tech-chat-1

[fickle juniper]

@tidal geyserhelped a friend of mine with an rx 580 do this step by step, nothing changed. We went in to a game which usually black screens and it did the same as usual

[steel umbra]

i guess i have bad habit of calling all the layers just "pcb"

on a cpu

[tired bear]

well package substrate is just a high density pcb made of FR4

[strange atlas]

Is there any really cheap ear headphones that you can use wireless on pc?

I really want to watch movies at night but speakers are too much for it

[steel umbra]

but silicon isnt

silicon layer isnt pcb

[tired bear]

yea that isnt

[steel umbra]

i tend to call it that

welp

[tired bear]

anything with bluetooth + bluetooth usb

latency will be quite bad without aptx tho

[tidal geyser]

Welp time to get a GPU with active driver support

[fickle juniper]

a new driver came out 10 days ago for me and him

[digital egret]

whats up is it possible to run a 4090 with my 750w PSU?

[strange atlas]

Oh i wouldnt want that would it be evven bad for watching movies?

I will be on my bed not at pc

[tidal geyser]

It ain't really active, it gets some updates here and there

[fickle juniper]

i want an used 100 euro rx 5700xt but my dad thinks its still al ot for a gpu

[tidal geyser]

Not really

[strange atlas]

mine will be the cheapest so i belive 250 or more ms so 1/4 of a second delay

That might be bad thank you for the information

[random junco]

tell him its a 6 year old graphics card from a brand that makes long lasting cards for low retail prices compared to competition

[trim gyro]

show him a 5090 or something idk

[random junco]

show him the price of a gtx 1660 super and say its the same lol

[empty quartz]

5700xt’s like to die :3

[limber nacelle]

yes

[tired bear]

Once i tried playing beatsaber with bt Headphones (jabra 65e) and it was so bad

[limber nacelle]

advisable? perhaps not, but yes

also dependant on your cpu

if its something like a 9800x3d that draws the power of a wet fart, it won't be a problem

[digital egret]

its a 5600

[limber nacelle]

with smth like a 14900k, both at full power, it might be an issue

[limber nacelle]

then probably not an issue provided its a decent 750w

I dont think transients were thst high during ada

[digital egret]

its a MSI MAG A750GN

[limber nacelle]

should be fine

[steel umbra]

only with a weak cpu

[steel umbra]

yes

[dawn tundra]

i just realized that chickens are egg-plants

[steel umbra]

damn you already answered, not fair

[ebon marlin]

I don't think it's talked enough how Nothing is genuinely one of the worst phone companies out there currently

If you break your phone your only option is to send it to Nothing to get it fixed

Nothing doesn't provide any spare parts to consumers and not even to businesses

So they basically have a monopoly on their devices

To get ur device fixed you have to ship ur phone to Nothing themselves and many have reported it takes them multiple months to get their phone back from them

And if they run out of parts from their own supply of discontinued phone spare parts and your phone being broken to the point you can't use it anymore all your important data is practically just lost

I have never seen a company be this anti-consumer ever

[tidal geyser]

great wall of text

[ebon marlin]

Thank you

I grew it myself

[bitter crater]

the tldr is: buy nothing from Nothing

[ebon marlin]

Exactly

The worst part all this is Nothing's phones are very poor in water resistance ratings

Their 3a Pro iirc is only rated at IP54

So they are very prone to water damage very easily

[tidal geyser]

you mean 64

[ebon marlin]

Yeah 64 I misremembered

[tidal geyser]

unless you drop it in water it should be fine

[ebon marlin]

But still just as bad as dust isn't a problem for mobile devices unless you use a foldabledevice

The liquid rating being 4 means it'll resist only some splashes of water

[tidal geyser]

Im happy with my Motorola

[warm linden]

😭

I offered him 800 lol

[ebon marlin]

I'm happy with my 275€ Oneplus 13R

Was able to get my girlfriend an S23 Ultra for 300€

Bought a broken S23 Ultra which needed a new screen

Massive jump from her iPhone 11 that she has had since day 1 of it's release lol

[tidal geyser]

512GB storage 144hz screen that is pantone calibrated and the phone can be submerged and it got a snapdragon 7 gen 3 and 12GB ram all for 380'

it even got actually good AI features

it got OIS and laser range finding for it

and since its brand new 2 year warranty

[ebon marlin]

My 13R for 275€ which I got brand new in box better

[steel umbra]

this section is sponsored by catto®

[ebon marlin]

Ay caramba mi gente

[tidal geyser]

Better how

[ebon marlin]

What motorola do you have

[tidal geyser]

Edge 50 pro

[ebon marlin]

Ay caramba

Ur phone doesn't even support LTPO

[tidal geyser]

Idc

[ebon marlin]

Ay caramba Li-Po battery and only 4500mAh

Curved screen aswell

[tidal geyser]

How many minutes does your phone take to charge

Did you buy a broken phone?

[ebon marlin]

I have a bigger battery so it'll take longer

[ebon marlin]

No? It was brand new in box

Sealed

https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?&idPhone2=12909&idPhone1=13548

[tidal geyser]

It costs 800 new

[ebon marlin]

They go for dirt cheap on used marketplaces as brand new

[ebon marlin]

Also that's the base 13

Not the 13R

[tidal geyser]

It came out this year

[wispy spindle]

am I tripping or has windows just gotten completely out of hand with background tasks? I'm sitting, one tab open, watching a 1080p yt video. Doing nothing else, just spotify and discord open in the background. I'm using almost 15gb of ram

[tidal geyser]

13r

[ebon marlin]

13R goes for like 400-500€~ brand new

[tidal geyser]

Do you just not pay taxes

Or was it a gray market phone

[ebon marlin]

I already specificied I bought it from an online used marketplace app

It was a phone won in a giveaway and the owner didn't need it

[tulip sparrow]

Has anyone replaced Emily on the retro side of things for LMG?

[ebon marlin]

469€ brand new not bad great value for money

[tidal geyser]

Why did they enter

[ebon marlin]

It's free money

[tidal geyser]

Anyhow very happy and 15min and getting 2 days of battery is fun

[ebon marlin]

It was some gaming clip contest and they had the best clip

In active use my phone lasts 3 hours longer 15:09hrs vs 11:59hrs

[wispy spindle]

How's the camera on it in low light situations

[tidal geyser]

Super good

[wispy spindle]

Nice. Been contemplating getting a new phone, the 13r is definitely in consideration pool

[tidal geyser]

1x aka super good lowlight vs what I suspect most phones do aka 2x

[tidal geyser]

Fyi I do not have it

I have the Motorola

50w wireless charging and 5w reverse

[wispy spindle]

Also been contemplating some motorolas, I've just never really seen or heard anything about them

[ebon marlin]

Camera Review of the 13R
https://m.gsmarena.com/oneplus_13r-review-2778p5.php

[wispy spindle]

looks very very solid. Especially compared to their low-end and older models

[tidal geyser]

Look at kitty

[wispy spindle]

I know it's old and bottom of the barrel, but I had a nord CE at one point. Camera was awful, absolute dogshit

[wispy spindle]

Them some very cute cars

[ebon marlin]

The jump from the IMX890 to LYT700 was really great with the 12R to 13R upgrade

[steel umbra]

carts

🛒

[ebon marlin]

12R on left and 13R on right

Random pic I just took in comparison while I was cooking

[wispy spindle]

For a company that's somewhat known for advertising good cameras, I feel like their quality has been a very mixed bagged over the years

[steel umbra]

one looks undersatured and the other one looks oversaturated

[ebon marlin]

I'm personally very happy with the 13R's camera looks very crisp

[tidal geyser]

you can see dust on the cats hair

[ebon marlin]

The pic on the right is also the closest to real life

[steel umbra]

hmm

[ebon marlin]

Yummy phones

[tidal geyser]

modern phone cameras are fun

[steel umbra]

i still see budget phones struggle with contrast/color adjustments and post-processing, sometimes simple color as a purple mattress cover

[wispy spindle]

Nah paprika or whatever it is just very red I think 💀

[ebon marlin]

Yeah the paprika is a bit more redder

[tidal geyser]

its not even a budget phone

[ebon marlin]

Mid tier

[tidal geyser]

tea

[tidal geyser]

yea

[steel umbra]

ah

[wispy spindle]

Rocking a nothing phone 2(a) rn. Can't say I can recommend unfortunately

[ebon marlin]

Yeah nothing phones are awful

[tidal geyser]

and that is why so many people bought them?

[ebon marlin]

I literally just talked about Nothing phones aswell

[tidal geyser]

the CMF phone 2 pro has gotten a lot of reviewers happy

[ebon marlin]

Just a moment ago

[steel umbra]

nothing phones are overrated, i've been saying this since nothing phones 2

[ebon marlin]

They're just reviewers they don't see the reality

[steel umbra]

nothing og was ok, still underwhelming with specs

[tidal geyser]

even the people who daily it?

[steel umbra]

but the recent releases are even more overpriced and don't even have the gimmick that made the og interesting

[ebon marlin]

I had the chance to borrow a 2a to use it the concept of the phone is nice but falls short in right to repair

[austere cargo]

can someone give me a screwsset on amazon for under 30 magnetic and if so electric for building pc

[tidal geyser]

wat

[wispy spindle]

I just wanted to try it out. Reckon, like most phones, they're completely fine for most ppl, but specs are underwhelming even at the price point and software is very unpolished and feels unfinished

[ebon marlin]

Just read the long text I typed above about Nothing

[tidal geyser]

we are google.com

what they are a small phone company?

[steel umbra]

i like fairphone 6, but again way too expensive

[ebon marlin]

Even the spare parts are lowkey expensive when I checked it out

[tidal geyser]

so small company

[wispy spindle]

I wanna try a fair phone but from I've seen it's basically more of the same of what I just said about nothing's phones just ampliflied

[tidal geyser]

with fairphone you do not spend that much for the specs

[steel umbra]

they gonna hold the margins they want back before they actually want to get replaceable phones into stream, the base phones are simply 2-2.5x the price of a glued phone

[tidal geyser]

if you have the money and your phone is not like almost a pc due to android desktop or something a fairphone could make sense

[ebon marlin]

The Fairphone 6 battery is same price as my Oneplus 13R battery which is 30% larger and has almost triple the charging speed

4400mAh 30w vs 6000mAh 80w

[tidal geyser]

but its sourced without child labor and whatnot

aka the whole selling point

[ebon marlin]

Doesn't really have a difference for the consumer in the end

At the end of the day you've just got a crappy battery

[tidal geyser]

and this is why it keeps happening

[austere cargo]

do i need screws that are magnetic for pc building?

[tidal geyser]

the screws that come with the pc are not magnetic

[steel umbra]

sd 7s gen 3 for 600 is a lot for a 2025 phone

[tidal geyser]

yeeeaa

[wispy spindle]

Not blaming them. From what I can tell you're supporting a pretty cool company if you end up buying one

[tidal geyser]

again the whole point of fairphone is that its fairly made

[austere cargo]

i meant the tips for the screwdriver

[indigo anchor]

what happens if i dm linus “linus balls”

[tidal geyser]

up to you

[ebon marlin]

Child labor is just something that cannot be erased due to how easy it is to exploit everything and everyone

[austere cargo]

do i need them?

[tidal geyser]

well up to you

[wispy spindle]

I'm probably just gonna end up crawling back to a pixel of some sort

The 9a looks very enticing

[ebon marlin]

I tried out a Pixel in-store they feel awful

[steel umbra]

it sometimes struggles agaisnt something like sd 888 or even 870, which were used in poco f3, a $350 phone release back in 2021

[tidal geyser]

its not gonna change if we just go i cant be bothered since its probably not gonna change

[tidal geyser]

but real question, does it matter

[wispy spindle]

Had a 7a before for a while. That was probably the most solid phone experience I've had in a while

[ebon marlin]

The Pixel's also had crazy burn in even though they had moving images constantly on the screen

[wispy spindle]

Also tried going back to apple when the 13 and 15 released but I just can't

[steel umbra]

well, if they want to attract customers yes

[ebon marlin]

Basically just a slideshow presentation of the product and it still managed to get burn in lmao

[tidal geyser]

how does it matter

[ebon marlin]

I haven't seen a phone get burn in so many years

[steel umbra]

most probably don't want a 600 dollar phone with specs of a 250

[tidal geyser]

like yes a 5090 and 9950X3D pc is better then a i3 12100 and 4060 pc

[steel umbra]

price

[tidal geyser]

but at the end of the day if you are just playing minesweeper does it matter

[tidal geyser]

is not the point of a fairphone

[steel umbra]

also i'd question how much more eco friendly it is to buy their phones over something mass produced

you also need to work to make the 600 bucks

which causes pollution

[tidal geyser]

that aint the main goal but is a big one of theirs

[random gyro]

heavy on this 🗣
(imma take my leave)

[ebon marlin]

New operating systems will come out yearly making the 12100 pc slower and slower annually

[tidal geyser]

for minesweeper????

[steel umbra]

repairability i assume

[tidal geyser]

fair phpone

[ebon marlin]

You need an operating system to run minesweeper in the first place

[steel umbra]

but again, if the phones are way too pricey... i don't quite get the point

[tidal geyser]

it can be run on xp without internet

[indigo anchor]

who messes up the most would you guys say on rig reboot

[tidal geyser]

they are pricey since they are able to source their parts ethically

[ebon marlin]

Might aswell downgrade Android versions from 15 to 5

[tidal geyser]

also small company so smaller scale

[steel umbra]

you can just buy a phone, if it breaks you can pull out data, for like $50 if you can't do it yourself, buy a new phone with better specs and still maybe have some spare cash

[wispy spindle]

Honestly, we should just go back to pagers and landlines

[tidal geyser]

you are not forced to update every single time there is a major version my old samsung still has security support tbf ending this year and is on i think android 13 still runs well

[steel umbra]

more ethically*

not ethically

[tidal geyser]

i just needed to upgrade as the port was damaged the storage was running out and the battery really was not lasting long

[limber nacelle]

fax

I mean hospitals still use pagers iirc

[steel umbra]

i doubt ic manufacturers and qualcomn would go their way to make ethical chips for fairphone

[wispy spindle]

See Ennui's a bro. I knew as soon as their named appeared in chat they'd have my back

[limber nacelle]

or maybe not anymore, but it was only till recently they stopped afaik

[ebon marlin]

Not forced to update but you need to be on the latest android version to get up-to-date security updates

[tidal geyser]

no?

[limber nacelle]

🤝

[steel umbra]

i assume only part that's bit more ethically sourced is the casing

[tidal geyser]

phone makers can keep security updates for their version of android

[wispy spindle]

I'd not be surprised

[tidal geyser]

aka why most have X years of software updates and X+1 or more of security updates

[ebon marlin]

The phone makers will prioritize making updates for the newest version of android that the device supports

I don't think you got my point

[ebon marlin]

Not forced to update but you need to be on the latest android version that is supported by the phone to get up-to-date security updates

Added that part should make it more clear now

[wispy spindle]

Saw a fold 7 in store the other day. Shit's scarily thin, was afraid I was gonna break it

[ebon marlin]

There's thinner foldables

🇨🇳

[limber nacelle]

they dont have the same aura as flip phones

something about flicking your wrist to snap it open was mwah

[ebon marlin]

I'll be going to sleep now to cuddle with the wife it's 3am gn

[limber nacelle]

I still feel like its missing from my life

[tidal geyser]

so to get updates for the latest OS and only updates that came with the latest OS you need to be on the latest OS???

[wispy spindle]

For extra aura install an app or mod it somehow so the keyboard always stays on the bottom to mimic a physical keyboard

[limber nacelle]

my flip phone had wheel of fortune on it 💪 💪 💪

I still miss that thing

[ebon marlin]

To get the most up-to-date latest security updates you will need to be on the latest android version that the phone supports

[tidal geyser]

so what is the point of security updates on phone then

[ebon marlin]

If you're on older versions you'll just get minor updates

[limber nacelle]

I dont know if it was this particular model but it was a Sony Ericsson

[ebon marlin]

Phone makers prioritize the latest version that the PHONE SUPPORTS

[wispy spindle]

Never had a flip phone. My first phone was some sony ericsson where the screen slid up to reveal the keyboard

[limber nacelle]

ayyyy same brand at least

[wispy spindle]

https://tenor.com/view/one-piece-dab-me-up-garp-aokiji-frame-gif-11803377855144251548

[tidal geyser]

you can just flash a more modern version of android on some phones even if its not officially supported on a phone

like lets say my old phone, no clue if i can or not but hypothetical would be if i could flash android 16 on it or something i would still be better off security wise running the older OS as its still getting updates

[magic iris]

I just got this dell inspiron 14 and I want to give it a debloated clean windows install with no bs on it. How should I do that?

[tidal geyser]

usb stick

[boreal dune]

No idea if anyone is talking about it, but the future of Windows looks bleak https://x.com/zacbowden/status/1955761302372278386

Zac Bowden (@zacbowden)

Microsoft's Windows boss, Pavan Davuluri, is the latest Microsoft exec to go on record teasing that the future of Windows is one that will redefine computing in the wake of AI, with voice as a primary input method. Can't wait for 3am chats with Windows 12 https://t.co/0RJO3VMiNx

X · Aug 13, 2025, 10:40 PM

looks like it's going to be stuffed-to-the-brim with AI...

it's going to probably be another bloated, confused mess of an operating system...

any hopes of a good release is zilch, imho

[stark terrace]

i dont know if this allowed but i need help in techsupport if anyone can help me fast

[random gyro]

is 10-25% cpu utilization on roblox bad...

[idle spear]

Picking up my vintage Alienware case in like two days

I can’t wait until I get it 🥹

I’ve also been harassing this eBay scammer for the past week

[south arrow]

XD

https://tenor.com/view/johnny-depp-mad-hatter-alice-in-wonderland-tim-burton-movie-gif-14757789

[arctic kettle]

LMAO

The🐰 ⏱️

[keen saddle]

measured my case and the gpu wont fit

https://tenor.com/view/angry-cat-gif-25783770

[steel umbra]

i invested 500 euroz into BOE tech stock i hope stock no dip

or me sad

[paper pelican]

Guys how much will the cheapest Ryzen ai chip be for desktop?

[swift moss]

dislike ratio says it all 😭

[stark kiln]

Right angle cat

[exotic swan]

is anyone's nvidia panel looking so small?

[idle vessel]

i will cry if keyboards fall out of popularity

realistically won’t happen for a long time though

[boreal dune]

PCs will die out before that happens

[idle vessel]

u never know

also i dont see the personal computer dying lol

i guess it depends on what you’d consider a pc but it’s simply a part of life now

[idle vessel]

e.g if you would refer to a phone as a pc

[gilded harness]

i was thinking why is my pc so slow suddenly

and i realized its that one program

steam fuckass

[grizzled frost]

888mbps decompress ain’t nothing

[high halo]

Does cyberpunk 2077 actually use 100% cpu?

[formal sonnet]

It seems to be doing exactly what you told it to do though? Unpacking game updates can be CPU intensive.

[gilded harness]

Didn't expected a game to update itself after I start using the PC lmao

how do i disable this auto update thing

Found it\

[plush bloom]

Guys

Is rx 9070 xt better than 5060

[gilded harness]

9070XT is pretty much 5070Ti more or less

in gaming at least

[fossil hornet]

anyone knows how to do shift+a windows file explorer shortcut on macos finder?

[livid escarp]

has anyone used corsairs xtm70 thermal paste at all?

[swift moss]

YESSIR IT WORKS

[formal sonnet]

What does "SHIFT+A" do in Windows File Explorer? (It does nothing in mine on Windows 11...)

[fossil hornet]

select multiple file at once

[formal sonnet]

Do you mean CTRL+A ? That selects all files in a folder. Otherwise, yes, you can hold SHIFT while clicking on each file to select a range of files. Or you can hold CTRL while clicking multiple files to select multiple at once.

[fossil hornet]

kinda like tht but not one by one

eh

i mean shift+lmb

[swift moss]

dolby really had to make this difficult didn't they 😭

[formal sonnet]

Ah yeah that's VERY different. https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mchlp1378/mac

[frigid topaz]

I bought a cpu cooler on aliexpress for 3 bucks lol idk what to expect

[trim gyro]

uneven contact

[frigid topaz]

I mean if its bad I'll just use the fan of it and use it on my cooler rn

Was cheaper to buy whole cooler than a single fan

Either way its a i7 4790s so doesn't get thaaat hot

[stark kiln]

Guys how faster is gen 4 vs gen 3 SSDs.

[formal sonnet]

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/114s4ty/whats_the_real_world_difference_between_gen3_and/

But realistically... it doesn't matter for everyday consumer grade usage. Sure, on paper, you might see 6500MB/s with PCI3 Gen 4, but most programs won't benefit from this compared to 3500MB/s Gen 3 PCIe drives.

[buoyant bridge]

Screw stripper 9000

I found a fucking adapter to put the little 4mm bits into a impact gun

ofc it's fucking JIS lol

[limber nacelle]

why?

it's very expensive and people who have benchmarked it has found it be worse than a lot of the top pastes

not that it matters to begin with

most pastes are within a tight range in terms of performance

[plain cypress]

MX 4 ❤️

[limber nacelle]

yuh buy mx4 or smth

[true zinc]

Honestly I used to be a Kryonaut guy, but MX4 looks appitizing

[limber nacelle]

cheap and its hardly worse than the best stuff

[limber nacelle]

I don't think it tastes good but go off

[livid escarp]

it was my only option at the time when I was building my pc but now it seems to have failed? it was fine for a year and now it seems to be not doing much heat conducting

[sinful cobalt]

it tastes like shit compared to others

[limber nacelle]

what's your specs?

[livid escarp]

I'm sure

[livid escarp]

R7 5800X3D with Dark Rock 4 & RX 7900XT

[limber nacelle]

are you suddenly throttling now?

[livid escarp]

as of this week yes

[frigid topaz]

Quick movement

[livid escarp]

it's been fine for the past year

[limber nacelle]

it could be ambient temp but, you can also just try repasting

[livid escarp]

I have some ptm that I wanna use, just didn't have a good enough reason to pull my pc out and open it up

[true zinc]

I think i'll go with mx6 for my upcoming build

the extra dollar seems worth it

[limber nacelle]

meh

[livid escarp]

I used to use mx4 a long time ago but it didn't seem that great, not sure if it was the paste or the cooler or what

[true zinc]

though my room mate gave me her old antec formula 6 thermal paste but idk if i should use it

[livid escarp]

just seemed to run warmer than I think it should have

but yea for the past year or so my cpu never got much above 75C in games and now it's doing hard shutdowns, when it reboots it gives me a warning about overheating cpu

I turned the fan curves up and it seemed to help but not enough

[true zinc]

im super excited to actually get buying the parts for my new build, just unfortunate that I gotta do it in a 4 month period

[buoyant bridge]

I use whatever comes with the cooler

[livid escarp]

I spent years gradually swapping parts out lol, my most recent upgrade is 2 2tb nvme ssds

[stray olive]

Is this rpm for aoi fine? Giving it any more makes it sound like a jet engine.

[true zinc]

well for me I gotta goto a completely new platform, my current pc is okay but I wanna prep for borderlands 4

Since I pre-ordered it for my birthday

[livid escarp]

that's fair, I wanna go to a newer platform for better connectivity but the stuff I have now is still plenty fast for the games I play usually

[true zinc]

plus my motherboard's bios is corrupted sorta atm

[livid escarp]

oof

[true zinc]

and idk how to fix it, tried flashing it, nothing worked

[livid escarp]

does it not have the bios flash button on the back?

[true zinc]

no, it's a crappy oem asus motherboard

[livid escarp]

f

[limber nacelle]

argh

ur what's wrong with the industry

[livid escarp]

at least it's not some kind of expensive mobo

[true zinc]

it wont even register my m.2

[true zinc]

what? I like borderlands and I really wanna have it? why does that make me whats wrong?

[limber nacelle]

people complain about companies releasing buggy games that are unpolished nut then preorder games anyways

[livid escarp]

the devs have been doing shady shit recently with their EULAs n stuff

[true zinc]

plus i wanted to treat myself to something for my 23rd birthday and I didn't wanna blow a bunch of money on something atm because I just moved

[limber nacelle]

also yes they've been shady as fuck

[true zinc]

I don't really mind what they been doing, I just wanna have fun with the game

[livid escarp]

I'm not even touching any Borderlands game bc of it

[true zinc]

but yeah, wont see my m.2 but it boots from it oddly enough, idk what the issue is with it and I think it's because I went to bazzite and something happened with it.

[limber nacelle]

there's no point in pre-ordering virtual copies other than instant gratitude

[livid escarp]

bazzite shouldn't mess with hardware stuff unless you got it from some third party site

it still boots and runs fine? should be able to get into the bios and reset it

[true zinc]

we all are happy in our own ways, besides I was wanting it even with all the stuff thats happened, I mean yeah they are bad and "oh you shouldn't support them and the industry", honestly, little ol me isn't gonna make a impact by joining others in not buying something.

[true zinc]

reset it how?

like reset the ssd? that'd mean id have to reinstall an os

[limber nacelle]

im not even saying don't buy the game

[livid escarp]

no reset the bios

[true zinc]

oh

[livid escarp]

it won't touch the ssd

[limber nacelle]

just i don't see why purchase it early when you get the same thing

[true zinc]

i tried taking cmos out and putting it back in after about 30 mins

didn't work in resetting it

[limber nacelle]

and incentives them to push out a polished product

[true zinc]

like it runs perfectly, just ram is at lowest speed

[livid escarp]

if it's an oem motherboard you might not be able to change the ram speed

[true zinc]

I can change the ram speed on it

[livid escarp]

I recently pieced back together a hp elitedesk sff pc and the bios is locked down a lot

[true zinc]

i did it before, it just continues to default into 2133

[limber nacelle]

fairly common

[true zinc]

because it keeps posting into safe mode

I got a picture of the error i was getting that was forcing me into bios

[livid escarp]

it's got neat testing tools built in but it sucks that I can't adjust ram speed and do stuff like resize bar

[azure topaz]

this bdussy does 4400 flat 16's yay

[limber nacelle]

jesus

on rocketlake?

[azure topaz]

5700G

[limber nacelle]

oh nice

u got it from ur roommate?

[azure topaz]

strix B550-A gaming

just usin it for now, slight chancce ill buy the 5700G

[limber nacelle]

funny memoc

[azure topaz]

bdie i got for like 35$ off ebay, 3400 c16-16-16 bin

[true zinc]

But yeah kept getting this error

[azure topaz]

never see 3400 c16 bins so its kinda cool

[livid escarp]

yea something's likely corrupted like you said. honestly at that point I'd be just happy that it still works lol

[azure topaz]

reflash the bios and re-enable xmp

[true zinc]

Did look in crystaldisk just to be safe

[azure topaz]

ram not working is not a disk thing

[true zinc]

ik but wanted to make sure

Like xmp is enabled already

Just don't work so, gonna try and reset BIOS I think

I don't think there is anyway to literally reset the bios

Also rebar was off oof

I'll try reinstalling the same already installed BIOS drivers but the last time I did it it didn't help

Yeah my m.2 still isn't recognized

And CSM is greyed out

And now I'm back to square one where I'm in safe mode constantly lmao

[azure topaz]

disable secure boot

[true zinc]

Oh uh, I will soon

[rocky hull]

rewatching Adam's AMD tech upgrade from a few years ago, anybody know what sff case is he using?

[gentle kestrel]

i know this is old but windows has a bug where it’ll randomly dump the bootloader onto a different drive during installation

i think that your other drive has the bootloader

[limber nacelle]

send photo

[true zinc]

That is true

Also I don't know where I can turn off secure boot

[true zinc]

It does but why

[sinful turtle]

i laser engraved my gpu backplate 🔥

[true zinc]

Ooooo

[gentle kestrel]

because of the bug

[true zinc]

Okay

[gentle kestrel]

other os disables secure boot

[true zinc]

Ok

Hmm, what should I do then, completely erase and reinstall?

[gentle kestrel]

honestly unless you’re pulling the other drive i’d just do nothing

the boot loader handles so little of startup it doesn’t impact much

[true zinc]

Okay, well that solves one thing but the other issue is that my ram is still slow

Keeps going into. Safe mode

[gentle kestrel]

take a pic of the ai tweaker tab so we can see the profile

[true zinc]

Mk

[gentle kestrel]

ah okay

i think you’re trying to do 3200 at jedec voltages

see the ai overclock tuner to xmp or d.o.c.p or whatever it is

[rocky hull]

video cuts before the logo gets seen by the camera, probably not an affiliate or anything, it kind of looks like an older ncase m1 but i know ncase m1 doesn't have a handle

[true zinc]

My memory is rated for 3200 though.. It should auto default

[gentle kestrel]

it’ll be a preset labeled with speed and timings

[last knot]

Quick q: is the male/female dsub9 on rs232 related to master slave? Got 2 male connectors I need to connect

[gentle kestrel]

yes but it’s rated for 3200 at a certain voltage

and the stock speeds run at considerably lower ones

that’s why you need to load the xmp profile

[true zinc]

Oh ok

[last knot]

Keep in mind xmp may void your warranty

If you still have any*

[gentle kestrel]

it won’t if you just don’t say you used it

[true zinc]

Warranty on the machine has been gone for years anyways

[gentle kestrel]

yes load that profile

[last knot]

Oh, there's no counter for that?

Sweet

[gentle kestrel]

nah the only chip with a fuse was for cpu oc

and you could reset it on your own too

[true zinc]

Ok gonna save and try again

[gentle kestrel]

xmp is one of those things that they won’t help you for but usually won’t hurt it enough to show damage

[last knot]

Intel 200s enabling xmp while keeping warranty is kinda amusing tho

[true zinc]

And it's booting into safe mode again

It's doing the thing where it tries to turn on but just cycles endlessly

[gentle kestrel]

give it a min to try and train it

if it goes to safe mode again you might need to adjust voltages but i don’t remember anything about am4 tuning unfortunately

[true zinc]

Happened again 🙁

[gentle kestrel]

yeah you probably need to manually bump up a voltage but i don’t wanna tell you the wrong one

[true zinc]

It could also be that my psw is dead

[gentle kestrel]

is this 2 or 4 sticks

[true zinc]

Like actually and that's what's causing the issue, a few days before the issues started my PC randomly popped and shut off, was because I had a usb fan in the front usb port and that port or the other port don't read anymore, also it's 2 sticks

This was the culprit

[gentle kestrel]

yeah 2 stick 3200 is what the controller is rated for

so it’s possible something else is wrong

[true zinc]

Yeah..

[gentle kestrel]

could try loading xmp then setting the speed to 3000 for now manually but

sounds like there’s other issues

[true zinc]

Thats what is going on sadly

I mean it still runs perfectly just ram speeds are low

But the slow ram shouldn't be that big of a deal to my pc

Besides I only gotta wait 4 months before I build my new one

[gentle kestrel]

it’s probably like a 15%ish hit on cpu bound scenarios but for 4 months i’d just live with it

[true zinc]

My new one is gonna be leagues better anyways then my hunk of junk

Old picture but look at how like jank it is haha

Also I never took time to clean it up till recently

[plush bloom]

so is it good or bad deal? also i was kinda looking forward to the rx 9070 xt as it has 16gb vram at cheaper rate

[true zinc]

If you're interested I can list my current and future specs

[plush bloom]

oh

what are they?

[true zinc]

PC Setup

CPU - Ryzen 5 5600x
• GPU - RX 6600 XFX Speedster
• MOTHERBOARD - Asus Prime B550 M-K
• RAM - G-Skill Ripjaws V Series 8 x 2 DDR4 3200
• CASE - Asus R.O.G STRIX GDK-10 Stock Case
• STORAGE - 1x Crucial P3 PCIe gen 3 m.2 & 1x Toshiba 1TB Hard Drive
• CPU Fan - Ryzen Wraith Stealth Cooler
• CASE Fan - 1x120mm fan that came with the case
• OS : Windows 11 home
uh here

[plush bloom]

that looks pretty good

how fps do you get on games?

[true zinc]

eh

i play at 1440p, so I get about a constant 79 in cyberpunk with FSR enabled and i get 69 fps at medium settings in borderlands 3

[plush bloom]

ohh

considering the gpu is 3 years old

that's good

[true zinc]

my ex girlfriend bought it for me last year

along with the cpu

[plush bloom]

ohh you are one lucky man

[true zinc]

actually it used to have a ryzen 5 3400g and a gtx 1650 super in it

[sinful cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/fsr-amd-fsr2-radeon-upscaling-gif-14361789650951144310

[limber nacelle]

negligible generational leap from last gen to this except for the 5090

[true zinc]

but because i wanna build my first personal computer ever

[plush bloom]

yeah

[true zinc]

I went out of my way looking for the best tech tips money can buy and did a lot of research

and this pc part pickerlist with the help from someone in the newegg discord server https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YdTXQd

Ram isn't on there because I already have it, considering i got it for free

[plush bloom]

everything looks solid but just go with an aio

[azure topaz]

real shit

[true zinc]

16 x 2 ddr5 corsair vengance for free from my room mate

[plush bloom]

damnn that's cool

[azure topaz]

damn they buildin you some garbage now

(its not that bad)

[limber nacelle]

tu150

[plush bloom]

..

[azure topaz]

7700X is an odd choice especially wince i think you can afford a gpu upgrade if you go 9600x or something

[true zinc]

I got most of the advice from other people, I didn't wanna break the bank and wanted to build something that'd be great enough for borderlands 4, originally it was a r7 9060x but i was told the performance gains compared to the 7700x were very minimal

[limber nacelle]

I think just depends on difference in price

[sinful cobalt]

7700x is essentially useless over a 7600/9600x unless ur playing like wuthering waves where they want ryzen 7s for 120 fps

[azure topaz]

damn 9600x isnt 170$ anymore i changed my mind

[plush bloom]

what im saying is that

he should go with an aio instead

[azure topaz]

???

[last knot]

How much exactly does 4x cudimm affect mem speeds? Does it just outright disable the clock driver?

[azure topaz]

why

[plush bloom]

it gives cooling better?

[azure topaz]

it doesnt need it?

[plush bloom]

it doesn't??

[true zinc]

plus it gives me an upgrade path later on if i wanna upgrade more but overall i'm just gonna be playing what I got, also about the aio, I was originally gonna go with a Montech aio but the same guy who told me about the cpu said that if i wanna save money then the air cooler would be just as good

[plush bloom]

ohh i see

[true zinc]

well not just as good

but would be okay for now

[azure topaz]

you dont need an aio

[plush bloom]

I've been wanting to build one myself in the same 1500$ range

[azure topaz]

it will be good forever especially for tyypical usecases

[true zinc]

I really like Montech's cases though

[plush bloom]

this seems a good refernece point

[azure topaz]

every cpu is going to explode under cinebench

[plush bloom]

true

[true zinc]

so i'm excited to get it and build into it

and for gpu, i hate nividia

[plush bloom]

hm why?

[true zinc]

bad memories

[limber nacelle]

huh

[true zinc]

my mom bought me my first gaming computer, she got mega scammed

it had a gts 250 galax in it

[limber nacelle]

thats not nvidias fault

[true zinc]

also like

I never liked green

shrek is cool but

I always loved Team Red

[azure topaz]

bro

[limber nacelle]

bro...?

[true zinc]

Also like actually, the value of team green is like, just not there anymore

[plush bloom]

wtf man

[azure topaz]

again

[plush bloom]

5070 ti costs like 999$ whilest 9060xt costs 380$

[true zinc]

ever since the 40 series, I was just turned away from them, also like seeing the powerdraw

[azure topaz]

what

[limber nacelle]

completely dependant on what you use your pc for

[azure topaz]

is this modern techies

[limber nacelle]

amd cards are quite literally worthless for me

[plush bloom]

..

[limber nacelle]

doesn't mean other people shouldn't buy them

[true zinc]

gaming from linux, that is all

but i think im gonna stick to windows

[azure topaz]

bro

im genuinely tweaking while playing apex reaidng htis

straight braindead baseless activity

[gilded harness]

It is literally better than 5060, i dont know why is it even a debate

[limber nacelle]

radeon glaze is crazy

[true zinc]

but I believe the 9060xt is gonna be a great gpu

[gilded harness]

Or you mean the 9060

[true zinc]

for my build

[plush bloom]

9060 xt

[azure topaz]

the 5070ti is 700-800$ and competes with the 600-700$ 9070xt with more features and capabilities

[true zinc]

i don't really make enough to stretch beyond the 9060 xt, I only get so much a month from disability and I gotta take care of myself, my cat, and pay rent with my roommate so..

[plush bloom]

ohh

[azure topaz]

ohhh

[true zinc]

I think my choice is a good one

[plush bloom]

ohhhh

[limber nacelle]

also radeons have a very limited use case outside of gaming tbh

[plush bloom]

what about rendering?

[limber nacelle]

like, 3d work? basically unusuable
ai shit? mogged by cuda

[plush bloom]

ohh

[limber nacelle]

absolutely balls

and not to mention lots of programs and renderers really weren't designed for non nvidia cards or cpu

[true zinc]

but after i get my new pc set up, i'm gonna see about upgrading the stuff around me, a new keyboard, mouse, hell even mousepad, might get an LTTStore mousepad

[plush bloom]

ohh

[true zinc]

also new monitor, my current monitor has some scuffs and damage

[plush bloom]

well mine has a 4600 intergrated graphics and it started smooking after i was rendering in blender

😭🤣

[limber nacelle]

im not sure if an igpu is sufficient for that....?

most modern DCCs has a min vram requirement

[true zinc]

i got it for my 21st birthday from my brother, a Samsung Odyssey G5

[plush bloom]

uh well mine is so old it costed me like 130 bucks (including the monitor and peripherals)

[true zinc]

anyways, it's past midnight for me, I need to get some rest, good night y'all and thank you for the help everyone

[plush bloom]

i5 +8gb ram+250gb ssd+ 500gb hdd

[azure topaz]

which i5

[gusty wagon]

Hihi

[plush bloom]

4th

[azure topaz]

4460?

[fossil yew]

I value nvidia for a different reason...4NM and overall efficiency leads to more horsepower in smaller designs...so I can use very small cases...

[plush bloom]

4470

[limber nacelle]

oh god haswell

[azure topaz]

incredible

[limber nacelle]

yeah it's incredible

[plush bloom]

on task manager it shows 3.30ghz

[limber nacelle]

my 4000 ada sff beats my old 2080ti at 70w, basically a third of the power

[gusty wagon]

How is 9800X3D over the 5800X3D?

[azure topaz]

a lot

[limber nacelle]

@azure topaz mark was showing off dgx spark at siggraph

its so neat

smol lil thing

[azure topaz]

yooo cute

[limber nacelle]

128gb of unified memory

[fossil yew]

oh yea those are awesome...Dell Compact Workstation right?

[azure topaz]

AI AI AI

[limber nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/low-tier-god-awesome-mario-twerking-gif-23644561

[fossil yew]

oh no thats the nvidia thing?

[plush bloom]

damn

[limber nacelle]

yeah the gb10

[fossil yew]

what OS will they run?

[plush bloom]

like dude I just saw a nvidia gpu costing 50k$

💀

[sinful cobalt]

50k what

[plush bloom]

dollars

[azure topaz]

dihrams

[sinful cobalt]

50k indonesian rupiah

[fossil yew]

probably GB100

[sinful cobalt]

50k india rupees or something

50k in hell money

[plush bloom]

50,000 American Dollars

[limber nacelle]

I'm not sure, I believe they are able to run Linux based on conversations I heard but, what he was running for the demo I can't recall

[fossil yew]

that has ARM cores and HBM3e on die

the $50k GPU

[limber nacelle]

grace superchip?

[fossil yew]

yea

[limber nacelle]

they're badass

[plush bloom]

lemme re check

[steel umbra]

https://www.oled-info.com/us-itc-ban-import-boes-amoled-panels-us-almost-15-years

[limber nacelle]

the thing in the picture is basically a really small version of that

[steel umbra]

one hit two flies

for samzung

[fossil yew]

I want someone to try gaming on the AMD Instinct MI308

[gusty wagon]

How much performance will i get from 5800X3D to 9800X3D?

[fossil yew]

depends on resolution and game settings

[steel umbra]

@limber nacelle

[fossil yew]

if playing at 4k really not much unless the game is heavily CPU bound

[plush bloom]

the gpu was nvidia h100

[limber nacelle]

huh

[steel umbra]

boe is getting banned from us

that’s big

[limber nacelle]

ok

im not American?

[fossil yew]

gone the way of Deepcool

[limber nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/whatever-you-say-gif-16431179117705245130

[steel umbra]

i will affect you too

[limber nacelle]

ok

what am i gonna do about it

[gusty wagon]

Cyberpunk 2077 at 1440p, ultra

[steel umbra]

amongus

[limber nacelle]

nothing, exactly

[fossil yew]

Well from what I understand any AM5 CPU matches if not beats a 5800X3D...and that is Zen 4...and with a 7800X3D you had lower clocks but lots of Cache...9800X3D can do high clocks and has lots of cache

I have a 7800X3D...and some games its worse than a 7700X

9800X3D fixed that issue

[steel umbra]

just so you know a lot of android phones and iphones have boe displays

,monitors

this ban may raise prices

[plush bloom]

you from dubai?

[limber nacelle]

ok and there's nothing I can do about it

so i really don't care

[fossil yew]

yea almost anything can raise prices

[steel umbra]

for info

info is info is info is info

[fossil yew]

infooey

nah I'm happy to get info 😉

[steel umbra]

also i feel like boe’s panels are underappreciated, i only see people shitting on them when they’re on cheap monitors

their recent mid panels are at times better than samsung’s

[fossil yew]

Willing to bet that this "unfair" methods of competition is just undercutting them on price

as the chinese love to do

not sure I agree with that at all

[steel umbra]

i’d love if the companies just shared their trade secrets for exchange instead of creating more stagnation

but there is always few brats that spoil the bunch

as always

[rustic oxide]

i have a msi 32.5inch curved monitor

[fossil yew]

I'm kinda doubting they stole any secrets...just reverse engineered it...which security researchers do all the time

[signal geode]

7600x or 9600x? only 20$ difference

[fossil yew]

depends on the cooling you use

7600X is 105W TDP

[signal geode]

thermaltake peerless assasin

[fossil yew]

9600X is 65W TDP

[steel umbra]

looks they hired past samsung engineers to gain an upper hand, reverse engineering can infringe their IP

[signal geode]

i will be buying a 750watt psu so wattage won't be a issue with my setup

[fossil yew]

well considering that non-competition agreements are illegal I say fair game

[signal geode]

i just haven't followed the new market, so don't know if there's a huge difference between 7600x and 9600x, heard some people say to just get 7600x

[livid geode]

chat im gonna be getting a new mbo, (asus prime plus b650)
7800x3d
6400MT/s ram ADDLINK 32gbs
1000w gold modular thermaltake PSU

any problems / things i need to tweak? aka in bios or etc

[fossil yew]

Qualcomm did it for their new CPUs...hired a bunch of Apple CPU architects

[livid geode]

getting that stuff in a week or so*

like its a whole bundle

[steel umbra]

they do be not like china

[fossil yew]

Well is this lawsuit not in the US?

[steel umbra]

^

[fossil yew]

non-competition agreements are what employers make employees sign so that they do not take secrets to other companies when they quit

but they are illegal here

[steel umbra]

not just in certain states or restricted?

i mean, they wouldn’t agree to fund your project if you don’t sign it so…

[fossil yew]

not sure but again many companies do this and its not considered stealing secrets...its hiring expertise

[steel umbra]

complicated matter

[steel umbra]

well, you signed a contract

[sinful cobalt]

asus detected, send him to the gulag

[steel umbra]

they funded your project in return

[sinful cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/kiritsugu-rpg-plane-gif-27471814

[steel umbra]

i’m not saying it’s right but… the tech wouldn’t probably exist if that initial company wouldn’t bind you

[signal geode]

i can get the
7600 for 190$
7600x for 220$
and 9600x for 250$
is the price difference worth it?

[fossil yew]

Well I know in my state those do not hold up in court

Well 9600X is about the same as a 7600

[hexed tapir]

it should've damaged the glass

[steel umbra]

well, it’s china

so that’s different

[fossil yew]

well yea...Top Gear had a great episode there...with all the knock-offs

[steel umbra]

they tend to be more harsh towards chinese companies infringing ips

than other like eu countries

other asian countries

[fossil yew]

I had not heard of BOE actually...and even tho I have a nice PC I am too poor to afford an OLED...but I guess you had said that these mostly go into phones...

[steel umbra]

they’re basicly like samsung when it comes to panels

[fossil yew]

oh right it says AMOLED

but the large PC displays from Samsung are QD-OLED...

[steel umbra]

yes, not just samsung thingy

[fossil yew]

Someone donated a nice high end tablet at my work and I was like mine mine mine...Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ 256GB

[steel umbra]

btw boe has sued samsung too and that hasn’t gone so well

[sinful cobalt]

LG has WOLED

[fossil yew]

yea I read into WOLED...and they actually do have a backlight

its a white layer

just white lightt

[steel umbra]

woled is king as well

[sinful cobalt]

they just dont wanna give up on the white subpixel layout

[fossil yew]

but those are mostly large i.e. tvs

[steel umbra]

it’s not bad actually

also too late to give up now

they have invested money into it

[fossil yew]

a friend of mine has an LG C1 48" and he kept arguing when I researched it and found that WOLED has a backlight "technically" he just did not wanna hear it haha

[sinful cobalt]

it isnt, they have brighter screens but QD wins in colours

[fossil yew]

I mean I know its the same unit...but LCDs are the same unit too

[steel umbra]

it still beats qd-oleds in certain scenarios so, it’s not necessarily bad

[fossil yew]

oh no I don't think its bad

but his argument was that OLEDs do not have backlights

[steel umbra]

not the best illustration for woled but ok

[fossil yew]

is the bottom layer the white subpixels?

[fossil yew]

yea thats what I had read...just note there were no pictures when I read that on wikipedia

[steel umbra]

no, the white subpixels as far as i know still have dedicated filters just like other sub pixels of r,g,b

[fossil yew]

I assume his argument is still true...but so is mine...meaning the subpixels still also emit light and color...but the white layer just boosts the overall light?

and keeps it uniform

[viscid gull]

i had an artwork folder named z2 that i deleted and im trying to recover it with windows file recovery but it doesent work. how do i get the right command

[fossil yew]

download recuva

its free

[viscid gull]

what do i choose

i only want a foldern

named z2

[fossil yew]

compressed probably

oh no

[fossil yew]

is it just images?

[viscid gull]

its an artwork folder that had images

[fossil yew]

psd counts as an image

anything adobe counts

so do images

[viscid gull]

so i choose pictures?

[strange atlas]

I want to get an cheap headphones anybody knows if this is good enough for eargasm? "Qcy H3 Hybrid Anc Hi-Res Bluetooth 5.4"

[strange atlas]

i mean by listening to music*

that sounded kinda weird

[fossil yew]

haha

I would get something that has a name you actually heard of

[strange atlas]

And they are hella expensive

[fossil yew]

JBL has some affordable over ear bluetooth headphones

[viscid gull]

@fossil yew i chose pictures in the file type question. so its gonna show the entire folder if i search z2?

[fossil yew]

yea recovery software can take time

[strange atlas]

at this price range i can only afford this "Redragon Skuld Pro H878"

[viscid gull]

i chose deep scan

so i giess it takes longer

[strange atlas]

JBL doesnt have wireless adaptor*

[viscid gull]

but it wasnt super long ago since it was deleted

[fossil yew]

yea it will probably find lots of other irrelevant stuff too...but hopefully it will find what you lost.

[viscid gull]

i dont want individual pictures from the folder i want everything the entire folder

[fossil yew]

unfortunately that's not how recovery software works...there are more advanced programs that might find the actual folder structure as well as the files...but they cost...I have used Disk Drill in the past for this...although that is usually for a failing drive.

[strange atlas]

you are gonna get bits and pieces most likely

is it ssd or hdd

[viscid gull]

ssd

[strange atlas]

I belive its gonna be even harder

[steel umbra]

ib the filters are static so… no backlight

the leds themselves are the light producer

@fossil yew as far as i know oled’s filters cannot dim themselves so no backlight

[compact spear]

New gaming laptop

[fossil yew]

How is it a filter if its the bottom layer tho?

so its just a reflector?

[cursive storm]

bro, parts of my tabs keep partcially freezing and fix when i move it

i cant be the only one experiencing this

[steel umbra]

the first layer are the leds which flick at a cycle surrounded by reflective material, the filters are static, no backlight.

[fossil yew]

well isn't discord just chromium?

[steel umbra]

the element

[fossil yew]

interesting

[steel umbra]

that’s why oled flicker can be an issue

[fossil yew]

isn't that linked to the refresh rate? or something

I do not remember everything I read

[steel umbra]

can be

[fossil yew]

I do recall that is mostly fixed on more recent models

[viscid gull]

@fossil yew i just finnisged the scan and all i got was 1 picture

[fossil yew]

did you try putting a search term for the z2 in there?

I would try again without that

as you can see it does not have any kind of folder structure or even file names

recuva is limited in that sense...Disk Drill is more advanced

I would do whatever ASAP...as if the drive TRIMs it will probably be gone forever

is TRIM even still a thing?

[trim gyro]

windows does trim every week by default

you can disable it in defragment and optimize drives

[leaden grotto]

yo i wanna get a cheap mic, any recco?

[trim gyro]

if it's for discord voice calls or you have a acoustically well treated room, a fifine k669, t669, or any cheap usb condenser will do

bonus points if you have a boom arm with a shockmount to reduce the amount of keyboard and table bump noises that the mic picks up

or if you're willing to spend like $100, a XLR mic setup with something like a used Shure SM57/SM58 or Behringer XM85000 with a Behringer UM2 audio interface

[upbeat cove]

knockoff shure sm7b is goated

slight noise issue but it's worth it

[old nimbus]

Ok, so, I'm in the market for a new phone. The ones I'm looking at are the Google Pixel 9a and the Nothing Phone 3a. Currently the Pixel 9a is around twice the price of the 3a, is it worth the extra?

[upbeat cove]

sm57 is great too. it has the same diaphragm as the sm58, just without the filter. makes it good for percussive sounds if you ever wanna record foley or drums

[old nimbus]

I am aware the Pixel 10 is about to drop, but the 9a has a better battery life than the Pixel 9 and that's important to me

[upbeat cove]

what's wrong with your current phone

[old nimbus]

Old, nearly 10 years

[upbeat cove]

im proud of you for holding onto it for that long

you're set on android?

[old nimbus]

Yes

[leaden grotto]

chat which is better, glossy or anti glare displays?

[leaden grotto]

samsung then, safest choice is always just samsung

[trim gyro]

glossy if you're not in a bright room

[leaden grotto]

ah my room is bright af

[upbeat cove]

i'd go with the nothing then. the price difference can't be worth the battery improvements, especially coming from a 10yo phone

anti glare if the quality of the anti glare is good

[leaden grotto]

not the nothing 3 right

[old nimbus]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[leaden grotto]

ic

[old nimbus]

Nothing 3a, the cheaper one

[leaden grotto]

nah dont go for nothing 3 series

it has went to shit, and overpriced for the specs

nothing 1 & 2 is not bad

realistically there's only 2 good options rn for android phone

samsung, google pixel

unless ur okay going for a chinese brand phone, then u get way more options

brands like nothing are more of a gimmick, something interesting to use, but in reality, provides u nothing

but nothing 1 & 2 is pretty decent

[upbeat cove]

you don't always need a flagship with totl everything

[viscid gull]

@fossil yew i went on disk drill and the found it very easily but they want me to pay for it. does recuvia do it for free? but i couldnt find it on recuvia

[leaden grotto]

i would personally stick with the safer choice, samsung or pixel

if im feeling risky or want to save some money, maybe oneplus

[upbeat cove]

if it can take pictures, play music, send texts and give directions it's good enough in my eyes

most everything else is a distraction

[leaden grotto]

then just go for a china phone then, they are far cheaper and do that

nothing phones are overpriced (especially the nothing 3) for their specs

they try to sell u on the "unique software" feature but it's really just overpriced

[upbeat cove]

they said it was about half the price of the 9a

[leaden grotto]

n3 really went downhill

[old nimbus]

Specifically I can get it with around 50 quid off

[leaden grotto]

i would compare it to like oneplus

see which offers better specs etc

and also, if u want ur phone to last long, just invest in a flagship

[old nimbus]

Well, I'm hoping the Pixel 10 launch will drop the Pixel 9 prices, but I'm not holding out hope for the 9a dropping

[swift moss]

fancy

[ebon marlin]

I just wrote a whole rant about them yesterday about them being the most anti-consumer company lol
#tech-chat-1 message

[ebon marlin]

Can vouch for the chinese phones got my Oneplus 13R for 275€ brand new sealed in box

[swift moss]

really now?

[leaden grotto]

nice

[swift moss]

669nzd is a steal for the specs

[leaden grotto]

there's more issues to n3 than just pricing

[swift moss]

this is an even better deal

[leaden grotto]

and it is overpriced for what it considers itself to be a flagship phone

[ebon marlin]

Just a heads up if you break ur device you cannot get it repaired by anyone other than Nothing and their repair services are awful

[swift moss]

really now? i remember apple having the same narrative

yet here i am

[ebon marlin]

Nah you've always been able to get Apple parts and for cheap too

[swift moss]

snap 7sg3 + 50mp + unique lighting + good screen in nz is rare

[swift moss]

you literally have to sign NDA if you are an apple manufcaturer

[ebon marlin]

Nothing has a monopoly on their repairs as they do not provide their phone spare parts to consumers/businesses so you have to ship your phone to them and it'll take them multiple months to send it baco

[swift moss]

the apple parts are overpriced from aasp

[swift moss]

for simple IC's like renesas and etc

[ebon marlin]

With Apple since it's so popular you've got crazy good 3rd party part manufacturers

[swift moss]

as is samsung and everything

[swift moss]

we aren't on about the right thing here considering nothign just isn't that popular

[ebon marlin]

Can get an iPhone 14 OLED screen with all the same functions of the original and same colors/brightness for 30€

[swift moss]

its the wrong choice to exclusivise parts, but oh well

[swift moss]

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-drop-gif-1982649100088909979

sned link plzzzz

[ebon marlin]

They are pretty popular they grossed 1billion in revenue last year

[ebon marlin]

Do you own a business

[swift moss]

yes

[ebon marlin]

Mobileparts.shop

Compatible Soft = closest to original quality

[swift moss]

yeah apple does have a large 3rd party clone business

[ebon marlin]

• they come with a thing to make the screen a genuine apple product so no warning in the settings app

[swift moss]

at least that isn't an issue with nothing lol

[ebon marlin]

Or Android overall

As only apple has that warning popup

[ebon marlin]

Is this Nothing's own website as I cannot find this anywhere not even on google

[swift moss]

Device parts NZ something something sorry I blew my breaker rn I'm texting

[iron glen]

How hard would it be to delete partitions of a drive on a macbook?

[solar moat]

dose it not let you form there diskmgr

[iron glen]

Can't interact with the partition button if thats what you mean

[solar moat]

idk much about mac i only did data recovery one 1 a few years ago

[iron glen]

I'd use a windows computer if i had one 😔

[coarse minnow]

Hello everyone. I hope ur doing ok. I am trying to convert my hard drives from mbr to gpt without formatting them. Is there any way i could do that. I tried couple things but it didnt work. Thank you! ❤️

[ripe spire]

Wow what a brilliant notification

[iron glen]

What are the "couple things" that didn't work

[coarse minnow]

I was trying to put some commands in cmd prompt but i couldnt manage to change it

[rose turtle]

Does anyone have any experience with Lian li aio’s? And if so was it a positive or negative experience?

[trim gyro]

my friend has one, it's working fine

ddr5-6000 cl28 memory for $103 https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16820225348

[midnight rampart]

Do I need repasting?

[random junco]

1gb ssd 💔

[rigid fjord]

the newer ones should be absolutely fine, a tad pricey but fine, some older galahads had QA issues

[rigid fjord]

no

[trim gyro]

pulling 270 watts and 87C hotspot is very fine

[midnight rampart]

It's 3070
I don't know why it's pulling 270w

[rigid fjord]

was you trying to use the mbr2gpt command built into windows?

[random junco]

rtx 3070 pulling 270 is crazy bro

[coarse minnow]

yees

is that bad?

[midnight rampart]

Is that bad?

It's the OC version actually

[rigid fjord]

270w is totally normal for it, despite how shite a card it is

[midnight rampart]

Hey, I got this for a replacement for my 3060ti from asus

[rigid fjord]

it doesn't always work, and for it to do so, you have to use it in the windows pe enviroment

[random junco]

what happened to your old card

[midnight rampart]

Right fan was wobbling

[rigid fjord]

should have gotten money instead, literally a 6700xt is better than a 3070

[sinful cobalt]

im sure the 3070 is still a good 1080p card

[random junco]

94 people hurry up and flipping buy it

[coarse minnow]

Is there i can do something

[random junco]

im SURE the 3070 can do 1440p

[rigid fjord]

to much asset culling due to the 8gb vram it has, and no, a 6700xt does better

[midnight rampart]

In 2 years when gta 6 launches I'm buying a 10070xt or something (AMD rocks)

[sinful cobalt]

8gb is a brickwall

[sinful cobalt]

I wasnt comparing it to the 6700xt

[random junco]

my rtx 2070 super with 8gb runs 1440p 😛

[sinful cobalt]

I just said it

[random junco]

is it suffering? yes
do we care? no

[sinful cobalt]

Yeah. On roblox

[random junco]

need for speed heat and unbound

[rigid fjord]

offload the stuff you want to keep to an external drive and do a wipe an clean install of windows onto the drive

[sinful cobalt]

which arent UE5 and unbound was like 2 years ago

[rigid fjord]

my rx590 can do 1080p,1440p and 4k still

[coarse minnow]

Ok bro, i have like so much stuff but i will do it. Thank you!

[sinful cobalt]

launch a UE5 on 1080p and ur 2070 super will be banging on the exit

[random junco]

old games can still be graphically demanding

and 2 years is not old.

[sinful cobalt]

that game is almost 3

[random junco]

definitely not old

[sinful cobalt]

I said about VRAM not graphically demanding

[rigid fjord]

@sinful cobalt 1080p btw

[ember linden]

amount of gpu you need depends on how much eye candy and fps ya want

I say yes too all so 9070 it is for me

lmao

[rigid fjord]

3070 due to 8gb vram and doing so much asset culling, literally kills any quality in the game

[sinful cobalt]

3060ti, 3070 and 3070ti are essentially walled off without DLSS

Its like bringing a LeMan’s tuned car into the nurburging

One you can convert all that power on the straights
The other is a handling oriented track

[rigid fjord]

3060ti is aimed at 1080p but doesn't do the asset culling that a 3070 does, and a 3070ti is just a 3070 with a minor oc and realistically the same performance as the 3070

[sinful cobalt]

I dont even recognise the 3070ti as a card to buy on the used market

[vapid onyx]

bro what?

why everything on newegg is at msrp