tech-chat-1

[rigid fjord]

looks like that's for external use

[gloomy sleet]

who needs cat 8 anyway

[plain cypress]

Monitor resolution is independent of your 3D design application

[gloomy sleet]

i just rip the cables from under the sea and plug them straight into my computer

[distant frigate]

Mmmm gold plated RJ45 connectors

[rigid fjord]

factories, hospitals, multi storey companies

[boreal urchin]

The gpu has to generate an image for even more pixels

[gloomy sleet]

what is the point in this other then more expensive

[gloomy sleet]

(it was sarcasm)

[rigid fjord]

you're not a shark, so you can't upload yourself to the internet

[gloomy sleet]

also my local hospital used dial up until 2015

[rigid fjord]

that is really hard to believe

[gloomy sleet]

sure

its a very small "hospital" they literally just used paperwork

[plain cypress]

I...don't care. Just get the 1080p

[exotic cape]

Yay, someone else also throws a white flag

[distant frigate]

Also CAT8 Ethernet does 40 Gbps at 25 meters and not the 100 meters

Important to note

[gloomy sleet]

there was 4 GPs a urologist and a dermatologist working there

[distant frigate]

Might as well do SFP for longer distances at that speed

[gloomy sleet]

6 doctors doesnt need 40gbps internet to function properly

[exotic cape]

Would you even have the hardware to support those speeds?

[swift stream]

what are these apps

[exotic cape]

Memories

[rigid fjord]

so an average doctors and not a hospital then

[gloomy sleet]

it literally says it there lmao

i mean

it was technically a hospital but not really

[summer token]

I loved trolling with the fake taser apps

[gloomy sleet]

they functioned perfectly fine on just paperwork

[stable beacon]

how do i turn ts off its actually driving me insane

[gloomy sleet]

triple tap the power button

and turn it off there

[stable beacon]

i mean permanently

oh

[gloomy sleet]

that is permament

[dark tiger]

my new router is ready to use

Intel core 2 quad Q8000 smth
4 lan ports
1 wan port
GT 640
4GB Ram

[stable beacon]

it's just pulling up a credit card thing

[gloomy sleet]

try locking your phone

then before you face id triple tap

usually works fine for me

[stable beacon]

nothing same thing

[gloomy sleet]

it should work just triple tapping the power button really fast?

otherwise try and search voice over in the settings menu

[stable beacon]

it's off, i thought i turned it off but my headphones keep summoning it they shouldn't even have microphones

[gloomy sleet]

oh

ive never heard of that issue i have no idea what to do about that

sorry

[stable beacon]

i'm literally just sitting there i thought i activated something but it seems to do whatever it wants

turns off my music and basically bricks my phone until i lock and unlock my phone

it only seems to happen with my headphones on, they're wired with an adapter but it recognizes the adapter as a headphone apparently

[rigid fjord]

what headphones?

[azure topaz]

why must you do this to him

[ebon marlin]

revenge

[azure topaz]

😭

[tardy spruce]

yo yall got recommendations for a good budget microphone my budget is 100 sar max i can go is 150 sar which is like 40 usd

[ebon marlin]

saar

with a low budget you'd probably have to get an used mic

[plain cypress]

Poverty tier router fr fr

[proper gull]

What decade is that man living in

I hate to think how much power that consumes

[plain cypress]

Is a company called "fifine (maybe Fi Fine?)" in your region?

[plain cypress]

My router was a core 2 duo optiplex until 2021

[ebon marlin]

oh yeah forgot about fifine

they've got solid products'

[tardy spruce]

saw some of their products online yes they are available

[ebon marlin]

Fifine AM8 is pretty solid

[tardy spruce]

thats like 200 sar

[plain cypress]

Now it's a Skylake system
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bVvV8Q

[mortal mantle]

WTF 6GB in temp

[lapis furnace]

https://tenor.com/view/hecknbees-bin-hecknbin-recycle-bin-gif-20577082

[mortal mantle]

why do I need permission from myself lol

[azure topaz]

because clearing temp files is a thing you do in disk cleanup

[mossy nacelle]

What's typically the ideal brightness range for HDR?

[plain cypress]

Brighter the better

[mossy nacelle]

The TV I'm using has a peak brightness of 366-368 nits for hdr content apparently. I ofc don't have the tools to measure it

[wheat torrent]

For mobos that can do multiple pcle 4.0 8x
What is the starting price point, I'm seeing only expensive Threadripper ones

[grizzled frost]

most consumer platforms can do 2 pcie 4.0 x8

anything beyond that and you need a HEDT platform

[mossy nacelle]

But it does have a delta e of 11.2 in hdr

[wheat torrent]

So two GPUs at most

And as far as I'm aware most modern GPUs cannot saturate the bandwidth of 4.0 x16

But I assume it's otherwise with x8

[grizzled frost]

what gpus are you looking to use

and for what purpose

[wheat torrent]

Atm I don't have all the details I'm just looking into it

[grizzled frost]

what will and won’t saturate the link depends on the gpu’s and workload

[wheat torrent]

I didn't realize modern platforms are so limiting once you want to use more than one gpu

[grizzled frost]

because there’s almost no point to use multiple GPUs on consumer platforms

SLI/NVLink/Crossfire is dead

[somber cypress]

Ummm question

[grizzled frost]

Ummm answer

[somber cypress]

Is 99.6% wear level on battery bad

[grizzled frost]

is that the battery health?

[wheat torrent]

im thinking like

[spring latch]

all of AMD FX sucks, no doubt about that but apparently the best FX CPU would be the 4200, it apparently has 4 nodes 4 cores instead of the typical 2 nodes, 4 cores, 1 shared FPU

[wheat torrent]

a 10 gigabit expansion cards need 4.0 x4 at least (I think thats actually 8 gig?)

[somber cypress]

No

[grizzled frost]

pcie 4.0x1*

[wheat torrent]

• a RAID expansion card you would want 8 gigabit also

[wheat torrent]

o wait

[pale flint]

it was a bad idea

[somber cypress]

Umm yeah my daily driver laptop is at 4% wear level.. this laptop I'm looking at is 99.6%

[rigid fjord]

don't you mean fx 4300, though they was perfect for XOC

[grizzled frost]

raid cards are at best useless, at worst an active detriment, use software raid

[spring latch]

no, the FX 4200

the 4300 was still 2 nodes 4 cores

[grizzled frost]

yeah that’s either a sensor misreporting or your battery is basically dead

[wheat torrent]

not raid I forgot what the name is

HED HAD HDE

[grizzled frost]

HBA?

[wheat torrent]

so you can run 10gig on a x1?

[somber cypress]

Well it does die very fast

But it's a heavy laptop 3070ti 12700h

[grizzled frost]

if the slot is pcie 4.0, and the card is pcie 4.0

[wheat torrent]

isnt 4.0 4x 8gb/s

[rigid fjord]

fx 4300 was 4c 4t though

[grizzled frost]

8GB/s, a 10g is 10Gb/s or 1.25GB/s

important moment to understand the difference between Gigabyte and Gigabit

[wheat torrent]

bruuh

[spring latch]

it is, 2 nodes 4 cores means there are like 2 physical cores with 2 physical cores inside, this is 4 cores 4 threads but in general itsk kinda 2 cores

[wheat torrent]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cats-orange-cat-orange-cats-cat-weird-gif-17010424884748616697

no comment

absolutely horrendous

[grizzled frost]

what

[spring latch]

the 4200 is 4 seperate nodes, its not like 2 cores with 2 cores nested inside

[grizzled frost]

what do you even mean by “nodes”

[spring latch]

i forgot the exact word

[left dove]

what you're doing is not numa noding.

[grizzled frost]

do you mean cores

[wheat torrent]

I hate it

[spring latch]

im trying to figure out the FX cores confusion

[left dove]

lmao

[rigid fjord]

tbf, i still have an fx4300, and a fx6300

[spring latch]

people critisized it for not being 4 cores techniclly even if it was, but the FX 4200 was apparently 4 real cores

[left dove]

i still got my 8350 :D

[spring latch]

I wish I had never disposed my 4300 PC

[rigid fjord]

XOC it to 9ghz?

[abstract wigeon]

any thoughts on what chipset i should use for a budget am4 based server?

[left dove]

b series

[grizzled frost]

the cheapest one with the features you need

[rigid fjord]

a decent b450 or b550

[grizzled frost]

pretty sure you’re just misunderstanding what cores and threads means

[spring latch]

no, I know what thety mean, im just having a hard time explaining the thing im trying to explain

[grizzled frost]

evidently

[spring latch]

why im using nodes

i meant modules

the FX 41xx and 43xx have 2 modules with 2 cores inside each module

[rigid fjord]

apparently fx4200 is like this

[grizzled frost]

so they’re just 1 core per CCD

[rigid fjord]

fx4100

[grizzled frost]

wait but it shares L3

goddamn old CPU architecture was weird

[spring latch]

thats what im trying to say, the FX 4200 is 4 modules each with 1 core inlike the other FX 4xxx CPUs that has like 2 modules with 2 cores inside or something

idk next time I build a PC its gonna be old intel though and not old AMD

[azure topaz]

yeah

[grizzled frost]

next time you build a PC it should be something from this decade

[azure topaz]

it is

[spring latch]

nah

[azure topaz]

its still bad thought hat doesnt change anything

[grizzled frost]

such old chips aren’t even worth the postage

[azure topaz]

its just slightly less bad than an fx 4100

[spring latch]

consider this: I have a use case, what I want is just what I need for the use case, infact its better than what I need for the use case

[grizzled frost]

what is the use case?

[spring latch]

BlackMIDI (dense ass midis), and not AAA gaming

it works fine on my J4125, but i would rather a 4th gen unlocked intel chip than a shit gemini lake chip

[azure topaz]

makes no sense

[grizzled frost]

what on earth is “blackmidi”

[azure topaz]

why not get something ddr4 at the minimum

6700k or 7700k combos are absurdly cheap

[spring latch]

look up tau the song or something, that kind of black midi, not the band

[azure topaz]

i see them for 120-150$ in my local area with board and ram

[brave brook]

or $50 for a full mini PC from Dell/HP

[spring latch]

I was planning on either a 4770K or a 7700K, so 7700K is 100% up there

[azure topaz]

well i assume the unlocked means he might wnat to play with ocing it

but going ddr3 today is geniunely stupid

at least if its something that has a real function and is not for simple oc fun

[spring latch]

DDR3 is dirt cheap, you can get 32GB for like, under 100$

[azure topaz]

you can do the same with ddr4

[grizzled frost]

you can get 32gb of ddr3 for under 20usd

i found a kit for 11usd

[azure topaz]

ECC? 8gb ddr3 dimms are expensive

[grizzled frost]

oh ECC it’s closer to 20-25usd

[spring latch]

though if I get anything, id rather take my dads PC, i5 7400, 16GB DDR4, RX 580, all he does is watch videos on it anyways, but i know hed really say no, even though he doesnt need all that

[azure topaz]

these are good dimms too

these not so much but still cheap

[grizzled frost]

you say “all that” like it isn’t decade old hardware

[azure topaz]

more garbage but its consumer and still cheap

[spring latch]

its not decade old hardware lmao, its very close though

[carmine yew]

it's only 8, going on 9 years old...

GPU is 8

[grizzled frost]

so semantics

“oh no it’s not 10 years old! it’s 8-10 years old! big difference i promise!”

[spring latch]

lol

[azure topaz]

the 6400 which is the same cpu launched 10 years ago

[spring latch]

well his 7400 does run Windows 11 officially

[azure topaz]

no it doesnt lol

[carmine yew]

negative

[azure topaz]

8th gen is minimum for official compatibility

[tulip sparrow]

Hmm could I use a WinPE ISO to install things like bios without needing full Windows?

[spring latch]

then why didnt setup complain?

[carmine yew]

Win11 support doesn't start until 8th gen.

(With the exception of one or two weird 7th gen chips, but not normal desktop chips)

[azure topaz]

because you probably did it with rufus/they changed it and say youll just get less updates on unsupported hardware

[rigid fjord]

it's worth it more so if you're into XOC and want to do it with an old cpu

[spring latch]

secondly, he does get all the updates

or security atleast

[azure topaz]

are you really arguing with microsoft rn

[carmine yew]

how did you make the win11 usb?

[azure topaz]

youre not arguing to us youre arguing to the people who talk to microsoft abhout htis

youre talking to people who have to retire countless 7th gen machines

[spring latch]

pretty much, but considering all he does is watch videos I think he should be using linux or something

[azure topaz]

because of windows 11 support

so just because your way of installing works does not mean its officially supported

[grizzled frost]

if all he’s doing is watching youtube why would he use linux

[spring latch]

if windows 11 isnt supported on his pc then why should he be using that

[azure topaz]

you said it yourself, officially

[grizzled frost]

its supported, just not officially

[azure topaz]

i used w11 on a 2nd gen based machine when it came out

as my daily

[grizzled frost]

and that distinction doesn’t really matter for watching youtube

[azure topaz]

but it was not official and i had to use the w10 iso hack

[atomic fog]

Would you guys say for this setup a 360° thermalright watercooler can be optimal? (Ignore pc case)

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/user/BlocksumoGuys/saved/#view=yRBbCJ

[raw whale]

chat sometimes my games freeze for a bit and gpu usage goes to 0%, not sure if its consequence or reason

[carmine yew]

It'll run 11 fine, just without TPM and one or two other minor details on it

[azure topaz]

no

[grizzled frost]

that’s not the right link, copy the link on the page where you edit the list

[azure topaz]

if you want it because it looks cool thats fine but a 5800x absolutely does not need a 360 aio

[spring latch]

er his PC supports TPM and shit, and it is enabled

[azure topaz]

tpm 1.2?

[carmine yew]

Newer version than 7th gen supported

[spring latch]

i believe its TPM 2.0

im not fully sure

[grizzled frost]

nvm the ppp list randomly started working for me

[azure topaz]

youd have to add that aftermarket

[atomic fog]

Too much cooling? Coz im getting a pc case that only has 3 fans in total, 2 on side, one behind (its a corner windowed pc case

[azure topaz]

no such thing as too much cooling but theres too much money

caliber of chip that youre going w/doesnt need a 360

[atomic fog]

Well its 10€ more than a cpu cooler and a watercooler sounds cool so yeah

[atomic fog]

Well if you say its a good idea then ill buy it right away, a 360 fits for my pc case

[grizzled frost]

“sounds cool” = functionally identical performance, with reduced longevity, and reliability

wanna be rebuying your cooler in 3-5 years?

[spring latch]

its the MSI B250M board which apparently has native TPM 2.0

[azure topaz]

i mean that s not a big deal when its 60 pound but still

[atomic fog]

Sure its not that deep

[azure topaz]

interesting kinda neat

[grizzled frost]

cool then buy the AIO

[azure topaz]

thermalright frozen infinity, thermalright aqua elite

[carmine yew]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors
Look for your cpu here

[azure topaz]

why am4? is this a new PC?

@atomic fog

or something current youre upgrading

[carmine yew]

are you building this PC new now, or upgrading an existing pc

[spring latch]

I knew it wasnt there

[azure topaz]

i really hope its the 2nd option

[spring latch]

also for the flashing method I just took the lazy route and formatted the drive as FAT32 then copied the installation files there

[carmine yew]

So if MS says it's not supported, it's not supported.

[atomic fog]

Completely new pc

[azure topaz]

why are you choosing am4 with a 3060

[carmine yew]

Buying into AM4 today is a really bad investment

[azure topaz]

i love you but this list is terrible ill be back

[atomic fog]

Someone here recommended me that also whats an am4

[azure topaz]

the cpu

[carmine yew]

the Ryzen 1000-5000 socket is AM4

[atomic fog]

Lol fr? Gimme a good cpu for the price range then, max budget is 850-900 max max

[spring latch]

either this or i think I upgraded, im not 100% sure, but he didnt want to lose his files at the time so it was PROBABLY upgraded, this was 2023 so im not 100%

[azure topaz]

im making the list

[grizzled frost]

he just said he’s doing that

[azure topaz]

you dont get a choice mf

[grizzled frost]

when floppa makes an assertion, he backs it up

[azure topaz]

generally

[grizzled frost]

whether you want him to or not

[spring latch]

back to the topic of building my own PC eventually, im probably just gonna go with a 7700K or something

[azure topaz]

i would just buy something modern

[carmine yew]

worst investment ever

[spring latch]

nah

[azure topaz]

my 7700k was slow in 2021, i dont think youd have a good experience 4 years later especially without ram tuning and extensive cpu overclocking lol

[atomic fog]

Alr ly for that

[carmine yew]

"I'm gonna build a new PC and build it on a platform that went EoL 7 years ago! That'll be AWESOME!!!"

[azure topaz]

@atomic fog do u need wifi

[spring latch]

well considering im currently on gemini lake, and I previously used an FX 4300, i think it would be fine

[azure topaz]

yeah considering i made other bad purchase i can make more and be okay

[atomic fog]

Well i live in germany wifi sucks

[azure topaz]

okay so not a requirement sick

[atomic fog]

So i can have it but not a requirement

Would be nice

[spring latch]

also, your kinda treating it like im trying to do super duper intense tasks with it, which ive pretty much mentioned im not

[azure topaz]

no i just figure youll want a computer thats decent 3-5 years from now

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/RVpz4p @atomic fog

oh i forgot a case in that hold on

[carmine yew]

in the end it's your money, do what you want.

We're just telling you that what you're expressing interest in is absolutely throwing money down a garbage disposal

[stray portal]

What stops me from getting an external drive and using that on a Mac mini instead of paying for apples insane storage prices

[spring latch]

legit no computer i own will ever last more than 2 years, I have NO clue why. My N6000 laptop blew up

[azure topaz]

perhaps cause theyre already 10 years old

[carmine yew]

is it a new model mac mini?

[azure topaz]

or the cheapest possible model

idk just a thought

[stray portal]

Haven't decided yet but I wanna buy one

[spring latch]

I wished my i3 8130U laptop still worked, but the hinge ruined it then I lost the rest of its parts, my i3 8130U was pretty much the laptop that did everything I needed just fine'

[azure topaz]

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/FHytZc @atomic fog its very slightly over budget but its a pretty potent rig here you go

i can make adjustments if 900 is fr the max max

[spring latch]

but since I wasnt responsible in 2023 I dont have that device anymore because it broke

[carmine yew]

one of these is a baller upgrade for the new mac mini, it has TWO M.2 slots on it connected via thunderbolt.

https://www.amazon.com/ACASIS-Dual-Bay-Enclosure-Workstation-3XUSB-A10G/dp/B0FF4D1282

[azure topaz]

mainly we'd say goodbye to the aio

[spring latch]

otherwise, for any purpouse of mine, an i3 8130U is perfect, but clearly dated, 10th gen would be nice i bet

[stray portal]

How do u install this

[carmine yew]

It sounds like you have an obsession with cheap crap and then wonder why it has a shitty lifespan

[spring latch]

it has a shitty life span because of me abusing it, not the hardware

[carmine yew]

Mac goes inside:

It's a dock

[spring latch]

but considering my N6000 had a resistor blow up on the charging area, I think that was just going to happen eventually anyways

[spring latch]

however, solid note my i3 8130U laptop managed to last me like 5 or so years, I got it from my cousin in 2019 cuz they thought it was broken, it broke in mid 2024

[stray portal]

wow after I get my iPhone 17 I'm saving up and buying ts

[spring latch]

5 years is better than 1

[stray portal]

and a mac mini

already have a gaming pc tho I might use it as a console 😢

[spring latch]

considering it was HP im suprised even then it lasted that long before the hinge.

[carmine yew]

shrugs

Do what you want, I'm not going to try to convince you to not waste money on e-waste anymore

[stray portal]

huh

[agile stag]

laptop so fire i needed two

[atomic fog]

Man this looks great

[spring latch]

theyre talking to me

[carmine yew]

that wasn't at you at all

[atomic fog]

No need for case since i just bought it

[azure topaz]

i forgot the case in that one

[stray portal]

I'm sorry

[azure topaz]

oh okie sounds good. its a lot faster of a pc

9060xt blows the 3060 out of the water and definitely the 7500F vs 5800x

[carmine yew]

acasis makes great docks, you should be more than happy with it

[atomic fog]

Ye ill save it and ill buy the case and radiator and yeah wait till i get more money before i spend it all on my bike

[stray portal]

oo nice to know

I wanna become full apple fella since mac does run a few games but idk how I will run cities skylines 2 I still need to have my gaming pc

[atomic fog]

Almost 1500 put into a 800€ bike 💀

[stray portal]

I was looking at an imac but uhh not anymore it's too expensive especially since I'm getting a phone too

[agile stag]

how fast does it go

[carmine yew]

I love that I had to actually buy one of these for a work PC lol:

[stray portal]

I wouldn't rush the phone but the 17 is nice and I can't get a Mac first or half the apps won't work I think

[atomic fog]

125-130 ish on a 70cc

[azure topaz]

so whats crazy is that these are probably rhe same microcontroller my kvm is based off

[agile stag]

hmm mmk fair man thats tough competition for an electric scooter

[atomic fog]

I might not know anything abt pc but ik alot abt scooter tuning and bike tuning

[carmine yew]

it's possible, I just need to make sure the PC it's connected to never locks / goes to screen saver

And this is the dumbest, yet simplest, way to do that

[atomic fog]

Youre comparing 800€ 2stroke 70cc from the 2000s with a 2024 4000€ scooter

[agile stag]

i know enough pc stuff and nothing about bikes but im learning about scooters and they make some fast cheap ones

[azure topaz]

why not use the erm

settings page....

[carmine yew]

Did that. It still timed out after 3-4 days

[stray portal]

Nooo don't get a scooter

Electric scooters are bad

[atomic fog]

I mean with a 800€ setup you can go 130 and gap 125ccs, in europe a scooter is much more worth it

[azure topaz]

ur bad

[agile stag]

no im comparing it mentally to like an electric scooter that could come close performance wise but price its not close

but they do make some fast ones for cheap

[carmine yew]

why are they bad

[agile stag]

i have one but im gonna get a faster one eventually

[atomic fog]

Nothing electric here

[agile stag]

i need a motorcycle license first though

[atomic fog]

(Optional)

[stray portal]

no safety
no stability
too fast
mostly bad quality
Endless issues ahead

[agile stag]

i have this evil thing and ive gone almost 60kmh on it but i want more

[azure topaz]

fucking xtu doesnt work on this os bro

[stray portal]

just get a bike

[azure topaz]

why are you like this

[stray portal]

Are you insane

[agile stag]

mine was like 400usd though

[atomic fog]

Its a bike
It has suspension
Wdym too fast
Not rlly
Electric thing usually dont have issues

[carmine yew]

so, 3.5 of your 5 complaints are literally skill issues

[grizzled frost]

60kmh isn’t even that fast

[atomic fog]

No basically all of them

[stray portal]

it's not a skill issue

[agile stag]

i know its evil but past that uh i need a better license

[stray portal]

where I live multiple people died from those scooters

[plush wren]

https://tenor.com/view/scooter-wheelie-gif-26884490

[agile stag]

its a 1200w which puts it as a moped legally but the next one im gonna get is gonna be a 5600w

[carmine yew]

people also die from drinking water

[plush wren]

= extremely unsafe

[grizzled frost]

just don’t be a dumbass, and wear proper PPE

[agile stag]

have you seen how people ride scooters

[grizzled frost]

people die from walking

[agile stag]

its like 50/50 on whether they stop at stop signs sometimes

[plush wren]

people die from cars too

[pale flint]

fym too fast bro 😭

[agile stag]

i feel safe because i do stop :3

[stray portal]

if ur on those scooters and accidentally do something in 1 second ur life is over just like that

[carmine yew]

Stupid people die from doing all sorts of stupid shit.

That's not a reason to ban them.

[agile stag]

wear a helmet and stuff

[plush wren]

same with any vehicle

[grizzled frost]

not true if you wear PPE

[agile stag]

also dying that quick is rarer than just getting injured

[stray portal]

In my country they also limited it to like 25km but they wanna limit to 15

[agile stag]

and bodies are pretty strong

[pale flint]

whaf

[grizzled frost]

if you’re in reasonably good health you can survive a lot

[agile stag]

im supposed to ride on the road do that would cook me

[stray portal]

what if u land on ur neck and it snaps

[agile stag]

i ride in 25mph zones though so mine does fine but i want more acceleration

[grizzled frost]

don’t?

[plush wren]

ts the most stupid argument bro

[grizzled frost]

you have hands for a reason

[agile stag]

i cant really anticipate a great angle for that and i have a helmet

[pale flint]

you feel nothing, you just die and suffering is over

[stray portal]

some lunatic goes in front of you you don't have enough time to respond

[agile stag]

i feel like it would offer some protection when it comes to folding my neck

[grizzled frost]

that’s why you look both ways before crossing an intersection…?

[agile stag]

ive also taken accidents before and walked away every time somehow

[rigid fjord]

no, and disappointed in the ssd choice

[pale flint]

survivor

[carmine yew]

what if you trip while walking up a flight of stairs and break your neck?

[agile stag]

curse of DONT BUY A ONEWHEEL i hit the top speed on one and when you do that they stop stabilizing and let you fall forwards at like 20 or so mph

[stray portal]

I know from personal experience I was riding my bike and some dumbass kids ran in front of me and I had to do some quick manouvers I had less than 1 sec to react I almost got hurt badly

[grizzled frost]

have you like never ridden a bike? like all of these complaints are almost an identical level of risk on a bike

[agile stag]

i didnt even have a helmet but thats when i decided i didnt wanna fall going faster than that without ppe

[azure topaz]

already fixed

[carmine yew]

e-bikes go just as fast, too

[stray portal]

A bike is safer/easier

[grizzled frost]

i meant a normal ass bike

[stray portal]

kinda somewhat

[carmine yew]

e-scooters generally go faster than bikes

[agile stag]

normal bikes dont convene lazy bastards like me

[atomic fog]

Some fella here gave me that setup and its been improved by someone here too

[agile stag]

i wouldnt say so

either can go faster than the other

[stray portal]

also on bikes u can go on other terrain with scooters u can go on asphalt or you can go die no e scooter goes on dirt or such

[pale flint]

just sit at your home and play games, no going out no dying.

[atomic fog]

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/RVpz4p

[rigid fjord]

you have shit brakes on your bike?

[agile stag]

im on a campus and like 95% of escooters are like sub500w dinky ones that suck and those are slower than a bike

[left dove]

750w or bust

[agile stag]

yeah agreed its so nice having power

hills dont ruin you

[left dove]

in a few years if my ebikes motor doesnt cut it I'm already looking at 1200w motors

[agile stag]

i have 1200 and i yearn for more but being able to not get assridden in a 25mph zone is so freeing

[agile stag]

i think the price of stuff is gonna come down more maybe

its already dropped by a lot for some offerings

[left dove]

Bafang my beloved

[azure topaz]

my p/e effective during yc is very low compared to my actual clock

[agile stag]

i cant believe i got my evil 13ah 1200w scooter for 400$ all in and its like not awful uh when it comes to everything

[azure topaz]

3ghz effective clock

[agile stag]

its cheap but it functions well at everything that matters

[wheat torrent]

ts so good

[left dove]

this must be a european scooter

[agile stag]

the suspension does me really well too uh its taken like mtb like drops and kept rolling(curse of i couldnt see that the sidewalk turned into a ditch)

[plush wren]

what about a 8kw motor

[agile stag]

its chinese as hell but they do good

there were a lotta typos in the photos and stuff

[left dove]

yeah I don't feel like dying or spinning out with 5% throttle

[plush wren]

[left dove]

I also don't feel like hauling the battery array that I'd need to run the dumb thing for a fraction of the distance I'd get from a logical setup

Might get a little bike trailer though..

[rigid fjord]

speaking of ebikes, someons managed to mod a fatboy bike into an e-trike

[left dove]

yeah these exist commercially :D

[robust trail]

but why

[left dove]

imagine pulling up to the tailgate with a yeti and a propane griddle on this lil fucker

[robust trail]

that efficiency hit for having fat tires

I see people riding fat tire bikes here in Colorado all the time. Have fun with that rolling resistance

[left dove]

I got 3" tires instead of 4" for that exact reason

[carmine yew]

comfier ride may be worth the trade offs

[rigid fjord]

you can get these with a little higher removable walls

[robust trail]

the butt must be sore

[left dove]

but I still wanted 3" because offroad capabilities

BUTTTTT the rims can go down to 2.25" so I can just convert it to a roadbike

[robust trail]

what about big chonky 13.5" tires

[left dove]

jfc no pls

[robust trail]

lol

big wheels were the best bikes fite me on it

[carmine yew]

just gimme some motorcycle tires

[rigid fjord]

technically better for off-roading/mountain biking

[left dove]

yes let me use an inflatable water donut for tires

[rigid fjord]

kids quadbike wheels on these

[left dove]

better yet lemme line my tires with smooth af teflon rings for the drifting

[robust trail]

Maybe I'm just old but the normal 1.5-2.5" tires have always been significantly more nimble while in the forest

the big chunky tires always grabbed the wrong shit and caused slipouts

[left dove]

DEJA VU i feel like i've cycled here before higher than shimano its my time to gooooo

[azure topaz]

the ks needs some absurd voltage number to do 5.8 yc it seems

at last it doesnt want an offset

[rigid fjord]

i be used to those too, though never used the inner tube at full pressure

[left dove]

GOD spotify i hate you just give me hifi already 😭

[robust trail]

same, I always keep my front a bit lower than the back. More power at a higher pressure, deeper grabbing on dry trails

really depends on the conditions

[left dove]

Maaaark do you think 3" tires are still fat enough for dry sand riding

[rigid fjord]

imagine turning up with one of these on your bike

[carmine yew]

why lol

[azure topaz]

ai fs

its got the aura to it

[clear canyon]

thats ai

[robust trail]

fatbastards would be so much better than the skinny ones I have become used to

[left dove]

@azure topaz
It real
https://www.carlacargo.de/

[robust trail]

I air down the jeep to like 8psi in the desert

[azure topaz]

the red one

[robust trail]

tires look like relaxed hamsters lol

[clear canyon]

im talking about the red one

[true adder]

My new monitor is so bad im going to return it

[azure topaz]

W

[true adder]

Samsung disappointed me

[left dove]

oh yeah fr, the headlights have different polarizations and none of the labels are legible, plus that front wheel flappy metal thing? tf.

[rigid fjord]

could use it for a full cook out, and have a tent on a platform mounted to it

[robust trail]

I have a Trek marlin something ebike mountain bike thing

[carmine yew]

why do these people have AI thumbnails when they have actual bikes in the video like this:

[left dove]

motorize the rear wheels and have it haul heavy things

[robust trail]

I ride as often as I can... but it isn't often enough

[rigid fjord]

the front wheel is motorized as it is

[left dove]

that seems pointless

motorize the rear

[robust trail]

AWD on two wheels seems sketchy

[left dove]

side-wheel drive

[azure topaz]

most efficient intel cpu

[robust trail]

no wheel drive, just chill with a sammich

[rigid fjord]

rofl

[left dove]

Okay, but what kind of sammich

[robust trail]

whatever sammich you enjoy 😄

[azure topaz]

italian

[left dove]

No but I'm asking you what kind you would pick

[rigid fjord]

surf n' turf sarny

[robust trail]

I like me an italian. A real one. From new england.

[clear canyon]

you spent indian wrong

[carmine yew]

Oh, hey!
Samsung tech was at our place earlier today: Our OLED has a new panel now!

WOOT!

[left dove]

I've never had a surf&turf sandwich but I'm so fucking down to try one

is it on sourdough? is there halloumi???

[azure topaz]

i really need to lap this cpu

look at those temp differences

[left dove]

start running

[rigid fjord]

totally up to you, mine was a fishcake + chicken with cheese in a burger bun

[azure topaz]

pcore 5 is in thermal meltdown while the rest are 5+c off my set tjmax

[robust trail]

https://www.amatos.com/ - the best italians. Pair one with a Moxie and life is good.

[carmine yew]

here's one:

[azure topaz]

this is pretty absurd test speed though if you know you know

you will be hard pressed to find 285k's beating that

[left dove]

Salmon, garlic onion cream cheese, black pepper roasted chicken titty, spinach, capers, halloumi, on a thick & crispy oven-toasted sourdough

[rigid fjord]

butter basted butterfly chicken breast would go hard with that

[left dove]

OOGH

I bet swordfish & steak would go hard

[rigid fjord]

aye it would

[left dove]

ciabatta bun, tartar sauce..

[azure topaz]

it blew up

[rigid fjord]

imagine making a sarny with this

or a tiger roll

[rigid fjord]

also, alternative to salmon, rainbow trout

[latent gull]

Rainbow trout is great

[left dove]

I'm hungry now

😭

[latent gull]

I think I prefer red snapper tho

[left dove]

I will always take salmon

[cosmic lance]

how hungry?

[left dove]

8/10

[cosmic lance]

https://tenor.com/view/haru-urara-haru-uma-musume-carrot-reward-gif-7908608631323631444

[latent gull]

Salmons great but can be improved upon :p

[cosmic lance]

@outer steeple this Petyon guy said he's gonn eat you, be cautious bro 🙏

[left dove]

Not a guy and why are you random pinging people

Oh I forgot you're like 12, nvm

[cosmic lance]

wait you arent a guy?

mb

[left dove]

God nobody reads profiles 😭

[grizzled frost]

i’m lazy okay

[left dove]

ITS ONE CLICK

[cosmic lance]

why would i see the profile of a rando

[left dove]

I read everyone's profile

[cosmic lance]

mb mb

[left dove]

@light bluff eat a disc platter

:C

[rigid fjord]

damn it, damn it, damn it

[latent gull]

I think that’s the odd one out

[grizzled frost]

GFO, Get the Fuck Out

[latent gull]

Ive just realized how much bigger the iPhone 17 pro max is over an iPhone 13

[rigid fjord]

nah, Gluten Free Options available for them

[left dove]

anyways so like, people should utilize profiles more

[latent gull]

I don’t think that much information is needed

[left dove]

Mine is 3 lines & covers basically everything

[latent gull]

What is pnw and why am I it?

[rigid fjord]

kinda explains alot about me

[left dove]

polaris = stationary northern hemisphere star used for reliable navigation at night

pnw = pacific northwest

[kindred halo]

It's the first thing I do when someone pings me

[latent gull]

Yeah, tmi

[left dove]

polaris has been my handle in dcs for like 8 years

[kindred halo]

If I ever interact with anyone I am checking their profile IMMEDIATELY

[left dove]

so its just kinda my moniker now

[kindred halo]

Polaris & Turing are two of the greatest words I know

[left dove]

alan turing was a gloriously homo genius

[kindred halo]

Him and the RTX 20 series

[kindred halo]

Poor guy was so badly mistreated by the brits

[left dove]

(alan turing was actually v v gay sooo)

[kindred halo]

Checks out though, British government was known for being assholes forever

[rigid fjord]

i would put the english flag up on there as well but discord screwed me over on character limits, also don't want to be confused with working for the red cross

[latent gull]

Kek

[left dove]

British govt barely accepts gay people today, god forbid you mention transgender to someone in parliament, they'll have a fucking seizure

[latent gull]

I have comments but not here :p

[left dove]

tc1 respectful politics takeover feat Peyton

..again.

[kindred halo]

Considered an act of terrorism to mention em to me local member o' parliament

[left dove]

:3

[kindred halo]

This seems comical but I do not know why

[left dove]

Hi momo, care to comment on the presidential carrot?

[latent gull]

To be clear it’s building on what you said regarding… other.. countries, not arguing :p

[clear oasis]

on the wha now

[left dove]

Who's the dude in the oval office that looks like a fucked up carrot

the one half the world hates

[kindred halo]

The International bnnuy association calls that carrot a disgrace to the soil it was planted in

[rigid fjord]

tbf, isn't it barely accepted in us goverment with the way some of congress acts?

[left dove]

Depends on the state and if you're working a federal job

[kindred halo]

Also quick question

[left dove]

quick answer

[kindred halo]

Do numpad keys behave differently than standard keyboard numbers

[left dove]

nnnnnno

[clear oasis]

yes

[left dove]

well, yes actually they use a different code

[clear canyon]

yes

[clear oasis]

if you click alt 3 you get a heart <3

[kindred halo]

Like, could I bind them to something, and have said bind NOT activate when using standard number row

[rigid fjord]

douche canoe cheatos guy in charge over there be stiring up shit

[kindred halo]

Thank you, and @clear oasis

[left dove]

numpad keys have NUM_ as a prefix to the keycode

[kindred halo]

Anyway this seals the deal on what kiyborad I am buying

[left dove]

This is literally the only thing that I miss from having a numpad

[rigid fjord]

yup, they're also great for using when it comes to alt codes

«|Ý○

♥♣♦♠

etc

[kindred halo]

Whadya think of this...........

[kindred halo]

Very interesting,,,,

[left dove]

The days of profiles littered with altcode piping for text bordering..

god I miss it

[rigid fjord]

the days when some people bombed chats with alt codes for messages

[clear canyon]

is it hotswappable?

[kindred halo]

Errrr lemme check, I think it was when I went to their site

[rigid fjord]

○◘•☺☻

[rigid fjord]

probably not, but nothing some milmaxes couldn't fix 😉

[clear canyon]

id never buy one I gotta solder new switches on lol

[clear canyon]

only 3 pin 😔

[kindred halo]

I don't really know much about keyboards other than red switches being more clicky

[clear canyon]

red is linear

[rigid fjord]

milmaxes can turn them into hotswap tbf

[clear canyon]

brown is tactile and blue is clicky

[rigid fjord]

https://uk.farnell.com/mill-max/3305-0-15-15-47-27-10-0/pcb-socket-1pos-beryllium-copper/dp/3760720

[clear canyon]

i personally wouldnt get it

[kindred halo]

Why?

Pretty cheap, fits budget, and looks fairly pretty :3

[clear canyon]

thats pretty neat, does it pull them out when you pull the switches out?

[clear canyon]

its just not what id go for tbh, looks too plastic

there are nice plastic ones out there but that one seems like its not one of them, look up a review video on it before buying

[ocean axle]

its not that bad

[ocean axle]

brown is a dirty linear

[clear canyon]

it sounds like ass in this video: https://youtube.com/shorts/Dccs0oJouqs?si=RgY5qhOvmTKSXX4P

[rigid fjord]

nope, they get soldered into the holes, and from that you can put in any switch you like

[clear canyon]

ahh, ok

yeah, no, this keyboard is ass: https://youtu.be/ICZ1QGPh0hU?si=UWk5VwJFg6tFzPa0

@kindred halo

what is your budget

[distant frigate]

Yooooo GoNetSpeed

There’s the new ISP

[kindred halo]

Not really high

[left dove]

lmao plastered on logo

[kindred halo]

Around ~40-45 USD

[clear canyon]

does it need to be 100%

[rigid fjord]

what's the bets on it being magnetic?

[kindred halo]

I need either numpad or utility keys

[left dove]

$5

[clear canyon]

Heres what I found: https://a.co/d/6VesylD

Review video: https://youtu.be/zKIjcWHLN74?si=oswa2pOqOiLHa6kP

[kindred halo]

Unfortunately anything Amazon isn't doable

[clear canyon]

why?

[kindred halo]

I'd be paying more than the keyboard in shipping

IF they even ship to me

[clear canyon]

look for that keyboard in ur markets

its the "EPOMAKER Cypher81"

[kindred halo]

Nothing

[clear canyon]

hmm... look for some known brands and link me some and ill check them out

[kindred halo]

Which are good for keyboards?

[clear canyon]

epomaker, Leobog, Aula, Womier, Royal Kludge are the ones ik

[kindred halo]

Doesn't look like there's any

[clear canyon]

really? these are name brand, what markets do you have?

local only?

[left dove]

DAAAMB these tires are nice af

@robust trail You ever messed with tires like these?

[clear canyon]

they look like they will slide out lol

very odd pattern

[random gyro]

Hello

[left dove]

It's meant for mostly asphalt with edge gripping for hard trail dirt

[robust trail]

Nah, I have seen them but I don’t really ride on pavement

[left dove]

Oh you're just a trails guy, gotcha

[random gyro]

Anyone want a drink?

[carmine yew]

.... I want to know why any company would have a random pair of Mercury bottles around if they're not a lab

[random gyro]

Its a factory

[carmine yew]

also: that bottle's gotta weigh a fuckton for the size

[kindred halo]

Yep

[random gyro]

Its heavy as shit

[kindred halo]

Although B&H works, it's the only international market that ships for as little as $15

[random gyro]

I asked the dude working in the office this was in and he didn’t know

[carmine yew]

also, scrub the shit outta your hands

that kinda mercury is toxic as fuck

[left dove]

Call the epa lmao

deadass

[empty quartz]

Hell no

Unless those are for gravel

[balmy tapir]

pure mercury is kinda fine

[azure topaz]

only if you have open wounds

[left dove]

gravel/compact dirt

[robust trail]

or if you boof it

[azure topaz]

you’re okay to just fondle mercury with gloves or if you have no injuries

[empty quartz]

Ah

[robust trail]

https://tenor.com/view/uhm-eeh-what-should-i-do-now-what-was-that-uhm-ok-gif-16539046

[azure topaz]

💀😭

[balmy tapir]

its the compounds that are readily skin soluable that are really scary

[azure topaz]

please do not boof mercury

[azure topaz]

yeah. mercury alone is chillin

[empty quartz]

@left dove as a mountain biker, i would fall off another cliff with tires like that

[left dove]

its not for mountain trails 😭

[balmy tapir]

kinda like lead or alot of the other toxic heavy metals

[empty quartz]

For me i shill the fuck out of magic mary’s

Smt like these

[left dove]

im not after mud tires aaaaaaa

[empty quartz]

These arent mud tires

[random gyro]

The metallic form isn’t that bad, the problem is the invisible fumes

[left dove]

I'm after hybrid road & some dirt

[random gyro]

And organic mercury

Organic mercury is nightmare fuel

[left dove]

le organique

[balmy tapir]

hence the compounds i was talking about lol

[random gyro]

Oh didnt see

But you’re absolutely correct

[balmy tapir]

it is fun stuff to hold however

shockingly heavy

[random gyro]

That little bottle was heavy asf

[balmy tapir]

i can imagine lol

the lab i work at has some very very old bottles which are fun

[random gyro]

I work in IT so seeing mercury doesn’t happen alot😭

[balmy tapir]

they recommend drinking lots of milk incase of consumption

lol i can imagine

i never really work with the stuff

[azure topaz]

look at old thermometers

my bad thermostats but i think thermometers is also right

[random gyro]

Drink them

[azure topaz]

old wall thermostats are mercury based

[clear canyon]

Pain

[random gyro]

Its probably used for some old ass equipment in the factory this was in

[kindred halo]

Mhm

[clear canyon]

Is there any markets that isnt local only?

[kindred halo]

Only B&H

Also, there's lots of Redragon and DarkFlash locally

[clear canyon]

Red dragon isnt bad

Depending on what board there is

[agile stag]

reddragon has always been mid but mid isnt bad

[plush wren]

is it redragon or reddragon

yup redragon

[random junco]

bought a hp 4tb sas drive, received a toshiba 3tb sas

amazing work

especially from this much of a "trusted" seller

[azure topaz]

serverpartdeals.com

[swift stream]

we are entering an era of unoptimized games (minimum is 720p btw)

[azure topaz]

were in an era of unoptimized games because a fucking 8 year old gpu cant run something that came out in 2025?

stop that shit. let the 1060 die. its slow

[agile stag]

i think the game will still be popular enough for them to not be disincentivized

[swift stream]

when a 3080 and ryzen 9 are recommended

[azure topaz]

when a 5 year old gpu and cpu are recommended

👍

[tawny lava]

Is it worth upgrading from 5800x3d to 9800x3d

[azure topaz]

yes

depending on what you do, but usually yeah

[swift stream]

i thought 9 series was the newest

[azure topaz]

the 12700k came out in 2021

the 3080 came out in 2020 i think

😭 just because they cant pick proper equivalent hw does not mean the game is unoptimzed

[swift stream]

besides gta 6 minimum requirement for 720p is expected to be 1080 ti

[azure topaz]

an equally old gpu

10 series is old.

[swift stream]

what about 9900X

[azure topaz]

....

[bitter crater]

how is a 12700k equal to a 9900x? wtf

[brave brook]

1080 Ti ? Nope, not happening

[azure topaz]

rt minimum i reckon

[brave brook]

i will be surprised if they even consider 2000 series in their minimum requierements

cause 2000 RT is not great

[azure topaz]

2080ti prolly minimum

but again. 5 year old cards. 😭

equivalent to modern like 200-250$ video cards

[random junco]

charging double the going prices on eBay tbh

[swift stream]

rockstar is usually better with optimization if it has been in development since 2020

[swift stream]

720p low settings

[brave brook]

yes, that is why we got the 5 minute loading screens, cause they were great at optimizing

[azure topaz]

rt on a card that doesnt support it

[azure topaz]

yeah some guy was able to fix this in like 5 minutes and rockstar implemented it LMAO

[brave brook]

cause they didn't realize they were parsing a few hundred byte JSON 100 times a second

ah sorry, it was 10MB

https://nee.lv/2021/02/28/How-I-cut-GTA-Online-loading-times-by-70/

[swift stream]

I mean it has to be better than Mindseye

[brave brook]

well if you want, keep your rose tinted glasses on, but the reality is that you can expect at least 3000/5000 series AMD and 2080/2080 Ti at minimum requirements imo

anything less than that will be surprise

[azure topaz]

please let pascal die

it doesnt even have full dx12

[swift stream]

i have a 6750 xt anyways

and 7600x

imagine if the M4 chip was benchmarked in games

[brave brook]

the saddest part of 1000 and 900 series nvidias is that they are kinda problematic everywhere. On Linux side they are the only cards which will always have problems when nvidia drops the driver support. 700 and older have nouveau. 1600/2000 series and newer have nvidia-open and nova. 900 and 1000 series have only nvidia closed drivers or half-working nouveau (no video NVENC/NVDEC, no clock changing after boot)

and on Windows side they are getting dropped from main drivers too

cleaning my old bookmarks... once upon a time ASUS had this

ASUS can't solder straight it seems 😄

[azure topaz]

need me an asrock paul instad

[agile stag]

#1 nvidia employee over here

[azure topaz]

no ive just never seen people care about almost decade old hardware so much

[agile stag]

the ltt server is bigger now than before

[azure topaz]

yeah maybe your gtx 1050ti you bought 6-8 years ago is a little slow

[agile stag]

i do wonder how that thing is doing

i once sold an oem blower board 1070 with an nzxt g12 uh aio kit thing or whatever and that was the most evil fucked up 1070 ever it had no vram cooling i wonder where it is now

[brave brook]

on both 1080 Ti's i left the base metal frame for VRM/RAM cooling before i put on the Raijintek Morpheus on them

[agile stag]

man i wonder if ill ever get to watercool 1080tis

[azure topaz]

it should be okay regardless, they produced a shit ton of 1070s/tis/1080/ti's with no vram cooling

1070 non ti doesnt even have G5x

[agile stag]

buying old blocks sounds catastrophic and the performance per $ becomes wild

[azure topaz]

old blocked cards are typically cheaper actually

[agile stag]

fair i mined on it though so that was another layer of evil

[azure topaz]

like if you go find a 1080ti with a block on it it will probably be cheaper than one thats a blower

[agile stag]

hmm i suppose i could get them with the block yeah

i like handpicking parts though

[azure topaz]

blocking your cards and trying to resell them without putting the cooler back on is simply not a smart play

[agile stag]

ill see though uh im very satisfied with aircooling and i havent touched a watercooler in a minute so i should be ok

[azure topaz]

i dont think you should be picky about blocked 1080tis lol

[brave brook]

like this

[azure topaz]

oh mine didnt have one like that

[agile stag]

i know that i need some of those msi gaming x 1080tis uh the black and red ones but otherwise i dont have any other huge 10 series desires

[azure topaz]

yours must be a high end model

or fe?

[agile stag]

i do plan on making a silver build with some 10/20 series FE cards someday but not yet

[azure topaz]

my 1080 strix vram "cooling"

[agile stag]

but i have a brushed aluminum falcon northwest case that would house all that stuff nicely

[agile stag]

heat dispersion and consideration,,

[kindred halo]

Joined le 5070 giveaway

Less than 1000 participants

[agile stag]

i am NOT winning a 5070

[kindred halo]

Are those two pads the cooling

[azure topaz]

shouldve just tied it into the main cooler

[azure topaz]

and that stupid cover yes

theres 3 chips that actually make contact with a heatsink

[rigid fjord]

"how many fans?"
asus "yes"

[brave brook]

with Morpheus then they looked like this

[azure topaz]

and the ones under that stupid cover dont interface with the core heatsink

[kindred halo]

</3

[agile stag]

those things always looked like they went hard

[azure topaz]

so yeah they dont need cooling

case air is enough

[brave brook]

the second one (with the silver cooler in the picture above) was a blower 1080 Ti, which also had such metal frame for VRM and RAM cooling, i suspect these were norm on the blower 1080 Ti's

[azure topaz]

sounds about right

forcing the air to go where they want

[brave brook]

first one was a blower gainward, second one a blower asus turbo 1080 Ti

[azure topaz]

the og purpose of that bracket thing is just to remove sag

msi and a whole bunch of people did it in that era but yeah

no cooling on the ram on most cards pre 30 series

or, very poor cooling

[azure topaz]

dont see gainward too often here

i want one of the phantom 580s

[brave brook]

Gainward = Europe

[brave brook]

in US you got KFA2 for cheap and Palit for expensive variants

[azure topaz]

yeah

[brave brook]

i had it. The fans were not replaceable

[azure topaz]

id assume so look at it

a very cool card nonetheless i think they refreshed it kinda recently

way less cool

[kindred halo]

@clear canyon found a nice looking board :>

https://www.darkflash.com/product/DF98

[azure topaz]

incredible

this is what peak performance looks liek

[brave brook]

i think from that system all what i still own are probably one of the Enermax fans and the Prolimatech CPU cooler. Rest is long gone/sold

maybe i still have the sound card too, but no idea, it is in the PCI pile of ewaste

but probably not, the top slot on that board is PCIe x1, so it must be the Xonar sound card, which was sold too

[azure topaz]

gonna mod my x360 today or this weekend i think

[azure topaz]

thats the one with free wall hacks isnt it

[azure topaz]

full RGH. we dont do no soft mods round here

[brave brook]

no, xonar back then was just normal sound card

[azure topaz]

ah

[empty quartz]

Rate the setup

[brave brook]

but it might be just a creative card, as the sound card there has a blue color for the connector

[boreal urchin]

I’ve never built a pc before but I’m currently saving up to build one, I need 2k so I’ll probably have it by the end of this year or early next year

[empty quartz]

You dont need 2k

[boreal urchin]

For the components I want, I do

And windows is expensive af

[empty quartz]

No offence, but are you newer to pc’s?

[boreal urchin]

I’ve used one for 7 years but I only started like actually learning how they work and computer science in recent months

So yeah I’m new I’d say

[empty quartz]

Alright

You dont need to buy windows

[boreal urchin]

To activate it I do

[empty quartz]

Nope

There are ways around that

[boreal urchin]

Are you suggesting piracy

[ivory mountain]

its not piracy

[empty quartz]

No

Its been endorsed by microsoft lol

[boreal urchin]

Tell me how then

[empty quartz]

Dm’s

[boreal urchin]

There has to be a catch though bc it’s free

[azure topaz]

wow i cant even say it anymore

[ivory mountain]

yeah it installs a rat into ur pc and spies on u

[azure topaz]

kms servers like that are not legal or endorsed by microsoft

[boreal urchin]

Fr?

[azure topaz]

im not saying not to use them but

[ivory mountain]

idk im just talking

[ivory mountain]

ive been using the same windows key for like 6 years

[empty quartz]

Pretty sure i saw it on microsoft guide

[boreal urchin]

Nobody I know has a windows key I can use

[azure topaz]

😭 a random ms support employee recommending use of illegal tools on a forum is not endorsed by microsoft

[empty quartz]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/kms-client-activation-keys?tabs=windows1110ltsc%2Cwindows81%2Cserver2025%2Cversion1803

[azure topaz]

KMS is not illegal

its obviously a windows feature

the use of KMS in the way people are using to get around paying for windows is illegal

[ivory mountain]

its not illegal if u dont get caught

[azure topaz]

the way these work is that they change which servers its asking if its valid

[brave brook]

if you are doing business on said PC, then yes, you want to go fully official. But if it is just a home PC, Microsoft won't hunt you down if you go into the greyer ways of activation

[azure topaz]

so it no longer pings an ms server or similar

and the server it pings says "yeah ts activated" all the time

[boreal urchin]

So like githob scripts

[azure topaz]

^

yes

[agile stag]

i suggest piracy

[azure topaz]

i allegedly suggest piracy

[boreal urchin]

I don’t want a rat spying on me in my pc

[azure topaz]

(have not purchased a windows key)

[empty quartz]

Thats not what it does

Vyruss was joking

[boreal urchin]

Oh

He could’ve made it more clear he was joking

[agile stag]

then make sure your pc is rat free

theyre small but not that small you could find one easily enough if theres one in there

[empty quartz]

They also are a pest, annoying to get rid of, but if you manage to trap it, you’ll have a new friend

[boreal urchin]

I haven’t picked a cpu cooler and I’m getting a 7 7800x3D. Should I go for air cooler or AIO

[empty quartz]

Thermalright ps120se

Its $50 cad

[azure topaz]

ur 50 cad

[boreal urchin]

I’m in uk

[azure topaz]

cheaper then

[empty quartz]

Nuh uh, you’re $50 cad

[azure topaz]

no im 50 freedoms

[empty quartz]

Its on amazon

[boreal urchin]

Idk I care about aesthetic too

[azure topaz]

maybe look at it before sayin that

[empty quartz]

Dont

[boreal urchin]

Show me what it looks like

[azure topaz]

you have the power of google

go see what it looks like

[boreal urchin]

I forgot the name

[empty quartz]

Ever heard of google?

[empty quartz]

Ps120se

[azure topaz]

even a button for it

[boreal urchin]

This one

[azure topaz]

thats not google is it

[empty quartz]

Wtf

[azure topaz]

😭

[carmine yew]

PA120SE
or PS120SE

[boreal urchin]

He said Amazon

[azure topaz]

bro didnt even scroll past the two sponsored results

[glad remnant]

phantom spirit

[azure topaz]

this has got to be a bit atp

[glad remnant]

it didnt show up because you abbreviated it

[azure topaz]

scrolling past sponsored results is also a good way of seeing things you search for

[carmine yew]

bro, google literally finds it instantly, try harder

[glad remnant]

that too

[azure topaz]

lol

[carmine yew]

Like, it's not even a challenge

[azure topaz]

(that button is also in the desktop discord client)

[empty quartz]

Fuck this

[azure topaz]

(i promise)

[empty quartz]

@boreal urchin

[boreal urchin]

Is this uncredited enough

[azure topaz]

yeah

[empty quartz]

@azure topaz need an ssd?

[azure topaz]

not particularly

[glad remnant]

alright alright i get it🥀

[azure topaz]

8gb is a lower amount of ram than i have in any systems currently in use

actually my kvm pc is 6gb

[carmine yew]

8gb? lolwut

[boreal urchin]

8gb can store my entire life inside it

[carmine yew]

my life takes up a fair bit more than 8gb

[empty quartz]

This pc is probably as old as some of the people in this server

[boreal urchin]

The first ever pc had like 2mb ram

[azure topaz]

man

[boreal urchin]

And I was not born in 1980

[carmine yew]

uhhhhh no it didn't.

[boreal urchin]

First ever home pc*

[azure topaz]

there was a period in time where 640KB of memory was a lot

[boreal urchin]

For consumers*

[carmine yew]

no it didn't

[azure topaz]

you are still wrong

[carmine yew]

My home PC from the mid-80's had 1MB RAM and a 286 6/12mhz CPU and a 20MB HDD

[azure topaz]

the commodore 64 has, like the name implies, 64k of memory

[boreal urchin]

And loook where we are now. Even 2tb isn’t enough for me

[azure topaz]

which is no where near 1mb lol

[boreal urchin]

To me the Macintosh was the first pc

[carmine yew]

in fact it's about 6% of 1MB lol

[azure topaz]

so does this have a point or are we going to troll until you get bored

[carmine yew]

so, you're just making up facts and reality now?

[azure topaz]

😭 didnt know i was dealing w/god

[ebon marlin]

Thinking about getting a Switch OLED and hardmodding it

[boreal urchin]

I’m not trolling I’m trying to learn but youre trolling me

[azure topaz]

is dat a thing

[boreal urchin]

Saying a rats gonna bite my pc

[azure topaz]

what mod chips are available?