tech-chat-1

[agile stag]

best of both worlds

and you get to compare and wish you had an oled

[buoyant bridge]

no its not its fractional

its fractional though

[agile stag]

is going from 1366x768 to 1920x1080 bigger than 1080 to 4k

[buoyant bridge]

what screen size?

[agile stag]

hmm that comparison was a 15.6 inch i bet

[buoyant bridge]

resolution matters very little alone the screensize is a huge factor too

[buoyant bridge]

yeah big diff there

[agile stag]

i was hunting the pixels though

and it was visible but uh pixel wise it wasnt that huge of a difference the nicer panel was more noticeable by a lot

[random gyro]

actually i used to game on a tv in college and wish i had a smaller monitor lol

its not all a vaccuum

[agile stag]

gaming on tvs is evil im glad i didnt that much

[buoyant bridge]

@near coral this is just a iMac (2017+) 5K pannel btw https://kuycon.us/monitors/G27P/

[agile stag]

my new tv has like 60ms input lag anyways so its ok :3

[random gyro]

if money was no object if go best oled

[buoyant bridge]

wait till you use a 200 PPI monitor

[agile stag]

also i think i shall eat dinner soon

[buoyant bridge]

its because its a huge PPI dif

its like 100 PPI vs 141

yeah I want another 200 PPI so bad but I also LOVE uws

[agile stag]

phone that does 1080p,,,,

[random gyro]

No ppi shaming

[plush wren]

what the actual fuck is going on

[random gyro]

considering the switch and steam deck have oled its only a matter of time before they are standard and cost like $200

i remember when you couldnt get a cheap tv for that and now look

[buoyant bridge]

2.8K at 17" should be pretty similar to 5K at 27" right?

honestly the best panel out there isn't avaliable in a monitor its the fucking surface studio display

can the chinese find a way to put this things panel into a seperate display already

4500x3000 at 28" 3:2 is PERFECT omfl

[buoyant bridge]

I want this so bad

[plush wren]

i just corrupted my ntdll i think

[buoyant bridge]

okay but I have a desktop

I need this as a seperate monitor

I don't get how this panel has genuinely never been used in a monitor only the fucking surface studio

aspect ratio is amazing
resolution is amazing
color reproduction is amazing

do you have money to spare

then no dont

if you have money to spare and it makes you happy sure

I built my desk lol

I forgot cheap power tools dont exist in europe 😭

[ashen tangle]

Just impulse bought it

I’ll show the picture when I get home

[ashen tangle]

This thing

[buoyant bridge]

we have craftsman and kobalt here

[ashen tangle]

Nah the monitor

[buoyant bridge]

I built this for like $200 lol

[ashen tangle]

Wut

[buoyant bridge]

90"x70" desk LMFAO

[ashen tangle]

That looks suprisingly good 👍🏼

[buoyant bridge]

Lumber isn't insanely expensive?

i already owned the tools

[ashen tangle]

[buoyant bridge]

most expensive thing for my desk was the screws /srs

[ashen tangle]

[buoyant bridge]

I bought a 800ct box of 3" deck screws

outdoor use probably

we don't use those here, anything outdoor use is deck screws

I just use torx drive deck screws for everything

[buoyant bridge]

the desktop is made of stained plywood, the frame is 2x4 wall studs (prime lumber) that are probably like a quarter inch smaller now because of how much I had to plane them to get them smooth

plywood or OSB?

they get mixed up all the time plywood is nice
OSB is junk and is only for sheeting

OSB is this stuff

I used some kinda nice spruce plywood from ace

I litterally do not care what is legal for building I build all my shit

[empty quartz]

The apple replacement will last just as long as the original battery lasted

[buoyant bridge]

oh this is for like furniture lol

[plush wren]

windows is so ass

[buoyant bridge]

this is what amazon desks are built of they just have nice venners to cover it up

[empty quartz]

Real

[plush wren]

and faceit

[buoyant bridge]

I like wood and concrete

[empty quartz]

Chat, hear me out

[empty quartz]

(I only have to pay like $800 cad)

[south arrow]

Aces getting his 20th Mac for the collection like

😂

[plush wren]

Real

[latent pasture]

800 cad for m1 pro sounds more reasonable than 1400

[empty quartz]

No, im getting rid of all my old ones

[south arrow]

Oh that's fair that's fair

[empty quartz]

Even $1400 cad for one with a brand new battery is pretty good

[empty quartz]

And warranty

[buoyant bridge]

an egyptian did not just call cad fake money 😭

I cannot belive this server

[empty quartz]

Unless you go apple certified refurb, you dont get a warranty that will supply you with oem parts

[buoyant bridge]

are egyptians like.. the financials version of brazilans 😭

is this a good collection of utilities to have on a PXE server?

[plush wren]

😭😭

[south arrow]

What just corrupted? Oofs

[distant frigate]

https://x.com/stetsondoggett/status/1944561691687280945?s=46 lmaooo what

Stetson Doggett (@stetsondoggett)

Insane this carrier only offers speeds up to 3G (600 Kbps) in 2025.

On ALL of its plans.

X · Jul 14, 2025, 12:56 AM

$55 a month for 3G speeds?

[south arrow]

Gross

[distant frigate]

No way. Give me a $85-$90 a month unlimited 5G plan from T-Mobile

[south arrow]

Even metro is 5g on tmobiles for less

[distant frigate]

Yes. In 2025.

[tired bear]

i cannot comprehend why would ISP limit hotspoting

assholes

[sinful cobalt]

Instead of money what if I offered them a pipe bomb

[distant frigate]

Lmaooo

[ivory mountain]

holy shit i dusted my pc and a cloud of dust shot out

[sinful cobalt]

good job ig

[plush wren]

idk

my windows is fried

its joever

[south arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/libradoink-gif-25433551

Yeah any time variables turn into ||squares|| &&&€£¥▪︎spaces its not awsome

[plush wren]

every time i restart my pc my gpu drivers uninstall themselves

[south arrow]

Ddu time?

Maybes idk exactly the cause

[plush wren]

I couldnt open firefox earlier now I can but I cant open discord 😭😭

might as well clean reinstall at this point

[south arrow]

I was gonna say id fresh install i know it sucks, didnt wanna be the bearer of bad news

[plush wren]

yeah logging back into everything

what is did

ddu takes 5 mins bro

Skill issue

[south arrow]

With corrupt files it can spread in the storage so needs the whole thing formatted for safety can be no funs

[plush wren]

Ts pmo

[south arrow]

Ive never ddu but ill learn one day

[plush wren]

Oh

Shit

[south arrow]

I also only went from 3000 series to 4000 series

[night coral]

has anyone heard of the brand maxsun?

[south arrow]

And then 4000 to 5000

So minimal compatability changes GeForce picked it up and installed appropriately every time luckily

[night coral]

this seems like an awesome value

[plush wren]

What

[night coral]

yea it almost seems to good to be true

[plush wren]

im transfering all relatively important things to my other drive

theres nothing too important

[south arrow]

Polarrs was already on it keks

[plush wren]

well that message is gone as i was reading it

[tired bear]

emmc is literally a microsd card soldered onto the motherboard

[south arrow]

Just reminders to backup if needed but youre already there

[plush wren]

You seem passionate about this

[plush wren]

Oh

I need to buy a usb

[agile narwhal]

i just completed my masters in goonology actually

[plush wren]

im installing a windows update hopefully it succeeds this time

[agile narwhal]

hella

[tired bear]

emmc is tipically controlled directly by the cpu over data lines, no dedicated controller needed

[plush wren]

Goonology

[south arrow]

Polarr am I the olds?

[plush wren]

How old are you

[south arrow]

27

[plush wren]

Nah

Everything like < 40

[tired bear]

do you know what emmc is short for?
embedded MultiMediaCard

[plush wren]

or maybe even 45

[south arrow]

All i know is backing up the wii and wii u is good

[steel umbra]

looks fine, ig the reason why it’s cheap may be the mb, good looking vrms but unsure how’s maxsun’s mb support

[plush wren]

https://tenor.com/view/i-don't-know-idk-idk-about-that-gif-7336250873949261946

[south arrow]

[plush wren]

[south arrow]

What is shorties?

I know what shortayyyys are

confused villager noises

Ive lifted shorties

Eat smarties

[tired bear]

just like a micro sd card...

[south arrow]

Ohhh okkkiis

❤️ 🐛

[tired bear]

https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/3760673.pdf
https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/3151144.pdf
datasheet for emmc and micro sd for comparison

[south arrow]

Oh and switch had a Emmc to backup a curious Lil console

Sounds right

[tired bear]

for mostly read its fine
random io, write intensive tasks are a killer for them, same as with a sd card

[south arrow]

True 20mbps is roughh

[empty quartz]

Just a laptop with very balanced specs, nothing to see

[south arrow]

I canceled my pre order on the switch 2 I really just wanted do bonanza but no time to play rn so ill buy a used one eventually for cheaper once peeps get tired of theirs

[tired bear]

i have also seen this cursed thing, a micro sd soldered to a pcb

[south arrow]

My other switch was like $100 with a dock charger and all so im content

I myte collect most consoles

[tired bear]

ufs is not emmc

[zinc widget]

Trying to install Truenas on my homelab and it refuses to boot

It just says no media present then dumps me on the bios

I have a drive with the iso plugged in

[tired bear]

just iso on the usb?

you havent made usb bootable?

[zinc widget]

I tried Rufus but it just went to Grub Rescue

[agile stag]

not me

[candid bolt]

Hey, so i used the wrong lille things you skrew your aio into, and my cpu is running idle at abt 55 degrees

[agile narwhal]

i go to costco once a week and buy the bulk pack

[ivory mountain]

Paid 200 dollars and they’re 150 now

[agile stag]

why is it that when i connect wires to my phone to power something my phone shuts off but when i do it to my laptop it works fine

[ivory mountain]

Cool

[agile stag]

earbud wise i paid 20 for cca cras and they do insane for what they are but theyre not wireless and i also uh use other stuff to get my moneys worth out of them

[grizzled frost]

The airpods pro 2 are great if you're already entrenched in the ecosystem

the switching between my phone and mac is truly beautiful

[agile stag]

i had airpod pro* 1s and the fact that the battery failed and then apple told me it was fine made me not care for them at all anymore

0% i hate airpod pros gr fuck them mine were reasonably unusable for normal tasks

and apple said nuh uh youre probably just imagining it

[grizzled frost]

I had to replace my Airpods Pro 1 because i could hear the driver rattling about after about 2 years of heavy use

[agile stag]

hm interesting

it was probably something in the driver but that can happen with a lotta things

for mine uh the battery would go 100% flat in like 2 days of sitting idle

and for such a software heavy device or whatever with only 1 button, it going completely flat multiple times did NOT do it well at all

run my pcs on win10 and my phone on android,,

thats all.

[tawny anvil]

hello

i bought a used 2080 super
but it doesnt hit its tdp and it underperforms

[candid bolt]

Hey, where can i buy arctic liquid freezer iii standoffs?

[tawny anvil]

how can i fix it

[agile stag]

how badly does it underperform and are the temps ok

[tawny anvil]

temps are like 75 max

while gaming around 70

[agile stag]

that sounds normal

are the clocks and stuff normal too i gues

[tawny anvil]

yeah
i checked with gpuz

[agile stag]

thats good so uh how badly does it underperform

[tawny anvil]

funnily i also have a 2070 super
i bought 2080 cuz i could get it for very cheap and thought id sell my 2070 s

2080 super gets 120 fps in fortnite
same settings my 2070 super gets 180

pretty bad performance

[buoyant bridge]

I've learned with wireless earbuds buy whatever's under $20 cause of a discount and stop caring

I just buy a pair of these whenever they're under $20
https://a.co/d/2JYww8h

[agile stag]

that does sound pretty bad you should try some benchmarks though

[agile stag]

thats fair

i dont know what ill do when i need new wireless buds but im not worried about it wired does me good

i rarely use my wireless ones anyways i have a headphone jack :3

[buoyant bridge]

when my earbuds have fallen out and been run over by shit like skid steers I kinda just stop caring

[tawny anvil]

i also compared marvel rivals performance
again 2070 super outperforms 💀

i did do timespy test and the 2080 super scored within its normal range
but in games it underperforms

idk whats wrong

[agile stag]

thats fair

[agile stag]

huh i dunno honestly i care more about benchmarks if fps is ok but thats just me

if im running 70+ then i cant care that much

and if benchmarks say that shits fine them im happy with it

someone has an explanation for you though but its not me

[tawny anvil]

hmmm but how is a 2080 super worse than a 2070 super 💀
and by so much

[tawny anvil]

thanks for your time!

[agile stag]

this place is messed up you dont have to thank people for their time i dont think

people waste so much time here hh

[broken harbor]

tbh, i buy this gpu for gaming, but i also livestream, and light editting, thats why i include nvidia there.
Also, 4060ti has lower power consume

[agile stag]

its insane and evil theres too much bait around this server uh thanks for not refusing judgement like everyone else does :3

[tawny anvil]

what 😅

[agile stag]

people come here to complain about the same issue for an hour while people tell them how to fix it during the duration of the hour

this place is so evil ive been here a while but i also dont value this server at all(its more fun like this)

[tawny anvil]

damn

[agile stag]

some people here argue that anything older than an 8th gen is useless

anyways good luck though i should keep doing my homework gr

[tawny anvil]

pc community can be sucky

people be spending 2000 on video cards 🤣

[agile stag]

yeah theres a lot to it but meh i dont worry about it too much

[agile stag]

ITS WILD my laptop that ive mained for the past few weeks cost me 30 and its more than i wanted to pay for it

but alas some people think they need 2k gpus

[tawny anvil]

30 dollars
dafaq

used thinkpad?

[agile stag]

its an older laptop but it does good :3

t410 my beloved it has so many features and its so well made

[tawny anvil]

cool

[agile stag]

and performance wise it does everything modern

im gonna get a p50 soon though

but before that i had a framework but it had issues

[tawny anvil]

buildapc subreddit so ass
people be like
ayo i spent 3000 on this shit
im screwed

comments all be like well done , congrats and shit 😭

[agile stag]

buys 3050 and gets fucking doxxed

[broken harbor]

3050 suck!

[agile stag]

see

but alas you buy like a gtx 1050ti and thats fine i guess

i dunno i dont worry about it i just buy things that were expensive new and look cool and are cheap now

[tawny anvil]

new 3050 be ass fr
better of getting a used prev gen card

[agile stag]

old high end is so much cooler than new low end

[tawny anvil]

true

ive only bought used gpus
even my cpu is used

[agile stag]

i have a keyboard light rn and this is unfathomable on a modern pc

[agile stag]

hell yeah

ive gotten too much but it is fun

anyways i have to do my work grrrr see ya around good luck

[tawny anvil]

see ya!

[sinful cobalt]

power

[granite comet]

ok odd question, do any of yall know much about automotive electronics? Im looking to buy a new car and i need recommendations of which to avoid because of terrible tech. I have a fiat. The headlight, window, and ac relays are soldered. It has consistently been in the upper 90s. I already "fixed" this last year too. A replacement is 200$ and 800-1000 to get programmed

[dapper dragon]

Depends on where you are, budget, how you’re buying it etc

[granite comet]

ive got like 10k. 90s or early 2000s Golf tdi is what ive been looking at

i can work on a car or electronics, but i cannot do car electronics dear god

im looking at the bcm on my desk and its giving me anxiety

[spring latch]

I kinda feel like its weird we still have people try beginner linux distros, like if your on windows you should probably first try ubuntu on WSL2 and familiarize yourself with the command line before making the switch if you do

[jaunty apex]

Man the moondrop chu IIs are so much better. Sucks they dont come with spring tips though, almost didnt save my old ones

[jaunty apex]

this, a raspberry pi, or throwing a lightweight distro like lubuntu in a vm

Least thats how I started out. Doesnt showcase the full capability of it though far as games or other demanding processes go

Does wsl2 do full desktop environments?

[upper pier]

so I picked up a cooler off marketplace and the brackets are the wrong size, what should I do??

[swift moss]

Drill time

Na jk try refund first saying it "doesn't fit" or something

Also ask the seller for other brackets

But ig it's lesson learned, make sure whatever you buy works

[gentle kestrel]

those look like upside down air cooler brackets

not even aio ones

is there a peg on the bottom of where that stamp in the middle is?

[upper pier]

yes but those came with the motherboard

[gentle kestrel]

no that didn't come with the motherboard originally

that's the mounting hardware for a different cooler

[upper pier]

Nooo from marketplace

[gentle kestrel]

the aio hardware should basically just be some screws that go into the backplate and leave a screw thread for you to put the aio on

then some thumbscrews to hold it down

[upper pier]

I have this but even without the other mounts on the motherboard they are just the wrong size and it won’t fit

Would this one work ??

[gentle kestrel]

you need the mounting hardware that actually comes with the cooler

[muted quarry]

could anyone give me a good build for $1500-1700 AUD?

[gentle kestrel]

i highly doubt you're going to be able to mount an aio using the upside-down thermalright cooler bracket

[ember garnet]

Anyone know of a good CPU cooler that will fit in a 1u server case for the Ryzen 9 9950x?

[upper pier]

Idk these are the brackets he gave me

[distant frigate]

Eagle Artillery!

[upper pier]

Would either of these work ??

[trim gyro]

exciting

something about a defense building with range covering the entire area is just amazing

[karmic relic]

I'm currently debating on whether or not to hit "confirm"

On that "pay in 4x via paypal" to get my new rig now

Almost 2k on the line

But I reaaaaally want it

I lowkey need people here to tell me not to do it, because while I can 100% afford to pay in 4x, I don't know what that says about me as a person if I can't wait next month to have more of a safety net

[sinful cobalt]

if its 0 interest in x4 payments go for it

[karmic relic]

It is 0 interest

Assuming I'll pay it back, of course, but I can more than afford that with my monthly salary

I'm not used to not paying in full right away, and all that klarna & co. talk got me scared as a European

I've already paid almost all of my expenses for the month, so assuming I don't get hit with a random need for money in the next 14 days, well

[sinful cobalt]

If u have the financial means to one shot rn then go ahead

[karmic relic]

By one shot do you mean pay in full right now? No

[sinful cobalt]

if not just take up the x4 lmao

[karmic relic]

But enough to have money left over once all monthly expenses are taken into account, including the first payment of 4?

Yes

Around 100 bucks left over for whatever, knowing food isn't an issue because I get that for free from my job

Man, I was hoping I'd be told not to do it

But hey

I've been eyeing the 9800x3D and 9070xt for a while

I'm biting

How's the parts list looking

I'm going overkill on the cpu, psu and ram because I'm planning on upgrading to whatever GPU's the best deal in around 5 years, and I really don't want to touch a build once it's done

Same thing with the mobo

[sinful cobalt]

how dare you say a slur

[karmic relic]

I'll be reusing my 2tb m.2, that's why there's no ssd in case you're wondering

I've always resorted to HDDs for cheap storage

I go to fighting game locals and store a lot of files, so I kinda need that cheap storage

[sharp ivy]

Do you know of any old games that are free, and can run on linux mint?

[wraith pumice]

Hey all, lookin at getting a 9070xt, I'm not stoked with my current sapphire card, I have stability issues with it that I don't with my other amd direct card(two different rigs). so... Which other company is stable and worth it. Thanks

[trim gyro]

interesting, have you contacted sapphire about your issue?

[upper pier]

can’t find these anywhere any help !?

[sinful cobalt]

wdym stability issues,as in?

[swift moss]

FUCKKK MEEEE!

[devout crag]

so i currently have a G15 Gaming Laptop what kind of prebuilt should i look at if i want a decent upgrade?

[stark kiln]

Is this a good PC setup for price?

I feel like it's pretty solid (my budget is 420$ tops)

[gentle kestrel]

i don't think i'd go a750

alchemist wasn't the greatest arch i'd probably go 3060/2070 super/6600xt or whatever you can fit in the budget

[stark kiln]

I feel like the a750 is good for its price. As of 3060 it's also an option + a 6500xt. Depends by October (I'll get PC then)

[random gyro]

if only you guys had the struggle on a non modular psu

[stark kiln]

Also guys, is the PSU good?

[trim gyro]

no the power supply is very bad

[stark kiln]

I'm being REALLY picky on them (so it won't explode)

[stark kiln]

Like really really bad?

[trim gyro]

thermaltake smart, right. it's known to be very unreliable

[stark kiln]

Oh, can you give me simmilar options?

[trim gyro]

montech apx

[stark kiln]

Just in budget as limit is 420$

[trim gyro]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D825SCWX

about the same price

[stark kiln]

Also a dumbass question but when I plug my PC in. Will it take 550w from my connector?

[trim gyro]

no

your computer will only draw as much power as it needs

your pc looks like it'll draw no more than like 300 watts max

[stark kiln]

Ohhh. So why does it say 550w? Sorry but I never had a PC before and I'm scared. My thing that connects everything looks old and I feel like if it draws too much it will overuae

I'm just a bit nervous as I don't wanna screw it up

[trim gyro]

550W is the maximum sustained load supported by the psu

[karmic relic]

I've done it. After four months of hesitation. I can't wait to get it :)
Spending 2k on a new PC is a new high for me. I hope I'll be able to run my games properly

[stark kiln]

Congrats!! I'll get mine in October hopefully. And use my laptop as monitor till I get 1.

[stark kiln]

Ohhh. So if it draws like 300w my Connector won't kill itself from overload?

[trim gyro]

that shouldn't happen, as long as you don't do something dangerous like leaving cables half-plugged-in

[stark kiln]

Thank god I just feel so nervous... (Our family isn't exactly "rich" so after all it's a bit of a gamble)

Wait is AGV a good PSU company? It has 80+ bronze

[trim gyro]

haven't heard of them, must not be that popular

difference between 80+ and 80+ bronze is minimal

[stark kiln]

Oh okay. Is everything else good?

Like motherboard CPU etc

[trim gyro]

16gb of memory isn't a lot, so if you have multiple programs running like discord + youtube + some modern game, you might experience stutters

motherboard is fine

if you can find a motherboard similar price with 4 ram slots, then you'll have the option to add more memory later if necessary, but it's not too expensive to get a 2x16gb ddr4 kit now I think

[stark kiln]

I usually have discord or YouTube or phone

[stark kiln]

I can try to find a 32gb RAM kit so I suppose it's possible 😁

[trim gyro]

if you're going to spend $17 on a amd stock cooler, I think it's better to get a tower cooler that's cheaper and better https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJY5LH65?psc=1

it's compatible with the pc case that you sent

hmm I guess 32gb might cost you an extra $12, but it could be worth it https://www.ebay.com/itm/177139797668?

[empty flint]

is there not a vc for this?

[trim gyro]

16gb is still very usable though

[hexed tapir]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Wfn9TW/thermalright-assassin-x-refined-se-rgb-v2-6617-cfm-cpu-cooler-ax120r-se-v2-d6 or a taller 148mm for more cooling

[swift moss]

bruh what kinda question is that

[trim gyro]

148mm does not fit inside the case they have in their list

[stark kiln]

If it's free delivery then ofc

[hexed tapir]

oh lame

[trim gyro]

135mm max, so a silver soul 135 or a ps mini at best

[stark kiln]

I feel like that PC will run most games. Hopefully FS 2020 even at low 720p

I'll prob add a HDD with 1tb as extra storage (booting will be SSD)

[trim gyro]

it'll be free if you spend $35 or more on amazon

easily go over that with the case, psu, and cooler

[hexed tapir]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WW88TW/thermalright-peerless-assassin-mini-6687-cfm-cpu-cooler-peerless-assassin-120-mini-black they could get the cute mini tower

[south arrow]

Who knows its like you got money, they want money. answer the question so you can gib the moneys

If only the world was so simple

[barren breach]

So… I just ordered a MSI 5070ti vanguard

What do I do with my evga gtx 1080ti ftw3

[trim gyro]

probably not the best idea since their budget is $400, more so for a r5 3600

[south arrow]

Stare at it menacingly

[trim gyro]

it makes it a very good bedroom decoration

[hexed tapir]

oh just buy a mobile ryzen mini pc

[barren breach]

I want the money for it, like sell it to a friend that wants it bad. But I also very badly want to do something like make it a decoration

Im torn

[wraith pumice]

power driver state failure that only happens with this card regardless of what comp its in. i can share more but trying to avoid wall of text.

[trim gyro]

are you the original owner of the GPU

[sinful cobalt]

if it has a dual bios u might wanna toggle that

[proper gull]

Give it to me /s

[barren breach]

No my friend sold it to me, who was the original owner, for stupid cheap

[sinful cobalt]

sell it to me Ill use it as a door stopper

[trim gyro]

more reason to keep it

[barren breach]

By stupid cheap I mean $50

[sinful cobalt]

ill buy for $49

[wraith pumice]

dual bios?

[sinful cobalt]

some cards have 2 different vbios, typically one for quiet and the other for performance

[barren breach]

Add a zero and I wouldnt regret it even in the slightest lmao

[sinful cobalt]

Its a used card sold to another user who used it

so nuh uh

[fallen sky]

my fans only speed up when my CPU usage goes up, not my temperature. Can I fix that

[barren breach]

I am very well aware its not worth that. Thats the joke

[wraith pumice]

software or hardware, i know some have a switch for something like that, not sure if this one does.

[sinful cobalt]

What model isnit

[sinful cobalt]

$49.99 last offer

[barren breach]

Such a good gpu tho

[sinful cobalt]

this is one expensive door stopper

[barren breach]

Thing gets me 1440p 60+ fps in every game I play

[wraith pumice]

sapphire Nitro+ 7900xtx vapor x

[barren breach]

Forza horizon 5 1440p ultra graphics 60+FPS

Such a lil unit

[wraith pumice]

do you want model number? or soemthing like that?

[sinful cobalt]

it should have a dual bios switch

[wraith pumice]

k gimme a sec to look for it

pfft easy to find.

[hexed tapir]

https://www.amazon.com/MINISFORUM-Ryzen-7940HS-2xHDMI2-1-2xPCIe4-0/dp/B0DCG6CZSS ez $400 pc just needs ram and ssd

[stark kiln]

Last check from me it's all I need for a PC correct? (Aside all peripherals and stuff needed to build it)

[wraith pumice]

looks like its in the default setting.

[sinful cobalt]

toggle it to the other setting

[wraith pumice]

gotta reboot for that right?

[stark kiln]

16gb rsm and 512gb SSD seems good

[wraith pumice]

shut off pull power etc?

[sinful cobalt]

shut down, off power then switch it

so yes off the power

[wraith pumice]

cool will do after this cutscene 😄 thank you very much for the assistance.

[rigid ether]

No need to upgrade 👍

Oh u bought a 5070 ti

[rigid ether]

Build urself a mini itx pc for travel use with the 1080 ti

[barren breach]

With the evga gtx 1080ti ftw3? You think thatd fit a mini itx build?

[sinful cobalt]

it’ll go into a ch160, prob s300, and formdt1

[barren breach]

Im not trying to be a smartass i just don’t have a clue. I thought its a big card

[rigid ether]

Some people build mini itx pcs with a 5090 in them

[sinful cobalt]

(its not)

[rigid ether]

5070 ti is larger

[barren breach]

Yeah i noticed from pictures and have no clue if itll fit my case. I think it will and am very much hoping so

[sinful cobalt]

some models arent

particular SFF labelled ones

tho they dont rly count as true SFF lmao

[barren breach]

I got the MSI 5070ti Vanguard

[sinful cobalt]

thats not sff

[barren breach]

Idk what sff is

[trim gyro]

smol form factor

[barren breach]

Ah ok

[south arrow]

[barren breach]

Im like, almost certain itll fit my case, but didnt bother to check

[south arrow]

Just come alittle smaller size

[barren breach]

Its a mid tower, if it doesn’t id be really surprised and also upset lol

Hyped for this tho

Very large gap made up thatll be a great balance I believe

[rigid fjord]

i'd go for a different psu

[barren breach]

Wont be here till the 25th unfortunately

25th-29th

[wraith pumice]

tentative success... all the hours i spent trouble shooting and it was this dang switch. * insert naked gun head smack gif here * Again thank you so very much! never once saw anything about this switch in my hunts for trouble shooting info.

[stark kiln]

Ik it's a old pic I changed it to this

[uneven steeple]

I've got a 3080 and I have the funds to upgrade. The problem is Nvidia can suck an egg and I don't think AMD has a GPU that's worth upgrading to yet should I just wait?

[sinful cobalt]

9070xt is the only worthwhile GPU only if the price is normal for u

Other than that, 5070Ti

[uneven steeple]

The game i was looking to play is doom the dark ages it doesn't run as good as I want it to and the 9070xt is like 5 fps faster

I don't think the 9070xt is enough of a upgrade to justify paying for it

And I'm probably never buying a team green GPU again

[sinful cobalt]

So you dont want nvidia and also dont wanna take the current amd flagship

[uneven steeple]

No, also this is really the only game I've had trouble running

Maybe cyberpunk but it's not a twitch shooter

[rigid ether]

Wait for the 9090xt

[haughty compass]

are mining cards safe to buy?

i found this card for 160 (135 with my coupon) but the seller says it was used as a mining card

"Used for mining for about nine months. Kept in clean and temperature controlled environment. In good working order. There is a little bit of thermal paste leakage on the back, might need a little TLC. No box included or accessories."

I just want to buy something that will work for the most part and wont give me hardware issues down the road

also what does tlc mean?

[steel umbra]

yes, though they may come with mining vbios, in such case you’d have to flash it yourself

[steel umbra]

135 for a 1080 ti in mid 2025? ehh

ok deal

[haughty compass]

from what ive seen online its around the same perfomance as a 4060 but half the price

[swift moss]

hmmm i wonder how i can simplify this

[true stirrup]

And will also soon lose driver support

[vestal stream]

Been outta the loop a while. What's the newest way to bypass windows 11 account registration

[trim gyro]

rufus. it's just one click to remove microsoft account requirement, disable data collection, etc.

you have to do it before you install windows 11 though

[vestal stream]

Then I'll just use gparted to get rid of the windows install

And reinstall fresh

[steel umbra]

potatoes and wires

[languid mango]

Can't find corsair cx 550 on psu tierlist is that usually a good or bad thing

[charred kiln]

Rufus is such a good way to bypass it

[fast marsh]

I bought a fanxiang S500 Pro 512GB NVMe SSD M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 to run win 11 on for a laptop I am selling. BIOS picks up the drive ok, but win 11 installer cant see it at all. There are no drivers avaiable for the SSD, any ideas on how to fix the issue?

[charred kiln]

Random Chinese SSD moment

[fast marsh]

Yeah

[peak knot]

i bought another oscilloscope....

[trim gyro]

is it more precise

[peak knot]

its much faster than my siglent

and honestly a steal

it might be able to be modded into a 1ghz scope

[languid mango]

What's a screw size for m.2 ssds

Because their tiny and I'm not sure

[swift moss]

bruh

surely donate me one by now 😭

[languid mango]

Ty

Actually goated

[haughty compass]

ok but like im not going to be playing the latest and greatest games

im getting it to play fortnite at a nomral fps or like cod

my macbook air from like 2015 with intel hd 4000 graphics can load those games up (at 2 fps tho) so I dont think driver support dropping in 2025/26 will be a big long term issue for me

[trim gyro]

it's not even on there 😭

[true stirrup]

Look at the bottom

[swift moss]

Probably the best like/dislike ratio I have ever seen

[haughty compass]

the most modern games i play are like marvel rivals or cyberpunk

[trim gyro]

different size

[swift moss]

I mean tbf this guy is like universally loved

[trim gyro]

m2x2.5mm for m.2 form factor ssds

[haughty compass]

and the one game that will release in the future I want (gta6) has been in development for so long that its likely its going to support the 10 series drivers cus yknow... they likey played tested on those as well before it was announced it was getting no more support

[languid mango]

Could you use a paper clip to keep an m.2 ssd down?

[trim gyro]

m3 for 2.5" ssd

[haughty compass]

that doesnt seem like a good idea 😭

[true stirrup]

Ah yeah you are right
My bad then

[languid mango]

Idk, one of my tech friends a while ago told me he used paper clips for his ssds and other than jt being metal I see the logic

What if I like wrap the paper clip in electrical tape

[haughty compass]

i dont want to give misinformation but I feel like having bare metal just be touching the motherboard could cause a short circuit

so i think wrapping it in electrical tape is ur best option besides using the actual screw

[rigid fjord]

price?

[rigid fjord]

that's a tier C psu

[true stirrup]

Not guaranteed but it usually is like that

[trim gyro]

the mess around usb 3 cables is just jammy

[rigid fjord]

this misses out the teal ones

[languid mango]

Kinda between that and an msi mag a600dn

[stray portal]

My mobo is reverse 3.2s are blue and 3 are red

[trim gyro]

there's usb 3.0, 3.1, 3.1 gen 2, 3.2, 3.2x2, and so on

and there's like no clear rules on what colors they have to be

then again ditching USB would also be a dumb idea

[stray portal]

atleast the general consensus is that 2 is black and 3 is either red or blue

For the most part

[trim gyro]

some of them just make it all the same blue

sucks

[stray portal]

Anyways so

[trim gyro]

I think it's fine having cheap PD only usb-c

[stray portal]

Do you think my system will last me 10 years

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X – 8 cores / 16 threads, 3.4GHz base, 4.6GHz boost
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock PRO 5
Thermal Paste: AQIRYS AQ-2 2g
Motherboard: GIGABYTE B550 AORUS ELITE V2
RAM: Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200MHz CL16
GPU: XFX Radeon RX 7800 XT Speedster SWFT 210 Core Edition – 16GB GDDR6, 256-bit
SSD 1: WD Black SN770 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 2280
SSD 2: ADATA SU630 480GB SATA-III 2.5"
Case: XPG Valor Mesh Black
PSU: Corsair RM650 – 650W, 80+ Gold

[rigid fjord]

on average this be the port colours though blue/teal ports can be 3.0/3.1 or 3.2

[stray portal]

I built it in start 2025

[rigid fjord]

it'll last a minimum of 5 years

though didn't need the paste and could have gone with a cheaper cooler

[trim gyro]

people who know they need a higher bandwidth-capable usb-c will look for higher quality cables

[stray portal]

The cooler wasn't included in the budget

[rigid fjord]

or make it themselves

[gloomy sleet]

ive never seen a teal port

[trim gyro]

I think I've seen it before on a asus proart mobo

[gloomy sleet]

or yellow

[trim gyro]

never seen yellow

[gloomy sleet]

ive only ever seen red/orange for powered

[rigid fjord]

then you should take better notice of your hardware

[trim gyro]

razer uses their green for their USB-A devices

[gloomy sleet]

most motherboards just use blue for anything 3+

[gloomy sleet]

i do

my board infact does not have teal ports

ive never seen teal ports on any other board ive used either

[trim gyro]

considering games coming out now only ask for CPUs from 6-7 years ago like intel 9th gen as their recommended specs, I think it'll last for a good while

[gloomy sleet]

yeah

[rigid fjord]

i have both black and teal ones on mine

[gloomy sleet]

cpu really doesnt matter as much as it used to do

any 7000 series or 5600+ cpu can run most gpus fully

[rigid fjord]

it matters more than gpu in many cases

[gloomy sleet]

for gaming no

like 10 years ago probably

[trim gyro]

it's gonna depeenddd on the gamee

[rigid fjord]

for gaming yes, i can point to several games that use more than 1 core

[gloomy sleet]

a gpu upgrade across the board will be a significant improvement over getting a cpu upgrade

[gloomy sleet]

ok and do those games benefit more from a better cpu or a better gpu?

would it run better if i had a 7600 4060 build or a 5600 4070 build

[rigid fjord]

better cpu, and in some cases higher capacity ram

[sinful cobalt]

then again upping the res with a way better gpu than cpu can increase the fps, saw it in FH5 1080p vs 4K from a guy with a 4080 who tried

[gloomy sleet]

generally games just run better with a better gpu over a better cpu

a 7600 will run literally any gpu you give it basically

[sinful cobalt]

no shit sherlock

[gloomy sleet]

thats an entry level cpu

[sinful cobalt]

modern day

we need to pair something older with a powerful gpu

[gloomy sleet]

like 15 years ago an entry level cpu being perfectly fine with a top end gpu would just be silly

[stray portal]

Yea especially on 1440p ultrawide

[trim gyro]

oddly specific

[stray portal]

I have that

[trim gyro]

fair

[stray portal]

Cpu does less work than 1080p so not bottlenecked as much

[gloomy sleet]

yeah

my pc runs better at 1440p then 1080p funnily enough

its a 5500 and 4060 build

[stray portal]

Huh

[polar hamlet]

its asking me to log in even though i havent made an account yet what can i do

[rigid fjord]

tbh, 4k res is where a cpu don't matter as much

[stray portal]

Sign in options

[gloomy sleet]

1440p is a massive drop in cpu usage

[polar hamlet]

yeah that just comes up with the key and other thing symbol

[gloomy sleet]

literally 20-40% less cpu utilisation then 1080p in some games

[stray portal]

Wow

[rigid fjord]

not as large a drop as it is when it comes to 4k res

[stray portal]

https://tenor.com/view/low-taper-fade-ninja-massive-the-meme-is-still-massive-yeah-no-massive-gif-9995754776955392143

I'm so happy about my system

Certain circumstances made me get am4

But I love it everything runs on high-ultra

With smooth fps

[ebon marlin]

I think Google needs to be hit with a reality check cuz 900€ for a 128gb base model phone with midrange hardware that's just insane

Only saving grace the Pixel phones have is the post processing in pictures 💔

[limpid mantle]

hey guys how bad is an egpu realistically nowadays? its either I get a laptop and egpu or a laptop and desktop. Quite out of the loop

[ebon marlin]

For egpu to be viable you need the laptop to support thunderbolt which is only available on expensive higher end laptops

[rigid fjord]

it's enough to make may dgpu's for desktop's to severly underperform tbh, better off getting a laptop with a dgpu built in

[rigid fjord]

well tbh, usb C, not just it needing to be tb3/4

[sinful cobalt]

an egpu is hella inconvenient

and u wont get the full performance

[limpid mantle]

hella inconvenient can be debatable

I do have to sell my pc where I am rn but I could keep my 3090

[limpid mantle]

thats the whole point of why im considering egpu, space constraints

[sinful cobalt]

u need a psu to go with the card unless u buy one of those boxes

[limpid mantle]

I will

[ebon marlin]

And the boxes are quite expensive even for old used ones

I still see old Razer egpu enclosures going for 200-300€

[sinful cobalt]

just get the adapters and a SF750 or smth

[limpid mantle]

considering lower tier zephyrus with egpu since the higher tiers are cooked price wise

[sinful cobalt]

then again u need to plug it into the wall

[rigid fjord]

why not get a laptop with a dgpu built in, then it won't have a severe underperformance gpu wise

[limpid mantle]

did you read what I said

[rigid fjord]

i.e. 8845hs + 4060/4070

[limpid mantle]

4060 is not enough realistically

[rigid fjord]

can't wait to see a 3090 lose against a 3060 mobile because of this

[rigid fjord]

wjat are you doing with the laptop?

[gloomy sleet]

4060 best gpu ever made

[limpid mantle]

Cad, gaming mostly

[gloomy sleet]

runs at 200fps 4k

(ignore the fact its actually 1440p)

[limpid mantle]

r6 is cooking my 5800x and 3090 rn

[plush wren]

[gloomy sleet]

how?

that game ran at like 200fps 1440p for me

[rigid fjord]

i do need to load up siege

[limpid mantle]

siege x runs like dogshit on reworked maps

[gloomy sleet]

oh

[limpid mantle]

which is why Im a bit worried with a 4060

[gloomy sleet]

i have 1 minute in the game

literally played the tutorial and thought "nah this shit isnt for me"

[limpid mantle]

I am completely cluless and what to go for between 4070 5060 5070 5070ti

[gloomy sleet]

and forgot to refund it

cost me 2.49 pounds

[rigid fjord]

you paid for it ?

[limpid mantle]

and the new naming scheme for cpus is mad confusing

[gloomy sleet]

yeah

it aint free

[limpid mantle]

while recording I get dips below 165 at low settings

8000kbps 1080p performance preset for nvenc iirc

game really runs like shit

[rigid fjord]

want to try again, i got free access

[limpid mantle]

you have to pay to play ranked

[gloomy sleet]

no one can tell me this isnt the best way to play racing sims

10km away chase cam

actually i wanna see how monaco tunnel looks with this

[gloomy sleet]

ahh

yeah i havent played it one bit

that is a deal though

[stark kiln]

Like 45$

[distant frigate]

lol

Recorded myself sleeping sort of

[stark kiln]

In playing CS2 720p windowed at like 20fps bro

[distant frigate]

It’s a sleep tracker vocal thingy app

[stark kiln]

I can't wait till I get a pc

[trim gyro]

that.. is unplayable

[distant frigate]

Idk why but it sounds like I move alot when I sleep

[trim gyro]

I like to get out of my bed and sleep on the floor instead

preferably under the bedframe

[bronze summit]

The minimum to have a playable experience is 200fps

[solar moat]

WTF how bad you pc

[sinful cobalt]

i can run faster than his pc no cap

[cold skiff]

Stretched borders might get you a couple more fps

[tulip geyser]

are attack shark mices good as budget options? Thinking of getting one to replace my g502 hero since it's heavy and wired

[ebon marlin]

The Attack Shark X3 is very good value

Not sure about others

But Paw3395 sensor, under 50g and very long battery life for very cheap

[tulip geyser]

build quality and other stuff ok? (I'm not good with mouse specs like sensors and click switches)

there a difference for high polling rate? I'm on g502 and it's 1k hz and I don't play competitive much to know

mainly mmorpg's but those mices are too heavy

nah just a casual mmorpg and singleplayer person. Did get into ARMA Reforger recently but that barely counts as competitive

aight mate

[kindred halo]

Oh boy can't wait till I can barely utilise my i7 8700 by using UHD 630 with it!!!

[dreamy robin]

hey guys i was just wanted to ask: would a uh 12-s redux be able to cool a stock 9700x?

thanks very much

[solar moat]

yes even at 105 mode it will be fine

[gloomy sleet]

found my new console

[junior valve]

how abt logitech g502

[ebon marlin]

Ass

[sinful cobalt]

we do a lil trolling

[terse dome]

is there a way to get rid of all these text boxes on the lock screen

[rigid fjord]

hero or lightspeed?

[rigid fjord]

yes

[rigid fjord]

have a look at the msi a650bn

[worldly mason]

just a question why does it say 3840x2160 when my monitor only supports 1080p???

[solar moat]

DSR?

[worldly mason]

dont have it activated tho

[solar moat]

what gpu?

[worldly mason]

3070

[latent pasture]

doesnt windows do it on its own

[slim saffron]

is windows 11 worth upgrading to now

heard there was a lot of problems back then

[solar moat]

in the drivers check for any thing changed in magnaeg 3dsettings

[obsidian urchin]

Local rtx 3080 for £270 W value. Shame Its a cpu upgrade I need more than a gpu 😭

[latent pasture]

whats ur cpu and gpu

[obsidian urchin]

Rx 5700xt and ryxen 5 2600. Im trying to get a good deal or good price on a

[latent pasture]

get the 3080

[obsidian urchin]

5600x or 5700x3d no point in anything else

On am4

[tidal geyser]

i think most issues were fixed 2-3 years ago

[obsidian urchin]

Oh weird thing to sell but ryzen 5500 and rtx 4060 pc for £300. Odd

[latent pasture]

thats a good price

[worldly mason]

yes but theres some bugs like this one right now i have

my monitors doesnt support 38 something x 21something yada yada but when i open my games it auto selects the highest which is a pain in the bum for me kinda also weird it also shows up in my games

but gotta say way better performance than 10 slight boost but for me a different experience

[dreamy epoch]

can i turn my 1080p monitor to look like 1440p?

[sinful cobalt]

yes with nvidia dsr

it renders at higher res then downscales back

[worldly mason]

yes via dsr idk for amd tho

[dreamy epoch]

how to?

[obsidian urchin]

Yeah, actually it makes sense. I completely forgot were on next gen now

[tidal geyser]

physics?

a 1440p monitor is almost 2X the amount of pixels or smn

[dreamy epoch]

[worldly mason]

not worth it though since itll look like mush and its not true 4k just fake 4k however if you are just recording stuff ehhh wht not its ok

[tidal geyser]

downscaling is possible to make it look a tiny tiny bit better on a 1080p monitor but you know its still 1080p

[dreamy epoch]

okayyyy

understood

[worldly mason]

nope doesnt even show dsr

[slim saffron]

ah okay

[ebon marlin]

always has been

been using windows 11 since the day one of the public beta

never encountered any problems and experience has been very smooth

[inner pendant]

Which SSD should I buy - the Samsung 990 Pro or the Kingston KC3000? I heard that the 990 had some early problems and that the KC3000 is more reliable and is less hot but on the other side Samsung is the better brand with higher speeds and better software.

[ebon marlin]

don't buy neither

coming from a KC3000 2tb owner

[sinful cobalt]

NM790

[ebon marlin]

if it's available for a good price

[latent pasture]

just get a "mid tier" consumer ssd which u wont be able to tell the difference anyway

[ebon marlin]

Just buy a run of the mill gen3/gen4 ssd that isn't the Kingston NV2

[latent pasture]

what store is this so we can see other options

[ebon marlin]

you won't notice the difference since there is none for general usage

[inner pendant]

So something like a MP44L?

[ebon marlin]

yeah that's a solid ssd aslong as the price for it is also solid

for ssd's try to aim for each 1tb = 50€/$

[inner pendant]

what about that NM790 someone mentioned earlier?

[ebon marlin]

it's nice but very often very overpriced

[inner pendant]

My use case is coding, gaming and general usage

[ebon marlin]

so a basic run of the mill gen3/gen4 ssd will be more than good enough

[sinful cobalt]

tbh the 4tb one from what ive seen is worth it

[ebon marlin]

what country are you in? @inner pendant

[inner pendant]

And since I already have a 1TB Crucial P3, should I buy an additional 1TB to add or buy a 2TB one so that I can download all my games on it? My build is the R7 7800X3D + 4070 SUPER

[ebon marlin]

if your mobo has only 2 nvme slots I'd recommend getting a 2tb one

[inner pendant]

I have the ASUS PRIME X670E-PRO WiFi so I have 4 of these I think

[latent pasture]

i mean thats up to you
but now that u know its ok to get "worse" ssds u can probably get a 2tb in the price that u wouldve bought only 1tb of 990 pro

[inner pendant]

Will I see a major improvement from a P3 to the MP44L or something similar?

[ebon marlin]

you won't notice any improvements with ssd's unless ur upgrading from a harddrive

[inner pendant]

I did notice an improvement from SATA SSDs

[ebon marlin]

with sata there's a slight improvement

[latent pasture]

mp44l is tlc so it wont get bad when its near full like qlc p3 does

[ebon marlin]

aslong as it's a dramless sata drive

since those are usually very slow

[latent pasture]

not even

[ebon marlin]

they can get very slow if you start filling them up

[inner pendant]

So it's better to take a mid-range one and not something in the category I initially thought buying?

[ebon marlin]

yeah

[inner pendant]

What about DRAM? Is it important to have it?

[ebon marlin]

not on nvme ssd's

[inner pendant]

I don't even know for sure what benefits DRAM brings but I just heard that it's better to have it

[ebon marlin]

it's unnecessary for nvme ssd's

it''s only necessary for sata ssd's

[terse dome]

Wait where

[inner pendant]

And also something: In the store they recommended me to buy a SSD with a heatsink but it's kind of annoying that I'll have to not use the motherboard heatsink, does a heatsink really bring any benefit? is it really that much better?

[ebon marlin]

you can just use ur motherboards heatsink it doesn't matter

gen3/gen4 ssd's don't need heatsinks in the first place either

[latent pasture]

only on high end gen5 ssds bc they need to run so hard to actually reach their speed
low end gen5 and gen4 and below can run naked

[inner pendant]

so the heatsink versions are mainly for consoles?

[latent pasture]

🤷‍♀️ probably not
and since consoles are pure gaming, thats a workload where you definitely will not stress the ssd for long and the performance matters even less

1 yes 2 why is there swamp gooch

does ur case's filter not work

yes
the intakes of pc case usually have filters that r designed to come off, way easier to clean

instead of needing to possibly remove ur internal parts

[inner pendant]

also one last question: Will a higher-end SSD make a difference for coding?

[latent pasture]

stuff like this

[white marsh]

Hello guys i got this problem conecting the usb ports of my case into the motherboard

The usb conector and the motherboard one pins are arranged in a diferent way

What do i do?

[latent pasture]

bruh use logic
the front and bottom have these too
i was just referring to the general concept not this specific top only

ideally no

[latent pasture]

what case and what motherboard

[white marsh]

Aorus b650 elite ax v2 and a msi mag force 121 airflow

Am i screwed?

[latent pasture]

it says to go in the front panel

theres no usb in that one ur holding

[white marsh]

?

[latent pasture]

that ones for the power switch, indicator lights etc
the usb is the big wide one

[white marsh]

Oh ,where do i plug it in then?

[raven scroll]

Hello

[white marsh]

Hello

[latent pasture]

i think its this one

on the case manual

[white marsh]

I just checked and it fits thank you

It seems they gave me the wrong manual with the case

[raven scroll]

Do dust filters obstruct airflow

[gloomy sleet]

no

not enough to make a difference

[latent pasture]

unless u put like sff cooler on an i9 the little hit in airflow is worth the parts not getting layered cake

[stark kiln]

Not even a PC it's a laptop with a i5-7200u and no GPU ran on 7.42gb of despair and pain RAM

[kindred halo]

Hoping that the bunch of screws here allow for the lower panel to be removed

So I can slot in a decent PSU

Because this is a Dell proprietary PSU and ion think this slot will fit an ATX PSU by default </3

[proper gull]

No they do not

[tulip geyser]

aight gonna save my money to research further for mousepads and mices. Could've bit the nail and gotten a random mouse on the last day of Prime

[kindred halo]

Aw

So there's no easy way to remove the lower panel?

[proper gull]

Other than cutting it out, no

Even if you got a standard ATX PSU you wouldn't be able to use it

Oem motherboards usually don't have 24 pin connectors

[latent pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/kleomenis-tool-gif-14328067

dewit

[gloomy sleet]

you probably want to use an external one

get an atx psu and rest it on top of the case

maybe 3d print an enclosure if theres screw holes on the top

[amber adder]

guys i got a problem so basically i downloaded seleen ui and then I didnt like it cuz it kept glitching and after I uninstalled it the taskbar doesnt show only when I put my mouse on one of the apps or at the bottom bottom

[stark kiln]

So guys. Can I use a laptop screen for a PC till I get a monitor?

[robust trail]

yes

[stark kiln]

How?

[robust trail]

wait no

[tidal geyser]

You CAN

[robust trail]

I read that incorrectly. Some laptops have display input, most don't.

[tidal geyser]

But it's not cheap or easy

[robust trail]

You can with parsec or steam streaming. 😄

[gloomy sleet]

you would have to download the software required blind though

[stark kiln]

Display input?

[amber adder]

here i put my mouse on the taskbar and 2nd pic at the top

[robust trail]

or google remote desktop, or nomachine etc

[tidal geyser]

I so that

[stark kiln]

Honestly I'll do anything till I save a monitor.

[gloomy sleet]

id recommend getting a monitor for free off fb marketplace until you can get an actual monitor

[stark kiln]

It's a Lenovo id say 2016/2017 laptop

[stark kiln]

Don't think anyone has for free that works

[robust trail]

That is unlikely to have display in

[tidal geyser]

But you can rip the screen out and mod it to have a HDMI port

[amber adder]

can anyone help me with this problem?

[tidal geyser]

It's just spensive and hard and risky

[tidal geyser]

Reinstall windows

[amber adder]

does that require money?

[tidal geyser]

What?????????

[amber adder]

or couuld I just like put it on a usb

[amber adder]

and then install it?

[tidal geyser]

Yes

[stark kiln]

How about showing q display via WiFi? I think Windows has it

[robust trail]

Look for something like this. Sorry bad photo, 90 pound laptop

[tidal geyser]

Windows is free to use and download

[amber adder]

but how ive never really done it

[amber adder]

man thats like so old gen those 90 pound laptops

[stark kiln]

An HDMI port?

[amber adder]

like the very heavy weight and bulky laptops

were so good for no reason

[tidal geyser]

Loaf

[amber adder]

how doo i do that tho

[stark kiln]

I see an HDMI port

[rose stream]

You actually pay for Windows?

[robust trail]

sad part is this old ass laptop still kicks the shit out of 90% of laptops out in the wild lol. Super old SLI 680ms but they still do work.

just don't ask about the CPU IPC. We won't talk about that

[stark kiln]

My friend will give me a win11 boot drive USB for free 🤑

[stark kiln]

This?

[amber adder]

my dad got this laptop which am using right now because he got a new one like in 2020 for 400 dollars and cant even run valorant

[tidal geyser]

You install windows on a USB stick then install windows to the pc or you know just use the reset thingy in settings

[robust trail]

😦

[tidal geyser]

That is output

[amber adder]

idk it came preinstalled when my dad got it windows 10 btw

[tidal geyser]

Always is, yet to see a laptop where it's a intput

[stark kiln]

Oh.

[robust trail]

@stark kiln It needs to be HDMI In

[stark kiln]

Ohh.

[robust trail]

it is very unlikely to have an input, leverage a TV and remote desktop stuff

[stark kiln]

So I can use a remote desktop?

[robust trail]

you will not want to do anything latency critical but it will work

if you want gaming use steam streaming stuff.

[tidal geyser]

Easy and quick way is parsec

Hard but best way is moonlight

[stark kiln]

Wait can I use a HDMI adapter to USB?

[rose stream]

Meanwhile, I'm just happy to now have two computers to screw around with: my main with Win10, the other (more powerful one) with Solus OS on it.

[tidal geyser]

Well not that hard

[stark kiln]

What's parsec

[tidal geyser]

Google.com

Remote desktop streaming

[robust trail]

give a nerd a google and they will google for life

[tidal geyser]

There is a reason I have 3 displays

[robust trail]

I portrait moded my secondary display!

I'm so happy I should shit my pants. So many rooms for activities

[amber adder]

so I go and install it on a usb stick on anotjer laptop or pc one problem I dont think windows is free.. and the reset thing idk what it is am on windows 10 btw

[robust trail]

Windows is "free" if you don't care about a watermark

[stark kiln]

Anyway is my PC setup good
(ignore the eBay PSU I switched it for a good one)

[tidal geyser]

First of all go windows 11 and secondly it's free to install and use

[amber adder]

Well Ik how to unenable the watermark but do the windows stuff actually work like microsoft store and more

[tidal geyser]

Is windows currently activated

[amber adder]

Yes, Windows 10.

[robust trail]

Dunno, I use licensed software 😦

[tidal geyser]

Just buy a used pc without a bomb psu and dramless sata SSD

[amber adder]

we've all been there : )

[tidal geyser]

That means windows 11 is too

[amber adder]

sata ssd's are bad and that psu just check it on the tierlist of psus

[stark kiln]

I got a good non suicidal PSU I was recommended. As of sata I'll look into it

[amber adder]

alr how do I do that

[stark kiln]

Is 80+ vs 80+ bronze a big ifference?

[tidal geyser]

You do understand the smart pay is a actual bomb

[tidal geyser]

Non of that means anything

[amber adder]

a bit but sometimes jmust look at a psu tier list

[tidal geyser]

A650bn

C tier and ultra cheap

[amber adder]

not sometimes everytime u look at a psu u want to buy check the tier list

[stark kiln]

Ik so I switched it with a Montech apx

[tidal geyser]

That is a 80+ white

[robust trail]

I don't really use windows anymore. Linux and MacOS is basically all I use. Windows is too sketchy. If I can run it via proton or WINE I'd rather do that.

[tidal geyser]

Anything 80+ white is bad

There is not a single good 80+ white pau in the world

[amber adder]

this?

[tidal geyser]

Yes

[amber adder]

alr

[tidal geyser]

And not installation assistant

[stark kiln]

So can you give me suggestions for like ~45$?

[tidal geyser]

The one lower down

[tidal geyser]

Just get a used pc with a 5600 or smn instead

[amber adder]

?

[tidal geyser]

And ofc not bomb psu

[tidal geyser]

One up

[amber adder]

used parts and pcs are just peak

[tidal geyser]

This is what I do and it's so much better

[amber adder]

so this one?

[stark kiln]

Nah I wanna get most performance+ I'm not getting a iGPU

They got bad rep near me

[amber adder]

if u dont want an iGPU get a pc that atleast has a 5600 not a bumb gpu and good storage thats cheap

then get a gpu that fits ur budget

[robust trail]

iGPU is probably the most useful thing you can have in a consumer PC

[stark kiln]

Can it run FS 2020 though?

[tidal geyser]

Eh why igpu

[tidal geyser]

I dono

[robust trail]

I didn't say run it as your main video output

[stark kiln]

Besides I just want to leave them behind after my HD 620 experience

[robust trail]

It gets you up and runing, is a diagnostic tool

[odd marsh]

I love my built in Arc media engine iGPU

[stark kiln]

My budget is 420$ though and finding a PC with 5600 + a GPU is impossible

[south arrow]

It's came in handy once or twice

[robust trail]

Welcome to PC gaming

[stark kiln]

But is my Build good in general for like normal gaming

[robust trail]

I would continue to save rather than getting pooptier hardware

[tidal geyser]

Ofc but like 5$ gets you some 10 year old shitter gpu on fbm

[stark kiln]

If I get a NVME

[amber adder]

well just save

[tidal geyser]

That at least is a display output.

[rose stream]

Also good for offloading stuff like video encode or certain gpu compute functions.

[stark kiln]

I can't I'm told budget is STRICTLY 420$ buddy

[tidal geyser]

I have seen used computers with like 1080 and 5600 for that price

[stark kiln]

I would

[tidal geyser]

Or about there

[stark kiln]

Maybe till summer where I can get 700$ but I wanna give it all to my parents

[amber adder]

Mmm then try getting used parts and if u can show us the used parts and used pcs that would be helpful

[stark kiln]

I did on eBay.

[amber adder]

this sim right?

[tidal geyser]

Yes

[robust trail]

Sounds like you're on the hunt for budget parts! Nothing wrong with budget parts - PC hardware is a rabbit hole of epeen measuring and "grass is greener" headspace.

[tidal geyser]

The main issue is that it tends to cost more buying each part individually then just buying a whole puter

I know since this is what I do

[sinful cobalt]

keep saving that money

[stark kiln]

Most whole PCs are shitty i7 4th gen ones with like a 1060

[robust trail]

This is true. If I were just starting I would go off to a thrift store or a college used tech store

[stark kiln]

I told you I cannot save up more than 420

[tidal geyser]

No

[amber adder]

yh sometimes ppl r just selling used parts for no reason just ant money and pcs for clearing up space and sometimes know nothing about pcs

[sinful cobalt]

i just joined