tech-chat-1

[opal light]

On a scale of 1-10 how likely am I to get this screw out 😭

[gleaming rose]

get a square bit twin

[true stirrup]

Depends on your screwdriver/bits collection

[tired bear]

someone tried using pozidriv screwdriver on a philips screw

[craggy cove]

mm i think magician does that but not cdi

[opal light]

mmm nope

[tired bear]

i see that damage from miles away

[tacit star]

Hard Disk Sentinel? Or it works the same as CDI

[craggy cove]

no experience with that, ive just used magician and cdi

you can tell a samsung drive is fake by just looking at it

no idea how they still get the design wrong

[olive gulch]

So I have a question, does anyone know what the 3rd cable does in the Microsoft surface studio, I know one is for screen and one for touch but idk what the 3rd one is for if it's the cam, buttons, for speaker or if it has something to do with the screen. I bought it used with a broken GPU and I bought a new motherboard for it but the data cable is damaged and I was wondering if anyone knew if this cable would affect the display or it was for the speakers. I honestly only bought it for the screen because I got a nice server I was going to plug into using VMS for all the compute stuff. So does anyone know what that cable is for.

[bitter crater]

because they dont care enough, the people they target dont know

[tacit star]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/267527542436

Idk, I am still afraid to buy used drives

[tacit star]

||SMASNUG||

[craggy cove]

looks legit

[craggy cove]

smassnuuuugggg

[craggy cove]

2tb 990 pro for 30€ 🙏

[bitter crater]

sounds legit 100%

[tacit star]

How is the CDI ss

[tacit star]

2tb sticker being 2T B

[craggy cove]

mine for reference

[craggy cove]

looks perfectly fine

[left trellis]

is it samsung ?

[tacit star]

Can the firmware version indicate a fake?

[left trellis]

the 990 pro:

[tacit star]

Can't wait for the 990 Lite

[swift trout]

990 pro zero?

[tacit star]

Give it the grit

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/17itp30/samsung_ssd_870_evo_health_shown_as_na_in_samsung/

I'd rather a brand new Kingston or any other brand than an used Samsung

[hexed tapir]

Ah yes a SATA 990 pro, who needs nvme

[tacit star]

Seriously can anyone explain what is the point of these M.2 SATAs. I never understood them

[hexed tapir]

Cheap for laptops and other small devices

[tacit star]

Cheap? Don't NVMes cost the same?

2280 btw

[hexed tapir]

Now they do but back in the days they didn't

[woeful crown]

Anyone have 9070XT Sapphire Nitro+?

I am looking on which 9070XT I should buy. My last GPU was 7800XT Sapphire Nitro+, but the new one have 12VHPWR connector 🙁

[hexed tapir]

I have a ASRock 9070xt

[woeful crown]

Not sure if I should go with it or rather go with e.g. XFX Mercury

[hexed tapir]

I had a nitro+ 5700xt before that

[hexed tapir]

And we had a few accounts of melted nitro cards 😆

[woeful crown]

Taichi?

[hexed tapir]

Challanger since it was $610

[jovial swan]

Is a R5 9600X better than a R7 7700?

[opal light]

Still can’t get it entirely open but damn lol

[south arrow]

[woeful crown]

Here? Lately? the 9070XTs?

[plucky lodge]

isn’t motion blur basically how vision works in real life? like when you ride a bike fast, everything around you is blurred except what you’re focusing on. so why does motion blur in games feel bad to most people, and why do almost everyone turn it off?

[hexed tapir]

Online and the 9070xts and yes lately

[opal light]

One is stripped

[hexed tapir]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/1pzl14m/sapphire_rx_9070_xt_nitro_hits_fifth_burned_power/

[tired bear]

https://tenor.com/view/the-it-crowd-moss-moss-it-crowd-it-crowd-fire-gif-25242200

[woeful crown]

f**ck...

[true stirrup]

You can just shake your head and experience it as well
And if it was possible I would turn it off irl as well

[hexed tapir]

Yeah they are fucked

[woeful crown]

I mean I want highest possible factory OC and hefty cooler do what are other options?

XFX Mercury?

Taichi is also 12VHPWR right?

[plucky lodge]

crazy, i mean if its an irl thing , its supposed to be good nah? it replicate IRL experince

[true stirrup]

Factory OC will give you negligible gains

[ivory mountain]

Red devil is 3x8

Powercolor goats

[ivory mountain]

I want a 9070xt but nobody hiring 🥀

[hexed tapir]

Just click the auto OC button on radeons software

[ivory mountain]

Just undervolt

[woeful crown]

Will it go to same clocks as for example the Nitro+?

[tired bear]

I am still waiting

[ivory mountain]

Ur gonna be waiting for a while buddy

[pine light]

Give it here

[true stirrup]

Sad
I'm hopeful getting onto another paid project in uni this month

[tired bear]

dont care

[pine light]

I need it

[ivory mountain]

W

[pine light]

im gonna have to work a solid 6-7 months to afford ts

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/67-67-kid-edit-analog-horror-phonk-gif-3349401281762803381

[hexed tapir]

Probably, OC cards are mostly marketing bs unless it's kingpin

[tacit star]

Fr

[tired bear]

100$ wage per month?

[tacit star]

Fuck 12Vwhateverjunkmate

[hexed tapir]

Skill issue I got every job I applied for , it's only a sample size of three though

[woeful crown]

WhatbI want is beefy cooling... I dont want to hear the card if I do OC 😄

[tired bear]

same, (sample size of 1)

[ivory mountain]

Tbf 7373737 felons are applying to these food jobs so obviously theyre gonna hire a 25 year old over 17 year old me

[hexed tapir]

I only hear the coil whine from my card 😆

[tired bear]

put the pc in another room

[hexed tapir]

16 year old me got a job at McDonald's that was my first ever job

[ivory mountain]

Most if not all 9070xt’s have PTM included so cooling isnt a problem

[ivory mountain]

This was also probably 10 years ago, u old fart

[woeful crown]

what clocks u running?

[hexed tapir]

It legitimately was 😂 2016

[ivory mountain]

😭

[hexed tapir]

I don't recall and I can't check since I'm at work

[pine light]

Well actually 300 not including cost of living and student debt

I'd we are being technical I make 271 dollars after my tax is withheld but I don't make enough so il get it back during tax return period

[woeful crown]

From this video, I am not sure it will be all the same tbh: https://youtu.be/4bvT5XvG65Y?si=TCacXRzpHWjcDkkI

[median pilot]

should i be worried about burn in on my oled monitor i just got it for chrismas its the samsung odyssey g60sd monitor

[frigid blade]

just enable all the health stuff for it in the settings

[tired bear]

i pay like 3x of that just in taxes and deductions per month

[tulip sparrow]

Uh what? https://youtube.com/shorts/7WXp8Tfoqks

[hexed tapir]

As long as you don't keep the cnn logo on your screen 24/7 you are fine

[pine light]

Holy stonks

[hexed tapir]

Turn auto hide task bar on and for bonus points have a black desktop background

[hexed tapir]

That's what I'm doing for my qd oled

[versed swan]

Does your monitor have pixel refresh or logo brightness adjustment?

[median pilot]

but having a blaxk background is boring

[median pilot]

yeppers

[frigid blade]

if you enable the oled health settings in your monitor you should be fine

[empty quartz]

@ivory mountain rate this marketplace listing

[frigid blade]

selling to make rent, lol

[ivory mountain]

550??? Is this cad

[empty quartz]

Yeah

[ivory mountain]

How do u lose a whole joycon stick 😭

[empty quartz]

Even in cad, the price is absurd

[frigid blade]

theyre gonna miss rent ig

[craggy cove]

custom fine control stick mod

[mint umbra]

hear corsair is cancelling ppls orders and raising the prices on the products

might sell one of my sticks of ram

[pine light]

Just commit tax evasion

[mint umbra]

with how much they go for now lol

[sleek ibex]

Take advantage of that supply and demand

[tired bear]

cant, they are automatically deducted

[frigid blade]

and run single channel? thats a crime

[mint umbra]

I can survive on one stick of ram

[gleaming rose]

that's what im saying

exactly why im considering selling my pc rn

[frigid blade]

im still waiting on the pricing to go up so I can sell my RAM

[hexed tapir]

https://www.techspot.com/article/3064-oled-burn-in-test/

[frigid blade]

im holding out until I can get $2k for all of these (theyre 6800 but I need to move them to the new mobo and cpu to oc)

[tired bear]

you can already get 2k for that

[frigid blade]

not used, theyre selling for $700/kit on eBay auctions

[sly lance]

the screws on my mouse look similar and I still got it out with some random small flathead screwdriver lol

but obviously i dont think its that easy in your case

[tired bear]

640gb of ram that i am shielding from ai

[frigid blade]

i have another kit of 2x64gb 6400 thats completely fucked/broken

[sleek ibex]

The amount of DDR4 kits I have, in terms of cost I could buy a DDR5 128GB kit if I wanted to

[frigid blade]

i will auction it on eBay as is for parts

[sleek ibex]

[sly lance]

do you have like a home server or something?

[tired bear]

several

[pine light]

I luckily got my ram before the price hikes

I got 16x2 ddr4 ram

[sly lance]

Im sadly building a budget pc rn...

[tired bear]

whats wrong with it

[bronze summit]

The amount of DDR5 RAM I have can buy me a pent house suite for 3 days

[sly lance]

I planned everything before the ram crisis and I really dont want to get a worse gpu just to get some decent ram

[gleaming rose]

but the laptop market is still shit so

[frigid blade]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/317725677867

see photos

[opal light]

I didnt have anything to remove the stripped screw so I just did my best applying some more thermal paste using a small plastic spatula and spreading it

[frigid blade]

I ordered from third party seller on amazon but amazon shipping, came used/broken

[opal light]

couldnt remove much of the old thermal paste but there was honestly... not much left lol

[light turret]

i fkn did it

ahhh

its happening

[frigid blade]

amazon didnt even want it back, they just sent me a refund

[tired bear]

maybe you can contact northwest repair

[ivory mountain]

goated youtuber

[light turret]

i just ordered my new gpu and new cpu

[frigid blade]

can they fix missing transistors?

[tired bear]

yes

https://youtu.be/whMKb96-0hs
literal hole

i suspect this will be piece of cake for him

[frigid blade]

contacting now

its pretty bad, looks like the previous user tried to take off the heatsink

and scratched it up a ton

[gleaming rose]

ok i'm gonna wait for panther lake

apparently the iGPU is good

[tired bear]

looking forward seeing wam on his yt lol

[gleaming rose]

i dont think i play a single game that wouldn't work just fine on an iGPU, especially at the panther lake caliber

and anyways if the steam deck can run stuff i'm sure panther lake can outdo it

[opal light]

im not sure my little thermal paste experiment worked lmfao

[ivory mountain]

is this occt?

[opal light]

yes

[ivory mountain]

did u manually spread it works better on gpus

im wondering if the 1070ti has a hotspot sensor

[opal light]

I couldnt open up the card all of the way due to a stripped screw so I just put as much as I could with how much clearance I had lol

yikes

[ivory mountain]

ur gonna have to take the screw out

[opal light]

yep

[ivory mountain]

how stripped is it? it shouldnt be stripped if u never took it apart before

[gleaming rose]

phillips head -> square bit

[ivory mountain]

time for rubber band method

[opal light]

basically

[gleaming rose]

ngl they could just use a square bit if they had one

like it's BAD

[opal light]

I dont have a square bit small enough

I have like a 10 and need a 5 or something

[ivory mountain]

i see it now holy

[opal light]

yeahhh

safe to say the other screw looks much better than that!

[ivory mountain]

that's good

[opal light]

I could open the board at like a ~20-25 degree angle (maybe less) and just spread some new thermal paste on the chip

[tired bear]

if you have left handed drillbit you could drill it out

[opal light]

ill go find like a dremel or something

[tired bear]

low speed drill is better btw

[ivory mountain]

not my pic thankfulyl

[opal light]

thankfully 😭

[solar moat]

why cant use right handed?

[tired bear]

you can but left handed drillbit has decent chance of unscrewing it

[solar moat]

ah yes then dont have to deal with as much swarf

[light turret]

rx 9070 xt and ryzen 7 9700x, i finally got the stuff i want

[opal light]

im looking at this dudes asus blower card and the screws look almost exactly the same but he can just separate his??

nvm looks like he got the screws out

[tired bear]

it is a reference design

but msi added a screw there

[hexed tapir]

Ah yes get metal shavings near the GPU

[opal light]

ok sqaure bit first

I do have some PTM7950 (was getting it for my laptop) on the way should I wait for that or just use some nt-h1 paste on the gpu

[ivory mountain]

it aint even rly worth using ptm on a 1070ti blower ngl

[opal light]

ill see how much I get and go from there

[light turret]

shavings?

ah nvm, am stoopid

[light turret]

use a rubberband, and try the normal screwdriver

[ivory mountain]

i want it just for the box YES im a no life✌️

[hexed tapir]

I would just use paste it's not like you're using the 1070ti for another 7 years

[hexed tapir]

I see why they won't hire you

[light turret]

whats a realistic (in euro) price i could sell my 1080ti, ryzen 7 3700x and 32gb of ddr4 ram

[ivory mountain]

fuck u 😭😭

[light turret]

i was thinking 550€

[ivory mountain]

well u wouldnt get even close to that for a 1080ti, r7 3700x, and ddr4

1080ti is like sub $150 now

in euro markets under 140 euro a lot of the time depending on the country

[light turret]

literally the first used 1080ti i find here is 160€

the next is 180

[ivory mountain]

So where does the other 390 euros come in 😭

[light turret]

cpu and ram ofc

[tired bear]

Just parts or whole pc

[light turret]

just those parts

my case is literally falling apart and the fans sound like a jet

[ivory mountain]

The cpu is sub 100usd so i doubt itll be more than 85-100 euro

[light turret]

psu is good tho

sooo 400€ is realistic

[ivory mountain]

U can always put an auction and start it at a specific price

Idk

[tired bear]

Just put the price 10$ below the current used price

And ur good

[light turret]

aaight

[left trellis]

Gooner iem

[ivory mountain]

Why do u think i want it

[left trellis]

Mb big bro

[grizzled frost]

i actually own the truthear x crinacle zero iems, really great iems, unfortunate box

the IEMs unironically are fantastic for their price

[craggy cove]

most chifi has this box cause chi

my moondrop dawn pro came with a whole ass anime aluminum case

[glossy patio]

So Xbox prepares for a RAM shortage by literally causing a RAM shortage... makes sense https://x.com/iiamcloudman/status/2007083121733517595?s=20

G.O.A.T. GAMING (@iiamcloudman)

🆕️TRENDING: According to sources, "Xbox buys a significant amount of RAM before prices skyrocket. #Xbox seems to be preparing for a shortage or console launch," says insider.

X · Jan 2, 2026, 1:34 PM

[ionic peak]

https://tenor.com/view/brain-gif-338783462287106063

Big brain

And shove the problem to servers

[glossy patio]

https://tenor.com/view/big-brain-gif-27108854

[ivory mountain]

xbox is dead

the series S was a tax writeoff

shittiest console ive owned ever

[frigid blade]

@tired bear

[ionic peak]

Did you found master chief?

[ivory mountain]

goat

[ionic peak]

Nrw?

[ivory mountain]

i got it for something to play 2k and watch youtube on and it cant even do that

[ionic peak]

I got the one s since release

[ivory mountain]

the one S was one of the best consoles ive owned

[ionic peak]

Can do fortnite but not roblox

[ivory mountain]

roblox is so weird on consoles it never runs good

[ionic peak]

Still in service

[tidal ice]

Warzone basically fully uses the vram lol

[ionic peak]

Idk what code holds it together

[ionic peak]

How much vram?

[ivory mountain]

32

[ionic peak]

Why does it take so much

[ivory mountain]

cuz its warzone and it feels like it

[ionic peak]

Daimn it's just a shoter game

[unique olive]

I was gonna say no way but then again it’s cod so wouldn’t put it past them

[tidal ice]

Also 7680 x 2160 screen

[frigid blade]

yah https://www.youtube.com/@northwestrepair

[ionic peak]

What candy does he like?

[ivory mountain]

hes old so probably like caramel

[ionic peak]

Wide on max settings plus every bullet is 16k resolution

[ionic peak]

Or Lakritz

[steel sleet]

I used to be able to skip this, but is the app required now?

full window was screenshotted

[ivory mountain]

https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-nvcleanstall/

[ionic peak]

I don't care about the app

But sometimes look into it

[craggy cove]

bloated ram

2x16gb for 250€ and one of the sticks looks like this 💔

[ivory mountain]

holy shit

[tidal geyser]

how are you still on geforce experience

i thought it was nuked a year ago or more

[tidal geyser]

im gonna be so rich

[opal light]

Wow I finally got it apart

I didn’t even need to take out that screw

[ivory mountain]

W

[opal light]

It was these

I forgot what they are called

[tidal geyser]

standoffs

[opal light]

Yeah for the VGA? I think it was

[tidal geyser]

dvi

[opal light]

DVI-D*

[tidal geyser]

also wow you have spent some time on this

[opal light]

I took a break and just came back

[ivory mountain]

W dedication

[opal light]

I put it back together and put it back into the pc just to make sure I didn’t mess anything up and everything was good so

[tidal geyser]

with cards like these that could have been a really bad idea

[opal light]

How come?

[tidal geyser]

eh thinking more about it its not as bad but it could mean the cooler loses cotact with the core and the bond that has been held for so long no longer works and is able to damage the card

im sleepy but not sleepy as in im able to just sleep

[ivory mountain]

stay up for fate strange fake release

[frosty ruin]

I think I might have good fps

[ivory mountain]

2 frames per second

[tidal geyser]

im privilege is such a pain, i have so many computers sitting around me

first thing i thought was just, uh why does he not just spend 200$ on a proper gaming laptop on ebay or something.

not everybody has that ability nor the time and all that with a lot of luck.

[frosty ruin]

I decided to pull out my DDR3 laptop

[tidal geyser]

throw linux on it

LXQT for DE

[grizzled frost]

chifi is good tho

[tidal geyser]

something like cachyos that comes with optimized repos for x86-v3 is nice

but it is scary if you have never used a cli before

https://tenor.com/view/frieren-spin-gif-17702531132168795211

[frosty ruin]

This shitbox gonna go straight to the dumpster

[tidal geyser]

im gonna need to sell off so many things

[frosty ruin]

If the gpu would only be as good as the cpu

Missed opportunity for GTX 1050 Ti tbh

[tidal geyser]

wait what

that laptop is still fully usable

[frosty ruin]

Yea but the DDR3 holy smokes

[tidal geyser]

i dono i got a surface and its fine

well 2

[fallow yacht]

does anyone know cvv cover stickers?

[tidal geyser]

ah

[craggy cove]

wouldn't like

anything work

[opal light]

it’s fine to leave the thermal paste around the chip right

[frosty ruin]

I pay with Apple Pay

[craggy cove]

yea

also holy ancient

[tidal geyser]

i tap to pay everything

[frosty ruin]

My perfectionism’s could never but yes as long it’s not conductive

[opal light]

Ancient indeed

[tidal geyser]

yup

[craggy cove]

honestly dont even know where my card is rn

[tidal geyser]

a shit

[craggy cove]

only thing i cant do is cash withdrawal ig?

and why would i do that

[tidal geyser]

i thought i forgot where i put my cards

well kinda, i thought i might have forgotten to take em with me from my parents

[frosty ruin]

You can withdraw by just tapping ur card atleast in my country

Just get ur phone with the card linked to it done

[fallow yacht]

we are hopefully having that this yr probably

[craggy cove]

maybe i can even idk

[fallow yacht]

google pay is alr released here

[tidal geyser]

aint that just tap to pay

[craggy cove]

havent done a cash withdrawal for myself like in forever

[fallow yacht]

it's apple pay but googles

[craggy cove]

just for other people

[tidal geyser]

i do not think you need to only use google

[craggy cove]

what else do the banks support

[opal light]

wow it finally has a good amount of thermal paste again

[craggy cove]

smh why no ptm7950

[fallow yacht]

it's apple pay but for androids

[frosty ruin]

Abysmal GPU

[tidal geyser]

what about ubuntu touch

[opal light]

I’ll use that for my laptop not my 7 year old 1070ti 😭

[tidal geyser]

why is it so orange

[frosty ruin]

Night Mode

[left trellis]

We out here

[tidal geyser]

that is horrible

[frosty ruin]

Night mode doesn’t go off

What the actual

[tidal geyser]

well its night aint it

[craggy cove]

ngl 1070 ti not even much worse than what i have rn

[tidal geyser]

did you just dox yourself

[frosty ruin]

Turned it off but yea

[craggy cove]

i just used ptm7950 on a 1060 6gb

problem is the coil whine is abysmal

its genuinely louder than the fan

it also has shit stains

[left trellis]

Offered 60 dolla

[tidal geyser]

no way

[frosty ruin]

You don’t wanna hear my 3090 coil whine

[left trellis]

V-visit me

[tidal geyser]

give me a moment

[frosty ruin]

The coil whine is so loud that I can hear them through my isolated headsets

[craggy cove]

that is not the fan btw

[craggy cove]

damn its like that pitch

[frosty ruin]

With great power comes the great sacrifice

[craggy cove]

yep uhh here too

[wheat torrent]

https://tenor.com/view/stan-twt-skeleton-banging-shield-raggghhh-tatas-skeleton-gif-285383495768827336

[wheat torrent]

I think your computer is angry at you

[tidal geyser]

omg its facebook marketplace

[frosty ruin]

Yes it prob is because I can’t get that screen to look normal

Shits burned in bad

[craggy cove]

marketplace is offering 16 gigs of ddr4 for 45€ and price is nego

hmmmmm

[frosty ruin]

Nvm

Abysmal i7

[craggy cove]

mexico filter

[frosty ruin]

[formal sonnet]

"But why?" You could literally use any type of tape as a "CVV security cover" - no need to buy stickers.

[frosty ruin]

Bro that i7 gets wrecked by a Ryzen 3

[tidal geyser]

facebook sucks

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/sussa-gif-3576410136483948131

there are so many factors

anyhow still has value

[fallow yacht]

idk tamper proof shi?

[tidal geyser]

give it to some poor starving child

[formal sonnet]

Nothing is tamper proof. Well, I mean, I guess welding metal together could be...

[frosty ruin]

Imma disassemble and get the ram and sell it

[fallow yacht]

well it's useless since banks ask for an OTP now

or 2fa

[formal sonnet]

My banks / credit card issuer's don't, but yes, if yours do this is true. Anywho, the stickers only protect your CVV from being seen by prying eyes. They'll do nothing if someone steals the credit card itself.

[frosty ruin]

[tidal geyser]

we have a app called bankid only your phone can get it

or just a little brick thing for a code but i never use dat

and i think only one of my banks uses it

[fallow yacht]

well the 2fa code in my bank is sent through SMS

[tidal geyser]

OMG

[fallow yacht]

yes our tech is still outdated

[tidal geyser]

use a different bank pleas

[fallow yacht]

it does expire tho

[frosty ruin]

Absolute security

[tidal geyser]

well no shit i would hope so

but 2fa trough sms is insane for a bank

[frosty ruin]

Flying pigeons would be smarter tbh

[craggy cove]

devious sim swap

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/skate-kanji-cat-gif-18361256103636562809

[craggy cove]

they should mail you a letter "heres a 2fa to login"

[tidal geyser]

i am amazed we even still use sms for anything login wise

[craggy cove]

https://tenor.com/view/frieren-vs-sasuke-geraldleyva-art-frieren-looking-up-gif-15869668082529831477

[craggy cove]

i can somehow blame old people for this

[tidal geyser]

RCS is the real shit

but support is wonky

[thin bloom]

When I get home I'm going to take my dad's heat gun to the socket

[frosty ruin]

My parents log into their computer by pressing just enter💀

[fallow yacht]

lmao

[craggy cove]

rcs has been borked for me forever

[craggy cove]

password on a home computer? eh

never had one

[tidal geyser]

here is the funny thing, so i build and test computers and when im done i reinstall but then have in the past setup windows downloaded drivers steam epic and such but i will no longer do so as i had a computer back i needed to repair and the password was not changed :|.

[fallow yacht]

bro

[craggy cove]

what are you even doing here

[tidal geyser]

well not changed there was no password added

[frosty ruin]

Damn that’s crazy

[gilded sparrow]

gaming is dying istg

[frosty ruin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1157738107685306461/1455653271958982931/ag5d4q.gif

[gilded sparrow]

these companies tryna bankrupt us at this point

[tidal geyser]

knew it

[craggy cove]

i just dont put passwords on the computers i sell

[tidal geyser]

the users do not add one

[frosty ruin]

Securit Bank

[craggy cove]

passwords are only worthwhile on phones, maybe laptops

[tidal geyser]

and its terrifying

[thin bloom]

I wonder if this is water or oil? The board was in the rain for a few seconds when I got out of the shop and into the car

[craggy cove]

assuming they're home pcs in which case like eh does it matter

[gilded sparrow]

i get Nvidia raising gpu prices for ai BUT AMD I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE GOOD GUYS. I feel bad for the kids who wanna get into this hobby and cant bc it cost $1000+ ust to build a modern budget build

[craggy cove]

wuh

[tidal geyser]

flux

[craggy cove]

theyre raising prices cause it costs more to make

[thin bloom]

I was thinking it was that and that's what I mean oil

[craggy cove]

also billion dollar good guys 💔

[tidal geyser]

i see bent pins

[gilded sparrow]

Remote access is a thing sooo

[tidal geyser]

flux is not oil

[frosty ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/martin-scorsese-absolute-cinema-absolute-cinema-meme-martin-scorsese-meme-martin-scorsese-absolute-cinema-gif-7188464701423971028

[craggy cove]

if they have remote access what does a password help

[gilded sparrow]

not rlly its bc ai has taken the supply when consumer demand is higher than ever not bc of production cost

[tidal geyser]

the socket is fucked, i hope you did not pay for that

[thin bloom]

I have the old socket they bent the shit out of it. I will show pictures of it later since it's in the trunk of the car

[craggy cove]

consumer demand is absolutely not higher than enterprise demand

oh sorry misread that

[gilded sparrow]

welp you are fucked have fuunnn

[craggy cove]

but uhh yeah they just dgaf cause why would they

and it genuinely costs more to produce for amd and nvidia

[frosty ruin]

„Micron intensifies „

[gilded sparrow]

Well i say amd is the good guys purely bc they have always at least tried to keep prices as close as they can while Nvidia goes heres another price raise

[thin bloom]

I'm to lazy to look it up right now but is flux conductive?

[gilded sparrow]

god intel please put put a high end gpu so we can say fuck nvidia

[gilded sparrow]

yup

[tidal geyser]

it can be but any even remotely good shop would have cleaned it

[ivory mountain]

its already fuck nvidia lol the 9070xt is the goat

[thin bloom]

I see the bent pin Sim from me looking at the image

[gilded sparrow]

okag but thats a mid tier card im talking like 5090 competition it has none besides themselves

[tidal geyser]

also yes flux can be conductive all i know it should have been claned

[tidal geyser]

i see 2

[thin bloom]

How should I remove the flux with out damaging pins?

[gilded sparrow]

isopropal alcohol bath

[ivory mountain]

idk we'll see with rdna 5

[craggy cove]

thats called competition

also amd are the good guys?

meanwhile they take away driver support from 6000 series gpus

[thin bloom]

I only see 1. I have to relook at it

[gilded sparrow]

but make sure its above 90% isopropyl

[gilded sparrow]

Not in the grand scheme no i was just generalizing purely on pricing

[craggy cove]

doubt the dried flux is doing anything

[frosty ruin]

NVIDIA is a profit oriented company. The simple answer is consumers dont make them money so what is a natural thing for a ceo to make? That’s right choose the most profitable and demand rich way and that is AI

[tidal geyser]

pretty sure

[ivory mountain]

they still make them they were just having a moment i guess

[craggy cove]

amd is just nvidia -10% in price

[tidal geyser]

anyhow the plastic is melted, it will not work.

[gilded sparrow]

i wouldn't even try to fix that at home

[ivory mountain]

last time it was the same as nvidia but -50% in price with the 7900xtx and the 4090 😭

[craggy cove]

more like everybody dogpiled on them and they backtracked

[tidal geyser]

i have no clue why a shop would ever accept a socket repair let alone on a z170

[thin bloom]

Okay that's not bad I have I isopropal alcohol. I will clean it off try to bend pins back then if that don't fix it I will take the heat gun to it

[craggy cove]

well the 7900 xtx was like a 4080 in performance but yeah that card was cool

[tidal geyser]

the plastic will melt before the solder melts

[frosty ruin]

Bending the pins is tricky tho. They could snap off

[craggy cove]

lamp, toothpick, patience

[thin bloom]

I know like I broke 2 off the old socket

[gilded sparrow]

but make sure the proof is above 90% anything lower will have enough water in it to damage the board

[tidal geyser]

i have a strong feeling the shop put heat directly to the socket as with those you heat from the back

[frosty ruin]

[gilded sparrow]

@thin bloom never go back to that shop for ur sake

[thin bloom]

That explains why the old socket is all fucked up since they bent the shit out of it

[gilded sparrow]

old pc vs new pc

[ivory mountain]

nice

[tidal geyser]

i do still wonder, did the shop ask for money?

[gilded sparrow]

micron killing crucial is the most over dramatic i have seen the. Pc community take smth its not that big a deal

[thin bloom]

Nope because the pc didn't boot

[tidal geyser]

o well at least there is that

[craggy cove]

where do i get wide usb?

[tidal geyser]

xd

[tidal geyser]

i think less than 20% of consumer dimms had crucial on em

[frosty ruin]

Bro what is this

[gilded sparrow]

you got scammed and there really is no way for u to fix it yourself unless u have alot of experience with pc repair even then its like 40% chance thats repairable

[craggy cove]

just asking questions

[thin bloom]

Here's the shop I went to https://maps.app.goo.gl/1oSP78PNSt7mJprD9

[craggy cove]

bomb them!!! 💣💣💣

[frosty ruin]

Wait a second. UW U-SB / Ultra Wide USB

[gilded sparrow]

Its not like micron is put of the consumer market they themselves are just not manufacturing sticks for consumers anymore

[craggy cove]

uwu so bad

[gilded sparrow]

witch is fair bc by the prices crucial i think they were taking a loss on them in the first place

[spark path]

I noticed a random surge in CPU temp to 56 but then it start going back down to the idle temp right away, what could have caused it? I was only watching anime not even touching my mouse or keyboard
Ryzen 7 7700, rx 9070 xt, B650 steel legend wifi

[tidal geyser]

turn it off

[craggy cove]

pc explode

[tidal geyser]

ffs

[craggy cove]

hospital soon

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/balthazar-crazy-family-guy-fou-gif-11775947423386520412

[spark path]

I can't am paranoid, it's my first PC build 😭😭😭😭

[frosty ruin]

The cpu does what it does best, hotbox the case

[tidal geyser]

TURN IT OFF

[spark path]

ok fine

[tidal geyser]

no fps numbers

[spark path]

no not fps but temps

[tidal geyser]

people get lost in some numbers and stop enjoying themselves

[craggy cove]

40 c hotbox

[tidal geyser]

close enough

[thin bloom]

Idk my types of people that we'll but I only seen Indians in the shop I think? Idk fucking know. I'm pretty sure they were Indian I'm not trying to be racist

[frosty ruin]

Ain’t no way bro💀

[gilded sparrow]

turn it off now and check the socket

[tidal geyser]

yea might be a bug in the socket

[craggy cove]

how is that relevant 💀

[thin bloom]

Idk...

[spark path]

sshhhh not my first pc build that would be embarrassing

[frosty ruin]

Warm Box

[tidal geyser]

heater boxing

[gilded sparrow]

I was thinking a short with all the motherboard issues and surges killing ryzen cpus i would 100% check it just to be sure

[craggy cove]

mildly pleasant to touch boxing

[thin bloom]

I be surprised if it's just the flux causing the boot loop

[frosty ruin]

Resistive heater

[spark path]

hell nah I ain't removing this damn heatsink again just because of that, thermalright peerless assassin 12se, also the PC is heavy as hell and I gotta be careful not to lift it from the monitor on it

[gilded sparrow]

its the bent pons bruh u are not going to be able to salvage that

[thin bloom]

Cpu had no power when I turned it on and most of the flux is on the power pins

[craggy cove]

so uhh what did you expect to do

[tidal geyser]

no

[spark path]

idk thought something wrong with my system and there is an app to record my system activities

[craggy cove]

https://tenor.com/view/franklin-will-eventually-show-up-gif-16103545928562542234

[gilded sparrow]

ok im just saying if ur going ask people what to do and some guy who in it tells u what the way to check is, and then be like nah then dont ask

[frosty ruin]

The gaming experience

[tidal geyser]

taskmanager

[spark path]

ok this is happening occasionally now, fine i will do it tomorrow right now it's too late, the mobo is b650 steel legend btw

[tidal geyser]

he was joking

[craggy cove]

or was he?

[tidal geyser]

if you see anything cant do anything anyways

[spark path]

wait really? what was that then?

[thin bloom]

From me looking at the image 2 power pins bent and the plastic in the center is warped

[craggy cove]

rats in my socket

[tidal geyser]

its fine

[frosty ruin]

Guys I think my vram is big

[gilded sparrow]

nah im not if that was brought to shop i was working and had random temp and power spikes i would 100% check paste and socket first

[tidal geyser]

from 40 to 50?

i think that is called windows update

[gilded sparrow]

oh i didn't see that part

[spark path]

yeah it's just fluctuating between 40-56

[gilded sparrow]

nah bruv thats fine, happens windows does weird shit in the background that can cause that stuff

[tidal geyser]

i know how doctors feel

[spark path]

everyday am getting more and more reasons to switch to linux

[tidal geyser]

my rule is just unless i see something actively dying idc

[frosty ruin]

Linux experience with threadripper pro

[gilded sparrow]

16 degrees is a lil concerning tho

[tidal geyser]

linux is fine but not game changing

[tidal geyser]

its not

its physics

[gilded sparrow]

id run it for bit with task manager open and see what that does and see if the usage is correlation to twmps

[tidal geyser]

cpu boosting for whatever task it gets while sitting in super low power mode

[frosty ruin]

Did I hear thermodynamics

[tidal geyser]

yes

[spark path]

is this fine, and can I continue using this app or should I just do it in bios? ryzen 7 7700, b650 steel legend wifi, thermalright peerless asssassin 120 se argb

[tidal geyser]

i prefer the bios but the app is probs fine

[gilded sparrow]

bios is most reliable

[frosty ruin]

16k Gaming🔥

[craggy cove]

fan-tastic

why does this look like vista

[frosty ruin]

I hate this Laptop

[spark path]

yeah but is the curvature fine or should I set it differently?

[craggy cove]

most modern asrock utility:

[tidal geyser]

quite aggressive for a cpu with a IHS thicker than your mum jk

[craggy cove]

a bit excessive maybe, your cooler is good

[tidal geyser]

but yea no the IHS on am5 is really thick

[spark path]

eyyy no body offending my mom like that, also what's IHS?

[tidal geyser]

aka again why it jumped so much

[onyx idol]

Why ppl have such massive hate for redragon?
#peripherals message

[frosty ruin]

Integrated Heatspreader

[craggy cove]

i have a 7500f with basically the same cooler and it doesn't really go above 50c full load with a conservative fan profile

[craggy cove]

cause you get what you pay for

[tidal geyser]

see the big silver square

[spark path]

yeah....?

[thin bloom]

@tidal geyser

[craggy cove]

spreads heat

[craggy cove]

its integrated in to the cpu

[onyx idol]

I am literally the definition of broke & my current mouse is fucking dying. For the features I need, this is literally all I can remotely afford

[frosty ruin]

Nah fuck it. Direct die cooling

[tidal geyser]

its way too melted

[craggy cove]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-try-not-to-laugh-gif-7682731162751353849

[spark path]

how do I remove it?

nah am trollin jk

[tidal geyser]

DO NOT remove it

[thin bloom]

And you can easily see the bent pins

[spark path]

https://tenor.com/view/131ridge-road-utica-new-york-gif-22400443

[tidal geyser]

i can see issues miles away

[frosty ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/aniyabea-yt-man-stare-ab-yt-man-stare-aniyab-gif-10494397403125281154

[craggy cove]

delid for cooling gains

[tidal geyser]

amd power scaling is horrible

[spark path]

yeah i thought I was trippin but the pins look horrible and seems like something leaked on there no?

[frosty ruin]

You could also do direct die cooling

[onyx idol]

?

[tidal geyser]

its flux and is needed if you want to solder it

[craggy cove]

why dont they push 300w through a consumer cpu? are they stupid?

[spark path]

is he trying to fix the pins?

[tidal geyser]

he got a shop to solder on a new socket after breaking pins

[spark path]

my electricity bill will go cabom

[frosty ruin]

Blud just buy a new motherboard

[tidal geyser]

iv told him that well over 10 times now

[craggy cove]

lga 1151 is premium n shiet

[tidal geyser]

but he only came in here asking about it after delivering it to the shop

[spark path]

man might be challenging himself

[tidal geyser]

but he aint the one repairing it?

[spark path]

oh

[craggy cove]

challenging his wallet

[spark path]

and mental resolve

[frosty ruin]

He’s gonna need to daisy chain them together soon

[tidal geyser]

he did not pay anything

[tidal geyser]

but uh well fuel for driving back and forth is something else

[craggy cove]

so everyone is getting scammed

[spark path]

is that a snack for them or does it kill them?

[spark path]

life is all about money

[tidal geyser]

nah

im European

[frosty ruin]

It’s just a molex for the pc

[craggy cove]

yeah feeding rats for fun is common

[spark path]

it's for moles?

[craggy cove]

molex is multipurpose

[frosty ruin]

Rat gaming before gta 6

[spark path]

he better than me

[craggy cove]

it can even power fans and fan hubs

[spark path]

can it give me more muscles?

[frosty ruin]

Woops

[tidal geyser]

LM?

yup

[frosty ruin]

Sure thing

[tidal geyser]

why are the caps not coated

[frosty ruin]

They are

The reddish color on them

[craggy cove]

rat/mole poison preworkout

[tidal geyser]

das a light coating

[frosty ruin]

But it works tho

[spark path]

how many before heart attack?

[frosty ruin]

Let’s see how long

[tidal geyser]

LM terrifies me

[craggy cove]

microdose 500mg a day for no heart attack

[spark path]

aight thanks will try that

[craggy cove]

is this bent?

[spark path]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-no-confused-nod-gif-14290432

[ionic peak]

Hm yes

[frosty ruin]

But its working like that since 1 year so yea

[ionic peak]

My server tag is the best

[craggy cove]

gtngffdujj

[ionic peak]

Is that dust or water marks?

[frosty ruin]

Dust

[ionic peak]

Good night?

[frosty ruin]

My room is dusty as hell

[ionic peak]

Dust it is but not so dusty

[tidal geyser]

das not a direct die cooler

did you replace the LM already on the cpu?

[ionic peak]

Wakes up in a dust carpet on the bed

[frosty ruin]

I have Kryonaut extreme on it rn

Should prob replace it

[night granite]

this is torture

[tidal geyser]

what

[night granite]

10/10 frametime

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/spock-dazzling-display-logic-star-trek-gif-16343803

[frosty ruin]

Frames per year

[ionic peak]

https://tenor.com/view/ton-619-gif-9446395711750078510

[night granite]

its 52 fps but said 52 fps feels SHIT

[frosty ruin]

I just wanted to try something new

[frosty ruin]

1% low must be -1

[ionic peak]

Get 50 I'm you can

[night granite]

its just because whenever I reload my save after going to main menu it does that

not like its great when its working properly though

just project zomboid b41 optimization for you

[ionic peak]

Can you run crisis?

[frosty ruin]

My laptop certainly not

[ionic peak]

The drivers are singel as me 🙁

[night granite]

I have a 9060xt 16gb, 12700kf, and 2x16 ddr5 6000 (also a 2x32 5600 kit I dont use).

[ionic peak]

Can it or not?

[tidal geyser]

DDU

[night granite]

YA THINK?

[frosty ruin]

Can you run City Skylines 2 at 4k

[ionic peak]

Then just say yes

[tidal geyser]

i am amazed people see this as fine

[night granite]

probably not

[ionic peak]

1 to 0 for the pc

[night granite]

No amount of cooling will fix city skylines

[ionic peak]

Can you 100% everything?

[night granite]

wdym

[ionic peak]

Stress every component to the max

[night granite]

yes

[ionic peak]

Gigabyte fan

[night granite]

pardon?

[frosty ruin]

Is the pc field tested now

[night granite]

what about this isnt fine?

[craggy cove]

how would that bullet hit the kid tho

[night granite]

did you want the kid to get shot?

[night granite]

that was my buddies build I made for him

THOUGH.. I do have a gigabyte 4070 lying around here

[ionic peak]

So he is gigabyte

[frosty ruin]

Bro is scanning every inch of the picture

[night granite]

sadly nvidia and not the fortold ryzen 4070

[worldly scarab]

b550 f gaming wifi 2

[ionic peak]

Pls not on carpet

[night granite]

yes

[ionic peak]

Yes

[frosty ruin]

B450f nice try tho

[ionic peak]

https://tenor.com/view/gigabyte-graphics-card-rtx-maddy-murk-rap-gif-16048262261100069553

[frosty ruin]

The only part that was not upgraded is my mobo

[tidal geyser]

people are allowed to keep their guns

[night granite]

Not on carpet :)

[night granite]

its funny because the 4070 isnt even in frame

its in that smaller pc

[craggy cove]

yk my problems arent even that important

[ionic peak]

Phew

[frosty ruin]

9mm subsonic prob

[night granite]

somewhere in there

[tidal geyser]

can normal people just get subsonics?

[ionic peak]

120mm aio or a bigger one?

[frosty ruin]

Yes

[craggy cove]

is it debloated enough?

[night granite]

thats a 1080 you see

on the top of it

[tidal geyser]

why tf

[night granite]

an evga 1080 hybrid

[frosty ruin]

A 9mm supersonic would have made a nice hole

[ionic peak]

1080 ti water??

[night granite]

yes

[craggy cove]

hybrid carss

cardsss

[night granite]

it has a fan and a block

[ionic peak]

Uff still doing it's job?

[craggy cove]

hybrid

[night granite]

it still works

[ionic peak]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/guilds/375436620578684930/users/100389857209094144/avatars/a_04724bdea05f1ecffdeef9cc8ec69013.gif?size=1024&animated=true

[night granite]

that other card in the bottom left of the photo is a maxun rx580 iirc

[tidal geyser]

hunting pans

[tardy geode]

does anyone have headset recomendations. i have like 100-200$ to spend on a new pair

[frosty ruin]

Pubg doesn’t work in reallife

[night granite]

iems

[ionic peak]

What did the pan do 😭 Dont get perfect pancakes?

I got a g335 for cristmas

[frosty ruin]

Yes

[tardy geode]

over ears

[night granite]

why tho?

[frosty ruin]

You don’t wanna see what 12 gauge did

[tardy geode]

in ears are nasty, and uncomfortable

[night granite]

L skill

[tidal geyser]

https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/834558873398411335

[night granite]

shouldve just been born with a larger ear canal

[ionic peak]

I wana see

[ionic peak]

In ears are strange like one side fits bit the other just falls off the entire time

He He

[frosty ruin]

12 Gauge slug shreds pans like crazy

Home defense

[ionic peak]

Usa gameplay

[frosty ruin]

I live in Germany my man

[ionic peak]

Huh in Europe?

[frosty ruin]

With the required weapons permit you can get basically everything for hunting

[ionic peak]

Hunting the thief?

[frosty ruin]

Deer

[ionic peak]

Deer I tough only wolf and bears

[tidal geyser]

i cant tell

[ionic peak]

Prob fake

[tidal geyser]

use your BFG on it

[ionic peak]

https://tenor.com/view/doom-eternal-slayer-bfg-mars-gif-27375266

[frosty ruin]

You mean the BFG-50 shooting 12,7 x 99mm NATO

That’s for the grizzly bears

[winter lantern]

Ts would hurt

[distant frigate]

https://x.com/tornadopaigeyy/status/2007262100025159908?s=46

Paige Berdomas🌪 (@tornadopaigeyy)

Wading through snow getting measurements. Stay tuned

X · Jan 3, 2026, 1:25 AM

lol. What 33-36 inches of snow looks like

Lake effect snow moment

[ionic peak]

Use high explosive shell from a 120mm tank gun

[ionic peak]

How much in cm?

[distant frigate]

36 inches is 91 cm

[ionic peak]

1 meter under is ground

[distant frigate]

https://x.com/tornadopaigeyy/status/2007256133057274311?s=46

Paige Berdomas🌪 (@tornadopaigeyy)

Fulton NY is just absolutely buried in snow right now. These are cars at a dealership (I think)

X · Jan 3, 2026, 1:02 AM

I love how the cars are just buried

[fast girder]

guys i need your input, i can get this server from a local datacenter for $1800, i dont need a server, but due to DDR5 prices, i thought i could probably sell a big portion of the ram, cover the cost of the server, and keep the server. but i dont know if i should

[ionic peak]

Isnt in kasachstan a bit more snow?

[tidal geyser]

it does not use consumer ram

wut

r9 7900 server

wut tf

[fast girder]

its this ram https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/memory/CMK192GX5M4B5200C38/vengeance-192gb-4x48gb-ddr5-dram-5200mhz-c38-memory-kit-black-cmk192gx5m4b5200c38?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=memory_ddr5_aon&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20786563364&gbraid=0AAAAADPCiRdU_Lmk4s4yfT4PW-HC0xtku&gclid=Cj0KCQiA9t3KBhCQARIsAJOcR7xGAbX0TocRntUDlKVA5zkNuUDj1T6NI_KMimnQieLtARVUzyp38dwaAmfnEALw_wcB

[tidal geyser]

at this current moment god no das overpriced but soon.tm it aint gonna be

1600$
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XQMMnQ/patriot-viper-elite-5-rgb-96-gb-2-x-48-gb-ddr5-6000-cl42-memory-pver596g60c42kw

[fast girder]

yea i mean, its a rack server

[tidal geyser]

o well go for it

[fast girder]

yea that was my thought exactly, i mean im sure if i can lookup the ram product page history, the price has changed, so the price he is asking, for a used product is inflated, but since everyone right now talking about the ram prices not going down anytime soon

i dont mind making it as an investment and in say 4 months i can cover the cost and some by selling some of the ram.

[tidal geyser]

if you do not have plenty of money now i would say its not worth it

[viral kayak]

Is a 3070 for 280 bucks good?

[tidal geyser]

i swear iv heard people get 3080s for that

[viral kayak]

Well the market where I live is kinda fucked

[ionic peak]

Same

[viral kayak]

And it’s a 45 minute drive away from me

[tidal geyser]

what is the price of a b580

[viral kayak]

380-450

Where I live at least

[tidal geyser]

jesus

go for the 3070

[viral kayak]

The 3070 is only 20 bucks more than a 3060 ti

[frosty oriole]

Hey guys, I'm upgrading my grandma's PC so it can run Windows 11. It currently has a 2200G in it. Should I replace that with a 4300G, or are there better alternatives?

[tidal geyser]

it can already do 11 but also not

just update the bios and even a r5 1600 installed windows 11 just fine for me

[brazen glen]

Is this a prebuilt machine

[frosty oriole]

I'd prefer it to be supported hardware, the last thing I want is to give her something that mostly works.

[frosty oriole]

No, I built it for her like 4 years ago.

[brazen glen]

Oh good

[viral kayak]

Ill see if I can talk him down to 250 since its been on the market for a while

[fickle ivy]

New lens fr

[brazen glen]

A 3400G might be a little more future proof as it were

[frosty oriole]

Yes, it has a 2200G and I was thinking of getting a 4300G as that's supported officially.

[tidal geyser]

its funky for some reason any other 2000 cpu is there but that

[ionic peak]

Mine doesn't

[tidal geyser]

skill issue i dono

[frosty oriole]

2300G is Zen 1 IIRC.

[ionic peak]

Oh wrong thing save start is missing

[tidal geyser]

there is no 2300G

[frosty oriole]

Sorry, 2200G.

[tidal geyser]

ah yea raven vs pinacle

[plain cypress]

Yes Zen 1

3000G was Zen+

[tidal geyser]

amd is sad

[plain cypress]

I convinced an ex to get an HP laptop with Ryzen 2000 back in 2018

In hindsight I feel like that was not a forward looking choice

[frosty oriole]

I'm happy I got Ryzen 3000 in my PC, but I mean, I'm also not upgrading to Windows 11, so...

[fast girder]

the parts value i calculated is $1430, not including storage (like 5t) and the case. so i guess.... it is JUST about the price of brand new parts if they were bought before the ram hike, but since they are not new, and ram prices has went up, he is overcharging, but not by almost 5 times according to pcpartpicker price increase of these ram unites.

[junior merlin]

Uh oh

[ionic peak]

Uff

[viral kayak]

What wattage should I have available for a 14600k and a rtx 3070

[tidal geyser]

600 or so

[viral kayak]

Ok good I have a brand new asus tuf 850w

Also can hdd be mounted vertically?

[grizzled frost]

doesn’t matter as long as it’s mounted

[viral kayak]

And then ssds can pretty much just sit anywhere

[grizzled frost]

ssds largely do not care what you do to them physically outside of overheating

no moving parts so they don’t care if they move while running

hdd’s have moving parts, so moving it can cause issues, and vibrations can count as “moving it”

[viral kayak]

Would you say 280 for a 3070 is a good price?

[grizzled frost]

No idea, compare to other prices online to determine what is or isn’t a good price

[viral kayak]

I mean a arc b580 is 400

And a 5060 also 400

I found a 7600 used for 190 but it was reserved

The average price for a 3070 seems to be 300-400

[proper gull]

where on earth is a B580 $400

[viral kayak]

Here in Norway

At least last I checked

Might be cheaper now

[tidal geyser]

du lyger

jeg så en gå for sånn 2400kr på black friday

[proper gull]

You should probably lead with that then, most people here are going to assume US market when you start asking about prices

[tidal geyser]

på komplett jeg skulle kjøpe den og men var for fattig

[viral kayak]

De er på 4000kr på komplett akkurat nu

3668kr for den billigste

[formal sonnet]

ahem #rules 10.

[tidal geyser]

we need to speak english

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/boo-gif-19787475173016375

[left dove]

https://tenor.com/view/speak-english-pulp-fiction-do-you-speak-it-gif-16440534

[viral kayak]

Ok 👍

[ionic peak]

Friendly reminder

[tidal geyser]

if ye wanted one should have gotten one

[viral kayak]

Was broke at that time

[tidal geyser]

3400
https://www.prisjakt.no/product.php?p=14124254

[thin bloom]

Who still has that image of my pc's socket? I'm to lazy to find it in the chat. I need to know what pins aren't contacting

[tidal geyser]

its cucked

[viral kayak]

Might be able to get the price down on the 3070 tho and I could pick it up tommorow on Sunday

[grizzled frost]

cpu is not slotted correctly

[tidal geyser]

tis 250$ used
https://www.finn.no/recommerce/forsale/item/442636372

[viral kayak]

CPU doesn’t seem to be slotted

[thin bloom]

Because the socket is warped

[grizzled frost]

fucking what now

[viral kayak]

The b580 is better than the 3070 right?

[tidal geyser]

its dead

[gleaming rose]

wow til about the ASRock board problems

[left trellis]

Fuck nooooo

[tidal geyser]

i would say on par but the b580 got 50% more vram

[gleaming rose]

well my buddy is getting a taichi but I think he'll be fine

[tidal geyser]

how much is it then with the latest drivers

[thin bloom]

@grizzled frost @viral kayak The shop that did the work warped/melted the socket during replacement

[viral kayak]

Complain to them they should be responsible for replacement board

[left trellis]

As of dec 2024 its a bit worse than a 3060 ti

[grizzled frost]

Go to that shop and demand a new board now

[viral kayak]

Yes 2 years ago the drivers are a lot better now

[thin bloom]

I consider It's not dead yet. I'm going to try and make it work. I just have to do some modifications

[grizzled frost]

what country are you in

[left trellis]

Thats basically 1 year twin

[grizzled frost]

absolutely no, make that shop replace it now, waiting just makes it harder to show they did the damage

[tidal geyser]

US

[left trellis]

It was dec 2025 less than a week ago

[tidal geyser]

he was the one who forced the shop to do it

[viral kayak]

We’re in 2026 tho so I can say 2 years

[grizzled frost]

do what

[thin bloom]

Well they never done that type of work before. I'm there first customer to ask them to replace it plus the doard is now 11 years old

[tidal geyser]

destroy the board

[grizzled frost]

what was the intended action though

[left trellis]

June 2025

[tidal geyser]

repair the socket on a 50$ board

[grizzled frost]

attempt to resolder a pin then the heat from the iron heated the board and caused deformation of the plastic?

[tidal geyser]

TPU does not update that

[left trellis]

Word

[tidal geyser]

after they reviewed a gpu they do not do it again

[left trellis]

Ig 1 year is the latest then

[thin bloom]

I didn't force them. The guy that did the work said he will try and replace it

[tidal geyser]

new socket

[tidal geyser]

ok that guy forced them to

nobody in their right mind would accept that

[viral kayak]

Wait the 3070 can keep up with the 9060xt 16 gig?

[left trellis]

When not vram bound yeah

[tidal geyser]

beats out a 4060 ti

[grizzled frost]

HAHA!

how much did bro pay?

[tidal geyser]

this was 1 year ago

[tidal geyser]

nothing

[grizzled frost]

did it look half decent 1 year ago?

[tidal geyser]

the graphs

[grizzled frost]

shops fault for being dumb enough to do that shit for free

[tidal geyser]

but the shop said if they did fix it 100$

[tidal geyser]

yes

[grizzled frost]

i didn’t mean to phrase that as a question

either the shop was uniquely board, or dumb as hell

[tidal geyser]

100$ for a board barely worth 50

[tidal geyser]

probs gave it to a intern

[viral kayak]

For 100 bucks you can buy a brand new board that’s am4 or lga1700 maybe even a cheap am5 board

[thin bloom]

I bought a set of 2 sockets for like 10 usd on Amazon

[grizzled frost]

poor intern

[tidal geyser]

you can buy a am4 board and cpu for that

[tidal geyser]

so 110+fuel

[grizzled frost]

price of the socket is like 5% of the cost to replace the socket

[tidal geyser]

10%

[grizzled frost]

it’s all labor

[grizzled frost]

shop undercharged to begin with

[tidal geyser]

yes

[grizzled frost]

also 1 socket is 5usd, being 5% of 100

[tidal geyser]

100$ for a socket repair with warranty is insane

[tidal geyser]

true dat