tech-chat-1

[agile stag]

how does it look with the side panel

[empty quartz]

No

[agile stag]

ive been looking for a nice big case with 5.25 bays

[empty quartz]

Gpu only pulls at most 350W

[abstract wigeon]

worth it for the fun of building it

[empty quartz]

And thats when heavily overclocked

200W on average at stock

[frosty oriole]

My GPU pulling over 600W on air:

[empty quartz]

My old gpu needed custom watercooling more than my 6800

[agile stag]

also the audio quality on my thinkpad is really impressive wtf

[frosty oriole]

(It does struggle with that, though.)

[empty quartz]

Now try the audio on a macbook, and youll take back that statement

[agile stag]

i havent listened to too many laptops but its so much better than my frameworks headphone jack and it also beats my phone

[agile stag]

i do have a few i guess i gotta get around to it someday

i dunno id hope its good and all the apple fans are proud of it but ive never really gotten a chance to try them properly

[empty quartz]

Apple computers for a lonnngggg time have had some of the best integrated dacs

[agile stag]

hmm interesting

amps matter too though grr

[random gyro]

I feel like that pc is basically the avengers ship and will fly away

[empty quartz]

They have really good amps

[agile stag]

my phones kinda dac limited and my laptop doesnt have the worst dac but meh

[agile stag]

also do you have any personal suggestions

i have a few macs to choose from

[plush wren]

is the audio quality shit on spotify istg some of these sound tracks just sound muffled compared to others

[agile stag]

hhh that reminds me i gotta bring one back with firewire too when i go back to college i bought an interface there for like 8$

[empty quartz]

What you got?

[agile stag]

idk i use mostly soundcloud and tidal but theyve always been fine enough

[plush wren]

[agile stag]

most macbook like options from like 04-2019 but somewhere in the middle would really be preferable

maybe a unibody or a retina one idk

[empty quartz]

Go 2019

[agile stag]

hh fuck thats like the worst one i own

[empty quartz]

How

[agile stag]

can i pick any other one the screen and keyboard dont work and its wildly underpowered compared to even the 2015s

2019 air but i also have a 2016 pro

[empty quartz]

Use the 2016 pro then

[agile stag]

you know what nuh uh im picking a unibody and a retina

i dont know the experience sounds nice i hate those macs

[empty quartz]

Retina macbooks are great

[agile stag]

good audio cant redeem then i really should sell them grr,,

[empty quartz]

Keep the 2016 pro

They’re really good

Except for flexgate

[agile stag]

retina ones are solid and theyre so uh noticeable in movies too because macbook with no "macbook pro" text

[agile stag]

theyre fucked man

top like 10 worst laptops ever that ive touched

[empty quartz]

What makes the 2016 pro bad?

[agile stag]

the screen has issues / keyboard has issues / it refused to turn on and apple quoted us 800(i reseated the battery connector and fixed it)

and i KNOW it doesnt cool well enough

[empty quartz]

Then get a 2015 pro

[agile stag]

the touchbar is nice but it truly fails in ways that laptops shouldnt

[robust trail]

btw nvidia hit 4 trillion dollar market cap for a short time today. THat's bonkers.

[agile stag]

mmhm 2015 pro and maybe like a 2012 pro

[empty quartz]

Avoid 2011 and 2012

[agile stag]

i wonder if i have any 100% good newer 15 inch models probably not

[agile stag]

grr why is it the bad ram slots or something

[empty quartz]

Bad gpu for the 2011

[agile stag]

oh yeah meh ive owned a lotta laptops with bad gpus

[empty quartz]

And iirc 2012 is not retina

[agile stag]

mmhm 2012 unibody

[empty quartz]

Ew

If you want a unibody, get the 2010 17”

[agile stag]

if it works ill repaste it if it doesnt then womp womp next laptop/board

the 17s are wild but i already have my macs

i gotta sell them grr ill get around to it but i need to refurb them to make the most money

and then hopefully i can get nicer personal laptop

upgrade from my t410 to a t420,,,

itll be a pain though but thats why im running through my not apple stuff first

i hope the powerbook g3 market inflates,,

[zinc widget]

The problem with the pros of that era is mostly Intel making chips that were hot as shit, and Apple refusing to either

a. Make it thicker
b. Put a lower power Intel chip

[robust trail]

make it thiccc

[azure topaz]

apple just not putting a good cooling solution in them

[plush wren]

miau

[wet ember]

this is so funny. wanna know how i froze my pc?

so a virtual machine i'm running is installing windows. i drag my host download files into the recycle bin, but while doing that, it passed over the virtual machine window

[agile stag]

once i let an asus keyboard spread its drivers into my computer and afterwards it would not post unless it was the first boot after unplugging and otherwise it would not display anything or respond to anything(dead caps lock)

(this was after they asked me to restart my pc after i finished installing)

[trim gyro]

dang a 2tb flash drive

[plush wren]

thats a long usb

[agile stag]

stupid ass branding why did they say tube i bet it has nothing at all in common

if i was an angry manager from a movie i would fire the employee who brought that idea to me

[jaunty apex]

If someone showed me that packaging and it didn't have a nixie tube in it I would want a refund

[plush wren]

i feel like that'd be more inconvenient

[thorny saddle]

kind of sick - i wonder if it gets nuclear hot and throttles

[plush wren]

Stick SSD

up to 1000MB/s

what the helly

[thorny saddle]

I mailed it today 😦

[lethal bay]

surprised it sold

[thorny saddle]

bro

$250

[lethal bay]

didn’t say anything but I thought you were out of your mind when I saw the HWS post lmfao

[thorny saddle]

not even close man

i had like 10 people chompin at it - the dude who walked away with it took the mobo and ram along with cpu

[lethal bay]

They sell at or below $250 on EBay lmao

[thorny saddle]

I got $475 for mobo, ram, and CPU

[lethal bay]

I almost asked about the board ngl

[thorny saddle]

3070 Ti sold for $300

and 8000 CL40 expo 48GB kit I just asked $170 for and that went easy also

i have like 5 PSUs but they prob wont sell along with like 7 NVMe

will prob just hang on to nvme tho

[lethal bay]

If any of the PSUs are SFF I may hit you up in a few months

[thorny saddle]

nah all atx

[lethal bay]

Rip

[thorny saddle]

using my lil bitty sf1000

@lethal bay make you a deal on an asrock z890i itx board

OCN likes it for ram OC

[lethal bay]

brother I am like $500 into RPL rn 🙏🏼

[thorny saddle]

sell that junk

[lethal bay]

wait no like $700 technically

[trim gyro]

what's the capacity on the p41

[lethal bay]

will be refunding this POS board when my Mpower gets here

[thorny saddle]

2tb

[trim gyro]

hmm

[lethal bay]

ope my battery went below 15% that means my phone goes into slow motion mode (60hz)

[plush wren]

phone market is so mid

[azure topaz]

edge is here

[cyan latch]

Guess who upgraded their CPU from a R 7 3800X
https://i.imgur.com/bcxJFof.png

[lofty raft]

Linus ?

[buoyant bridge]

Is this a good way to prevent GPU sag

[lofty raft]

American way

[quaint mesa]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tXKFnp would this cooler be good enough?

[lofty raft]

Hmm, Freezer 36 or Peerless Assassin 120 SE would do better

[worthy niche]

I was gonna upgrade to AM5 with the sweet deal on the 9600x, but I was a few hours late and it sold out, do I go 7600x for 160 or wait for the 9600x and pay a good amount extra ~$40

[fringe prairie]

yeah

though tbh 9600x is a mid deal in usa

[quaint mesa]

what would be a better option then?

[fringe prairie]

14600k includes free 1tb mp44l

[lofty raft]

7500f do the same job for less

[worthy niche]

I wanna use integrated graphics for my second monitor tho. And it's more expensive

[fallen sky]

Aren’t there usually 4 same sized screws/bolts to hold the motherboard in the case?

I got 2 pairs of different ones

And nothing else

[worthy niche]

Are the standoffs the same size?

[fallen sky]

Yeah

[lofty raft]

Why not the GPU?

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/sealyx-naked-gun-the-naked-gun-facepalm-facepalm-meme-gif-11743768702765397589

[tidal geyser]

C'mon man you lose so much performance

[fallen sky]

Blud just educate me

I don’t know every single thing

Also I think I threw the manual out

[tidal geyser]

The screws and standoffs come from the case

[fallen sky]

time for a quick Google

[fallen sky]

Uh oh

oh shit

[tidal geyser]

The stuff that comes with the motherboard is the stuff you use with the motherboard

[fallen sky]

oh no

[tidal geyser]

A whopping 0.01%

[fallen sky]

Idk where I put them 😂

[worthy niche]

Bc why not, extra load even if it is a little bit. 9600x is considerably cheaper too

[tidal geyser]

Ok?

[fallen sky]

Tf you mean ok

Can’t do shit without knowing where I put them last

[tidal geyser]

So go search instead of being here

[fallen sky]

Am

[worthy niche]

I think

[tidal geyser]

It can reduces performance and efficiency using the igpu over just the GPU

[lofty raft]

How come? 7400f & 7500f should be cheaper

[fringe prairie]

7500f is usually cheapest not garbage am5 cpu

[lofty raft]

Amazon Prime Deals?

[tidal geyser]

And the 7600x is 180 with the 1TB mp44l

[fringe prairie]

they suck unless uk

[worthy niche]

Where? 9600x is 156 on amazon

[lofty raft]

DE

[fringe prairie]

? no

where are you seeing that

[worthy niche]

Also it's nice to have integrated graphics for troubleshooting

[worthy niche]

Also in US the 9600x is same price as your 7500f

[tidal geyser]

I thought this was US

[lofty raft]

That's sick

[tidal geyser]

Ofc it is but like some basic ass GPU is like 5$ off FBM or something

[worthy niche]

9600x is 156 USD

[fringe prairie]

the $180 one isn't sold by newegg
that deal only applies to sold by newegg (so $205)

[tidal geyser]

I swear it was 180

[fringe prairie]

yes shipped and sold by platinum micro

that doesn't include the free ssd

the $205 one sold by newegg does

[tidal geyser]

O well

[swift moss]

I stg I see this graph all the time just with different labels 😭😭

Subtract this from 1 😭😭 fym we doing math now

[fallen sky]

Bro UPS 💀

Holy fuck

[fallen sky]

Even the paper receipt in the box is wrinkled

But my king is perfectly fine

[lofty raft]

Asus mobo

[fallen sky]

What about it 💔

Not doing anything heavy over clocking wise

[lofty raft]

Which one?

[fallen sky]

B650 plus

Normal run of the mill board

[lofty raft]

Again for non natives

[fallen sky]

r/ELI5 please

[worthy niche]

What's it called when you receive a distributor package of a lot of what you ordered in bulk?

[fallen sky]

uhhhhhhh

[worthy niche]

I can't remember lol

Didn't happen to me unfortunately, but I'm tryna figure it out 😭

[compact spear]

got my whole eGPU setup for $160 :)

[worthy niche]

Nice

[worthy niche]

It's called a master carton, but I can't find any examples even tho I've seen pics of it on the pcmr subreddit

[lofty raft]

Lucky day

[worthy niche]

FR, I knew I've seen posts about this happening to people with SSDs and other stuff but I can't find those posts for the life of me

[lofty raft]

What is it?

Pampers ?

I think it's called unsolicited service

[fallen sky]

Alright wtf

Only the bridges that say am4 fit on the spacers

I guess I still use them then

oh of course it’s all clear when u look at the manual

The thermal paste I got with the cooler is too stiff 🫤

[hard bison]

Are Intel cpus still screwed(something about a microcode ) or are the new ones fixed?

[fathom zephyr]

Before I start this, does anyone think it would be a big problem to use my motherboard box as a test bench?

[small ibex]

why would it be a problem? are you testing dozen of thing on it?

[fathom zephyr]

idk my case hasn’t showed up yet and I just wanted to do my due diligence before I possibly blow something up or something stupid

or like some weird thermal thing

[small ibex]

unless you have a ssd on the back and your pc is well-cool probably don't have any problem short term

[fathom zephyr]

bet, so wait for my case to play warzone

[small ibex]

the thing about cardboard box is stuff you wouldn't think it happens, happen

[fathom zephyr]

Maybe I’ll just put some aluminum foil under it to make sure it’s grounded

[small ibex]

bruh, you probably have higher chance to short that thing

[fathom zephyr]

na it will be fine trust

It smells good too

||im joking||

[small ibex]

idk much about electronic but, isn't your psu already make that thing grounded? once you plug it in?

[fathom zephyr]

enough yes, aluminum foil would instantly fry it

[eternal vector]

Yo

[small ibex]

the worse thing i can think of is you gonna knock the whole thing on the ground, the cardboard will slip off the table and the motherboard will slip off the cardboard

[eternal vector]

That looks precarious as hell

Giving a real “broken pins” vibes in your future with that pic

[vestal sonnet]

hi

[eternal vector]

Hi

[vestal sonnet]

I’m new here but love the channel

[thorn pewter]

hai

wait mariam ya own a 3ds too?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1356765177298817105/1392592079774941184/EVIL_FUCKED_UP_BUNNY.webp

[vestal sonnet]

yes I do

[rotund hinge]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Cg382x guys is this a good us$2k build

[vestal sonnet]

also pls don’t ping me unless absolutely necessary also ping replies count

[thorn pewter]

oh alr thats cool

[vestal sonnet]

yeah unfortunately people don’t get the message or read at all

[thorn pewter]

yeah pings can be somewhat annoying

[vestal sonnet]

it fucking is

[plain cypress]

The temptation to ping is real

[vestal sonnet]

grrr

[thorn pewter]

I personally don't mind it too much but that's just my personal preference

[vestal sonnet]

I’ll do something horrible if you do that

[thorn pewter]

like what

[vestal sonnet]

gets a rubber knife

like this<

[lofty raft]

Ping @ everyone 🫣

[vestal sonnet]

stabs water

nyeah

that’s just a teaser

[thorn pewter]

this is just cringe.

[vestal sonnet]

sorry

[thorn pewter]

please refrain from doing that ever again

[vestal sonnet]

don’t ping me then

[thorn pewter]

ok

[vestal sonnet]

grrr

[south arrow]

[robust trail]

🔥 wooo fully loaded. Not the greatest UniFi stack but it cleaned up my shit

[south arrow]

How is water?

[vestal sonnet]

anyways I’m also part of a mlp fandom too

[thorn pewter]

haii worm

hru

am doin fine

[south arrow]

Doing good but super tired glad the days ending

[lofty raft]

It's 4 am bro

[eternal vector]

Can anyone tell me who the hell V-Moda is and why I’ve never heard of this brand

[south arrow]

7pm gotta get the babies laid down

[vestal sonnet]

hope their ok worm

[worn tinsel]

sometimes i forget that not everybody has 240v 13A power

and that's sad

[lofty raft]

13A ?

[south arrow]

Well ofc just gotta give milk and such just little so need lots of attentions

[worn tinsel]

13 amps / socket

[thorn pewter]

thats good lmao, how was the kids🙏

[lofty raft]

Isn't 16A a standard?

[thorn pewter]

my little ponny?

[south arrow]

Both the girls are laying down with a movie and my boys are watching movies with momma bear and I so happy lil beans

[worn tinsel]

yes but i have 13A fuses, i think i can get 16A fuses but i'm too lazy

[vestal sonnet]

yes

I love the show and joined the fandom after a hiatus

[worn tinsel]

the main circuit for my room has about 40A from the breaker which is nuts

that's just for sockets and i only have 2

so i've got the wiggle room i just don't need 3000 watts of power per plug

let alone even more than that

[thorn pewter]

i sorta have one issue with that, its not rlly one depending one the age but quite franlky how old are ya

[lofty raft]

That is almost 10kW

[south arrow]

Older then dust

👴

[lofty raft]

Me old

[thorn pewter]

mb worm this is spouse to be a q for the no pings dude lol

[south arrow]

Just keks

[vestal sonnet]

lmao I’m 37

[lofty raft]

I was 14 as Doom came out

[vestal sonnet]

so I’m old but ain’t stopping me from liking my shit

[worn tinsel]

yeah it's a lot that's per practically per room aswell it's interesting and the lighting for each floor is on it's own breaker

[thorn pewter]

ye

[worn tinsel]

i think there was supposed to be 3 plugs per room but that never happened so i get the extra potential if needed although i presume the cable would probably melt so i wouldn't try and push too much through it haha

it's probably fine but i'm not testing it hahaha

[thorn pewter]

i should get to playing on my wii u soon, summer classes are starting

[vestal sonnet]

isn’t the wiiu have a hard drive failure or something

[thorn pewter]

wa?

[vestal sonnet]

i heard people’s wii u’s were bricking or something

[thorn pewter]

mines is the 32 gig version with emmc storage not hdds, and the falures and bricks are by people bakc then int he early stages of wii u modding when nintendo was doing allat, but now its somewhat hard to brick ur wii u

[vestal sonnet]

ahh ok that’s neat that they fixed the damn thing

[thorn pewter]

yeah its been fixed for like years now but hey its something lol

[vestal sonnet]

that’s nice

[south arrow]

Softmod and backing up those old storages is best yiss

[storm seal]

hey is there like a chat to talk about laptops?

[vestal sonnet]

yep I wonder about whether I should get a wiiu in japan since I’m going there for the world expo

also wondering on getting a new 3ds/new2dsxl/new3dsxl in japan as well

[muted wadi]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xXdFLc
should i throw an aio on this or air cooler? which? also is this a good build for $1100
thanks

[thorn pewter]

yeah i mena you can, if its that much cheaper than a pal/us THEN YEAH

this goes for both the 3ds line up and wii u

[vestal sonnet]

is it easier to mod though

[thorn pewter]

wym?

[vestal sonnet]

I wanna change the region of said systems to english

so that way I can use it without using google translate

[thorn pewter]

tbh i would get a japanese 3ds lineup and a us/pal wii u for convince

yeha you can

[vestal sonnet]

ahh how nice

I’m also looking to get a capture card for the 3ds stuff so that I can use it for streaming tbh

[serene pumice]

Yeah, wtf?
Sweden has like -5% on 1 electric tooth brush
While UK Amazon have -65% lolz

[thorn pewter]

HAIII

[vestal sonnet]

why do people want an electric toothbrush?

I never understood the appeal

[serene pumice]

[red shoal]

Better and more effective

[thorn pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/rei-ayanami-fly-me-to-the-moon-fly-me-to-gif-6694457987918782980

[vestal sonnet]

I guess that’s fair

[worn tinsel]

an air cooler would be fine something like a peerless assassin they're cheap and really good but if you've got extra money you could throw an AIO on it, it wouldn't hurt it, if you're planning on overclocking it then i'd probably throw an AIO but then again i have this processor, i have it overclocked and i also have a peerless assassin and it runs fine

TLDR: air cooler is fine and will work, AIO is better but also not needed

[vestal sonnet]

don’t you need to worry about battery though

[serene pumice]

I assume it's much quicker.
I still brush for 20 minutes anyway,

[vestal sonnet]

that’s just another battery that needs replacing

[quaint mesa]

what is mp44l?

[red shoal]

That's true, but you can replace them

[vestal sonnet]

don’t they have rechargable ones now?

also as a guy I dislike that liking cute things makes people dislike you

[serene pumice]

My Oral-B top of the line duo pack I bought 2012 charge don't last 1 brushing now

[vestal sonnet]

wow that sucks ass

[serene pumice]

time to replace

io3 seems like the obvious choice btw

The best motor/cleaning efficiency, with no +300$ upcharge for added bluetooth & screen

[vestal sonnet]

is there a good enough one that isn’t expensive as I live in the philippines

[serene pumice]

70€ or the likes

[vestal sonnet]

didn’t even know toothbrushes had screens now

did I miss the last toothbrush convention or something 😛

[red shoal]

They do

[quaint mesa]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KNnGgn would this be a good build? or is there better options for the price

[vestal sonnet]

kinda weird to think that they actually have an annual toothbrush convention

[serene pumice]

My 2012 oral-b even had screens & +remote device for monitoring the Brushing

[vestal sonnet]

what does that even do tbh?

[fringe prairie]

ssd

[serene pumice]

show charging level

[lofty raft]

150 for PSU? Hell nah. Get GF1 850 for 80 bucks

[serene pumice]

remote device showed happy face after 2 min, really happy face after 3 min

[quaint mesa]

@fringe prairie what do you think abt this build? someone said this build would be better

[serene pumice]

kek

[fringe prairie]

pretty awful ngl
#1392658826804859001 message

check this one out, you can select tomahawk wifi if you want black

cheaper with way way way beeter gpu

[worn tinsel]

i swear, in 10 years time when i'm in my own house i'll need to setup a massive subnet / VLAN for these stupid IoT devices because i'm the type of person that likes smart things but hates the fact that everything is smart my smart washing machine lets me turn it on and off / check how long is remaining over the internet, i never use that feature but i got it because it has it

gonna have a subnet /22 for just IOT

[vestal sonnet]

lol

[red shoal]

And guys, good deal or not? https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00134009

[quaint mesa]

compatability issue on pc part picker cpu socket

[serene pumice]

io2 & io3 dont have Screens, but io2 got worse motor. io3 got the same motor as io4-10, but less failure points(no screen or bluetooth) obvious choice

[worn tinsel]

possibility for 1024 IoT devices, idk if that'll be enough haha

[storm seal]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-victus-15-6-144hz-full-hd-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-7445hs-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4050-512gb-ssd-mica-silver/6623881.p?skuId=6623881&irclickid=zxAVy41YbxycR3LVCszIYTVRUksSgP10Ey7gTk0&irgwc=1&ref=198&loc=Vox Media&acampID=0&mpid=482924&affgroup="Content"%2C"Howl Migrated Partners"%2C"May Contract Change"%2C"Partners to Keep"%2C"Temp 0%25"

is this a decent laptop?

[vestal sonnet]

yikes also no pings pls

[south arrow]

4050/10, itll do

[serene pumice]

Hehe, never even tried to connect or scan the qr code on my LG washing machine

[south arrow]

16gb ram is kinda rough

[vestal sonnet]

hmm

[lofty raft]

AIO will fit only at the front

[worn tinsel]

haha, i did but i added it's mac address with a reserved IP to my network and threw it in it's own Isolated VLAN so when it connected via it's reserved DHCP ip it was automatically in it's own VLAN

and for some reason the first thing it did according to my logs was send an ICMP packet out to the broadcast address of it's subnet

[rotund hinge]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BT982x

[worn tinsel]

which i thought was particularly weird but it's in it's own isolated VLAN + Subnet so idrc

[sinful cobalt]

1: Phantom spirit evo air cooler over that AIO
2: Dont get a X870 mobo

[lofty raft]

mATX mobo in ATX case ?

[rotund hinge]

its cheaper than its atx counterpart

left room for a gpu upgrade

[lofty raft]

9070 is a little heavy for 9600x

[quaint mesa]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kT7CWc i changed the build a bit hows this?

[rotund hinge]

ok fr

whats ya budget

[quaint mesa]

1300

[rotund hinge]

got it

[sinful cobalt]

?

[rotund hinge]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gBtWv4

[rotund hinge]

bottlenecks are completely acceptable unless it debilitates the system

[quaint mesa]

theres no ssd?

[rotund hinge]

yours had one for 0 so i assumed you alr had one

[quaint mesa]

no the 14600 comes with free ssd

[rotund hinge]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vhL774 comes out to 1400 but it's better overall

[quaint mesa]

is there a cheaper option for the gpu without bottlenecking the cpu?

[rotund hinge]

i could drop to a non-xt

but id js wait til you get the extra 100

and bottlenecks mean nothing until you start to get past 5 years of difference

[ebon prawn]

Im in love

[lofty raft]

What the hell is with airflow bro?

[agile stag]

some guy was selling laptops with 6th gen i5s on marketplace for 180 so i told him id sell him mine with 5th gen i5s for like 70-90 a piece

i hope he suffers,,,,,

[ebon prawn]

huh?

well u need positive pressure

and my rad has to be at top so this was the best way lol

[agile stag]

you dont need positive pressure

hh i should run a pc with all exhaust fans someday for a few months to see what happens

if only i had a way to effectively use two pcs.....

oh wait ill just ruin a theoretical guest pc this will ball

[lofty raft]

There's no pressure in case

Not even 0,1bar

Outtake is more important than intake

[ebon prawn]

Its better

[ebon prawn]

Well

Technically

[agile stag]

i know

[fringe prairie]

needs bios update

thats the issue

[agile stag]

do you guys think 5w 5v is enough to power a theoretical 510 thread device such as a flashlight or something of the sort

[sleek ibex]

[lofty raft]

5W at 5V might be sufficient for a theoretical 510 thread flashlight, but it would depend on the specific power requirements of the LED and the desired brightness

[sleek ibex]

People really, really, reeeaallly overthink on the whole positive/negative pressure stuff

[lofty raft]

I accidentally forgot to plug in my 3 intake fans at the front. What's left was 3 outtake fans. My temps on CPU and GPU were only around 1⁰ to 2⁰ higher

[ebon prawn]

I mean for dust wise

I love rgb

[azure stone]

Why does coding have to be such a difficult thing to get into? 😭

[lofty raft]

Ask GPT 🤷🏿‍♂️

[fallen sky]

Uhhhhhhhh

Is this fine??????

Heatsink is not moving anywhere

[sleek ibex]

Is that the new 5000D Frame?

[fallen sky]

And it’s right on the cpu

[ebon prawn]

Nah 4000d

[sleek ibex]

Ah okay it is my bad

Yeah I saw that there's Two front As

[fallen sky]

I think it should be ok

[golden sage]

What

4 sticks?!

[sleek ibex]

Oh derp the 5000D Frame isn't even out yet

[azure stone]

GPT can only do so much, especially when you casn ask it to give you the same code 10 times and get different results

[ebon prawn]

Yeah its close

[azure stone]

Also, there's no point trying to learn if I'm just gonna have GPT bail me out

[random gyro]

I wanna get a new PC Case. I found one that comes with 5 3pin Case Fans. Does that mean each of them has a 3 Pin cable? I think i only have 1 3pin left on my mainboard

[latent pasture]

that depends on that specific product
some have individual some have chained

[lofty raft]

Daisy chain Bro, daisy chain

[agile stag]

i made ts are you guys proud

[agile stag]

just buy a fan hub if you touch pc insides enough in your life youll want one someday

theyre like 10$ and sata powered they grab a signal and spit it out like 6 times

[latent pasture]

or just look up the case spec sheet before buying

[agile stag]

or get a fan hub

if theres a case/mobo i like im using it hh

if you buy by box though maybe it doesnt apply

[random gyro]

Oh actually there is a hub installed in this one. I Had to watch another Website for this to be shown. Seems Like i only need 1 4pin for the Hub to Plug into the Mainboard. And i actually have 1 4pin free so, thats nice

[agile stag]

hell yeah thats good

[fallen sky]

I might be in a predicament

The rgb header is on the other side of where the cable belonging to the header is

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[lofty raft]

Skill issue 😂

[fallen sky]

Wait a damn minute

What do I even do

[lofty raft]

RAM clearance average problems

[tawdry spindle]

woah is that a desktop

[fallen sky]

Is that fr the issue

[lofty raft]

What's that?

[fallen sky]

Don’t mind the screw

[lofty raft]

Use does

[hollow creek]

well coding itself is not that difficult. learning how to apply them is

especially OOP's

[fallen sky]

I mean…. There ARE 3 pins… and there ARE 3 holes…

modern problems require modern solutions

[azure stone]

Partt of the problem is that I'm hamfisting it because if I don't do it now, I'll fizzle and lose interest.

[fallen sky]

not working twin

[vestal sonnet]

did anyone here watch fairly oddparents a new wish?

[lofty raft]

Twin?

[fallen sky]

Dude*

[prisma adder]

Yes it's over

[vestal sonnet]

they might get a season2

[prisma adder]

I'm pretty sure it was confirmed to be canceled they didn't green light a season 2 only a one

[vestal sonnet]

aww that fucking sucks ass

why nick why

[teal sphinx]

hmm

I was gonna buy those spring latch style cooler for my amd build

[sleek ibex]

[teal sphinx]

but i read too much horror about removing the cpu cooler and damaging the cpu and mobo, now i am not sure anymore

maybe i should just spend more and get the Phanteks Polar S4

[spring latch]

I accidentally left my 2 AIs chatting with eachother for too long...

[robust trail]

Vibe code @azure stone . Is the proper way to create applications. If an AI coding assistant can build your application faster and with less mistakes - use it.

Writing code is on the way out. Reading code, logical reasoning and understanding workflows is the key these days.

Can anyone sit down and code with AI? Yes and no. It still requires a hefty amount of understanding. Unless you want simple things… like an application that automates converting file types.

[fallen sky]

https://youtu.be/DC-Xn2C_L1U?si=OT8c1mEKPiSccGMN

im stuck at 12:50

there is NOT a header to plug the female end into

There are 2 of these but they don’t fit either

[quaint jacinth]

Do y'all use winget or ninite for automated app installs?

[vestal sonnet]

winget?

[fallen sky]

oh easily ninite

I forgot I bent the pin on the right one

[vestal sonnet]

rip

[fallen sky]

Can I just leave this cable

[inner veldt]

It was mine before

That happened after one time applying paste

[solid crown]

just bend it back

[zinc widget]

Finally ordered overkill server

I’m gonna run so much random shit on it lol

[normal maple]

Do you guys recommend an expensive gaming laptop, or a separate daily driver laptop and desktop gaming PC?

[zinc widget]

The second one

Particularly a MacBook Air for the laptop lol

Literally every family member who tells me to find them a laptop don’t care about price I just give them a MacBook Air with 16gb of ram and 512gb of storage and they’re happy.

[normal maple]

I'm trying to pick a new laptop, and I know I need a new gaming PC, so trying to see what is the best option. Thanks for letting me know a gaming laptop isn't worth it. I was leaning owards a separate gaming desktop, but wasn't sure.

[vapid ibex]

Need help PLEASE, I have been trouble shooting this issue for 10 hours with no solution, I recently switched from an rtx 3050 to an AMD 9060xt, I am using the same setup and everything, graphics card works great , here comes the issue .

1. Amd hd audio isn't being displayed on device manager which I need to use my headphones connected to my monitor, I tried reinstalling windows 3 times via usb flash, ddu , amd wipe driver tool and everything else, a hint I found is something called high definition audio bus which has a yellow warning, when I click on sort by driver on it I can see something labeled oem4.amd something which is the AMD high definition audio.
   When I try to install it then it says an already better version is installed which it isn't, I specifically disabled my onboard audio to try and fix this but I have no luck so far, I haven't been able to play a SINGLE game since I got this GPU because I have been troubleshooting this issue, if someone can provide help that would be helpful

[zinc widget]

My whole family has Apple’s entire MacBook lineup lol

Me-space black M4 pro 14 inch MBP
Mother- silver M2 pro 16 inch MBP(couldn’t wait for 15 inch air because she’s impatient)
Father- blue M4 15 inch MB air
Brother- space gray M3 13 inch MB air

[zinc widget]

What’s your budget on the laptop

[normal maple]

I think I would stick to windows. I'm switching from my surface pro for my laptop. I would switch to the newest surface pro, but it uses ARM and wouldn't work with the programs I need for work and school.

[zinc widget]

What programs? I was gonna suggest you one of those lol

[normal maple]

MATLAB. Apparently it doesn't run well on windows ARM.

[zinc widget]

You’d be shocked how well compatibility is

[normal maple]

I do computational physics.

[zinc widget]

Huh…works better than on my Windows desktop on my MBP lol

I was an EE major I used Matlab a decent bit

[normal maple]

I'm saying ARM vs x64. The previous surface pro used an x64 processor. The newest one uses ARM

[zinc widget]

@normal maple what’s your price range

[fallen sky]

What can I use for GPU sag?

[normal maple]

No hard limit. I just don't want to waste money. Now that I know I will probably do a separate gaming desktop, probably 1500 for the laptop max. I really like 2 in 1 laptops.

Was looking at the Lenovo yoga

[zinc widget]

See if you are doing computational physics wouldn’t you want to remote into a pc with a gpu?

Or is it not that intensive?

[normal maple]

It depends. If something is really demanding I would probably use one of our computational clusters.

I want to be able to troubleshoot code locally tho.

[ocean iris]

can i get help on soemthing guys

[zinc widget]

lol I did some research and basically everyone is just trying to get Matlab to get off their ass and make a Windows ARM version

[ocean iris]

I posted something on the tech support channel

pls

[wispy notch]

After 2025-07 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5062553), all USB peripherals (including mouse and keyboard) stopped working once the PC reaches the Windows login screen(including safe mode). A system restore fixed it. So, before the update, make a restore point.

[normal maple]

So I don't have to futz around with remote computing all the time. Maybe I should ask my advisor if he thinks a beefy laptop would be useful.

[glacial laurel]

Can I ask for opinions on a mini pc here? I am looking at a dell wyse 5070 for $90 mostly wanna buy it to emulate windows xp programs for work

[vale depot]

Hi yall, im on a gaming laptop that runs temps over 95°c while gaming and ~75°c while idle. Im hoping to get a cooling fan off amazon to help reduce it. Any suggestions?
Its an asus rog zephyrus

[zinc widget]

U like 13-14 inch laptops or 15-16?

[fallen sky]

How the FUCK am I supposed to get to the GPU notch with this small of a gap

[normal maple]

Tricky. I like wide screens, but I also like it light for my backpack.

[wispy notch]

Before buying a cooling fan, change the thermal paste and clean the heatsink and fan by a professional (if you don't know how to do it).
That should fix your heating issue; if not, then get a cooling fan.

[normal maple]

I think how thick the laptop is probably matters more than how wide it is

[vale depot]

Yeah i dont know how to do that and im not really sure if there are places around i can trust to open up my laptop

[wispy notch]

Use a screwdriver or something like that, but be careful not to damage the motherboard.

[vale depot]

I guess its time to deep search places around me that do tech stuff

[fallen sky]

Ain’t no screwdriver fitting in there 😭✌️

It’s like 1/3 of an inch

And I don’t have any loooong screwdrivers

[wispy notch]

try with a pencill

[wispy notch]

yeh, or you can visit the service center

[fallen sky]

Too thick

[zinc widget]

Found this. I’ve deployed the 14 inch Intel model for a business and it works great. https://www.bestbuy.com/product/asus-zenbook-s-16-16-3k-oled-touch-screen-laptop-copilot-pc-amd-ryzen-ai-9-365-24gb-memory-1tb-ssd-scandinavian-white/6584435?sb_share_source=PDP

[wispy notch]

knife?

[normal maple]

Just to let you know. 1500 was more of an upper limit rather than a goal. If you think this has features that I would benefit from, I'm willing to drop that money.

[fallen sky]

I’m gonna end up stabbing my board

[zinc widget]

Oh well the 14 inch Intel one I’ve deployed is on sale too https://www.bestbuy.com/product/asus-zenbook-s-14-14-3k-oled-touch-laptop-copilot-pc-intel-core-ultra-7-16gb-memory-1tb-ssd-zumaia-gray/6595522?sb_share_source=PDP

[wispy notch]

Then live it for professional.

[normal maple]

Btw, I hate how all these laptop manufacturers are marketing all this AI BS. It agrivates me.

[ruby parrot]

yall know of any good laptops rn? im looking for something for coding mainly because i dont game. i was thinking of getting a snapdragon x laptop because there w but im not sure how linux support on that is (i was looking at a lenovo ideapad 5x)

[zinc widget]

I mean they do have hardware ai acceleration. Honestly I’m really in love with this HP for the price (it’s on sale for Prime Week) . It also is a 2-in-1

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/hp-omnibook-x-flip-2-in-1-copilot-pc-14-2k-touch-screen-laptop-amd-ryzen-ai-7-24gb-memory-1tb-ssd-meteor-silver/6613860?sb_share_source=PDP

Damn it’s even got Thunderbolt if you wanted to use an EGPU @normal maple

[normal maple]

Thanks for the suggestions. I do think I should probably ask my research advisor if a powerfull laptop would be advisable. I don't think I need it, but you made good points. I will heavily consider that laptop.

[zinc widget]

Also damn AmazonBasics

https://a.co/d/b6KJ85i

All it’s missing is a second display out and this thing would murder every other Thunderbolt hub and it’s only $130

[inner veldt]

Should I worry about last pin on right?

[zinc widget]

Does it work?

[ruby parrot]

i wouldnt worry it should be fine as long as it works

[inner veldt]

Yes

[zinc widget]

Then it’s fine

[idle vessel]

Yes

fire hazard

get it repaired

[peak knot]

no its not a fire hazard

[ivory mountain]

Some people don’t need to speak

[empty quartz]

Mrrp meow… mrrp purrr :3
(Translation: omw to crash a car)

[idle vessel]

i was spreading misinformation

Open your eyes and see

[ivory mountain]

Keep doing it

[peak knot]

yeah, we dont do that here

[idle vessel]

YOU don’t do that here…

[ivory mountain]

Either do that or rage bait

[ivory mountain]

Haiii ace

[empty quartz]

Mrrp

[peak knot]

You wont last long here then as people wont take anything you say seriously and people will stop responding to you

[ivory mountain]

We just had this nasty ass storm and my power or internet didn’t go out but it goes out when it’s sunny

[peak knot]

oof

[empty quartz]

L

[idle vessel]

techchat1 will never be my home

[ivory mountain]

7pm btw 😭

[peak knot]

it wasnt even ragebait, you threw the whole rod in with it

[ivory mountain]

Ragebaiting is much more effective than misinformation. Especially if you do it in the tech support channels

[idle vessel]

pretend the caption isn’t there and it is just the cat

[idle vessel]

i did that and they sent 3 people to spam my discord server with chinese

[charred kiln]

mOdS doEs tHaT cOuNT aS SHiTpoStiNg?

[high acorn]

Guys why are we talking at 3am

[ruby parrot]

mrew :3

[peak knot]

timezones exist and its not 3am for most people

[high acorn]

I know that but for some people like me it’s 3am

[charred kiln]

It's 9 am for me

[ruby parrot]

its 3am for me too

[charred kiln]

But did you think that not all people are like you?

[high acorn]

Exactly see it’s 3am for some people

[high acorn]

Yeah I knew some people it would be 3am but not a lot

I just got on here cause I’m watching the last season of a 15 hour movie put into 1 hour chunks

Tryihn to stay up to finish it

[swift kestrel]

fine ill do it

ill miss windows 10

[simple dagger]

Tbh you can customize the heck out of it and make it as similar as you can to Windows 10 or 7. It’s windows. Not MacOS. So do whatever you want lol

My install is different from Stock windows 11 because of all the customizations

[swift kestrel]

well its just that windows 10 felt so snappy and fast

windows 11 only feels like its slower cuz of the fancy animations like opening and closing apps

not that my specs are causing that it just feels slower to me when its probably not

and turning off animations is uglier than the ease in animations

[simple dagger]

I made registry tweaks to make it feel snappy xD

By not turning off animations

[rigid ether]

The monitor arrived

[swift kestrel]

ye im gonna be using a software called "swills" like i use on windows 10 this time to see if it can do that

[simple dagger]

I have a kind of Windows Aero look on my Windows 11 atm

[charred kiln]

you know, I think that in ur case a new desk is more important than a 700$ QD OLED

[simple dagger]

Frosted glass since 2024

[swift kestrel]

ye i honsetly love the look of windows 7, like all the glass and glossy looks

[rigid ether]

I like the camping table

Good vibes

[swift kestrel]

used to use it back in primary school and when they updated all the pcs in 2016 to windows 10 everything just looks so plain

[simple dagger]

I remember that too

First time using Windows 10 like wth is this

[swift kestrel]

not saying windows 10 looks ugly, it looks good in it's own modern way

i like the sharp edges of stuff

[simple dagger]

I’ve always prefered the look of Vista and 7 personally

Never really liked Windows 10. i even liked XP more

The look of it i mean

[swift kestrel]

xp had more i guess like personality if that makes sense

like fun looking

[simple dagger]

Yeah

[swift kestrel]

i barely used windows xp

[simple dagger]

Wondering how Windows 12’s gonna be in a few years

[swift kestrel]

i only ever had it on my dads pc in like 2012 - 2013 until that pc got infected by viruses so we where forced to buy a new pc

[simple dagger]

oof

[swift kestrel]

i wont be surprised if it does what apple is doing with liquid glass

[simple dagger]

I personally would not like that

[swift kestrel]

yeah

[simple dagger]

Mainly cause Apple’s version of glass is too powerful

[swift kestrel]

it looks too

glassy lmao

[simple dagger]

I have an iPad Air that has iOS 26

[swift kestrel]

ok my windows 11 install finished time to upgrade and say goodbye to windows 10

[simple dagger]

It’s not as nice to use as Windows Aero

[simple dagger]

Gl

[swift kestrel]

aah

[simple dagger]

You’ll still prob have to update windows 11 cause i doubt all updates are included lol

[junior valve]

desk aint allat bro

[simple dagger]

Just get one of those ikea planks and plonk it onto two drawer thingies

[swift kestrel]

Going great already

[rigid ether]

Its going to block my path to my sofa

[simple dagger]

Lmao

[simple dagger]

Wait is your setup in the living room?

[rigid ether]

Yes

[simple dagger]

Oh ok

I was thinking bedroom xD

Windows decided to un-Windows itself

[swift kestrel]

What have I done

Oh no its infinitely loading on my monitor

I might have just bricked it

[rigid ether]

I only have ethernet in my living room

[simple dagger]

If it doesn’t load for 3 more min, try restarting. Tho before you do that, do you have a laptop? @swift kestrel

[swift kestrel]

Oh it finished loading

[simple dagger]

Nice

[swift kestrel]

Yes, the boot logo was not supposed to go onto the monitor

Wow it really doesn't want to upgrade to w11

[simple dagger]

It’s windows 10 now?

[swift kestrel]

Yep

[simple dagger]

Congratulations! You have finished the Windows 11 experience

[swift kestrel]

Maybe I'll try again

[simple dagger]

Btw

[swift kestrel]

If not im stuck on Windows 10

[simple dagger]

Don’t you have Windows 11 available in Windows update?

Most people should be able to find it in there i think

[swift kestrel]

I may have declined it when it begged to upgrade a couple months ago

[simple dagger]

Check optional updates

[fast marsh]

Is it worth upgrading a gaming laptop from 16 to 32 Gb of ram? Current Specs R7 7435HS, 16GB DDR 5, RTX 4060

[swift kestrel]

Its just driver updates

[simple dagger]

Ooferz

[swift kestrel]

Which I'm not installing because they are from 2019

[rigid ether]

32 gb is def beneficial

[latent pasture]

i mean, r u running out

[simple dagger]

Well then idk. You could also try doing the flash drive method i guess?

[swift kestrel]

Ill do that after I retry it

This time ill connect it with wired internet

[simple dagger]

Anyways gtg work

[rigid ether]

Are AMD motherboards known for bad qc? The wifi and bt function on my asus motherboard died in 2 days

[fast marsh]

Any good pairings with that CPU? I have no experience with AMD.

[rigid ether]

Do u run out of ram during ur gaming sessions

[fast marsh]

No idea

[rigid ether]

Go to task manager

And go into a game

[fast marsh]

It says Spider solitaire is using about 220mb of ram.

[rigid ether]

Is that the game u mainly play, and whats the total ram usage in ur laptop

[ebon marlin]

32gb is needed for newer games

[rigid ether]

https://tenor.com/view/chevy-truck-meme-gif-25339982

[ebon marlin]

Also even for some older large scale Unity games

Few examples like Escape From Tarkov and Rust

[charred kiln]

oh they got the cursed ryzen

[ebon marlin]

What's cursed about it

Is it gay?

[charred kiln]

it doesn't have an iGPU and its a laptop processor

[ebon marlin]

Yeah that CPU was mainly meant for gaming laptops

You don't see it anywhere else other than in gaming laptops

But still sucks it doesn't have an igpu so that means battery life will suck

[swift moss]

@peak knot purest 5v on planet earth

[limpid ivy]

And when that gpu decides to die not gonna be fun.

[swift moss]

ngl the ltt colorshift name is so mid 😭

[teal sphinx]

i totally didn't just watched a whole video and not realised it was ai generated audio until i read the description. It's so mind blowing

I legit can't tell it's ai generated audio. It really doesn't sound weird at all. It sound more human than some human.

[agile topaz]

I never realized how much I hate the human eye until I realized the slight fisheye makes things look ever so slightly bent at a distance

[teal sphinx]

huh

I just listened to the sound of the person that the ai model is trained on. and to be fair it's quite different, the way they speak are really different. It's the same voice but different, but I wouldn't have known that it was ai generated voice over if it was never credited.

[agile topaz]

Could just be me

I have to look at things I dont want to be bent every 5 seconds because I swear to god they look bent if Im not head on with them

[teal sphinx]

wha

that doesn't sound normal to me at all. how

[limpid ivy]

Barely notice it lol

Damn the L key on my keyboard did not want to work. The amount of troubleshooting I have done to get this board to cooperate with me since I got it today is more then I expected but I think it is done throwing a fit.

[teal sphinx]

tried swapping the switches?

[peak knot]

I disagree but I have a dc voltage calibrator

[rigid ether]

Are AMD motherboards known for bad qc? The wifi and bt function on my asus motherboard died in 2 days

[swift moss]

lol

[teal sphinx]

i mean no

[limpid ivy]

nah it was just the plate mount not allowing the switch to contact the pcb

[gloomy sleet]

do i want to know what the context is here

[agile topaz]

Yes, things in the corner of my eye look slightly warped

[gloomy sleet]

oh

[teal sphinx]

i don't understand tho

[limpid ivy]

When the board arrived the rubber gasket that holds the plate to the pcb decided to wiggle out of place on the bottom left corner so all the switches in that area didn't make any contact, that was easily fixed.

[gloomy sleet]

dang your blind

[agile topaz]

So if Im looking at something like a gpu for instance, and its not head on with me, it looks like its slightly bent upwards

[peak knot]

I set voltage to whatever I want an I measure it and it’s variance is in the realm of nanovolts of drift

[agile topaz]

Thats just my bad drawing skills, its very subtle

[teal sphinx]

that really doesn't sound normal at all

[agile topaz]

Just noticeable enough to be annoying

[gloomy sleet]

get this man in precision machinery

[agile topaz]

I would fuckin cry

[gloomy sleet]

better yet hang up pictures but only use the left and right quarters of your eye to balance them

[agile topaz]

No but I could do it, but not using the outsides of my peripheral vision

I actually have better than average clarity, but Im so bad at being confident in anything that I do that my brain makes up flaws for me to see

[gloomy sleet]

you have 2 eyes that function you can do precision machinery

[agile topaz]

I think thats probably what it is

[gloomy sleet]

your better then me i can’t read any text more then 2 metres away from me

[agile topaz]

A party trick Ill do in a car is read off a small sticker from the car in front of us on the highway

[limpid ivy]

near sighted?

[agile topaz]

But if its something I built, it looks completely different to me than it actually does

[limpid ivy]

Funny my vision is worse then both of my parents.

[gloomy sleet]

yes

[agile topaz]

You must have hit your eyes with static electricity, sucks

[gloomy sleet]

just stick a powered on pcb into your eyes

[limpid ivy]

I just got stuck with the bad gene.

[gloomy sleet]

why don’t we have hot swap eyeballs unironically

[long cradle]

Hi

[agile topaz]

Static electricity is a myth designed by big motherboard to encourage you to flinch and actually break something when it happens so you have to buy a new one

[dusty mortar]

Take like, 5 seconds to think about that

[agile topaz]

All I can come up is "why dont we"

[gloomy sleet]

i want to swap my eye for a tactile one

[dusty mortar]

Do you know how many individual nerves connect our eyes to our brains?

[gloomy sleet]

yeah

[agile topaz]

Yeah but like

Imagine if it wasnt like that

[gloomy sleet]

just make those hot swap

currently you have rip open your head and desolder them

[fast marsh]

cursed ryzen?

[gloomy sleet]

would be so much easier if i could use a switch puller on my eye

[agile topaz]

Imagine if we could just connect all of those nerves into a port like a motherboard header, that way we can just plug a new pair of eyes in instead of fiddling with every single wire

[gloomy sleet]

use this

[gloomy sleet]

in eye pcie slot

i’d trade my left eye for a 5090 in my brain

[agile topaz]

The first thing that came to mind was not how painful that would be, but how eyes would look if they were designed for it

[gloomy sleet]

lmao

[agile topaz]

Considering the melting issues, maybe not

[gloomy sleet]

put a 4060 in there

[agile topaz]

Now youre talkin

[gloomy sleet]

i won’t have to spend money on power atleast

[agile topaz]

Stick a threadripper into your frontal cortex

[gloomy sleet]

a 4060 can run for 8 hours on a phone battery lmao

this implies i have a tr socket in my brain

[agile topaz]

You dont?

[gloomy sleet]

and not a dual xeon socket

[agile topaz]

I think Id have an AM4 socket honestly

[gloomy sleet]

i have this in my brain

[agile topaz]

Max memory of 12GB RAM

Half a GB of storage (I have severe memory issues)

[gloomy sleet]

wouldn’t severe memory issues mean you have less ram

[agile topaz]

Probably wouldnt be able to support a gpu beyond the matrox mystique

[agile topaz]

No, I have long term memory issues

[gloomy sleet]

just buy a used hdd

[agile topaz]

I think I could probably run on a 10W power supply though

I genuinely dont sleep much

[agile topaz]

Just gonna slot that in my head real quick

[gloomy sleet]

stick a usb c male port on your finger and hold your phone

[agile topaz]

If I was a cpu Id be a 14th gen intel though

I get way too hot from very mild climates

[agile topaz]

Thatd work

[gloomy sleet]

i’d be a pentium 2

[agile topaz]

Correction

Id have the heat management of a 14th gen Intel

[gloomy sleet]

my brain absolutely runs on 450mhz

[agile topaz]

Actual performance of an FX-8150

[charred kiln]

Hmm why

[agile topaz]

I feel like Im burning up if its over 60 degrees

(My body runs way too hot)

But performance of an FX-8150

[charred kiln]

My brain has a cinebench score of a pentium 266

[agile topaz]

Way too slow for the modern person

[gloomy sleet]

guys

it is worth it

[agile topaz]

How to explode your pc

https://tenor.com/view/house-explosion-explode-boom-kaboom-gif-19506150

[agile topaz]

If I were a gpu, Id be a GTX 580

https://tenor.com/view/thermi-nvidia-gpu-580-480-gif-19880982

[gloomy sleet]

for the low low price of £35 you can get the dwingus wheel stand

what does that even say i’m having a stroke reading it

[agile topaz]

Diwangus

[gloomy sleet]

dang it actually is

wheel stand actually looks quite good though

[sand epoch]

can anyone help me in identifying which the RGB header is? im trying to figure out if it's 5v or 4v

[limpid ivy]

Huh does look better then ones I’ve looked at.

[gloomy sleet]

yeah isn’t like this piece of shit

[sand epoch]

google just showed me a bunch of nothing

[gloomy sleet]

this has 0 support at all it will fall on you at any moment

[limpid ivy]

Considered getting one but honestly I’m pretty much saving at this point for something like the moza r5 bundle with additional clutch/shifter. And something I can tuck it away in a corner when not using lol.

[icy wraith]

Has anyone come across controller input problems with switch emulation on the steam deck while in game mode? I have been using ryujinx and trying to find a fix but might just give up and use a different emulator

[sand epoch]

is there any way to control argb? like getting. a 5v header externally? idk how this works

[charred kiln]

I am 3d printing a carbon fiber benchy and for some reason I have a feeling this won't go well

[swift moss]

give me a fucking break man i was gone for 2 minutes

[gloomy sleet]

i’d recommend looking at gt omegas clearance

they sell a apex wheel stand for like £60

with “minor cosmetic damages”

[sinful cobalt]

i have a gigabyte E tier psu im willing to sell u at shipping cost

real

[ebon marlin]

Pc Power supplier

[errant locust]

i mean he’s still right technically

[ebon marlin]

Pc power supplier

[dusk acorn]

I have a very weird question about the nzxt core f120 fans. Google said that the fan itself is rated at 12v rgb power but the rgb daisy chain that i got (the fans are preinstalled from the case) is a 5v 3-pin connection. So is it a 5v or 12v rgb? I just have a controller thats 3-pin 5v and dont want to damage the fans

[errant locust]

if you undervolt the fan is shouldn’t damage the fan

[dusk acorn]

Uhhh how do i do that

[lethal bay]

undervolt…the fan…

[sinful cobalt]

undervolt the fan is crazy

[errant locust]

I meant like if you supply it with less volts than it’s rated for

[dusk acorn]

Im pretty sure its about the rgb isnt it? Like not the fan itself?

[errant locust]

if it only has a regular fan connector it should just be 5v

[dusk acorn]

But the thing is, the fan itself is 12v in the website. The 12v is 4-pin and 5v is 3-pin right? The fans were connected to a chain that needed to be plugged on a 5v 3-pin but the other end had 4 pins in it

[errant locust]

do you have a pic?

[errant locust]

so 4 pin is 12v i’m a little confused on the 4pin with a missing connector tho

missing pin*

[dusk acorn]

Nvm i just looked at the back of the fan

Its 12v for fans and 5v for rgb

Sorry for the troubles lol

[errant locust]

i found this idk if it helps

[errant locust]

it’s fine gets the brain moving

[dusk acorn]

The pin on the daisy chain is prolly just both ground i stead of 12v

[dusk acorn]

Or i think this is for the fan plug not the rgb

[livid fern]

Thats fan header

[errant locust]

why can’t it all just be one connector 😭

[dusk acorn]

I feel that bro

[livid fern]

Usually sys fan header is 1A at max so 12w

PUMP header is 36w

What fans Are we talking abt

[errant locust]

case fans

[livid fern]

Model

[errant locust]

scroll up it’s not my case fans

[errant locust]

these

[gloomy sleet]

don’t think you can ship bombs in the post mate

royal mail will probably allow it in though tbf

royal mail trying to do their job and not stopping my parcels because the plastic has a sharp edge (impossible)

[sinful cobalt]

lol

i just did surgery and pulled it out

[gloomy sleet]

i bought some keycaps and the plastic was too sharp so they stopped it coming in

stab someone with a space bar

[livid fern]

12v IS fan rated voltage

[dusk acorn]

Yeah i figured that out when i looked at the back lol

[livid fern]

xD

[granite sundial]

god forbid u buy sharp edge resin dice

[sinful cobalt]

look at it its so tiny

[errant locust]

idk why but it feels like your using the wrong side of the connector

[sinful cobalt]

the middle part cant reach bcs the power connector is on the left

[inner harness]

i just clean wiped my laptop keyboard (its ROG M16), and suddenly it appears. anyone know how to turn it off?

[errant locust]

that would forever haunt me

[lethal bay]

Alt + Z

or something like that

it’s the nvidia performance overlay

[inner harness]

it works! haahahah such a GOAT

thanks

[lethal bay]

🫡

[frigid topaz]

Yall think I can sue a construction company? They working on a powerline and turned off my electricity without notice so if that broke my pc They should be liable

[sinful cobalt]

u can try

but yk legal process is a hassle

[frigid topaz]

What if I was a old man on life support

Boom power gone

Yk what's crazy they moved a whole power line pole just 2 feet cause a lady complained it was in her yard

Or imagine I was live streaming a big stream on in a esport match

And this shit happens

Man I'm too pissed about this shit, I just downloaded peak and was about to start it and boom

[cold skiff]

I mean in the UK you can’t. If critical work needs to be done at short notice it needs to be done. Assume same in what ever country you’re in.

If they’re moving a pole they’ll have a notice somewhere and you just don’t know where to get that info from.. they’ll put that on you

[frigid topaz]

The least they can do is knock and let me know

[cold skiff]

How many doors or houses would they need to knock on?

[frigid topaz]

Maybe like 6

[cold skiff]

And if info is put up somewhere else, should they need to?

[frigid topaz]

Where would that be?

[cold skiff]

For the UK we have a site called UKPower Network

Any planned and immediate critical work that’s had to be done goes up there

[frigid topaz]

The pole has been there since winter idk why they didn't finish it sooner

[frigid topaz]

It's not critical tho, power worked fine all this time

[charred kiln]

I swear to god if I see that gif one more time 😭

[cold skiff]

IIRC in the UK it’s 24 hours notice unless critical, it’s done and then retrospectively added to inform that it couldn’t be planned

And we have Facebook goblins in my area that post stuff like that round so we all know tbh

[ebon marlin]

Cat's aura is too powerful for some mere mortal like you

[cold skiff]

If your livelihood depends on working from home or you make money that way in the UK you can sign up to local listing that emails it out also. So yeah, here at least, it’s a you problem. If you’re US or wherever it may be different

[charred kiln]

I would correct it to shitposting

[ebon marlin]

Gay

[charred kiln]

why do I waste my breath on this

[cold skiff]

Well it’s your fingers typing

[ebon marlin]

Pal is out of breath from typing on a keyboard

[cold skiff]

Cat people weird me out tbh

I just ignore it

[lethal bay]

Kahjit

[charred kiln]

nvm keep shitposting

[lethal bay]

or whatever it is in elder scrolls

[charred kiln]

nah you got it right

[lethal bay]

https://tenor.com/view/kingbluprint-gif-25944567

[charred kiln]

🤦

[cold skiff]

Your name is propagandalf… I mean your name is a shitpost in itself

[ebon marlin]

I'm a dog person

[cold skiff]

So idgi

[ripe solstice]

what can I do to make my setup better

[lethal bay]

https://tenor.com/view/snoop-dogg-morph-dog-gif-10281808

[ripe solstice]

comp setup btw

[lethal bay]

nah I would’ve thought that was an Xbox surely

[cold skiff]

A comp setup and you’re not face up against the screen? That’s not a comp setup

[ripe solstice]

I mean like competitive

[cold skiff]

If you sit more than 1inch from the monitor you’re a casual boi

[ripe solstice]

the distance is fine for now until I get a monitor arm then I would move it like 3 inch closer

[lethal bay]

laughs in playing competitive games on a 42” TV

[ebon marlin]

Do you sit on the corner of the table lol

[ripe solstice]

yeah on the left corner

[cold skiff]

If you wanna be the very best like ash katchem… you’re doing it wrong. Bring the gaming monitor to the edge of your desk, put your eyes firmly in the center and improved setup complete

[frigid topaz]

They scared my cat, she's terrified to go near window

[cold skiff]

And remember… you need a 90degree keyboard or again you’re a casual scrub

[lethal bay]

42” TV is meta brother

[cold skiff]

The boom mic is also too far away. If you can’t lick it with your tongue from your normal head position you’re doing it wrong

[sinful cobalt]

stalling ur mpower board is also meta

[lethal bay]

what

[ripe solstice]

yea my mic isnt heavy enough for the boom mic so it just auto retracts lol

[sinful cobalt]

has it arrived

[cold skiff]

Tighten the screw

[ripe solstice]

its fully tightened

[lethal bay]

no

[sinful cobalt]

good

[ripe solstice]

think the sm57 is just super light

[dapper dragon]

Better mic

[dapper dragon]

Vertical monitor

[frigid topaz]

Who plays with keyboard tilted

Weird imo

[ripe solstice]

just habit from lans

feels comfortable

[frigid topaz]

Slight tilt is okay but whole tilt is weird

[sinful cobalt]

like most pro players/tryhards/sweats

they just like closer mouse and more mouse space

[dapper dragon]

And they still lose to me

[ripe solstice]

closer your keyboard is to your mouse the better in sync your movements are

[sinful cobalt]

who is they

who even are you

[frigid topaz]

Overrated

[dapper dragon]

99% of the player base

[sinful cobalt]

plus position is just personal preference

[ripe solstice]

100%