tech-chat-1

[hardy horizon]

And that's the problem it is a taxpayer funded.. privately held company that holds the profits

there is no justification for any investment whatsoever until the ridership numbers come up massively.. as in 600% or more of their current..

[dry helm]

ave is a subsidy/funded by government, so at least it says in there and not goes to private company

[sage ocean]

amtrak is a quasi private company

the National Passenger Railway whatever doing business as Amtrak

[thorny saddle]

This is all very exciting

but lets talk puters

[hardy horizon]

Yeah I meant that they're just in the hall.

Still crazy tiny I mean 6 ft 6 length with a 3 ft 6 width.. for (I just checked) 6X the cost. 600% more. I just don't think it makes sense to pay $1,500. When you could travel the same exact route for $240.
(Again price difference doesn't actually matter the percent difference does)

[sage ocean]

well, the privacy of having your own room with a closable door and a lay flat bed is justifyable for me

also your meals are included in the ticket price if you get the private room

[thorny saddle]

speaking of meals I am getting hungry

[sage ocean]

im getting ready to go to sleep kek

[hardy horizon]

I mean yeah you're on there nearly 44 hours so I guess that makes sense. $32 per hour for the journey. Vs $5.50 an hour for the same journey.

[thorny saddle]

ffs

[sage ocean]

im tired

[violet plinth]

Guys I have a question

[thorny saddle]

ok

[peak swan]

Certified i live in a country that doesn't like my phone of choice (Huawei)

Btw that's the official school platform thingy

[violet plinth]

I just bought a extension board and sadly I used chatgpt help to buy is that that worthless chatgpt said it will work perfectly with my computer but my cpu power cord is 16amp cord round pin type so it's telling me that I can just buy a new 10amp power cord for my cpu that goes in power supply even though original power cord that came with the power supply is 16amp it's telling me it's okay to change it to 10amps power cord it doesn't matter is that true

Btw sry for bad english 😅

[unique belfry]

Dont use ai to build your computer

[violet plinth]

Not building computer

I was just buying new extension board

[fallow yacht]

you can just download google services if u know how

[peak swan]

Yes, i know

In fact, mine still has gms because it was released in 2018

[unique belfry]

Don't trust AI with your purchases especially if it's something as expensive as that

[violet plinth]

Ic

[peak swan]

But still, I'll probably upgrade at some point and then no more google services
Also i might loose them faster because i plan to switch to china rom to get harmony os 2 because emui 9.1 kinda shit lookin

[ionic peak]

MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus. Is this good for 108 euros?

[coarse radish]

My computer just crashed and I have a red and a yellow light on my motherboard

I googled and it said it had to do with my ram and cpu. I’ve had problems with my ram before but I’ve never seen the lights before I don’t think

[fallow yacht]

def a RAM issue

ignored the warning signs

[coarse radish]

Yeah that’s what I guessed

I’ve had to reslot my ram several times before so maybe it’s just that I have bad ram

[ionic peak]

And for that i need better cpu 😭

[coarse radish]

I’ve also noticed my keyboard and mouse disconnecting a whole lot recently, idk what it’s connected to tho

[ionic peak]

Same

[ionic peak]

Cat

[thin plover]

that's a dog

[simple dagger]

Norway?

[peak swan]

Nah

[rough salmon]

Lollll

[peak swan]

Where I'm at, i border both Norway and Russia

[simple dagger]

Suomi?

[hardy horizon]

Sadly no it's not a joke. That's why there's zero console discounts this Black Friday they're not making anywhere near Target profit per sale.

[rough salmon]

I swear it’s only Nintendo that’s got Black Friday

[rough salmon]

So ps6 will def be in the pc price range

[frigid blade]

There’s no reason for a “console” anymore

[ebon marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/scream-if-you-love-finland-finland-i-love-finland-scream-finland-finland-scream-gif-496655312649171179

[frigid blade]

Personal computers are becoming the size of consoles

You get more freedom

[ebon marlin]

They have been for ages now

[frigid blade]

Yes but not the same performance

[ebon marlin]

Wdym

Consoles have always been very low performance

[rough salmon]

Meh, I’m gonna go pc gaming anyway with the steam machine, I’ll get windows 11 on it and all good

[ebon marlin]

For example Fractal Node 202 one case that I've worked before and it's almost 11 years old by now

Console-ish style case

Ps4 quite literally had a entry level gpu in it

[frigid blade]

I’m talking mini-PCs which are more along the size and price of the PS5 and slim

The iGPU advancements have been incredible lately

[ebon marlin]

The Fractal Node 202 is same size as the ps5

Node 202 at 10.3L and Ps5 at 10.4L

11 year old case btw

[frigid blade]

With the same budget as a ps5, you barely get faster performance

[ebon marlin]

Eh

[frigid blade]

Maybe even less now because RAM prices skyrocketing

[ebon marlin]

Issue with the PS5 and consoles overall is that they're sold at a loss so it's not really a fair comparison

[dapper light]

And they're less useful than a PC

And you pay for online

[frigid blade]

I’m just talking about p2p at that size and budget, nothing else

[ebon marlin]

But when the ps5 did release it wasn't difficult to make a pc with same or similar specs

[dapper light]

It was difficult to do at the same price

PS5 released just before the mining boom

[hardy horizon]

Oh yeah, but knowing that Microsoft has a profit point they're trying to hit PlayStation could do what they're currently doing right now which is undercut the Xbox in pricing.

Because PlayStation doesn't really have a ghetto series s version. So like a 1 TB PlayStation with disk drive is like $200 cheaper than an Xbox right now...

[dapper light]

Though PS5 was also scalped to oblivion

[fallow yacht]

oh hi never seen u in a long time ig

[frigid blade]

That’s my point, we are only just now getting to a point where the price of a pc can be similar to that of a console and have better performance

[dapper light]

I'm here everyday

[dapper light]

I mean if we are not using MSRP for PC parts then, PS5s was going for 2x MSRP for the first few years

[frigid blade]

MSRP

I’m talking about rn

[dapper light]

If we are using MSRP then even during PS5 release there are couple configurations that can give PS5 a run for its money

[frigid blade]

Right, only a couple

[dapper light]

I'm arguing against the "we are only just now" part

[frigid blade]

I’m not arguing it wasn’t possible at all

[fallow yacht]

well seems like i have to go back to my old group

shi changed since

[hardy horizon]

By far my biggest issue with console is either you buy them immediately when they come out for their list price or it doesn't make sense to buy them as time goes on

For instance I was just looking cuz I was like let me get a console and I was like I'll let me just get an Xbox cuz I have all these windows anywhere games anyways.. and I saw it was $650... Which is more than it was when it launched 5 years ago.... But the hardware is 5 years old or more........ 🤔

And then I'm like can I truly justify a $650 item that can only play some of my games?? No

[frigid blade]

PS5 slim is $400 rn

It’s not easy to get a pc at that size and performance for the same price (and it’s 5 years old)

[hardy horizon]

$450 vs $650 PlayStation vs Xbox

450 I could probably justify.. but 650 absolutely not.. but 650 was the only option because that's the only way to have any of my games transfer..

[rocky glen]

Yo, i think my telegram got hacked
any advice?
i tried to look for telegram group, didn't find any
i contacted the telegram support from their website, got no reply

[frigid blade]

Reset password and 2FA

[rocky glen]

well, i tried to reset the password
since i have 2FA, they want me to provide them with a password i don't have, even after confirming my phone number and email

[frigid blade]

You try the “forgot password” option?

[rocky glen]

i got my OTP on my email refering to madelyn
and that's not me

[fallow yacht]

well you're fucked

[rocky glen]

it says i cant do anything but reset account(takes 7days) or just magically remember my password

btw, its been 7day and my account never got reset

[frigid blade]

Have you tried their support page

[rocky glen]

yes

never got a reply

[frigid blade]

Yah then idk might be time to just open a new account

[rocky glen]

Yeah, but my phone number and email is stuck with that account

[frigid blade]

Request an account deletion

You’ll probably have to do that through support but tbh I wouldnt be surprised if support could take weeks to get to you

The app is huge

[rocky glen]

Apparently, you need to be logged in to get your account deleted
they send the code to telegram account, not sms

[frigid blade]

That’s dumb

[rigid fjord]

that's capcity, not size

[rigid fjord]

for the cost, eh, basically a 7600, b650 mobo, 32gb ddr5 and a 6700xt would match it/be possibly slightly better

[frigid blade]

32Gb of ddr5 is like $200 rn

That’s half of the budget

[rigid fjord]

half the budget of a standard ps5

[frigid blade]

Slim

[ebon marlin]

Yum

[ebon marlin]

Ps5 has 16gb of ram which is shared between the system and gpu

[ebon marlin]

Crafting table back shot

[ionic peak]

Now bigger

[true stirrup]

Life size

[rigid fjord]

that's it's only advantage tbh, but the specs i listed basically matches it for performance

[void eagle]

man the state of the pc market is bad. It's not much but I have a 1080 laying around from a while back and I'm gonna just give it to my friend next time I see him – seeing as he has a 1050 currently and won't be able to upgrade for a while, I wish I could help him get a better gpu but I don't think that's gonna be possible for a long while

[lapis talon]

Installed a new SSD after cloning my current windows onto it but my pc doesn't boot

[void eagle]

GPU prices are gonna go through the roof soon

[lapis talon]

What do I do

[ionic peak]

1m³

[frigid blade]

Mobo model pls

[lapis talon]

MSI pro b650m-p micro atx

[true stirrup]

The lights are telling you what's wrong

[lapis talon]

I can't read them

Wait I can

CPU and DRAM

[void eagle]

GTX 1080 still holds up for 1080p right?

[frigid blade]

CPU and DRAM not detected

[lapis talon]

Why would the CPU not be detected

I did reseat the RAM stick because my hand wouldn't fit when I tried to screw the SSD in

[frigid blade]

Or fail*

[ionic peak]

Looks like red

[frigid blade]

Also please don’t clone SSDs

[true stirrup]

Just try reseating the ram

[lapis talon]

Alright

[true stirrup]

The boot ones at least

[lapis talon]

I didn't know that beforeeeee

[ionic peak]

Why

[frigid blade]

That applies to all drives, don’t clone boot drives because you’re carrying over drivers and other stuff over to a new system which can cause issues

[dusty dew]

@rigid fjord G56 out of contention, just checked, its worse at gaming

[frigid blade]

That’s why you want to start with a fresh windows install even when just transferring the drive to a new system

[ionic peak]

Ah ok so delet thw drivers that are not needed for next build?

[dusty dew]

its now between HMD Skyline, Edge 60 stylus, and G75(weird but its for sale and has more superior SoC than the two)

[frigid blade]

Just do a fresh install, backup anything you’ll lose and just reinstall anything else

It saves you from a headache of trying to figure out the issue

[ionic peak]

Ibuprofen

[frigid blade]

I moved my boot SSD from a pc to another with not too different specs, it was an upgrade with both having Intel cpu and nvidia GPU and it has had nothing but issues

I’ll be just installing windows fresh onto it when I get to it

[ionic peak]

Should I buy 5600x or non x or a 5800x / 3d

[lapis talon]

Turns out I didn't press the ram in properly

[ionic peak]

Before a new mobo

[ionic peak]

So alright after?

[lapis talon]

Was too scared because of ram inflation 🥀

[lapis talon]

Yup

[ionic peak]

So does itboot?

[ionic peak]

😭

[frigid blade]

It’s usually a simple thing like reseating when it’s a mobo LED

[lapis talon]

Yessir

[lapis talon]

CPU light scared me

I can finally go enjoy my pizza

[frigid blade]

I remember bricking my mobo

Sad day

Totally forgot to put the cpu cooler onto the cpu before the bios update

And it overheated during the bios update

Ended up just returning it and saying it came broken, I was broke don’t judge

Fun memories building computers

[lapis talon]

yayy

[true stirrup]

You aren't the first or last one to do that so you really shouldn't worry

[frigid blade]

Yah but I always feel bad when I think about it

[lapis talon]

something I would do if I were in a first world country

nearly 3tb of storage

[lapis talon]

lets gooo

[frigid blade]

my cpu and mobo coming tmr

[lapis talon]

niceee

[frigid blade]

then i can finally oc that ram

after that i need to buy poe cameras

and then 20 hdds

and the homelab will be finished

[lapis talon]

someone gave me a software once on this server to merge two partitions into one

I forgot the name

[frigid blade]

you cant just extend it?

[lapis talon]

nop

oh wait I think I can

[formal linden]

Anyone know what a RX 9070 Steel legend used would go for trying to sell it for a 5080 upgrade 😅

[lapis talon]

it was Minitool

[dusty dew]

oh I think I found a new contender @rigid fjord Infinix 50 X perf and price wise it killed the two

cheaper by 20 bucks too

[gleaming rose]

ok we just ordered a litter robot

[true stirrup]

Mini tool partition wizard

[rigid fjord]

it's not possible when the partitions are split like this

[rigid fjord]

you'd want to transfer from 'G' to an external drive then fully wipe this

[rigid fjord]

noice

[dusty dew]

Dimensity 7300, though I might need to sacrifice my Esim, or have my old motorola repaired eventually

but man having 80 bucks for the replacement screen, its almost half a new phone size

[solar moat]

is there any good reons to get newer cpu then 4790k?

[dusty dew]

same mb? or new one?

[solar moat]

just upgraed in genral

[dusty dew]

depends on budget, cuz rn might be the wrong time, as ram prices are too high

caused by AI

I mean you can buy everything at good prices, but then skimp on ram until the situation calms down

[raw trout]

Just buy a prebuolt and take the ram from it

[orchid trellis]

So i guess a ddr5 64gb kit is $530 now

[iron moth]

Its insane. Last week i bought 32gb of ddr 5 kingston fury beast 6000mhz (for 64€) together with my entire new pc. A week later it it was 94. A day later 154. Another day later 194. And now 379€ 🤯

[midnight wind]

gparted

[orchid trellis]

Someone else sent this after i mentioned $530. Thats about 840€

Thats as much as i paid for my 7900XTX

[dark hill]

How important is it to future proof my pc?

[iron moth]

Holy shit thats a lot

[peak swan]

So uhh
Shit
I blew the braker/fuse
But it isn't one of the new flipy style ones, it's one of the ceramic ones (old-school European thingy)
So uhh how exactly do i replace one? Also I'm like surprised it blew cuz all on that circuit is a few ceiling lamps and i had my laptop charging

[peak swan]

Oof

[peak swan]

Yes, the red indicator popped out

[distant frigate]

Lmao. We could literally pay only $6 more a month for 500 Mbps symmetrical internet

[iron moth]

Dont touch it at the metal part when screwing it in

[orchid trellis]

Now a days? I say very

[distant frigate]

Also yes this is a Cable ISP so there’s bundling

[orchid trellis]

I agree. This is one of the many reasons i hate ai

[midnight wind]

Actual fuse? Show a picture
If that's the case, you need to buy a new one to replae

[iron moth]

I think , atleast the one we have, you can just screw it back in, just be careful to not touch the metal

Yeah it depends if you need to replace it

[peak swan]

Yeah, there's a box of fresh ones next to the fuse panel

[peak swan]

What i read on reddit, if the indicator pops out, it's effed

[iron moth]

Then try and screw a new one in, carefully, after turning all the things off and then see what caused it

[peak swan]

Alr, i guess I'll pop a freshie in

Gonna charge my phone a bit on another circuit tho cuz i kinda need a flashlight and my phone is on 15%

Or wait, where did i put my other phone

[iron moth]

I can recommend a candle for trying times in the power box with some matches

[peak swan]

73% on that, perfect

[restive siren]

If im going for a better looking panel would IPS be the way to go?

[iron moth]

Im not sure if i can post videos here that arent from LTT (and i didnt wanna risk anything) but i can DM you one that helped me a lot in choosing

[restive siren]

That would be perfect

[peak swan]

Ye, u can

[iron moth]

Ah alright. Didnt wanna get in trouble 😅 not every community and youtuber discord is tolerant of that

[peak swan]

I fr have a fear of breaking my mobo when fighting with one of these

[delicate lion]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JzOe1Hs26Q how rich is this man

[peak swan]

I mean like gotta get ur info from various sources soo

Anyways, replacing that thingy fixed it so yeah
Not gonna test my laptop charger at home tho, because i don't want to get my parents pissed again when i blow it, so just gonna do at school on Wednesday lol
I have a desktop anyways so it's fine

[ashen hearth]

https://logicalincrements.com/articles/graphicscardcomparison any website like this but for CPU? Where models are grouped and put side by side based on their computational power?

[peak swan]

And blowing the breaker at school i literally couldn't care less about

[delicate lion]

I did that once and a laptop charger was involved.

It wasnt the chargers fault though.

[iron moth]

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com like this?

there you can pick 2 and have them compared side by side

[ebon marlin]

https://stupidpenisx.com/TechPowerUp/status/1994113980290245117?s=19

TechPowerUp (@TechPowerUp)

Intel "Arrow Lake-S" Sees 9% Speed Gain and 15% Lower Power After a Year of Optimizations https://tpu.me/mpqh

vxTwitter / fixvx · Nov 27, 2025, 6:39 PM

Lil vro think they AMD finewine

[gleaming rose]

do NOT use userbenchmark

[ashen hearth]

Yeah kinda, I thought it was unreliable

[iron moth]

Oh? how about HardwareDealz?

[unborn harness]

What microphone should i buy?

Do k need to use all 3 ports on the lian li controller?

[ashen hearth]

I don't really need a precise comparison, but a generic one since I'll use it for productivity and so knowing that model X from AMD and model Y from Intel could have similar performance would be enough

[peak swan]

Lol
I once found a laptop charger at ewaste that had a burnt pcb near 1 of the mains power pins
I once popped the breaker in our previous apartment, but my dad replaced the breaker panel with the new, flipy ones so it wasn't a big deal

[peak swan]

You definitely need at least 2
Power and data

[delicate lion]

i put gum wrapper in the charger and shortcircd it

School fr went dark

[peak swan]

Hmm

[delicate lion]

Ironically we were talking about safety in that very class

[peak swan]

Damm
They deadass had everything on 1 circuit, or did you not only pop the 1 circuit, but also past that, popped the master breaker??

[delicate lion]

Not the whole school went dark

Just the wing i was on

[peak swan]

I remember once in 2nd grade i fell into a frozen body of water, and every time we had educational videos about ice safety, I'd mention that i once fell in

[delicate lion]

i had to go to the hospital right after

[peak swan]

Ah, kk

[peak swan]

Bet ur ass was suspended/expelled

[delicate lion]

No actually

[peak swan]

Damm

Das crazy

[delicate lion]

Nothing happened at all, i wasnt a bad student or anything so ig they figured it wasnt that bad.

[delicate lion]

Im just lucky i didnt get electocuted.

[peak swan]

Brochacho, you could had burned down the fucking entire school

[peak swan]

What the
Why is it so short?

[delicate lion]

how?

I studied to be an electrician btw

[unborn harness]

from my old pc😭

[peak swan]

Idk where u live, but let's take 230v 50hz ac for example, and let's say it's a 10amp circuit
That's a fuckton of power that can make a heck if a fire if plugging something in already makes a spark
Plus it was intentional ffs

[orchid garnet]

https://it.pcpartpicker.com/list/Cbgjfd
guys what do u think of this build?
btw the fans ima buy are not lian li

[peak swan]

Don't mix power supply cables

[clear canyon]

Unless you want to kill all of your pc parts

[unborn harness]

Havent goten my psu yet

Its arriving in 3 days

[delicate lion]

nice tits

[unborn harness]

Soo use that comes with psu?

[unborn harness]

Music maker in norway

[delicate lion]

The tits?

[peak swan]

That ram price is nuts
Like good (in the current situation at least)
Ssd is a bit doge but honestly it's probably fine, i just haven't heard of it

[unborn harness]

Ues

[buoyant bridge]

Waiting in my HDMI switch grrr

I just wanna play fallout new Vegas in bed goddamn it

[peak swan]

Use the cables that come with that exact power supply
Unless you want the smell of melting plastic and dead parts

[delicate lion]

Looks like you're located in a garage/workshop

[unborn harness]

Oki thanjs

[buoyant bridge]

Why?

I just refuse to go buy lumber and kinda just use whatever was in my workshop lol

or whatever was in the back of my pickup truck for the printer shelf😭 😭

[delicate lion]

Sweet

lumber is expensive

[buoyant bridge]

yeah my desk is just left over wall studs and plywood

I wanted a massive desk so

[wheat torrent]

The game

[delicate lion]

I like making things myself ngl

[buoyant bridge]

the red toolbox is an old one I pulled from the workshop because I got a Snap-On EPIC box and just got rid of my other ones

[delicate lion]

having a top monitor like that would hurt my neck

[buoyant bridge]

I just lay my head back against my chair and both r in view

im gonna take my bed out of here when I'm done redoing the rest of my house and put it back in the master bedroom so this can be my office again lol

[buoyant bridge]

There's a really thick layer of polyurethane on it so if I ever fuck up the finish I'll just grab my finish grinder from the workshop and throw a sander pad and 1500 grit paper on it and sand it paper smooth again

[ionic peak]

Something bad happend to my acc

[orchid garnet]

would i be fine with a single fan air cooler too?

or would it be to litle

[peak swan]

Probably, yeah

[forest wyvern]

Looking for a monitor. My budget is £300. I am in the UK.

I want to play shooter games and edit videos and make thumbnails. A lot of my colour work is in editing thumbnails and it’s nothing major, just making thumbnails people wanna click.

[iron moth]

Do you have a resolution you want/ a refreshrate/reaction time/size?

[forest wyvern]

Nope as long as it’s not 720p

If 1080p make sure it’s 23 inch

[iron moth]

I bought a 27 inch, 1440p QHD, 180hz, fast IPS with 0.5ms reaction time the other day for 140€ on Amazon from AOC. Have been super happy with it so far

[forest wyvern]

Nice

[ionic peak]

Bruh some fool tought he can login into my googel acc

[iron moth]

Had to look for a second, its the AOC Q27G4XF, i can recommend that. I think it has good colours too, but I dont know how much SRGB% you need

[forest wyvern]

Thanks

[iron moth]

Youre welcome 😊 hope it helps

[buoyant bridge]

okay so really dumb question

if I used an unpowered HDMI switch when my PC is not the active input will my PC disconnect the HDMI input

what im hoping I can do is have it disconnect the input so I can just have my PC automatically switch to steam big picture and turn my monitors off when its the selected HDMI input

[delicate lion]

shii

[tacit star]

Do you check any?

[south arrow]

This going to create windows crashes?

[tacit star]

Why?

[south arrow]

Just asking, I mean id suspect but not certain

[tacit star]

Is it going to

[tacit star]

If what

If you check any?

[frigid blade]

id disable data collection and set regionals, remove requirements for microsoft online

it saves time

[south arrow]

Well if you go to play a game that requires a feature and that cull comes back blank or invalid and windows commits seppuku

[tacit star]

I already have an account

I am building my new PC that can run 11

[frigid blade]

if you know it can run win 11 dont need to bypass requirements

[south arrow]

Just let us know a few weeks in if all goes well, never hurts to try

[tacit star]

I unchecked all

Is this the safest?

[frigid blade]

as safe as a regular windows install

[south arrow]

I just install normal windows typically

Then disable startup apps i dont want except defender and uninstall a few bloat apps like weather and one drive news etc if applicable

[tacit star]

People say it is safe

[south arrow]

Id only rec using the instalation media from windows its free and easy

[frigid blade]

its the same exact thing, you can compare the hashes

[tacit star]

Exactly

[tacit star]

What about this?

[south arrow]

Non the less then adjust sleep and power saving options to your liking. Set refresh rate and bit to your monitors specs

[frigid blade]

never seen that from MG

but i think this is just something that happened on specific windows ISOs

[south arrow]

Update all windows auto updates, use adrenalin or the Nvidia app (if you're on intel idk fams) to update the gpu, then start gaming

[tacit star]

Can I send the link?

[frigid blade]

DM me, dont send it here

[south arrow]

Just wiping the drive and regrabbing the windows tools pretty easy js

I can link it here with like a 2 minute tutorial

Just need a key and voila

Technically dont even need the key but ya know

Oh ltt has a video from a few months ago as well with more in depth info

https://youtu.be/MBCiMK4AmEI?si=vEJOTazxhpXZFkbt

Just look at that face

[west blade]

umazing

[tulip sparrow]

nice netbook

[west blade]

Need to get it a CF to IDE adapter since the HDD is screeching and clicking

[gloomy sleet]

impulse purchase of the week

[delicate lion]

sexy

well not the game but the case and the disk

[atomic fog]

according to pc part picker, my estimated wattage is 350, should i get a 650?

[ebon marlin]

Means you should get a 3500w

[verbal prawn]

Maybe even 7000w

[livid mason]

Going from 3060 ti to 3070 because well idk my dp ports are faulty and now it's doing this I mostly blame windows because I don't have this issue on Linux

[fallow walrus]

I am looking for a chiclet-style keyboard that has a low-latency wireless connection and decent battery life. Any advice?

[true stirrup]

Yeah that's more than enough then

[gloomy sleet]

for £10 at cex i dont think thats a horrible deal

[atomic fog]

I might get a 900w for 50€ lol

[warm shuttle]

Is it worth to upgrade rx 6600 challenger to rtx 5060? If anyone could help

[true stirrup]

Don't cheap out on a PSU

Go with C or above
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/htmlview?usp=sharing&pru=AAABmu-JWe8*7_XkoD1pm6sUpqbA-Qqg8A#gid=931697732

[mortal venture]

is this a bad idea?

liquid cooled athlon xp

[atomic fog]

used

corsai 850 modular

80 plus platinum atx

[visual jacinth]

HELP

I NEED HELP

[clear pebble]

Any clue as to why my pc reboots after being in vr for a bit?

Like everything's fine with my pc, I did every tests and fixed stuff that was messed up, or just dumb mistakes but my pc still reboots for no reason. My parts are new too.

[dusky verge]

Google windows events log

Look for why your pc shutdown

[clear pebble]

have, sometimes it just says power was shut down unexpectedly.

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

all I could find

[wheat torrent]

PSU issues maybe?

[clear pebble]

cant, its new

[wheat torrent]

It can

[clear pebble]

all I need for my system is 600w maybe 650 at most and im using 750w

[wheat torrent]

What's the specs

[clear pebble]

it is bronze 80 tho

[azure topaz]

it can still be a bad power supply

[wheat torrent]

[azure topaz]

this has nothing to do with the quality of power supply

what power supply is it instead

[clear pebble]

cant it really? I bought it in January

[azure topaz]

bro are you seriously asking me if bad products exist

think that one out

computer parts are no different than anything else you buy. there is good and there is bad

[clear pebble]

its the thermaltake smart bm3 80+ bronze pcie gen 5 atx 3.0 smi mod

[azure topaz]

a tier c unit, it could be a problem

[azure topaz]

be real that was a dumb question if you think about it

[azure topaz]

what’s the rest of your computer?

[clear pebble]

Not for me, im new to all this. Okay so psu, what about motherboard, can that be the issue? The only original part from my pc 2 years ago is the mobo and ssd, and I bought the mobo refurbished.

[azure topaz]

what are the specs of your computer

[azure topaz]

sudden shut downs are generally power supply issues, or thermal related

[clear pebble]

1 sec

[clear pebble]

ill answer this now, Thermals are fine, I check. Temps at most are 65-70c for the cpu, and 55 at most for gpu

[azure topaz]

there’s other temps to look at

VRM, psu temps, ram temps (wouldn’t be the issue here but), etc

[clear pebble]

Ryzen 7 5800XT
RX 6800
32GB 4 sticks ram, tested that 3200 runs best.
750w psu the bmw TT one.

Primeb550 wifi 2 asus

[azure topaz]

elaborate on the ram

[clear pebble]

first, you do bring a good point, tho idk where to check these

[azure topaz]

no way this genuinely takes a turn into ram tuning i love ram tuning

[clear pebble]

secondly, a while back I was having really bad pc issues and it would shut off in even normal games or crash, Wifi would die and disconnect and If i rebooted it while in a game the pc would crash, Fixed it and still had ram issues. Found that instead of 3600mt/s, my motherboard runs best at 3200, so that seemed to fix most stuff

[azure topaz]

so you

never ran any stress tests on the ram

[ivory mountain]

top 10 youtuber oat who agrees

[clear pebble]

But now my pc works fine after I did everything but still odd that vr is the only issue

[azure topaz]

save a bios profile, then reset your bios, and play for a while

[azure topaz]

okay so VR= high cpu and gpu load

=hot ram= unstable ram

[ivory mountain]

oh we know buddy

[clear pebble]

did, check window and did memtes86 for a full day, no errors

[azure topaz]

both of those suck

[clear pebble]

oh come on

[azure topaz]

full day is good though i’m proud of that

[clear pebble]

ppl tell me that they work great

[azure topaz]

dawg you’re talking to someone who overclocks ram (semi) competitively and has been for like almost 8 years

[clear pebble]

well then ill trust you

[azure topaz]

for your purposes it’s probably fine especially since the extended length you did

i would recommend you run something like ycruncher vt3 instead

[clear pebble]

by full day it was lik 19 hours straight but yeah

[azure topaz]

that puts more load on the cpu side of things too

[ivory mountain]

yeah u should hes the reason i got my cl38 kit to cl28 at 65535 trefi without it wanting to die

[azure topaz]

google ycruncher, the github link by mystical, download and open

[clear pebble]

I see, then ill tust ya

[azure topaz]

close everything on your computer but yc obviously

press 2 for stresser
8 to deselect all
18 to select vt3
0 to let it run

after a while it should stabilize to a somewhat consistent test speed

if it fails or is very inconsistent it’s obviously not stable

[clear pebble]

antivirus prevented download

[azure topaz]

prevented download or asked you to download anyways

chrome always complains at unverified downloads

[clear pebble]

im using opra

[azure topaz]

god bless you

you can google it, ycruncher definitely safe

there’s the mersanne link or whatever too, ran by the same guy, works

my bad, numbers world

mersanne is for prime 95

[clear pebble]

It keeps preventing me from downloading it

nvm got it

[azure topaz]

😭gonna be real the dogshit browser choice is why

[azure topaz]

hurray

all it does is calculate digits of pi

[clear pebble]

used git hub, and yeah the website looked like its from 2001

[azure topaz]

it’s nothing insane

[azure topaz]

yeah it’s just old that’s why i say to use github

gorblin LOL

same guy though

[clear pebble]

ah nvm, wrong file, still cant download

yeah definely not getting that, has a trojin virus in it.

[azure topaz]

okay bro 💀😭

[clear pebble]

again, new to all this but arnt thos bad?

[azure topaz]

google the utility

[visual jacinth]

can someone please help, i was using my pc like normal, when i got a message saying a driver timeout has occured, then it completely froze, i held down the power button to restart it, when i turned it back on, it looked like i had no drivers installed, i opened up adrenalin, it said i needed to reinstall, so i tried to reinstall my drivers, i got error code 207, so i used the amd cleanup utility to uninstall my drivers, i restarted, everything looked fine, so i tried to reinstall, it said the install failed, but when i opened a game everything looked completely normal

[azure topaz]

read what it does

[azure topaz]

it’s not really my job or problem if you think it’s a virus 😭

[clear pebble]

yeah ik ik

[tardy mist]

I've decided it's finally time to protect my hardware with an UPS, but I have NO Idea what to look for. Are there any Europeans that can recommend an UPS for european outlets?

[teal sinew]

https://www.numberworld.org/y-cruncher/#Download

[clear pebble]

so whats the issue?

[teal sinew]

y cruncher is not a virus :p

[clear pebble]

I clicked that

[azure topaz]

it is in fact the goat of cpu testing

[visual jacinth]

i just told you, i also cant open up adrenalin, it keeps saying download failed and i need to downlod the compatible version of amds software

[pastel dragon]

I see no issues here , if work in game, work yea

[teal sinew]

it may just be tbh because it obsoleted most of my other testing methods

[clear pebble]

use ddu, and go to the amd website and fine your gpu and download those drivers instead. worked for me.

[visual jacinth]

so i cant download any new drivers or anything like that

[azure topaz]

Yee is the goat bro

if Yee is the same person i think he is, he’s apart of my hwbot team

well not my but you get it

the same hw bot team i’m in

[clear pebble]

see, even I i try to allow it, still goes : p

[teal sinew]

no such problem for me

whatever youre using for virus detection is garbage

[verbal prawn]

How can you fail at downloading

[clear pebble]

just the basic windows one, I dont use anti virus apps

[azure topaz]

it’s his browser im tellin bro

[clear pebble]

idk ask my pc!!

[azure topaz]

download it thru edge

[teal sinew]

i just use vanilla chrome

[azure topaz]

same

[clear pebble]

I switched to edge and yeah same thing, says microsoft defender smartscreen stopped it

[azure topaz]

yeah idk then 😭first time i’ve ever seen someone’s pc fail at downloading at ycruncher

[clear pebble]

yeah like I said this thinsg been weird

any who, I have OCCT, cinebench, memtest, tho ik you said it sucks, Hardware info. etc.

[azure topaz]

i would run occt memory test for a while

maybe at the same time run a light-ish cpu load, idk if there’s a way to do it in occt

[clear pebble]

you can, its a cpu/ mem test

[azure topaz]

i don’t use it often

[clear pebble]

1 sec, update

im sure yk more than me so whats the best test

set to large extreme and steady?

[azure topaz]

seems legit

[clear pebble]

whats start cycle?

[teal sinew]

extreme and variable

steady cpu load is just a heat generator

[clear pebble]

shoudl data be large also?

also instruction set?

[teal sinew]

occt is lame tho just use y cruncher man

[azure topaz]

the load slightly shifts as you progress thru cycles, some arches will think X cycle is hard to run, so if you remember you can just set

[azure topaz]

yes

it’s just prime95 is what snail said and based on the settings i agree

[clear pebble]

which one lol, it has many

sse avx, avx2, avx,512

[azure topaz]

whatever it was on by default, avx2 is fine

[clear pebble]

was on auto, but k

be back in a bit, gonna leave this for an hour on

what should I be on the look out for btw?

[azure topaz]

the test failing

any amount of errors is bad

[clear pebble]

gotcha, definitely is being stressed, my pc is lagging as I type.

[azure topaz]

lol yeah

[tawny lava]

Is this a good setup to buy

[clear pebble]

Do you need super expenisve?

[bold laurel]

#1019713714968088586 was for servers aswell right

[azure topaz]

probably not but let him cook

[tawny lava]

High quality not necessarily expensive i heard this is the #1 mic

[azure topaz]

i swear used SM7B’s are only like 100$ hold on

[azure topaz]

why do you need this though

[clear pebble]

You dont need anything expenisve like that

I bought this and it works great https://www.amazon.com/FIFINE-Microphone-Podcasting-Voice-Over-AmpliGame-AM8T/dp/B0C74GYW3J/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=1UA49V2HKMPWK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pTj3UrAqtZJjFLlOjk6oh14yMik8iNr1ckubnnfAYXSVBJnIYoJkOXFUL1KEX2KAOapUUMcqvKhCvxNUuZ8RMpS5QhOAgvFoimBiaR16XFqypDlDwywTSsbY7-1b27hFF-BuI91sjtx7YLRlzN29teBert569YBJPlDNdzjJK_mn8DLPGRIoC4FCB_Vo_IlErHU15ylu-XqRaM6HECd_iCBCO5J0lV8O8vzHZS14FETWgKYIaq3s-7egDgcUccm6Zby9ClYPja2nDfakzCuy34uzjI0iPdXbu5NGQWv_shE.6KXlFdD2PSU6AbLnK8SDZER_dIPyqcQMzP9hG-jdqic&dib_tag=se&keywords=fifine%2Bmicrophone&qid=1764355241&sprefix=fifine%2Bmi%2Caps%2C386&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

[bold laurel]

is #1019713714968088586 for servers aswell or just pcs?

[clear pebble]

54 bucks usd, and comes with the arm and mic and cord for plugging it in

[azure topaz]

yah like 150-170 on ebay used

[tawny lava]

I currently have a maono pd400x but someone here said its chineseium garbage

[azure topaz]

okay but why do you need a good microphone

like. a genuinely good microphone 😭

do your friends understand the words coming out of your mouth in a tone that kind of sounds like you

[clear pebble]

If it helps the one I have I use for streams and people hear me fine with it, no backround noise also

[azure topaz]

https://ebay.us/m/76Svro

the exact setup you want because someone decided it was too expensive

at less than the cost of just the mic lol

but still you don’t need all this

[clear pebble]

You still need the arm but thats a better price

[hardy horizon]

Is that headset bundle any good? The one that comes with the laptop bag is that headset any good?

[azure topaz]

not if you don’t get paid to talk to it really

[bold laurel]

Desk server 👍🏻

[clear pebble]

bro get a blower

[tawny lava]

I heard its the most recommended microphone, excellent build quality, lasts forever and has unparalleled audio

[bold laurel]

what?

[azure topaz]

you’re dodging the question so i know this is for voice chat in valorant

[clear pebble]

btw @azure topaz hitting the 10 min mark, so far nothing

[clear pebble]

the dust

[azure topaz]

respectfully

[bold laurel]

thats only the screen because i never use it anymore

[clear pebble]

fair

[tawny lava]

I just want the best

[azure topaz]

i’d do some research on youtube or just keep your current mic, there’s no reason to spend a computers worth on a mic setup if it’s for video games

[bold laurel]

i wanted to put the server upstairs and in a rack but then my network doesnt work anymore lmao

[clear pebble]

really? What about ethernet?

Im starting to think its psu issues I guess, vr does bring my gpu to 220w and the cpu to 134w when normal rated is 105w

[bold laurel]

cabled network dont work no more upstairs me and my dad both dont know why

[clear pebble]

Question is what company makes good psu, I know my local bestbuy has a msi one 850W for 90 bucks and is 80plus gold rated

[bold laurel]

i might reset the whole server later and put it upstairs but i cant right now since school project

[clear pebble]

cable might be messed up, in the walls i mean

[bold laurel]

yea that might be a thing aswell

[azure topaz]

i think that msi one is b or a tier so a better unit for sure

A850GL? or something

less of a wattage issue and more of you just have a bad power supply issue

[clear pebble]

yeah bc again no errors rn

tho

[steel umbra]

it loud psu

[azure topaz]

your ram can still be an issue

[fringe prairie]

a850gs is $80

[clear pebble]

I have had twice before or more times cpu errors in event viewers

[azure topaz]

i’ve had ram stress tests fail 16 hours in

WHEA errors?

[steel umbra]

heat 🔥

[fringe prairie]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rGqNnQ/msi-mpg-a850gs-pcie5-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-mpg-a850gs-pcie5

[clear pebble]

yup thats the one

[azure topaz]

i would definitely reset to default settings in your bios if anything continues

try that maybe before buying a power suppply

[azure topaz]

yeah probably ram broski

[clear pebble]

it says 89.99 at my local bestbuy, they do price match tho

[azure topaz]

what kit of ram do you have?

[clear pebble]

lets wait and see

[clear pebble]

4 sticks of corsair vengence ddr4 3600mt/s

[azure topaz]

hm okay

[clear pebble]

my motherboard supports 3200 stock so I put them to that speed but same issue last night. its weird bc my old cpu wroekd fine with these same 4 stick in even faster speeds.

[azure topaz]

because it’s up to the cpu to support the speed

[steel umbra]

steal for 80 bucks

[azure topaz]

i’m sure the motherboard could do well past 4000

source me doing 4600 on a b550 strix board

[clear pebble]

it can actually, it can go up to 4600

[azure topaz]

yes exactly

[fervent cave]

Looks wild

[clear pebble]

so cpu issue then? because I had no issues when I had my ryzen 5 3600

[azure topaz]

not an issue

[clear pebble]

Like none at all, even If i crashed it was becasue in the vr game there were crashes that would break peoples games but my pc was fine, I just left the game and went back in no problem

[clear pebble]

oh..

[azure topaz]

just something to be aware of

not every cpu can always do the same settings, and your cpu is only rated for 3200 max anyeays

so was your 3600, you just got lucky it was able to work

[clear pebble]

its funny bc this is the second of the same cpu, I bough one 5800xt and day one issues, and yes I updated everything and chpset, and even normal gaming made the pc crash

[azure topaz]

yeah i don’t like am4

[clear pebble]

I like how-

uh

yes.

almost 30 min in, no errors

[stark flicker]

https://gamersnexus.net/gpus/zotac-rtx-5080-solid-overclocking-thermals-noise-gaming-vs-founders-edition-review#tests

Is this gpu the "solid core" or is solid alone a model of its own?

[clear pebble]

should say on the box right?

[azure topaz]

.

[clear pebble]

just now saw that

yk what, it could be over heating ram

The fans I have in my case kinda suck, dont blow much air in, Only blows 47cfm of air, isnt normal ammounts of air supposed to be 66.45cfm?

[azure topaz]

yes

gpu load+cpu load=hot case= hot ram

there is no normal amount homeboy

sorry i’m in the car and go in and out of sergice

[clear pebble]

your good bro, I do appriciate all your help

I wonder if changing fans will help then.

[azure topaz]

you can point a fan at your ram btw

nothing stops you from just putting it on your gpu

[clear pebble]

true, If I had extra fans

https://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-TL-S12RW-X3-Lighting-Computer/dp/B0DDP7JG6V these are the ones I have btw, I got them bc they look good, thats all

[clear pebble]

lol

[azure topaz]

worked for months i only bought a bracket for fun

[clear pebble]

I have always wanted ram coolers

[azure topaz]

don’t get the shit tiny ones

put a fan toward your ram i’m so deadass

the tiny dual 40mm fans do not work

[clear pebble]

nvm then, I didnt have room for em anyways, aio in the way

[azure topaz]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQKH2JMY?

you can mint a fan to your aio if it’s top mounted

pointing toward your ram

[clear pebble]

not a bad idea

[azure topaz]

it works and is a serious tactic

[spiral dust]

guys, help me see through it please.

Currently have a B580 bought at 410$CAD (360$ + 15% taxes) in around feb-march. I pre-orderer and received it late. It does the job at 1440p for now but not that happy about the performance. I kinda wanted 100+ fps in games like bf6 especially that I'm not on ultra or something like that.

I'm talking to a guy that got the 9070XT and is selling his Sapphire 7800XT for 500$CAD. it's the last gen card I wanted but prices where too high end of last year. it's at 600$ + 15% taxes brand new currently (asus dual)

**Used 7800XT in end of 2025 as upgrade to a B580 or something like 9060XT 16GB currently at 450$ + 15% taxes?
**

[azure topaz]

many people use them here at least if they oc their ram, of which i have peer pressured many to do

[clear pebble]

https://www.amazon.com/upHere-Computer-Interface-Performance-U3TC3/dp/B0DZX9DWMW/ref=sr_1_8?crid=6XP1Y0LXB4NM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.u2yVntILhyS-h9kdih4B3ktuLcM5i4Ey0Kd3Lgc0h7_XoFMla4zgmOZixMGYfNDXPSJh2PJUNARF5umYRr8jvHJHQKK4TqirGGfIs7MmBhA0kgZCw7PZWfOTF1gKclPOeDmoe__3QLBSKRVaVaHCOmdv3j-YvKrE5s4IDPvfb0a5wtLW9xZDYrG4XIdCsWkBG7J9pChYXyZWC6O8efSv1MJOSPqaX-3Dg5QcBzi6BJB7KFiuyQ6Eu_Kt6L6QI0ddQlCG21b6RVcSxF6QQV65ijKKyZq6YT6k7we8umAJkbw.DxYwOpBw7y0xRrh_5r_u_gbZoIcCYLNDJjPfa_gnRBY&dib_tag=se&keywords=uphere%2Bpc%2Bfans%2Bwhite&qid=1764357698&s=industrial&sprefix=uphere%2Bpc%2Bfans%2Bwhit%2Cindustrial%2C148&sr=1-8&th=1

I was gonna get these to change my case fanbs for better air

[azure topaz]

looks like fans to me

[clear pebble]

also did I mention that I want asthetics too, that single fan might block my parts lol, tho it will save my pc

[azure topaz]

i have 2 case fans only because they came with my csse

my last case i had no case fans and only the ram fan

[clear pebble]

here she is

[clear pebble]

as you can see, a fan might be hard to mount on the side

[azure topaz]

is computer

[warm bramble]

clean

[azure topaz]

nah

[clear pebble]

oh, you switch the pump to the other side, might work better

[azure topaz]

similar to my build you could just get the bracket i have and paint it white

[azure topaz]

i eventually did this maybe idk i don’t have that case anymore

i run thru hardware very fast

[clear pebble]

yeah same

[cosmic lance]

LOL i took 7 out of the 10 places in the top 10 😭

[clear pebble]

also I found another issuse as why its ram, its bc im running my aio push pull with 6 fans and its righ next to the ram and I feel hot air right upagainst the ram

I forgot I have one extra fan so im gonna test it at full load also and see if it helps

[azure topaz]

yeah

worst case run the ram at stock or go to 2 sticks on your next build

[clear pebble]

im gonna do a combined test tho

full pc stress to include the gpu and see if gpu temps affects this fan

[azure topaz]

run furmark while you test with the other mode probably work just fine

[azure topaz]

yeah it’s just a shame you can’t use ycruncher lol

[clear pebble]

yeah, ik, its so weird

[ivory mountain]

ts is beautiful

[clear pebble]

thank you, you can see why I want it working so badly perfectly.

oh h hm yyy yy p c ccc cits lagging so hard rn lmao lmaooo

[lean flame]

My local game shop is selling gaming pcs!

[inner veldt]

Would switching to NZXT Kraken Plus 280 from Atmos 240 improve my performance in SFF build?

[azure topaz]

probably not

[clear pebble]

get a 360mm instead

[peak swan]

These are what i found in the brick that exploded
Welp, rip old hp charger and rip fuse in the fuse panel

[inner veldt]

My case supports max 280

[clear pebble]

ah then youre getting the best cooling possible rn

what's your fans looking like?

[stray portal]

why does youtube keep unsubscribing me from channels

[azure topaz]

schizophrenia

[rigid fjord]

that's a ceramic capacitor there, with whatever the black thing used to be

[inner veldt]

I have no fan lol

[grizzled frost]

i seen 5 fans in that image

[inner veldt]

Yes and no

[rigid fjord]

nope but a better option would be a thermalright frozen prism/notte instead over the nzxt offering

[kindred halo]

I am being tempted by a very nice looking case but I need to keep my path straight and focus on le board..........

[inner veldt]

280mm?

[rigid fjord]

you could fit a full 360 mm in there

though you'd probably want an extra 2-3 fans to go in the bottom of the case

that and bit of a lift done to the case

[plain cypress]

What do you think 2k means

[odd marsh]

NBA

[plain cypress]

So you actually meant 2.5K if we're referring to 16x9 resolutions

[odd marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/lebron-james-lebron-screaming-lebron-lebron-james-screaming-gif-5629213437781461656

[plain cypress]

2K is FHD/1080p class

[trail moth]

I have a strange question, but can my friend give me his SSD drive and Steam account so I can install games for him? If he wants to install GTA, it will take two days with his internet connection.

[odd marsh]

please explain in LeBron terms

[plain cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/kobe-bryant-kobe-legendary-gif-26049589

[odd marsh]

ty I appreciate it, much clearer now

[stray portal]

this is really stupid

[trail moth]

why

[rigid fjord]

@left dove psu been pushed lower with feet to raise and stabilise it

[stray portal]

unsafe, not allowed and also wont work

[trail moth]

how is that unsafe, and why wouldnt that work

[dark hill]

How does Newegg work. I’m trying to buy a cpu and I get four options before I start seeing pre built pcs and the options have sale ends in 11 hours and they are all by senytech. Am I missing something or is this normal?

[stray portal]

even if he gives you his stuff once he reinstalls his ssd he will still need to verify the files on his computer

[rigid fjord]

it'll work it's just not wise

[stray portal]

so it would still take long for him

[rigid fjord]

which is fine

1-2 mins for verification

[trail moth]

okay, he installed gta legacy and it took him almost 2.5 days

[rigid fjord]

would be better if it was done on their pc tbh, but if they're using a laptop and an external drive

[stray portal]

he should get better internet

or hotspot from his phone

[flat moat]

erm, chat what are the highest rated brands of mini pcs?

[gloomy sleet]

in what scenario would a mini pc be preferable over a full size pc or a laptop

[latent gull]

Mini server or easy deployments for workers

I’ve got a friend who got one secondhand and he’s running it as a little miniserver under his desk

[opal dock]

I love buying a fan to finish off the aesthetics of my build and it turns out the fan is not showing up on my software nor can be detected by my fan/rgb controller no matter what I do

I hate having to deal with returning items for refunds god

Like the F140's RGB turns on but it's just static as one color and the NZXT CAM software says the channel it's connected to is open when it's clearly not.

[rigid fjord]

van life

[gloomy sleet]

that’s fair

[rigid fjord]

oh and boating

[peak swan]

One was a fuse, the othwr black one idk what is

The unknown one is a 3 leg thingy

[haughty compass]

Damn I guess best buy don't exist

[south arrow]

What is a mosfet for 100 on the board

[jovial swan]

Specifikationer:
GPU: Nvidia Quadro M620
HDD: 512GB SSD
RAM: 16GB DDR4
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 3.5GHz
OS: Windows 11 Pro

Is this good for a minecraft server?, its quite cheap. Its some small hp workstation the size of a NUC

[clear pebble]

yeh nvm 💀

is that a 240 or 280

[haughty compass]

Does anyone know if there are any crazy PC deals on besbuy? I've been trying find ones but the website has been to broken to even see any deals

And ram prices are cooked 😞

[carmine yew]

If there were they're almost guaranteed long gone

[dusk patio]

probably not great for power efficiency, but I mean it doesn't take much to run a Minecraft server

[hoary agate]

i live for this

[carmine yew]

It'll work. It won't be impressive, but it'd run a server, assuming it's cheap

[carmine yew]

For weird proprietary hardware?

[rigid fjord]

mosfet transistor

[frigid blade]

i think theyre talking about the angle of the PSU lol

[carmine yew]

Meh. Not that exciting

[peak swan]

Mosfet trans? It's a me??

[rigid fjord]

nothing of a worry tbh, just how it's not fully seated while being screwed in

[rigid fjord]

nope, it's a type of transistor, technically the 'T' in mosfet means transistor

from what i can see, it's being used for voltage control

[shell linden]

anyone know of a good gpu on sale for black friday rn? im going for around 300usd since the build is gonna cost around 600-700 usd

[plush wren]

sold out in an hour what lol

[hoary agate]

yeassss

[carmine yew]

Why is that surprising

[hoary agate]

For the bottom of the power supply, I have to screw it in with my old case screws

[plush wren]

idk

[rigid fjord]

oh, yeah, @carmine yew mildly moddified on this

[rigid fjord]

literally the same screws used for hdd, psu, case and mobo

[carmine yew]

Nice

[carmine yew]

50/50 on mobo

[rigid fjord]

but you don't have it sat on the little lip there before screwing it in @hoary agate

[haughty compass]

My friend wanting to get a good budget GPU? What's a good one they could look at with good black Friday deal?

[rigid fjord]

true, depends on the standoff being used, i know the older cases used standoffs that where 6/32ths so it was a universal use of a screw

[rigid fjord]

9060xt 16gb, great budget gpu without going secondhand

[peak swan]

So it is indeed trans

[spring latch]

i finally found my other pentium silver chromebook that works (and is in perfect condition), unlike the other one which was litrally fallng right apart
long story but basiclly i was accidentally sent a second for free
the first one was falling apart (cuz i dunno how to take care of shit lol) until it fully broke
but basiclly
i found the one that i didnt use
thats in perfect condition
(maybe except the battery cuz it survived a winter and a half in a shed)
not running chromeOS for reference

[hoary agate]

oh mb
ion got it sat on that lip because the thing the mobo is sat on has a part that protrude out (the blue thing) which interferes with how I can mount the power supply

[haughty compass]

Also what should my friend do about ram? I got my 32gb ddr5 like 3 months ago for $80 but now that exact same is $200

[spring latch]

yeah DDR5 prices are fucked

just dont buy DDR5

[rigid fjord]

is that not removable?

[haughty compass]

Hm

[rigid fjord]

all ram prices are fucked not just ddr5

[spring latch]

even DDR3?

or is ddr3 staying cheap

[rigid fjord]

ddr3 it's all about supply and demand

[spring latch]

got it

[peak swan]

I swear my dad's windows 11 laptop is either a pentium gold or pentium silver

[spring latch]

if its a laptop its a silver

probably N5000 or N6000, but it could be an N6005

[peak swan]

Deadass idk and idc, it's a shit laptop
But like it does what he wants it to do so i mean like

[spring latch]

yes if it does what u need it to do dont need to upgrade unless its a security risk

[silk ferry]

why is ram prices cooked

[spring latch]

transistor prices or just extremely high demand

[silk ferry]

whats a transistor

[spring latch]

the thing that makes computers work

[rigid fjord]

there's roughly like 6 more mods to this and it'll be way better than it's inital state for printing

[silk ferry]

but why does that affext the ram prices

[spring latch]

if they move to smaller transistors, e.g 8nm to 4nm it gets significantly more expensive, or if demand is much higher from the big guys, TSMC, the people who make the wafers that make CPUs run will up prices

alternatively its just tgat the sticks are very high demand and companies jack up prices

most likely the latter

[rigid fjord]

not transistor prices, it's the dram ic's that makes up the ram that's increased a ton in price

[spring latch]

ah alright

[rigid fjord]

and for the dram ic's, it's samsung, sk hynix and a couple others who make them, not tsmc

[peak swan]

What xan you do exactly with 120mhz cpu in 2025?

[spring latch]

depends on the type, but retro gaming usually

probably DooM or DooM II

[peak swan]

It's an intel pentium sx994
Socket 5

[spring latch]

yeah retro gaming from 1990-1995 probably

also depends on video chip

[peak swan]

It would be fun to see this baby talk to modern internet lol

[rigid fjord]

retro gaming, proper retro gaming

[peak swan]

Wait, imma check

[rigid fjord]

1980-2000's games

[peak swan]

I have the original hdd that it had
1.56gb quantum fireball lol
It still works, and has some sort of dos and windows

[inner veldt]

240

Should I replace fans on NZXT Kraken Plus 280?

[haughty compass]

Are the microcenter CPU mobo bundles still worth it without the ram?

[carmine yew]

If you don't like the noise currently? Maybe

[carmine yew]

They're like 60-75 off

[peak swan]

This is the graphics that i have for that old rig

[carmine yew]

Actually pci lol

[peak swan]

Still works, even with a modern operating system and computer (without real drivers of course, falls back to generic ones)

[peak swan]

Awe yep

[rigid fjord]

128 bit gpu, that's pci, and did you see the sockets for the ram chip?

[rough salmon]

What’s a good Ethernet cable that’s lowest latency and 1gbps

[rigid fjord]

cat 6

[rough salmon]

Does type c to Ethernet support 1gbps btw

[carmine yew]

Ethernet cable doesn't introduce latency

[carmine yew]

If the adapter supports it yes

[empty quartz]

Cat 5e

[carmine yew]

Fuck 5e. It's 2025. Cat6 or bust

[rough salmon]

I’m on WiFi and I get 36ms will Ethernet power it?

[empty quartz]

The differences are negligible

[carmine yew]

What

[carmine yew]

So's the price

[rough salmon]

Lower*

Will wired connection lower the latency on my call of duty game as on WiFi it’s 36ms

[carmine yew]

Probably yes

[carmine yew]

Measure the latency to your router

[rough salmon]

How do I do that?

[carmine yew]

Not a remote server

[rough salmon]

Do I go on the isp app and test it or something?

[carmine yew]

Open command prompt

Ipconfig /all

Find your gateway i.p.

Ping -t <gateway i.p.>

[empty quartz]

Yummers

[rough salmon]

3-3ms

mostly 2 tho

[carmine yew]

Always 3 or does it wiggle

[azure cipher]

Y'all think this monitor is worth it, or should I save money and get an Acer Predator X27U instead?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FLLNVXFG?tag=rtings-deals-black-friday-20

[carmine yew]

Oh your typos are all terrible lol

[rough salmon]

its mostly like 2 but sometimes it goes to 3

[carmine yew]

On Ethernet it'll go to sub-1ms

[jovial swan]

i wanna run a modded minecraft server

[carmine yew]

Once data leaves your place you can't speed it up

[ivory mountain]

W hacker

W opsec

[rough salmon]

Wdym opsec

[azure cipher]

Idt the RAM will be enough on Windows

[carmine yew]

Dumbest comment of the millennium

[rough salmon]

I run a mc server through pebblehost tbh

[ivory mountain]

exquisite opsec

[carmine yew]

Are you trying to sound dumber?

[ivory mountain]

chill unc im making a joke

[carmine yew]

A joke is funny

[ivory mountain]

remember the clip of the kid who destroyed his whole ram slot

corsair vengeance stick too

[signal salmon]

Does the water stop flowing after a while? Why?

[azure cipher]

superb opsec

[ivory mountain]

locked down opsec with no vulnerability

[azure cipher]

nsa-level opsec

[scenic geode]

Is there a bypass to this

[rough salmon]

The one where he pushed it and it snapped to like the right

[ivory mountain]

yes

[rough salmon]

Ik one

Just fucking wait

[peak swan]

Yep
Back when ram was expandable on gpus
Go from 4kb vram to 8kb vram

[scenic geode]

Cornball

[rough salmon]

Touch some grass for 2 hours

https://tenor.com/view/touching-grass-touch-gif-21219969

[azure cipher]

can't, i'm allergic

[azure cipher]

i'd be in the hospital if i did this

[peak swan]

Why the shortage exists
Also i fr though it was signalrgb again

[peak swan]

Put ze linux

[rough salmon]

Bruh

I bought some ram ages ago, now it’s x3 the amount 💀🫩🫩🫩🫩

[empty quartz]

no, i prefer something that consitently works

[rough salmon]

Will ram prices lower

[peak swan]

Great investment

[rough salmon]

Yeah I ain’t used yet

[peak swan]

Apparently in 4 years

[rough salmon]

Now I can sell em

[rough salmon]

No building a pc for 4 years yippeeeee

[formal sonnet]

Only time will tell ...

[peak swan]

I mean if it's m1 or m2, it'll work pretty good

[rough salmon]

If ram prices r so bad that means the steam machine will most definitely be over 1000

[empty quartz]

i tried it, and ran into driver issues

[peak swan]

Same for me, fuck mee
For now I'm stuck with fm2+ lol

[empty quartz]

mines an m1 max

[rough salmon]

How much should I sell my ddr5 64gb ram for?

£500?

[latent gull]

Buy secondhand

[peak swan]

Yep
Rip gaming industry

[rough salmon]

Steam machine will fail cuz of it

[peak swan]

The prices on that is also nuts

[peak swan]

Mhm

[formal sonnet]

Maybe. Or maybe Valve already had their production contacts locked in.

[rough salmon]

Second hand ram for £200 🫩🥀

[peak swan]

Grand, if new in box, 1.5k

[peak swan]

I mean the chip gen

[latent gull]

Much more likely, at least for a while. Price will probably be a bit higher but definitely not 1k, they’re not stupid

[peak swan]

Aka sealed

[rough salmon]

Cheap

[rigid fjord]

was you looking in a mirror while trying to make a joke?

[spare ravine]

Okay I’ve got a non pc question:

my switch 2 can only display 1440p 60 hz with hdr, but I want it to display at 1440p 120bz with hdr. My cable is capable of 4k 120 hz, and my monitor is the PG27AQDM (1440p 240hz). For some reason when I click “automatic” in resolution, it defaults to 4k. Is there any reason I can’t do 1440p 120hz with hdr?

[rigid fjord]

wait til you see upgradable cache

[rigid fjord]

i know @sleek ibex would salivate over this for his retro build 🤣

[hoary agate]

You can only remove the blue thing if you remove the motherboard

It has like a foot of space up there, but that one thing is ruining it

[midnight badger]

Can someone help me install my m.2 ssd

[jagged shadow]

Hey lads i wanted to ask i run a aio on top of my case as an exhaust. Should i remove the top filter of the case? Is it gonna improve airflow or its just gonna get dusty asf?

[rigid fjord]

dremel/grinder time

[rigid fjord]

i have mine as exhaust but it hasn't collected dust there

though both my front and top are filtered

[jagged shadow]

Yeah i was wondering without the top filter if its gonna get dust or not

[hoary agate]

if only i had one

🫩

[rigid fjord]

$40 for one tbh

[oblique hamlet]

whats the best way to cable manage the 24 pin extension?

[hoary agate]

look at this
cable management is for noobs only

[forest wyvern]

Looking for a monitor. My budget is £300. I am in the UK.

I want to play shooter games and edit videos and make thumbnails. A lot of my colour work is in editing thumbnails and it’s nothing major, just making thumbnails people wanna click.

I am looking for minimum 1080, 23 inch. Preferably 23 inch for 1080p and ideally 27 for 1440p.

[hoary agate]

yeah i have the money

[oblique hamlet]

https://amzn.eu/d/5dnTiua

[forest wyvern]

£249.00 for 34 inchs curved

probably gonna look bad

[oblique hamlet]

it's an IPS so it's not gonna be bad

[rigid fjord]

check with rtings.com for reviews on screens

[forest wyvern]

imma do some research

[oblique hamlet]

the spec sheet is decent, the ppi might not be the best because 34" and 1440

[forest wyvern]

nothing on rtings

[forest wyvern]

ive seen some monitors like it in person for that price and they didnt look good

[oblique hamlet]

I was gonna buy this for myself as it's a pretty good deal

[forest wyvern]

but idk if they where 1070p

[oblique hamlet]

https://amzn.eu/d/fCCupw4 and from a reputable brand

aswell as a new gpu for my rig, a 5070

[oblique hamlet]

.

[hoary agate]

You don’t cable manage it

[oblique hamlet]

this is for a client, not me

[forest wyvern]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-MD271UL-Professional-Productivity-Monitor/dp/B0BSR1PJX2 maybe this + a gaming monitor

[haughty compass]

is 850w psu enough for this?

[forest wyvern]

like the budget koorui

[oblique hamlet]

more than enough

[haughty compass]

oke

[oblique hamlet]

700 would be fine

but 800 gives good headroom and upgrade path

that's good enough

[hoary agate]

yeah that looks good

[rigid fjord]

what psu are you using exactly?

[hoary agate]

watch it be an apevia prestige or sum

[rigid fjord]

you don't need more than 650w for this setup, 750w at best, and the aio choice let alone ssd choice aren't great

[forest wyvern]

GIGABYTE M27UP

im probs gonna go for that

[rigid fjord]

dude, 750w gives them headroom + upgrade path, the whole system there can run off a 6decent 650w psu

[oblique hamlet]

yeah ig

[oblique hamlet]

some 80+ 600w one from eBay idk idk tbh

this looks fine ig

[rigid fjord]

you want to swap those side fans so they're intake not exhaust

[gleaming meteor]

redesigned again

3.9L so a bit more but under the 4L target so baller

[oblique hamlet]

much rather it looks better than have slightly better airflow tbh

the components don't get that hot either

r5 3600 and 6600 3 fan

and it can pull air from the top anyway

[rigid fjord]

get some reverse blade fans then, proper airflow > looks

[oblique hamlet]

it's for a pc flip

it doesn't matter that much