#tech-chat-1

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bronze summit
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Escape from Russia

gleaming rose
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install linux

sick reef
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cant even afford and save up for a new psu, i only afford used psus

fresh escarp
gleaming rose
fresh escarp
gleaming rose
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Linux isn't hard to use anymore

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It's friendlier than windows

fresh escarp
fresh escarp
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Yeah, is it windows related?

gleaming rose
fresh escarp
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you throwing the casual "install linux" over a post lmao

gleaming rose
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I mean it'll solve your issue

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nobody's forcing you to do anything

fresh escarp
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ah seems like you're one of the people waffling about linux and so on whereever it's possible, got it πŸ‘

gleaming rose
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I provide help to those who ask for it, if you don't like my help that's too fuckin bad and you'll have to wait for someone else

fresh escarp
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haha sure lmao

quaint jacinth
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is the 5800XT pulling 130 watts normal, cuz like on amd website said default TDP is 105 watts

gleaming rose
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Also I don't even think that you asked for help so you could've ignored what I said

limpid grotto
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Damn, docker really is faster if you throw more ram at it. Still takes 20 minutes to build

gleaming rose
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like if it solves one of the many issues that come along with Windows

fresh escarp
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yeah which is what i was about, the usual install linux waffle, not even having inch of a thought regading windows, not completely just woosh past it, but as ya said i didn't really ask, just discovered it myself shrug

gleaming rose
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clearly you don't like Linux and that's ok

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I know the ins and outs of both

limpid grotto
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linux should be the default unless you need windows features specifically like active directory

fresh escarp
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i don't, but you seem target people there without even using your "experience" to give few kinds lmao

limpid grotto
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or other build deps

gleaming rose
fresh escarp
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kay

limpid grotto
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I just write most of my shit in golang because you get near c perf with a super small binary

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and use containers

gleaming rose
limpid grotto
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debating whether windows or linux is better is completely pointless

fresh escarp
warm sage
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does anybody think i spent my money well on my pc?
first expense $450:
prebuilt with r5 5600g, 16gb 2133mhz ddr4, crappy chinese b550 matx mobo, crappy 512gb nvme ssd, chinese case, chinese fans, chinese cpu cooler, crappy 500w nonmodular psu
second expense free:
free 750w corsair cx750m (christmas gift)
third expense $80:
silicon power 2tb a58 sata ssd
fourth expense $500:
asus rx7800xt dual fan oc
final expense $230:
refurbish seagate exos x16 14tb 7200rpm hdd
result: $1,260 pc with a r5 5600g, rx 7800xt, 16gb ddr4, 16.5 tb of storage and is a beast in 1440p

gleaming rose
fresh escarp
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haha i'd say that too tbf

gleaming rose
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🀝

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fwiw tho I do see a lot of support threads with people complaining about shit windows does

fresh escarp
hidden charm
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Someone have any nice recommendations for keyboard when I want a track pad or some other mouse option built in, I also want it to be light weight and a bonus if it is wireless

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Maybe something similar to this but a bit smaller:

balmy tapir
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trackpad keyboards are all kinda mid

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id just get a logitech k400

hidden charm
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at home I got a UHK80 but I don't wanna carry that to the office

balmy tapir
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ah

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the lenevo one is pretty nice if you like thinkpad keyboards

hidden charm
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I like the trackpoint module on my uhk 80 at leat.
https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/product/trackpoint

The trackpoint module attaches to the right keyboard half, and it surely brings back fond memories for those of you who have previously owned an IBM ThinkPad laptop. The two buttons are fully configurable, and the trackpoint itself cannot be pressed as a button. Pointer movement versus scrolling can be configured on a per-layer basis.

hidden charm
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It needs to work with mac as well

balmy tapir
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then id look at the thinkpad trackpoint keyboard II, its wireless and pretty slim

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not sure if it works with mac, but id imagine it would

bronze summit
hidden charm
balmy tapir
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ah its probably only in english id imagine

barren nebula
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Really high cpu usage just from using opera, casual fb marketplace browsing and a youtube stream on the second monitor.

hidden charm
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maybe just one with a trackpad will be the way to go

barren nebula
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I have a R7 5700x3d, this isn't normal, right?

balmy tapir
hidden charm
swift moss
swift moss
barren nebula
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:D

balmy tapir
iron glen
plush wren
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im surprised no one has tried a diy macbook with a mac mini

plush wren
barren nebula
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honestly i'm using opera gx only for the dark mode, and now all of my data is saved there it's hard to switch, but i think it's time

swift moss
barren nebula
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where to? Chorme or Firefox?

swift moss
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I recommend Firefox but chrome is better than opera lol

long goblet
long goblet
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but forks of firefox are available.

swift moss
swift moss
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In glad its only partnering with ablaze not a subsidiary ablaze floorp

long goblet
plush wren
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zen browser is cool but i think its slow af

swift moss
plush wren
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πŸ€‘

iron glen
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anyone have experience with the nothingphone 3a? i think thats what its called

swift moss
swift moss
fringe prairie
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eh second one sort of is i would say

swift moss
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Like the PCBs crammed into a chasis

swift moss
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You would need to decode the MacBook screen to hdmi which is practically impossible

plush wren
iron glen
plush wren
swift moss
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Scott yu Jan is missing board level skills lol

swift moss
plush wren
swift moss
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Also floorp barely works with fuzzel that's why I swapped in the first place

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When launching it opens

plush wren
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ya i just searched up lightweight browser and saw floorp or something idk

swift moss
plush wren
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Lmao

swift moss
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And workspace switching is pristine

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I can't say the same for zen

fringe prairie
plush wren
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idk wat that is

swift moss
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It doesn't work with my keybinds where space is present

fringe prairie
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my frame rate dips just scrolling a google webpage

swift moss
plain cypress
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So close

swift moss
plush wren
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so like what chrome has profiles or wtv

swift moss
plush wren
swift moss
plain cypress
swift moss
plain cypress
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Also the white plays a lot better with the ISO

swift moss
plush wren
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fuck yanwen

long goblet
plush wren
# plush wren

i dont even use chrome i just use that profile on the left for school stuff lmao

swift moss
long goblet
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seems like developers are just typing randomly to name their apps;.

plush wren
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derp

swift moss
plain cypress
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Also the prints usually look fine, it's the build plate that looks like it's covered in spaghetti on the camera

swift moss
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Floorp keeps the invisible/hidden workspace tabs in memory

plush wren
plain cypress
swift moss
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I got 32gb so not a worry and it only uses like 6000mb with around 150 tabs

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Slows down my PC a lot tho (13600k πŸ˜­πŸ™)

plush wren
swift moss
plush wren
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Bro wrote 6000mb instead of 6gb

plain cypress
swift moss
swift moss
plush wren
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lmao

plain cypress
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And I don't want to be in the same room as the printer

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It's loud and smells of plastic

plush wren
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what are u even printing

swift moss
plain cypress
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My roommate bought an overwatch gun model

swift moss
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Bro forgot the point of HEPA filters

plain cypress
swift moss
plain cypress
swift moss
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I hate printing when im sleeping and it's 20 mins off

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I have to close my eyes and enjoy 20 minutes of noise

plain cypress
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Yeah that's why I keep mine in a different room

swift moss
plain cypress
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What happened

swift moss
swift moss
plain cypress
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I thought Monaco had no overtaking

swift moss
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Both Mercedes crashed in q2

plain cypress
swift moss
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The front was the same order for like the whole race

plain cypress
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How's Haas doing these days

swift moss
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10 place penalty for bearman because he broke red flag limits

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Im a new williams supporter lol

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And lance stroll 2025

plain cypress
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I don't follow F1 at all

swift moss
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Also I wanted charles legreg to get pole

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But ig lando broke the Monaco track record sooo

plain cypress
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Legreg is his Christian name

swift moss
abstract wigeon
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any ideas if this is enough for a decent plex server?
i5-4278U
8gb DDR3 @ 1333mhz
500gb nvme ssd

torn granite
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A few days ago I complained in this chat about not being able to replicate a somewhat frequent crash I've been experiencing so I could record it.
Now that I don't need to record it anymore guess who's back

plain cypress
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But idk, that's not a lot of compute

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Or storage

abstract wigeon
plain cypress
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Certainly not "decent"

abstract wigeon
empty quartz
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@plain cypress how search

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Hey discord, what is todays sponsor

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@swift moss my drink coaster has more storage than my phone πŸ’€

tall flower
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What would y'all say is the best gaming CPU in the 65w category? Doesn't have to be current gen.

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Brother wants me to build him a PC but doesn't have a huge budget.

night urchin
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ryzen 9 9900x3d

tall flower
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Hoping to keep cpu spend under $250

night urchin
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ah ok

tall flower
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His budget is like $600 and that's with me giving him an old case I have

night urchin
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lemme see#

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ryzen 6 7600x is pretty good

tall flower
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GPU will likely be a 3050 or 6600 XT

night urchin
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alr

lavish needle
night urchin
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why

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there both 8 gib so its mid

tall flower
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He wants to get into VR so the real challenge is finding an affordable motherboard with a front panel USBC connector

night urchin
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does he want to play with the cable in or js download some mods

lavish needle
rigid fjord
tall flower
lavish needle
rigid fjord
tall flower
lavish needle
rigid fjord
lavish needle
tall flower
lavish needle
tall flower
gleaming rose
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can we just take a moment to appreciate the guy in the EU govt that has a huge hateboner for apple

tall flower
night urchin
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πŸ₯€

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honeslty get M-atx its cheaper

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unless you already have the case

tall flower
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I already have the case and he has a limited budget so giving him my old case means more availabe to spend on performance bits.

night urchin
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alright

distant frigate
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Peak usage time speed

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Kinda wild lol

night urchin
tidal geyser
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very nice

rigid fjord
rigid fjord
night urchin
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oopies

tall flower
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And my current build has one too

night urchin
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welp there you go

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anything else

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Why bro

tidal geyser
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skill issue

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i so badly wanna get some 2.5 gig stuff so i cna use all my 2.5 networking stuff

tidal geyser
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is good

lavish needle
tidal geyser
tidal geyser
plush wren
plush wren
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wininit

lavish needle
plush wren
lavish needle
plush wren
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fuck you

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how about that

lavish needle
plush wren
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no u

warped peak
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Should I overclock my GPU or isn't it worthe the hassle ?

lavish needle
lavish needle
tidal geyser
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xd

teal bay
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how can i stress test my pc

tidal geyser
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<@&750150305383186585> send the guy who sent some bullshit about wanting to buy a aged github account then deleted it straight to hell for what looks to be breaking ToS since ya know aged account

plush wren
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wants to spread malware

tidal geyser
teal bay
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it cost money

gleaming rose
tidal geyser
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is fully freeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
timespy

teal bay
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windows protected my pc did i download the right 1?

tidal geyser
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wat

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its from steam

teal bay
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im talking abt furmark

rigid fjord
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occt, cinebench, linpack xtreme, tm5 with pcbdestroyer config

rigid fjord
tidal geyser
teal bay
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why?

tidal geyser
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not really good

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just use OCCT instead

plain cypress
tidal geyser
tidal geyser
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o yeah i fully forgot i can just upload my own for all these years

plush wren
wet scroll
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whats va

plush wren
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va panel

wet scroll
plush wren
rapid quarry
wet scroll
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im like

rigid fjord
wet scroll
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whyd he say ew va then 😭

night urchin
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oled so expensive for what

rapid quarry
night urchin
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how and why

wet scroll
plain cypress
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OLED is the best display experience you can buy right now

night urchin
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burn in 🐿️

plain cypress
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most people don't get burn in

wet scroll
plain cypress
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its not a galaxy s2

cedar hollow
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oled is pretty good now yeah

wet scroll
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there is pixel shift

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no burn

gentle kestrel
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it’ll still degrade but it’s gotten a lot better at lasting awhile, that’s what the o stands for

plain cypress
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no the o stands for oreo

gentle kestrel
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oreo led would go hard

plain cypress
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oreo light emitting diode

odd marsh
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I <3 OLED

wet scroll
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is this a good monitor then?

rapid quarry
# wet scroll burn in doesnt happen anymore

Unless you try to force it over tens of thousands of hours but yeah https://youtu.be/E2FpG6M037E?si=BfNjdGMgLevhWJxZ

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#ugreen

A quick update on the OLED Nintendo Switch and OLED Steam Deck Burn-In tests. Should probably check those batteries too...

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wet scroll
night urchin
gentle kestrel
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there's not really any reviews but for ~160 usd i'd assume it's fine

wet scroll
wet scroll
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is viewsonic a good brand though

gentle kestrel
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they've been making monitors a long time

night urchin
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This is the best moniter i can find for Β£200 I lit cant find anything better for this price ( Its VA)

wet scroll
wet scroll
night urchin
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1440p

wet scroll
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oh

gentle kestrel
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at almost double the price

wet scroll
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for 200 gdp can get smth way better

night urchin
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like wht

wet scroll
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there was an curved monitor ips 240hz 1440p for 210 gpd

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but thatsin egypt

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prices differ

night urchin
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whats it called

gentle kestrel
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there's a couple 1440p 240hz on pc part picker for 230

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no clue if they're better panels or not though

night urchin
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thats 30 quid difference

wet scroll
night urchin
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im spending so much on fans cuz i need reverse ones

wet scroll
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i have a question, is the 7700xt better or rtx 4070? theyre both around the same here

night urchin
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7700

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amd on top

gentle kestrel
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4070 is faster

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7800xt was the amd equiv

rigid fjord
night urchin
wet scroll
night urchin
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7800xt has 16gb vram

wet scroll
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as much as a 4070ti super

wet scroll
rigid fjord
gentle kestrel
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4070 and 7700xt both have 12

wet scroll
rigid fjord
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4070 has 12gb vram

night urchin
wet scroll
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is 12gb gonna be enough for ffutureproofing for like

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3 years

night urchin
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prob yh

wet scroll
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sounds good then

gentle kestrel
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it's a guess as much as anything but like

wet scroll
gentle kestrel
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i highly doubt you're gonna see games only target 1% of the market

wet scroll
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yeahhh

gentle kestrel
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i use my 4070 at 1440 and i've yet to really run into any vram issues in the newer stuff, monster hunter gave me some trouble but the game port is borderline broken anyhow

rigid fjord
surreal ingot
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Guys my pc ain't working, the DRAM led is on, it was fine before I shut it yesterday before sleeping

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I also updated my bios yesterday and turned on expo

surreal ingot
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Oh

plush wren
night urchin
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. Az

tidal geyser
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its official i will be starting a youtube channel all about tech

night urchin
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bsffr

tidal geyser
rigid fjord
plush wren
tidal geyser
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im not too money hungry buuuuut it would be nice to get some more tech

tidal geyser
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and maybe try and get some more space

plush wren
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"im not too money hungry"

night urchin
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cap

plush wren
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bro i need storage in my room

tidal geyser
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me too

plush wren
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ive got nowhere to put boxes anymore

plush wren
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idk

tidal geyser
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i now need to get myself a lav mic or something and a camera

plush wren
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bro doesnt need any of that

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maybe lav mic

tidal geyser
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any recs on how to mount a camera

night urchin
plush wren
night urchin
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why do u have a go fund me thing in your bio

plush wren
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LMFAOO

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gofundme

tidal geyser
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Plan is to record here, might move the speaker and screen

tidal geyser
night urchin
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ko-fi

plush wren
night urchin
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stock bomb

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coffee

plush wren
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exactly

night urchin
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co fund me

tidal geyser
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it even says why i have it there

night urchin
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thats not really a reason

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js saying if u want to

tidal geyser
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wat

plush wren
tidal geyser
# night urchin thats not really a reason

its not a reason if i helped someone instead of spending 100$ on some guy to tell em they cant do shit over me spending 3hrs with em to fix the issue aint worth a 5$ tip really now

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and with that money i just bought this

night urchin
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buy me a 5090 founders edition pls πŸ™

tidal geyser
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no

plush wren
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get your money up not your funny up

night urchin
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dam

rigid fjord
night urchin
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woah man no slurs

tidal geyser
plush wren
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china fucking sucks

random gyro
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fuck china

plush wren
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for realz

rigid fjord
night urchin
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aio for ryzen 5 is kidna wild

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stock cooler would do the job

rigid fjord
rigid fjord
native cloak
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I love my ram

night urchin
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corsair ha

native cloak
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correct

night urchin
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g.skill better

rigid fjord
random gyro
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wtf are they trying to say??? 😭

tender moth
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I need tech support, if anyone can help out.

native cloak
night urchin
rigid fjord
native cloak
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Is this real

rigid fjord
night urchin
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how

native cloak
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overkill ram

night urchin
native cloak
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No

tender moth
native cloak
tender moth
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essentially a lot of my function keys dont want to work. for example my mic (f4) and camera (f8). and i cannot turn on my camera or mic without clicking on the function keys

night urchin
rigid fjord
# night urchin how

you have the ram running at ddr5 3600 due to how ddr5 works, so it won't be running at xmp speeds

native cloak
native cloak
tender moth
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wdym

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i just have a lenovo laptop

native cloak
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I do too and haven’t ever got that glitch

tender moth
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yeah

tidal geyser
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i have

tidal geyser
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for way more then the price of a 8 core one

night urchin
tidal geyser
night urchin
tidal geyser
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omg pleas do not tell me you are this dumb

night urchin
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ion

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ok coffee fund me

thin plover
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lol rip

tidal geyser
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tf there are no places that say it, anyways only one of the CCDs on the 9900X3D has that X3D part

night urchin
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k

rigid fjord
tidal geyser
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unless you are on zen 6 already you will not see a 12 core ccd on the consumer space

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welp i should have gone to sleep a while ago

night urchin
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thats not my acc build i js made that up smh

tidal geyser
steel umbra
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jumpscare scary

night urchin
rigid fjord
night urchin
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thx

tidal geyser
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welp i will be going now

tidal geyser
halcyon beacon
# night urchin its 12 core noobie

You don't understand how AMD works in that regard =p

AMD splits their cores into two smaller subsections, in the 9900X3D case having two; only one of which actually has 3D VCache applied to it, causing it to be worse in performance than a 9800X3D =p

tidal geyser
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the monitor comes with a DP cable

night urchin
tidal geyser
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1700$ build and budget headphones

night urchin
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idk

halcyon beacon
night urchin
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is the attack sabrk r5 good

tidal geyser
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its in Norwegian but meh

night urchin
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what website is that on

steel umbra
night urchin
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it didnt say on amazon#

tidal geyser
night urchin
tidal geyser
night urchin
steel umbra
plush wren
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theres nothing that pisses me off except people who say the world is getting its color back

night urchin
tidal geyser
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are people just unable to use google or something

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o well i really do need to go and sleep now

night urchin
limpid ivy
plush wren
plush wren
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whats wrong with american english

steel umbra
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aluminium

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better

plush wren
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which one is which

rigid fjord
plush wren
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aluminum is goofy

plush wren
warped sinew
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Anyone know if Luke is still having issues with his laptop locking him out? I had a similiar issue at work today and figured it out (Lenovo specific issue and it looks like he's using a higher end Lenovo laptop on the most recent WAN show)

steel umbra
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question is if it's worth to those individuals

steel umbra
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one of my favourite headphones under 100

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you can get them for 20, 5 for velour pads, and spend like 5 for different brands of paper towels and find one that dampens the treble enough

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or one that suits you

night urchin
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xx5612

steel umbra
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can also use them without the mod but it's basicly a dt 990 se, so someone including me can go deaf from them

limpid ivy
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Time will tell just rotating what I do in film a lot atm.

open jewel
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anyone know if windows 10 has like a "scan yourself and sort out your issues" command?

warped sinew
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sfc /scannow

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

but really hit and miss on efficacy

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chkdsk sometimes helps too..

open jewel
warped sinew
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cmd as admin yeah, 2 separate commands though

limpid ivy
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command prompt

warped sinew
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ur a command prompt

fallen sky
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Would you guys get a 8gb 3050 in this day and age πŸ₯€

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My friend is a brick wall

open jewel
rigid fjord
fallen sky
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there we go that’s 1 person

fallen sky
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Thank god he’s not getting it

random gyro
fallen sky
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I put him on a used 6700xt

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After I told him no to the 3050 he sent me an itx 4GB 6500 😭

night urchin
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different psu im looking at but u reminded me

ornate inlet
normal tusk
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maybe get good idk boss

ornate inlet
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not abt that abt the monitor issue

normal tusk
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oh

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is that not the game

random gyro
ornate inlet
random gyro
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stop fucking saying fuck its not nice!!!

ornate inlet
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so were on mary jane

kindred drift
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i have a 7800 x3d and a 2070 super currently. wanting to upgrade my gpu later this year what should i get?

wispy spindle
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Idk, see if you can snag a deal on a 7900 XT or xtx maybe

kindred drift
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i want nvidia

wispy spindle
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Fuck it, ball out and get a 5090

kindred drift
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lmao

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probs not

night urchin
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112

wispy spindle
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If you say so πŸ”πŸ£πŸ₯

wispy spindle
kindred drift
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what about a 5070

wispy spindle
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I've not really followed PC hardware that closely for the past couple years, but even if the GPU market wasn't in the toilet rn, general opinion seems to be none of the 5000 series cards are a good value

stone echo
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Will Linus do a video on NTLITE for a more advanced Windows install and the cris Titus tool

sinful cobalt
gloomy vale
#

Anyone know why a NVMe drive would be stuck in x1 PCIe mode?

haughty compass
#

Does anyone know how to stop windows from being snapped down in windows 11? I'm trying to hide the top of this application but it keeps snapping it back down. This wasn't an issue in windows 10 and it's driving me insane

scenic inlet
#

imagine i just unplugged the usb

junior valve
scenic inlet
steel umbra
royal meteor
#

Anyone know a cheap laptop that I can purchase? Need it for editing 4k footage...Thought this chat might be appropiate to ask

random gyro
#

@thin garden new cpu in the next week fs, just getting another i5 14600k, or is there another cpu for the same price that’s better?

steel umbra
#

unsure how relevant vivobooks oleds are still probably not but they had one of the cheapest oled books

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like $400 for oled that had decent'ish color accuracy

left dove
#

meow

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Just cat tings, innit

royal meteor
empty quartz
#

Im buying another gpu

random gyro
#

Is there a better cpu than a i5 14600k for the price?

frosty oriole
#

Anyone here happen to know why my hard drive is like 2/3 of the speed in Windows as it is on Linux?

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Ignore the dip before, I was doing other things.
I'm wondering why I only get 149 - 169 MB/s write speed in Windows, compared to the ~250 MB/s write speed in Linux (which is what the drive is rated for).

grizzled frost
#

windows sucks

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sounds like a shitty answer but it’s true

#

windows just handles reads/writes worse than most linux distros

glossy veldt
#

What's a good cheap phone

grizzled frost
#

nothing phone

glossy veldt
#

something someone from latin America could afford

left dove
#

or like, different filesystems

grizzled frost
#

both should be ntfs

left dove
#

windows = ntfs
linux = ext4

grizzled frost
#

ah, didn’t realize linux had a different file system

#

that would explain a lot

left dove
#

its not the hardware..

#

like, I literally just said what it was

#

also, that's not drivers, that's device info

#

you can see the drivers that each one uses, but that application is literally listing out the device components in your system. Either physical or virtual

spring raft
#

Can a potentially maybe maybe-not fried gpu take my mobo out with it if i try to test whether it works in my mobo?

steel umbra
glossy veldt
#

i mean it's alright

glossy veldt
#

i did bust the screen hitting my brother with it so

grizzled frost
#

unless you manage to fuck it badly enough to send 12v into the pcie lane

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(would require some S-tier luck in physical damage)

glossy veldt
#

google pixels look rad

left dove
#

Why would the windows transfer be faster?

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I'm guessing this is a mechanical drive

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and that the product says "up to" 250mb/s

glossy veldt
#

hdds should have no issue doing 250 mb/s

left dove
#

It's a mechanical drive, you're lucky to get 180mb/s

glossy veldt
#

windows uses pagefile on hdds by default and generally heavy on background utilization

left dove
frosty oriole
left dove
#

rpm, file type, sector size, etc

frosty oriole
left dove
#

raid? yes

glossy veldt
#

ok cro

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8 tb is defo raid

left dove
#

dism is for managing windows images..

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not filesystem repair

glossy veldt
#

i know nada about raid

#

wd blues are splendid

left dove
#

also hdd "optimization" hasn't been a thing since winxp.

frosty oriole
#

My bad, it was 236 MB sustained, it did speed up to 250 MB/s at times, though.

left dove
#

no god don't fuck with hdd optimizers

frosty oriole
left dove
glossy veldt
#

isn't 236 mb close to gigabit speed

left dove
#

gigabit is like 110MB/s

glossy veldt
#

right

left dove
spring raft
frosty oriole
# left dove aren't golds dual-actuator?

I'm, not sure. What I am going to do after the 8 hours or so after this transfer is transfer files from my NVMes to absolutely make sure there's no restrictions.

broken trellis
#

There is a point where your HDD will just not go any faster

left dove
frosty oriole
left dove
#

no, I'm telling you to not fuck with them because they will most likely ruin your filesystem. There is no point on physically moving data to the outer rings of a hard drive anymore. It hasn't been a thing in 15 years. Hard drives have gotten past the the point of having to do that for performance.

#

Don't use speccy, don't use ccleaner, don't use registry cleaners, don't use anything that says it's going to optimize your drives/network/operating system/drivers

broken trellis
#

^^ At best you are stressing your drives for no reason

left dove
#

"improve speed" for hard drives?? Just get a fuckin' ssd for a boot disk and leave it at that ffs

#

no, its not even a last resort

frosty oriole
#

Update: Windows just is slow sometimes, I guess. Seems to be picking up now after writing for a while.

left dove
#

it shouldn't be used, ever

frosty oriole
#

Haha, yeah.

spark phoenix
#

Hey I’m currently building my pc and my psu came with 2 8 pin power connectors for the cpu but my board only takes 1 8 pin and 1 4 pin, what should I do? Should I plug in one with half the pins hanging out?

left dove
#

like I'm sorry if I come off a bit bitchy with this but I'm just trying to make sure you understand that there is genuinely no point in using any "optimization" software like that. It's all super predatory and 9/10 times it's just bloatware

frosty oriole
#

Yup.

spark phoenix
frosty oriole
#

To you, yeah. Does your PSU have a 4+4 pin cable and one 8-pin cable?

left dove
spark phoenix
#

No 4+4 pin, only 2 8 pins

limpid dune
#

send pic?

left dove
#

there is absolutely no danger in just using one 8 pin eps cable

spark phoenix
#

Wait nvm I think I can split the 8 in half

frosty oriole
#

Make sure they're EPS cables and not PCI power cables.

spark phoenix
left dove
#

my progesterone kicked in and it makes me go all mom mode lmao

spark phoenix
#

It’s a Msi mag a850gl

limpid dune
#

zentimings does not work on FX chips πŸ˜”

left dove
#

noooooo, really??

limpid dune
#

I mean it's not zen, it makes sense

#

but still

left dove
#

πŸ—žοΈ

frosty oriole
frosty oriole
left dove
spark phoenix
#

Actually yeah it does

#

Got them apart πŸ‘

frosty oriole
frosty oriole
left dove
frosty oriole
#

Ah, gotcha.

#

This might be a dumb question, but why don't we use 2 8-pin EPS connectors for GPUs instead of 12VHPWR?

left dove
#

I'm sure there's some logical reason that has to do with keying & extensive history w/ having two seperate 8-pin systems

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12vhpwr was kinda made to be like, a single "smart" cable solution for powering pcie stuff

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because we were getting up to like, 4x 8 pins for a bit there

frosty oriole
#

From my perspective, 2 (or even 3) PCI power connectors works, so I don't see why 2 EPS wouldn't.

left dove
#

well, they're pinned differently

#

eps is 4x +12v and 4x ground

frosty oriole
left dove
#

pcie is 4x ground, one sense, and 3x +12v

#

oh two sense, my b

#

yeah and 12vhpwr has 4 different sense pins

frosty oriole
#

Yeah, just seems weird to use a connector that melts instead of an already existing one.

left dove
#

that's not at fault of the connector.

frosty oriole
#

I feel safer drawing 600W through 2 8-pins than I do through 1 16-pin.

left dove
#

That's at fault of the standard not demanding the usage of load balancing across all of the v+ pins

#

and nvidia being absolutely fucking stupid and not doing load balancing with the 50 series,

frosty oriole
#

To be fair, IIRC 8-pin can safely draw all 150W through any single power wire, whereas 12VHPWR needs 4 out of the 6 to safely draw 600W.

left dove
#

I'm just waiting for the day that we move to fucking 48v for eps/pcie power

frosty oriole
#

240V PC, lesgo.

left dove
#

the loudest cpu ever in that case

frosty oriole
#

Which is why I feel safer doing it, lol.

left dove
#

I'd ask copilot but i cba

frosty oriole
limpid dune
#

ah shite right I was gonna attempt SteamOS 3.7 on the FX-8350 + HD7970 rig

frosty oriole
#

Cleaner if you use an aftermarket connector, ye.

left dove
#

I found that if you ask copilot things in a more natural form of conversation I get more verbose results

#

i kinda like that tbh

frosty oriole
#

I remember asking ChatGPT which VBIOS to flash onto my GPU and it was like: "Have you tried safer methods, like shunt modding?"

left dove
#

if you're short with an ai, it'll be short with you

limpid dune
#

FX can't boot off of NVMe without a shimloader, but That Won't Stop Me!

linux, please just enumerate all SATA drives as if they were NVMe

frosty oriole
#

Speaking of Linux, what's your guys' recommendations for an Arch-based distro using a KDE Plasma DE?

limpid dune
#

bazzite πŸ’€

frosty oriole
#

Nah man, Holo ISO ftw.

limpid dune
#

oooh okay that too

frosty oriole
#

Had a few people mention CachyOS and EndeavorOS.

tawny lava
#

Should i return my 5070ti i purchased at msrp to wait for the 5080 super coming out with 24gb of vram?

hollow creek
#

well if you wanna pick it up at launch? sure

#

that is considering if you can even get one at launch lmao

sinful cobalt
#

going to be more expensive than the normal 5080 rn
and unless u play 4k and do alot of AI the +8gb is useless

tawny lava
#

I am upgrading from a 2080 super so i don't need the greatest. I just heard its coming out soon

#

Is 5070 ti a decent uplift from the 2080 super

#

Ill be using a 360hz 1440p qd oled monitor

latent pasture
#

yes

sinful cobalt
limpid dune
#

dear god

#

my FX-8350 is single-core bottlenecked when extracting a zip

#

at a whole... 12MB/s

#

dang, I'm starting to think this chip isn't very good. huh.

#

at least it has 46 PCIe lanes

left dove
#

???????

#

it so does NOT

limpid dune
#

I'm pretty sure, yeah - lstopo says they are all at the hub, and I don't see any PXI chips on the MB

#

I am somewhat suspicious, though

left dove
#

considering the fx chips have no integrated pcie controller..

#

and its literally all chipset lanes..

limpid dune
#

wait WHAT

left dove
#

YEAH lmao

limpid dune
#

ah

left dove
#

I mean the 990fx chipset has fuggin' 32 lanes

#

(system-wide)

limpid dune
#

I'm on a 990FX - it has 32 lanes for the GPUs, and 10 extra lanes for the I/O

#

I will definitely be slapping my RX6600 in this thing

#

in Crossfire with the HD7970 (it will not work)

trim gyro
#

interesting, libreoffice handles powerpoint files better than powerpoint itself

frosty oriole
#

My poor i7 7700 is gonna be transcoding video files for the next 6 months straight.

swift moss
#

Even I don't have a media library large enough to take 1 day per movie and 185 movies

#

Very often not the case

#

Because I don't have just 4k movies, some are 1080p as well

frosty oriole
limpid dune
#

steamOS is starting to boot on the FX-8350 πŸ”₯ some GPU errors tho

swift moss
frosty oriole
#

Nah, just gameplay recordings.

swift moss
#

Jeez obs transcodes way quicker

limpid dune
#

hell yeah, I use my i5-7500 for trans coding

swift moss
#

Don't use ffmpeg or anything, OBS wrapper is the best

frosty oriole
#

Already transcoded 1000 earlier this year, and there's probably another 2000 more for it to do after this.

frosty oriole
left dove
frosty oriole
#

Turned 14.5 TB of footage into 2.7 TB.

swift moss
#

Super slow on old cards

frosty oriole
#

Doing it on CPU, ye.

swift moss
swift moss
frosty oriole
#

Nah, AV1 is like 2 or 3x more efficient, and when I have that much data, I need it to be efficient, lol.

swift moss
#

Also make sure to record in av1 or h265 next time lol

frosty oriole
#

I record in AV1 now, ye, but before I wouldn't.

swift moss
#

2000 files though damn

frosty oriole
#

When I first started recording gameplay footage 5 years ago, I recorded in nearly-lossless, making the video files about 1 GB per minute.

swift moss
#

Maybe more cost efficient to just get a used 40 series card and get it over and done with

frosty oriole
#

Yeah, but that means I'd have to support Nvidia.

swift moss
frosty oriole
#

Plus, CPU rendering gives you higher quality.

swift moss
frosty oriole
#

Now, my recordings that are in AV1 are about 1 GB per hour.

swift moss
#

Also they are super diminishing in comparison

#

I'd be pressed to display a difference between quicksync and nvenc (slow)

junior valve
#

can a nhd15 outperform a 240 aio?

frosty oriole
swift moss
junior valve
swift moss
junior valve
swift moss
#

Or the nhd15

swift moss
#

Probably way cheaper to just get the AIO though imho

left dove
#

I forgor that mapping actual network drives was a thing

swift moss
#

I have an nhd15 and I like it

junior valve
frosty oriole
swift moss
#

Albeit oriented into the ceiling lol

frosty oriole
junior valve
swift moss
frosty oriole
#

If you already have a D15, I'd use it, but if you were buying new, I'd buy a 360mm AIO.

swift moss
#

Like an arctic will most likely outperform the nhd15 lol but its also like the same price

frosty oriole
#

Which AIO do you have and why are you replacing it?

junior valve
#

i dont like the idea of liquid in my pc

swift moss
#

Get a d15 for a super long warranty and to be old school and cool

junior valve
swift moss
swift moss
left dove
junior valve
#

used

#

or is it an open box idk

frosty oriole
swift moss
frosty oriole
#

And I have an H100i in my other PC for about 6 years.

swift moss
left dove
#

its overpriced but you're making me FEEL OLD AGAIN

junior valve
swift moss
#

D:<

frosty oriole
#

Yeah, I don't think you have to worry about water in your PC. There's a million and one things that need to go wrong in order for anything catastrophic to happen.

junior valve
frosty oriole
#

Nope.

junior valve
frosty oriole
#

One drop on the GPU in a spot that it doesn't happen to have a backplate nor any short safety systems (which is unlikely in most modern cards), and you'll probably end up with a system that shut itself off.

frosty oriole
#

But in order for the AIO to even leak, it would have to either eat through the fittings, or corrode the oil ring around the coldplate, and do so in such a way that it pushes the material out of the way and seeps past.

junior valve
frosty oriole
#

Coolermaster also has power supplies that explode, so are you going to avoid putting a power supply in your system?

junior valve
frosty oriole
#

Exactly, CM isn't entirely known for their quality.

junior valve
#

plus i run my pc 24/7 so an aircooler should be more reliable

frosty oriole
#

The point being, if you've been running your 120mm Corsair AIO for 13 years without issue, there's a good chance that your 360mm will last just as long.

limpid dune
#

hey chat, will this 2022 RX6600 work in Crossfire with my 2012 HD7970 in my FX-8350 system? I'm an AMD fan btw

junior valve
frosty oriole
#

You'll never see someone complain on Reddit about a part that never failed.

junior valve
#

im also changing the case so the 420mm wouldnt fit

frosty oriole
#

Ah, it's 420mm, right. Forgot that 150 is 360 and 170 is 420.

junior valve
#

82c fullload on the 13900k if im correct

frosty oriole
#

That's not bad. What pump speed?

junior valve
frosty oriole
#

I think that's max?

junior valve
#

all fans maxed out at 1500 rpm

#

thermal paste is the id cooling forst x25

frosty oriole
#

Ah, I've replaced my Corsair fans for Noctua ones. I put IPPC 3000 140s on the rad instead of the ML120s.

#

I put two of my ML120s on my GPU.

junior valve
#

wait, these are ll140s so only 1350 rpm

frosty oriole
#

Would depend if you're at steady state. You might see slightly better noise-normalized thermals, but if you put faster fans on, you'll definitely see better brute-force thermals.

junior valve
frosty oriole
#

Ye.

#

Wah, my 8250U is struggling.

#

And I am struggling to type on this awful keyboard layout.

#

There we go, I finally have a decent keyboard again, lol.

limpid dune
frosty oriole
#

Those RAM heatsinks are great.

random gyro
empty quartz
random gyro
#

Is it not there?

empty quartz
#

…

#

You have to be joking

empty quartz
#

This person has to either be a literal toddler or a troll

random gyro
#

No im just dumb

#

How do you send it

empty quartz
#

πŸ—Ώ

#

Ive lost all my faith in humanity

random gyro
#

😦

#

Got it mb

#

Hello?

lethal bay
random gyro
#

Is there any bottle necking in this pc

#

???

lethal bay
#

yup

random gyro
#

Where

plush wren
#

i did that too the first time because i didnt bother looking at the link

lethal bay
#

every pc has a bottleneck somewhere. Your fundamental understanding of the concept is flawed.

gentle kestrel
#

why do you have 2 3060ti's

random gyro
#

I have two

lethal bay
#

Also yeah two 3060Ti’s and the prices are terrible

random gyro
#

Yea i know

gentle kestrel
random gyro
#

Ill buy it off of jawa

gentle kestrel
#

sli is long gone

#

you could sell both of them and get something 3080 or faster easily

random gyro
#

I should have one

lethal bay
#

Are you in the US

random gyro
#

Yes

lethal bay
#

yeah those prices are insane

random gyro
#

Yea

barren breach
#

Sorry this is random as hell but Im just so happy with this lil unit

barren breach
#

Gtx 1080ti build in 2025 is doing me great

barren breach
plush wren
#

case

random gyro
#

Yea 10 series is still great

barren breach
barren breach
empty quartz
barren breach
plush wren
random gyro
#

I have 1660 super rn

barren breach
#

I got this msi z790 gaming wifi for $80 including 1 500gb samsung gen 3 nvme and a 1080ti for $50

#

I think I did pretty good

random gyro
#

Not bad what did you buy off

barren breach
#

1080ti off marketplace and z790 off jawa

random gyro
#

Ok nice

barren breach
#

Ram and AIO off amazon also

#

Superflower modular 850w from micro center on sale

lethal bay
#

14600K
1080ti

lmfao what

barren breach
#

Plans to upgrade, 1080ti I had for my previous build

frosty oriole
random gyro
#

Ima do the same lol

frosty oriole
#

They've been waiting for the GPU market to get good.

lethal bay
#

tell em to swallow their pride lmao

barren breach
#

Im thinking either 9070xt or 7800xt

random gyro
#

Theres a good abount of gous on jawa rn

frosty oriole
lethal bay
#

Someone buy my 7900XTX lmao

barren breach
#

I have a 7900xtx saved in my cart but idk if thats overkill or not for the 1440 180hz I usually do

random gyro
#

How mich

frosty oriole
#

They're hoping on getting a 9060 XT 16GB if it releases close to MSRP.

barren breach
lethal bay
#

errrrr $800 shipped lmao

random gyro
#

Bruh

barren breach
lethal bay
#

mhm

barren breach
lethal bay
#

type shit

barren breach
#

Idk if thats overkill for what I do or not tho, also is it the xfx?

random gyro
#

Well you build a high quality pc you wont have any money on hand

sinful cobalt
lethal bay
#

White

barren breach
lethal bay
#

yawn

barren breach
#

Not including the no money I have

lethal bay
#

I just side-graded to a 5070Ti so

sinful cobalt
#

technically upgrade

random gyro
#

I dont like the 50 series

lethal bay
sinful cobalt
#

u finally get a good raytracing and upscaking experience

lethal bay
random gyro
#

I got to test some of the card

sinful cobalt
#

5070ti has the best value rn

barren breach
#

Ok but can anyone tell me if its overkill to pair a 7900xtx with a I5 14600k on a 850w psu