tech-chat-1

[fallow yacht]

hi guys since i'm too broke for any apple watch what's the best watch that works well with iphones

[grizzled frost]

you could have zero moving components in the system, and it will still make some level fo sound

[grizzled frost]

apple watch from ebay

[frigid blade]

Apple watch

[fallow yacht]

ebay doesn't exist here

[frigid blade]

There is no non native alternative

[fallow yacht]

"doesn't exist" meaning unpopular

[grizzled frost]

apple watch from third party seller of your choosing

[kindred halo]

Oh my god that thing is $180

[tired bear]

best way and cheapest way is to look at time on yo phone

[kindred halo]

Fair but still

[tardy yew]

@topaz shale @tired bear @kindred halo thank you so much for the help and info

It has helped me relax a lot actually, and I'm definitely under the impression it's a perfectly acceptable noise and situation

But if I remember, I'll try and record a video of it in the morning just in case

[frigid blade]

Where?

[fallow yacht]

🇵🇭

[frigid blade]

Why is it not popular?

[tired bear]

look at insert local used marketplace

[fallow yacht]

cuz we use marketplace here and i'm not 18 yet

[frigid blade]

Just lie about your age lol

[kindred halo]

Glad to have helped, I know how it gets when one is sensitive to noises, been there :>

If you need any help, I am on most of the day

[fallow yacht]

nah mate they literally ask for an id

[frigid blade]

What really? That’s dumb

[kindred halo]

Facebook?

[fallow yacht]

ye

[tired bear]

aliexpress

[kindred halo]

Wtf

[frigid blade]

I didn’t get asked for ID until recently

[kindred halo]

I never got asked for ID on any platform

Not discord, Twitter, Facebook

[tired bear]

they ask if you are the seller but afaik buyers dont need shit

[frigid blade]

Nah my friend got caught lying about age or something somehow and they restricted marketplace from his Facebook

[fallow yacht]

yeahhh i'll settle for a huawei band 10 instead

[frigid blade]

You’re gonna have very little support

[tired bear]

i mean you can buy your own noise mats and stick them everywhere inside the case if you would want

[kindred halo]

Why are noise mats this expensive

[tired bear]

or if space isnt a problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8IYsQ6QVp8

[tired bear]

nieche product outside auto industry

[kindred halo]

I think I'll just stick to my normal case with normal fan noise level 💔

[grizzled frost]

they forgot to mention that sonopan is only easily available in canada

[mint umbra]

why on linux I have to load vulcan shaders every time I open game

when on windows games just opens right away

[tulip sparrow]

Wait what? https://x.com/Genki_JPN/status/2034190772598419612

Genki✨ (@Genki_JPN)

Final Fantasy IX animated series titled “Black Mages Legacy” is officially in production at French animation studio EuroVisual! #FF9

- 2D animated series
- 10 episodes, 22 minutes each

https://t.co/wg9h4dGhV7

X · Mar 18, 2026, 8:50 AM

[tired bear]

Replace sonopan with rockwoll, even better sound absorbing material

[grizzled frost]

sheds

[tired bear]

Sonopan also sheds

We have some kind of sandwich pannel with one side perforated, most likely rockwool in the middle and solid steel sheet front

Shit works wonders to place between high noise devices like compressors and people occupied areas

[hexed sage]

I forgot to pay for Pokemon home

Im pretty sure 1000 of my Pokemon just got executed

Sad world

[pulsar root]

anyone know why this is happening? (Notice I am typing something but it doesnt register until like 4 seconds later)

[wispy thunder]

check your CPU utilization

[pulsar root]

4%

[wispy thunder]

what usb port is your keyboard on

oh and what ram and storage utilization

[pulsar root]

its plugged at the top where it says "USB2.0"

[pulsar root]

26.9GB/31.4GB

[wispy thunder]

what program is using so much

either you have a ram leak somewhere or you have an app going crazy

[pulsar root]

its just chrome

[wispy thunder]

what the fk

[pulsar root]

what happened

[sly totem]

get off of chrome 😭 (respectfully)
theres other better browsers imo like zen

arc, or even the fundamental firefox

[wispy thunder]

how many tabs do you have? Chrome is literally crashing cause it can't handle everything

[wispy thunder]

nothings really wrong with Chrome

[pulsar root]

about 142

[wispy thunder]

why do you have so many tabs?

if you close all of them - that'll fix your problems

[sly totem]

a fair opinion but theres still better options imo i left chrome long ago and I am very very happy with zen, but people can do whatever

[pulsar root]

but i was confused why that is even happening cuz on my laptop i have 16GB and this never happens even if i overload it with 100 tabs

[wispy thunder]

you're running into a ram limitation where windows thinks it's a memory leak

[sly totem]

yeah try that or closing every chrome thing and open it fresh

[pulsar root]

all it does is stop loading stuff

[sly totem]

eh teachers probably have more lol

[pulsar root]

uh but dont i have like 5GB available

[wispy thunder]

no

[pulsar root]

its only at 87%

[wispy thunder]

go show a screenshot of task mamanger ram page

[sly totem]

holy guac

i've never seen that high 😭

[wispy thunder]

you see the tiny sliver of a rectangle on the right in the "memory composition"? that's what's keeping windows from crashing rn. you have 84GB committed

[sly totem]

you have good ram tbh

[pulsar root]

Yes I see it

[sly totem]

if you take care of chrome and declutter it and maybe put tabs into groups if you haven't already maybe that will help you

[pulsar root]

uh I am not sure what the committed means tbh

[wispy thunder]

it's total ram usage + swap

[sly totem]

cause putting tabs into groups makes the tabs unused unless you physically open them iirc

[wispy thunder]

no

Chrome is one of those browsers that runs each tab in its own sandboxed "app"

[sly totem]

interesting my memory is failing me

[wispy thunder]

that way when one tab crashes, it doesn't crash the entire browser

[pulsar root]

meanwhile my laptop which can handle lot of tabs better is at like 80% cpu

whereas mine is like 4%

[wispy thunder]

you've got a memory leak somewhere, and task manager isn't showing it

think of ram like your desk - if it's completely covered in documents, you (the CPU in this analogy) will not be able to get lots of work done or quickly because you're busy trying to find everything or create more space. Now a memory leak is if more and more documents seemingly coming out of nowhere is falling on your desk and you're trying to make a tiny bit of space to get anything done

[pulsar root]

oh ok

how do you fix the memory leak

[wispy thunder]

use "restart" in windows

don't use shut down, use the restart button

[pulsar root]

k

ok i think that fixed it

for now ig

[wispy thunder]

you probably had a tab that had a memory leak and Chrome couldn't register and detect it

and it was crashing chrome, even if it would've been fine with 150 tabs that were functioning properly

[pulsar root]

this was my friends

guess how much money he spent for the 2x64GB ram

[empty quartz]

Rookie numbers

[gusty wagon]

2,799

[empty quartz]

@pulsar root ratio

[pulsar root]

lower

(its on the low side)

[pulsar root]

dang thats crazy

is it all chrome

[empty quartz]

No

[gusty wagon]

1,999

[empty quartz]

Its my workstation calculating pi

[pulsar root]

bruh much lower lol

[gusty wagon]

1,499

Huh

[empty quartz]

Before or after ram crisis

[gusty wagon]

999

[empty quartz]

$600

[gusty wagon]

666.66

[wispy thunder]

that just looks like y cruncher actually

how the balls did that happen

I just watched someone get muted

[empty quartz]

Idk why he got muted tbh

[wispy thunder]

I think he might've like said the same thing 3 times or smth

[ivory mountain]

son

[wispy thunder]

so like a 5 minute mute

anyways rule 14 so

lets move on

[ivory mountain]

larp larp mute-hur

[dire wharf]

I am using armory crate, L connect, and polychrome sync to make my pc look like a spaceship

[sly totem]

that is one darn clean pc case (if you like pokemon a grass type pokemon figure would look sick or an ice)

[dire wharf]

Thx

But it sucks becsuse whenever I want to change the colors of it I need to go into 3 whole ass software and stuff

[sly totem]

The pain of bloatware

[dire wharf]

Real

[sly totem]

and what sucks is sometimes anything outside of windows utter doodoo, sometimes its necessary bloatware :/

[distant frigate]

https://x.com/brandonbutch/status/2034328349116362760?s=46

Brandon Butch (@BrandonButch)

Apple has FINALLY fixed the iPhone keyboard bug!

The release notes for iOS 26.4 say: “improved keyboard accuracy when typing quickly.”

X · Mar 18, 2026, 5:57 PM

No wonder why the keyboard feels better after I updated

[pulsar root]

yea

[pulsar root]

$300

[vague quarry]

Hey guys, I just saw the Linus video about PC prices in Brazil. How much does an RTX 5060 cost in the US? Here I paid 2300 BRL which is like 430 USD lol

[formal sonnet]

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=594

[wispy thunder]

yep just don't do that, but don't worry I've done it before too

[pulsar root]

very expensive for a 5060

[empty quartz]

Same here

[empty quartz]

Depends on the board partner

@vague quarry what model 5060

[vague quarry]

Yeah, brazilian prices are crazy 😭

[empty quartz]

@vague quarry is it an asus strix or smt?

[vague quarry]

Nah, this one, the cheapest when i bought

[vague quarry]

This is an Asus version at the most popular hardware store here, goes for like 750 USD

[swift moss]

Which colour y'all prefer

[sage ocean]

How far realistically can I trace a coaxial cable? Im trying to see if there is damage to it anywhere because my internet speed has dropped by more than 50% and restarting my modem has done nothing

im on a gigabyte plan and my speed tests arent even going through or are getting 0.10 upload

download speed too and ping

[distant frigate]

Honestly I would call the ISP and have them look at it

Especially if it’s like something in the outside plant

[sage ocean]

i cant because its mindnight

i dont even know where the issue is originating from

im suspecting as damaged cable but it could also be something else

I don't forsee any damage at my house, maybe on a utility pole somewhere

[distant frigate]

Coaxial cable can degrade in performance because of things like ingress, roll-offs, etc.

Technicians usually have the tools to figure out what’s causing the issue

[worn yew]

My pc (windows 11) has been doing a recovery (from 3 days ago) since 8hrs ago i do have two 2TB ssds and a 4tb MVNE and probably about 4tb of data but is this normal?

(Had to receiver it because a update or a driver update i had messed up a system file and my pc wouldn’t boot)

[sage ocean]

my usual speed is like 800-1100 download and 30 upload with 8-15 ms ping

but the cable television is working

so maybe the ISP is just having problems?

😭 why is my upload speed running decent but no upload 😭

[distant frigate]

I would try disconnecting and reconnecting the router from the coaxial cable

If that doesn’t work then it’s definitely an issue with the outside plant (either on the side of the house or up by the utility pole).

[sage ocean]

I already did that

[sage ocean]

I was thinking this is most likely because of the unique upload download discrepency

[distant frigate]

Well an upload download discrepancy most often happens in coaxial cable because it’s part of DOCSIS (usually). There’s less bandwidth allocated to the upload than to the download.

[sage ocean]

Yes

My normal speed is gig down 30 up

[distant frigate]

Yep. Pretty typical in older DOCSIS coaxial networks.

[sage ocean]

this is lame

i wish they gave me a lower price on my plan

since customers who have fiber to home, with the same isp, pay the same price

since all of the plans are the same underlying plan

they just adjust the wording depending on where you live

mine is " Up to 500+" with the " we provision your modem for 1,100"
fiber people have " Up to 1000+" with the same " we provision your modem"

[analog island]

i use an extension on FF called "unhook" and i can have the front page be blank for utube

i didn't want to leave that comment on that lmg clip since google saves all your comments you put down but can be deleted when you dig through your g account since you can read them all

[cosmic stratus]

That fucking number bruh

[high elm]

67

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/67-89-8-9-aqLnCsh7dBPyvQXMLr

[gaunt spade]

ur pfp makes me happy

[fickle ivy]

Y'all think GTA 5 will run on my i3 7100u?

[formal sonnet]

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianGaming/comments/hdix4p/can_you_please_suggest_me_games_that_can_run_on/fvm1fd7/

[ebon marlin]

I'm a chinese uncle

Why is this mobo full of these when 0 screws go into them

And who the fuck donated us a playstation 3 motherboard

It's funny though that the ps3 is actually more powerful than the ps4

[gaunt spade]

seperate the backplate from the mobo idk spacer

[gaunt spade]

🤨

[formal sonnet]

Last I checked, 204.8 GFLOPS (PS3) was less than 1.83973655 TFLOPS (PS4)...

[ebon marlin]

Ps4's main focus was moreso on the gpu

[formal sonnet]

Right, but the raw performance / power was greater. 🤷

[ebon marlin]

True but the cpu is much better on the ps3

But it was hell to develop with

Ough slowly starting to prefer matte screen protectors over glossy tempered glass ones

No bueno

[ionic atlas]

Wasn’t until ps5 they got back the ps3 level audio stuff as ps4 was more streamlined meaning also removing several high end features… but way easier to develop for tho

[wispy thunder]

because this laptop is old af and if this one wasn't, had a variant that had quick access panels to the ram, ssd, etc.

[ebon marlin]

I doubt it since this is an ultrabook/ultrathin

https://tenor.com/view/hmmmmmmm-hmmmmmm-hmmmm-hm-hmm-gif-2339932555530048784

[wispy thunder]

smth like this at some point

[wispy thunder]

that's an Asus right?

blue motherboard was either Asus or Acer

my guess around 2012

[ebon marlin]

Asus

[ebon marlin]

Nah this is an ultrabook

[wispy thunder]

ok yeah so Ultrabook was a 2012 era thing

it looks slightly higher tier than one that I owned but probably same era

wait is this a UX32?

[ebon marlin]

Ux32A

Holy I struck gold on a laptop

Samsung 960 Pro 512gb and another samsung sata ssd

IT'S 2TB

[wispy thunder]

wtf

[ebon marlin]

It just fell there and I read it as 512gb first until I tilted my head to see it says 2tb

Holy

Don't mind if I do

Don't know what to do with the laptop itself as it refuses to power on

No status LED or anything

[azure topaz]

busssttt

[covert peak]

Is 5070ti better then 9070xt

[ebon marlin]

Oh my god 2x16gb ddr4 aswell

Working at a recycling center is such a blessing

All this from 1 laptop

Who the fuck tricks out their low end gaming laptop 😭

i7-6700HQ GTX 960M laptop btw

[ebon marlin]

In raster performance the 9070xt outperforms the 5070 ti by 10%

I'd personally still recommend the 5070ti

[lavish needle]

Look at these prices for this not so great PC, I am shocked https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7yBLrG

[gaunt spade]

are we deadass rn

[ebon marlin]

Grace is the only rough example in the preview

Others in the preview look much better

[sinful cobalt]

i actually prefer the DLSS 5 hair colouration choice but the face has too much light and she has too much lipstick

[ebon marlin]

Yeah

[azure topaz]

wghy is it like this

[ebon marlin]

More fat in the head than brain

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/silly-dumb-didnt-understand-VZPhWjGOvG2V6ESk9I

[cold skiff]

Must be a British chav filter

[covert peak]

5060ti or 9060xt

[ebon marlin]

Used 4070/4070 Super

[abstract wigeon]

4070S is probably the most appealing 40 series card there is

maybe the 4070tiS in second

[ebon marlin]

9060xt is such a pointless card aswell

You can find used 6800xt's for much cheaper and 6800xt performs around 15% better than the 9060xt aswell

[abstract wigeon]

disagree the 16gb is good value if you have to buy a new card (assuming not inflated)

[ebon marlin]

Poop

[abstract wigeon]

the 9060xt 8gb shouldnt really be considered againsted used though i agree

got a 9070xt myself

cant complain

first time I've ever had a current gen gpu and a non second hand gpu 😼

[stray portal]

why is ms office ui so bad

why are they square

[lapis talon]

Anyone know the point of a 9gb 5050 card

[solid quail]

isn't the normal 5050 gddr6?

[quasi field]

Greed, Ngreedia realizes it cost more to give gddr6 so they are “giving back” in reality it saves them something that they aren’t disclosing… Tdlr it’s for their profit your gain…

My guess is the gddr7 3Gb modules are much cheaper than the 2gb gddr6

[sinful cobalt]

both are basically tied tbh, source, ive had both cards, 9070xt OCs higher in raster slightly because of better voltage limit

[lapis talon]

Whew

[stray plinth]

I got a free 1650, replacing my rx580

and a free Samsung evo970plus 500gb nvme

[quasi field]

Also Nvidia is buying a frick ton of gddr7 3Gb chip for “ai” so yea… that’s probably why…

[stray plinth]

Markipliers PC btw (he has 2 of the rtx 6000 blackwell edition 190gb vram in his PC

[quasi field]

True gamer

keep in mind he probably used them to do work on iron lung

[sinful cobalt]

w h a t

[quasi field]

Cause a lot of that was rendered

[tidal geyser]

this keeps being sent

[sinful cobalt]

2gb gddr7 is more expensive than 2gb gddr6… how tf is 3gb gddr7 cheaper

[tidal geyser]

economy of scale maybe

[quasi field]

Magic, I think it is cheaper actually

[ebon marlin]

Gay

[stray portal]

why

[ebon marlin]

Cause I said so gayboy

[stray portal]

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

[ebon marlin]

Yessir

[quasi field]

https://www.techpowerup.com/347046/nvidia-reportedly-preparing-9-gb-geforce-rtx-5050-variant-with-gddr7?amp

[ebon marlin]

Wtf this was inside a laptop lmao

[quasi field]

Put it in rice

Rip hhd

Memchips gone

[sinful cobalt]

reduced bit bus, which indicates that they have more 3gb modules that they’d like or smth

[rigid fjord]

you could get a pc on ebay with the same specs for basically half that

[rigid fjord]

so nvidia can claim that their lowest gpu doesn't use 8gb vram

[cold skiff]

If it’s so expensive and valuable why are they putting their surplus into a 9gb 5050? 🤔 why not into a 5070ti?

https://tenor.com/view/doing-the-math-thinking-gif-6813854106254751879

[rigid fjord]

it's missing the big arse rings for earrings and alcopop in the hand

[cold skiff]

And the cigarette actually

Gotta have a ciggy

[rigid fjord]

and the burberry

oh and the long fake eyelashes and nails

[cold skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/purinspudding-eyelashes-cuddlechvv-gif-19979898

[agile topaz]

Im not a huge fan of the way it idealizes lighting tbh

Maybe it just happens to be the case that front lighting existed in these frames and wasnt pronounced, but it feels like a fake simulation of a light source from the front in a very ai slop way

The changes to lighting should be at most like 15-30% what they are shown to be in the demos as well, it kind of just plasters over everything and you can tell its wrong

Foliage is done pretty good with it, certain material is as well, but I would heavily restrict the character and lighting changes and anything with wrinkles just gets affected too much

No point in raytracing if the ai just simulates a fake light source poorly after all

And Im most concerned for the consistency of it all, like in motion that could really mess with warping shapes and stuff and that'd suck either way

[terse rose]

is a 1070 for 80 usd worth it? seems like a steal when i compare to other listings

[tidal geyser]

no

i would avoid it now that driver support is gone and it being as old as it is

yes it still games quite ok but its just old man

i would try and look for at least a gtx 1660 or better rtx anything

like around me a rtx 2060 is 90$

[terse rose]

in poland 2060 are kinda expensive

[tidal geyser]

how much

[terse rose]

give me a sec in class rn and tescher crashing out over phones

550pln is 150usd

[ebon marlin]

Check 5700xt

Those normally go for around 100 bucks and it outperforms the 3060

[tidal geyser]

iv had so many small issues here and there with the 5700 xt, always annoying as well im not the one using it its the people i sell the computers too.

not hard to fix tho

[ebon marlin]

Your customers are also gay

[terse rose]

i mean im tryna build a project pc first ever build try to sell it and whatnot so i don’t really mind if it’s some crappier card if it performs well in like cs2 valorsnt fortnite stuff like that then that’s good

so i’m not tryna go overkill but not cheap out too much to the point it’s dog shit

[tidal geyser]

well the 1070 is no longer really getting any driver updates

[terse rose]

what about a 1650 i found some for alright prices

one sec

nah i meant 1660

yeah found some for alright prices as well as an rx 580 for cheap

[serene python]

The Microsoft corporation and it's inventions have been a disaster for the human race

[cold skiff]

Expect driver support to end next year

[tidal geyser]

horrible i would take a 1070 over it any year even if support is a bit wonky

1660 and 1070 clash but the 1660 at least has modern driver support

[tidal geyser]

wait GTX is dying this year?

does it include rtx 2000 considering gtx 1600 is newer than 2000 xd

[twin grove]

honestly you can find 1080's for $80 if you know where to look I see them on marketplace around that price all the time. ive even seen some as low as $50 that worked perfectly. bought one for a budget build for a friend of mine like last summer

[left trellis]

wth I was abt to buy a 2080 ti lol

[cold skiff]

I’d expect 16 series to only go 1-2 years more than 10 series for support

Same as 20

DLSS coming too far too quick tbh for them to want to continue supporting it

You see what DLSS 4.5 does to 20series. Ooof.

[glacial cliff]

new motherboard prepped for install 😄 will start assemdblign the case on my lunch break

[tidal geyser]

have you checked any of the old electronics yet

[stable beacon]

anyone know a good budget light pad with uniform lighting (cri 95+) so far i've seen this for $40

[glacial cliff]

nope. after the second steam leak i lost all energy

i turned on the pc and it booted and loaded in to windows so

good enough for me to fee lcomfortable selling it piece by piece at a discount for potential condensation damage

the laptop though i think is absolutely boned. it was absolutely drenched and dripping, a second time

[tidal geyser]

yeeaaaa

[glacial cliff]

i don't have hi faith in the operability of this laptop

thats the second time it's been that drenched

[stable beacon]

i need to prioritize myself and get a laptop

[glacial cliff]

it helps me for focusing on school to do school tests and whatnot o na separate computer with a separate desk and setup and whatnot

[stable beacon]

instead i bought a bunch of film chemicals i shouldn't even be using until i have enough film to process before it all expires

hopefully i don't get extra bored and open them up and ruin the shelf life

i currently have barely enough money for one tank of gas at this point especially now when it's $6 on a good day 💀

i've been relying on my pc for editing work because of gamer cave life and zero incentive to move around but i will need that laptop soon enough

i've been thinking where are the performance laptops that DON'T say "gamer" all over them

[latent pasture]

just turn off the rgb

also most of them dont look gamery for years now

[tidal geyser]

i gave up on the desktop life

[gleaming rose]

@tidal geyser the price of the xiaomi laptop is $1500 for the highest end model

[tidal geyser]

very noice

im so unsure what to do as i really want a laptop with near full linux support

and or windows performance not being many many times better

the 258v is so good and is still fine on linux but a decent 20-30% improvment in fps by booting into windows

[hallow jasper]

hot, buggy, compromised computers. i'll never understand the allure of anything over basic thin and lights for traveling

[tidal geyser]

the newest 5060 only lenovo laptop solves most of those problems

[latent pasture]

the irony of people calling gaming laptops hot and noisy when they literally have the better and bigger cooling systems to run the same load quieter

[tidal geyser]

but its probs not gonna be many places

[latent pasture]

meanwhile the thin n lights are running their 1 piddly fan at 7000 rpm

the fanless macbooks get a pass

[narrow oak]

did you know? windows has a special device disconnect alert sound that plays only when you disconnect your headphones

[tidal geyser]

my laptop is 14" and super quiet, but it runs the fans at almost no speed when at max load so it gets quite warm to the touch

[gleaming rose]

launches in 2 days

I gotta figure out how to import it

I'm going to start listing my PC again tonight

[tidal geyser]

this is my current laptop

somehow during a shader compile cpu is at 95c

[gleaming rose]

I wish I knew someone who wanted a PC

[tidal geyser]

i know a few but muh old one would have been like 4-5k

[gleaming rose]

I can do $1600 for it now

[tranquil cipher]

I never seen this, where does this cable go? I read its a speaker or something. I know on the bottom right there is a speaker connector, but that has 4 pin and the cable has 2

[gleaming rose]

so I guess back to jawa we go

[tidal geyser]

i just parted mine out

[tidal geyser]

its not a speaker

could be a temp sensor

[gleaming rose]

probably won't work for me

[tidal geyser]

yea

[tranquil cipher]

i has these letters

[tidal geyser]

they mean nothing

[hallow jasper]

the bit on the right on the end seems to be the important part and will tell you what it is

[grizzled frost]

show us the other end up close

[hallow jasper]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1j41e2n/x870e_aorus_pro_ice_what_is_this_cable_for/?share_id=_T-tjY-a6Yfm6MrK7lwwh&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

[hallow jasper]

If @tranquil cipher gave some context it might have explained things better.

[tranquil cipher]

Ohw wow thank you

[covert peak]

460$ for 9060xt 16 gigs w tax
good deal?

[hallow jasper]

Or read their own manual

So i just reversed image searched it (why do people still not know how to do this) and found the answer in a few seconds.

[serene python]

G AY

[frigid blade]

2x8? Is it ddr4 or 5?

If it’s 5 I hate them for doing that

[ivory mountain]

bro what

[hallow jasper]

daniel

[ivory mountain]

i mean its okay i guess the cheapest one is $440

[hallow jasper]

read that again my dude

[tranquil cipher]

I know you dont need to connect all cpu power connectors, but i if can should still dont do it?

[covert peak]

um what

It's the rx 9060xt 16gigs rdna 4 card

[hallow jasper]

Confusing question. You need a single 8-pin minimum in most cases. Whether you connect an additional or not is up to you.

[tidal geyser]

rip knew it looked like a mic but did not think it could be one because, what the hell would that really be useful for

[hallow jasper]

absolutely no idea, never seen that kinda thing before

Maybe for fan noise tuning?

[tranquil cipher]

But is there anything that would say do or dont if i dont overclock my 9850x3d

[toxic crest]

Lol
Got new unifi network stuff and was fighting with not being able to reach another device in a different vlan via ipv4
And even though network was set to private, windows built in firewall was BLOCKING everything

[hallow jasper]

I still don't understand the question. If you connect it, the PC will run. If you don't connect it, the PC will run.

It makes no difference

[toxic crest]

Entire week down the drain

[tidal geyser]

turn off PBO

[toxic crest]

2 weeks even

[tidal geyser]

de-overclock it

[hallow jasper]

He's asking about connecting a second EPS 12V connector

[tidal geyser]

oh

trust 9850X3D uses more than 300w

[frigid blade]

Oh I thought you meant a bundle of GPU and ram, mb I just woke up

[tidal geyser]

not like pushing that much might just light it on fire

[tranquil cipher]

Ok so, i have 2 8pin power connectors for the cpu, atm i dont plan on overclocking, should i only connect 1 8pin or can i still do 2 8pin tho i dont need it?

[hallow jasper]

You could overclock that 8-core to the moon and still not pull more power than a single 8-pin can handle.

@tranquil cipher I hope we've made it clear at this point. The decision is now with you what you do with it.

[tidal geyser]

if you got 2 cables why not

the other one is going to do nothing

well eh more cables to manage with 2

anyhow, it does not matter it will make zero diffference

[hallow jasper]

I've got an even lower powered chip and stil have both 8pins connected because it simply tickles my brain the right way to see both there. If I unplugged one, nothign would change.

You have to make this decision on your own and if this one is a problem for you, PCs will be very hard

[tidal geyser]

7800X3D with 2 8pins is what i ran

[hallow jasper]

💪

90 watts of fury

[tidal geyser]

now i think my current cpu at max load is using as much as that thing idle or close to it

i do miss my desktops raw power tho

[hexed sage]

He said the thing

[fathom sentinel]

anyone know stuff with ethernet?

[hallow jasper]

lol, what kinda question is that

more specifically, why don't you just ask your question in detail

[fathom sentinel]

okay so i just got fiber optics everything is set up right the 5g wireless speed is going up to 300 my cat 6 cable only does 100 mbps i have set in settings 1.0 Gbps full duplex and its still 100 mbps is this issue with my pc or something diffrent?

[ivory mountain]

WOAHH 9080xt

fuck nobody fell for it

[hallow jasper]

You're going to have a take a step back and explain things a bit better. From your fiber coming into the home, any equipment it passes through, model numbers, cables used, until it gets to your PC. If at any point in this chain its wireless, say so. Your first explanation is talking about "5g wireless " and wired CAT6 in the same sentence and that doesn't make any sense.

[latent gull]

Easiest way to see if the cat cable is the issue is to check your link speed. If link speed shows 100mbps then something happening with either the Ethernet port config or the cable itself, ignoring everything else in the setup

[fathom sentinel]

you mean this?

[latent gull]

If your on windows, go into the settings where it shows the Ethernet connection, it should show link speed

[fathom sentinel]

it says 100/100 (Mbps)

[latent gull]

Then the three most likely options are, config on the ports is wrong, one of the ports can’t do 1g, or the cable is bad.

Or also I guess the cable could be too long, how long is the run?

[fathom sentinel]

about 15 meters +-

[distant frigate]

Isn’t it hard to have a CAT6 cable be too long?

I mean CAT6 should clear 1 Gbps easily if it’s rated for 10 gigabit at a certain distance

[latent gull]

Sure, but if he was running it 90 meters there could’ve been an issue

[fathom sentinel]

ill go try swap the ports

[latent gull]

also i recommend leaving the configurations on auto when possible, the device with the ethernet port does it right in 99% of cases

[fathom sentinel]

i think its cable issue

i connected diffrent cable to router and its 1 gbps now

[distant frigate]

Nice so that was the issue then

[gleaming rose]

my pc is lowk never gonna sell

[cold skiff]

What is it and how much

[gleaming rose]

14700k, 32GB DDR5, 2TB NVME, 7900xt, $1600

I'm going for at least $1500 in pocket, so after fees it's about that much

[sinful cobalt]

I also wouldnt buy that xd

[gleaming rose]

son 😭

is parting it out 100% the best then?

[sinful cobalt]

its a i7 14th gen known for degradation issue
even if updated bios the damage is already done

[gleaming rose]

idk if that's an option for me because I can't be out a computer for very long

[gleaming rose]

no damage to mine

[sinful cobalt]

reputational damage

plus you have RDNA 3 old aged milk

[gleaming rose]

so what do I do

[sinful cobalt]

nothing except for sell cheaper xd

we’re in a ram crisis you need to create a pricing that forces them to justify just for the ram and set aside other factors more

[modern walrus]

that true?

[tidal geyser]

one fell for it

[tidal geyser]

im so happe i got the 96GB of ddr5 ram for 100$

[modern walrus]

would be a bit late as the other cards came out last year

[tidal geyser]

funny that i was considering not buying it at that point in time

[ivory mountain]

no i was trying to trick people

[gleaming rose]

I mean lowest I can do is 1300

[tidal geyser]

thats almost about as much as i think i can sell my ram alone for

[modern walrus]

you wouldnt know if damage has happened or not, suddenly you would have problems even if you have done the bios updates.
My 14700K killed itself even when I updated the bios, it was giving be instability in GTA 5

[gleaming rose]

RAM - $350
GPU - $500
SSD - $200
CPU, cooler, case, PSU - $400

[gleaming rose]

0 problems ever

[gaunt spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1237968076868292718/1277664281147478076/togif.gif

bykski is good for watercooling stuff right

[solemn pewter]

"CPU Model Intel Core 7"

So is that Lunar Lake? Panther Lake? Very few of the models actually show a V or an H.

I hate this crap so much.

[gaunt spade]

might even be i7

[tidal geyser]

can even be raptor lake

not can even, it is raptor lake

[dusk patio]

this naming is so anti consumer it's so annoying

[solemn pewter]

Based on sites that actually let me filter properly (Lenovo's site and Newegg's site) Panther Lake laptops basically don't exist yet anyways

[tidal geyser]

yup

most are coming out q2

[solemn pewter]

Great. Stuck with this horrendous Surface for another few months

[tidal geyser]

ech0 was looking at some laptops and some xiaomi thing is what they like is launching today or smn

[gleaming rose]

March 21st it will be purchaseable

https://www.mi.com/shop/buy/detail?product_id=23472

[tidal geyser]

that

[solemn pewter]

Unfortunately, due to the companies I interact with, there is a limitation on what brands of laptop I'm cleared to utilize.

[gleaming rose]

get a thinkpad

[solemn pewter]

That's what I usually get. I ventured away from ThinkPad for once, and it was a huge mistake lol.

But their Panther Lake doesn't appear to be out yet either, so I'm still waiting

The X9 15" would probably be perfect for me, as the 14" display on the Surface is too small

[tidal geyser]

yea those are still a month or so away at least

im so iffy if i want my next laptop to be 14, 15 or 16

[gleaming rose]

I mean will my stuff sell faster if I part everything out for a good price?

[solemn pewter]

I find 14 to be too small and 16 to be too big. I'm not ALWAYS traveling, but I'm also not ALWAYS at my desk.

[tidal geyser]

i love how easy it is to handle my current 14 incher but the screen is so small

[dusk patio]

So yesterday I found out that a Lenovo v520s and a m910s share the same stupid M.2 SSD mounting design. 3D printed solutions feel so good when they work
https://makerworld.com/en/models/750339-lenovo-thinkcentre-m910s-m-2-ssd-bracket-support

(imagine this bracket, but in Prusa orange)

[solemn pewter]

15 is the perfect middle ground

[gleaming rose]

I have about $400 on hand, meaning I will probably need $1400 more

[tidal geyser]

right now at my desk i got a 35" monitor

[gleaming rose]

and my friend is getting a laptop for his birthday so if I can make something work we can be twinning

[solemn pewter]

Yeah, I have a 32" which pairs nicely with the 14" laptop....when it actually decides to connect.

[dusk patio]

15 is big enough for a numpad too

[solemn pewter]

Sadly, the X9 doesn't have a numpad

[gleaming rose]

I'm too muscle memoried for a numpad

[solemn pewter]

But I have a bluetooth one that I bring around with me......when the Surface actually decides to connect to it.

[tidal geyser]

xd i try to actively avoid anything with a numpad

[dusk patio]

I'm the opposite lol

[gleaming rose]

hhhh I need ittt

[solemn pewter]

Numpad is very helpful for a variety of things I do, so I like having them. But a lot of laptop numpads suck anyways

[dusk patio]

nice Frieren pfp btw

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-frieren-flovers-flover-elf-gif-17491954751701264744

[distant frigate]

Lmao. 6G devices by 2028 good luck

[dusk patio]

I just got 5G this week because uhhh Canadian telecom companies lol

[tidal geyser]

5g is already kinda dumb due to how low the range is

[grizzled frost]

what is even the point of 6g if 5g isn’t even super common in less densely populated areas

yeah and 6g is gonna have even worse range issues

[distant frigate]

If upper mid band is used yeah

[tidal geyser]

and for what

[distant frigate]

So like 7-8 GHz frequency

[grizzled frost]

and if the lower band is used, it’s basically just 5g

[tidal geyser]

like 4g has been enough for most people for a long time now

[grizzled frost]

so it’s either functionally identical to 5g, or it sucks

[distant frigate]

Yeah

Mid band 5G is still being deployed

[grizzled frost]

4g is plenty for 99% of people

[distant frigate]

There’s still cell sites that need it

[solemn pewter]

What's funny is that in my area, there is almost zero connection that isn't 5G. As soon as you exit the range of a T-Mobile 5G tower, you're just offline, period

[tidal geyser]

i forgot about cellular home internet

[grizzled frost]

5GUW is nice just for when streaming high quality video

[grizzled frost]

most of what is advertised as 5g is actually just lte

[solemn pewter]

Whatever it is, I'm glad to actually have cell service where I live now

[distant frigate]

Little bit further away from the cell site. Not bad speeds

[dusk patio]

bigger number better, but without all of the hard work of making the number bigger better

[dusk patio]

here we have a lot of LTE coverage which has been fine up until now for me

[hallow jasper]

Also T-Mobile?

Oh yeah it says it right there

[distant frigate]

https://fixupx.com/techlife32/status/2033667044642873654?s=46 oh yeah btw

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FixupX · Mar 16, 2026, 10:09 PM

Most of the mmWave is being converted to Mid-Band 5G on Verizon

mmWave just isn’t useful outside of stadiums, etc due to how bad its range is. 28 GHz frequency so makes sense

[rigid fjord]

well he's got to distract the public from being in those files

[lapis talon]

Does vertically mounting the nitro+ 9070xt look good? This isn't my picture btw

[tidal geyser]

Look good?

[lapis talon]

Imo it makes the nitro+ look bad

[lapis talon]

Yoo nice Frieren pfp

[jaunty apex]

I think it looks odd in an MATX case especially with RGB memory but that's just me

[lapis talon]

Ehhh I mean the main attraction of the card would be the side grill imo

[lapis talon]

This is my build, would it look bad here as well 💀

[jaunty apex]

Didnt say it looked bad, just odd. Think this looks better though

[lapis talon]

I mean, that mATX one looks bad to me, that's why I said that lmao

[lapis talon]

I'm switching to a Lian Li O11 Vision Compact, so I was wondering if I should vertically mount it in that case

[jaunty apex]

If you don't plan on using the pcie slots maybe

[cold skiff]

$1000

No one is putting value on a used 14700k

[bitter crater]

im having a bit of a weird glitch with my new gpu (9070xt), main screen (connected with hdmi) turns off for a second during gaming, other screen (connected with dp) keeps working. Even when using eyefinity to make both one the main screen turns off while other keeps going. screen was working fine with old gpu (same hdmi cable). anyone know whats going on and how to fix it?

[lapis talon]

I only have one PCIe slot 🥀🥀

[cold skiff]

#1027757333117415424

[ivory mountain]

yeah i like it, im not a fan of the cage on front of the card so if i had a nitro id probably do it like this

[lapis talon]

You can unscrew the grill if you want to as well

[ivory mountain]

yeah

[lapis talon]

Wish I could test it out before buying a kit

[solemn pewter]

UGreen has those chargers with the retractable cable...their site claims it's good for 25,000 retractions. Does anyone have one that has a different experience? The retractable cable ones are 5,000 mAh less than the non-retractable ones.

[median warren]

I bought my mum a power bank which can charge with magsafe, and it also has a retractable cable, idk if I'm answering your question but so far no problems with the retractable cable and it works perfectly fine

It's quite convenient

[sinful cobalt]

“yo someone go do 25k retracts rq”

[pure trellis]

So,is Nvidia back paddling on dlss 5 or double down?

[hallow jasper]

Neither.

[pure trellis]

Looks like need to check the implementation before buy the game

[hallow jasper]

There is no sating the pre-schoolers who are meming about it. Too short sighted. They didn't help their initial cause with the terrible initial presentation. As with all things like this, the masses don't get it and what is seen now won't be what the end result is but most can't see that far.

[pure trellis]

I am more concerned about dlss effect texture work

[hallow jasper]

Any complaints will come down to the games own developers and how much/little they use of it.

I think people assume this is a user side setting we turn on/off on games. The reality is its a development SDK to use during the games design.

But really, we just need to wait and see.

[sullen dune]

Any one know some universal leg rests that i can mount to my Protoarc EC100 so when i recline i can put my legs ontop

Protoarc sadly doesn't sell any add on leg rests

Something like this

[wheat torrent]

what would you do in this situation

[sullen dune]

Put a fire suppression blanket ontop of it and pray.

[bitter crater]

i think it would be smarter to first turn off the power

[brave brook]

wonder why are we thinking about an AI picture 😄

[wheat torrent]

dlss 5

[sullen dune]

No need

Breaker box will do it job

[brave brook]

and even if it didn't - PSU switch is near for sure, as it is a test bench

[serene python]

not use AI

[sullen dune]

Yup

[brave brook]

meanwhile me 😄

(i suspect there is some limitation causing GPUs to be used only at 50% most of the time when doing llama.cpp - possibly not enough of a model on each of the GPUs to fully load them?)

[tall sandal]

Turn off the power and grab a fire extinguisher

But this is Ai anyways

guys I have a question, prob some guys gonna shit on me for asking but whatever

[rose sorrel]

Switch 2 with “ Pro Controller” I can’t tell if it real one or not for $379 ?

And have lay-way

[tall sandal]

What is the maximum amount of extra money you would pay if a laptop you bought was guaranteed to have zero defects?

For me likely 600£ extra.

[hallow jasper]

whatever Apple is charging. that.

[ivory mountain]

yeah amd just leave the upscaling to nvidia

[empty summit]

I have a 3060ti and when i go to update it it saye this action can not be done. Anyway around it?

[tidal geyser]

pic

tried ddu and the offline driver?

[empty summit]

no clue whaat that is. but iv tried multiple times on both the download options. over the past few days

[gaunt spade]

why is cpu utilization only 30% on cs2

[tidal geyser]

XD

[gaunt spade]

🥀

[tidal geyser]

thats geforce experience

it was deprecated like 2 years ago

[empty summit]

yeah? thats where i always have updated my drivers on both my pc's

[tidal geyser]

use nvidia app

[tidal geyser]

times change

[gaunt spade]

geforce experience 🥀🥀

login to download drivers

[empty summit]

the control panel?

[empty summit]

oh ok

10 minutes till it downloads ( i have 5G internet plan and im 20 feet from the router)

[gaunt spade]

🦧

[empty summit]

genuinly no clue why its so bad i used to get 1G at this desk (nones on it rn)

[sleek ibex]

Persona 3

Holy shit Persona 3 is turning 20 this year

[south arrow]

It be like that sometimes, my brother crushed all those games, I think hes got the whole collection. Its definitely an interesting turn based, fun spin

[gaunt spade]

old people stuff

[gleaming rose]

my friend got this for me

[sleek ibex]

Nice!

I remember playing P3 on the PS2 and even P4

[empty summit]

@tidal geyser tysm for the help

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitty-cat-kitty-bath-kitty-bath-gif-14028255170565215337

[tall sandal]

Guys

One thing, you know ChatGPT seems to use CPU to display text

Cuz on my old laptop everything it wrote long stuff displayed, I could feel the stutter

[tidal geyser]

how else would it work

[tidal geyser]

what OS are you on

[tall sandal]

Windows

I noticed it first when the desktops at my school felt wayy faster

[tidal geyser]

rip no helium for you

[tall sandal]

With the ChatGPT

[tidal geyser]

i dono try firefox or chrome

[tall sandal]

Yea so basically it means obviously CPU is being used just to display text

It’s not a problem, but just interesting how much it can use

[gleaming rose]

I'm a new-gen I'm playing p3r and p5r is on deck

[vital mountain]

Posted in networking but if you use a unifi hardware, check for update ASAP
#networking message

[hallow jasper]

input resolution and upscaling preset used?

or, i guess more accurately which output/native resolution was it starting from

[ivory mountain]

I have it on 1440 quality, fsr4 quality

Was mostly memeing cause its a transition layer to get fsr4 to work with vulkan

[hallow jasper]

Optiscaler?

[frosty ruin]

9850X3D ain’t burning for now

[ivory mountain]

Yes

[hallow jasper]

that seems so cludgy

[ivory mountain]

im just using this until i can get a new pc built lol, cuz yk amd doesnt want to support fsr4 on cards pre rdna 4

even though it works perfectly fine (doesnt have 100% of the performance tho)

[rigid fjord]

not one to add to it, but i have seen many chairs with it built in

[eternal cloak]

There are plenty you can buy as a separate unit in front of your chair, a chair having whole attachments is very very rare

[urban sparrow]

Hi, I need some recommendations for a new pair of headphones after my last pair (Soundcore Q45) unfortunately broke.

I use my headphones for listening to music, podcasts and videos while on the train, while walking outside as well as to consume media on my laptop at home.
I often switch between Spotify on my laptop to Spotify on my phone. My last pair had a neat feature where it would be connected to both, and could automatically switch. However it was very unreliable, and I'd rather have a reliable button to press to switch.
Noise cancelling is an essential feature for me, but so is transparency (which I like to use when I'm outside).
Finally the build quality is really important. There is a lot of putting them in and out of my bag. While my last pair broke for other reasons, they quite quickly started falling a part a little.
Sound quality is important, but doesn't need to be perfect. As long as it's not total crap. Custom EQ is always a bonus.

My budget is £100-£130 (maximum willing to go up to £150 at a stretch).

[rigid fjord]

sennheiser is my go to for that tbh

[hallow jasper]

welp, when rtings suggests the one you already had as the best in that price category.. i got nothing.

[fringe prairie]

helium as in helium browser?

[viral kayak]

how much is average price for a 1tb m.2 ssd right now?

[fringe prairie]

it’s on windows. i use it everyday

[hallow jasper]

Are you asking us to use pcpartpicker for you or..?

[viral kayak]

no i just wanna know what the average price is where you guys live

because its around 190 usd on average here (when converted into usd)

[hallow jasper]

ok so you are asking us to do it for you. well, give me a moment i'll go do that

[tidal geyser]

oh

i forgot linux does linux things sometimes

[hallow jasper]

so averaging out the bottom of the barrel garbage around $130 and the top of the pile at around $250, its roughly the same. US

[tidal geyser]

i could not even see the windows version on their main site but yea on github windows do be there

[tidal geyser]

im selling mine for like 180$

[tidal geyser]

har sett noen gå for 1500

[viral kayak]

ahh because i found a crucial gen 4 ssd at 150

[tidal geyser]

p3?

[viral kayak]

only found 1 new for 1500kr also they dont like norwegian here

[tidal geyser]

shush about the last part

[viral kayak]

p310

[tidal geyser]

that is a p3

like literally it is a p3 with a new name

im selling a new in box sn5000 1TB and a used 1TB XG7000

[viral kayak]

slide over the finn links

[viral kayak]

is the p3 good anyways?

[tidal geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/nuh-uh-meme-no-cat-no-cat-nuh-uh-nuh-uh-gif-5478596456695677807

[viral kayak]

why not?

[tidal geyser]

sn5000 for 1800nok and the xg7000 for 1900nok rn but them prices are not locked down

[tidal geyser]

QLC and tend to have a bad controller

[viral kayak]

which has the consequens of ?

[tidal geyser]

slow speeds and die quick

[viral kayak]

slow speeds? its rated to 6000 in write and 7100 in read. also how quick does it die

[tidal geyser]

XD those are very very fake

when the drive runs out of cache it drops down to HDD speeds

[viral kayak]

so i shouldnt buy it?

[ebon marlin]

That's an interesting way to repurpose a Z Flip 5

[rugged sand]

Hello @tidal geyser what do you think it would cost to get essential the highest performance pc with the minimum amount of ddr5 ram and only like 1-2tb of storage. I'm thinking of getting a 4090, and idk what cpu I should get. You probably remember me asking about pcs like 4 months ago and then a year before that. I also wanna include 2 oled monitors. I'm not sure what my best option would be when it comes to the cpu, cause Idk if I should just get essentially the best gaming cpu or if I should get something less powerful for cheaper and then upgrade later?

[gaunt spade]

can anyone help i how do ireset nvidia control panel stuff

[rigid fjord]

no, i'd look at either the 2 sim suggested or a sn5100, or any lexar ssd starting with NM in the front of the model name

[gaunt spade]

in game i have 165hz but on desktop only 60 max

[fringe prairie]

5100 is qlc as well i believe

nq790 is fine. similar to old vp4300l

[rigid fjord]

that's qlc nand also no?

[fringe prairie]

nah

https://www.techpowerup.com/ssd-specs/lexar-nq790-1-tb.d2091

i thought it was as well

the 780 should be avoided tho

ig5236 qlc

[rigid fjord]

hmm, the eq range is definitely qlc nand though afaik

[wheat torrent]

Lexar

[rigid fjord]

yeah bit of an underdog for ssd's

several decent models to choose from

i might fork out another £170 for a 2tb mx500

[lament kelp]

Hey

[distant frigate]

https://youtu.be/-eV6GO_Tc1A?si=gQytmJ2ylGLF5Yf4

Also to note the drop tests from this channel will use sandpaper on concrete from now on for more consistent results.

[shy pier]

Anyone here have experience setting up Intel Xeon 2nd gen Cascade Lakes servers?

[spring latch]

something aint right

[plucky lodge]

first first time i notice this, u can do taps like browser in the file explorere

[grizzled frost]

Been a feature for more than a decade on windows

[ebon marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/cats-fighting-fighting-cats-anniehasleftoop-gif-23317332

[empty quartz]

Mrrp

[ebon marlin]

gay homo

[empty quartz]

I knew it was on windows 11, but iirc its not on 10

Correct me if im wrong though

[grizzled frost]

Almost positive it is in win10

[hallow jasper]

Officially it was not, not as a normal feature

there was the "Sets" thing, but that didn't stick around. I never saw it at all. https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/28/16709190/microsoft-windows-10-tabs-file-explorer-sets-feature

(article from 2017)

[agile topaz]

I think I've done it chat, my cpu maxes out at about 70 degrees on a fairly ok optimized game like Darktide while very consistently boosting to 5440mhz

All while being perfectly stable

[wheat torrent]

Your profile picture pisses me off

[stray portal]

This is just misleading

Using white color for the cracks and then having one phone be dark and one be light

Makes it seem like the samsung breaks easier

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/RespectiveCollective-ai-burger-king-fat-cat-iEeFwkfoEnojcukkoE

[ebon marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/gdg-gif-27653917

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/apcgifs-X7Bckr1JaJS1opWTzO

im gonna get the zotac 2080 ti watercooled

[empty quartz]

Why get a old gpu thats about as fast as a 3060ti

[gaunt spade]

cuz watercooled

[sinful cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/mclaren-disastercals-gif-3549840301773162905

[twin shuttle]

I got an odd question. I have a client with an HP pro book laptop. When she goes into her office facility, her machine refuses to power on. It has the HP wolf screen. I just uninstalled it. However, if she goes to the end of the parking lot and goes to like McDonald’s or something it’ll boot. There’s no option to select the wireless network before the bios turns on have y’all ever heard of this before? I don’t think there’s any RF blocking going on considering that the rest of the people have the same model

[gaunt spade]

mustve been the wind

[twin shuttle]

No, it happens frequently though like she’ll go on premises it just refuses to post at all. It won’t even go to bios. But if she drives to the end of the parking lot outside of the range, it works fine. She can bring the machine back to her office while the machine is on and it works fine. Doesn’t cut off mid usage

[tidal geyser]

just give her a new laptop and RMA the old one

if it happens to nobody else high chance its a laptop issue

[formal sonnet]

By chance... Is this laptop being plugged into ANYTHING in the office? Like a docking station or even just a DisplayPort monitor?

[twin shuttle]

@formal sonnet It’s not just straight charger tried different wall outlets too battery isn’t dead and even without charger no luck like it’ll power up, but it won’t post it’ll just show that HP wolf screen not able to press any function keys for it to change

[formal sonnet]

Sanity check: have you seen this with your own eyes or... Is this all second hand information? (I believe you; but I do not believe end users, usually because they don't know enough to properly describe things. Trust, but verify.)

[twin shuttle]

I have seen this with my own eyes can confirm

[formal sonnet]

Gotcha. That's a strange one indeed then. If there are no peripherals plugged into the laptop when in office... I can't see why it would behave this way.

[twin shuttle]

Yeah, no peripherals at all

[formal sonnet]

What happens if they power on the laptop away from the office, leaving it running on their car seat, then walk into the office with it? 🤔

inb4 their laptop bursts into flames in their arms.

[twin shuttle]

So an example is if she boot the machine up on the side of the parking lot outside of wireless range it will boot just fine and if she brings it in to the office after it’s booted already it works fine, but if she initiates a restart inside the office it won’t work

[formal sonnet]

Very very strange. Sounds like it might be time to contact your HP account rep to have the laptop troubleshot under the warranty terms.

[twin shuttle]

Yeah sadly warranty expired like 2 days ago oh well lol

[tired bear]

reset bios to factory settings and try again

after that if not fixed just reinstall it

might be some windows fuckery with detected wifi but kernel is partialy broken so it hangs

or atleast sfc /scannow

[twin shuttle]

Did that and Dism no errors

[tired bear]

which part ? just sfc?

my bios config for hp shit:
disable fast boot, disable ipv6 when pxe
disable hp recover compleatly (two checkmarks)
turn on numlock on power on set to checked

wifi fast switch is usualy ok but power users will need that off since it disables wifi when wired network connection is made

[twin shuttle]

Just SFC I’ll have to make a note of that bios config

[serene python]

homemade 32bit cpu go brrr again @rigid fjord

its time

[quasi field]

That’s gonna be a long project

You could start off using a FPGA

[serene python]

this is vivado

quite literally an fpga ide

[quasi field]

Didn’t event know there was a ide for fpga my bad…

[serene python]

oopsie whoopsie forgor to set a constraint for the clock

[quasi field]

Holy moly

[grizzled frost]

AH

[quasi field]

Your lucky that chip is still living if it is

Bros chip hit 10ghz

[serene python]

ok 200 mhz failed off the bat

fuck

[quasi field]

In theory you could run Java minecraft on a FPGA chip. But the purpose of the chip would literally be minecraft…

[quasi field]

You probably fried the chip… 120°C is no joke bro

[lament kelp]

120c is crazy i only get 36c playing games on my cpu lmao

[jaunty apex]

Junction temps get hotter than heat spreader temps

[serene python]

shush

[lament kelp]

to be fair is not overclock

[jaunty apex]

Junction can hit 95 fairly often on modern cpus

120 though.. Lmao

[peak knot]

i prefer my CPUs at -195C

[vestal stream]

fuck i sjust spilled water on the keyboard

[jaunty apex]

Hey dont do that

[serene python]

ok we chilling

150mhz and it runs

[quasi field]

Is it normal for a 9800x3d to be a 70°C while water cooled and running a game?

[peak knot]

yes

[serene python]

28nm node save me

[jaunty apex]

Lower than my 5800x

[gleaming rose]

well for now i lowered my PC's price to $1400

[quasi field]

Yeah pc market rn is just depressing ngl

[gleaming rose]

i don't feel comfortable going lower than that because of fees

[quasi field]

I built a 5070 system for 1400 before the shortage

[gleaming rose]

the problem is nobody has money to buy it but i need to buy a laptop to replace it

because i am sick and tired of having a PC

[tidal geyser]

i am so conflicted right now

[gleaming rose]

i may be able to help

[tidal geyser]

50/50 if its smarter to just get a nvidia Dgpu for lower overhead in linux

funny to say it but ye

[gleaming rose]

as opposed to what?

[tidal geyser]

b390

[gleaming rose]

for lower overhead?

[tidal geyser]

or well my current 140v

i lose about 20-30%+ of my performance on linux vs windows

[gleaming rose]

what's your kernel version

[tidal geyser]

im on cachyos

so latest stable with EEVDF

[quasi field]

Got a 5070 for $549.99, got a ryzen 7700 for 168.99, cpu cooler for 39.99, 32gb ddr5 for $78.99, matx motherboard for $99.99, psu 850w for $119.99, a case for $89. 1tb ssd for $58.99. Total being around $1200 before tax…

[quasi field]

Rip all this ngl

[tidal geyser]

well also

ofc not using power save when gaming

[gleaming rose]

are you using the Xe driver or the i915 driver

[tidal geyser]

should be XE i at least know im running mesa git

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Lunar Lake [Intel Arc Graphics 130V / 140V] (rev 04)

there we go
Kernel driver in use: xe

also here is something else funny i found

oh yea trust me iv done everything i can on linux for better performance and battery life

when i say intel did a lot of tuning on windows i MEAN it

[serene python]

i will lose my mind if i cant get 166.67 mhz

[tidal geyser]

i should note linux performance is not unusable its still pretty nice but its easy to see and feel the difference

i still prefer being on linux as there are somehow way less bugs and it just works

wayland also makes life so easy

[serene python]

i think i need to add more stages

6 arent enough (hopefully still under pentium 4 by morning)

[tulip sparrow]

Ok looks like there are FAR MORE corner standing desks out now then when I last looked and they are a LOT cheaper then they use to be as well https://www.amazon.com/VIVO-Electric-Adjustable-Workstation-DESK-E3CTB/dp/B09B2VDSYJ

$200-$300 is NOT bad int he slightest

UPDesk is NOT the only company around for standing desks any more

[tired bear]

i find that joint really uncomfortable

[tulip sparrow]

What joint?

[tired bear]

i would rather have one rectangular but huge desk

[tulip sparrow]

Don't like corner desks?

I always have lol

[tired bear]

its 3 piece desk

ones my colegues have are two piece

[tulip sparrow]

Looks like the frame goes under all pieces

[tired bear]

you will 100% feel those joints

[wheat torrent]

what the hell

I didnt expect it to be so popular wtf

[simple ermine]

Hey guys, you know how Linus uses a fibre thunderbolt connection between his PC and peripherals, has anyone tried something similar on a budget?

[wheat torrent]

it has more than marathon ever had

[tired bear]

yea..

[tulip sparrow]

I had a similar desk before without the motor and was a single hieght and had double joints and didn't bother me any

[simple ermine]

Because I really wan move my PC way down to the shed at the end of my garden but those cables are mad spendy and I’d need a real long one

[tidal geyser]

Rustdesk
Moonlight
And so on

[tired bear]

yap

[gleaming rose]

any game recommendations

[simple ermine]

Ehh it’s still just kinda gross and laggy.. I want my 4K 144hz display without the lag and etc

[tidal geyser]

Yes rustdesk
Moolight and so on

[simple ermine]

Hmm ok I’ll have a look

[tidal geyser]

Also 4k 144hz for like what 30-40m

[tired bear]

displayport or hdmi optical cable + ethernet cable

[tidal geyser]

Good luck with that cheap

Wut

[hidden nymph]

Warship??? the fuck

[simple ermine]

Well I already have OM3 fibre running from where my PC is to my shed

[hidden nymph]

I think its broken

[tired bear]

yea no

[hidden nymph]

it deleted m attachements for no reason

[simple ermine]

This is where my PC is rn under my stairs with a cable through the wall to my TV

[hidden nymph]

lab in class, lets try this again

[tired bear]

optical hdmi/dp has many fibers inside as it simplifies conversion logic

[serene python]

HOLY

after some design choices we up to 200MHZ

[hidden nymph]

i have a collective of like 160gb of ram right here

[frigid blade]

Personal corner with the discord, it reminds me of high school

[simple ermine]

Yeah I’ve already got the conduit. I think I may have to bite the bullet and pull an expensive optic HDMI and USB through

[hidden nymph]

no this is all mine to access lmfao, i have admin on them all

[simple ermine]

Cheaper than thunderbolt tho I guess

[hidden nymph]

(i chose this one specifically because its meant to be the workstation in the virtual network ive made here)

[frigid blade]

That’s why I said it reminds me of high school, I taught the networking class for my teacher and he’d pass me for doing it, and gave me all access

[tired bear]

moonlight over local network is fast af

[frigid blade]

moonlight + sunshine is awesome

[simple ermine]

I guess it’s just nice to have direct access

[hidden nymph]

we got 2 windows servers 2022, one admin station, and a OpenSense router (not like an actual router but its a machine with opensense on it yk)

then the managed switch in the middle connecting it all

[simple ermine]

But yeah I wan move the PC in to my rack as I’ve still got a load of space in there

[frigid blade]

We just had a single server and like a full rack of Cisco switches and routers

[tired bear]

if you wanna pay 500$ - 1000$ for it go for it

[hidden nymph]

we have a server room

ill show it hold on

[frigid blade]

The most fun I had was setting up PXE boot

The students had to install windows over the network

[simple ermine]

Yeah Ooft no thanks. I’ll buy more GPU instead for that kinda money

[frigid blade]

Dayum

[simple ermine]

I mean is it like your server room

[frigid blade]

Way more than we had we were poor

[tired bear]

1080p 60 and 4k 144hz are two diffrent beasts

[frigid blade]

School

[simple ermine]

Ahh that’s cool

[simple ermine]

Where I work we have multiple server rooms including one in a literal nuclear bunker

It’s very cool. My home server room is much more boring

[hidden nymph]

i have unrestricted access tho 24/7

so uh does that count?

[simple ermine]

Nice!

[tired bear]

yall are confusing server room (MDF) with IDF

[tulip sparrow]

Design of my old desk and I had no issues. Colors were nowhere near as gaudy looking as this

[hidden nymph]

no it has servers here too lol

its combined bc we can only have one room dedicated for it

the cabinent over there has a full ass server rack

[simple ermine]

My server room is a plastic shed from Costco lmao

[hidden nymph]

lemme show up cloe

[simple ermine]

Literally this is my server room. From Costco, at the end of my garden

[tulip sparrow]

The colors I actually purchased

[tired bear]

compute side of dc, on the other side is networking

[hidden nymph]

niceee

im in college still so yo

[tulip sparrow]

Mine was purchases in 2018 so yeah product completely changed on Amazon color wise lol

[tired bear]

and i have 10+ of them all around europe

[hidden nymph]

W im just a student rn so

[tidal geyser]

im so tired of my server

[simple ermine]

This is where things are kinda rn in the server shed

[tidal geyser]

what does it do

[simple ermine]

I keep switched rear mounted, top server is primarily for local AI. I just need more VRAM

[hidden nymph]

its not very common students get to have unrestricted access to the lab

[hidden nymph]

etc with no time limits, like we do

[simple ermine]

I’m hoping to get a second GPU instead there soon

[hidden nymph]

i can be here even at midnight

and nothing will be said

im tryna setup a steam caching server for the fun

so uh yuh

[tired bear]

what use are your rails if you cant pull the servers out without unpluging it first
i have these kind of cable guides so one can pull server without unpluging it

[hidden nymph]

wait thats acc dope asf

[simple ermine]

I have the cable management arms but they were irritating.

I have everything HA so I can just unplug pull out one of the nodes without issue anyway

[tired bear]

they are irritating but once you set them up you dont have to touch it

[simple ermine]

True, I probably should, but I fuck about with this rack all the time

And having rear mounted switches makes makes but of a cable bundle at the back anyway

[tired bear]

non alligned u

https://tenor.com/view/cat-shaking-head-gif-21797829

[simple ermine]

Funny enough this is an older photo

I did swap them out for 4 neat matching cables, and then I removed that watchguard entirely

[tired bear]

you are not innocent of sin either

https://tenor.com/view/cat-shaking-radlcies-gif-24378563

[hidden nymph]

i didnt set that one up 😭

[simple ermine]

I was running 2x1G ports as a trunk but it was meh.

I’ve switched over to a virtual firewall now, HA across my two hosts

Still watchguard, but dual 10G fibre interfaces rather than 8x1G

[tired bear]

never heard of watchguard

[simple ermine]

Fair enough. They’re fairly big in the enterprise firewall space

That M290 in the picture is one of their hardware firewall appliances, but I’ve now switched over to their virtualised option, FireboxV

[tired bear]

no asic in that hardware appliance?

[modest sandal]

Is 6000MT/S Cl 36 ram good for 9800x3d?

[sullen dune]

just did a dual boot for POP!_OS i feel so smart now(geniuenly not any more difficlut than installing windows)

[simple ermine]

Not in the M290, this thing is PowerPC based. It can take a 10G SFP+ module in the adaptor bay bit, but they cost a ton

[sullen dune]

6000MT/s pretty much the sweet spot though cl30 might be a little bit better

[tired bear]

yea no advantage to appliance then

[simple ermine]

So I’ve switched over to their virtual firewall appliance to option instead

[tired bear]

my fortis have asics inside that do shit

[sullen dune]

but honestly in this economy its not that necessary CL36 is also still acceptable

[simple ermine]

What’s real nice with the virtual FW is I find that failing over the VM is waaay more reliable than having failover between two hardware devices

[tired bear]

never had issue with failover lol

[simple ermine]

I’ve always run clusters haha

But because it’s a virtual NIC presented to my ONT, the MAC is the same after a failover sitch which saves the IP handshake you’d get on a failover event between the HW appliances

[tired bear]

yea i have two HA clusters per site one at the network edge and another for "zone" (inter vlan communication)

[simple ermine]

It’s a rly good option, just costs a fortune lol