tech-chat-1

[grizzled frost]

6.13 NPS

my shoulder hurts

[ocean axle]

from that link
The 983 DCT is the solution to achieving high responsiveness in data centers

[steel umbra]

it’s funny when even the manufacturer can’t decide whenever something is enterprise or consumer grade

i’ve seen that with some wd hdds

[ocean axle]

it could be something dumb like it being made by the consumer division, but its actually an enterprise product

[steel umbra]

welp, in the end does it even matter

it’s dumb anyways just like when companies market military grades

gotta ask for the use case anyways

[ocean axle]

"military grade"
made by the lowest bidder

[steel umbra]

laptop manufacturers especially hp and asus love to put military grades on their marketing pages

[ocean axle]

yea, thats all kinda bullshit

[steel umbra]

spill a coffee on your keyboard and the laptop is donzo

[latent gull]

cough cough

[ocean axle]

unless its a military grade ship, or plane, i probably dont care

[distant saffron]

Smb wished to ginie that "apple sell ram at market price"

Wish came true, tho not in the way the guy expected

[latent gull]

Even the ships is questionable now with the navy’s current record

[ocean axle]

are you talking about the LCS classes?

[latent gull]

And the zumwalt

[azure wedge]

can someone help me my pc is not detecting my second monitor and i just bought a new cable and still nothing????

[steel umbra]

“military grade” puts airflow perforations through the device
plashes the device
why it no longer works? :c

[ocean axle]

the zumwalt works fine, its just expensive

[latent gull]

Yeah I guess it floats fine, it just can’t do what it’s supposed to

Also some issues with the Gerald r fords

[ocean axle]

thats an operational issue, not an engineering issue

the LCS have engineering issues

[latent gull]

That’s fair, the attempts at railguns and electromagnetic catapults are engineering issues though

[ocean axle]

also, any new thing id expect to have some kinks

[ocean axle]

haven't most of the issues with the EMCs been figured out?

railguns isn't really an engineering problem, its a physics problem

[latent gull]

Not sure, I haven’t followed it in a couple years at this point so I’d imagine they’ve made some progress

[ocean axle]

or, well, materials problem

im pretty sure the catapults are fine

i mean, CVN-78 has been deployed, so id sure hope they figured it out

and not training deployed, operational deployed

[frigid blade]

lol

[latent gull]

I thought they’d been replaced by steam but yeah looks like the emcs were approved in 2022, interesting

[ocean axle]

i mean, they are a better idea, just one that doesn't have a century of trial an error to get working perfectly

smoother launch, less damage to the planes

[latent gull]

Less dangerous for the deck crew as well iirc

[steel umbra]

gib me a rec for ratcheting screwdrivey

other than the ltt

[ocean axle]

snap on

[latent gull]

HART

[steel umbra]

idk from a review that compared ltt screwdriver vs other including the snap on, the snap on was underwhelming and worse for the price than the ltt

[ocean axle]

you asked for other than ltt

[steel umbra]

truly

[gleaming rose]

i love my PB Swiss ratchet

https://www.pbswisstools.com/en/tools/quality-hand-tools/screwdrivers/product/pb-38510-r30-set

[steel umbra]

anythin cheaper?

i guess not if i want it long lasting

[steel umbra]

i’ll check them out thx

[weak sleet]

anyone got recomendations for a mouse to buy coming from the gpro superlight? Mine has dead side switches so its finally time to put it down. Willing to spend some real money if there are good premium options

[steel umbra]

there are hundreds of gpx alikes from chinese brands

just search for like “paw3395” on aliexpress and that should spew a lot of results

if you want premium options uhh, idk

[shy arch]

All my friends said that; and yes I didn't check but tbh you're dumb for assuming someone is that dumb

[carmine yew]

Counterpoint: you just were

[shy arch]

What is ts conversation tbh

[neon ocean]

As a random note.. it's interesting how consumer RAM has been bought up when ECC RAM exists. 😓

[steel umbra]

you got a response/counterargument that you should’ve expected

[shy arch]

Just learnt abt that from the linus torvald's video

[neon ocean]

A neat, little thing

[sharp sleet]

Is nzxt kraken x63 for 34usd good

[shy arch]

hell yeah

somethings prob wrong w/ it tho

last i checked it's way more expensive than that

[sharp sleet]

No issues at all

Might cope

[shy arch]

Bro it's for around $250 USD... I don't know where ur getting it from for $34

[sharp sleet]

3rd world country market place

[steel umbra]

he’s not paying nzxt tax

the aios are not worth $250

[shy arch]

As long as you're sure it's working fine then get it

unless other products are similarly priced

[steel umbra]

there have been aios for $30-50 like thermalright and refurb arctic, or even more sketch but legit brands with questionable hardware but still

[sharp sleet]

Trying to build a pc this Christmas is pain because of the ram

[atomic viper]

What Linux distro should I try out as a beginner? (Planning to install a Linux distro on a 32 gig flash drive

[shy arch]

Zorin OS is pretty beginner friendly. Go to #linux for more info

[atomic viper]

Alright, thanks!

[swift stream]

ram is a different question

[swift stream]

I feel weird as a Windows 11 Pro user

[shy arch]

Hey we all had shaky starts. Just know that it's never to late for linux

[swift stream]

yeah naw i can barely use cmd

[shy arch]

Nah youtube and chatgpt taught me everything

[limpid dune]

critical question: do you have a 1000-or-later Nvidia card? all other drivers work out of the box, but specifically newer Nvidias don't work well with some distros

[shy arch]

A lot of distros are starting to adopt the "Install with modern Nvidia drivers" option, such as Zorin which is one of the reasons why I recommended it.

[limpid dune]

Oh 100%, but many distros don't, and it's a problem I see all the time when I'm helping people 😅

I have LOST COUNT of the number of people who have asked me "why my SteamOS not working" and they're on a 5090

or a 9070XT, which is only kinda supported

[shy arch]

lmao fair point

[empty quartz]

I just counted, i have 156gb of ddr3 in my dimm holder

Wait no

Im dumb

124gb

[shy arch]

u mean 128?

[empty quartz]

No

[shy arch]

124 is an odd number

normally everything tech is binary

[empty quartz]

6x2gb
4x4gb
12x8gb

[shy arch]

damn

apparently even ddr3 prices are rising now 😭

[empty quartz]

I have wayyyy too much ddr4 though

[shy arch]

rich

[empty quartz]

344gb or so… not counting sodimms

[empty quartz]

Far from it

[shy arch]

wasnt meant literally; js that having 344gb of ddr4 nowadays...

[peak fox]

i know nothing about CPUs other than 14900k is pretty good but i worry about the stability. as i heard widespread issues and updating the bios on motherboard fixes most of the problems. I won't be upgrading my PC anytime soon. is the 14900kf worth it? i heard it's the model without intergrated graphics...but once in the future when i have enough money like 10 years time after i get a plumbing license and job. i might upgrade...one important question, is intel still making CPUs? i need a cpu that is pretty good for stuff like flow frames Ai interpolation, gaming, video editing and Ai upscaling videos...i definitely looking for cpu around 700-800 dollars. after the 8 years are up im thinking of replacing my 4070ti with idk 7070? or possibly 7090?

[shy arch]

interesting gpu choice

[peak fox]

is intel making stable cpu?

[empty quartz]

It was 1 bad batch, plus bad microcode

Long since been fixed

[shy arch]

yeah intel is still making stable cpu's

[empty quartz]

@peak fox what motherboard do you have?

[peak fox]

i see. because in the future i would like to maybe buy the latest generation or last generation but this is in the future nobody knows

i need to check. but the motherboard and ram definitely needs to be replaced

[empty quartz]

What socket

Because as much as i like intel, go amd

[shy arch]

and is it ddr3?

[shy arch]

YES

[peak fox]

my cpu is... i5 9600k

[empty quartz]

7950x3d/7950x or 9950x3d/9950x

16c32t

[peak fox]

right now ram is expensive...between the 10 years. if ram prices lowered for ddr5

i'll try to buy it and probably leave it on shelf for a few years till i have all the component

[shy arch]

u could build the cliche am4 and 16gb ddr4 pc

[peak fox]

yeah i heard amd is good now but the thing is...i like sticking with intel and nvidia even though i felt backstabbed by nvidia

[empty quartz]

If you go intel lga1700, make sure you get ddr5. You lose quite alot of performance with ddr4

[ivory mountain]

can confirm

[empty quartz]

You’re one those “people” ?

[ivory mountain]

i used a 12700k on ddr4 🥀

[shy arch]

bro

[ivory mountain]

past tense tho thank god

[empty quartz]

@ivory mountain need some ddr4? I have 344gb rn

[ivory mountain]

no i dont use ddr4 ew

[peak fox]

im not trying to run very heavy games right now. just genshin impact and wuthering waves....i forgot to mention i have a 3440x1440 ultrawide and im planning on getting the latest samsung odyssey monitor 5120x1440. that is why im planning my PC components for the future

[shy arch]

me who was using ddr3 up until 3 yrs ago

[ivory mountain]

peakwaves

[peak fox]

stuff does drop in price right? but also the life span?

the life span also still drops even if un used on a shelf?

[shy arch]

a 5120x1440 res is gonna tax ur computer heavily

[empty quartz]

Btw, i got bored, and decided to find out how much it would’ve cost to build a system similar to mine (not accounting for the custom loop) going off msrp for all my parts… it was at 7.4k cad before i stopped

Main system*

[shy arch]

it's almost 4k

[peak fox]

yes it will

[empty quartz]

@shy arch it has 900k less pixels

[peak fox]

my dad is pushing me to take over his job and be a plumber but i need to study to get a punch of licenses....

[south arrow]

The bbaaaaby catt

[peak fox]

im definitely looking to buy a rtx X090 in the future

to eh...power the 5120x1440 monitor

[ebon marlin]

I studied IT but honestly I should look into plumbing as it can't be replaced by AI + it pays really well

[empty quartz]

@south arrow do i buy 2 3090ti’s to see if i can trip ocp on my psu ? :3

[peak fox]

yeah...that was the other thing i was talking about...Ai can't take those jobs yet

i feel bad for the people working as cashiers/retail....yeah and my dad told me not to go for jobs that can easily be replaced by Ai

[ebon marlin]

My current hobby is doing electronic device refurbishment/repairs that can't be replaced either

Could make a career out of it aslong as I can find a place like that that's actually hiring guh

[peak fox]

im wary of refurbish stuff. does refurbish have warranty?

because when im buying a uhmmm....a 90 class card and the top of the line cpu i feel like buying the warranty

[ebon marlin]

Yeah

I just use the parts warranty

[peak fox]

and does nvidia later gpu also more efficient? i know those cards are TBA...in the future we might need 2000watt psu?

[warm hinge]

Is this gaming laptop good for my sister?: https://www.microcenter.com/product/698179/lenovo-loq-15iax9e-156-gaming-laptop-computer-luna-grey

[ebon marlin]

I mean, we've hit moore's law so it's hard to get more performance out of a gpu without increasing power limits

[peak fox]

nvidia consumes less power than amd at the same card class?

[ebon marlin]

I own the same laptop i wouldn't recommend it

[warm hinge]

What issue does it have?

[peak fox]

i probably wouldn't buy psu now. maybe buy in 2032

[ebon marlin]

Ssd is only 2242 size so upgrading will be very frustrating and it only has a single ram slot

[sinful cobalt]

pretty much yeah

[ebon marlin]

I'm using a psu I got from a crypto miner for relatively cheap

[warm hinge]

And that's the issue with the LOQ right?

[ebon marlin]

It's an issue with the Essential Loq shouldn't be a problem with regular Loq's but unsure tho I recommend checking the inside of the laptop model on laptops

[peak fox]

gpu super expensive in canada. when i hear americans say they got the latest gpu for 2000 dollars. when i look at how much in canada we have to pay....4000 - 6000 not yet include taxes

[ebon marlin]

The "E" in the model name means Essential which is a very low end budget line by Lenovo

[warm hinge]

I see so it's an underperforming laptop

[ebon marlin]

Not really

It's just the insides are cheaped out heavily

[peak fox]

think there will be an increase price for the 7000 and 8000 series. im not upgrading right now but in 7-8 years i will

[warm hinge]

I would definitely avoid it

[ebon marlin]

Single fan to cool cpu and gpu aswell which isn't ideal it can easily handle it but it'll br loud

Luckily I got mine with a Rtx 2050 for 200 bucks lmao

[warm hinge]

What laptops you guys recommend that I can get at Micro Center?

How about the Lenovo Legion and the HP Victus?

[ebon marlin]

Those are solid

My girlfriend uses a Lenovo Legion 5 2021 laptop and it's really solid

Legion line is overall a really good product line

[warm hinge]

I agree the Legion line are the best

[ebon marlin]

Would be worthwhile to check the older legions on the used market

[warm hinge]

Definitely

Is the HP Victus good too?

[ebon marlin]

Got a R5 5600H and Rtx 3060 6gb Legion 5 for like 350

[ebon marlin]

Haven't really checked out their new products

When buying a laptop I recommend
Checking the inside to make sure it has atleast 1-2 2280 NVME slots and atleast 2 ram slots
Supports Nvidia Optimus/Mux Switch
Uses dual fans for cooling

Checking for Nvidia Optimus/Mux Switch compatibility can be an ass to check

My Legion Loq Essential has a Mux Switch but doesn't say anywhere it does on the product page nor the Lenovo spec sheet pdf

[warm hinge]

I see so it's hard to check if the laptop supports NVIDIA Optimus

[ebon marlin]

Sometimes they don't mention it

Just have to do research with a couple google searches

[warm hinge]

I'll definitely check that

[ebon marlin]

Asus Tuf series generally are really solid

Usually always support a mux switch or optimus, 2 nvme slots and 2 ram slots with good cooling

Anyways I'll head to bed now it's 5am guh

Gn and good luck with laptop hunting

[warm hinge]

Thanks for the advice man

Have a good night to you as well

[ivory mountain]

Cant make this up i had to change it cause ebay auto selected stuff that wasnt accurate 😂

[empty quartz]

I hate my asus x99-A

I thought the Fucking thing died

Turns out you cant even attempt to boot if your cmos batt is dead with this thing

[ivory mountain]

ya and i hate ebay

[quartz violet]

Is restarting my pc a valid option to fix lag

[ivory mountain]

like internet lag?

[quartz violet]

Idk man the games just lag

[ivory mountain]

are u on wifi

[quartz violet]

Oh and windows update yay yippee hooray

[quartz violet]

Yes

[ivory mountain]

wired is sm better

going to wired fix all of my rubber band lag i was having

[quartz violet]

I don’t think my laptop has an option for wired

I mean it has HDMI if that helps

Holy schmoly a whopping 5 FPS

It’s either bouncing around from 4 to 60 over and over or it’s staying at 40

[fathom jacinth]

Hey can i get some help with a pc I'm building,thus white light keeps lighting up

I can't power off the pc after turning it on

There is no display

It says cpu on the light

[frigid blade]

Check your motherboards manual on what the LEDs mean

[fathom jacinth]

I made sure the cpu was in properly

It turned off now

Nvm back on

Now vga is on

I got it

My dumbass got curious and touched the cpu without the fan,I no longer have fingerprint

[silk rampart]

what would you guys say is the top card to be using for high fps in 1440p

[ivory mountain]

9070xt

[sinful cobalt]

rtx pro 6000 blackwell

[tulip grotto]

rtx 1650 😎

[grizzled frost]

gtx 1650*

[carmine yew]

GT 1030 D4

[silk rampart]

what about nvidia

[swift moss]

google mapper spotter

[fathom jacinth]

I can't get wifi onto the oc I'm building. I added the drivers but it doesnt show anything new

I have a b550m vdh pro wifi motherboard

[atomic viper]

Only a gt 730

[formal sonnet]

What drivers did you add? From where? I see 2 different WiFi drivers on MSI's website for that motherboard.

[silk rampart]

how big is the difference in load times between a 990 pro and a 9100 pro

[fathom jacinth]

What

Can you send me a link to both,i only see 1

[formal sonnet]

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B550M-PRO-VDH-WIFI/support#driver

[fathom jacinth]

Amd driver

[formal sonnet]

Some motherboard manufacturers mix and match WiFi chipsets because reasons. In Device Manager, you should be able to find a device with a yellow triangle. Then Right-Click the device and choose Properties -> Details Tab -> Property:Hardware Ids.

[formal sonnet]

Network Controller is likely the WiFi card, but maybe not. We need the Hardware Id to know for sure.

[fathom jacinth]

Okay i have no fucking idea what i just did and it worked

The computer rage baiting me now

[dapper light]

32GB DDR4 now more expensive than 64GB DDR4 I bought in August...

[onyx idol]

What's the absoulte cheapest you could see a new 8GB Radeon GPU costing by 2026? Assuming AMD cheaps out enough on the main die to make it not too expensive

[random gyro]

sup

[swift moss]

'.di di /w' ,wd/, 'ww yoss

/w' kou; yoss c' css

[grizzled frost]

impossible to say

[swift moss]

:C: ;oko/ -o''ou /wy!!!

[shadow condor]

So the serial matches up but the numbers in the bottom rights are 45 and 44 does this matter ?

[formal sonnet]

That's because they're sequential numbers. If they were the same, they would not be serial numbers.

[native path]

You're fine

[fallen sky]

The same kit of ram I got is now $400 and I bought it in July for $94

[rose sorrel]

lol I payed $75 for mine in December of 2024

[fallen sky]

What specs

[silent star]

have yall ever seen those facebook moms on marketplace who just sell shit for dirt cheap

[onyx fractal]

Best setup fr

Hooked my laptop up to my CRT

[native path]

this is what i used to run

granted it’s a sick laptop display

[onyx fractal]

Btw I get decent performance in MC on my Athlon II X4 640 / Radeon HD 6450 PC with 4 GB DDR3-1333

Using Sodium and Lithium of course

[native path]

I believe this is a Ryzen 5 4900H, nothing bad at all but the setup just looks funny with a box used as a laptop stand, the top is off to maximise airflow obviously

[onyx fractal]

Ye

My setups are better tho, 30 year old CRT + 30 year old stereo speakers + shitty lappy, and then a 15 year old stationary

[topaz shale]

first wheel set up

[silent star]

what wheel?

[topaz shale]

turtlebeach velocityone race

[silent star]

ouh

[topaz shale]

i do not own it i am borrowing it

[silent star]

i asked for the thrustmaster t248 for christmas

i hope its aight

[silent star]

hey what keyboard is that

royal kludge?

[night delta]

Friend is buying a new pc, so hes giving me his 12th gen omen 40l..i have a lot of work to do to redo everything

[granite comet]

just finished downloading War Sails for Bannerlord and the "patching" phase is 91% complete and now the disk speed is just dropping. any idea why?

[silent star]

https://youtu.be/lEM5sgWCc5Y?list=RDlEM5sgWCc5Y

[silent star]

whats ur storage at

[granite comet]

70% full, but i still got nearly 450gb

[vital marlin]

what should i use for a stress test on a new computer to make sure everything is working correctly?

[granite comet]

my C drive is like 60% full

[silent star]

huh

[boreal scroll]

F in chat for my cpu plz

[barren mulch]

do i have to use windows 11 installation assistant? or can i use something like balena etcher?

[granite comet]

this is abysmal wtf

gen 4 nvme only system

[ornate harbor]

Whats that bracket at the end of the gpu

[granite comet]

fucking 90-100MBPS download speed

and 1 byte per second update speed

[spring latch]

and to this day we still never know clydes real name

[ornate harbor]

How did a bot even generate a dynamic answer

[spring latch]

based on ChatGPT 3.5, it hallucinated

gpt 3.5 is 178B parameters mind you

[ornate harbor]

isnt Clyde a offical Discord bot

[spring latch]

ex-discord ai

[ornate harbor]

Why ex

[spring latch]

killed on december 1st 2023

[ornate harbor]

But why :/

[spring latch]

ai built into discord seemed to be a bad idea

you could tell it to reverse the n word backwards and it'd just comply

[ornate harbor]

Who would have thought that

[ornate harbor]

That sounds like bad prompt engeneering

[spring latch]

if it was a prompt then they couldve just fixed it

[ornate harbor]

They could have trained their own LLM too, even if it needs hell of amounts of computing power

[spring latch]

i suppose in the long term it wouldve been less expensive but at the same time its not worth training an AI for an experiement so widespread

[magic topaz]

Do any of you know a lot regarding internet?

[wheat torrent]

Negative ❎

[ornate harbor]

They could have tried setting a 2nd smaller AI infront of the main one that is pure designed to control and cencor the output, that does not interact with the user directly so that it cant be manipulated

[night delta]

Anti sag for bigger gpus, movable on rails

[wheat torrent]

Training an ai would make no sense

[spring latch]

would literally double API costs

[wheat torrent]

You would fine tune an existing money

[ornate harbor]

Dang i didnt even know smaller GPUs needed that

[ornate harbor]

Would have worked probably too

[night delta]

Prob standard

[ornate harbor]

dang

[wheat torrent]

No

[ornate harbor]

Why

[topaz shale]

oh yeah

[ornate harbor]

Can i get one

[wheat torrent]

You can't just train a llm model because you can at such scale

It makes no sense financially

[topaz shale]

im willing to sell a couple but dont intend on doing it through this server

i think ill only keep 10 or so

[ornate harbor]

@wheat torrent

[wheat torrent]

They probable would

That's standard procedure

[ornate harbor]

Hmmm

[wheat torrent]

I don't think it was viable in the first place

[spring latch]

training an LLM is relatively simple, its called pytorch, but its more of a hobby project thing

[wheat torrent]

Yes

[ornate harbor]

and it takes a hell of a amount of computing power even for smaller LLMs

[wheat torrent]

Install pytorch and you can train a multi billion parameter llm just like that

[ornate harbor]

Online guide recommended a RTX4090 for it to be efficient

[wheat torrent]

[ornate harbor]

[spring latch]

on consumer hardware abseloutely not, to be even remotely fast (like 1 hour for 1 million parameters) you might need a tesla a100 or two

[ornate harbor]

I only have a A750 idk how long that would take

[random gyro]

R5 9600X or R7 7700X for gaming? I feel like the 7700X is a waste of electricity if nothing else

[azure topaz]

9600x realistically

waste of electricity is a little much

[wheat torrent]

It would make zero sense to train a llm when you have dozen of open source models that would do the job better

[ornate harbor]

ywah but i would like to give it a try sometimes, even if its only a small 0.5 or 1B LLM

[wheat torrent]

A lot of models aren't even trained from scratch rather fine tunned models of existing models

[ornate harbor]

yeah i read about that

[prime fox]

Would it be safe to keep my pc macroing for 2 days straight the monitor is a old lcd monitor and the psu is a old bequiet from a hp desktop

[vital marlin]

is the ram auto overclock profile for AMD XMP or EXPO, im having a brain fart

[zinc matrix]

expo

[vital marlin]

thx

[vague talon]

guys, 9070GRE?

[limpid dagger]

What's the question?

[vague talon]

its not an existing card

and its listed

[azure topaz]

source:techpowerup

[limpid dagger]

It is

[vague talon]

is it only to a specific region?
because I don't see it in the us/eu

[ornate harbor]

What does GRE mean

[azure topaz]

"great radeon edition" for cards meant for the chinese markets

originally stood for golden rabbit edition

[ornate harbor]

They any better

[azure topaz]

theyre in between XT and non XT variants or something

[ornate harbor]

Hmmm can you buy them in europa or are they china exclusive

[azure topaz]

idk go look you live there

[ornate harbor]

Good idea

[rose tapir]

hey guys, trying to make a wsl setup for my project needs, added gemini cli for primary coding help, and now I want to add a second ai to review stuff and all, I tried codex, but it needs chatgpt plus, so I changed its provider to openrouter. Then I changed model to deepseek, kwaipilot, llama, qwen, etc and none are working. can anyone suggest me what to do?

[true stirrup]

If you are a student you get access to most paid AI models in GitHub copilot

[little sorrel]

ASUS PRIME B650M-A WiFi II vs Gigabyte B850 Force
Which one would be better to pair with a Ryzen 7600

[true stirrup]

The IO on the gigabyte one is really sad

[golden sage]

I uh- should probably move this in a case and get a better psu for it

[magic ivy]

i need some help

my headset works partially

i can only hear

[gusty wagon]

https://dyinglight.fandom.com/wiki/Global_Relief_Effort

[ornate harbor]

I mean a GRE GPU

[gusty wagon]

That's correct - headsets typically consist only of audio output. If you can hear, that means that your headset is working as expected - that's great!

[gusty wagon]

Oh

GRE Edition

GREED

[ornate harbor]

https://tenor.com/view/fortune-cookie-megumin-konosuba-linus-linus-tech-tips-gif-8897131982563797982

[ornate harbor]

What

[gusty wagon]

GREEEEEEEEEE

[ornate harbor]

What.

[gusty wagon]

[ornate harbor]

https://tenor.com/view/jimmy-butler-guy-looking-at-paper-edit-confused-disturbing-gif-6359318748669667132

[rose tapir]

ye but I want to use it in my terminal since it allows me to use more than one at a time and it gives me a lot of freedom with them

[hidden frigate]

Looking at upgrading my GPU. Is it worth the cost of going from a 3070-TI 8GB to a 5070 12GB card?

Running a Ryzen 7 5800x so i don't thiiiink it's gonna bottleneck too much? Playing at 1440p resolution

[ornate harbor]

Honestly try a 16GB card like the RX9060XT

[hidden frigate]

I was about to say that I would prefer NVIDIA simply cause I use some of their NVIDIA exclusive features like the NVIDIA broadcast app, but I could probably make do without

[hidden frigate]

is the performance similar? Cause the 9060XT is way cheaper wtf

[ornate harbor]

I havnt looked at the benchamrks of the 9060xt vs. 5070 but honestly even if the 9060xt scores lower i would still go for the 16GB vram

The RTX5070 is about 40% faster then the 9060xt, but i wouldnt buy 12GB Vram for 1440p in 2025/26

[hidden frigate]

I would then assume the 9070XT is more like the 5070?

[ornate harbor]

yeah the 9070 is only 1% slower it said

9070xt*

In some benchmakrs the 9070xt is even 5% faster

[inner veldt]

Which one should I keep?

[ornate harbor]

Suprim

[true adder]

chat should I buy

[ornate harbor]

Looks a bit small

[true adder]

i dont want bigger

why is my pfp a snail

why skull emoji?

[ornate harbor]

Discord auto applies that

[ornate harbor]

idk im just a bigger monitor guy

[true adder]

I currently have 24

[ornate harbor]

Curretnyl i have 34"

[true adder]

and i dont want to move my head from left to right just so see something

[ornate harbor]

Idk about you but i never had that issue withmy 34" monitor

[hidden frigate]

my main concern is that the 9070XT is 200 bucks more expensive than the 5070

where i live

[ornate harbor]

Its your choice, but 12GB VRAM for 1440p can get tight in the next years

Thats why im going with the 16GB RX9060XT

[hidden frigate]

I'm planning on upgrading my entire rig sometime late next year anyway

so I would consider selling the 5070 or 9070XT then

[ornate harbor]

Then wait fro next year, maybe then you can get better hardware for less money

[hidden frigate]

or selling the entire computer i have now with the 5070 in it

[ornate harbor]

Hmmm

[hidden frigate]

I've heard GPU prices are going up next year though

[ornate harbor]

Possible with the RAM prices rn

Then i would spend more money for more power now then upgrade when prices are high

[true adder]

probably

We're ordering a lot of GPU clusters at microsoft

[ornate harbor]

Stop that rn I need low prices

[hidden frigate]

Okay i can get a 5070TI for the same price as a 9070XT

[azure topaz]

5070ti ez

[true adder]

ah yes

[hidden frigate]

would you say it's worth the extra 270USD / 230EUR over a normal 5070?

[next hill]

https://wccftech.com/asrock-releases-h610-motherboard-with-both-ddr4-and-ddr5-dimm-slots/

Lol

[kindred halo]

That's actually quite nifty
Can it use both simultaneously?

[next hill]

Didnt read it so idk

Ah, only one type

It seems pretty nice for older tech users, as even has a PCI slot

[iron glen]

same

[hidden patio]

My psu got a 12 pin connector , can i connect that to a 7 pin socket on the motherboard , it fits

[unique belfry]

doubt it, from what i know about ram i think it would run the same speed as the slowest stick of ram even if there are faster ones being used too, they will slow down to the same speed as the slowest

[random gyro]

Such skibidiness

[worn grove]

How do I move a os from hard drive to ssd (along with wiping the ssd and a second hard drive)

[hidden patio]

?

[unique olive]

Don’t just don’t

[cold skiff]

DDR5 CL36 6000 for £110 BOOM

32gb, 2 sticks BOOM

[unique olive]

This is the way

[iron moth]

Oh i had that too, i was wondering if that was because I set my PC up newly or if thats because of privacy settings

[azure topaz]

yes at 1440p or 4k

if 1080p nah

[swift stream]

VRChat is weird asf

had someone yell at me for triggering their phantom sense

[high elm]

i mean, theres a certain demographic that plays that game lmao

[swift stream]

most i see are either chronically online or a furry

[unique olive]

Nah this is mobile probably you just didn’t agree to let them sell you data so you don’t get one

[iron moth]

Aw 🥺 I guess ill immediatly go and do that. Not 😂

[brazen glen]

Me when the economy

[worn grove]

What’s the best 1tb ssd for a decent price

[carmine yew]

@formal sonnet Those strimer cables I ordered before for 30 bucks and got cancelled? I was curious if the listing was still up....

hooo that ain't no 30 bucks anymore....

[frigid blade]

There is none anymore

They’re all $100+

[dapper dragon]

Pfft

You’re a bum

[lapis furnace]

What's the clock speed and also it's DDR4 ain't nobody buyin that shi for 200 bucks per stick

I use a Kingston Fury 2x16gig DDR4 2666 worth barely $60 bucks all together

Overpricing smh

[true adder]

2666mhz

inflation man

[clear canyon]

you cannot sell things here, read the rules

<@&750150305383186585>

thankyou mod

[true adder]

you think im fr selling old ram for 400 euros

[clear canyon]

you never said you was joking so obviously

[simple hemlock]

yo guys anyone know why after i updated my nvidia app to recent version all i do know is crash at a certain point in the loading screen of my game

[gleaming rose]

is my package about to get witch trialed

[rose stream]

I've only ever seen the weebs and some random kids (supposedly Quest users) last time I had been there.

[daring crystal]

Welp guys my next ai product that I bought just pilled the old bait and switch

Time to buy another ai product 🤑🤑🤑

[mortal moss]

i have been having this issue for quite a while
not very often like 4 times a day but like in past month , probably 7 times
system thread exeception
failed to failled nvlddmkm.sys
and it basically crashes with not a blue screen of death but that of a black one
i have reinstalled my nvidia drivers , but still it happened again right now .
I have an exam tomorrow on this laptop and its a super duper important one and dont want it to happen amidst the exam

gtx 1650 , ryzen 7 , GA401HR

[dim ferry]

Any speakers i should look into i want good looking design, was looking into kanto but maybe there’s better options

[worldly abyss]

https://youtube.com/shorts/XXhda-e73es?si=1DAKKFwuDKjTCKFC

This is news to me

I've been running 4 monitors for forever

And I now run 2 1080p monitors, a 1440p 120hz monitor, and a 4k monitor

And I certainly don't have a 5090

[rigid fjord]

#1027757333117415424 also mention the exact r7 you're using

[rigid fjord]

yes, but only if it floats

[hollow bone]

hello i have a serious problem and im really worried so i was disabling csm support on my bios to enable secure boot after i did that i save and exit the setup.After that my pc has a blackscreen all the time i tried clearing CMOS i unplug the cable and pressed the power button for 20 seconds removed the CMOS Battery and waited for about 15 mins put it back and it didnt fix it i tried with the jumper but still it didnt work can someone please help me?

[rigid fjord]

#1027757333117415424

[frigid blade]

Windows RDP is surprisingly efficient

I thought it would be wayyy worse

[warm hinge]

Is Alienware any good?

[frigid blade]

It’s only bad when you’re maxing out CPU

Like downloading files

[warm hinge]

I see

But Alienware still makes great laptops though?

[frigid blade]

Talking about my other convo about RDP

[warm hinge]

Oh sorry about that

[frigid blade]

Alienware is not bad tech afaik, maybe a bit of a premium on their equipment

[warm hinge]

Alright sounds good

[frigid blade]

I’ve always heard it was overpriced but never anything bad about the equipment itself

[slim niche]

can someone make me a budget pc build for £400 - just for gaming i play val, cod, fn, fifa

[warm hinge]

I do agree it's overpriced since it's Dell's premium laptop gaming line but I heard it's great and reliable especially that it's from Dell, the Alienware Aurora 16 is actually discounted at Micro Center

[frigid blade]

Man even with ddr4 the ram is gonna eat up a lot of that budget compared to a year ago

This whole price surge everywhere sucks for lower budget builds

Black Friday deals were a good time to buy GPUs though

[slim niche]

im gnna buy some used components it doesnt rlly matter

[frigid blade]

Yah that’s good, tbh you might have an easier time on fbmp or something like that

[slim niche]

aiight

[frigid blade]

Someone cleaning out their stuff and selling a computer

Don’t know what’s in it, something like that

[slim niche]

my friend got a 2060 build for 400

[frigid blade]

Yah that’s a good price

If the rest of the specs are a similar area

[night delta]

and custom mobos on their aurora desktops..

[daring crystal]

I love getting rug pulled by ai companies

[random gyro]

sup peoples

[warm hinge]

I'm going to actually consider getting the Alienware Aurora 16 for my sister

Since it does look amazing

Plus they have it discounted at Micro Center

[true stirrup]

Can it do the impossible and see the invisible?

[warm hinge]

From what I've heard yes

[true stirrup]

I hope you got the reference

[serene pumice]

dont ai companys know DeepSeek can do the same thing but with much less powerful hardware & is open source?

[daring crystal]

Was a good run limitless. But you aren't gonna sell my data

[warm hinge]

LOL

[faint lark]

LETS GOOO

[versed sonnet]

Whats the website that checks components compatibility? Tryna get a new mobo

[gloomy sleet]

game runs suprisingly well considering its loading this much

[frigid blade]

pcpp

[mortal jackal]

https://pcpartpicker.com

[versed sonnet]

Ty 🙏🙏🙏

[rigid fjord]

go on ebay and look for a pc

[rigid fjord]

crap for £400 tbh

3600 + 3060 for £400 if you search right on ebay

even a 5600 + 3060/6600/6600xt is possible for £400 if you search right on ebay

[rigid fjord]

actually, nope

[true stirrup]

I didn't see a single good black Friday deal

Except on a fire stick for my brother

[rigid fjord]

tbh dude, there hasn't been any good ones for like 6 years

[frigid blade]

you couldve gotten a 5070 for $360 before taxes

newegg had it going for $450, pair it with paypals holiday 20% cash back, thats $360

or abit less if you use a CC with good cash back

you can say that for anything tbh with the paypal cash back

you had a limit of $1,250, thats $250 back at most

this year the deals were actually good, mostly because of paypal especially when you stacked

[fringe prairie]

couldn’t you stack that with rakuten as well?

[craggy cove]

everything is free in the us

[frigid blade]

yah, probably couldve also stacked new CC bonus

[junior bay]

silly me thought ram was expensive when it was cheap

[craggy cove]

happens

u drive urself

[junior bay]

im scrolled down

[frigid blade]

$1,250 - $562.50 = $687.50

you couldve gotten a $1,250 (after taxes and fees and whatnot) computer for $690 once cash back hits

thoeretically, if you opened a CC with $300 back after spending $500 paired with the 20% papal up to $1,250 + some CC (like 1%) ^^^

[true adder]

yes

[ornate harbor]

Is a upgrade from a A750 to a RX9060xt a decent jump rn

[swift stream]

you can not be real

[lapis furnace]

Imagine playing cancer 🦀

[dusk patio]

on one hand I'd be curious to see my discord stats, but on the other I'm glad my privacy settings don't allow them to track all of this

[swift stream]

ts is peak watchu talking about

[lapis furnace]

What no I'm talking about LoL

[dusk patio]

I don't use a password manager, I forget my passwords like god intended /J

[lapis furnace]

I only enabled them to be able to see how much I yapped in 2025

[grave pulsar]

does anyone know why after about 1 min of 100C and 3+ghz clock, it goes down to a deafult of 75C 2.6 ghz

i7 9750h laptop

i can feel the fps drop

[swift stream]

oh yeh

[opal dock]

I don't use a password manager, I use the same password for everything as god intended

[dusty salmon]

I mean I know ram prices are fucked up atm, but 13 THOUSAND euro, for DUMMY sticks is crazy

Keep in mind the black version cost 41

41 euros

[random gyro]

white tax

[dusty salmon]

Yup,

[random gyro]

all for a white pair of dummy rsm

[dusty salmon]

Yup

[random gyro]

just get the black one and mix and match XD

[dusty salmon]

Im not even looking to get dummy sticks I want to get more ram😭

[random gyro]

i wish you good luck for finding a ram kit

especially in this age

[dusty salmon]

I’ll need it ty

The kit I have atm cost 300 now

That’s ddr4

[random gyro]

insane, thank god i upgraded ram

went from 8 to 32 on my laptop :>

[random gyro]

how much ram is that?

or in this case how many gigabytes

[dusty salmon]

32gb of corsair vengeance lpx 4000mts

[random gyro]

woah

they cost half that like 8 months ago

[carmine yew]

lpx 4000? oof

[serene pumice]

32GB RAM laptop, 400€, 25% VAT included

[limpid ivy]

👀 ohh a probook

[serene pumice]

hmm , screen just says "LED" guess its an TN panel

[limpid ivy]

Yea seems like the same panel they used in some elitebooks also.

I got a mix of 840 G5/6s with the matte and glossy screen.

The matte ones have a sort of privacy mode that looks ass lol

[fringe prairie]

tiger lake

[drowsy ravine]

Why have monitors gotten so cheap

And ram so sxpensive

[dusty salmon]

Make ram cheap again I beg and make ssds cheap aswell

[warped plover]

This allowed?

[dusty salmon]

I want a 4tb Samsung 990evo plus for 150

[drowsy ravine]

??

[random gyro]

sup

[dusty salmon]

Cus the parts they use have gotten cheaper

[drowsy ravine]

Well my $700 monitor is now worth $250 so

[dusty salmon]

And the parts ram uses has gotten more expensive because of STUPID FUCKING AI

[drowsy ravine]

Like that’s insane

[drowsy ravine]

Well that’s just cuz of miners

[dusty salmon]

thus sucks when did you buy it

[dusty salmon]

No ai companies

Buying all the ram

[drowsy ravine]

2023

I think maybe 2022

It’s a Samsung odyssey g7 it was like top of the line everything curved g sync 1440p 240hz

[dusty salmon]

Yea that sucks

[drowsy ravine]

And I can’t even give a 3rd for it

Imma just keep it but like wtf

[dusty salmon]

I mean the monitor I bought for 250 is worth like 95 now

I mean u can buy an oled and then use this as a second

[rigid fjord]

nope, it breaks rule #5

[rigid fjord]

my 1.2k pc is worth only 450 at best

[dusty salmon]

I don’t even wanna know what my 1700 euro pc is worth now

I mean at least 10billion cause there’s ram in it😭 👍

[south arrow]

My pc that was only about 4400 is worth near 5000 now but still only selling for around 4000, just trying to crawl out of lawyer debt

[dusty salmon]

Bro sais “only”

[south arrow]

Just credit limit fams it ain't that special

[dusty salmon]

Fair

[serene pumice]

I bought 64GB RAM last black friday

+16GB RAM for laptop

All still in boxes

lolz

[dusty salmon]

I say:
Here’s my Address
Send it to me
U get a big fat thank you in return

Deal?

[daring crystal]

I got rug pulled in another ai product

Limitless pendant got bought out by meta

And they are selling all our data now

All my private conversations I recorded are now being used to train Meta LLMs

[undone plaza]

how do i turn off the setting where when i double press left control it makes a circle around my curser that darkens the screen around it? im in windows 11

[steel umbra]

what is limitless

?

[daring crystal]

AI recorder

It was HIPAA compliant

[south arrow]

Id say im surprised but like

[random gyro]

sup

[rigid fjord]

this is what, the 4th ai product you fell for?

[verbal prawn]

seems like you can just ask them to delete all your data

[plain cypress]

Seems like they should stop buying ai hardware

[verbal prawn]

real

[rigid fjord]

they keep falling for it, it's almost like they're addicted to it

[plain cypress]

Oh they surely are

[daring crystal]

Yeah 🙁

I'm gonna buy ai glasses next

Maybe this one will be different

[rigid fjord]

inb4 meta again

[plain cypress]

It will not

[latent gull]

Why do you need AI for a Recorder?

[daring crystal]

So I can feed my information into chatgpt so I can look up stuff in my conversations and get a better context

[plain cypress]

Oh polar

[rigid fjord]

to make himself his only true friend @latent gull

[opal plover]

Is there something wrong with my ram slots?

If so how do I address it?

[vast thorn]

why are you not using one slot

first time seeing 3/4 slots of ram being used

[opal plover]

I have no idea they were set by a technician during a previous upgrade

But now my windows is slow even at a fresh install

What's causing it?

[balmy tapir]

how much ram do you have?

any other system information would be good as well

[opal plover]

For the first it's 16GB and another is 16GB and another is 32

[vast thorn]

hmm
mismatched ram maybe

try removing the 32gb and testing

[opal plover]

But I don't even know which one is 32 though

[balmy tapir]

as long as the 2x16 gb sticks are in 1/3 or 2/4 slots (depending on what the mobo wants) that shouldnt be a huge issue

[balmy tapir]

i would guess the first slot

but that shouldnt really make windows slow

whats system usage like in task manager

[grizzled frost]

if windows is running right on the edge of stable with that memory config it could

[balmy tapir]

do you have cpu/gpu drivers installed?

[opal plover]

I have Nvidia drivers installed

The only problem is I don't know how to remove ram

[balmy tapir]

very true, although one would hope a fresh install isn't unstable 😭

[vast thorn]

probably this
it looks different than the other 2

[grizzled frost]

with a memory config like that, i’m surprised it booted

AAAH

1.5dpc is so fucking cursed

3 ranks in one channel, 1 rank in the other

[opal plover]

I really don't know how I can like swap it out

[ivory mountain]

in this ram shortage i cant even judge people for using fucked up configs

[grizzled frost]

you turn off the pc, press on the two black tabs above and below until the open fully, then pull the ram stick out

shouldn’t require too much force to pull out the stick, the tabs can be a little stubborn though

[grizzled frost]

there is no reason to run 3 rank in one channel and 1 rank in the other

[ionic peak]

when does the ai stuff ends?

[grizzled frost]

at a point in time

[opal plover]

I took the ram out what's next?

[vast thorn]

try testing if windows is slow or not

[plain cypress]

Once @daring crystal has completed the AI hardware Pokedex

[ionic peak]

so what ai company uses so many chios?

[opal plover]

It's taking so long to boot up I think it needed that ram

Wait

[vast thorn]

nope, its normal

memory retraining

happens everytime you make changes to your ram configuration

[daring crystal]

I remember when ai products were coming out I was spending hundreds a month

[balmy tapir]

💀

[daring crystal]

Kinda stopped after the humane pin.

Not the limitless pendant is dead it's time

To get back into it

[balmy tapir]

i fear maybe it being dead is a sign to not

[opal plover]

I don't think it worked windows is still slow

[daring crystal]

Hasn't stopped me before and won't stop me now. Gonna get a pair of android ai glasses

Having Gemini at my finger tips would be sick

[vast thorn]

send screenshot of ram in task manager

task manager > performance > ram

[random gyro]

anyone might know why i keep having this issue, 2nd time today, but this is only today

[opal plover]

it may look low but trust me something is still slowing down windows

[bleak ledge]

Your CPU frequency looks like it's being artificially limited

[opal plover]

bingo

that CPU is a big pain to me

[bleak ledge]

Try a reboot

Might just be a quirk with power

[opal plover]

i've already tried that multiple times but it's persisting

[bleak ledge]

Ah

In that case, have you checked temperature and BIOS/Windows power settings?

[vast thorn]

weird

[opal plover]

I need to get into BIOS first

[bleak ledge]

Maybe try exporting your current BIOS config to a USB drive and them reset it

If some experimentation doesn't fix it

[opal plover]

i don't have a USB drive

[bleak ledge]

Or just keep track of the settings

[grizzled idol]

guys

i made 0.1

[bleak ledge]

Something isn't adding up lol

Maybe it factors in watch time

[grizzled idol]

it is, i assume

[latent gull]

What am I missing here

[bleak ledge]

SponsorBlock might be hurting my stats

[grizzled idol]

no i have Ublock

and sponosor block

[bleak ledge]

Ah

[grizzled idol]

i wish it told you total watch time of all content on yt over the year

like spotify does with time listened

[ionic peak]

but at this time?

and why feet

[grizzled idol]

feet

[vast thorn]

crazy

[bleak ledge]

I can see my viewership since I subbed to premium

[plain cypress]

There's just no good reason for an AI recording device.
Saint Federal is simply addicted

[plain cypress]

It would be very nice to get monthly or annual statistics

[latent gull]

Gotcha, that was my assumption

[bleak ledge]

It would

There's probably a browser plugin for that

[latent gull]

I also don’t think those stats are super reliable, some of mine are just wrong

[bleak ledge]

you've watched a ton offline

[plain cypress]

I don't think the YouTube premium statistics are reliable either

[plain cypress]

I used to have my watch later playlist set to auto download

[latent gull]

Mine says I watched a bunch of superhero movie theory videos and I just didn’t, I have no idea where it pulled that from

[grizzled idol]

so thats not fair

[plain cypress]

I still download live streams for vod playback

But I don't default download the watch later list anymore

Only when I'm traveling

[grizzled idol]

i drifted away from ltt once everyone got fired but i still managed and idk how

[opal plover]

What do you mean?

What do you mean feet?

[latent gull]

I used to do the recommended downloads but now I just listen to YT music when I’m driving and whatnot

[bleak ledge]

It's Elijah Tech Tips now, lol.

[plain cypress]

I typically listen to podcasts when driving

[grizzled idol]

10000%

[opal plover]

Oh I see I didn't mean to show that I was trying to stretch so I can be comfortable

And it accidentally got into my camera

[grizzled idol]

https://tenor.com/view/crawling-toes-gif-20335217

[plain cypress]

I also listen when not driving

[bleak ledge]

Do you drive for a living?

[opal plover]

Oops

[grizzled idol]

are we allowed to curse in the ltt server

i honestly just joined to flex 0.1

[plain cypress]

No
I realized after I sent it may imply I've spent that much time driving

My daily driving is only about 10 miles

Honestly more like 8

[bleak ledge]

Ah

[eager mango]

hello

[latent gull]

Damn

[eager mango]

hows everyonbodys day as of yet

[latent gull]

I listen while driving, working, and gaming, so you must have a lot of podcasts

[bleak ledge]

YouTube Music never appealed to me

[plain cypress]

My YT music is only around 7k
No idea if that includes watching/listening to WAN on the main YouTube app

[bleak ledge]

I'd like a slightly cheaper Premium without it

[eager mango]

its only good if you pay for youtube premium

[plain cypress]

Yes

[latent gull]

It does podcasts separate from music

[eager mango]

but i just use an ad blocker for youtube anyways, never saw the point in that

[bleak ledge]

I'm already paying for Qobuz and Spotify, so it's a bit pointless

[plain cypress]

Ah, then I did get 7000 minutes of music

[eager mango]

if you have yt premium its included

[bleak ledge]

Honestly, might as well cancel Qobuz now that Spotify is lossless

[plain cypress]

So I had approximately 120 hours of music in 2025. Seems about right

[eager mango]

thats depressingly low haha

[bleak ledge]

If they'd let us listen to music in the office, I'd have thousands of hours

[eager mango]

they... dont?

[bleak ledge]

I have to listen to the squeak of the air conditioner

It's to maximise productivity and ensure we hear the phone, I think.

[plain cypress]

733 hours of podcast listening

[latent gull]

I keep a headset on in the call center, when I’m not on the phone it’s playing music or Udemy videos

[bleak ledge]

Not a bad idea

[eager mango]

my spotify custom message was joe rogan because i listened to his podcast once, i also only listend to it for billy corgan, not joe. Joes a tool.

[plain cypress]

Actually I am not sure if the 733 hours is real time, or is the total length of the episodes even though I playback at 1.5x

[bleak ledge]

My headset is some wireless DECT thing. Music would sound terrible.

[plain cypress]

Spotify....yikes

[eager mango]

i have a turtle beach for 25 dollars, sounds mint with music.

although getting a record player soon which im chuffed about

[eager mango]

?

[bleak ledge]

I forgot about Turtle Beach

[plain cypress]

I hate Spotify with a burning passion

[latent gull]

Work gives us pretty nice headsets that work with the phone and pc at the same time and the music isn’t the best but it’s not bad either

[eager mango]

its a very typical 'first headset' brand, but they've been cheap and worked well for what i need.

although might go more quality headphones as ive changed to a standalone mic, AKG C 3000B

[bleak ledge]

Sounds about right based on the ones I had from them

[eager mango]

how come? its a lot better for non premium users on mobile now which im happy with.

they use to be a lot more money hungry

[ionic peak]

Feet on picture

[opal plover]

read my message at the top

[plain cypress]

As a company I hate Spotify

Although I dislike their app but I'm far less mad about the app

[opal plover]

.

[eager mango]

i mean i dont really give a fuck about the upper management or their company.

as long as i can listen to a tune and enjoy it im happy

[bleak ledge]

Spotify gets exploited by a few big artists, I think

Hoovering up all the revenue

Some have even told their fans to leave their new albums on repeat

[ionic peak]

Ram prices are explosive atm

[eager mango]

they get less than a cent per listen

i did the maths a while back

[plain cypress]

In my opinion they've done more harm to the podcast space than good. Bought some production companies and ruined them. Pushed dynamic ad insertion which is ass. They paid a bunch of money for big name shows (to be honest I don't have any opinions on those since I've never listened), which isn't ideal for the health of the podcast space as a whole. They made the community more corporate which is a big fat L

Also their app sucks for non music

[opal plover]

i checked my task manager and they look normal

[bleak ledge]

Hundreds of thousands of people doing it for hours on end must count for something

[opal plover]

but i highly doubt it

it still feels slow

even there's a delay when opening file explorer

[bleak ledge]

Are you back beyond 800MHz?

[ionic peak]

How much?

[opal plover]

on what?

[opal plover]

not sure

[eager mango]

not as good as my gtx 970

[bleak ledge]

check the performance tab

[ionic peak]

Ram

[bleak ledge]

I mean for the CPU

[opal plover]

oh

[bleak ledge]

I'm pretty sure the frequency was the problem earlier

[ionic peak]

3 slots from 4 and 54gb ram lol

[bleak ledge]

Still doing the same thing

You might want to try a BIOS update

[opal plover]

i will try it the only problem is i don't have a usb drive but i have the app center from gigabyte since my motherboard is a gigabyte brand

maybe the app center can update my bios

[bleak ledge]

Might be able to

Install HWiNFO and check your CPU temperature as well

[eager mango]

is this not normal??

[bleak ledge]

Might just be throttling hard

[bleak ledge]

That seems pretty normal

[eager mango]

it is 4 core so idk

[bleak ledge]

Vibrantvibez' CPU is stuck at 0.80GHz, though

[stoic nova]

That old ass cpu? Surprised it's actually usable

[eager mango]

well its like a 200 dollar pc

im also running windows 11, i know i should NOT be lol

[stoic nova]

You can find way better dumpster diving tbh

[eager mango]

CPU: intel i5 4570
RAM: 16gb DDR3
PSU: Lianli 850 watt SSF
SSD: ADATA SU650, 512GB
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte ga-h87n-wifi
COOLER: Corsair 240 AIO water cooling
GPU: GTX970

[opal plover]

is that problematic?

[bleak ledge]

Yeah, it means your performance is severely limited

That CPU should boost to several times that

[stray portal]

yall i wanna switch to linux

[opal plover]

how did it even get stuck like that in the first place then?

[stray portal]

im doing it like now

[eager mango]

have fun 🤣

[bleak ledge]

It's probably some firmware quirk

[stray portal]

between kde and gnome which one do you prefer more? id personally pick gnome cuz more unified aesthetic

[bleak ledge]

Some of the Dell laptops I support at work do it

[stray portal]

why are you laughing

[stoic nova]

You'll use all of em eventually

Don't overthink it

[opal plover]

how do i address it then?

[bleak ledge]

Check your power plan as a starting point. In Windows 11, Settings → System → Power → disable “Best Power Efficiency”.

In your BIOS, check that Intel SpeedStep and Turbo Boost are turned on

Also check that C-states are enabled

[tiny blaze]

Folks. How do I know if the built in crosshair in my AOC monitor is customizable? I have only managed to make it show through menu but I don't see a way to change it's shape or color...

[eager mango]

just download a crossair application

it'd be easier than scrolling through monitor options

[bleak ledge]

I think it's rare to be able to modify the inbuilt one

Other than transparency

[distant saffron]

is this combo okay for a budget pc in this year?

ryzen 3600, 5060, 16gb ddr4

[bleak ledge]

Would be irritating when you're not gaming anyway

[tiny blaze]

Yeah that's true

[opal plover]

should i also change this?

[empty quartz]

Rip 980ti

[bleak ledge]

Seems decent. Not sure if the 3600 would be a bottleneck for a 5060?

[eager mango]

yes, i wouldnt call it budget..

[bleak ledge]

Set maximum to 100%

[distant saffron]

thats about 700 usd

squaashed to maximum

[tiny blaze]

I've thought of it but, I've heard it can get you banned in some games even though Crosshair X is whitelisted on steam. By the way the game in question is The Finals.

[eager mango]

yep, not budget

[opal plover]

i'm entering bios i will be on my phone

[bleak ledge]

700 dollars used to get a a really decent PC back in the day

[eager mango]

it doesnt inject itself into the game no? doesnt it just change display>

[bleak ledge]

Cool

[bleak ledge]

Lots of games have kernel-level anticheat which can monitor your running applications I think

[tiny blaze]

As far as I'm concerned all it does is just show a crosshair on monitor, regardless if you're playing or not. So it's not dependant on the game

[opal plover]

I'm in where should I navigate to?

[eager mango]

ask chatgpt how to work it on your monitor.

it doesnt differ between builds, i used it on an xbiox

[tiny blaze]

But yeah I think The Finals has kernel level stuff....

[dusk patio]

right-click, and then change graph to logical processors

[eager mango]

why? they're both 4 cores

[bleak ledge]

Try settings

[opal plover]

Uh huh what's next?

[dusk patio]

total utilization doesn't show you the full picture. You could have one core at 100% and Task Manager would only show you 25%

[bleak ledge]

What's in Platform Power

[bleak ledge]

Ah, it's not that.

[grave pulsar]

any ideas

[bleak ledge]

Does your BIOS have a hotkey to switch to a basic mode? In that mode, you can normally set a higher performance profile.

I'm pretty certain that 5% setting in Windows was the problem, though.

Since your frequency looks perfect in the BIOS

[opal plover]

That's basically easy mode

[eager mango]

pretty similar

[random gyro]

sup

[fathom jacinth]

Anyone know where to get cheap windows 11 activation keys rn?

[random gyro]

up time damn

[eager mango]

not condoned

[bleak ledge]

Unrelated, but half of your RAM wasn't detected in Windows?

[eager mango]

no idea how to reset it..

[bleak ledge]

Windows was saying 32GB and you appear to have 64 installed

[fathom jacinth]

Yeah I know

[eager mango]

just buy official ones and youll have it account tied forever

directly from microsoft if you care THAT much

[opal plover]

Not sure I'm gonna boot up windows and check again

[bleak ledge]

That's a good idea

[opal plover]

Nope it's still being detected by windows

Its just that 10 GB of ram was used by default

It's in use

[bleak ledge]

Ah

In your prior screenshot, it just showed 32

Is the CPU frequency better now?

[opal plover]

It's because I disconnected the first ram slot earlier just checking if there were hardware problems and thankfully there wasn't

[bleak ledge]

That's good

[empty quartz]

Rookie numbers

[opal plover]

idk but it does look good

[bleak ledge]

Nice, looks like it's fixed

Must have been that Windows setting

[empty quartz]

[opal plover]

yeah earlier i set that max processer state to 5 percent because my CPU was at a painful 90 degree temp when i was playing apex legends

that was like a month ago also

[ebon marlin]

I just saw someone selling 2 of those cpus for 60€

[bleak ledge]

90 degrees is fine

[opal plover]

you sure?

[bleak ledge]

Yeah, the CPU throttles itself before any damage can be done

If you want to be safe and don't mind noise, turn your CPU fan way up in the BIOS

[opal plover]

i will try that later

but i will update bios first

since it might be outdated

[bleak ledge]

There's no need to do that now tbh

Now that we ruled out a firmware issue

[ebon marlin]

anyone able to help with a gpu problem friend bought a used 6900xt but he's not getting any display the LED's and fans work but no display the system runs for like 5 mins and then shuts down the system still works fine with no issues with the old gpu

[opal plover]

oh alright

[empty quartz]

Speaking of toasty cpu’s, even with my custom loop, my 14600k still shoots up to 83c while pulling 225W

[bleak ledge]

It's a very small, but real risk of bricking the motherboard if the PC loses power during the BIOS flash. I try to avoid updating it unless there's a genuine need.

[bleak ledge]

Have you overclocked it?

Or is Intel just that hungry

[empty quartz]

Stock clocks, undervolted, and power unlocked

[opal plover]

anyways thanks for your help

it's been actually a good experience

[bleak ledge]

No problem

[opal plover]

oh yeah i forgot to tell you