tech-chat-1

[oblique hamlet]

just waiting for the GPU, that's arriving tomorrow

[rigid fjord]

so you're going to try and flip a system that isn't worth more than $350

[oblique hamlet]

a system like this goes for a considerable amount more than $350 here

[minor aspen]

rl quick can someoen tell met he diffrence between the cloud gatew a y fib er anmd the gateway fiebr form ubiquti pls

[rigid fjord]

what country?

[rigid fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/levar-burton-reading-rainbow-google-that-shit-google-gif-15062945

[minor aspen]

good point

[oblique hamlet]

UK

[grizzled frost]

there isn’t even a GPU

[rigid fjord]

so £350 still, and no it doesn't go for more than that

[spring latch]

dawg i fixed this n6000s preformance
with default MSRs it is weirdly locked at 1.1GHz for most of the time, but apparently by making the turbo register 0x2121212121212121 the CPU allowed itself to run at 3.1GHz across all cores (0x21.. shouldve done 3.3 but im not complaining, my CPU can actually preform now) for nearly 100% of the time

[oblique hamlet]

not really

[rigid fjord]

the 5060 is what's driving the price on this up

[oblique hamlet]

pcs have gotten way more expensive

[rigid fjord]

also basing the price on someone selling via facebook is no good

[spring latch]

yes cuz its either low balling and u get a deal or its 3000$ "i know what I got"

facebook marketplace is a can be good but not always good place for PCs

[oblique hamlet]

I know but it's just to show you the market here

like I know I could get easily £400 for this

[oblique hamlet]

that's like the only good deal tbh and it's also collection only

[rigid fjord]

not the only good deal

3600 + 5700xt going for £320

5700xt>6600

though a 5700xt is equal to a 6600xt

for 400-500, i'd expect a 5600 + 6600xt

[unborn condor]

So, just re-thermaled my GPU with PTM 7950, ran Furmark and this is what I got. Should the memory junction be this much higher?

[rigid fjord]

do an actual benchmark test using something like 3dmark

[unborn condor]

I don't have the money for it

[rigid fjord]

you can get the demo for it for free on steam or their website

[frigid blade]

CPU and Mobo tomorrow yipee

I hate azure

its so boring

[unborn condor]

This is Cyberpunk 1080p maxed everything with raytracing on (should have mentioned that this is a Radeon rx7900 XTX). These good temps?

[clear torrent]

Let’s be fr will ts arrive before Christmas

[cloud solstice]

I’m just about to go with this build, any last minute advice before I go with it? https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/wmqzBq

[rigid fjord]

yes, decent temps

[clear torrent]

I’m sorry why is ram that expensive atm

[rigid fjord]

ram, ssd and fans to be changed tbh

[cloud solstice]

Crazy prices tbh

[cloud solstice]

Because of price or..?

[rigid fjord]

prices, performance, and tbh there's way better options

also windows is free to use

[cloud solstice]

I’m okay with the overspend 😅 more just want to make sure it’ll all work and be performing well

[cloud solstice]

What would you recommend for fans and SSD?

RAM I think I’ll just stick where I am because I know it’s going to be a big spend regardless 😅

[unborn condor]

Even the memory junction temperature? Though to be fair I did JUST start running things with the new PTM an hour ago

[cosmic stratus]

this is what happens when you buy shitty sata ssds with 'nand cache' bullshit

the drive is idle btw

[rigid fjord]

@livid fern do you know if the montech titan gold is using corsair's type 4 pinout?

[cosmic stratus]

games are non functional on this thing, time to go spend some money on nvme drives since I got 3 more slots

[rigid fjord]

yes

[unborn condor]

Sooooooo, what I did worked then?

[rigid fjord]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/YVpw9C saving you £200 while still keeping the performance, and increasing storage capacity

[rigid fjord]

it be working yes

[ocean axle]

this is what happens when you buy shitty sata ssds
FTFY*

SATA isn't the problem, just get decent SSDs

[cloud solstice]

Thanks 🙂

[glad gale]

i left a video running on repeat through jellyfin for an extended time to test/provoke errors and came back to it having crashed/locked up and this screen on my hexos server. does anybody smarter than me know what the heck is going on?

[unborn condor]

So I just ran furmark again and the vram (which, I guess is the memory junction shit) maxed out at 98°C. Is that normal?

I think I may have put too much putty on the vram

[tired bear]

hmm
choices
choices

[clear pebble]

Imo save the money and get a bigger case with more fans

[unborn condor]

Is this too much? God I hope it isn't, I can't fucking put myself through doing all that shit over again

[rigid fjord]

yes, the vram won't thermally shut down til 120c, and it only causes issues by throttling when it hits above 100c

[clear pebble]

also @azure topaz Finished that stress test full load everthingt including ram and no issues poped up, might have been that the ram needed cooling and kept overheating.

[rigid fjord]

you should only use ptm7950 on the core, and then use pads on vram/vrms

[unborn condor]

I did only use PTM7950 on the core, the vRam is where I put the putty

[unborn condor]

This is where I put the putty

[rigid fjord]

ok

[unborn condor]

Even at idle, 80°C is good for vram?

[rigid fjord]

yes

[unborn condor]

Man I'm reading so many conflicting things

I really don't want to rip this fucker back open again and redo this this has been such an unbelievably stressful day

[rigid fjord]

the core you never want to see it go above 85c, the vram you don't want to see it go above 95c

[unborn condor]

It went above 95°C

On Furmark

[rigid fjord]

furmark is essentially a power virus, not a benchmark/stresstest

[unborn condor]

And it's at 76°C right now with the hotspot at 48°C with only Firefox and Steam open

[wise quarry]

Hello, I am trying to upgrade my computer to Windows 11. I have enabled fTPM in my bios (b450m bazooka v2). However, windows shows me that my TPM sub version is 1.38.
Any ideas on how I can get this compatible? Do I need to do a bios update? Or is something else incompatible?

[rigid fjord]

your bios should always be up to date

[unborn condor]

Just ran 3Dmark, these are my numbers

VRam peaked at 92°C

[bitter topaz]

Has technonogy finally advanced enough to where we can have "hide camera cutout" as always on?

[rigid fjord]

yup, good

[unborn condor]

Should it really be 75°C at idle though? The card isn't being hurt by that, is it?

[spring raft]

is the ram market cooked?

[tired bear]

https://tenor.com/view/smile-evil-evil-smile-big-smile-fake-smile-gif-7484414434879832264

[rigid fjord]

it's not being hurt, and if you want it cooler at idle, you'd disable zero rpm mode and set a custom curve

[unborn condor]

Zero RPM mode?

[tacit star]

What is this for?

My card bas ARGB

[clear pebble]

argb header

[clear pebble]

also why tf is it that high??

[spring raft]

because its ebay

also because of the ai rush making things like so much higher

[clear pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/optimus-prime-transformers-2007-ebay-optimus-gif-16129368432829961068

[clear pebble]

like why tho, jeez just make more ram

@azure topaz sorry for the ping again, sadly even wit full stress tests and everything done to the PC and adding a fan to the ram, it still rebooted after a bit of VR on.

back to psu?

[wild jewel]

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

any recommendations for this parts list? i cant really add more money to it

its for my friend

im in canada

[tacit star]

?!

I already have male and female 3-pin?

[tulip sparrow]

sighs https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-pause-ads-2-3620658/

[rigid fjord]

yes, get a 5600 instead of a 5500

[wild jewel]

r u sure?

its a 110 dollars more

is it still worth it

[rigid fjord]

yes

the 5500 performs no better than a 3600 but with half the cache and pcie gen3 only

[tulip sparrow]

I personally have a 5800x3d myself

[rigid fjord]

where as a 5600 has 20-25% more performance over a 3600

[haughty compass]

We went to microcenter and picked out a lian li one instead, what's wrong with the SSD tho?

And ended up getting a 750w PSU aswell

Also got ram for such a good price

https://tenor.com/view/larry-larry-baby-ai-baby-laughing-ai-baby-baby-gif-17394836155970552795

The ram was 400 but got it for 280

It's from some random company but literally best deal I think

[rigid fjord]

sn5000 is $50 cheaper while having basically the same performance

[haughty compass]

Ah I see

We also swapped the mobo

[rigid fjord]

<@&750150305383186585> rule #5

[haughty compass]

For an open box aouros one

[haughty compass]

Damn

Why it loud asf

Have u guys ever heard of klevv? That's the company we got the ram from

[hoary agate]

120mm fan at around 6000 RPM

[rigid fjord]

yes, they have some decent ram and most mobo brands test using their ram

[haughty compass]

We got this for 280

It was I think 6000mt

But we did a pick up for it from microcenter and the sticker on it said 400

32gb

[clear pebble]

show me

[tired bear]

only 3 companies mass produce chips themself (micron, samsung and sk hynx)
other just package it in sticks and sell it

[supple ivy]

Does anyone have the win10 media creation tool exe installed on their PC or know where I could find it?

Actully dw think I found it

[tired bear]

use rufus

[deep musk]

State of the Xbox:

I think the hdmi port is dead and only the av port is working and it’s a falcon made after April so it’s not destined to have the rrod

[sage ocean]

Bought this on an impulse, switches are swappable. What should I replace the corsair switches with?

[deep musk]

What ever you like most

[supple ivy]

Just sticking to what I know and using a USB lol

[sage ocean]

Only ever used scratchy cherry mx switches before and some gateron reds

[deep musk]

This keyboard seems to use Hall effects switches, not sure if you can or should swap those

[sage ocean]

It says theyre swap able on the back

As long as theyre magnetic

[deep musk]

Yeah, but with normal ones or only Hall effects ones?

[sage ocean]

Probably only hall

[deep musk]

Ohhh well that answers my question

[sage ocean]

The stabs are really nice

[dusty gorge]

Hey all. I'm trying to strike a laptop this black friday. I have a surface pro 7 that has started to give up on me a little (the keyboard and kickstand don't work so well anymore), and so I'm looking for a new laptop. I really enjoy the 2-in-1 form factor the surface gave me, but from my search, other than the Z13 (which is expensive and doesn't even have a place to put a dedicated pen), there aren't many good 2-in-1 options. So I'm considering getting a dedicated laptop and just keeping my surface around as a tablet, which is what I use it for anyway these days.

I need a laptop that can do a lot of multitasking (probably 32 gb ram?), I want something that can run Minecraft (modded), Hytale when it releases, and Dead by Daylight, but I don't want some huge, bulky gaming laptop covered in tacky designs and rgb. Any recommendations?

[topaz shale]

if you are in US look at the HP omnibook x there is a model for 999$ with i9, 32gb ram and i think 2tb ssd

has a very nice screen too

[unborn condor]

Well, went ahead and let my anxiety take over. Have a killing migraine but I now put thermal pads and the PTM reapplied. Took 2 tries this time. Here's hoping I'll never have to do this ever again.

[dusty gorge]

how good are intel arc 140v graphics?

[topaz shale]

slightly better than integrated i believe

[dusty gorge]

can they even run dead by daylight?

[topaz shale]

i mean i ran portal on an i3 with awful integrated graphics

you can do anything with anything

forgot to mention this deal is at bestbuy ^

otherwise if you want a discrete GPU you are looking at either workstation laptops or gaming laptops

workstation gets pricey

[dusty gorge]

so there's no inbetween intel arc and a discrete gpu

[frigid blade]

i did 10 microsoft azure labs today im like so done with these classes

last one

[warm bison]

?!?!

[unborn condor]

So, reapplied everything and this is what I got.

[arctic furnace]

On a scale of one to absolutely cooked how cooked am I??

Wait your telling me I could just trouble shoot and go into windows 11

💀

The hell is this even for then??

I’m so confused

[cold skiff]

Why not 1 strip of pad per row?

Like I’ve never seen anyone cut out a thermal pad for each individual ram module

[unborn condor]

I thought overflow was a problem

[steel umbra]

guysss gib me the best bf deals

nowww

[south arrow]

Been pretty crud tbh pc wise

[clear pebble]

does anyone know how to set up Hwmonitor, it says that the progarm isnt compatible with my operating system.

[south arrow]

I myte not be lurking as heavy though

Was some decent monitor deals

Or hdd/ssd

[steel umbra]

i have no idea what to buy

screwdriver bits ig

[unborn condor]

Whelp, after doing thermals 4 times for this fucking card I guess I'm just gonna have to deal with the fact that it'll never be perfect. After an hour of idling it's at 74°C at the VRam, even after adjusting the fan curve. Just going to have to deal with it, I suppose.

[grizzled frost]

there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that

[high elm]

thats good

perfectly normal

[unborn condor]

But that's at idle, it shouldn't be that temp at idle

[grizzled frost]

depends on the fan speed

[unborn condor]

1,700rpm but it didn't seem to make much of an impact on the vram

[grizzled frost]

cooler doesn’t really care about vram anyways

and “idle” isn’t essentially meaningless

[unborn condor]

what do you mean?

[grizzled frost]

the vram isn’t the focus of the cooler, so the amount of heat it can pull from it is fairly low

[unborn condor]

so what do i do? what can i do? is it supposed to run this warm? I've changed the thermals like, 4 times

[grizzled frost]

yes

and 74c isn’t that warm for vram

what’s the temp like under load?

[unborn condor]

my friend has the taichi version that he also rethermaled and that maxes at like 78 in furmark

[unborn condor]

maxed out at 94 in 3dmark

[high elm]

normal

[grizzled frost]

what do you mean “rethermaled” also that’s normal

[unborn condor]

redid the thermals, like took out all the shitty factory AsRock thermals and reapplied new thermals

[grizzled frost]

as in thermal pads?

[unborn condor]

as in absolutely everything

[grizzled frost]

so thermal pads and die paste

why would you redo that on a new GPU?

[unborn condor]

ptm7950 on the dye, thermal putty on the vram (which i did, but then the vram was really hot again, so i used pads this time, and it appears the exact same), and thermal pads on the other shit

[high elm]

i ran no thermal pads on my 2080ti with a waterblock so basically no airflow and it still worked fine dont worry too much

94 is perfectly normal

[unborn condor]

you weren't here during my first experience with this, but trust me when i say the stock thermals were appalling

see all that debris? all of this was the stock factory thermals. it was disgusting, AND it ran hot

[unborn condor]

Isn't 95 like, the danger zone tho?

[thorn pewter]

In general yes but in some cases thats fine

but not all the times thats the case so its always best bet to check your thermals

[grizzled frost]

100c is for vram

[grizzled frost]

also what the hell, did you buy this new?

that is not what a new card looks like at all

[unborn condor]

That's all I've been doing, 80% of the time I'm playing games I'm looking at HWiNFO to make sure I'm not killing my card

[unborn condor]

Yep! From new.

[grizzled frost]

where’d you buy it from?

[unborn condor]

Newegg

[grizzled frost]

i 100% would have returned that, that is not a new GPU

or at the very least one that was stored improperly

[unborn condor]

That was after about a year of use, not out of the box. But it still shouldn't look like that a year later.

[grizzled frost]

do you happen to live in a really high humidity environment?

[unborn condor]

Also I'm not the only one, go ahead and do some research on the phantom gaming asrock 7900xtx, everyone deals with this

[unborn condor]

I live in Florida, but my room wasn't overly humid.

[grizzled frost]

anyways, 94c is perfectly acceptable and you’re unlikely to see much improvement

furmark isn’t true to actual use anyways

[unborn condor]

94 was in 3dmark

It was higher in Furmark

[normal maple]

Anyone here play Indiana Jones and the Great Circle? I have settings optimization questions for a specific area of the game.

[unborn condor]

Went to 98 in Furmark

[grizzled frost]

94c in 3d mark is fine

furmark isn’t indicative of anything

[unborn condor]

Keep in mind, this is vram and not hotspot were talking about. 94c memory junction temperature (vram)

[grizzled frost]

94c is the very upper end of fine, but fine nonetheless

[unborn condor]

It automatically starts throttling at a certain temperature, right? I'm not killing my card in the process?

[grizzled frost]

100c, and yes

it is next to impossible to kill your card due to temps

[agile topaz]

Itll shut down before it cooks itself

99% sure that is

[empty quartz]

Ngl, i always forgot how shitty black friday sales are

@grizzled frost are you from us of a? Asking because im curious about black friday sales in the states

[thorn escarp]

is it fine if i leave a micro usb connected to my pc

[agile topaz]

"sales" they just raise prices then lower them back to normal within a month

[thorn escarp]

like i would like to have it on my desk but not connected to anything

so i can just pull out my controller and connect it

like it shouldnt fuck anything up

[agile topaz]

As long as you arent storing the other end inside the pc next to the motherboard, dont worry

[thorn escarp]

nu its on my desk

[agile topaz]

Im saying there's no way anything bad will happen unless it touches a pin or something, you're almost definitely fine

[thorn escarp]

gotcha

[grizzled frost]

yessir

[agile topaz]

You don't get deals at all here, just fake sales

[grizzled frost]

the above is accurate

[south arrow]

Been hunting just meh

[agile topaz]

Hell, some things go up with how they adjust the price lmao

Wonder if black friday is meant to warn you that we're at a tipping point

If so its been at that point for years but idk

[lapis violet]

the only legit deal I've seen is the 30% drop for the LG 27GX700A

the hot new tandem oled monitor

[spring raft]

exactly

[unborn condor]

Baldurs Gate 3 max everything. Not terrible

[clear canyon]

Well it can accelerate the degrading process over a long period of time but yeah

[random gyro]

sup

[analog widget]

i am downloading something and its saying that the speed is 3 mb/s and in task manager it says its 30 does any1 know why

[formal sonnet]

What program are you using to download <thing>? A screenshot showing the speed in the app/program will help, too.

[upbeat blaze]

Anyone want to go steal some ddr5 ram might be more profitable then stealing copper

[swift moss]

gang yall reckon i sit this overpriced ahh test (165usd)

to learn how to use microsoft defender like a pro!!!!

[random gyro]

i pretty sure copper worth more

[swift moss]

cheaper than comptia security+ believe it or not

[azure topaz]

per pound? no way

[spring latch]

absolutely not, if you fail I bet it's non refundable

[random gyro]

?

[swift moss]

i won't fail though i'm just saying is it worth it to learn how to use ms defender lol

[grizzled frost]

ram is worth astronomically
more per pound than copper

[spring latch]

no

[grizzled frost]

even just the pure silicon is

[azure topaz]

copper is like 4.50 a pound

[swift moss]

idk microsoft has literally nothing to do with general stuff other than associates

[azure topaz]

which is not cheap at all but ram would be in the thousands at urrent value rn

[grizzled frost]

hundreds of thousands depending on the type of ram

[azure topaz]

yah

[grizzled frost]

my kit of ram would be 1200usd to buy rn

[azure topaz]

my kit is high speed so it was somewhat spared from stupid ram prices

[swift moss]

it's azure defender lol

[grizzled frost]

100 of those would probably be less than a pound

[normal maple]

I bought my ram right before ram prices jumped lol

[spring latch]

165usd to know how to use a basically useless (well not anymore) simple antivirus is not worth it, some Indian guy in YouTube could teach you for free in 20 minutes how to setup a good antivirus

[azure topaz]

unironically buying an 8k kit and tuning it to 6k c30 is cheaper and better than buying an 6k30 kit rn

[sleek ibex]

Ah welcome back to 1994 for ram costs

[swift moss]

i don't think you know what a career certification is??????

[azure topaz]

you can reprogram XMP's+add your own to sticks to make it 6k c30

[spring latch]

oh it's for a career

[grizzled frost]

the 165usd isn’t to learn anything, it’s to prove you know something

[azure topaz]

if you validate it and do proper memoory tests theres nothing wrong

[swift moss]

it's proof that i know azure microsoft defender at a level that will allow me to defend companies from cyber attacks

[spring latch]

didn't see that it's a career thing

[swift moss]

yes exactly

[grizzled frost]

the certification is just that, a certification, it certifies your knowledge

[azure topaz]

i see people on hwbot buying 4800 hynix sticks and then binning them to 6kc30 and reselling them

[random gyro]

mine on amazon is 300

[normal maple]

It was normally at 90$, was selling at 110$. I was wondering why the price wasn't going back down and looked up the news. Bought it right away after that. I think the kit is $200 now.

[swift moss]

exactly yeah, i'm just doing one for the shits and giggles i'm ngl i'm not really going into IT i think it just looks nice on my CV and i've got summer break and i have nothing better to do

[azure topaz]

my kiy it is 400$ and i spent 240$ on it

[grizzled frost]

i need my ccna at some point

[swift moss]

mmmm

[random gyro]

mine came with my prebuilt

[spring latch]

well it's your money

[swift moss]

fair enuf

[grizzled frost]

my kit is at 1200 last i checked and i spent 330 on it

[swift moss]

I with there weren't prerequesites though like being an associate

[spring latch]

is ddr4 hella expensive too

[grizzled frost]

literally just an excuse for them to make you spend more money

[grizzled frost]

yes

[swift moss]

yeah like if im in an industry vet it's silly i have to sit through fundamentals and associate levels

[grizzled frost]

ddr3 is minimally affected at least

[sleek ibex]

Remember when one single ram stick was enough to buy a 5080 in the consumer market

[spring latch]

guess it's good I found the 16gb kit in a dumpster, would've been a better find if it was after prices skyrocketed but sure whatever

[grizzled frost]

time to sell all the ddr4 out of my servers for instant cash

i could probably make more money than i spent on the servers as a whole

[spring latch]

I wonder if I could sell an 8GB stick for expensive

but nobody wants 8GB

so im gonna go with no

[swift moss]

JESUS

[spring latch]

deedeeare three

[swift moss]

😭

[spring latch]

thats more epensive than ram prices rn

[swift moss]

loving the pricing here

acting more presitigous than harvard 😭

[spring latch]

it could even be more than the average monthly morage

[sleek ibex]

Which kit?!

That's like a 300% increase in price

I originally bought my Klevv 48GB 6000 CL30 kit for $150 USD and now it's slightly over $370 USD

And this is from Klevv's offical listing on Amazon

[swift moss]

prolly somewhere there yeah

[sleek ibex]

[swift moss]

damn

these are pretty stable prices

[hexed tapir]

Just save money getting a single 16gb kit...

1027.32

[sleek ibex]

In today's money, that is slightly cheaper than how much a single 16 megabyte stick was going for 30 some years ago

[spring latch]

1027$ for 16GB of DDR5

[sleek ibex]

Welcome back to 1994

[arctic kettle]

I'm very happy I got my ram when it was at the cheapest.

[sleek ibex]

[hexed tapir]

Back in my day 2x16 cl30 6000 was $98!

[swift stream]

you could buy a ps5 with that

[swift stream]

I got 2x16 6000mhz white rgb for 92 USD last year,

[rigid fjord]

@azure topaz@grizzled frost pladium or however it's spelt, is worth way more per gram than copper is per pound

rhodium also

though both of these require you to strip smd resistors and capacitors from boards then a process of melting them down for the metals

[swift stream]

i feel weird for going team razer, I already have audiophile iems though 😔

[unborn condor]

I don't understand this shit dude, I just quit Baldur's Gate 3 and the memory junction temperature went up 4 degrees

What the hell is that how the hell does that even happen

[spring latch]

who loves 3d
I know I do

[winged sky]

Why in the everliving fuck would you pay that much for a craptastic razer headset....

If you already have audiophile shit, spend that money on a good mic and mic arm

And use your other headsets

[spring latch]

paying for razer is like getting cut with a razor blade

[winged sky]

A dull and shitty one at that

[spring latch]

indeed

[dusty dew]

@rigid fjord A techtuber finally got his hands on a 6500XT..... 8GB

and I tell you, AMD really hampered the thing with 4gb of ram

its like only 15-20% gap from 6600, and is almost 100% performance than 4gb

[rigid fjord]

what hampers it more so is that it only usess pcie x4

[dusty dew]

they should have kept it x8 and 8gb ram, then it would sell like pancakes

[rigid fjord]

would have been nice if they did, but tbf, it's a laptop gpu that got brought to desktop due to gpu and silicon crisis

[hidden nymph]

LMAO the Windows 7 restore theme, increase performance by a ton

my CPU used to barely go over 4.80 GHz now it goes over 5.10 GHz LMAOOO

[desert coral]

Hi, could anyone tell me with PSU is better, XPG cybercore 1300 plat or EVGA P3 1200W? I have the P3 in my main rig and just got XPG brand new in box from FB marketplace. I know on the PSU tier list the XPG is A+ in official ranking, but the P3 only have unofficial ranking of B+. Which one should I used for my main and which one should I put to the second rig?

[rigid fjord]

an a+ psu would be the best option but tbh, there is no advantage going for a platinum rated psu over a gold rated psu

[desert coral]

they both plat

[upbeat blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/i-have-a-gun-gif-26202140

[rigid fjord]

and i bet you paid almost double for them over a gold rated psu of the same/similar wattage

[desert coral]

I got it for 100 CAD

[upbeat blaze]

No way in hell I'm spending graphics card money on ram

[rigid fjord]

if you want ddr5, you definitely will do

[upbeat blaze]

I have one stick of 16 gb ddr5 it will have to do for now

[rigid fjord]

me with an am4 build still, definitely the wise route

even though i could likely sell my 2 kits of ddr4 ram for the price of ddr5

[valid fiber]

black friday 2023 i got 128Gb ddr4 for about 200€
today it's about 340€ for a 64Gb (2*32Gb) kit

[rigid fjord]

i could resell both of my 16gb kits for 130+ per pair

i paid 65 of one and 71 for the other

[cold skiff]

Tbh you’re spending entry level gpu money on ram now. If you gonna spend that much on a gpu you’re gonna spend it on ram.

And they’ve worked that out. Gg consumer prices for pc builders forever now

[cold skiff]

My shitty kit cost me £110. It’s now out of stock and hit an all time high of £300. It sold out at 280 2 days ago

Insane tbfh

[spring latch]

wrong video

ChucklesOS can now DVD LOGO

[sonic siren]

I'm trying to play games on Linux. Any suggestions for playable games?

[swift moss]

WHY DOES SAMSUNG install two messaging apps by default and you can't disable, God forbid uninstall, either.

[tidal grove]

Guys what specs should a pc/laptop have in order to do these:

Web browsing (just normal)
YouTube
Watching movies
Retro gaming (nothing super crazy I was Thinking Minecraft,San Andreas other low-end games)

[normal maple]

Anyone here play Indiana Jones and the Great Circle? I have settings optimization questions for a specific area of the game.

[formal sonnet]

Most laptop's with an Intel i3 / AMD equivalent, 8GB RAM, and at least 256GB storage can handle such tasks. That said, while nothing is ever future proof, don't skimp on processing power, RAM, or storage if you know you'll grow into it.

[tidal grove]

Even Minecraft?

Is i5 6th gen laptop/mini pc good ?

I should I opt for higher stuff

[supple mist]

is sabrent a good brand of SSDs

[formal sonnet]

That... was not part of your original ask, but technically, yes... for Minecraft it really depends on how many mods you're planning to run. And if you want shaders... I just don't recommend that on a laptop. (IMO, it's not worth getting a laptop with a GPU just for the purpose of running Minecraft with shaders. But of course, you do you. 👍 )

[formal sonnet]

If you want to run Windows on it, not for regular daily use. Windows 11 doesn't support 6th gen Intel.

[formal sonnet]

Don't buy based on brands; buy based on models. Sabrent makes good SSDs, but as with all brands, they also make hot garbage. (And even their good SSDs can be Dead on Arrival. Friend's Sabrent Rocket died in 6 months.)

[tidal grove]

No shaders,just normal plain Minecraft maybe with 1-2 texture packs

So what specs should I opt for ? @formal sonnet

[formal sonnet]

Today's modern processors can run lots of stuff (even more demanding games) "acceptably" though for the more demanding one's you either have to turn the settings way down or suffer with poor framerates. Minecraft though should be fine.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1hvol7a/can_i_play_minecraft_with_integrated_graphics/

[formal sonnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vddu2jmfVbI

[tidal grove]

Nah I was Thinking mini pc

Since laptop will be expensive just for shitty monitor webcam etc

Which I have already

[unique olive]

Minisforum

[tidal grove]

what's a minisforum

[formal sonnet]

Those are a lot of assumptions, but if you already have peripherals, a desktop might make sense.

[tidal grove]

Yesss

[unique olive]

Get some crazy stuff in sff

[lapis talon]

Should I go with PNY for SO DIMM ram?

[azure topaz]

doesnt matter

[lapis talon]

Specifically, 16gb 5600mhz DDR5

[formal sonnet]

I would start your search by getting familiar with Mini PC's before you narrow anything down.
https://sts10.github.io/2022/11/12/mini-pc-buying-guide.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/MiniPCs/comments/1hxtacs/2025_general_mini_pc_guide_usa/

[lapis talon]

I know, I just want good warranty policy and reliability

Corsair vengeance isn't in stock

[unique olive]

A company that seems to be on some sort of drugs they will put anything into sff if they could they would put a 5090 into a 1” cube

[tidal grove]

I js want spec recommendations y'all

Like what's recommended for my scenario

[lapis talon]

Also I need recommendations for a decent Tri mode wireless mouse under $65 USD

[unique olive]

Price range?

[tidal grove]

Then I'll research on my own

[lapis talon]

Same size as the Razer Viper Mini

[tidal grove]

My country won't match,so just give your recommendation (well don't say Ryzen 9 9800x3d with 32gb ram)

Something that will perfectly match what I'm doing

[formal sonnet]

In general (and for your scenario), I tend to recommend at least an Intel i5 (or AMD equivalent), 16GB RAM, and 512GB storage.

[tidal grove]

Ahh thanks

I5 what gen and Ryzen what

I5 8gen ish ?

[formal sonnet]

You don't have to buy new / current generation stuff; but I wouldn't go with anything older than ~3 years if you're looking to get multiple years of life out of it. Technically, Intel 8th gen is still supported by Windows 11... for now. Reading between the lines, it feels like Microsoft will follow in Apple's footsteps and start to drop support for older hardware, one generation at a time with each subsequent Windows build version. Just a hunch though.

[tidal grove]

Yess I'm buying used

[unique olive]

Okay something like this then it’ll do a little gaming probably handle triple a games at up to 60hz 1080 p and is otherwise a fun little thing

[peak swan]

That's what the ram on that pc looks like

[sleek ibex]

[peak swan]

Guys
My battery percentage dissappeared on my phone this morning
Wtaf

[ionic peak]

Good morning everyone

[sleek ibex]

@rigid fjord I actually have some games and some stuff from the DOS and Windows 95 era we still have all these years back

Mostly CDs and some 3.5 floppies

[stuck depot]

does anyone here have a asus vp249qgr monitor?

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/895445814128812073/1444244191134617670/20251129_092850.jpg?ex=692c00b7&is=692aaf37&hm=7b58a5ca1eced565bcbd50cffb86562ac898cf1f8f24a6b0b0f74abed541b5eb&=&format=webp&width=1291&height=968 this is the issue i have. horizontal lines started appearing last month across my entire taskbar, i first noticed them on the right side across my action centre icon but then it spread to the entire panel horizontally over the taskbar

one reddit user said it's a horizontal driver chip failure? not sure if that's actually the case

[solar moat]

WTF IS THAT UNIT

[stuck depot]

some people on the ltt forum said changing the refresh rate resolved their issue, on my end it actually makes it worse because the entire bottom part is now flickering, it's not that visible but if you pay close attention you can see it

oh wow at 50hz it's really visible.. not only that even the colours are different

[solar moat]

KWh/100h

326kwh/100h=4.372HP

so 11.74MJ per load

[analog widget]

I havbe this thing with my monitor where sometimes my screen wont refresh but when i move my mouse it will up date some of that section (alr updated gpu drivers)

[solar moat]

wolframalpha.com you can just type in and it works out units

it dose silly things like works out L/100KM to m^2

[formal sonnet]

Canadian gas mileage.... converted to... area? (I know of Wolfram, just didn't know it would try to do weird conversions.)

[solar moat]

ok 1000L is 1m^3
and 1KM is 1000m^1 so you can just simplity to M^2

[formal sonnet]

I know I know, I still just find conversions like this to be... strange. Or rather, just not something I'd ever need in everyday life. An engineer somewhere probably converts such units everyday though. 👍

[solar moat]

well if you magicly had a tube of fuel that cost secion is how much fule you need to keep going'

[formal sonnet]

So what you're saying is... I need to go steal purchase a jetliner airplane? 🤔

[solar moat]

at least its not as cursed as nm:sqrot(nm)

[true adder]

phone hotspot is actually pretty good

[strange atlas]

Should i get this phone? Omix O1 Next 5G

Or this Samsung Galaxy A16 (4 GB / 128 GB)

[peak swan]

Crank that dial to max

[brazen hemlock]

Layla AI, developed by Layla Networks, is designed to be fully self-hosted and locally run on your device, supporting on-device LLMs and Stable Diffusion for image generation without requiring internet connectivity. It emphasizes privacy, offline functionality, and allows advanced users to load custom GGUF models.

In contrast, RedMagic Mora is not self-hosted in the same sense—she relies on pre-loaded assets and limited cloud-dependent features, with no support for user-loaded AI models or local LLM inference. Despite RedMagic phones being powerful gaming devices, Nubia has not leveraged that hardware for local AI hosting like Layla does.
i don't like making MY ai talk for me but facts are facts boys...

[peak swan]

Ehem, mods

[brazen hemlock]

read

please

[random gyro]

you know its not good when they say "please" rofl

[brazen hemlock]

its about the new video... privacy advocate here hello?

can mora work without wifi? nah if you want a sycophantic toy then do it right

[random gyro]

how r u all

[brazen hemlock]

good enough you?

[random gyro]

im doing good if i say so

[brazen hemlock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8ddg4460xc this is on my mind...

so yeah call the mods i'd like the spot light for a moment

[random gyro]

um, that went dark

i guess

[brazen hemlock]

alas, its gets worse... but i spare you the detail.

[random gyro]

im working on something. i guess

[brazen hemlock]

that's good looks CAD-y

and fun

[random gyro]

yep, i use sketchup

im working on my battlestation

[silk ferry]

why is buildcores not showing all the parts some of them just go invisible

[brazen hemlock]

ive got a grim sense of humor when things like ai-psycosis get said... its a defence mechanism....
here my secret sauce, what im going to build for those who read my prior message...
Case: HAVN ~ €178.50
PSU (Corsair RM850e White): ~ €149.90
Motherboard (ASRock B650 Steel Legend White): ~ €177.69
CPU (Ryzen 7 7700): ~ €250
RAM (32GB DDR5-6000 CL30): ~ €133
Storage (Crucial P3 2TB NVMe): ~ €130
GPU (Yeston Sakura): ~ €634
Cooler (Hyper 212 Black Edition): ~ €60.64
style functional.

and i dont know i build on intuition i guess

[random gyro]

issue: how do i speaker

[hollow girder]

I don’t wanna blow it up cus I blew a set of cheap headphones up with it

[brazen hemlock]

ive got a song if you'd like

[random gyro]

solved

[brazen hemlock]

ask for lyrics ill share.

[hollow girder]

Saved for later

[rigid fjord]

that's edo-ram

[brazen hemlock]

fpga boards look similar

[rigid fjord]

fun part is that, before win 98, those are all 16bit games, and from win98 onwards the games are at least 32bit, and win 7 onwards the games could be 64 bit

[brazen hemlock]

you guys watch thought emporium?

[granite comet]

why are RAM prices so cooked rn wtf?

sparknotes please dont link me to a 45 minute long video on market manipulation

[brazen hemlock]

thanks mora red magic and the rest of the em... /s

basically the current RAM shortage is primarily driven by AI server farms. Memory manufacturers like Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron have redirected production capacity from standard server DRAM to high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and advanced DRAM needed for AI chips, fueling an "AI arms race." This shift has caused a severe supply crunch, with major U.S. and Chinese hyperscalers receiving only about 70% of their server DRAM orders and facing price surges of up to 50%

[granite comet]

god i hope we get a unibomber 2.0

[rigid fjord]

AI

[granite comet]

ted kaczinski-er

i refuse to call it AI. Its not intelligent it doesnt think. Glorified clanker. Only has so many resources bc of rich people afraid of rokos basalisk

[brazen hemlock]

military ai Palentir, war...

[granite comet]

i guess im only surprised bc it took so long for ram prices to jump compared to GPUs

[frail torrent]

my pc begs for an upgrade, i think one more 16 gb stick of ram would be nice and affordable begin of this renovation

[vestal stream]

Chat, should I make the jump to am5 now or stay on my am4

[frail torrent]

but theres a catch

[brazen hemlock]

AM5 has a pretty good upgradability path, i will.

core i7 8700 and R9 390msi 8gb 2015 build, thanks austin, linus, jayztwocents... it still holds

gpu, artifacted a repaste fixed it and well i saw the v-ram had scarred the pcb yet still beam ng drive at 1080 100fps

[vestal stream]

Ram prices are fucky rn switching to am5 means that I gotta swap my CPU ram and mb

[brazen hemlock]

yeah its worth it for me since i have an older build i guess... made it last

[thorny saddle]

Thanking Jayztwocents is wild

[brazen hemlock]

14 year old me needed a good midrange he said R9 390msi and well he was right

[frail torrent]

the cheapest new ddr4 16 gb 3200 stick is $126 in my country, what are you dealing with?

[livid fern]

U asked a question yes

[thorny saddle]

I mean does a 14 year old have many options at all lol

[livid fern]

For c 3.1
Its type4 except the 24pin

[brazen hemlock]

2k euro build crazy but put in a RX 6700 and it'll get 7 more years, i knew a little

[livid fern]

if i remember right nzxt core is also type4 except the 24pin

[craggy cove]

for gaming you dont need 32gb

[thorny saddle]

I would definitely get no less than 32GB

[craggy cove]

and get ddr4 used, its gonna be expensive as hell used

[craggy cove]

with a new ddr5 build maybe

[thorny saddle]

with a DDR5 build absolutely because 8GB DDR5 DIMMs are handicapped, but on a DDR4 build, I would still absolutely get 32GB

[brazen hemlock]

meanwhile here in france i saw a 5600mhz ddr5 32Gb for 60 in a thrift store, alas funds are hard

[craggy cove]

shit take a loan and sell it idk

[brazen hemlock]

hah

[craggy cove]

ehh for gaming you can probably put your money elsewhere

[thorny saddle]

Nah, 32GB is minimum in 2025

[brazen hemlock]

16 is fine

yeah W11 usses 7-10gb but really 32 you gotta make count

[frail torrent]

thats fair, but honestly i think i can stay on 16 gbs for little more time, its not the weakest part of my current pc

[livid fern]

@rigid fjord Titan gold likely uses type4 pcb's. Let me check

[frail torrent]

maybe until ai bubble will pop, i hope this shit will crash

[brazen hemlock]

doubt it...

[craggy cove]

wait 2 years maybe

[craggy cove]

what else do you have in there for reference

[brazen hemlock]

i say in four it'll stabalize, back to 2015 era

[rigid fjord]

okies, as there's a 1200w one at a really good price

[thorny saddle]

Everyone is focusing on RAM but have you seen large die/big RAM GPU availability?

[brazen hemlock]

yeah no rx 9070 24gb card

[craggy cove]

nvidia no longer supplying vram to board partners :)

i like how theres nothing positive about 99% of ai

genuinely what do we need video generation for

with all the processing power it takes

[brazen hemlock]

the 1% is self host... 3b q 4 IMPISH_LLAMA model on my S23

[thorny saddle]

Doesn't even exist.

I am saying this:

Philadelphia area Micro Center has 3 models of 5090 .... that's it. And all are AIOs.

[brazen hemlock]

its why i look to AMD now..

[frail torrent]

umm, i upgraded it in the mining era last time and my funds got me a gt 1030 with a ryzen 3 1200

[thorny saddle]

Its been this way now for nearly 2+ weeks

[craggy cove]

ok yeah fuck the ram lol youve got other problems

[thorny saddle]

My theory is AI is hitting large die and large VRAM packages

[silk ferry]

why odes it have an aio attached to it

[brazen hemlock]

outdated driver homies 🥺

[thorny saddle]

they make AIO GPUs, but they are not popular due to fitment... but yeah our MC (and almost every single one I search) has no air-cooled 5090s

[craggy cove]

maybe a rx 580 8gb and ryzen 5 3600 for the price of that 16gb stick

[frail torrent]

i can get a rx 6700 xt with a r5 5600 currently in my country

but i dont know how to buy used gpu safely

none the less, rx 6000 series used to mine crypto

[rigid fjord]

3600 + 6600/6600xt build for the price of some ddr5 sticks/kits

[frail torrent]

we live in an interesting timeline

[craggy cove]

doesnt really matter

just broken or not for me

[craggy cove]

i feel inclined to sell my 32gb kit but then i will have no ram

its like housing prices

[brazen hemlock]

hold onto to it, i regret not being able to buy the one i saw for 60 next morning it was gone

[livid fern]

Deepcool PX series uses type4
PX-G is CSZ so same platform as titan gold. I have no info about montech using their own pinouts

[tacit star]

What is this for? It came with my GPU – it has ARGB

[brazen hemlock]

aura argb headder? im only guessing

[tacit star]

What is this

[brazen hemlock]

what gpu?

[tacit star]

I have standard male and female 3-pin 5V as well

[tacit star]

Red Devil 6900 XT

[brazen hemlock]

5V 3-pin ARGB adapter / bridge (proprietary sync dongle)
It is not a power connector and not required for the GPU to function. It is only for RGB synchronization.
Here’s what it’s for in practice:
The Red Devil has:
its own onboard RGB
and a pass-through ARGB sync option
That little piece acts as:
a bridge
or format adapter
between:
the GPU’s small proprietary RGB header
and a standard 3-pin 5V ARGB motherboard header
That’s why you also have:
a standard male 3-pin 5V
and a standard female 3-pin 5V
The tiny block is just the translation layer between PowerColor’s internal RGB wiring and standard Aura/Mystic/Polychrome headers.
Important warning (seriously):
Never plug that into a 12V 4-pin RGB header.
If someone forces that:
GPU RGB dies instantly
sometimes the motherboard RGB controller with it
Correct ARGB pinout is:
5V → Data → Ground
If the motherboard header does not explicitly say 5V / D / G, do not use it.

[solar moat]

RGB?

[tacit star]

https://share.google/IqUPDHpN7UW95QWBa

[solar moat]

yep RGB

[tacit star]

What RGB?

But why and where do I plug this into

I have normal 5V as well

[brazen hemlock]

the lighting red green blue white

[tacit star]

Probs this small one goes in the GPU?

And the regular in the controller

[brazen hemlock]

small connector into mobo propriatairy into card if not compatible and otherwise use the special wire

sync works with Works with:
ASUS Aura Sync (5V only)
MSI JRAINBOW (5V)
Gigabyte D_LED (5V)
ASRock Polychrome ARGB (5V)

do you guys know of Cortical labs?

prompt-crastinated this not vibe-coded lmao

[lapis talon]

How's WLMouse

[brazen hemlock]

i'm running an off brand wireless lazer mouse, i bet they pretty good haha

[lapis talon]

I'm just tryna get a good mouse that'll last me 5+ years

And something premium while I'm at it

[brazen hemlock]

dont do razer my naga lasted a year...

[lapis talon]

Razer is razer

[craggy cove]

trying to sell a 7600 and b650, buyer asked me if i could also sell the 32gb kit in the picture

[lapis talon]

I'm running a viper mini for 3ish years now

[craggy cove]

https://tenor.com/view/i-know-what-you-are-cat-sus-suspicious-cat-side-eye-cat-meme-gif-11842087146493734807

[lapis talon]

Hell no

Will he pay extra

[craggy cove]

i mean probably

but hes probably hoping that i don't know about ddr5 prices

i need ddr5 for myself too yk

[brazen hemlock]

gluttony is ill-advised, he don't deserve the gpu, how much?

[long cradle]

Just added another TB of storage to my computer.

[craggy cove]

gpu ?

[brazen hemlock]

yeah

[craggy cove]

my only experience with verbatim is their dogshit products dying

[long cradle]

I was told they were good.

[craggy cove]

idk not selling any gpus

[craggy cove]

idk anything about blu rays so maybe theyre good at that

[brazen hemlock]

oh ryzen 7600 not rx ok

[long cradle]

I'm gonna use them for backups.

[arctic furnace]

Can anyone help me out with this?

[brazen hemlock]

chat how cooked am i?

[fallow yacht]

tf u runnin

[brazen hemlock]

chat gpt. one 3 day long chat plus had a bunch of extra research going on

[kindred halo]

Was at the flea market today, saw a bunch of early 2010s laptops

And some early 2000s

[craggy cove]

sounds like something i need

i have 4 128-256gb ssds

[thorny saddle]

16 is fine dude what are you on about

[brazen hemlock]

im exaggerating lol

its fine i just forgot tabs

just never seen my system go to 13 gigs before, i just hopped from W10 to 11 is the isseu

meanwile my 2011 laptop with 12GB on CashyOs at 1.17 - 3, cool MS

[tawdry coyote]

whats a long lasting and good 2tb drive?

[tired bear]

that does not consumer your ram

[tawdry coyote]

if it didn't why are all the ai companies buying ram

[brazen hemlock]

extra tabs? they do

[brazen hemlock]

no just one long gpt is minimal the ai's ram use is on their system not the user's

[tawdry coyote]

way you said it made it sound like you had a local version

[brazen hemlock]

i do aswell on my S23

[tired bear]

key word is ai companies and not consumers

[brazen hemlock]

they outpricing like heck lol

[tired bear]

they dont even have power capacity to turn all of it on, its just sitting on a shelf

[tired bear]

https://tenor.com/view/ai-art-ai-bores-me-ai-boring-ai-content-ai-generated-gif-14126843253933570447

[brazen hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-elites-even-fight-burn-them-burn-gif-1315271330917575402

sorry, just an OG halo fan that wants what's best dude chill

clearly don't just vibe-code aigen images... das fair but neuro-sama... das cool

[gloomy sleet]

win11 does not use 7-10gb idle lmao

with 16gb that is

[lapis talon]

Should I go for the WLMouse Beast X Mini or the Stride?

Or should I go for the much cheaper MChose L7 Ultra (even though this is a bit too big for me I think)

[gaunt spade]

whess come alive

[arctic furnace]

Anyone know how to fix this?

[tired bear]

https://tenor.com/view/it-crowd-hello-it-have-you-tried-turning-it-off-and-on-again-gif-8607749

[arctic furnace]

Dude I reinstalled ts 3 times

💀

[tired bear]

yes but did you turn pc off and on again?

[frigid blade]

Did you click more info

[arctic furnace]

yes

[frigid blade]

What’s it say

[arctic furnace]

Yes

[tired bear]

what headset do you have?

[dreamy aspen]

yes, it needs to be upgraded to 32gb

16gb ain't making it anymore

[arctic furnace]

Bigscreen beyond 2e

[frigid blade]

@arctic furnace is your GPU running the latest drivers?

[dreamy aspen]

it was great in 2010's but now we've got win11 and 2025 so requirements raised not only OS wise but even games started to require 32gb at least

[arctic furnace]

I installed them today I’m using a 3080

[brazen hemlock]

no it needs linux but i'm not going to mess with FL on it yet since it just work fine, just meme bro

[dreamy aspen]

if linux then okay but windows 32gb only

[frigid blade]

Windows doesn’t use a static amount of ram so it doesn’t matter

If you need more it will release some that it’s using to cache files (well any data)

[brazen hemlock]

a connoisseur i see

[arctic furnace]

I’m literally crashing out over this

It’s so annoying

[iron glen]

What if i have windows with 64gb

[dreamy aspen]

then u are okay m8

[brazen hemlock]

then you sell XD

[frigid blade]

What if you have windows with 256GB

[brazen hemlock]

cashes 60 gigs* would be hilarious

Os runs on ram installed on ram

[frigid blade]

I think there’s an upper cap it’s not that high

[cosmic idol]

Sell half of it and become rich

[cosmic idol]

Honestly
Skill issue 😔

16GB is FINE
Not ideal, but it works.

[gaunt spade]

16gb isnt even enough for one game

[frigid blade]

Depends what game

[brazen hemlock]

let me launch beam ng drive then but inno if you memeing

[gaunt spade]

32gb is the very minimum nowadays

64gb is sweet

[frigid blade]

Minecraft (a game known for needing adequate memory to play well) can run on my laptop with 8GB of ram just fine

[high elm]

yes i need 64gb for 1080p roblox 💔

see how dumb that sounds

[gaunt spade]

yes

[gaunt spade]

no it dosent

[high elm]

buy things to your needs not what people perceive as “standard”

[frigid blade]

It sounds pretty dumb, considering it’s not close to being true at all

[gaunt spade]

not so wise words

[high elm]

in what scenario will roblox need 64gb?

[iron glen]

What

[gaunt spade]

3 roblox instances + 120 tabs and discord and other programs open

[high elm]

read ^ for context

[iron glen]

Atp run 3 vms

[frigid blade]

Bros farming bubble gum sim or something lmao what you need 3 instances for

[high elm]

you might as well say 6969 instances of roblox 6969 tabs of chrome and 6969 apps of discord XD

[gaunt spade]

hilarious man

[frigid blade]

I remember my friend used to farm that game and couldn’t figure out how to run multiple instances

[gaunt spade]

69 funny number haha

[iron glen]

Ha
67
Haha

[frigid blade]

https://tenor.com/view/i-be-profen-gif-9435864923799777590

[high elm]

yea misleading people into buying more than they need especially with expensive ram prices now is just wrong lol

buy to your needs

[iron glen]

Theres no tired emoji on discord 😔

🫩
Its js a square or smth

[frigid blade]

https://tenor.com/view/tuesday-after-christmas-gif-246022315313086585

[gaunt spade]

🫩

type shi

[craggy cove]

hmm

[iron glen]

I mean this

[iron glen]

Its optimal fan placement you wouldn't get it

[high elm]

thanks

[frigid blade]

🫩

[craggy cove]

thx android 15

[brazen hemlock]

nope.. fps top left

105

[craggy cove]

its like those toilet bowl cases

[gaunt spade]

105 is low fps tho

2733 mhz ram too

[frigid blade]

https://tenor.com/view/mewing-bird-gif-16835999897918525830

[craggy cove]

how do u do this and not think "maybe i mounted it wrong"

[brazen hemlock]

2015 build...

[grizzled frost]

this is genuinely impressive

like how do you even manage to do that

[brazen hemlock]

if you say so dude

[gaunt spade]

once u go above 240 you cant go back

[high elm]

240 is low

[brazen hemlock]

bro its beam on the biggest map from the mod section...

[frigid blade]

Tell that to 42% of gamers that run on 16GB

[gaunt spade]

thats the minimum

i have both 360 and 240 hz monitor

[frigid blade]

1080p?

[brazen hemlock]

wow what a flex

[high elm]

360 is low once you get the rog 540hz monitor you cant go back

[gaunt spade]

360 1080 and 1440p 240

[gaunt spade]

do you have that sir?

[frigid blade]

1080p is just not it anymore bro, should be running 144hz on a 4k OLED display minimum

[gaunt spade]

im being fr yall are just trolling

[high elm]

nope i dont need a 540 hz monitor for work XD

[gaunt spade]

👍

[high elm]

yea cuz your mad trolling too

lolz

[gaunt spade]

im being fr in everything i said

[frigid blade]

Yah and we’re saying you’re talking bs

[high elm]

^

[gaunt spade]

well thats my opinion you can disagree

[brazen hemlock]

this is so ironic...

[frigid blade]

And we’re explaining how it’s literally wrong

Sometimes there’s bad opinions, this is one of them

[gaunt spade]

my opinion is not wrong

your just disagreeing

i can say the same about your opinion but that wouldnt make sense

[brazen hemlock]

not everyone has 500HZ money bro....

[high elm]

Yes we can have opinions but openly setting people down by indirectly calling their computer shit by saying their FPS is low is totally immature 😔

[gaunt spade]

where did i say that

[high elm]

we know you have a nasa pc but keep it to yourself ❤️

[gaunt spade]

where did i say i have nasa pc or boast about my pc

[frigid blade]

You’re saying 16GB isn’t enough anymore, the fact that the majority of people playing use 16GB setups, the steam machine just came out with 16GB which matches the average gamers specs already proves you wrong

[brazen hemlock]

right here

[frigid blade]

There’s nothing to disagree with, you’re just plainly wrong

[craggy cove]

you mount the bracket to the cooler wrong

old cooler mounts sucked

proper contact

[brazen hemlock]

80 fps is great

[craggy cove]

i know cause i did that

[high elm]

“thats the minimum” openly setting down people who have <240hz screens

[gaunt spade]

smartest ltt members

[high elm]

thanks

[brazen hemlock]

you really are, dude. man i shoulve let my gpu burn ig

[dreamy aspen]

Fh5 + other programs are above 16gb already

[high elm]

lmao are you the guy with the 96 degree vram XTX

[dreamy aspen]

Tested dat on my 9950x + 5080 rig

[brazen hemlock]

nah R9 390msi 8gb

[high elm]

dang baller card

[gaunt spade]

ive heard alot of bad things about xtx besides rt performance its perfect and ive heard alot of people with very hot xtxs but when i had mine it never hit 70c

[brazen hemlock]

remember to repaste every 3 years boys

[high elm]

ye pump out is a bitch

[iron glen]

Oh yeah thats a thing i gotta do
How often do i repaste cpu?

[frigid blade]

You don’t have to run max settings to play games btw

[dreamy aspen]

i ran it on 3440 x 1440 max settings msaa x8

[brazen hemlock]

cpu depends heavily, mine still just at a chill 50 idle 43, never repasted 2017 thats 7, forgor i went from i7 4500k to i7 8700

[shy marsh]

has anyone tried buying on alibaba hard drives ?

[high elm]

i feel like if you have a 1440p ultrawide monitor you’d have enough money to get a 32gb kit of ram but then again you couldve won it in a lucky draw

[sick reef]

9999999999 parts selected

[sick reef]

hows temps?

[frigid blade]

If it’s a stupid low price, it’s not real

[brazen hemlock]

92C rn

[dreamy aspen]

well, both were bought by normal money, without any lucky draws and shit

[sick reef]

Repasting doesn't even help?

Then the R9 390(X) just ran hot as 290X

[brazen hemlock]

i should but honestly dont have any

its not the x but it is a 8GB msi variant

[sick reef]

Oh, I had a Gigabyte R9 390 G1 and 94°C at load, even with spread repasting.

[stone gazelle]

check this

[brazen hemlock]

it goes to 95, driver yells i don't care lol

[sick reef]

Dual-fan

[cosmic idol]

idk what my gpu pulls under load, but it only hits like maybe 65c

if that

[cosmic idol]

now that would be almost debatable lmao

[sick reef]

I sold it and I went to R9 Nano

Under 70°C at load

[high elm]

lmao yeah

honestly if you had an am4 platform ram was mad cheap like a few months ago

ECC ddr4 was like $8 for a 16gb stick

albeit its slow as balls

[cosmic idol]

Yeah 😭
I was looking at upgrading stuff too, maybe buying a second rig
not anymore lmao

[high elm]

yea its too expensive especially for ram

even in the chinese market

[brazen hemlock]

for the meme added obs

[cosmic idol]

oh boy you can tell the settings are on like the lowest lmaooo

[brazen hemlock]

it is what it is

[sick reef]

Me, who has 8 GB RAM and Windows idles at 1.4 GB:

[brazen hemlock]

yeah W10

copilot in the BG looking at you

[sick reef]

I disabled useless services and deleted useless background tasks on Windows 11 IoT LTSC

[brazen hemlock]

i cooked 3 usb drives trying with rufus

[sick reef]

IoT LTSC doesn't even have Copilot

[cosmic idol]

I wouldn't recommend 16gb if you have a decent ish rig (though honestly with ram prices rn I'd recommend it lol)
32gb is pretty good, but I also wouldn't say its the minimum ngl.

[sick reef]

I'm a casual gamer

[brazen hemlock]

low end rig doesn't make you a casual gamer, it makes you a hardend rockstar doing all for more frames

[sick reef]

This is true.

[cosmic idol]

real.

honestly
the times I felt happiest as a gamer
was when I had low end hardware or a jank ass setup

[brazen hemlock]

csgo on an i5 laptop 32fps ACEs yeah...

[lapis talon]

going for this yall
https://www.wlmouse.com/products/wlmouse-drg?variant=50340261396778

[cosmic idol]

like yeah I wanted a better setup, and yeah its nice
but I remember my laptop with some pentium, playing minecraft, I was pretty happy
(until I built so much and the frams started dropping)

[lapis talon]

not a fan of valorant but the white one looks cool

[lapis talon]

which one looks better

[cosmic idol]

the first link you sent ngl

[lapis talon]

thats the second image

considering my set up, I thought the first one looks better

I already have a circus of a mouse

my current one

[frigid blade]

This, got vanilla Minecraft medium settings running 60FPS stable on the i5-4300U

Was super fun

[rigid fjord]

it's better on pc with all the mods you can use

[rigid fjord]

because real gamer at that point

[brazen hemlock]

yes, but i can't fit it in my pocket lmao, they REALLY should've put it on the googleplay/appstore by now...

[tacit star]

Do you enter the BIOS of MSI with DEL?

[rigid fjord]

that or f2 button

[cosmic idol]

yes

[tacit star]

DEL or F2

Or both work

[cosmic idol]

try both

[brazen hemlock]

if not f9

[cosmic idol]

(not at the same time)

[brazen hemlock]

well racking it like a piano has always worked for me

[thorny saddle]

That's better.

[weary rampart]

Is 40 euros worth it for the dram cache on a 2tb drive on my OS drive? Its basically the difference between about 120 and 160 euros.

[cosmic idol]

cute!

[lapis talon]

@rigid fjord choose

[sinful cobalt]

is that the mini pro

[lapis talon]

yes

[frail torrent]

beethoven must be proud of you

[lapis talon]

I think I prefer the metallic finish of the regular beast x mini

looks more premium for something that costs more than my keyboard

[lapis talon]

dyk if they cover the customs fees and whatever if I order it?

[sinful cobalt]

depends on country

[lapis talon]

Bangladesh

[sinful cobalt]

did u order anything from overseas before

[lapis talon]

using Aliexpress only\

[sinful cobalt]

did they charge extra qfterwards

[lapis talon]

nope

[sinful cobalt]

be prepared to pay the customs fee just in case

i highly doubt they stated everything

[keen folio]

What do you guys think about these asiahorse fans?

[sinful cobalt]

they’re aite for aesthetics

not like if ur buying these infinity mirror fans ur going for performance anyway

[keen folio]

Yeah nah. I want my pc to look pretty lol

[lapis talon]

how much would it be

[sinful cobalt]

its ur country look it up dawg

[rigid fjord]

you be making the hardware work for you at that point tbf

[sinful cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/ye-shunguang-zzz-mihoyo-agent-void-hunter-gif-3798851164716445416

[tacit star]

Does anyone use Enterprise on a personal computer?

[lapis talon]

it might add $70 USD...

cant even cancel the order

[sinful cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/mclaren-disastercals-gif-3549840301773162905

[rose glacier]

are gpu companies like palit inno3d and gainward worth looking ad or not

[keen folio]

Does anybody know where I can get a rgb hub like the Corsair one, where I can control each fan separately? I can’t use the Corsair one for standard rgb fans sadly

[grizzled frost]

a usb based fan hub

[keen folio]

Can’t seem to find one. All the ones I can find are addressed via the 5 or 12v rgb connector and simple power.

Only one I can find is the Corsair commander, which i can’t use for my fans.

[glass iris]

https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/ProductCategory/16073.html?q=rtx 5080 i want to buy myself a rtx 5080 now there are many different comanies and i cant descide which one i should get now i am looking forward to getting help at this topic my prefences are good performing good quality and still more on the quieter side and NO GIGABYTE my budget is around 900-1.100€ and please explain me why

[weary rampart]

Yes, cards are fine. Iirc just brands that arent as active globally like Asus, Gigabyte etc

[opal dock]

Someone asked me why people spend $2000+ on PC's when a $500 PC "runs just as well." I'm actually baffled at this position, because any $2000 PC with the parts picked by a competent builder will absolutely shitstomp a $500 PC (assuming all new parts for both)

[sinful cobalt]

the RTX 5080 and lianli build theory

[grizzled frost]

"a competent builder" you mean random guys on the internet that are either drunk or high?

[opal dock]

Idk if the dude just thinks people spend 4x the money just for vibes or something, or if he's only ever played on a potato

[opal dock]

Hey man, building a PC high is pretty fun lol

Ironically I think I picked out my whole build recently while baked lol

[grizzled frost]

i ain't hating, i'm included in the "high or drunk" category

[stark flicker]

Depends on the kind of games said guy plays, also if he only thinks in 1080p...but yeah

[ivory mountain]

i want it so bad its so pretty

[opal dock]

Yeah he's probably referring to like CSGO or Fortnite or one of those games that can run on a toaster

[grizzled frost]

so bad for your loop

[thorn coral]

guys so quick tech troubleshoot. My brother's pc hasnt been turned on in a while and when we turned it on, it kept going from windows to bios and gave blue screens, and now it boots but no display or power to mouse and keyboard. what the fuck is wrong?

[opal dock]

That's a nice purple color

[ivory mountain]

yeah thats the only thing holding it back for me 😭

[thorn coral]

i reseated the ram and did the cmos battery thing but still nothing

[opal dock]

Did you have any power surges or something similar since it's been off?

[thorn coral]

yeah now that i think about it i think we actually did

power surge like in a storm when the power cuts out

(or when the lightning strikes?)

[opal dock]

PSU might've gotten fried

[ivory mountain]

kaboom

[opal dock]

Yeah like if your outlets get hit with too much current/voltage or when power cuts out

[weary rampart]

Bro for 2k you can get a 9800x3d, 7900xtx b850, 32gb 6000 cl30 if you spend wisely and arent picky

[thorn coral]

no psu is fine i think the fans turn on rgb works on pc

[ivory mountain]

in what world lol that ram kit is over $300 alone rn

[opal dock]

This world

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/fire-writing-gif-24533171

[opal dock]

Have you SEEN current ram prices lol

[ivory mountain]

you misread my statement

i was saying "in what world can u get that for $3k" cause ram is insane rn

[opal dock]

PSU's have multiple voltage rails. Fans and RGB can usually run off the 5V rail even if others are dead, so it can look like it's working

[sinful cobalt]

XTX holy RDNA3 aged milk

[ivory mountain]

a whole grand holy shit 😭

[opal dock]

Yeah I definitely did

[weary rampart]

Sure if we count every bubble for tech prices then a pc like that is 5k. And even with a ram kit at 300 l, 7900xtx or 9070xt which are similar in performance can be had for 700 ish.

9800x3d for 450

And then you have 500 for a psu, case and other misc stuff.

[thorn coral]

other than the psu what could it be?

[opal dock]

Motherboard would be my other guess

[ivory mountain]

we are in a beautiful tech economy rn

[thorn coral]

well fuck that computer then. thanks for the help. it anyways had it coming being 5 yrs old and being used like crazy before being turned off for a while.

[opal dock]

Damn the prices went down from when I built smh. I mean I still did get mine for $600 MSRP, but I could've saved $20🥲

[ivory mountain]

im still on good ol' rdna 2

6900xt still powerful as hell

[opal dock]

You could always try taking it to like Geek Squad or something

[opal dock]

For sure

I just figured since it was my first PC build I'd save up some extra and go all out for some future proofing

[thorn coral]

did i mention i dont live in america?

[opal dock]

Oops my bad

[thorn coral]

ill just take it outside and pump the axe in it a few times

[weary rampart]

Exactly. You can get pretty much the best possible PC build for 2k except for like a 5080 or 5090. Unless youre one of yhe people who only buy the overpriced ASUS OC SUPER GAMER ULTRA RGB DUAL BIOS BS cards.

[opal dock]

Mine was the cheapest 9070xt I could find since I'll just overlock it myself. Though I'm surprised of how massive of a heatsink it came with for the price. The PCB is only a 2 fan wide size, but it's a three fan heatsink. Card stays below 50°C playing BF6 at 1440p Ultra settings

[weary rampart]

If you dont mind hunting deals, using 2nd hand parts you can pretty much get it for 1500 as well

[opal dock]

The only parts I wouldn't really mess with second hand are HDDs (if anyone still uses those), Motherboards, and PSUs

[rose glacier]

on 1 website it say my psu is compatible with the gpu i am buying but on a other it say its not.
any 1 experiance with a coolermaster MWE Gold 750 and a GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GAMING OC 16G

[weary rampart]

Buying a more expensive version of a card is most of the time a waste of money.

Better spend the extra money on a better CPU, more storage or a ram kit with better timings.

[weary rampart]

My whole pc is second hand including drives. Only my mobo is bought new back when I bought it.

[opal dock]

Yeah I wish I was able to find a ram kit with better timing near me, but even the 6400 CL38 kit I got was $200 for 32GB. This was like just as the prices started doubling (now it's like tripled)

[weary rampart]

If youre EU just buy on Aliexpress. 6000 cl28 for like 210. Excl BFCM discount

[empty quartz]

Mrrp

[opal dock]

Fair enough, it's just usually not worth the risk of messing with second hand PSU's imo. That's not to say it's always bad though, I mean it's most likely usually fine

[empty quartz]

[opal dock]

If I would've bought online I def could've found a better kit for the price but my adhd was impatient and I bought my kit in store lol

It's Micron Die so I can't even tighten up the timings myself

[weary rampart]

I am just debating on either upgrading from a 6700XT to a 9070XT or upgrading from AM4 5800x to AM5 with a b850, 9700X and 32Gb 6000 cl30.

[opal dock]

Though with a 9800x3D I don't think RAM timings matter all that much

[thorny saddle]

it matters less, yes

[empty quartz]

@opal dock i respect the username

However

I must tell you

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[subtle idol]

What's the easiest way to transfer files from Android phone to ipad without using internet?

[empty quartz]

Theres an option to transfer from android

[kindred halo]

Harro ace :3

[subtle idol]

How?

Bluetooth and nearby share don't work

[opal dock]

I'd probably go with the GPU upgrade for gaming but that's a tough choice so I'm not too sure

[opal dock]

SurfShark

[empty quartz]

Never used it, ill find a guide from apple if i can

[subtle idol]

Ok
Thank you

[empty quartz]

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/118670

[subtle idol]

Thank you

[empty quartz]

Meow

[empty quartz]

Mrrp

[kindred halo]

Mrrreoooow

[empty quartz]

[kindred halo]

Also I figured out my AM4 dilemma :3

[empty quartz]

Gay

[kindred halo]

I may be able to get an R7 2700 & 16GB (either 2x8 or 1x16) by trading in my case, fans, and a USB WiFi Adapter I had lying around