tech-chat-1

[thin bloom]

Damn

[ionic peak]

Feuermelder

[boreal timber]

Oh thank you then

[brave brook]

no idea what those games are. Look for videos showcasing 3050 performance for those games

[boreal timber]

I'll try to get it if I can

[ionic peak]

You play zzz so you can gambel

[boreal timber]

Oh okay

[ionic peak]

Jiggle physics on characters and some gameplay

And 80% gambling

Idk if it worse rate to win as Las vegas

[abstract wigeon]

one video shows 70-80fps on high settings

[boreal timber]

I can handle that I like playing on 60 frames

[ionic peak]

Go play what you want to play bc only the wallet will stop you

[boreal timber]

I don't care for anymore frames

[abstract wigeon]

youre sorted then

[boreal timber]

Wowzers!

[ionic peak]

Whats your specs?

[boreal timber]

I don't have a computer
I just play on a series s and want to sell it

[ionic peak]

Ah daimn

[ionic peak]

I still got one s

[abstract wigeon]

you gonna keep the controller?

from what i remember the new xbox controllers are nice

[ionic peak]

But my one pc gets ichill 4x of the 1070

[abstract wigeon]

im still using an xbox 1 controller

[ionic peak]

I got the one controller

And one s

Sadly micro usb

[abstract wigeon]

are they different? bar the colour

[median warren]

Im still using my custom xbox one elite controller from 2018

No stick drift still, it's holding so well

[abstract wigeon]

yeah it sucks, i just bought rechargable batteries for them

[ionic peak]

Ye some stuff and xbox logo

[ionic peak]

I had once but they got jammed my battery cover

[abstract wigeon]

yeah me too, 1 xbox controller in 10(ish) years, and been through 6 switch joycons in 6

[median warren]

Solid ass controllers

[ionic peak]

I do have a 360 one but the other got no battery covver

[median warren]

I still have my skylander games, portal, Skylanders and the Xbox 360

[ionic peak]

https://tenor.com/view/metal-gear-solid-snake-big-boss-gif-12248663

[ionic peak]

Peak on wii

[median warren]

I always played it on Xbox 360

[ionic peak]

I got Sadly a flashed one

[rigid fjord]

yeah, though it confuses those that don't know about this, also the flag itself if incorrectly hung, is an act of treason according to the uk law

[median warren]

Oh wow

[ionic peak]

Germany flag is simpel

[median warren]

Good things I don't hang flags

[median warren]

Windmill

[ionic peak]

I hang pictures

[ionic peak]

Germany 🇩🇪

[median warren]

I hang myself

[median warren]

Yeah ik

[ionic peak]

That's netherlanda

[rigid fjord]

it's not a symmetrically designed flag despite looking like it is

[median warren]

And moustache man

[ionic peak]

For rock climbing?

[ionic peak]

He was from austria

[rigid fjord]

he was austrian

[median warren]

I know and a painter

[ionic peak]

Funny that the fault got all to German

[median warren]

Yes for rock climbing

[median warren]

He was in power in Germany when that happened so that's why

[ionic peak]

I don't do such things but it looks interesting

[median warren]

Come let's do it together

[ionic peak]

Ye Germany was suffering alot before him

[ionic peak]

I'm to heavy

[median warren]

He did do some good, some

[median warren]

How heavy

[ionic peak]

Nearly 100kg

[median warren]

Ah that's fine

[ionic peak]

And I don't like heights;(

[boreal timber]

Yahhh I like my purple controller :3
I have spare one so the seller can have that one

[ionic peak]

I got black and white

I like the black one

It has a milky like Xbox button

[rigid fjord]

the only good he did was VW

[ionic peak]

Volks wagen das auto

https://tenor.com/view/vw-phaeton-gif-3576509804728944999

[ionic peak]

And got fat but one positive thing is he didn't liked people who smoke

Like Noone

[rustic lynx]

@deep musk extracting it did absolutely nothing

Oh nvm

I had to click on one thing

And it works

[deep musk]

after you've extracted it, how did you tried to launch it?

[deep musk]

oh nicey

[rustic lynx]

I extracted, clicked on every file and one file launched it

[median warren]

Volkswagen translates to "People's Car"

[rustic lynx]

Weirddd

[ionic peak]

Sadly not selling good

[ivory mountain]

pragmata looks incredible man

[sinful cobalt]

you just got struck by a smooth discord compression

[kindred halo]

Another good thing he did was directly attach himself to the engineering committee, which gave us hilarious designs like the Maus & E.100

[frigid blade]

this is why I love capital one shopping

[ivory mountain]

💔

[frigid blade]

Any time my friends are looking to buy stuff, especially at eBay, I buy it for them and they pay me a little bit less just enough for us both to get "rewards", I get some extra money they pay less

[empty quartz]

Fact: if you want the most stable device with decent battery, iphone

If you want good video, most higher end androids, or iphone pro series. If you dont need brand new, go previous gen, never finance

[rigid fjord]

that wasn't a good thing

[empty quartz]

Ai slop

[ivory mountain]

financing is shit

[frigid blade]

unless its 0% financing

i love financing my costco hotdogs

[kindred halo]

The good about it is we have silly designs to laugh at now

[empty quartz]

What the fuck

Theres no way thats real…

[frigid blade]

its from a reddit post but its real

[empty quartz]

I must try this myself with my costco executive membership

Get on my level

[sleek ibex]

If you are unironically financing a Costco Hot Dog.....

It's over for you, dawg

[bold kindle]

is this mostly because it's extremely high fps? or because it's 1080p?

[tranquil wharf]

is what because of high fps/1080p? what do you find strange on that chart?

[bold kindle]

the difference

[tranquil wharf]

difference between which CPUs specifically, or that there is a difference at all?

[bold kindle]

are PCs more CPU bound when it's extremely high fps or low resolution?

[empty quartz]

I want to just for shits and giggles

[tranquil wharf]

resolution affects how much GPU power is required per frame, but it has almost no effect on how much CPU power is required, therefore yes, you're more likely to be CPU limited at a lower resolution than a higher one, because you're reducing the amount of work the GPU needs to do

[bold kindle]

it's crazy that so many benchmarks are in 1080, and so few in 1440, i'd wager those gaming at 1080p are the same people that buy 5050 and have no clue, and do not look at benchmarks

or worse, buught the 3050

every god damn video is 1080 or 4k, not 1440 x)

[ivory mountain]

cpus are tested in 1080 for a reason

[bold kindle]

sure, but the point of benchmarking is to find out what's the best buy.
i think few people who watch benchmarks play in 1080.

[ivory mountain]

1440p is much more reliant on the gpu, hense why you see, for example, like r5 7600 builds with 9070xt's a lot on 1440p builds

the cpu doesnt matter nearly as much

[frigid blade]

thats not really how that works though, it all depends on the game

[bold kindle]

holy fuck that's some difference in watts 😄

[ivory mountain]

the example i gave is pretty accurate for most AAA games

[rigid fjord]

not really

[ionic peak]

Haha monte says that to

[rigid fjord]

and these look to be showing their TDP not actual power draw

[bold kindle]

and that's why they should showcase that point, because a lot of people just think 9800x3d is best for gaming, when it might hardly matter on 1440p and 4k, and it's a price premium of 300$ against 9700x.

[rigid fjord]

there's the cache, and still i can see those are TDP not real power draw

9700x isn't a 65w cpu, it'll easily pull 80-100w

[ivory mountain]

my 7800x3d is 120w, most ive seen it pull is 90, in game is 60

[rigid fjord]

reasons why TDP is bad for showing

[bold kindle]

maybe tdp is without overclocks or boosts, wich seems to be built in on amd now.

[rigid fjord]

so wrong, tdp is the thermal output, not power draw

[solar moat]

TDP IS NOT POWER DRAW

[azure topaz]

it will in fact draw 120w tho

[bold kindle]

thermal output is exactly proportional to powerdraw. if you draw 120w, you produce 120w exactly of heat.

[ivory mountain]

its too scared to draw 120 in my presence

[rigid fjord]

nope

[azure topaz]

true

[solar moat]

tdp is bullshit nubmers just dont look at it

[bold kindle]

that's thermodynamics, it's harder to observe in mechanical machines though.

[solar moat]

its a marketing term form 1990

[bold kindle]

all power is converted to movement or heat

or stored in chemical bonds ofc.

[azure topaz]

this is true

[rigid fjord]

this be showing a 9700x can pull 208w (normally boosted) and 277w (pbo tuned) @bold kindle

[azure topaz]

anyone who tells you that your cpu is producing 90w of heat while drawing 120w is wrong

[solar moat]

88W stock power limit vs maybe like 150W with PBO

9700x very power limited at stock

[bold kindle]

im not talking about advertisement terms, im just saying that any power a PC consumes is converted to heat, even the power going to fans become heat.

[solar moat]

yes but for same power draw some cpus run hotter then others and that what TDP was ment to adress but its just BS marketing

[bold kindle]

idk why the tdp was rated so differently

and ''running hot'' can also mean it's the cooling sollution being shit, like 980ti FE.

[empty quartz]

@frigid blade im going to commit a heinous sin

[frigid blade]

what

[solar moat]

it was made long ago since X cpu draws 100W and y cpu draws 60W but needs same cooler as cpu X to not overheat due to it runs hotter thats where TDP came from it was number for OEM to spec cooler

but amd/intel can have any TDP and it dose not change anything

[empty quartz]

Socks and slides

[frigid blade]

how is that a sin i wear those literally everyday

[bold kindle]

so intel saying 265w, is just telling you to get a super overpowered cooler, and amd is saying just get a tiny one?

[obsidian cosmos]

my pc is very laggy somehow

it takes over a minute to open like task manager

[solar moat]

265k runs way cooler then cpu like 7800x3d

[obsidian cosmos]

its a 9600x with a 5070

[solar moat]

but allso draws fair bit more power under allcore load

gaming there power draw not that far apart

[bold kindle]

with the same cooling sollution?

[solar moat]

yes

first gen x3d ran hot

[steel umbra]

7800x3d has quite bit thicker ihs, has denser die and the 3d cache on top creates even more insulation

[bold kindle]

interesting. strange marketing.

[solar moat]

its from long ago and its shit today

[bold kindle]

i feel like reviewers can leave that out of the sheets then, and just measure the power consumption that it used during the becnhmarking.

[solar moat]

intel lists PL1/2 on many of there cpus

[empty quartz]

I changed my mind, too humid

[steel umbra]

i would ignore watts if you’re crosscomparing platforms

just focus on the coolability very generally

[solar moat]

but for the k cpu PL1=PL2 at TDP

and power limit dose not mean its going to draw that all the time its just saying its permited to draw that if it needs to

[steel umbra]

cpu X does this well with cooler X and cpu Y does this poorly with cooler X

[rustic lynx]

I just reinstalled windows and WHY THE F does it show that I have 70GB free of 463GB WTF

[solar moat]

sounds like cpu Y drawing more power/runs hotter

[frigid blade]

did you delete the old partitions

[rustic lynx]

I'm pretty sure I did

[frigid blade]

probably missed one then

[rustic lynx]

I'll check it out

[frigid blade]

you had a 1TB and a 2TB drive right?

[steel umbra]

cpu X draws 100w, cpu Y draws only 75w yet runs hotter due to thermal resistance

[rustic lynx]

500GB and 1TB. 1TB is for linux

[rustic lynx]

So do I just reinstall windows AGAIN?

[solar moat]

computer are pain

[frigid blade]

probably

[rustic lynx]

[empty quartz]

I’m tempted to make a custom vrm cooler for my workstation

[rustic lynx]

Bro

[steel umbra]

if you just look outside the cpu temps, high wattage can be concerning when that component blows hot air at other sensitive components, or when effieciency is concern

like you need a better psu or due to electricity bills

in terms of coolability just ignore watts

if you’re focusing solely on that one component

[rustic lynx]

I'll delete everything on the 500GB drive with windows using Linux and install windows again @frigid blade

[empty quartz]

When i do that though, im honestly just going to swap to the x99-a usb 3.1 as-well, since i have to take out the mobo anyways

[obsidian cosmos]

what is going on this is basically unusable and i just got the computer

[frigid blade]

check task manager

[obsidian cosmos]

epic games launcher is using the ssd the most

and it’s at 100% use

[empty quartz]

Specs?

[obsidian cosmos]

would that explain it

[snow mauve]

downloading an update?

[obsidian cosmos]

9600x 5070 with 32gb ddr5

[empty quartz]

and type of ssd

[obsidian cosmos]

nvme

[obsidian cosmos]

idk let me check it’s running in the background

[empty quartz]

Theres thousands of nvme ssd’s, what model and capacity

[snow mauve]

also see if you're somehow full on a drive

[obsidian cosmos]

would a fortnite update explain this kind of lag

[lament delta]

hehe cropped one of those for free from someone

[empty quartz]

11th gen i5?

[empty quartz]

Theres your issue

[lament delta]

10th. 10500T

[empty quartz]

W

[lament delta]

got it for free because it was BIOS Password secured

[obsidian cosmos]

theres 122gb free now but its still laggy

[empty quartz]

@lament delta i got a free asus 10th gen i3 nuc

[lament delta]

found a way around it despite it lacking the PWSD switch etc.

all you have to do is short a pin on a certain chip and its gone because the bios resets itself

[empty quartz]

Cmos reset usually fixes that

[lament delta]

yeah that didnt work

did 2 hours of cmos clearing and whatelse

[empty quartz]

Weird

[lament delta]

but then i read something on github about someone with an elitedesk 800 shorting one of the pins on a certain chip

and it turned out to work with my G6 too

put in another stick of DDR4 ram, now at 16GB and a 256gb m.2 ssd

honestly. for browsing and twitch. this is friggin nice

[rustic lynx]

How is it possible that I have 330FPS on a game on Linux that I had 120 on windows

[ivory mountain]

owned this fraud on steam

[craggy cove]

average am5 boot time

[elfin echo]

mmm mines 6.5 second is that shit?

[sinful cobalt]

6 working days to boot am5

[left dove]

#shrekt

[south arrow]

Production be like

[narrow plank]

i turned on xmp my bios time increased 4 seconds

am4

[tulip sparrow]

https://www.androidauthority.com/microsoft-edge-canary-restores-youtube-background-play-3658585/ Microsoft Edge Canary basically

Google breaking support for background playback on mobile browsers hasn't been a n issue or me since I use revanced anyways on android

[craggy cove]

your cpu isnt a 1 trillion dollar xeon tho!

i lied this pc is a xeon

im genuinely gonna kill hp

theres like 6 revisions of the z420

after the 5th revision they randomly just removed the 6 pin pci e connector from the psu???

but the psu is exactly the same, and has the cable even listed on the sticker

[abstract wigeon]

i gave revanced a try once - why is it full to the brim with ads??

[craggy cove]

did you download that revanced.com.ru apk

[abstract wigeon]

nope just from play store

[craggy cove]

wtf was done with this hdd

[craggy cove]

i think i misunderstood, your revanced is full of ads?

[abstract wigeon]

yes

[craggy cove]

then you didnt download revanced

[abstract wigeon]

what on EARTH is this then

[craggy cove]

i have no fucking clue

genuinely what did you download

[abstract wigeon]

revanced! from google play!

[craggy cove]

https://tenor.com/view/son-giftok-tom-tucker-family-guy-im-crine-gif-47048448267690577

[abstract wigeon]

am i idiot sauce it has 1M downloads

[craggy cove]

you download it from github/revanced.app

[abstract wigeon]

what the fuck did i download

[craggy cove]

they took the revanced name and made ???

[craggy cove]

monero miner on your phone

[abstract wigeon]

1m downloads made it seem real sadge

[craggy cove]

genius idea

hats off to them but like bruh

why is this even allowed on google play

remember lucky patcher

its like making lucky patcher on google play but its some qr scanner in reality

[abstract wigeon]

i dont need to root or anything right? never used an sdk or anything i just switched to android a week ago

[craggy cove]

yeah theyre all just apks, basically exe installers

revanced.app, you get the manager + microg, and then you patch the apps you want (youtube, yt music, reddit, bunch of stuff)

[abstract wigeon]

do i gotta move the files anywhere or js run it and good

[craggy cove]

plenty of tutorials on yt so not gonna risk a piracy ban here

[narrow plank]

i turned on xmp my bios time increased 4 seconds

[craggy cove]

just open the apk, install the manager and do stuff from there

[abstract wigeon]

epic

[abstract wigeon]

its piracy??

i thoyght it was only adblock

[craggy cove]

you cant actually download revanced directly, you have to "patch" a youtube apk. this is to prevent it getting nuked by lawyers again

[craggy cove]

well youtube thinks its piracy technically so

[abstract wigeon]

interesting

[craggy cove]

thats why you cant directly download an apk of youtube revanced

you download an apk from apkpure of regular youtube and then patch that

[tulip sparrow]

Revanced is NOT on the Playstore for starters since its a utility to modify your APK files

[abstract wigeon]

I'll watch a tutorial this sounds comlocated

[craggy cove]

yeah seeing it makes it easier, you can just replicate the steps

[craggy cove]

they downloaded free bollywood movies from play store i think

[tulip sparrow]

Revanced Manager isn't really that hard to figure out

[craggy cove]

has that off brand revanced logo too

[craggy cove]

revanced manager is the best part of android

[tulip sparrow]

No idea what the heck that is besides someone STEALING the revanced name for "branding" purposes

[craggy cove]

kinda only reason i switched from my iphone 11

[craggy cove]

did google purposely let this slide so people would think "man this revanced thing is traaaash"

[tulip sparrow]

You just need to snag the youtube apk from apkmirror and then use revanced manager to modify it in just a few simple taps

@craggy cove would NOT suprised me honestly

Only hard thing is you need to install GMSCore but thats just a standard apk install

[craggy cove]

yeah the default/recommended patches are perfectly fine here

[craggy cove]

it says if you didnt install it too

[tulip sparrow]

And will even open the github for you to snag the apk

revanced for youtube isn't that hard to get working on android and yeah no root required

Another "hard" part would be disabling the official youtube app on your phone so that you just have revanced working for everything

and that just entails going to the app info your on ypour android and hitting disable

[fickle ivy]

God the viewing angles on this screen are awful

[tulip sparrow]

TN?

[craggy cove]

cracked tn panel, can it be more over

[snow mauve]

About to hit 10 years with my current job in a few weeks 🙂 pretty much unheard of in most tech companies

[ionic atlas]

it may even be a Active matrix panel, pretty impressive

[narrow plank]

turned on xmp my bios time increases 4s how tho💀 😭

[tulip sparrow]

lol

[fickle ivy]

It's just the top of the glass

[craggy cove]

do you have a thinkpad

[ionic atlas]

i remember before active matrix, laptops would have this delay, so if you played a DOS game, it would look like your guy was the flash

[snow mauve]

I did have a lenovo for awhile lol recently upgraded to a thin dell studio

[tulip sparrow]

Yeah looks like the panel itself is recessed behind a panel of gglass on that old HP @craggy cove

[craggy cove]

pretty obvious correlation, has to do more memory training at start. maybe you have memory context restore or a setting with the same name in the bios

[fickle ivy]

Uh, did the image send

[snow mauve]

a thick p50

[craggy cove]

looks like a window pane

[tulip sparrow]

Exactly many old laptops use to use that tech and yeah wasn't the best LOL

[craggy cove]

peel it.

trust

[fickle ivy]

Okay

[snow mauve]

doh

[craggy cove]

oh no

[fickle ivy]

That will make viewing angles better?

[tulip sparrow]

I am out

[craggy cove]

uhh the viewing angles will be the same at every angle

the picture quality will suffer tho

(shit will break)

[fickle ivy]

My screen no workie now

[modest flame]

Is my i9-12900KF going to meaningfully bottleneck a 5080 at 4K?

Or is the performance loss going to be within margin of error compared to an 9800x3d at that resolution?

[quasi moat]

Where is the bottle neck in a 9800x3d and a 5080

Or is your point that there really is none. Shit wait never mind

[modest flame]

Yeah I'm basically just asking if I should expect a meaningful performance loss from this combo

because I'm still on LGA1700 and upgrading the GPU from a 3090 to a 5080 but I'm not yet springing for a platform upgrade

[grizzled frost]

it depends

[grizzled frost]

depends on the application and settings

[modest flame]

I tend to play a lot of texture heavy games, and at 3840x2160

[grizzled frost]

gonna depend a lot on the exact game and settings, but you should be fine

[modest flame]

3090 is starting to show its age for the newest titles at 4K

Still a great card, I'll probably keep it as a backup instead of selling it

[grizzled frost]

enjoy the 50% uplift

[modest flame]

I'm looking forward to it

When I do finally go for a platform upgrade, I'll probably spring for the 9800X3D

or the 9850X3D if theyre close enough in price at the time

or hell, next generation of Ryzen cpus might be out by then

[grizzled frost]

it's impossible to say anything about future chips, so near impossible to really give you solid advice on when to upgrade

[tidal geyser]

cart

https://tenor.com/view/frieren-sleep-frieren-sleepy-frieren-fern-frieren-beyond-journey's-end-gif-4242950082965217047

this is why im never getting a spensive puter #1494750438757634250 message

[haughty compass]

I just picked this guy up for 80 bucks

Bro I was stressing so much cus it was my first time ever using fbmp 😭

[bold kindle]

the ONLY one in my country, and there are like 10 people wanting to buy the 5800x3d, but 0 of that one for sale.

outside of finished builds*

500$ btw

[chrome ravine]

I've got a small ssd as a boot drive but have been using hard drives as the primary storage for my games. Was looking at ssds to store a few that would benefit more from it. My pcie slots are pretty cramped compared to my very open sata slots so my preference was going that way.

The crucial bx500 seemed like a great value option, but I've been getting conflicting reviews on the importance of the lack of dram. The samsung and WD equivalents are roughly twice the price, so I was hoping to get some insight on the matter.

[craggy cove]

people think theyre smart buying the 5800x3d but the true value is buying a 7500f and sodimm adapter ram

[tidal geyser]

det er en grunn til hvorfor noen kjøpte min 7800X3D kombo etter å selge sin 5700X3D

i mean, there is a reason why someone bought my 7800X3D bundle after selling their 5700X3D

[distant frigate]

https://youtu.be/rS7scGrFsRo?si=ksOLGEyFFlDPd734

Definitely

My iPhone 15 Pro is gonna be 3 years old and it’s not slow at all. Battery was just replaced and got plenty of storage

[snow cedar]

8 years in
dell latitude 7490 (2018 q1)
intel core i5 8350U
intel integrated UHD 620
1920*1080p display
16GB ram
256GB NVMe SSD (gen 3x4)
Windows 11 pro with tons of mods
running just as good as it used to (except for random lags cuz windows 11) [ planning to switch to linux.. cachy is my go to for now

[frigid blade]

I found the order

When I got that good deal on the pc

i didnt think you can see it again

[rough salmon]

Hate living in a shared place gng, restricted YouTube, no vpn

[frigid blade]

then get a vpn

proton is free

[sleek ibex]

[balmy tapir]

paid proton is also worth

proton suite is pretty great and only getting better

[rough salmon]

If I use vpn my WiFi is revoked gng, their policy is strict af

[frigid blade]

how are they gonna know if you use a vpn man

[rough salmon]

Shows on network probs idkkkk

[frigid blade]

I mean theres ways to tell, but theres no way a shared place cares that much

[rough salmon]

It’s only 100mbps whilst I have 5g, should I stick with tethering from phone gng

[snow cedar]

I keep it plugged in anyways cuz it just sucks when on battery.

+fully modded

[median warren]

Proton vpn has this option

So I don't know if that helps you

@rough salmon

But it helps mask your VPN connection

[fringe prairie]

i wish it didn’t run so damn hot. i think someone modded their 15p to fix that issue

[frigid blade]

I love the latitudes, I just went from a Latitude E7440 with the i7-4600U to a Latitude 7420 with the i7-1185G7

The most important part to me was the touchscreen

I got that new one for $159.99

[snow cedar]

Well latitudes do last long..same with think pads...
Especially higher spec variants

[frigid blade]

Yah that E7440 was like 14 years old

I had like 20 of them though

10 of them I gave to a guy in SoCal who uses them to make smart mirrors

the other 10 I gave out and sold for cheap

[snow cedar]

I couldn't find a model with touchscreen when I bought it second hand..
The 7490 also comes with touchscreen, ir cam for windows hello, fingerprint scanners and more.
Its just that these types were sold out (second hand sellers did not have any left)

[frigid blade]

I found mine on an online pawn shop lol

[frail sequoia]

I use Proton, its good

[frigid blade]

Its nice, it does have the ir cam and fingerprint but I dont use those

I think the only part I would use is the SIM slot

since it has a modem

This is where I got mine https://www.pawnamerica.com/

Luckily, it was the ONLY laptop thats underpriced there

[snow cedar]

I got this, technically a non e variant which wass converted to an e variant lol
I got it for ₹30k
Thats around
$300

Devices in India are generally more expensive
Like the original retail value for this is in India was 1000$ (converted to give a better figure to compare against)
Whereas the US variant was $800

[frigid blade]

Because of import fees when they first bring it over there?

I assume theyre not being produced there

[rustic lynx]

I merged two partitions into one (expanded one partition so it would be a full TB instead of 700GB unallocated) using a different Linux and gparted and now the Linux doesn't boot. Stuck on the loading screen

The loading logo is in the top left corner instead of the center, it's not showing that it's loading just stuck on that screen

Did I just cook my Linux

[left dove]

Yes.

[rustic lynx]

Alright bro 😭 ✌️

[median warren]

So your windows and Linux is on the same drive

Am I right

[rustic lynx]

No

Windows on a 500GB, Linux on 1TB

And cooked my 1TB drive by expanding my 200GB partition with 700GB of unallocated space so I use the whole disk

Linux is cooked like fuh this sh

Any way to save Linux?

I have basically everything on it

[rigid fjord]

you fucked linux up, and possibly also windows if linux was using grub

[rustic lynx]

It was

[vestal stream]

not bad for a 35 bucks drive. lowkey wish it was 90+ on health but 81 is fine

[rustic lynx]

Bro rip 😭 😭 😭

Nah fuh linux

Fuh windows

Fuh everything

Windows isn't booting

Oh hell naw bro 🥀

It's sending me to bios when I try to boot it

Why tho

[rigid fjord]

you fucked up

[vestal stream]

first time?

[rustic lynx]

Mhm

[rustic lynx]

HOW.... How is windows fucked too?

[rigid fjord]

mx500's are great ssd's

[vestal stream]

welcome to the club

[vestal stream]

IKR? i have 3 of them

[rigid fjord]

GRUB, it takes control of windows boot manager

[rustic lynx]

Thank god I have a bootable windows iso on a pendrive 😭

[rigid fjord]

you fuck linux up, it can and will fuck up windows

[rustic lynx]

So that's entirely my fault?

[rigid fjord]

yes

[rustic lynx]

[rigid fjord]

absolutely your fault

[rustic lynx]

Alr I give up with linux

[rigid fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/forrest-gump-stupid-as-stupid-does-quote-gif-16898549

and you be stupid

[rustic lynx]

Nah I will still use Linux

[rigid fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/no-disagree-wrong-no-way-nope-gif-26119768

[rustic lynx]

Yah

Hope my third disk isn't fucked. I also had Linux on it

[rigid fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/slap-gif-4810169

[rustic lynx]

So there's absolutely NO WAY to save Linux right? Bouta install windows onto that drive

[boreal tiger]

why is the internet so censored these days

[rigid fjord]

only censored from some idiocy

[left dove]

please, do go on

[rustic lynx]

Is there ANY WAY to save Linux? Like anything?

[left dove]

ask ai im not a linux expert

[boreal tiger]

in the name of SAFE FOR KIDS we have given up our freedom

[rustic lynx]

Ai is not a Linux expert. It always lies

[median warren]

It's not even safe for kids, it's so easy to bypass those types of restrictions

Literally just download a different browser or get a VPN

[boreal tiger]

like you cant even say legit stuff cuz people get offended

[median warren]

Thats not the internet being censored

Censorship would mean you're not able to access something or you're blocked from doing X, y and z

People can still very much voice their opinion

[rigid fjord]

i say stuff that some people will get offended by

[median warren]

Yeah rauko called me the hard r the other day (he didn't) but it's all good

You know, tis the internet, it is what it is

[rigid fjord]

the amount of people i've called fuckwits, idiots and what not to

[boreal tiger]

yeah ik but censorship is still very much there

[rigid fjord]

it aint censored for me

[median warren]

Yes but there are ways around it

[rigid fjord]

then again i ain't no bitch

[boreal tiger]

you using dark web?

[boreal tiger]

please teach me but dont tell me go to the dark web

[rigid fjord]

i don't need to use the dark web for it not to be censored

[median warren]

Download tor or use a VPN, done

[rigid fjord]

only an idiot would use the dark web

[empty quartz]

Are you chinese or smt?

[boreal tiger]

well im asian i will say this i cant say more cuz i dont want\ you people to be racist

[rigid fjord]

the only way for full censorship is to be either in china or north korea

[median warren]

Why would we be racist

[empty quartz]

Racism is such a stupid thing tbh

[median warren]

It is, it's so out of date, its so 1800s ugh

[empty quartz]

Its obvious that f1 is the best

[median warren]

It is not, WRC is the best

[boreal tiger]

racism is not stupid

[median warren]

It is

[boreal tiger]

depends how you look at it

[median warren]

Don't try to justify racism

[empty quartz]

Are you defending racism???

[boreal tiger]

i personlly hate the poor and i want to able to hate poor

[median warren]

That's not racism tho

That's still bad but that's not racism

[lament delta]

what am i looking at 💔

[boreal tiger]

no im just saying its exists for a reason

[empty quartz]

What the fuck is wrong with you

[boreal tiger]

lets end it here different topic

[ivory mountain]

no bro we aint just gonna gloss past ts 😭

[boreal tiger]

why X#D performs better

[median warren]

YEAH and the reason it exists is because some idiotic people had a superiority complex a long time ago and anyone who wasn't white they disregarded or used and abused

It exists for a stupid reason

[boreal tiger]

racism is stupid

i agree

[median warren]

We established that

[lament delta]

man make up your mind

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/4k-caught-gif-20353888

[median warren]

https://tenor.com/view/an-iq-too-high-raven-crow-tiktok-gif-3869671553367641450

[sleek remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/james-doakes-doakes-curious-suspicious-questioning-gif-14390669560130901665

[boreal tiger]

i changed my mind

[ivory mountain]

im crying bro

[median warren]

You should change your address next

[lament delta]

https://tenor.com/view/airball-air-ball-ball-basketball-hope-gif-16067754010491213168

[boreal tiger]

i wish i could

ok i would be back in a min

[median warren]

You're not a real human

[lament delta]

man ive been using this G6 for the day now. doesnt feel any different than using my pc

apart the gaming part obviously.

[boreal tiger]

no AI is ever gonna say racism is not stupid

im real

[lament delta]

i hope my friend has more of those bios locked g6s so i can just sell em

[median warren]

Ah yeah 2 things that mix so well, racism and ai

[median warren]

You little greedy goblin

[serene pumice]

Swedish Mullvad VPN also got stuff like that.

[boreal tiger]

let me state this clearly rasism in genuinly bad we all are equall reagrdless of our skin color and ethnicity

[median warren]

Hell yeah

[lament delta]

i like free stuff

especially when free stuff retails for like 300€

[median warren]

There's this place where you can get all kinds of free stuff, it's called micro center, and I heard if you go in there with a crowbar, a gun and a ski mask, they'll let you get whatever you want for free

[lament delta]

im located in germany, so no micro center here

[median warren]

Scheiße

[lament delta]

im surprised on how cheap computer cases get when nobody wants them

[boreal tiger]

hell yah

[median warren]

What the fuck

[lament delta]

this also exists

[boreal tiger]

hey why do you think racism exists still?

[median warren]

Let the racism topic go

[boreal tiger]

why hasnt it been fully eradicated

[boreal tiger]

ok

any tech tips on how to deal with mosquitos

[left dove]

yawn.

[sleek remnant]

w

[sleek remnant]

eat it

[boreal tiger]

im no vampire

[bold kindle]

that shipping cost is a scam, buit 2400$ for a prebuilt with a 4090 sounds really damn good today. cheapest 5090 prebuilt i can buy is 6000$

[distant frigate]

Yeah true

The iPhone 15 Pro can heat up more easily

Probably because of titanium build + no vapor chamber cooler

[median warren]

I found a 9850x3d and 5090 prebuilt for £4300

[rigid fjord]

cheap now compared to what that would be in 2025/2026

[rigid fjord]

3k of that is the 5090

[median warren]

Yes but it's not bad for a prebuilt

From scan as well btw

They actually have good prices for pcs

[rigid fjord]

got a list of the full specs for it?

[median warren]

Yeah hang on

[frigid blade]

it was cheap when I got it

[median warren]

@rigid fjord

Full specs

[frigid blade]

It took me half a year to find that price on it, I was checking once or twice a week for 6 months, you couldnt find anything under $2.5k listing price

[rigid fjord]

correction, it was a bargain when you got it

[frigid blade]

now just the 4090 sells for the price I bought the whole pc for lol

[rigid fjord]

specs wise, hmm they ain't making much in profit on it, about 200-300

[median warren]

Yeah it's a crazy deal right

For a prebuilt it's really good

[rigid fjord]

wouldn't call it a crazy deal, but it's decent

[median warren]

Certainly better than a lot of other prebuilts

Although for prebuilts I'd personally go with starforge systems

They had an insane deal the other day

[rigid fjord]

this seals the deal for selling it, though i wished it was win 11 pro and not home edition on it

[median warren]

A full solo leveling customised (this costs extra so factor that in) pc with a 9850x3d and a 5080, 32gb ram, their custom 360mm aio cooler, 2tb SSD for $3600

[frigid blade]

overpriced

[median warren]

I thought that was not bad considering you're also getting aesthetics

[frigid blade]

but thats because of overal prices being shit

[median warren]

Iroh changed the parts and found you can save £150 but it's not bad

[median warren]

I mean, you can just change that tho, just install pro edition

[rigid fjord]

yeah, this is why i said they're not making much in profit on it tbh

[frigid blade]

$5.8k USD jeeze

[median warren]

Yeaaah I was telling Daniel

[frigid blade]

Thats uk, do they do tax before or after pricing?

[median warren]

Before

All prices have tax included

[rigid fjord]

the tax is already included in that price

[frigid blade]

I still feel like that build is overpriced but I think thats because my mind is thinking in used pricing and building myself

I also wait for deals

[median warren]

It is not as overpriced as you think

[rigid fjord]

vat sucks but it's better than sales tax americans have to go through

[median warren]

It's overpriced by £150 ish

[frigid blade]

let me try to do it based on eBay

[rigid fjord]

not going to be able to due to the cpu

[boreal tiger]

Genuine question why some countries still use pound as currency?

When euro exists?

[frigid blade]

lol it says 6k MHz instead of MT/s

[rigid fjord]

they don't, only the uk does, and gbp is a stronger currency than the euro

[frigid blade]

unless that ram is 12k MT/s

[rigid fjord]

because sales jargon

[boreal tiger]

Oh ok

[rigid fjord]

gbp is stronger than the dollar also

[stark folio]

On android? You could almost fill it up with just android games these days😂

Some games are like 50-60gb

[frigid blade]

whats the cpu cooler on it?

i will assume some aio because amd

[frigid blade]

what why?

they sell for $400-500

[mint umbra]

welp going back to windows for now

[rigid fjord]

9850x3d not 9800x3d dude

they've not long been released

[rigid fjord]

i smell some scams there, it's only been out for a month or so

[frigid blade]

theres quite a lot of high rated ones

a good amount of the sales are bundles too

[rigid fjord]

9850x3d new is $480

so no, either these are going to be scams or barely a bargain

[frigid blade]

its a good deal, its not a bargain

its something I would buy for example

not with a T Point

Youd need some kind of specialized hardware to capture the light and then send it 3 ways

[boreal tiger]

Hm 🤔

[frigid blade]

Idk how authentication between ISP and their router works, but I dont think you can do it like that either

[elfin solstice]

Is that a gpu vertical mount thing?

[rigid fjord]

yes

[elfin solstice]

Oh alright cuz i’m putting a 5070 in à case like that

[boreal tiger]

So let's say I have a connection from the fiber to home and I have a router at my end point do I still need an ISP authentication to access the internet? How would they know I'm here?

[rigid fjord]

you do

[keen stratus]

Will sm1 help me :/
been asking for help since yesterday

[rigid fjord]

you won't have internet access otherwise, and no, none of us will help you create your own way to bypass this

[frigid blade]

Yah turns out that prebuilt from earlier is actually a really good price, no way they can make money on that

[rigid fjord]

#1027757333117415424

[frigid blade]

The 5090 is just stupid expensive for no reason

[elfin solstice]

Guys what are y’alls thoughts on the 5070 5080 and 5090?

[rigid fjord]

i did say that their profit is small on a build like that

[frigid blade]

After I add taxes, it comes out to exactly the same USD price, and thats on used pricing, so theyd have to somehow be getting good bulk deals

[ivory mountain]

the msrp is 2000 but the fuckass shortage has made it a minimum of 3500

[tired bear]

reason:

[boreal tiger]

I'm not planning to steal the internet. I'm just thinking and curious about how this authentication works?

[rigid fjord]

scam altman still looking for a new job

[boreal tiger]

And whether can it be bypassed?

[tired bear]

he really is scam altman

[ivory mountain]

5070 = meh
5070ti = best card of this gen by far by any company
5080 = factory oc 5070ti, lowkey worthelss
5090 = great if you can spend $3500 on a card

[keen stratus]

Alr

[rigid fjord]

learn to become your own isp, then you learn why

[craggy cove]

well too bad the 5070 ti doesnt exist

[frigid blade]

Its actually not that complicated, you give them the router MAC and they approve the device, then it has access

[rigid fjord]

wrong on the 5080 tbh, it's a 5090 with a little less vram and not 5090 pricing

[frigid blade]

Pretty sure its usually just IP by DHCP from the ISP router(s)

[ivory mountain]

huh???

[rigid fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/try-harder-have-to-try-harder-than-that-loki-tom-hiddleston-marvel-gif-26505357

[craggy cove]

(availability, atleast near msrp)

[frigid blade]

Usually you give the MAC via app or phone call during setup

[tired bear]

pppoe, evpn, IPoE, lots of diffrent protocols

[ivory mountain]

with all the 9070xt models i wanted hitting $800, id rather just buy a refurb/open box 5070ti for $880-920 (on ebay from sellers ive bought from before)

[rigid fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/try-harder-have-to-try-harder-than-that-loki-tom-hiddleston-marvel-gif-26505357

[rigid fjord]

not forgetting docis

[tired bear]

lol, i bougt it for lowest historical price

[ivory mountain]

9070xt or 5070ti

[boreal tiger]

Ok. I was curious looking at the fiber cables and thought they are in the open how are people not stealing internet what are they doing to prevent that now I know ,thank you

[tired bear]

9070xt

599

[rigid fjord]

i've owned one of these, it was 'meh' at best

[craggy cove]

you can get a 9070xt new for 700 if you try a little

[ivory mountain]

ah yeah must be nice, it was 599 until like february, then it went to 699 in most shops, not some models, like the red devil, are $850, and the taichi oc is $789

[ivory mountain]

any of the models i want are all 800 usd

[craggy cove]

get some other models idk

[elfin solstice]

Guys for à 1300dollars build i’m aiming for 5070 is that good enough

[rigid fjord]

it's alot more than setting an ip address to a mac address

[ivory mountain]

and im tired of AMD at this point, my next card is going to be a 5070ti

[craggy cove]

they all perform the same anyway

[tired bear]

it is trending downwards

[craggy cove]

really putting the "suggested" in msrp

but weirdly enough i can get them for 599 open boxish

[sleek ibex]

GeForce 256, eh?

[craggy cove]

and its not like estonia is really cheap gpu pricing wise

[tired bear]

5070ti is even worse

[craggy cove]

though msrps being just usd msrp but in eur is such a scam

[tired bear]

it really is

[rigid fjord]

ever used one of the trident gpu's?

[craggy cove]

i think nvidia genuinely regrets making this thing

[tranquil wharf]

well US msrp is without taxes

[craggy cove]

well thats because tax is by state for some reason

and some states have no sales tax right?

[elfin solstice]

Guys is it ok that i would prefer the 5070 over the 9070 xt cuz i want better resale value?😭

[tranquil wharf]

if you add the typical 20-25% EU vat on top of the price, the local prices start to make a whole lot more sense

[rigid fjord]

a blast from the past there

[ivory mountain]

ive been stalking this store tbh, they have refurb/open box cards https://ebay.us/m/P8ppH3

[tired bear]

diffrence of USD and EUR is more than 20%

[tranquil wharf]

it is not actually

[sleek ibex]

Trident? Nah. S3, Matrox, ATi, Cirrus Logic ,Tseng Labs? Absolutely

[rigid fjord]

i remember s3, they're as old as trident

[craggy cove]

eh there probably wont be much difference in depreciation

[rigid fjord]

haven't ever used matrox afaik

[craggy cove]

also eur being more expensive fucks us AND the deals are kinda garbage compared to american ones

or maybe the deals are less visible? probably not

[sleek ibex]

Though I have heard of Trident, though we never used their video cards in ye ol' days

[craggy cove]

cat aio

[rigid fjord]

you should make the round matts in the same way

[median warren]

Sexy aio

[warm trout]

hello guys i have a weird probelm with my laptop (asus zenbook ultra7) so it is making some weird noises like idk how to explain little electrical zap sound from below and hissing nosies and its constant it is not the fan im sure so can someone help me thankyou.

[elfin solstice]

Guys is the 5070 a pretty big card or mid sized?

[warm trout]

depends on brand

[elfin solstice]

Msi gaming trio

[craggy cove]

search the model on tpu, the sizes are listed there

[warm trout]

big ass card

[warm trout]

anyone???

[craggy cove]

coil whine idk

[elfin solstice]

There’s #1027757333117415424

[median warren]

Try seeing if when you put it into battery saver mode does it stop or slow down or change

[craggy cove]

if it worsens under load its probably coil whine

[median warren]

Yes

Coil whine in a laptop sounds annoying

Can't even do shit about it

[rigid fjord]

oh there's ways, but most won't have to tools to do it

[median warren]

I'd imagine there is a way but yeah it's not as easy as unscrewing a power supply and changing cables I assume like in a normal desktop

[warm trout]

yeah its coil whine 😄

[median warren]

If it's under warranty, get it fixed/replaced

[warm trout]

shits so annoying

[median warren]

It is

[warm trout]

already expired

[median warren]

Rip

[rigid fjord]

it's easier than that, but also the basic tool is a hot glue gun and sticks for it

[median warren]

I think most people would be too afraid to use a hot glue gun with their expensive laptops

[warm trout]

anyways to fix it?

[rigid fjord]

it's hot glue that's being used on the coils to mitigate most of the coil whine

[median warren]

There has to be a tutorial online for it

[median warren]

We're talking about that right now

Get a hot glue gun and spray glue everywhere in your laptop

[rigid fjord]

most likely but it boils down to finding the coil that's vibrating and then putting a small drop of the hot glue on it

[warm trout]

will it damage laptop?

[median warren]

Hear that sabexx, get to it

[rigid fjord]

if your careful, no, if you're not used to doing it, then yes you could

[warm trout]

no i mean coin whine

im pc guy so im used to do shit like that

[rigid fjord]

nope, it's not going to damage anything, coil whine is usually the sympton not the cause

and you can only mitigate it a little, but otherwise anything electronic has coil whine

[warm trout]

ok thank you so much

[rigid fjord]

coil whine is quite literally a coil vibrating above a certain point

[ivory mountain]

the gaming trio is only 50mm thick

about the thickness of a 5700xt red devil, slightly less, and that was a small card

[elfin solstice]

W then

[median warren]

People should get paid here holy shit

The amount of assistance and help some people give in this server is beyond what you'd get from some people who actually get paid to troubleshoot tech

[ivory mountain]

people who get paid to do it dont really actually help from what ive seen online

[rigid fjord]

though the red devil is better than going for a gaming x trio

[warm trout]

real man

[azure topaz]

yeah but that’ll never happen

[ivory mountain]

i was referencing my 5700xt as a size comparison, theyre looking at a 5070

[median warren]

Yeah I know

[azure topaz]

it’s ok tho

bullying yall is good enough payment

legally cannot complain if i’m making fun of you while also helping for free

[ivory mountain]

u and ur poop ass ram ocs floppa

[azure topaz]

true

[ivory mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-12869046600151364058

[median warren]

There was a guy justifying racism earlier, where were you dude

[rigid fjord]

if i see someone being an idiot, i get to call them out on it, but a little coin never hurts

[median warren]

Yes exactly

[rigid fjord]

he was probably twiddling some ram timings or work

or both

[median warren]

I was debating if he was being serious or not to be honest

[rigid fjord]

the fact he backtracked shows you tbh

[median warren]

Actually yeah, and I guess if someone was serious about what he was saying, they probably wouldn't make it so public

[silent peak]

was curious if yall could help just got a new mic its a decent brand its from tonor well it dose both usb and xlr mode i have it hooked up via usb windows sees it but i cant get it to dectect audio

[rigid fjord]

you'll need to make sure it's set to default, then quite likely set mic boost to +20

[delicate wedge]

There’s something wrong with this photo

[silent peak]

It is set to default and it's not that it's low like if u use discord or windows recorder etc it won't even show it can pick up my voice

[rigid fjord]

the fact you still left the reciever in the mouse

[delicate wedge]

It’s not my photo btw

And I’m not a huge fan of the USB receiver because Bluetooth is better imho

[rigid fjord]

you do realise the usb reciever could be bluetooth and not 2.4ghz

[delicate wedge]

Yeah I use Mac like 9/10 of the time

[tidal geyser]

have you ever tried bluetooth vs receiver

[frigid blade]

BT is 2.4GHz lol

[delicate wedge]

I use both and didn’t notice any differences

[tidal geyser]

like yes bluetooth is fine but its quite easy to tell the difference on the mice i got

[delicate wedge]

As I have Bluetooth 6

[tidal geyser]

does the mouse have it too?

[delicate wedge]

I dont think so

I want to find a small mice with buttons as my hands are small and the Logitech MX Master 3S is too uncomfortable for me

[rigid fjord]

it's a band on that freq yes, though the wifi ones are also on a different band on the same freq

[left dove]

nah there's depth to the stack

[native path]

Well it’s off

[bold kindle]

the new Asus monitor stand is basically perfect.

flat metal plate foot, fully adjustable, the swivvel is between foot and plate and is completely unseen. webcam mount.
idk if this comes on cheaper models, but it's on the OLEDs

[fickle ivy]

Is this gonna be an issue?

[wispy thunder]

what am I looking at

[fickle ivy]

Laptop display cable

[ivory mountain]

what isnt wrong with this photo

[modest flame]

So when I swap out my 3090 for my new 5080, will I need to purge the old drivers and install new ones since I'm going from Ampere to Blackwell?

[wispy thunder]

no

[modest flame]

I'm on CachyOS Linux, if that matters

Arch-based

So it literally should just be plug n play then?

[fickle ivy]

I just completely removed the hinge

Can I tighten the other one somehow?

[wispy thunder]

these hinges fail because you open the laptop on one corner

[fickle ivy]

It was broken when I got it

[wispy thunder]

Nvidia unified their drivers a while ago so that all of their supported cards can run off the same driver package

[chrome lake]

It ain't much but decided to go with 5600GT, sold my 3400G for good, though since i still have to save for a 4060 (abeit the damn cost of GPU, RAM nowadays..) i'll just use the APU graphics

ironically, the 5600G is expensive than the GT so i took the GT lol

[mint umbra]

well I switched back to windows after using linux for a about 2 months

[elfin solstice]

How does a gpu get so expensive it becomes 10k dollars

[limpid ivy]

Lol I use a iFixit suction cup and ripped the corner out on some models time to time. At the cost of some of the small clips breaking.

[ivory mountain]

because it has like 96 gigs of vram

[chrome lake]

if you wanna like DIY or something, you still have the hinges? If so, get a baking soda and a super glue, you first drizzle baking soda, then super glue and immediately put the hinge in place, tight it with something like a phone clamp

[chrome lake]

AI shenanigans

[elfin solstice]

Do y’all think this will launch one day?

[chrome lake]

might, but will be used for ai or bitcoin mining lol

[ivory mountain]

"bitcoin mining" son its 2026

[grizzled frost]

my brother in christ, did you just unironically say bitcoin mining

[grizzled frost]

bad ai pic

used to be people put effort into their fake gpu memes, now it’s just ai slop

[quasi moat]

200 seems low

Not even joking really

[left dove]

why do you keep posting this shit

[ivory mountain]

literally

[left dove]

its like the 8th time today

we dont care

[bold kindle]

is HDR overrated?

[odd marsh]

no

[lusty thorn]

today i learn that cheap mouse tracking can struggle with printed mouse pad

[chrome lake]

somehow still revelant to where i live apparently

oh well

[steel umbra]

preference

i personally find it overrated despite having some pretty crisp oleds

[lusty thorn]

is media type affect people take on HDR?
like its meh for gaming but really good for movies

[bold kindle]

HDR is basically just really intens colors, but 99% of the time you just need 50% of max rbg, not the insanomode as HDR

same with brightness, my OLED is way brighter then i thought it would be.

[sinful cobalt]

nope

[dapper light]

The development culture of forcing users to update their mobile app or the app is unusable must die...

Like I'm in a low cell reception environment, just enough for browsing, and an app I need to use just straight up refuse to let me use it without updating

And updates in this network condition will take a year

[modest flame]

Is this too sharp an angle for the 12VHPR to 3x8 adapter to be taking

is this a fire risk

[sinful cobalt]

no but the best way to prevent it is with native psu cables

[south arrow]

Its fine just try to add some bend toward the sleeved tip with it unplugged so you dont stress the power header

Unless the glass doesn't hit it then its fine

[modest flame]

glass will in fact hit it

is this gonna be safe enough while i wait for a native 12vhpr to arrive

[south arrow]

Happens, I give mine some pre bend before plugging in, unusually does it

[modest flame]

or should i just. play it safe and dont turn this on until then

[south arrow]

It'll be alright

[modest flame]

alright

[grizzled frost]

reminder to prebend the cable, not where the cable meets the connector

[south arrow]

Just before the sleeve starts

[grizzled frost]

you want the cable to connector point to be as straight as possible

[south arrow]

Spent all day redownloading all my games testing my cpu, ram and ssd. Now just to wait for the gpu and we are settt

[modest flame]

aaaand no signal

what the fuck did i do wrong

[south arrow]

Just put the build together?

[modest flame]

swapping out a gpu

pc turns on but wont boot

[south arrow]

Turn it off and clear cmos

It'll take a few mins to reconfigure after

[modest flame]

how do i clear the cmos

[south arrow]

Your motherboard myte have a cmos button (not to be confused with qflash) that you can press wait 5 seconds then boot itll be around where the usb go. Or can take the 2032 battery out for 10 or so seconds

https://tenor.com/view/buildapc-cmos-gif-24520019

Ignore the 2nd peice of the gif just the battery part

[modest flame]

are you certain this is the issue

[south arrow]

Could be a loose cable if not but fairly certain

Can also wait a few more mins and see if its configuring itself

[modest flame]

thing is

i have no idea how to tell if the gpu is even powering on

my old one had RGB which made it easy

[south arrow]

Fans should spin on boot

[modest flame]

they dont

so its a power issue. also i cant access the cmos bc the gpu blocks it

[south arrow]

What motherboard? And how long did you leave it on a black screen?

[modest flame]

aaus prime z690-p

[modest flame]

left it there for a good 3 minutes

[south arrow]

Can you locate the clrtc pins on the board?

Shown in the gif above (stands for clear real time clock*)

With the pc unplugged if you can find those 2 pins and bridge them for 11 seconds with any screwdriver should clear* they will be labled appropriately*

Some examples

[modest flame]

no cables came loose from the psu

[pulsar root]

a weird thing is happening where im hovering over my youtube timeline on a video and when i hover above and below it the video randomly gets a little bit brighter for a second

[south arrow]

My phone does that when I scroll videos

[modest flame]

clrtc pins are entirely blocked

[pulsar root]

tf i just tried to screen record it and it went away

[south arrow]

I know taking the gpu out can be stressful just be sure its fully unlached from the lock mechanism with the screws removed, tiss the only way

Then popping out the battery for a safe 11 seconds

[modest flame]

hm. is that seated

[south arrow]

Hard to tell but I think so

[modest flame]

im so fucking confused. im pressing down on the latch, but when i pull up on the gpu the latch immediately undepresses itself and locks again

i dont

know what to do. with the latch pressed down and pressure applied to the gpu, i just feel the latch being pulled up again and the gpu is stuck

[south arrow]

Anyone there that myte be able to hold the latch for ya? And try to pull evenly out little left and right shimmys(i know easier said then done)

[modest flame]

got it out

[south arrow]

Deep breathes gg the worst should be over

[modest flame]

i dont see pins for me to short

[south arrow]

Just take the battery out now

[modest flame]

using what tool

[south arrow]

With the psu off

[modest flame]

O is off right

and I is on

[south arrow]

Yiss

[modest flame]

how do i remove the battery? screwdriver?

[south arrow]

Screwdriver or toothpick

[haughty compass]

Was trying to clean thermal paste, is this left over paste on the edges ok

[south arrow]

Just gotta try and angle it carful not to bust its plastic lock it goes in and comes out at a angle

[modest flame]

ok took it out for 12 seconds

gpu back in?

[south arrow]

No reason for concern

Once all plugged in, and screwed down, and power cable checked for being firmly seated to the gpu, turn the psu back to on and give it 5-6 mins for it to memory train and configure

🍀 🐛

I also mytve sold my 3070 ti today and did these exact steps when I installed it into dudes system (well he installed while I gave moral support)

[modest flame]

SHE'S ALIVE

ALIIIIIIVE

[south arrow]

Let's gooooo get ett

https://tenor.com/view/frankenstein-2025-movie-film-guillermo-del-toro-gif-10710913729583008053

[modest flame]

And I've successfully booted into OS

time to power her down and put her back into place

[south arrow]

Little things

[latent helm]

Hey guys I have a hp pavillion and if you guys know rhe pavillion tends to hardware reserve alot of ram i only have 8 gb. 2.1 gb is hardware reserved. Ive tried those custom bios on github to change my hardware reserved ram amount and once I restart my laptop the change is revered

[south arrow]

I wouldn't try to mess with that to much outside of upgrading ones ram if applicable

[haughty compass]

Is this amout thermal pasteok

[south arrow]

I personally about double that

[modest flame]

um. i put the panel back on and rebooted and gpu wont turn on again

[south arrow]

The glass panel?

[modest flame]

yes

[south arrow]

o_0 hrmmm

[green shell]

[modest flame]

could it be bc the 12vhpr is touching the glass

[south arrow]

For science take it off, turn the psu to off check the connecter is firm again and back on. Glass myte be disrupting it

[green shell]

good

[south arrow]

I personally prefer to pre spread it but should be fine

[modest flame]

yeah gpu fans are spinning now

[south arrow]

Myte just be the glass causes it to be loose not amazing but at least ya know

[modest flame]

so i need to keep the panel off for now

[green shell]

one solution is cut a hole

[south arrow]

Could if not able to give the cable enough bend

Happens

[modest flame]

so if i want a native 12vhpr instead of this adapter, ill need to order one from Thermaltake then

I have a Toughpower AF G3 1050w

[south arrow]

Theres like cable mods that make them and possibly ones psu manufacture worth checking

[grizzled frost]

What country

[modest flame]

US

[grizzled frost]

Vamp customs should do it for pretty cheap

[south arrow]

Thanks irohs im pretty inexperienced in that market

[grizzled frost]

He's US based as well, so shipping time should be fairly short

I've spoken with him before, great guy

[grizzled frost]

I'm mostly just reiterating what's popular in the SFF space

There's a handful of super popular choices for custom cables, since custom cables are so widespread in the SFF space

V-Amp is the go to for US based customers that want decent turn around time

[south arrow]

If it works, ya snails came to mind with his sff

[grizzled frost]

There are people that will do like per wire lengths and bends, but that's unnecessary here, so not worth the added shipping time since most of those folks are china based

[south arrow]

Tiss valid

[sleek ibex]

I've seen him in WCE on occasion

He makes some custom made CaseLabs parts too

[grizzled frost]

Yeah great dude, he'll basically do whatever you want and charges super reasonable prices

[sleek ibex]

[grizzled frost]

it's basically just whatever it costs him plus a little bit of profit for him

[latent helm]

Right now really?

[south arrow]

If you can find a good used deal on ebay even 16gb is going to be more easy going

Are you running ddr4 or 5 or 3?

[grizzled frost]

please don't say 3

[south arrow]

Never know

[grizzled frost]

i can't talk, i run D3 in my main server

[south arrow]

Still good for usecases

[haughty compass]

Just took off my io shield... What is this stuff

[grizzled frost]

Schmoo

[south arrow]

Lol

[haughty compass]

[south arrow]

Do you smoke?

[haughty compass]

Nope

[south arrow]

Or anyone in your house

[grizzled frost]

My first thought as well

[modest flame]

ok, im booted up

[haughty compass]

Nope

[grizzled frost]

also vaguely reminiscent of flux

[haughty compass]

I don't smoke and my parents don't eitber

[south arrow]

Oh its cat hair over time I believe