tech-chat-1

[grim moon]

There's like 3 different convos going on at once

[warm bison]

Ok

[ebon marlin]

I'm speaking with the person who's name is the result of a kid using the emoji keyboard for the first time

[jaunty apex]

I wonder what besides the OS that definitely isn't 20 years old in the topic we are discussing is

[warm bison]

Windows 2000 being 25 years old💪

[jaunty apex]

[grim moon]

A petri dish for viruses

[warm bison]

.

[jaunty apex]

My argument: AI cat dancing gif

[ebon marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/pear-cat-pear-cat-dance-cute-pear-cat-ai-gif-5118119506566071537

[dapper folio]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-thats-ai-spongebob-toilet-thats-real-nice-meme-gif-13167262376400266709

[warm bison]

Ewwww

[ebon marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/nick-fuentes-gif-11267151480883810436

[jaunty apex]

Hey if discord wants fonts as a feature, they'll get it. And so will I.

😩

[warm bison]

But these are the kinds of people that believe that, if you go 1 day after end of support, your computer explodes

[jaunty apex]

For those kinds of people, that's likely what'll happen

[empty quartz]

Better than you

[jaunty apex]

https://tenor.com/view/tf2-spy-sandwich-valve-meme-gif-12066456919327292425

[warm bison]

Right

[jaunty apex]

Not like literally but you what I mean.

[warm bison]

If anything the 10 and 11 backdoors open Even more security problems

[empty quartz]

“But you what i mean” - @jaunty apex 2025

[jaunty apex]

They are always actively trying to make connections, unlike older versions of the OS. If those domains go down (which I believe some have on 10s side already) there's risk there.

[warm bison]

Yea

[empty quartz]

Ngl

Im never getting another windows craptop

[warm bison]

Older laptops are built like tanks compared to modern ones

Way more ports and upgradability as well

[empty quartz]

Idrc about upgradability

[warm bison]

AND dvd drive

[ebon marlin]

Way more ports and it's ports like VGA 💔

[jaunty apex]

There was a time I wanted a 2014 macbook pro for the longest time just because you could upgrade it.. Ofc thinkpad would be more ideal

[empty quartz]

Just need a laptop that is reliable

[warm bison]

And removable battery

[ebon marlin]

No one uses DVD's anymore other than japanese people

[warm bison]

I do

[jaunty apex]

I use bluray

[warm bison]

My main pc has a bluray drive

[jaunty apex]

Same

[warm bison]

The rest have dvdrw drives

[empty quartz]

You’ve never been able to upgrade anything other than the ssd in a 2013-2017 non touchbar mac

[jaunty apex]

I thought RAM as well

[warm bison]

Apple absolutely sucks so. More like Crapple

[jaunty apex]

Might have been 2012. Obv never got one

[upper glen]

im new to building pcs do all of these parts work together?

[empty quartz]

Name 1 laptop that comes even close to the performance per watt with as good of a display

[warm bison]

The ones that Have better compatibility

[empty quartz]

You clearly have never used an m series macbook other than a demo unit

[ebon marlin]

All laptops have removable batteries

[warm bison]

Not pop it out batteries

[warm bison]

I do not want a laptop with only usb-c ports.

[ebon marlin]

Those just make the laptop heavy no thanks

[warm bison]

Exactly what I want

[empty quartz]

My point still stands

[jaunty apex]

User servicable how about that. Oh wait you'll just bring out the irp program I don't care about because it won't address soldered on storage or memory

[ebon marlin]

Whole point of a laptop is to be portable

[waxen shell]

Heavy = high quality

[warm bison]

Yes

[ebon marlin]

I have a Dell Precision 7550 which is almost 3kg I'm not bringing that anywhere

I also have a Lenovo X13 now that's nice for portability

[fringe prairie]

$10 dongle it's not that hard

[ebon marlin]

Getting another X13 tomorrow too

[warm bison]

Lucky. My phone weighs slightly less than ⅓ of this.

[jaunty apex]

Whole point of phones is to be portable yet everyone is rocking a phablet. I don't wanna hear it

[ebon marlin]

It's end of the world for these guys

[waxen shell]

The only thing I like about laptops is the lack of cables

[warm bison]

Why would I want a dongle. What is it with bringing adapters for everything.

[ebon marlin]

Do you have one of those shit quality ulefone's

[warm bison]

Unihertz Tank3 Pro

[empty quartz]

@warm bison

[warm bison]

That is incredibly thin.

[ebon marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/okay-bro-sure-nick-fuentes-njf-nicholas-j-fuentes-gif-8996782605629735174

[empty quartz]

You’re wrong

[waxen shell]

Fuentes jumpscare

[ebon marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/nick-fuentes-gif-11267151480883810436

[warm bison]

What

[fringe prairie]

what does this mean? it's not november 2020 where no apps are supported on apple silicon macs

[warm bison]

Still far less then x64

[empty quartz]

Well no fucking shit

[fringe prairie]

if you're talking about games we've known this for like decades at this point

[empty quartz]

Dude probably thinks that apple m series is as fast as intel m series

[ebon marlin]

Macbooks are cool and all but useless for 99.9% of it's userbase

[empty quartz]

Im part of the 0.1%

[ebon marlin]

If you'd want something small and portable can't beat the value of something like this a Lenovo X13

[jaunty apex]

Damn we are at 3% on the Linux side, y'all need to catch up

[ebon marlin]

Was 150€ with 84% battery health but still easily lasts over 12hrs+ on a full charge

[empty quartz]

Nobody asked :D

[jaunty apex]

https://tenor.com/view/who-asked-me-trying-to-find-who-asked-severance-mark-s-mark-scout-gif-11616038644134452282

[ebon marlin]

Has a Ryzen 5 Pro 4650U slightly older but still can do everything that 99.9% of mac users would need

Whisper quiet aswell

[fringe prairie]

x13 is guaranteed good screen as well which is nice

[empty quartz]

Cant do what i need

[ebon marlin]

Yeah it also has the option for touchscreen

[fringe prairie]

not 45% ntsc garbage that lenovo puts in every single damn thinkpad except (most of) the x series and p1

[ebon marlin]

This also comes with the option for 45% 768p but only for the low end Ryzen 3 model

But not all Ryzen 3 models come with that screen

[empty quartz]

Holy fuck… thats terrible

[ebon marlin]

My model uses IPS 300nit 72% ntsc

[ebon marlin]

Yeah but fortunately the shit screen is only for Ryzen 3 as an optional

[empty quartz]

Whats the dci p3 coverage?

Of yours*

[ebon marlin]

Idk

But the colors do look nice on it

[empty quartz]

what model?

[ebon marlin]

Lenovo X13 Gen 1

AMD version

[empty quartz]

71.5%

Wait

72.3 for amd

[distant frigate]

Lmao imagine buying this transceiver

[empty quartz]

Still meh

[distant frigate]

$2,000 for a 1.6 Terabit per second transciever

[ebon marlin]

Idk doubt anyone will be doing color critical stuff on a laptop like this

Colors still looked very good overall

[empty quartz]

Thats why i went with my 2021 14”

[ebon marlin]

Mines smaller and more portable

Suck it gay canadian

https://tenor.com/view/cute-drinking-water-bottle-cat-gif-25382084

[empty quartz]

Mine can go off a charger for longer while being more powerful, and is barely larger

[ebon marlin]

Eh battery life not any different from mine

[empty quartz]

How long do you get on a single charge

[ebon marlin]

I'm getting 12 hours on a full charge with 84% battery health

[empty quartz]

💀

Rookie

[ebon marlin]

With a new battery it could easily be same as a M1 with a new battery aswell

[ebon marlin]

Oh damn so yours is worse than mine with 84% battery health

Up to 11 hours of wireless web that's only achievable with a brand new battery

Yikes rookie

[empty quartz]

Ive been getting more than that

[ebon marlin]

Mhm

https://tenor.com/view/nick-fuentes-gif-11267151480883810436

[empty quartz]

Ill put on a video in a playlist that repeats, ill get an exact number

[ebon marlin]

Sure have fun

Anyways it's 3am imma go cuddle with my girlfriend now

[empty quartz]

Should i do 4k hdr?

[ebon marlin]

Sure have fun

[empty quartz]

Sure have fun

[ebon marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/love-heart-love-you-nick-fuentes-nicholas-j-fuentes-gif-5649194556235357680

[empty quartz]

I wish you could give a review of the person who built your phone

The underpaid child who built mine did a great job

[random junco]

server suffocated and went into emergency read only file system as soon as multiple drives were under load

maybe using an aliexpress molex splitter wasnt a good idea

oh and i accidentally used fsck on a

"mounted drive" (it really wasnt...) and deleted all data off a drive!!

[pulsar root]

Hi, when I use my new computer, when I move my mouse, sometimes it freezes for like half of full second, which is a bit odd; anyone know what could be the issue? It’s a prebuilt where I installed ram and nvme ssd

[random junco]

only 6 minutes left to see what "recovery" looks like

[random junco]

graphics drivers installed? what version and whats ur specs

[gusty wagon]

Yoohoo

I'm getting the M3 with 8gb of ram and 256gb of storage

[random junco]

could also be if u have a really bad wireless mouse ig

[pulsar root]

Rtx 3060 12 gb
1 TB SSD + 4TB added SSD
32 GB + 16 GB added ram
i7 something

[gusty wagon]

Is it good or

[random junco]

what u usin it for

[pulsar root]

Oh yeah maybe cuz it’s wireless

[gusty wagon]

image processing and decoding

[random junco]

try it wired

[pulsar root]

Alr

[gusty wagon]

Sometimes video decoding too

[random junco]

8gb ram is... interesting

[gusty wagon]

Idk its the only option

[random junco]

not bad tho, a solid choice if ur happy w the price

[pulsar root]

How about vram

[fleet comet]

yall i got a question

im not the brightest in the "pc" area

[clear canyon]

which i7

[fleet comet]

and im wondering why i have so much gigs taken up when i have not many things installed

[clear canyon]

on your C: drive?

[fleet comet]

yes

[clear canyon]

your OS takes up space

[fleet comet]

?

[clear canyon]

operating system

[fleet comet]

how much space does it normally take up

[clear canyon]

like windows, linux, MacOS

[pulsar root]

Intel® Core™ i7-12700F 8P+4EC/20T 2.1-4.9 GHz 25MB Cache

[clear canyon]

it depends, normally around 30gigs

[clear canyon]

you could of just said 12700f lol

[pulsar root]

Sry I just copied from website

[fleet comet]

i feel like its not adding up tho cause the only games i have is battlefront 2, fortnite, roblox, minecraft, skate 4 and most are pretty small but yet still my pc is 451/464 gigs

[clear canyon]

only roblox is a small game

plus you have all of your downloaded stuff, and other apps installed like steam

gotta remeber that everything is on your C: drive

its recommended to have a 1tb boot drive now days

[fleet comet]

BIOSTAR Group A320MH

[pulsar root]

I might’ve made mistake when installing ram n ssd. When I add another 16GB it just goes to bios and doesn’t work

[fleet comet]

thats my motherboard do u know if i can buy another ssd and put it on there

[clear canyon]

can you elaborate more

[clear canyon]

what is ur current drive

is it nvme or sata

[fleet comet]

i think its sata is there a way to know or is it just by looks

[clear canyon]

yes, one sec

[pulsar root]

I added 1 16GB ram into 1 slot. It worked. I added another stick which was next to the fan but the second stick didn’t work. So I ended up just removing second stick leaving me with 48 gb ram. The rams are different brand but same speeds

No idea why the second stick didn’t work

[clear canyon]

This is what nvme looks like, its directly installed on your motherboard

[clear canyon]

swap the sticks around

the 2 new sticks

ram is like that for some reason sometimes

[pulsar root]

But I’m worried if the first stick will stop working

[clear canyon]

well if its broken, just RMA it

[pulsar root]

?

What is rma

[fleet comet]

think its sata cause i dont see thaty

[clear canyon]

its where you send it to the brands company to get it fixed/replaced

[clear canyon]

doe it look like this

[pulsar root]

Hmm they are old ram kits though.

[clear canyon]

its corsair 😔

[fleet comet]

this is under my graphics card? is this maybe a sata?

[clear canyon]

iv personally had bad experiences with corsair ram

[pulsar root]

Oh

[clear canyon]

that is your wifi card

[fleet comet]

my brother tyhinks its not a sata because he cant see one of those he thinks its an nvme like somwhere hidden on the motherboard maybe behind the graphics card or behind the cpu fan

where are the nvme slots on my motherboard do u know? my brother knows a little bit about pcs but hes also kinda a noob hes tryna help

[clear canyon]

send me a pic of the inside of ur pc

[fleet comet]

its dusty as heck but ill do it

[clear canyon]

nvme is often on the front of your motherboard

[fleet comet]

i looked it up it says it doesnt support nvme so it must have a sata i have no idea where the sata is

[pulsar root]

Is it supposed to be flat? Mine is like hangs above mobo?

[clear canyon]

what?

[pulsar root]

The nvme card

It hangs above the golden circle

[clear canyon]

its flat, but does not directly lay on the moatherboard

[clear canyon]

ok yeah it does not

[clear canyon]

thats not installed correctly

[pulsar root]

Bruh but it shows up on pc

[clear canyon]

its supposed to be screwed down

[pulsar root]

Oh

I don’t think they provided a screw in the nvme package

[clear canyon]

they dont

they normally come with your motherboard when you buy them

[pulsar root]

Oh mine is prebuilt

[clear canyon]

then you need to buy the screws bc thats dangerous to ur drive

it needs to be removed until then

[hoary agate]

hm

what happened here?

[grizzled frost]

Good question

why do you have a 148MB drive

[clear canyon]

either you named it that or the name corrupted

[hoary agate]

it corrupted i think

i aint do nun

[grizzled frost]

why do you have a 148MB drive

[fleet comet]

creaperhead we found the cord that leads to the sata and there are more sata slots. So if i need more storage could i buy a 1tb sata unfortunately my motherboard doesnt support nvme

[clear canyon]

might be a windows partition, ik I have a pc that did that and its fucking annoying, its a 52MB partition that I keep accidently clicking

[pulsar root]

That’s ngl kinda small drive

[clear canyon]

partition

[grizzled frost]

There it is, windows partition

[hexed sage]

Anyone know a little something about anything?

[south arrow]

Awwww

[pulsar root]

Alr but I’ll have to redo the partitioning stuff probs

[south arrow]

What is corruption for 200 on the board

[clear canyon]

no you dont, you just turn off the pc and remove it

[hoary agate]

files in it
the drive was empty last time i checked

[clear canyon]

100% corrupted

[pulsar root]

I meant after putting it back in pc

[clear canyon]

no you wont

[hoary agate]

yeah

[hexed sage]

A little data corruption never hurt anyone

[south arrow]

Saving your pics for storage corruption examples lol

[pulsar root]

So if I unplug and plug, the drive will appear in file explorer ??

[clear canyon]

you have minecraft enchantment table on your drive

[fleet comet]

creaperhead?

[clear canyon]

yeah

[hoary agate]

lmao

[pulsar root]

Oh ok

[hexed sage]

The real question is what were you doing in 1982 and 2089

[pulsar root]

Btw any idea why if I add another ram stick, the computer turns on then off then after 3 seconds it turns on again

[hoary agate]

sorry that was my time machine

[fleet comet]

i gtg to bed soon

[hexed sage]

Trunks?

[clear canyon]

swap the 2 new ram sticks to each others slot

[hoary agate]

pardon?

[clear canyon]

dragonball reference

[hoary agate]

ah

[clear canyon]

He came from the future to save the current timeline

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/dragon-ball-z-future-trunks-gif-24360907

[clear canyon]

old trucks is best trunks, new trunks sucks

[fleet comet]

yall why is it that every time i try and open my storage settings to see how much i have i lose like 2-10gb is this normal

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/dragon-ball-dragon-ball-z-dbz-anime-henshin-gif-15851741

[ivory mountain]

trunks so tuff man

[clear canyon]

you aint losing 2-10gigs of storage

[clear canyon]

yeah

[fleet comet]

but when i got home i was looking at it it was at 15 and then while talking to you it went down to 13.8

?

[formal sonnet]

Programs and even Windows need to store temporary files on your OS disk. Sometimes these files stick around for a long time, sometimes they are in fact so temporary that they are there 1 moment and gone the next.

[tribal briar]

The system can use your disk as ram in a way

[fleet comet]

ok tysm

[left trellis]

peak?

[bleak ledge]

I didn't notice how bad ads have become on YouTube

Just tried to watch a 10 minute video in the Discord embed

[jaunty apex]

They are doing their best

[little dome]

can't believe this actually happened

[fringe prairie]

waw

[bleak ledge]

That's not the Amazon layout I'm used to seeing

[little dome]

it's from woot

[bleak ledge]

Ah

[median pilot]

does anyone know if steam tools still works? i kinda just found out about it

[random gyro]

sup folks how we doing

[dull willow]

hi chat, is there a point still in getting a ethernet cable (currently using one but it was initally 1gbps, now its 100mbps) or should i just get a usb3.0 adapter during black friday

[bleak ledge]

Have you checked to see if your existing network interface might be negotiating the wrong link speed?

[dull willow]

uh you mean like modem?

[bleak ledge]

You using Windows?

[dull willow]

yes

[dull willow]

my mobo doesnt have this (i was stupid when buying my mobo)

[north zephyr]

My Tech Hot take of 2025.

Laptops shouldn't have any resolution higher than 1080p.

[snow inlet]

9800x3d or 9900x3d? gaming, and VMS

[bleak ledge]

try going to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings > double click Ethernet > Properties > Configure > Advanced > Scroll to Speed & Duplex > see if 1.0 Gbps full duplex is available

[fickle ivy]

this keeps happening and i dont know why

shti wrong thing

[bleak ledge]

auto negotiation should normally suffice

If it suddenly stopped connecting at 1 gigabit, maybe your cable is damaged

[dull willow]

sometimes i had to remove the ethernet and blow on it and plug it in back for it to work but doesnt work on it anymoer 😭

[dull willow]

perhaps yeah

[bleak ledge]

Does your cable have all 8 of the internal wires present?

[dull willow]

i guess so, its one of those flat cat6 cables

[bleak ledge]

should do, then

[sinful cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/fsr-gif-22015334

[grizzled frost]

those can be quite easy to damage partially

[dull willow]

any reccs for good antennas or usb3.0 adaptors?

[vapid canyon]

based miku

[sinful cobalt]

rip to all the bozos who have a 5090 laptop in that case

[dull willow]

i reckon thats the case

[grizzled frost]

i know from experience how easy it is to partially damage them

[dull willow]

smh if i knew would have never gotten it

i think those cylinder ones are better

[bleak ledge]

Getting a USB 3.0 adaptor is probably a waste of money, as the network port on your motherboard ia already 2.5Gbps capable

[grizzled frost]

It’s almost certainly just the cable that is the issue

[formal sonnet]

Is the cable going directly from your computer to the mouse/router? Nothing in between? Not going through any wall jacks or other equipment?

[dull willow]

i should get 1.5gbps from my provider but cant even utilize it 😭

[grizzled frost]

network controllers are pretty robust

[random gyro]

rip

[dull willow]

ah ok

[fickle ivy]

my apps keep crashing too and idk why

[bleak ledge]

It's cheap to get another cable. Might as well do that and return it if it doesn't fix the problem.

[dull willow]

its from downstairs across the house and then into my room

[grizzled frost]

Single cable?

[dull willow]

yes

[grizzled frost]

Likely the cable itself then

[formal sonnet]

That doesn't answer my question...

[dull willow]

im sure that will fix the problem but it takes too much time to mount it to the wall haha

[bleak ledge]

That definitely is time consuming

[dull willow]

doors yes so prlly got damaged under it

[grizzled frost]

Yeah that’ll do it

[formal sonnet]

Gotcha. Try swapping cables then yeah.

[dull willow]

yeah i was wondering if there are any good adaptors that will get me 1gbps without ethernet

[grizzled frost]

When you first buy the cable, try running it without cable managing it to ensure it fixes the issue, that way if the issue ends up being something else you can return the new cable

[bleak ledge]

You current cable might be solid core CCA or something

copper ones are normally pretty resistant to bending and pressure

[dull willow]

https://a.co/d/aD15Wb9

pretty much this

[bleak ledge]

I've been jamming mine in a door for 7 years lol

[north zephyr]

Bros a minecraft painting

[grizzled frost]

I’ve been jamming fiber in doors for 2 years now

(please don’t)

[dull willow]

link?

[bleak ledge]

the one you already have looks fine tbh

Claims to be stranded pure copper

Maybe it was a manufacturing defect

[dull willow]

this is my seocnd cat6 flat, hate these, just wanna get one good proper cat6 that will alst me 10 years

[bleak ledge]

Since you're trying to push speeds >1Gbps over a cable that is 100 feet long, you might benefit from a Cat6a cable

[grizzled frost]

I have two flat white cat6 cables run through doors right now, and they’ve been there for like a year now without issue

[bleak ledge]

Those are shielded and resist EMI better

[dull willow]

https://a.co/d/4odJmTm

[grizzled frost]

Also you could just drill a small hole above the doors to stick the cable through to relieve some of the strain of the doors

[bleak ledge]

Would have to be a pretty big hole unless they are able to terminate the cable once it has been run

[grizzled frost]

Head should fit through a 3/4in hole without issue

little bit of white caulk later and you’ll hardly notice it

[dull willow]

yeah i would have done that, maybe if i get a cat6a ill do it and patch it later, rental property doe

yeah

[grizzled frost]

Oh rental property, probably don’t do that

Though you could always ask your landlord if they’d be okay with it

depending on the landlord they might be

[dull willow]

yeah

[grizzled frost]

Never hurts to ask anyways

[bleak ledge]

Some landlords will pay a contractor to run the cable

[dull willow]

wish this house had the ethernet ports in the wall set up

[grizzled frost]

Same, my house only has coax runs

[dull willow]

i was so excited but then later understood its for telephone

[grizzled frost]

and some cat5 runs

cat5 is limited to 100mbps though, so it’s basically useless

[dull willow]

ah

[grizzled frost]

I opted for the flat white ethernet cable approach like you did, has been working well for me at least

[bleak ledge]

Some telephone ports are actually just using standard four twisted pair cable in the wall

Might be worth investigating

[grizzled frost]

I’ve verified my ports, all just 2 twisted pairs

Worth looking at for milkshake though

[bleak ledge]

Ah

[dull willow]

uh guys how to investigate that?

shit fr imma do it rn tf LMAO

[hexed sage]

What

[grizzled frost]

Pop the panel off the wall and look at it

Should just be a couple screws and the cover comes off

[bleak ledge]

If the decorator didn't properly mask off the cover, you might take some paint with it

[grizzled frost]

If that’s the case, i doubt that’s the only issue with the paint, so the landlord won’t notice

[bleak ledge]

Looks like that could be four core

[grizzled frost]

looks like they ran 4 twisted pair category cable but only used 1 twisted pair

[dull willow]

Let me take it off more

[bleak ledge]

Just pull a couple of inches of the cable through

[dull willow]

Oh yea

[bleak ledge]

Looks like you might be in luck

[dull willow]

🙌🙌

But isn’t telephone cable different the Ethernet??

[burnt sparrow]

Please help me if you can in #1027757333117415424

[bleak ledge]

This appears to be an ordinary category Ethernet cable that has been used for telephone purposes

[random gyro]

interesting

[dull willow]

Wait guys

[formal sonnet]

I only see 3x pairs in that cable. 2x blue, 2x orange, 2x green. If it were Ethernet cable, there should be 2x brown too.

[bleak ledge]

Looks like there is plenty of slack in the wall

[dull willow]

Cooked😭😭

[bleak ledge]

One pair might have been cut back

[dull willow]

Written on the cable want me to type it out?

[bleak ledge]

Sure

Should have white orange, orange, white green, blue, white blue, green, white brown, brown

[dull willow]

NT-D (L) 3 PR/24 AWG CSA PCC FT4 II QTR 95 152 metre

[formal sonnet]

Yep. That's CAT3 cable. Only has 3 pair (3PR) not 4 pair.

[dull willow]

Oh damn

[bleak ledge]

rip

[dull willow]

Max speed?

[formal sonnet]

10mbps, officially. https://www.tevelec.com/ethernet-cable-and-types-explained-cat-3-5e-6-6a/

[dull willow]

Oh damn

[bleak ledge]

Should handle 100Mbps on two of the pairs

[dull willow]

If I can get a tech to upgrade it to cat6a for 2.5 it would be nice eh

[tribal briar]

Not the slowest internet i have seen

[dull willow]

Would I be able connect it to my computer from this port?

Any idea of how much it might cost?

[bleak ledge]

You can potentially use the existing cable as a pull cord to pull through a new cable.

If it hasn't been anchored in the wall somehow

Worth asking your landlord first

[dull willow]

I have a big ass cable cupboard in my basement

[random gyro]

no

[dull willow]

Where a cable comes from my router to the box and goes into theatre room and also to these ports I guess?

[bleak ledge]

Those ports are probably disused these days

[dull willow]

i see

[bleak ledge]

VoIP is more common

[pale mesa]

Every room in my house was wired with cat6 but terminated as RJ11/phone jack. I re-terminated them all when I moved in and they all worked. Got lucky.

[grizzled frost]

(Voice over IP, essentially phone over ethernet)

[dull willow]

I see damn

I guess cat6a during Black Friday or something need around 50ft I guess

[dapper light]

VoIP and VoLTE
One of the best thing to happen to phone communication.

Pre VoLTE era feels like you're speaking through a 90s security camera

Though I never actually noticed VoLTE releasing.. it just kinda, appears on my phone someday.

[bleak ledge]

If you want to replace the cable in the wall, it's easier to pay a structured cabling company to do it

Hard to justify in a rental property

[dull willow]

yeah for sure

[dapper light]

Ignore the wall ethernet and run it on the wall surface

[dull willow]

but most likely im not tbh just gonna try to find a good cat6a and route it via my house and call it a day

amazon feels like it stocks the worst type of ethernet cables idk why

[bleak ledge]

Jake would be shilling Infinite Cables hard right now

Amazon stocks garbage in every category these days

It's the same stuff you find on Temu and AliExpress, but you have to pay a middleman

[dull willow]

for real!!!

[grizzled frost]

only issue with infinite cables is the fees due to tariffs

almost 2x’s the price the last i looked

[dull willow]

they have good cables?

[grizzled frost]

amazing cables

[bronze summit]

Tarrifs ruined every single hobby

[bleak ledge]

CommsExpress is a good one that I use here in the UK. I'm not sure if they have an internaitonal presence

[dull willow]

going to LA soon might get it back 😂

[grizzled frost]

Infinite cables are reasonably priced and really high quality (if you live in a country that isn’t fucked by tariffs rn)

[dull willow]

wait what 15ft 6 dollars NOT BAD atleast its not amazon junk

[grizzled frost]

Yeah it’s super competitively priced

though check the fees at checkout

[dull willow]

50ft for 22$

[bleak ledge]

Excel make nice patch cables

[dull willow]

another company?

i mean my dad works in US so he could get it for me asw

what can i say canada economy sucks too soo...

https://us.infinitecables.com/collections/cat6a-patch-cables

any picks? or sugg?

[bleak ledge]

their premium range are well priced

[dull willow]

no clue what any of this means

[bleak ledge]

You can disregard most of that

[dull willow]

30 bucks hmmm

do they have get any deals?

during holiday season or bf?

[dull willow]

lmk second best option

[bleak ledge]

https://us.infinitecables.com/products/rj45-cat6a-utp-10gb-molded-patch-cable-premium-fluke®-patch-cable-certified-cmr-riser-rated-1?variant=51317912011065

That one is cheaper

Still 10 Gbps rated

[dull willow]

https://a.co/d/c60Tvp3 thoughtts?

[bleak ledge]

ugreen cables are good

As are Anker, StarTech

Amazon Basics stuff is surprisingly good as well

[formal sonnet]

Can confirm. Their pricing is infinitely better than what we used to order at work. Can't believe we were paying a premium price for Cables2Go and Startech.com cables. 🤣 That said, I've found that nobody seems to ask "questions" about the things we were ordering to, you know... see if we were/were not being gouged.

[swift moss]

cop or drop

[swift moss]

good price ngl

[swift moss]

https://tenor.com/view/pray-crying-black-guy-pleading-plead-gif-15911108386383402751

15 metres for 30cad aint bad

[bleak ledge]

That shipping is steep for a single cable ngl

[dull willow]

ong

[bleak ledge]

Reminds me of buying from CPC Farnell lol

[swift moss]

element14 rawwww

[bleak ledge]

true

6 inches ought to be enough

[formal sonnet]

You can also go with CAT5E if you want to save a bit and don't plan to need 10gig in the home. (Even though most CAT5E cables will do 10gig over shorter-ish distances anyway.)
https://www.infinitecables.com/products/rj45-cat5e-350mhz-molded-patch-cable-premium-fluke-patch-cable-certified-cmr-riser-rated?variant=47101400514801

[bleak ledge]

I wonder how much you're paying for that Fluke certification

[dull willow]

my pc max is 2.5gb and internet has a max of 1.5gb

no where close to 10gb needed haha

[strange atlas]

is it possible to get 4 meter usb extender without much lag

I'm sick of having a need to sitting at pc while watching things i would like to watch from bed

but no chance of being able to use speakers

[bleak ledge]

USB 2.0 will probably be alright at 4 meters

[strange atlas]

aight thank you

[bleak ledge]

Powering things over a long cable can be difficult due to voltage drop, but that's more of an issue at 5m+ unless it's a terrible quality cable

[scarlet tartan]

That's mostly needed when you're running a home lab or high bandwidth NAS.

[bleak ledge]

A friend of mine has a crazy Mellanox 56Gbps homelab

All VMs booting off a SAN

QSFP+ DAC cables, I think.

[scarlet tartan]

56 gigabits is a lot

That's like 7 gigabytes a second

[rigid fjord]

that's never what she said

[rigid fjord]

to be fair dude, you can do 10Gbe over cat5e

[rigid fjord]

good up til 5 meters, over that it needs a signal repeater built in

[solid elk]

Imac

[rigid fjord]

usb 2.0 maxes out at 5 meters unless a signal repeater is involved then you can do 10-20 meters with it, usb 3 maxes out at 3 meters

[fringe prairie]

5k?

[solid elk]

4k 🔥

[formal sonnet]

That's what I said in my message? CAT5E will do 10gig over relatively short distances just fine.

[fringe prairie]

nice, i wonder if you can reuse the displays on the old ones that dont work anymore

[solid elk]

Fuh off bruh 🥀💔✌️🫩. It still works fine

Oh wait, you were saying if you can use a display from another old imac that doesn't work anymore.

Ok, got ya 😭

[fringe prairie]

yeah

the 5k imacs have nice display that plays well with macos scaling

im sure someone has figured out how to repurpose those

[solid elk]

Its a 2019 imac 21.5 inch running mac os mojave. It was the last mac os version to support 32 bit applications. So I can run older software on it. And I themed it to look like Yosemite and el capitan 🔥

[rigid fjord]

my bad then

[snow inlet]

chat tech tips: https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1437291562198499429

[rigid fjord]

thanks discord

[random gyro]

Ssup

[grizzled frost]

i’ve only seen this once, and i love discord for it

[rigid fjord]

think i' at 5 or 6 times now

i'm*

though i do wish that they completely hide blocked users and not try to remind me that the person i blocked still breaths

[hoary agate]

https://ebay.us/m/oQecBp
This laptop looks cool

[fickle ivy]

oh my god i hate adobe

tryna install their stupid ass $35 a month app but i cant because i have a 100gb boot drive thats full and it wont let me select my secondary drive

[formal sonnet]

https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/download-install/apps/manage-installed-apps/change-install-location-creative-cloud-apps.html

[fickle ivy]

dont have the creative cloud app

and cant install it cuz drive is full

[formal sonnet]

So then you'll need to free up enough space to install at least the CC app.

[hoary agate]

get a new one they’re like 20 bucks for 256g

[fickle ivy]

every single time i go into this server

[hoary agate]

but I would at least try to free up some space

[fickle ivy]

every single time

[hoary agate]

what’s your vemno?

[fickle ivy]

someone suggests spending money

[fickle ivy]

im gonna try clearing up space

[fringe prairie]

its a sign

[hoary agate]

https://tenor.com/view/scary-job-application-kaiwashere-gif-1229406297668886656

[fringe prairie]

to spend money

[fickle ivy]

omg i cant put steamvr on my secondary drive either

[hoary agate]

is it formatted? (kidding)

[random gyro]

Wordle 1,605 5/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[hoary agate]

thats nice

[fickle ivy]

200 GIGABYTES?

[hoary agate]

LOL

[fickle ivy]

how is that even on my OS drive 😭

[formal sonnet]

Don't trust the Storage amounts in the Windows Settings app. Run this as admin. https://diskanalyzer.com/

Also... while I understand you don't want to be told to spend money, why is your OS drive only 100GB?

[fickle ivy]

yknow, good question

idrk

[formal sonnet]

Like, you can make 100GB work as an OS drive even in 2025... but it requires a lot of micro manglement.

[fickle ivy]

freinds old laptop

[grizzled frost]

ofc, blame it on your mate /s

[fickle ivy]

its 206 kilobytes idk what the hell windows is on

[fringe prairie]

windows storage settings page was probably coded by ai

[fickle ivy]

how is app data taking 35gb

[rigid fjord]

settings, cache, addons

[clear canyon]

being used

[rigid fjord]

being abused

[formal sonnet]

%APPDATA% is where lots of apps... store... their data? Some of this data is temporary / cache, some of it is required for XYZ app to function correctly.

[clear canyon]

I curse you with manual breathing

[rigid fjord]

that and program data

[clear canyon]

you now think to breathe

[rigid fjord]

i curse you with overthinking, it now causes you to hyperventilate every time you try to breath

[clear canyon]

oh yeah!? I counter with cursing you with needing to think to blink!

[rigid fjord]

i counter curse you with existential dread and ocd

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/scooby-doo-betrayal-sad-shaggy-rogers-existential-gif-5294391

[clear canyon]

I counter again with random itchiness!

[pulsar root]

i am trying to download and view a word document, but i get this

[clear canyon]

you either dont have drive space or you dont have the permissions to download it

[grizzled frost]

It gives you a list of things to try

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-tongue-shaking-gif-1214800249503457963

[rigid fjord]

i counter with an unreachable itch you can never find nor cure

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/mirror-gif-22153318

[rigid fjord]

it'll be forever just out of your reach every time

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/nuh-uh-no-patrick-star-patrick-nope-gif-9473600452124631034

[rigid fjord]

yup

[clear canyon]

I never gave it my permission! Therefor it cant!

☺️

[rigid fjord]

who said permissions was needed?

[clear canyon]

the admin, duh

it has no root privileges

[rigid fjord]

they're to busy with the mountains of paperwork to notice

[formal sonnet]

What CreAperhead said. Or the file itself is corrupt, or perhaps not even a Word Document.

[pulsar root]

its not either i can open it on my laptop 😭

[clear canyon]

name spelt wrong, -500 points out of a possible 3.14

[formal sonnet]

There, I fixed it. 😉

[hexed sage]

L

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/emoji-gets-vaporized-gif-10510675537236673872

[rigid fjord]

could be worse, they could have called you craperhead

[pulsar root]

i had to disable all of these

for it to work

[clear canyon]

yeah

so it was permissions which is what I expected since its lecture notes

[hexed sage]

Mid

[pulsar root]

ive like never had that error before lol

[hexed sage]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CQRnTW/silverstone-fara-313-type-c-microatx-mid-tower-case-sst-fa313-b-c thoughts? @rigid fjord

[barren mulch]

I got free switches with my order!

[hexed sage]

Me too what keyboard did you get?

[clear canyon]

what order

[barren mulch]

aula F75 max

[hexed sage]

I have some random rk keyboard

[clever laurel]

What ram kit should I got with on my b650 board. Corsair venegenance DDR5 6000 CL30 or PNY XLR8 32gb CL 36?

[barren mulch]

an order at berserkeys

[hexed sage]

Ddr5 cl30

[barren mulch]

ah ok, I'm upgraded to the f75 max from the rkr65

[clear canyon]

you should of gotten the hi75

[hexed sage]

The one with the volume knob?

[barren mulch]

yeah

[hexed sage]

I have the same thing just scaled up

[clear canyon]

its the same price but its a really nice aluminum keyboard

[hexed sage]

I only buy 100% keyboards

[clear canyon]

https://a.co/d/hM8dpoy

[hexed sage]

Disgraceful

[clear canyon]

is urs even mechanical?

[hexed sage]

Yes?

What type of question is that

[clear canyon]

most ppl who say that either runs shitty blue switch plastic keyboards or membrane

[hexed sage]

Although membrane keyboards have better rgb

[clear canyon]

no

[hexed sage]

I use mechanical

[hexed sage]

The rgb shining through the letters is peak

[plain cypress]

Mechanical 100% is too overpowered

[plain cypress]

You can get this with mechanical

[clear canyon]

I love my hi75, its pure bliss to type on and so easy to press

[hexed sage]

With clear switches and new key caps

[plain cypress]

Although many mechanical boards have south facing LEDs for some reason which is worse for RGB

Worse for shine through*

[hexed sage]

True

[hexed sage]

Membrane is superior for that, having the rgb in the center

[clear canyon]

no...

[hexed sage]

I hate this

[clear canyon]

its better than 99% of ppls keyboards

[grizzled frost]

by what metric

[clear canyon]

quality

[plain cypress]

Just get a keychron

[clear canyon]

1% being ppl who care about what keyboard they use, the 99% being literally anyone who uses a keyboard

[hexed sage]

I have north facing led lights, is my dream possible?

[clear canyon]

and you say mine is bad...

[hexed sage]

I had to point so you guys knew what i was referring to

[plain cypress]

You wanna see the legends on the key caps?

[hexed sage]

The leter

[plain cypress]

Yes, legends

[clear canyon]

looks good

[plain cypress]

North facing LED + shine thru legends is what you want

[hexed sage]

Yes

[plain cypress]

I'd recommend some akko keycaps but they're discontinued

[barren mulch]

yeah!

[clear canyon]

unless you have keycaps like Sylvester and me

[plain cypress]

Bro who the fuck is talking to you, I am literally talking to @hexed sage

[clear canyon]

but north facing LED shows either the keyboard is old, or its cheap

[hexed sage]

I was gonna get these https://divinikey.com/collections/keycap-sets/products/chaosera-dark-covenant-keycaps but now that ik the dream is possible

[clear canyon]

huh? who put a stick up ur butt, we are talking about keyboards and you got pissy, wtf

[hexed sage]

“Grrr grr my keyboard so much better, me smart, your preference so bad, grrr me pay $500 for keyboard me better”

All I’m hearing

[clear canyon]

mine was 70 somthin lol

[plain cypress]

Buy me a $500 keyboard 🥺

[clear canyon]

even the better model isnt 100 bucks

[hexed sage]

Brother

[hexed sage]

Not even 100%

[plain cypress]

Stonks

[clear canyon]

so?

[hexed sage]

My 100% keyboard was $40

[clear canyon]

yeah?

[hexed sage]

And it has north leds

What i prefer

[clear canyon]

I prefer higher quality over the numpad

[hexed sage]

Mine is highquality?

[clear canyon]

whats the keyboard?

[hexed sage]

Its girthy too

[clear canyon]

you never shared it

[plain cypress]

You can have high quality and a numpad

[clear canyon]

not for cheap

[hexed sage]

Idk i have to dig on amazon

[clear canyon]

whats the brand

[hexed sage]

Rk

[plain cypress]

Reasonably cheap

[hexed sage]

I cant find it

[clear canyon]

not aluminum, you can have some nice plastic keyboards but they dont hold a candle on nice aluminum ones

[hexed sage]

Rk r98 pro

Its prelubed

[clear canyon]

they almost doubled in price now so you got a killer deal on it

[hexed sage]

Truth

I got the bottom design but its wired

I heard the wireless one likes to explode

[left trellis]

Chat I do in fact need 2 gpus, and want an nvidia gpu

Is a 6800 + 3080 fine for a 7900xt

[clear canyon]

why do u need 2 gpus?

also wdym "Is a 6800 + 3080 fine for a 7900xt"

thats 3 gpus

[left trellis]

Trade

I have a 7900xt

[left trellis]

2 builds

[clear canyon]

big downgrade

bad trade ngl

[rain cypress]

hello chat

[left trellis]

Yeah in gaming ik but even with both?

[azure topaz]

sounds terrible

[clear canyon]

not a good trade

[azure topaz]

okay not terrible but loike

[left trellis]

I have another build in the making but no gpu planned out

Then in my main I edit and the 3080 would do better in after effects

That was the thought process

Should I just sell the 7900xt instead?

[clear canyon]

why not keep the 7900xt and just buy a 2nd hand nvidia gpu?

[left trellis]

Second build is gonna have a 2300x, im making something with my old parts to sell to liquidate my stuff

7900xt wouldnt really pair well

Was thinking of buying a second hand nvidia gpu but was offered the trade

[azure topaz]

id just do that

2nd hand card

[left trellis]

5070s r looking real nice rn

Bought the 7900xt for 425, think I can get more than that

[plain cypress]

They should buy a 5070ti and 265k

[ivory mountain]

@true stirrup its time for another 14 runs

nothing else other than skyrim is better than this game bro

[left trellis]

Maybe a 5070 ti

Alr bought a 13700k for 200

[hexed sage]

Hmm i have an idea

What if i take a crt tv and strip it out, replace the screen with a modern monitor, and fit a micro atx build behind it

So its like an all in one but a sleeper at the same time

[hoary tree]

I found a 512GB 15 pro max for $460

[hexed sage]

Honestly not worth it

[fickle ivy]

am i the only one who cant stand having more than 5 windows open

[lost lance]

i love chinese garbage

[hexed sage]

Ik chinese garbage and trust me bro this isnt chinese

[lost lance]

same listing btw

[hexed sage]

I read smth as boats and i thought to myself “damn this laptop boats?”

[lost lance]

we love the rtx 1060 4gb

[barren mulch]

how's it lookin

[topaz shale]

should learn how to use that camera of yours

[jaunty apex]

Little too red ngl

[vital gyro]

Lemme get this straight, YT disabled dislikes (presumably) because of 2018 Rewind, but they kept the live chat from the original premier.

[topaz shale]

lovely am3 sockets

[grim moon]

did that with a 3900x

[topaz shale]

yeah this paste is so old im not suprised

[grim moon]

If bent pins just grab a razor blade and guide it through the openings. Pretty easy

[topaz shale]

no pins were bent, i pulled straight up luckily because i expected this

[grim moon]

lmao

[topaz shale]

definitely gonna need a test bench soon with all the old hardware im aquiring.

taa daa

[left trellis]

Asuka 4090 or miku 5080

[topaz shale]

asuka and then you can make an anti sag bracket that looks like the spear of longinus

[torn oak]

Y'all look what technology has accomplished

[left trellis]

WAIT THATS GENIUS

[sleek ibex]

Too bad we won't see a Rei Edition 5090

[topaz shale]

the motherboard tower grows

finally have a single decent one to make something with

[random gyro]

is this AULA

How are Truthear x Crinacle - ZERO: BLUE2 IEMs? https://www.headphonezone.in/products/truthear-x-crinacle-zero-blue2

[jaunty apex]

#audio-tech

[drowsy jungle]

when can we expect the memory prices to become normal? ive been reading that prices will increase throughtout 2026 aswell because of this AI boom

[topaz shale]

if the ai bubble pops and people start dumping their memory orders

[zealous plover]

What kind of devil is this...

[barren mulch]

yes

[random gyro]

how good is it?

[barren mulch]

I'm very happy so far, I only got it today

[dull willow]

Fr hot take imo the only thing that matters is your chair

[peak swan]

How has this never happened to me
I have so much amd crap
Actually it did happen once, when i was digging at ewaste
But it makes sense because it was literally below freezing outside, and the pc was sitting outside for hours already

[random gyro]

is it better than keychron?

[rigid fjord]

typical of pga sockets

[scarlet tartan]

Nice

[topaz shale]

what did pga stand for again? i know what it refers to but idk the acronym

[scarlet tartan]

Pin Grid Array?

[topaz shale]

it appears so

[static onyx]

Hello, google thinks i am not a real person, i have to do captcha on my phone for 5mins straight at times, how do i fix it? Please help me

[valid canyon]

scam

[valid canyon]

your residential IP is in a spam database lol

[static onyx]

Only happens in evening, i have tried changing adblock, leaving private browsing and only happens in my phone

[valid canyon]

the less info google has on you the more captchas you're served

clean the cookies and relog into your acc

[static onyx]

Okay I’ll try that

[barren cobalt]

What are your guys thoughts on the samsung odyssey g5 oled?

[gloomy sleet]

i have a pair of these would highly recommend

[random gyro]

can you show me?

[gloomy sleet]

wdym

[random gyro]

photo 🙂

[gloomy sleet]

sure?

idk why my eartips are looking so yellow in this lol

[random gyro]

are you using different cables than the stock?

[gloomy sleet]

no

those are stock

[random gyro]

@gloomy sleet anything you didnt liked about these?

[gloomy sleet]

not really

they feel great sound good and that’s all you can really ask for in iems

[random gyro]

is mic included in this?

[plush wren]

if it does its gonna be ass

[random gyro]

really

[gloomy sleet]

no

[random gyro]

so what mic you use

[gloomy sleet]

i just don’t use a mic

you can always buy a cable that has a mic on it

(it uses 2 pin 0.78mm-3.5mm)

[random gyro]

so I would buy a cable with a mic

[sinful cobalt]

just get some cheap fifine mic

[cosmic idol]

I have a $15 aldi mic 🥶

[fallow yacht]

sup mate

[wheat torrent]

time to try this out for a bit

[lime grail]

Okay I need help. I shut down my pc yesterday and when I woke up and booted it on the account was different and has a different password. named admin

I own this pc and Im the only one that uses it

[wheat torrent]

can you log in at atll?

[hoary tree]

I’m gonna see to it tomorrow

[light pewter]

try atlas?

[wheat torrent]

I am trying a new setup but it's a bit awkward not having more space for the keyboard

if my main monitor mounts would go taller I could push my tablet futher in

[plush wren]

4 monitors

nvm 3 with a graphics tablet

why does blud need all these

[wheat torrent]

work

but low key Idk if I can get used with so little keyboard and mouse space

[topaz shale]

that monitor angle looks awful

[wheat torrent]

its not that bad

[steel umbra]

it is

[wheat torrent]

how so

[topaz shale]

bro you are turning your whole head and most of your body to multitask

[steel umbra]

you have to put your head into the center for the angles to be worth is

[wheat torrent]

what monitor are you talking about

[topaz shale]

and it gets rid of a lot of effective desk space

[wheat torrent]

I bought another desk for that

[topaz shale]

??

what do you mean

[wheat torrent]

I bought another desk the same as one in the picture

so I have 2 desks

[wheat torrent]

right thats where im sitting

[steel umbra]

the middle one is also off

[wheat torrent]

its not the right one is off

didn't have a proper arm mount for it

[topaz shale]

reminds me of when my monitor placement was bad

[wheat torrent]

right

[steel umbra]

you’d be really close to the table

[wheat torrent]

I am yes

that's how I sit

I like having both of my arms on the desk

feels most natural and comfortable

[topaz shale]

this was not great, but since then ive fixed it

[wheat torrent]

though with this setup I don't have enough space to do that

[steel umbra]

alr

[wheat torrent]

I think I could push my monitors and tablet futher in

or if I raise my monitors some more I could angle the tablet at a more agressive angle

and get a lot more space

[topaz shale]

since your monitors are curved your best bet is to aim for like a 90° radius aligned with your desk imo

[wheat torrent]

no this works best for me

[wheat torrent]

why would you have them so wide

you wouldn't be able to see the corners properly

[topaz shale]

bruh

[wheat torrent]

I think this setup might be better 🤔

I might just go back and put my tablet on the arm mount until I get better mounts for my main monitors

[random gyro]

what mousepad is this?

[topaz shale]

idk if i can find it but i think i searched black and white deskpad on amazon

it also had some japanese text along the side, i dont remember what it said, i havent had that pad for like 3 years

[wheat torrent]

I love no mouse pads

[random gyro]

Does gaming mousepads make any difference?

[wheat torrent]

depends on the desk surface

also glass mousepads are a lot different

[topaz shale]

yes

[random gyro]

I am thinking of buying a gaming mousepad

what should i go for?

[topaz shale]

get the word gaming out of there, it will only buy you junk

[wheat torrent]

if I would go for a mouse pad I would cover my entire desk with it

[plush wren]

mid

[plush wren]

matrova is good apparently idk tho

[topaz shale]

most consistent pads will either be an artisan pad or glass pad

[plush wren]

[wheat torrent]

my desk is smooth so I never needed a mouse pad

[plush wren]

id buy a matrova pad but they dont ship here

[topaz shale]

i have a glass pad, theres an artisan pad i would recommend over it. its very consistent and nearly half the price

current setup, pad is sp004. consistent, but loud and pricey

https://artisan-jp.com/global/fx-key-83

would recommend this, hexagon weave gets an excellent consistency for a cloth pad

[topaz shale]

i did that for a bit with a 2ftx4ft LTT pad, but i ended up liking the extra bare desk

[wheat torrent]

yeah that's why I don't use a mousepad in general

[topaz shale]

if your skates are in good condition and you dont game then honestly no mousepad is a vibe

[wheat torrent]

the skates look the same to be honest

I can't see any wear and tear

I had this mouse for 5 years now

[topaz shale]

your desk is smooth so im not suprised, some surfaces are less forgiving than others

[wheat torrent]

there is that type of plastic desks that is very grainy

[topaz shale]

i have to replace my skates every 2 months on glass pad

[wheat torrent]

also my desk doesn't have any wear either

if the mouse somehow left traces I would of used a mouse pad

[topaz shale]

a good mousepad makes a huge difference in gaming however, my tracking improved a ton switching to glass

[wheat torrent]

yeah glass is so good i've heard

but I would imagine using a wireless mouse...

ok lifting the monitors feel better

but my right one won't go taller 💀

[sand needle]

extremely scuffed, but very stealthy anti sag bracket I built out of another bracket

this is how it's supposed to look

[topaz shale]

not the most effective spot for anti sag..

[valid canyon]

who cares if it works

[topaz shale]

true

[sand needle]

true, but supporting 3 out of 4 corners should be enough

powercolor reaper 9070xt is pretty small anyway

[topaz shale]

fair enough

i haven't seen a 9070 yet so i wouldnt know

[sand needle]

some of them are massive and after running my 9070xt for a couple days I honestly don't understand why

fans only ever turn on in games, and even then, they're the quietest part of my pc

[valid canyon]

they migh rely on passive cooling excessively

honestly, I bet there could be a nice server style format

[sand needle]

I also had that thought, the backplate gets really hot

also has screwholes for custom oem brackets at the end, so maybe that model is intended for much worse airflow

would make sense to plan for that with such a narrow 2-slot card

[valid canyon]

2-slot or even 1-slot yeah

[sand needle]

1-slot with an aircooler seems impossible

[valid canyon]

classic SFC cards tho, might be a nice form-factor for the GPU lol

I mean, in a server why not?

[sand needle]

true, this isn't a server card tho

[valid canyon]

what was it again?

9070xt

[sand needle]

yep

even all the R9700 cards are 2-slot

(literally just a 9070xt with 32gb vram instead of 16)

[valid canyon]

asus got it as 2 slot

I think at least

[sand needle]

xfx got 4-slot ones

[valid canyon]

eh

cringe

[sand needle]

random picture I got from an amazon review

[valid canyon]

what in the fuck

copper? No

get fucked buddy, no copper for you

[sand needle]

vs what I got

[sand needle]

that's probably the main difference, I can see alot of copper in mine

chunky copper baseplate, plenty of heatpipes and ptm7950

backplate probably doing alot of work too

xfx card got ptm7950 too tbf, nice cuz I don't want to repaste a gpu

[wheat torrent]

can sag actually damage the components

[sand needle]

well if the board bends eventually stuff will break

[ebon marlin]

Sag can damage the board

[thin bloom]

is that a 9070?

[sand needle]

friend's 7900xtx that I refused to buy after seeing this:

[sand needle]

9070xt, powercolor reaper

finally dropped to 629€ again recently

[ebon marlin]

All pc prebuilders use whatevers available

[thin bloom]

i am planning to get one of those for my build and my friends build

[rigid fjord]

It at least has some airflow to it

[rigid fjord]

Sup dude

[hexed sage]

I wasnt planning to add case fans

[sand needle]

some people complain about coilwhine, I got that, but I think it's coming from my psu

since I got that gpu tho, the coilwhine is the loudest sound my pc makes in games

never seen the fans spin outside of games either

[thin bloom]

hopefully my friend don't mind that when i get his built

[sand needle]

2-slots and like 4mm wider than the pcie slot, so if the 30cm length fits, it fits

[sand needle]

I'm like 70% sure it's coming from my psu

and other people claim there's no coilwhine

maybe you'll get lucky, or if amazon directly offers it you could return and buy again until you get a good one

can't say anything about it longterm tho, it's only been running since last week

[thin bloom]

it's like my gpu makes fan noise now when it boot's up then it stops eventually. i think the bearings are failing

or the blades are dirty

[sand needle]

if you don't know, it's probably time to clean them

my last gpu was an rtx 2060 from an old lenovo prebuilt I had before

fun fact: nvidia firmware doesn't allow you to manually set fanspeed below 30%, so if the gpu doesn't come with a 0rpm mode, it will idle at 30% :D

[grizzled frost]

30% is silent anyways

[sand needle]

not for my old 2060 :D

[grizzled frost]

that's an issue with the GPU's fans, not NVIDIA's software

[sand needle]

the issue was zotac's shitty default fan curve, but nvidia's fault is not letting me fix it

[scarlet tartan]

You can try finding replacement fans

[sand needle]

they're still not gonna be all that quiet at like 1000rpm

[thin bloom]

my gpu fans spun at around 3,000 to 4,000 rpm for a few seconds when i was doing custom fan cures at one point but after i did the cures and eventually went back to default cures the fan noise started to happen. it's been happening for almost a month now and theses aren't 1 year old fans yet

[grizzled frost]

could always just throw some standard case fans on the heatsink of the 2060

[scarlet tartan]

Bad thermal design can't be fixed by fan replacement, you're correct

[scarlet tartan]

It's going to look like a homeless server cooler

[grizzled frost]

okay?

[sand needle]

nah, the issue is that the bios of that oem card also wouldn't run the fans at less than 30%

[scarlet tartan]

Deshrouding was, and is still pretty popular in some circles

[sand needle]

but I'm also pissed at nvidia for restricting fan speed overrides to 30%+

[scarlet tartan]

As iroh* said, if aesthetics are not an issue, you could strap some high static pressure case fans and create a custom power curve

[sand needle]

as if someone who can figure out how to override the fan speed would be stupid enough to cook their gpu

[scarlet tartan]

Yes that's unreasonable