tech-chat-1

[distant frigate]

Ofc you can’t increase it infinitely and the higher ranges still have a limit

[rigid fjord]

if you compare wifi to your trigger finger, 2.4ghz = full finger for signal distance, 5ghz = 2/3rds your trigger finger for signal distance, and 6ghz = 1/3rd your trigrer finger for signal distance

[rigid fjord]

not without burnout and signal blanking

also, higher the freq, the easier a brick wall can block the signal

[distant frigate]

The thing that sidesteps higher frequencies = shorter distance is fiber optics

Fiber optics operates in the THz of frequencies

[rigid fjord]

reasons why fibre and copper are better

[native path]

W fibre

[distant frigate]

Ofc the higher frequency = shorter distance also applies to coax (DOCSIS)

[rigid fjord]

hmm, have had better

[distant frigate]

https://x.com/ranman/status/2045538896545739170?s=46

Randall Hunt (@ranman)

No one in my real life appreciates this but my new house has good internet.

X · Apr 18, 2026, 4:24 PM

Speedy but also makes sense

[rigid fjord]

dsl for me though

[dawn garden]

my drive has a total power-on time of almost 16k hours

yet its ays 97% estimated life remaining

how long are nvme supposed to last exactly???

isnt 15k hours like over a year?

thats like almost 2 years lol

by this logic it should last me another..... 30 years XD

[hoary tree]

Nova Lake-S looking good

[dawn garden]

or 60... or maybe its 15.

is that cache? 😄

[rigid fjord]

yes, though if you mouse over the power on time on crystaldiskinfo it give you the length in years, moths and days

[hoary tree]

Yeah

[dawn garden]

288mb cache T~T

[hoary tree]

Nova Lake starts at 108mb

[dawn garden]

i miiight have to pop back over to intel eventually

[rigid fjord]

looks good but doesn't beat threadripper/epyc for cache

[hoary tree]

No shit

[rigid fjord]

they literally have a single cpu with 1gb cache

[dawn garden]

LOL crystaldiskinfo has a bunch of anime themes

[hoary tree]

Nova lake is their next gen consumer gaming cpus

[dawn garden]

yeah but threadripper is insane price right?

[hoary tree]

Also, not great for gaming

[dawn garden]

mehh i dont game 😡

jk jk lol

[rigid fjord]

if you go new, yes, but 1st gen threadripper can be gotten cheap, it still sucks for gaming

$150 for something like the 1920x and it's $500 starting price for the mobo for it

this sounds about right for the sn500 i have

[dawn garden]

99% health after 6 years

dang do you efven use that drive

uh hey guys

why is my nvme pcie 3.0 when my gpu is pcie 4.0 :S

[rigid fjord]

it's used as a games drive

[rigid fjord]

because either the slot or the ssd itself

[dawn garden]

should i try to upgrade my ssd too

[rigid fjord]

nope

[dawn garden]

i have wdblue sn570 1tb

oh ok

[rigid fjord]

i have the 500gb version as my os drive

[dawn garden]

yeah its my ONLY drive

i know i need to work on getting another but things are so crazy high rn and i didnt start upgrade mypc until recently

feb basically

so... 2 months? and ive already doubled my ram (and increased its clock speed) and replaced my wifi4 wlan card with a wifi6e wlan card

😄 with a fancy movable magnetic antenna

😎 its pretty cool

oh and i experimented with linux for a month or so

im going to reinstall fedora kde plasma on my lenovo laptop though because id like to kinda be in both ecosystems

but yeah, went back t winderz on my desktop because i my dang nephew keeps bugging me to play and roblox with him 🙁

2 games i hate...

the things we do for our family...

[dawn garden]

im sorry but thats a craaazy high amount of red and write for 12k hours

you must install so much stuff lol

im at rougly 50k for both read AND write at 15466 hours

[edgy igloo]

5060ti 16gb
5 9600x
32 gb ddr5 600
3tb of starage 2+1
b650
argb fan cooler maybe like thermaright
750 watt psu non modular
how much would this cost brand new

[sinful cobalt]

more than $1

[dawn garden]

..lol

more than $1k even

also do you mean 32gb ddr5 6000?

[edgy igloo]

56000

[rigid fjord]

around 1-1.2k

[dawn garden]

in which case, you're paying like 300$ for that atm

[edgy igloo]

5600

[dawn garden]

if not more

[edgy igloo]

atm??

[native path]

ive reinstalled windows like 4 times maybe

[dawn garden]

(at the moment)

[rigid fjord]

kinda poor speed for a 9600x

[edgy igloo]

oh thats what the microcentre guy reccomended

[dawn garden]

_> oh

yeah good thing you came here

[rigid fjord]

they recommending based on jedec, ram wise you'd want a 6000 cl30-36 kit of ram

[sinful cobalt]

yeah it needs minimum 8000 to be viable

[dawn garden]

:] if microcentre is anything like best buy ... well

[edgy igloo]

but only 1.2 im paying like 1.35

[edgy igloo]

that exists??

r u joking

[dawn garden]

yeah

[rigid fjord]

yeah but unstable for a 9600x without manual tuning

[dawn garden]

ddr5 is wild my guy

[rigid fjord]

you should see ddr6

8000 is the starting speed for ddr6

[median warren]

just wait for ddr9

[dawn garden]

;-; i wont see ddr6 for 10 years probably

[median warren]

starting at 20,000

[edgy igloo]

bruh im not that stupid

[dawn garden]

i got ddr4 when ddr5 came out

im actually falling further behind lol

[rigid fjord]

that sounds more like the speed that ddr8 will theoretically have

[median warren]

i think ill die of old age

[native path]

grrr my x540 is stuck at pcie gen 2 x1

[median warren]

before ddr8 gets released

[native path]

this is #notcool

[dawn garden]

wait

isnt ddr7 already out

[steep heath]

what do you all think of https://www.amazon.com/JIUSHARK-Diamond-Top-Down-Cooler-SuitableFor/dp/B0C3GW5B59?

[dawn garden]

isnt vram ddr7?

hol' up a minnit

[steep heath]

thatts gddr

[sinful cobalt]

optimal

[rigid fjord]

gddr7, so yes but also no

[dawn garden]

am i hallucinating?

ah right nvm then lol

[median warren]

https://tenor.com/view/well-yes-but-actually-no-meme-aardman-the-pirates-pirate-gif-26563702

[abstract wigeon]

whats the point

[dawn garden]

i love having 32gb of ram

so many tabs

[steep heath]

care to elaborate?

[rigid fjord]

looks ok, though i'd go for an idcooling is67 instead

[sleek ibex]

32gb is the new 16gb

[sinful cobalt]

i have more gddr7 than ddr5 technically

[dawn garden]

yep. i was feeling seriosly constrained on my 16gb

[median warren]

it is

64gb is the new 32gb

[edgy igloo]

how do i get thistag

[dawn garden]

thats hilarious ssetsuna lol

[median warren]

join a server that has the tag

[edgy igloo]

pls

this is the server

[dawn garden]

if you add my vram to my ram i have 44 gb 😄

[median warren]

go to your profile and you can set tags there

[median warren]

profile settings

[steep heath]

i mean per amazon, thats rated for 65W, the one i posted is rated for 250W

[edgy igloo]

thanks i got it now

[abstract wigeon]

are you doing a mini itx build?

[sleek ibex]

And now you have 24gb, 48gb, and 64gb sticks

[rigid fjord]

96gb*

[dawn garden]

....when ai dies

i will buy 128gb of ram (my boards max)

[steep heath]

not sure yet, i know im swapping motherboards to be smaller atlleast, not sure if im swapping cases too

[dawn garden]

ai cant die soon enough :3

actually id have sunk 170$ into kind of crappy ddr4 last night if bubble pops entirely rn

but hey, its better than wat i had before

[sleek ibex]

2x24 and 2x48 is something I never thought would exist but here we are

[sinful cobalt]

i have a pretty shit card

[sinful cobalt]

as of rn I indeed have H24M kit xddd

[abstract wigeon]

if youre not doing a mini itx case, just get a normal cooler

the peerless assassin / phantom spirit is a great tower cooler for cheap

[steep heath]

i have a perreless assssassin mini alrerady

[sleek ibex]

I do too. My Klevv 6000 CL 30 kit

Or wait

[sinful cobalt]

ma man

[rigid fjord]

rated for 65w tdp, but previous model has been tested for 95w also and has decent realtive cooling

[steep heath]

i wanted something slimmer, is why i posted, vktrvghn,

[sinful cobalt]

dancing boy

[native path]

im running dogshit ram dont worry

[rigid fjord]

is 55 is the previous model btw

[steep heath]

because i currently have an atx board and want to get something smaller motherboard wise, so with the new case fans i could add to the case, and that better cooler it would give better temps to my i think its a 9700x or 9800x i cant remember which it is

also trying to find horizontal open air options for my pc, or something that would look really nice on my entertainment center,

cause with open air options, they get much quieter,

[sinful cobalt]

that isnt the problem when you have a peasant 3070ti

[rigid fjord]

there's also the is 77 xt that's now out which does even better than the is 67 xt

[steep heath]

huh?

[native path]

i have 7800x3d tho im happy

[rigid fjord]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3LRnTW/

[sinful cobalt]

which is why i said the ram isnt the problem

[rigid fjord]

just watch a review of this being tested on a 245k

[native path]

what if i upgraded to 5070

[sinful cobalt]

good

[native path]

what would my ewaste 3070ti go for

[sinful cobalt]

i was looking at a 5070 aero actually its a nice looking card

[sinful cobalt]

300 sgd

[native path]

i dont care about how it looks

how much do 5070s go for

[sinful cobalt]

900 region brand new

[native path]

so like ~600 to upgrade

[rigid fjord]

at full speed, with the cpu pulling 136w

for a low profile air cooler, this is really good

[stoic nova]

in a fractal terra

[rigid fjord]

surprisingly quiet a cooler

[rigid fjord]

yup

[steep heath]

hmm i wonder if i could sell my strix b850-f gaming wifi board for like 100 to try and offset the cost of the new motherboard?

[native path]

where the frick are u finding 900

[rigid fjord]

singapore

[native path]

well yes im in singapore as well

[sinful cobalt]

the most optimal time to buy a card is during those shopee sales and when they have a free game like rn with pragmata

[kindred halo]

Wraith stealth handling 95W at only 80° C is.. Wow

[native path]

tradepac has a zotac 5070 oc for $966

[sinful cobalt]

ew

[native path]

u see what i mean

goat dynacore has a slopsus 5070 oc for 989

[sinful cobalt]

performance pc on shopee rn has the same zotac dual for 888

[native path]

tradepac's dual fan was 933

[rigid fjord]

wouldn't use it with any ryzen other than r3's

[kindred halo]

I mean, it could probably work with something like a 5600

[sinful cobalt]

im the better deal finder smh

[native path]

i dont know about pc :(

[sinful cobalt]

skill issue

[native path]

i was looking at their actual websites not shopee

[sinful cobalt]

ur 3070ti loses to my single fan card xdddd

[native path]

shut up :(

[sinful cobalt]

the x.x, .15 and .25 sales with the vouchers will always be better than websites

[native path]

.15 .25?

[sinful cobalt]

x.15 and x.25 sale

[native path]

the thing is i gotta find someone who actually wants to buy this ewaste garbo

[rigid fjord]

it can but i'd use a wraith spire instead with that

[native path]

shit ive fallen for ltt ewaste term

[sinful cobalt]

actually im lookin at 3080 prices rn u can do just nice 400

[native path]

i have no box btw

[kindred halo]

Well tbf, I don't think you can really choose your included cooler, so stuck with the wraith stealth

[sinful cobalt]

not relevant tbh

[kindred halo]

Wait, isn't the spire only shipped with R7s?

[sinful cobalt]

chances are its alrdy outta warranty lol

[native path]

yes its out of warranty

[sinful cobalt]

just list fixed price 400

if you get offered 350 just take it

[rigid fjord]

nope, that was the wraith prism for a time

spire used to be with r5's only

[native path]

ughhh i dont wanna go to work tomorrow

setsuna i cant do it theres too many things i gotta buy

[sinful cobalt]

if you dont like pragmata I’d wait

because currently that tandem OLED doesnt have a game bundle xddd

[native path]

pragmata?

i heard theres pretty nuts vertical banding on tandem

[sinful cobalt]

its the new capcom game

the human astronaut and the AI daughter

[native path]

im cooked

wait no im missing something

here we go

[mint umbra]

well back on windows

[kindred halo]

R7 & 9s got maxes I assume?

[quick stag]

hi guys

[sinful cobalt]

you can forget about the ssd in this economy

[rigid fjord]

afaik r9's are the only ones to not come with a stock cooler

[native path]

but ill remember it in a year when its better

[kindred halo]

Oh, so max for R7s

[coarse root]

Hey guys!

[ionic ember]

I got a pair of those really cheap Samsung OLEDs a couple months ago and I've been pretty happy with them

not sure how color accurate they are but they're hard to beat if you can catch them on sale for 350 bucks

[native path]

im stuck between the XG27AQWMG (tandem oled by asus) or the AW2725DF (qd oled by alienware)

[ionic ember]

27", 1440p, 180Hz, Gsync/Freesync, HDR10
https://www.samsung.com/us/monitors/gaming/27-inch-odyssey-oled-g5-g50sf-qhd-180hz-gaming-monitor-sku-ls27fg500snxza/

[native path]

these are more expensive than the alienware one here, $550 compared to $480 from alienware

[grizzled frost]

i'm very whelmed

[native path]

and that one's a 27" 1440p 360hz

the one from asus is in a difference price bracket but it's tandem oled

[ionic ember]

that samsung display regularly goes on sale for $350 and at that price it beats basically anything else

[native path]

i do not get such deals in singapore 💔

[ionic ember]

[coarse root]

Just got a new Aorus 27inch monitor, feckin loving it as my main

[native path]

cheapest oled im seeing here, $438 usd

[ionic ember]

tbh 180hz is enough for me, sure it's not 240 like you typically see but it's good enough for most people

[native path]

prices are similar enough that im just wondering do i trust AOC or alienware more

or do i splurge and buy tandem oled (which ive heard a lot of good things about, but the panel seems like a coinflip)

[ionic ember]

I'd personally go with the alienware

[native path]

between aoc and alienware yeah id be getting alienware

now its a matter of do i wait for later gens of tandem where its safer, or hop on qd oled now

[tender relic]

Feels like a W

[dense urchin]

Hey, I wanna dual boot windows with my Linux desktop due to anticheat issues, but I don’t want microslops windows and/or bloated windows with trackers and ads, so I was considering amulerated or a cmd script, but idk what would be my best route

[native path]

my recommended way is to install with a local account then use chris titus' tool

[snow mauve]

meh i always thought alienware was just marketing. i've had my 49 inch aoc agon monitor for years and it's been great. other than a bit of heat it gives off

[native path]

about their laptops yeah its all marketing and looks

[snow mauve]

5k @ 120hz

[native path]

their monitors are actually quality with good warranty and are reputable

[snow mauve]

i wanted lots of real estate i didnt even know if alienware had a big monitor? i remember samsung revealing the ultra stupid big 65 inch lol but i was picky

plus it was microcenter black friday circa 2019 😄

[snow mauve]

are they alienware branded but actually something like a sony? or really their gear?

[native path]

dell

[snow mauve]

ah ok

[native path]

well alienware's just the dell gaming branch

they have this, $715 USD

[ionic ember]

yeah alienware's monitors are about the only thing I'll vouch for them on

Dell's business-class laptops are also pretty good

My next upgrade to my system/setup is going to be tough to figure out

I legitimately kind of hit a wall

I'm the dog that finally caught the car

[native path]

make a list and whenever something hits ur mind add to it

[native path]

something that u could see urself considering in the future

unless u have like a 9950x3d2 and a 5090

[ionic ember]

I have a 9950X3D and a 4070 Ti Super, but anything worthy of an upgrade has to get me 25% uplift, and a 5090 could do it but that might be the only thing, and those things are going for $3.5k right now

[native path]

its NAS time

[ionic ember]

way ahead of you there too

[slow python]

I5 13600K

Asus tuf b660 plus WiFi

32 GB Kingston fury ddr4 3600mhz

2tb SSD Nvme m.2

Rx 7800XT 16GB GPU

Deepcool 240mm AIO

Nzxt 850W PSU

[native path]

its 10ge nic time

[slow python]

How much is this pc worth approx?

[ionic ember]

got that as well, but gigabit is good enough for regular download stuff

[native path]

sounds like u need more drives

[ionic ember]

my NAS has 80TB of usable space

[native path]

not even 81TB?

[ionic ember]

eh, it's more than enough and i can't actually fit any more drives in my chassis which is a full 4U rack

[native path]

sounds like u need a homelab

[ionic ember]

what would I do with a homelab

[native path]

idk

im just listing shit to do 😭

[ionic ember]

yeah I know

[native path]

hold lemme figure out what i do with mine

[ionic ember]

lemme throw together a PCPP real fast for my build

[native path]

password manager
file converter
VPN
media stack
local dns & backup
monitoring stack (for temps, performance, notifications etc)
SIEM monitoring
minecraft server for a couple friends
image uploader site for embeds
spotify data tracker
iperf server
speedtest tracker

tldr of everything in my home server

aside from attack simulations but thats a different industry

[dense urchin]

Chris Titus tool?

[mint umbra]

back to only windows

linux was a headache

[native path]

https://christitus.com/windows-tool/

[ionic ember]

here's my PCPP, couldn't get my monitors on the list but everything else is accurate
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9RTNqd

hit me with suggestions on meaningful upgrades outside of a 4090/5090

because I'm fucking stuck

[native path]

you dont have 4x32 do you

[native path]

you what

[ionic ember]

mmhm

[native path]

well a marginal upgrade would be a cpu cooler

idk why you would do that because a peerless assassin is fine

[bitter crater]

argh stupid windows... update stops certain games from working, so i uninstalled update and paused updates, but it still installs the broken update >.>

[sinful cobalt]

you dont have 4x16 2x24 do you

https://tenor.com/view/dr-manhattan-gif-18899941

[native path]

i do have 4x16 2x32

[sinful cobalt]

fuck
shit

you dont have cl26 kit do you

[native path]

my 2x16 2x32 is ddr4 tho

[rigid fjord]

how to fuck a system up with 1 script, never suggest this

[sinful cobalt]

ahahaha i win!

mines all d5

[ionic ember]

yeah I could throw money at it for the sake of it I guess, but idk why I would

weird spot to be in as a guy who really loves his build

[native path]

used this for years and never had issues, recommended it for years and havent heard of issues, if you're dual booting them i'm sure you have the know how to read what the button does and knows how to not fuck up a system

unless you have better scripts that im ignorant of, i'd love to hear

[ocean axle]

laughs in 6x16 2x32 2x64 (all DDR5)

[rigid fjord]

no on the ram and also no on those hdd's, also grapb some p12 pro pst's instead, pack of 5 for $30

[ionic ember]

this is my build as it currently stands right now

[ocean axle]

you already own that?

[ionic ember]

yep

[native path]

gen 5 ssd?

[rigid fjord]

you can do everything this is supposed to do completely manually, the script itself is utterly pointless

[ocean axle]

why do you want to upgrade?

[ionic ember]

because I don't know how to stop

[ocean axle]

take your wallet, put it down, restrain yourself

[ionic ember]

NO!

[rigid fjord]

pour gasoline over said wallet, apply lit match

[native path]

you could, but it's way easier to just click "uninstall x" on a script that also offers other things like "disable x" instead of needing to find everything one by one, again if you know of better scripts please share so i can look into them and recommend them to others as well

[ocean axle]

actually though, unless you have a reason to upgrade, its fine, leave it be

[rigid fjord]

so far the only valid script i've seen that's useful, is removeAI, otherwise run winaero tweaker and do the rest manually

[ionic ember]

but yeah here's my computer I guess

[native path]

i see, appreciate it i'll note them down and look into it

[native path]

no fan blowing into the top of the cooler? peasant /j

[rigid fjord]

should be exhausting from the top there

[ionic ember]

nope, top intake right into the CPU cooler's intake fan

[sinful cobalt]

no ram fan? you fuckin disappointment

[restive plinth]

I suggest you just use a local account to install it and don't use any other scripts. You might mess up your installation and then it is difficult to get it working again.

There's not really that much "bloat" in the OS except for Edge Browser. Anything else that's removed is going to cause more problems later on. Whatever other bloat is there, you can uninstall it with a single click.

[rigid fjord]

should swap to using an icydock bay adapter and use a laptop dvd/blue ray drive instead of the current optical drive you got there

[ionic ember]

this is a very good LG blu ray drive, what purpose would that serve for me to do that

[rigid fjord]

more airflow around that spot

[native path]

why are you cooling that ssd box

[rigid fjord]

also it doesn't poke out as much

[sleek ibex]

[ionic ember]

I think we're splitting hairs on what we consider "upgrades" here

[restive plinth]

If you exactly know what you are doing then you might not face issues. But I doubt 99.9% of the people know what they are doing when it comes to this. They just see "debloat" and see a "simple app" that lets them do it and they'll proceed with it. The after effects of it might be broken future updates, something else breaking or crashing, etc.

[sinful cobalt]

optimal

[native path]

ive sent these to people who don't know anything about computers and they haven't called back regarding an issue, again this could just be ignorance bias but that's generally just been my experience and i haven't had a reason not to recommend it aside from what rauko just mentioned

[native path]

10g nic for the pc so you can 10g local

[restive plinth]

The issue is that Windows currently forces updates on people. The script might be able to keep the updates stopped for a few weeks or months. But after that when a forced update occurs, a lot of stuff could break and it might get difficult to troubleshoot things.

[ionic ember]

I already have 2.5 on this mobo which is already faster than the write speeds of my NAS anyways (for some reason)

[sinful cobalt]

yeah fuck ur 10g nic im gonna just use wifi like the chad i am

[native path]

i see

[snow mauve]

lol

[native path]

time to figure out why that nas is slow

[ionic ember]

yeah, not sure

I'm running a 2TB L2ARC SSD with 64GB of DDR4-3200

so I don't think it's a hardware issue?

[south arrow]

I installed windows 11 the other day and I swear I selected not to sync or back anything up to start as a fresh computer.

No one not a soul. One drive: im gonna force it. Started syncing had to pause and uninstall. Such spam

[native path]

are they plugged into switches?

[ionic ember]

anyways, here's a script with some chest hair https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI

[south arrow]

Yeah I Uninstaled co pilot and a few others it just re adds it. Kinda weak

[restive plinth]

You selected not to download any other backup from any previous computer you had. One drive thing is by default always enabled iirc. You need to open it and set backup for your local files to Off.

[south arrow]

Wich is silly, should be off by default unless you sighn in

[serene pumice]

That's alot of DRAM cache on that SSD ngl

[restive plinth]

They all can be uninstalled though. Don't use any scripts for things you can simply uninstall 😭

[restive plinth]

They do force you to sign in now, which sucks. And also one drive backup being default is fine. But give an option in OOBE so that we can keep it disabled.

They need to remove the Game pass and MS 365 adverts and include these kind of useful stuff

[ionic ember]

have fun mucking about in regedit, I'm just going to hit the script and have it done in 30 seconds every windows update

[restive plinth]

There's an uninstall button in the search bar when you search for it. There's no need to go to registry editor

[south arrow]

I miss bypass nro although cx local host still works its meh

[rigid fjord]

this removes extra processes that doesn't get uninstalled the normal way when you try to remove copilot

for windows 11 only, currently as the older oobe\bypassnro has been removed/disabled you now have to type start ms-cxh:localonly into command prompt instead so you can start win 11 with a local account

it brings up this option instead

[restive plinth]

I don't use the dialer at all. That does not mean I need to completely remove even a minor mention of dialer from the operating system. These things can be uninstalled, or it can be turned off in the app settings.

[serene pumice]

Can't you just delete the strings in REGEDIT?

[rigid fjord]

nope not in the case of copilot

[serene pumice]

I see

Otherwise the best speed boost hack back in the days, was manually setting both mousehovertime & menushowedelay in regedit.exe to 0. Massive perceived speed increase by not having to wait 400ms for each mouse response. Bet it still does the same today.

[restive plinth]

My point still stands. It remaining in the OS is not affecting us in any anyway. We can uninstall it or keep it turned off in a way in which it never disturbs us again. Do I wish that these things were completely removable from the OS? yes. But that does not mean I'm gonna recommend people to run scripts to remove these things from the OS. Keeping it turned off in settings? Definitely.

[rigid fjord]

which is what that script does, as i siad to frosty, it's the only valid one to use with windows

[rigid fjord]

yeah, the processes are duplicates of ones on the system with a random group of numbers after

[rigid fjord]

you can still do that with another set of command lines instead of going into regedit tbh

[restive plinth]

I'm impressed by how quickly you demonstrate and screenshot whatever it is that you are talking about

[rigid fjord]

because i screenshot it from a different server that i'm a part of, and also have used many of these commands

[ionic ember]

yeah, 10G switch as well

[rigid fjord]

i won't suggest anything that i haven't used myself prior

[ionic ember]

sorry I had to step away from my desk, I'm making biscuits

[native path]

is this something that you've looked into in the past or you just realised but don't really give a damn enough to troubleshoot

[ionic ember]

the latter, read speeds are more than fine for streaming from it from anywhere and write speeds are only mildly annoying. I'm not editing stuff directly from the NAS so it's not a big enough deal for me to mess with

[rigid fjord]

if i haven't used something, then it's something for me to learn about, and decide on using tbf

[native path]

sounds like that's the next thing for you to do rather than putting money on it

[ionic ember]

you mean I can't solve problems by throwing money at them? NOOOOO

[native path]

my original message was "rather than throwing money at it" and i was just trying to put it nicely

[ionic ember]

yeah I'm just messing around

[native path]

😭

[ionic ember]

because I bought and built all of this before Q4 of last year it was actually reasonable for me to do so, basically the only thing stopping me from having the most performant computer is a 3.5k gpu and EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

weird spot to be in

[haughty compass]

Does anyone know why my fans just keep ramping up then turning off?

[grizzled frost]

set fan curve

[haughty compass]

Should I copy the curve of my cpu fan?

[haughty compass]

It won't let me lower the fan curve

That still doesn't fix them ramping up and turning it off 😭

[brave brook]

poor 1000W PSU is getting bored there

[brave brook]

ASUS chasis fan thing. You might have more luck with software control in OS, mobo fan control usually blocks chasis fan to go under 60% on older boards

[ionic ember]

I just had it lying around so in it went but yeah quite overkill

[rough salmon]

Battery seems to be doing well

[exotic cape]

So far so good

[abstract wigeon]

how long have you had phone?? my 12 mini was at 73% max capcity last i checked and ive had since launch

[rough salmon]

Since launch

I use my phone 24/7

[abstract wigeon]

which phone

[rough salmon]

iPhone 13

I think battery just went bad early tbh

[abstract wigeon]

wow

[abstract wigeon]

yikes

[rough salmon]

I’m getting new battery tomorrow

It’s swollen up and screen coming off

[grizzled frost]

you should have gotten that replaced a while ago

now it is actively a fire hazard

don’t even use that thing between now and when it’s replaced

it’s essentially a bomb

[abstract wigeon]

yeah holy shit

[grizzled frost]

it didn’t go bad early, you just use the fuck out of your phone

[abstract wigeon]

how can you even use a phone that much? the 13 isn't even old

[grizzled frost]

my 13 is at 79% health and i use it a lot

[abstract wigeon]

got this off the used market recently

used market most had like 70-80 i got lucky with this

[formal sonnet]

iPhone 13 was released in 2021 so it could have gotten lots of use since then.

[native path]

14 pro here, guess conditions like temperature matter

[abstract wigeon]

yeah i was suprised as i have a 12 mini i used a lot until a week ago with 70+ health

[restive plinth]

Mine is at 91% and its the pixel 8A. I bought it the week it released (may, 2024). Is this concerning or is it okay?

[exotic cape]

in todays markets a phone is old after 3 years

[native path]

I use it a lot in the heat with super high brightness

[restive plinth]

Oh yeah except when I'm not in my room, my phone is surviving 35 - 40 degree Celsius constantly

[formal sonnet]

Depends on how much you use the device. Could be completely normal after 2 years ownership.

[exotic cape]

booting up the s22 ultra and s24 ultra to check them

[restive plinth]

I use it extensively
I need to be more careful with it though because service centers for Google devices is pretty limited here and only available in select cities.

[formal sonnet]

My RAZR Plus 2024 aka RAZR Ultra 50 is under a year old and gets used A LOT for Pokemon Go. It fluctuates between ~92-96% health.

[exotic cape]

wow, the flip7 was faster to boot than the 24ultra and 22ultra

Flip7

[restive plinth]

Ahh i see
I need to charge it to 100% frequently because.. it's a pixel with a tensor chip and sometimes doesn't last me an entire day on just 80%

[median warren]

Asus Rog phone 9 pro

[exotic cape]

24U

jeez, tripple update

S22 Ultra

[restive plinth]

Thanks for the reminder to update my OS
Which all phones are those?

[exotic cape]

S22U, S24U, Flip7

[restive plinth]

How's the crease on the flip

[ionic ember]

my personal phone is a pixel 9a and my work phone is the iphone 15 they issued me

I still kinda hate ios but I live with it

[exotic cape]

It's fine

[fickle ivy]

Why does windows give you the low battery warning 5 seconds before your battery is dead istg

[restive plinth]

I'm gonna get a lot of hate for this
But the surface Duo is one of the best concepts for a foldable phone-

Microsoft should make a Windows Android OS and make it closely integrated with the Phone Link app

[restive plinth]

It gives you multiple warnings

[exotic cape]

May or may not be a dbrand guy

[fickle ivy]

It gives one, five seconds later the second, and then before the sound is even finished playing shuts off

[restive plinth]

How much hours of battery do you get on your lap?

[fickle ivy]

Idk

[restive plinth]

Doesn't seem that bad
Does the cool "flip" phone thing work on that or is it not recommended for it

[exotic cape]

the wack it closed? yeah not reccomended at all, but it works

[rose vapor]

Anyone uses a Leadtek GPU specifically in RTX 50 Series. Are they any good?

[restive plinth]

Well, it might be related to that. there's certain percentages where you start getting the warnings. If the battery depletes fast AF from that, it will cause that to happen.

Usually you get warnings at 10% and 5% if im not wrong. But if that 10% is depleting quickly then it will cause what you faced.

[fickle ivy]

I've had this happen on all of my laptops ive ever owned

[restive plinth]

Wow I've never faced that.
At 30%, the energy saver automatically turns on for me and reminds me that my battery is low. I then get a warning at 10% and one "critical battery" warning after that.

It's been a few weeks since I've tested this. I plan on testing this soon and I'll tell you if I face that issue.

Also, you'll get this as your battery icon when your charge is low

[fickle ivy]

I usually have my taskbar hidden

[restive plinth]

ahh i see
I'll check and tell you if I face anything similar

[native path]

Pretty sure this is customisable

[native path]

Same here about the energy saver and the proper warning, the energy saver should enough of an indicator given the brightness reduction

[tulip sparrow]

I shall be sticking to One UI 7 on my S22U personally

[restive plinth]

Yep. Energy saver automatically turns on at 20%. You can change that though
And I'm not sure if energy saver enabled notification comes when DND mode is enabled.

[tulip sparrow]

New Dex needs to get at the very least feature parity with old Dex before I "upgrade" to anything beyond One UI 7

weither thats in a number of years with a new device entirely or software updates for my current S22U it doesn't matter

[abstract wigeon]

been on adroid for a whole week and already ive found a missing feature that seems stupid not to have

why is there option for a wallpaper slideshow in android? need a 3rd party app thats half baked at best without a lot of features

[restive plinth]

Depends on your OS
In Pixel OS, i think there's a feature to connect a google photos album and set it to slideshow

[abstract wigeon]

i have pixel

show me how and I'll bless your family for generations

[restive plinth]

I remember seeing it somewhere
Lemme check

[abstract wigeon]

cheers

[restive plinth]

okay so the feature does exist
but unfortunately not for custom pictures

[abstract wigeon]

🙃

[restive plinth]

Go to wallpapers and styles
"More wallpapers" -> Inside collections, most of the albums have a "change everyday" feature. It would be nice to have that for custom albums as well, yes

[restive plinth]

I'm on Beta right now
I might file a feedback for it lemme see

[formal sonnet]

No hate here; I just wish Google put a bit more pressure on app developers to ensure apps function properly on Folding devices, and that Microsoft wasn't so quick to kill their Folding device concept off. Microsoft isn't perfect (no company is) but it feels like everytime they let their mobile division do something, they pull the plug before the cakes even remotely done mixing, let alone in the oven.

[fickle ivy]

Why is my windows refusing to connect to 5ghz wifi instead of my incredibly slow 2.4ghz wifi EVEN AFTER SET IT TO PREFER 5GHZ

GOD I hate windows

[tulip sparrow]

Thought the Duo concept was part of the plan going forward for Android regarding foldable featureszx getting baked into android going forward?

[formal sonnet]

This might not be Windows. Could be the WiFi chipset drivers. Could be the Wireless Access point you're connecting to. Could be goblins.

[restive plinth]

That's why imo the Surface Duo is the best concept. you have two different screens. it's not one continuous one. You can use apps normally (vertically) but you have two screens. You can keep one side flat on the floor and use it as a keyboard for typing mails and stuff

The concept is really cool. It needs a lot of improvement but I liked it as an idea.

[tulip sparrow]

AKA Google gave a few different examples of folding devices that would be getting support and the double screen was one of them?

[fickle ivy]

I hate 2.4ghz wifi so damn much it's genuinely useless

[tulip sparrow]

2.4ghz has longer range

and can go through objects like walls easier

[restive plinth]

What laptop are you using
And your laptop's Wifi drivers might just be shitty

[fickle ivy]

If you're so far away that you can't connect to 5ghz you're wifi is gonna be basically unusable anyways

[tulip sparrow]

the higher the ghz the lower the range and the wavelength doesn't penetrate objects and walls easily

[restive plinth]

not at all lmao

[fickle ivy]

I'm pretty far from my router, 5ghz I get a great connection, 2.4ghz I might as well be yelling across my house every single bit

[formal sonnet]

I mean, sure, I can whack it closed and even flip it open with one hand, but that's putting a LOT of stress on the hinge and G-forces on the body/screen so I would not recommend doing this.

[fickle ivy]

2.4ghz is genuinely useless

[restive plinth]

If your 2.4Ghz is that bad, then there's some other issue. 2.4 is pretty reliable and works great

[formal sonnet]

If you're far from the router, that'll be why your windows device prefers 2.4GHz. It being useless doesn't tell us anything though... If it's super duper slow, that could be interference or over utilization on the 2.4GHz band.

Do you live in an apartment building?

[fickle ivy]

I genuinely think it would be more effective to yell every individual bit across my house than to use 2.4ghz

[fickle ivy]

No but I do love next to one

[formal sonnet]

How many other networks do you see on your devices? 5? 10? 15? More than 15?

[restive plinth]

Are the 5GHz and the 2.4Ghz networks of the same name?

[fickle ivy]

42

[odd marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/secret-of-life-42-gif-11220461

[formal sonnet]

Good luck. The more WiFi networks within range of your device, the worse experience you'll have further from the access point, regardless of frequency. WiFi systems share airtime.

[restive plinth]

Even with that, Windows is probably just prefering the 2.4 because it is finding it more reliable than talking to a really far away 5GHz connection.

[formal sonnet]

WiFi 6E/7 help but do not eliminate this problem.
https://youtu.be/UgQM0rVDIQE

[odd marsh]

wifi 6..7..

[fickle ivy]

Leave the server

[odd marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/no-come-on-nah-jack-black-nacho-gif-24343903

[formal sonnet]

Just wait until 50 years in the future when they release WiFi 6🤷7™️.

[odd marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/elf-will-ferrell-shout-excited-happy-gif-3570641

Kirashi you a real one

[fickle ivy]

I wish my stuff would just work well instead of being slow ASF for everything

[kindred halo]

Pretty sure 2.4GHz can still do 100 Megabit

[kindred halo]

Jesus H. Christ

[formal sonnet]

In ideal conditions (compatible devices operating on the highest channel widths), yes. But not with 10+ other 2.4GHz networks in range.
https://www.wiisfi.com/#PHY

[kindred halo]

Yeah I didn't know that at all
42 bloody connection options

Might aswell set an electric grid on the ceiling like bumper cars at that point

Or install a mesh WiFi system

[tulip sparrow]

May as well put a faraday cage around the entire house at this point

[formal sonnet]

Mesh WiFi would only contribute to the problem. Adding more noise to an already noisy sports arena won't let you hear your friend 3 seats over from you.

[formal sonnet]

This. Your only options are to move, block the noise, or visit every person's apartment to ask them to reduce the transmit power of their routers. Or lobby manufacturers to make their products interoperable in a way that they adjust their transmit power accordingly. But that will never ever happen.

[restive plinth]

Is getting a long ass ethernet cable a good solution?

[tulip sparrow]

and even then combo ISP routers won't let you turn the transmitting power down

[fickle ivy]

My wifi is just straight up refusing to work now

[twin quarry]

anyone know a good 240hz 2560x1440p monitor for a reasonable price?

[restive plinth]

Is the wifi icon missing?

[tulip sparrow]

and the vast majority of those apartment routers are ISP combos I am betting

[kindred halo]

How would they block the noise

Lead on the walls ?

Okay that sounded condescending sorry

[fickle ivy]

I'm getting 100kbps

[tulip sparrow]

Faraday cage around the entire house would certainly block it

[formal sonnet]

What @tulip sparrow said. Faraday cage, black EMF blocking paint, or lots of tinfoil.

[tulip sparrow]

wouldn't get a signal outside the cage of course LOL

[restive plinth]

Either your chipset is really bad, or it is related to issues with your internet service provider.

[twin quarry]

guys?

[fickle ivy]

It's probably just my shitty laptop being shitty for everything

E-waste laptop

[tulip sparrow]

Did painting Elijahs place with the emf paint actually help any at all or did they NOT paint enough aka didn't do floor and ceiling for exampple?

[fickle ivy]

Gaming on a smart fridge would be better than using this thing

[restive plinth]

It's definitely not your OS (as long as it's drivers arent problematic and are updated)

[tulip sparrow]

AMD laptop using crappy mediatek based wifi adapter?

[latent gull]

i love "auto" power settings, cause on stuff like unifi you can watch it say theres too much interference, and suggest you turn down the transmit power, meanwhile theyre on auto and could definitely just do it in the software

[restive plinth]

Did you check in fast.com

[tulip sparrow]

Or even better speed.cloudflare.com ?

[fickle ivy]

My laptop will genuinely explode if I try and have 2 applications open at once

[tulip sparrow]

LOL

[fickle ivy]

I have spent the past 45 minutes trying to get into a game with my friend

[tulip sparrow]

Sounds like a "Netbook" to me

[restive plinth]

Which laptop are you using
What's your processor, and RAM

[fickle ivy]

I3 7100u, I think 8gb of ddr4

[restive plinth]

Can you give the laptop name and which year you purchased it

[fickle ivy]

It's a 2018 HP pavilion x360

[restive plinth]

Does it have HDD?

[kindred halo]

The Legion 5 I am buying is going to come with a Mediatek adapter 💔

Considering removing it and putting the Intel one from my T470s inside it

[fickle ivy]

Yes

[limpid ivy]

If it is not broken, but otherwise some mixing of parts doesn't hurt.

[restive plinth]

That explains the slowness
The laptop details also explain the battery related issues you have been having

And it's wifi module is also not that good for 2026, which also kinda explains the 5GHz related issues you have been facing

[tulip sparrow]

@kindred halo I am thinking about replacing the meditek adapters on both my desktop and my laptop with something like intel

[formal sonnet]

You should. I've heard of nothing but trouble with MediaTek wifi chipsets in laptops and desktops.

[tulip sparrow]

Yeah they may very well be part of my unstable internet woes and why I can't use colleections in Nexus vortex

trying to use mod collections and it constantly fails thanks to "UNSTABLE CONNECTION"

and vortex just restarts things from the beginning every damn time so yeah they are useless for me

[restive plinth]

I have a Realtek chip
Should I consider upgrading to an intel one?

[tulip sparrow]

modflists via wabbajack actual work fine tho

[rigid fjord]

it's worth the consideration, especially for wifi6/6e/7

[restive plinth]

It also includes the bt one right
I'm not having that many issues with Wifi but my BT reliability has not been that great. It has connection issues, but once I get it connected it works fine

[tulip sparrow]

yeah wifi+bt are the same chip

[limpid ivy]

Suprised that both my asus b550f and msi b550 meg unify have intel ones so not bad.

I pulled the wifi module from the dead asus b550f and put it in an older msi b450 board lol

[modest flame]

So i picked up the RM1000e, but then saw they actually had the RM1000x in stock so I immediately did an in-store exchange and paid the difference

[snow mauve]

was this wallmart 😄 this is exactly what i got..i went to buy the 850 i had pre ordered, saw the rm1000x in stock and di the exchange

[modest flame]

Best Buy

[snow mauve]

ah k

[modest flame]

I work for Best Buy corporate and get an employee discount, so I buy from here more often than not

It's actually not a bad discount, whatever Best Buy paid the manufacturer for the product I only pay 5% more than that

So I often get a good chunk off PC parts and cables

[kindred halo]

Yeah you probably should

Okay errrr yeah just re-checked

WiFi Adapter company isn't specified

• AMD CPU

So yeah most probably mediatek

T470s uses Intel Tri-Band, 2x2 802.11ac

[rigid fjord]

yup

[kindred halo]

Would I actually benefit from switching to the older Intel card

It's either AC8260, 8265, or 18265

Mediatek is..

Doesn't specify 💔

[tulip sparrow]

My desktop

[north hill]

so, i kind of have a dilemma here...
i need to format my entire drive in my laptop for my desktop that should be running Tuesday, but i don't know how to get everything i need off of it.
should i pick through each folder and get what i need, or should i just make a copy of my ENTIRE drive to my 2tb Seagate Surveillance drive?

256gb drive btw

219gb is full (out of 237gb?)

[azure topaz]

this puter goin bye bye

[snow mauve]

moment of silence

[azure topaz]

a fine lil box

[snow mauve]

the GPU looks tiny 😄

[azure topaz]

6650XT, it is

[snow mauve]

gonna salvage that psu?

[azure topaz]

300$ to a homie who’s been wanting a pc for a while

[azure topaz]

the computer is going bye

[snow mauve]

i see now

[azure topaz]

indeed

my moms old gaming computer effectively

300$ is a great price for it

3700X, 16GB 6650XT, idk i built it last year for like free

[fiery solstice]

im using a mac m1 and my dad gave me a free Geekom A6 (Windows mini PC) and I'm unsure whether to switch from my Mac M1. The Mac performs better and I use it for Blender and Substance Painter, but the Geekom's Windows compatibility is tempting since Mac has been annoying me with compatibility issues. the specs for the geekom is

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 6800H @ 2.70 GHz (boosts to 4.7 GHz)
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 680M (integrated, 12 compute units)
RAM: 16 GB (11.7 GB usable — some reserved for the iGPU)
OS: Windows 64-bit, x64

[brave brook]

and then it will be getting bored with barely half load like my RM1000x with two 5070 Ti's

[brave brook]

you can always just use both. Also you can ugprade the RAM & storage on that system.

[fiery solstice]

not enough space for both and and i cant upgrade the ram atm dont got enough savings

and ram prices are crazy atm

[brave brook]

what do you mean by not enough space ? It's literally a miniPC

[fiery solstice]

id need space for a monitor and a keyboard and mouse

[brave brook]

put it on top of the mac mini ?

[fiery solstice]

also i dont got 2 spare keyboard and mouses

[fiery solstice]

kvm switch?

[brave brook]

solvable with KVM switch

[fiery solstice]

my dad said its not possible didnt quite understand why tho something about the screen/monitor or smth

[brave brook]

2 port HDMI KVM swtich is like sub-50 euros ?

[fiery solstice]

the screen doesnt have a hdmi port pretty sure

thats the issue

[brave brook]

and what does it have ? Displayport ? DVI ?

[rigid fjord]

if it's the non wifi boards they have a intel ethernet nic chip that's questionable in being good

[fiery solstice]

how do i check

[brave brook]

well, what is your monitor model ? Or make a photo of the connector area of the monitor

[limpid ivy]

just realtek

I wanna kill the audio driver more then this right now

[fiery solstice]

dell modelo p2211h

[azure topaz]

modelo

[odd marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/its-modelo-time-gif-12236987

[brave brook]

it has DVI. So a HDMI KVM switch an option, how did you connect your Mac Mini to it ? Because you had to use either USB-C to DVI or HDMI to DVI cable anyway

[fiery solstice]

usb-c

[brave brook]

then you get a HDMI KVM switch, this cable for KVM to monitor and two HDMI cables for both mac mini and geekom, and your problem are solved

as it will be limited to 1920x1080 anyway, you can grab any cheap HDMI USB KVM switch

[ionic ember]

https://tenor.com/view/birthday-cake-beer-cerveza-feliz-cumpleanos-happy-birthday-gif-10685282789172128562

[azure topaz]

me

[rigid fjord]

the audio codec is ok, though compared to the soundblaster card i'm using, it's piss poor

[odd marsh]

that's actually a pretty fire "cake" lol

[fiery solstice]

alright thanks ill try doing that

[limpid ivy]

Mines, liking it so far.

Found out it has a 4.4 balanced output also

[rigid fjord]

no external dac/amp needed for me

[snow mauve]

lol

i remember going and getting that sb16 card for my 486

who remembers Dr Sbaitso

[rigid fjord]

this is a soundblaster z card, though i've had both a sb16 and sb32 in 2 older pc's previously

[formal sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/sousou-no-frieren-фрирен-frieren-friren-eat-gif-11109565874728796996

[snow mauve]

Yea i know sorry just reminded me. almost nobody i know as of late actually uses a card other than mobo unless they are an editor 😄

[rigid fjord]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/389886559022 cheapest one as the one if found yesturday for $43 got sold already

[snow mauve]

so do you not have on board or just want something better?

these mobos today have a fairly nice chipset for the most part

[rigid fjord]

wanted better, and onboard audio had no ground isolation, so you'd get a hum on the connection every now and then

[snow mauve]

now you making me wanna get one

[rigid fjord]

now there's no hum, despite having ferrite clamps on the cable and crystal clear audio

also this card has drivers for win 7/10/11

so, win win win

[snow mauve]

gonna get this one, slightly diff but i like the rgb stuff 😄 https://www.amazon.com/Creative-BlasterX-SABRE32-class-Discrete-Headphone/dp/B086QN3WNX

[rigid fjord]

have a look for it on ebay just incase

[snow mauve]

i have prime/credit on amazon so normally go there

yikes the one you posted is $93 on amazon

maybe i will check ebay lol

[rigid fjord]

i also have prime, but you could get it for get it for half the amazon price

i paid £30 for mine

so about $35 equivalence

[north hill]

anyone?

[rigid fjord]

external hdd, you copy over what you want to keep before doing the wipe

[formal sonnet]

If you're uncertain exactly what files you need, making a full copy of the drive is the safest. If you're sure you've copied everything you need off the drive to be wiped, wipe-away!

[north hill]

the Surveillance drive will probably hate doing it, but it seems to be in good health

[rigid fjord]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/147167268561 cheapest one of this specific model on ebay

[iron glen]

A little cleaning can go a long way

[snow mauve]

ty

[rigid fjord]

$67 for the one i have at cheapest on ebay, though there was one for $43 yesturday

what i paid for mine as i said

time to grab me a huh duh 660

[flat cliff]

So this happened today, gotta stop fidgeting with my case kickstands.

[ionic ember]

JB weld, baybee

[oblique jay]

I went from a 13600k -> 14700f but p sure the 14700f is fucked, is it worth just going back to the 13600k again?

[ionic ember]

what do you have to lose?

[oblique jay]

Would have to repuurchase

[ionic ember]

oh well

[oblique jay]

But I cant seem to figure out what the issuue is other than the cpu

[ionic ember]

if your current processor is toast then you're going from broken computer to working computer

[oblique jay]

Just constant frame drops, freezes and crashes

[ionic ember]

memory instability?

[oblique jay]

Wouldnt know how to tell

But prior to the 14700F I didnt have these problems. Granted, they didnt occur instatnly. Had the cpu for a good few months before it started happening

But my mate owned it before and it ran quite hot for him when it shouldnt have and he had pasted properly + had a good enough cooler

[ionic ember]

oh it sounds like you got one of the famously defective 14th gen cpus

[oblique jay]

Probably

Not sure how to go about selling it or if I can get a replacement

My mate got it from a prebuilt which he got in store and never got a receipt for it apparently

[flat cliff]

Any patch jobs for this pressing the kickstand back in place does not fix it.

[ionic ember]

JB Weld

[flat cliff]

What is that?

[odd marsh]

i think that ruins the purpose of a kickstand

[ionic ember]

https://www.amazon.com/J-B-Weld-8276-KwikWeld-Reinforced/dp/B0006O1ICY/ref=sr_1_5

[flat cliff]

That too. Its 3 stands offs that were heat and or press fit into the spot for the kickstand and then the kickstand has a plate that screws onto them. But the standoffs came off with the screws.

[flat cliff]

How does that not glue the kickstand in place?

[oblique jay]

Would it be possibly to get a replacement considering where its from or nah?

[ionic ember]

clean and scuff up both surfaces where the kickstand used to mount, mix the JB weld according to instructions, apply it to the mounting location, clamp it together, wait for it to cure according to package instructions

[oblique jay]

/ no proof of purchase and that it was from a prebuild

[ionic ember]

you only glue together the mounting location

this bit

[craggy cove]

:o

[ionic ember]

just make sure you don't actually get any in the hinge

[flat cliff]

So why can't I just use other glue what's so special about buying that Amazon stuff?

[formal sonnet]

Has nothing to do with Amazon... J-B Weld is a particular type of adhesive. One that has acquired a particular set of skills over a long period of time. Skills that make it difficult to remove for people like you. (Not actually directed at you - this is an adaptation of a movie quote. 🤣)

[ionic ember]

JB Weld is an epoxy that is so strong that it can hold engine blocks together. If you use that, it's never coming apart again

[rigid fjord]

it's not amazon stuff, and it's a well known decent epoxy to use with metal

[fallen sky]

Holyyy

[flat cliff]

You all knew what I meant I mean what's the exact need to buy new glue?

[rigid fjord]

decent adhesive to reattach the kickstand properly

[flat cliff]

I'm not trying to be a 10 pound under heat conditions stress here its just a phone kickstand.

Isn't that just gorilla glue?

[rigid fjord]

nope

[formal sonnet]

No, they are different. The one you need depends on your use-case.
https://welderquery.com/gorilla-epoxy-vs-jb-weld/

[flat cliff]

Its not the cost as much as I don't wanna wait 48 hours if I need to I need to but I don't understand the science of why I can't just use regular glue?

[ionic ember]

all glues have a cure time

[iron glen]

Though some are longer than others

[ionic ember]

also the JB weld I linked will set in 6 minutes and will fully cure in 6 hours

you'll be okay

[flat cliff]

If I was holding 5+ pounds or under heat conditions I'd get good stuff but its just a kickstand.

[flat cliff]

Still trying to understand why of have to wait for it to order and not use what I have now?

[ionic ember]

what glue do you have now?

[flat cliff]

Gorilla stuff or supper glue

I don't know the science behind different glue

[ionic ember]

woodworking glue? won't bond to metal
superglue? won't be particularly strong

[iron glen]

What even needs fixing?

[ionic ember]

in order for a particular glue to be effective it has to have a surface to penetrate into, this is one of the basics of adhesion, nothing is penetrating into metal

epoxy amalgamates with whatever surface it finds itself attached to and forms a much stronger bond

[iron glen]

I can think of 3 kickstands off the top of my bead

[ionic ember]

also that kit of JB weld is 6 bucks

[north hill]

this is the dumbest thing i've ever done

[flat cliff]

Its metal on plastic

[ionic ember]

the two points of the hinge that touch together are metal

[flat cliff]

No

[ionic ember]

alright man, you do you, I gave my best advice

[iron glen]

Try pine resin /j

[flat cliff]

This part is metal the holes they sit in are plastic. I think it was heat pressed in a factory

[flat cliff]

Maybe I don't know what the kickstand part that is attached to the case is, just doesn't feel like any metal I know.

[flat cliff]

If your telling me it won't work then I won't but you told me glue meant for metal on metal when its not so I just wanna make sure it will still work?

[iron glen]

What did this come off of?

[verbal prawn]

You know what doesn't depend on use case? Duct tape

And if that doesn't work use more duct tape

Just don't use it on ducts

[iron glen]

Yk what else doesn't? Zipties

[flat cliff]

I probably should while I wait for dbrand to get back to me who knows what they will say. Don't wanna DIY myself out a return here.

[flat cliff]

That can't attache here.

[verbal prawn]

Are you sure?

[flat cliff]

And just how do I do that and keep the phone folding open?

[verbal prawn]

Holes

[flat cliff]

There is no space for it.

[iron glen]

Idk id say some double sided tape would be great here

[flat cliff]

I have normal no double sided. I'm just gonna tape till I see what dbrand says.

[iron glen]

Lmao

[woeful phoenix]

What should j order

[flat cliff]

Curry pork

[ionic ember]

I only usually ever get chicken lo mein or orange chicken w/ fried rice

[latent gull]

shrimp lo mein is always goated

or general tso chicken

[bronze summit]

Hong Kong style Noodles the goat

[ionic ember]

I have gotten general tso and orange chicken from this place near my house and I swear they're the same off their menu but I can't prove it

[woeful phoenix]

I dont eat pork or shrimp

So i might get curry chicken

[flat cliff]

It has curry are you sure its a Chinese place?

[ionic ember]

have you ever seen a chinese restaurant menu before?

also all 3 of the dishes I mentioned are on that menu so yes I'm sure it's a chinese place

I might doordash some chinese here hmm

[woeful phoenix]

Ussually i always get white rice

Maybe ill get lo mein

[ionic ember]

get that lo mein... mayne

[ionic ember]

I hope this is good enough

[modest flame]

PSU successfully in! She's alive!!!

I'll make those front cables look prettier later

[tidal geyser]

amazing tech chat

[modest flame]

management in the back isnt pretty but it's good enough

[ionic ember]

I assume everyone's back panel cable management is as bad as mine is and 9 times out of 10 I'm right

[modest flame]

hey at least i used the velcro straps in the case

rather than just making it a completely unavigatable rats nest

alright time to get the glass panel back on

[ionic ember]

oh but the rats nest is a problem for future me

[woeful phoenix]

Chat how cooked am I 🥀

[ionic ember]

you can put out two of those lights with a gallon of gas and an air compressor

[midnight wind]

judging by the rest of the lights bro probably doesn;t have working tpms sensors anyways

[ionic ember]

shit tastes like some whispered pepper from the next room over

https://tenor.com/view/mad-max-mediocre-gif-4592081

[snow mauve]

whispered pepper lol

i dont think this pic shows how big this case is

i did it to basically hold onto whatever i built over the coming years. i've done incrementals and complete refreshes. this thing is almost 10 years old. i dont even remember what case other than it's a thermaltake

[tired bear]

how big is that fan?

[snow mauve]

lol the little fan was just to push away exhausted air to me, but in the end my cooling is good enough to keep it cool

fan is about the side of an open hand

[tired bear]

no no, the front one

[snow mauve]

eyeballing i'd say is about 28 inches deep, 18 wide , 24 tall

[snow mauve]

oh oh. yea its the big 250 i think

i have a 360mm aio on top going across the depth

i also went down a rabbit hole with the rgb stuff and realized i had maxed headers so needed a bridge. i also ahve a 10gbp sfp

[ionic ember]

see I've been down the RGB rabbit hole twice and I came up with a genius solution

My computer is under my desk and has a steel side panel

now it doesn't matter!

[formal sonnet]

I just don't purchase RGB products in the first place. 🤷 More money for beer and coffee!

[ionic ember]

real as fuck

[snow mauve]

yea in the end i went for function over fashion

i have ugly led lights going back and forth on my walls caus ei'm in the garage and it works for now with a great ambiance at night

[ionic ember]

I just went through so so so many cases until I landed on this one and it's absolutely perfect

https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/FARA_513/

[snow mauve]

i like the chan of the guys that make like $50,000 case builds with custom cooling piping, etc

[ionic ember]

you're gonna have to be more specific

[snow mauve]

https://www.thermaltake.com/core-x5-tempered-glass-edition.html that's my case

i wanna see if i was close on my eye balling dimensions lol

[ionic ember]

oh I remember those things

caselabs at home

[snow mauve]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Drejv4pNHY like this

love that case almots like mine tipped over

[flat cliff]

My local one does not have curry

[ionic ember]

I guess it's cool? but like that's very form over function

[flat cliff]

Now your making me hungry

[snow mauve]

lol for sure, it's their whole schtick

they go out of their way to get the most insane over the top stuff

[ionic ember]

yeah like, I consider myself an enthusiast but aesthetically I just really like plain ass office PC cases

challenge: build an office pc case with good airflow and no tempered glass (IMPOSSIBLE)

[snow mauve]

i wanted a biggert one when i initially realized how much heat the older ssd gave off (not nvme), and had a lot to pack in there, so i wanted upgradeabily and space. but style wise? yea its pretty plain

[snow mauve]

do you like the wrap around ones? (yea its got glass though)

[ionic ember]

nope

I do not need to see the inside of my pc, I need it to work

[snow mauve]

i think this all came from the lan party days 🙂 still burned in me

even my prox mox server was glass till i out grew it 😛

which i'm now repurpusing for new work

i was delighted to see she still has 96gb of ram in her

[rocky marlin]

Anyone use a Mac?

[plain cypress]

Naw never heard of mac

[gaunt spade]

mac and cheese

[formal sonnet]

I used to. I mean, I still sometimes do. But I used to, too. (When work thinks we're responsible for knowing things about Apple products, only for us to tell staff we're a Windows / Microsoft shop.)

[tender relic]

The infinate cycle of 5070ti or 9070 xt 🙄 🙃

[ivory mountain]

OH FUCK

[south arrow]

Check the games you play for side by sides

[molten sleet]

is there any way to remove this 4k setting on my 1440p monitor to stop games from loading @ 4k in fullscreen windowed mode and spilling over to my second monitor

dsr is already disabled

[plain cypress]

Is it one of those monitors with a console mode?

[molten sleet]

i think so but both inputs are set to pc mode

[plain cypress]

Uhhh maybe double check

[molten sleet]

unfortunately turning it off then back on didn't fix it guess i'll have to live with it

[solemn pewter]

Just disable transit mode…

[scenic basin]

sanity check : is running games at lower resolution making it harder on the CPU?

[cloud plaza]

If you actually use Transit add a Mastercard for it

[warm saddle]

hello, i have msi mag 271qpx E2 and i am curious about DSC, because even when i disable DSC, then i can run at SDR with full 1440p 240Hz with 10bit colours and Freesync and i can even use HDR without any issue. I mean, whats the point of DSC settings on this monitor? i am using vention DP 1.4 cable and 9070xt.

[ionic ember]

it can!

[scenic basin]

is it such a meaningful difference that one would want a Ryzen 9 instead of a Ryzen 5?

[ionic ember]

nah not really

[snow mauve]

well uh that is a 4 family difference lol

older games? or we talking cyber punk..im sure it matters

ugh seems like openai chokes a bit on code over 400 lines..

[ionic ember]

it's true that by increasing the resolution you remove load from the CPU and put it more on the GPU to the point where I've seen some people do cpu benchmarks at 720p just to see how much they can punish the processor

[azure topaz]

no but thats because ryzen 5 - 9's dont typically game any differently

[molten sleet]

i think the idea with the 720p tests is less about increasing the load on the cpu and more about decreasing the load on the gpu so any bottleneck can be isolated as a result of the cpu's limitation

[ionic ember]

that's also probably true

[azure topaz]

games simply dont typically use enough cores for the difference between a 6-16 core to matter all that much for gaming aside from extensive multitasking on the extreme low end

[snow mauve]

i guess that's true. but typically unless you're specifically building it otherwise good, a lot of 'prefab' with an i5 are going to have pretty bad system specs

guess its ultimately down to budget

[oak rampart]

Full Specs:
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (6 Cores / 12 Threads) – Great for gaming and multitasking.
• Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi) – High-end board with PCIe 4.0 support and excellent thermal management.
• RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4-3600 (High-speed memory for Ryzen).
• Storage 1: 500GB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2 SSD – Ultra-fast boot drive.
• Storage 2: 2TB Seagate BarraCuda HDD – Plenty of space for games and media.
• Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q500L – Compact ATX design with great airflow and magnetic dust filters.
• Fans: Upgraded with DeepCool RGB fans for a clean aesthetic.
• Power Supply: Corsair CX650M (650W 80+ Bronze Semi-Modular).
• OS: Windows 11 Pro (Fully activated and updated).

Included:
• Desktop Tower (as listed)
• Power Cable
• Razer BlackWidow Lite TKL Mechanical Keyboard

Is $250 good price?

[limpid dune]

did chatgpt forget the GPU 😭

[ionic ember]

it sucks that I have to side eye anything with em dashes

[scenic basin]

Ryzen 5 3600

we're in 2026

if you're going with AM4, at the very least get a 5600

[limpid dune]

also "great for gaming and multitasking" back in 2020 yes, and it's not like it's a bad CPU but it's showing its age. DDR4-3600 is not "high speed"

[oak rampart]

Naw he ask for $250

[limpid dune]

5600X ideally, since the 5600 non-X is a laptop chip with less L3

[oak rampart]

Some dude on fb market

[scenic basin]

AM4 Ryzen doesn't really take more than 3200-3600

[scenic basin]

isn't it the 5600G that's laptop based?

[limpid dune]

the 5600 is a binned 5600G, but the 5600X is a "proper" CCD+IOD desktop design

[scenic basin]

I just checked chip specs, the 5600 also has 32MB, the 5600G has 16

[limpid dune]

oh wait shit I'm thinking about the 5500 my bad

[scenic basin]

the 5600X is a binned 5600 mate

[limpid dune]

if you're the one buying it: yeah, $250 is a good price but you'll need to bring your own GPU

[scenic basin]

bring your own GPU to test before buying, the 3600X doesn't have an iGPU so if you can't test it, you'd be down 250 buckaridoos if the guy bundled garbage together

[oak rampart]

He show the boot up screen and stuff

[cedar stream]

Guys i got 0$ and rlly want a pc what do i do 😭

[odd marsh]

https://jobs.mchire.com

I got you

[cedar stream]

Bruj

Bruh

[odd marsh]

Easiest way to get some money

[scenic basin]

doesn't mean shit, a PC with cooked RAM/storage can still show a boot screen

[snow mauve]

i think they payin kids like $18/hr here to sit and cook fries

well, stand and cook fries

[odd marsh]

Some good starting money

[snow mauve]

yep, costco like 22/hr too

[odd marsh]

Costco doesn’t like to hire teens

Or younger people

They offer really some nice benefits, so they tend to hire older people who will work there for a while

[snow mauve]

this is true

i was in mesa a few weeks ago and saw them hiring, stockers make more than cashiers i think

[earnest dirge]

Wanted to bump in here to see if I screwed up, ended up going to Walmart and impulse buying a 5060ti 8gb for sub $300 USD to replace my titan XP in my living room PC, should I return it, I think I'm having buyers remorse

[south arrow]

I sold a 3070ti the other day for 250 seems like a good deal. If it boosts your fps ya know

[native path]

Sub 300 usd for 5060ti 8gb sounds decent

[earnest dirge]

It ended up being $306 after tax, it was one of the clearance buys, it's the MSI ventus 2x card, I was going to snag a 5070 or 9060xt or something with 16gb of vram as it's in my living room tv which I can assume is 1080p and upscales to 4k

The titan is really starting to struggle

[woeful phoenix]

https://x.com/charlieINTEL/status/2045883633987141894

CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL)

Grand Theft Auto VI is set to release 7 months from now, on Nov 19, 2026

X · Apr 19, 2026, 3:14 PM

7 more months

Thank fuck I got a ps5 pro for christmas

[ionic ember]

I mean, that's about the same price as a 3070 ti and only slightly worse

I can't believe that performance scaling has gotten THIS bad

[earnest dirge]

Part of me wants to return it and order a 16gb variant

[ionic ember]

you're looking at a 4070 ti super or a 5070 ti in that case

both are around the same price and both have about the same performance

[south arrow]

If you got it like that, myteee be fun

[ionic ember]

however if VRAM is what you're after you can pick up a used 7900 XTX for as much as you'd spend on either of the two cards I just mentioned and get 24GB

[earnest dirge]

I have a 9070xt in my system and my girlfriend has a 7900xt, this one in the living room has been split screen games and some single player story games

[ionic ember]

I see an arc b580 in your future

[earnest dirge]

I forgot about ittttt

[ionic ember]

that'll get you 12GB

[earnest dirge]

Yeah I was worried about the vram with my TV the titan has 12gb but It is starting to get a bit unhappy on some of the newer games (Warhammer it didn't like)

[ionic ember]

I think that's probably just an architecture/generation problem

[south nova]

can i use any pc case to build a pc or do i need to make sure the stuff is compatable

[ionic ember]

it depends

what parts do you currently have

[south nova]

i dont have anything yet but i have an idea of what cpu and gpu n motherboard i want in it

[ionic ember]

what's your motherboard

[south nova]

Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard

i got recomended it in this server

[ionic ember]

and what case were you looking at?

[south nova]

i havent chosen any yet

i wanted to find out what were compatable before i choser

[ionic ember]

basically any modern case that can fit an ATX motherboard will work

[south nova]

wheres the best place to look for a pc case?

[ionic ember]

what country are you in?

[south nova]

i am currently looking at newegg right now

united states

[ionic ember]

newegg works

I would compare their prices to amazon though because you can often find a better deal there, and if you live near a micro center I wouldn't even shop online

[south nova]

i do not

[earnest dirge]

Newegg, Amazon, Best buy, or microcenter if you have one close,

[ionic ember]

best buy is kinda weak on pc components

[south nova]

our bestbuy lowk ass

[earnest dirge]

They have a few cases in stock that work, I've had good luck with Lian li and fractal cases for first time builders as a personal recommendation but 100% do your research and see which one you like and what features you want, make sure you don't overpay for things that don't matter

[ionic ember]

I think I've probably been through a dozen cases at this point and I finally found the one I liked

silverstone you sons of bitches, I could kiss you

[earnest dirge]

Agree! I finally settled with the 4000d frame, because its pretty versatile

[ionic ember]

Silverstone FARA 513 here

it's perfect

[haughty compass]

Hey how do I connect my fan rgb to my mobo?

[earnest dirge]

What fans and what motherboard?

[haughty compass]

These are the only cables I have not plugged in anywhere

[ionic ember]

that's your RGB cable

[haughty compass]

Lian Li Vector V100 case fans and an Asus b360m-a mobo

[haughty compass]

Yeah but idk where to plug it in

Cus the rgb header on the mobo takes 4 pins but the only one I found is 3 hole

[ionic ember]

bottom dead center

[haughty compass]

Yeah but that is 4 pin

[south nova]

@ionic ember is water cooling worth it

[haughty compass]

The only connector on the cable is 3 pin

[ionic ember]

show me the connector on those plugs

[ionic ember]

depends

[south nova]

it sounds cool but i dont know if i would need that

[ionic ember]

a peerless assassin 120 is 35 bucks and cools basically anything

[south nova]

https://www.newegg.com/diypc-atx-case-steel-tempered-glass-cases-black-argb-n5-bk/p/N82E16811353257