tech-chat-1

[azure topaz]

rev.b 8gbit will pretty happily do ddr4-5000 on almost every stick

i can go find a random oem hp stick of micron and if it’s rev.e it will do high speeds

you just have to know the specifics of each ic if you want to min max frequency like that

rev.e and rev.b both like high tRC esp at high freq

rev.e (idk if b is the same) doesn’t like high VTTDDR on some samples

[frosty ruin]

I would highly suggest to find the jumper to reset the CMOS battery. Look at ur motherboards manual for that or to be safe just remove the battery by itself

[azure topaz]

i mean if your batt isn’t under the gpu there’s no downsides to either way

to me it’s safer to tell someone to just pick a battery out with your fingers than it is to take a screwdriver to pins on a board ya feel

but yeah it doesn’t matter do whatever you want to accomplish the said steps

[frosty ruin]

I have a jumper for that

[rigid fjord]

me with a spare reset/power button connected to the clrcmos header instead

[azure topaz]

just don’t use software based cpu overclocking tools and you’re pretty much off the shit list for me

[azure topaz]

i have a good motherboard it’s already a button for me

[frosty ruin]

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

[rigid fjord]

no jumper, use a switch instead

[regal forum]

Jumper, found it, what do I do with the jumper? I'm noob

[azure topaz]

that’s useful for people doing this often lol

[azure topaz]

nothing until something goes wrong. go do the steps i told you in your bios

[regal forum]

It is, it's the msi b550m pro VDH wifi

[azure topaz]

L

[thorny saddle]

I don't even count

[azure topaz]

if it doesn’t post 3600 just try 3200 with the same settjngs

[regal forum]

So this spec is fine to overclock to 3600mhz?

[azure topaz]

bro idk i’m not a magician

you’re not going to hurt anything

if you don’t feel comfortable taking advice from a random person on discord simply don’t do it

there’s a pretty popular DDR4 overclocking guide on github, it gives pretty good info on what a ram ic is and their characteristics

along with how to figure out what you have

[regal forum]

Saving money is cool, but breaking hardware is 😭

[azure topaz]

yiu can do your own research and come back
not do it at all
or just trust when i say it’s safe

[ionic peak]

*saving money and see the ram price go up

[azure topaz]

if it makes you feel any better the 5 computers i have built for my family and regularly interact with are all ram overclocked and have been since they were built

[regal forum]

I'm getting the 3600mhz cl18 32gn kit for 50usd btw wwww

[regal forum]

But this Ram I bought was cheap af tho.....

[azure topaz]

pretty gucci that like what it’s actually worth

[azure topaz]

do as you wish

[regal forum]

true value but it's inflated thanks to aiai

[regal forum]

Should I overclock it to cl16 lol

[azure topaz]

idk i’ve been given 32gb kits lol

[azure topaz]

cl has almost no influence on performance

https://github.com/integralfx/MemTestHelper/blob/oc-guide/DDR4 OC Guide.md

read this if you care

it’s not a perfectly accurate guide but it’s mostly right and won’t have you kill anything so meh

there’s a lot of other timings that are much more important than really any of the primaries

[high steppe]

Welp just had my first pc death. Put all my old parts together, all working installing updates and then it just died. Didn't say shutdown just went to black and can't turn it back on. But it deffo has power going through as the ethernet light on the mobo is on as is another indicator

But I'm not getting any error LEDs or nothing

[azure topaz]

check the psu by itself

[rigid fjord]

check the ram first

[regal forum]

Icic, I'll keep these in mind, though I think I'll just buy those ram sticks and sell these for some money back xd

[azure topaz]

if not it’s probably the board if it doesn’t want to turn on at all

but who knows modern computing is diabolical

[high steppe]

Wdym

[azure topaz]

https://help.corsair.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025085372-PSU-How-to-test-a-PSU-Power-Supply-Unit

[high steppe]

Nah I don't need to do that, pretty sure it's the PSU that died. At least it didn't blow up lmao. Tho when I press power on I can hear the parts click like normal when you turn on a pc but then nothing

[azure topaz]

yeah probably psu

[high steppe]

It's not the end of the world I just bought a 30 pound case so it's not like ive lost much. Was just hoping to make a little money

[azure topaz]

relays clicking away doing nothin

[azure topaz]

may as well find a power supply that’s decent and chuck it in

[high steppe]

Maybe but like this is ddr3 parts I'm gonna get scammed either way from the shop is what it is ig, at least I had fun putting it together

[azure topaz]

ah

[clear canyon]

ur buying ddr3?

[ivory mountain]

son 😭

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-spell-magic-magician-witch-gif-17336908087540759582

[ivory mountain]

frieren is rude asf 😭

[azure topaz]

samsung bdie memory

[clear canyon]

bro, ep 1 season 2 slapped, ep 2 drops today!

[ivory mountain]

it alr dropped

watching it rn

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/frieren-gif-9488881184153820303

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/frieren-gif-9488881184153820303

[high steppe]

Not buying ddr3, I was selling my old build, I was just missing the case

[high steppe]

Yeahhhh

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-kanne-lawine-frieren-run-gif-3335160983066527267

[random gyro]

Which one to go for?

1. https://in.store.asus.com/gaming-laptop-asus-tuf-gaming-f16-fx608.html?config=90NR0NB1-M00360
2. https://in.store.asus.com/gaming-laptop-asus-tuf-gaming-a16-fa608pp-qt014ws.html

[peak swan]

It's 2 gigabytes ffs

[high steppe]

Yikes 32

[random gyro]

anyone?

[peak swan]

Both will have failing hinges in a year

[sharp ivy]

Went to check out a shop yesterday, they were charging $45 for 4gbs of DDR2 800mhz

[peak swan]

Holy fuck

[sharp ivy]

*45CAD

[peak swan]

Ddr2 is also fucked, how great

[peak swan]

Still

[sharp ivy]

it's not tho

it's like $8 on aliexpress

[peak swan]

Heh

[sharp ivy]

that store's pricing was stupid

[peak swan]

Oh

[cosmic idol]

Hello

[ivory mountain]

its not, ddr3 isnt either, u can find ddr3 in old ass office pcs, its ewaste now

[clear canyon]

goodbye

[ivory mountain]

frieren ep 2 was good ❤️‍🩹

[cosmic idol]

[clear canyon]

it better be

[peak swan]

Yeah
Sure
But ddr3 sticks are overpriced
Even if you can get it for free, people pay a decent penny for ddr3 sticks even

[sharp ivy]

yeah pretty much

I use DDR2 more than I use DDR4

[ivory mountain]

nuh uh, you paid a bunch of money, most people wouldnt, nor would they buy ddr3 😭

[sharp ivy]

no

I bought DDR3

[peak swan]

I did not buy that ram bruh

I just saw it

[ivory mountain]

thats what i was thinking i knew u were smarter than that

[peak swan]

I got a bunch of ram before the shortage for dirt cheap

Or even free

So yeah, gotta sell it I guess

[ivory mountain]

i have no idea why people on marketplace think ddr3 isnt ewaste, saw someone selling 32gb for $80

[peak swan]

Because people are stupid enough to buy it

I mean my daily PC has 8gb ddr3 (2 x4gb)

[cold skiff]

it’s pleb the read the news and think they can either a) scam people that don’t know or b) they think it’s worth ddr5 money because they saw memory prices on the news and don’t understand it

[jaunty apex]

I mean.. Is it manufactured anymore?

[cold skiff]

Might try and sell my 12gb ddr2 for $120 $10 a gigabyte

[jaunty apex]

Not worth 80 used for sure

Amazon has a listing for 16gb ddr3 for $80 lmao

[gaunt spade]

ddr3 prices havent risen where i live

[ivory mountain]

i bet a dumbass would buy that too

[jaunty apex]

4.6 stars... 666 reviews

[gaunt spade]

cursed

[ivory mountain]

that listing has probably been up for over a decade

[jaunty apex]

Oh yep. One review is from 2015 lmfao

[ivory mountain]

cursed reviews

[jaunty apex]

https://www.amazon.com/G-SKILL-F3-1600C9D-16GXM-Ripjaws-240-Pin-Desktop/dp/B007CCV1TI

[gaunt spade]

why would anyone buy ddr3 new?

lol

[cold skiff]

CL 9-9-9 is ballin

[random gyro]

How do you know?

[cold skiff]

It was last bought in 203

Who tf paid 74 bucks in 2023 for that

[ivory mountain]

idk why people buy ddr3 in the giant 26 when it was phased out a decade ago

[gaunt spade]

i wouldve said the same before rammagedon but if you want 100$ pc well ddr3 it is

[cold skiff]

Someone had an ancient plex server

[ivory mountain]

ong

[kindred halo]

Buying CL50 6000MTs RAM then :3

[tawny lava]

is this worth it at 140 i think it usually retails 250

[cold skiff]

Stream decks are a waste of money and worth 0

Their function is served quicker with hotkeys

I can see you’re new

This is tech chat. Not random dribble chat.

That’s for #public-chat

Someone tag the mod group please. Think this is a bot.

[warm saddle]

does work Gsync and freesync on Adaptive sync monitor?
in settings its labeled as G sync

[winter lantern]

Genuinely what are you on about

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/cretoi-icssmoke-gif-18150152580473674997

[peak swan]

Gaming laptops do that

[azure topaz]

he mashing the auto finish buttons

[latent pasture]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/695582978092564530/1225737690998112256/lukediesofcringe1-ezgif.com-resize.gif

[azure topaz]

bro i

type numbers in a computer bios all day for performance

[latent pasture]

specific models of some brands do

since some intel cpus die i will now claim all pcs are bad and ur not allowed to disagree

[wispy thunder]

The Bible never says go and interrupt every conversation with mindless babbling

[azure topaz]

somethin about yo mamma or something idk

[reef osprey]

guys, with a 5070 ti and a 7800x3d, would you rather get a 27" 1440p oled monitor or a 4k 32" oled? mostly for triple A games, I dont play competitive games... also some mmos like ff xiv and arpgs like path of exile...

[latent pasture]

4k since dlss 4.5 is looking pretty good

might as well make the jump

[mellow coral]

Hello

Been a while since I’ve talked in here how is everyone

[buoyant bridge]

Do I kill the employee that found this out for me or give them a promotion fr

[reef osprey]

yeah, I loved how 4.5 looks like with cyberpunk

[mellow coral]

I was wondering if I should get a laptop now for uni or wait 1-2 years till the ai bubble hopefully bursts but I’m not sure so I thought I’d ask here what you guys think

[buoyant bridge]

it has nothing to do with the iPad fyi, the small number of Galaxy S7 tablets we have do it too

[mellow coral]

Since I already got a half decent laptop but don’t know if I’m gonna need more demanding specs for first 2 years of engineering

[latent pasture]

whats the specs

even my shittop with no dgpu can blender buildings

its not running cfd but u probably dont need that in uni

[mellow coral]

i5 10th gen
16GB ddr4
256gb ssd
No dedicated gpu

[latent pasture]

i assume its one of those 1035g4 shit (?)

[mellow coral]

Yee

I can’t check now since it’s dead I gotta take it to the repair shop 🥀

[latent pasture]

maybe thats ur incentive to buy new now lol

[mellow coral]

Idk what’s wrong with it I tried troubleshooting but it seemed like a mobo issue so id rather not touch it

[mellow coral]

I mean assuming it gets repaired

If it doesn’t get repaired I’m definitely getting a new one obviously

[latent pasture]

even 16g laptops prices still not as affected by the shortage for now
maybe if u can get one now it can last a while

[mellow coral]

Is arc 130v exclusively a mobile chip?

Never heard of it

[latent pasture]

thats just the name of the igpu

[mellow coral]

Ahh its not dedicated

[latent pasture]

which is pretty good on 200V intel

[mellow coral]

If I’m gonna get a new one I might as well get dedicated graphics

So something around 1k

[latent pasture]

doesnt mean theyre bad at all

[rigid fjord]

https://videocardz.com/newz/redditor-discovers-card-skimmer-script-on-canadian-retailer-checkout-page hmm, so going to be a fair few canadians needing to check with their CC companies about any transactions

[mellow coral]

Yes ofc I just thought it was a new chip or somethjng

[latent pasture]

if u happen to buy intel make sure its the 200V line

[mellow coral]

Last time I checked graphics cards news it was when rtx 4000 series launched

Since then I kinda got out of the tech community

And now i come back to rtx 5090s 🥀🥀

[hexed egret]

Can someone help pick 32 inch Va or 27 inch ips?

[latent pasture]

dgpu laptops at 1k are like rtx 5060s
but theyre gaming laptops that sacrifice screen or build quality

[mellow coral]

What’s the sweet spot for that price range

[latent pasture]

the ones that dont start at like 1.1 or 1.2k

[mellow coral]

Oh ok

[latent pasture]

i mean do u uh abuse ur laptop

[gloomy sleet]

i really had to try and play bf4 on this specific day didnt i

[mellow coral]

Wdym by that

[cosmic stratus]

Does it hit 60fps at 1080p

[latent pasture]

its an igpu and using 28 watts max

[distant frigate]

Let’s goo. 12–17 inches of snow

14-15 inches of snow expected here

[south arrow]

Stay safe and be sure to stock up, and have fun ofc

☃️

[distant frigate]

My biggest snow event this year is 4 inches. 15 inches is gonna be a lot more

[latent pasture]

ece youtubers gonna have to do a sequel documentary to 2021

w8 no yes thats usa

[reef osprey]

mine's 7 inches

[serene python]

hey does anyone want to look at this? #1464287598913650823

[glossy veldt]

hi lttians

any1 can help me with IMM commands

i wanna make the fans spin slower on my ibm x3550 m2

[untold trellis]

the ram works fine i used it on my current pc, could be the cpu

[hoary tree]

Man, nvidia employees have really good prices for GPUs, and no, I cant say the prices

But they are far less than MSRP

[hexed sage]

I just quit my job

[severe cairn]

guys i made my endgame mouse

i can aim so much better now omg aiming feels telepathical

its so good bro

[thin bloom]

I love my 125 dollar speakers I got for free a year ago. I can't hear shit and it kinda hurts my ears ar full volume but it's worth it just to listen to a really good song

[glossy veldt]

you can't hear shit?

we need some cleansing in the aisle 1

what the fuckk

[thin bloom]

Damn those are some loud ass server fans

[glossy veldt]

2016 discord account is weird as hell

why posting chatgpt links?

[glossy veldt]

they truly are loud

[thin bloom]

They were probably a child when they made the account but now a teen

[odd marsh]

thanks man!

[clear torrent]

hey guys im finally setting up my jellyfin server and at the moment im slowly and painfully downloading each show/movie i like 1 by 1... is there a place out there 🏴‍☠️ where i can mass download a bunch of movies ect 😉

[odd marsh]

can't tell you

😛

[clear torrent]

😭

[thin bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/balls-gif-15494216853001712776

[clear torrent]

[glossy veldt]

i smell a warn incoming

[odd marsh]

thanks again man!

[cosmic idol]

@ mod time..?

[odd marsh]

let them be

[gaunt spade]

@ linus

[serene python]

cant even code a bot properly

smh

[cosmic idol]

but.. shiny

[clear torrent]

technically i havent broken a rule

[lapis solar]

think I’ve found the craziest facebook marketplace deal yet

[lapis solar]

120hz gaming monitor, desk, keyboard and mouse, xbox controller, and headphones included all for $450

[thin bloom]

I think chatgpt links aren't allowed

[lapis solar]

my friend is picking it up rn

[thin bloom]

Did you just get that pc?

[lapis solar]

wdym?

[thin bloom]

Did you got it today or you been having it for a long time

[lapis solar]

^

[thin bloom]

Oh

...

[lapis solar]

ram is ddr5 btw

[gaunt spade]

ram is not ddr5

[lapis solar]

that one is, according to the guy

[thin bloom]

I'm giving my friend my current pc when I build me a new one

[gaunt spade]

well hes capping

cuz its 10th gen so its ddr4

and the cpu cooler is pure trash

[lapis solar]

oh right 10th gen intel doesn’t support ddr5

[gaunt spade]

ddr 5 onl 12th gen and up and am5

[tulip sparrow]

Doesn't surprise me we need IE9 to get it working lol https://youtube.com/shorts/Mmo3UTDH9UM

[thorny saddle]

So Canada is involved in the Minnesota fraud!

[flat cliff]

What's the best way to share long form video files between people online?

[serene python]

@rigid fjord hey i might start working on a new cpu at some point

🤖

[flat cliff]

They don't fall in love in a heartbeat.

[flat cliff]

Prob

OK should we ping a mod about this guy?

[warm anvil]

I kinda wanna swap to arch for the customization but it's meant to be really hard😭

[serene python]

yeah its a bot

[gaunt spade]

https://tenor.com/view/ts-genuinely-frying-me-ts-frying-me-ts-frying-me-gif-15599417133692893606

[rigid fjord]

dunno about the minnesota one, but yeah

[rigid fjord]

sweet, what speed you're aiming for this time?

[serene python]

well its going to be 64 bit one so not that fast

[brave brook]

everyone is pulling out their DDR4 kitsLOL

[serene python]

i got 16 gb of ram and an am4 board that might still work and thinking about slapping like a 2200g or something

[rigid fjord]

well it used to be youtube, but alternatively you could use a jellyfin/plex server to do it if it's films

[serene python]

dont want to sell it at a trillion $

[rose sorrel]

Finally found my LTT Shirt

[flat cliff]

Its not films and do I have to setup a whole server?

[brave brook]

i have 720GB of various RAM, most DDR4. all of it in various systems, except some DDR3 outside

[rigid fjord]

<@&750150305383186585> shitposter/low quality troll

[serene python]

jesus

[hallow minnow]

i just had green artifacts on my screen for like 10 seconds.. should i be concerned?

[brave brook]

i am nowhere near @thorny saddle above

[rose sorrel]

Need to order a few more LTT shirts

[brave brook]

every single module in that picture is a 32GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM module

[flat cliff]

Share?

[serene python]

oh my god

[rigid fjord]

i'd go 5600g instead tbh

[brave brook]

they are in working computers

[flat cliff]

How to be an overnight millionaire sell that

[serene python]

i want to use it on my nas/server so i dont really care

i just want something thats faster(idk per clock?) than whatever i got rn

[flat cliff]

Who needs that many computers?

[empty quartz]

Rate my imac’s hdd

[empty quartz]

Yummers

[brave brook]

i have ~600-700 euros of spare money every month after all my expenses, i don't need to sell my RAM

[rigid fjord]

ipc, and if you're going to do that with an apu, i'd definitely will suggest a 5600g/5700g to be used

[thorny saddle]

lol

[flat cliff]

Wish I was you, that's a good amount of spare money a month.

[empty quartz]

how long before the “ram-pocalypse” did you get those

[serene python]

i want the apu purely for the board to boot like idk i just run it headless

[thorny saddle]

I got these ones last week

[serene python]

cause most am4 boards wont boot without an output device

which is ughh

[empty quartz]

One of my ddr3 kits is the same speed

[thorny saddle]

I don't believe so?

[brave brook]

AM4 can run headless after you disable halting boot for waiting F1 key. But then you could just get a 5600G/5700G

[rigid fjord]

mind checking to see what crucial ballistix 8gb 3200 cl16 stick are for you dude?

[brave brook]

most certainly do boot. Just need one to configure BIOS to not wait for F1 key

[thorny saddle]

I don't really deal in non ECC

[serene python]

i just want to make sure

[empty quartz]

https://www.gskill.com/product/165/173/1532071653/F3-2400C10Q-32GTX

[rigid fjord]

fair enough, i just know they're stupidly priced on the second hand market here in the uk

[brave brook]

well, what board do you look at 🤷‍♂️

[thorny saddle]

oh... OC stuff, yeah

[empty quartz]

Not really

Just xmp stuff

[thorny saddle]

XMP is OC

I thought you said you had DDR3 ECC at 2400 MHz

[empty quartz]

I barely consider xmp as overclocking

[thorny saddle]

Server stuff is JEDEC and XMP is not

[empty quartz]

I need more ram

[brave brook]

ASUS, ASrock usually can boot without GPU, but maybe you need to disable BIOS setting for waiting for F1. Gigabyte, MSI might not boot without it

[serene python]

its an msi

ye

[peak knot]

2400mt/s is pretty fast for ddr3 I don’t recall that ever being an ecc spec

[tired bear]

https://tenor.com/view/scotty-polar-express-ain't-we-all-polar-exprezz-polar-express-ain't-we-all-gif-899605535484049093

[peak knot]

On the fast side of ecc you might get 1800

Now if ecc is disabled then it’s just another ram stick and depending on IC you might get 2400 but not with ecc on

[frigid blade]

The server memory for ddr5 gets surprisingly fast

[azure topaz]

hynix good

[peak knot]

Ddr3 doesnt do fast with ecc

Hell most ICs don’t do fast period

[frigid blade]

4800MHz, that’s pretty cool

[azure topaz]

ddr5 server memory goes a lot faster i promise

[brave brook]

https://web.archive.org/web/20250712125418/https://dc.sheridon.de/which-am4-mainboards-boot-headless-without-gpu

[frigid blade]

Yes but I’m talking about like the general you’d see if you looked up some listings

[peak knot]

4800mt/s is slow compared to consumer base being about 6000mt/s

[frigid blade]

I was surprised it’s so much faster than consumer on the low side

[frigid blade]

MHz, not MT/s

IE

[peak knot]

That’s mt/s…

[frigid blade]

It says MHz on both the listing and the dimm

[peak knot]

Most people confuse the 2 and even marketed that way for years

[frigid blade]

That’s dumb then

I know it gets confused, I didn’t think A-Tech would market it incorrectly

[brave brook]

also uhm... https://www.techpowerup.com/268644/msi-releases-latest-agesa-bios-updates-enabling-ryzen-3000xt-processor-support

Support discrete graphics card identification, allowing users to successfully enter OS with AM4 CPU (w/o integrated graphics) and without graphics card installed.

so it might work ? Worth a try i guess

[peak knot]

That pc5-34800 is the true speed in mt/s divide that number by 8 to get 4800mt/s

[lapis talon]

Would you guys consider a reputed online game store creating a hoax and causing people to thoughtlessly purchase something from them for more than what the customer should be paying 'scamming'?

I'm getting clowned on by their fanbase because I called them out for this 🙃

[frigid blade]

Yah i just saw a post on reddit saying that is MHz not MTs, crazy how many people get it wrong

There’s listings with the title showing MT/s description MHz

[peak knot]

Yeah 9600 is pc5-76800

[lapis talon]

For some more context, there's a shop claiming that the cheap price of FH6 in the South Asian region is a 'glitch' and accident and Microsoft will fix it soon

[grizzled frost]

in my defense, he edited it, it said two 7800x3d systems and a 265k system

[ebon marlin]

Why are Samsung's flagships using LiPo batteries

They cost almost 2k and they still put LiPo batteries in them

[thorny saddle]

Its not

DDR3 JEDEC went to 2133

[tall sandal]

setup reveal

dont ask me how this happened

[quasi moat]

Damn I thought I was sure ab my sexuality

Yung LiNus

[serene python]

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B450-TOMAHAWK/support this is it

[lapis talon]

I decided to back down for now. If Microsoft still holds that USD 23 price for FH6 on launch, I'll go nuts

[brave brook]

https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/can-the-msi-b450m-mortar-max-motherboard-boot-headless-without-gpu.360553/

[serene python]

yeah i am looking at it

[brave brook]

it is the mortar max, but maybe it is same for you ?

[serene python]

i dont want to risk it so i might just grab a G series cpu and be done it with

[latent gull]

Does anyone here run IOS with reduced transparency mode?

[brave brook]

you lost me at 'run iOS' (i have an iPhone SE, which caps out at iOS 15)

[rigid fjord]

thing is, to run it headless, you might need one of those dummy vga/hdmi/dvi connectors when it comes to ones with an igpu built in

[rigid fjord]

not if it's an se 2nd/3rd gen, then it can run 26.2

[brave brook]

no, the point of headless is that there is no GPU at all. If you mean with G series GPU, then yeah, maybe, but those are few dollars

[brave brook]

2016 SE

[rigid fjord]

think that's the 1st gen one, so you might be able to still go to ios 16 still

[brave brook]

nope, iOS 15.8 max

[rigid fjord]

also, yes, with the 'g' hence mentioning an igpu

[warm anvil]

whats yalls favourite browser?

[ebon marlin]

Gay homo

[warm anvil]

and search engine

[brave brook]

anyway, today's success story is me fixing the radiator thermostat - the thingy which controls the radiator was stuck, had to push it few times for it to start working. +2C since morning 😄

[formal prism]

my am4 mobo would beep angrily if a display wasn't connected and enable CSM to boot legacy (though only after hitting reset and a display connected). Such a stupid feature

I'm glad my current am5 mobo just doesn't care

[thorny saddle]

what

[thorny saddle]

k

[grizzled frost]

turns out 24 hard drives in a server is heavy as fuck

[cosmic idol]

The catitude returns

[brave brook]

the APC gaming UPS also surprised me with it's weight

it was so much heavier than the Eaton UPS i had before

[daring crystal]

Cat

[ionic peak]

uhh are these temps good?

[warm anvil]

how do i export extensions from firefox on linux

its the -esr version

[ivory mountain]

its fine

[craggy cove]

i mean how long is it since you repasted

if its not that long ago then it just be that way

[ionic peak]

uhh 2 years or less

[craggy cove]

yeah then it probably needs one

tf is mx 7

wow im 3 mx behind with my mx 4 thermal paste

(mx 5 was a lemon)

[glossy veldt]

im so sigma

[craggy cove]

e-wastemaxxing

[craggy cove]

wow im missing out big according to arctic

fortunately i have 12 more grams or so to go with my 20g tube

[heady yacht]

Well if the cpu runs hot it will throttle which means less performance. So yeah I think it’s pretty reasonable to care about the temp of your cpu like caring about the temp of your cars engine

[latent gull]

isnt mx7 meant for short term overclocking and not for long term?

[glossy veldt]

i love my ewaste

however

[craggy cove]

idk

that kinda sounds like kryonaut

[glossy veldt]

i must say the xeon e5606 is a tad bit on the lacking end

[ocean axle]

5606?

That was low end even new

[craggy cove]

4 core xeon

can it be more over

[glossy veldt]

it cant be any worse

it has 16gb on 4gb dimms

[ocean axle]

That's lga 1366, which goes up to 6 core

And those cpus are keychains now...

[craggy cove]

you can get like 18 cores xeons for a sandwich

[ocean axle]

I have an lga1366 server I use as a shelf

[glossy veldt]

the only real use for this server is cloning laptop hdds

[ocean axle]

Because it's cheaper than buying a shelf

[glossy veldt]

because they fit on the sas ports

and i can plug in like 6 at a time

[ocean axle]

DAS?

Also commonly called, jbod

Or disk shelf

[glossy veldt]

i mean

[ocean axle]

Clone 24 at once, form a single PCIe slot

[glossy veldt]

this server could do a fine job at being a 6tb machine using 6 1tb hdds which are cheap

[craggy cove]

arctic wants to waste ur thermal paste

[ocean axle]

6tb is nothing anymore

[glossy veldt]

im argentine so yes it is more than nothing

[ocean axle]

Waste? That's direct die, you want to make sure everything is covered

If you have an IHS, missing a little isn't a problem

W/ direct die, it's a big problem to miss even a little bit

[glossy veldt]

liquid metal ahh

[ocean axle]

Way bigger problem than some thermal paste spilling

[ocean axle]

Liquid metal is different, but you still need to make sure you have good coverage

[craggy cove]

right but corner to corner x is crazy

[ivory mountain]

hey i have that

[plush wren]

[ocean axle]

That is the recommended way for direct die

Check GPU water block manuals, that's probably what they show

[craggy cove]

eh seems wasteful, fuck them manuals

[ocean axle]

EKWB did for the last ones I got

[ocean axle]

Somewhat, but it's worth spending an extra 2c on paste to make sure you don't explode your GPU

And I do mean explode, you can crack the die if it gets too hot

Which can happen if a spot is missed on direct die cooling

[craggy cove]

i reuse paste 🙏

[ocean axle]

You what?

[glossy veldt]

the worst thing i did was pick up a discarded computer

ddr2 system mind you, take off the thermal paste and put it on my server

temps are great

[glossy veldt]

speaking of temps i should also replace my gt 730's paste that has little to no thermal paste

[glossy veldt]

ewastemaxxing

[glossy veldt]

sas drives are so cheap

[azure topaz]

but unless it’s throttling it’s unimportant

[glossy veldt]

im gonna destroy floppadrive with 6 2tb sas 2.5" drives

[azure topaz]

60c == 80c performance wise

[heady yacht]

Depends on silicon lottery

[azure topaz]

explain

[verbal prawn]

what about -273.15C?

[cosmic stratus]

Ahh so my motherboard was never the issue... this brand new P750GM is just shit and has a blown capacitor 😩

I really thought I was safe bc of the recall range

[ionic peak]

which should i buy?

[tidal geyser]

Fun

Ain't reverse power just the best

[vital gyro]

Wow. My 12 year old Seagate Barracuda 1TB is still able to write at 200 MB/s. I'm cloning one of my drives to it for backup purposes.

[frigid blade]

Isn’t cloning bad

[tidal geyser]

No

Btw drives do not become slower over time

[vital gyro]

Especially with a mass-storage drive.

[frigid blade]

Oh nvm it’s only bad for failing drives

[tidal geyser]

No

[empty quartz]

1tb is tiny

[tidal geyser]

You are thinking about the issue of cloning a windows drive I would imagine.

[steel umbra]

iirc it wasn’t capacitor blowing up

it were mosfets

[tidal geyser]

A lot of people do it due to hardware upgrades aka new drivers and so on having to fight with the old ones.

[frigid blade]

No I’m not talking about cloning windows

[craggy cove]

mx-7 i guess

[steel umbra]

you probably got a bad luck, @cosmic stratus i can document it if you want, could you list the capacitor’s name/model?

[frigid blade]

That’s just bad in general because of the drivers but I thought cloning in general was bad because it’s very read/write intensive for long periods of time if you’ve got a full drive

[empty quartz]

Imagine only having 1tb

[tidal geyser]

Well any data transfer is

[empty quartz]

The un-highlighted drives are external drives i used to back up my raid 0 setup

[tidal geyser]

Ace your setup gives me nightmares

[serene python]

yeee

[empty quartz]

Why

[tidal geyser]

You know why

[empty quartz]

I dont

I dont use raid anymore

[serene python]

mfw sdd is full

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/raid-shadow-legends-raid-gif-20940490

Also you just said you use raid 0 even tho that level goes against the name

[empty quartz]

I dont use raid 0 anymore

[tidal geyser]

Ah yea used to

[empty quartz]

Now its a jbod i labeled as raid

[azure topaz]

clock speed is clock speed

[tidal geyser]

NTFS just makes me kinda sad when refs is a thing

[azure topaz]

the cpu isn’t gonna boost itself to 8ghz just cause it’s cold

[verbal prawn]

well just give it more voltage

[frigid blade]

I don’t think that’s how it works is it

[tidal geyser]

Enough voltage and it will just skip the transistors

[azure topaz]

this still doesn’t change fused frequency limits

the cpu won’t boost past x freq no matter what

at least without manually changing the multiplier

[frigid blade]

Is this a thing where CPUs for the same generation are just locked down for each level, like i5 i7 and i9 are the exact same cpu but the lower end has the same exact physical cores just they’re locked down to have less? I swear I read something about that

[verbal prawn]

change the multipler

[azure topaz]

there you go

[frigid blade]

At what point do you need more voltage after increasing frequency limit?

Is it usually close to the max boost it can already do or nah

[empty quartz]

Hai @azure topaz

[cosmic stratus]

Nah thats ok took the fan out and tossed it in the trash

[nimble hemlock]

hello

[cosmic stratus]

Buying this instead

[cosmic stratus]

Also rather not risk getting shocked by 600v capacitor while trying to get a clear veiw of the blow cap

[tidal geyser]

You really need to contact them also pleas throw it in e-waste center.

[ionic peak]

oh ok 4g for 7euros? or 8g for 9euros

[tidal geyser]

But you did?

[tidal geyser]

Your pic is still here

Also only the underside can shock you

[cosmic stratus]

Yes

I didnt take out the board, he wanted me to get a closer look which would require removing the board (risky)

[tidal geyser]

Who is he

[cosmic stratus]

Oh mb this

[craggy cove]

if you dont repaste anything except your own pc youll be fine with the 4g

[tidal geyser]

Contact gigabyte

[cosmic stratus]

Was purchased on ebay, open box also they already sent me a full refund

[tidal geyser]

I would still contact gigabyte

[cosmic stratus]

With out need of return

[cosmic stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-thinking-monkey-thinking-think-money-gif-9734025314392564509

Im too lazy for that

[tidal geyser]

They can't know something is wrong if nobody tells em

[craggy cove]

"proof of purchases bitches" - gigabyte responding to me

[tidal geyser]

Send a mail with the SN and production details and just say it's been handled but just wanted to inform about a blown Psu, if they are a really good company they might ask for the psu back to investigate

[craggy cove]

voluntary recall btw

[cosmic stratus]

I dont think its worth my time, apparently a lot of units are doa even outside of recall bc of bad parts and quality controll.. I believe they are aware already

[craggy cove]

https://tenor.com/view/gigabyte-psu-explodes-gamers-nexus-power-supply-gif-23202345

[tidal geyser]

Can't hurt to have more info

[craggy cove]

i think they know atp

[smoky grove]

Can I also ask buying advice here?

[tidal geyser]

That is transistors

Well mosfets

[steel umbra]

wear insulation, also i don’t recommend touching caps buutt even shitty psu like pgm should discharge or bleed the caps out, but if that fails yeah you could be cooke

[tidal geyser]

https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1106613567966429224

[smoky grove]

Yeah not for a PC, a tv streaming box

[craggy cove]

his unit has those 35 °c bulgarian caps

[cosmic stratus]

Yea

[tidal geyser]

N100

Roku

Apple tv

[steel umbra]

♻️
the parts are worth something btw

not all of the psu’s internals are bad

[tidal geyser]

I think it's a crime throwing it in that trash

[steel umbra]

they’re low-mid end but can still last years

[cosmic stratus]

Ill just take it to a center

[tidal geyser]

Good

[steel umbra]

if you know how to discharge and ensure the psu is discharged (only if you know) you could keep it for spare parts for future projects

[tidal geyser]

Does he even have a soldering iron?

[steel umbra]

or like leave the psu unplugged for a year if you don’t know what to do with it, it’ll be pretty much discharged

and that’s assuming bleeding fails

if you wear insulation you should be safe

[steel umbra]

not sure, just suggesting in case he has

[tidal geyser]

There is no reward for him doing this

He has zero reasons to

[tropic surge]

im thinking about getting a motherboard that supports two cpu's cause i have two cpus is that ok for gaming

[livid fern]

Hm

[tidal geyser]

If it was yours then there would ve

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/electroboom-electrolytic-capacitor-explosion-electroboom-electrolytic-capacitor-explosion-unexpected-funny-gif-5008529604251770741

[tidal geyser]

Outside of a ccd is bad for gaming

[tropic surge]

aw

what do i do with my other cpu?

[tidal geyser]

Also only server class CPUs can do it

[ionic peak]

oh ok 🙂 i used on my sec pc the paste from the Thermal take cooler last time i repasted my main ( with mx 4 on main )

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/jim-kramer-gif-10102725

[tidal geyser]

What cpu even

[cosmic stratus]

Build pose poned (again)

[steel umbra]

hoi

[livid fern]

Hello

[tropic surge]

The one im using rn is the amd ryzen 7 9700x and the other one is an i7

[ionic peak]

whats with your bed?

[tidal geyser]

So a troll

[steel umbra]

what’s is da new about psus that’s not on the list

[tropic surge]

sli?

[tropic surge]

huh

[cosmic stratus]

Its for LSFG

[livid fern]

Wat PSU

[steel umbra]

any

[ionic peak]

mx 4 or mx 7?

[cosmic stratus]

Thats easy, you just short them with a conductive object like a screw driver atleast that's my cavemen way of doing it lmao

[livid fern]

Can't say sadly what seasonic told me 😄

Honestly currently no news

[ionic peak]

did i heard you the psu expert here?

[tropic surge]

I think I did something wrong 💀

[ionic peak]

should my psu flash blue light from it if i shut my pc down?

[tropic surge]

and i dropped it 🙏

[ionic peak]

You turning into Linus?

[steel umbra]

mx 7 is awesome buy that

if it’s reasonably priced

[tropic surge]

it fell off my desk

[ionic peak]

4gram with wipes or 8 gram?

[tidal geyser]

That cpu does not officially support windows 11

[ionic peak]

7 for 4gram and 9 for 8 gram

[tropic surge]

why you say that

[ionic peak]

Linus 2.0

[steel umbra]

i like spare paste personally

[tidal geyser]

Since windows 10 is unsupported unless esu

[tropic surge]

its a i7-7700

[steel umbra]

$1/g is fair for a high end paste

[livid fern]

That's on the case, yes? The power button

[steel umbra]

mx7 is a huge step up from mx6

[ionic peak]

not the button , the psu itself

[ionic peak]

i used mx 4 for my main pc 1 or 3 years before

[livid fern]

What PSU do you have that flashes blue 🫣

[tidal geyser]

H110 is LGA 1151 V1 aka 6th and 7th gen but it's the worst chipset for it

[tropic surge]

What gpu is this

[steel umbra]

how long until my pc dies from vulnerabilities as i run windows 10 non esu, i also disabled auto updates with regedit so it doesn’t update while testing (not giving it a chance)

[ionic peak]

Seasonic

[ionic peak]

a gpu prob gtx or old radeon

[tidal geyser]

It says it on the back

[spring latch]

imagine using linux to make a kernel 🤡

[spring latch]

4GB MSI AMD RX 580 OC Armor

I have this exact card

[ionic peak]

atleast 3 islands

[tidal geyser]

The main issue I see would be something that downloads itself and hides.

[clear canyon]

other cards use that same cooler

[tropic surge]

Here's my comp I use rn

[steel umbra]

his psu has a neutron star inside used as fuel

[ionic peak]

like the nvidia one

[clear canyon]

look at the barcode on the back side

[spring latch]

the bracket and coloring matches

[tropic surge]

its a 580

[spring latch]

board layout also perfectly matches

[steel umbra]

most malware wants to be hidden

[clear canyon]

there is different gpus that use that same cooler

[tropic surge]

my cousin gave me this computer and he said the gpu wasn't being detected so i was looking at it

[ionic peak]

nah platinum singularity

[spring latch]

well in the end I was right

[tropic surge]

and then it wont turn on so i looked at the cpu and it looks perfectly fine to me but when i took it off the thermal paste was none and it was dusty 🙏

[livid fern]

No PSU should flash Blue lights inside unless it has a RGB fan/layout

[ionic peak]

all dark

[spring latch]

well you just got a free thing, unfortunetly thats the 4GB and not the 8GB vairant

[steel umbra]

which model

[tidal geyser]

Yeeaa aka even if it feels safe it might not really be it.

[ionic peak]

a short blue flash

[tidal geyser]

Now he is the one that needs to dispose of the e-waste

[ionic peak]

idk i just know its 550 wat and platinum

[spring latch]

or he can just give it to me

and I can have a display card

but im guessing hes keeping it

[tidal geyser]

Well by the look of it it's dead

[tropic surge]

Is this bad cable management?

[steel umbra]

sounds like oem psu

[spring latch]

he just said he seems to work from his testing

[ionic peak]

full modular

[steel umbra]

from like hp or dell

[spring latch]

if that was bad then the one in my PC would be ungodly but no thats good

[steel umbra]

550w and platinum, non oem? hmmm odd choice, we still need to know the model

[ionic peak]

i think this one

[tidal geyser]

Where did he say that?

[spring latch]

nvm I misread

sorry lmao

[tidal geyser]

I think I have never used ! In here on purpose

[spring latch]

im sure most people havent

[tropic surge]

this is my psu 🙏

[steel umbra]

@livid fern could it be perchance something blowing up in his psu i mean there have been the bad batches of ss psus that blew when you switched the psu on or trip breakers

[spring latch]

1000W dayum

[tropic surge]

yeah ik i got too much

[ionic peak]

I found it it is a Seasonic Prime ultra 550W titanium / platinum full modular

[tropic surge]

for my specs

[livid fern]

That was some pre 2018 manufactured focus gm/plus series mainly which failed under high excursion draw

[spring latch]

i think mines 550W

[tropic surge]

i got amd ryzen 7 9700x with rtx 5070

[rancid girder]

yo question. is wireless hdmi in 2026 actually a decent choice for streaming ur pc to ur tv?

[spring latch]

I disagree, you probably saved a lot of money in the long run for upgrades

[tropic surge]

next year thinking about going with 9800x3d with 5080 is that ok

[spring latch]

wireless anything sucks except headphones, always use wired displays

[tropic surge]

i paid 2400

i got ripped off

[tidal geyser]

Just use Miracast

[ionic peak]

https://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-Platinum-SSR-550PD2-Modular-Warranty/dp/B078954H55 here is link to the psu

[rancid girder]

yeah ik but my pc is in a diff room compared to the tv in the living room lool. just wanna use it for singleplayer games like red dead

[tidal geyser]

Probs gonna be like 4000$ for dat

But uh do you even need that?

[spring latch]

move either object never use wireless displays

[tropic surge]

no i mean upgrading

[tidal geyser]

Yes me too

[tropic surge]

itll be like 2000?

9800x3d is like 500$ and the 5080 is 1200

[spring latch]

the only time I accept wireless displays is between 2 PCs, usually using parsec, but PC to TV is a nono

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/super-bowl-live-under-a-rock-thats-enough-no-more-work-gif-16220317

[tropic surge]

1500 MB

[tidal geyser]

No that is remote desktop not wireless display

[ionic peak]

5k it may go

[steel umbra]

the issue span to up to old focus gx til like 2022? when those were still manufactured
the og asus rog strix also had the same issues

[tidal geyser]

Do you just not read the news at all

[steel umbra]

i had one and it was tripping breakers but no blow ups

[steel wraith]

M

[tidal geyser]

Not sure if I should tell him or not

[steel umbra]

no other psu tripped my breakers

[livid fern]

We have no widespread reports about that

[tropic surge]

nah i dont read it

[tidal geyser]

Rin just do not worry about it

Everything will be fine

[tropic surge]

i feel like my 3d mark is bad

[steel wraith]

I'm not gonna worry about an upgrade, my PC is in a gray area anyways- I don't NEED an upgrade, but one would be nice

[ionic peak]

So am i save from my PSU ( Bomb ) ?

[spring latch]

just tell him

[tidal geyser]

He is pure

[steel wraith]

Only thing is upgrade is maybe get a used 40 series

[ionic peak]

still gaiming on the 1060

[livid fern]

Not bomb PSU, but i would contact Seasonic about it

[tidal geyser]

Turn off vanguard

[tropic surge]

isnt like vram going up or something

[steel wraith]

But also I don't even need that kind of power

[livid fern]

As there shouldn't be any blue light flashing inside the PSU

[tidal geyser]

Ram nand vram

[ionic peak]

uhh i got it second had and i dont think i get a refund 😭

[tidal geyser]

Your score is better than average

[tropic surge]

what is that?

[steel wraith]

Ngl my 1070 was perfectly fine, I just had an opportunity to upgrade last year to a cheap 6700 so I did

[livid fern]

Could try

[ionic peak]

no rx 6800?

[ionic peak]

per email i could

[livid fern]

Yes

[steel wraith]

If you wanna lend me one sure lol

Can't find any of them for sale near me, but the 6700 is enough for me lol

[ionic peak]

how much is it in your area?

[steel wraith]

More than enough actually

[tidal geyser]

Your score is better than average with the same specs

[tropic surge]

ah

[ionic peak]

300?

[steel wraith]

Cheapest one is 200 for a reference model but dude won't answer texts

USD

[ionic peak]

peak

[steel wraith]

The rest are around 300 yeah

[ionic peak]

weaker than euro

[tropic surge]

when i play games i get 100-300 fps which i like but is that normal? I really don't know because my old computer i had before i upgraded only got like 30fps

[steel wraith]

250-275

[steel wraith]

Yeah by a good bit

[tropic surge]

pcvr i get like 70-90

i like it a lot

[steel wraith]

Damn good upgrade then lol

[ionic peak]

1 euro to 1,18 usd

18 %

[tropic surge]

had a "gaming" laptop

[steel wraith]

I have a "gaming" laptop too dw

[spring latch]

what games

[steel wraith]

1650Ti 4GB mobile

[ionic peak]

You meant high pressure blast furnace

[steel wraith]

Private jet

[spring latch]

every laptop is a gaming laptop because they will all play some kind of game

[ionic peak]

Private A380 / Blast furnace

[steel wraith]

Because Roblox and Pogo games dont use any GPU power

[spring latch]

i was thinking more like minesweeper but sure

[steel wraith]

lol

[ionic peak]

my i gpu from the pentium G680 does good at roblox

[tropic surge]

i usually play vrchat, the outlast trials, gta5, repo, lethal company, vein, content warning, marvel rivals, and im still gonna buy more games but i put my settings to max and i usually get like 100-300 fps depending on the game

[ionic peak]

and another thing

look what i do atm

[steel wraith]

It's mainly CPU based I thought

GPU doesn't matter much in Roblox

[spring latch]

my GMA965 plays portal at 30 fps

[ionic peak]

real you can play on gt 6800

[steel wraith]

Can have a GT 710 and an i9 14900 and be fine

[spring latch]

I would probably agree, the i3 8130U/UHD 620 can play most roblox games at 120 FPS

[steel wraith]

100fps with an unlocker in Roblox

[ionic peak]

why does discord say im in a game but im not

[steel wraith]

Discord is a tweaker

[spring latch]

because it wants too

[tropic surge]

normal right?

[ionic peak]

sweat dreams are overrated

[tropic surge]

chat i have a ssd sata and i have a disk drive, how i connect to pc????

i need more storage

[ionic peak]

s ata cabel

[tropic surge]

wow that tells me a lot

[ionic peak]

like how would you other do?

[ionic peak]

internal or external?

[steel wraith]

Idk what to make out of my old Intel system

It's got good specs actually

4790S 12GB RAM and a 1050Ti 4GB

[ionic peak]

if you have a littel sibling give him for roblox

[steel wraith]

I do not

Not that lives with me or even near my state

[tropic surge]

Are any of these sata?

[ionic peak]

ah ye my family is 400 miles away ?

[ionic peak]

this is power

[tropic surge]

ah

[tidal geyser]

Yes

[tropic surge]

which one\

[tidal geyser]

That one

[steel wraith]

My younger brother and sister are almost 1100 miles away

[tropic surge]

💀

[ionic peak]

but there a typ you need to power it

[ionic peak]

daimn why?

[steel wraith]

My older siblings don't want or need the systems

[tropic surge]

ok can i use the sata cable from my old pc to my new one?

[ionic peak]

idk if they are latest ones

[steel wraith]

Father and his wife's kids, not fully related to me technically, but I treat them the same as my other siblings

[ivory mountain]

the data cable yes, the sata power cable comes with your PSU

[steel wraith]

We only share a father

Wild shit, there's 7 total of us

[ionic peak]

nice but still hella far

[tropic surge]

okay so how do i cook up this disk drive and ssd to my pc from my old one

[steel umbra]

contact 305750472839528459 he has/had a lot of those explosive seasonic psus, according to him 1 in 8 were faulty like tripping breakers or exploding (without damage to other components)

[ionic peak]

that is longer distance than from Dortmund to kroatia island krk

1,5 times

[steel umbra]

you probably know those exploding gifs or videos of seasonic psus, those are from him, he has/had like 50-100? seasonic psus

[frosty ruin]

6W LED low beam. Pretty impressive ngl

[steel wraith]

Linus should make an underrated products video and include this "shitty" Onn. soundbar, it's actually sort of impressive for $20-40, depending when you buy it and where, online it's $20

[tropic surge]

?

[steel wraith]

Type shit

[steel wraith]

Wym, just plug up the data and power cables

[ionic peak]

you fly or survive the ride?

[steel wraith]

SATA* not data

[tropic surge]

chat like i know how to do that

i dont know where the sata cables are

[steel wraith]

Wait okay

Hold on I will help

[steel umbra]

@livid fern

[frosty ruin]

No dedicated 12V high explosive connector on the PSUs

[tropic surge]

thought it was gonna explode

[steel wraith]

Let me take apart my other PC and show examples, but can you send pictures of how yours looks? Most PCs/cases are different

[ionic peak]

https://tenor.com/view/defusing-bomb-call-of-duty-trip-the-wire-cut-the-wire-stopping-the-bomb-gif-23354420

[steel umbra]

230V btw

no weird AC under/overloads such as 90V or 250V

[ionic peak]

huh where does that exist ?

[steel umbra]

i’m also confirming my strix 650w was stripping breakers

[frosty ruin]

Defect PSUs I suppose

[steel umbra]

stuff like p650b, core reactors weren’t at the time

[tropic surge]

okayyyy

[frosty ruin]

Germany uses 400V AC and splits it up to 230V right in the house breaker

TN-C to TN-CS

[steel umbra]

400V is delicious to taste

[tropic surge]

i like to eat batteries

[steel wraith]

@tropic surge so, (ignoring the rats nest of cables in this prebuilt, this spot is where they typically are. These SATA cables typically always have tab locks on them, easy to undo, just don't tug on them

Okay so yours is a lot nicer on the inside than mine lmao

[steel umbra]

sadly it’s 20V too far away from 420V which would’ve been nice

[ionic peak]

ah how big is the fuse for it?

[tropic surge]

i sent what mine looks like

[steel wraith]

I see, let me think

[steel umbra]

i prefer touching leaking alkaline batteries and then rub my eyes with those hands

[steel wraith]

So are you wanting that Samsung SSD out or are you wanting to put a new one in next to it?

[ionic peak]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-spongebob-squarepants-think-thinking-hmm-gif-11570469479394618754

[tropic surge]

ill show you what i got

[steel wraith]

Ok

[livid fern]

Make a GC

[ripe spire]

I have a running pc partpicker link to keep track of everything I have in my setup, the price at the bottom is wild, maybe I didn’t wanna see it 💀

[steel wraith]

i mean even my ancient pc seems ugly when looking at its prices, its not always price accurate, especially with older parts

just bc you can buy a brand new old stock i7 4770 for $300 doesnt mean its worth that at all

why i refuse to sell any 16gb ddr4 ram kit over $40-60

its not worth that $150, people are just asking that for it

and thats insane for used parts you paid half that for brand new

[woeful phoenix]

What looks better

[ripe spire]

One on the left looks like a sleep paralysis demon, one on the right looks like it would be waiting in ur kitchen to hear about how amazing your day was

[tropic surge]

ugh i got to buy a data and power cable for the drives

[spring latch]

fuck chucklesOS, Popcorn will be better

[steel wraith]

you should already have another power one, should already be branched off from your power supply, one cable can have many drives plugged into it, its safe. you only need a sata cable, luckily theyre mega cheap, like less than $10 for a 2 or 4 pack, just make sure theyre decent speed

[tropic surge]

yeah i used that for another drive

[tulip sparrow]

You know there is an issue when your mouse software is taking up more cpu usage then the game you are playing

[steel wraith]

are there no more for your power supply? DO NOT just buy random cables to plug into your power supply, you WILL end up killing the system, the drives or your power supply. possibly all of it

make sure you get the exact ones for your power supply model, or get a whole new one

[tropic surge]

i called the support thingy for my pc and they gave me the cables i need

[steel wraith]

otherwise you WILL 100% cause damage

[steel wraith]

ok use those

[tropic surge]

here are the ones they told me

this is my psu

[rigid fjord]

this sounds like there was a driver/vbios issue when it came to your gpu then, and tbh shouldn't even need csm enabled unless you set your boot record to mbr instead of gpt

[formal prism]

No

[rigid fjord]

nope dude, just a reworking of their mixture, as mx-5 was a reworked mx-4, and mx-6 is a reworked mx-5

[rigid fjord]

this is not a corsair psu, so you won't be using corsair cables with it

[tropic surge]

im not using corsair cables

[rigid fjord]

custom cable made to corsair pinout

[tropic surge]

oh well what cables

[long goblet]

i have a bunch of old game boxes from the past ~35 years. i believe some have collector value. but i don't really want to go through the process of selling them individually. are there any services that just buy old game boxes?

[tropic surge]

it dosn't say anything about corsair

[rigid fjord]

learn 2 read

[tropic surge]

oh

the guy said it would work

[rigid fjord]

what guy?

[long goblet]

jake, from state farm

[tropic surge]

the company i bought the computer from

[formal prism]

This motherboard considered lack of display an error condition and would run a generic fallback routine that included enabling CSM. It was just not very well thought out error handling.

[rigid fjord]

you'd be frying anything connected to it/kill the psu

[tropic surge]

damn so what should i use

[rigid fjord]

only the cables that come with it, or swap the psu out

[tropic surge]

i already used those i need more cables

[spring latch]

literally just look up cables for your PSU it is not that hard to use google

[rigid fjord]

thing is, digital storm is an SI who has custom labelling on cases/psu's/ssd's and ram that they're not the odm/oem for

[spring latch]

welp you learn something new every day

[tropic surge]

what is si

[rigid fjord]

system integrator

[rose stream]

System Integrator

[spring latch]

windows 10 adk on windows 7 🤔

[rigid fjord]

i want to know what the fuck are they smoking for these prices

[tropic surge]

crack cocaine

[spring latch]

its called the RAM and SSD shortage

welcome to 2026

[tropic surge]

i paid 2400 for 5070 and 9700x

[rigid fjord]

doesn't turn a 3k build into nearly 6k though

[spring latch]

profit and marketing

[cosmic idol]

If that was aud I’d say it’s about on par haha

[bitter crater]

its called dumb people tax

[jaunty apex]

Best? No. UlTiMaTe

[spring latch]

why call it the best if ultimate is better lmao

[fickle valley]

yay finished my bluetooth ipod mod

[rigid fjord]

sadly, not aud

[cosmic idol]

Please correct me if im wrong
But if something is the best, then it’s the top spec lmao

[jaunty apex]

Ugh can't wait to get an iPod.

[cosmic idol]

because it’s the best..

[fickle valley]

it is rather decent hardware

[cosmic idol]

yeh I figured
What currency?

[fickle valley]

software is a pain

[rigid fjord]

showing as usd dude

[cosmic idol]

ouch

[steel umbra]

why is best second best

[rigid fjord]

no idea, fucking nuts a company

[spring latch]

PaperPCs

I wonder how much people would pay for a paper that looks like a laptop

dont modern people have bad taste in art?

[formal prism]

damn, now that's some hefty margins. Throwing the lowest model together on (a gallon of) pcp including a retail 11 license is just $1384

[rose stream]

Naww, they were almost always this expensive for as long as I've known about them, which has been since 2012 or so.

[spring latch]

but yeah companies like this making everything 2x as expensive is why I still use an i5 7400 and Windows 7

[spring latch]

more expensive than more expensive huh?

[rose stream]

Yep, expensive then, even more now.

[spring latch]

im so happy I have what I do

and 24GB of DDR4 =]

[craggy pagoda]

Hey guys could i possibly get some advice on something

[spring latch]

dont ask to ask just ask

otherwise people will say no

[warm anvil]

i love it when i have a problem and a forum from like 10 years ago solves it instantly

[spring latch]

unrelatable

[craggy pagoda]

I bought the rtx 5070 but now im doing research and it seems from all the youtube viceos ive seen that the rx 9070 is better for raw fps for gaming, u think its worth it to refund my rtx card and grt the rx 5090 since they the same price

I play mainly sea of thieves

[spring latch]

if you already bought it then you might as well use it

[craggy pagoda]

😅

[warm anvil]

i turned on my laptop and it booted me into some weird tty1 login thing but a linux mint forum solved it instantly

[craggy pagoda]

Its the graphic card im gna have for the next 5 years at least tho so im kind aparanoid icl

[spring latch]

thats just called not having a working display manger

[warm anvil]

yeah ik

[spring latch]

my RX 580 is 8 years old and I still use it I think the 5070 will last 5 years

[warm anvil]

but it wasnt letting me leave it basically

[rigid fjord]

you should be using win10 at least with that, not something that's completely dead

[spring latch]

nerd mode activated

techniclyyyyyyy

the community is maintaining windows 7

and it is therefore not completely dead

supermium, vxkex, etc

firefox 115 ESR still works until march of this year

[warm anvil]

saw some dude play hollow knight silksong on windows 7

[spring latch]

thats exactly why its not completely dead

projects like steam windows 7, chromium windows 7

people force it to work

[spring latch]

and regardless just about all the software I use works on win 7

python 3.12 was repackaged for windows 7 so I can use that

[ocean axle]

No

[spring latch]

shit that doesnt work mostly works with vxkex

[craggy pagoda]

I alrdy asked

:)))

[latent gull]

Na he was right it was the kryonaut I was thinking of

[rigid fjord]

kryonaut for sure is for XOC, though has to be replaced every 6 months

[latent gull]

Yeah, which is what I said :p I just had the names mixed up

[steel umbra]

it’s stable mixture

high viscosity

[latent gull]

Brother please your the 3rd person to say this, one is right above you

[steel umbra]

it’s versatille

[steel umbra]

glu glu glu glu 🦃

also mx4 isn’t considered good anymore

it mediocre

[ivory mountain]

i use mx6 on my cpu its not bad very thick though