tech-chat-1

[simple holly]

how big of a gap would there be in performace than

[tired bear]

my ass its nvme, even m series desktops dont use nvme

[azure topaz]

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/lenovo-yoga-7-2-in-1-copilot-pc-14-2k-oled-touchscreen-laptop-amd-ryzen-ai-5-340-2025-16gb-memory-512gb-ssd-seashell/JJGSHC5C4F/sku/6615841
🐱

if were ignoring the edu discount honor system, this is only 70$ more

and uhh seems to be pretty locked

i dont think you get to complain about the screen anymore

yeah actually thats it

[tired bear]

yea yogas are very locked in terms of upgrade potential

[azure topaz]

we're comparing against a macbook

the fuck is there to upgrade at all, a usb drive going in the type c port counting as more storage?

yeah honestly that lappy might actually be better

its also metal

ggez no re

[topaz shale]

the yogas are good deals in general ngl

[flint lintel]

Is 6 tb to much storage?

[azure topaz]

no

[iron glen]

Depends, what for

[tired bear]

literaly unusable

[azure topaz]

this is what im waiting back for from bro

[hexed tapir]

The neo is a high end Chromebook competitor and will take over schools that are not broke imo

[iron glen]

I'd say its a bit much for your average joe working a 9-5

[serene python]

my main game drive is full ughh

[hexed tapir]

Spend $230 for a 2tb SSD 😂

[knotty osprey]

my NAS has mad storage

ahhh brooo I needa more

[tired bear]

no box of spare shit?

[serene python]

uhhh come on

[wispy thunder]

search it yourself it's over nvme. it's soldered, but nvme.

[tired bear]

is it not NVME protocol

otherwise you would be seeing apple storage to m.2 adapters everywhere

[iron glen]

Is it labled "crucial"?

[serene python]

yes

[fickle juniper]

Is this pin supposed to be empty on the 24 pin connector? And also does it matter which side i plug cables into the psu or nab

[wispy thunder]

oo this is a good price, yoga power button woes aside.

[knotty osprey]

should I take the gamble and buy an ssd from aliexpress?

[azure topaz]

floppa has wares if you have coin

[wispy thunder]

I'm not American but can u check the price on uh, the slim 7

[knotty osprey]

I think it's supposed to be yeah

[azure topaz]

that is the cheapest option worth considering on best buy

[tired bear]

mmm spare shit

[iron glen]

20gb free
Thats 1/4th of an elden ring or like 10 postal2s

[wispy thunder]

Slim 7 (not yoga 7) costs more here but if it's available in the states for about the same price I'd wholly recommend it more.

[azure topaz]

well we're trying to match the neo here

[wispy thunder]

Nah I'm trying to beat it

[azure topaz]

well considering its windows, imo that already beats it

[wispy thunder]

The slim 7 is almost better in every way if youre considering windows

[azure topaz]

oled, 600 nits, more ram, that beats it

[wispy thunder]

Idk man Microsoft has been dropping the ball lately

Again I don't like the yoga, but slim 7 should be cheaper and better

that's the one laptop I'll actually glaze

there's nothing wrong with it

[fickle juniper]

Do the sides i plug shit into the psu matter or nah

[tired bear]

just 512 storage makes neo 700$ which makes yoga cheaper

[azure topaz]

its not cheaper 😭

[knotty osprey]

what?

[wispy thunder]

the slim 7? unlucky.

[azure topaz]

its in fact 200$ more minimum

[wispy thunder]

Still yoga is a great laptop

Good price too, it's deeply discounted

[fickle juniper]

Its a modular psu, do the sides of the cables which i plug into the psu matter or Can it ne both ways

[azure topaz]

it matters

read the manual for better info

[knotty osprey]

I don't know I never had a modular PSU tbh

[fickle juniper]

I plugged the CPU cable in correctly as of rn

[fickle juniper]

No manual came with it

[azure topaz]

you have google

the manual is surely on their site

[wispy thunder]

Many PSUs use the same 8 pin for PCIe and EPS which is where the pinoit matters. Some OEMs also use a different pinoit for 24 pin for no reason

[azure topaz]

way more ddr3 than i thought i had

like 11 sticks of it in the tray is ddr3 idk why i have so much

(i havent had a ddr3 daily, at least none within the last 5 years)

[serene python]

i love my laptop's I/O

[ebon marlin]

Holy updating this laptop on fedora takes ages

[hexed tapir]

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/fc6t4ll/a/Refurbished-13-inch-MacBook-Air-Apple-M4-chip-with-10‑Core-CPU-and-8‑Core-GPU-Sky-Blue $60 more for a m4 with 16 gb ram (double the neo ) but a 256gb ssd

[tired bear]

i got one pc i gotta canibalise for its ram, cpu, ssd and cooler, rest of it can go to trash as its propriatary bullshit

[azure topaz]

i think thats how i have 6/11 of these ddr3 dimms

[tired bear]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/700715/hp-omnibook-5-ai-16-af1173cl-16-laptop-computer-(refurbished)-glacier-silver-aluminum
you are competing with refurbs then

[hexed tapir]

Only 2 p cores

[tired bear]

vs no p cores bc its arm

[azure topaz]

hes got a point

[hexed tapir]

Oh the neos a18 pro is 2p cores 4e

[orchid garnet]

hey guys

looking for some a dice

[tired bear]

https://tenor.com/view/ll-legendary-league-abstract-blockchain-casino-social-casino-gif-15605218913012206455

[orchid garnet]

i just installed signal rgb in my just built pc, but this errors keep poping up

[hexed tapir]

We are wizards has fancy expensive dice

Oh advice not a dice

[hexed tapir]

#1027757333117415424

[orchid garnet]

yh sry

[orchid garnet]

no please

[knotty osprey]

you have conflicting rgb software.

[azure topaz]

he couldve figured that one out i wont lie

[hexed tapir]

Hey that's not a bomb 😭

We only want PSU picks of bombs

[knotty osprey]

I was fully expecting an aliexpress special

[plush wren]

Neo

[knotty osprey]

not again

[plush wren]

lmao

[serene python]

chat i cant wait to build this

[knotty osprey]

cute

[serene python]

yeah

[grizzled frost]

have fun with all those solder joints

[serene python]

yeah its not going to be easy

[grizzled frost]

atleast keyboard soldering is some of the easiest soldering you can do

[boreal vine]

Hello tc1

[boreal vine]

I wonder how much money i've pissed away in keyboards

[cinder glen]

easy yes, but also tedious

[serene python]

shhh

[boreal vine]

latest damage

[cinder glen]

Because Drop is closing they are clearing a bunch of their inventory. I bought an aluminum case for $10

[boreal vine]

all this to chase a stupid fish back plate

[sleek remnant]

i might wanna buy a quiet keyboard ngl

[knotty osprey]

fish

[boreal vine]

I've got a bunch of their cases tbf

[cinder glen]

I only got 1. They refunded the rest I bought because the shipping situation in my country is insane rn

Every package is getting lost somehow

[boreal vine]

where tf do you live man 😭

[cinder glen]

Since november 2025 it seems

[cinder glen]

Chile

[knotty osprey]

what are the chances that the port for the SSD on the macbook is borked?

[boreal vine]

fair enough

I'm thinking of ordering too but I got too much keyboard

[cinder glen]

I also designed a split and 3d printed it. It has a side knob!

[boreal vine]

i need to do a cleanse

[serene python]

i still dont have a case tho

[boreal vine]

I just boxed up my stuff the other day and that's not even the last of them

[serene python]

i got the pcb,switches , keycaps, diodes and stabilizers are coming soon

[cinder glen]

This was my first real project using CAD, it was a lot of fun
-# its unfinished I havent handwired the left part

[boreal vine]

I've since added another 4 boxes to that pile

[boreal vine]

what are you building?

[serene python]

a tkl

[cinder glen]

wdym you have a pcb and not the case 😭

[boreal vine]

you made your own PCB?

[serene python]

yeah

[cinder glen]

ah that makes sense

[boreal vine]

but why

there's like a bazillion h87 pcbs out there

[cinder glen]

PCB manufacturing services are not common nor cheap here, so Id rather handwire

[empty quartz]

E-waste laptop

[boreal vine]

I need to get some Zed65 PCB soon

[empty quartz]

(Its an acer nitro)

[boreal vine]

I bought a qk65v1 and the seller had chinese crap pcb on it

[serene python]

this is the pcb

[cinder glen]

Not necessarily E waste if it was good at the time!

[knotty osprey]

looks fine to me. should run better than my T580

[empty quartz]

Acer nitro’s have never been good

[cinder glen]

oh oke

[empty quartz]

They’re the retina macbook air’s of windows laptops

(Shit cooling)

[boreal vine]

you're going to have clearance issues with the diode and switch

[serene python]

its gonna be fine

[knotty osprey]

god bruh I hate the butterfly keyboard on this macbook. I barely get any feedback when I type

[boreal vine]

assuming you're wanting to mount it on the top side of the PCB

[serene python]

i am gonna mount them from the back

[empty quartz]

@boreal vine are you a keyboard nerd?

[boreal vine]

maybe

[empty quartz]

Do i swap out my gaterons for some holy panda’s?

[boreal vine]

holy panda outdated

[empty quartz]

I love linears, but holy pandas are my holy grail

[boreal vine]

go get some MMD princess tactile and enjoy big tactile energy

[boreal vine]

gateron linears kinda not that good, you need to film and lube them

most gateron switches tbf

[empty quartz]

They’re pre lubed

Iirc

[serene python]

these are the switches i got

[graceful iron]

clones 🤦‍♂️

[boreal vine]

they're known to have spring ping on them even if they're factory lubed

[fringe prairie]

2022 onwards is alright

[boreal vine]

Noice

[fringe prairie]

before that yeah they were asscheeks

[boreal vine]

decent switches

[empty quartz]

This has a 1050

Mine are gateron red’s iirc

[fringe prairie]

so before 2022. asscheeks

[boreal vine]

yeah swap them out man, go get a modern linear

[empty quartz]

@boreal vine

[boreal vine]

noice

I need to give my keychrons away at some point

I don't use them at all

[empty quartz]

Gimme :3

[boreal vine]

if you're happy to pay 100 GBP shipping to get it out of this god forsaken place

[graceful iron]

do any clones make anything heavier than mx greys?

[boreal vine]

spring swap it if you want

[plain cypress]

I daily drive lubed gateron black something something

[serene python]

and these are the keycaps i ordered

[boreal vine]

I mean i got lubed filmed and spring swapped MX clears

[plain cypress]

Uhhh gateron black pro v3? Idk something like that

When I was lubing them I really should have filmed but I was out of films

[boreal vine]

I currently daily drive MX black HyperGlide with 1.3 million actuations, filmed and spring swapped

high effort but it's worth it or atleast it's what I tell myself

[plain cypress]

Actually I just got a new board with an akko tactile switch
I think the feeling is quite nice but oh my god the debounce on akko is ass

[boreal vine]

might not necessarily be the switch's fault tbf

[plain cypress]

I have less than zero interest to spring swap

[graceful iron]

it's an old varmilo board i daily - water got on the board a few weeks ago, unplugged it, let it dry, but 4 of the switches still don't work, it's non-hot swap, plate mounted and mx greys aren't so easy to find.

thinking I should just get something else, just sucks cause it has a nice aluminum case - that and no one makes anything heavy 🙁

[plain cypress]

I've experienced with akko switches in the past

They just seem a little more suspectable to the big name manufacturers

[boreal vine]

i don't really use akko switches anymore tbf so can't really say

i mostly use HMX these days

[plain cypress]

I wanna give this board another shot with some gaterons

Just to see if the debounce still exists

Only have VIA support so I'm not sure I can change debounce

[boreal vine]

people don't really like heavy switches as much as they did before, usual weight is now 55g

[boreal vine]

no you can't but I think you can do it on windows

[hexed tapir]

[clear canyon]

heavy switches makes my fingers so tired

[graceful iron]

ya greys are 80cN and i could go heavier still

[boreal vine]

I have some 150g linears

absolute tomfuckerry of a switch but hey ho

[boreal vine]

same, specially for gaming when I'm spamming alot of keys

[graceful iron]

sounds nice, outside of the linear part

[clear canyon]

ikr lmao

[hexed tapir]

I should make my windows key super hard to press so I never accidentally set it off

[clear canyon]

linear is great, i love how smooth is it

a good linear is bliss

clicky can burn in hell and tactile can be great too if you get a good switch

[graceful iron]

i have 2 blue boards, 1 green, 1 clear and 1 grey

[errant rapids]

I love my brown switches

[clear canyon]

they are meh, I have some, they are not bad but they are not anything special

middle of the road imo

[errant rapids]

well I won my keyboard at a LAN so it's my only mechanical keyboard I've ever had and I've taken very good care of it over the years

[clear canyon]

oh sweet

we love free lol

[graceful iron]

i was on geekhack for a long time in the past, keyboards are expensive

[clear canyon]

not now days

[boreal vine]

I have this much

[clear canyon]

you can get some really nice keyboards for like 30 bucks

[hexed tapir]

Like the free added software dell and HP give us

[errant rapids]

my 1440p 260hz HDR Montitor was also won at a LAN, and now I can't go back to 1080p 60

[boreal vine]

yeah you can get decent ones for not so much money it's great

[errant rapids]

[boreal vine]

I still do end up spending money somehow tho

[hexed tapir]

56 keyboards?!

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/elmo-fire-laptop-computer-flame-gif-15212954468259039232

[boreal vine]

yes

[clear canyon]

same bc I try to mod and upgrade it XD

tape, foam or pillow stuffing for ez mod

[hexed tapir]

Eva welcome to your tech chat 1 intervention, we need you to seek help

Even if you used 4 different keyboards every month you still can't use all 56

[boreal vine]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JHSfGXMd1nXhGLi9B4k41Fw5vl5kL5Pe5RciddA0LJw/edit?usp=sharing

this is my list

[graceful iron]

ya it's changed quite a bit - i even had a full zinc keycap set

[boreal vine]

not fully updated tho

[errant rapids]

NGL if I didn't experience a HDMI cable not meeting the absolute limit of the spec I would have thought True Spec cables were a scam

[graceful iron]

eventually sold it for like $300

[hexed tapir]

Lube station?

[errant rapids]

lol

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/lube-gif-10416312434986347514

[errant rapids]

some keyboard enthusiasts do lube their switches

[boreal vine]

yeah for switches

[clear canyon]

well yeah

[hexed tapir]

Yeah but wtf is a lube station

[clear canyon]

you can buy some nice prelubed switches now days too

[graceful iron]

this is my daily, provided i fix the broken switches

[boreal vine]

like this

[clear canyon]

a station in which you have the tools and lube to lube your switches

[hexed tapir]

Oh just a plastic board

[errant rapids]

I'm content with just keeping my board clean. the switches have yet to fail yet so I'm happy with it

[boreal vine]

tbf I only mess around with cherry these days, HMX and the like I don't bother

[fickle juniper]

is it ok for my windows C drive to be 100% rn while installing or could it be caused by bent sata cables cause it was a rlly tight bend to plug both ssds in

[clear canyon]

its fine

[fickle juniper]

like i BARELY plugged em in

[clear canyon]

if it shows up its fine

[errant rapids]

100% while installing is what you kinda want to see

[clear canyon]

tho that is a cheap ssd so its prob not fast

[hexed tapir]

Cheap sata ssds are slow

[clear canyon]

no

[boreal vine]

Cache working overtime

[fickle juniper]

patriot burst, never happened for it to be 100% like this tho

[clear canyon]

you def had 100% usage

[hexed tapir]

Is it almost full?

[boreal vine]

anyways don't get into keyboards, it'll eat your soul

[fickle juniper]

this is kinda the first time its at 100% tho

[clear canyon]

trust me, its not

its common to see sata drives at 100%

[hexed tapir]

You should plot out the cost too

[fickle juniper]

man i wouldve noticed the lag like this before, everythin is slow cause its my windows drive

[clear canyon]

yeah bc ur boot drive is a cheap and slow sata drive

[errant rapids]

going super enthusiast on anything will do that.

[boreal vine]

I did, but seeing it hurts me so I haven't bothered

[hexed tapir]

😂

[boreal vine]

last time I checked i spent about 2k, and that's like a good 1 year ago?

[hexed tapir]

Oh no

[kindred halo]

It's a very patriotic drive

[boreal vine]

recently I've been buying more stupid BS like https://shop.wuquestudio.com/products/freya-ultraxvalhalla-collaboration-edition

https://oblotzky.industries/products/matrix-6xv-3-0-corsa

go god knows where it is now

[hexed tapir]

$510!

[errant rapids]

My entire setup is cobbled together with LAN party winnings and bargains

[fickle juniper]

IT WORKSSSS

[boreal vine]

you should do racing and race for pinkslips, but instead of winning a car you win a 5090

[cinder glen]

thats more than what I paid for my pc, keyboards, mouse and monitors combined lmao 😭

[errant rapids]

I'm quite happy with my 3080, I bought it by selling the Radeon VII I bought for $700 for $1600

[hexed tapir]

How is this $510 you could get a $300 1440p OLED monitor and spend $200 on a diy kb with that kind of money

[boreal vine]

💸

[boreal vine]

because it comes with a screen

also tbf I don't need another scren, I just updated to IPS 240hz 1440p

if anything I need to upgrade my GPU

[cinder glen]

which costs $10 in aliexpress

[hexed tapir]

Tbf it is a round screen so $$$

[boreal vine]

nuhh uh

it's 100% worth it

it comes with a nice carry case

[cinder glen]

If you are happy with it its fine ofc

[cinder glen]

are you going to carry that around tho? I mean, nice detail, but I guess you arent storing it in it anyways

[hexed tapir]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010443013782.html nvm $5 I forgot smart watches exist

[boreal vine]

absolute gigachad of a packaging that I'm only going to see once

[cinder glen]

sheeesh, nice experience for the price

[fickle juniper]

where the fuck is my adrenalin software, i js installed the drivers and everything and its missing 😭

[boreal vine]

deffo worth it

[errant rapids]

I spent $60 on premium coolant, I could have bought lower quality or sketchy coolant but I rather get the stuff I know will last a long time and wont cause build up in my blocks and rad

[boreal vine]

It's my dream keyboard, anything I buy after that is chasing nothing

i'm super stoked I got the valhalla edition

comes with inscriptions on the back

[wispy thunder]

100% is fine. That drive is not - Patriot Burst is probably at the least 13 years old now, and it wasn't a good drive when it was new and replaced the Patriot Blast.

[errant rapids]

If you like it that's great, but NGL that's some premium stuff that 99.9% of people wont care about

[hexed tapir]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008071094746.html did they just use a thermostat knob

[boreal vine]

probably

[boreal vine]

yeah keyboard hobby is like that

it's a complete pareto equation, 80% of the result comes from 20% of the effort

[fickle juniper]

damn didnt know, wheres my adrenalin tho

[boreal vine]

it's that 20% i'm after / we're after

that could either be me getting switches broken in with 1.3 million actuation, or buying cases and keycaps that seems unreasonable for the price

[wispy thunder]

Search "Radeon" or "AMD" but Windows search is pretty garbage.

[boreal vine]

Eitherway I'm more happy than when I was buying PC stuff

[fickle juniper]

nah i had to manually search it up again and install it, its installing now

[cinder glen]

what about right clicking the desktop bg

[cinder glen]

ah

[fickle juniper]

tried that too, not there

[hexed tapir]

Might as well buy and make keyboards in this memory ai market for fun

[boreal vine]

yeah that kinda pissed me off too ngl

[errant rapids]

I've used this Zalman for years, i love it to bits

[boreal vine]

for the past year I felt PC was boring as it's locked behind a paywall

[hexed tapir]

$220 for 32gb of ddr4 or keyboards

[fickle juniper]

how long do yall think i'll be able to use this rx 6600 before it goes bad or becomes outdated

[serene python]

i think for the keyboard i will do a custom wooden case

[boreal vine]

it doesn't have an expiration date, it'll be as good as you're happy with it

[boreal vine]

try stacked aluminum, wood warps

[cinder glen]

10 years

[fickle juniper]

i know it doesnt but it might start to fail in a few years

[serene python]

warps?

[boreal vine]

eh, I wouldn't worry about that tbf

[serene python]

its fine

[boreal vine]

yea the wood can warp on them, that's why KBDfans stopped selling wooden cases

[hexed tapir]

I used my older similar performance 5700xt for about 8 years

[serene python]

wdym ?

[fickle juniper]

discrete

[fickle juniper]

wanted to get an rx 5700 xt originally but went for this one instead

[boreal vine]

like it'll bend out of shape

[serene python]

how so?

[boreal vine]

it's wood dude, it contracts and expand year round, and sometimes when it does that it can warp and bend in unexpected ways

[hexed tapir]

Moisture and temperature

[boreal vine]

that's why KBDFans gave up on them

[serene python]

my other idea was 3d printed

[boreal vine]

go for that one first

or go for stacked acrylic

[errant rapids]

pretty sure the wood accent on my new PC case is not real wood

[serene python]

i just would like something that i can work with at home

[hexed tapir]

The old boomer advice was to glue up boards with alternating wood grain to "fix" warping but it does matter

[wispy thunder]

I mean AMD decided that they wanted to EOL 6000 series out of nowhere then backtracked when people started throwing hands

[fickle juniper]

do i turn this off or keep it on?

[serene python]

meanwhile gpus from the R300 series still get active updates with the open source linux driver

[fickle juniper]

what r your adrenalin settings?

[serene python]

my what

[serene python]

oh i dont have this on linux

[fickle juniper]

whta do u hhave then 😭

[sleek remnant]

yikes

[ebon marlin]

Larpmaxxing

Lenovo X230 that I got for free basically from work

Got another X230 but it's battery is dead but it also has Fedora with same specs albeit slightly better cpu with an i5-3220M

[fickle juniper]

should i have FSR on in game settings or nah, i turned it off and put everything on ultra on sons of the forest

[ebon marlin]

Use FSR override to override FSR3 to FSR4

Sotf uses Fsr3

[gloomy isle]

My Aorus CV27Q says it can do 4K on my PS5 yet the Gigabyte website says it is only 1440p. Also: When I choose 4K the OSD says it swapped to 3840x2160p

[fickle juniper]

aint fsr fake resolution or wtv, i want my actual resolution n shit

[ebon marlin]

If you want to use FSR do that forst

[ebon marlin]

Well then don't turn it on then

[gloomy isle]

why it do that

[fickle juniper]

is there even a visible difference

[ebon marlin]

I personally can't see the difference if FSR is optimized well

[fickle juniper]

idk what this is

[ebon marlin]

I recommend testing it out independently

[ebon marlin]

This is why google exists

[errant rapids]

most of the time I don't use DLSS or frame generation

but I also don't play the most demanding and newest games

[gritty panther]

I honestly only use it on Cyberpunk. I never liked framegen

I feel like Nvidia actually spends millions of dollars making their features work on Cyberpunk lol

it's their showcase game

[errant rapids]

meanwhile I built a top of the line pandemic PC... I play oldscool runescape and terraria

[gritty panther]

been playing vtuber games on my 4090. hella fun

[molten sleet]

reminds me of when i bought a 3080ti during the gpu crisis thinking i'd actually play something other than counter strike 😭

[errant rapids]

it's nice when I do occasionally play a nicer game, but I don't really play the "cutting edge" games

[molten sleet]

what are vtuber games

[gritty panther]

didn't think id actually like it lol. I play it a lot on my handhelds sometimes even in the big PC lol

85 hours and it's a free game lol

not bad

[errant rapids]

Honestly I play game more on my steamdeck than my PC these days

[gritty panther]

it's one of those games that are actually fun to play.

[molten sleet]

looks kinda like vampire survivors

been wanting more games in my rotation, tried zzz, destiny rising, and even genshin but i fall out of it eventually

[gritty panther]

same but ROG Ally not steam deck

I have a deck oled but I dont use it as much

maybe it's a good time to finally sell it. the prices are going up. (steam deck OLED)

[hexed tapir]

We literally ran out in north America a few weeks ago

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/steam-deck-shortage-goes-global-valves-handheld-console-now-out-of-stock-in-europe-canada-the-us-and-japan

[gritty panther]

literally just wiped off the dust out of my deck oled lol.

[hexed tapir]

Oh more then just north America

[errant rapids]

I got my steamdeck for $200 cause someone bought the OLED version and was dumping their original 512GB version

[gritty panther]

let me update it I ahvent booted it up in a while

March 9 steam os update (stable channel)

booted it up at the perfect time hehe 😄

this may seem small but I like how Microsoft started putting the xbox sounds on the xbox app

the ROG Ally feels a little bit like an xbox now lol

I didn't like that navigating through the xbox app didnt make any sound before. not it has the xbox beeps lol

[gritty panther]

have you heard of megabonk? it's been recommended to me a few times

@molten sleet looks fun and cheap. I honestly have more fun playing games like these

[errant rapids]

Quality game.

[tidal geyser]

:3

[molten sleet]

i had a friend that got really into it, looked a lot like risk of rain i'll check it out fs

[gritty panther]

good enough for me. im buying it

[errant rapids]

storage

[azure topaz]

storage

also hi ryoku if you remember me

you may or may not

[kindred halo]

That's.. Yikes

[azure topaz]

he sold his old junk

for dat new intel goodness

[kindred halo]

Why an i7-9700K with a 7900 XTX?

[azure topaz]

because he sold his old stuff

he downgraded his desktop in favor of a laptop

[tired bear]

its evolving but backwards

[azure topaz]

something like that

[tidal geyser]

xd

not me, someone that is having issue on cachy

im still on the lunarlake and did a bunch of vibing with claude to get my idle down to almost nothing

[plush wren]

Vibing with claude

[azure topaz]

kaboom

[clear canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/peridot-dancing-steven-universe-twerk-happy-dance-gif-9505430

[tidal geyser]

using claude as a tool to help people has been really fkn good

i know the basics and i know if something seems funky while i can also just test the command myself on a working system

i have yet to sell my XTX

im 50/50 if i wanna go lower now or wait for the prices to go up again used

same case with my 96GB kit

[arctic kettle]

I should have waited on selling my XTX.

Could have made bank when transitioning to the 9070 XT.

[gloomy isle]

My Aorus CV27Q says it can do 4K on my PS5 yet the Gigabyte website says it is only 1440p. Also: When I choose 4K the OSD says it swapped to 3840x2160p, why does it do that

[unreal bramble]

I have a small question. I’m about to reapply thermal paste to my 7800x3d. How should I apply it? And if there is a video just send that instead

[gloomy isle]

pea method

[unreal bramble]

Ok

[gloomy isle]

https://tenor.com/view/cpu-nutella-nutella-chocolate-thermal-paste-meme-gif-24395210

[unreal bramble]

About the size of an actual pea I would assume?

[gloomy isle]

this works too

[ivory mountain]

"when i choose 4k the resolution swapped to 4k"

[gloomy isle]

but my monitor doesnt support it

[gloomy isle]

its a 1440p monitor yet i can do 4K despite it being stated on the website that it cant do 4k

[unreal bramble]

Weird

Maybe some upscaling of some sort?

[grizzled frost]

That would be downscaling

[gloomy isle]

i mainly want to know this: why is it even listed

[unreal bramble]

A paper towel and IPA should be enough to clean the cup and cooler right?

[grizzled frost]

Mhm

[unreal bramble]

lol at the autocorrect LOL

[gloomy isle]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1127129814030094376/1199939633711173703/crud.gif

[unreal bramble]

Well now to the fun part (in the most unsarcastic voice ever) unplugging all my wires

[gloomy isle]

i got a rtx 4060 ti, i7-12700f, 2 sets of ddr4 2x8gb (one is cl17 and 3200mhz and the other is cl16 and 3600mhz), and a corsair rm850e psu all for free

[grizzled frost]

https://tenor.com/view/congrats-nice-happy-for-you-congrats-nice-happy-for-you-gif-1927193140186872022

[gloomy isle]

can i do 4k with that or no

[grizzled frost]

the 4060ti can indeed output 4k video

[hexed tapir]

Technically

[gloomy isle]

also im going from a gtx 1050 mobile and an i5-9300h to that beautiful pc

its so peak

[gloomy isle]

ye but can i do 120+ fps in 4k medium settings in most AAA games

[hexed tapir]

No

[grizzled frost]

Absolutely not

unless you count fortnite as "AAA"

[gloomy isle]

k so should i just stick to 1440p

[unreal bramble]

I never realized how small these tubes of thermal paste actually were tbh

[gloomy isle]

i got a 27", curved, hdr, 4k monitor that does 165hz

[azure topaz]

measured in freakin grams

the only other things i know of regularly measured in grams are substances

[unreal bramble]

Yea I know lol

[plush wren]

bro was expecting to get 2kg of toothpaste or what

[azure topaz]

😭

[gloomy isle]

nah just buy those fucking jugs of thermal paste

[unreal bramble]

This say thermal compound on the tube it’s the same thing right?

[plush wren]

i read thermal paste as tooth paste

[gloomy isle]

https://tenor.com/view/you-cannot-use-toothpaste-as-thermal-paste-1984-toothpaste-thermal-paste-gif-26479157

[plush wren]

https://tenor.com/view/flight-reacts-shocked-gif-9885796698302419555

[gloomy isle]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WJ40G8G?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1&language=en_US

[plush wren]

200$

[unreal bramble]

Damn

[plush wren]

better be made out of gold

[gloomy isle]

technically alligators are nsfw due to being unsafe in work places

[unreal bramble]

The tube I got is AS5

[gloomy isle]

yeester paste is the goat

[unreal bramble]

No offense I don’t generally buy YouTuber products

[gloomy isle]

[azure topaz]

yah

[clear canyon]

ltt products is pretty good tho, I do agree for other yt products but ltt stuff is actually good

[daring crystal]

Wasn't it LTT that banned 1984

[unreal bramble]

If they weren’t expensive

[daring crystal]

I forget which tech discord that would mute if you made 1984

[clear canyon]

its quality products

products that has high quality materials tend to be expensive

they gotta make money

as its expensive for them aswell

[gritty panther]

I NEVER buy youtuber gear. I mean it's cool if you want to support the creator

no offense to LTT backpack and screwdriver owners lol

[marsh flax]

hello everyone i just got my new hp victus with 5060 i5 210h 16gb ddr5 and 1tb ssd the laptop is perfect for what i need to do with school and university but the only problem is that being a company made pc its got so much bloatware and it gives me 8gb of ram used in idle so i was wondering who can i ask for for a fresh install and a light optimization i dont want my pc stripped naked i just want it to be at its best

[gritty panther]

I honestly think they're overpriced but youtuber gear aren't supposed to be cheap. they're not from shenzen with a big factory.

it's expected for quality products to be a little pricier. LTT products are always well reviewed afaik

[marsh flax]

i would really appreciate if someone could help me

[clear canyon]

watch a yt video on reinstalling windows or just go through and delete what apps you want to delete

[gritty panther]

you can always do a clean windows by yourself. if not you can probably pay someone to do it for you.

[unreal bramble]

IPA is safe to use on the contact side of the cpu?

[nova lotus]

Fellas

Whats the strat

[marsh flax]

i dont trust myself doing it and i dont want to break the pc cus the last time i had one i tried to do it and it broke cus it didnt have the drivers installed i would pay someone but in mi city no one knows how to do this stuff

[nova lotus]

For filling this

[grizzled frost]

water into the res

[wispy thunder]

put the computer either on the rear or other side panel

tilt the front/radiator side upwards

that way the res can be the highest point in the system

[tulip sparrow]

You are likely going to be moving the whole thing around a lot while you fill

[wispy thunder]

if you can, since you have soft tubing you can remove the rad from the mount and just lift the res up actually, in which case you can just rest it on the side.

and if that's the case, just hold the res up while the computer is laying flat so that the res is the highest point in the loop

[nova lotus]

Thanks Thanks

Do I fill it as much as possible then run the pump?

Im not touching it for another 15, still doing a 30 minute vacuum drop test

[wispy thunder]

yes

[sharp ivy]

Yay I found the DRAM modules my computer needs

[wispy thunder]

run the pump, for a moment, ensure the res never becomes empty

running a pump dry is asking for failure

[sharp ivy]

Gonna order these

and then hopefully my PC will work

[glossy patio]

Well guys, I did a fun experiment with PC part picker and MAN, this hardware shortage made these console equivalent PC builds way more expensive than they should be 💀 . I made builds on equivalents to current gen consoles (including the Steam Machine) and prices range from $1400 - $2000, where the cheapest was my Series S build and the most expensive was the PS5 Pro build 💀 ... Made me more glad that I got my Razer Blade 17 Laptop with a mobile RTX 3080 Ti GPU back in 2023 because while it was only a few hundred bucks more than the price range of these builds, it clears all of these hardware builds (except the PS5 Pro build) in terms of raw performance

[wispy thunder]

even after bleeding, days or even weeks later there could be an air pocket somewhere that pops and your res levels go down

[grizzled frost]

after bleeding there should not be any significant air pockets

if there is, you did a poor job of bleeding

[wispy thunder]

it's absolutely important that anytime you fill, you raise the res to the highest point. Otherwise, the water will just splash from othe top radiator out of the res

[wispy thunder]

It's a precautionary statement, not a guarantee.

For example: new cars can have air pockets that pop months after initial driving

not always, but sometimes.

and when it does, it's important to not panick but understand why

[grizzled frost]

air pockets in what

[wispy thunder]

in a car, the heater core or cylinder head are not too uncommon from factory

sorry, air pockets in the cooling system with the coolant

[nova lotus]

Thoughts on using the test connection I installed?

As the high point?

[grizzled frost]

use the fill point on the res

[nova lotus]

?

Wdym the rest

[grizzled frost]

the G1/4 on the reservoir you have a stopper on

[nova lotus]

Ah

Okay

Wish me luck fellas

Here goes nothin

[wispy thunder]

have your hand on the power switch and go for it

[grizzled frost]

jumper the PSU so you can power just the pump and nothing else

[wicked echo]

Ebay purchase regret or win?

msi gs75 stealth 9sf i7 9750h 32gb ddr4 rtx 2070 q max.

[grizzled frost]

how much

[ivory mountain]

Good luck unc

[wicked echo]

Broken screen hinge repaired with epoxy and has withstood 2 weeks of abuse £129.39

Regrettable purchase or win?

[gritty panther]

custom watercooling builds = ❤️

[sleek ibex]

First loop?

[neat sparrow]

Hi guys, would someone help out. i’m looking for a laptop for uni and light gaming and have found the lenovo LOQ 15AHP10. Does anyone have any critiques on it/recommend anything else

[nova lotus]

Indeed

Ive got it running, just got to move my rad fans from CPU to chassis so I can change the temperature source in the BIOS

[versed quest]

So I’m new to pc gaming/building

can someone please explain to what overclocking exactly is?

[hexed tapir]

Normally you increase the power draw of the part like the CPU or gpu then you increase the clock speed, giving you more fps in games

[versed quest]

Ok so not nothing to important?

[nova lotus]

I did make one mistake which I think is really funny

[hexed tapir]

With modern hardware you hardly see improvements so not very important just a fun hobby people do

[nova lotus]

I guessed at the pins for the loop temperature detector and ended up resetting my overclocking stuff

[latent gull]

its not worth the increased poewr draw and heat anymore. Most hardware comes pre-overclocked from the factory for a good mix of power to performance. Undervolting can still be interesting though

[whole kayak]

Heys, I'm thinking of transplanting my current build into a sleeper case and water cooling it. But I kinda need to figure out the minimum amount of radiators my system needs in order to start looking for a crusty case. I've tried to look online but couldn't find a great answer. I have a Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Radeon RX 9070 XT.

(Full build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Gwenoms/saved/yw3MTW)

[nova lotus]

Any recommendations for fan/pump curves?

For a loop

The loop is Silent

Especially comming from failing fans

[sleek ibex]

For a custom loop, ideally you would base it off your coolant's ambient temp

[cold skiff]

A 240mm

For both. Minimum.

[ivory mountain]

W bro im glad it didnt explode everywhere

[cold skiff]

#1106613567966429224

[chilly shoal]

I jsut found out about this... idk if thsi has been known, but on a Windows 11 Pro(have not confirmed other versions) 24h2 install you can bypass the MS acount steps by clicking "join a workplace/domain"

[clever burrow]

mb

[chilly shoal]

it will take you through the promts to set up a local account like in Windows 10

and /bypass nro

[cold skiff]

It’s well known Mr Toasty Nick

[chilly shoal]

i just found out today...

[cold skiff]

That’s on you my friend, that’s on you

[chilly shoal]

true... i have 3 crazy large scale projects that i am working on at the same time so i may be a bit late to the party...

1 wifi Unifi install at a 100 yr old house, 4 hr AV event which i am setting up and cordinating and a 4 hr photo gig all upcoming very quickly...

[fringe prairie]

you can do it on 25h2 too :)

same thing

[chilly shoal]

oh?

[formal sonnet]

Yep. Been doing this forever since I've 2x Pro licenses anyway. 👌

[chilly shoal]

niceee

[drowsy isle]

Arrived a day early lol

[cold skiff]

I just see someone advertise a house to rent. It’s not a house. It’s also more expensive than my rented 2 bed house. The world is full of ngreedias

[hardy horizon]

Yep, HDMI was dead on old board . New board is good.

[azure topaz]

hurray

cross posting but at least i forwarded it

[exotic cape]

what do you mean early?

i have had mine since friday

[native path]

they able to open it and show whats inside?

[azure topaz]

nope

[drowsy isle]

I was suppose to get it on Wednesday came Tuesday

[native path]

they cant take better pictures from the window? 😭

id say risk it and go for it though

[exotic cape]

hmmm, deliveries here started on friday.
did you order sometime during the weekend?

[drowsy isle]

I didn’t order directly from Samsung

Ordered from AT&T so it’ll activate immediately out of box

[exotic cape]

i didnt either, hold on.... what you mean out of box???? you guys have to do rituals to activate them?

instead of just scanning the qr code for the sim?

[drowsy isle]

No during the ordering process you just add in your transfer pin and number, wait for the phone to be delivered, take it out of the box, wait a few minutes and then your esim is activated

[exotic cape]

i just pressed transfer sim on my old phone

took like 1 minute in total

[drowsy isle]

I mean yeah I can do that too but having the phone automatically do it is way more seamless

[exotic cape]

from out of box to sim card active

[exotic cape]

its a part of the setup process, it asks "insert sim or transfer esim or scan qr code for esim"

but it seems like that if you speak positively about the phone online you get downvoted to hell and back.

seems the internet is set on the phone is bad

the screen is SUUUUPER bad apparently

[ebon marlin]

What the fuck

That's a thing?

Companies will do the most insane things ever to inconvenience the customer

[topaz shale]

its a chromebook?

probably to stop dumbass kids from wiping the kernel in class to cause the IT team headaches

[exotic cape]

you are not really supposed to mess around with the firmware anyways

but yea, its a physical "Are you sure" thing

[topaz shale]

i think thats kind of fire actually

[exotic cape]

ngl, a 2fa kind of thing when it comes to firmware modifications should be a thing

and realistically it will only impact the people with high tech intelligence, but it can prevent regular dumb people from potentially bricking their devices

[topaz shale]

dude i would fuck with chromebooks all the time in highschool

there were 3 buttons you could hold for 3 seconds to put it in recovery mode

there have to be thousands more like me that would delete the fucking kernel

[exotic cape]

so yea, a physical screw to prevent firmware modifications with a potential sticker to say this will void warranty will prevent an idiot from fucking with it

[jaunty apex]

Least dozens anyway

[quasi moat]

I used to flip the monitor orientation on windows vista and it would have the computer teacher bamboozled for hours

[topaz shale]

yeah lol

[jaunty apex]

The brute force method is always an option otherwise

[topaz shale]

i remember when Win+ arrow key flipped the orientation of the screen

[jaunty apex]

🔨

[quasi moat]

My method was not a secret then

[topaz shale]

lol

[quasi moat]

Blasphemy

[topaz shale]

i think it worked until windows 7

[jaunty apex]

??

[quasi moat]

It used to have everyone stumped completely

[jaunty apex]

Its not a thing anymore?

[quasi moat]

No one could figure it out

[topaz shale]

everyone in 3rd grade knew that one

all the ones that would go on coolmath games at least

[quasi moat]

3rd grade and below*

[topaz shale]

LOL

[jaunty apex]

me ending task so computer teacher could close program and delete file

[quasi moat]

Soon as that news broke it’s must have sucked

[topaz shale]

nah, windows and arrow key repositions your window

i remember getting around the youtube firewall by going to minecraft.net and watching the trailer

[quasi moat]

Top G

[topaz shale]

i thank my years of elementary school for my computer literacy

[exotic cape]

we did that on the pc connected to the projector in the classroom, the teachers got the janitor to flip the projector around to fix the issue

[quasi moat]

I thank my years of elementary school for positioning me perfectly to have used YouTube from its dawn to the day I die

Those first viral videos and first user interface will forever hold a special place

[jaunty apex]

Steve Cash

[quasi moat]

App devs cooked so f hard with this one

https://tenor.com/view/it-was-perfect-gif-15232884745301549452

[formal sonnet]

Back when UI/UX design was better for people who had never touched a smart device before... 👌

[clear canyon]

old YT was premium

[magic topaz]

wtf is this

[pure trellis]

Lol, system 32 corruption

Also, why windows on h drive

[unique aspen]

where can i get cheap replacement

[ebon marlin]

AliExpress

Or mobileparts.shop if you're in the EU

Also how the fuck do you manage to get a mobile battery to 6% battery health

[unique solstice]

Is anyone here willing to help me set up a quiet fan curve for my specific fan config?

I think I may have negative pressure airflow rn

[timid mural]

How is this even possible?

[ebon marlin]

Probs been sitting collecting dust while empty for ages

Or this person has genuinely dailied with this phone for so much that he's caused so many cycles to go through for it to degrade this badly

[timid mural]

Yeah, this is true.

I think mine is sitting idle between 75-78%

But I've had this for well over 3 years-ish?

[ebon marlin]

Which would be funny as if you go under 80% your device gets noticeably slower

[timid mural]

Meanwhile the M4 Max I daily drive and take around and have docked when I'm home:

[ebon marlin]

I've got a google fold and I have no idea what my battery health is

[timid mural]

I did notice that but not as slow as my 11 was.

[ebon marlin]

I bought it from a person who bought it from a refurbishing company and I guess they replaced the battery with a low quality 3rd party one since the phone has no idea what it's battery health is

Even accubattery is clueless

[timid mural]

Did you buy this with a card?

[ebon marlin]

With a card?

[timid mural]

Like debit or credit card.

[ebon marlin]

Yeah debit ig

[timid mural]

Do a chargeback

[ebon marlin]

Vas

Why would I do that

[timid mural]

I wouldn’t want a phone where they claimed to have replaced it with a good battery, only to find out it’s shit.

[ebon marlin]

I didn't even know they had replaced the battery to a new one and idrc

A battery is a battery at the end of the day

Still lasts me through the day

[exotic valley]

Question guys, should I replace my 100% health iPhone 16 pro max OEM battery with a third party SILICON CARBON battery that’s widely considered superior in term of capacity? The faulty rate is roughly one in a few hundreds thousand, and I can get about 15% more battery capacity in doing so. Since I do third party repairs for Apple devices professionally, I have a few battery flex cables laying around, should be a fairly straight forward processor to replace the battery cell, should I do the experiment?

TL;DL, should I upgrade my iPhone with the new battery technology?

[ebon marlin]

The 13 and 16 pro use the same battery?

[ebon marlin]

Fyi silicon carbon batteries takes a while for it to calibrate

A week or couple to calibrate it properly

[exotic valley]

Costs roughly 8 USD here in China for the silicon carbon battery cell for 16 pro max

[ebon marlin]

Not bad

[exotic valley]

That’s good to know, thanks for informing me

[ebon marlin]

I had a Realme GT 7 and it took a while for the battery to calibrate

7000mah silicon carbon battery inside it

[latent gull]

Anyone familiar with repairing the recovery partition on a Samsung tablet?

[timid mural]

Fair enough

[ebon marlin]

I wonder if there's any silicon carbon upgraded batteries for the pixel fold

Can't find any 💔

Tbf it is a unpopular niche phone

Heavily underrated aswell

[timid mural]

I think the Pixel phones are nice.
Not as bloated to shit like Samsung, which is one of the few things I like about it.

[ebon marlin]

I used to be a number 1 google pixel hater but after using it it's really nice

Although there are some software quirks I don't like

I still remain as a number 1 samsung hater

[lapis talon]

Anyone using a Thermalright Trofeo LCD display here?

[lapis talon]

No tap to sleep

[ebon marlin]

The hell is that

[lapis talon]

Double tap the screen to turn it off

[ebon marlin]

That sounds annoying lmao

[lapis talon]

It's convenient

Can tap anywhere on the screen to turn it off

[lapis talon]

At least for me lol

[ebon marlin]

The power button is also convenient as how I fold the fold my finger is already on the power button

[lapis talon]

A 6.8" phone that weighs like 230g is hard to use with one hand for me

[ebon marlin]

The Fold is 5.8"

[lapis talon]

Nono I meant the S series phones from Samsung

[ebon marlin]

Ah

Gay

[lapis talon]

I was debating if I should sell my 24 ultra and go for a 26 but it's not worth it

Would much rather get a galaxy fold 7

[ebon marlin]

It's the same phone either way

[lapis talon]

Exactly

[ebon marlin]

You just have permanently worse screen quality with the s26 ultra

[lapis talon]

Yupp

I've got 0 need for a privacy screen, at least right now

[ebon marlin]

I'd recommend trying out the fold 7 in store first

[lapis talon]

Only selling point would be horizontal stabilization but isn't that software based?

[hearty ocean]

Hi

[ebon marlin]

Personally the Z Fold 7 is the worst phone I've held in my hand and the aspect ratio on both screens is very awkward

[hearty ocean]

Compared to?

[ebon marlin]

Very awkward feeling to use

[lapis talon]

I tried the Flip 7 when it came out and it felt meh

[ebon marlin]

Any phone honestly

[hearty ocean]

I just read your bio and 😥

[ebon marlin]

The privacy screen is part of the screen

[lapis talon]

Is it that much heavier than something like a 24 ultra?

[ebon marlin]

Nah it's light but too awkwardly light imo

[lapis talon]

Apparently PPI goes down along with the brightness 😭

[lapis talon]

Ooo

[ebon marlin]

Battery also gets a massive downgrade on the S26 Ultra

From 2000 cycles to 1200 cycles

[lapis talon]

Oh what

[lapis talon]

Holy

That is more than massive

That's nearly half the cycle count

[ebon marlin]

Yep

[lapis talon]

Oh and not to mention, no Bluetooth S pen once again 😔

[ebon marlin]

I personally like the added weight of my Pixel Fold lmao

It's like 298g iirc?

Very heavy for a phone

[hearty ocean]

No iphone love?

[lapis talon]

Still too heavy for my lil ol arms

[ebon marlin]

I don't have an use case for an iPhone

[lapis talon]

I prefer being free and being able to do whatever with my phone

[hearty ocean]

Thats barely over half a pound lmao

[ebon marlin]

Nvm 283g

[mint rock]

remember they have lil' ol' arms

[lapis talon]

Compared to all the phones I've used so far, and other phones in my house, 230g for a phone already feels heavy, 298 is unimaginable

[lapis talon]

Lil ol

[ebon marlin]

It feels awkward for a foldable to be light imo

Big device but light

[lapis talon]

My dad's going to get a phone for around $200 USD but honestly not sure what's good at that range

[lapis talon]

Is it that different from a tablet

[ebon marlin]

Although I did get to use a Honor Magic V5 and that's my 2nd choice for a foldable

A big upgrade over the z fold 7 in everyway

[rigid fjord]

if that's heavy, i guess a normal can of tomato's will break your arms if you try to lift it

[ebon marlin]

It's basically like an iPad Mini unfolded

[lapis talon]

I'd never touch an Honor phone

[ebon marlin]

Honor is good

Although if you do want to get a foldable the upcoming Oppo N6 looks very promising

[lapis talon]

Heavy as in, when you're actually using the phone for a while or watching something while holding it with one hand

[ebon marlin]

First foldable without a crease that's not even visible in direct sunlight

[lapis talon]

Apparently Oppo's been cooking recently but

The hate I have towards their UI 😔

[ebon marlin]

Their UI is really good

[lapis talon]

That's why I was surprised that it's OPPO out of all other brands

[ebon marlin]

It's not any different from OxygenOS/RealmeUI which I've used alot and it's really smooth and simple

[hearty ocean]

Fr

[lapis talon]

Most Oppo phones in my country have the Chinese ROMs and it's such a big hassle to use

[ebon marlin]

Yeah chinese roms are disgusting

I've got a Realme gt 7 pro with a chinese rom and it's poop

[lapis talon]

😔😔

[grizzled nova]

a can of tomatoes?
those exist?

[ebon marlin]

I got a Realme GT 7 with a global rom and it's very good

[grizzled nova]

they kind of exist

[grizzled nova]

interesting

[hearty ocean]

Um yes lol do you never go out

[lapis talon]

Are higher end realme phones that good? I've mostly seen their budget ones and even Samsung A0 series look better

[grizzled nova]

i have never seen a can of whole tomatoes in my grocery store

[eternal cloak]

They exist effectively everywhere

[lapis talon]

Us

[rigid fjord]

some people don't do a lot of cooking tbf, or even bulk cook and freeze for later

[grizzled nova]

interesting

[ebon marlin]

All budget phones are dogshit the Realme GT series is their flagship series and they're really good

[eternal cloak]

Because the whole world is the US lol

[grizzled nova]

ill keep my eye out specifically for canned tomatoes next time i go

[lapis talon]

I'll ask this again, does anyone here use a Thermalright Trofeo LCD display inside their case?

[rigid fjord]

many other countries have this, not just the US

[ebon marlin]

The Realme GT 7 is a budget flagship and it's pictures are really good it even got my girlfriend jealous with her S23 Ultra

[lapis talon]

I'm from South Asia 🥀🥀

[hearty ocean]

Lazy ppl

[lapis talon]

Would you rather spend that much on a realme than a better known brand though?

[ebon marlin]

Definitely

Chinese companies are the only ones that are genuinely innovating in the phone space

[lapis talon]

No dawg I meant "Us" as in "me too"

[lapis talon]

Except for their ROMs 😔

[rigid fjord]

use a little 'u' instead then

[ebon marlin]

I even have a Oneplus 12R and 13R and I liked my time with the Realme GT 7 way more

[lapis talon]

Ive never seen anyone write US as Us before, but will keep that in mind

[hearty ocean]

Ya but do you trust china?

[lapis talon]

Oh wow

[lapis talon]

Do you trust Google with your data more?

[hearty ocean]

Us

[ebon marlin]

Yeah ofc? I literally swear by chinese technology

[hearty ocean]

Idont use google.

[sleek ibex]

[lapis talon]

Youve never used a chromium browser in your life?

[rigid fjord]

only to enforce the ccp

[proper gull]

Compared to China? Yes actually

[ebon marlin]

All tech eitherway comes from China

[lapis talon]

Meta as well?

[hearty ocean]

I have in the past

[lapis talon]

I'd rather trust China with my data than Meta 😭

[proper gull]

I'm not a meta user

[hearty ocean]

https://tenor.com/view/ccp-cheering-cheer-china-gif-4951966975695656474

[ebon marlin]

And with my data let ccp have it they don't care about me as much as Israel

[lapis talon]

They still probably know your blood group

[proper gull]

[hearty ocean]

Imagine trusting anyone or anything with your data

[proper gull]

What conspiracy nut thing is that

[hearty ocean]

When the sarcasm flew over his head

[mint rock]

the fuck is happening here

[lapis talon]

Meant that they probably know everything about you already

[ebon marlin]

Holy shit what the fuck

[latent pasture]

its not a conspiracy but also not really relevant

[rigid fjord]

if they do, then they should tell me so i can sue them for breaking hippa and abusing any medical records

also i forgot mine over a decade ago

[latent pasture]

unless everyone in your family, and like 2 cousins far relation also never use the internet/ practice extremely strict security, your identity is already known

[sleek ibex]

At this point if privacy is that severely concerning.... Just live like the folks on Mount Athos and be isolated from Tech and devout your life to the holy word /j

[proper gull]

I don't even know my blood type, meta definitely doesn't. I'm also not American

[rigid fjord]

or move to the apalanchian mountains and live like a hillbilly 😉

[hearty ocean]

Who am i then

[lapis talon]

How did those turn into a convo about blood types 😭, I meant that they have all your info already

[ebon marlin]

Funny thing about Meta is everything you record with their Meta Glasses even if you don't share it with anyone and keep it to yourself Meta watches through every single recording that records with their glasses

They hired bunch of ppl in africa for peanuts to watch through all the footage

[lapis talon]

Lmaooo

[hearty ocean]

Okay so make them watch really weird stuff then

[ebon marlin]

Meta even asked ppl to stop recording themselves in the bathroom and bedroom activities since the ppl in africa have to watch through all of them

[lapis talon]

Meta being a billion dollar company with the most broken software experience is what annoys me

[lapis talon]

On par with a printer from like 20 years ago

[hearty ocean]

Making me want to buy a meta device jhst to f with them big time

[lapis talon]

Once something breaks, there's no troubleshooting it until Meta themselves fix it

[rigid fjord]

so you've used a hp printer?

[hearty ocean]

I can show them some really gnarly stuff

[lapis talon]

My grandfather writes books and he uses a laserjet 😔

[ebon marlin]

Gonna get myself one to record myself doing the helicopter for 24 hours

https://tenor.com/view/chinese-cat-mustache-cat-cat-with-mustache-wise-cat-gif-14061847956880895668

[eternal cloak]

Li fu cat

[hearty ocean]

https://tenor.com/view/midnightgif300-gif-3807665183438598082

[ebon marlin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1056598901383250041/1465707720232665184/attachment.gif

[lapis talon]

Why the hell is the ratio

[serene python]

You vil own nothing und you vil be happy

[lapis talon]

Been using counterfeit cartridges for years now so I don't have to deal with their bull

[lapis talon]

But old HP printers and Windows don't go along well

[hearty ocean]

Ugh windows

[rigid fjord]

reasons why i use epson instead, the only other viable alternatives is canon and brother for printers

[lapis talon]

Thought my cat was the only one who sleeps like this

[eternal cloak]

Ugh Linux

[hearty ocean]

Ugh any os in todays world honestly.

[lapis talon]

Canon and HP are both money hungry freaks

[eternal cloak]

True, we should go back to throwing rocks at each other

[lapis talon]

Seriously can't be expected to pay hundreds of dollars for ink that lasts you 2 pages every week

Printers are the only things that haven't left the 90s behind 🥀

[pearl current]

can anyone help me suggest what laptop good for light gaming and what gpu recommend for the laptop you suggested

[eternal cloak]

They mostly do this because they can't have their printers fail, so they have less money to be made from printers, so they go all in on the cartridges

[lapis talon]

Definitely not a Legion 5 15AHP10, thing sucks so badddd

[lapis talon]

😭😭

[pearl current]

so you mean any laptop can??

[lapis talon]

I almost pulled the trigger on a canon color printer that was only $60 USD once

[hearty ocean]

Isnt there that printer by i think brother that has ink tanks that lets you fill them up as needed with actual ink bottles instead of buying ink cartridges?

[sleek ibex]

TBF that is a more effective way

[lapis talon]

No I'm just saying that I had a bad experience with my Legion 5

[pearl current]

ohh ok ok i understand

[bold olive]

is it just me or i leave peels on the newest tv

[hearty ocean]

What

[ebon marlin]

How so Lenovo's laptops are usually gold standard especially Legion series

[bold olive]

to be fair it would be rarely used

but i don't think it helps

[hearty ocean]

How so ?

[rigid fjord]

nah, canon you can use 3rd party inks with, or you can refill their inks yourself with kits, there's even ciss kits to modify them with

[lapis talon]

Very stuttery, and freezes up without any heavy tasks, even when plugged in

[lapis talon]

But isn't that still really expensive?

[rigid fjord]

sounds like some settings not tweaked right

[lapis talon]

I was going to get a printer but I don't have space on my desk for one

[hearty ocean]

Whats its specs? Did you turn on high power mode in windows?

[rigid fjord]

nope, actually cheaper

[lapis talon]

It's legit brand new, I've only used it around 10 times so far

[lapis talon]

Oh wow

[hearty ocean]

Specs??

[rigid fjord]

the model he has is a gen 10 legion5 with an amd cpu inside

[ebon marlin]

There's really nothing that comes close to the quality of Lenovo's laptops

[lapis talon]

Yup, that's set to extreme already.
R7 260 or smth CPU, RTX5060 8GB and 16gb of DDR5

[pearl current]

oh yeah i forgot to add i want something that like super budget

[hearty ocean]

Somethings not set up right lol it shouldnt be stuttering. Did you get a virus

[rigid fjord]

look in the second hand market if you got a tight budget

[lapis talon]

Dawg I downloaded nearly nothing on it yet

Except for like steam and discord

Should I just bite the dust and do a fresh windows install?

[pearl current]

aight so do you have any reccomandation for a laptop

[hearty ocean]

Yes

[sinful cobalt]

I imagine mcafee comes preinstalled

[lapis talon]

No way

I checked but it's not there

[hearty ocean]

Thats a virus pre installed

[ebon marlin]

I had a chance to get a laptop with a 4070 and a 8845hx 16gb ddr5 and 1tb ssd for 600€ on the used market but dude lived 2 hours away from me so I couldn't be bothered

Used market is goated

[lapis talon]

Well, at least on the surface level

[lapis talon]

In first world countries^

[ebon marlin]

Finland is a third world country

[lapis talon]

In my area, you'd find stuff like a used 2017 MacBook for $1200 USD

[hearty ocean]

@lapis talon maybe the stutters are a skill issue on your end brother

[rigid fjord]

my prime go to is a legion 5, specifically with an amd cpu inside, there's also the asus tuf lines with amd cpu's inside, if you want a laptop with intel cpu's inside i'd look at any with core ultra 200 series inside currently

[lapis talon]

Still better than where I live

[lapis talon]

Still, paid like $1600 USD for it, I'd expect better performance at that price

[rigid fjord]

you know what they have in common with british chav's ?

[ebon marlin]

What

[rigid fjord]

clubbing

[pearl current]

is this spec good for light gaming
🔹 Processor: Intel Core i7-4720HQ
🔹 RAM: 8GB (upgrade available – extra charge)
🔹 Storage: 500GB HDD (SSD upgrade available – extra charge)
🔹 Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 950M 2GB
🔹 Display: 15.6” Screen

[sinful cobalt]

for a 5060 xdddd

[sinful cobalt]

no

[ebon marlin]

How much is that

[rigid fjord]

that would be a hard pass

[hearty ocean]

It should not be stuttering. Something is wrong. Something in windows is messing up, or something pre installed is sucking up your cpu usage like a parasite

[pearl current]

wait let me convert it

[eternal cloak]

No

[ebon marlin]

What country

[pearl current]

109.06

[pearl current]

euro

[lapis talon]

Which one should I go for? Ignore the fans, I already got different ones

[ebon marlin]

Meh

[eternal cloak]

Still, waste of money

[ebon marlin]

Look how much gtx 1650 laptops go for

[eternal cloak]

Because of people panic buying they can go for $700 still

[hearty ocean]

@lapis talon so on my PC windows 11 was really stuttery even just opening web browsers would stutter and lock up. The cause? Asus’s software that was pre installed. Like sonic suite etc. once i got rid of all of that the stutters stopped. Check for any lenovo pre installed software and try removing them

[rigid fjord]

neither

[lapis talon]

Or could it be because of 16gb of ram?

[hearty ocean]

No. Lol

32gb would help but 16gb wont be causing stutters

[ebon marlin]

Vas

[topaz flicker]

IS there a cheaper look-alike for the cooler master haf 700 evo