tech-chat-1

[kindred halo]

@rigid fjord Unfortunately looks like no 4060m gaming </3
Still getting bombed

I think the best I can do is just get the laptop I already have fixed (just needs a battery replacement, old one was ass) and get on with it

[tidal geyser]

What is the point of ram but to use it

[kindred halo]

Just checked and my only GPU option is a fucking onexgpu 7600m </3

Not bad but 510 US </33333

[gusty wagon]

is it dead

[stray cairn]

Nope

[gusty wagon]

... but it's a radeon7

[stray cairn]

Got no use on our lab

Shit compute, ROCm is a mess (and still is)

[gusty wagon]

i would have some use for my personal nas

just let it use old rocm

[stray cairn]

My personal VPN uses 1080Ti

The Radeon 7 is now on someone’s CSGO machine

[subtle idol]

Hi
I am running occt stress test on cpu and ran and my cpu in between 89-92°C and ram at 72°C
Is this fine?

This is on a laptop which has i9-13900HX btw

[patent plank]

well it's laptop, can't get muc better than that imo

[stray cairn]

We tried to but it would be easier to buy Nvidia

So we just turn it into a gaming PC

[gusty wagon]

gaming gaming!

[stray cairn]

If the gaming machine was upgraded to something else then I’ll take the Radeon 7 and put it on my NAS

And see what will happen. Warranted a system restart and reset but whatever.

[pine sandal]

Hey, so I wanted to buy a 5070 ti, and I was wondering if I should get either an (new) 9070 xt for the same price OR I found an used 7900xtx for around 60$ more because I think the 7900xtx is better but older?

[subtle idol]

Thank you

[stray cairn]

Get 5070Ti

[pine sandal]

Isn't the 7900xtx 24gb vram and a bit faster?

[stray cairn]

Its AMD. Might as well get the newest one or just go Nvidia

Its not because a card is faster or whatnot. Its AMD.

[pine sandal]

What does amd have to do with it?

[stray cairn]

Shitty drivers, might get discontinued driver wise as they moved architecture

[cold skiff]

Someone sporting an Nvidia tag talking about AMD. This is gonna be more biased and one sided than the OJ case

[cold skiff]

Fkn LOL

[pine sandal]

Ah I see, well thank you!

[cold skiff]

The drivers for Nvidia are far worse for 50 series than anything AMD has released since 2020

[stray cairn]

Idk, my Radeon 7 paperweight might tell a different story.

[teal sphinx]

Dayum

[cold skiff]

Evidence all over the internet > your paper weight

[cold skiff]

This site is a terrible indication of performance

[teal sphinx]

Hmm

[pine sandal]

🫠

[teal sphinx]

Yeah I’ve seen some funky result cuz of small sample size

[pine sandal]

Which opinion should I believe 😭

[cold skiff]

Everyone can get a bad card now and then from Nvidia or AMD. When thousands of people have terrible driver issues yknow, it’s a bit obvious where the problem is

[stray cairn]

Since 5070Ti and 9070XT is practically neck a neck performance wise, it depends on other things you do.

[teal sphinx]

But what other site I can use tho

[pine sandal]

Like?

[cold skiff]

If you’re gaming on it look at benchmarks for both processors

[stray cairn]

If you do work on machine learning or something or anything that warrants the use of CUDA, get Nvidia.

[cold skiff]

Iirc single core 1600 will lose to 7400. Multi core will be the same or probably a little better on 1600

[stray cairn]

If you want to generate your AI slop, use Nvidia.

[cold skiff]

I can’t remeber that era entirely

[pine sandal]

Uh
I do normal gaming, most I play is forza 5

[stray cairn]

You don’t record?

[pine sandal]

Nah

[teal sphinx]

Oh yeah

[stray cairn]

Get the 9070XT then

[cold skiff]

I remember my 1700x having superior multi core performance and scheduling compared to the 7700k but poorer single core back in the day.

[teal sphinx]

7500 have slightly better single core

[pine sandal]

Minecraft with shaders and like that

[cold skiff]

So imagine 1600 would be similar

[stray cairn]

Ok is this RT shaders

If its RT shaders then get Nvidia

[pine sandal]

If not then amd?

[stray cairn]

Yeah.

[teal sphinx]

Intel doesn’t have hyper threading on their cpu other than their top of the line. And it had 2 less core

[stray cairn]

Since you can save more and performance is the same. If you do shit in CUDA or smth then get Nvidia.

[cold skiff]

Basically only get Nvidia if you need RT.

[stray cairn]

Or if you code in CUDA

[cold skiff]

There’s very little performance difference in anything else for a consumer GPU for gaming.

[teal sphinx]

I thought cuda is a huge selling point?

[cold skiff]

Current gen is pretty much tied otherwise

[stray cairn]

CUDA is a GPU programming framework. Regular users won’t touch it.

[cold skiff]

CUDA isn’t for gamers.

[stray cairn]

So if you do AI generation or something then you need Nvidia.

Since most ML libraries and frameworks were made in CUDA by default.

[cold skiff]

Game and software developers. If you’re just gaming on it, the choice between those 2 cards is simple. RT or not. 20%ish performance more on Nvidia.

Don’t confuse people talking about AI etc etc unless they tell you they need it.

[stray cairn]

That’s what I said. They asked whatabout cuda and I just explained it

[cold skiff]

The best part of 50 series is physx 👀

[late scaffold]

can anyone help me install my case fan

the wire seems too short and i have this daisy chain cable that came with it

the one i’m holding reaches my motherboard power connector

do i just plug it in

[cold skiff]

You do. It however has no PWM control as it is 3 pin

[elder quarry]

ROCm is getting better

[teal sphinx]

Damn

[elder quarry]

32 bit

[teal sphinx]

Imagine if I get this A520M K V2 for 10usd

The seller is inactive tho

😢

[elder quarry]

Which means sold or scam

[teal sphinx]

Dunno

I think seller just don’t know the value

It was listed as ‘motherboard’ so like I doubt it would be easy for people to find the listing

[dreamy turtle]

how does a wiztree scan of my google drive outperform my internal nvme ssd?

[tidal geyser]

i got a entire pc for free

[teal sphinx]

[dreamy turtle]

wow

[teal sphinx]

That’s probably older than me

[tidal geyser]

no

[teal sphinx]

Jk but looks old

[dreamy turtle]

did bro pour acid onto the top cover?

[tidal geyser]

perhaps

[elder quarry]

Where does it say performance

[tidal geyser]

rain

[dreamy turtle]

i mean the time taken to scan

[teal sphinx]

So acid rain

[dreamy turtle]

i mean normal rain IS acid rain

sometimes

[dreamy turtle]

o i think i have a laptop older than this

[cold skiff]

I’m going to guess a 7600k system

[dreamy turtle]

its like 2" thick

[dreamy turtle]

label seems to be older

[tidal geyser]

Nope

[teal sphinx]

I’ve bought rx580 for 20 usd and cooler master mwe 550w bronze v2 for 15 usd

[dreamy turtle]

3rd gen?

[tidal geyser]

6th gen and up get shiney

[teal sphinx]

The cooler master psu still has 3 years of warranty on it

[tidal geyser]

Nop

[dreamy turtle]

its transferable?

[teal sphinx]

Got the receipt

[cold skiff]

I was close

[tidal geyser]

No

[cold skiff]

That’s the gpu?

What*

[tidal geyser]

Amd

[dreamy turtle]

wait is that 2nd gen

[cold skiff]

Rx 460?

Oh holy fk even. Older than I thought

[dreamy turtle]

jesus christ

this is old.

[teal sphinx]

I mean technically it’s not transferable but I got the receipt and it’s bought at a local physical store

[tidal geyser]

No usb 3 :3

[dreamy turtle]

i wonder how solid the thermal paste is

[teal sphinx]

How are they gonna prove I didn’t buy this psu myself

[dreamy turtle]

i mean true

[cold skiff]

So solid he will be using a hair dryer and tooth floss for 15mins

[dreamy turtle]

no minimum wage employee is gonna check the cctv

[tidal geyser]

Dust not paste

[teal sphinx]

Do they even save the cctv footage for more than a year

[dreamy turtle]

side note i thinkk denis is leaving right?

[teal sphinx]

Wait what

[dreamy turtle]

lemme check

[cold skiff]

PCIe 16 1.1 wow

[dreamy turtle]

wow

[tidal geyser]

Na its 2.0

And I think slot is 3

[cold skiff]

It reported at 1.1

[dreamy turtle]

wait andy is too

[cold skiff]

I remember having a 6570. Think I played fallout 3 on it

[stray cairn]

That Acura is sick tho

Even though I prefer bikes

[dreamy turtle]

it sucks that north america happens to have terrible bike infrasturcture

[stray cairn]

Oh sorry, I hate that too. I mean motorcycles.

I hate cyclists.

[dreamy turtle]

oh

[dreamy turtle]

why?

[swift trout]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a usb c 3.2 gen 2 internal header to a usb 2.0 header?

[tidal geyser]

to usb 2 😐

[swift trout]

The b550 f does not have a compatible header for it

[plain cypress]

Mines not too bad
However it only has a 2060

I don't see it

[tidal geyser]

its harder to find a board without usb 2 header then there is to find one with it

[swift trout]

i am talking about the 3.2 header

[frail delta]

https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/31444213087255-Enhanced-Role-Styles

[tidal geyser]

are you confusing things

use female and male and explain it again

[dry heart]

Hey y'all! I'm looking at trading in my 2020 Zephyrus G14 since its battery life is ass and I don't need a gaming laptop. My buddy is reccomending this laptop, and I trust him, but this looks too good to be true. Thoughts?

Link: https://www.walmart.com/ip/ASUS-Vivobook-Pro-15-OLED-Laptop-Intel-Evo-Edition-NVIDIA-RTX3050-6GB-with-16GB-Memory-1TB-SSD-Earl-Gray/5602062247?classType=REGULAR&from=/search

[random gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-crying-crying-seal-forced-to-seal-crying-gif-20960311

wtf sauce

[next hill]

which part of an old tablet do you think is dead? when trying to charge, it starts, shows battery with lightning and then drops out. my guess battery or port

[tidal geyser]

what are the specs of the old laptop and also why not just change the battery for a new one

[random gyro]

not the battery, could be port

[dry heart]

Battery life has always been ass on this despite trying to fix it a few times.

[random gyro]

if it was the battery, the tablet mightve not even started

[tidal geyser]

¨wat

[random gyro]

ya...

im #smart

[dry heart]

Specs on old one: https://rog.asus.com/laptops/rog-zephyrus/rog-zephyrus-g14-series/spec/

[next hill]

it is dead, but its trying to charge, so battery might be fine

[random gyro]

so it's the port

[random gyro]

honestly that laptop is not bad

[next hill]

i wonder how opening works to change the port, but its such an old model with little info so no resource to open

[random gyro]

go to a technician for advice

i am just a random discord guy

[next hill]

guy will say what is this relic and wont even accept it lol

[dry heart]

Laptop is great, but battery won't last more than 1.5hrs

[random gyro]

maybe clean out the port

[next hill]

micro b is pretty hard to clean

[dry heart]

Yeah, it's a good laptop. I just don't know if it's worth throwing $ at having someone diagnose why the battery life is ass or just trading it in and spending a little more for a new laptop

[proper seal]

did i do this correctly??

[random gyro]

honestly just go get the battery life diagnosis

if it's unfixable, save up some more and go trade ur laptop

[tidal geyser]

wat

[proper seal]

i tryed to add more power to my usb dvd drive and it has the falshing green light and isnt showing up in my pc

[next hill]

omg i just found where the tablet opens

Seeing such specs shows what kind of breakthrough battery science had

[sweet zephyr]

This is the inside of the macintosh se

This might be a bit unethical but I'm resell this for a hundred

[late path]

I love these

[late path]

Chonk

[dry heart]

Me too! Just wish I knew what was wrong with da battery 😭😭

[late path]

Elaborate

The zephyrus g14 2025 is a beaut

[dry heart]

Mine is 2020. I can’t get the battery to last lounger than 1-2hrs

[late path]

Batteries degrade in capacity over time and use

If you use it regularly and charge/discharge it, it's bound to carry less charge. It's normal, happens due to age

[dry heart]

Idk if that’s it, I’ll try to find a software to check it

[late path]

You can either replace the battery or buy a new one

[late path]

Are you running windows?

Open terminal/command prompt (I'm sure you know how to, lmk if not), then type in powercfg /batteryreport. Then copy the file path, open your browser and paste the file path.

This will give you a battery report, telling you everything about your battery from the make and model, to the charges, so on

If you want, you can send it here/tech support channel and someone will help you understand the report, so you know if you need to replace it

[dry heart]

I'm trying to decipher it rn

[carmine yew]

as long as you include images of what the internal damage is, it ain't unethical

[dry heart]

@late path My goal is to fix the battery to a point where I can just use the little PD usb C to keep my laptop alive. Means I wouldn't need the huge powerbank anymore

[carmine yew]

if they know what they're buying, it's legit

[late path]

You lowkey can't "fix" a battery, at most you can replace it

[dreamy turtle]

is this bad?

[carmine yew]

most people who try to fix batteries, end up lighting them on fire

[late path]

gulp

[carmine yew]

It's lost a full third of it's capacity? That's kinda beat to shit

[late path]

Oh yeah massive safety risk, do not touch batteries unless you're some hypernerd and have a bucket of sand, I'd just get it to a repair tech

[dreamy turtle]

i wonder how

[late path]

Yea

[dreamy turtle]

this laptop is used btw

[carmine yew]

why do you keep posting html?

[late path]

@dry heart technically some laptops let you use it without a battery but you need to keep it plugged in to the charger, but idk if zephyrus lets you.

[carmine yew]

it's a 6 year old battery, no kidding

[dreamy turtle]

yeah i have 1 dell without battery running home asssistant

the old batt was busting open the shell

[late path]

Oof that's a massive risk, swollen batteries are scary. Atleast to me. I'm a scaredy cat

[carmine yew]

spicy pillows are spicy

[dreamy turtle]

yeah the spicy pillow has been disposed of properly

[late path]

Very

[dreamy turtle]

i think i have like 4 dell batteries that are 10+ years old

arent swollen

im suprised that 10 year old dell latitudes still hold up in 2025

[late path]

I'm trying to get YouTube fame to try get enough money to replace my laptops battery and that means I can't play fortnite so I have to resort to..10 fps mobile gameplay

[dreamy turtle]

remove the battery try?

[late path]

Context my laptops battery is swollen and I'm a brokie

[late path]

Mehh I'm a 16 year old I can't do that on my own

[dreamy turtle]

same age as you bruh

[late path]

[dreamy turtle]

ive disasssembled (and reassembled) around 5 laptops lol

isnt that hard

as long as you follow the ifixit guides and have a screwdrive

[sweet zephyr]

Don't wanna

[late path]

my laptop is obscure ish, and I don't have the balls to handle batteries

[sweet zephyr]

🙂

[dreamy turtle]

what

[carmine yew]

if you wanna be a scumbag, that's on you

[dreamy turtle]

spicy pillows are not that easy to explode

just dont fucking stab it with smth

[carmine yew]

not easy, but also not difficult

and the temptation is always sitting there

[late path]

Still

[dreamy turtle]

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Asus+ROG+Zephyrus+G14+Battery+Replacement/165021

not sure if its the same model tho

might as well clean your laptop with it

or maybe this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4fy_epF1tw

there was a hp that only took 2 screws to remove

[late path]

Bro I use a honor Magicbook x16 not a g14, I just like the g14

[dreamy turtle]

your battery report says its an asus tho?

oh sorry mistook someone elses

[late path]

That's not my report scroll up

🥀

[dreamy turtle]

sorry but wheres ur report

[late path]

idk🥀

I ate it for dinner

[dreamy turtle]

the battery is screwed on

one in lime is the connector and theres one screw with void warrenty sticker

[tidal geyser]

i thought HONOR was a phone brand

[rigid fjord]

bugger, and they're great for laptop gaming

[late path]

They make laptops too. They should've stuck to phones, the laptops fine but expensive to maintain

[kindred halo]

I think I'll just try to save up for a T480

215 USD

[hallow jasper]

Honor Device Co., Ltd., commonly known as Honor (Chinese: 荣耀; pinyin: Róngyào), is a Chinese consumer electronics company majority-owned by Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology Co. Ltd. It was formerly a subsidiary of Huawei, which sold the brand in November 2020.[1] Honor develops smartphones, tablet computers, wearable devices and mobile device software.

[tidal geyser]

nice

[normal folio]

In other words you don’t want their components 😂

[exotic gazelle]

has anyone here ever heard of a malfunctioning gpu bricking PSUs?

[normal folio]

Yes

But it’s the psu’s fault for being dog water

[exotic gazelle]

It was working fine on a very old corsair vs650 psu, until a powersurge(?) bricked it, and now the gpu seems to be bricking even newer 650 PSUs

There's nothing in my build which goes over 650 for the record

[dreamy turtle]

what

[normal folio]

What’s the gpu?

[exotic gazelle]

It's what i got told by a repair store after they fixed my pc. I replaced my psu once to no avail, they replaced it once, only for it to brick again; but after adding a new psu and replacing the gpu with a stock 1050, it's working perfectly - just shittedly with a bad gpu

[exotic gazelle]

6600 rx 8gb

[normal folio]

Well what psu did you replace it with

[dreamy turtle]

contact mfg?

[exotic gazelle]

mfg?

[dreamy turtle]

manufactuer

can you rma?

[normal folio]

did you get the gpu tested?
I highly doubt it’s the gpu.

[exotic gazelle]

corsair vs650, msi mag a650BN, and now a cooler master 650w

[dreamy turtle]

no but he replaced dthe gpu and is fine?

[normal folio]

What kind of repair shop doesn’t have a multimeter?

[exotic gazelle]

out of warranty sadly

[dreamy turtle]

welp

that sucks

[exotic gazelle]

No

[dreamy turtle]

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/my-gpu-is-bricking-my-computer.2293128/

seems like this guy had similar issues

but it solved itself?

[exotic gazelle]

im not too unwilling to buy a new gpu but i just can't figure out why this would happen, and why it'd take a power surge(?) for it to take effect

[gloomy sleet]

i love how it loads an entire page just to tell me a single random ass mod got a tiny update

[normal folio]

So let's say the GPU has a short on its 12V input. Most PSUS have protections to prevent this sort of issue.

[gloomy sleet]

the scroll bar is optimistic

i actually looked at what boss checklist did and it was fix a ui glitch that ive never seen before

it really needed to tell me that

[exotic gazelle]

i think im just gonna bring it in to another store and test it on a very old desktop

[normal folio]

I think you've probably spent more in repair fees then the pc is worth...

[exotic gazelle]

i legitimately have lol. i originally though the surge killed the psu, and after replacing it for nothing i assumed it killed the rest of the components along with it, so i spent the cost of the pc gradually replacing each component

i still have time to refund them but still

[normal folio]

I mean it could be the mobo to in theory.

[exotic gazelle]

the mobos new and the same model i used the rx on so im not sure how

[mortal venture]

Is it worth to buy psp 1003?

For like 13$

[south arrow]

I spent like $150 on my psp few months ago but In good working condition cosmetically

[azure topaz]

fun fact these arent legally binding (in the states)

[dreamy turtle]

ik

[south arrow]

But around $100 is a good place to aim for a psp give or take

[mortal venture]

it has a broken screen

[south arrow]

If it still works then it's good but if not then... repairing screens suckss

[winter lantern]

Psp is crazy

Not even vita

So you cant even do shit 🥀

13$ for a dust collector ngl

[sour storm]

need to figure out a ddr5 ram taht is 42mm in height or less

[kindred halo]

I think I might've found the best price to performance Thinkpad for gaming (using the iGPU)
A485, R5 2500U, Vega 8

[azure topaz]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFGB2D2Z?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1

probably

[empty quartz]

@azure topaz nerd

[azure topaz]

nuhuh

[compact oracle]

hey have anny of you heard aboute talon its supus to deblot win11 in 2 clicks iam not sure mabye llt want to make a wid on it https://debloat.win/

[sour storm]

yo thanks! trying to figure out all the sizes before i buy and uuh... the ram wouldn't have fit with the cooler

[azure topaz]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/H9CZxr/teamgroup-t-create-expert-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-ctced532g6000hc30dc01

actually this is a lil better

[wispy spindle]

fart smellers, do I go 7800 xt or 5060 ti 16gb, the 5060 is about 90 usd cheaper

[azure topaz]

5060ti imo then

[azure topaz]

can you not raise the fan up?

[sour storm]

idk havent bought it yet

[azure topaz]

oh i see

[sour storm]

yeaaah

[wispy spindle]

for 1440p and semi to pretty demanding games?

[sour storm]

doing this extremely stupidly but more the reason to be carefull

[azure topaz]

the 7800xt is apparently 20% faster, is 20% worth DLSS and RT support

like im not asking cause theres a clear answer its up to you at that point tho

100$ cheaper and i get dlss for not that much slower isnt bad

[sour storm]

msi b650 gaming plus wifi and a phantom spirit evo

[empty quartz]

Yuh huh

[azure topaz]

you should be able to slide the fan up and down

[wispy spindle]

nvm I fucked up, that was the 8gb variant that was that much cheaper. The 16gb version is still a little cheaper but, not much. Imma just roll with the 7800 xt I think 😔

[azure topaz]

oh yeah i wouldnt if it wasnt at least a lil cheaper

no 8gbs here

[empty quartz]

@azure topaz

[sour storm]

alright good to know

[azure topaz]

yep thats a computer

[sour storm]

gonna pick the team group ram

[empty quartz]

I gotta check my progress on folding

[sullen prism]

is this an ali express motherboard

[empty quartz]

@azure topaz meow :3

[empty quartz]

It is very clearly not

[sullen prism]

this server has a lot of meows

maybe an actual place to talk to

[sour storm]

buildcores still dont have the pop air as a 3d scan

is this....is this a good shopping list?

[latent gull]

Great Capability™️

[azure topaz]

7600 instead of 7600x if you can

well by that i mean if its cheaper oops

[sullen prism]

this is what im talking abt

soo ali express

[azure topaz]

while the cooler is good theres no reason to pay 60$ for a cooler

[azure topaz]

its an asus board

[sour storm]

it's liek 5 euros cheaper

[azure topaz]

5 euros saved

[sullen prism]

its a joke but i dont actually know lol thank you

[peak knot]

5 hours in and my room has lowered its temp by 1C...

[empty quartz]

Push more power

You need 500gw

[peak knot]

im measuring voltage stability of a component

and comparing it to temp

[empty quartz]

Speaking of pc’s

[peak knot]

right now ive measured .000004V of drift

[empty quartz]

I gotta check on my folding

[sour storm]

any recomendations?

[azure topaz]

same brand peerless assassin for like half da price

[kindred halo]

I think even less than half, at times

One time I saw it as cheap as 20 US

[latent gull]

I had a stronk reading this

[kindred halo]

Missed a comma, sorry

[empty quartz]

@azure topaz

[azure topaz]

that is a thingy

i dont fold

[sour storm]

im debating the peerless assasin because the phantom spirit jsut kinda looks more inline with the look im going for from the images i've seen

though cooler isnt the end of the world

[quick stag]

time machine to the 2000's

[empty quartz]

I might set up my mac pro’s to fold aswell

[empty quartz]

Eye pod

[true stirrup]

They perform almost the same so yeah you can get whichever looks the best to you

[soft scaffold]

I was sceptical about Linux gaming, but after launching Borderlands 2 (Windows Binary) with ProtonGE and getting 100+ more FPS with all stuttering completely removed, I am convinced

[true stirrup]

Yeah Proton is awesome

[knotty pike]

Was thinking about moding my small dell inspiron laptop. It's the crappy mini one with the touch screen. It's passively cooled as well.

[azure topaz]

bl2 just runs better with dxvk

you can do the same thing on windows even

[soft scaffold]

Yeah isn't it something to do with Shaders?

[azure topaz]

i couldnt tell you why bl2 likes DXVK more than direct x, but it does indeed

my active borderlands 2 install is dxvk btw 💀

[soft scaffold]

From what I've gathered it's because DXVK forces the game to preprocess all of the shaders instead of loading them as the game loads

[azure topaz]

sounds like vulkan yes

[soft scaffold]

Which is what causes LOADS of stuttering when entering new zones in DirectX BL2

[azure topaz]

that also means itll only help if youre cpu limited

(or engine)

[knotty pike]

Is it worth gutting an old laptop to turn it into a new system?

[azure topaz]

no

[frigid blade]

probably will cost you more in parts than a new laptop

[soft scaffold]

Getting an old thinkpad and installing Linux on it was some of the most fun I've had with old tech

[knotty pike]

Was thinking of replacing its mobo with a raspberry pi.

[frigid blade]

why

[soft scaffold]

If it's for a project then why not

[frigid blade]

I spent a while getting my old laptop running windows 11

4th gen intel mobile cpu 💀

[knotty pike]

My Toshiba satellite has a 3rd gen intel pentium.

[soft scaffold]

oof

[frigid blade]

dayum

got mine running vanilla miencraft 60fps stable on medium settings

that was the goal

[knotty pike]

I can't run stuff due to missing some cpu instruction sets.

[frigid blade]

this laptop sucks tho it crashes when i try to install any games too fast loool

[knotty pike]

I also have a mini dell inspiron but its Passive cooled, gets too hot and has an amd fx apu.

It gets hot to the point it burns your skin. Used to have a hdd in it as well funny enough. Battery is shit too.

[gentle kestrel]

you should be able to find deals on older stuff now

[frigid blade]

i found a pretty good laptop yesterday for $330

[gentle kestrel]

especially anything 6-7th gen intel bc no official win 11

[frigid blade]

13400H and 4050

[gentle kestrel]

i paid 50 bucks for my 7500t think center

[knotty pike]

I kinda want to convert my dell inspiron into something new since I love the touch screen on it.

[empty quartz]

Psa

[gentle kestrel]

you’re gonna be spending more time fabbing parts than using it probably

[empty quartz]

Apol force touch trackpads are fucking S tier

[sullen prism]

did u patch the installation

[frigid blade]

patch what

[sullen prism]

iirc 4th gen doesn’t have tpm or smth

[gentle kestrel]

iot ltsc doesn’t enforce those requirements

[frigid blade]

you dont need tpm

[sullen prism]

wait is that tiny 11 too

[sullen prism]

oh ok

[frigid blade]

no

its IoT Enterprise LTSC

Basically base windows 11 before bloating like on windows 11 home

[sullen prism]

where did u get the installation, i cant find it anywhere

[frigid blade]

massgrave

[sullen prism]

thanks

[frigid blade]

You can either download directly from microsoft or using their link hosting it (both are on massgrave)

[gentle kestrel]

only thing with ltsc is its feature frozen

so you’ll be on 24h2 until they cut another ltsc release

and then you still have to reinstall for that

[frigid blade]

I dont mind that

I only care about security updates

[sullen prism]

im still at w10 21h2 until windows 10 ends support

[frigid blade]

if you like 10 you can always install the ltsc version

[rigid fjord]

what's the price on it?

[frigid blade]

the EoL for it is Jan 12th 2027

[sullen prism]

probably i’m just gonna upgrade

windows 11 isn’t that bad anyways

[frigid blade]

some dude was trying to tell me LTSC also had EOL with the others 🤣

[gentle kestrel]

2032 for iot

[frigid blade]

Noice

[knotty pike]

Dell Inspiron 11 3168 is the model I do believe.

[sullen prism]

so like iot enterprise ltsc

[gentle kestrel]

yeah

[sour storm]

How would one attach a monitor arm to a desk with one of these in the way without cutting..

[sullen prism]

as far as i remember im using iot enterprise

[empty quartz]

Meow

[sullen prism]

meow

[empty quartz]

Shotgun

[sour storm]

?

[frigid blade]

they dont have the regular enterprise build on massgrave, only iot

[sullen prism]

i can’t render whats going on in this image

[empty quartz]

Did i stutter

[gentle kestrel]

the regular enterprise builds are basically the same as pro/edu

[rigid fjord]

a drill

[sour storm]

the desk has a board going at back to give it some more stuctural integrity

[sour storm]

i dont think i can do that

[gentle kestrel]

looks like something they’d issue in schools

[frigid blade]

hot glue

[empty quartz]

Hamner

[sullen prism]

maybe some tapes

[rigid fjord]

well it doubles up as a way of hiding cables not just structually, and yes you can

[sour storm]

i mean it is a school desk i got like...atleast a decade ago

[frigid blade]

https://tenor.com/view/recoil-gif-10190518

[empty quartz]

Ratio

[rigid fjord]

no you use that on nzxt cases

[gentle kestrel]

are you flexing a base model intel macbook pro

[empty quartz]

It was free

[sour storm]

ngl i despise macs

[rigid fjord]

you do realise most desk mounts have 2 ways of mounting to a desk

[sour storm]

no i didnt know

[knotty pike]

Might convert my inspiron into an android device maybe.

[sullen prism]

that asus monitor looks hella similar to mine

[empty quartz]

Why?

[sullen prism]

does android run on x86

[empty quartz]

Macbooks are the best built laptops on the market

[knotty pike]

It can

[sour storm]

i think they're overpriced and stinky

[gentle kestrel]

yes but like 90% of apps aren’t compiled for it

[sullen prism]

yas

[empty quartz]

They’re not overpriced

[sullen prism]

so you will need to build app’s yourselves

[gentle kestrel]

macbook air is like a top tier ultrabook if you’re not reliant on windows only software

[sullen prism]

used one works

[rigid fjord]

you have the usual clamp fitting, and also a pass through fitting which you can bolt through the table into the base of the monitor mount

[sullen prism]

some people managed to run windows 11 arm on apple sillicon

[kindred halo]

255, 256GB NVMe & 8GB of RAM

There was a T480 for 215, but that's UHD 620 & no i7 8650u

[rigid fjord]

either through an emulator or an app that does a translation between windows and the apk

[empty quartz]

@sour storm how are macbooks overpriced?

[iron glen]

https://tenor.com/view/fat-guy-shooting-gun-gun-shot-gif-15114243

felt like sharing

[frigid blade]

https://tenor.com/view/fat-guy-shooting-red-shooting-fat-guy-red-gif-12656575378208385324

[plush wren]

[kindred halo]

The store I looked at had the A485 for options like 16GB & 512, then 32GB & 1TB, but those are 355 & 455 respectively

[rigid fjord]

because it's a windows designed for use on arm devices

[iron glen]

okay 😭

[sullen prism]

yes!

[sour storm]

i think they cost too much for what they are. that's how

[kindred halo]

Which, honestly, I can probably get better parts (models, same specs) for cheaper

[gentle kestrel]

best thing to do with the old thinkpads is to try and win an ebay auction for cheap

[rigid fjord]

as it's a 2500u, eh, wouldn't call it good though the igpu makes up for it a bit

[kindred halo]

Then pay 100 in shipping, right?

[gentle kestrel]

doubt it

[kindred halo]

It's better than the 8650u, apparently - Single core is really all what matters

[kindred halo]

Not US, btw

[sour storm]

?

[gentle kestrel]

well you’d have to translate to x local auction site then

[sour storm]

cool?

[kindred halo]

Last time I bought local, I got scammed lmao

Got a T470s with a bad battery

[empty quartz]

Example of a laptop close to macbook in price, but is worse in every way

[rigid fjord]

barely tbh

[sour storm]

generyally speaking i think a 1000 euros for a laptop is too much

[kindred halo]

Barely better..? Or barely worse?

[knotty pike]

What bugs me about my dell is the fact it gets super hot and drains alot of battery no matter the os or what optimizations are done all because it uses an amd fx apu.

[kindred halo]

If its equal, then doesn't really matter

[sour storm]

ok? it's stil lhorribly overpriced

[kindred halo]

The Vega 8 is the selling point

[rigid fjord]

barely better

[tidal geyser]

God dam do i hate bank transactions

[empty quartz]

Just stop being broke /j

[tidal geyser]

Taking a day just to transfer some money is annoying

[rigid fjord]

i don't. especially if you want it to have a dgpu in as well

[knotty pike]

I miss when laptops had interchangeable cpus.

[rigid fjord]

the only selling point for it tbh

[gentle kestrel]

1k is about when you start seeing machines that don’t fall apart in 2 years

[empty quartz]

3 months*

[kindred halo]

Then doesn't really matter, it's atleast better than my 7600U lol

[kindred halo]

Pretty much, if not for the Vega 8 I wouldn't have bothered

[tidal geyser]

Welp I'm down a pc now

[rigid fjord]

fair enough dude

[sour storm]

also to clarify when i mean mac i meant like...all of it...especially the mac pro, that thing is just.....

[empty quartz]

Mac pro used to actually be good

Nowadays its shit

[gentle kestrel]

the mac pro isn’t a product for 90% of people

it doesn’t have to be either

[gritty drum]

Uhm guys, when I turn on my pc its fans are running but no power in keyboard mouse, no display on monitor. Help ;-;

[sour storm]

it's for people who want some grated cheese

[empty quartz]

No like, the new mac pro is genuinely the worst product to be released by apple

[tidal geyser]

https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1027757333117415424

[oblique jay]

rice

[rigid fjord]

don't diss grated cheese, it can make many a meal go from 'ok' to 'great''

[gentle kestrel]

its a mac studio with expansion for people who need it, thats fine

[gritty drum]

?

[kindred halo]

May just be me being unable to acknowledge tone, but-
Kiiinda sounded negative, anything about the A485 (other than it being, well, a tad bad due to it being an older laptop) that I should know about?

[empty quartz]

The expansion can barely even be considered as expansion

[gentle kestrel]

just because the slot doesn’t work with a gpu doesn’t make it useless

it’s just not a consumer oriented machine

[empty quartz]

I dont think any sane person would be willing to spend more than double the price of a mac studio for some pcie slots that can only be used for storage

[gentle kestrel]

companies

[empty quartz]

Laughs in og cheese grater

(Its slower than a 7th gen i7)

[sour storm]

i have the best processor of them all

[eager pulsar]

anyone know about part sellers in the middle east?

[sour storm]

xeon x5560

[frail topaz]

Aw man thats cool

[empty quartz]

I have 2 xeon x5675’s in le mac pro

And a xeon 2695v4 in my actual workstation

Ngl

I might buy a thunderbolt card

[sour storm]

i like my workstastio z400

[sullen prism]

what a flex

[rigid fjord]

well thinkpads are well built, 2500u isn't great for battery life as it's basically a zen/zen+ cpu if i remember correctly

age of it probably is going to be most of the factoring about it

[sour storm]

it has carried me through eldenring and cyberpunk,

[agile topaz]

GT 1010 is an insane gpu

[kindred halo]

Wellll, it's 2 years newer than the 8650u, which probably means better longevity?

[kindred halo]

-Just checked, it also still gets drivers

[old oak]

Would y’all say that 609 is a good price for a 5070

[kindred halo]

Newest are from the 8th of May

[kindred halo]

Pretty decent

[cedar hollow]

after tax?

after tax sure, before tax nah

[old oak]

Before

Actually just found one on best bust for msrp

Hmmmm tempted to get that over the 5060ti

Man I’m so conflicted

[cedar hollow]

the 5070 is great for sure

I bought the 5060 Ti 16GB and i overclocked it to 3080 Ti levels

it's a fantastic GPU too cant go wrong with either

[chrome oxide]

I installed archcraft today and it's making me cry I am trying to install braveJust one cmd but no dis missing dat missing

[old oak]

I just need to get a new card soon since my 3060ti is actually just dying XD

One of the DP ports died, I’m scared something worse is gonna happen

[crimson temple]

Can someone recommend me some good 4tb ssd for ps5

[shy schooner]

My new gaming console

[true stirrup]

SN770, MP44L, MP33 pro, NM760, NM780, SN5000

[shy schooner]

i REALLY want to get this running

i think i need to open it up to clean it, it was sitting in the attic which is open like all the time and theres lots of hay there

[true stirrup]

I wish you all the luck it would be sick to have a working one

[shy schooner]

i'll try my best

if i need any help trying to get it to work ill ask here

[quick stag]

oo i love the new framework 12

[soft scaffold]

Well, now I'm trying CS2 on Linux I'm realising most of my performance and stuttering issues were likely either due to a poor DDU or driver issues

smh

[cedar hollow]

AMD also does not do CS2 very well

nvidia is way better for CS

[night heart]

bro same i jus saw the short circuit vid

[soft scaffold]

I'm realising this, full red box rn

[quick stag]

for the literal base model thats hard to swallow

[soft scaffold]

9070XT R5700X

Does not like CS2 on Windows

[quick stag]

top model is this

[cedar hollow]

9070 XT performs pretty poorly on CS

[latent gull]

Yeah they’re way too expensive imo. But so are MacBooks

[cedar hollow]

Framework is overpriced we knew that

at least with macbooks you're getting ground up exclusive software, AND hardware

[latent gull]

1666 for an i5 13th gen?

[night heart]

i am in india so framework is out of my reach 😢

[cedar hollow]

9070 XT is on par with a 4070 Super in CS2 so don't expect too much out of it

[latent gull]

Am I missing something or does gpu performance even matter in CS games?

[cedar hollow]

for high refresh it does

[latent gull]

I assumed it was the same as csgo, drop the resolution and quality and just let the cpu crank the frames out

[quick stag]

i would but i wouldnt

[latent gull]

I’d prefer the AMD option over the Intel

[cedar hollow]

CS2 is a little more demanding graphically but yeah kinda

[quick stag]

same

[latent gull]

8gb 🤢

[cedar hollow]

makes sense this is a 5 year old laptop now

you can pick up an M4 macbook air with 16GB for $800

[quick stag]

i bought this last year for 400 bucks

[cedar hollow]

yikes you overpaid

[quick stag]

perfectly fine for what i do

[quick stag]

not really, for the dutch second hand market this is low actually

[cedar hollow]

oh its a different country

[quick stag]

yep

[cedar hollow]

that makes sense then, good deal

[quick stag]

we pay €10,99 for apple music too 😭

5,99 in the US

how do i find this literally exactly when i open marktplaats

[cedar hollow]

im waiting for the M6 macbook pro and i'm gonna upgrade then

[quick stag]

the fuck

[latent gull]

The newest ones do seem to be much better value proposition but I still just would prefer to wait for a 1 year old Lenovo or something

[cedar hollow]

it's personal preference for sure

but me personally i could never go back to a windows machine

[chilly escarp]

hello I bought a refurbished a grade laptop, a lenovo thinkpad t14 gen 2. however I’m skeptic it’s really a “grade a” laptop, because when I pick it up in hands, it make some tiny crack sounds, three blue dots in the screen visible when viewing black image and a tiny crack like a little plastic come off at the side, and privacy camera cover is super hard to move like dirt is behind or something. with all these, would you say it’s expected?

[cedar hollow]

nah that shouldn't be grade A

[sullen prism]

it isnt.

[latent gull]

I hate windows on laptops, the sleep issues just make it unusable. I’m really waiting for steamOS to have better widespread driver support and I’ll probably just run that on handheld/laptops. I just hate macOS

[cedar hollow]

i hated macOS for a while

[sullen prism]

macbooks r great but the os isnt

[cedar hollow]

but once I came to terms that it wasn't meant for gaming, I found myself really loving macOS

it's so good for software development and general productivity workflows

[quick stag]

hm.

[sullen prism]

they are for productivity after all

[cedar hollow]

yeah

[chilly escarp]

@cedar hollow @sullen prism should I make a withdrawal of purchase with eu rights? I bought it from a big tech store in denmark

[cedar hollow]

sure yeah

[sullen prism]

yes

you should return it and get a refund asap

[chilly escarp]

what is a grade a really? tiny scratches right and no sign of obvious use?

[sullen prism]

probably

[chilly escarp]

all the videos I’ve seen about thinkpad refurbished, no one has mentioned these kind of issues often

[chilly escarp]

the tiny crack makes it look like it was dropped

also hair was found on the trackpad and on speakers

[sullen prism]

thats a terrible refurbishing job

[tidal geyser]

issues?

[latent gull]

My issue is general web utility. It just feels clunkier to manage windows and for basic utility. It was a bit better with a touchpad instead of a mouse but I couldn’t get used to it. I did give it a fair shot at least

[tidal geyser]

was this used?

[chilly escarp]

@tidal geyser

[sour storm]

what's the diffrence between asus tuf b650 plus wifi and msi b650 gaming plus wifi?

[tidal geyser]

so you bought a used laptop and surprised its used????

[tidal geyser]

yes

[chilly escarp]

I’m surprised with all these issues considering it’s grade a and not below

[sour storm]

so i might aswell get the tuf because it's a bit cheaper?

[chilly escarp]

lower than grade a are usually cheaper

[tidal geyser]

well its still used

[chilly escarp]

but still

[tidal geyser]

no used is used, ofc if there are hardware defects like dying pixels try to ask the store about it

[chilly escarp]

my workplace use thinkpads t14, t4s, t480 and so on, and this is the only one I’ve had issues with, those others have been used for years. one of them is a t14s gen 1 and had no issues.

so I can expect a good working laptop too without these issues found.

🤷‍♂️

some people take more care of them than others, and the fact this one has a tiny crack might mean it has been dropped

which may have caused this not entirely sure

but then it should be lower than grade a?

[tidal geyser]

SO CONTACT THE STORE

[chilly escarp]

alr

[tidal geyser]

also were you unable to check the laptop before you bought it

[chilly escarp]

unable

I drove an hour to get it and an hour back home, it was painful and likely not worth it. having it sent with post next time 🙃

[tidal geyser]

wait so you picked it up in person but did not check it??

[chilly escarp]

it was in a package box sealed?

[sour storm]

would it work with my ram?

[tidal geyser]

could you not open it right in front of the store?

[chilly escarp]

no because you would expect it to work fine?

[tidal geyser]

no i would want to see the thing i just bought

[chilly escarp]

good point

[tidal geyser]

its funny every time i went to buy something with my parents the instant i got it i just opened the box and checked it while i was in the car

[sullen prism]

they usually turn on the pc, let customer check before paying here

[tidal geyser]

i should do that

[sullen prism]

which is pretty good

[plush wren]

Boing

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1170728194626826320/1295953122371571712/togif.gif?ex=68542e26&is=6852dca6&hm=e844af855be95822f578bc08ce31c701e388486573a26ae34f7f344b07ad4844&

[rigid fjord]

best lookingg ddr5 ram possible

[sour storm]

yeah but i gotta know if the motherboard will like it

[knotty pike]

I'm legit thinking about building a diy laptop now lol.

[rigid fjord]

also yes the teamgroup ddr5 would work with this

[sour storm]

oh ok

100% sure?

[rigid fjord]

yes, i wouldn't say otherwise

[formal sonnet]

I don't even expect new new items from a retailer to work fine these days. If I ever buy something from Best Buy or Staples, I open the factory sealed box in front of employees at the counter and check things right then and there.

[sour storm]

alright gonna order it today

[rigid fjord]

it's quite literally the ram i put in any build i do for others when it available

[tidal geyser]

i just buy used things

higher chance to not have DoA

[slim slate]

Anyone experienced issues with black screen with the 9070 XT?? To my surprise, shit started happening today

[tidal geyser]

ofc still do a lot of major checks

[tidal geyser]

no

wat

[true stirrup]

Nvm I missread

[knotty pike]

Maybe I could Frankenstein my Toshiba Satilite with my dell inspiron?

[slim slate]

Its ALWAYS after logging into windows. Tried different ports, and monitors. In Safe Mode, it works as normal.

[tidal geyser]

so DDU and install a older driver

[rigid fjord]

some parts maybe, but don't

[slim slate]

Done DDU

[rigid fjord]

manually install the drivers direct from amd website, do not let windows do it for you

[slim slate]

logging in (without safe mode) after DDU, still happens. Is it AMD’s drivers in windows?

[slim slate]

guess i should install in safe mode too then..

[knotty pike]

The dell does have heat issues due to being fanless, I fit the updated dell mobo into the toshiba case, incorporate the fans and other stuff and now I got a better dell.

[rigid fjord]

nope, you can install when not in safe mode, you just make usre windows doesn't install drivers for you

[true stirrup]

I missed the tuf part and just read B650 plus WiFi and MSI B650 gaming plus WiFi
God I hate some boards from different manufacturers have the exact same names from the chipset part to the end

[slim slate]

It happens after DDU, before installing drivers from site. It even crashes so hard that rhe pc restarts sometimes. Always do a full «power off» lol

[knotty pike]

Why though? It could work very very well since the dell is tiny and I could adapt the screen and keyboard to work with it. There would be room for fans meaning it could run way better on top of that.

The dell is way newer too.

[rigid fjord]

you'd want to ensure this is set like so in your advanced system settings just incase it's due to windows installing drivers for you

[latent gull]

Best Buy I trust cause their return policy is pretty good about that. And I don’t buy expensive things at places I don’t trust

[upper abyss]

guys am i geeked or does it not work like that
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdDWahqv/

[rigid fjord]

mounting holes may differ, pinout on some components definitely will differ, and as for the screen it could be either lvds or edp that it's using as the connection method between the screen and laptop mainboard

[rigid fjord]

tbh dude, i would trust anything said on tiktok when it comes to tech

[slim slate]

Ah ye i don’t have that turned off. What i find odd though, is DDU reports this version:

[upper abyss]

sounds reasonable

[latent gull]

tbh dude, i would trust anything said on tiktok when it comes to tech

[slim slate]

Which comes from february. It worked before? Atleast in windows 10..

[upper abyss]

[slim slate]

Trying now with automatic download disabled.

[rigid fjord]

from experience, windows updates like to download older drivers and can cause conflicts with newer ones at times

[true stirrup]

I'm going to be completely honest I get my news from Dylan Page on TikTok because the local news are biased af and share one singular brancel when it comes to research

[slim slate]

Hmm the site i found this on, this was the version at the top. Apparently the newest. This worked though. It doesnt black screen now

[jaunty apex]

Windows update exclusively downloads old drivers

[rigid fjord]

news hasn't been news since the 80's dude, it's all infotainment nowadays

[true stirrup]

It sucks because all I want is just unfiltered info about what's going on and that's it

[slim slate]

Strange though. Been running the latest from AMD Adrenalin

Idk why that changed today.

[rigid fjord]

a bomb could go off a road or 2 over but all the news would care about is what's happening with the kardashians instead

[slim slate]

Had some graphical issues sometimes, i guess thats because i had both windows update version and adrenalin version i guess. Didn't actually know i could disable automatic downloads lol.

[rigid fjord]

sometimes it will try to overwrite older drivers onto newer ones which can cause an issue, which is why i'm suggesting to disable that bit

[slim slate]

Ye. Remember that now. Thanks a lot 🙂

[rigid fjord]

in other news, spaceballs 2 in the making/out soon, if you've ever seen the first one @true stirrup

mel brooks films be 🤣

https://tenor.com/view/yogurt-spaceballs-mel-brooks-merchandising-gif-20198466

[true stirrup]

I haven't actually seen the whole thing but I know what it's about
I would never expect that that is getting a sequel lol

[latent gull]

https://tenor.com/view/spaceballs-gif-4882289

[latent gull]

I watch Phillip defranco and the daily show. I’m aware they’re very left leaning but at this point I don’t care much, they’re funny. I also watch legal eagle who basically is a news show at this point

[tidal geyser]

I GOT 10gig without having a wire in the middle of my floor

[latent gull]

How?

[tidal geyser]

talking to the landlord

[latent gull]

They put it in the wall?

[tidal geyser]

yes

[slim slate]

Seems like a "partial fix". Loading games gives me black screen again. I can't understand how it could be drivers when the driver i just downloaded was released 5th June

[terse sparrow]

[tidal geyser]

upload is not doing too hot

ama try iperf

[calm idol]

was boutta ask if he layed it across the ceiling

[latent gull]

Stapleguns go wild

[knotty pike]

Is snagging a laptop that has a I7 7700hq and gtx 1050 ti worth it for $175? The catch is its used, damaged keyboard and may have other damages but turns on.

[tidal geyser]

no

[terse sparrow]

https://www.speedtest.net/result/17870253728.png

[tidal geyser]

i would not buy anything that lacks support for windows 11

[knotty pike]

I don't use windows.

[tidal geyser]

then nvidia but meh go for it but it really does not have the specs i would look for

[slim slate]

Hmm people, GPU driver is 12 days old, so i don't think thats causing my trouble, but have you come across Chipset drivers giving blackscreen? It was updated yesterday

[odd marsh]

bro you leaked your IP

[odd marsh]

what gpu

[knotty pike]

An msi gaming laptop thats been abused. I could replace the keyboard easily.

[slim slate]

9070 XT

[tidal geyser]

but shit specs

[knotty pike]

Its an upgrade from my dell inspiron as well.

[odd marsh]

I would do a DDU first and reinstall drivers, then go from there

[tidal geyser]

ZERO retries on such a wonky setup

[slim slate]

Done multiple times

[tidal geyser]

i think its like 40m of cat 5e

i have one just one retry

[knotty pike]

1050 ti is still good for watching videos and other basic things I would think.

[odd marsh]

pretty good

[formal sonnet]

Depends on the make and model of laptop, and condition of battery, though I usually assume used laptops have batteries that need to be replaced anyway.

[tidal geyser]

kirashi what speed is your local network doing

400MB on 6 HDDs

[formal sonnet]

1000/150 mbps down/up is what we pay for, but realistic single client speeds are closer to 450/150 due to my client device capabilities (most are WiFi) and janky router firewall setup. Wired we can get almost full expected speeds (around 940mbps) though.

[tidal geyser]

i meant LAN as im only 500/500 on internet

but now my LAN is 10000/10000

time for a NVME only NAS

[formal sonnet]

Oh locally we have 1000 mbps. I don't currently see the need for anything faster right now.

[tidal geyser]

sad

im gonna game of my HDDs

[calm idol]

not fiber at 10g?

[tidal geyser]

i did dat buuut i cant do fiber in dem walls

[quick stag]

vroom vroom fast NAS (2013 synology nas 4tb)

[south arrow]

Puts ip and port in then starts strong hacking sims pass

fixes his server and leaves

[fiery plover]

If I'm getting static on my outlet should I buy a Surge protector extension cord and will that solve the problem?

[tidal geyser]

more real world use

[tidal geyser]

wat?

[fiery plover]

When I plug things directly on my power outlet. I get static or is it ground? Like when I touch a metal piece of something plugged in I feel it

[tidal geyser]

you feel it

[fiery plover]

Yeah

[tidal geyser]

anyhow no that is how electronics work and the last part i dono stop eating magnets or smn

[fiery plover]

I'm not sure the proper term if static or ground

Like you feel it flowing from the metal to your skin

[kind bison]

Both get the same SSD for the price like is there any reason to go with the 7600 X instead of the 9600 X?

[tidal geyser]

what??

[stray cairn]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1328414241308541083/1384456988280225812/IMG_5218.gif

[tidal geyser]

no

[fiery plover]

I'm not sure how to describe it but it's electricity but it's not deadly so I don't know if It's called static , ground or something else

[tidal geyser]

its not ground but do not worry about it

[knotty pike]

Is a macbook air MGN73LL/A worth it for $175?

[kindred halo]

Printing this out as a sticker and putting it on my Thinkpad

[tidal geyser]

m1 for 175 yea dat nice

[knotty pike]

Sorry if I keep asking, been digging through laptop sellers and people seem knowledable here.

[fiery plover]

How come? When PC is plugged in even when not running the "thing" is in the case and I can feel it when I touch it. Also goes for my phone when plugged in chharging

[tidal geyser]

DO NOT WORRY ABOUT IT

[knotty pike]

It is ddr3 ram though.

[tidal geyser]

not possible

[peak knot]

7 zeros after the one,

now thats some precise volts

[fiery plover]

Again I wanna know why I shouldn't. Cause I'm trying to learn here. Can you explain it to me please

Heck I dunno what it's even called

[sour storm]

this would scrratch my itch pretty good.

testing out in buildcores and it looks real good

[vale wing]

ooo

[bronze summit]

Wow a PC case that would be stuck next to a 20$ Ikea desk

[vale wing]

wow this server almost said something not pretentious

who cares as long as they like it

[bronze summit]

Not really pretentious, just being realistic

[late path]

Is 100k INR enough for a 1440p build? (Stable 60+ in all games, but decent in most, and even more if I have settings low/it's a competitive game like fortnite or cs)

[vale wing]

my position is who the hell cares

like i don't get this server half the time

there's always a comment to be made

and it always comes off as snarky or condescending

[bronze summit]

When one loses an argument they would prone to go "Who the hell cares" then start yapping that shows that HEY they actually do care

[vale wing]

whats the argument

i just said its someones preference why care

[bronze summit]

Sure pal, there was no argument, now let's stick that comment in the fridge since you're such a good boy

[slim slate]

Anyone able to tell me why windows driver is displayed after DDU and disabling automatic download?

[bitter turtle]

Hey everyone, Im on the verge of buying a 9070 XT and I don't know which model to pick. I have a 7800x3D, ROG B650E-E, 32 GB RAM, Main options are Sapphire Pulse or Nitro+, Asus TUF OC, ASRock Taichi OC and any other models are okay too

I look for overall good temps and quietness. Im leaning towards the Sapphire models.

[vale wing]

ok

[vale wing]

OCs usually just pull people who don't know better in

they only usually give marginal preformance boosts

[granite osprey]

the sapphire nitro looks the coolest

[vale wing]

like. +3% core clocks

[slim slate]

I have the XFX Mercury Magnetic Air. Beautiful card, not noisy

[vale wing]

XFX makes insanely beautiful cards

I feel like whoever designs them has a genuine pashion for presentation

[bitter turtle]

I dont think we have those XFX magnetic models in my country

[slim slate]

Ignore the ugly black cables.. Need to buy new

[bitter turtle]

looks super dope

[vale wing]

is a 6750xt for $360 too crazy

[bronze summit]

Crazy? You were crazy once

[slim slate]

Quite happy with it. I went from black build to white build when i swapped from AM4 to AM5. Actually in LOVE with white build (with some black)

[vale wing]

https://tenor.com/view/cockroach-gif-13788686782586521420

[slim slate]

More from a distance😅

[bitter turtle]

yeah ig doesnt really matter because there is no non-OC versions here

[vale wing]

yeah you're not missing out on much tbh

[slim slate]

That radiator though, is noisy. I think. I don't know if its the fans on radiator or the case fans lol. A fking jet engine when it boosts up. Thermalright fans on radiator, the NZXT standard fans from H6 Flow case

[vale wing]

would a rx 6600 -> 9060xt 8gb be worth it still

i don't got money for these scalpers man

[slim slate]

Oh definitely. Should be a good performance increase. No XT version of 6600?

Ofcourse, if you gotta change out of PSU, you need to consider things according to budget

[muted saddle]

My cpu cooler will randomly play a usb disconnect sound the lcd screen will turn off and so will the fans. The cpu will begin to overheat. I’ve tried everything I need help please.

[vale wing]

oh no i upgraded my psu from a 650w to a 850w

i think that should be fine?

[empty summit]

What would a ryzen 7 5600x 32 DDR4 and a 3060 ti be worth

[vale wing]

$850-900 range?

[slim slate]

Thats plenty

[slim slate]

From what i can find, you can expect up to double FPS with a 9060 XT. or more

[minor aspen]

https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/gaming/32-odyssey-g55c-qhd-165hz-1ms-mprt-curved-gaming-monitor-ls32cg552enxza/ is this samsung monitor good?

[brazen sinew]

could someone tell me how to get the leaf symbol where my battery icon is?

[slim slate]

heres a video from a small youtuber. Wouldn't trust it too much. Now many comparison videos of the 2 GPU's mentioned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpCO8Xe5m_M

[minor aspen]

eco mode?

[brazen sinew]

idk what that is. I know the battery saver isnt the one because I have that enabled, and it still isnt doing nun

[minor aspen]

same here i don't know hat it does but i am pretty sure that's what makes the leaf symbol show up

[brazen sinew]

could yuou tell me how to get there?

[minor aspen]

i cant because i dont have a windows laptop

[brazen sinew]

oh ok

[indigo basin]

i smell a lack of thermal paste

[sour storm]

no desk from ikea is 20 euro

[bronze summit]

That's the point

[hard cedar]

Thx amazon, just got it like this

[sour storm]

yikes

also clean your desk

[hard cedar]

I had to put stuff like that cince its too small for the monitor

[tidal geyser]

clean your desk and keyboard

[hard cedar]

I was about to clean it

[vale wing]

so its a decent idea to go from 6600 to 9060?

i kinda hate that its 8gb of vram though

[bronze summit]

... This proves my point even more man

[hard cedar]

What point

[tidal geyser]

so go for a 16GB one??

[hard cedar]

It was all dusty when i got it

[tidal geyser]

no

[vale wing]

its too expensive :(

[tidal geyser]

you cant afford 50$

[hard cedar]

Yes it was

[vale wing]

i cant find if anywhere for msrp ill rip your throat out

[bronze summit]

People would rather invest in shit like expensive PC Cases, a curved monitor than just buying another desk for their PC to be held properly

[vale wing]

yeah my free desk rules

[tidal geyser]

i just put it on the floor

[vale wing]

it collapsed twice

[hard cedar]

I cant get another desk

[latent pasture]

floor

[hard cedar]

Small room

[vale wing]

every 9060xt 16gb model is like $150-200 over msrp im gonna lose it

[brazen sinew]

could someone tell me how to get the leaf symbol where my battery icon is?

[hard cedar]

Atlest im not stuck with this now

[vale wing]

im gonna end up just getting a 7700xt

but i want a fucking gpu with fsr4

[true stirrup]

Probably power settings

[brazen sinew]

how do I go into eco mode?

[vale wing]

jambo do you fw the san jose sharks

[true stirrup]

I don't have a laptop I'm just guessing it's inside the windows power plan menu

[brazen sinew]

no i dont watch sports usually, I used to play little leage baseball but thats pretty much it, I do like repping my fav team from nfl, nba, mlb, hockey, and thats it

[clear canyon]

I have one of those laying around

[hard cedar]

I have 3 of em-

[brazen sinew]

my fav teams are lakers, padres, gulls for hockey, and eagles, used to be chargers

[vale wing]

what the hell son

[latent pasture]

why do u want this

[brazen sinew]

im trying to get the leaf icon where my battery symbol is

but energy saver isnt doing it for me

its because when I get that, my roblox runs a lot better

[latent pasture]

[brazen sinew]

ikr

its confusing me\

[latent pasture]

your "high power" profile is so shit that the low power battery mode is better

[brazen sinew]

but wtv gets the job done is what gets it done

[latent pasture]

you fix that instead of trying to get the low battery mode

XY problem

[brazen sinew]

im confused

why cant I js get that leaf symbol?

[sour storm]

alright im gonna buya new desk and you beter fly over here and help me drag it up the spiral staircase

[vale wing]

gtx 1650m my beloved

[sour storm]

i will not

oh convo changed

[brazen sinew]

ok how would I fix it

[sour storm]

sorry was jamming to music