tech-chat-1

[tulip sparrow]

I do prefer 16:10 screens over 16:9 ones

and yes the extra vertical helps lol

[kindred halo]

Because you bought the one with the other screen lol

[tulip sparrow]

My screen is 1920x1200

[kindred halo]

That's good to hear :3

[tulip sparrow]

I personally use Linux on Yoga

[kindred halo]

Won't be getting any extra with my T14 G1 in three months though ;w;

[tulip sparrow]

Hence the all AMD laptop

[kindred halo]

Is the screen proper 100% sRGB like Lenovo claims?

[kindred halo]

Which distro?

[tulip sparrow]

I don't have the toold to test so you would have to find reviews online to answer that

[tulip sparrow]

Endeavour OS(Arch based)

[kindred halo]

Oh, sounds interesting

Never heard of it
Guess it's a new distro I learn of a day

[tulip sparrow]

Gnome 49+Wayland for both proper touchscrteen support and waydroid support

They gicve you a choice of DE tho

[kindred halo]

Unfortunately.. Don't know what any of those are

[jovial swan]

Ive found someone locally selling a odd config of a ThinkPad T530, it has these specs
Intel Core I7 3630QM
Nvidia NVS 5400 1GB
FHD display
250 GB 860 EVO SSD..
Its for sale for 1200 dkk / 139 GBP, is it worthy pickup? For media usage and on-the-go movie watching?

[kindred halo]

I am just starting on Mint, week two of it-

[tulip sparrow]

How is that odd?

[kindred halo]

I don't see anything odd with this

[ebon marlin]

awful deal

[tulip sparrow]

https://endeavouros.com/

[kindred halo]

For 139 GBP you could probably find a T490 tbh

Or T480

[tulip sparrow]

That ssd is likely a 2.5" one

[ebon marlin]

T480's are expensive as hell

[snow kettle]

nope i wouldn’t even buy it for 50 usd, 20-30 usd max.

[kindred halo]

Yeah, 3rd gen m

[ebon marlin]

going for 200-300 bucks regularly

[kindred halo]

Oh, huh, weird

[tulip sparrow]

Checked Ebay for thinkpads?

[kindred halo]

Thought they'd be fairly cheap since in my own meh laptop market they're around the high 100s low 200s range

[tulip sparrow]

3rd gen MIGHT be msata LOL but I don't think msatas go up to 250gb tho

[kindred halo]

For 300 you're entering T14 series

[jovial swan]

In denmark no.

[kindred halo]

Eitherway not really worth it lol

[jovial swan]

A T490 goes for 1600 to 2200 DKK

[tulip sparrow]

My i5 3570k z77 has a msata slot onboard LOL

[kindred halo]

Bloody hell

[tulip sparrow]

only for a cache drive tho hence me going with a standdard 2.5" ssd on that system LOL

[kindred halo]

Well, what about a T460/70?

[tulip sparrow]

Intel Fast response tech I think?

[kindred halo]

2 core unfortunately, but probably fairly cheap?

[jovial swan]

T470 i might be able to find for around 1700 dkk.

[kindred halo]

Cache drive? That's odd

[ebon marlin]

all Lenovo products are insanely overpriced

[jovial swan]

T460 theres zero of on marketplace

[kindred halo]

Yeah, not worth it honestly

T450?..

[tulip sparrow]

Yeah hence the small msata sizes back then of like 16-64gb LOL

[kindred halo]

Much lower end, but I think you're entering NVMe support territory..

[jovial swan]

I found a T14s gen 2 for 1799 DKK, but it only had 8 GB ram with a I5 1135G7

And its an S variant so no upgrades

[kindred halo]

Not... Bad?

Oh wait T14s

8GB too.. Won't do much for you

[ebon marlin]

i'd also recommend checking out Fujitsu Lifebook's they're honeslty better than Lenovo's Thinkpads

[tulip sparrow]

Intel Rapid Storage Tech is the one I was looking for

[kindred halo]

Isn't that called Optane?

[tulip sparrow]

NOPE

[kindred halo]

Oh, different things?
Never heard of it

[jovial swan]

There was also a T14 gen 2 with these specs for 2800 DKK a few days ago,
I7 1165G7
32 GB DDR4
512 GB SSD
But i only have 4200 DKK for rest of month and i got a trip to copenhagen coming up this weekend

[stoic nova]

Just a dumb generic mobo storage controller name

That can mess with you

[tulip sparrow]

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/SSD-Slot-32GB-mSATA-in-my-lapop/td-p/7118220

[kindred halo]

Try to negotiate if you can, otherwise.. Don't risk your financial security over a laptop

[tulip sparrow]

IRST was BEFORE Optane became a thing @kindred halo

[kindred halo]

IRST..
Infrared Search and Track!!!! /j

[snow kettle]

just buy a used m1 MBA, commonly found for 250-300 usd. might only have 8gb ram but thats not a dealbreaker for mac os

[tulip sparrow]

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005610/technologies.html

[jovial swan]

Lowest the guy will go is 2600, and even then he will remove 1 ram stick so its only 16 GB

[tulip sparrow]

Have a intel link

[jovial swan]

Ive been looking for a while, however those things gets bought instantly

[kindred halo]

That's not "lowest"
Dude's just downgrading the machine to sell it at a lower price 💔

[tulip sparrow]

Yeah M1 MBAs are usually cheap these days

[kindred halo]

Honestly, any 4c8t 16gb laptop is good enough

[mortal mantle]

what did cache drives even do

(except fail)

[tulip sparrow]

For a proper "Gaming" CPU you want 6P cores honestly to bad intel fails int hat department on their mobile cpus LOL

[clear canyon]

they cache

[jovial swan]

Cheapest i found was one going for 2900.
It had 67% battery health,

[tulip sparrow]

They cache things from a hdd into faster storage

[kindred halo]

Good thing that AMD doesn't really meddle in P & E cores for the most part

Otherwise I would be getting like 2P & 6E on my T14 LOL

[tulip sparrow]

They do now with c cores

[tulip sparrow]

they started that with Ryzen 200 series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Ryzen_processors#Ryzen_200_series

[abstract wigeon]

steam deck refurb in stock

[tulip sparrow]

c cores are mobile only at this point in time

[kindred halo]

Aw

Guess they ported over their EPYC P & E core philosophy 💔

[tulip sparrow]

and c cores don't boost beyond 3.5ghz

[abstract wigeon]

UK!

[ebon marlin]

racism

[steel umbra]

i’m addicted to italian and bri’ish cheese + french cottage what do i do

[ebon marlin]

kvestinky

[steel umbra]

ottack

[ebon marlin]

kvetwinky kvestinky

[steel umbra]

cat

catster

[kindred halo]

Doesn't seem like much of an issue for laptop SKUs

[tulip sparrow]

normal cores boost between 4.5-5.2ghz

[kindred halo]

So a full GHz lower

Whilst it's not bad for E cores.. In general, HORRIBLE!!!!!!

[abstract wigeon]

SNIPED A 1TB Steam DECK OLED

[steel umbra]

for muc

H

[abstract wigeon]

new is £580, got for £460

[steel umbra]

that is not sniping :(

/s decent price

[thorn hill]

I was thinking about getting a new case for my pc (NZXT H6 Flow ) but majority of my components are black do you think it will look weird with a large majority of black components within a white case?

[steel umbra]

anyways i bought da 640x512 thermal module

muhahaha

(laughing because the customs will eat me alive once it arrives in slovakia)

[steel umbra]

up to you

black parts inside white cases look cool

same other way around

they all look cool ❄️ ❄️

[tulip sparrow]

I will NOT be getting rid of my Pop Air Solid any time soon that is for sure

I highly doubt that pc tech will change all that much rendering my case useless going forward

[stoic nova]

I thought people buy H6 Flow for the rear panel having nearly as much room as the front

[tulip sparrow]

Hell if I wanted to I could use my old case from like 2012 still LOL

[steel umbra]

cheapest 1280x1024 thermal costs $3k ☠️

i guess da 640x512 for $400 are le way

[abstract wigeon]

yes it is, stock only lasted 3 minutes

i got from valve official refursbished, its even cheaper than used

[steel umbra]

btw if anyone’s interested in thermal modules skip 384x288 ones

they just don’t make much sense over 640x512 as they tend to be only $100 cheaper

and 256x192 are $150-200 cheaper than 384

[gleaming rose]

<@&750150305383186585>

[steel umbra]

well that’s just a 26% discount

it’s not quite “new” but if you’re happy then nice

[abstract wigeon]

idk about you but saving £100 is pretty huge

[steel umbra]

steal would be imo like half off or nearly half off

for a brand new unit

like i bought 2x32gb hynix kit for 120 when other were more around 180-220

and mow it would be like 800

but one stick came broken so i returned it

now that one stick is worth more

[jovial swan]

https://www.elgiganten.dk/product/computer-kontor/computere/barbar-computer/lenovo-legion-5-15akp10-i7-13hx24gb1tb5070-15-gaming-barbar/1002242
this thing is on sale rn, is it good enough? as a replacement for my desktop that has near identical specs

[gleaming rose]

laptop gpus have 50-60% of their desktop gpu counterpart's performance

[jovial swan]

yeh yeh i know,

[gleaming rose]

i would wait for the panther lake laptops

[jovial swan]

i have been waiting but the damn X series panther lake things arent anywhere to be found in my country

[latent gull]

24GB >:(

[gleaming rose]

panther lake is not out yet

it'll be out widely starting around april

[fringe prairie]

if you don’t care about battery life sure

a 5070M is also going to destroy the b390 if you care for gpu performance (also b390 is going to cost a shit ton)

[steel umbra]

destroyer vs sailboat

[worthy pumice]

Does someone know a good router? Currently have an Asus RT-AX55 for a 2 story house and its been getting really shitty lately

[bold olive]

is msi laptops ass

[fringe prairie]

their lower end ones yeah

pile of garbage

[ebon marlin]

checked what laptops have been sold recently and this was sold for 400€ zamn

this also being sold for a really good price

like new condition barely used

[bold olive]

idk why they use 3 types of msi logos

[cinder rivet]

Guys should I upgrade from windows 11 to 10?

Low-key infuriating that my pc is so slow when just trying to open settings

[ebon marlin]

that is a called a downgrade

if you're running ancient hardware you're most likely better off on linux

[lunar sail]

Linux on PC, stomach W11 on a laptop

[cinder rivet]

No it has better gaming performance?

It's an upgrade

[fringe prairie]

that’s false

[ebon marlin]

yeah

Windows 11 has statistically proven better performance than 10

[cinder rivet]

Then why did the GPU companies ask it's consumers to roll back to 10

[fringe prairie]

??? who said this

[ebon marlin]

no one has said this

[cinder rivet]

Misread but the new update is causing issues

And generally my pc was faster on windows 10 than 11

[ebon marlin]

rollback the update

[cinder rivet]

Had to move to 11 for a WiFi card

And now settings is so slow

[ebon marlin]

that's user issue from downloading so much bloat

[cinder rivet]

No??? Literally the same files

[ebon marlin]

did you upgrade from win10 to win11 or did you do a fresh install win11

[cinder rivet]

Only thing stopping me is that idk how to use windows 11 driver on windows 10

[cinder rivet]

Fresh

[ebon marlin]

they use the same drivers

[cinder rivet]

Not for my WiFi card

It needs windows 11 specifically

[ebon marlin]

win11 is built on win10 code

[cinder rivet]

Ikr but tp-linknstill wanted windows 11

[ebon marlin]

ok

[ivory mountain]

it doesnt and it feels like ass now

honestly can only recommend windows 11 and linux now

[cinder rivet]

Just gray screen locked my pc

Thanks windows 11, Sheesh most useless os ever

[ivory mountain]

gray screening is a gpu driver issue

[cinder rivet]

Just happened randomly to me

Like in the last 2 mins

Fuck windows 11

[ivory mountain]

as much as i hate windows how is this a windows issue? 🤣

thats like blaming your car when you crash into a pole going 50 in a 25, its not your cars fault

[cinder rivet]

Also British English got replaced by Chinese in windows 11

[empty quartz]

Unless the throttle gets stuck

[cinder rivet]

Literally just happened. Windows 11 is inherently unstable

[ivory mountain]

Its your gpu driver, DDU and install an older one

[cinder rivet]

So you are telling me that GPU driver failed randomly in the last 2 mins

[empty quartz]

Ive been using windows 11 since beta, and never ran into an issue like that

[cinder rivet]

Sounds legit/s

[ivory mountain]

Yes? What do u think a gpu driver issue is

They happen randomly

[cinder rivet]

It would have happened when I installed the new GPU then

[ivory mountain]

Thats not how it works

[cinder rivet]

Not randomly now when I had to turn off the pc cause it hanged

That's not how it works

[ivory mountain]

It literally happens at random times

[jovial swan]

how good will the asus TUF gaming A14 with an APU be? it seems interesting

[cinder rivet]

Sounds like windows 11 issue then

[ivory mountain]

This is ragebait

[stoic nova]

not any more than windows ever was, ive broken windows installs more times than I can count but its always because we f around and find out

[cinder rivet]

It just did it again

[cinder rivet]

How is it ragebair

literally removing my GPU rn

[ivory mountain]

i hope it breaks

[stoic nova]

ever stop and think if maybe you're the unstable one?

not an insult btw

[ivory mountain]

i didnt even see it

[cinder rivet]

Sod off

[stoic nova]

idk what they said but hell, im the most unstable thing for my installs

[cinder rivet]

Can't be

[fringe prairie]

check out the notebookcheck zbook ultra g1a review. it’ll give you a good idea on how the gpu will perform

[ivory mountain]

i love how this guy was asking for opinions and help then when i say the gray screening is a gpu issue he gets defensive

[cinder rivet]

Because it just happens in 2 mins

But what can I say this server continues to be toxic as hell since forever I see

[stoic nova]

self awareness is a blessing and a curse, I mean, look how certain he is

[ivory mountain]

didnt u try to spew an insult just to get deleted by warship

but we're toxic for trying to help

[cinder rivet]

You literally said and I quote "I hope it breaks" when I mentioned removing my gpu

That's the definition of TOXIC

[ivory mountain]

i do hope it breaks

[stoic nova]

dang that really affects you

new to the internet?

[cinder rivet]

Okay toxic one

[cinder rivet]

You don't say shit like this to a fellow pc enthusiast

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/ウマ娘-uma-musume-umamusume-matikanetannhauser-gif-11420177544417334521

[stoic nova]

what I said is more related to observing your character than anything to do with pcs

[cinder rivet]

1 blocked message 🥰

[cinder rivet]

Huh?

[ivory mountain]

oh no what will i ever do

[stoic nova]

its kinda nostalgic

[cinder rivet]

It's windows, still getting a gray screen with the GPU out

Bruh how unstable is windows 11 that doing this needs a reinstall

I'll say told you so but nah

[stoic nova]

amazing you even have something on your screen at all rn

🍿

dudes an anomaly

[cinder rivet]

I've been running my PC for 5 years, I know my way around a pc

[ivory mountain]

i wonder what cpu bro has

[cinder rivet]

Ryzen 5 3600G

[ivory mountain]

looks like im not blocked after all

install windows 11 24h2 instead of the most recent one off of their site, thats what i use

[cinder rivet]

You still are but okay

I'll turn off auto updates

[cinder rivet]

I don't get this?

I'm acting civil here only to be beset by toxic blokes

[empty quartz]

@ivory mountain look at this schiit

(Schiit amp and dac)

[ivory mountain]

Ooo

I use a focusrite like a basic mf

[empty quartz]

I bought used because schiits shipping price is insane

[scarlet marlin]

does anyone know if a computer can get tuberculosis

[clear canyon]

mambo

[tulip sparrow]

I have a FiiO K3 myself

[jaunty apex]

How bro felt posting this 😎

[rose sorrel]

These should work in this charger ?

Right ?

[jaunty apex]

Have you looked at eneloop?

[jaunty apex]

Dont want your charger to output more than the batteries themselves can handle though. Your DoF is way fucked so idk what brand it is much less what it outputs

Oh nickel ZINC with Ni-MH

Yea no, dont pair those

[rose sorrel]

Those are cheaper

[jaunty apex]

Last years though in my experience, and high capacity. My second set was actually rated for higher capacity than my first

[stark flicker]

What other smartphone are as compact as the base S25 / Iphone 17 / Zenfone 10 ? (besides their older version ofc)

Preferably cheaper

[cinder rivet]

Yeah the windows creation tool

just sucks

[ivory mountain]

i just download the iso the creation tool is booty ass

[cinder rivet]

Why is It sending everything to my drive that has no space and not allow me to send the drive to a place I want it to

[ivory mountain]

format ur usb as fat32

[cinder rivet]

it is fat 32

But windows 11 crashing from the settings menu?

And causing the os to brick?

Thats a first

[jaunty apex]

Pixel a series. Base variants have a visor for the camera array

[cinder rivet]

Windows 11 is fragile to me

[ivory mountain]

be a real man and download arch linux and install it from scratch 🔥

[cinder rivet]

Linux doesnt run most apps I want it to

[ivory mountain]

fair enough

[cinder rivet]

Yeah gg running fusion on linux

[jaunty apex]

Wine can run modern photoshop since about a week or 2 ago

Maybe itll happen soon

[cinder rivet]

Autodesk and solidworks are staunch windows supported

[jaunty apex]

Well.. i wouldnt be opposed to having a mac for those apps

Usually id look at windows for it but i know MacOS is a lot more solid and macs are getting real cheap compared to pcs

[fringe prairie]

pixel 10 pro

[stark flicker]

It is substantially bigger and heavier than the s25 but it is still quite compact yeah, thanks I guess

[fringe prairie]

https://www.gsmarena.com/size-compare-3d.php3?&idPhone1=13987&idPhone2=14050
doesnt look that much bigger to me

and 40 grams heavier are we deadass thats also like nothing

[stark flicker]

Form factor is the sole thing that matters to me in a phone

I have a genetic disease that totally f* up my joints, I am litteraly in pain using a big phone when i reach the side of it, like it dislocates my thumbs

I don't care at all about any other things, Android and ios are garbage anyway, all brands have so many issues it's insane with their Ai slop, privacy concerns, heavy push of random shit etc

Performance are always good enough for just discord and Firefox + bank apps
Screen, oled = fine, don't care about the rest

And camera, I only take pictures of cars and the random jank there is on my desk so...

If it could be smaller than the S25 I'd be happy

[jaunty apex]

Pixel 9a, 10a, iphone air or base are probably your best bets these days

10a isnt out yet I dont think is why i mention the 9. Can also just get it cheaper

There is Zenfone but those are expensive and have a short support window compared

[stark flicker]

Pixel A phones have been bigger than Samsung S for years now

And yeah the zenfone is too expensive, well Samsung S are already too expensive lmao but they are the only one small enough

(My wife has a pixel 8A)

[jaunty apex]

Yeah i am one of the few fans of "mini" phones. Really not easy to find these days

Settled on the base 9, and its still bigger than the 4 i had before which i could only just handle with one hand

[stark flicker]

IPhone air are also bigger than a normal iphone (i didn't even know it was a thing)

[stark flicker]

Yes the 4 was perfect!!!

[jaunty apex]

I liked the 4 but i preferred my iphone SE ngl

[stark flicker]

Well it's totally outdated nowadays anyway

[jaunty apex]

Id have upgraded to an iphone mini if i didnt want android sans google and they still made them when they stopped dragging their feet on USB C

[stark flicker]

Almost the same haha

I ended up buying a S23

But it was more out of spite than anything

[topaz shale]

i think i like big phones

[jaunty apex]

Ended up getting the 4 right around EOL. Didnt realize verizon locking bootloaders was something i had to worry about on an unlocked phone from amazon

[stoic nova]

its nice not being forced to install itunes on your desktop pc to move anything more than pictures or videos

wrong reply

[stark flicker]

It's not that I don't like them, but I have super small hands and my problem with them

[jaunty apex]

Considering i moved from windows and still dont have a mac.. yeah agreed.

Itunes syncing sucked assssss

[stark flicker]

I find it quite insane that there are no compact phones

I guess bigger is cheaper due to cost of miniaturisation

[jaunty apex]

Small doesnt sell

Unfortunately

People want their netflix and zoom call screens.. and bigger batteries which is valid since we lost the ability to water resist a phone that can be opened

[stoic nova]

if I had a $1 for every person ive tried helping get network drivers on their pc but cant cause iphones cant transfer files tethered without itunes.....

[molten patrol]

gpu : im am fine

[jaunty apex]

"Collecting system info" lmao

[molten patrol]

theres nothing to collect

[stark flicker]

Yeah I guess if I had bigger hands and no pain problems I'd be fine with bigger phones too

[azure topaz]

if ur trying to get scores close everything

like x1 and hwinfo

makes more of a difference than you may think, idk if it would in steel nomad but its worth finding out

[azure topaz]

if its not artifacting youre not winning

[molten patrol]

i already closed like majority of it

[azure topaz]

x1 and hwinfo poll all the sensors in your computer/gpu so theyre actually pretty intensive

any overlays you have on as well make a difference too

[molten patrol]

i feel like the problem = core tbh , at first i put +300 no issue , then +330 and black lines start to appear

[azure topaz]

i mean yeah

so crank mem more

+300 core is a pretty good offset idk what card tho

assuming something ok cause its steel nomad

[molten patrol]

3060

[azure topaz]

yeah i mean not bad at all

my 3080 stopped getting memory performance at like +1400 or +1600 offset

start at +1000 and see how performance is and then keep goin up if it keeps goin up

[molten patrol]

very scary indeed

[azure topaz]

yeah im top 20 or something on 3080

at least in timespy, nomad wasnt out yet when i was running my 3080 modded i dont think

[molten patrol]

my card is not OC version i believe i lost some performance there 🤔

[azure topaz]

nah

only difference is a stock clock increase by a couple of percent

[azure topaz]

globally tho not just with my cpu only

[molten patrol]

LN2? or just a loop

[azure topaz]

yeah top 31 filtered by gpu score and no CPU

[azure topaz]

stock air

[molten patrol]

wtf how hot is ur gpu lmao

[azure topaz]

66c avg temp in that run

~600w power draw

[molten patrol]

i assume u have a THICKKKKK card then

[azure topaz]

it was a gigabyte gaming

pretty basic card, 2x8 pin

not bad but not great

[molten patrol]

mid ish 🤔

[azure topaz]

shunt modded it and it had better pads+ptm so it was a pretty happy card

its in my gfs pc now with the shunt mod kinda disabled

its disabled but only because the card is pretty smart

its still shunted everywhere but the sensor for the pcie slot

and that is enough for the card to guess the ball park of the real power draw

[molten patrol]

my current 3060 i put a 240mm aio to cool it and im already happy 🙂

[azure topaz]

so its kinda modded ish

[azure topaz]

focus on keepin that vram and vrm cool then

[molten patrol]

will find a way to make small heatsink block to stay with the thermal pad ahahah 🤣

[azure topaz]

lol putty may have to be the way

[molten patrol]

too bad i cant find any in pc shops here

[azure topaz]

aliexpress 🙏

[molten patrol]

thermalpad already consider rare as hell , thermal putty can consider doesnt exist here 🤣

[azure topaz]

fair

[steel umbra]

always putty always

ditch thermal pancakes

[merry nest]

my 3d printer has been behaving lately

usually it throws tantrums by flinging pieces off the plate and refusing to make the filament stick down

[ripe spire]

Nvidia pulls soo much power

[stray portal]

Aio for 3060?

Seems pointless

[untold patio]

@tranquil briar

[cinder rivet]

Ended up reinstalling windows lol

[stray portal]

a cheap one would be a unihertz

Unihertz Jelly max

[stark flicker]

I do want a phone that is normal lmao

[azure topaz]

uh ok

[fringe prairie]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-thumbnail-does-he-know-he-doesnt-know-gif-27552850

[fickle valley]

Flipstyle foldable?

[latent gull]

Not gonna be cheaper

[fickle valley]

I got my razr for 300 euro

On sale

Very often on sale these

[hollow sorrel]

My new phone is here

It feels naked without a case

[stark flicker]

Maybe, but expensive

[stark flicker]

Never used one haha

[steel umbra]

Fud

6.5 year old spinach

didn't know the spinach was 1/3 of my age ;_;

[thin plover]

why are you eating old spinach

[latent gull]

It definitely doesn’t look like food

[halcyon fox]

It wants to die

[tired bear]

pre ai spinach

[tidal geyser]

what are you doing

[steel umbra]

i realized after making the food

i mean it only tastes bit like kelp, not like citric acid

it's not rotten or anything

[halcyon fox]

Building my own test fork of AOSP GSI

[steel umbra]

after latest os update my pics look awful on my f6 idk why

[tidal geyser]

xd i knew you were building something

[halcyon fox]

Tbh the build times aren't horrible. About 2.5hrs

[steel umbra]

man why are updates ruining everything

[halcyon fox]

I'm pretty short on ram though

[steel umbra]

my pics look awful now

why do they look so blurry and undefined, off color

[halcyon fox]

What device?

[steel umbra]

poco f6

[halcyon fox]

No idea. I don't really have that brand where i live in the US

[steel umbra]

how do i remove or reduce most of the post processing

[halcyon fox]

Using a third party camera app

[steel umbra]

why would xiaomi ruin perfectly fine phone

oh well still better than samsung's bloatware battery drainage

[fickle ivy]

Why can an app even control my phone brightness??

[mortal mantle]

does unused ram is wasted ram really always apply

[tired bear]

as long as you use it occasionaly it isnt wasted

[simple dagger]

Got a monitor that is Plouffe approved which is nice

Asus ROG XG27AQWMG 280hz WOLED

[mortal mantle]

Xiaomi is weird sometimes

[simple dagger]

Yo Latvian

Es ar Latviski saprotu. Tho i don’t speak Latvian in servers typically cause of rules

[mortal mantle]

in that screenshot when that happens basically anything tips it into less than 180MB free RAM so it just ends up closing whatever was opened

[tired bear]

thats fine

[mortal mantle]

is it

[steel umbra]

i'm blind

[simple dagger]

xD

[mortal mantle]

notice not even the launcher is listed as running bc lmkd killed it

[steel umbra]

that's what i get for word skipping

[simple dagger]

I ain’t risking it. Best to just stick with English as when it comes to tech, i’m better at English than Latvian lul

[steel umbra]

same

[mortal mantle]

though what did Xiaomi (and or MediaTek) fuck up (this is after a reboot)

went from 229MB free RAM to 833MB free RAM

[simple dagger]

Is it litterally 2GB total RAM? In 2026?

[mortal mantle]

it is

[simple dagger]

ouch

[steel umbra]

my ipad has 3 :(

appel couldn't afford 4

[simple dagger]

My 2018 phone had 4GB.. and it was a samsung midrange thing. A series phone

[mortal mantle]

bonus Android isn't counting SWAP

[simple dagger]

Last time i had 2GB RAM on a phone was back in 2016.

[steel umbra]

how quickly does your phone drain

[versed ferry]

https://tenor.com/view/keanu-reeves-pc-ram-johnny-mnemonic-gif-7310302748509028834

[mortal mantle]

what are the odds this actually does something (except waste a gig of space)

[steel umbra]

my samsung was discharging 5-10% doing nothing

[simple dagger]

Tbh we might need that in 2026 lol

[steel umbra]

literally all day

[mortal mantle]

(Android isn't counting it)

[versed ferry]

https://tenor.com/view/jokes-how-to-speed-up-your-download-troll-trollolol-troll-face-gif-12709822

[simple dagger]

iphones do the same stuff ngl

[steel umbra]

my ipads don't

i've been abusing my ipads but not my phones

[halcyon fox]

That quickly...

[simple dagger]

I had an iPhone 11 back in 2019. And 3 years later it was… not exactly good with battery and performance

[steel umbra]

can't read it properly

[versed ferry]

At this point some people are going to buy old scrap devices, unsolder the ram, and put it on their own custom PCB

[halcyon fox]

Bruh

[fickle ivy]

Why does the quest 2 have to be a complete and utter user experience mess

[halcyon fox]

Idk

[steel umbra]

people buy aliexpress mini pcs for their ram

and sell the rest

[fickle ivy]

Nothing ever works properly, I always have to do some stupid shit just to use ut

[simple dagger]

I’m glad i have 32GB RAM in my system. Makes me feel like i have something valuable in my “midrange” PC

[halcyon fox]

Same

[fickle ivy]

It's deciding to boot loop instead of charge normally

[mortal mantle]

so what does Xiaomi mean with RAM extension ("Memory Extension") if it literally appears to do absolutely nothing (doesn't even increase the lmkd trigger point)

[simple dagger]

Overclocked my kit of 5600MHz CL36 RAM to 6000MHz CL34

[left trellis]

goat

I got 64gb its ddr4 tho :(

[simple dagger]

Not bad. Still valuable af

[left trellis]

Suprisingly enough tuning and overclocking 2 mixed 2x16gb kits isnt too shabby

[mortal mantle]

Latvian is basically useless on Discord

[versed ferry]

When AI manufacturers realize that nobody can use their AI because they've bought all the GPUs, RAM, SSDs, HDDs, probably soon to be CPUs and silicon wafers.

[steel umbra]

you can run pretty recents intels with it

[left trellis]

yeah thats what im doing

[steel umbra]

and even "new" zen 3

[simple dagger]

I speak Latvian to a few friends on discord so not entirely

Some pro players i follow are Latvian.

[fickle ivy]

Every single time I wanna use my quest 2 I have to troubleshoot for 15-30 minutes

Not even an exaggeration I wish it was

[simple dagger]

I hope the AI bubble collapses and that major AI corps get annoyed

[steel umbra]

my brother told me that i'm listening to npc music (ncs music) it got me rolling

[simple dagger]

xD

[versed ferry]

Seriously though this shit is about to hit the mobile phone market and that's when shit is really going to hit the fan. As much as we here may hate it desktops are becoming more niche for everyday people. They're now mostly for gamers and people who need to do work of one kind or another. This shit isn't just going to affect game consoles, PCs, laptops, etc. Soon mobile phones are going to be hit just as hard and that is going to be a disaster if the AI market doesn't pop or supply doesn't meet demand.

[mortal mantle]

also who at Xiaomi even thought 2GB RAM was enough

[steel umbra]

you gotta copy appel all the way

[simple dagger]

Some random dude that had a Nokia 3310 as his daily

[mortal mantle]

(then there is also the sin of 32GB storage but at least Xiaomi kept the SD card slot)

[simple dagger]

4GB RAM should be the minimum in 2026 imo. And even that’s a low amount of RAM. I had issues on the iPhone 11 with 4 gigs….

“It just works” not

[mortal mantle]

2GB works when your SoC is not a fucking Helio G36

also why is it that on MediaTek devices media.c2 will either drain battery or leak RAM or both

[mortal mantle]

probably even worse

[versed ferry]

No no no. You plebian. You simply don't understand. What a simpleton. Don't you know that MacOS/iOS simply uses ram more efficiently. For your sacrilege you must say 20 "Hail Jobs" for penance.

Apple sayith, therefor it must be true. It is written in the holy texts

[simple dagger]

Anyways i bought my mum a decent upgrade for christmas

Samsung Galaxy A51 -> S25

[steel umbra]

krima* not christmas

[simple dagger]

I didn’t get the joke? Idk what that means lol

[steel umbra]

sr pelo reference

[simple dagger]

Huh?

I’m too old for this stuff

[steel umbra]

mokey by sr pelo

[simple dagger]

I still don’t know who sr pelo is

[steel umbra]

the funni channel

i mean if you find it funni

[simple dagger]

Well i haven’t seen him

Livin under a rock

[steel umbra]

well, good it's the 2020's brainrot

[simple dagger]

I know about the 69 meme but idk how it even became a meme.

[formal sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/big-brain-gif-25037715

[steel umbra]

let's not google what 69 means

[stray portal]

lets google what 67 means

https://tenor.com/view/tuff-sick-wow-wowsers-minecraft-gif-10059021701103936359

[simple dagger]

I remember the 21 meme being popular… quite a lot of years ago

[stray portal]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-67-scp-67-funyuns-funny-gif-75413186200073602

[versed ferry]

Honestly a great time to do it, since phones are about to get a lot more shitty.

[simple dagger]

Yeah. She getting a camera, a battery and a performance upgrade all in one

[formal sonnet]

Is okay is okay. I am sure the powers that be will find a way to use Machine Learning so our work week is reduced to 24 hours or less and everyone can prosper from food, water, shelter, and a sense of belonging. There's no way the capitalists would gate keep this. Not when we could change the world for the better of everyone... Right? .... Riiiight? 🤔

[stray portal]

whats 10 plus 9 onety twan youre smart

[versed ferry]

This is a concept that is too hard for tech CEOs to grasp. They need to ask ChatGPT about it.

[stray portal]

i wouldnt say pcs are niche

[steel umbra]

asus tuf

[stray portal]

any sort of work requires a computer

[versed ferry]

https://tenor.com/view/under-new-management-more-like-under-new-management-megamind-megamind-meme-jokez-da-joke-gif-19867663

[steel umbra]

what is 010101010010101110101201

guess what is wong

[stray portal]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-silly-dumb-thought-white-cat-gif-14973170630708462796

the 2 is wrong

[steel umbra]

nooooo it wasn't that obvious

you had to be cheating for sure

[stray portal]

im a hacker

i heck people for fun 😈

[halcyon fox]

Wow

[versed ferry]

"Now that AI has taken your office job, think of all the things that frees you up to do! Now you can shovel coal into the furnace that powers the 1.21 gigawatts it takes for our AI to answer if rocks are edible"

[grizzled frost]

Keep in mind, A-Tech generally has some of the best prices for RAM

at least for ECC dimms

[halcyon fox]

Wow....

Bruh thats more than I paid for my car...

[grizzled frost]

yeah

[versed ferry]

They are increasingly niche at home for people who don't game or use them for work. There are kids currently in school who don't know how to type on a proper keyboard because they've grown up without a PC in the house and many schools stopped teaching typing because they thought every kid would grow up on a computer like many of us did for a brief period. I'm not saying they're irrelevant or anything, but so many regular people just do everything on their smartphones now that they either don't have a proper PC or they have a really old one they never use.

[grizzled frost]

granted ddr5 ECC has never been cheap, but i'd expect that kit to be about 1kusd, not 6kusd

[stray portal]

😔 do kids not have ict classes anymore

[ivory mountain]

thankfully i had a tech-loving dad so ive been on computers since i was like 4

[versed ferry]

Hell yeah. I thought about upgrading my phone but I'm holding off. I have a galaxy s22 ultra and realisitically I don't need an upgrade. If I absolutely have to I will pay for a shop to replace the battery if I don't upgrade and phone market goes to complete shit (assuming I actually need the battery at some point)

[ivory mountain]

why did i say "had" like bro isnt in the living room

[glass rover]

do ayone have experiece about amd ryzen 7 9800x3d ?

[versed ferry]

Yeah my parents weren't techy but we always had a computer. I was born in 98. I grew up on those computers, for better and worse.

[junior merlin]

I'm honestly surprised the GPU market isn't as bad with the shortage. Prices are only up $100-150 on and card below the RTX 5080.

[ivory mountain]

sheesh unc

[ivory mountain]

5070 ti's are $1000 minimum what u mean only up $100

[fringe prairie]

900 big bucks for a 5070ti

[formal sonnet]

Not sure what ICT stands for here, but to AtomicAgeAce's point... Lots of people (both young and old) have no concept of proper file management, or even know what "file system" or "folder structure" mean... https://archive.ph/GV2vX

[junior merlin]

You can still find them for $900, MSRP is $750. That's only $150.

Compare that to what RAM prices are. Or even SSDs.

[versed ferry]

Depends on the school, country, etc. Some schools might be bringing it back now, but there were definitely schools that stopped teaching typing because they assumed they didn't have to. However many schools use chrome books now so some are bringing it back out of necessity since kids typing with two fingers while looking at the keyboard is really inefficent.

[formal sonnet]

Some people I've worked with become absolutely lost if they have to switch computers or their recent files lists are wiped for some reason. They just save things in the first place they're prompted without any ability to locate the files if the OS's search function breaks. 🤷

[ivory mountain]

shit i wish i could find it for 900 💔

[junior merlin]

Every couple days I'll see a restock of $900. Even still, that's not nearly as bad as what crypto was like.

[fathom harbor]

omg this so much, interned at an architecture office and some of the new guys have no clue, like absolutely no concept of file naming conventions and folder structures, not to mention layer management in cad files…

[tidal geyser]

i just keep anything important in my browser

[sweet sapphire]

whats the best pc for roblox bee swarm simulator

[stray portal]

thats like basic knowledge tho i knew that when i was 5

[ivory mountain]

a toaster can run roblox

[versed ferry]

I read that article last time this was brought up and it's still insane to me some people don't understand the concept of a file tree. Like I get not understanding how the broader windows file tree works, that can be confusing. But like, you make a file, you put things in it. Sometimes you put more files inside that file to organize things. It seems like such a basic concept but this article is literally about kids going into college the year I would have started, that is INSANE to me.

[tidal geyser]

you also get a different work style when changing laptops every week

[fathom harbor]

It’s actually faster to redo their work instead of trying to reorganize their “work”

[sweet sapphire]

no it cant

it doesn't have a graphic output

and no like ram or cpu

or storage

whats best PC for bee swarm simulator

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-ishowspeed-fortnite-fortnite-ishowspeed-cheeks-ishowspeed-blow-gif-8384090200881199846

[proper finch]

if it can run roblox it can probably run that

[junior merlin]

I mean, the problems for sourcing NAND for smartphones and laptops IS what will kill the bubble IMO. The amount of people who upgrade their phone every 2 years is ludicrous, mainly incentivised by their carrier. If suddenly that pipeline stops, and the price of a new flagship phone doubles, you WILL see massive pushback.

[sweet sapphire]

yesbut its bee swarm simulator

aka best roblox game

[fathom harbor]

dang this is like just a few weeks ago

even that’s overpriced af

[versed ferry]

When all you want to see is the AI bubble burst but all you get is the smartphone bubble bursting instead

[sweet sapphire]

scammering scamer scam

[junior merlin]

The fact that cards ARE still shipping and in stock is what surprises me.

[sweet sapphire]

🇮🇳 india respeck

[proper finch]

okay so roblox runs all of the physics and and actual game play logic on the server instead of the client. so if you can run the client the game will run fine

[fathom harbor]

?

[sweet sapphire]

yeah but its bee swarm

see its very graphic intensive

[junior merlin]

People need a device to access that AI. That point of access for 90% of people and businesses is a laptop or smartphone.

[proper finch]

ah okay. you are just trolling

play it on your smart phone doofus

[sweet sapphire]

not until you give me a good pc build

also you cant macro on phone

so what's the point

[proper finch]

buy a surplus offic pc, then put a 1080 it in it

[sweet sapphire]

ok

thanks twin❤️‍🩹 🇮🇱

[proper finch]

good enough for litterally any roblox game

[junior merlin]

Because of the lack of data centers, and the time delay to build them and the infrastructure, you NEED a device that can run the LLMs locally, like what iPhones and Galaxy S series do. The supply of those will likely dry up by end of year if it's THAT bad.

[versed ferry]

Speaking of file trees though. Seriously. For real. Actually. On god. WINDOWS NEEDS TO STOP FUCKING LETTING EVERY GAME JUST PUT FILES WHEREVER THE HELL THEY WANT. Oh my god you download one game and it puts forty files wherever the fuck it feels like it across your entire OS. Appdata, local, program files, documents, under the couch next to the finely aged potato chip, where ever the fuck. Then you uninstall it and it leaves files all across your OS like it's the remnants of a nuclear blast. This problem just compounds when you a million games installed like I do. Also, who the fuck decided that cluttering my documents folder was a good idea? Fuck off.

[formal sonnet]

Wait until you find out how you "uninstall" apps on MacOS... 🤣 "Just drag the app to the trash." -- okay but what about all the Library and Temp files the app created? What do I do with those? Do I just leave them on the OS disk forever?

[junior merlin]

I just don't see the bubble able to last more than another year or two, companies will be forced to cut back. They probably already are.

There just isn't the capacity

[versed ferry]

"okay but what about all the Library and Temp files the app created? What do I do with those? Do I just leave them on the OS disk forever?" Just as Steve Jobs intended

[formal sonnet]

I hope it doesn't. For regular consumer's sake.

[versed ferry]

I haven't used MacOS since the computer lab in elementary school when they were rocking these babies. I did buy a M1 Macbook for cheap to test somethings out but ended up selling it before opening it (long story). I plan on getting a different Macbook (maybe Mac Mini, but most likely Macbook) to finally try MacOS again. Then KidPix will finally be all mine once again.

[sleek ibex]

[fickle ivy]

Anyway I could use my phone as a capture card somehow for my laptop?

[versed ferry]

Yeah I am somewhere between wanting the AI bubble to finally burst so tech shit can go back to normal and also not wanting it to drag the entire economy down with it. We will see what happens. Either way, I hope tech stuff finally gets back to normal. 2020's has been the worst tech decade for consumers maybe ever.

[fickle ivy]

Like using it as an external display using a USB c cable and having it duplicate and then screen record?

[versed ferry]

It's possible but it would depend on the phone and PC. I'm pretty sure you'd need Lightning or USB4

[formal sonnet]

Nope. Not unless that functionality were already baked into the hardware.

[fickle ivy]

I want to be able to record clips from my gameplay to show my friends but on my laptop the framerate is horrible and it stutters alot

[junior merlin]

Like the problem with NAND and RAM being in a shortage is that it's the most frequently replaced and upgraded part of any device. It's like, one of the worst things to bottleneck.

[formal sonnet]

Then you'll either need a better laptop, or you'll need another computer and a capture card.

[hearty olive]

what are you currently using to record?

[fickle ivy]

Steam recording

It doesn't affect my game performance but the quality is bad

[hearty olive]

what are your specs

[fickle ivy]

Intel i3 7100u, Intel hd graphics 620, 8gb ddr4, 2.5" hdd

[hearty olive]

what are you playing

[fickle ivy]

War thunder

[hearty olive]

yeah i mean recording is kind of a big ask on a system like that unfortunately

[fresh escarp]

Heyo, so im thinking making my setup in a better layout, but i have argb strips which if im right take 12v, and if i maybeee remember motherboards have 5v and 12v pins, would it be possible to get them going or na? Cause atm they use the normal dc power thingy n stuff

[stoic nova]

dumping all over your user dir is far more preferable than something like AMD dumping all its temp installer data right at the root of C

[topaz shale]

try OBS, insight capture, medal, etc if your game is actually performing well. you can configure a lot of settings for recording quality.

if your game is stuttering outside of the recording as well, that will be picked up by the recording.

[fickle ivy]

Well even having Google chrome open makes my game stutter but the steam recording doesn't seem to affect it

I will try out medal though as I have used it in the past and liked it

[stoic nova]

oh man is medal an overwolf plugin?

[topaz shale]

i know insight capture is, i actually havent used medal

[stoic nova]

oh its not, sweet

yea, everything past obs is just, bloat

although would be nice to have some sort of sound indicator upon hotkey presses

[topaz shale]

i dont think obs supports an instant replay feature though

but then again im pretty sure you can mod obs with a bunch of plugins

insight capture actually worked incredibly well for me for a while. i didnt get a huge performance hit and the recording quality and features were quite good

[stoic nova]

the moment its hooking an overlay to your fullscreen apps I dont find myself much a fan

[topaz shale]

i always turn overlay off

you can on any recording software

[stoic nova]

funny you say that, I dont think either shadowplay or adrenaline dvr can even capture without it

[topaz shale]

yeah i havent used adrenaline but shadowplay does require the overlay

[stoic nova]

dream capture software would be an obs plugin that is essentially just this site https://alfg.github.io/ffmpeg-commander/ with a preview window

everything you need right there and nothing you dont

[topaz shale]

your pc is just terrible then, recording will always make it worse

[stoic nova]

cool feature too

[tulip sparrow]

https://www.gematsu.com/2026/02/hack-zero-announced

[sharp ivy]

oh

war thunder isn't good on my intel graphics 630 💀

[clear canyon]

bruh 💀

[fallow yacht]

ugh my iphone back camera ain't working properly anymore

[kind mantle]

IS this good?

[fallow yacht]

stuck with the 2x bullshit

[opaque bay]

what the hell did you do

[kind mantle]

Nuclear reactor pc

duh

[opaque bay]

😭

[sharp ivy]

why the bruh

that's when I played on my laptop

now I have an acutal gaming rig

[clear canyon]

using uhd 630 graphics on war thunder

[ivory mountain]

i wonder why

[sharp ivy]

well it was cause I could only play on my laptop

wasn't terrible\

I played til 6.0 on it

[plain cypress]

NGL I am tempted

But definitely visible dust

[hearty olive]

Is that that big of a deal for a $1k 5080?

seems like it’d still be worth it

get yaself an air compressor

[junior merlin]

Make sure you can test it

[south arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/doja-cat-star-wars-gif-25078126

Then sell the 5070 ti

[left dove]

i can swing my sword sword i can swing my sword

[molten patrol]

any issue u have? bcus i have a extra cooler might as well do some DIY and mot waste anything

[uncut sand]

I have a swiftech apogee hd waterblock for a custom water cooling loop

it's leaking water between the copper coldplate and the metal retention bracket

I had taken it apart before and didn't know if it was problematic before

the outer o-ring looks ok but I wonder if it's degraded to a point where I can't notice

the outer o-ring barely feels like it's sticking out of the acrylic

the center o-ring does a much better job of that

is this block salvagable or should I replace it?

[halcyon fox]

I am editing the window/app open animations for AOSP. Thought on this?

[uncut sand]

my friend is cheap and might be unwilling to replace the block

[halcyon fox]

Would you be able to just replace the inner O ring?

[uncut sand]

it doesn't seem to want to come off

I might be able to make it

but I would need a replacement o-ring

that picture is from this site

https://martinsliquidlab.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/i7-3930k-cpu-swiftech-apogee-hd/2/

doesn't that look like the o-ring is much thicker?

[sleek ibex]

I haven't heard of Swiftech in Ages

[hollow grail]

Holy
2 miles is pog
I once did an easy run to end at my old address to pick up a motherboard cause Newegg got my address wrong even after I updated it.

[uncut sand]

like I'm not crazy, this o-ring would leak water right?

[pliant edge]

WHOOOPS

banannananananann ipad air 4. i kinda stood on it while it was laying in my bed

[rose sorrel]

My pc been on for like week should i turn it off ?

[formal sonnet]

Big oof. That right there is a bendy iPad battery fire hazard waiting to happen.

[formal sonnet]

In general, it's a good idea to reboot regularly.

[rose sorrel]

Does it hurt components or no ?

[formal sonnet]

Rebooting doesn't usually hurt components unless you do it a bajillion times and have dirty power or something silly like that.

[torpid sinew]

got 8x 10K 1.8TB lightly used SASs. Thinking of a 6-wide RAIDZ2 to replace my 4-wide RAIDZ1 on SATA SMRs. Or should I just do 4-wide? What do you think?

[pliant edge]

i unbendy and it seem ok. i want fire so me able sue apple hehehehe 🤣 that be of the funnysd

[pliant edge]

iv had my pc on for 3 months you shouldent worry.

[topaz shale]

probably the raidz2 option so you dont have to stress about reslivering should a drive fail

[sharp ivy]

I mean if you're not using it sure

reduces wear on fan components and such

[main reef]

https://youtu.be/kI_Y231zwoU?si=nifRyK5zDwS-hKEY

This or legion go s

[wheat ruin]

This is pretty neat:
https://the-gadgeteer.com/2026/02/15/what-a-gaming-tablet-looks-like-when-kojima-productions-controls-the-design/

[main reef]

Also expensive

[ebon marlin]

Cut your nails pal

https://stupidpenisx.com/i/status/2023601422571331971

‎Gabe Follower (@gabefollower)

Valve added a note to clarify that all Steam Decks are currently out of stock due to shortages of memory and storage. It doesn't look good for Steam Machines...

vxTwitter / fixvx 💖 456 🔁 21 · Feb 17, 2026, 3:32 AM

[calm idol]

man atleast release the vr and controller if steam machine isnt viable atm

[gaunt spade]

99999$

[gaunt spade]

i totally forgot about those

theres no news at all??

[calm idol]

not that i heard

[mint umbra]

The vr headset uses ram too you know

[calm idol]

yeah ik, but id think that it uses less and is cheaper cause they will probably buy individual chips directly not modules from potentially a third party

could be very wrong ofc

[gaunt spade]

why not just use a camera camera instead of a dashcam

[junior merlin]

Cost, as well as most cameras not being good at continuous use. They tend to overheat after being on for hours at a time

[glossy patio]

Now people will have a good idea of what the bar realistically is to run any game on PC 🤠 https://x.com/BackersGamesF/status/2023591178428432549?s=20

Backers | Fortnite News (@BackersGamesF)

STEAM IS LAUNCHING A NEW FEATURE THAT WILL CHANGE REVIEWS FOR EVER

People will be able to attach their PC hardware specs directly to their product reviews. This lets others see the reviewer's setup when reading and make it easier to judge whether reported issues such as low

X · Feb 17, 2026, 2:51 AM

[mint rock]

Now people can bully me for my specs

[ocean axle]

Are you saying your PC is trash and we should bully you for it?

[mint rock]

yes go ahead

[ocean axle]

Well, what's the specs?

[mint rock]

give me a minute I don't have it memorized cuz I'm fucken lazy lol

[calm idol]

hopefully they will say the actual specs and not just for example the generic baseline cpu speed and corecount like in the steam hardware survey

[bold olive]

when plasma displays outright destroyed its newer types of panels

panasonic viera is superior

[ebon marlin]

Park in the wrong neighborhood then you'd have to replace an expensive camera and window

[ebon marlin]

Steam is cooked they had to pause Steam Deck orders since they can't complete any orders due to shortages

[stark flicker]

Cool thing with tesla is you have cameras everywhere and they can't be stolen

[ebon marlin]

Well you don't really need a dashcam either on a Tesla

Irrelevant

https://tenor.com/view/tuff-jew-ben-netanyahu-gif-12871571148592649302

[twin tartan]

It's relative

[crimson cairn]

do you think a gopro will work as dashcam?

[cerulean dawn]

guys anybody know why my screen goes black for like half a second? it happens mulitple times a day and its quite annoying trying to win clutches and such

[crimson cairn]

power issue

maybe

[cold skiff]

Because it hates being on

[stark flicker]

Bad hdmi cable maybe, it happened to me multiple times

[stoic nova]

You would need to do some hacky stuff to make it function like one but totally

[cerulean dawn]

i use dp but maybe

[stoic nova]

The old hero 3 in your junk drawer is probably better than most dashcams

[stark flicker]

Happened to me with dp too, I'm cursed with cables

[crimson cairn]

make sure to use 2.1a cable

try changing the gpu port

[thorn escarp]

there's a very weird whirring sound coming out of my pc

its veryyyy quiet so it's not being picked up by my phone or my headset mic

im lowkey worried

idk if its coil whine or whatever

[versed ferry]

Lenovo Legion Go 2 is out of stock too. Many things are going to be going out of stock. 2020's has been the worst decade in tech for consumers ever. I supposed that's what happens when you enter a second gilded age. You know shit is bad when people are rooting for a bubble to burst that could take the economy down with it, and I can't blame them. I just want this shit to go back to normal. There is no reason why availability of consumer electronics should be this bad.

[cerulean dawn]

would it be fine to just replug while pc is on?

[ebon marlin]

Used market stays goated even during these times

Snagged a Legion Go 1 with a 80wh battery mod and 1tb nvme for 380€

[pale flint]

its good cuz thats what you do

[cold skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/paramount-plus-goat-paramount-goat-funny-goat-goat-chipmunk-gif-12679730258773495514

[abstract wigeon]

what the shit is this?? havnt touched windows in a month and then

[stoic nova]

What's the installers extension

[gaunt spade]

https://tenor.com/view/sackboy-little-big-planet-nodding-nodding-head-luma-gif-25664372

[lapis furnace]

Largest LEGO piece 🧩 ever that I seen

[royal scaffold]

I personally feel like using a laptop keyboard for a while has made me not used to a full-sized keyboard.
||And for some reason, when I got a new keyboard, I started breaking my typing speed records when I switched back to my laptop keyboard despite not coming close to that on my external keyboard. x_x||

[stray portal]

Smaller keyboards are just more ergonomic

Thats why i use a 60%

[royal scaffold]

But the fact my speeds increased on a totally different keyboard doesn't seem natural. ^_^;

[cerulean dawn]

bro those were perfect for making beyblades

[thorny saddle]

Yous guys gotta drive TMR keebs

[cold skiff]

Try a typewriter bro. You’ll be a king on a keyboard after

[gloomy sleet]

i love tmr

i wanted to try a he board but being locked into either he or mechanical switches is so annoying

[royal scaffold]

I will surely give it a try.

The only issue is that the backspace serves a totally different purpose.

[river creek]

You know boys, sometimes I look at myself and wonder why everyone was hating the GT730, it was my first card I bought from pocket money in 2017. And if I think back. I had more fun with it playing CSGO and BF4, then I've ever had with my modern system

[grizzled frost]

ancient, functionally e-waste

[river creek]

Like all the fun, I had tinkering with it, going into config files to lower the settings EVEN more, and get a playable experience. Now adays just set it to Ultra, and forgett it

[river creek]

I agree with it being a questionable card. But still it COULD run games. and if you're 12 years old, you aren't going to spy through Ebay etc for the best deal and then try to somehow pick it up. You'll go into a Hardware store which took you a days trip and buy the only new GPU you can afford.

[grizzled frost]

A decade ago, sure, but not true anymore

[river creek]

Well yeah, I'm also 21 not 12 anymore.

[thorny saddle]

im smothered in CPUs and GPUs anymore

[river creek]

So like, you made CPU and GPU paste ? (I guess you but them in a blender (no pun intended)). And put it all over yourself ?

[thorny saddle]

essentially

its just X3D CPUs as far as the eye can see

[river creek]

Gimme one.

I regret being a cheapskate, KNOWING that the R7 5800x3d is better for gaming, and seeing that it was 150 Euro more and still buying a 5700x

It was the definition of a dumb purchase

Also one last thing I gotta get of my chest about the GT730. There were 2 versions. a GDDR3 and a GDDR5. The GDDR5 Version was in some games 100% faster then the GDDR3 version

[abstract wigeon]

honestly dbrand killswitch case isnt as expensiveas i expected, £66 for case + shell + skin + grips + shipping to EU

was expecting to end up paying 100+

[river creek]

I have a phenominaly dumb Idea

[jovial swan]

any concerns when buying this thing? Lenovo Legion 5+ 15AKP10 I7 13650HX RTX 5070 and 24 GB ram? (other than the single channel memory)

[versed ferry]

Why do you have so many?

[versed ferry]

Legion laptops are great

[river creek]

Just be ready for a jet engine

Independent of that. I personally never understood the appeal of gaming laptops

[shell lily]

I have a problem where my ethernet will just go off randomly (like every 5 minutes if im doing something that requires faster internet like downloading or playing games, but will even if im not) and I have to unplug and replug in my ethernet to fix it. Ive tried cahnging my router and my ethernet cable and it hast fixed anythig. If anyone could help thatd be appreciated!!

[thorny saddle]

so other people don't have to bear this burden

[versed ferry]

https://tenor.com/view/is-it-gif-20766212

Y'all got anymore of them burdens?

[thorny saddle]

I gotta lot of burdens yo

my shelf of burdens

[quasi moat]

I got skeletons in my closet too yo

[thorny saddle]

Skeleton vs skeletons

[quasi moat]

https://tenor.com/view/memes-jesus-christ-kids-gif-12765867

You need a Bible

[thorny saddle]

You don't know the half of it

[sinful quarry]

For those who are interested in seeing a modern laptop being made. 🙂 #ARCpowered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW2sgZRbp7A

[gleaming rose]

apparently the new yoga pro 9i will launch in July FML

I don't wanna wait that long for it

[drowsy isle]

@tulip depot now this might rival GameStop’s trade in prices

M4 max especially studios are still thousands

And we don’t even have m5 max yet

$360 for that is comical

[jovial swan]

Someone has offered me this
https://www.inet.se/produkt/1973748/asus-rog-flow-z13-13-4-i9-16gb-1tb-rtx-3050-ti-120hz-fhd#specifikationer

Is it still alright for light weight gaming like warthunder and CS2?

[clear canyon]

wdym offered

[jovial swan]

I put a "looking-for" listing up locally for a ROG flow, Ive gotten 4 people who are all in possesion of one, whos willing to sell, at very different prices and specs

[clear canyon]

im sorry what?

I need more context on the "looking for" part

[jovial swan]

Now you are confusing me

[kindred halo]

It's a common way to look for items.

I.e: On Facebook marketplace, you can make a post that's just "Looking for an Intel CPU, 12-14th gen" and people will message you with their processors that they're willing to list

[jovial swan]

That yes.

[clear canyon]

oh ok, thankyou

[kindred halo]

It's how I bought my RX 5700 XT

"Looking for AMD/NVidia GPU, minimum GTX 1080 Ti / RX 5700 XT"

And I got a 5700 XT!

[soft pendant]

Anyone know how to troubleshoot a pc not turning on? Theres an orange light that says sb_pwr on my asus b350 mobo which is on, but pressing the case power button does nothing and neither does bridging the power pins with a screw driver. Pc was working fine yesterday. I shut it down from windows. Manual doesn't mention the led anywhere

[clear canyon]

ok so what is your budget?

[jovial swan]

Also that pronounce thing, is that the swedish tank destroyer?

[kindred halo]

It's a nifty way to get items you can't immediately find

[jovial swan]

No idea. Im waiting for the guy to respons to my inquiry on price

[kindred halo]

Yes! The Stormpjäs!!

[clear canyon]

dram issue, so take out all ram sticks and put only 1 in, on slot A1

[jovial swan]

You play WT?

[kindred halo]

It's built off the StridsVagn M/41 (Pz. 38T) Chassis, with a 150mm recoilless gun!

[kindred halo]

Yep :3

[clear canyon]

slot A1 is the left most slot

@soft pendant

[kindred halo]

The f in its name (fm/43-44) means it's experimental :3

[jovial swan]

Amazing, up for some? I got all BRs

[kindred halo]

Can't right now.. Electricity's out

[jovial swan]

Oh rip

[kindred halo]

Mostly playing ARB rn - 9.0 / 10.3 (J29F, SAAB F-35) to grind the remaining 70K off the MiG-21Bis, wanna play that when I can?

[jovial swan]

Yes.

[scarlet marlin]

does anyone know any part I can salvage off a old nuclear warhead for my pc? maybe like a chip or something

[clear canyon]

what?

[kindred halo]

Yippee
!!!!

[scarlet marlin]

like let's say I have a old nuclear warhead laying around is there any useful parts

hypothetically

maybe

[clear canyon]

?

[scarlet marlin]

it's a W53

[jovial swan]

maybe the guidance servo control unit. depending on which type you got it would be on the multiple launch platform

ah wait its a airdropped one then no theres nothing

[scarlet marlin]

maybe I can use the warhead as a makeshift pc case?

nothing a few elbow grease and angle grinder can't fix

[kindred halo]

Oh look, the laptop I wanted to buy is sold out

Lovely

[soft pendant]

Tried it still nothing

[pure trellis]

Has anything interesting happened in the tech world recently?

[clear canyon]

move that stick over to the right 1 slot

[frosty ruin]

Are Corsair QX140 fans good for moving a lot of air?

If not what about the LX140

[grizzled frost]

basically just everyone is too poor to afford anything, so essentially the grass is green the sky is blue

[soft pendant]

Do i just try all the slots individually?

[kindred halo]

Alleged 82.5 CFM on the QX140 according to Corsair

[clear canyon]

you shouldnt need to

the 2 left most slots are the ones you need to try as they are different

[kindred halo]

84.7 CFM on the LX140

My 120mm Asiahorse AMICI G pushes 70, so.. Idk if mine's good, or yours is bad

[pure trellis]

Computex 2027,got it

[frosty ruin]

I don’t have those fan yet. Just curious since I need some good ones that move a lot of air in and out with the priority being 2x140mm fans that blow air directly into the RTX 3090

This thing sounds like a jetplane taking off

[clear canyon]

in 2027 we will have 50 years till cyberpunk 2077

[pure trellis]

At least,temp were good, right? Right?

[frosty ruin]

70 degrees yes

At 99% util

[pure trellis]

Devs,do the funny

[frosty ruin]

Plan B would be buying some watercooling kit with a 280mm radiator for the 3090

[kindred halo]

Yeah.. I am no help there, sorry

[pure trellis]

You can try just get pure copper heatsink too

[soft pendant]

Tried both slots with both sticks still nothing

Maybe the psu is dead?

[frosty ruin]

The ROG cooler is a copper one tho. It’s just „painted“ (I know it isn’t painted but you get the drill) on there to look silver

[soft pendant]

But then idk y the pwr led would be on

[pure trellis]

Nickeled

[clear canyon]

well if ur getting an orange light, that means you have Dram issues, so try resetting the CMOS battery

[frosty ruin]

Nickel plated copper yes

But I think I’ll just get the LX140 ones

Already is a huge upgrade from what I have rn

iCue link is a other story but yea

[empty quartz]

Still have zero regrets about this (also no i was not driving, i was parked waiting for some friends)

[jovial swan]

Wth is this
Intel® Core™ i7-13650HX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 8 GB
12 GB RAM, 512 GB PCIe 4.0 SSD
15,6" Full HD skærm (1920 x 1080), IPS-panel
144 Hz opdateringshastighed, G-SYNC support

12 GB ram

[soft pendant]

This isn't a post code light its just a power indicator

Im pretty sure its always orange

[clear canyon]

wait what, send pic please

[soft pendant]

Next to it there is writing saying: SB_PWR. The post code lights are at the top next to the cpu. It doesnt get to that point tho. It just stays off even when bridging the pins

[clear canyon]

what is your motherboard

[soft pendant]

Asus stryx b350 f gaming

[clear canyon]

so thats just a power indicator

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/7931ct/asus_strix_b350f_orange_led/

[jovial swan]

is 14 inch laptops alright for gaming? or is 15 inch minimum

[pure trellis]

Technically, it doesn't matter, practice, depends how big are you and how close to screen you will be

Go to the closest shopping mall and check display models if 14 is good for you

[plain cypress]

How transportable do you need it to be
How comfortable do you find compact design vs larger

[jovial swan]

Rn using a 27 INCH, but idea is for lappy to be connected to a monitor

[plain cypress]

A larger screen and keyboard I think is more comfortable for gaming (IN MY EXPERIENCE), but smaller is much more portable

I preferred gaming on my 17" gaming laptop but I much preferred carrying around my 14" gaming laptop

Oh connected to a monitor? 14" is fine

Lead with the monitor bit next time 😅

[soft pendant]

Right, so then if its not ram and its not the psu im not sure what might be wrong, unless my mobo just randomly died overnight despite being off

[clear canyon]

reset cmos

[abstract wigeon]

new terraria playthrough !

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/terraria-pvp-gif-27478996

[hallow jasper]

its a laptop. some weird combination of soldered and add-in RAM to get 12?

[ebon marlin]

Mogged

[ebon marlin]

Bro lives in Birmingham

[abstract wigeon]

is coming soon

[plain cypress]

Why is the trackpad silver

[ebon marlin]

Prefer the Legion Go

[ebon marlin]

Previous owner put stickers on it

[plain cypress]

Ah

Not broken off or 3rd party replacement, got it

[ebon marlin]

380€ for this with 80wh battery mod and 1tb nvme namnam

[plain cypress]

NGL I disagree with their taste on adhesive decoration

[outer swift]

question,i can run 1440p with the ryzen 5 5600 and xfx7600 gpu

bc ill prob get a 200hz monitor

[jovial swan]

someones selling a HP elitebook 845 gen 8 with these specs for 205 USD / 1300 DKK
is it worth?
Ryzen 5 5650U
16 GB Ram
256 GB SSD
1080P 400 nit touchscreen
win 11 home

[fringe prairie]

that’s good

in line with what id expect those to go for in the states

[plain cypress]

Yeah 200 bucks that's fine

Realistically pretty good

[soft pendant]

Removed battery, shorted cmos pins put in a new battery. Still dead

[clear canyon]

hm, yeah ur psu might be dead, what exactly happened

[empty quartz]

I guarantee mine cost less

[delicate zodiac]

how ugly does sleeved cable extension look when you connect 6+2 pin to 6 pin connector?

[ebon marlin]

380 for and it came with a 80wh battery mod and 1tb nvme

[empty quartz]

380 euro?

[ebon marlin]

yuh

[empty quartz]

Mine was far less

[soft pendant]

Maybe, I've had the pc since 2018 same mobo and psu and ram only changed the cpu and gpu last month

[ebon marlin]

I also paid more for a better device

[empty quartz]

Specs?

[soft pendant]

Went from a 1060 to a 2080 maybe that did my psu in

[clear canyon]

what happened when it died, did you smell smoke?

[ebon marlin]

same as the rog ally z1e but way better gpu due to way faster ram + double storage + double the battery size

[empty quartz]

I have double your storage

[ebon marlin]

I also didn't pay for my storage

[empty quartz]

My 2tb was $160 cad

[ebon marlin]

380€ with the 80wh battery mod + 1tb nvme

[soft pendant]

It was working yesterday, turned off last night. Tried powering on this morning and nothing happned

[empty quartz]

Mine was 315€

[clear canyon]

but what did the pc do besides that

[empty quartz]

Well

350 cad + 160 for a new ssd

[soft pendant]

Nothing lol just worked fine. I was even folding on it for a couple hours but when I shut it down it was idle. I wasn't running anything. Overnight it was powered off

[ebon marlin]

detachable controllers are a game changer

[clear canyon]

then yeah, we can assume ur psu is dead

[ebon marlin]

can just set my console down and play with the joycons without having to sacrifice my back

[empty quartz]

Im personally not too big on that

[ebon marlin]

I owned the Rog ally b4 and also own the Steam deck it sucked being only to play them as is

switch style controllers is way better

[empty quartz]

For you*

[ebon marlin]

for anyone

[empty quartz]

Not everyone is the same

[ebon marlin]

Small screen on the rog ally is a bummer