tech-chat-1

[tidal geyser]

OMG HE IS GOING TO FUCKING make a entire list part by part in here

[grim pasture]

Sim, do you want to see my pcpartpicker then?

[tidal geyser]

the one i made for you?

[grim pasture]

No I made a new one

[tidal geyser]

o no

[grim pasture]

final, I'm buying this week

[grizzled frost]

oh god, now i wanna see it

[tidal geyser]

same

[grim pasture]

Ill send it 30 sec

[tidal geyser]

https://nl.pcpartpicker.com/list/FDXZDj

[grizzled frost]

good list

[grim pasture]

https://nl.pcpartpicker.com/list/dD8Ckf

I put in my case

and changed the mobo to the asus tuf

[grim pasture]

Do you know why I keep asking it

Because yall never give a clear answer

[tidal geyser]

yes dude is not clear?

[grim pasture]

Yeah but I want advice on the build

[tidal geyser]

you got it dude

[grim pasture]

not a "no its trash" or "yes dude"

[tidal geyser]

what else its good or bad there is nothing more to add

if it was bad we would rip into you if not you get a yes

[grim pasture]

Okay, I'll just start ordering then

thanks for the advice

[gleaming rose]

Making a breakfast sandwich :3

[tidal geyser]

no thanks 3:

[steel umbra]

Mmmm

[gleaming rose]

please don't eat the train tracks

[steel umbra]

I eat

[tardy badger]

Should i buy a 3090 for 500 (im buying it from a friend) or should i try and get 620 dollars for a 7900XT? i mostly play 1080P or 4K

[tidal geyser]

good luck

[latent pasture]

do they want you to use the gpu? bc with some luck that 3090 can pretty easily sell for more than 500

but that might make ur friend madge

[vale wing]

im giving my friend an upgraded pc because her pc is trash but im short on funds

her pc:
-8gb ddr3
-uhd graphics 2500
-unknown psu
-i5 4th gen of some sort

pc i have that im building from leftovers:
-gtx 1050ti 4gb
-ryzen 5 1400
-650w bronze rated psu
-16gb ddr4 3200

what can i improve on the pc im giving her for say $100~

im thinking i focus on upgrading that cpu

a 3600x?

[latent pasture]

ur giving her the 2nd pc?

[vale wing]

yes

[latent pasture]

u can just give her a cheap low power dgpu and her old pc is still decently usable

[vale wing]

it cant even run visual novels

and her rx 560 doesn't fit because it has one of those weird oem psus

[latent pasture]

because3 the igpu sucks, but thats the only problem
the cpu isnt like ultragreat but its still 4 not bad cores

[vale wing]

id like her to have an upgrade path to some extent

i was thinking of getting her a vega 64 gpu and a r5 3600x

[latent pasture]

for example with a gtx 1650, i5 3rd gen (so even older and worse) can get 30-40 fps in something like cyberpunk 2077
all their problem is simply not having a dgpu

[latent pasture]

good luck getting vegas lmao since it all got taken during the mining craze cuz of their HBM vram

[vale wing]

they're floating around sometimes on ebay

if you can snatch them

[latent pasture]

with burned out hmb chips

[plain cypress]

Tbh i5 has well is pretty similar to Ryzen 5 1400 in gaming

Assuming it isn't a low end haswell

[latent pasture]

ye thats the even worse part
first gen ryzen is actually only on par with 2nd/3rd gen intel in single thread

[vale wing]

i bought that ryzen 5 1400 as a cheap upgrade because the ryzen 3 1200 had burnt out a couple years ago

but the pc its sitting in is just kinda in pieces rn

[latent pasture]

just give them a no external cable dgpu
u keep ur am4 pc and put in 5600 later or something for ur own use

[vale wing]

I don't need it

[plain cypress]

However, it would get their friend on AM4 which has future upgrade paths

But at the moment the i5 has a good chance of being a better gaming experience

[vale wing]

I have a r7 5700x and rx 6600 pc

im chilling

[vale wing]

I'm thinking of putting upgrades into the am4 pc first

the pc she has is smaller form factor

it can't fit....most gpus

[latent pasture]

i thought u were giving her the new pc

[vale wing]

• weird oem psu on the bottom blocking it

yeah i am

[latent pasture]

so why do u have to deal with the sff office pc and its proprietary psu

is the pc ur giving incomplete/just parts?

[vale wing]

yeah i have to put it together

[vale wing]

i was arguing against just keeping her pc

[latent pasture]

im asking why this is a problem

if ur giving her a new pc

were u gonna put the new parts in her old office pc case?

[vale wing]

ohhh

no nevermind

im wondering what new (relatively) parts i should put in her pc im giving her

[sinful cobalt]

Well damn

[plain cypress]

I can't say I'm surprised

[ebon marlin]

Not really surprising

[kindred halo]

B580s going for 340 on Newegg </3

[plain cypress]

Smh you should have bought for $250 at launch

[mental violet]

why is microsoft such a pain in the *** to get on the phone

[kindred halo]

When it launched, my balance was around... 5 cents and a half eaten bar of soap

[latent pasture]

I must be fucking dumb how do you remove a connector like this

[brave brook]

still happy with never used (but not new from store) A380 for 80 euros

[latent pasture]

It doesn't look like it comes out like a fan header would

[kindred halo]

You bought an Airbus A380 for €80?

/s

[brave brook]

nah, ASRock A380 🙂

[brave brook]

https://www.asrock.com/Graphics-Card/Intel/Intel Arc A380 Challenger ITX 6GB OC/#Specification

[kindred halo]

It's an okay card :3

1650/1060 performance

[brave brook]

it is for transcoding on server, replacing a GTX960

[kindred halo]

Ah, more than enough then

[brave brook]

on desktop i use 4080 super

[kindred halo]

You should probably upgrade to a 5090 96gb though

Wait no, wrong model

5090XTiX Super 96gb

:3

[kindred halo]

What's your PSU?

[brave brook]

i think i use 850W Seasonic Focus Plus Platinum there

[kindred halo]

One second

A Tier PSU, nice choice :3

How's the A380 fairing, anyway?

[tidal geyser]

up

god dam am i so fucked

[brave brook]

haven't installed it yet, need to power off the server and i didn't had the time for that yet

[brave brook]

my PSUs are all A tier for major systems, B tier or older PSUs for very old systems

[kindred halo]

Oh? What's inside the system then rn?

[gleaming rose]

its a decent plane

[brave brook]

GTX960 as i said

[kindred halo]

It is, especially with how Boeing is fairing

[kindred halo]

... Right.
Excuse my low RAM count :3

[kindred halo]

Honestly W decision, not using even B tier is a bit odd but better safe than sorry eh?

Personally though I am running a 550W C tier </3

[brave brook]

i mean B tier is on stuff like Ivy Bridge or Haswell old parts

[kindred halo]

Ooooh
Haswell :3

Honestly 4th gen is my favourite

[plain cypress]

Skill issue tbh

[sharp ivy]

I love 4th gen

LGA 1150 is great

[plain cypress]

Was*

Genuinely haswell is showing it's age

I feel like 8700k was the next good Intel cpu

[kindred halo]

4790K is still a solid ultrabudget CPU

[kindred halo]

4790K, 8700K, and then?

I don't really think that the i9s count

[plain cypress]

9900ks for the packaging

[kindred halo]

I am getting a used 6700 XT for 235 USD anyway :3

[kindred halo]

Okay wow

That looks dope lmao

[sharp ivy]

It looks wild

[random gyro]

Just installed my rtx 3080 FE

so far so good

[sharp ivy]

Nice

[latent pasture]

these r essentially 1time plastic rivets right
so how does kb replacement work if u kinda can't reattach new ones

[tidal geyser]

XD did you not know that

[tidal geyser]

brand new top part

yes its THAT bad '

it is a cpu

what will it be PROCESSING

[dense pond]

Processor = CPU = Central Processing Unit

It is

[plain cypress]

Omg you didn't know of the dodecahedron box? It's so good

A lot of i9 boxes are stupid in a good way

They did wafers for a few generations

AMD needs some fancier boxes for the top end skus

Where's my TSMC wafer box, AMD

[dense pond]

They look good as they are currently imo

[woven wigeon]

can someone help me my steam games dont open while thay are "running"

[dense pond]

Probably HDD installed in your pc?

[woven wigeon]

naw cruical NVME SSD

it worked yesterday...

[plain cypress]

This one is also goated

[dense pond]

That either is windows problem, or Steam has some issues, but do you even have all drivers installed? It might be also the issue there i think

[plain cypress]

I'm saying AMD can do a fun package if they wanted to

[woven wigeon]

but also discord is lagging also (im on my phone

[woven wigeon]

lemme try cs2

[dense pond]

1st step: shutdown your pc, boot it back up and see if that helped

[woven wigeon]

restarted

[woven wigeon]

i think its the game

yeah

shutting down is like a reallllllly deep hibernation

naw its da game i bet

cs2 works perfect

[dense pond]

Verify game files then

[woven wigeon]

reinstalling

its 2 gb so it shouldnt take too long

[dense pond]

Thats right

[woven wigeon]

i got 5g

wireless

[woven wigeon]

nvm its six gb

im on steam

[plush wren]

cus they dont know whats wrong

[woven wigeon]

and reinstalling dosent take 6969420h

[plain cypress]

Bruh people who buy high end parts are the exact kind that will put the package on the wall

[granite sundial]

my motherboard has 'system' as an option for temperature source for fans which I believe is a temperature sensor somewhere on the motherboard, is there any program I can use to see what its reading?

[plush wren]

True

[woven wigeon]

fax

[plush wren]

Also who says youre not gonna try selling it later anyways

https://tenor.com/view/cat-stand-pose-cute-gif-12095390

[woven wigeon]

redownloaded

take 2

[plush wren]

Ok well 90% of people dont have a server

[woven wigeon]

my school is DEFENELTY upgrading pcs

[plush wren]

so those are niche cases

[woven wigeon]

like 6gen i3s + integrated graphics 2 monitors and 4 gb ram windows ten

[woven wigeon]

are operated

bro im on 13 gen i7 mobile

my teacher uses usb 2.0 ports instead of 3.0 ports

if thats a problem than the it guy will work pvertime af

YES

[dense pond]

No need to ask what im running in my rig 😅🤣

[woven wigeon]

ive seen her sending music to other flash drives and he uses the black omes not the blie ones

[dense karma]

hey everyone, i was wondering if you guys could help me out im at the bottom w knowledge on this stuff im trying to get there, but i wanna see what i should upgrade to make it run a little better

[raven scroll]

guys

I need a mid range cpu recommendation to pair with a 4060 8 gig

[woven wigeon]

why is there a 9000 series amd cpu ther

[dense pond]

Definitely gpu

[woven wigeon]

thas bad

[dense karma]

i tried

[raven scroll]

?

[woven wigeon]

like i use my 14 gen with mobil 4060

[raven scroll]

strange answer to question

[dense pond]

You might want to use something like RTX 3080, 3090, 4070, 4080 etc. If you want Nvidia

[raven scroll]

Its for a lil project im working on

[frail topaz]

@rigid fjord

[steel umbra]

hoi

[raven scroll]

the most powerful gpu I could find that was small enough was a 4060

[dense karma]

you think amd is better or nvidia

[dense pond]

Im getting one for my current rig, as its good enough for the CPU, long-term plan is to make new rig

[raven scroll]

Im trying to build in a super tiny case

[woven wigeon]

if ur new dont

its hard

[dense pond]

Amd if you want powr-efficient GPU, its hard at this time with 5000 series GPU's from Nvidia

[raven scroll]

I wanna learn from mistakes

velka 3

[dense pond]

Might as well look for some Intel GPU's, or AMD

[raven scroll]

because its very small

[woven wigeon]

thats like HYTE tier pricing dayum

[dense pond]

I paid like 110$ for my MSI Gungnir 110r 😭😭

[raven scroll]

I was thinking maybe an i5-13400

[grizzled frost]

that’s on the lower end of sff cases tbh

my T1 was like 300usd all in

[dense pond]

👀💀 why are small cases outside Europe so expensive

[grizzled frost]

high manufacturing cost

usually not large batches so per sample pricing is high

[dense pond]

I saw some even for 60$-230$ max

[grizzled frost]

usually small cases have tighter tolerances too

[dense pond]

That makes sense

[sinful cobalt]

try formdt1 or sfftime cases lmao

[grizzled frost]

less room for error, literally

They’re worth the cost imo, especially the formd t1

[kindred halo]

I expected it to be a normal box with like some fancy design on it lmao

Why don't they do this anymore </3

[dense pond]

And more heat 🤌🤌

[grizzled frost]

small cases usually have good airflow, better than some fish tank cases

T1 for instance is mostly mesh

[dense pond]

Much much of dust entering the chat:

[grizzled frost]

air purifier banning them:

[sinful cobalt]

theres someone in my local market scalping T1s for $600 sgd each lmao

[dense pond]

Open windows, open doors, house without AC::

[grizzled frost]

the US shipping freeze has people tweaking

[dense pond]

Hopefully

Basically 🤣

[grizzled frost]

i think i’d die (i have really bad seasonal allergies)

[sinful cobalt]

I think my best bet is to go open air chassis to do the funi ITX mobo and 4 slot behemoth

[dense pond]

Hopefully your AC and filters would work

[grizzled frost]

that moment when your gpu has more pcb than your motherboard

[sinful cobalt]

Highly considering grabbing a 5090 aorus master ice for 4k sgd as an investment (retailers commonly sell for 5150 and onward)

[plain cypress]

Disable fast boot

[grizzled frost]

i wouldn’t buy any pc hardware as an investment

market is too volatile, you’re likely to have a depreciating asset

[dense pond]

5000 wont be good long-term investment imo, as the Price of GPU's dropps quite fast

[plain cypress]

They're all depreciating assets
*(Except for select times in GPUs but generally they depreciate)

[sinful cobalt]

technically speaking true, just had a wholeass conversation in tc2 and its speculative af

[granite sundial]

why a 16 core

[sinful cobalt]

we’re entering an era of “god please save us from this shyet”

[grizzled frost]

god put us on DND

[sinful cobalt]

if I can manage to retain 90% of its value when I sell it I consider it a W tbh

[granite sundial]

isnt minecraft mostly single threaded

[grizzled frost]

minecraft likes faster, fewer cores

[granite sundial]

intel cpu would actually be better iirc

[tidal geyser]

server?

[tidal geyser]

yes

[grizzled frost]

iirc the best cpu for minecraft servers is still the 14900ks

[dense pond]

Exactly, better to go into crypto 💀

[granite sundial]

so in 5 years when the cpu is way cheaper

[tidal geyser]

a n100 is a VERY powerfull server cpu

[granite sundial]

u know most ppl with home servers are using their old pc

[tidal geyser]

like you can run jellyfin and home assistant and so on and so on and minecraft and such just fine on it

no

[granite sundial]

doesnt blender and video editing suck on amd gpus

[grizzled frost]

i’m using someone’s old server as my new server (used super micro board)

[granite sundial]

no cuda

[tidal geyser]

gpus?

wellllll

[grizzled frost]

n100 is a powerhouse for how much power it consumes

[tidal geyser]

yes they are but is he getting one?

get something that does not have spectre or meltdown

[grizzled frost]

n100 my beloved

[granite sundial]

is a pi 1 useful for anything other than pihole

[tidal geyser]

i got a i3 6100 pc for free even a i3 10th gen NUC for freeeeeee

[grizzled frost]

not really great for even that

pi 1 is old and underpowered

i wouldn’t go any older than a pi4 if you’re buying now

[granite sundial]

i think its the 512mb model if that helps at all

[granite sundial]

no i already have it

[tidal geyser]

40 HDDs wtf

[grizzled frost]

helps, but doesn’t make the cpu any more performant

[granite sundial]

power aint free

[tidal geyser]

500GB HDDs should be banned

[grizzled frost]

i mean it’s worth a shot, no guarantees on the speeds you’ll see though

my philosophy:

[steep heath]

what air cooler in white would you use to replace a Liquid freezer3 280mm aio, for a 9600x

[grizzled frost]

hence the server rack in their house

[tidal geyser]

gonna use a JBOD?

[grizzled frost]

get a used one off ebay or facebook marketplace

[dusky crest]

my diy g502 (i made a free mouse do freescroll)

[granite sundial]

PA120 white

[grizzled frost]

i got a 24U for like 100usd

Just a Bunch Of Disks

[tidal geyser]

tf do you plan to do?

[grizzled frost]

(literally what it stands for)

[tidal geyser]

xd

[grizzled frost]

i love when acronyms that seem complicated are actually stupid simple

like bsod, it sounds so ominous but it’s just a meme name

[dusky crest]

yes

[dusky crest]

i swear microsoft uses the term (themselves)

[grizzled frost]

I think it has genuinely just caught on so much they do now

[granite sundial]

any fun/somewhat useful linux projects?

[tidal geyser]

why not proxmox?

[grizzled frost]

proxmox my beloved

[tidal geyser]

for proxmox get a HBA

make sure its flashed in IT mode

[steep heath]

is this the only one that would cool this chip?

[granite sundial]

its a 9600x you could cool it with a wet towel

[grizzled frost]

blow on it hard enough and it’ll be fine

[granite sundial]

a dual tower is gonna be the quietest though

[tidal geyser]

saving this

[grizzled frost]

Why?

other than needing more slots than the mobo provides

genuine question, not disagreeing with you

[tidal geyser]

if not you need to manually passtrough the disks by serial numbers

[grizzled frost]

Ah, didn’t know that

[tidal geyser]

if you swap disks you also can get very fucked

[grizzled frost]

only time i had proxmox installed i only had two disks so it was a non issue

[tidal geyser]

just keep in mind this is if you use a extra thing for doing storage like proxmox as base then truenas for the storage

[grizzled frost]

so it groups them by HBA?

[tidal geyser]

WHY nixos

[tidal geyser]

you can just passtrough pcie devices in proxmox and all the devices are connected to that one

[grizzled frost]

Oh cool

i only used proxmox for a bit, i switched to truenas as my bare metal OS since it has all the features i need

(switched when i had to reinstall the OS anyways)

[tidal geyser]

i tried proxmox at first and gave up

[grizzled frost]

if you know what you’re doing it’s supposedly really great to use

confuses the shit out of me though

[tidal geyser]

yea

[grizzled frost]

it’s one of those things that are great for the dudes that have used it every day for a decade, but less so for us common folk dabbling in homelab

[azure topaz]

proxmox is pretty easy its just more reading than youd like to do

[tidal geyser]

why do you have a haswell intel sticker

[grizzled frost]

Yeah they didn’t spend a whole lot on the UI

which is good for what it is

[true stirrup]

@random gyro @iron glen Bought myself a gift lol. Only 10 days left until release

[iron glen]

ayy

there was an old man watching me rn im kinda in the middle of smth

[true stirrup]

Playing stealthy lol

[iron glen]

they aint see me yet, its working

[grizzled frost]

ER prop hunt?

Yeah that’s what i’ve been using

truenas isn’t analogous to proxmox though

they serve two distinct purposes with a little bit of overlap

[iron glen]

nah, i don't feel like ending a bloodline's worth of people to find a well

[sinful hill]

Hey guys

i got a question
im buying the kz castor
but everybody keep saying get a DAC for it and use it type c
but my b450m pro vdh max dont have type c
so what do i do

[elder quarry]

I think my isp might’ve blocked me

[sinful hill]

wdym lol

[elder quarry]

Eh 30 minutes of troubleshooting

I’ve been torrenting some Linux isos and I wanted to hit some seed ratio record

[elder quarry]

(Yes real Linux ISOs, not pirated content )

Oh nevermind got this mail

Vi åtgärdar just nu ett fel i vårt nät som påverkar bredbandstjänsten. Felet visar sig som avbrott. Vi jobbar på att lösa problemet så fort som möjligt.

We are currently troubleshooting a network issue that is affecting broadband service. The issue is showing as an outage. We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

[raw trout]

This better?

Bro looked at nothing but the foot. Caught 4k

[mortal venture]

Is it a bad idea to spray paint this gpu bracket?

[peak knot]

the bracket doesnt really matter

but dont touch the cooler, that is one of asus's weakest cooler designs and it cannot handle being tampered with by adding paint

speaking of coolers, https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-revives-classic-twin-frozr-and-cyclone-geforce-graphics-cards-after-over-a-decade

[mortal venture]

Only thing I did to cooler was replacing thermal paste

Also this card is after reflow

[peak knot]

... please tell me you didnt stick that in your oven

[mortal venture]

heat gun

[peak knot]

reflow isnt a fix but you do you

[lethal bay]

You’re not reflowing a card with a heat gun lmao

[mortal venture]

I did it
And it works

Free radeon for me

[peak knot]

you put a bandaid on a gunshot wound

[tidal geyser]

not for long

[lethal bay]

congrats I guess

[mortal venture]

If it stops working I'll put it on the shelf as decoration

[random gyro]

be careful showing feet, there's weirdo's like me on this app

[tidal geyser]

its some HD card

[mortal venture]

Still better than nothing

I have it in a free pc

[sinful quiver]

anyone know a good gaming moniter for a build like this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QzDTRV

[mortal venture]

One guy gave me a pc for fixing his other pc

And the same guy gave me a box with 3 graphics cards and 2 HDD

[tidal geyser]

i do hope this is a joke list since uhm 300$ for a cooler that will die within just a few years even at times months

[sinful quiver]

its not its my first pc and i dont really know allot about high end gaming pc ive only built a few mini servers to host minecraft for my friends and there is used the stock cooler

[tidal geyser]

what did you use a 4th gen cpu or high end server for like 200+ people with a 14900k?

[sinful quiver]

my dads old cpu the intel penteum i hope i spelled that right

[tidal grove]

4060 or a ps5 slim which will last me longer?

and is there a 5060 coming within the next 3 months >? if so is that worth it over a ps5 slim?

[tidal geyser]

the 5060 already came well will come soon ish anyways its pretty horrible

i would wait for the 9060 xt

[gentle kestrel]

$300 aio on the bottom bin am5 board goes hard

[tidal grove]

is that uinder 320$?

[gentle kestrel]

we’re like halfway through the console generation, the ps5 would probably run the games better though

[sinful quiver]

i was on a budget of 3k

[tidal grove]

which one can last be for 3-4 years 1080p high or mid?

sorry if thats too much

your budget gpu is priced mid range here lol

[gentle kestrel]

both of them probably

[tidal grove]

im confused

[tidal geyser]

anyways here https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zyYqgn

[random gyro]

btw, if anyone here struggles with memory useage issues, use memreduct, works well

[tidal grove]

i have a ryzen 7 7700 32gb ddr5 pc 650w gold psu rn btw

[gentle kestrel]

the 4060s main problem is at resolutions above 1080p where the bus holds it back, but the 8gb vram is a limiting factor long term

[tidal grove]

ps5 will be played on 1080 60hz and pc 1080 100hz

[gentle kestrel]

if you’re fine tinkering with settings you can get years out of it

[sinful quiver]

oh.. wow thanks but could you help with a moniter

[gentle kestrel]

why did we downgrade the memory

[tidal geyser]

no upgrade

[gentle kestrel]

cl36 is a crazy bin

[tidal grove]

this is my current pc

[tidal geyser]

and how much performance are you losing

[tidal grove]

these res and hz for em

[tidal geyser]

what budget for the monitor and do you want a big one?

o well
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qfpQzy/acer-predator-x27u-bmiipruzx-270-2560-x-1440-240-hz-monitor-umhxxaa001

[sinful quiver]

my total pc budget is 3k and im hoping for a 27 inch

[sinful quiver]

oh wow thats realy good for its price

[tidal geyser]

na its a high price

QD-OLED 1440p 240hz is meant to be more like 400$

[sinful quiver]

it is?

[sinful quiver]

i thought oled was like 1k

[tidal geyser]

what no ew

[gloomy sleet]

i love mecahnical keyboards

theyre so modifiable and a repairable

if a switch breaks just pop it out and swap it with Ralt

[sinful quiver]

well just confirming right now i found out nzxt coolers are bad is razer periherals good

[tidal geyser]

here is a ultrawide for under 1k
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/PrBG3C/dell-alienware-aw3423dw-342-3440-x-1440-175-hz-curved-monitor-aw3423dw

[tidal geyser]

no razer is HORRIBLE

[sinful quiver]

even for mouse?

[tidal geyser]

considering when i was a bit younger i had some razer headphones that did not allow me to turn off my pc

[ebon marlin]

What is this pooppenschlingers list

Absolute pooppenschlingers

[tidal geyser]

it lists lists

[rancid salmon]

is it worth getting one of these for nvme rather then use sata ssd or does it nerf the speeds making it not worth it?

[tidal geyser]

that one has sata and nvme

[rancid salmon]

Oh, the top slot has sata speeds and bottom has pcie?

[rancid salmon]

yeah

[tidal geyser]

well yeah the top one is sata and can only use sata m.2 while the lower one is nvme/pcie and can only use well that

[rancid salmon]

Alright thanks, I have never really explored using pcie slots for storage. Only heard its possible

[tidal geyser]

a m.2 slot is pcie

well can be but the ones on the motherboard are just that

[rancid salmon]

And this one can use the shorter (4x?) slots?

[tidal geyser]

well you also have fake black

[tidal geyser]

its meant for the x4 slot

[rancid salmon]

I see in the product images they use the longer one but suspected so

[abstract wigeon]

isnt dwf a bit cheaper and better

[hidden hill]

So I’m trying to get some of my games ready to transfer, but a lot have mods.. would copying them to my external ssd and then pasting the contents into the new pc work fine?

Trying to do it for world of Warcraft’s and baldurs gate 3

[distant frigate]

https://fixupx.com/crowsnestbb/status/1924847342328353185?s=46

Crowsnest Broadband (@Crowsnestbb)

It's happening!!! Our first ever fiber project is underway! Building some 50 miles of fiber to connect rural homes in areas not well suited for service via fixed wireless! #righttoolforthejob #fiber #fwa #ruralbroadband @WISPAnews @wave7jeff @SneedTech

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FixupX · May 20, 2025, 3:19 PM

Let’s gooo

[rigid fjord]

Sweet

[rigid fjord]

Those cable drums make nice garden tables

[stiff prawn]

guys not really tech tech related but i was trying to free up my sdd space and saw that the riot games folder in my c drives takes up 90gb of space even though ive got only valorant and league installed! They are only like 50 gb combined i think

nvm im wrong valorant alone takes up to 50 gigs

so valorant + league takes up to 180 gb wtf (folder takes 100 gb and league + val app takes 78)

is this normal?

[strange atlas]

what is this

[azure topaz]

nothing for you to care about

[sinful quiver]

Yeah the base download is 50

Updates this that anti cheat

[raven scroll]

Guys what is the offfically supported and most stable ram speed for intel chips

[swift narwhal]

How could I show my Nintendo switch when I’m streaming and stuff

Or just discord

Cuz I wanna buy the switch 2 and idk how I would show the games too people-

[hidden hill]

capture card?

[calm idol]

hdmi/dp out into capture card? atleast thats the most reliable method for most consoles

[hidden hill]

idk how much they are usually but yeah you would need one

[sick kraken]

Is this ethernet terminated properly? It stopped working.

[signal acorn]

I've used frame gen for two games on a 5070 ti. All the menus and interfaces for the games are a blurry mess when you move them around. Has anyone else had this issue as well?

https://bsky.app/profile/rerez.net/post/3lpcdbrzzrk2b

Shane Luis (@rerez.net)

I was supposed to review Avowed at launch. But there was a game breaking glitch that I couldn't get past. Today a new patch came out it still doesn't correct the problem.

However! Now I have a fun visual glitch in the menu due to auto frame gen that makes everything blend together. 🥴

▶ Play video

Bluesky · May 16, 2025, 3:19 PM

I've not heard anyone else talk about this at all. So I'm wondering if it's a hardware problem on my end.

Here is a frame grab from a recording to show you what I mean:

[hidden hill]

whats the other game? just curious

[signal acorn]

Portal RTX was the second game. Just noticed it today.

[hidden hill]

and that one has the same issue?

[signal acorn]

They released an update for it that enabled frame gen.

Yup!

[hidden hill]

drivers up to date? a lot of different things could be the culprit

[signal acorn]

Yup, everything is up to date.

[hidden hill]

im not sure, for as long as you used FG you had this issue

or was there a time where you didnt have the issue

[signal acorn]

Well this is the first time I've used frame gen on any game.

So it's all new to me! 😄

[frosty oriole]

When I used frame gen, the game looked worse, but felt the exact same.

[signal acorn]

Yeah I've noticed that as well

So what in the hell is the point of frame gen?

[hidden hill]

frame gen is 10x better or worse depending on your base fps

if you're getting barely 60 by base its not going to feel great

downright awful sub 50 tbh

[frosty oriole]

Bigger number better because bigger number bigger better.

Also, lets Nvidia say the 5070 can perform like a 4090.

[signal acorn]

Should that be happening on 50 series cards?

[quasi field]

Wanna see something neat

[signal acorn]

Starting to think this Nvidia company might not be quality.

[quasi field]

Boom fully enclosed 3d printer

[gusty wagon]

I have a question for you

||do you know madison?||

||From across the border ||

[oblique jay]

Any decent mouse I can get to replace my glorious model o wired? Have had it for about 3.5 years but it's just starting to disconnect itself all the time so it's impossible to game using it

[frosty oriole]

They haven't been recently at least.

[quasi field]

NVIDIA cares about the big money; not the small money… big money from large companies they can charge infinite amount to, vs the small money that actually cares how much it cost

[oblique jay]

Their support is absolute ass so not gonna replace it with any of their products anymore

[abstract wigeon]

mouse is mouse

you dont need the bestest mega ultralight supermouse to have a good time

[plush wren]

^^

[abstract wigeon]

just go for anything without bad reviews 🤷

[plush wren]

i use lamzu thorn and its fine but its like $100 idk about your budget

[oblique jay]

I mean I didn't ask for anything superlight, I just meant more longevity 😂

[plush wren]

https://tenor.com/view/smh-kermit-kermit-the-frog-muppet-muppets-gif-467850616214781464

[oblique jay]

Dont want something that's just gonna stop working despite being looked after

Only a year past warranty so not great at all

[plush wren]

buy nice or buy twice

[gusty wagon]

Zeromouse Blade (By Ari)

[plush wren]

https://tenor.com/view/birthday-surprised-staring-birthday-cat-random-clips-gif-14002286

[gusty wagon]

Oh i see

[latent gull]

G502

[hidden hill]

gonna sell a ps5 on market place, anyone know how much i should post it for? a ps5 digital edition

[oblique jay]

I mean at the time the mouse had pretty good reviews, didnt hear anything bad about it

[plush wren]

ye i understand

[frosty oriole]

Idk, I find a lot of non-gaming mice tend to outlast gaming mice.

[gusty wagon]

Uhm... a Microsoft 3600 or something would last you a dozen years or more

[oblique jay]

Until it died on me

[plush wren]

i wanted the glorious o at some point for minecraft lol

[signal acorn]

Well, I hope Nvidia gets out of gaming and invests all of their time and money into the golden future of AI. Nothing bad will happen if they do this. It's such a smart idea.

[hidden hill]

rich people will miss the 90 series lol

[oblique jay]

It served me well though, just disappointed at their support. I asked if they could make any exceptions but they just seem to care about money so fuck that company 😂

[rigid fjord]

a g502 hero

[rapid lake]

2.4ghz or wired headsets?

[gusty wagon]

Broke on me on the 2nd year

[oblique jay]

Despite corsair being overpriced, I quite like their support, both times I've contacted them they gave the stuff for free

[frosty oriole]

Logitech mouse trying to not to have scroll wheel problems challenge:

[lapis talon]

is this normal

[frosty oriole]

I know a guy who's been through 3 of them in like 5 years.

[rigid fjord]

better than a razer mouse which'll break a month after you bought it

[lapis talon]

from Roblox

[plush wren]

hey

fuck idk what happened to my deathadder v1

[oblique jay]

Am I missing something

[gusty wagon]

Problems with hardware that's breaking down is one reason why i drink

My razor deathadder chroma lasted ~25 months

[frosty oriole]

Looks like you'll want to repaste the GPU. I'd put PTM7950 on it.

[lapis talon]

probably, its been happening on roblox out of all things

[plush wren]

why you drink or think

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/998409532676001873/1147207218333241424/image.gif

[rigid fjord]

on average it's a 30-40 gbp mouse foir the wired one, and 60-80 for wireles version

[gusty wagon]

I think it comes with turnable weights, which allows you to rotate the weights in the bottom

[oblique jay]

Are wireless mice worth getting or nah? I'm not overly fussy about wired or not but if wireless has more delay then I wont bother

[abstract wigeon]

3rd time this year... removed my tiny cpu undervolt and its booted fine now.
odd because i hadnt had any issues at all last year after running with an even bigger undervolt

[rigid fjord]

see, i drink because....people

[plush wren]

if you go wireless you'll hate wired

[gusty wagon]

Not noticeable tbh

[frosty oriole]

Wireless is just wired with extra steps.

[oblique jay]

Just because my mouse wire sometimes gets in the way when playing

[rigid fjord]

not really worth touching tbh

[plush wren]

what extra steps

[gusty wagon]

I just got a bottle of gin mare, it's nice but a little bit too sharp

[oblique jay]

Mixed opinions it seems, why arent they worth touching?

[rigid fjord]

ah, gin, also known as mother's ruin

[gusty wagon]

Explain

[frosty oriole]

Unplugging it and plugging it back in to charge.

[plush wren]

thats why i keep the cable on my floor and just charge it overnight

[frosty oriole]

Seems like extra steps.

[plush wren]

just say you're lazy vro

[gusty wagon]

I have the powerplay mousepad and a logitech g502, i almost never have it out of charge

[plush wren]

im not a fan of charging my mouse either but its worth it

[frosty oriole]

Could just get a mouse with AA batteries and replace them in 5 seconds after a few months.

[plush wren]

and pay for batteries

or use your mouse wired while its charging?? 😭

[rigid fjord]

most wireless mice usually have a shit power drain, and can sometimes have poor latency

[frosty oriole]

If you don't buy rechargeable AAs, you're stupid.

[plush wren]

you're stupid for buying battery charged mice

[frosty oriole]

Which again, now it's just a wired mouse with extra steps.

[plush wren]

so is a mouse with batteries

you have to charge the batteries and swap them out lmao

[gusty wagon]

I have logitech and powerplus, they both seems like good pairings

[frosty oriole]

So... Any wireless mouse?

[oblique jay]

Lmfao

[plush wren]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1331215519268732949/1343985908172591135/attachment-7.gif

a mouse that uses aa batteries *

[oblique jay]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-G502-LIGHTSPEED-Wireless-Gaming/dp/B08HJP62WJ
89.99

[frosty oriole]

Imagine not liking replaceable batteries.

[plush wren]

ok

[rigid fjord]

nope, you do a battery mod to them instead

[rigid fjord]

i'd look up battery mods if you get this

[plush wren]

its just a mouse bro 😭

[oblique jay]

My mate said he has the razer viper v3 hyperspeed and said hes had no issues with it

[frosty oriole]

Why would you go through the effort of that when you pop out of charger and pop into mouse? It takes 10 seconds.

[oblique jay]

Not sure how long hes had it for tho

[rigid fjord]

built in rechargable battery instead, longer lasting instead of using an AA battery

[frosty oriole]

Ye, but what I was saying is those mice are just wired mice with extra steps.

[gloomy sleet]

why do some games force you to use TAA

it’s TAA FXAA or nothing

[plush wren]

enjoy your wired mice in that case

because that makes no sense lmao

[gloomy sleet]

i honestly hate this i usually just use no AA at all

[rigid fjord]

lol, me with my dremel and anything i own

[frosty oriole]

I have all 3 kinds. I normally dislike AA batteries in things, but I actually prefer my mouse with AA batteries.

[plush wren]

i personally dont

[oblique jay]

Logitech G Pro X Superlight?

[plush wren]

fuck the g305

[white sphinx]

Why is electromagnetism so difficult

[plush wren]

whats difficult about it

[gloomy sleet]

wireless mice are nice

[plush wren]

yes

[gloomy sleet]

i like the fact the cable doesn’t get in the way mostly

especially on something that moves i think that’s really important

for a keyboard it being wireless doesn’t really affect how you use it

[oblique jay]

I think I would just go for wireless just for convenience, like I said though the wire isnt an issue most of the time but there have been cases where it has got in the way, like where it comes out of the mouse it goes down the side, even after moving it away

[plush wren]

my keyboard stays in basically the same position anyways

[oblique jay]

So depends what you guys would recommend for a wireless

[gloomy sleet]

yeah

[rigid fjord]

tbh, overpaying for essentially a g502 hero with a different shell

[gloomy sleet]

yeah

[lapis talon]

can I unplug my gpu so that my game doesnt crash?

[oblique jay]

At that range then, like £80 is the g502 fine or can I get something better

[lapis talon]

anyone?

[oblique jay]

I dont care about rgb on it either

[rigid fjord]

the g502 hero would be fine for sure

[frosty oriole]

You'll get worse performance if you do that.

[rigid fjord]

easily disabled/set to a single colour

[true stirrup]

Do you have an iGPU?

[gloomy sleet]

yeah obviously

[azure topaz]

this looks different...

[nocturne light]

Man, Garuda seems to be really picky about what it wants.

[quasi field]

Yeah I modified It a lot

[oblique jay]

obviously fine or I can get one better?

[gloomy sleet]

yeah what are you using it for and what are your preferences

[oblique jay]

Also I want wireless, is the g502 hero not wired only

[oblique jay]

Gaming, music production, general use

[rigid fjord]

there's a wireless version

[gloomy sleet]

a gaming specific mouse isn’t really what id recommend tbh

[azure topaz]

do you want a comfy mouse that you care nothing about the stats about or do you want something actually competitive

[oblique jay]

I just play casually, I dont play ranked in cod for instance, but I still want something that wont feel shit

[gloomy sleet]

any preferences for buttons weight etc

[azure topaz]

if its the first one get a g502 wireless its honestly pretty decent for waht you want

but if you want to play games fr a g502 is very heavy

[stray finch]

guys i need help check tech support please

[oblique jay]

As for weight, I haven't got a clue. Only really used the model o, before that I had 2 shitty £20 mice

[gloomy sleet]

i’ve used heavier mice

[oblique jay]

So I wouldnt know if I prefer light or not

[azure topaz]

prolly dont want something so heavy if youre coming from a model o

do you like the weight of your model o?

[rigid fjord]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08HJP62WJ <- wireless version @oblique jay

[gloomy sleet]

i’d usually recommend an attack shark x6 or similar but that’s pretty much only for gaming

[oblique jay]

I don't think I can say much on it as I havent really used lighter mice, but I can be quite heavy handed.

Size wise, the model o is alright, my hand is not fully on the mouse. Usually raised a little to fit properly

Not raised, but my fingertips are touching, not my actual fingers

[frail topaz]

Finally fixed everything up

[azure topaz]

looks good i hate the board

[rigid fjord]

looking good there

[oblique jay]

also was it the hero wireless or this onehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-G502-LIGHTSPEED-Wireless-Gaming/dp/B08HJP62WJ/ref=asc_df_B08HJP62WJ that u guys suggested? Whats the difference

[frail topaz]

Was pretty self explanatory tbh. 39C on the cpu now

[frigid blade]

Bird update

[frail topaz]

It aint that bad

[azure topaz]

just looks a smidge outta place

[frigid blade]

Bro we still don’t have internet

They installed it yesterday, and said a technician would be out to fix it in the morning

It’s not morning anymore

[rigid fjord]

fixed it

[oblique jay]

Ta

[rigid fjord]

it's this, it's still the hero, just they call it lightspeed for the wireless models mainly

[plain inlet]

does anyone know of a good 2tb ssd that isn’t a crazy price? I had a 1tb sn570 but it completely died on me lmao

[oblique jay]

Got it, thank you 🙂

[frigid blade]

Mp44l

[rigid fjord]

yeah, usually is tbh, and noice

[oblique jay]

1 week delivery from amazon tho smh

[plain inlet]

I’ll look into that, thanks!

[frigid blade]

It gets recommended here often, it’s well priced for the speeds and it’s TLC

[frail topaz]

I did fuck up a little on the mounting brackets tho installed them.the wrong side around (upside down)

[rigid fjord]

a wd sn580, sn770, team mp44l, lexar nm710,nm760,nm790

[sick river]

guys i have a pc with a rx 570 4gb, ryzen 5 1400, Cooler Master V550 PSU and 16GB of ram, and i want to upgrade to a 3080 and ryzen 7 5800x3D, are these good to upgrade to or not?

[kindred halo]

Which part of an amazon link can I just cut out again

[rigid fjord]

they're good upgrades but you'd have to upgrade the psu also

[hexed tapir]

You are quite a bit late to upgrade to a am4 x3d CPU

[kindred halo]

I am trying to help a guy build something but amazon is giving me a wall of text :3

[frigid blade]

@plain inlet just make sure what you get isn’t QLC, they are lower performance and have a shorter life cycle

[sick river]

why is that?

[frigid blade]

But they are cheaper

[sick river]

cause i found a 3080 for 300 euros

[rigid fjord]

everything from 'ref =' you delete on amazon links

[hexed tapir]

Not being made anymore so new stock cost more

[kindred halo]

Thank ya

[sick river]

its 220 euros

[hallow jasper]

The last CPU architecture on that platform was released 4+ years ago and has been replaced twice now. Going from really old to just old.

[grim pasture]

Which one is better?

B650-E Wifi or B650-Plus wifi
Both Asus Tuf.

[hallow jasper]

Better how?

[grim pasture]

features, quality?

[frigid blade]

Unless you have a specific need, just get the cheaper one

[sick river]

so what do you recommend? going straight up for another build? cause i wanted to upgrade mine

[rigid fjord]

b650-plus wifi afaik

[grim pasture]

what'

what's better?

[hallow jasper]

Have you compared the two and determined which one better fits your use case?

[hexed tapir]

5700x3d lowest price was like $150

[grim pasture]

There's not a big difference

[hidden hill]

Anyone know how this case is? Heard good things about the brand

Looks cool imo, but just wondering if the design is good for temps

[azure topaz]

who in the world told you good things about thermaltake

[frigid blade]

lol

[hidden hill]

Saw a video from gamers nexus

Are they bad?

[frigid blade]

Eh

[azure topaz]

eh

[frigid blade]

Jinx

[hidden hill]

lol

[random gyro]

thermaltake is doodoo ass

[rigid fjord]

i know one person who could tell you about it

[azure topaz]

theyre a company i tend to avoid due to their cheaper products making me fear that itll seep into their expensive ones

[hexed tapir]

Why you lying

[rigid fjord]

actually no

[hidden hill]

The prebuilt I ordered is from them 3300$

[azure topaz]

famous for their famously bad thermaltake smart unit, not exactly a great thing

[sick river]

mhm, so you would recommend making another pc?

[frigid blade]

$3.3k for a pc? Tf

[azure topaz]

the same thermaltake smart that killed my RX 570 under no load while the unit was brand new

[frigid blade]

What are the specs?

[hidden hill]

Only company I know I dislike is Corsair, sooooo overpriced and the product quality is not stellar

[random gyro]

in my opinion its doodoo ass

[rigid fjord]

@steep heath as i know you've had the white version of this case, what would you say about it to him

[azure topaz]

ya see their cases are actually decent so in this scenario dont skip on em

[swift narwhal]

How can I show my switch game too my stream?

Or better how can I do that with the switch 2

[azure topaz]

same with NZXT

[rigid fjord]

thing is, their cases and psu's are actually good

[hidden hill]

Tried to get a top of the line build, 5080, Ryzen 7 9800 X3d, 32gb 6400mt/s ram

[azure topaz]

they have shit like the h6 flow that is simply a well built case

[swift narwhal]

Their rgb is good though

[frigid blade]

$3.3k and you got that? :(

[swift narwhal]

I have that exact case

[hidden hill]

Yeahhh but the price is wild, same specs as the one I bought but 1000$ more expensive

[frigid blade]

You coulda saved so much money building it yourself

[azure topaz]

my gf does, it was super easy to build in, to the point she coulda done it

[swift narwhal]

Anyways how can I stream switch too my pc

[hidden hill]

I used their peripherals and disliked it, no clue about their cases

[rigid fjord]

only ther newer ones, and tbh, the h6 flow is the only one that isn't a direct clone of the o11d

[swift narwhal]

Yeah the case is awesome

[azure topaz]

get a capture card

[swift narwhal]

Just any?

[azure topaz]

plug switch into capture card

[jaunty apex]

The RM850 is a pretty peak PSU tho

[hidden hill]

I’ll send the link

[swift narwhal]

Or like one that goes into motherboard and all-

[azure topaz]

go into obs and have it display output from the capture card

you get a couple ms of latency but its switch games who cares

[rigid fjord]

as long as it's a 2019 or earlier model yes

[azure topaz]

any, but higher quality always better

most capture cards will support what the switch outputs, even the shitty usb ones

[hidden hill]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/thermaltake-reactor-u2880s-gaming-desktop-intel-core-ultra-9-285k-32gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5080-2tb-ssd-nvme-m-2-snow/6625653.p?skuId=6625653&ref=212&loc=18475026932&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=4&gad_campaignid=18468867324&gbraid=0AAAAAD-ORIgDrLYioQyJrjz5CwHkacQic&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIm_uf6NeyjQMVujIIBR0dtCB_EAQYBSABEgLFxvD_BwE

[swift narwhal]

Okay then but imma get the switch 2 too-

[hidden hill]

Has a good motherboard too, as rock something pro, forgot the name

[rigid fjord]

newer than 2019, the rm850 is basically a relabelled rm850e @jaunty apex

[azure topaz]

so dont buy a shitty capture card, this part isnt on me

[swift narwhal]

Okay then

[frigid blade]

Let me put it like this, my pcpartpicker micro ATX build has a 7800x3d and 5070, and it’s $1.5k before taxes, adding a 5080 puts it at $2k before taxes at the same specs, maybe $100 more for RAM upgrade

[azure topaz]

it hungers for a cpu

[rigid fjord]

i wouldn't touch 50 series if you know what's good for you

[hidden hill]

You can get them for msrp?

[frigid blade]

It’s going based on pcpp pricing, so probably not but the build is still cheap

[jaunty apex]

If you want to play anything from 2017 and earlier 50 series bad (specifically physx)

[hidden hill]

It’s always 1600+ when I looked

[azure topaz]

2017 and earlier elaborate why its this specifically

[hidden hill]

Nah I went on microcenter and tried to see what it would cost, with their prices is was not worth the hassle

[rigid fjord]

it's still bad due to power issues, driver issues, missing rops

[azure topaz]

okay so if you want to play 6 games from before 2017 (none of them being worth it to enable physx, besides batman)

quit being misleading for no reason

thanks yo

[jaunty apex]

Np

[hidden hill]

I think I’ll be happy with the prebuilt, I don’t believe they skimped on any of the parts, psu is the only thing I didn’t check

[frigid blade]

You can get a 5080 on eBay for $1.3k, or make an offer just based on the first few listings I saw

[azure topaz]

not every game from 2017 and before has physx, and i dont htink theres a single game that you cant disable physx in

you arent missing much besides cheesy special effects 👍

whgy didnt my xbox 360 have phsyx enabled in bl2 bro its unplayable

[rigid fjord]

a fun little project i'll be building later @tidal geyser

[hidden hill]

The benefit of Best Buy is that I have a credit card from them as well as a membership, the benefits are pretty nice for me

[frigid blade]

Anyway, my points was, that prebuilt did not cost $800 in building fees

[azure topaz]

i want a 12100 or something to behead in this delidder

because idk if i trust it wht my ks just yet 💀

[steep heath]

I've owned the tower 300 the matx version this case. It's decent but I highly recommend the stand if you get it.

[hidden hill]

Yeah, if I had more expertise and less stress. I would have totally went with building it. It’s just hard with the market rn

[azure topaz]

tryna send me that 13900kf daniel to have it killed?

[hidden hill]

Does it have balance issues? I will have the 600 so it’s pretty wide compared to the other one

[frigid blade]

I get it, I’ve planning my upgrade for the last 2 years waiting for a good deal and also because I didn’t need it until I moved

[steep heath]

In the stand no balance issues.

The stand is more of a cradle.

[frigid blade]

I finally got a good deal on my RAM recently

2 2x48gb kits for $270

[hidden hill]

In any case (no pun intended) I think I’ll be happy with the pc, highest end pc I ever went with so I’m excited to see performance

[hidden hill]

High speed I’m assuming too

[hidden hill]

Hmm, hope it comes with it

[azure topaz]

we'll see when were done with it

[frigid blade]

For 4 dimms and 192gb, it’s pretty fast

But floppa and I aren’t finished tuning it

[azure topaz]

good evening

[eager nexus]

is it possible to have no bitlocker key under my pc microsoft account even tho i have windows activated on it

[hidden hill]

Ahhh I see, building a monster?

[azure topaz]

the only thing i can do

[frigid blade]

Yah, mixed use server

[odd swan]

yo

[hidden hill]

Ah cool

[odd swan]

whats poppin

[frigid blade]

It’ll have 20 14TB+ drives and some other cool stuff

[hidden hill]

Doing a ryzen 7 9950x3d?

[azure topaz]

is it stilll at that 5600 or whatever we left it?

[frigid blade]

Yes

[hidden hill]

Damnnn

[thorn cove]

Just to clarify, the GPUS that come with 2 ports, I use 2 pcie connecters that come with and plug both into the power supply right? I got 3 of them with my power supply and 1 12vhp connector.

[azure topaz]

did we ever do any primaries?

[frigid blade]

13900kf, Intel has better/more stable memory controller

[azure topaz]

tcl and such

[frigid blade]

Maybe? I don’t remember

[hushed tapir]

what would someone recommend for a 1440p high refresh rate monitor with a budget of 350 usd?

[azure topaz]

idk i dont either lol

[crimson temple]

is 1k usd a bad price for a 5070ti

[hidden hill]

Have any of the other specs picked out?

[azure topaz]

we'll go through it and refresh it when the time comes

[frigid blade]

I have a full pcpp build, wanna see it?

[hidden hill]

Ye

[azure topaz]

yooo im gonna send mine too for fun

[frigid blade]

This doesn’t include the cost for drives but https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KbXQNz

[thorn cove]

Depends on how high the refresh rate is, but this is the one I use
HDR isnt as good as other monitors and its power connector is terrible but its a fantastic monitor
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WXX42ZS?language=en_US

[frigid blade]

It’ll be used to host gaming VMs and store high quality video for surveillance system

Probably the coolest build I’ll make in my life

[rigid fjord]

@peak knot you might like this simple circuit, it's a noise isolater for 5v, using it for set of amplifier circuits i've used for my speakers

[azure topaz]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qZ2Kh7

prices are accurate but not every part (mostly peripherals) arent right

[rigid fjord]

why 4x 1tb drives?

[tidal geyser]

noice

[hidden hill]

Sick, yeah I saw the total and was confused for a sec lmao

[frigid blade]

3 VMs, 1 per, and 1 for host

[rigid fjord]

also the ram choice is bad tbh

[frigid blade]

I don’t want to make partitions on a single one

[frigid blade]

Why?

[hidden hill]

Might be the coolest, cooler I’ve seen

[rigid fjord]

you may get the 192GB capacitiy but you won't be getting the speed

[azure topaz]

i care more that its cheap tbh

[crimson temple]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/692063/msi-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-shadow-3x-overclocked-triple-fan-16gb-gddr7-pcie-50-graphics-card

https://www.microcenter.com/product/690046/asus-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-tuf-gaming-overclocked-triple-fan-16gb-gddr7-pcie-50-graphics-card

is there like a difference between these two 5070tis

one is like 180$ more

[hidden hill]

Yeah that price is great!

[frigid blade]

No shit lol, we’re tuning it more soon, I got it running 5600 cl 36 gear 2 with floppa

[azure topaz]

i paid 57 idk why it says the price is 70

i paid what its actively listed for on amazon rn

[frigid blade]

Anyway, for $270, those 4 dimms were a steal

[azure topaz]

and its surprisingly decent 🔥

[frigid blade]

I spent months on eBay waiting to find some good ram deals

[hushed tapir]

that looks like the monitor i have but mine is a 1080p panel and i am not happy with it.

[azure topaz]

i think we did more than that so its probably faster than most peoples 6000 tbh

[hidden hill]

Cases are clean too

[frigid blade]

We got 5800 cl34 running but it stopped working after a reboot, but the first boot passed occt

[azure topaz]

yea i remember

[rigid fjord]

simple noise isolator for 5v, will be using it on the mini amp's i've got wired powering my audio setupo

[azure topaz]

i have more expertise now ive been playing with things

[hidden hill]

I really wish I could tell what the cooler and psu were on my prebuilt were, annoying that prebuilts never give enough info

[azure topaz]

and more reading as usual

[frigid blade]

Do most bios tell you what does what? Like a description for each setting?

[azure topaz]

hit and miss

[rigid fjord]

it's always more reading

[frigid blade]

Nooo why vertical

[azure topaz]

up to the feature youre lookng at

most uefis will not tell you the function of a specific ram timing

but most will tell you what xmp does

[hidden hill]

I was thinking of putting my pc on a shelf positioned similarly, too scared of it falling

[azure topaz]

discord monitor thats where u live bro

[azure topaz]

its been up there uhhh a year then split 6 months then another year so far

[frigid blade]

The monitor on the right is a joke btw

[azure topaz]

there is unironically less than a quarter of an inch between the edge of the shelf and the computer

[frigid blade]

My room is such a mess after moving but I don’t wanna organize it

Last night I took apart 2 laptops in the dark

[hidden hill]

Just got a bunch of random stuff on it rn, would be cool to have the pc shown off up top though

[frigid blade]

I lost like 5 screws

[azure topaz]

you can see it kinda in that photo

[frigid blade]

My pc used to be on 2 books

[frigid blade]

For airflow under

[azure topaz]

its a little scary but i got used to it, i push on it and make sure its flush against the wall every couple of days

[swift narwhal]

Look at my beautiful thing

[random gyro]

whos that in your case

[swift narwhal]

Rem

[random gyro]

whos rem

[azure topaz]

other than that i dont fuck with it otherwise it will fall

[frigid blade]

Why is there a tiny person in your case

[swift narwhal]

From an anime

[azure topaz]

it hasnt fallen yet tho 🙏

[frigid blade]

Oh my got rem from that one anime with the 2 maids?

[swift narwhal]

Because she’s trapped

[hidden hill]

Looks like they’re banging on the glass to get out lol

[random gyro]

joke flew right over ur head u did NOT watch the anime

[swift narwhal]

I did

But I’m also tired af

[rigid fjord]

with the right fittings and materials it's never an issue

[swift narwhal]

It’s ram btw not rem

[frigid blade]

I know which anime but I forgot the name, I watched it with my gf

[random gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/re-zero-anime-girl-blue-hair-hair-dryer-windy-gif-3801051913004611137

[random gyro]

ram has red hair

[swift narwhal]

They are almost

[frigid blade]

https://tenor.com/view/rem-waiting-anime-gif-11410813863905963266

[swift narwhal]

Wym

[hidden hill]

Yeah if I do end up doing it, I’ll probably redo the shelf with stronger brackets

[swift narwhal]

My ram is black-

Seeee

[frigid blade]

What are we looking at

[swift narwhal]

🐱

[random gyro]

💔

[swift narwhal]

Ram

Also yeah no I know but it’s a computer joke too

[hidden hill]

Can’t really tell if that’s ram lol

[swift narwhal]

But don’t worry ittl be a persona 5 cat girl

[swift narwhal]

It ram

[hidden hill]

Too zoomed in

[swift narwhal]

Next too rem

[frigid blade]

Soon to be networking corner

I just need a rack

[random gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/rem-waiting-anime-gif-11410813863905963266

[swift narwhal]

Yeah and that’s why is rem in my case

[hidden hill]

This place looks like a fire hazard ngl lol

[swift narwhal]

Get it 🐱

[frigid blade]

Why

[hidden hill]

At least you’re not getting a 5090

Or else you’re cooked

[swift narwhal]

I am probably ganna get a 5090-

[frigid blade]

FWIW we’re covered in case of fire, town forced us to install business grade sprinkler system

Shits expensive, we don’t like our town anymore

[swift narwhal]

Maybe depends on if my friend finna buy my gpu

[hidden hill]

Nah just messing around, the open insulation could be a risk is what I meant though

[rigid fjord]

better than losing your home

[frigid blade]

It is, but $15k to cover 2 floors?

[azure topaz]

cute

[azure topaz]

ew corsair its prolly micron or samsunbg

[hidden hill]

God, just for that? Wild

[frigid blade]

Well 1 floor and the basement

[frigid blade]

Yes it’s those big ass sprinklers you see in a warehouse

We didn’t have a choice

[hidden hill]

And it was mandatory? That’s a bit of an overreach on their part

[wet ember]

how much do u guys think this 2015 macbook pro is worth?

[rigid fjord]

tree fiddy

[frigid blade]

Yes, it was new rules placed when removing more than 80% of the interior walls

[wet ember]

if i ever need to sell my belongings for cash, i'll take note of this

[hidden hill]

Plan to dry wall it?

[frigid blade]

Wdym

The basement?

[hidden hill]

Yeah, like finish the walls

[frigid blade]

It’ll be open concept for a while

Maybe in 2-3 years when we have the money to add some flooring and walls

My parents decided to save money by leaving the basement as is, and going all out on the main floor

[hidden hill]

I forget drywall isnt really used everywhere

[frigid blade]

We use drywall here

[rigid fjord]

going concrete board in the basement?

[hidden hill]

You in NA?

Not super common outside of NA I noticed

[frigid blade]

We’ll see, it’s not planned or thought about since it wouldn’t happen for a while

[frigid blade]

I’m US

[hidden hill]

Ah ok

Concrete board sounds expensive

[frigid blade]

That white circle is a popout sprinkler

The basement ones are the big ones

[wet ember]

also, i forgot why i bought this. think it was for $50 or $60

[hidden hill]

But yeah tbh I’m sick of drywall, leaned a package against the wall and now I have a huge scuff

[wet ember]

oops my camera was underexposed

[tidal geyser]

i7 8700 or r5 3600

[hidden hill]

I mean at least you know you’re moderately safe from a fire

Outside of an electrical fire

[frigid blade]

Yah, I know just annoyed at the price

Had to go into my school savings to pay for some stuff because of their stupid rules

[hidden hill]

Yeah HOAs are more often then not, annoying and overreaching

[frigid blade]

Not HOA

Just city rules when building

[hidden hill]

Oh, that’s weird wtf

[frigid blade]

It’s weird now, every house around us is old af and this one really stands out

[hidden hill]

Would be funny if the company connected to the installation was connected to the city government

[frigid blade]

Anyway, because we tore down all interior walls, I was able to run conduit EVERYWHERE, so I can have wired Internet in every room

[frigid blade]

We did almost all the work, that’s why it took 2 years

[hidden hill]

Just a lan in the wall and it works?

[frigid blade]

Saved a lot of money too, my dad is a carpenter so he built the roof and shit like that with the wood framing

[hidden hill]

Nicee that’s a big portion of the costs when building too

[frigid blade]

I’ll have a rack in the basement with some switches, every conduit runs to the basement so you just run ethernet through it to the room

[hexed tapir]

My brothers old hoa made people color match their sheds with the house

[hidden hill]

Cool, house sounds cool tbh

[hidden hill]

Bruh

[frigid blade]

Dream home

[hidden hill]

Found a more in depth spec list which shows the psu btw, anyone know if the psu is good?

[hidden hill]

Super open concept, looks great tbh

[frigid blade]

We put basically all of our money into it, my parents even want me to continue living with them 😂

[hidden hill]

[frigid blade]

I wish I could show the front at night but there’s always weird people on discord

[hidden hill]

Yeah never show that kind of stuff on a big discord lol

Discord and weird people, name a better combo 💀

[frigid blade]

I don’t mean to show off, but we lived in a very poor town for almost 2 decades and im so excited and like showing it

[hexed tapir]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-guilty-shouting-hands-up-gif-12286405975417077963

[ebon marlin]

Switch 2 will run cyberpunk at 360p

[elder quarry]

Yah don’t do that in a server w/ 165K membs