower

[dusk acorn]

I broke a clip doing this transfer bro hopefully its not too big of a deal

[dusk acorn]

Yeah the cables only came with 1 8 pin per connector in the mobo

[empty quartz]

Unless you’re running like 22 awg somehow, you dont need to do this

[latent pasture]

ye i didnt spot that lol i just grabbed the first pcie pic

[dusk acorn]

Thats all g lol

[empty quartz]

Most modern psu’s come with 16awg pcie cables which can handle 13-14 amps which roughly translates to 504W over a single pcie 6+2 daisy chain cable

[latent pasture]

the cable isnt the problem
its the psu internals (which in the earlier message i said probably isnnt a problem bc its an rmx1000)

[empty quartz]

You dont need an rm1000x do be able to do that

[tidal geyser]

Xd

He already has one

[empty quartz]

Even an 850x can easily do 500W over a single 6+2

[dusk acorn]

Wish me luck ig?

Praying it doesnt explode

[hidden hill]

Wonder if Best Buy people could reliably assemble a pc, microcenter is good for it right?

[tidal geyser]

Ot can't

[dusk acorn]

Ok psu aint the problem. The gpu still crashes when you put load in the gpu lol

[latent pasture]

what load did u try

[empty quartz]

@tidal geyser wanna know something cool

[dusk acorn]

Furmark, 1080p benchmark. When i press it it goes black then just turns off. The pc stays on

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/nuh-uh-cat-ghoul-gif-15685393113271845735

[tidal geyser]

what is the temp

[tidal geyser]

furmark is shit

[empty quartz]

Todays sponsor

[dusk acorn]

Its around 45c idle. But the moment i press the buttoncto run benchmark it crashes. Also roblox i played arsenal it went fine but when i went to a game that has a lot of effects it died again

[tidal geyser]

what is the hotspot

[dusk acorn]

It also does this, when i try to open something that asks for permission. It just stays like this. I cant go back or anything

[long brook]

new Hyte case, X50 https://youtu.be/jNMBD7S3AGk

[tidal geyser]

we know

[dusk acorn]

Nvm its 27 and 38 in hotspot

[tidal geyser]

latest drivers

[dusk acorn]

Yup

[tidal geyser]

found the issue

[dusk acorn]

What

[tidal geyser]

yeah its a nvidia gpu

aka driver issues

well anything in 2025

[latent pasture]

$150 planned price, no included fans, death before arrival

[tidal geyser]

DDU and install 566.14 and you are fine

[dusk acorn]

Its been happening for like a year now. He kept it in his garage for a year lol

[tidal geyser]

f it, just repaste it

[dusk acorn]

Wym

Its not overheating?

[tidal geyser]

try it

[latent pasture]

is xmp on

[dusk acorn]

I dont wanna tamper with the inside of a gpu

[tidal geyser]

how would that have anything to do with it

[tidal geyser]

too bad

[dusk acorn]

Idk hp prebuilt bios is a pain in the ass

[tired bear]

proly doesent even support it 😆

[dusk acorn]

Everything is pretty much hp, even the gpu is hp lol

Ill try the old driver thing

[tidal geyser]

if it was already having issues before

[dusk acorn]

But the cmos is dead, do you think its doing something with the gpu?

[tidal geyser]

how is the cmos dead anyways why has it not been replaced and probs not

[dusk acorn]

It kept saying cmos invalid when i opened the pc, its gone now but i have a feeling