tech-chat-1

[tawdry trail]

and I don't have an answer either 😭

[tidal geyser]

tf you mean you did not do it

[tawdry trail]

my fiance regularly games on this, more than me

[tidal geyser]

you cant do that by gaming

[tawdry trail]

I'm assuming it happened when she tried installing a new cpu that's what she told me she did, idfk. It's a $200 fix or just go a different route

Id rather spend the time fixing it than ruining my relationship over it

Either way I'm unbothered and she can't play stardew anymore

I came home from work to all of this

[tidal geyser]

fun

cant happen to me

https://tenor.com/view/milhouse-simpsons-frisbee-lonely-loneliness-gif-22891693

[tawdry trail]

I told her to wait for me to install it

that didn't happen

but I think it's a good deal I'm getting just trading this crap for a new mobo, cpu and ram even if it's am4

Saves money and hassle

[tidal geyser]

i would just get another am5 board

the 3900x really is not a amazing chip

[outer swift]

would dual gpu work? in 2026

[tidal geyser]

dual gpu did not work in 2015

it aint better in 2026

[brave brook]

any form of SLI or Crossfire support is gone from games for many, many years

[tidal geyser]

i love how there was one guy asking for SLI support on am5

that was a bit back still funny AF

[outer swift]

i have am4

[outer swift]

alright

[tidal geyser]

ok?

am4 does not fix the INSANE amounts of issues it had

[outer swift]

am just asking

[tawdry trail]

More cores more threads than r5 8400f?

[tidal geyser]

you mean 3 vs 6 in most games?

the 3900x has the issue of both CCX and CCD

i said 3+3 3+3 for a reason

its ok but the 8400f is WAY WAY better

[echo zephyr]

I have an rtx 6000 blackwell pro threadripper ryzen 360ml aio and 2250 power supply and 256gb ddr5 ram

540 hz 1440p

oeld

[outer swift]

what are you running?

[echo zephyr]

youtube

[brave brook]

too bad no other AM4 CPU is in pricing range of reasonable replacement for a backup computer like my 3900x system is

[echo zephyr]

jk lol rtx 3050 16gb ram

oled 1080p laptop

[tidal geyser]

just one backup computer?

i have a whole shelf of em now :3

[echo zephyr]

ABSWER ME İ

[brave brook]

that is the 'main backup'. Obviously got many computers

[tawdry trail]

I'll be honest idk what any of this means

[outer swift]

dang

[tawdry trail]

the only games I play are like beam.ng and she plays stardew valley

[echo zephyr]

is it bad? or good

[tawdry trail]

id have issues doing that with a r9 3900x?

[outer swift]

idk,i have a pc

[echo zephyr]

then why did u say dang

[tidal geyser]

why was the computer upgraded then

[echo zephyr]

in what way sim stfu

[tawdry trail]

opportunity

nothing more than that

[outer swift]

idk what to type

[echo zephyr]

sim calm down.

[tidal geyser]

not really, unsure how well beamng would behave tho.

yolo

[echo zephyr]

chill

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1287520466189418548/1435572962802663464/togif.gif

[outer swift]

idk where to find the cpu Ryzen 7 5800X3D

tho the ryzen 5 5600 i have is good

[tawdry trail]

It's heavy on ram

Thats about it

[outer swift]

so ram is most needed in beamng?

[echo zephyr]

I'd like 1tb of ram

ddr5

can tyou give it to me sim?

[tidal geyser]

from my understanding each ai car also likes one core

[ivory mountain]

idk how to play beamng i bought it but everything so confusing

[tidal geyser]

<@&750150305383186585> troll, rule 4

[echo zephyr]

I said I wAAS JOKING CANT TYOU TAKE A GOD DMAN JOKJE

[ivory mountain]

get fucked

dattebayo xoraqluar-chan!

[outer swift]

okay..so the more ai cars si like more cores

[tidal geyser]

or something

[outer swift]

what about quality

[tidal geyser]

quality?

never used it, only heard about some stuff

[outer swift]

like high,super high settings

[tawdry trail]

to put it into perspective I used to play beam.ng perfectly fine on a ryzen 5 3600 and a 1660 and it was more than fine

so I don't really think id have an issue but please let me know if you think otherwise especially in other games

[tidal geyser]

3600g?

[tawdry trail]

I didn't mean to add a g

[tidal geyser]

eh go for it

[quasi moat]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-gif-6854484037844207749

[quasi moat]

3600g

[tawdry trail]

and if I need a different cpu in the future I don't think the x570 pro 4 would stop that would it

[tidal geyser]

am4 could

its just old

[tawdry trail]

Not my worry

[tidal geyser]

but yes you can do anything from a 5800X3D to a 5950X

[tawdry trail]

Am4 was just fine before and I don't do anything too demanding so if I need I figured a 5800x3d would be perfect

[outer swift]

am searching for 5800x3d

[ivory mountain]

sim can u buy the newest intel nova lake cpu with the bLLC and test if for me before i buy it when it drops

[outer swift]

tho idk where to find it

[ivory mountain]

Ur cooked bud

[outer swift]

wdym

[stray portal]

is anyone else experiencing issues on steam

[ivory mountain]

Theyre expensive as hell rn

[tidal geyser]

i do not want a desktop

[tidal geyser]

btw your server tag is missing a A in the front

[stray portal]

i get like internet issues and i cant speak to friends, its only for steam my other things work

[pearl fossil]

does anyone know anything about upgrading a sandy bridge laptop to ivy bridge

[ivory mountain]

Not me

[tidal geyser]

should be possible just not sure if its worth it

[pearl fossil]

well from a celeron b830 to an i5-3210m

[tidal geyser]

if the laptop does not support it a ch341a and probs some random bios on the inernet could fix it

[pearl fossil]

it's basically

[outer swift]

oh dayum..would the prices go down?

[pearl fossil]

my aio from 2012

it's not really a laptop but it has a rpga988b cpu

even has a slot for a battery so it kinda is just an oversized laptop

[outer swift]

its like that

[tidal geyser]

o well i should not have expected you to get the joke

[pearl fossil]

and i think i could probably use 16gb ram in it

[outer swift]

ooh i think i get it,wait no,..

[pearl fossil]

the manufacturer says only 8gb but the chipset and that crappy celeron support 16gb

[echo zephyr]

can u get sparky in priv

[pearl fossil]

i really wanna try using 16gb in it lmao

[outer swift]

would 16gb be enough for gaming? bc ill prob upgrade to am 5 soon or later (ram prices need to go down)

[tidal geyser]

btw i would have a quick look at the used market iv gotten some INSANE deals, right now im using a 12700h laptop with a OLED 90hz 2880X1800 screen i got for 25$ plus another 60 for the hinge then another 40 or so for the battery

yup

even on a igpu

[pearl fossil]

damn 😭

[tidal geyser]

look used, deals can be had

i just got a 11th gen + mx450 laptop for 50$ that just needed a stick of ram and a ssd

[pearl fossil]

i'm fine with my m4 mba 15", it plays minecraft well enough

and that's basically all i need 😭

[pearl fossil]

wtf??

goddamn

i'd be fine with finding even an 8th gen i5 laptop

[tidal geyser]

o yea i got that too for 15 i think it was

i keep needing to convert between nok and usd

[pearl fossil]

15???

[tidal geyser]

also it was 25$ but it had a rx540 dgpu from amd too

[pearl fossil]

you can convert to euro if that's any easier idfk

[tidal geyser]

NOK to usd is just removing a zero

[pearl fossil]

oh goddamn

[tidal geyser]

500nok laptop 50usd

[pearl fossil]

goddamn

[tidal geyser]

right now usd is dying but meh

[pearl fossil]

imagine i get a battery for that aio and i grab it with me somewhere 😭

it has an 18" screen, so it's not big but still bigger than most laptops

well than basically all laptops

and it has a touch screen

[sharp ivy]

Oh the single tower. The dual should be much better at cooling your cpu and is still affordable

[pearl fossil]

the performance is horrendous on that stick of celery

[sharp ivy]

ooh what socket

[pearl fossil]

rpga988b

supports mobile sandy bridge and ivy bridge cpus

well idk about ivy bridge but

it should work with sandy without bios modding

i have a ch341a and soic8 clip at least

[serene python]

good old laptops

before they made them WOKE

[pearl fossil]

😭

i like my macbook air as a main but i want to experiment from time to time, use weird devices nobody wants to use anymore ykwim

[serene python]

see thats the woke mind virus

macbook

[pearl fossil]

i'm in a lesbian relationship

boo (i hope i scared you)

[serene python]

😭

[pearl fossil]

wait we have a mutual friend???

[serene python]

damn crazy

[abstract wigeon]

whats he on about

[ivory mountain]

bro is out

[clear canyon]

Dude check this out

[ivory mountain]

Ur not gonna get me buddy i saw the star

[empty quartz]

You already fell for it

[clear oasis]

My hackintosh liveeesss!!

[empty quartz]

Yummers

[empty quartz]

Nvm

Not a real mac 😔

Install tahoe on it

[serene python]

i am the kind of person to install asahi on a macbook

[hexed tapir]

I have spoilers turned off nerd you can't fool me

[latent gull]

Why do you have spoilers turned off

[serene python]

i think this might be done

and ready to make

[pure trellis]

Oh,no numpad

[serene python]

boo hoo

[spring latch]

g

[flat shell]

looks sick! What mcu

[serene python]

rp2040

[pure trellis]

Also,no macros at all

[flat shell]

my man

[flat shell]

qmk

[serene python]

man , a little hard

[flat shell]

my girl, sorry ^-^" (ok this just became really akward)

[pure trellis]

That's for which language?

[flat shell]

QMK is a software made for keyboards, something like windows, linux or macOS for computers. You can program it yourself

basically firmware for DIY/hobbyist keyboards

[pure trellis]

That's great work around, pretty over designed, but work around

[flat shell]

damn, sorry if i don't wanna spend a shit ton of money to get something i need, when i can diy it. :b

[pure trellis]

I mean, just get splitter for second keyboard

[indigo basin]

why does this fan make a rubbing noise, but only when powered?

[flat shell]

fun fact, most of them run on qmk

[flat shell]

can't quite catch that one. Can you give some examples of that sound?

[indigo basin]

raise your volume 😭

it sounds like plastic on plastic

[flat shell]

had to push my volume to 100%

[flat shell]

yeah, probably low rpm + needs lubricant if i had to guess

[indigo basin]

but why would it make noise only when powered

if it was lubricant wouldn't it be even when I hand spin it

[somber zealot]

anyone know how to self host a server on minecraft java?

[flat shell]

idk, from everything i'm currently reading (reddit and etc) it needs lubricant...

[spring latch]

you have resources such as google I direct you to use em

[indigo basin]

what kind of lubricant

wd40 fine?

[somber zealot]

thanks chuckles

[indigo basin]

only lubricant I have on hand 😭

[flat shell]

silicon if you have it at hand or wanna buy

[somber zealot]

i dont find any good tutorials lowk

[flat shell]

worth a shot

[hexed tapir]

We have millions of YouTube tutorials

[indigo basin]

create a tiny .mrpack and use mrpack4server if you're really lazy

or just download the server jar

[bronze swallow]

Well I think my PC is finally dying. To be fair I made it from scrap parts years ago. Randomly shuts off and having weird stuttering issues. Rx Vega 56 that I repasted and stuff and an 17 8700k.

[hexed tapir]

Tell it that it can't die in the big ai 2026

[brave brook]

but why bother with that in 2026 ?

[bronze swallow]

I'm trying lol. My uni budget does not support a new desktop.

Borderlands 2 is crashing. It's getting bad.

[azure topaz]

consider power supply

but also try dxvk with bl2

generally runs better after the first stutters

[hexed tapir]

Or the old vega is dying

[azure topaz]

possible

[bronze swallow]

The old vega is definitely dying. But I would take a look at those. The power supply should be enough. It's a 650w.

[azure topaz]

a garbage 650w is a garbage 650w

[hexed tapir]

Vega 56 is nearly 10 years old

I feel old

[bronze swallow]

Why would you assume it's garbage. @azure topaz It's a gold standard corsair.

[azure topaz]

randomly shuts off is generally not an idicator of graphics card though you feel?

[bronze swallow]

Issues the GPU

[azure topaz]

corsair means nothing to me if its not a good corsair model

[bronze swallow]

It is a good corsair model.

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/fire-writing-gif-24533171

[bronze swallow]

That PSU has been quite good. It's the Graphics Card.

Screen goes Black randomly and I have to reboot.

New pads, paste and it still does it.

[clear oasis]

why not? its a super fun project that tests your patience, skills and troubleshooting skills

[swift stream]

i think i might just get the aio

[ivory mountain]

we know u are we obviously cant change ur mind 😭

[brave brook]

cause Tahoe is literally the last ever version ever released for x64, and the support from apps is only get worse every year.

[bronze swallow]

I have an AIO just cause it was free. My old 6 heat pipe cooler was better.

[clear oasis]

im not runnning tahoe

im running ventura :)

[brave brook]

meanwhile i am wondering what will i put on my Macbook next year

[rigid fjord]

that moment after you do a windows update

[bronze swallow]

@brave brook Fedora if Intel.

[sharp ivy]

Ah ok

[hexed tapir]

https://asahilinux.org/about/

[brave brook]

Intel Macbook

[hexed tapir]

Ew ewaste book

[bronze swallow]

I say fedora or arch.

[brave brook]

The issue is T2

[bronze swallow]

@hexed tapir What is wrong with the intel one. It has more support. Don't be negative.

[hexed tapir]

Thermals and battery life

[brave brook]

(yes, there are T2 variants of Linux distros, but it ain't perfect. But W11 is probably even more problematic)

[bronze swallow]

@brave brook T2?

@hexed tapir M1 had worse thermals. Not sure what you mean. Plus you can fix that.

[sharp ivy]

Wait what linux do you reccomend for intel mac

[bronze swallow]

Fedora

[sharp ivy]

I wanna run it on my Mac

[brave brook]

security chip in late Intel Macbooks

[sharp ivy]

is it lightweight

[brave brook]

https://wiki.t2linux.org/state/

[sharp ivy]

cause I got 3gb of ddr2 667mhz

[bronze swallow]

It is lightweight yes. Arch may be even lighter. Depends on what DE you use.

[sharp ivy]

ah k

[bronze swallow]

In ram usage --> XFCE<KDE<GNOME

[sharp ivy]

I use XFCE already on my other DDR2 machines

[hexed tapir]

Looks at i9 MacBooks

[sharp ivy]

My mac has 2 cores 😎

[bronze swallow]

Oh good. I used to use that as well. XFCE is good. Using KDE right now.

[sharp ivy]

nice

[bronze swallow]

My favourite Imac Design honestly

[sharp ivy]

it looks actually really good

with the see through kinda aesthetic

[bronze swallow]

Right! I always thought the soft white was super cool.

[rose stream]

I think some forget previous Intel Macbooks used to have some nonsensical cooling setups, a few of them being even pretty anemic too.

[sharp ivy]

ignore the fact my mouse is a compaq one

[bronze swallow]

I'd be a sucker if a new laptop came in that colour or a pc case.

@sharp ivy DW I still use an intellimouse

[brave brook]

nothing beats macbook air in horrible cooling

[sharp ivy]

Oh nice

[rose stream]

What cooling? Lmao.

[bronze swallow]

Most people barely do anything on Air models so it isn't noticed much.

[sharp ivy]

for something called air there's not a lot of air flowing

[rose stream]

It was literally just a metal slab over the cpu with a thick pad between both that basically insulated it instead.

[sharp ivy]

but I don't own one

[brave brook]

nah, this is the issue with 2020 MBA 😄

[bronze swallow]

Air has passive cooling. It's meant to run warmer.

[hexed tapir]

I9 9880h MacBook pro

[rose stream]

Also a fan inside of it with no obvious vents, making you wonder where the hell it's getting air from and where it goes.

[brave brook]

let's put a heatsink on and don't connect it to the fan 😄

[sharp ivy]

magic

[hexed tapir]

It gets cool fresh air from the bag of holding

[brave brook]

nonsensical design 😄

[bronze swallow]

Old Macbook Pros were a dream to work on.

[rose stream]

^That is exactly the kind of example that comes to mind.

[bronze swallow]

pre retina.

Then they started with the glue :/

[brave brook]

too bad they were also noisy, i had a 2011 MBP 13"

[fluid island]

hey guys, w cpu cooler?

[bronze swallow]

@brave brook I just repasted and cleaned my 2011 MBP and used it for years. It wasn't that bad.

[hexed tapir]

And monitor cables that were too short and tore over time

[bronze swallow]

Never noticed that with the retinas.

[hexed tapir]

Problem some AliExpress

[fluid island]

i7 8700 underneath allat COOLING POWER

[bronze swallow]

I'm typing on a 15 year old thinkpad atm.

[hexed tapir]

https://youtu.be/NzjoELvrkYo?si=uMte0o5Z0RcRzDjr

[fluid island]

just bought a 6900 xt, CPU reaches 99 degrees Celsius, though I might repaste and add the second fan

[clear canyon]

What cpu and cpu cooler

[rose stream]

And nearly ended with the 2020 Air. Lol.

[bronze swallow]

Every laptop has their weird issues. 2011 macbook had GPU Issues. yada yada

[sharp ivy]

It's decent

[fluid island]

i7 8700, some random ass segotep heatsync and some random fans, I upgraded from an R9 380x to an RX 6900 xt, never had overheating issues until now lol

[sharp ivy]

you should dust it tho

[clear canyon]

Yeah a repaste should fix that

[bronze swallow]

I have a 8700. How does a 6900xt pair.

[fluid island]

I know, I know, but the cooler is held with ZIPTIES

[bronze swallow]

My vega is pretty dead.

[clear canyon]

Not good

8700 is slow

[rigid fjord]

3 yeat pipes on that cooler, not really that good

[bronze swallow]

Figured there would be a bottleneck.

[sharp ivy]

cut zipties maybe?

[rose stream]

Well yeah, however, the 2020 Air was a "special" case in weirdness out of most laptops released that year.

[echo zephyr]

3 yeat pipes on that cooler, not really that good said dumb person

[bronze swallow]

I OC my 8700 to 4.7

or maybe it was 4.4-4.6 i dunno

[fluid island]

I literally shoved ZIPTIES though the motherboard to keep the cooler mount in place

[bronze swallow]

I Zip tied my RAD haha

[echo zephyr]

no you didnt haha

[bronze swallow]

I get it.

[sharp ivy]

Idunno how 7700K compares but I have a Thermaltake Gravity i2 on it and it runs nice and cool

[fluid island]

anyway, actually having GRAPHICS power is cool stuff

[fluid island]

I have this aquarium style case

[rose stream]

It just depends on what you run it across, how thick they are, and how good the contact is really. Though I guess that's too nuanced for anybody who looks at this stuff too much on the surface.

[rigid fjord]

considering heat transfer, yes it's not that great, at best that's for a cpu rated for 40-65w, and that 8700 is quite likely pulling 100w or so

[sharp ivy]

Oh neat

[echo zephyr]

nerd

[bronze swallow]

I wonder if I can just find the weak point on my GPU and fix it. Not sure im ready to buy a new one.

[echo zephyr]

I just said it for no reason idk

[fluid island]

check out this shi

[sharp ivy]

this is my case

ABS Vortex Leo

[rigid fjord]

so, you're saying you're an idiot then

[sharp ivy]

not an ABS prebuilt inside

[fluid island]

love the decals on it

[bronze swallow]

Neat case. I don't mind it.

[echo zephyr]

yeah

[rose stream]

Hey, at least you now have a cooling fact to tell someone later. Lol.

[sharp ivy]

Why thank you

[bronze swallow]

I have used my Fractal Design Define S for 11 years now

[clear canyon]

You should look to upgrading ur platform

[echo zephyr]

is rtx 6000 blackwell pro good

jk dont answer

[rigid fjord]

have a look at hwinfo's sensor panel and look at how much power draw is happening while in use

[fluid island]

it's just sitting here

[clear canyon]

Oh nice

[fluid island]

ITS DDR5 AND MY PC HAS DDR4

RAM IS TOO EXPENSIVE 😭

[clear canyon]

L

[bronze swallow]

If I was on a budget I'd choose a ali express mobo combo.

[rose stream]

Good enough to answer anyway, and by that meaning definitely yes. Lmao!

[bronze swallow]

Xeon, Mobo and Ram for 200

Slow clock speed but it's a server cpu so.

[echo zephyr]

NO SHIUT SHERLOCK anyway I appreaciate you naswering.

[sharp ivy]

That's a nice system for the cooler you have

how much are Thermalright assasins where you live

[rigid fjord]

i wouldn't, i'd look at someones old system on ebay

[sharp ivy]

cause they're great coolers for a good price

[sharp ivy]

My PC was $299CAD on marketplace

you can get some good deals

[fluid island]

I kept on postponing upgrading my pc because it kept on working, but my R9 380x started having artifacts and I ended up getting an RX 6900 xt, and now the rest of my build is DRAGGING IT DOWN - ram is too slow, 2666 MHz, cpu is too slow, PSU wasn't enough so I ended up getting a 1250 watt MINING psu

[bronze swallow]

@rigid fjord Depends

[echo zephyr]

how much would a blackwell rtx 6000 and ryzen thread ripper 360ml aio and 540 hz oled monitor 27 inch and 2500 power supply and 100 dollar mouse and keyboard and 256 gb DDR5 ram would cost in 2026=

[fluid island]

about 95 euros

[sharp ivy]

oh my

[bronze swallow]

I thought about getting an i9 but they're expensive used.

[sharp ivy]

HUH!?!

[fluid island]

yeah it's a WILD ride

[sharp ivy]

153CAD

That's insane

[fluid island]

oh wait it's from deepcool

[echo zephyr]

ı feel like IM BEING IGNORED

[rigid fjord]

nope, quite literally for an r5 3600 +mobo + ram you'd be looking at 150-200

[echo zephyr]

YALL BEACHESÜ

[sharp ivy]

oh

[fluid island]

75 euros, just converted it with google

[rigid fjord]

deepcool assassin not thermalright assassin

[sharp ivy]

ye

the Thermalright one is what I was talking about

[fluid island]

yeah yeah, just noticed the different brand 🙏🏻

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/я-крутой-gif-2845603716687532974

[sharp ivy]

plus they come with a decent amount of thermal paste

[fluid island]

yeah much more reasonable, around 40 euros

[rigid fjord]

tbf, thermalright assassin is totally skippable and you'd get either a thermalright peerless assassin, phantom spirit or royal knight

[sharp ivy]

you can get dual heatsink ones too

[buoyant bridge]

lowkey

[sharp ivy]

I meant the peerless

[rigid fjord]

now look for an id cooling a620 pro se

[fluid island]

36 euros

[rigid fjord]

id cooling a620 pro se = slightly better performance than a pa120se while being slightly cheaper

[rigid fjord]

grab it

[sharp ivy]

:3

[fluid island]

lmao which is better this

[sharp ivy]

That should be good

[fluid island]

OR THIS

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[sharp ivy]

lol

[rigid fjord]

covers you up to 240w tdp on either of the pa120se or a620 pro se

[sharp ivy]

not so much fire as incendiary but YEAHHHH

[fluid island]

I'll fire this thing up right now (pun intended)

[rigid fjord]

the idcooling by far is better than this

[fluid island]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[sharp ivy]

good recommendation, thx

I will actually keep that in mind

[bronze swallow]

My server uses a 6 heat pipe cooler. Thing is crazy.

[fluid island]

if my house burns down you'll see the post on r/pcmasterrace🔥🔥

[rigid fjord]

my desktop uses a 240mm aio, just because

[sharp ivy]

good to know (I don't use reddit)

[fluid island]

massive w

[ivory mountain]

No

[bronze swallow]

I don't either.

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/black-guy-laughing-to-another-gif-18318413367529960448

[sharp ivy]

Oh yeah I originally put this cooler on an i3-4130

[bronze swallow]

Never had much interest in using reddit. Only for troubleshooting on occasion.

[sharp ivy]

for the sillies

but now the craptiplex has an i5-4590 that I got for free

still the fan doesn't even ramp up but it's nice to have

[fluid island]

anyway chat here's my old R9 380x just for funsies

[sharp ivy]

graphic of card

[hexed tapir]

Why is it semi nude

[fluid island]

I somehow broke the original fans so I put a pc case fan in one of the fan holes of the GPU to act as GPU fans

hooked up the case fan that was ziptied to the GPU to the mobo and controlled it via fancontrol

[sharp ivy]

I should clean my laptop

[fluid island]

that's why the cpu fans don't have any CORNERS, I chopped them off with garden pliers and repurposed them INTO cpu fans because they used to be the fans of my old graphics card 🙏🏻

[sharp ivy]

beautiful

[fluid island]

it's called being resourceful‼️🔥

[bronze swallow]

Funny enough I just cut pieces of my case with garden pliers.

It's the only thing I use them for.

[fluid island]

okay it's time for me to put the damn thing back together and hook it back up

[fluid island]

as long as no one looks at the non modular PSU spaghetti it's fine-

it's fine, the case is pretty damn thick so the cables fit just fine

[sharp ivy]

waow

[fluid island]

it's a CALCULATED risk

[fluid island]

this case has SEEN some stuff

I actually have TWO R9 380x

I used to run them in crossfire

[azure topaz]

tc1

[fluid island]

newer games don't support multi gpu operation anymore, so one of these two was used for rendering the game and the other one for frame generation via lossless scaling

[sharp ivy]

:3

entirely off this old psu's 2 sata ports

[fluid island]

I've done some WILD stuff with pcs my entire life

[steel umbra]

drippy

[sharp ivy]

nah it's fine

it even games

[fluid island]

I've broken CPU power cables and just continued to use them, I've used fanless GPUs for HOURS at 105 degrees Celsius and didn't care, I've run ZIPTIES through motherboard CPU cooler holes to keep the cooler in place, but I haven't yet tried this

I applaud you‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[sharp ivy]

Thank you

[sharp ivy]

🔥

[gentle kestrel]

bro rocking the retro build

[sharp ivy]

also dis 🙂

[gentle kestrel]

why does your computer have a chop

[sharp ivy]

huh?

a chop?

[fluid island]

this is a 2 year old photo, when the fan DIDNT have its corners chopped off

[sharp ivy]

oh you're talking about the fans

woops

[fluid island]

AND the bottom GPU is LEGENDARY

you'll never guess WHO that little guy at the bottom IS

[sharp ivy]

NO WAY

GT 610?

710?

[sharp ivy]

YEAHHH

[gentle kestrel]

why waste the slot power at that point

[hexed tapir]

Gt 420

[fluid island]

extra monitor outputs ‼️🔥

[gentle kestrel]

not any modern ones

[hexed tapir]

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gt-420-oem.c259

[sharp ivy]

but it has hdmi and dvi

my 610 does

[hexed tapir]

Red zip tie for extra fps

[fluid island]

gaming zipties

[gentle kestrel]

modern
dvi

[odd marsh]

Dinosaur
Video
Input

[gentle kestrel]

why is your psu a vape brand 😭

[sharp ivy]

ye it's missing a screw, I found it in a bin of ewaste that was used for a sculpture project

[hexed tapir]

Why have a thumbtack in the case?

[fluid island]

because it's njoyable

[sharp ivy]

but I also found a pristine i5-4590 in the same bin which was great

[gentle kestrel]

kaboom

[ebon marlin]

Mmm ssd's and ram

[bronze swallow]

So my gpu keeps crashing and leaving my screen black while the computers on or freezing.

[fluid island]

to start the computer

[bronze swallow]

Could a different bios be benefitial.

[sharp ivy]

yes

9800GTX has DVI

[fluid island]

HE HAS RAM AND SSDS JUMP HIM!

[gentle kestrel]

i think you’re missing the modern part

[sharp ivy]

generational wealth

[bronze swallow]

I was quite surprised when I looked at SSD pricing yesterday

[odd marsh]

probably not tbh

what else have you tried

[fluid island]

anyone wants ddr3 ram? 400 a piece

[bronze swallow]

Yeah.... I figured. Not sure why it keeps doing it. I replaced thermal paste and pads.

[sharp ivy]

what on earth

Zeppelin!?!?

[fluid island]

yes💀

[odd marsh]

is it under load or just random

and I would assume started happening after replacing pads

[bronze swallow]

Random.

[sharp ivy]

aaand I see a name on the other stick of ram that is somewhat connected to zeppelins

[fluid island]

it used to power my old OLD pc, a pc that has gt 710 and i5 3340 (I always reuse old parts in newer builds)

[bronze swallow]

Happens occasionally.

[bronze swallow]

Nope. Before. Just didn't fix it.

[fluid island]

kingston

[sharp ivy]

oh that's a 0

[odd marsh]

have you tried DDU and reinstalling drivers?

[sharp ivy]

not a D ok

[fluid island]

I've got some old OLD hardware laying around here

I've got a 40 gb HDD in the attic from the 2000s

[sharp ivy]

how many pcs do you have that run DDR2

[fluid island]

it's actually DDR3

[bronze swallow]

I've done driver updates and it didn't help. What is a DDU

[sharp ivy]

but old hardware

[sharp ivy]

Display Driver Uninstaller

[bronze swallow]

Ah ok. Yeah I haven't done that.

[odd marsh]

try that first

[bronze swallow]

So just removing GPU drivers and putting it back on?

But updating them didn't work. Wouldn't that be the same thing

[odd marsh]

yeah essentially

no

[fluid island]

these 2 sticks of ram used to power my minecraft nights YEARS ago

[bronze swallow]

Hm I can try that. Long shot though.

[fluid island]

they deserve to go up on the shelf

I'll do the same for my current ddr4 pair when I upgrade to ddr5

and in 50 years I'll have a shelf full of ram

and ill sell that shelf for INFINITE MONEY

because ai data centers will have gobbled up ALL available ram in the world

[swift stream]

i use armoury crate so there is a minimal reason behind it

[sharp ivy]

Nice

I gtg now

[fluid island]

me too

[swift stream]

i don't feel like having more bloatware on my computer🥀

[bronze swallow]

Not sure what you mean.

[fluid island]

I'm gonna go hook up my pc and enjoy 95 Celsius instead of 99

[bronze swallow]

ramarang

[swift stream]

i was thinking on getting this cooler

[fluid island]

btw I miss the old Kanye

[hexed tapir]

Over priced copy paste asetek cooler?

[bronze swallow]

Seems kinda expensive.

I've never been an AIO Fan. But they look nice. I don't think mine does as good of a job as my old cooler but it is quieter.

Far quieter.

[tired bear]

air cooler supremacy

[bronze swallow]

+rep

[sharp ivy]

That's quite expensive

[valid fiber]

custom loop is the best choice

[bronze swallow]

I have always wanted a custom watercooling loop though. but I also know it's overkill.

[tired bear]

imagine having one more point of failoure for no good reason

[bronze swallow]

It's true.

Custom loops are just for swag points.

[valid fiber]

thats and argument to do it

[bronze swallow]

It's also expensive.

Could make one DIY but most won't do that.

[valid fiber]

just do it

[tired bear]

just pipe a hydronic heating radiator to it

[bronze swallow]

Nah, not worth it for me.

[valid fiber]

you can reuse the radiator and pump forever in future builds

[bronze swallow]

You'll need a new block though. And semi regular maintenance.

I just don't think I feel like maintaining a loop.

[tired bear]

not the gpu one

tipicaly most expensive one

[bronze swallow]

Yeah. I just personally don't see the point. I want my PC reliable and my GPU crashes are annoying enough as it is.

[valid fiber]

yeah cpu and gpu cooling block needs to fit to your cpu but that alone will be cheaper than the whole aio

[bronze swallow]

I swear AIOs are much cheaper.

And if not, Get a better Air cooler.

[swift stream]

i mean, for the regards it isn't too badly priced

[hexed tapir]

https://www.asetek.com/oem-partner-products/rog-ryujin-iii-argb/ Asus just buys the cooler from asetek and throws their logo and such to it

[bronze swallow]

I don't think I'd choose one with a display.

[swift stream]

only company i really see that makes their pumps are corsair

[tired bear]

no lol

[bronze swallow]

Honestly I'm not even sure I'd choose a pc with a side panel glass anymore.

I'm kinda over it.

[spark path]

this isn't a problem considering it goes back down to within 2 seconds right and I got 2 games running at the same time

[bronze swallow]

I'll probably use my Define S for another 10 years though anyways lol.

[latent gull]

Fractal north with mesh panel

Best case

[bronze swallow]

I haven't seen it. I bet it's nice! I've had a great experience with fractal. I refuse to buy any other case new./

[tired bear]

old fractals are soo good

[bronze swallow]

Crazy good. Never had a complaint about it.

[hexed tapir]

Artic and cooler master and many more too

[bronze swallow]

They're good but I would still choose Fractal.

[tired bear]

at the end it is just a metal and plastic box, nothing that can break except ports and power button

[bronze swallow]

Cable managing is super nice and I like the build quality.

[valid fiber]

pc just needs to work, be silent and have no lights
ideally you can have it on at night without really noticing it's on

[bronze swallow]

Not about that. More about building in it. Considering I've had three seperate kinds of builds in this one. It was worth it.

I tried building in an old NZXT case a long time ago. Returned it.

[tired bear]

s340?

[swift stream]

i just want stuff for future proofing since my mobo can support the 9000 series (up to 9950x3d) and pice 5.0

[hexed tapir]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/w8n9TW/thermalright-peerless-assassin-140-778-cfm-cpu-cooler-peerless-assassin-140-black also way cheaper dual tower air-coolers often match or beat 240mm Aios

[bronze swallow]

H440

[latent gull]

Only problem I had building in my Corsair case was the Corsair power cables that won’t bend for fuck all

[bronze swallow]

Returned it to get the Define S.

11 years later I do not regret my decision.

[hexed tapir]

Aio coolers and futerproof
don't mix since Aios can completely die and become useless

[swift stream]

i just don't want a corsair aio because I don't wnat to deal with the hub

[valid fiber]

I'm still using the same case from my first pc (about 2009)

[bronze swallow]

Cool looking case.

[latent gull]

Oh no I’m not using a corsair AIO, I was using an NHD15 and now I’m using an Arctic LF3

[odd marsh]

the only futureproofing in PC building are cases and noctua coolers with proof of purchase

and even then

[bronze swallow]

USB enhancements through the years. C will continue becoming more relevant.

3.0 will continue to be around for a long time though.

[valid fiber]

i could still upgrade my case with front usb-c with the slots that were meant to be for optical drives
most modern cases don't have these upgrade option anymore

[rose stream]

Oh hey, there's a neat one.

[spring latch]

ive used a 2012 gateway case for 3 computers

2012-2023: i5 3330, 8GB DDR3-1600, Kepler GT 730
2024: AMD FX 4300, 8GB DDR3-1600, Kepler GT 730
2025: Celeron J4125, 8GB DDR4-2666, Kepler GT 730 (this machine is when that GT 730 died)

and its currently empty

[tawdry trail]

how hard would it be to turn this into a computer case

[bronze swallow]

Considering it is a cylinder. Not easy. But, doable probably with the right components and effort.

[tawdry trail]

I have access to a CNC machine, I'm good at welding and soldering

[bronze swallow]

Oh yeah you can do it.

[tawdry trail]

will be back in a month.

[bronze swallow]

I would recommend making a platform and backplate for the mobo though.

[tawdry trail]

I was going to cut a 20 inch aluminum disc with a cutout for the backplate

[bronze swallow]

That would work. Just remember you need to mount the PSU.

I'd also recommend taking the tire off. And then you can make a platform for the rim 🙂

Up to you though!

[rigid fjord]

it's been done already, though you'd have to do some custom mounting for it, i would look at getting cut perspex/acrylic/polycarb to to match tin innder diameter of the wheel

also depending on the rim size will factor in what mobo you can fit inside that

like itx for sure, but matx might be possible

psu wise, you may want to opt into getting an sfx/sfx-l psu for it as they's smaller and can give you more space when it comes to mounting a gpu

bbs alloy rim modified into a pc case @tawdry trail

[sharp ivy]

that's a cool case

[tawdry trail]

My main thing is not to ruin the rim

[rigid fjord]

if you use polycarb, you could mount to it without having issues tbh

[glossy veldt]

a big polycarb circle

mmmmm polycarb

[tawdry trail]

very good idea

I also have access to a 3d printer

[rigid fjord]

yup

[tawdry trail]

but I figured most of my work would be cnc

[glossy veldt]

i mean yes cncing is an option

[rigid fjord]

funnily enough you could cnc with polycarb or nylon also

[glossy veldt]

im so broke i'd use string and a dab of glue to make a circle then cut it with a hacksaw

[rigid fjord]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiNiI9_CGTw this uses steel plating for the framework that the pc components mount to

the 2 different mobo trays for that case

though as it uses tempered glass, polly carb would be stronger and crack resistant comparitively, you could also mount studs through it so the pc is held to the wheel by actual wheel nuts instead

the main issue will be in how you'd cool the pc inside it

[abstract wigeon]

yo my refurbished steam deck oled arrived today and i saw it had black thumbsticks, everyone online shows it having grey?

is it just rng

[rigid fjord]

a ream of paper + enough pva and a little water, then compressing it between something heavy, then cutting it out with a hacksaw would also work

[plain cypress]

afaik it is rng

[abstract wigeon]

neat

[frigid blade]

Is a 3070 to 4070 ti a meaningful enough upgrade to last like 5 years or better to get 50 series with mfg?

[abstract wigeon]

nope

[frigid blade]

To which one

[abstract wigeon]

30 to 40 series is ehhh

i had a 3070, now i have a 9070xt, HUGE upgrade

9070xt = 5070ti but cheaper at the time

if i was you i would get either a 9070xt or 5070ti, literally zero preference just whatever is cheaper

[steel umbra]

it's like upgrading from a 3070 to 3090 ti oc edition

but w efficiency gains, better rt

id say no

[abstract wigeon]

i think a good rule of thumb is don’t upgrade 1 generation, wait atleast 2

[frigid blade]

Is the 60% price difference worth the gains between 5070 ti and 4070 ti then?

[abstract wigeon]

is a 9070xt cheaper for you?

[frigid blade]

Oops sorry

[abstract wigeon]

when i got mine, the xt was £120 less then ti

[frigid blade]

Lemme check

I’m looking at used pricing

[abstract wigeon]

in my opinion i would avoid getting used of a current gen card, the price different to new is typically very small because it’s the current gen product. but do what you want

[frigid blade]

9070xt sells for much less than 5070 ti used

$700 vs $900

[abstract wigeon]

good, get a 9070xt then

[frigid blade]

Seems like even some open box sell for less than $700

[abstract wigeon]

you’ll be very happy with it

[abstract wigeon]

how much is a 9070xt new? for me new is £590

probly like $700

[frigid blade]

On what, like Amazon? I’ve been checking eBay prices

[abstract wigeon]

yeah check new incase it’s just the same price

if it’s a small enough difference, i’d get new

[frigid blade]

A bit more on Amazon, like $50

[abstract wigeon]

if savings are big though, used is good

[abstract wigeon]

not so bad, for me that would make be buy a new one, but up to you

going 9070xt seems like your best bet here

new or used, prices are good value

or at least, better than nvidias offerings

[frigid blade]

If I can sell the old one that helps a bit too

[abstract wigeon]

yeah sounds like a good plan

[glossy veldt]

brother

so i go to print some tihngs for my grandma somewhere

[abstract wigeon]

i sold my 3070 for 200 iirc, and bought 9070xt for 580

[glossy veldt]

and i say well i won't go to the main printing place cause that's next to a police station

nd my motorcycle has an illegal exhaust and no headlights

[frigid blade]

200 gbp?

[abstract wigeon]

yes something like that idk

[glossy veldt]

i jut realized im in tech chat, shite

[abstract wigeon]

i just put it up for auction for a week, you could get more BIN but would take longer to sell

[glossy veldt]

whatever, right to the point, i ended up going to print stuff on a place that was being raided by police

on an illegal bike

so guys, don't cheap out on exhausts and headlights 😭

[unique aspen]

my 1,4ghz i3 boosting for its life running steam

[frigid blade]

Why is it running steam

[unique aspen]

because gta IV

check rpc to see current speed btw

[thin bloom]

what you guys think of this guys pc build? i think it's cool
https://fixupx.com/alphafox/status/2024597360551280993?s=20

AlphaFox (@alphafox)

Bro has the ultimate gooning rig:

**💬 64 🔁 221 ❤️ 2.4K 👁️ 85.3K **

▶ Play video

FixupX · Feb 19, 2026, 9:30 PM

[tired bear]

https://decky.net/en-eu/products/gulikit-steam-deck-joysticks
maybe someone upgraded them to these

[wispy spindle]

Y'all

Recently my phone's really been acting up. I can receive and send texts, but neither make or receive calls

All my settings and numbers seem to be configured correctly, I've tried restarting the phone multiple times. I've tried network resets, I've tried taking the sim card in and out multiple times

Nothing. And the sim works on other phones

[unique aspen]

my old iphone did that too

i went from 4s to iphone 13

[frigid blade]

Laptop

I gotta clean everything out on my desk later, these were so dusty

I sold one of them to a friend and his dad wants 2 now

Im just cleaning them up and repasting

the one on the left has a cracked screen so its a donor now

[grizzled frost]

i spy an alienware keyboard

[frigid blade]

mine? its razer

Ornata V3 X

my mouse, keyboard, headphones are all razer

by accident

they just happened to be the cheapest but OK quality when I purchased them

[ripe marsh]

What’s the difference between amd AI and AI “pro” mobile cpus?

[latent gull]

"pro" probably

[frigid blade]

probably just a faster tune

AI MAX is even better

more cores, better iGPU

[latent gull]

AI crunchwrap supreme

[ripe marsh]

I had a look on passmark and the “pro” seems to be slightly slower

[frigid blade]

pro is more enterprise

more tailored towards businesses not gaming

[latent gull]

https://www.amd.com/content/dam/amd/en/documents/products/processors/ryzen/ai/why-choose-ryzen-ai-pro-ebook.pdf

[frigid blade]

I think AI too

[ripe marsh]

So some sort of enterprise security thing?

[frigid blade]

no clue

[nova lotus]

Is there something where windows won't boot over USB?

I copied my OS to a 2.5" drive in an enclosure and it didnt want to boot when the drive was in there

But it did when I switched it with one of the spots for my Raid 5 array

(I am workin on it still so pls ping)

[grizzled frost]

windows will not boot over USB

[sharp ivy]

Like the vPRO intel cpus

which are more secure or whatever

[nova lotus]

Huh

[sharp ivy]

wdym

windows can boot from usb

[sharp ivy]

ohhh wait you have the drive in a usb enclosure

my bad

[grizzled frost]

the installer will boot over USB, but windows will not

[clear canyon]

Bro wtf is this wan show lmao

Someone got married

[tulip sparrow]

RIP XBOX Asha comes from ai roots https://youtube.com/shorts/TM5T2Jeklb4

[mellow sonnet]

should i buy a vertical gpu mount or do a case swap

[ivory mountain]

YES

[tulip sparrow]

Whelp RIP Z1E devices https://www.rxddit.com/r/LegionGo/comments/1ra2e6q/lenovo_responds_that_there_will_be_no_more_legion/

[pliant edge]

got my first oled. xbr-55a8h wondering what some of the best things i can do to prevent burn in?

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/mogger-sung-jin-woo-gif-9784079221226254113

[torpid vigil]

Can someone help me out with an issue I’m having just randomly. Computer was working fine 2 days ago turned it on today now my CPU aio won’t even turn on. Now all of a sudden I’m getting an error 15 code on a x870e aorus elite wifi7 board. The code comes on for a few seconds now, then a c5 code comes on. I reseated the gpu and still the same thing… my aio is a CORSAIR iCUE Link Titan 280 RX RGB Liquid CPU Cooler I did an update on the cooler 2 days ago because one popped up on icue software so not sure what’s going on. Feel like I’m stuck and just very frustrating

[stoic nova]

Mans cooler needs updating

Ayo heatsink boys

Your heatsink ever need firmware updates?

[plain cypress]

I can't be bothered to read all that but I do love Corsair 😁

[sinful cobalt]

get an active moving wallpaper

and dont play the same game for like hours straight without taking breaks with the game closed

[pliant edge]

no more 8 hour runs of warframe?

[tulip sparrow]

drools https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1375490059398287376/1473143278160314398/Win-amd64-debug_2026.02.16_-_21.22.24.35.mp4?ex=699a6917&is=69991797&hm=385886977385315df030e7583f8bc68730502e0923e22746868e2e896a6b90e5&

[proper gull]

Amd L

[sinful cobalt]

lmao its barely even 3 years old

[worn basalt]

heartbeat

it's dead... flatlined

[left dove]

yeah that's a complex narrow v-tach

bro flatlined before he felt the chest pain

[nova trench]

is linus ever going to review our battlestations again ??

[verbal prawn]

He's fine when has v-tach ever been a bad thing

[bold olive]

why am i treating my pcie cable like a melting cable

[tulip sparrow]

Because it is if you are using a 12vhpwr or even its replacment?

[bold olive]

it's just an 8 pin to a gpu

maybe cuz im overclocking

[main reef]

https://x.com/charlieintel/status/2025000884359565819?s=46

CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL)

Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma says she has “no tolerance for bad AI.”

“AI has long been part of gaming and will continue to be,” but “great stories are created by humans.”

[via Variety]

X · Feb 21, 2026, 12:13 AM

This is cringe

[tulip sparrow]

RIP Xbox

Just another nail in Microsofts coffin honestly

[formal sonnet]

I much prefer the EggsBox €3.60 anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI&t=145s

[tulip sparrow]

That skit still cracks me up every damn time

[ornate junco]

What’s a good GPU for 4K gaming 60 FPS on something like a TV (please reply to message or dm for recommendations 🙂 )

[tulip sparrow]

5090 and even then a lot of games aren't hitting it without dlss active

[buoyant bridge]

I have a box on a shelf in my house that via the power of DNS makes me see less ads

[thorny saddle]

that is very amazing

[buoyant bridge]

I still never put the high profile bracket in

[thorny saddle]

no you haven';t

[clear canyon]

@thorny saddle found your next car: https://youtu.be/2V0a0T-ob2s?si=RaptF2xtQO1qrngH

[brave brook]

murdered a perfectly fine low profile bracket for that

(and another perfectly fine full size bracket too)

[bold olive]

internet

[buoyant bridge]

I didn't have the high profile at the time

[broken palm]

Wow no overclock or anything

[warm anvil]

boo

[gaunt spade]

chinese seller wildiiin

[brave brook]

smoker dust

[gaunt spade]

propably miner

[lapis talon]

why do people pick laptops over PCs

[brave brook]

portability

[rigid fjord]

#1027757333117415424

[proper gull]

Saw something about this elsewhere, the firmware update for the link hub broke something, contact Corsair support

[unique aspen]

never again

71c idle

[proper gull]

some users haven't had issues with the update, corsair pulled the update as soon as they found out but I guess you got in before that lol

[bright anvil]

Hey ltt discord come to my help who is this

[sinful cobalt]

yes

[spring latch]

its Yes

[spring latch]

I hate laptops but they so convinient

so I always get price to efficiency balanced ones

[bright anvil]

😑

[spring latch]

like from 2020-2024 I had an i3 8130U laptop, sure it couldnt game well, but it had a fan and stayed cool and it did exactly every task I needed

[bright anvil]

Should I go with a snapdragon one for college or a framework

[spring latch]

framework

ARM isnt the future for computers yet

[bright anvil]

That's what I want but the battery on snapdragon is so good and ill have a beast pc

[spring latch]

the only beast you get with snapdragon is the beast of telemetry and horrible x86 programs preformance

sure, the x86 emulation on windows has gotten much better since WIndows RT but its still better to get x86 for now

[bright anvil]

Yea i dont need the laptop for performance i need it to work in classes and have good battery i ment that I had a good pc already and the laptop is for notes than ill plug it into the pc and work off everything there

[spring latch]

arent they still like 1,000$ tho

[bright anvil]

Let me check i thought they were down to the 700 range

I almost need to do the unthinkable and get a mac book with my student discount I get

[spring latch]

if you want a note taking classes machine just get a chromebook, and if you want to install custom things like linux its not hard to mod. I know this is horrible advice but if you need a student laptop, chromebooks are still viable

but if you dont want a chromebook just get a Mac atp

I think used Macs are still pretty cheap

and the M1 or M2 should still do fine

[bright anvil]

I can get a new 500gb m4 for like 800 from the bookstore

I love college discounts lol

[spring latch]

buy button

that sounds like a good deal

my only mac concern is memory and storage however if you're using a mac you probably arent even using like 128GB

[bright anvil]

How is the croscompatibility with windows and android bc that is what I run

[spring latch]

like youd use with linux, you can grab brew to install wine, and winetricks and all, and wine has gotten better

however for x86 windows I recommend using a specialized Mac virtualization tool

[bright anvil]

So it would be a windows mac?

Linux*

[spring latch]

a lot of linux software is ported to mac

wine just happens to be one, however like I said, for full x86 programs you will want a virtualizer

[bright anvil]

How good is Linux now days? I am going for infromation systems but I dont know about the stability of that

[spring latch]

its better unless you have nVidia

[bright anvil]

So i should go mac and run Linux on it

[spring latch]

you can only virualize linux on it really

[true stirrup]

It works fine with Nvidia as well

[spring latch]

if you want native linux just buy a laptop and install i

[spring latch]

the drivers though

annoying as fuck to install

[bright anvil]

What about a framework 13 or 16? Those are my main thing I want how good are they stock?

[true stirrup]

Meh a couple of commands in the terminal and you are done
At least on Arch

[spring latch]

I'm getting an upgrade to my setup soon, one of them being from an RX 580 to an RTX 2060 SUPER

[bright anvil]

Cool

[spring latch]

13 has a modern AMD CPU, seems suitable, the 16 seems like a much more upgradable version

[bright anvil]

So 13 for if I just want repairable but 16 to upgrade

[spring latch]

ya basiclly

[bright anvil]

K thx I got to dip its 4am and I need to sleep lol

[spring latch]

lol its 3 am for me

cya

[bright anvil]

Bye sleep well

[spring latch]

you too

[main barn]

i aspire to end up upgrading one day

this broke life aint it

[gaunt spade]

to take it with them

[bright anvil]

Mow some lawns to quote linus

[spring latch]

yeah my moms getting tax returns soon so im defo getting my requested upgrades, which are relatively minor but are still solid imo

[bright anvil]

You realize tax returns is just money that was yours to begin with

[spring latch]

yep

[main barn]

i dont have any lawns to mow, what im trying to do is pc maintenance and overall tech stuff cause my city lacks tech shops and stuff

ill save up money then kaboom gaming laptop

[bright anvil]

Cool I bet you put an add on Facebook or go door to door to all the old ladies and you can make bank

[spring latch]

i5 7400 -> i7 7700 and 4GB RX 580 -> RTX 2060 SUPER. too laxy to buy a new platform, and im too lazy to get a new PSU to have a 6 pin so I could so like a 2070 SUPER

[bright anvil]

So much is wrong with the words gaming laptop get a used pc my man

[spring latch]

2060 super is good enough, +4GB vRAM and it wont overheat

[main barn]

i know right

[spring latch]

I wish there was shit around my area I could do for money

[gaunt spade]

ts emoji frying me

[main barn]

im gonna be going back and forth a lot in some years, so ill need one

[bright anvil]

I struck lucky and landed a gig with a local contractor so im doing well but I almost wish I didnt bc of 140f roofs I repar

[spring latch]

ah my Pentium Silver N6000 laptop broke recently so I dont really have anything portable which is annoying but thinking about it I dont really use laptops anywhere around much

[midnight wind]

For battery life, Look for laptops with intel panther lake (300v series) CPUs, or macbooks

[bright anvil]

I also got stuff before rampocolips

[bright anvil]

Ok will do

My ram from my old pc is worth what I payed for it new lol

And my new ram 3x in price

[midnight wind]

Hold on I may have messed up the number there

[bright anvil]

K

[midnight wind]

Its like the 300H numbers, starting with 3 and ending with H

[bright anvil]

Ok thx

[midnight wind]

Core ultra series 3

[spring latch]

intels new naming scheme sucks fight me

[midnight wind]

I don't know maybe that's not even right either, just look up the CPU model and see the specs

[gaunt spade]

everythings naming suck

[spring latch]

truth nuke

[mellow sonnet]

asking this at a different time interval, should i get a vertical gpu mount or do a complete case swap? if case swap it has to be atx and about the same size as the 2022 nzxt h5

[loud iris]

every time I boot up my computer or headphones, it defaults the format to 8-channel which causes a number of audio issues. So if I go to change it to something like 2-channel, it just resets after every restart, which I really don't want to deal withl. I've tried to find help for this issue, but none of the fixes have worked. If anyone knows how to fix this, please let me know. It's very irritating to have to switch it on every restart. I also realized im not alone in this.
I'm using the Void V2

[stray portal]

U have a good system

No need to upgrade

[rigid fjord]

#1027757333117415424

[rigid fjord]

amd ai hx's also

[rigid fjord]

a newer psu is definitely worth it

[loud iris]

Oh mb

[rigid fjord]

dog walking, window washing, grass mowing, paper rounds are all possibilities

[bold olive]

let him cook

[indigo temple]

which logtiech pro mice are symmetrical/can be used by left handed person?

[sinful cobalt]

honestly… I think 338H objectively smokes here

its just so peak

[rigid fjord]

doesn't need to be a 'pro' mouse, a g305 could do this

[indigo temple]

yeah but i would need to specificly hunt for left version of it

i meant like what mices have the side buttons on both sides so u can just swap them to the other side?

??

[rigid fjord]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DBZGCQHX if you must then

[rigid fjord]

actually no, not so much against a 382/388/395/395+ from amd

[indigo temple]

so g pro 2 lightspeed is the only option?

[rigid fjord]

not the only choice but it's one of many that's ambidextrous

[bold olive]

that b390 is hella strong for an igpu

[indigo temple]

is g pro x wirelless also symmetrical?

[rigid fjord]

google images will tell you

[indigo temple]

somebody is selling near new one close to me for 40€ so im thinking of buying it

[rigid fjord]

equal to a rtx 3050

the 8060s though on amd's side is equal to a rtx 3060

[mint umbra]

NGL have barely used Linux since I set up dual boot

[indigo temple]

im not sure but is there buttons on both sides of this mice?

[rigid fjord]

yes

[bold olive]

I don't think there are any in malaysia

are there in lenovos

[rigid fjord]

b390 on available as an igpu on the 'X' variant of 300 series intels

[mint umbra]

I never see real point in booting up Linux over windows lol

[kindred halo]

If you're using older hardware, there is

[rigid fjord]

many of those that dual boot play games that uses a kernal anticheat that's not able to run on linux

[bold olive]

legit the msi prestige 14 in malaysia is a 386h without the b390, yet its a 388h with the b390 on other markets

[mint umbra]

Cuz I'm playing alot of deadlock with friends recently and it just don't work right on Linux

When I tab out and tab back in the window is never back to full screen

[rigid fjord]

because the 386h uses an intel xe, and surprisingly the 388h has a b390 apparently according to tpu

[bold olive]

says it on the Intel website

[gaunt spade]

anyone know fi the zte nubia 80 ultra is good

[bold olive]

i hate my brain (acdc)

[sinful cobalt]

arent all those strix halo chips

a b390 scales quite well against 8060S till 35W while not costing as much

[rigid fjord]

yes, but with the best igpu out there currently, b390 is second place currently, having said that, newer igpu's should be out the end of this year/some time next year that should be even more competitive

[vestal stream]

Fuck blizzard

[sinful cobalt]

B390 is my goat rn tbh, since light and thin laptops can have its config unlike 8060S needing decently beefy ones

[fallow yacht]

the fuck is an origins edition now

[south parcel]

https://www.refurbed.ie/p/apple-macbook-pro-2021-m1-14/64073b/?offer=13003057

Hello, is this a good laptop to get for under a 1000 euros? It doenst need to be mac. Here is what it is gonna be used for.

Video editing
School work
Programming

Im open to any other opinion for other laptops. The requirements are:

Good battery life, must last over 6 hours. If buying used I am able to replace the battery, include that in the price if you find one like that.
Under 1000 euros in europe.
Have a minimus 16 gigs of ram and 512 storage.
It can be used/refurbished. Only repuitable sellers tough.
US keyboard.

At home i have a gaming pc already, so it does not not to be that good at gaming.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

[bold olive]

but it goes in a not thicc form factor

[peak swan]

My uh collection (I have some other stuff somewhere but mostly just desktops)

[tidal geyser]

Wtf

How the hell do you have more laptops than me

[peak swan]

Oh yeah, all of the laptops were free

[tidal geyser]

sad

i need to pay for mine

[pure trellis]

Are you hoarding laptops again?

[tulip sparrow]

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-home-youtube-premium-ads-glitch-3642885/ LOL

[tidal geyser]

Uuhhhmmm

[exotic cape]

also growing my collection

i may end up having WAY to many samsung products now

[tranquil wharf]

mystery box? is it like a physical lootbox, may contain random phone

[calm plaza]

I mean if you don't care about ridiculous undervolting or dealing with heat laptops aren't bad price to preformance anymore, an 850$ laptop can probably preform close to a 1200$ desktop right now. that wasn't the case even six months ago. I personally perfer desktop but i can't deny the convenience of just being able to game in public transport, coffee shops, or whatever people buy gaming laptops use them for

[tired bear]

lmao no

[frosty ruin]

You dont need an i9 in an laptop if u want to play on the go. Better to invest in an okay performing one like an i5 with a rtx 5060 or whatever and spend the other money on a full blown desktop

[exotic cape]

phone + products

[calm plaza]

the conversation isn't about processors, its about ram. I don't think it has greatly affected portable hardware entirely to the extent of desktops yet
i was thinking of a 4080 mobile system with a ryzen 8000hz series processor

[frosty ruin]

Laptops having high performing components often result to shittier performance due to thermal throttling

[exotic cape]

€1,598.68 paid
€2,645.52 in products

[frosty ruin]

overkill for on the go gaming

[tranquil wharf]

sounds like a lootbox alright

[exotic cape]

s26 ultra + overstock products

[calm plaza]

if you go only 15% cheaper than those models the specs are significantly worse thats just how the laptop market is

[frosty ruin]

Steam Deck exists

Perfect for on the go gaming while being cheap so you can spend rest of the money on a desktop