tech-chat-1

[stark kiln]

If city skylines runs on winlator I'll be convinced it can be used to run Cyberpunk

[clear canyon]

gotta be old games, rx 580-90 is pretty weak now days

[steel umbra]

i wamt

[ocean axle]

2TB drives?

ive bought/sold tens of thousands of dollars of stuff used, just dont be a dumbass with it and make sure you have some form of buyer/seller protection
eBay has this built in, PayPal Good and Services also does.

[plush zenith]

Do you know the process on ebay?

[ocean axle]

the biggest thing to be wary of when purchasing used is storage, particularly HDDs
only other component i dont really like buying used is PSUs, not that i haven't done that too

[ocean axle]

you find the item you want, you buy it, it gets shipped to you

[plush zenith]

Im saying if i was screwed, is it hard to get a refund

[ocean axle]

if you have an issue, you open a return request

[plush zenith]

I know Amazon does 30 days return no questions asked

[ocean axle]

it depends, usually they want you to try and work with the seller if you can, but if the seller doesnt respond you get your money back

[plush zenith]

Ive been screwed by ebay over dumb shit in the past and i just have no idea

[ocean axle]

Not As Advertised is also more or less an automatic you get a refund, though the seller can fight it

honestly, the biggest thing to do is just make sure the listing itself seems legit

if you are buying somewhere like r/hardwareswap on reddit, in that case its just a dispute through paypal if you get scammed

that said, as much stuff as i've bought, its very rare that i need to contact the seller, let alone file a dispute

almost always its fine, but im also making sure the listing is fine before hand

[random junco]

yep

[daring bramble]

is the phanteks xt pro ultra mid tower a good budget case

[steel umbra]

anything that fits your components, has good airflow and isn’t made out of playdoh alloys is good

and has enough i/o

[delicate geode]

Hey me and my friend are trying to get our build to port for the first time. I tried a bios update so many times and it gave me a solid green light everytime. I tried 3 different sticks all formatted and nothing on them but the bios update (renamed) nothing worked all solid green lights. Had a white light on my MOBO (B650E E) the whole time. I changed from HDMI to DP and now the light is yellow. wtf is goin on we been stuck for hours. PLEASEEE HELPPPP

Please someone it’s 4am

Pleaseeeeeeeeeee 😞

[steel umbra]

sleep

in the worst case something is broken and you’ll return the item

[barren mulch]

it's now a decoration

[delicate geode]

Love the TOTK poster

[barren mulch]

thanks! i was able to snag it from JB hi-fi for free, they give away posters after they take them down

[delicate geode]

Luckyyyy

[plucky kiln]

what's up, tips 😘

[stark kiln]

What GPU is (or was) it

[stark kiln]

Oh god it is running

[somber mason]

can someone tip my tech?

i heard you guys are the tech tippers

[steel umbra]

yesss, pay us a tip and we’ll tech tip you

[proper gull]

Linus is the tipper we're just commoners

[tawny lava]

My aio is missing pins is this normal

Oh the other pins are argb

[proper gull]

It's missing the argb header, did you buy the version with RGB?

[tawny lava]

Non rgb

[proper gull]

Then nothing is wrong

[formal sonnet]

Then it's missing nothing.

[tawny lava]

Why would they put the traces for argb on the non rgb version

[grizzled frost]

because then they can use the same board for both

[proper gull]

Because it's cheaper to make one board than two

[gleaming rose]

cheaper to make a lot of the same board

[formal sonnet]

Because it's cheaper to production run the same circuit board for all variants.

[tawny lava]

Ah okay coo

[formal sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/the-bad-batch-star-wars-star-wars-the-bad-batch-the-bad-batch-echo-star-wars-echo-gif-27242152

[gleaming rose]

hi, yes it's me

[delicate geode]

I click Y correct? New build just turned on

Someone?

[gleaming rose]

Y

[delicate geode]

Do I insert the windows disk in bios

[stark kiln]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qZyjTM

Good or bad

[chrome ether]

curious, is a 12900k worth it at 150gbp, seems like an attractive deal and a eorthy upgrade from my 3700x when i upgrade

[random gyro]

this brand new?

what in the world is that 😭

[delicate geode]

Yeah

[random junco]

get a used gpu

[random junco]

read it and find out

[stark kiln]

It is used 160$ on FBM

Everything but SSD cooler (could do an aio for simmilar price used lol) and PSU are used

[left dove]

has to do with TPM and security keys. Always happens on first boot of a new cpu/build

[fringe prairie]

not really no

i'd just get a 14600k or 9600x

[chrome ether]

awe man

[chrome ether]

im considering the 14600kf but debating still

planning to go with a 4070 or 5070 to replace my 6750xt

[lavish needle]

What do I do if my laptop fan sounds like a woodpecker

[delicate geode]

New pc which one? Fresh whole pc

[left dove]

custom, install

delete all the partitions on the drive you wanna use for boot, make a new one, install to that

[delicate geode]

Thanks

[icy widget]

Install Windows Only

[formal sonnet]

Install... (if the PC is new, how would you "Upgrade" that which does not exist?)

[delicate geode]

Thats what I thought

Thanks guys but now I have to update my WiFi drivers no? Cuse I don’t have Ethernet for a bit

[delicate geode]

😭

[delicate geode]

👍

[stark kiln]

Winlator ran this already

Next thing : Portal

If it plays it I'll be convinced if can run just about anything

(not well, just that it can run)

[formal sonnet]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-windows-11-trick-lets-you-bypass-microsoft-account-requirement/

I don't recommend bypassing the main UI/UX unless you know what you're doing, but ... you can still follow those steps to create a local account without the need for an internet connection during initial setup. Also, you'll still need to install WiFi drivers after getting to the desktop - this just lets you get there without internet.

[opaque bay]

last time i checked this was called windows 7

[true sequoia]

interesting

[left dove]

wat

[craggy rivet]

Or just check everything in rufus

[opaque bay]

.

[left dove]

cease your low-tier shitposts

for we do not care

begone, thot

[formal sonnet]

Windows 11 and Windows 7 are different operating systems entirely.

[opaque bay]

Damn bro who wacked off in your cocoa puffs

What smells like farms in your lucky charms

[left dove]

Dude I'll shit in your cornflakes I swear to fuck

[opaque bay]

Noted

[delicate geode]

I’m good to enable XMP with my new build I jsut booted up I got everything installed and running I have a 6000mhz ddr5 32gb 5070ti and 7800x3d safe right?

[random gyro]

are you okay?

did you hit your head again 😭

[opaque bay]

what

[random gyro]

windows 7 isn't 11

why you say windows 7, that's offensive

[opaque bay]

how tf

[left dove]

win7 isn't offensive, it was one of the best operating systems of its time

[opaque bay]

tis

[random gyro]

bro windows 7 is THE best OS

[opaque bay]

yes

[random gyro]

thats not what i said

[random gyro]

then why you calling windows 11, an okay OS, windows 7, the best one

[opaque bay]

i didnt

[random gyro]

liar

lmao

[opaque bay]

fella just leave the server if you're gonna get hyperoffended at light jokes

[random gyro]

1. i ain't actually offended
2. im prolly older than you "fella"

[plain cypress]

Honestly 7/8.1/10/11 are all fine

[opaque bay]

ok

i never said you werent older than me

[random gyro]

8.1 is still 8 at least by design, 0/10

[plain cypress]

It was fine

[random gyro]

nah

[opaque bay]

the joke was that bypassing microsoft accounts seems like a crazy good thing now, when back in the windows 7 days it was the norm

[agile topaz]

That's just a good build, I wouldn't see why you should worry. Maybe if you have an ASRock motherboard, otherwise there's nothing that would go wrong normally.

[opaque bay]

that was very obvious

[formal sonnet]

No it wasn't? Back in the days of Windows 7 bypassing Microsoft accounts never happened.

[plain cypress]

Did windows 7 even have Microsoft accounts

[agile topaz]

I'm only saying asrock is a maybe though, that's more a thing with 9000s

[opaque bay]

it didnt, thats the point

[plain cypress]

It's not the same thing

[opaque bay]

we didnt need to deal with microsoft accounts at all

[formal sonnet]

Which is completely different than bypassing... anywho, Windows 7 is unsupported now anyway.

[opaque bay]

no shit

[left dove]

having a digital license of windows bound to a msft account is crazy handy to me

[opaque bay]

to be fair yes that has saved my ass numerous times

[left dove]

so we do need msft accounts

[opaque bay]

eh

i wouldnt say "need"

[left dove]

dont post dumb shit and expect to not be refuted

[opaque bay]

it was not dumb shit at all, it was very easy to understand

[left dove]

It was pretty dumb.

[opaque bay]

if you watch a single video of ltt, you're gonna think he's a goofball then

[left dove]

I pay for floatplane..

[opaque bay]

i swear yall WAY too serious 😭

[left dove]

everyone at ltt is a goofball but at least they don't say wildly stupid shit like half the kids in this server, you included

[opaque bay]

because i made a reference to windows 7 not having microsoft accounts?

twin i'm gonna end this here because thats hilarious to me

[left dove]

k byeee bestie

[agile topaz]

Absolutely, literally had to use a bitlocker key today and I'd be screwed if I didn't have the account tied to the pc

[glad gulch]

Yes but no

They had Windows Live / MSN accounts, used for things like Windows Live media features (Messenger, Mail, etc)

And it also existed for stuff like Office and Azure

But, it was not a required part of Windows to have a MSN / MSFT account

[glad gulch]

This is literally the equivalent of saying a car crashed five states over because you didn't get butter on your toast.

Completely unrelated and unneccessary. It takes more energy to be mean than kind.

[left dove]

making wild analogies is my thing how dare you

[glad gulch]

Fight me about it.

[left dove]

I fuckin' will

I'll beat your face with a chicken strip soaked in honey mustard sauce

[delicate geode]

Alr so my pc is up and running i need to install the AMD chipset drivers for my cpu right? I have a 5070TI and 7800x3d can someone help me idk what to download

[cold skiff]

#1027757333117415424 with your full specs. Mainly, just your motherboard for that one tbh. But if you need anything else throw the specs

[cold skiff]

What if they got jam instead? Was that the cause?

[glad gulch]

Oddly specifc haha

[left dove]

ok but peanut butter on toast

[gleaming rose]

well lenovo just launched the laptop I want

too bad I still have my PC because nobody will buy it 😭

not like anyone can afford shit rn anyways

[sour sluice]

What’s the specs

[gleaming rose]

14700k, 7900xt, 32gb ddr5

[clear canyon]

where is gt 210 :(

[ivory mountain]

its tied to my mobo i think idk ive been using ts for years

in local account rn

[left dove]

yeah and if you had a msft acct itd be tied there too

[ivory mountain]

yeah its very handy

[gleaming rose]

the entire idea of a laptop is so appealing to me
being able to do work wherever I can carry this rectangular 5 pound slab

[fickle ivy]

Is it just me or do movie theater projectors have A LOT of motion blur

[charred hare]

https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/artificial-intelligence/turn-off-ai-tools-gemini-apple-intelligence-copilot-and-more-a1156421356/

[left dove]

ok and

"suffering from ai overload" lmao turn off the pc bud

yeah turning off gemini I understand, but copilot is mega handy and apple intelligence is just an encrypted p2p instance of chatgpt for osx..

Being able to naturally ask ai a question and get a human readable response is worlds better than cryptically typing away in the omnibar hoping google search results actually has something of value in the first 5 hits.

idk, you do you boo but you're doin' you wrong

[plain cypress]

I got like 30 jars of homemade jam

[pale flint]

yapton

[silent peak]

If y'all had to pick 1 monitor for Gaming/general use for around $200 what u going with bigger the better currently have an ultrawide but it's dying

[swift moss]

what an achievement

[zealous plover]

whats the best gpu for a ryzen 5 5600??????

[silent scarab]

Is this a good pc build? https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GWyc8Q

[clear canyon]

pretty sure you would be fine around a 3080/4070 level peformance

[muted quarry]

https://www.scorptec.com.au/sc/GToBM4D i am planning to buy and build a pc using these parts but anyone know what an alternative to the cpu cooler could be? or if i could just buy a prebuild off of aftershock or something instead, i am new to this stuff

[zealous plover]

I like scorptec

[clear canyon]

the ram sucks, go for 6000mhz cl30, not 6000mhz cl36

[zealous plover]

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/GTspC8 does this build work

[distant frigate]

Wait a minute I might be wrong about something

[muted quarry]

https://aftershockpc.com.au/products/chamber-lvl-5-r5-7600-rx-9060-xt-8gb-1 would this be better than the build i have in the cart?

[plain cypress]

5090

[distant frigate]

I don’t want to show my address but despite me not being in eligible broadband serviceable areas I will still get GoNetSpeed fiber

[zealous plover]

what?

[zealous plover]

is this ragebait?

[plain cypress]

Fiddy ninety

[clear canyon]

compared to the list of parts you sent, you forgot an NVME

[plain cypress]

It is the truth

[clear canyon]

but the prebuilt seems fine, its the same specs as ur list, it has the dog shit ram

[zealous plover]

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/GTspC8 creaper is this gpu good enough for a ryzen 5 5600?

[clear canyon]

yeah

[distant frigate]

Broadband serviceable locations is 4,652 and GoNetSpeed plans to expend to 8,200

I knew something didn’t add up

[muted quarry]

but i can just replace the ram later on can't i

[zealous plover]

but its the 8gb version💀

[clear canyon]

you can, you can replace anything in that system

[clear canyon]

i mean yeah, its worse, but you asked if its good with the 5600

[muted quarry]

ok i might go for that then

[distant frigate]

So I will be able to have two fiber providers next year. Maybe I can get a dual connectivity router or smth

[zealous plover]

not that much worse than the 16gb version

surprising

[clear canyon]

you have half the vram, 8gigs sucks in 2025

[zealous plover]

But would I really take advantage of 16 gigs?

[distant frigate]

I looked at this thing wrong lmao

I’m so dumb

[clear canyon]

100%

[zealous plover]

damm really?

[clear canyon]

yeah

[zealous plover]

deep breath

[zealous plover]

I don't think theres any way to fit it in my budget though...

[clear canyon]

🤷‍♂️

[zealous plover]

I'm just gonna get the 8gb I was gonna get an rx 7600 anyway so ill just get an 8gig rx 9060xt

[distant frigate]

Ok so these areas are eligible for the public funding of the project. The other is for private

[clear canyon]

be sure to stick to 1080p

[distant frigate]

God I hate reading this stuff. It’s made to make you confused.

[zealous plover]

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/7syWFZ This is gonna probably be it

not terrible but not good

[hexed tapir]

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/pNgnxg my build is still better and cheaper

[zealous plover]

but amddddd

I've gotta be loyal to lisa

[hexed tapir]

But it's a 5 year old cpuuuu

[zealous plover]

But amd's the futureeeee

What happens when your microwave powered by amd refuses to heat your hot pocket because you offered sombody an intel build

[left dove]

what

[zealous plover]

yes

[hexed tapir]

But it's faster then a 5800x and a 5800x is faster then a 5600

[zealous plover]

deep breath in

[tame trout]

Am5 is the future

[zealous plover]

YAY

[tame trout]

Am4 is the past

[zealous plover]

NOOOO

[delicate geode]

What is the best power plan for 9800x3d?

[left dove]

this is cringe

[zealous plover]

usb hub

[left dove]

not you alex

[tame trout]

Leave him alone he's like 13

[delicate geode]

Ik

We gotta stay kind to everyone

[left dove]

ehhhhhh

[delicate geode]

But is ultimate performance good

[tame trout]

Except crackheads

[left dove]

jonk will you shut up

[sinful cobalt]

he wont

[tame trout]

Sounds like that hit a little too close to home.

[left dove]

i thought we were suggesting core ultra now

or does that series still have issues

[left dove]

I'm not going to justify your attempt at insulting me because you think that I smoke crack because I smoke weed

[fallow yacht]

i just fucking found out my grandpa was a naturalized US citizen

[left dove]

yo based

(not really)

[hexed tapir]

I'm trying to get Greg to save money and get a faster 14400f over a 5600

[fallow yacht]

better than 🇵🇭 ig

[left dove]

I mean true

[fallow yacht]

we were supposed to move in 2015

imagine my life man

[left dove]

dont fucking move here

[tame trout]

Just get a 7500f 🥀

[fallow yacht]

lol dw i'm tryna settle in europe when i grad

[tame trout]

Am5 (shill btw)

[fallow yacht]

once i become naturalized atleast

[left dove]

yeah good

please just dont come here

[clear canyon]

why

[left dove]

because the US is balls rn

[clear canyon]

the us is great if you stay away from the cities

[fallow yacht]

well filipinos in the US are viewed favorably lmao i'm probably gonna be fine

[left dove]

until ICE gets wind of you

[fallow yacht]

we aren't cliquey ig

[sinful cobalt]

internal combustion engine-

[clear canyon]

if ur hear legally, then they wont do anything

[left dove]

you say that and yet

[fallow yacht]

so i'm supposed to bring my green card w me at all times lel

[left dove]

its still happening

[clear canyon]

im not sure exactly how that works, I think ur registered in their system

[tame trout]

a Norwegian with a legal valid visa got rejected entry to the us because he had meme JD Vance on his phone

Can't make this shit up

[clear canyon]

huh?

[tame trout]

https://tenor.com/view/jd-vance-meme-jd-vance-mcartist-maryanne-chisholm-gif-9942861388404063681

[tame trout]

Yep you heard that right.

They searched his phone found a JD Vance meme and denied him entry into the us.

[left dove]

US border patrol has actually been caught searching phones for anything anti-trump-admin

[clear canyon]

it says it was bc he had drugs: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c5y2l9nn7y1o

[tame trout]

This

[left dove]

they can & will deny you entry because of this

[clear canyon]

iv not heard of that at all

[tame trout]

cant even have dragostea din tei in my autistic sperging playlist

[left dove]

google it sometime

[clear canyon]

can you source it?

[tame trout]

🥀

[fallow yacht]

they must not know i vibe to erb

[clear canyon]

whats that

[tame trout]

French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found | US news | The Guardian https://share.google/JHyy8i3FDfdRTFYPo

🥀

[left dove]

yep, french scientist incident, the lebanese physician

indian phd student essentially forced to self-deport herself after pro palestinian content was flagged on her social media

[proper gull]

Why are they even checking phone messages

[tame trout]

I propose a solution to this

500 billion dollars to israel

[left dove]

Because fascism

[tame trout]

Because 1984 di.

They lied to you di.

There is no true freedom unless you have money

[left dove]

ICE has been documented targeting people who aren't white for "random checks"

[tame trout]

Diddy after all this got 4 years in a luxury prison

[left dove]

so yeah, it's happening, and it's disgusting

[tame trout]

🥀

[tame trout]

And that's not even that bad.

[left dove]

this country is literally turning into a commercialistic cesspool of outdated idealisms and overreaching schizos in power

what am i saying we've been like this since the 70's

[tame trout]

My country is an open and honest dictatorship which I respect

[left dove]

anyways welcome to my ted talk

[sinful cobalt]

lee kuan yew my goat

[tame trout]

Instead of being a fake democracy we are an open honest dictatorship our "president" accidentally admitted the elections were rigged once on live tv

[tame trout]

I respect his honesty

[fallow yacht]

idk if this is the 2023 model

[left dove]

whats the date code on it

[clear canyon]

it never said what the comments was

[spring latch]

a new month a new random shitty device I ending getting for free some how

[tame trout]

You should starve to death because we're buliding luxury cities for rich Saudi Arabians and emirattis to live in with your own egyptian tax pounds

[tame trout]

🥀 crazy ass statement

[fallow yacht]

where can i find it

[tame trout]

If a politician in the us said that they'd be impeached the next day

You should starve to death because we're buliding luxury cities not meant for the people of our country 🥀

[cosmic stratus]

@azure topaz

Tripped oc protection

[sinful cobalt]

can we keep politics out of a tech chat

[clear canyon]

nice duel gpu setup, wahts the cards

[fallow yacht]

here's the entire back if it's helpful @left dove

[clear canyon]

also tf was that ending lol

[cosmic stratus]

Red dragon!

[clear canyon]

can you do that again, but with your debit card info

[clear canyon]

red dragon what lol

[cosmic stratus]

Rx 6800 main and vega 56 secondary

[tame trout]

I have this ssd in my gpd win mini

[sinful cobalt]

6942 0987 6543 2169

[clear canyon]

ah nice

[tame trout]

RED DRAGON MAKES GPUS ?????

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/crushed-it-gif-18087987023179949748

[sinful cobalt]

CV 860

[tame trout]

Can you tell us the date of expiration and cvv

[cosmic stratus]

Power color, red dragon just slaps their sticker on it ig idk how that works

[sinful cobalt]

expiration date is 06/09 2077
name is johnny silverhand with an impressive pp

[tame trout]

Address ?

I once accidentally leaked a photo of my credit card in a discord server

[cosmic stratus]

I found it funny it just suddenly turns off while trying run all this

[tame trout]

It was front only

[sinful cobalt]

my bank account has 0.65 dollars

[clear canyon]

u need a bigger psu

[tame trout]

My bank account has 50$ and I got money put in it 3 days ago

I spent it all

And I still don't have a PC case desk or office chair

Or desk mat ( I've been searching for large deskmats everywhere

[left dove]

ltt desk mat

10/10

[cosmic stratus]

it'll be fine in normal use, thankfully vega uses less than 100watts for 1080p lsfg

[tame trout]

I'm not spending a 100$ on shitting

[cosmic stratus]

Plus the rx6800 is just 260-280watts

[tame trout]

Shipping*

[left dove]

imagine spending a benji to take a dump

[clear canyon]

thats not how that works tho, once both gpus get a full load, it will shut off the pc

[tame trout]

Imagine not having free public toilets

Like bro I feel bad for the people in countries without free public toilets how are you supposed to shit when you don't have money on hand.

[cosmic stratus]

It is, just finished testing it for the day. The vega card never uses more than 100watts for 1080p frame gen and the rx 6800 while also under load is 200watts in worst case scenario so only around ~260watts. I have a 685watt psu

[tame trout]

I don't always go out with money on hand maybe it's because I am a brokie.

[clear canyon]

i see

[left dove]

my guy a benji is $100 USD and we do not have public pay-to-use toilets in the states

[cosmic stratus]

When I do need to run them both at max for whatever reason ill definitely be making the upgrade to the 1300watt psu

[tame trout]

Bro I thought a Benji just meant a dollar

[cosmic stratus]

Or 825

[tame trout]

Nah I was making fun of france

[left dove]

no. benjamin franklin is the face on $100 bills

i think andrew jackson is on the $1

[tame trout]

Oh my bad I am uneducated as to which us political figure is on which dollar

[left dove]

I figured that, hence why I told you?

[tame trout]

a desk mat is not 80x30cm that's too small to be a deskmat PLEASE AMAZON I AM BEGGING YOU RESTOCK THE BIG ONES

[clear canyon]

ltt sells them

[left dove]

anyways I'm gonna go ride my bike and listen to russian doompop and idk smoke a j on the river

[tame trout]

My guy I am not paying a 100$ ( shipping import tax etc) to import a 35$ mat

[iron glen]

Pre rolls 😋
Or however you spell that

[clear canyon]

its 100 bucks for shipping?

[iron glen]

And import tax apparently

[clear canyon]

where do you see that

im looking at it rn and I aint seeing it in checkout

im not actually buying it, but im lookin at it

[proper gull]

There isn't they're just being dramatic

Taxes and shipping are most certainly not 3x the mat's price lol

[clear canyon]

10 bucks isnt bad

[iron glen]

Where do they ship from

[tame trout]

I don't live in the us

[clear canyon]

also, it didnt show bc I had to type in my delivery info

[clear canyon]

I would assume canada but it does not say

[clear canyon]

would you go do a test checkout to see what it is for you?

im curious

[tame trout]

41.99

[clear canyon]

in total or for shipping

[tame trout]

For shipping

[cold skiff]

Balanced for all x3d chips

[clear canyon]

@iron glen found this

[clear canyon]

yeah that sucks

[tame trout]

And add 55% import tax on the mouse mat

Total rounds out to around a 100$

[clear canyon]

so buying is best for you to get multiple things

what country do you live in?

[tame trout]

Egypt

[iron glen]

Alraite

[clear canyon]

ah I see

[clear canyon]

if you just pick up ur country and move it to canadas shoreline, you can reduce ur shipping cost

[cold skiff]

I mean there’s website where people buy stuff. Post it to you as a gift and take a small fee. Much cheaper than those taxes and tariffs.

Years ago I used to actually send different foods to a lad in Baltimore. Branston pickle was the man thing. Cost me like £2 a big jar at the time, for him it was like £10. Hopefully after 15 years anyone wanting branston pickle in America isn’t getting ripped off that much now

[tame trout]

Might look into that

I mean I use a service where people travelling from the uae sneak you stuff within there luggage

[iron glen]

not 100 bucks shipping for me but it do be pricy

[clear canyon]

yeah that do be pricy

are you in Canada?

[iron glen]

northern europe

[clear canyon]

ah ok, I saw CAD and was confused on why local shipping was more expensive

[iron glen]

xd

[abstract wigeon]

https://youtu.be/O8gCqSmtkrM?si=yjR7wJKoAjE2_4Uo

could you rip the main board out of a monitor and put it in a different monitor using the same panel?

[iron glen]

don't see why not

wires and space might be a bit yucky tho

i wouldn't know im just guessing

[clear canyon]

you have ur full name

[cold skiff]

£44 isn’t bad

[clear canyon]

crop ur image

[cold skiff]

Ah that’s fine. I’m changing my surname soon anyway

And besides it’s not like it’s not available if you search my handle in Google

[clear canyon]

thats not the point lol

its that ur just doxing urself

[cold skiff]

I shall remove

Probably got geo location in photos too tbh

[iron glen]

dw we'll go down together

[cold skiff]

I think there’s 3 of my name in the world. Will be 2 by the end of the year. Taking the missus name. Means I can now hide in plain sight 👀

[clear canyon]

now give bank info

[iron glen]

alr 1 sec

lemme find my real bank that exists 200%

[cold skiff]

Where I used to work in a bank, I could give people legit numbers without even trying.

[clear canyon]

you should do that with me but make it money rather then numbers

[cold skiff]

I always wondered if I put it in with false names and mismatching addresses if someone could get scammed from it.

[iron glen]

pls not hack

[cold skiff]

I guess now they won’t but say 19 years ago when I started there sure

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/spiderman-web-of-shadow-peak-cinema-sad-gif-7340388374421121993

[oblique kestrel]

alright it takes a lot of pain and embarrassment to admit this but it’s my first time installing an actual non stock air cooler and I completely broke my cpu and I don’t think I can even bend the pins back out one of them is laid down literally FLAT an I’m not sure what else to do

do I just buy a new cpu and try again? it’s annoying but I can afford to

[iron glen]

i'd say your cpu is fucked and you need a new one

cz repairing the pins is not easy and usually does not go well

[clear canyon]

show us the pins

[iron glen]

also that

https://tenor.com/view/harvest-cpu-tech-technology-computer-gif-22646316

[oblique kestrel]

but the follow up question is I fumbled installing a single air cooler that bad that it literally broke my shit, I’ve been into pc stuff for like years but I’ve only ever done aio and i don’t know how or why i did it wrong, i installed the am4 backplate and everything but when i tried to screw in the two screws for the cooler they just genuinely wouldn’t go in and when I tried to pull the cooler back off to try and reseat it, it pulled the cpu off with it and the pins were fucked

I really don’t know what I did wrong in this process that it just would not screw in at all or if there’s a very specific way I’m supposed to align it

[oblique kestrel]

oh sorry sure

idk if this is clear enough

[cold skiff]

I want to ask how

[sinful cobalt]

dude can you break more pins i can almost see the cpu

[cold skiff]

And you may well get away with it if you look at your cpu array and see what is what

Only 1 pin looks irrevocably fucked. Which means you have a much easier repair or tear off job.

[clear canyon]

ur cpu is fucked

no fixing that for u

[oblique kestrel]

ngl it’s a 4 year old cpu and this is high risk low reward I think I’m just gonna buy a new one

but like I genuinely don’t know how installing a cooler failed so hard

that cooler did not want to sit properly at all

[cold skiff]

You’re not the only one

As a locked down cpu is almost impossible to fuck the pins up on when you’re only applying pressure from the top

[ancient pond]

Seen this gif so many times that I’ve gone numb to it

[cold skiff]

It’s more likely you put the cpu in the slot incorrectly and fucked the pins when you locked it down. Not when installing cooler

[oblique kestrel]

probably but I also just don’t know why the second I put the new cooler on it got stuck to the cpu lol

[iron glen]

You can also just not care and get the same result

[blissful apex]

So, my coworker wants me to build him a system for around $2k USD. Warhammer games, WoW, War Thunder, just need good performance with modern AAA titles.
Specs I am thinking about:

• Ryzen 5 7600x
• 32gb DDR5
• Ample mainboard. Probably some MSI unit, haven't had any problems with mine.
• NH-D15
• Fractal Design North
• Ample PSU, gonna be looking at psu circuit for this

Im contemplating setting him up with a GTX Titan Xp for now for $200 and free up some budget for a better cpu/mobo. This means in the future he can upgrade to a last gen used gpu for cheaper.

[clear canyon]

why an nhd15??

[blissful apex]

I have one on my 5600x and haven't seen it hit 60c. the cooler the better

[clear canyon]

and you never mentioned a gpu

[clear canyon]

over priced, there is no need for it

[blissful apex]

I did mention a GPU. bottom paragraph

[clear canyon]

oh I didnt see that and a gtx titan xp is a TERRIBLE choice

[blissful apex]

I disagree.

[clear canyon]

you want good AAA peformance, the titan xp is old af

[blissful apex]

Ive used one for years and "upgraded" to a free 4060 and regretted it. Less vram, slower memory bus, fake frames

Yeah it is old and nvidia is being shit with driver upgrades but itl hold him over for a while till he gets a 4070ti or something

[clear canyon]

he should not waste money on that old gpu

a 3060ti curb stomps it

[blissful apex]

not in true rasterization

[clear canyon]

https://youtu.be/1vTYwluWygE?si=3crO3rJVHDFmNJHx

its a waste of money for him

[blissful apex]

Not if he upgrades in the future and puts more into a more modern card when hes got budget to.

His CPU will already be good enough for a 5080 when prices come down to actually reasonable levels

[clear canyon]

its a 2k budget, its a stupid thing to get

[azure topaz]

titan xp for 200 lol

terrible

[blissful apex]

Then what would you do if you wanted to do it with decent futureproofing?

[azure topaz]

2080s 2070s 2080 all are decent 200$ options

[blissful apex]

Jesus christ I came for advice not being shat on for choosing a goat GPU

Nevermind then

[azure topaz]

ur mad ur overcharging a friend for a gpu

meanwhile i got rid of my 7800xt for 200$ to a friend

[clear canyon]

@blissful apexThis pc is better than what ever you wanted and is far cheaper: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QWbpC8

[blissful apex]

Yeah and I dont own a 4080 to sell for a raisin and $3

[clear canyon]

titan xp is a stupid idea

[zealous plover]

Please no

[blissful apex]

I will admit I did look into the 9070xt. But I want to build him something good for long term. So that requires CPU to match up for whatever new slop nvidia is cooking to drive the price of current gen stuff down

[zealous plover]

Does it matter if my power supply isn't modular?

[clear canyon]

then you tell him to get a titan xp...

[azure topaz]

lol

[blissful apex]

To hold him over, buddy

[clear canyon]

dude

[cold skiff]

The cpu is more easily upgradable and cheaper than a new gpu

[azure topaz]

for 200$

[blissful apex]

For a few months as he saves for a chungus gpu

[clear canyon]

he has a $2k USB budget

[azure topaz]

3060ti for 200$, 2080s, 2070s, 2080

crazy price for a flash drive

[sinful cobalt]

5090

[clear canyon]

why the hell would he get a garbage gpu

[pale flint]

basically waste money on something just to buy another one after some time

[cold skiff]

Can I ask who you friend is? Discord handle? Facebook name? Telephone number? Address? Just want to let him know you’re a terrible friend scamming him

[blissful apex]

Thanks a lot.

[azure topaz]

much better options to hold someone over

[blissful apex]

I really appreciate the help here,

gonna go tear my teeth out on a cinder block

[clear canyon]

I gave you a better build, why are you salty about it

[cold skiff]

Go chew an apple through a tennis racket instead

[clear canyon]

he has alot of budget left to add more stuff too

[zealous plover]

Should I a normal graphics card OR A FREAKING COOL FLASH DRIVE https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/126216086207?srsltid=AfmBOop3C7x2R4jQSmrxkDrC_9_oOpDIWQl2Vi8n-H-CaKmumoDn2pzq

[azure topaz]

THIS IS FIRE

[cold skiff]

Actually direct your friend to this discord. Sounds like he’s better off going route one

[peak swan]

Guys, how do i get rid of that strip on the bottom?

[azure topaz]

these are so cool

[cold skiff]

Someone linked this before. We mocked him so hard in fairly sure he’s still sitting in a cold shower crying.

[zealous plover]

damm bro

[clear canyon]

@blissful apex Heres a better build thats still well under his budget: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xsXfQd

better cpu and more storage

[pale flint]

what was his build guys?

[zealous plover]

but you would be so cool installing windows of a gtx 1080 flash drive

[cold skiff]

AM5 with a titan lolololol

[empty quartz]

Guess who has been on the waitlist for the school they applied for, for 7 months

[clear canyon]

glonk wanted his friend to get a titan XP when dude has a $2k USD budget

[zealous plover]

please no thats worse than cleaning your cpu pins

[muted quarry]

https://aftershockpc.com.au/products/chamber-lvl-5-r5-7600-rx-9060-xt-8gb-1 i am trying to buy this pc but it is costing $63 extra for payment gateway fee on top of the $45 delivery is that normal?

[cold skiff]

As we pointed out at the time. Second hand 1080 FE for $50. Then just modify it for free really easily

[clear canyon]

he got mad when we told him it was a massive waste of money

[azure topaz]

bro just wanted to get rid of it ig

[zealous plover]

Did he already have a titan?

[clear canyon]

no

[zealous plover]

BRUH

[azure topaz]

its his homie selling it to him for 200$ lol

[clear canyon]

you can get it for like 160 on ebay lol

[stray portal]

Get a 3050

[cold skiff]

Should be giving it to his friend for free

[cold skiff]

That’s how homies roll with old tech

[clear canyon]

thats even worse

[azure topaz]

yeah i mean if its somehtin that old yeah

[zealous plover]

Dont say 3*50

[stray portal]

my bad

get a gt 710

[zealous plover]

There are so many better graphics cards

[muted quarry]

can anyone help?

[zealous plover]

very very deep breath

[stray portal]

Not normal at all

[pale flint]

bruh

[muted quarry]

then what could i do? is there a way to fix it?

[pale flint]

does he know more vram doesnt always mean more fps

[pale flint]

what is he doing with 2k budget?

is bro charging him sum 800 for builsong the pc

[stray portal]

speaking of pcs my next pc (if I ever build one) will either be a sleeper build or an sff

[pale flint]

typo my bad

[zealous plover]

I just want to check that i'm not dumb would an rx 9060 xt and a ryzen 5 5600 be good?

So its good?

[stray portal]

cuz my current pc is nice and all it's really powerful too but I would want a clean space with not lots of wires

[zealous plover]

I checked on bottleneck calculator and it's fine 1440p and under

It's not like i'm gonna pull a 4k monitor out of somewhere

Does it matter if the psu that I picked isn't modular

[clear canyon]

no

[zealous plover]

Ill just have to stash the cables somewhere

[clear canyon]

being modular just means you can pick what to plug into ur system and you can customize the cables

[clear canyon]

yeah thats the downside

[fallow yacht]

@rigid fjord they only have these in ace hardware

[peak swan]

3 times 50 = 150

[stray portal]

If you are able to, then I would go for a semi modular psu

everything you need is there, extra cables are modular so u can remove them as you please

[peak swan]

What would y'all think if you saw someone with a Galaxy S6 as a daily driver?

Cuz I'm considering switching to a s6 temporarily

[zealous plover]

why?

[peak swan]

My current main phone doesn't focus on the back camera

[zealous plover]

Does the s6 even have focus?

[peak swan]

Like everything is blurry

[peak swan]

Yes lol

And with android 12.1 it's actually surprisingly usable
Altho because it isn't stock firmware I won't have volte

[zealous plover]

Have you factory resetted the phone?

[peak swan]

My main?

[zealous plover]

mhm

[peak swan]

Because its focusing issues aren't software
It's a hardware issue

[zealous plover]

Is there water in your phone?

Like in the lense?

[peak swan]

This is the issue

[zealous plover]

Oh its smashed

[peak swan]

Yeah

And wasn't even my fault

Got it smashed like that from ewaste

Actually this s6 was also from ewaste

[zealous plover]

Yeah if the s6 works better than that one I would switch

[peak swan]

But if it wasn't for the pile of free phones, i would have to deal with ghost touch on my old daily driver

[split prawn]

hello chat

i am trying to figure out a build for a friend

her budget is 1400 CAD

so far I have this build

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xC6Bkf

can I get some opinions ?

[clear canyon]

you can most likely go to am5

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HVNsQd

@split prawn

[split prawn]

that’s a little over budget tho

[clear canyon]

did you not set it to be in CAD?

[split prawn]

ehh no

[clear canyon]

why

[split prawn]

i forgor

[clear canyon]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/HVNsQd

82 bucks over

@split prawnhttps://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/f4MFv4

now its under 1400

I changed the motherboard and psu

compared to the other one I made

[split prawn]

oh

[split prawn]

is it accounting the price of the cooler ?

[clear canyon]

yeah

oh wait

huh, no price of the cooler

[split prawn]

wait she said that she needs a monitor as well

within 1400

so kinda cooked ?

[clear canyon]

:/

[muted quarry]

https://aftershockpc.com.au/products/chamber-lvl-5-r5-7600-rx-9060-xt-8gb-1 i am trying to buy this pc but it is costing $63AUD extra for payment gateway fee on top of the $45AUD delivery is that normal? If not how can i make it cheaper

[split prawn]

she also isn’t going to do any heavy tasks just playing some gacha games and minecraft

[clear canyon]

I see, also that cpu cooler is 24.99: https://a.co/d/bwV1eve

this is in CAD

[split prawn]

I see

Is it possible to get a build that is like 1200 cad and can do the said tasks ?

[clear canyon]

if you can find things 2nd hand, yeah: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/WyW9kf

the build you did is somehow cheaper

wait nvm, forgot you did it in USD

[split prawn]

It was the same price as this I think

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/xC6Bkf

[clear canyon]

400 CAD difference

[split prawn]

Yeahh

[clear canyon]

for basically no fps increase

[split prawn]

Did you only change the ram ?

[clear canyon]

the 5700x isnt a very good gaming cpu

[split prawn]

And cpu ?

[clear canyon]

yeah

[split prawn]

It's probably good enough for genshin impact and minecraft

[clear canyon]

defiantly

genshin is a mobile game and mc runs on any system

[split prawn]

What about wuthering waves tho?

I think it can run that too

[clear canyon]

Same thing

Just as easy to run

You can run those games on a pc worth 200 bucks tbh

[brave brook]

have you seen international shipping fees on larger items ?

[hoary tree]

Holy shit, xbox gamepass pricing is increasing by 100% in my country

[opaque bay]

whats the price of ps plus

[hoary tree]

80₪, gamepass ultimate is 99₪ now

[opaque bay]

yeesh

[frigid topaz]

Bro why is Linux so hard. I wanna install a offline ai model and it gives me errors that chatgpt cant even help with

[muted quarry]

what would be a good brand to buy a prebuild pc for around $1500AUD, i looked at aftershock but i saw the payment gateway was $63 and i looked at allied gaming but read the reviews and lots were very negative, any ideas?

[frigid topaz]

Why prebuild

[muted quarry]

delivery for the parts costs a lot, otherwise i would

i also don't want to break the parts on accident

[frigid topaz]

Fairs

[covert peak]

which is better a mm730 or a deathadder if they both coming at the same price

[muted quarry]

do you have any brands in mind tho? if not i will most likely just do after shock once i get paid next

[frigid topaz]

Idk i dont buy new pcs and never will

[muted quarry]

ok alg

[rigid fjord]

actually no, it's a mix of old and new

[rigid fjord]

go for the extreme if you're using doublesided tapes

[rigid fjord]

the cheaper one is definitely 4th gen, the 300 dollar one might be 8th gen

[frigid topaz]

I got a rx 580 and its good

[surreal totem]

hey, i need some advice. i m upgrading from am4 to am5. should i reinstall windows and setup my drivers again or should i just installl the motherboard and chipset drivers on top of the existing one. is there a motherboard driver uninstaller or something like DDU?

[frigid topaz]

Clean windows install never hurts

[surreal totem]

its just a lot of work installing all my games and apps again, would avoid it if possible its hard for me rn cuz i got a lot of work

[rigid fjord]

you'd want to primarily manually uninstall the mobo drivers aka network/audio/ chipset before doing a mobo swap, and no there is no single software like ddu for that

[frigid topaz]

Move the games on 2nd drive

[rigid fjord]

ideally a fresh clean install of windows is better

also like smokey said, you'd want games and whatnot on a secondary drive, not on the same drive your OS is

[surreal totem]

does it slow your pc down if i install it on the os drive. i got 1 gen 4 ssds and 2 gen3. The OS should be on the fastest one right?

[muted quarry]

what would be a good brand to buy a prebuild pc for around $1500AUD, i looked at aftershock but i saw the payment gateway was $63 and i looked at allied gaming but read the reviews and lots were very negative, any ideas? if not i might just get the aftershock one

[rigid fjord]

not that it slows down your system, it's more that if windows decideds to ever fuck itself up (it has on many people) you only reinstall windows, the drivers and main launcher files for the likes of steam, ea, epic, etc, and no the os doesn't need to be on the fastest ssd, just on whatever one you have installed near the cpu

as for os loading or even gaming you're not beating sata ssd speeds as it is

[surreal totem]

ahh but the fastest one goes to the one nearest to the cpu right

[rigid fjord]

the m.2 slot is usually the latest gen but it doesn't mean you need the fastest drive there

like you could have a mobo that has a gen 5 m.2 slot near the cpu, it doesn't mean you need or want a gen 5 drive in that slot as it's not going to give you any advantages over the likes of gen 3 or 4 m.2's or even sata ssd's when it comes to OS's or games

[chrome ether]

should i go out and pick up a pc my friend found on the street

apparently there were parts on the pavement, keyboard mouse and monitor are also there

[muted quarry]

is it for free or nah

[chrome ether]

yes

[muted quarry]

then why not, bit dodgy being on the street but yea

unless there is a homeless gamer

[chrome ether]

no his neighbor threw it out

[muted quarry]

ahh kk, should be fine to take then

probs should ask first

[chrome ether]

problem is that this is the uk

and its very rainy and windy

[muted quarry]

get it then test, if it works it works if it doesn't it doesn't

[spring latch]

finally got a "period accurate" machine (nah jk its 2017) for windows 7 to work with

though it might as well be accurate, its dual core ONLY, and up to 2.7GHz

4GB RAM (maybe more than accurate) and the AMD R5 iGPU

def a horrid PC but windows 7 will make it work

[glad gale]

Any way i can add a new audio track to a video on android? Its easy in vlc desktop or mkvtoolnix or handbrake, but i cannot figure it out on android
If it helps its a mkv av1 video and mp3 opus audio

[wet scroll]

Yo, i need some help, eo yesterday i removed my gpu to put in an m.2 expansion to give some games to my friend, then i removed it and put my gpu back in but the issue that happened was , my pc would turn on fully but there was no display, the vga light would be on for abt 10 secs and then turn off , yesterday after i reseated the gpu a few times it worked again, gamed on it all night then went to sleep, today morning its the same issue again, also the rgb of the gpu turns on and the fans twitch ,i tried reseating like 7 times already, reseated the pcie power cables on both the gpu and psu end , trief different outputs, also my pc boots off igpu just fine when i remove my gpu

Also i reset bios

[granite inlet]

Hi! I've got 32GB of RAM, and somehow 80% of it is being used with nothing but spotify open. The rest is just background processes. How on earth is this possible? When sorted by MEM% in task manager, it doesnt look even close to 80% of 32GB when you add it all up.

[rigid fjord]

#1027757333117415424

[fallow yacht]

y not the indoor one

[wet scroll]

Yea sent a msg there

[pale flint]

restart

if it doesnt fix the issue then make a post in #1027757333117415424

[random junco]

wsl has lots of lots processes that sometimes add up to more than it says

what are u running in it?

[granite inlet]

i only use wsl to run docker containers but right now i've got nothing up

[random junco]

close it then

[granite inlet]

just did. MEM% only declined by 2%. negligible.

post-restart, MEM% stabilizes around 31%

opening discord increased it to 34%

opening spotify increased it to 36%

opening vscode increased it to 42%

[elder quarry]

ps aux

[granite inlet]

PID   USER     TIME  COMMAND
    1 root      0:00 {init(docker-des} /init
    5 root      0:00 {init} plan9 --control-socket 6 --log-level 4 --server-fd 7 --pipe-fd 9 --log-truncate
    8 root      0:00 {SessionLeader} /init
    9 root      0:00 {Relay(11)} /init
   10 root      0:00 {Relay(12)} /init
   11 root      0:00 /usr/bin/vpnkit-bridge --pid-file=/run/vpnkit-bridge.pid guest
   12 root      0:00 wsl-bootstrap run --base-image /c/Program Files/Docker/Docker/resources/docker-desktop.iso --cli-i
   41 root      0:00 unshare -mpf --propagation=unchanged --kill-child /usr/local/bin/wsl-bootstrap jump
   42 root      0:00 /init
   58 root      0:01 /init services
   79 root      0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/rungetty.sh
   80 root      0:00 /bin/login -f
   95 root      0:00 -bash
  106 root      0:00 /usr/local/bin/containerd-stargz-grpc
  108 root      0:00 /usr/bin/containerd --config /etc/containerd/containerd.toml
  146 100       0:00 /sbin/rpcbind -w
  168 root      0:00 /sbin/rpc.statd
  192 root      0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.idmapd
  193 root      0:00 /usr/local/bin/dockerd --config-file /run/config/docker/daemon.json --containerd /run/containerd/c
  507 root      0:00 {SessionLeader} /init
  508 root      0:00 {Relay(509)} /init
  509 root      0:00 -sh
  510 root      0:00 ps aux

[elder quarry]

and if it's a docker container running, sudo docker ps

[granite inlet]

there are 0 containers up

[elder quarry]

is it WSL that's using all that resources? Open task manager

[granite inlet]

see mem% sorted task list here @elder quarry

[elder quarry]

oh wtf

[granite inlet]

my exact reaction

where tf my memory go bruh 😭 i paid for this hello

might have to download some more

[elder quarry]

yeah I don't fuck with windows, https://distrowatch.org

nowadays linux is good enough

like all games run too

[granite inlet]

would totally run ubuntu but i simply dont wanna mess around with stuff like wine/proton

like if most games had proper linux versions then i'd go for it

but its just too much uncertainty and a hackjob

anyway mem% has stabilized around 45% now

[elder quarry]

I'm just saying that support is very good, take a look at https://protondb.com and you'll see all working games

and it's easy to set up

[granite inlet]

you're missing the point

having to browse some review board for a hackjob compatibility layer to check whether the game i spent money on even runs is ridiculous

[thorny saddle]

I agree with you

People keep pushing linux for gaming and its a micromanaged nightmare

[ebon marlin]

Linux is only neat for handheld consoles like steam deck and others due to how awful Windows is for them

https://tenor.com/view/cat-glass-cute-cute-cat-cat-in-glass-gif-7716823274462348253

[kindred halo]

Windows is pretty much bloatware so ofc the handhelds can't have what performance they offer cut in half by Windows

[cold skiff]

Everything has its purpose

[ebon marlin]

Also piss poor optimization so battery life won't be as good

[cold skiff]

It has to be in the interest of someone to create something better for the consumer. It’s not in a game dev favour to make a game for Linux and <1% of people that will play their game. It’s not in Microsoft’s favour to make a ‘lite’ windows OS for handhelds.

It is in the interest of a Linux distro developer to make games run on their distro though. As a long term ambitious strategy to become more mainstream and increase revenue.

[granite inlet]

this is a circular problem
devs dont give their games good linux support -> people dont play their games on linux
people dont play their games on linux -> devs dont give their games good linux support

[cold skiff]

Yep.

Although I’m fairly sure Linus Torvold once said, until a distro is installed by default by an SI and gets great sales. You’ll never see Linux mainstream on desktop PCs no matter how hard you try

[granite inlet]

i do honestly think that the responsibility to "solve" this lays with the devs. you cant expect the majority of consumers to just eat up a worse experience and just all collectively trust that it will get better in the future.

[cold skiff]

Another circular problem

[cold skiff]

The argument is that Linux is the worse experience

[granite inlet]

games are primarily developed for windows. linux is left catching up. the result is a worse experience.

[cold skiff]

Give me, an end user, with next to no linux experience a game and a Linux distro and I’m very unlikely to have a good experience.

That’s a problem created by the original consumer

Why make your game for Linux when your target audience don’t use Linux?

[granite inlet]

one that can only be solved by developers (idiot proofing)

[cold skiff]

2.5% of the steam survey use Linux. If I am a game dev, I’m not bothering. It’s worthless. If they game, they already use or have access to windows. It’s the consumer’s fault, that I as a game dev, will not bother with Linux. Even if it was far superior. I wouldn’t bother, it’s not worth the time or money.

[granite inlet]

why would the consumer get into linux if the support for games is mid

[cold skiff]

Not everything is about gaming, that’s the point.

[granite inlet]

we're talking about a steam survey 😭 gaming IS the point

[cold skiff]

Just because it’s on the steam survey doesn’t mean they use that OS to game.

Just means they’ve taken a hardware survey on that OS

[granite inlet]

imma be deadass this is just a gotcha and it strawmans the reality

people dont game on linux because games arent made for linux

[cold skiff]

Or you’re just incapable of putting it all together.

[granite inlet]

yeah i have 40 iq my bad gng

[cold skiff]

People do game on Linux. Just not enough to warrant it being worth while developing specifically for

[granite inlet]

incredibly good faith argument xd im out cya

[cold skiff]

Rather you leave than just be dumb and cry about it

[wet scroll]

i wanna get a cpu upgrade and im trying to decide between r5 8400f and the 7500f, but the 7500f is like quite a bit more expensive

a whole 60 dollar difference

my gpu is 1080ti lightning and i plan to upgrade to a 3080ti

[cold skiff]

7500f

You don’t buy a cpu with 16mb L3 cache for gaming.

So you buy the 7500f

[wet scroll]

me when my current gpu has 9mb

[civic crypt]

does anyone recommend the g502 x wireless, it seems expensive vs the wired version although wireless is pretty important to me.

im coming from a g pro superlight where the scroll wheel has started to fail

[wet scroll]

is there smth cheaper with better l3

[cold skiff]

For AM5 no? Besides that cpu is already cheap as shit compared to everything else around it

[wet scroll]

i could get a r7 5700x

[cold skiff]

7500f better

[wet scroll]

5700x cheaper 😭

also i will wanna get a dirt cheap gpu for troubleshooting

[cold skiff]

5700x is AM4. 7500f is AM5. Anything AM4 will be cheaper. CPU, motherboard, ram etc.

[wet scroll]

yeah, besides i wont upgrade again till am6 is out

[cold skiff]

Good luck

[civic crypt]

5800x3d is good for AM4

[cold skiff]

That could be 2030 or later if the rumours are correct

[wet scroll]

i dont have a quazillion dollars

[abstract wigeon]

nothing wrong with am4

[wet scroll]

i have an i5 9400 rn so even a r5 3600 would be better

[abstract wigeon]

if youre not an upgradeaholic its fine

[wet scroll]

im not im just struggling horrible with 1% lows bcs of my fuckass cpu

[cold skiff]

You’d be buying DDR5 at twice the cost of DDR4. An AM5 motherboard at probably near the same. You’d be able to get a 5800x3d used with the difference.

[abstract wigeon]

go 5600x or better

[wet scroll]

the 5600x price is like 10 dollars less than the 5700x so ill prolly eeither get 5700x or 7500f

[civic crypt]

i have a 5800x all core oc 4.6ghz, seems decent

[abstract wigeon]

solid plan, 7500f aliexpress is good

[wet scroll]

ddr4 here is very close, 16gb of ddr4 is 40usd, 16gb of ddr5 is 50

[wet scroll]

no aliexpress import taxes here fuck you over

and the shipping

[cold skiff]

Try and get a used 9900k

That’s your best upgrade path if you’re not buying AM5/latest Intel and you’re on 9th gen

[wet scroll]

ppl in the used market here are delusional, theyre selling a 5600x for 10 dollars less than its price new

[cold skiff]

Don’t spend money on old tech if you don’t ow the platform

[abstract wigeon]

shame, 5700x or 7500f are both good deals regardless

[cold skiff]

Own*

[ebon marlin]

why are companies suddenly using hotswappable batteries in their products for example the Arctis Nova Elite and Glorious Model 3

[wet scroll]

i was thinking about getting the i5 14400f but HTE PRICE INCREASED A WHOLE ASS 50 DOLLAR

like wtf is wrong w u

[cold skiff]

This is normally an economic partnership.Best example is Xbox controllers

[ebon marlin]

honestly the hotswap battery is so useless on a mouse

[cold skiff]

Yeah. A battery manufacturer will be the reason why.

[ebon marlin]

just make your mouse support wireless charging with a dock or something

[cold skiff]

That doesn’t sell the batteries though

[wet scroll]

you only need to charge a mouth like once every 3 weeks, but i can see it with headphones if you never take them off

[ebon marlin]

the fucking batteries last 10 hours on the mouse lmfao

so pointless

[wet scroll]

oh HELLLL naw

[ebon marlin]

the headphones only last 30 hours per battery

I have JBL Quantum 910 and they have like 40hr battery life and even that runs out fairly quickly

[proper gull]

Because it's good?

[cold skiff]

Isn’t the ratings for stuff like that based on the lowest amount of time for a full charge to be dissipated during testing? So often things go longer?

[wet scroll]

is the 60 dollar difference between the 8400f and the 7500f worth it?

[ebon marlin]

depends on the product for example the mouse it's completely useless

[wet scroll]

or will i not see much of a difference

[cold skiff]

It’s pony. It’s just to sell double the batteries for their supplier

[ebon marlin]

10 hours of battery life on a mouse is laughable

get a charging dock compatible mouse and you'll never run out of battery

[proper gull]

You're mad that the batteries are easily swappable?

[wet scroll]

my wireless mouse only ever needs charging like once a week and i got it for TWO FUCKING DOLLARS

[ebon marlin]

no it's just a pointless thing to drive up the products price

[cold skiff]

Well if you can’t charge them inside the device and historically no one has ever done this. It’s going backwards.

It’s counter intuitive…. Just to sell double the batteries

[wet scroll]

meow

[ebon marlin]

They're putting hotswap batteries in devices that don't need them

[rigid fjord]

funny thing is, people have done that, most do it via a dock

[ebon marlin]

Better off being without them

[ebon marlin]

Yeah exactly why I got an Attack Shark X6 over a Lamzu Maya X

[cold skiff]

Docks aren’t batteries. They’re just cable extensions.

[ebon marlin]

Docks are more convenient than hotswap batteries

[cold skiff]

Also it’s a mouse. An extra couple of grams is gonna make the pro gamer not buy it. Kekekekek

As we all know. Unless your mouse is lighter than air. It don’t make you gud

[ebon marlin]

Attack Shark X6 49g with charging dock support yumyum

[cold skiff]

I’m impressed with attack shark battery life considering mine is like 300mah

[ebon marlin]

Nice upgrade over my Logitech G Pro Wireless which is like 80g but also supports a charging dock

[rigid fjord]

there's a rechargable battery in the mose which gets charged up via the dock

[cold skiff]

Yes. That’s correct rauko.

[rigid fjord]

there's even those that wirelessly charge up a mouse while said mouse is on the mouse pad

[wet scroll]

should i get a dirt cheap gpu for troubleshooting when i upgrade my mb and cpu since i wont have an igpu

[rigid fjord]

the point being, you don't need to have a removable battery in a mouse any more

[cold skiff]

The point Catto is making and correct me if I’m wrong. You can’t charge this mouse up on the fly. You need to use a hot swappable battery.

[wet scroll]

i see some gpus for 10-15 dollars

[rigid fjord]

aka, removable battery, yes, which nowadays is pointless when it comes to mices

[iron glen]

does it say "hit by a tank shell" in the title or smth

[cold skiff]

Exactly what we are saying…

[rigid fjord]

gpu's that cheap probably have no updated drivers to work with a more modern OS

[rigid fjord]

inb4 gt620 or something to that effect

[cold skiff]

GT710s are popular with ewaste sellers

[rigid fjord]

tbh, this isn't hotswap, but just havign the battery removable in a different form factor, and there's always a downtime with it, as when you remove said battery the mouse stops working, it's not like they have a smaller battery built into it just to keep the mouse active, so the marketing there is misleading

[wet scroll]

it would be just for troubleshooting, wont that work?

like multiple times id need to troubleshoot stuff and boot from the igpu

[rigid fjord]

you can go cheap, and still have something that has drivers to allow it to work with a modern OS

[cold skiff]

Like a 3050

[wet scroll]

i see, because i hate going into shops and i dont have any friends nearby that have a pc too

[wet scroll]

yeah a 120 usd card for troubleshooting!

[cold skiff]

That’s the economy

[wet scroll]

i could go rx 300 series or smth

[cold skiff]

10 series no longer being supported. 20 series will be next to go. You want to keep the ox for upwards 4 years.

So that’s the minimum you need to look at to keep support

[rigid fjord]

nah, 10 series nvidia or even go for the likes of an rx560/570/580

[ebon marlin]

kebab

[wet scroll]

MY CARD IS 10 SERIES

[rigid fjord]

rx500 series

[wet scroll]

maybe a 560 or 550 idk

[cold skiff]

At this point I am convinced you’re Scottish (aka want something for nothing) or are delusional

[rigid fjord]

no longer supported but still has drivers that can be used with win10/win11

[wet scroll]

im from egypt. youre the delusional one, no longer gets drivers doesnt mean wont work with win 10 and win 11

[cold skiff]

They’re planning for 4 years time. Until AM6ish estimates release. We will have the next windows by then

[wet scroll]

it just wont get game ready drivers

[rigid fjord]

you mean a karen (the delulu)

[wet scroll]

bro its not a gpu to use its a troubleshooting one, ot wont be upgraded ever

my next gpu upgrade is 3080ti

[rigid fjord]

i could run my rx580/590 currently with both win10/11 on either am4, am5 or even newer mobo sockets still

[cold skiff]

I mean this isn’t the tech support channel. Just gonna leave your rude ass to use that instead now

[wet scroll]

same w my dead 570 before it died

[rigid fjord]

better of going 4070/4070ti comparably

[wet scroll]

4070 here goes for 700usd used

so no

3080ti here is 400

[rigid fjord]

looks like it's just enough for a child to eat

[wet scroll]

i didnt mean to be rude but youre saying stuff that is false pookie

even an rx470 works w win 10 and 11

[cold skiff]

I mean you’ve missed the point of your original goal and what I said so. I guess I’ll just mute you if you keep highlighting…

[wet scroll]

@rigid fjord thats 620 for a used 4070, thats why id go for a 3080ti

[wet scroll]

could you elaborate

[rigid fjord]

it works but potentially could be an issue later on, hence rx500 series instead

[wet scroll]

yeahh, but honestly even if they release a newer windows id stay on 11

until they cut support

cuz new windows on release are a mess

im still on win10 until support for it is cut

[rigid fjord]

i'm on win10 mainly because win11 offered nothing extra, and i'd have to go and do a fuck ton of commands with win 11 to make it more comfortable for me, like the bullshit with context menus

[delicate zodiac]

what should i do when my gpu hits 100C even undervolted and i dont want to make fans spin 100% and i cant put fans below it because of motherboard cables?

[latent pasture]

fans below it arent gonna help anyway since its usually the psu and cable area

[rigid fjord]

repaste and redo the thermal pads on it, then set a custom fan curve up

[wet scroll]

youd have to max out the fans temporarly until you repaste it

[latent pasture]

whats ur pc case btw

[limber swallow]

what thermal paste i should buy
currently i am trying to find out the best one out of this 4
Thermal Grizzly - Kryonaut
Thermalright TF7
Thermalright TF9
ARCTIC MX-4

[rigid fjord]

mx-4 is golden, but use whatever comes with the cooler

do not bother with kryonaut unless you plan on doing XOC

[cold skiff]

Stop using the card before you damage it

[delicate zodiac]

i dont want to take gpu apart and repaste it because of warranty and i dont want to risk it

[limber swallow]

the thing is
benchmark shows that Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut is the best
and Thermalright TF9 sucks
about ARCTIC MX-4
its what i have been using for 5 years

[rigid fjord]

you can rma it to get it redoone on them

[cold skiff]

What gpu

[wet scroll]

go to the warranty because if it still is in the warranty and youre hitting those temps thats totally not normal

[limber swallow]

i overclock my cpu using pbo
so Thermal Grizzly - Kryonaut is worth it?

[delicate zodiac]

rx 6750 xt

[rigid fjord]

kryonaut is only good for XOC, it's absolutely shit for daily use, literally has to be replaced every 6 months, mx-4 you can use it for 4 years before even bothering to repaste

[cold skiff]

It’s already out of warranty

Just repaste it

[rigid fjord]

no, pbo is not doing XOC, so kryonaut is a dumb way to go

[limber swallow]

Thermal Grizzly - Kryonaut 5.5g is 1100egp
Thermalright TF7 2g is 250egp
ARCTIC MX-4 4g is 320egp

[rigid fjord]

simply go for the mx-4

[limber swallow]

is it better than Thermalright TF7?

Thermalright TF7 comes with the cpu cooler

[delicate zodiac]

idk if i have still warranty

[cold skiff]

How are there so many Egyptians in TC1 today

Just use the TRTF7 if it comes with the cooler for free

[wet scroll]

check the reciept

[limber swallow]

yeah but i am trying to find a paste that i can use for years
like find in stores and buy it

[cold skiff]

Then just buy a tube of mx4. It has like a 5 year life or something

[rigid fjord]

temp wise it's only a 1c difference, and you'd only get extra paste at the point of doing a cpu swap not before

[latent pasture]

broh does it take you like a year to earn the 320 egp for mx4 @limber swallow

[cold skiff]

Country of purchase and when? Most countries worldwide are 1., sometimes 2 years. EU is 2 iirc

[delicate zodiac]

there is no shop in here that sells that gpu right after i bought it they canceled it on last shop like week after

so i dont know if i would get replacement

[limber swallow]

ok if you say mx4
i will buy mx4 20g

[cold skiff]

20!?!??

[rigid fjord]

the aio they plan on getting for an r5 5500 comes with tf-7 tbh, and could be shared between their 5500 and the 7400k

[wet scroll]

check the warranty pookie

[rigid fjord]

people are idiots

[wet scroll]

... what kinda job are you working pooks

[cold skiff]

20g of paste? You repasting like 40 chips?

[rigid fjord]

tripple that

[limber swallow]

20g so i don't have to buy it ever again

[cold skiff]

It won’t last that long

[rigid fjord]

4g of mx-4 can get you 8-10 uses

[limber swallow]

2 gpus 2 pcs and 2 laptops

[cold skiff]

Yeah 5g is fine

At most you want 5g

[rigid fjord]

20g of mx-4 can get you around 100-120 uses

[wet scroll]

does mx4 work for gpus also?

[rigid fjord]

it does but tbh get either ptm7950 or thermalright helios and use that instead on a gpu's core

[cold skiff]

MX4 works on GeForce 4 too. If you know, you know.

[rigid fjord]

helios is basically ptm7950 but under a different name

[delicate zodiac]

idk if it would help because 90% of reviews said that it heats a lot

[wet scroll]

cant find either but found this

[cold skiff]

RDNA2 and 3 can have a 20-30c delta from average temperature to hotspot depending on the card

A 6750xt id expect no higher than 25c

Hell a 7900xtx average hotspot is 95-100c for users

My 7800xt has a delta of around 22-25c unless I run fan 100%. Then it’s 20-22c

[delicate zodiac]

2 reviews say here that they got a replacement 3 times and it still had coil whine and heated a lot