tech-chat-1

[grizzled frost]

(third isn't super pronounced, but it's also a 2x8 kit so idc, it's also ddr4)

[boreal vine]

Fuck that pricing honestly

[stuck spruce]

let me guess, vengance ddr4

[mint umbra]

Either way ram still isn't that expensive

[grizzled frost]

fifth

[mint umbra]

200 isn't that much

[boreal vine]

I wanted to upgrade some on my rig, but decided not to

[stuck spruce]

https://tenor.com/view/drake-drizzy-champagnepapi-yikes-shock-gif-7494138007525792949

[boreal vine]

even ddr4 on the used market isn't safe

[grizzled frost]

sixth

[stuck spruce]

bro you couldve gotten a pc with that price bro

[grizzled frost]

Need I go on Damocles?

[mint umbra]

Maybe ram was just undervalued before

[hallow jasper]

the cheapest 600CL30 kit in Canada on PCPP is $283 CAD

That same kit was $127 CAD in August of this year.

[lament flint]

whats the current price in cad and usd for a pair of 64gb 4800mhz cl36 kingston fury beast? i would really like to test out the differences in prices over the 3

[grizzled frost]

this has to be a bit

there is no way someone is this ignorant on literally every topic

[mint umbra]

Cuz ram was dirt cheap before

[edgy holly]

why the fuck is it going up that way

[grizzled frost]

data center demand

[hallow jasper]

$994 CAD

[stuck spruce]

ai, ai, ai

[edgy holly]

we need to nuke data centers and hang Sam altmann

[stuck spruce]

fuck ai

[mint umbra]

Who needs 64gb

[mint umbra]

16 is enough

[edgy holly]

okay maybe too far but holy shit i hate AI 💔

[grizzled frost]

this is a 32gb kit

[mint umbra]

I use 16

[grizzled frost]

8gb dimms largely aren't a thing for ddr5

[mint umbra]

I use one slot 16

[hallow jasper]

8GB DIMM's need to be destroyed.

[edgy holly]

generative AI. the rest im ehhh mixed on it

[lament flint]

ahh, i see. in Norway the price right now is 6449 Nok, which would be 890 CAD

[hallow jasper]

Absoulte e-waste and shouldn't exist

[grizzled frost]

this is genuinely horrible

[stuck spruce]

curious, how much is it tho?

[mint umbra]

Why

[glass perch]

100$

[hallow jasper]

This kid, from what I recall, is full of bad takes and misinformation.

[lament flint]

which would be 634 USD

[mint umbra]

Why do I need more ram

16 is enough

[grizzled frost]

“waiter waiter! i would like half the ram performance for zero benefit please!”

[mint umbra]

For most games

[glass perch]

16 is kinda not enough nowadays

[mint umbra]

For gaming it is

[grizzled frost]

has nothing to do with capacity and everything to do with only running in single channel

[hallow jasper]

It is not

[mint umbra]

Yes it is

[stuck spruce]

ddr5 is still expensive in my country, also im still maining ddr4 soo

[grizzled frost]

16gb is barely enough for most modern titles, flat out isn’t enough for lots of them

[lament flint]

take ES: oblivion remake for instance. its 16gb recommended, but you can still run it on less. it will glitch out and crash sometimes though, but it works

[glass perch]

just accept it man

[mint umbra]

So then steam is cooked for giving their system only 16gb of ram then

I like to believe valve knows what their are doing

[grizzled frost]

You’re quite good at entirely avoiding answering questions and switching topics when you feel uncomfortable

[mint umbra]

Like what games require more than 16 GB

[lament flint]

nvm. optimal is 32gb, and min is 16. weirdly enough im able to play it with 14gb of ram (idk why, but my laptop doesnt find my last 2gb)

[grizzled frost]

overhead

[stuck spruce]

[lament flint]

huh?

[mint umbra]

Looks like that's under 16

[grizzled frost]

a certain amount is partitioned off for core system use

[edgy holly]

wut

[hallow jasper]

They do, you don't. When you run a highly modified lightweight gaming focused OS targeting 1080p Medium settings and lightweight/indie games then you can squeak by.

[mint umbra]

Only 14 used their

I've yet to run into issues with 16gb

[edgy holly]

are new game that more intense on ram ? i couldnt tell you cause i havent bought any heavy game recently

[lament flint]

ahh, i see. so i wont be able to fully use a 16gb ram?

[grizzled frost]

yes

[edgy holly]

i run on two 8gig

[hallow jasper]

What sort of issues do you believe you would have?

[stuck spruce]

the thing that pisses me off is that the igpu doesnt have a dedicated vram so it shares with my ram 💔

[edgy holly]

damn, my poor pc might start lagging 💔

[mint umbra]

Like what reason would I need more ram for lol

[hallow jasper]

if you're not familiar with modern AAA titles at 4K on high/ultra settings, then consider yourself and your wallet lucky

[edgy holly]

im still running 2x8 but that's mostly cause im a cheapskate and i havent changed my ram since i got my first pc (whhich was a prebuilt)

[lament flint]

the remake of oblivion req. 16, but has optimal use on 32gb according to a quick search.
with my 14/16gb in use, i notice some crashes once in a while.. but its manageable at 14. though autosave is a nice feature to have in those times

[mint umbra]

Unless I start using ray tracing I have no issue

[edgy holly]

i dont think ive played any. and i mostly just run on 1440p anyway

i should upgrade my ram but ehhhhh im waiting till the day i upgrade my cpu (im still on am4)

[mint umbra]

I'm fine with my one stick of 16gb ram

[stuck spruce]

still fine with my 5500u

[mint umbra]

I'll upgrade if It actually starts causing me issues

[grizzled frost]

has nothing to do with capacity and everything to do with only running in single channel

[mint umbra]

You know what they say if it ain't broke don't fix it

[mint umbra]

Hasn't caused me issues so far using only one

So don't see reason to change it

[grizzled frost]

won’t cause you problems, but will diminish performance

[mint umbra]

Doubt ram makes big difference

[grizzled frost]

10-15%

[edgy holly]

im running a 5700x, 16 gigs of ram and my 6800 still. is that old already

[mint umbra]

Most performance si from cpu and gpu

[grizzled frost]

when you have enough ram bandwidth, yes

[stuck spruce]

hell no, its still good in 2025

[grizzled frost]

which you don’t

[mint umbra]

Like when I switched from ddr4 to ddr5 I saw no difference

Maybe like 3 fps

[grizzled frost]

because dual channel ddr4 has the same bandwidth as single channel ddr5

[mint umbra]

I didn't use dual chanel ddr4

Ive always used one ram stick

[grizzled frost]

so you’re just always horrible at configuring pcs

[stuck spruce]

wait a fucking minute

u had 1 stick of ram ddr4 too

[ivory mountain]

[mint umbra]

It's cheaper with one ram stick

[stuck spruce]

BRO WHAT THE FUCK

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/lil-yachty-drake-laptop-duh-gif-8033838636860661307

[mint umbra]

And ram isn't big difference in performance

[edgy holly]

cheapskate final boss 💔

[mint umbra]

So what's the point

[random gyro]

I love my assmann patchcords

[mint umbra]

I'll lose 10% performance if I can save some money

[stuck spruce]

ah yes

[random gyro]

They’re actually called Assmann😭

[mint umbra]

Plus not like I ever ran my ram at full speed anyway

[stuck spruce]

they should make an assmann pc

[mint umbra]

I tried to change expo profile for ram once and it gave my system instability so Ive used stock ram speeds ever since

[random gyro]

You know you can manually tune ram?

[nimble burrow]

(all prices in cad) looking at getting a new pc. I game and stream. My monitors are all 1080p @165 My options are 7700 + 5060ti (1599) 7700 + 9060xt (1399) 14700f + 5060ti (1799) 14700f + 5070 (1999) which pc should i get (9060xt is 16 gig version and 5060ti are all 8 gig versions)

[ivory mountain]

I wonder why its not working

[random gyro]

Anything thats starts with N and ends in vidia is a no-go

[mint umbra]

I've been thinking of switching to a 1080p system

Since higher performance stuff just produces too much heat

[nimble burrow]

Even if nvidia is a trash company worth boycott not always

[random gyro]

i just dont bother with them anymore

i have a 7900GRE which im very happy with

[mint umbra]

I have 7900xtx and I'm not a big fan

[hallow jasper]

Couldn't pay me to buy an AMD card for my primary system and lose access to Nvidia's supporting software features.

[mint umbra]

I have too many driver timeouts.

[random gyro]

ive only had that when doing something stupid

[mint umbra]

Prob gunna go nivida next gpu

[random gyro]

i tired of buy PC hardware

i just buy networking gear i dont really need lmao

[grizzled frost]

NVIDIA does not care about consumers

[mint umbra]

Neither does amd

[thorny saddle]

I went 9070 XT for the experience - it was OK at best. Replaced with a 5090.

[grizzled frost]

AMD cares a fair bit more

[plain cypress]

Not really

[mint umbra]

Both only care about $$$$

[grizzled frost]

NVIDIA is like 90% data center consumption, AMD is like 70% data center consumption

[plain cypress]

They are both profit minded corporations

[mint umbra]

They couldn't give a crap about you

[plain cypress]

9070xt pricing took longer to recover than 5070ti pricing

[nimble burrow]

I dont think any company cares

[plain cypress]

Pretty much

Maybe Prusa

[grizzled frost]

usually companies care about their consumer's money, NVIDIA couldn't care less about the people buying gaming GPUs

if you buy the GPUs, cool, if you don't, they also don't care because that is such a small portion of their profit

[mint umbra]

I don't think amd GPUs makes that much money compared to the other sales

For amd

Except for like consoles I guess

[drifting urchin]

does there exist some kind of device that assists with installing lga cpu, so it cant randomly fall in and kill socket

that, and i have to find out how to apply even pressure to get the cooler in

but not over apply said pressure

[tawny lava]

What looks better triple monitor or dual monitor

[stuck spruce]

dual monitor imo

make the displays in the center

[fluid matrix]

When installing a AIO pump on a motherboard without a AIO pump header I should make sure the cpu_opt header is on 100% power at all times right?

If so, how do I do that in a asrock bios?

[tawny lava]

I would enjoy dual monitor if it wasnt so aysemetrical. You either gotta turn left right or have one center and one off to the side

[grizzled frost]

your fingers

[drifting urchin]

well, thats like saying

[grizzled frost]

star pattern

[ivory mountain]

U could do the right two displays normal and a portrait display on the left for discord idk

[drifting urchin]

how do i eat chicken tenders

[left dove]

how will this server ever get one day without idiot questions 😔

[drifting urchin]

of course i use my fingers, just i dont want to fuck this up ever again lol

LGA is giga cursed,

[left dove]

not really

[drifting urchin]

i don't like it, no sir

[hollow beacon]

Hi,
I have a gigabyte x570 gaminx with a m.2ssd installed and a 2.5 sata ssd. I was wondering how i can figure out if i have another SATA Data Cable to install another sata ssd without opening my pc cause my case is kinda defected and its very difficult to get the rear panel back on

[left dove]

good thing I'm not a sir, so that means you like it

[drifting urchin]

i would 9/10 times perfer to use a PGA instead of a LGA

just drops in, and you can get good angles to look at the issue

[left dove]

lga has a higher pin density

therefore more things

[drifting urchin]

i think lga is too delicate

too easy to make a mistake on

[left dove]

hence why there's an elongated sewing needle in my toolkit I call the pin poker

[drifting urchin]

its like okay, think about this for an example its a good one i just thought of

[left dove]

honestly though if you men would just keep even an eigth of an inch of nail growth yall wouldn't be having these issues

[drifting urchin]

wall electrical sockets, are 99.999999999999999999999999999999% female with the thing you plug in having male electrical plugs prongs whatever you want to call them right

its clearly safer

[ionic peak]

hmm Power socket

[grizzled frost]

male/female is antiquated, receptacle and plug is the more correct terminology

[drifting urchin]

oh, no offense, thats just the terms i use

[grizzled frost]

thats even how they're officially labeled

[left dove]

yeah its like how master/slave got pretty much erased from anything technical

[drifting urchin]

master slave i guess i can easily accept and move on

[grizzled frost]

what did it get changed to?

[left dove]

primary/secondary

or literally any other synonymous phrasing

[grizzled frost]

i never work with anything that ever used the master/slave terminology, so i didn't know what it had become

[left dove]

tbf it was really only used with IDE drives but also like.. cringe

[grizzled frost]

lots of things used it outside of the tech space

[drifting urchin]

back in my day master slave was a jumper settinng on the ide hdd

[grizzled frost]

i believe train engines still do usually

[left dove]

no comment

[grizzled frost]

i'm not condoning it, just saying it is/was a thing

[drifting urchin]

i do remember clearly seeing that in like windows 95

[left dove]

no it was a..

Nevermind.

[grizzled frost]

not what i meant by "outside the tech space" peyton

[left dove]

OH NOW YOU GET IT

[grizzled frost]

yeah took me a sec

[left dove]

irl cackled when the bold came in

[grizzled frost]

it would be all caps, but warship gets angy

[left dove]

I love my stupid jokes so much

[errant fulcrum]

For the past 1 week ive been using an external display that is powered by a 2pin smps (its a 30inch lg tv).today the tv gave a small glitch and i got worried if my gpu was tweaking.i later tried adjusting the cable and it seemed to solve it.then 10 mins later the resolution went from 1366x768(the display is this resolution) to 1360x768. then i tried cleaning the HDMI when i noticed a slight shock. I was worried about it and measured the voltage difference, IT TURNED OUT TO BE 80V AC??!?...the laptop is working fine as of now and i have disconnected the monitor.....should i be worried about any damage already caused and is it safe the use the monitor again? I LIVE IN INDIA BTW SO MAINS VOLTAGE IS 230V

[grizzled frost]

wtf

80v is such a random ass voltage

[left dove]

80v lol your power supply died fam

[drifting urchin]

laptop + monitor + kb/m is a person i will never fully understand

try as i might

[grizzled frost]

that isn't even like a normal transformer conversion

[thorny saddle]

80v is the new 12v

[left dove]

i do this because my at-home setup is 2 displays

[grizzled frost]

nah make it 60v, that way osha can't complain when i lick it

or ig 59v

[left dove]

it works well, too

[thorny saddle]

whats osha doing in your house

[errant fulcrum]

should i still be using the monitor?

[grizzled frost]

idk, they won't leave

i think they had to call in a psychiatrist for the osha guys

[drifting urchin]

back when i played world of warcraft for example

[steel umbra]

59.8v better

[drifting urchin]

a few of the players played like that, i could never understand it instead of build a box pc

[grizzled frost]

NO

[left dove]

easier to carry in a single backpack

[grizzled frost]

anytime there is any stray voltage like that, you should unplug it and promptly discontinue using it

[left dove]

and get it a new psu

[grizzled frost]

because it is actively a safety hazard in its present state

[errant fulcrum]

okay

how to check for the damages done?

[drifting urchin]

its just that wow is such a highly intensive cpu game

[errant fulcrum]

okay

[grizzled frost]

unplug, wait a day, pop off the back panel, look for smokey bits

[drifting urchin]

so that part of it never made sense

[grizzled frost]

and do not skip the "wait a day" step, its so all the caps drain

[errant fulcrum]

the laptop is working rn does that mean good good or good bad

[grizzled frost]

so you don't get 230v straight to your fingers

[left dove]

eh just hit power a couple times it'll drain the main filter cap

[grizzled frost]

laptop prolly fine

[errant fulcrum]

okay

[grizzled frost]

i refuse to trust any safety mechanisms on something with stray 80v

[errant fulcrum]

one more thing my gpu is working but does that mean its not damaged by the hdmi floating votltage?

[left dove]

ground planes are an amazing thing

[grizzled frost]

if the port still works, you're fine

[errant fulcrum]

okay

im not gonna use hdmi ever again

[grizzled frost]

mate it ain't the HDMI that's the issue

it's your monitor's power supply nuking itself

[jovial swan]

https://www.proshop.dk/Bundkort/ASUS-B650E-MAX-GAMING-WIFI-Bundkort-AMD-B650-AMD-AM5-socket-DDR5-RAM-ATX/3366684

Is this an alright motherboard for a Ryzen 7 7700?
My current motherboard is a Asus TUF A620M

[errant fulcrum]

the powersupply doesnt have a ground pin

could that be the issure?

[grizzled frost]

is that normal for indian plugs?

[errant fulcrum]

uhh idk but most tvs dont have ground pins here

[grizzled frost]

wait do you mean no ground pin as in it's supposed to have one, but it broke off or something?

[errant fulcrum]

nono

the smps itslef has only 2 pins

[grizzled frost]

i majorly hate power plug designs like that

but honestly should be fine

[errant fulcrum]

should be fine what, using it again or the current state of my laptop?

[left dove]

just call it a power brick we know what you mean

[grizzled frost]

laptop is fine, power plug is fine in the sense that it didn't cause the problem, but the monitor is not fine

[errant fulcrum]

lol

[errant fulcrum]

okay so monitor bad laptop good

[grizzled frost]

yes

[left dove]

id say monitor psu bad, monitor maybe

[grizzled frost]

if you feel like trying to poke around in the monitor, yeah

[left dove]

pls dont

unless its led backlit in that case full chooch bud

[grizzled frost]

jakkuh?

[left dove]

nah I got it from ave

I swear in another life I was a mom in wisconsin or something

[hearty olive]

I had a thought this morning

I get that the 9995wx is a super sick halo chip and all

but what is it FOR? that isn’t better suited for a gpu workload or an epyc server?

[left dove]

HEDT

like a workstation, or a prosumer rig, content creators, etc.

[hearty olive]

yeah but i can’t think of many workloads that would actually benefit from that many threads

[grizzled frost]

then you're not who it's targetted to

[hearty olive]

content creation you’d be better off with like a 6000 blackwell and a 9950x i feel

that’s not a helpful answer

[grizzled frost]

depends on the kind of content

[left dove]

compression, parsing large sets of data, ram channels, hybrid cpu/gpu rendering..

virtual machines, code compiling..

[hearty olive]

what’s an example of rendering that would maximize gpu and cpu workload simultaneously

[left dove]

fractals, any photorealism rendering

[hearty olive]

okay that’s interesting then

so there’s very specific people that need one

[left dove]

yes

[odd marsh]

9995WX isn't a halo chip

[carmine yew]

33 bucks after deals....
hmmmmm

[odd marsh]

video encoding is also another good use for a high thread count. CPU encoding allows for the highest quality

[tepid kelp]

Uuuuug Spotify wont log in 😔😞

[hearty olive]

dude some guy in asia overclocked all cores to 4.9ghz and used 1000 watts

[hearty olive]

can obs scale to all threads? if so that seems reasonable for a big time streamer

[tepid kelp]

Have a look at 8bit do and game sir

[left dove]

i got the elite controller, shit's faaancy

[odd marsh]

Wouldn't be for OBS really, that would be super overkill. This would be more for Handbrake, or DaVinci/Adobe specifically

[left dove]

...oh god I've hit like over $1000 in peripherals..

[tepid kelp]

Bought linus' gold controller

[odd marsh]

GPU encoding is fine for streaming where you want to maximize quality at a lower bitrate, the Video encoding I am talking about would be for mastering raw footage for movies and what not

[hearty olive]

okay interesting

[random gyro]

ok guys

[hearty olive]

so like actual movie production studios potentially

[hallow jasper]

peyton at this rate where is your 5090

[random gyro]

its official — im downgrading my perfectly fine win 11 to win 7

[left dove]

$270 headset
$170 mouse
$250 hotas
$180 rudder pedals
$100 head tracking...

[hallow jasper]

you're outspending @odd marsh recently lol

[random gyro]

oh!

[hallow jasper]

or it seems like it lol

[left dove]

idk I spent $12k in the last month and a half

[hearty olive]

hope you didn’t spend $170 on a mouse that doesn’t rhyme with E Grow Direless

[random gyro]

what is a hota and rudder pedals

[left dove]

fligt sim stuff.

[tepid kelp]

Game pad Mat, desk. Monitor , speakers, amp dac, lights, cables

[random gyro]

makes sense

but why the head tracking?

[left dove]

fligt sims.

[random gyro]

interesting

[hearty olive]

i bought a 9800x3d last week and i still use a steelseries keyboard my buddy gave me in 2018

🔥

[left dove]

honestly I might get the 6090

[hallow jasper]

nice

[left dove]

the 5070ti is doing like, everything I've asked for

[odd marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/shaggy-are-you-challenging-me-scooby-gif-13519095

[random gyro]

1000$ on flight sim stuff... that's like 3-5 minimum wages here

im scared of your spending power

[left dove]

as you should be

and none of this was on a credit card

[hallow jasper]

so am i

[odd marsh]

Peyton you should buy an LG G5

[random gyro]

OH

[left dove]

💅

[odd marsh]

Does it count if I put it on credit but immediately just paid it off

[left dove]

no because that's cheating the credit score system and I'm all for that

down with big banking

[odd marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-peter-griffin-credit-card-debt-credit-card-debt-gif-27305263

[left dove]

dude that episode was awesome, I want genuine songs with peter+quagmire harmonizing

[odd marsh]

i just remember the credit card debt song

[left dove]

I've binged the last 12 years of family guy because I haven't watched it

I think I have like 2 seasons to go

[odd marsh]

damn

that's some dedication

[left dove]

eh, its just on the side monitor

I'm not like watching every episode lol

[odd marsh]

i do miss having a side monitor

[left dove]

I shrank to 2 big displays and it's plenty for me

no longer will I run 5 displays

[odd marsh]

i've only got the one 42" now

[left dove]

I've got a 50" and a 32"

[hallow jasper]

my side monitor for video is connected to another pc. only way id be comfortable with it

[left dove]

guilty you might be autistic

[hallow jasper]

but if I put anything on it while gaming, i miss what I was watching so its pointless

[hallow jasper]

i'm sure I am

[odd marsh]

sometimes it's nice just to have background noise

[left dove]

we should play a game sometime tbh

[odd marsh]

I do kind of want to move my PC to the ground tbh

[sinful cobalt]

i think that'd be close to the width of my room

[hallow jasper]

ya. so far, only did a little gaming with Mac

[left dove]

Do it it's so much nicer

[hallow jasper]

And by that you mean go to Ikea and buy a whole Alex in black just to act as a PC case stand

[odd marsh]

No space sire

[sinful cobalt]

dee ground

[left dove]

sire

MY LEIGE

[hallow jasper]

i stopped and chuckled at that too

[odd marsh]

yeah it would free up a good bit of space so I am still debating. My floor is just carpeted

[left dove]

I kinda wish winter would skip over so I could get some spring projects done

[sinful cobalt]

Wheres your like 20 overlays?

[hallow jasper]

why can't I figure out how to take pictures that look like that

[left dove]

I wanna reskirt my house and get it leveled & maybe painted

[odd marsh]

I've memorized all the values in my brain

[left dove]

contrast through my phone works pretty gd well tbh

[odd marsh]

i just make sure the C4 is the brightest thing in the room and lock the exposure to it lol

[sinful cobalt]

ive been thinking of getting those keycaps

[left dove]

the wormier ones?

they're nice

[sinful cobalt]

ye

[left dove]

v stable

makes a good thock

[sinful cobalt]

Mines pretty basic

[left dove]

my ex gave me this keeb when she was down from canada, straight up "I'm really tired of hauling this and I kinda hate it, do you want it?"

I tink they're gateron reds?

yeah they're gatty reds

[sinful cobalt]

im usin geon raws

Also have lekker v2s somewhere

[hallow jasper]

Oh, someone whos home on their PC and a Subnautica fan, try this https://store.steampowered.com/app/3715810/Sinking_Eternity/

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▶ Play video

There is a demo

[left dove]

send me your steam code

(pls)

[hallow jasper]

when I figure out how. i don't really use the social features of steam

[left dove]

here I got you

[final thicket]

Anyone has a Gigabyte AMD RX 90xx GPU, like this one? https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-R9060XTGAMING-OC-16GD#kf
Does it turn the fans off at idle? And will it do that without any software?

[left dove]

that's a modern feature on a lot of gpus

[carmine yew]

most GPUs do have a zero rpm mode when temps are low enough

[rigid fjord]

tbf dude, while this looks great, for basically the same price you can get an 8bitdo ultimate/ultimate 2c controller

[rigid fjord]

tbf, could add it to your discord profile if you want it to be easier

[rigid fjord]

zero rpm mode has been around since polaris amd gpu's, and if you want to customize that, you can do it in either adrenalin or with remo's fan control

[gray citrus]

are there any laptops with similar weight/quality (quality meaning build quality and features like a glass trackpad, windows hello etc) to the Lenovo slim 7i with a 5070ti or 5080. I know there is the pro 7i but that one seems like its a lot heavier and doesn't have any type of biometric sign in features and has a plastic trackpad, but my main concern with that one is the weight.

[left dove]

zephyrus g14 or g16

I have the 2025 g14 w/ a 5070ti

[gray citrus]

thats what I have been seing. I also hear they sometimes have issues but maybe thats uncommon

How does yours work?

[gusty venture]

should I buy a pair of kingston fury beasts 6000mhz cl36 2x16 for 160 euros? planning to do my build in january. 160 euros is 180 usd btw. They're gonna be used along with a 9800x3d

[sinful cobalt]

So you have a 5070ti and a bootleg 5070ti

[left dove]

mine works great after I gave it a bios update and a 4tb drive

[left dove]

yes :3

its a little gay that the usb c charging is only 100w

[sinful cobalt]

so a 5070 and a 5070ti

[gray citrus]

my buddy has a g16 with a 4080 and its been having fps issues in like marvel rivals at 1080p low after running for a bit we think its thermal throttling itself a lot

[left dove]

haven't experienced any thermal throttling tbh

frame gen helps a lot

[gray citrus]

ok thats good maybe his laptop is a lemon or something

[sinful cobalt]

i experienced a funny shutdown after my shitty igpu laptop overheated and shat itself

[left dove]

maybe it needs repasted with ptm or something

I have encountered a few full system lockups because of the mux switch but that's only happened twice & is fixed by just holding the power button

[gray citrus]

alright thanks. I wish there was a good comparison article or video out there about the legion 7i vs g16 lol

[left dove]

I almost wish I went with the g16 but I love the 14" form factor

[gusty venture]

there's def a video out there if not videos

[left dove]

also usb4 is pretty banger

[sinful cobalt]

I wish mine was 14" but whatever- it was hella value

[gray citrus]

I thought so too but I just cant find em

I found from last year but none from this year

[tulip sparrow]

uh uh uh uh uh https://youtu.be/OhYOOmkehIo

[left dove]

sg6 was best

[hallow jasper]

What

Wait is this going to be a totally new thing

[tulip sparrow]

uh huh

NEW SERIES!!!! indeed its a new thing

[still condor]

can anyone help me pick out a motherboard the current build is a 9060 xt 16gb and a ryzen 5 9600x https://www.jmt.bg/dunni-platki.html

I need 2 nvme slots on it as well dont wanna overpay too much

[left dove]

pro tip- buy a board that matches what you need

[craggy cove]

american prices mannn

[devout rain]

with a 7800x3d and a 5070ti, should i go with this psu or save money and get like a 850 watt or something https://pcpartpicker.com/product/yJkqqs/montech-century-ii-1050-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-century-ii-1050w

[cedar vector]

hi @proper gull
i love you

[craggy cove]

yes

yes to the part about saving money

[devout rain]

its only 100 bucks thats why it was a option but thanks @craggy cove

[craggy cove]

np

get yourself 2 pizzas with the saved money or something

[devout rain]

@craggy cove can u send a good cheap 850

corsair rm850e 2025-what do u think about this one

[tulip sparrow]

about right LOL

[craggy cove]

good psu

[devout rain]

is there a similar one for cheaper or not rlly

[craggy cove]

its a well priced psu for what it is

[eternal cloak]

Those are not particularly common, prolly an open-box card or return they couldn't get rid of

[swift stream]

just found this on tiktok 😔

[devout rain]

thanks @craggy cove

[craggy cove]

np

[craggy cove]

its like the reverse of people editing their waists to be smaller

looks like a black hole

[craggy cove]

looks ugly as hell honestly

and yeah they probably have like 10 of them in stock but damn

[charred sundial]

ram prices have honestly gone sooo crazy. i ordered these two things (and smth else that was like 5 bucks) for 148eur just a few months ago??? (march tbf)

[eternal cloak]

I like em, they look like 20 series cards

[craggy cove]

i have a b650 and ryzen 5 7600 but uhhh theres something missing

this ram i bought for my personal pc

[craggy cove]

looks like an aliexpress 1050 ti

actually 280€ and i get 20€ of steam credit....

honestly the 5060 is not that bad, idk what people are on about

9060 xt 8gb too

when 3070s are like 250€

like bruh

[eternal cloak]

Ye I don't need to look up the card to know what's wrong with the XT 8GB

[ionic peak]

We need Case for Steam machiene

[eternal cloak]

The 9060 XT 16GB was already a huge piece of shit, so I assume the 8GB is even worse

[ionic peak]

or 580

[craggy cove]

beats the 3070 nicely, newer, and only costs a bit more

for this price range i think its genuinely fine

[eternal cloak]

Why are you comparing it against a card two generations old again?

[sinful cobalt]

the problem with the 3070 and 3070ti arent about raster lmao

[devout rain]

@craggy cove to your knowledge is there a better ssd for the price than this one or not really https://pcpartpicker.com/product/sw2WGX/sk-hynix-platinum-p41-1-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-shpp41-1000gm-2

[craggy cove]

because its in the same price bracket?

maybe im just too 1080p pilled to understand

[random junco]

ah only 90 more!

[craggy cove]

vram fetish too strong

just 36% more!

[eternal cloak]

There's a limit how you can make that comparison and realistically it only bluepills people

You'll want to keep it as same-generation as possible

[unborn condor]

where would one go to find the specific screw type/length/etc. for my gpu backplate? Pretty certain mine are stripped and I need new ones

[shadow zealot]

guys i need help

im running low on storage

[stray portal]

Yall im thinking of cancelling my 6 euro a month yt premium and music and subscribing to an ai service

Im thinking lumo or the proton suite but idk

My max price is 10 euros ish a month so what other stuff is there

[sly wolf]

any advice for a pny 4070 ti super build? I got the GPU but confused on what is compatible with what

[daring crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/totr-totя-meme-spongebob-totya-gif-2321838813784867908

[west arrow]

Hey guys, there is a shop selling a tray 9700X with 3 years of warranty. Do i take it?

[outer cave]

When I’m removing and ssd do I have to put the heat sink back on without an ssd?

[random gyro]

no

[rigid fjord]

@left dove having to add this to both of my Z axis

[rigid fjord]

it's ok, but tbh, 2025 rm850x is better

[outer cave]

Where do I put it

Do u store it somewhere else or just put it back

[rigid fjord]

put this back on the mobo

[outer cave]

Alr

[frigid blade]

Most people probably put it back even if there’s nothing installed under it

[rigid fjord]

it saves losing it and having to try and find it

[frigid blade]

Aesthetically pleasing, also I’d probably forget where I put it

[frigid blade]

Exactly haha ^

[sleek ibex]

Never did I think I would see the day... I was finally able to obtain a baby AT case

Has a Turbo Button/Display too

[simple parrot]

hey i just built my pc with a 9070xt

i always used nvidia so i dont know what anything in this adrenaline means

are there any settings in adreanline i should do before playng?

[plain cypress]

is this a good idea
I haven't done the basic research to determine if it is even possible

Oh for fucks sake, look up the functionality first

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1182043432236109855/1435304036541923329/nk-image-edit-caption-j8u1fj54.gif

[opal dock]

Does FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 is FSR, which is like AMD's version of DLSS. Anti-Lag is like NVIDIA Reflex I believe

[wet ember]

Oh my God

[distant frigate]

One more tree to cut down

Finally dude they are cutting down the trees nextdoor

[opal dock]

The rest are pretty self explanatory with the descriptions amd put under the options

[wet ember]

I deeply apologize for my actions
I feel as though I'm a burden on LTT Discord and you're probably very annoyed with the hundreds of members asking Googleable questions. If we all Google our Googleable questions, maybe LTT will be less of a mess. Truly, sorry

[warm saddle]

Hi, i have problem with parts of the screen are freezing in discord and chrome, when i altab from game or something. I have newest Windows and drivers. Disable hw acceleration works but it feels choppy.

[plain cypress]

I don't think you are being sincere

[wet ember]

Have you tried Googling?

[wet ember]

I am. After all, your username is Discord isn't a search engine, so you're probably very annoyed with all the Googleable questions being asked here

[warm saddle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1128014035313504478/1415503580328366161/VID_20250911_030317.mp4?ex=692063b0&is=691f1230&hm=4b3e83b73a8d209db6a2ffcdba9f0aefa6b01eddd0711f58901f96018b6a0406&

[warm saddle]

Yeah

[gleaming rose]

w reference

[wet ember]

Hm. These aren't artifacts. Probably something with windows files

[ionic peak]

hello

[wet ember]

[distant frigate]

This tree needs to be cut down lmao. Freaking massive

This is a dense neighborhood so if this goes down yeah it’s gonna be bad

[rigid fjord]

remember dude, this be more common than common sense

[warm saddle]

nah

[wet ember]

You've tried reinstalling gpu drivers right?

[warm saddle]

yeah, its a known issue

of 24h2

but real fix doesnt exist

[wet ember]

Damn Windows updates just break stuff, even more now

[warm saddle]

windows is chopped OS

[devout rain]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/389256053346?_skw=32gb+ddr5+6000+cl30&itmmeta=01KAH7Q4EFQ82XBC3B8RFM7S3Z&hash=item5aa1780262%3Ag%3Aec4AAeSwxVxpHj-y&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1dJQyOMf03ZDpWiiXfs8CveRq0z0wAoqsX%2BIlfSIsXxZMzqp2bocgvZCO8wVNNwWz0FDGAW99LJl4mHSOlS9N3bEjwjrYtzzhTvOVOa7m6BhjXLHFQnMk6SaMCmi0LOlZv1lfVY6oPeYaXbTvByyR5sp5Sf%2B9%2BjJ59JDIuGkfuhJRIOWiVCnF4%2Fod6nvGh%2FrsQM0xTjhtfBHLs1CimYwhzeUrqRAgX9mk4HuulIdWHuqfI%2FLDMe7EHve8SBDYifrVr57LHMzNDfqFLZu91D%2FEsBDQJXdMRdUUFVc8pkGONrmg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7DH3KfUZg&LH_BIN=1 is this a good ram kit

[rigid fjord]

it's a fairly decent kit

[devout rain]

wym

how can it be better

for the price i guess

[rigid fjord]

silicon power, nothing special about their ram, but you can enable the xmp/expo profile and it just works

[devout rain]

so this kit is worth the extra 20 bucks

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/H9CZxr/teamgroup-t-create-expert-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-ctced532g6000hc30dc01

[gleaming meteor]

smol

[carmine yew]

all 5060's can be that small, too

[rigid fjord]

up to you, though these are the most clean and classy looking ram to get

[gleaming meteor]

no there are no 147mm 5060s

[devout rain]

like i thought the only specs that mattered are cl and speed

like xmp is xmp

[gleaming meteor]

whole card is huge btw

and im not going to buy a 300 euro 5050 just to try slap a shorter cooler on it

• its christmas gift from parents i just got to see the box thats all

[rigid fjord]

4060 can be smaller tbh

[hollow spade]

Hello, I'm new here. I was looking to build a new pc for the holidays and I'm watching the DDR5 prices skyrocket in real time. I was looking at a 32GB Corsair pair yesterday that was around $200, today it's $400. The 64GB kits are over $500 now. What's going on??

[carmine yew]

Ackshuwally
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/msi-unveils-one-of-the-tiniest-rtx-5060-gpus-yet-single-fan-inspire-rtx-model-measures-just-145-x-120-x-45mm

[rigid fjord]

for finding a semi decent kit yeah, that'll get you mostly what you want, after that it's more the secondary and tertiary timings, but those you'll only see when the ram is plugged in

[carmine yew]

AI Nonsense is sucking up all the RAM Wafers, so consumers like us are gettin' fucked.

[rigid fjord]

what rock you been sleeping under

[devout rain]

like what, just so i know

[hollow spade]

Friggin brutal!

[gleaming meteor]

theyre 370+ for normal cards

[gleaming meteor]

well thats a thing i didnt know, also not available in ireland anywhere i cant find a plaec that sells it incl amazon

[rigid fjord]

4060 lp

[gleaming meteor]

i meant price rauko, and the gigabyte is out of stock only thing available is the asus BRK thats 356 euro

[hollow spade]

I haven't been looking at parts in awhile, I knew about the GPU supply issues, I just didn't realize the RAM was about to double or triple in price. 😭

[carmine yew]

GPU Supplies have been in the green for ages

RAM Nonsense is relatively recent, like the last month or two

[hollow spade]

I have been watching the GPU prices come down to near MSRP which is nice.

[carmine yew]

almost all are available at MSRP Now, and occasionally under.

As for RAM:
https://youtu.be/9hLiwNViMak?si=iA7r1JMhVpX63usS

[hollow spade]

I'll watch that, thank you!

[carmine yew]

TL;DR: You have 2 choices when it comes to RAM:

Buy now and get the price before it goes up even more
or
Wait however long it takes for RAM Pricing to get un-stupid, but it won't be soon.

[plain cypress]

A lot of retailers have extended returns and price protection for the holidays

I.e., if pricing goes back to normal sometime in December, it can be easy to get an adjustment or return if forced to do so

[carmine yew]

but do NOT spend 400 bucks on 32GB DDR5. That's an absolutely moronically bad price

[nocturne light]

[plain cypress]

Glad I have no need for ddr5 in the coming...months, probably year tbh

[hollow spade]

Damn, I should have bought some earlier. Well I just joined here, hopefully I can find things out ahead of time in the future. I usually briefly browse the various major tech sites every day, I didn't see any articles regarding the coming RAM shortage... perhaps I missed it to be fair.

[nocturne light]

I have come to request opinions on a decent but cheap Wireless USB headset for when I'm at work.

[plain cypress]

If it ran great, why are you selling it?

[hollow spade]

Yeah it literally doubled since yesterday for the kit I had in a wishlist on Newegg. I was shocked.

It wasn't even a decent CL30 kit or anything.

[tawny lava]

Hello what's better dual monitor or triple monitor

[tired path]

Depends on what you want to do but most often than not you only need 2 monitors

[random gyro]

what do you want to do with your monitors?

[nimble burrow]

The only pcs onsale only have 8gb of vram (9060xt and 5060ti) how bad is 8gig of vram?

[brave brook]

someone is selling one with PSU and CD drive here for 65 euros

painted insides even

[random gyro]

for example, i want two monitors — one 4:3 to play old games, watch old shows & anime, and side tasks; and a 16:9 for modern games, web surfing, and watching movies and videos

you need to think what will you use the monitors for

https://tenor.com/view/egg-dog-gif-8494510574571430039

[random gyro]

i long for these cases... my goodness

[nova sparrow]

Anyone here in chat have a Gigabyte B650M Aorus Elite AX v2?

[random gyro]

what is your question?

[nova sparrow]

About the UUID format. I purchased 3 of these boards and all of them have the same UUID. Makes it difficult when networking with them

[brave brook]

UUID ? You mean MAC address ?

[nova sparrow]

To be fair I bought them refurbished from the same seller, so i'm not sure if this is how it's supposed to be or not

No, the UUID

wmic path win32_computersystemproduct get UUID

ChatGPT tells me that this is correct... but I don't trust ChatGPT

That apparently my board doesnt have a unique UUID

[sleek ibex]

[random gyro]

then why did you ask chat gpt

[nova sparrow]

Because sometime it is helpful

[plush wren]

what if u googled instead

[random gyro]

exactly

[brave brook]

i still don't understand how that affects networking. The only issue when doing computer networks would be if all 3 had identical MAC address on the NIC, but that can be changed usually. Not sure where does windows system uuid come into play (maybe in Windows domains, but you said networking)

[twin quarry]

can i ask for tips here? i got strimer cables and i dont know if i have them tight enough

[random gyro]

wdym right enough

OH

[nova sparrow]

It is not the MAC that matters but the hostname of the machine is tied to the UUID for me

[twin quarry]

i sent a message in #off-topic

i fear that it’s not tight enough

[random gyro]

yeah thats in

[nova sparrow]

Yes all of them connect to the internet, that isn't the problem

[brave brook]

again, tied where ? Because again, uuid has zero connection to the network

[nova sparrow]

UUID = Hostname

[sleek ibex]

Here it's not uncommon to see these go for nearly triple the amount

[brave brook]

no ? hostname is what you set it to

[nova sparrow]

That is how my stuff is set

[brave brook]

Hostname is whatever you set in System>About in Windows 11, and whatever other configuration on other OS

[twin quarry]

would you also happen to know where do i plug these in?

[brave brook]

in the RGB connectors of a motherboard, or a RGB hub. And one of them is probably passthrough for next RGB device

[rigid fjord]

the male one goes into a female one, and the laste female gets pluygged into the mobo

[brave brook]

time to break the rule then obviously. Or sell those boards, if this is a rule you do not want to break.

[nova sparrow]

I think all Gigabyte boards are like this

Generic UUID's

[brave brook]

(i prefer to name my systems logically, not with arbitrary 32 character UUIDs

[twin quarry]

man i have no idea where those are, this is a prebuilt

[brave brook]

so you bought an RGB cable thingy for a prebuilt which might not even have an RGB header ? why ?

[rigid fjord]

you don't have to worry about the uuid, just the uniqueness of the mac address should be enough

[rigid fjord]

people don't research shit properly any more

[twin quarry]

well my bad

[hallow jasper]

at all

discord and tiktok is their search engine

we're doomed

[brave brook]

you can get an RGB controller to which you can connect it, but if it is a prebuilt, do you even have a windows to show it ? And research the manual of your motherboard, maybe it has an ARGB header for this

[random gyro]

and chat gpt apparently

[nova sparrow]

I just wanted to know if this was default by standard or if these motherboards were messed with.

I am putting them in my internet cafe, and don't want things getting messed up.

Because from what I can see, the MAC is scattered within the UUID.

And all 3 have the same UUID & MAC now that I look at it

GfuckingG

these boards are broke

[thin bloom]

I'm thinking of just say fuck it and run wires to the slot so it will work again. If it back feeds and kills the board oh well

[twin quarry]

man yt and google only showed partially (only disconnecting the 16/24pin on the mb)

[brave brook]

?

[twin quarry]

i only a few one here so far

i might have to check the back

[rigid fjord]

see the 3 pin D_led?

now look at the cable in your hand

[brave brook]

you plug the connector with holes into the D_LED1

[rigid fjord]

also, a fucking manual would tell you this like it's common sense

[twin quarry]

yeah i’ll use it for the 12+4, and i have another one for 24pin

[ivory mountain]

slow ahh fans

[thin bloom]

The pcie x16 slot hade a short and no longer has power. I'm thinking of taking power from one port to power that x16 slot

[brave brook]

considering the board has a CF logo, you could as well just get a new board ?

[rigid fjord]

if it's shorted then it's going to short other ports if you try that, there's another component on the board that's dead affecting it

[thin bloom]

I know I should buy a new board but I don't want to. I rather let the board die. It roughly has 10 years left

[brave brook]

the only reasonable way i could think of doing this would be if you would take a riser cable and combine the power pins at front from one connector with data pins from the x16@x8 connector. But good luck finding such riser

[tepid pebble]

Any thoughts on this video? Last month I took out 4 - 8 GB 3200 Rams and replaced them with 2 - 16 GB 4000 Rams. Did I made a good decision by doing that?

[hallow jasper]

Nope

You spent money on ancient DDR4 that was presumably working fine, didn't gain any capacity and the speed difference is likely unnoticable outside of memory bound benchmarks.

[twin quarry]

what about the male pin?, i also have one for the 24pin and there’s no 3 pin connector anywhere, that was the only one (the only one i could find that is)

[brave brook]

have you ever heard of daisy chaining ?

[twin quarry]

no…

[brave brook]

that is what the other connector is for. It is the same connector as the motherboard one - for the next ARGB device

[twin quarry]

i connected it to the 24 pin one, am i good to go?

[brave brook]

🤷‍♂️ only you see what you did

[south arrow]

[stark kiln]

Just got rdr2

[azure topaz]

why not try to overclock the current stuff you had?

[twin quarry]

yay, nothing exploded

[devout rain]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zBbypg/corsair-rm850e-2025-850-w-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020296-na can this run a 5080 and 7800x3d good

[thin bloom]

The reason why I want to do it is because i want to see if the gpu will cool better without the card covering a corner of it

[final thicket]

if I want to insert a second GPU (e.g. 9060 xt) into this bottom slot (Asus x870e ProArt), will it block all these slots/wires at the bottom? 🤔

[sharp ocean]

anyone know the best gaming monitor thats 1440p over 280 hz and preferably tandem oled

[azure topaz]

yes its also only 1 lane, maybe 4

[hallow jasper]

Of course it will

so just plug them in first

but yes, larger issue is what you plan to do with the card, and the amount of lanes that slot has

[craggy cove]

kali linux = hacking lapotp

[final thicket]

I mean completely blocking, unable to use them at all

[plush wren]

marketing pro

[hallow jasper]

no, you can still use them.

[south arrow]

Myte be a tight fit but should have a gap

[west arrow]

Hello I need a powesupply for my new pc. I need an 850W and i will have a 3x8pin 9070XT

[fringe prairie]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2kXMnQ/msi-mpg-a1000gs-pcie5-1000-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-mpg-a1000gs-pcie5

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/sqbypg/montech-century-ii-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-century-ii-850w

id rather one of these two

[devout rain]

w 5 dollar cupon

@fringe prairie

[livid mason]

High-key spent too long coding this

[true stirrup]

FNAF in the terminal?

[livid mason]

Yeah

I got bored so like mid 4th period yesterday I opened vs code and started coding

I had very minimal AI help it was mostly debugging and doing the code for the clock because converting from whatever the hell time.time() gives me is super confusing

[true stirrup]

it gives the unix timestamp

so timestamp after january 1 1970

[ebon marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/docker-pull-ubuntu-gif-26210830

[true stirrup]

in seconds ofc

[livid mason]

Yeah so just converting it was really confusing so I ended up having AI make that

Everything else was all me for the most part I had some debugging assistance but it never actually generated me code

Oh my gosh my wifi

[livid mason]

No shot 🫩

[true stirrup]

yeah so just *60 for miliseconds /60 for minutes /360 for hours...

you get the gist

[livid mason]

I want to mess around with threading because right now the animatronic progression is fully dependent on user input which is really annoying because then the user can just do nothing for 6 minutes and press enter and win

[true stirrup]

you are using python so threading will be easy

[livid mason]

Yeah I just need to look at the documentation

I got ts

[white pawn]

😂

Prolly just a picture of the card in black and white 💀

[empty quartz]

Meow

[craggy cove]

a good case scenario would be a coreless and vram-less gpu

or maybe even just the cooler

[empty quartz]

Nah, best case is a pipe bomb :3

[white pawn]

Idk what a ”graphic card” is supposed to be

[brave brook]

look at the shipping cost. Most likely it is C$448 card with C$2500 shipping costs

[white pawn]

Says free shipping

And the card is CA$3500 anyway

[brave brook]

but is it really free? alternatively you get a GTX450 🙂

[white pawn]

Well wouldn’t I be able to sue them if I don’t get it lol

At least in the US

[brave brook]

sue who ? By the time you start a dispute the seller is gone

[white pawn]

AliExpress cuz that’s technically who’s advertising it

[brave brook]

also good luck suing a random chinese seller from aliexpress in US. You could win, but you would get no money back

[white pawn]

Lawyer fees lol

[empty crane]

Can anyone help me out? I would like to use 2 gpus, one to run windows and the other to run games, how would i go about doing this?

[brave brook]

good luck with all that, you will need it

[nova barn]

Is it ok to run network cable up a returning vent to bedroom floor

[craggy cove]

they just wouldnt show up

like the guy who won a case against god

[clear hull]

9060xt is the way to go for budget builds rn right?

UK

[craggy cove]

probably

[clear hull]

was looking at 5060 prices and it's rough 💀

16gb 9060 for under £300

Vs 8gb 5060 for over £230

[craggy cove]

9060 xt 8gb 230£ even beats the 5060 in perform ance

[unique olive]

Hell yeah my new ram kit that has tripled in cost since I bought it

[undone plaza]

Does anyone remember the name of the video of the really fast steam download server?

[craggy cove]

why cant it be shipped here...

[lapis furnace]

about to do dumb shi again (i got rid of edge btw)

[novel grove]

Well damn thats a blue screen

[craggy cove]

honestly extensive debloating like this is kinda pointless

i tinkered with windows a lot before but now i just kinda leave it as is

[lapis furnace]

[steel umbra]

yummy chemistry

and diabetes

😋

[ivory mountain]

thats a RAM bsod

[true stirrup]

Crazy deal

[steel umbra]

less than 20 liters of diabetes for €28?

[rose sorrel]

Anyone have experience with TCL tvs ?

[swift moss]

Firefox has fallen, patiently waiting for ladybird 🙏🙏

[robust marsh]

Guys I want usb-c, my case has usb-c, but my mobo doesn’t. What do I do? I have an internal usb 3.2 port but it’s being occupied. What kind of adapter do I need? Is there some sort of splitter hub that can route both through the same mobo usb port?

[steel umbra]

agree

[swift moss]

Only forks are usable, just gotta thank Firefox for still being fully open source I guess

[steel umbra]

i use librewolfer

[true stirrup]

Don't worry since it's from a random AliExpress seller the random chemicals will kill you before diabetes 👍

[craggy cove]

usb 2.0 to usb type c motherboard adapter

problem is you get usb 2 speeds

usb 2.0 to key e or whatever

[robust marsh]

Do they make 3.2 ones? If not it’s fine bc I don’t use the front ones too much

[steel umbra]

maybe they added in uranium so it’s lime flavour

[true stirrup]

Perfect to get my calories in

<@&750150305383186585>

[craggy cove]

well its gonna be listed as 3.1 probably but compatible (doesnt matter since you get 2.0 speeds)

do you offer drug dealing

oh damn nuked already

i ordered 3 of these things from aliexpress for 2.5€ actually

i just need it for like usb c audio for example

[lilac tusk]

..why has Microsoft turned the Windows troubleshooters into chat bots? I gave up when I tried to run a simple Windows Update troubleshooter under Windows 11 and now I’m trying to do a simple right click>troubleshoot compatibility and it’s asking me “is it one of these programs? No, then one of these? No then one of these?” No! The one I right clicked on in the first place you brain dead idiot!

[craggy cove]

was the windows troubleshooter useful at any point lol

i remember it helped me once by doing a network reset or something

[lilac tusk]

…now it’s telling me to right click and select troubleshoot compatibility. Which is exactly what I did to start off with.

[craggy cove]

and that was on windows 7

[ivory mountain]

they turned all of their support into chatbots. their support page is just "xbox assistant" now

[lilac tusk]

This is one of couples of game that I could never get running under Windows 10 so ended up dual booting Windows 7. I don’t really want to go through the hassle of trying to get that set up again without even a built in optical drive so thought I’d give it another go under Windows 11…

[ashen hearth]

How much more should (?) I pay for a CL30 over a CL36

Like 15€ would be ok? Same amount and freq ofc

[vestal stream]

does anyone here know about the pny sata ssds? are they good?

i already have my goated mx500 but im thinking at getting another one

[ivory mountain]

just OC the cl36 kit

[craggy cove]

depends on the model

[craggy cove]

gonna be garbage samsung die or something, good luck

[vestal stream]

yeah just checked apparently some of them are dramless

[ocean axle]

dramless can be fine for NVMes (because HMB), but for SATA get something with dram

[nimble burrow]

Whats better 9070xt + r7 9700x or 5070 +7800x3d

[craggy cove]

for gaming the second

[vestal stream]

god pls someone give me mx500 again

[craggy cove]

rip my mx500

[vestal stream]

those satas are the goat

[craggy cove]

got it for free cause they didnt know how to initialize it in disk manager

sold it in a build later

still gotta sell my 870 evo 1tb (also goated) but im too lazy

[vestal stream]

goated

[craggy cove]

worked out for me actually cause of the price increases

[vestal stream]

i have like

32 gigs worth of sodimm ddr4 rn

yall think they went up in price? i bought em dirt cheap for like 50 bucks

[robust marsh]

Ofc they went up in price

Don’t even need to check

[ocean axle]

do you need a SATA SSD specifically? why not go for NVMe?

[vestal stream]

yeah ive heard

[robust marsh]

Especially bc it’s ddr4

[vestal stream]

cus its for my ps3 not my pc

[ocean axle]

ahh, understandable

replace your mx500 w/ NVMe and then use that?

[vestal stream]

or ps4 havent decided yet

[ocean axle]

also, gotta put your drive to work

[vestal stream]

shieeet wanna swap?=

[robust marsh]

One time I had a little breakdown bc I didn’t put my m.2 ssd in all the way and it said no bootable media

[ocean axle]

can't, thats my work machine, and that drive gets used quite heavily

[vestal stream]

i have 2 m.2 sata drives brand new just laying around lol and my pc already got all of its nvme slots filled

[robust marsh]

Gimmie I only have 1 TB

Imagine someone from 10 years ago hearing “I only have one terabyte of storage”

[ocean axle]

i mean, even a decade ago 1TB wasn't huge

granted, HDDs

[robust marsh]

Wasn’t it? maybe I’m just a newgen

[robust marsh]

How many nvme slots do you have

[vestal stream]

ngl at one point i had 16tb+ worth of 2.5 inch 500gig hdds

[ocean axle]

it wasn't huge, but HDDs cost about as much as SSDs do now
4TB HDD was like $200 iirc

[vestal stream]

2

C/ and 980 pro

2 hdds 1 mx500

[robust marsh]

Man I should’ve done more research before I built my pc I only rly did research on the cpu and GPU

I have a bronze tier PSU and a motherboard with only 1 full size PCIe port

[ocean axle]

bronze is fine, so long as its a quality unit

consult the tierlist for PSUs

[vestal stream]

mines a gold 800W that i took from the scrapyard

its powering a 3080ti lmao

[ashen hearth]

Is there a lot of difference between 6000MHz 30CL vs 6400MHz 32CL?

The 6400 is cheaper atm, it'll be paired with a 7800 or 9800 on a B850 MB

[south arrow]

If running intel above 6000 is fine if running AMD I wouldn't get sticks over 6000 doesn't play nicely

[south arrow]

Diffrence here is probs 1% give or take

[faint flower]

discord makes my friends gpu jump to 50% usage while screensharing, what is happening?

[ivory mountain]

probably 🥀

[topaz shale]

screensharing uses gpu

[faint flower]

yes but not 50%

when i screenshare it uses 5%

i mean i have a 5070 and they have a 1660s but still

[ocean axle]

what is reporting the 50% util?

[topaz shale]

probably task manager

[ocean axle]

also, even with CPUs this is a problem but with GPUs its worse, it may be at 50% util at that clock speed and its just not clocking up

ive seen GPUs do this a lot, where they are at like 60% util, but 500mhz

or less with older cards

[faint flower]

its discord

[ocean axle]

i think maxwell ive seen do it where its got "significant" util % at 135MHz while boost is around 1200MHz

[faint flower]

when not streaming it jumps back to 1%

[faint flower]

task manager

[ocean axle]

amazing

task manager lies, especially with GPUs

[faint flower]

okay

[ocean axle]

also, above "it may be at 50%, but clock speed is low" still applies here

take GPU util numbers with some salt if its not above 95%

unless you are also watching the clock speed

ive seen GPUs be pretty aggressive about clocking down when not being run flat out

[ashen hearth]

Ok i got the CL32 it for 199€

[vague talon]

is this the hotfix driver?

[spring latch]

the Wendy's over here runs Ubuntu 16.04 and old ass Firefox lmaoooo

[gray sierra]

tech 1

[buoyant bridge]

false or false

The first 2 are the mental illness

[vague talon]

??????

[plush wren]

i love flathead

[south arrow]

What uses a pozi bit?

[spring latch]

?? what is your problem
go see a doctor NOW

[plush wren]

FUCK torx screws

[spring latch]

torx is just wtf

[south arrow]

Frigging key to The Mummy's chamber

[buoyant bridge]

It's a common alternative to torx in Europe

[spring latch]

the tiniest bits of torx never work even in large ass torx screws I square

[south arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/the-mummy-mummy-rick-o-connell-beni-mummy-quotes-gif-22093558

[buoyant bridge]

Torx was designed to be a forever fastener, it handles a lot of torque so you can easily remove seized screws where Phillips would cam out

[spring latch]

huh that makes sense

[buoyant bridge]

Phillips was designed for air craft parts and the screwdriver is literally disposable

[south arrow]

Orignal xbox intensifies

[buoyant bridge]

Use JIS drivers with Phillips so you don't tear up your screwdriver

[spring latch]

the Xbox one S uses torx too

[buoyant bridge]

Afaik all the Xboxes used torx?

[spring latch]

yeah

[south arrow]

Just their standard

[buoyant bridge]

the 360 does it because the xclamp is under too much torque for phillips

[spring latch]

I miss my One S it just died one day

[buoyant bridge]

Phillips 2 screws can only handle like 1400 inch pounds it's under about 1900 from the factory

[vague talon]

the new nvidia hotfix driver is only for the 50 series?

[buoyant bridge]

Flat head doesn't work very well (though it arguably is the actual best screwdriver since it handles fuck loads of torque and isn't designed to need to replace the screws after each use
Phillips is designed to destroy the driver instead of the screw and the screws are supposed to be replaced after each use because they intentionally are torn up by the driver

just buy a cheap impact rated bit set from the hardware store and genuinely never worry about screws again

I've only ever had to replace the Phillips bits in the security bit set I use

[south arrow]

Torx tbf if you dont strip it with the wrong size lasts alot of use

[buoyant bridge]

(and a torx 20 I broke taking apart a mini PC that had been over torqued)

[plush wren]

i couldnt find the torx bit on my screwdriver and it was pissing me off when i was trying to replace something on my headphones

[buoyant bridge]

How do you lose the bit you probably don't use much

[buoyant bridge]

I broke like 8 decent quality Phillips 2 bits taking this thing apart too fyi

[plush wren]

i didnt lose it i just couldnt locate it lmao

[buoyant bridge]

I just buy these because I lose/break so many PH2 bits

[buoyant bridge]

hex is the best probably?

good for torque, hard to cam or round out, really well designed

[plush wren]

what are you doing with your screwdriver to break the bit

i need some wago connectors ngl

[agile topaz]

Using them as a crowbar

[south arrow]

Everyone and their cool electrical projectss, one day

[plush wren]

nah i just need it for school

[plush wren]

[ionic peak]

Zap

[plush wren]

Zap

[ionic peak]

Electricity

[plush wren]

💡

[ionic peak]

https://tenor.com/view/electro-wizard-clash-heros-sigma-male-chad-clash-royale-gif-24721822

[formal sonnet]

Torx is love; Torx is life. ❤️ With Robertson a very close second for household things like shelving.

[buoyant bridge]

In the US we use hex and torx instead of square drive

Square drive is only for automotive here

[ocean axle]

also electrical

[buoyant bridge]

basically Europe went pozidrive, the US went hex, Canada went square drive

[buoyant bridge]

I've never actually seen just square drive

It's always ECX

[ocean axle]

its never just square

[buoyant bridge]

yeah ECX, Robertson+JIS+Flat sometimes

[ocean axle]

yea, thats pretty common with electrical stuff IME

[buoyant bridge]

I've never seen it outside of home stuff personally

But that's because the US and Canada share most of their home electrical

I think Canada uses THHN in homes while the US uses Romex (NM-B) that's about it?

THHN is only really used in commercial stuff in the US

[ocean axle]

romex is a product line by southwire

[buoyant bridge]

I know 20A outlets typically don't have Robertson instead they have Torx+Flat+Phillips

[buoyant bridge]

Romex is commonly used to just refer to NM-B in the US

[ocean axle]

im aware

[buoyant bridge]

It's just the most common brand of NM-B

[ocean axle]

i dont agree, but i am aware

[formal sonnet]

Romex is just THHN with... "more wires / sheathing" putting it simply. 😛

[ionic peak]

This could be turned into a 30 page long side why it is cool

[buoyant bridge]

THHN is stranded, NM-B is solid core

[ocean axle]

i was going to say, im pretty sure its usually just a bunch of THHN inside a jacket

THHN is the jacket

Thermoplastic insulation Heat-resistant Heat-resistant (yes, repeated, so 90c instead of 75c) Nylon jacket

[buoyant bridge]

Also THHN has Teflon on it, NM-B does not

[ionic peak]

I use + for all

[buoyant bridge]

y'know how THHN always looks fucked up when you pull it through conduit, the Teflon is disposable and acts as a lubricant when being pulled

[ocean axle]

thats Nylon, not Teflon

[scenic geode]

my computer is consistently crashing due to hypervisor errors can someone help me out?

[ocean axle]

literally the N in THHN is Nylon

[formal sonnet]

Create a post in #1027757333117415424 with your full system specs (make and model of all parts), a description of the issue and any error messages observed, and any troubleshooting steps you've tried and their outcomes, then patiently await a response from a volunteer. 🙂

[buoyant bridge]

But yeah this is what we use in the US, jacket removed because this is just some I had from pigtailing stuff

[ocean axle]

yup, and those are probably solid-core THHN wires

[buoyant bridge]

no outer sheeth because these where pulled out of romex

I don't buy individual wires because I have the machine to strip NM-B sheeth and like 800 ft spools of it

[ocean axle]

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Southwire-250-ft-12-2-Solid-Romex-SIMpull-CU-NM-B-W-G-Wire-28828269/202019375

2. Insulation: All phases and neutral(s) are insulated with Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) with Nylon Sheath Color Code: 2/C: Black, White 3/C: Black, Red, White 4/C: Black, Red, Blue, White
   idfk, sounds like the exact description of their THHN to me

and its got the same 90C (dry) temp rating too

[buoyant bridge]

I buy it from a supply house so it's not actual brand name romex fyi

[ocean axle]

cool, well, i was using actual romex as a reference

Romex proper is actually just THHN in a jacket

[proper gull]

American electrical standards make me want to die

[buoyant bridge]

Why?

they're extremely simple😭

literally the whole reason most people do their own electrical work is it's insanely simple in the US to maintain code and do it yourself with basic tools

[proper gull]

Because it's garbage.

[buoyant bridge]

@ocean axle yeah you're right about it

[buoyant bridge]

Because it costs slightly more due to us making everything over spec so that our homes don't burn down?

[proper gull]

no?? And your stuff definitely isn't over spec lol

[buoyant bridge]

yeah it is lol, that's why you can run 2 hots and pull 4400W at a single gang and not need an additional neutral provided it's bonded

[proper gull]

You can literally buy extension cables that can't handle 10A

[ocean axle]

And then trip your breaker

[ocean axle]

Also, this is a thing

[buoyant bridge]

That won't trip the breaker if you use a bonded breaker

You're supposed to use a bonded breaker for that so that each hot is on a different phase

[ocean axle]

Oh, you meant at 240v, like (most of) the rest of the world?

[buoyant bridge]

no 2 120V hots

they aren't connected together

You can technically also pull 240V at that kind of setup but it's not to code for 240V

[proper gull]

the worst part of the American electrical standards is the Americans not understanding how shit it is because they've never seen anything else

[ocean axle]

You don't need a bonded breaker of there isn't a 240v load

Though I'd refer to that as common-trip

[buoyant bridge]

This is technically a 240V load technically not

[buoyant bridge]

US neutral isn't fused

and they're 90 degrees out of phase so you're running 20A on each phase over 1 neutral which is to code

[buoyant bridge]

This allows 4400W per gang if the gang is wired dedicated

[formal sonnet]

Alec is also love; is also life. ❤️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMmUoZh3Hq4

[ocean axle]

180 out of phase*

[proper gull]

Type A & B plugs suck, your light switch and socket mounting sucks

[buoyant bridge]

I've got a few outlets like this in my house with 3000W on them rn when the highest 120V does in home outlets is 20A (2200W peak, 1800W continuous)

[buoyant bridge]

They're fine imo

[ocean axle]

Afaik, that's fine with independent trip breakers rather than a common trip 2-pole

[proper gull]

?? Split phase isn't 90 degrees out

[ocean axle]

Because each 120v half is fine to stay energized if one trips

[buoyant bridge]

I was wrong on the phases😭

[buoyant bridge]

You're supposed to use a bonded breaker which is intended to provide 120V across 2 phases for this setup for safety reasons