tech-chat-1

[left dove]

I've got dq bbq, you think it'd do any better?

[hearty olive]

because they’re selling it

[left dove]

you don't need ptm if you're just an average pc user...

[astral oasis]

Oh so it’s normal?

[unique olive]

Someone should take away the ability for these companies to name shit

[random junco]

mayonnaise is the best thermal paste

[astral oasis]

Why?

[hexed tapir]

It's a cool queen ofc it will

[latent gull]

Mayonnaise isn’t even a good condiment

[left dove]

You don't need something just because someone on the internet uses it

[hearty olive]

also thermal paste application is only a little sketchy if you’re putting it on a bare die laptop cpu

otherwise it’s easy af

[unique olive]

I use water

[left dove]

not even- just don't use electrically conductive paste in that case

[hexed tapir]

$3.90 phase change pad https://a.co/d/i7vhJfp

[astral oasis]

Seems like it was only yesterday, cuz i just checked it and it’s back to normal

[uncut barn]

yeah but like i can get this from moddiy

[hearty olive]

nah i just meant having to actually spread it out evenly

[left dove]

"grease sheet" so they got it from mcdonalds drip trays

[hearty olive]

where on an IHS it doesn’t even matter

[left dove]

I put a blob to relative size of the die and then let the cooler squish it out

[hearty olive]

i’ve had good results just using a credit card

[left dove]

ehhhhh

[latent gull]

The ptm was easier ngl

[left dove]

tbh I've never spread

[hearty olive]

my minecraft server is a toshiba with one of those old 4 core i7s and it only hits like 80 running cinebench

[left dove]

I have always blob+smushed

[uncut barn]

ok but are thermal pads ok for vram

[azure topaz]

...

[hearty olive]

don’t you have to use pads for vram

[left dove]

yes

[uncut barn]

idk

[hearty olive]

also why are you changing your vram pads

[azure topaz]

go to google

[kindred halo]

Changing out the E-Waste Wireless KB&M bundle I have for less E-Waste but still subpar peripherals, because I genuinely can't stand these much longer

[uncut barn]

i had like this white taffy on it

[kindred halo]

-Logitech K120 & HP M150,,,,,,

[azure topaz]

this is not ending well

[left dove]

yeah thats called old compound

[azure topaz]

did you purchase the right size of thermal pad

like thickness

[kindred halo]

Hello founder of the hit sandbox game Terarria

[left dove]

$5 in a few days we get "guys my gpu wont boot after I put new thermal paste on" as it's smeared across the entire board

[obtuse garnet]

Dayum, was about the pull the trigger on a 9700x but just seen the 9900x for like £35 more...opinions ?

[left dove]

get the better card

[azure topaz]

or that the pads he bought are too thick and stop the core from making contact

[left dove]

[kindred halo]

How much is an x3d......

[azure topaz]

cpus. 9900x is slower than the 9700x

[hexed tapir]

How much is a 7800x3d or 9800x3d

[azure topaz]

a lot more these are stupid questions

[uncut barn]

my pc came with it

[left dove]

and how old is your pc

[uncut barn]

like it was just inside

[hearty olive]

what are you doing on it

9700x is marginally better than 9900x for gaming

[obtuse garnet]

£90 more and 3 week wait

[azure topaz]

okay thats fair but for a typical gaming workload or normal use case the 9900x is slower than the 9700x

[left dove]

I don't understand their naming schema 😭

[azure topaz]

X no T= has to be a CPU nowadays

[uncut barn]

2-3 years ago

[obtuse garnet]

Rendering / editing..minimal gaming

[hearty olive]

9900x easily

[azure topaz]

9900x is surprisingly a decent choice

[left dove]

wouldn't the 9900x be worse because dual ccd nonsense?

[kindred halo]

Errrrr
Yeah I can't say if you should get an X3D or no

[azure topaz]

rendering

[hexed tapir]

Intel ultra cpus get great discounts

[kindred halo]

Yeah get the i9 9900X-K then (obv /s)

[hexed tapir]

i9?!

[uncut barn]

i never touched the backpanel until today

[hearty olive]

if you buy a better cooler the dual ccd thing doesn’t usually change much

[azure topaz]

what

a better cooler does not allow your cpu to break physics

[kindred halo]

Yes
The Intel Core i9 9900x

[left dove]

thats not what im talking about

[kindred halo]

It's much better than the AMD alternative

[hearty olive]

oh people complained during zen 3 that dual ccd cpus were thermal throttling

[kindred halo]

The AMD Ryzen 9 14900 XTi

[azure topaz]

the dual ccd thing is like an inherent problem with chiplet cpus that hjave multiple ccds

[hearty olive]

oh wait i’m confused sorry, it’s that the SINGLE ccd cpus thermal throttle

[azure topaz]

latency increases when the cores have to talk across ccds

[kindred halo]

I don't need a better cooler to break physics

I just need some methamphetamine and coffee

[azure topaz]

along with a clock reduction and less $ density

[left dove]

I thought there was something about multi ccd cpus having one ccd parked when gaming or w/e

[hexed tapir]

Remember the sad pathetic i7 9700k?

[kindred halo]

Preferably 99.7% pure or more

[kindred halo]

Wouldn't say it's sad or pathetic

[left dove]

10850k still baller in 2025

[azure topaz]

8c8t especially during that time was all you needed for a high end gaming pc

[hearty olive]

i remember it being the best gaming cpu available at the time lmao

[kindred halo]

But Intel intentionally made it worse for the i9 9900K to look good

[azure topaz]

yeah lol

[kindred halo]

They made it non-hyperthreaded so the i9 is actually worth something

[hexed tapir]

A non hyper threaded i7 desktop CPU is pretty sad imo

[azure topaz]

performed fine

[hearty olive]

yeah but it kicked ass at the time

[left dove]

they were experimenting at the time

[kindred halo]

They've literally been hyperthreaded since the Core i series started

[hearty olive]

now it’s a piece but then it was great

[azure topaz]

im sure its still ifne at 5ghz today

[hexed tapir]

But it did not age like fine wine

[azure topaz]

cant be any worse than ryzen 3000 lol

[kindred halo]

Yeah nice cover story from Intel

[azure topaz]

(a lot faster)

[hearty olive]

eh. probably not worth the used price

[left dove]

we all have an experimenting phase

[azure topaz]

no but if you already had one

why the hell would anyone purchase anything 9th gen

[obtuse garnet]

So if I look at a 9900x get a better cooler as I was looking to use the Noctua NH-U9S chromax.

[hexed tapir]

Until the 8 core 8 thread 9700k came

[azure topaz]

peerless assassin 120

[kindred halo]

Anyway just got nostalgia from when I wanted to get LGA 1151 v2 lol

Was going to get an M.2 H310 with an 8400

[azure topaz]

i want to play w/LGA 1151 to use the mutant cpus

[hearty olive]

that’s actually wild lmao

[azure topaz]

but one would hope so

[kindred halo]

Mutant?

[azure topaz]

mutant.

[kindred halo]

Uh oh

Is it the core equivalent of Extreme Edition

[azure topaz]

HEADSCALE_VERSION="" # See above URL for latest version, e.g. "X.Y.Z" (NOTE: do not add the "v" prefix!)
HEADSCALE_ARCH="" # Your system architecture, e.g. "amd64"
wget --output-document=headscale.deb
"https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/releases/download/v${HEADSCALE_VERSION}/headscale_${HEADSCALE_VERSION}_linux_${HEADSCALE_ARCH}.deb"

oops get some documentation

[azure topaz]

Alternatively

[hearty olive]

gives me flashbacks to when i bent the pins on the laptop cpu i was installing and had to bend them back

[cursive pendant]

Is $50 good for a Ryzen 5 5500

[hearty olive]

bout average

[trim gyro]

average yeah

[cursive pendant]

Is it good for a budget build or, cus i’m hearing it’s ass

[reef wren]

My friend is selling me his 5070 ti ryzen 9 7950x3d and 64gb ram pc how much should I lowball him

[random junco]

its good for budget builds but as a cpu its nothing special

[hearty olive]

like $1100

[left dove]

and I'm pamela anderson

[cursive pendant]

Do you know like the closest intel comparison

[random junco]

like an 11th gen i5 or smth

[hearty olive]

it’s pretty good if you’re going for a sub 250 build yes

[hearty olive]

14100f

[random junco]

oh!

actually 14100f's are super cheap for some reason though

where was this cpu like 3 years ago

could have had some use with it#

[trim gyro]

according to ppl on Reddit it's comparable to stock i5 9600K

[gloomy sleet]

who tf is that?

[hearty olive]

disagree

5500 is much better than 9600k

[random junco]

a 5500 definitely isn't a 14th gen Intel though

[reef wren]

Who dat

[left dove]

.....

[hearty olive]

it’s a little worse multi a little vetter single

[left dove]

The naked gun? beth davenport?

[azure topaz]

not the worst

[hexed tapir]

Basically like buying a old R5 3600

$70 i3 12100f beats the 3600(5500 equivalent) @cursive pendant

[hearty olive]

i used to game on a 3600x it was pretty good for its time

[hearty olive]

if we’re doing $20 increases though the 12400f can be found for like 80-90 lol

[rigid fjord]

apply to work at lego land as one of their creators?

[left dove]

Tempting.

[hearty olive]

a real chad would buy this and build an sff setup

😂

[rigid fjord]

when you can find a 5600 for 70-90 instead

[azure topaz]

and get a worse computer?

[cursive pendant]

So a $45 5500 ain’t too bad?

[azure topaz]

12400 vs 5600 why would anyone pick the 5600 at the same price

boards are a similar price

12th supports ddr4

[hearty olive]

$45 is a very appropriate price for a 5500 yes

[rigid fjord]

that moment when you can find that in a dell/hp/lenovo usff/sff mini pc

[cursive pendant]

What’s a good gpu to pair the ryzen 5 5500 with? An RX 6600 or like a 3060

[azure topaz]

works

my gf will have a 5500 and a 3080

[amber plover]

Just built a pc… how can I get to the command prompt without going into the pc because it won’t let me use my passkey (windows the destroyer of lives)

[hearty olive]

is that a typo lol

[gloomy sleet]

@rigid fjord soldering iron came

[azure topaz]

no

[rigid fjord]

comparatively same performance but none of that locked vs unlocked faf intel likes to pull

[gloomy sleet]

didn’t come with any solder or a sucker so they’re coming thursday

[azure topaz]

it’s a 12400f what do you mean

there is no locked or unlocked “faf”

it’s locked inherently

the boards can’t auto oc them because they can’t oc

[hexed tapir]

Damn you don't love her enough to get a CPU that supports pcie gen 4

[azure topaz]

it’s faster and on a newer socket with more options at the same price

[rigid fjord]

what one did you get?

[azure topaz]

her mom picked the cpu, i told her to buy a 5600

[hearty olive]

yeesh, i have a 5800x and 3080 and id easily upgrade my cpu before my gpu

[azure topaz]

yes

but she plays stardew valley

so it doesn’t matter what computer she has

[gloomy sleet]

my mate from scotland had one when i mentioned im buying one so i got it off him for £18 (£8 of that was shipping)

[hearty olive]

oh lol

[gloomy sleet]

pretty decent quality

[azure topaz]

she just plays game i just make sure her computer is up to spec relatively

it’s also not no normal 5500

4.6ghz all core, 4000mhz ram full tuned

[hexed tapir]

So she could've bought a Nintendo switch...

[hearty olive]

that’s impressive af

[azure topaz]

yeah to use the web browser that doesn’t exist?? wtf is your point

[hearty olive]

does it beat a 5600

[rigid fjord]

should have gotten the one i linked to you, it's like £12 instead and comes with the solder vacuum and a little bit of solder

[azure topaz]

i hope so but it’s hard to make a 2x cache difference up with only raw clocks

[gloomy sleet]

fair

[hearty olive]

i can’t really do much to my 5800x because my 280 rad can’t even keep it cool lmao

[visual plover]

what app do you guys use for changing rgb on ram and aio

[azure topaz]

most heat dense chip besides x3d

[gloomy sleet]

but with this i can atleast choose what solder i get instead of whatever the kit came with

[azure topaz]

open rgb

[hearty olive]

yeah

[azure topaz]

on the socket**

[rigid fjord]

you can literally do that still even if it came with some

[visual plover]

does it affect performance alot?

[hexed tapir]

Wait the DS has one but the switch lacks it?!

[gloomy sleet]

tf

[hearty olive]

i would love to upgrade to the next new socket amd comes out with but i cant afford am5 rn

[cosmic lance]

how often should i repaste my cpu?

[gloomy sleet]

why did the ds have a web browser

[gloomy sleet]

once every like 3 years is what i do

[hearty olive]

once every few years

[rigid fjord]

it always had one

[gloomy sleet]

dang

it has netflix pizza hut and a web browser now?

[random junco]

I do it everytime I open my PC because whenever I open my PC I'm bored

[cosmic lance]

perfectly understandable

[hearty olive]

my pc is a ship of theseus so i try not to mess with anything because i fear it will all crumble to ashes

[random junco]

one time I just moved my PC downstairs and my CPU pins melted into the motherboard..

I still don't understand how

[hearty olive]

okay but

wouldn’t that reduce latency

😂

[random junco]

LOL

[hearty olive]

man i have a 2nd gen mobile i3 sitting around and there’s no cost effective way to use it for anything

kinda sad that it’s just useless

[rigid fjord]

pihole/ bitwarden client

[hearty olive]

no like the actual cpu itself

random motherboards are too expensive for it to be cost effective to use it

[rigid fjord]

drill a hole in it, and turn it into a keyring

[cunning flume]

will 4060 and r5 7600x be enough for cyberpunk and red dead 2?

[hearty olive]

actually may do this

[hearty olive]

what resolution but yes

[cunning flume]

1080p

[hearty olive]

yes easily

[rigid fjord]

yes for 1080p doing something like 30-60 fps

[cunning flume]

everthing on ultra?

[hearty olive]

on what ultra ray tracing? lmao

on high both of those would get 100+ at 1080

[rigid fjord]

high settings, no point going ultra

[hearty olive]

rdr2 runs extremely well and cyberpunk is also decent without ray tracing being on

[cunning flume]

will dlss3 make any diffrence

[rigid fjord]

cyberpunk is the new crysis tbh

[hearty olive]

compared to any other upscaling not really

the new dlss versions don’t have much change between them

it’s all marketing hype

[random junco]

i sold 4 CPUs today 😛

[cunning flume]

i was like someones fps going from 60 to 250 or something with dlss

[onyx cobalt]

Any advice for cleaning this out? I don't have an air compresser/blower.

[hearty olive]

more realistic change is from 60 to like 100

[random junco]

i use tissue and ear bud tip thingy

everyone calls them different things

I refuse to call them q tips because what the helly

[onyx cobalt]

thanks

[hearty olive]

i personally think red dead’s dlss implementation is horrible and looks like shit but a 4060 can run it very well at native

[random junco]

long process though, compressed air would be better

[cosmic stratus]

Omg this is frying the shit outta meee

[rigid fjord]

a clean dry paintbrush + vacuum

[random junco]

tbh I'm never using compressed air because it has risk of ruining fans or smth idek

[hearty olive]

i’ve used compressed air my whole life never had a problem

[random junco]

it's so expensive for just air lol

£4 for a can that runs out fast

[azure topaz]

yes

[cosmic stratus]

Ive been sitting here for hours trying to connect this programmer to my bios chip, and ive checked dozens of times very closely to make sure the connection is solid 😭

[cunning flume]

wont vacuum fry something?

[random junco]

why

[hearty olive]

why is blud programming his bios

[rigid fjord]

£1 for a good synthetic hair brush

[onyx cobalt]

I got a vacuum out and used that on the pannel. I am a little afraid to use it on the fans/motherboard (this is my first time trully cleaning a computer out)

[rigid fjord]

you don't use the vacuum directly in the pc, you use it as an active air filter near the pc

[cosmic stratus]

Im trying to copy my modded bios with rebar enabled to another pc of the same mobo

[random junco]

can never go wrong w tissue

[stoic nova]

You'd place the vacuum somewhere it can suck up the dust you agitate with the brush

You wouldn't suck the dust directly with it

[random junco]

casual magnifying glass

[hearty olive]

are you doing this because it’s important or because it’s fun

[cosmic stratus]

That was to look close at the connection clip

[hearty olive]

because i respect it if you’re doing it because it’s fun

[cosmic stratus]

Important

Im building my friends pc

[rigid fjord]

as for the fans, you pin the fan blades in place and run the brush over it

[hearty olive]

building a friend’s pc with modded bios

as soon as he has an issue you’re instantly becoming tech support because his warranty is void lmao

[azure topaz]

it’s a 10 year old workstation

[onyx cobalt]

thanks for the help

[azure topaz]

it doesn’t have a warranty anymore

[cosmic stratus]

These are used t5810s, no warrenties to be found buddy

[hearty olive]

oh

[azure topaz]

by the looks of it, it’s a precision 5810

[cursive pendant]

Motherboard for RTX 3060 + Ryzen 5 5500? Like a b550m?

[cosmic stratus]

7yrs*

[azure topaz]

well yes obviously a b550 board lol

b450 isn’t any cheaper

just get a rando b550

[stoic nova]

Sucks but it's the role we nerds must be

[hearty olive]

do you plan on upgrading to a 5800x

[azure topaz]

do you have a bios that unpatches the oc exploit?

[cosmic stratus]

Fuck it I guess he aint getting resizable bar 😭

[hearty olive]

because chipset doesn’t really matter

[rigid fjord]

best tool to clean a pc out with @onyx cobalt@cunning flume@random junco

[cursive pendant]

Oh this isn't my build

[hearty olive]

the only reason an a series board would be a problem is if you upgrade just the cpu past the 5500

[cunning flume]

i just use an air compresor

[hearty olive]

which would kind of make no sense

[cosmic stratus]

No, I justed edited my own bios a while ago to enable rebar and it works solid with zero issues.

[rigid fjord]

even better if you can get a paintbrush desinged for cutting in

[azure topaz]

L

[ivory mountain]

who still cleans their pc

[cosmic stratus]

I just used this programmer to extract the bios then use a bios editor

[stoic nova]

Humidity makes dust cake to surfaces. Even high air pressure won't cut it there

[rigid fjord]

without filtering, that can still spray water onto anything in the pc tbh

[cosmic stratus]

I genuinely dont feel like editing the bios again for this but even that option doesnt seem to work bc it won't eveb detect his bios chip

[hearty olive]

https://tenor.com/view/ron-swanson-throw-out-computer-get-rid-of-computer-trash-dumpster-gif-13481995905193221419

[azure topaz]

is the clip on upside down

[rigid fjord]

also, poorly filtered/no filtering means water vapour

[cosmic stratus]

Nope

[azure topaz]

then break the whole thing

[cosmic stratus]

When I do flip it, the red light dimms

[stoic nova]

We vape near our PCs and learned how to deal with it 💪

[cosmic stratus]

Which MUST mean its connected

[rigid fjord]

i do from time to time still

[cosmic stratus]

I don't understand how it aint being detected

[hearty olive]

i just build a new pc whenever mine gets dirty

[azure topaz]

my 5810 is cooler

[rigid fjord]

the amount of crap being spread inside it

[hearty olive]

can you stop, you’re gonna make me go waste money on more hardware i don’t need

[cosmic stratus]

I jerry rigged mine for better air flow

[rigid fjord]

dell optiplex's ftw

[azure topaz]

only 80$

[stoic nova]

Oh sure. Nothing a little 99% can't handle

[cosmic stratus]

Trash

[swift moss]

Who invented ts 😭😭

[cosmic stratus]

Precisions are superior

[hearty olive]

i’m a college student, $80 is a month of parking 😂

[azure topaz]

it’s certainly rigged

[cosmic stratus]

Notice the case fan in the cpu cooler lmfaoo

[rigid fjord]

nope, perfect to make sleeper builds with

[random junco]

fr just turn the PC fans on max speed and let the dust blow away

[azure topaz]

mhm 💀😭

compress air every once and a while

[stoic nova]

Dont vape kids

[rigid fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/zach-galifianakis-math-card-counting-hangover-gif-5702972

[swift moss]

Real

[cosmic stratus]

No genuinely garbage. Bc the power supply it comes with is always weak, you need adapters for the missing power cables

[azure topaz]

to be fair the precision isn’t any different

[ivory mountain]

"week" 💔

[hexed tapir]

How would you make vape juice out of children

[cosmic stratus]

Where as a precision already has a powerful enough psu and the power cables

[azure topaz]

need adaptors and cables you don’t have

[azure topaz]

my precision doesn’t have any pcie plugs iirc

they didn’t come with them standard

[swift moss]

"this formula represents the maximum fraction of available processing time that can be consumed by n threads"

[stoic nova]

Goddamnit. Lack of , changes the meaning again

[rigid fjord]

you do realise you'd be doing the same for a precision

[azure topaz]

you need to buy the break out board and cable

[cosmic stratus]

The ones I get always come with 8 pin to 6+6

[azure topaz]

which are cheaper but

[rigid fjord]

i do miss when dell used normal atx psu's in their optiplex's

[cosmic stratus]

You wouldnt... all I would need to do itls buy the cpu upgrade and the gpu and install them

[azure topaz]

depending on if you get an 8 pin or not

[cosmic stratus]

Just get the right one the first time

[azure topaz]

mf what

[cosmic stratus]

Avoid less than 685watt precisions

[azure topaz]

yeah my bad let me use the xray vision i have in my monitor to make sure it comes with a cable

[cosmic stratus]

They show pictures

[azure topaz]

what if when i buy one with a 685w but the pcie cable is unplugged

[cosmic stratus]

And every high power one I see comes with the pcie power cablez

[azure topaz]

not every time and especially not of the inside

[azure topaz]

you can’t guarantee it though especially with anything used that’s the entire point

buy the right one is good advice for new hardware but sometimes you just get rolled by the universe

sometimes the only one is the only one without pics of the inside

[cosmic stratus]

You can. There are small businesses on ebay that do this

[rigid fjord]

perfect for a sleaper build

[azure topaz]

sometimes the only one that’s a reasonable price is a 550w unit

[hexed tapir]

Every used car has all the OEM parts and is in perfect condition no matter what

[azure topaz]

sometimes you buy a 685w pictured and get a 550w in the mail

because they just used a generic product photo

[iron glen]

Wsp rauko

[rigid fjord]

psu in this i could swap out for a normal atx psu, and change the mobo to a normal matx mobo

[rigid fjord]

not much, you?

[cosmic stratus]

Its common to find them with pwr cables from my experience

[hearty olive]

do these use a normal 24 pin

[hexed tapir]

It's not that old

[azure topaz]

a better statement i guess

[cosmic stratus]

[iron glen]

Ran out of varnish so i can't do another coat 😔

[rigid fjord]

the psu on this one is pretty much 12vo, but the fact it's removable and you can swap it with a normal atx instead

[azure topaz]

iirc below 4th gen yes

[cosmic stratus]

Crappy cooler and horrid air flow

[azure topaz]

starting 4th gen they swapped to
12vo

[ionic heron]

good setup?

[cosmic stratus]

Do you mean like rip it all out and swap

[azure topaz]

might be after 4th but it’s around thete

[cosmic stratus]

Yea

[azure topaz]

can’t see shit dawg

good setup as it’s a picture of a third of a computer and a corner

[iron glen]

Too few monitors

[azure topaz]

needs 100 more

[hearty olive]

what cpus do people use for 4th gen in those

are they 2011 or 1150

[rigid fjord]

a much older one, that used an atx psu with the 24 pin for mobo

[onyx cobalt]

How would I remove the fan? I feel like I am about to break it if I yank on it anymore.

[cosmic stratus]

It was invented to solve a program. As with every formula...

[cosmic stratus]

Remove the screws ig

[rigid fjord]

if you want real fun, this runs direct off a car battery

[azure topaz]

the optiplexes are desktop cpus, precisions are workstation

[azure topaz]

take the screws out

[rigid fjord]

the pinout for the power connector on this is the same as pcie

hehehe

[simple path]

people

is the radeon pro w5700 good for gaming at its price (i got one for $75)

[azure topaz]

it’s fine

[azure topaz]

it’s a 5700 but workstation

[simple path]

yeah

[boreal vine]

can't resist

[simple path]

and slightly higher clocks

[azure topaz]

maybe even a 5700XT but workstation, idr

[ivory mountain]

W

[boreal vine]

it's macbook time baby

[simple path]

same shader cores and stuff as the 5700

but clock speeds of a 5700xt

[azure topaz]

ah

[simple path]

basically a bios modded 5700 without modding it

and then ill just use r.id for the drivers since i DONT wanna use pro software

[hearty olive]

can you still do the force all core turbo exploit on the v3s

[azure topaz]

it’s not that different

[simple path]

ehhh

yeah id rather have slightly newer features on r.id

[azure topaz]

yes, but if you’re into that, the HP Z440 can just straight up oc 16XX V3 cpus

similar pricing

[simple path]

the best case for a sleeper build imo is a presario compaq 5000

[hearty olive]

i thought about building one for my minecraft server but i just used that laptop instead

[simple path]

or any compaq presario before windows vista

heck id even say hp pavillions before windows 7 or proprietary parts took over hp

[steel umbra]

best sleeper cases are pcs made in 1990’s ireland

[boreal vine]

HP mt series

it's fully MATX compatible

[azure topaz]

apple 2, commodore 64, sgi indigo

[hearty olive]

if this isn’t what your sleeper looks like i do not want it

[azure topaz]

thats not a sleeper thats just a shitty office computer

[boreal vine]

looks like your run of the mill shitbox

[simple path]

mine kinda looks like that

[boreal vine]

that's the point

[azure topaz]

no it looks like a piece of garbage that was mass produced for pennies on the dollar by HP

[azure topaz]

tastefully ugly is not the same as ugly

[mild onyx]

sony vaio:

[boreal vine]

make them thing it's a shitty office computer, not even a 2000s sleeper, it's too meta

shit's for normies

[simple path]

yeah my computer can burn cds btw

[cold skiff]

I wish I kept my PC cases from the 90s. Worth way more now than they were then. That scrap metal is valuable

[azure topaz]

the meta sleeper computer is an sgi indigo

[boreal vine]

the real play is sticking a 4090 into a g2 chassis

[mild onyx]

the Vaio cases of the '90s are absolutely beautiful

[cosmic lance]

can any 6 pin power connector on a psu work with a gpu?

[mild onyx]

would make for really good sleepers

[azure topaz]

if you disagree youre wrong

[simple path]

dont most elitedesks have the io shield apart of the case

[azure topaz]

yes

[simple path]

ehhh

[steel umbra]

boooooooo -999999/10

[azure topaz]

booo you

[simple path]

i mean yeah it gives off that look

[steel umbra]

you’re telling me what to do, boooooooo

[azure topaz]

boooooooooo

[simple path]

i wanna put my computer into a 1999 imac

the colorful one or wtv

[azure topaz]

shoving a gpu or a slightly better board into an optiplex doesnt make your computer a sleeper

especially if the original computer was made in like the last 10-15 years

[simple path]

very true

[hexed tapir]

My elementary school pc

[azure topaz]

ill accept it being called an "optiflex" tho

cause real shit

[simple path]

you cant swap a 4th gen i5 optiplex with a lga 1151 board and a 6500

not a sleeper one bit

[azure topaz]

yeah people seem to forget that a qualification for sleeper is fast

[simple path]

like there is a thing called budget sleeper, but if its just the next gen in an already old build then its useless

[steel umbra]

the pc has to have melty ||12v-6x2|| cables you say?

[azure topaz]

yes it does its gotta have 2x2 of them

2xhof 5090d's

[simple path]

its gotta be atleast 2-3 generations more minimum

like my sleeper went from am2 to am4

which is like 4 generations

[azure topaz]

idk ive never built a sleeper

[simple path]

i think

[azure topaz]

i had an optiflex for about 6 months

[cursive pendant]

Good price for an rx 5700xt?

[simple path]

get a w5700

[azure topaz]

uhhh slightly more than whatever a 1080ti is worth

[hexed tapir]

$110 or less

[simple path]

but pricing it is around 130-160

[azure topaz]

sounds about right

[simple path]

but if you want it sold quick then 120 or less

[hearty olive]

i remember buying a 5700xt new and the drivers were so shit that i returned it and paid $50 extra for a 2070 super

[azure topaz]

eh probably means a 5700xt is worth 150ish

[hexed tapir]

I stuck with it and still use it

[steel umbra]

what is considered when you have a gamer pro+ expensive case but a gt210 and a fourth gen i3-4130?

[hearty olive]

oh amd cards are great now

but it was not good at the time

[cursive pendant]

So is the Ryzen 5 5500 a better pair with the 3060 or the 5700xt? Because the 5700xt is around $100 cheaper

[hearty olive]

the mustang four cylinder

[azure topaz]

3060, id rather have a roughly equal card but with DLSS

3060=1080ti almost

=5700xt almost by extension

[hexed tapir]

Idk even with the TI age and driver support the XT sells for less ircl

[azure topaz]

lol that’s kinda funny

[hearty olive]

i have an amd laptop and fsr 3 is pretty good

[cursive pendant]

DLSS is worth the $100?

[azure topaz]

to be fair most 5700XT’s sucked

[hearty olive]

fsr is worse than dlss but idk if it’s $100 worse

[azure topaz]

2 years newer, lower power, maybe slightly faster i really don’t remember, better driver support

[azure topaz]

i don’t expect the 5700ft to get drivers for long

[steel umbra]

rdna has okay driver support

[hexed tapir]

The v1 tuff had 106c vram 😎

[steel umbra]

for how much are you paying 5700xt vs 3060

[cursive pendant]

About $100-150 for the 5700xt, and about $180-250 for the 3060

[steel umbra]

only?????? that’s so cold

[hearty olive]

5700xt is a much better deal imo

[cursive pendant]

Thats what I was thinking

[steel umbra]

the 3060 is overpriced

[hearty olive]

$250 for a 3060 is pretty shit

[steel umbra]

the 5700xt is barely acceptable for the price

[cursive pendant]

Well $200, not 250

[cursive pendant]

How come?

[steel umbra]

too much

for 200 you get a 3070 not a 3060

[random junco]

rtx 2070 super better

[hexed tapir]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hjrqqs/sparkle-roc-oc-arc-a750-8-gb-video-card-sa750r-8goc $180

[hearty olive]

the 5050, as terrible as it is, is 250 and roughly on par with the 3060 iirc

so that shows how bad of a deal that is

[cosmic stratus]

Dawg this programmer must be broken, ive tried two different softwares, two different laptops and two different bios chips from two different dell precision t5810s

[cursive pendant]

I could get an rtx 3070 for $200-240 instead of an rx 5700xt for somewhere around $125

[cosmic lance]

it would be betetr if it was 200 tbf

[cosmic lance]

just search benchmarks if you wanna decide

[cosmic stratus]

Why is the 5700xt even an option if your budget is 200+

3070 or 2070 super will both beat the 5700xt for the money

[hearty olive]

just get a b580 for $200+ lmao

[cursive pendant]

The 2070 super and rx 5700xt are almost the same in performance with the 2070s being a bit higher in some games. I could get a 2070s for around $180 or get the 5700xt for maybe $60 less. Is it worth the extra 10-15 fps in some games for the $60

[random junco]

unc dedicated

[cursive pendant]

Or a 3070 for $240 instead of $120 so double the price for 15-30 extra fps in most games

[cosmic stratus]

You mean the base 2070 and 5700xt

I was eyeing those two back when I was in the market for a new gpu and the super was def alittle faster

[cursive pendant]

No lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjQPCz1KBAY

[cosmic stratus]

Whaaat

[hearty olive]

ignoring drivers isn’t a 3070 worse than a b580

[cosmic stratus]

Genuinely thought you were talking about mobos for a sec

[hearty olive]

nvidia rx x570 aorus elite

[cursive pendant]

Dude idk what to get I think im just gonna get the 5700xt for $125. it would be a nice pair with the ryzen 5 5500 for a little side budget build

[keen saddle]

anyone know how to fix hell let loose running like ass, peaking only at 30%~ gpu and cpu usage on max settings too

[hearty olive]

what cpu

[keen saddle]

i5 13500

[hexed tapir]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/357476906503?

[hearty olive]

why get a sidegrade

[jagged frost]

Uh guys

[cursive pendant]

Hmm slightly better performance, much less power consumption and only $20-30 more. Not bad champ

[waxen plaza]

is the difference between a 7600x with a 9060xt or a 9070 really worth the extra $150?

[hearty olive]

probably not

[cosmic stratus]

Whats the budget

[hearty olive]

as long as you’re getting a 16gb 9060 xt

[cosmic stratus]

Why the 8gb gotta exist smh

[hearty olive]

https://tenor.com/view/money-mr-krabs-gif-18326632

[cursive pendant]

There is no set budget I'm just trying to pair something with the ryzen 5 5500 for a budget build, something idk less than $180 preferably.

[hexed tapir]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/255463048025 $199 I think this is the most you can get on eBay for a sub $199 card

[lyric horizon]

im debating if i want to combine all my services into one server or if i want to leave them seperated. they are currently set to only be accessed locally or via vpn when out of the house (all my domains are set to LAN IPs). currently i have my gaming server (windows), my admin server and my family server. i seperated it for security but it really doesnt matter as my admin server can be access by my family members if connected with the vpn anyways. so i am wondering if i should save the memory usage of running two seperate VMs and combine them into one VM. would this be ok? I am not running any government secrets just my homeassist and remote desktop server on my admin server and a few other services.

[hearty olive]

https://tenor.com/view/jfk-clone-high-i-like-your-funny-words-magic-man-jack-black-gif-18659433

[keen saddle]

just went into a actual multiplayer game and its even worse wow

[cosmic stratus]

The 2070 would have better support

oh right, forgot about the 6600xt

[hearty olive]

i hate to be the tech support agent but have you updated your drivers

[cosmic stratus]

[keen saddle]

i mean ill check but i swear i did that like a week ago when i reset my pc

[cursive pendant]

What about a $150 RTX 2070?

[keen saddle]

still insane even if i had bad drivers to only get a stuttering 20 fps on a 4080 and a 13500 pc

every other game is fine

[hexed tapir]

Non super?

[cursive pendant]

yeah

[lyric horizon]

i ment services lol but i run a home lab with 7 computers and 8 VMs.

[cosmic stratus]

Isnt that slightly slower than the 57xt

[cursive pendant]

Oh

[hexed tapir]

Slower 5700xt but has ray tracing

[cosmic stratus]

How much is the super?

If thats around the same cost just get that

[cursive pendant]

like around 180

[cosmic stratus]

Yea just get that one then

Better encoder and raytracing support

Also support for newer games

[keen saddle]

checked and yep all up to date

[hexed tapir]

I would get the $199 rx 7600 I posted or splurge on a $250 arc b580

[keen saddle]

even checked its on the ssd and not hard drive

makes 0 sense for the game to be so badly optimised

[cosmic lance]

I once traded a whole pc for a 128gb sata ssd

[keen saddle]

unless epicgames store is an issue

[cosmic stratus]

U did what

[cursive pendant]

So the extra $75 is worth it you think for the 7600 over the 5700xt?

[cursive pendant]

Heyy were just joking right

[cosmic lance]

fortnite is unplayable on an hdd man

[cosmic stratus]

?????

[cosmic lance]

absolutly not, used the whole ssd for fortnite

[terse pewter]

ah yes, the good ol fortnite ssd

[cursive pendant]

Tf were the pc specs that you traded a whole pc for a disk drive?

[cosmic stratus]

Ur hdd must be slow asf, bc I run fn on a hdd and its perfectly fine just slower load times

[cosmic lance]

just a workstation

[cursive pendant]

Like actual specs

[cosmic stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/monster-versus-vs-alien-strange-mob-gif-12413747667150461911

[cosmic lance]

i5 3470, 240w psu, 12gb of ram, 250gb hdd

[terse pewter]

oh...

[cosmic stratus]

That hard drive was not the problem

[cursive pendant]

ehh well its a shitbox anyways

[cosmic lance]

i also got with the ssd 2 laptop cpu's and a 500gb drive

[cosmic stratus]

[cosmic lance]

xbox?

[cursive pendant]

No, your box

[cosmic stratus]

Just say pc, he lacks the terminology

[cursive pendant]

Shitty pc, in a box

Aka shitbox

[cursive pendant]

So an extra $75 is worth it for a 7600 over a 5700xt

[carmine yew]

two generations newer, and actual RT Hardware? yes

[cursive pendant]

plus anywhere from 10-35 fps more in games

yeah ill probably get that for this build

[hexed tapir]

Yeah you'll get ray tracing and a faster gpu

[latent gull]

Caveman Dan?

[carmine yew]

dude ends up looking SO unhinged in this video

[random junco]

oh hell yes

[cosmic stratus]

Mhmm mhmm

[hexed tapir]

Doing the numbers it's only 12% fps boost but the ray tracing difference is infinite

[jagged frost]

I have a msi z790 mobo with wireless WiFi but teh WiFi wont show up: :00

[carmine yew]

and a 4 year newer card, with that much more driver support

[random junco]

atleast the 7600 can last 2-3 years unlike the 5700xt which is dying down soon and it deffo wont keep up with modern titles

[grizzled frost]

did you install your wifi drivers and attach the antenna

[random junco]

go to the msi motherboard website and install wifi drivers

[jagged frost]

Nope :DDD

[random junco]

well might be a good idea to do that

go on a different device and install the drivers onto a usb and plug it into the pc

[jagged frost]

I dont have wifi on the PC to use google

[random junco]

here

[jagged frost]

Oh

[random junco]

u can also use ethernet in the meanwhile if u have that available

[carmine yew]

"My Thingy isn't working?!"

Did you install the software to make your thingy work?

"No."

[jagged frost]

Idk how to make work

[random junco]

i told you

[carmine yew]

use your phone to download

[random junco]

do you have a usb or sd card?

[grizzled frost]

or an ethernet cable

[random junco]

that would be the better option

but if you have wifi and ethernet then i wouldnt be worrying about wifi

i would just use the ethernet

[carmine yew]

Have you not learned that the kids hate ethernet, and everything is wifi?

[hexed tapir]

I love unreliable Internet access

[carmine yew]

(and that's only minimally sarcastic)

[random junco]

i used ethernet since i was 11 and built my first pc

[hexed tapir]

I have Ethernet connected to my tv (Nvidia shield)

Fuck wifi

[random junco]

ethernet on tv is dedication

[hexed tapir]

My pops wired every room with Ethernet so it was simple for me

[carmine yew]

my bedroom doesn't have ethernet, and it annoys me. >.<

[random junco]

thats fortunate

[hexed tapir]

Can you run moca?

[limber shale]

are these good temps

[random junco]

yes

[limber shale]

running furmark

[carmine yew]

no coax either

[random junco]

yes very good

[limber shale]

i wanna repaste it

[random junco]

its fine

[limber shale]

this is at 100% speed doe

[hexed tapir]

What American home has no coax in the bedroom?!

[random junco]

its FINE

[limber shale]

but but i wanna tinker

[tired bear]

elfibro it is

[carmine yew]

a 100+ year old new england triple decker

[ebon marlin]

All I did was beat the tutorial and then immediately refunded the game 2 years ago 😭 😭

[inland cloak]

i thought that said 3516 degrees 😭😭😭😭

[random junco]

why did unc set 100% for 25 degrees

[balmy tapir]

alot of them?!

[limber shale]

my room temp is 35C

[inland cloak]

he wants his pc to sound like a jet engine

[inland cloak]

... why?

[random junco]

tbh i cant chat my fans are always either 80% or 95%

[limber shale]

tf you mean why

[random junco]

are u in the sahara desert

[random junco]

because thats not normal.

[limber shale]

macedonia

[hexed tapir]

I felt like it was a common thing to get installed in the 80s+

[tired bear]

just get a ac

[limber shale]

have one, its on the other side of the flat

[carmine yew]

jesus fuckin' christ holy shit... I would die

[limber shale]

i play for like an hour, than go in the other rooms to cool down

[carmine yew]

35c = 94F

I would legitimately be unconscous in a pool of my own sweat

[hexed tapir]

Excuse me did you say your bedroom is 35c?

[balmy tapir]

it might be, but alot of homes are older than that, and even newer ones dont, my current home is over 100 years old 😭

[limber shale]

yes

[random junco]

80% of british homes dont have anything but tv signal cables

[tired bear]

https://www.huawei.com/en/huaweitech/inspiration-lab/fttr-solution
run fiber everywhere in the house

[limber shale]

i live in a concrete jungle with no plants nearby

[hexed tapir]

Im living in luxury with 19-20c #BasementDweller

[carmine yew]

I would honestly be unconscous on the floor

[tired bear]

i use the sun to defeat the sun

[limber shale]

here is my usual fan curve

[limber shale]

welp it is what it is

[hexed tapir]

I would dig a hole in the yard and sleep in that 🤣

[carmine yew]

probably yeah

[limber shale]

i live in an Apartment building

[random junco]

should make it less steep

[tired bear]

geothermal cooling

[random junco]

i dont use fan curves, just straight 80%

[limber shale]

and my bedroom gets hit with sunlight most of the day

[hexed tapir]

Sleep in the bathtub in cold water

[limber shale]

no

[cursive pendant]

This is a build ima do for a light mid range setup, any changes that should be done?

$470 subtotal
CPU: Ryzen 5 5500
GPU: RX 7600 (8GB VRAM)
RAM: KingSpec 16GB DDR4 (3200MHz, with heatsink)
PSU: 550W
Motherboard: GIGABYTE B550 Eagle WIFI6

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 90 SE ARGB
Case Fans: Thermalright TL-C12C-S X3 (3-pack)
Case: DIYPC ARGB-N5-BK AX Mid Tower (3 fans preinstalled)
Storage: KingSpec 512GB SSD (2.5" SATA III)

[random junco]

in the basement

[limber shale]

rn (10 min to midnight) its 30c here

[tired bear]

go with am5 instead

[random junco]

can you afford to get a 5600 over a 5500?

[hexed tapir]

Cover the window in tinfoil and thermal insulation

[carmine yew]

Buying into AM4 in 2025 is a mistake (unless super cheap)

[random junco]

and i'd definitly get minimum 650w

oh wait for 470 subtotal its not bad

i'd just try squeeze a 650w

[hexed tapir]

$50 cpu

[cursive pendant]

I'm getting the Ryzen 5 5500 for $45, I can upgrade the psu to 650 thats fine

[limber shale]

get less fans, buy a m.2 ssd

[random junco]

non-nvme ssd 😱

[random junco]

fans are fine

[cursive pendant]

M.2 ssd alright

[random junco]

thermalright tc are really cheap

[carmine yew]

spend the extra 5 bucks to get a nvme drive

[random junco]

yes please

[cursive pendant]

alright let me change that

[carmine yew]

that setup doesn't need 6 fans

[cursive pendant]

Js for looks, $12 extra

[random junco]

if it comes with three already then getting an extra 3 for not much isnt that bad

[carmine yew]

it's more noise for no benefit

[random junco]

upgrading down the path? boom hes already got acceptable cooling

[hexed tapir]

Is this your building?

[random junco]

TC fans arent that loud and im sure audio can cover it up

[carmine yew]

it's more noise for no benefit.

No part of that setup needs more than 3 fans

[limber shale]

yea but with that money he can probably squeese something more performant

[cursive pendant]

This build isn't for me anyways so I wont even be upgrading. The $12 fans are js for looks lmao

[carmine yew]

take the fan money and upgrade to a NVME drive

[random junco]

a sub 500 dollar build and hes already got everything he needs minus $5 for a better ssd, hes got the money

[cursive pendant]

Like what were you thinking

[random junco]

3 fans in a pc are awful, speaking from experience, for aesthetics

definitely need 3 to cover the bottom atleast

[cursive pendant]

Yeah same my current build has 3 front fans and one in the back, and it looks hella boring ngl

[carmine yew]

no you fuckin' don't

[tired bear]

aesthetics?
this is a budget build

[cursive pendant]

Bro its $12 its not that deep my g

[random junco]

i built a budget super aesthetic build for let me convert

[carmine yew]

Whatever. I'm over it.

[random junco]

510 usd

doesnt look that bad does it

gpu cable is now all white

[limber shale]

square on left is my building, light grey is giant concrete walking thing, right long white rectangle is commie block, dark grey is a wide long street

[tired bear]

that top fan is doin notin

[wheat torrent]

I loved building in this case

[random junco]

quite literally lol, i've removed it from my old cpu cooler and thought i might as well put it in my case

no thermal change tbh

[random junco]

its an amazing budget case tbh

[tired bear]

put it on the bottom where you have filter

[limber shale]

just having 2 bigger fans and not having a hole above would be better

i dislike the look of fishtank cases

doe tbf i dislike most normal fans in the front cases aswell

i want my pc to look like an alien artifact

[random junco]

i have a filter on top and bottom but the bottom one keeps dropping half way because i use a pencil as an anti-gpu sag device and the actual tip of the pencil pokes down into the filter

[cursive pendant]

Fishtank cases look beautiful, when done right

[random junco]

never have and never will build a pc for myself without a fishtank case

[limber shale]

i prefer the look of my old pc

lemme find a picture since i cant find a model number of the case

if my gpu fit i would still be using it

[random junco]

i just listed my corsair vengeance ram and some guy offered me 30% off

i've already listed it as the cheapest avbailable on ebay lol

[cursive pendant]

Alr updated build
$475 subtotal

CPU: Ryzen 5 5500

GPU: RX 7600 (8GB VRAM)

RAM: KingSpec 16GB DDR4 (3200MHz, with heatsink)

PSU: 550W

Motherboard: GIGABYTE B550 Eagle WIFI6

CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 90 SE ARGB

Case Fans: Thermalright TL-C12C-S X3 (3-pack)

Case: DIYPC ARGB-N5-BK AX Mid Tower (3 fans preinstalled)

Storage: Rahonix SSD 512GB M.2 NVMe (up to 3500MB/s)

[random junco]

i aim for all my ebay listings to be the cheapest on ebay thats why i get so many fast sales i think

[random junco]

havent heard of rahonix but tuff

[cursive pendant]

Me neither but hells yeah

[limber shale]

On the right

[cursive pendant]

Wtf is that horseshit on the right

Asking for @random junco

[carmine yew]

mid-00 to early 10's edgy bullshit

[tired bear]

does the cpu come with stock cooler?

[cursive pendant]

Nah, buying from a friend

[limber shale]

and the top pannel is a door that opens so you can access power button + cd player + 6 (iirc) usb ports

[cursive pendant]

Okay after tax, no tax on gpu, build comes to a total of $501.38

[random junco]

its super ugly

i dont even know what it is

very deformed

[lofty raft]

PCIE 4.0 X8 GPU with PCIE 3.0 CPU, this shit ain't good

[random junco]

pcie 3 is fine

[carmine yew]

it's a knockoff Chenbro/Chenming case with a weird front panel.

[random junco]

considering the current cpu

[limber shale]

wait

[carmine yew]

slightly limiting, but still fine

[limber shale]

can you actually identify it

i have been looking for it for like

[carmine yew]

the model? absolutely not

but I recognize the general build

[limber shale]

any clue? all i know its from uk 2008 roughly

[limber shale]

shame

[cursive pendant]

So how much would you pay for a computer like this if you saw it on the market, excluding build price or anything, just quick glance.

CPU: Ryzen 5 5500
GPU: RX 7600 (8GB VRAM)
RAM: KingSpec 16GB DDR4 (3200MHz, with heatsink)
PSU: 550W
Motherboard: GIGABYTE B550 Eagle WIFI6
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 90 SE ARGB
Case Fans: Thermalright TL-C12C-S X3 (3-pack)
Case: DIYPC ARGB-N5-BK AX Mid Tower (3 fans preinstalled)
Storage: Rahonix SSD 512GB M.2 NVMe (up to 3500MB/s)

[carmine yew]

it's similar to this, but with a different front panel

it's got 5.25" and 3.5" bays behind the top door

[random junco]

i'd pay like £450 which is like 650 usd

[limber shale]

not quite, different side panel that has a fan, and the usbs are on teh side

i found a single listing on a czech site in 2022 about it

[cursive pendant]

Yeah cus im building that pc to sell so I'm just wondering what I should expect to sell it for

[random junco]

btw how much are u getting the rx 7600 for

[limber shale]

Damn no wonder bro got all of those fans

[cursive pendant]

Exactly lmfao

[random junco]

aesthetics is the key selling point

[cursive pendant]

$199.00 flat, no tax

[random junco]

and "rtx" written everywhere

[limber shale]

yea i get it then

get the fish tank case aswell

[random junco]

what the helly

in the uk the cheapest is 232 usd equivalent

[cursive pendant]

How much would you pay for it?

if you really think its not good

[lofty raft]

Non, it's a ticking bomb

[cursive pendant]

Lmao how? because of the pcie 3 and 4 thing?

[lofty raft]

No

[random junco]

jobany what r u on abt

[cursive pendant]

ok... soo

what is it

[lofty raft]

Almost cheapest parts on the market

[random junco]

have you not been reading the conversation

its a budget pc for reselling

its not going to have a 5090

[lofty raft]

I think you can buy new one with similar performance for 500-550 bucsk

[cursive pendant]

What parts are the parts that make you hate it

[carmine yew]

looks like a knockoff Aerocool Aeroengine

[cursive pendant]

Buy a brand new pc for 500-550 with similar performance? Like a prebuilt??

im so confused bru

[random junco]

similiar performance? similiar to the "bad specs"? that you said are cheap? for more?

youre confusing bro

[cursive pendant]

😭

[limber shale]

yea

[random junco]

what the helly

[limber shale]

side panel is different

[random junco]

forget the side, look at the front

[limber shale]

Idk i like it

[cursive pendant]

So is that the horseshit from 10 minutes ago, but modernized?

[limber shale]

no no

[random junco]

what is the purpose of the bottom front fan lol

[carmine yew]

the horseshit from 10 minutes ago is a knockoff of this one

[limber shale]

im looking for the model of it from 2008

[cursive pendant]

Ah okay

[limber shale]

why do you think its a knockoff?

[carmine yew]

it's probably a no-name chinese brand that hasn't existed in 15 years

[carmine yew]

because aerocool is a known brand that does weird shit for fun.

And that design was clearly a knockoff

[empty quartz]

Mrrp

[limber shale]

idk i like the look of it

i prefer it to my new case

[random junco]

aight im boutta sleep

[random junco]

good luck on ur build and i hope it turns out looking well and sells fast

[carmine yew]

maybe the front panel looks better, but I promise the internals of a halfway decent modern case is dramatically better than anything from 08

[cursive pendant]

Really hope so 🤞Have had a gaming pc for 5 years, but never built one, or resold one, but have resold many many items.

[limber shale]

oh absolutely

building in my current case allowed me to actually cable manage

[silk citrus]

guys do y'all think this is ok
I just changed my laptop's thermal paste so
idk lol

[limber shale]

its just that i prefer the front panel looking like something out of sci fi instead of home decor

[carmine yew]

unless that's a stress test, idle doesn't matter

[lofty raft]

Actually, all of them 😉

[trim gyro]

looks fine

[cold skiff]

Well I can’t see any before or after temperatures….

[lofty raft]

Which PSU is it?

[cold skiff]

So I’m gonna say it’s okay

[trim lark]

I need pc part selling advice I’m trying to sell a Intel arc 750 never been used still in its original box.

[cursive pendant]

ebay/facebook marketplace?

[silk citrus]

tbh i don't know how was the temperature before

i changed it because i messed up and took the cooling thing off so i was like
like that for like a week
with constant 70 - 90 Celcius lol

[lofty raft]

Do you understand "new one" ?
Used should be much cheaper, not only a little cheaper.

[limber shale]

honestly yeah

[carmine yew]

under load, most laptops hit 90c or higher

[silk citrus]

oh, aight
I thought it was bad because like i had the Thermal Pastel it already have after taking the cooling thing off

[swift moss]

😭😭

Not exactly

[hearty olive]

hehe my thin and light ryzen 5 will sit quite comfortably at 100

if by comfortably you mean wailing its quiet little fan as hard as it can

[outer gorge]

Finally, this bad boy is mine for only $50 USD

[whole garden]

nah it's the cats now

[outer gorge]

Real

[tired bear]

inspectors are inspecting it atm, please hold

[outer gorge]

3 out of my 6 cats

[tired bear]

2nd shift will arrive shortly

[hexed tapir]

So nice of you to get a chair for your cats

[hidden girder]

I guess better fans are worth the money

I didn't realise it would be visible which is which

[rigid fjord]

they can be, but also the better fans can also be cheap

[hidden girder]

Yea they can be cheap

But ironically thr 2 worse fans are the only ones I paid for

They came with my old water cooler

The middle fan is a noctua I was given

[cold skiff]

I mean all I see is dust

[hidden girder]

The middle fan has a lot more dust than the other two

[cold skiff]

It does

[hidden girder]

It's a different fan than the other two

[cold skiff]

Ah I see now

[empty quartz]

Apple fact of the day

[hidden girder]

Steve jobs had ligma

[cold skiff]

I thought you meant as in could visually see the fans 🤦‍♂️😂

I’m tired

[hidden girder]

I also found out taking that pic that my motherboard has rgb

Not that i can see it

[cold skiff]

Man was a genius. Had no ideas of his own. Got other people to make other peoples ideas and became super rich. A few choice curse words for his personality but genius none the less

[empty quartz]

You can swap almost everything except the display cable and usb port from a 2016 macbook 12” to a 2015 macbook 12”. You can very easily swap the 2016 display cable to the 2015 chassis tho

The 2016 uses a difference usb c mount than the 2015 tho

[cold skiff]

Apple’d

[plush wren]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitty-hi-jump-jumping-gif-7980148896249341689

[dawn tundra]

I put the pepperoni on the pizza boss

[empty quartz]

Costco pizza

[dawn tundra]

Kroger

[cold skiff]

Perfect for my kids. One loves pepperoni, one tolerates it and prefers just cheese.

Maybe they also have 2 people they know that like the same and thought fk it… I’m doing this for them

[tired bear]

what fans are you using?

[tribal sentinel]

Ive been having a lot more ghosting problems recently specifically on stationary things and never had them like 3 weeks ago does anyone know what the issue may be my monitor is the aoc 27g2g8

[wraith bone]

this showed up , my guess is its coz of secure boot that i used for battlefield

long story short , my windows got messed bad , had a framework error , windows wasnt starting up , and if it did everything was slow

[cosmic stratus]

Sorry I meant "problem"

[cosmic idol]

[wraith bone]

so i reinstalled windows in C driver hence the C drive wont show show turn on bitlocker option but the rest of the drives do when i right click them

[fiery pagoda]

https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1407141468409299075

[strange atlas]

you probably didnt decrypt it before reinstalling windows

[rigid fjord]

looks more like you have bitlocker enabled on those 2 drives

[strange atlas]

yeah that one

Anybody knows if the hi level 4k tv in linuses video worth buying?

For movie nights

[wraith bone]

yea , how do u do that ?

[wraith bone]

its off, its showing me an option to turn it on when i right click

[strange atlas]

You probably had to do decrypt before reinstalling

[wraith bone]

anywasy the main reason for reinstalling windwos is my guess is enabling and disabling secure boot messed things up

[random gyro]

what is the best browser in 2025?
chromium or gecko

[wraith bone]

how do i do that ?

[strange atlas]

like i said probably you "had to"

[wraith bone]

ok

[strange atlas]

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/find-your-bitlocker-recovery-key-6b71ad27-0b89-ea08-f143-056f5ab347d6

didnt check it but might help

[grim sparrow]

im about to make a scene

5 hours troubleshooting

I KEEP GETTING THE BLUE SCREEN

[heavy lichen]

Something is prob broken

[grim sparrow]

nah really

ofc it is

this is an old pc maybe its corrupted

[heavy lichen]

Reinstall windows

[cold skiff]

#1027757333117415424

[grim sparrow]

ill stick to indians

[sand epoch]

why do people say that desktop boot is slower than a laptop? mine boots in like 3 seconds

[cold skiff]

Wow the racism

[cold skiff]

DDR5 memory training

[sand epoch]

isn't it a good thing indians are known for their reliability of tech knowledge?

[random gyro]

my pc has to memory train for like 30sec 🫩🙏

[sand epoch]

im an Indian and I don't mind if someone refers to indian tech videos

[dawn tundra]

Accidental lyrical genius

[grim sparrow]

funny thing i got that line when i was listening to kesha

[dawn tundra]

Lol

[cold skiff]

I mean I’m in the UK and training for doctors is heavily funded in India by us but I wouldn’t tarnish the whole country with a brush of “they’re just great doctors”

[faint flower]

Rx 7800xt or 5070 when one is about 100 euros cheaper than the other?

[sand epoch]

hey I have a 7800xt

[cold skiff]

I’d also argue India is better at offering a service not necessarily knowledge in that sector

[dawn tundra]

How much you guys think this costs (I've asked this question before so those of you who know they answered please don't because funny)

[sand epoch]

i think 7800xt has more vram than the base 5070 (which is 8 afaik)

7800xt has 16gb so

[cold skiff]

An oc’d 7800xt will be like 5% slower (another 7800xt owner)

[faint flower]

I would undervolt it

[cold skiff]

A 5070 has 12gb iirc

[faint flower]

But would be doing the same with the 5070

[cold skiff]

Honestly for just raster if you’re like saving $100 undervolt it and you won’t see much of a difference in performance

[dawn tundra]

FYI it costs more than some CPUs

[cursive pendant]

$95

[sand epoch]

undervolting gives more fps?

[dawn tundra]

Too low

[cold skiff]

My undervolt on raster matches a 4070S basically and I’m using the reference sapphire

[cursive pendant]

$295

[faint flower]

Sometimes yeah

[dawn tundra]

Yes how did you did you look up the previous time I asked it

[cursive pendant]

No lmfao I swear that was a guess 😭

[sand epoch]

i have a 7800xt , how much of a fps boost will I even get in games like battlefield 6

[dawn tundra]

Lol

[cursive pendant]

Did I acc get it spot on?

[dawn tundra]

Pretty much yes it's like 297 something like that I think

It's a 68 pin SCSI to USB connector