tech-chat-1

[halcyon fox]

Mhm but my dad's buisness wouldn't be able to exist without debt

[daring scaffold]

I hope this is a joke lol

[jaunty apex]

Its the bot I think.

[halcyon fox]

I'm not joking.

[daring scaffold]

Of course, I don't believe you are getting my point

[frigid blade]

You can learn a lot from people online

[daring scaffold]

yikes

[halcyon fox]

Exactly.

[jaunty apex]

Who does he work for, chase bank? Lol

[latent gull]

anyone who says money wont buy happiness is coping

[daring scaffold]

Oh, most definitely. But do I care all that much about their opinions? Not as much, because they are not facts

[halcyon fox]

That's not true buddy.

[daring scaffold]

the projection of your failures is deafining

[halcyon fox]

Opinions form other opinions. Thats the entire point of debate such as this

[frigid blade]

Eh

[daring scaffold]

I tend to base my opinions in facts, not the opinions of others

[jaunty apex]

I'd be happy if I could buy what I want ngl. Money won't buy friends though.

Not good ones anyway

[halcyon fox]

But opinions of other help you find facts that may otherwise be hidden from your previous knowledge

[frigid blade]

Yah there’s a lot of stuff I could buy with money but also a lot I can’t

[daring scaffold]

Yes, but then they are giving me knowledge, not opinions

[halcyon fox]

Yes. Thats why I said relationships should come first

[frigid blade]

The people around you will be influenced by your money and not you

[halcyon fox]

They are giving you knowledge THROUGH their opinions

Make sense?

[jaunty apex]

That said I want money before a relationship for stability and to be able to provide gifts

[daring scaffold]

that does not mean I need to listen to their opinions. Only their knowledge

[halcyon fox]

...

Bruh

[daring scaffold]

There is a significant difference lol

[frigid blade]

Yah but if they stick through while you’re broke you know they’re the ones

[jaunty apex]

Oh no for sure

I just want to be able to provide

For both myself and them

[frigid blade]

Yah I guess you’re probably older than me

[halcyon fox]

That makes total sense. Kudos

Also whoever was slamming another guy for being a high schooler, I don't think that them just being a high schooler should make your opinion change about them. That seems rather racist

[frigid blade]

This is how it was for me

You don’t get taken seriously

[jaunty apex]

I mean depends on how they act

[latent gull]

theres a wild concept of you dont lose all your friends when you have money

[halcyon fox]

I'm technically a high schooler lol

[latent gull]

fucking tracks

[frigid blade]

You can help them change that

[halcyon fox]

But those friends aren't real friends then

[halcyon fox]

What do you mean by that

[jaunty apex]

I'm not their therapist or parents lol

[halcyon fox]

Oops my bad I misread that

[latent gull]

thats not how this works, just because you have money doenst make everyone youve been friends with for the last 5 years suddenly hate you, tahts just not real

[cosmic idol]

I lost most of my friends when I got kicked out of home - now I have 1 good friend from that group of 6

[frigid blade]

You don’t have to be to want to help someone, I was basically just a troll online and I “grew up” around older more knowledgeable people than me, it helped a ton

[latent gull]

yall are speaking as people with no life experience about how real life works, and its just a fucking echo chamber of high schoolers

[halcyon fox]

Im sorry I misread what you said

[cosmic idol]

like I see them around and we chat
But they’re just mates
They ain’t friends no more

[frigid blade]

I’m not saying baby them, I mean don’t see them as less than because they’re young and dumb

[halcyon fox]

You realize that I've been in college for 2 years and already have a great full time job right?

[jaunty apex]

Its unlikely I see these kinds of people after the first day. I choose not to waste my energy on it, I got my own issues to worry about lol

[latent gull]

...and? also you said your dad has a company, i bet that job is at hisc ompany?

[halcyon fox]

It's not. I work for the company that my dad pays for to fix robots at his company

I worked for my dad for seven years before this opportunity

[cosmic idol]

heh..
I got some

Got kicked out 16
Signed lease at 17
Signed second lease for a new place at 17.5
Not doing toooo bad so far.

[latent gull]

so still nepotism

[latent gull]

yeah i havent seen what youve been saying, i was moreso talking about the others

[cosmic idol]

Ah lol allg

[plain cypress]

I have successfully trained my YT algorithm to recommend me LTT server builds from the Langley house

#winning

[frigid blade]

lol I wish I had the ability to be nepo, just not the obnoxious kind

[jaunty apex]

Mood

Or better yet a trust fund kid

[frigid blade]

Yah something like that

[jaunty apex]

[frigid blade]

We lived in a town of like a few thousand people that was the poorest in the county and stayed 19 years

Finally moved out

Also means back to being poor again because of the mortgage

[jaunty apex]

My parents are gonna be poor the rest of their lives. I don't imagine I'll end up much different ngl

[frigid blade]

My dad got lucky during Covid and his wages went up a ton as a carpenter

[jaunty apex]

Not like they don't or didn't have good jobs

[halcyon fox]

I hope I'm not coming off as obnoxious because I don't mean that

[jaunty apex]

Just got fucked by acquisitions and a shitty union

[frigid blade]

I don’t think so, I wasn’t paying attention much though

[frigid blade]

My dad hated working with a union

[stray portal]

Should i use startallback OR start11

I have both i think startallback is better and more stable but im not sure what do yall think

[jaunty apex]

Mum liked the union and the benefits that came with. But they never worked her.

[frigid blade]

Started his own carpentry business after he left

Mom has cleaned houses for decades now lol, but she enjoys it

[halcyon fox]

Yay my MacBook cinebench score finished!

[jaunty apex]

She was a Pipefitter insulator for almost 20 years

[frigid blade]

Hide the photo you’re in it

[gritty panther]

yhay server talk. here's my little server/nas in the living room

[jaunty apex]

And now they are ageist apparently

[frigid blade]

Reminds me of “hide the weed”

[gritty panther]

no one has dared to turn it off yet lol

I said if anyone turns my server off = death

[frigid blade]

I hid a laptop to run as a server in my school in a shelf and I’m pretty sure no one has touched it to this day

[jaunty apex]

Mknes usually off because idk how much it even draws, don't think much but still

[gritty panther]

https://tenor.com/view/think-about-it-use-your-brain-use-the-brain-think-brain-gif-17677779115818009596

[jaunty apex]

Its just a 2400g with openmediavault and jellyfin. Need to slap my 1660 back in though because transcoding doesn't work for hdr10

[frigid blade]

I’d have to check, I don’t have the Remote Desktop account info anymore

[gritty panther]

mine is an i3 10105 with 64GB 3200 DDR4. idles at 2-3w

it's an amazing server CPU. very efficient

[frigid blade]

Oh

[plain cypress]

My server (the GPU has been changed to arc A750)

[frigid blade]

Someone might’ve found it

[jaunty apex]

Damn

[frigid blade]

I guess I did move it to my personal account

[gritty panther]

my server used to have a GT 1030 GDDR5 (passive cooler) but I realized it's just wasting power. and the CPU wasn't idling as low as it should.

[jaunty apex]

Have a hard time believing that's the whole PC though

[gritty panther]

took out the GPU, the CPU started idling at 2-3w too. unlocked a power state

[frigid blade]

Dang that lasted a while, I graduated in 2024

Almost a year unnoticed

[jaunty apex]

I gotta get an arc b580 one of these days

Or the lower end model even. Either one would be so fantastic for this

[hexed glade]

Common Dankpods W

[jaunty apex]

What's dankpods got to do with it

I'm not gaming on it probably

[gritty panther]

i3 10105 igpu is enough even for plex.

[jaunty apex]

I have AMD for that

[gritty panther]

I heard i3 12th gen is even better. (as a server CPU) the igpu can handle plex better.

[plain cypress]

Oh the a750 is definitely wasting power since I'm pretty sure the Plex/unraid integration isn't working at the moment
And the CPU is a Ryzen 5700x so it idles at higher power than desired but I have it running in eco mode when it boosts

Really wish I had like a 12400 for my server

But I already had the AM4 hardware

[gritty panther]

AMD isn't the best when it comes to idle power

monolithic cpu's like 12400 is what you want for server use.

12th gen igpu is beef too hehe.

perfect for Plex

[plain cypress]

The apus should be fine for idle but the AM4 parts we had were retired from older desktop configuration

[torpid reef]

With help across channels, I got this final https://pcpartpicker.com/list/K4tv8Q. Does it look game-ready?

[gritty panther]

yep APU's are monolithic too hehe

[plain cypress]

It's the balance of "there is more ideal hardware I could be using, but I already own this"

[gritty panther]

free hardware is the best

[frigid blade]

damn i remember when $2k used to get a lot more

[gritty panther]

my server is also like that. this is my mom's old PC lol (refurb acer prebuilt I bought for her)

[plain cypress]

Uhhhhh we paid for most of it lol

The ram in it was technically free from my old job

[gritty panther]

I mean hardware you already have hehe

[plain cypress]

Oh sure in that regard

[frigid blade]

im never gonna not regret giving away 10 of those dell latitudes

I couldve gotten like $500 for them

i "stole" them all from my high school

[gritty panther]

prebuilt came with a single stick of 8gb and 256gb m.2 ssd. I upgraded to 64GB DDR4.

[torpid reef]

yeah... will it work though? lmao

[gritty panther]

i3 10105 has enough CPU horses for me. just needed more RAM

[frigid blade]

i mean it looks fine from first glance, whats the hdd for?

[plain cypress]

I think 32gb is still doing us fine
Worst case I can add 16 more gigs and just run jedec speeds

But we aren't running too many unraid apps

[stray portal]

Just a few months ago honestly

[frigid blade]

have you seen how they just do a single 16gb stick in prebuilts

[gritty panther]

bought 64gb because it was cheap. cant believe how expensive they are now lol

[stray portal]

I got a 5700x and 7800xt with 32gb ram for 1300 euro

[plain cypress]

Idk I've never looked at prebuilt desktops

[stray portal]

It runs 1440p ultra on high fps

[frigid blade]

i got my 4090 with the 13900kf for $2.5k after taxes

[gritty panther]

my prebuilt/server surprisingly came with a platinum PSU (I think it was 400w I forgot)

[frigid blade]

the whole prebuilt i mean

[gritty panther]

probably a big reason why it's efficient too

[frigid blade]

it turns out the seller was the mother of a kid who passed away and she was selling off the computer
after that i never question why someone is selling their pc

[plain cypress]

Servers and tier ones tend to use high efficiency PSUs which is nice

[torpid reef]

Just extra games and other data cause > 1tb m.2 just adds to the insane price already lol.

[frigid blade]

just make sure you put the OS on the ssd

[torpid reef]

Oh yeah. Appreciate you looking. 😄

[frigid blade]

youd be surprised theres people who dont know that!

[jaunty apex]

That's where I am with my server rn

[frigid blade]

have you thought about going used on some parts? could save you money or give a larger budget for other parts

[stray portal]

Isnt a 4090 2000 dollas just by itself

[gritty panther]

even more

[frigid blade]

it sells for like $2.4k used

[gritty panther]

AI bros want it because of the vram. it's overpriced for no reason

[torpid reef]

I actually have. Just not sure what parts. It has to be aesthetically white.

[frigid blade]

it was a really good deal

[stray portal]

Crazy fella

[frigid blade]

and still is, i got 192gb of ddr5 for $2XX before the whole ram shit happened

that $2XX turned into like $2k

[stray portal]

If i wouldve built my pc today i wouldve gotten a ddr3 top line pc

And put winduds 8.1 or 7 on it

[jaunty apex]

There's other cards though ngl

[gritty panther]

I always but a lot of RAM so I got rich

[frigid blade]

i wish i bought more

[gritty panther]

but im not the type to take advantage. cant see myself selling my RAM

it feels good having overpriced hardware lol

[frigid blade]

i have a 2x64 kit that came completely destroyed, 3rd party seller on amazon, if NWR can fix it im selling my 192gb

[jaunty apex]

My dream PC had windows 7

[stray portal]

Who even buys scalped ram gng

[gritty panther]

if AMD's IMC wasn't so bad, I would've bought 192GB

[frigid blade]

me i scalp it even more

[gritty panther]

my last PC was 128GB DDR4 so I downgraded when I went AMD. it really didnt feel right

I would've been a lot richer if I bought 192gb lol

[plain cypress]

I got 48gb of ram on my desktop
Should be fine for several years

The few hours a week I actually use it are for gaming anyways so I barely crack 50% ram utilization

[frigid blade]

im still migrating my parts into my new pc

i got the 285k i moved the ram already

[stray portal]

"Oh yes this component is very overpriced so instead of getting it new with warranty and such i should get it used with many dangers for basically the same price"

[jaunty apex]

32gb has been plenty for my desktop. I want more on my server though.

[gritty panther]

when I found out I can only do like 4800 mt/s with 192gb, it was an easy pass for me

[plain cypress]

Now my work laptop at 16gb is pain and I hate it every day

[gritty panther]

I regret not going for it lol. if I had 192gb, I could sell the 2 sticks for profit

[plain cypress]

Are you a 4000 chrome tab person

[frigid blade]

ram is pretty safe to buy used

[gritty panther]

no lol

I only have 4 tabs right now

[frigid blade]

i despise anyone who opens so many tabs you cant read the titles

[stray portal]

I usually have about 10 chrome tabs open and it doesnt affect my performance at all, i have 32 ddr4 ram altho its pretty high end ig

[frigid blade]

if you do shit like this

you have a spot in hell for you

[jaunty apex]

Ok

[stray portal]

My friend does ts and just has them there he doesnt even use them

[jaunty apex]

I mean I'm already going there because I'm trans so

[gritty panther]

I just doxxed myself lol

my email lol

[frigid blade]

what did you even send? i was deleting my tabs

oh, thats not even that bad

[gritty panther]

my email address 😄

[stray portal]

Technically you didnt it wasnt the full thing

[frigid blade]

i have a 2nd number and 2nd email on my public resume

[stray portal]

But we saw it was yahoo so its over

[frigid blade]

why is it yahoo bro

[gritty panther]

my first email ever

[frigid blade]

you cant be like 30

[jaunty apex]

Lost reaction privelages

[gritty panther]

I still have it lol

[stray portal]

Wait theres a pcmr discord server?

[robust trail]

lost reaction provolone cheese

[gritty panther]

I was a kid but I was mature enough to just use my firstname and last name @yahoo.com

no reason to get rid of it lol

[frigid blade]

im willing to bet 99% of people have done something that would send them to hell anyway

i say that as a slightly religious person

[stray portal]

My email is [e-mail] is that alright 🥺

[gritty panther]

omg hotmail

before my time 😄

[frigid blade]

hotmail is better than yahoo

[gritty panther]

I think my older brother had a hotmail

[jaunty apex]

I mean we've got preachers who say god is telling them to have people donate to their church so

[gritty panther]

yahoo messenger was big in south east asia. not sure over here in the West

[valid garden]

I ususally have like 20 programs open worst case im so happy I have 24GB DDR4

[hexed glade]

I had a hotmail that I lost the password to, been using my gmail for nearly 18 years

[plain cypress]

I started with gmail

[frigid blade]

load of balony lol

[gritty panther]

I only have two emails. one yahoo, one gmail. and they're boring just my firstname+last name lol

[jaunty apex]

I'm more flabbergasted that people fall for that stuff. Its sad

[plain cypress]

Yahoo is so cringe

[gritty panther]

they had the chance to buy google back then

[hexed glade]

People also fall for the cheapest and worst of Ai slop. People are just ignorant and stupid

[gritty panther]

they were that big. now yahoo is nothing lol

[plain cypress]

And then yahoo got bought by Verizon

Fuckin Verizon of all things

[gritty panther]

sad lol

it's like google getting bought out by Spectrum Mobile in the future

😆

[frigid blade]

I think most people dont "fall for it", they just go with the crowd, no one wants to be the one to question the priest

[hexed glade]

US Cellular and subsidaries we're bought by T Mobile

[valid fiber]

to be fair the tech people here are all super educated about what AI can do
the regular person thats just running a flower shop might not know at all

[jaunty apex]

Well I mean a lot of it is just blind faith

[plain cypress]

3 wireless networks very sad

And 2 of them are just different forms of Bell

[gritty panther]

Spectrum is actually not scamming me with my mobile. what a breath of fresh air

Im paying for their gigabit cable internet. unlocked a few deals on the mobile side

[stray portal]

Outlook is the worst email ever i had an important adress on it and it just logged me out for no reason, i would put in my correct password and it would say its wrong then when i tried to reset it it told me im in a new location and to check my outlook to confirm... my outlook which i didnt have access to

And support refused to help me

[hexed glade]

i have to use outlook for work, I can confirm it sucks. I also get more spam and phishing emaisl on it then any of my other emails (I have like 5 throwaways)

[jaunty apex]

That's how they get you

[gritty panther]

tldr; was able to get an S24 Ultra and Fold 7 for very cheap. I've been living in the US for 12 years. for the firs ttime, I felt like I had a good deal with my carrier lol

[frigid blade]

i have to use the outlook app for my school

[tidal geyser]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/871004796667170906/1465048292021895219/cat-run.gif

[frigid blade]

only if you keep going after the lock in period

[warm anvil]

NASA gotta hire this guy

[frigid blade]

i got a 17 pm, iPad A16 2025, Apple Watch SE 3rd Gen all for $600 total after all the payments (not including the plan price) and cheaper than my old lines

[hexed glade]

https://tenor.com/view/stroke-brain-dead-die-dumb-gif-20796254

[gritty panther]

Spectrum is crazy. I had a 13 pm. mom had a busted Xs Max with a fake screen. I got a S24 ultra by trading in my mom's Xs Max

they paid $805 for it for some reason.

now I traded in that same S24 ultra to a Fold 7. another great deal.

[frigid blade]

Yah ATT is doing full value for trade ins no matter what condition

[jaunty apex]

AT&T was the worst. I wanted to move from it years before my dad finally did, even when he did work for them. Even if part of it was independence driven, they sucked

[frigid blade]

I just moved into it

[pure trellis]

AMD Zen 6 CCD Reportedly Measures 76mm2: Slightly Bigger Than Zen 5 But With 50% More Cores & Cache, Based on TSMC N2 Node so,2gb Epyc they say

[gritty panther]

I got $1000 + value of s24 ultra for the Fold 7. what kind of deal is that?

I feel like I scammed my carrier twice now.

[frigid blade]

We have the mobile and home internet plans, I get 20% off of the mobile plans for bundling with home + $15/month for being a student

[hexed glade]

USCC did a trade in deal for many months where you could trade in any phone for 803 off a new phone. We had someone trade in a iPhone 3, many many many free government assistance phones, etc

[jaunty apex]

They were charging him over a hundred a month for our lines. I pay 5.

[frigid blade]

with who

[stray portal]

Crazy i just realised steam works perfectly fine on windows 7 and 8.1 even tho it says it doesnt

[jaunty apex]

Mint

[frigid blade]

ah

[gritty panther]

I feel like the trade in deals are crazier recently

[frigid blade]

its competative yah

[gritty panther]

they probably aren't selling as much phones and are desperate to make a sale

[pure trellis]

https://fixupx.com/9550pro/status/2017245821738316188?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^2017245821738316188|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwccftech.com%2Famd-zen-6-ccd-slightly-bigger-than-zen-5-50-percent-more-cores-cache-tsmc-n2%2F 12 cores, not 16

HXL (@9550pro)

Zen2 CCD: 2*4 Core 2*16 MB L3 TSMC N7 ~77 mm2
︀︀
︀︀Zen3 CCD: 8 Core 32MB L3 TSMC N7 ~83 mm2
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︀︀Zen4 CCD : 8 Core 32MB L3 TSMC N5 ~72 mm2
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︀︀Zen5 CCD : 8 Core 32MB L3 TSMC N4 ~71 mm2
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︀︀Zen6 CCD : 12 Core 48MB L3 TSMC N2 ~76 mm2

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[jaunty apex]

Wait it might've been 15. But even then 4 lines doesn't crack $100
Yeah it's $15 I pay a month

[frigid blade]

they never make money on the phones, its always the plans

they bet that you dont switch off

[gritty panther]

Ive been living in this country for 12 years. it was 10 years of "meh" deals.

[stray portal]

😨

[gritty panther]

the last 2 years has been insane

[plain cypress]

Iirc zen6c CCD for server should be 16 core

[jaunty apex]

Made a good bet with me at least. Got my pixel 9 for half off as well and they unlocked it in 60 days so I could slap GrapheneOS on it.

[pure trellis]

We are not getting x950 32core , I am more about that

[valid fiber]

I've always just bought my phones without a contract

[jaunty apex]

Don't see a reason to switch off mint even if my phone WAS a part of my plan

[sly epoch]

saw this on Facebook. What the actual fuck is this shit

[pure trellis]

So, will it be 10950 or 1950 again?

[plain cypress]

Nova lake 52 core shall save us all

[gritty panther]

this was the deal I had with Spectrum like 6 months ago. I didnt even read this online. literally just saw this poster as I was walking by

[frigid blade]

ive had my phone for 2 months now, still havent charged me a dime lol

[jaunty apex]

On one hand I get it, on the other.. That's not it

[plain cypress]

They could do a new 3 digit naming

[tidal geyser]

mouse hand cooling

[pure trellis]

16 p-core, right?

[tidal geyser]

or heating

pantherlake why no cometh to noway yet

[plain cypress]

(8+16)+(8+16)+4

[pure trellis]

9950 to 950, should be fine

[gritty panther]

so much cores sheeesh

Id probably be fine with a 7600x inreal life. I'm just a filthy gamer

[pure trellis]

Oh,the glue joke is there

[frigid blade]

is it still gonna be marketed as a consumer cpu?

[jade raptor]

my pc is turning on but its showing no display? what can i do

[stray portal]

For normal games and gamers the 5000 series is still enough honestly

[frigid blade]

or does that fall into prosumer category

[plain cypress]

There is actual glue used in the Foveros process afaik

[gritty panther]

for sure I can survive with a 5600x. I just have a 9950x3d because I love my tech gadgets and I love shiny things

[stray portal]

I cant wait to see what amd will name their next line of cpus and gpus

[plain cypress]

It's supposed to be on LGA1954 socket, so, I guess?

[jade raptor]

i removed CMOS for 10 mins, removed 1 ram stick and tried to boot, removed every usb device and tried to boot, nothing, it sends power to my peripherals and the rgb turns on but no display whatsoever

[pure trellis]

It intel, they will just remove all others options and release like 50 CPUs in same gen

[frigid blade]

yay my wingstop is on its way

[plain cypress]

Okay I suppose they could do 52 core on LGA1954 but have it only supported by the W-series chipset? Seems a bit unlikely

[jade raptor]

i remember there was a way to sort if fix issues like these where u remove every usb accessory and u reboot, something like that, if anyone remebers that or knows a way to fix this that would be of great help

[valid fiber]

has it worked before or is it a new PC?

[jade raptor]

nono, ive had this pc for about 4 years

no red light for error on motherboard either

[frigid blade]

are you sure you dont need a keyboard plugged in for a post?

[plain cypress]

Nevermind W790 is a larger socket even though the name makes it sound like it would be LGA 1700

We are expecting 52 core Nova lake to be in the consumer segment

[frigid blade]

thats a lot of cores

priced at $1k+

[stray portal]

Maybe windows bug

[plain cypress]

I love it when my CRM dashboard breaks

[jade raptor]

what should i do then

[stray portal]

Some time ago it had a bug where usb devices stopped working on safe mode and recovery mode and now it has a bug where u cant boot

[plain cypress]

I would expect it at $999 tbh

[gritty panther]

yea im ready for new stuff but im afraid of it being overpriced

[plain cypress]

It depends if they have dual CCD bLLC

[gritty panther]

I think CPU's arent as affected

but GPU's oh boy

[plain cypress]

Nova lake rumored configs are gonna be complicated

[valid fiber]

check all cables
try using the onboard gpu instead (if your mainboard has one)
your monitor could also be dead 🤷‍♂️

[gritty panther]

I wish nothing but the best for Intel

[jade raptor]

monitor is working, all cables are connected, dont have an onboard gpu

[gritty panther]

if they dont beat the 9800x3d in gaming. it's a failed launch imo

[jade raptor]

dp works, power cable works

[stray portal]

New intel processors might be so tuff i hope they get back on track

[tidal geyser]

gaming is a tiny part of the market

[stray portal]

With a b770 that is good

[gritty panther]

market perception is important. if people think they're still behind AMD, it's hard to catch up

[stray portal]

I wanna become team blue

[plain cypress]

2 compute tiles for desktop - 8+16 and 8+16 bLLC
3-4 configs: single tile reg cache, single tile bLLC, dual tile reg cache, dual tile bLLC?

[stray portal]

My dream pcs growing up were team blue

[plain cypress]

And I'd expect a 6+8 die for mobile

[gritty panther]

Intel's reputation isn't the best right now. they need something big

[tepid pine]

Would a new case fix my problems with my temps? My current one has a 120mm intake and a 120mm out in the back cooling a 7800XT (Adrenalin reported about 350W) and about 100W of CPU at peak (temps on CPU go to mid 90s and on the gpu up to 90)
[I'm trying to run HL:Alyx and it goes to 100% usage at low graphics]

[gritty panther]

Im already pretty happy with panther lake. the igpu is actually pretty beef

[plain cypress]

I'm running Intel + Nvidia right now as god intended
Just feels right

[gritty panther]

I love my handhelds. Im very excited.

[tidal geyser]

well multi core on amd is still better in plenty of things over intels stuff

[tidal geyser]

temps are fine

[stray portal]

Intel has a x3d competitor coming up

[tidal geyser]

talking about it RN

[gritty panther]

I'm excited!

competition is important.

[stray portal]

Also on core ultra 3 the igpus will be literally amazing you wont even need a gpu for 1080p anymore

[gritty panther]

the 3D printing space is super competitive. the innovation is insane

and everyone is very cheap

[jaunty apex]

God made me get the 5800x at launch from AMD's website

[tidal geyser]

i dono about that, but yea its really good

[gritty panther]

cant wait for panther lake in handheld form

I have an OG ROG Ally. I wanted an upgrade but Z2e wasn't it

[tidal geyser]

im just gonna try and sell some stuff while im waiting for it to come out

[gritty panther]

panther lake is actually a sizable upgrade.

[stray portal]

Im not gonna upgrade for a while and maybe the only upgrade i will do is get an oled monitor in the future altho it might burn in

[gritty panther]

burn in probably doesnt exist anymore

I have 3rd gen LG WOLED with over 7200 hours

not a sign of burn in.

[plain cypress]

Sheesh

[stray portal]

Idk im really happy with my pc everything is great, everything runs and is like very very good i would personally consider it high end for most normal fellas

But it feels weird having all of this great stuff cuz up until this i only had dookie laptops which were bad

[gritty panther]

older OLED might be prone to it but "modern" ones aren't as bad

[plain cypress]

7200 hours in how long a period of use?

[jade raptor]

any other things i could do

[ionic atlas]

Yep depends on the panel and usage. I’ve not had a single OLED with burn in.

[gritty panther]

Im always in front of my computer. im a big nerd 😄

I worked hard to sit here lol

I bought this monitor when I still worked at microcenter maybe 2 years ago now?

sheesh time flies 😮

[plain cypress]

Tbf during the pandemic I was in front of my desktop 12 hours a day

[jaunty apex]

Yyyyep

[gritty panther]

I'm a nurse so i was very busy during the pandemic. I lived in the hospital worked a lot of overtime lol

[stray portal]

My next step in the pc is to use linux, but then i value my time

[plain cypress]

But now I sit at work desk for 8-10 hours a day

[jaunty apex]

Shit I'm out of a job 2 years now

[plain cypress]

Get a job

[jaunty apex]

Soon. Hopefully

[stray portal]

Linux is great but small stuff breaks every once in a while and it pmo i cant do my work

[valid fiber]

I'll probably upgrade my 2 1080p 60hz LCD monitors this years
but I'm not sure with what

[pulsar root]

What is your guys first step when you notice your pc bugging out a bit? Alt tabbing has a delay of like a second, some programs randomly running slow for a couple seconds, folders not loading for a hot minute, tiny inconveniences esssntially

[stray portal]

Ubuntu was so great i can just use it and forget but then snaps are meh, especially steam snap

[gritty panther]

ive taken a step back in working too much. I used to work everyday now I only work 3 shifts a week in the hospital

[jaunty apex]

https://tenor.com/view/it-crowd-it-roy-chris-o-dowd-have-you-tried-gif-1147286385603300992

[gritty panther]

for my mental health and the parents aren't the healthiest neither

Id like to stay home more. I can be a good son and be lazy/play all day? sounds very good to me lol

[plain cypress]

3*12?

[gritty panther]

2x12(saturday&sunday) and 1x8 on thursday

[plain cypress]

Only 30 hours 😵‍💫

[tidal geyser]

switch to linux :3

[gritty panther]

a lot of free time lately. been loving it

[valid fiber]

just double the ram each time this happens.

[plain cypress]

My goal for 2026 is to log as close to 40hrs as I can since I'm only paid for 40

[tidal geyser]

upgrade to the best specs money can buy

[plain cypress]

In 2025 I worked 50+ hours most weeks, and a half dozen 60 hour weeks

[gritty panther]

I honestly used to work everyday. I was an immigrant so I felt like I had to take advantage. looking back it was the wrong mentality. killing yourself for money isn't it

I didnt have free time for discord before. look at me now just chillin with strangers.

love talking to nerds like me lol

[jaunty apex]

Yea I can game all day, I take care of the house for pretty much everything though. Dogs too. Harder living with parents that have been split for years now and one of whom is mentally a toddler basically, get something wrong, misinterpret him or forget something he throws a tantrum. Hell do everything right and he'll do it anyway sometimes

[plain cypress]

Back when I was hourly and got OT I would have happily worked 12 hours a day every day

[gritty panther]

I moved to the US in my early 20's. I worked A LOT OF hours. in the pandemic I realized I was immune to the virus so I worked everyday lol

😆

[quasi moat]

12s are normal for me. 8pm-8am

[gritty panther]

I would always test positive but I would feel nothing lol. fortunate

I felt like the hulk. like I was born to work in the global pandemic lol

[tidal geyser]

1200p 13" laptops are a pain to take pics of a bad pixel

[plain cypress]

This was my summer 2024. I tried to get as close to 60hrs a week as I could (max we're allowed to work) and I was getting night shift differential. It was awesome

[gritty panther]

insane pixel density it's so small a stuck pixel doesnt look as bad

you can probably fix that my pushing it gently. that's just a stuck pixel

[topaz copper]

Im hoping Apple does a 120hz Studio Displays

[gritty panther]

get something like a stylus with a rubber point. try to push that thing a few times

[plain cypress]

I worked in a fab though

[gritty panther]

nurses work 12s so that's regular programming for us I guess lol

[plain cypress]

So even at 2am it was always 75° and sunny

[tidal geyser]

hope nobody's epileptic

[quasi moat]

I look fab while working

[plain cypress]

https://tenor.com/view/white-suit-clean-jumpsuit-jumpsuit-sterile-careful-gif-16641632

[gritty panther]

me too! lol

[valid fiber]

i drive trains. I'm not working that much in terms of hours but every day i start working at a different time. sometimes 02:00 in the morning and then 17:00 in the evening. it can be rough

[jaunty apex]

I hate uniforms

If it serves no real purpose to the actual job

[quasi moat]

When you have more than 3 years on the job you metaphorically don’t have to wear a piece of the uniform each year that goes by

And by the time you hit 7. You look homeless

[robust trail]

choo choooooo

[jaunty apex]

I mean at that point the uniform becomes your regular clothes

[gritty panther]

microcenter rocks

[robust trail]

I like taking the train to SF but Amtrak's California Zephyr is gross.

[quasi moat]

https://tenor.com/view/pretty-good-gif-15815980569767984963

[jaunty apex]

Fuck me

[plain cypress]

I've heard very few good things about Amtrak

[jaunty apex]

I just noticed the ram

[gritty panther]

this was $650 yesterday

$650 was still pretty decent post rampocalypse

[plucky lodge]

lmao 43 prophet

[gritty panther]

but $599.99 might be worth the long drive lol

[plucky lodge]

they are cooking so hard

[jaunty apex]

Legit I'd pick that up so fast if I could afford to that's a really good deal

[quasi moat]

Where do I join

[gritty panther]

do it do it do it!

[robust trail]

it is more expensive than flying which is nuts. Trains are ultra efficent

[jaunty apex]

If I could afford to

Absolutely

[plucky lodge]

become AI

[lucid field]

hi guys need help, locate all thermal pads on my gpu as I am replacing them, I am watching a video and the pads looks different (I searched the exact model) so I am confused.

yes the paste is dry I replaced it a year ago.

[robust trail]

and no wifi of any tytpe is even worse. Starlink will work but it is... sketchy. Power on amtrak is a gamble for you electronics

[quasi moat]

https://tenor.com/view/fuw-ibdj-gif-23449176

[jaunty apex]

Bros got the 12 pack

Didn't even need to go to the gas station

[frigid blade]

no way lmao

[tidal geyser]

thermal pasting

[frigid blade]

someones getting in trouble for listing that incorrectly

[gritty panther]

seller was probably in a rush lol

brand new kit was $280? (at that time)

[lucid field]

I am repasting it also

[tidal geyser]

well first remove the old paste

[lucid field]

I will now

just help me find where to put the thermal pads first

[jaunty apex]

You need to know the thickness in mm

[lucid field]

I have its 1.5mm I have 1.5mm.

[tidal geyser]

same places they were?

[quasi moat]

https://tenor.com/view/i-see-no-problem-here-crazy-eyes-gif-12788383

[lucid field]

this is why I am confused

[jaunty apex]

Mostly the VRMs and memory is covered

[tidal geyser]

the right is some random thing he found

[lucid field]

no it’s a video for my model

it opens the exact way and everything.

[tidal geyser]

fyi its already covered

its why only your vram chips have pads

[lucid field]

my vram temps are 60+C idle - 71C

and my games are crashing and freezing a lot also.

[pure trellis]

Is the backplane still attached?

[carmine yew]

RAM runs warm

[lucid field]

I already paid for the pads I may aswell replace them

[tidal geyser]

temps at load?

[lucid field]

not sure but I want to replace them now as I went through the hassle of opening it (it isn’t easy to do)

[pure trellis]

Oh, yes,50k$

[jaunty apex]

Wild how much heat these tiny things generate tbh

[tidal geyser]

anyhow, take off and put the new pads the same place as the ones on there RN

[lucid field]

on the board or on the other part

[carmine yew]

did you buy multiple pad thicknesses?

[lucid field]

should I cut them up tiny like that or just put a strip

[tidal geyser]

copy what was done

[lucid field]

I have 1mm pad and 1.5mm pad

[pure trellis]

That's a clean PCB

[lucid field]

it’s weird how on the video it’s the same model but different

[tidal geyser]

what pads does that card use

[jaunty apex]

Don't use the wrong thickness. If the pads were 1.5mm, use 1.5mm.

[lucid field]

I was thinking those dragon chip things were vram I am confused

yes they are 1.5mm

and not sure it’s stock I paid used for this card.

[jaunty apex]

Otherwise you get an air gap or a cooler that won't fit right

[tidal geyser]

they are completely different

[lucid field]

I don’t get it though it’s the same looks same opening same everything but that..

[jaunty apex]

You try finding another video?

[tidal geyser]

dems are chokes

[lucid field]

there’s only 1 video for my model

[jaunty apex]

Or do you keep looking at the same one

[tidal geyser]

you do not need a video just the pad thickness

[jaunty apex]

And what is that model

[lucid field]

rx 6750xt mech 2x fan.

msi

12gb.

v1

[tidal geyser]

1mm

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-kiss-lunaistabby-kitty-cute-cat-gif-702362695713301435

[lucid field]

huh

[tidal geyser]

pads on gpu are 1mm

[lucid field]

…

where did you find that info?

[tidal geyser]

trust

[lucid field]

hm.. I already had 1mm and paid for 1.5mm

what a waste of money.. although I do have the squishy arctic tp-3 pads would it be ok

[lucid field]

hmmm okay… I’ll take a look

[tidal geyser]

btw put the pads on top of the vram chips to make sure they are fully covered

[lucid field]

okayyyy

[tidal geyser]

and ofc take off the ones on the cooler, seen some people make uh mistakes

[lucid field]

yup

nah they look 1.5mm to me

I looked at the old pads from the side and it looks thicker than 1mm

[tidal geyser]

looked thicker than 1mm

[lucid field]

yes

[tidal geyser]

tf kinda eyes you got

[lucid field]

I can see it looks like a thick boy

[tidal geyser]

1mm is for your card

[lucid field]

hmm

positive ?

[tidal geyser]

yes

worst case you can still even use the old paste but rather use the 1.5 pads

[lucid field]

I’m nervous

[cosmic stratus]

Nvm only beats it in raytracing

[lucid field]

look how thick it is.

[tidal geyser]

fp8 fsr4 and less power draw

[tidal geyser]

do you have one of em metal rulers?

[tidal geyser]

the kind where 0 is from the start

[cosmic stratus]

Which I do value a lot

[lucid field]

no I don’t have a ruler lol

look how thick it is though.

[tidal geyser]

flip a coin and chose

[cosmic stratus]

I live in Michigan I lowkey want that power draw lmao

[lucid field]

fuck.

[tidal geyser]

1mm is the safest bet

[grizzled frost]

what country are you in

[tidal geyser]

wat

[grizzled frost]

what are the chances their country mints a 1.5mm coin?

[tidal geyser]

xd

nobody here keeps coins

[midnight meteor]

might as well check

[grizzled frost]

yall don’t have a random stash of coins that you acquired somehow that you never use but also don’t throw out?

[cosmic stratus]

No way nobody here has change on them

[midnight meteor]

I like soft collecting the special art ones

[jaunty apex]

I used to have an Arizona bottle full of them. Idk what my parents did to it

Now I have a vitamin bottle with arcade tokens

[lucid field]

why

[grizzled frost]

does your country happen to mint a coin between 1mm and 1.5mm thick?

[lucid field]

uhhh idk..

[grizzled frost]

google time!

[tidal geyser]

1mm pads could also help with thermals

[carmine yew]

Caliper Time!

[tidal geyser]

good luck with a thermalpad

[grizzled frost]

that’s an even more unlikely thing to have lying around than coins

[lucid field]

I don’t wanna say my country lol

I found a coin that’s 1.75mm

[proper gull]

You have Switzerland on your profile 🤨

[lucid field]

yeah…

[wild steeple]

my laptop with amd 5700u,
while techincally responsive
idk if it's how hp tuned or amd designed it to be

it'll settle at 1.8GHz, which is rated clock speed, when you use all 8 core, even if you have thermal headroom

and i'm not using integrated gpu at all

[lucid field]

okay so the thermal pads matches the 1.75mm coin I had what do I do

[tidal geyser]

use 1.5 pads

[wild steeple]

it's only consuming around 6W according to hwmonitor

[tidal geyser]

das how they work yea

tis why im gonna do A LOT of research buying my next laptop

[lucid field]

okay here goes nothing..

[midnight meteor]

Hope it works

[lucid field]

I figured out those other pads in the video is on the heat spreader things on the right and left..

the little black line things is what it was on.

well not little..

[carmine yew]

heatsinks

[lucid field]

yes that

[carmine yew]

those are heatsinks

[lucid field]

should I repeat that process to?

I don’t know if there were any on this card prior to me opening before I may have took them off or knocked them off or something I’m unsure

[tidal geyser]

nah i would not

[valid fiber]

raytracing seems like a mostly useless tech
i remember how mojang and nvidia cooperated to show to great raytracing can be
and now raytracing was removed from minecraft

[lucid field]

would it cause issues if I did?

what do they even do

[tidal geyser]

ofc not on the VRMs but they should be fine

[tidal geyser]

make your gpu work

[lucid field]

i’ll be back in 2 hours to let you know how it goes (there’s this one screw which is so hard to take out and put in I sweat doing it.

[cosmic stratus]

Blah blah. I like global illumination and fancy colored lighting

[tidal geyser]

use the right bit

[jaunty apex]

I still make this mistake sometimes

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/steam-cat-cooking-wet-cat-gif-27103530

[jaunty apex]

I miss my heat dish :<

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/tf2-team-fortress-spy-spy-tf2-tf2spy-gif-19741465

[midnight meteor]

Well that’s cursed

[lucid field]

last question does it matter if pads are a little oversized?

not the best application but I tried lol

[tidal geyser]

they should be

[lucid field]

oki is that okay then

[tidal geyser]

if the entire chip is not covered that is when you will have issues

[lucid field]

thank youuu and what if they both touch eachother the pads?

[tidal geyser]

they make love

[lucid field]

hehe stop

[tidal geyser]

no nothing happens

[lucid field]

okay thank you

could I just put a strip over it all or should I cut it out

[tidal geyser]

iv never repasted

[latent tundra]

oversized pads is fine, wrong thickness is bad

[lucid field]

you mean repadded :3

[latent tundra]

also I have returned

[tidal geyser]

i hope so

[ebon marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/seal-dance-seal-dance-animal-animal-dance-gif-27375218

[lucid field]

thank you

[hexed glade]

Ugh I need to repast my PC

[ebon marlin]

repast

[latent tundra]

might be a long shot but does anyone here have a good access to magazines that has a page that explains what a GPU is

[tidal geyser]

why magazine?

[ebon marlin]

google broski

[hexed glade]

Why a mag?

[tidal geyser]

i first read it as magnesium

[latent tundra]

trying to help someone with finding physical resources for an essay. Has to be 50/50 on the source (50% websites, 50% from books)

[ebon marlin]

sounds gay

[latent tundra]

😭

[hexed glade]

I'm sure PCmag has at least 1 article explainign iut

[lucid field]

how did I do? :3

[ebon marlin]

you can just search up digital magazines aswell

[ebon marlin]

you forgot to put pads on the 8pins

[latent tundra]

oh wait yea

[lucid field]

8 pins?

[ebon marlin]

pcie 8pins

[lucid field]

there was no pads anywhere else but there lols

[ebon marlin]

because MSI likes to cheap out

[lucid field]

where is that pls show me

[tidal geyser]

good luck, trying to find something not made by AI now a days is going to be uh, a small issue

[ebon marlin]

also for dies it's better that you spread the paste instead of a plört

[lucid field]

there was now other pads so I asked earlier and you told me that

[lucid field]

I prefer this way I am terrible at spreading the paste..

[ebon marlin]

these

[tidal geyser]

stop it catto

[lucid field]

huhh

[tidal geyser]

he is lying

[ebon marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/grey-goose-vodka-move-oops-smile-gif-17705114

[lucid field]

no in my gpu in general this is how it was

[tidal geyser]

i know

you do not have anything but vram pads

on the heatsink

[latent tundra]

https://klipy.com/gifs/tense-table-smash

this is tru

[lucid field]

no I don’t where do I put the other pads circle it

[tidal geyser]

anyhow yes spread the paste on the gpu core and it should be fine and dandy

[lucid field]

I am new to this lols I only ever repasted a laptop

[tidal geyser]

all the pads are where they should be

[lucid field]

okay you said more pads on pci? or something

[tidal geyser]

VRM

[hexed glade]

Laptops are giga ass to work with

[tidal geyser]

but those should be fine

[lucid field]

I agree.

[lucid field]

you said put more pads here but where?

[ebon marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/ohnepixel-ohne-what-vas-wtf-gif-14750849636315903969

[agile narwhal]

Is my cable pulling down the connector?

[ebon marlin]

laptops are really easy to work with

[jaunty apex]

Should see the rest of it

[lucid field]

only some laptops

[ebon marlin]

genuinely skill issue

[fringe prairie]

gold gold gold

[tidal geyser]

i think its fine

[lucid field]

I broke my back cleaning and repasting my new dell laptop lol

[ebon marlin]

I need to get that aswell I have a Thinkpad T480 with a bios lock

need to reprogram it's bios

[hexed glade]

Some models are easier to work with, the models I've worked on have all been "cool gamer laptops" that were cheeks to work with

[tidal geyser]

ah blown mosfets?

[torpid sinew]

APC or Eaton?

[ebon marlin]

I've worked on bunch of laptops including gaming laptops and all were very easy

[tidal geyser]

both are good

he is looking for a UPS if someone is wondering

[ebon marlin]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bizarre-anime-meme-he-made-a-statement-so-2fpMwTcCqMV6YVQnZj

[tidal geyser]

funny thing, non gaming older hp or dell cant remeba are ANNOYING

[torpid sinew]

I have ... traumatic experiences with beeping APCs and headaches. But that can also be just the fact that we exclusively use APC. Not too sure why. From LTT it seems like Eaton's better, but I didnt get to experience that

[tidal geyser]

go for eaton and see

[ebon marlin]

eaton deez nuts

https://tenor.com/view/gappy-jojo-jjba-jojo-dance-dance-gif-4469072048546647529

[boreal tiger]

what is APC

[ebon marlin]

UPS brand

[boreal tiger]

ahh the beeping of ups?

[tidal geyser]

wait it should not be beeping if everything is all right

[boreal tiger]

my neighbor ups is like 20 feet away from my window and whenever i open the window that annoying thing start beeping and its very annoying

[neon solar]

Hello. Just learned about the Ryzen 7 9800X3D burnout fiasco On Asrock and ASUS boards and I'm scared. Bought the CPU and an ASUS B850 MB about 2 and a half months ago.
Is there a way to tell if the tech is faulty? A way to predict if the CPU will burn out?

[boreal tiger]

which cooler do you posses

[tidal geyser]

thats for intel

[tidal geyser]

your fine

[ebon marlin]

all vendors have that problem

[boreal tiger]

hell nah

shut the damn thing

is this you sim or someone else?

[neon solar]

I have an Arctic cooler, a regular one with fans, that's a hand-me-down from the previous CPU, regular gaming peaks are around 75 degrees with the medium being around 60. However, during shader loads (and ONLY during shader loads), it peaks to 97 degrees for a few seconds.
However the posts I saw about this after watching the youtube video are saying their CPUs died but they never went above 70 degrees. Liquid cooling and all.

[boreal tiger]

i dont know what else could cause this

[boreal tiger]

what is this

[tidal geyser]

fast fetch

[neon solar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbzoxgpbiuQ This is the video. But Gamer Nexus also made one a few months ago but only about ASRock. NOW its also becoming a problem in ASUS and other brands. Allegedly.

[frosty ruin]

Hopefully my 9850X3D doesn’t go up in flames

[ebon marlin]

It's been a widespread issue on all vendors

[boreal tiger]

was the smoking pc yours?

[neon solar]

Is there a way to know or monitor for this? Other than updating to the latest BIOS can I take other measures?

Or is it just prayers every night?

[boreal tiger]

being broke keeps me away from such issues

[frosty ruin]

Lower cpu voltage from what I heard

[neon solar]

it's (was) an investment 🙂

[frosty ruin]

Otherwise just RMA it when it decides to quit life

[tidal geyser]

what gpu is in there

[frosty ruin]

But I really hope my new cpu is working fine on the B850

[wispy thunder]

what cpu is this?

9850x3d

yeah uh hahaha

the hypocrisy is funny though, when intel CPUs started dying everyone says boycott Intel. Here we are today and y'all still buying amd chips like apple sheep

[tidal geyser]

eh failure rates look to be way smaller maybe

its just so funky

with intel we got hindsight now

people might just be tired

[wispy thunder]

idk man

4300 failures per 100k units for Ryzen 7000x3d, and we're seeing even higher failure rates on 9000x3d, upwards of 10k per 100k units

[sinful cobalt]

intel had an absolute cause

so far its still random for zen 5

[wispy thunder]

sure

[tulip sparrow]

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/cachyos-founder-explains-why-they-didn-t-join-the-new-open-gaming-collective-ogc/

[tidal geyser]

yea peter told me

[tidal geyser]

i still love referring back to the story of me telling someone with a 14900ks to update to the latest bios and he told me he had already needed to RMA 3 times

[wispy thunder]

Asrock's findings were: PBO settings basically boosted too high for Ryzen 9000x3d to handle - yet were within spec that AMD provided

so who should be at fault here?

[tidal geyser]

and i think iv seen 3 or 4 dead 13600k's

[tidal geyser]

how is amd responding to this?

[wispy thunder]

by rolling out new AGESA for motherboard vendors with tighter limits

...three times I think now?

[silent belfry]

is this the channel i would ask for advice for pc upgrades?

[jaunty apex]

Reasonable

[tidal geyser]

what about affected units?

[midnight meteor]

Probs build a pc thread

[tidal geyser]

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

https://tenor.com/view/cats-cat-boop-gif-10377807

[wispy thunder]

You either get lucky or you don't - since PBO technically voids warranty

[halcyon fox]

Hey do you guys know about the whole google developer certification requirements in Android that they are planning on releasing this year? Will they gatekeep it to only new andorid versions or will it be a play services thing? And if it's an OS feature that they're introducing, it won't effect AOSP and custom ROMs right?

[midnight meteor]

Sim could I get your confirmation on something btw?

[tidal geyser]

ah so only manual pbo killed them?

[wispy thunder]

No

Autopbo

[tidal geyser]

just ask

[wispy thunder]

Or default PBO settings by motherboard vendors

The default PBO settings was the ASRock story

[tidal geyser]

tricky, i would assume in should fall under the motherboard manufacturer then

[wispy thunder]

But the motherboard manufacturer tuned default PBO to within what AMD considered safe

[tidal geyser]

you will still be able to install 3rd party stuff just need to enable developer mode

[halcyon fox]

ahh ok

[wispy thunder]

If my boss tells me to go rig a circuit with 30v telling me it's safe, and I give it 30v and it blows up on me, I don't think that's my fault.

[halcyon fox]

so a new option in developer options then?

[midnight meteor]

Disk D is the drive I bought when I thought the SSD was the reason my pc wasd turning off, so it has steam downloads and some other things. I don't really need those things since they are on the main SSD Disk C, am I good to just format DiskD or am I meant to do some sort of special wipe or process?

[wispy thunder]

Iirc it's about monetization or volume. If you're a big app or developer, you need to be certified. If you're a small time developer, then you're fine to just go

[tidal geyser]

it would either be the bosses fault or whatever blew up in the circuit

[wispy thunder]

So if AMD says 1.3v (or whatever voltage idr) is safe for PBO, ASRock gives it 1.3v and they start blowing up, whose fault is that

[tidal geyser]

amd

[wispy thunder]

Yeah so that's kind of how I see things

[tidal geyser]

its kinda a catch 22

pbo breaks the warranty but amd says its within spec at the same time

[tidal geyser]

yes

[wispy thunder]

But because only ASRock was pushing it to 1.3v and everyone else was 1.25 or smth they have the highest failure rates and it makes ASRock look bad.

[stray portal]

Yall is there anything like linux mint that isnt mint

[midnight meteor]

So just do this?

[tidal geyser]

yea anything using cinnamon DE

[tidal geyser]

yes

[midnight meteor]

okay ty

[stray portal]

I would actually just use ubuntu cinnamon but then snaps are an issue somewhat

[tidal geyser]

cant you just use flatpaks

from bazar or smn

[wispy thunder]

Well they normally can't prove its PBO so it's luck. AMD also advertises PBO which is kind of stupid

[gloomy sleet]

so i just installed fx audio and it completely fucked up my audio as in i do not have any sound at all

[stray portal]

Flatpaks flatpaks hmm

[tidal geyser]

i just use arch btw

only got 6 flatpaks

[stray portal]

arch is nice but i want to use my system

for work

[tidal geyser]

cachyos works great for me

its kinda funny, for what i do on the side its better than most things out there

[stray portal]

cash os is arch based its not arch like if u use manjaro u cant say arch btw

[tidal geyser]

considering the amount of failures they need to do something

[stray portal]

But tbf i think endeavour and cachy can say arch btw

[tidal geyser]

well cachyos is arch but with a change in how packages and updates work

its kinda just a as good as it gets out of the box distro

optimized repositories are also fun

[rare pasture]

Why have i seen so many people talk about cachyos recently?

[tidal geyser]

well it is the fastest distro

not by millions of fps but at least for me its so fkn stable

[rare pasture]

you can daily drive it?

[tidal geyser]

been using it on my main pc for since 2025-10-13T11:59:33+0200

only booted into windows 2 times

[rare pasture]

hm

cool!

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/black-cat-crazy-cat-funny-cat-cat-playing-cat-walking-on-two-legs-gif-4548102613074007702

[torpid reef]

What brand and models for an R5 9600X and is DDR5 is considered good?

[clear canyon]

brand and models for a 9600x?

[tulip sparrow]

dying 13th and 14th gen and ultra CPUS NOT birnging the perforamnce is why I am still rocking AMD

[clear canyon]

for ram, dont go corsair and try to get 6000mhz cl30

[tulip sparrow]

So yeah real tangible reasons why I ain't buying Intel over AMD right now

[clear canyon]

I run SiliconPower ram

[torpid reef]

Yeah, RAM. I'm trying hard to find any 6000mhz CL30 but it's hard < $370 lol.

[clear canyon]

yeah, its bc you are building a pc in the worst time lol

[tulip sparrow]

I shall throw Kevin on the list for later while I wait for a GPU upgrade before I get into VR again

What I plan on doing "(ISP Modem / Internet) --> Home Internet Router --> Gaming PC --> VR Router / Access Point --> VR Headset"

2.4ghz and 5ghz are way to full around here so I need 6ghz hence Kevin

BUT the main issue is the 8GB of VRAM on my 3070 ti LOL

[torpid reef]

All I could find was the 6000mhz CL32 crucial pro OC for 380. Worth it? 🤔

[tulip sparrow]

SO that needs addressing before I can think about Vr modding again

[clear canyon]

thats alright but the price sucks ass

[tulip sparrow]

VD is on my list to purchase with the upgrades as well

[torpid reef]

it makes me squirm but aye...

[tulip sparrow]

Currently use a Mix of MEta Link and ALVR both over a wired usb connection but yeah things fall apart

[torpid reef]

I mean there is the crucial pro 6400 CL32 for 369.. saving 10. 😭

[tulip sparrow]

For flat gaming on the HMD I have a usb capture card that has a PD port for input power to keep the Quest 3 powered up for longer sessions

That I have used for FF16 so far for example

[clear canyon]

just try to find the best deal tbh

[tidal geyser]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1348732846369538169/1466873533085909012/togif.gif

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/po-master-po-kung-fu-panda-panda-epic-gif-10723361502269288714

[hexed glade]

hot

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/white-role-mha-discord-role-gif-6275235338455731778

[hexed glade]

https://tenor.com/view/grim-adventures-of-billy-and-mandy-grim-billy-and-mandy-coffee-need-coffee-gif-4138803929491374695

[drowsy isle]

My iems are almost here the audio rabbit hole is real almost spent more than my oled monitor

[hexed glade]

I just use IEMs

if they can support directional sound idc

[jaunty apex]

Oof. On both accounts

What the fuck

Discord is on some shit I swear

[clear canyon]

300 for a 5600xt? thats a terrible price

[jaunty apex]

Why the fuck did you reply to a 2021 message

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/cheers-toast-salute-here's-to-you-heres-to-you-gif-3182433711752800466

[serene python]

the newest vid made me look at what speed ports i got on my laptop and lol i dont think i will ever need anything than the cheapest cables

like it has usb a and c but both are just 3.0 (5gbit)

thing is i cant even use that cause the 2 usb devices i use are usb 1(microcontrollers) and usb 2(my phone)

[drowsy isle]

Oh yeah can get pretty rough for vr, my 5080 gets maxed out too

[hollow sorrel]

I need advice, has anyone ever used a meta quest 3s?

[halcyon fox]

Hello again peeps

I'm just super active today lol

not too much to do

[drowsy isle]

yes I have one

[tulip sparrow]

Hence looking at a 7900 XT with 20GB of vram

[hollow sorrel]

How is it? Do you like it?

How well does it interface with a PC

[tulip sparrow]

When you aren't able to use the OS to capture a screenshot such as with errors on screen then yeah LOL

[hollow sorrel]

Would it be better paying the extra money for a meta quest 3 non-S

[drowsy isle]

Overall it's a good headset for the price only things limited it are fresnel lens and meta's buggy software.

[grim idol]

tips would be appreciated a lot

[hollow sorrel]

What makes fresnel lenses bad

[tulip sparrow]

But in this case yeah Print screen with the alt key would work fine LOL

[halcyon fox]

Is it hard to see because of the window? not a bad thing just a question

[jaunty apex]

Glare, rings in the peripheral a bit

[drowsy isle]

You have to turn your head completely in order to have better clarity for something that might be in the corner

[tulip sparrow]

I personally own a Quest 3 with pancake lenses

[drowsy isle]

for me it's not bad but it can be inconvenient

[halcyon fox]

Also it probably wouldn't hurt to invest in a mousepad

[hollow sorrel]

Right now the 3s 128gb is £265

[drowsy isle]

I haven't played much with the vr headset, mostly beat saber, half life alyx and replaying resident evil games in vr

[hollow sorrel]

And the 3 is £470

So like, almost twice the price

But it has 4x the storage

[tulip sparrow]

Larger monitor or multiple monitors

[grim idol]

yes lol i have a 17 and jt looks bad

[drowsy isle]

I'd just get the 3s, the 3 and 3s both have almost the exact same specs, the biggest difference are the lenses. I honestly do not even mind needing to turn my head

[jaunty apex]

Could do worse I think. Personally if I wanted either I'd spend the extra on the 3. But I'm not getting another meta headset. The 3S will perform just fine but personally just want the extra clarity

[tulip sparrow]

Seeing the monitor stand above the monit is sort of urking me for starters LOL

[grim idol]

thanks for the advice i plan on looking for a budget one but dont mind spending a ittlr bit

[hollow sorrel]

A friend of mine bought a 3s today and he said he'd let me try it a bit

[tulip sparrow]

27" 1440p@180 aren't to bad price wise

[grim idol]

i just took it off, its so dirty

[drowsy isle]

Yeah try it out or wait for the steam frame

[grim idol]

dows brand matter

[gritty panther]

god rays and small sweet spot

[drowsy isle]

meta has been extremely buggy with pc vr for me

[tulip sparrow]

not really since most of them use the same panels

[drowsy isle]

they launched a software update recently that just completely disabled meta link entirely

[halcyon fox]

oof lol. Althoug I'd certainly recommend you get a new one then since it can extend the longevity of your mouse in the future

[gritty panther]

you need a fairly decent wifi/router for PCVR with meta headsets

[jaunty apex]

WiVRn crashes all the time when I try connecting to my PC and open an app. Hate the quest 2, was just the only option for a long time

[drowsy isle]

and they had to fix it now wireless link just doesn't work

[gritty panther]

I have the recommended tplink wifi7 router on virtual desktop

[drowsy isle]

I have 2 gigs up and 2 gigs down

[gritty panther]

it works flawlessly with my Quest 3. I just do wireless PCVR

[tulip sparrow]

the december update is working fine for me on my Quest 3 and Meta Link

[drowsy isle]

I can stream a game across seas with hardly any latency on my laptop

[gritty panther]

that doesnt mean anything. I said router not internet

[plucky lodge]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nG62J2J6JM0

photorealsitc graphics games like this video , or current games graphics like RDR2, and many AAA titles, or fantasy graphics

which onee u prefer to play in games?

[tulip sparrow]

there hasn't been a newer one for my Quest 3/MEta app

[hollow sorrel]

You can hard-wire the headset to your PC for wired VR tho right? Say if I wanna use it while at my desk

[gritty panther]

Virtual Desktop is a must buy

[drowsy isle]

I don't have connection issues

[gritty panther]

it works great for PCVR

[drowsy isle]

I didn't hjave connection issues before the recent meta update

[tulip sparrow]

on my list for a purchase along with the Kevin router for 6ghz

[hollow sorrel]

Or I could get a super long cable too maybe

[jaunty apex]

Most apps don't prefer this aside from meta quest link which is kinda ass software

[tulip sparrow]

2.4/5ghz are both full around here

Yeah you can hardwire the headset

[gritty panther]

this is the recommended router on virtual desktop discord. it works flawlessly with Quest 3

[grim idol]

alright im gonna look into some, my main just broke

[tulip sparrow]

its how I currently use it

[drowsy isle]

now it just doesn't connect anymore before it would connect I could be far away from my pc and have extreemyl low latency and no issues

I did also exchange my headset a few days ago too

[tulip sparrow]

The Kevin router is reccomended as well

[grim idol]

any brand recommendations, i jusr want somethinf minimal since i dont play competitive games anymore

[drowsy isle]

I'll just wait for the steam frame, don't want to use meta again

[tulip sparrow]

Its also $130 https://www.amazon.com/Davolink-Minions-Kevin-Wi-Fi-Router/dp/B0CJXZSLNM?th=1

[gritty panther]

that's why I'm skipping the Valve VR headset. Quest 3 is working good enough for me

[jaunty apex]

I'm using an ax1800s with my quest 2 but
Not wifi 7 ofc

[gritty panther]

I dont think the upgrade is big enough to bother

[gritty panther]

How is it? I just used the routers they recommend over there lol

[halcyon fox]

uhh mine is a cheap plain black one from walmart. It does a good job while not being huge as well as not being an investment. It was like $4.99USD

[gritty panther]

my last two purchases were based on virtual desktop recommendations lol

[jaunty apex]

I have decent performance with it

[drowsy isle]

This was a January update my quest 3s was working perfectly before January 17th

[gritty panther]

mine works flawlessly. I can play VR in the bathroom if I wanted. zero issues (wireless PCVR)

[tulip sparrow]

Ok yeah those 1gb ports on the Kevin could certainly be an issue I admit

[drowsy isle]

both steam wireless and link stopped working after that day

[tulip sparrow]

Wireless for me is so bad its unusable

[drowsy isle]

I returned the vr headset and got another 3s now only wired works wireless it doesn't even want to connect to my pc

[gritty panther]

Wireless is like wired for me. it's amazing

[tulip sparrow]

Lucky you

[jaunty apex]

Idk where my bottleneck is, but I don't think it's the router. I've gone to the kitchen in my house with it before and we have concrete walls

[gritty panther]

I just use Quest 3 and AV1 10 bit (you need Nvidia GPU RTX 4000 and newer)

[drowsy isle]

wireless latency was so close to wired that I just used wireless for convenience even with my 20 feet cable it gets annoying

[ivory olive]

Is 2tb nvme and 32gb ddr5 ram for 250 a good deal?

[drowsy isle]

but my 3s just doesn't even want to connect to my pc anymore in the horizon link app it doesn't show

I tried returning my 3s to best buy and they're only giving me $95 even though I spent $300

[tulip sparrow]

my curent cable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRQMFDQ3

The biggest priorty for me for upgrades is the GPU

[gritty panther]

once you go wireless, you never go back

Ive been wireless PCVR since Quest 2. never looked back

[tulip sparrow]

after that everything else is a nice to have but NOT stritcly needed

[gritty panther]

Quest 3 is my 5th vr headset already.

[jaunty apex]

I use a wire. Mostly for charge during play but never for data anymore.. Unless I'm using ADB

[drowsy isle]

I'm in the spot where a gpu upgrade would be too expensive as the next step up for me is a 4090 or 5090 hate how much gpus have exploded in price

[gritty panther]

WInter/Fall is usually VR time for me. Ive been using ita lot

I dont touch my VR headset in the summer. too hot and stuffy

Id rather be cold and comfortable

[tulip sparrow]

Yeah pricing has gone back up to the start of the 50 series again

[jaunty apex]

Want to be in VR more but home environment makes me too uncomfortable formit

[drowsy isle]

I wish I bought a 4090 in 2024 instead of waiting for 50 series

[gritty panther]

my 4090 turned out to be a very smart investment. it's been 3 years and it's still overpriced

I upgraded to the 9950x3d last year but decided to keep the 4090

[tulip sparrow]

I got my 3070 Ti for $450 when they were still $700+ brand fucking new

[gritty panther]

still a beast

[drowsy isle]

yep at least I got my 5080 for $800, pretty decent price but I wish I had more

[jaunty apex]

It being overpriced makes it a smart investment? Lol

[gritty panther]

amazing deal 😮

[tulip sparrow]

So yeha I got extremely lucky with that purchase

[jaunty apex]

Everyone does I think.

[gritty panther]

I bought my 4090 3 years ago for $1500?

[tulip sparrow]

Currently looking at the 7900 Xt for roughly $700

[gritty panther]

might be time for a repaste and some cleaning

[drowsy isle]

Considering it's still one of the best almost 4 years later and nothing is close yeah $1500 to $1700 was a steal

[tidal geyser]

thats a wolf

[tall sandal]

Are laptops cheaper in the US?

[gritty panther]

why not? you bought it for $1500. you can still sell it for $2500 3 years later