tech-chat-1

[grizzled frost]

Correct

[thorn escarp]

okay okay and these screws are in the mobo box i presume

[grizzled frost]

Should be

[thorn escarp]

okay so

[open rock]

is it there

[grizzled frost]

ruh roh

[thorn escarp]

they both look similar

[deep musk]

The left screw should fit

[thorn escarp]

but one's shorter with the screwing ridges closer to each other

[grizzled frost]

you can also buy m3x5mm screws online for super cheap

[open rock]

whie u have ur pc open dust it out it will give u better temps

[thorn escarp]

so wait, i should do the hdd with the label outwards

and screw them from the other side right

[grizzled frost]

You'll screw from the side where the components are, label facing outwards

You screw through the back plate, into the drive

[frigid blade]

https://tenor.com/view/iroh-my-beloved-beloved-heart-avatar-the-last-airbender-gif-27121731

[grizzled frost]

aaaaaaaaaaaaah

[frigid blade]

Good morning!

[grizzled frost]

Mornin

[frigid blade]

We need Nova Lake release ASAP

I want a 52c gaming pc

[grizzled frost]

I need to rob a datacenter ASAP

[bold olive]

cent?

[frigid blade]

Core

[grizzled frost]

Celsius

[frigid blade]

Snails your guy

[grizzled frost]

i don't think snail would consent to me robbing him

[frigid blade]

Don’t rob him just the employer

[grizzled frost]

True, true

[frigid blade]

You can plan it together

You need a Lester though to plan it out idk who that would be

[open rock]

did u come right tung tung tung god

[frigid blade]

Stop larping

https://tenor.com/view/mariolord-mariolord14-mario-lord-mario-lord-gif-12993108603153607612

[open rock]

?

[frigid blade]

https://tenor.com/view/larp-larpsahur-larp-sahur-sahur-sahurlarp-gif-1887669596747385148

[open rock]

lmoa

lmao*

[thorn escarp]

so the hdd screws are wayy too thick to go in

[frigid blade]

Oh you’re talking about a real persons name

[grizzled frost]

You need to use SSD screws actually

[open rock]

i was lol

[frigid blade]

[open rock]

just get foam doebel sided tape and tape it on thats what i did

[grizzled frost]

Very not ideal for a HDD

[open rock]

if its foam it will be fine those small one spin slowly

just tape it alot

and it must be foam

[frigid blade]

Well at least it adds dampening

Actually that doesn’t really do anything does it

[grizzled frost]

It keeps it from transfering vibrations into the case, it will increase the vibrations in the drive

[grizzled frost]

Foam is worse

[open rock]

it did alot when i did it i mean its not ideal but a hdd isnt idiel ether

[open rock]

how

[grizzled frost]

More give, leads to more vibrations

[frigid blade]

Just tape it to the GPU fan lol

[open rock]

not if u get stuff foam ones like used for baby proofing

[frigid blade]

https://tenor.com/view/helebobter-gif-4633749728343719882

[grizzled frost]

Foam inherently has more give than a thin piece of tape

That's the whole point of foam

[sinful cobalt]

we*

[grizzled frost]

we're going 70:30 though

[open rock]

the non foam one vibrates loos and its loud

my 2.5inch hdd lasted years like that

[grizzled frost]

It seems to vibrate more, because it allows for the vibrations to carry into the case

[sinful cobalt]

yeah you rob it ill be the lookout

https://tenor.com/view/leon-kennedy-eyeballs-looking-binoculars-resident-evil-gif-5218614413222692600

[grizzled frost]

Allowing the transfer of vibration reduces vibration in the drive though

[gilded imp]

Imagine if data centers were real

[sinful cobalt]

iroh should hire tom cruise from scientology

[grizzled frost]

Imma hire him to steal ram for me

[frigid blade]

Atp just ask him to buy the ram instead

Dudes rich

[grizzled frost]

you think scientology will give me ram if i join?

[frigid blade]

No

[grizzled frost]

damn

missed opportunity there

[frigid blade]

You get paid like $50/month to join

[grizzled frost]

you have to pay to join

[frigid blade]

Oh $50/week they pay you

Well it’s an allowance

Yah that’s nothing though lol

[gilded imp]

You gotta be the ultra elite premium plus tier for that

[sinful cobalt]

hire him and that dc will be wiped clean

[open rock]

@thorn escarp are u comming right

[thorn escarp]

okay can i be honest

[frigid blade]

No

[grizzled frost]

yes

[open rock]

yes

[sinful cobalt]

iroh get the ocean 8 team as well

[thorn escarp]

i could spend hours doing this, i can not fit this hdd vertically

[sinful cobalt]

ill be the lookout

[grizzled frost]

do the holes lineup?

[frigid blade]

Name 5 steal a brain rot characters

[thorn escarp]

i cant screw em in

[open rock]

3d print or bya a cheap 2.5inch to 3.5inch adaper

[grizzled frost]

gotta use ssd screws

[frigid blade]

Then just throw it in the bottom of the case

[frigid blade]

Why do they have separate screws

[grizzled frost]

size of screw

[frigid blade]

Length?

[grizzled frost]

hdd screw bigger cause 3.5in

[frigid blade]

I need to print a huge 20 bay drive case

But I ain’t got no printer

[open rock]

the ender 3 v3 ke is prety decent and its realtivlky cheap

[frigid blade]

I’ve heard of ender yah

[thorn escarp]

i think there's a rogue screw at the bottom of my case

if i leave it there, is it a massive problem

[frigid blade]

Probably not

[open rock]

u should try to get it out tho it can short smt

[frigid blade]

In the bottom meaning where exactly?

[thorn escarp]

okay no i found it

[frigid blade]

I have many screws loose in my old pc no where near the motherboard

But that’s cuz the case was pretty large

[open rock]

i have 1 in my psu

lol

[frigid blade]

My current case is so big

I barely fits under my desk

[open rock]

model?

[frigid blade]

It’s 29 lbs
Antheks Enthoo Pro 2 Server Edition

What it’s supposed to look like filled https://phanteks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/08_Enthoo-Pro-2-SE-TG.webp

[open rock]

29lbs thats like 14kg!!!

[frigid blade]

You can tell when it was made because of the GTX cards lol

Yah empty

[thorn escarp]

okay nvm i cant do this

ffs it's impossible to do this screw

[open rock]

tape it to the floor

[frigid blade]

The non server edition one has support for dual system

So you can fit a second smaller motherboard

[open rock]

or just put 3 screws in

cool

[sleek ibex]

I would love a Phanteks Elite Server version of this case that they showed at computex some time back

That is dubbed as the Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 XL Server Edition

[vapid moon]

Are the fans pushing air correctly?

[frigid topaz]

Just got my optic fiber installed, even tho it's only 500mbps, it's a huge difference from 100

[brave brook]

unless some of the fans are counterrotating, all the fans blow out, where do air comes from then ?

[vapid moon]

If I’m not wrong the top (the aio fans) and the back fan

[gaunt spade]

on the right its reverse you can see

[gaunt spade]

all good unless u have 3 more fans which we cant see on the right

[bold olive]

the pain of watching netflix on an lcd tv at night

[vapid moon]

No

[gaunt spade]

what no

[vapid moon]

I have no more fans all the fans are the ones I sent

[gaunt spade]

ok then youre all good

gpu left

and psu

[frigid topaz]

Would 500mbps be enough for cloud gaming or prob not

[vapid moon]

Yup

I have no idea where to begin with the psu

The manual the came with it explains nothing

[gaunt spade]

do you know nothing?

[vapid moon]

The gpu is easy

[vapid moon]

No

First time building

[gaunt spade]

is the psu modular

[vapid moon]

Yes, it’s the Super Flower Leadex III 1000W ATX3.1 Gold

[gaunt spade]

ho lee sheet

[gaunt spade]

just get the connectors you need first cpu,mobo,sata if needed and gpu as many as it needs

[long cradle]

Guys...
Help me decide, which one's better?

[keen pendant]

Any thoughts on this https://www.proshop.no/Stroemforsyning-PSU/MSI-MPG-Ai1300TS-PCIE5-Stroemforsyning-PSU-1300-Watt-135-mm-ATX-31-80-Plus-Titanium-sertifisert/3455624 ? ive been looking for a PSU that has some sort of GPU protection and its the only one thats available where i live.

[vapid moon]

Is there a video you recommend I can follow?

[brave brook]

flip a coin. Difference is next to nothing even for much more varied thermal compounds. These are pretty much identical

[brave brook]

https://www.igorslab.de/en/thermal-paste-comparison/?ids=30%2C42

even at 200W you barely have a half degree difference

[long cradle]

How does my new cooler look?

[obtuse blade]

guys is this ptm7950 application ok?
concerned about the little weird blob

[cinder rivet]

Guys I was upgrading my CPU and the pc refused to turn on

Swapped to my old CPU, didn't turn on with a pin short

[gaunt spade]

rip

[cinder rivet]

What do I do?

Nothing has changed, I even swapped the cpu back

[obtuse blade]

are you sure you're shorting the right pins? refer to your motherboard manual.

[cinder rivet]

Yes

[swift thorn]

check your power chain?

like the wires and the switch on the psu and stuff

[cinder rivet]

Checked

Still doing nothing

[long cradle]

It still won't let me enable xmp for some reason.

Motherboard says it supports it.

[cinder rivet]

What do I do

[tulip sparrow]

And home internet is currently down

[cinder rivet]

Pc wont turn on I checked everything

Guys it's not turning on

[obtuse blade]

what did you change or unplug in the process of changing the cpu?

[cinder rivet]

Nothing

[obtuse blade]

what motherboard is this?

[cinder rivet]

B450m ds3h v2

[obtuse blade]

you're saying it's not installed in a case and is just a loose test bench?

since you're shorting pins and all that

[cinder rivet]

It is

[steel umbra]

where cooler

[cinder rivet]

I was upgrading cpu

[obtuse blade]

see if connecting a fan to the CPU fan header helps.
if not, unplug the PC from the wall, hold the power button or keep the pins shorted for 30 seconds. then short the CLR CMOS jumper or remove the CMOS battery and reinsert it. power the PC back on.

[steel umbra]

do you run the pc without the cooler

[cinder rivet]

Nope

[obtuse blade]

do step 2

[fierce breach]

I hate writing manuals

Not even done yet

[cinder rivet]

Nothing

[steel umbra]

make video of when you power the pc aim the cam at the pc inside

[cinder rivet]

I just used the pc today

[obtuse blade]

are you sure you installed the CPU in the right direction?
match the two arrows on the MB and CPU -><-

[cinder rivet]

Yes

[fierce breach]

I'm late to this convo, did you buy the CPU new or used?

[long cradle]

Benchmarking:

[fierce breach]

I'm assuming its an upgrade

[cinder rivet]

New tray

[fierce breach]

Unless you bought from a reputable seller, there's a good chance that tray pull wasn't new

Try with your old CPU

[cinder rivet]

That is the old cpu

[fierce breach]

Ah

[obtuse blade]

reseat your RAM and make sure it clicks

[fierce breach]

Are you sure you're shorting the right pins to power it on?

[cinder rivet]

Done that even took out the second stick

[clear canyon]

Reseat your clicks and make sure it RAMs

[cinder rivet]

Yes according to gigabyte

[fierce breach]

Do you have a multimeter? If so check the poweron pin for voltage

I'm assuming its active-low (activates when pulled to ground)

[steel umbra]

can you record when you try to power the pc

what happens

record the pc inside and monitor

[cinder rivet]

1
already did that

[steel umbra]

where

[cinder rivet]

0v

So active low

[fierce breach]

It has 0v in standby?

Sounds like psu isn't working

[cinder rivet]

PSU worked previously

[fierce breach]

Doesn't mean it works now

[cinder rivet]

It's brand new too

[obtuse blade]

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/explorer/diy-builder/power-supply-units/how-to-test-a-psu-power-supply-unit/?srsltid=AfmBOoryaaqLgq-OuWFjb-o3Sk4KyNh7CHNIbCBW18XGFRsCeGoRb0Ey

[cinder rivet]

Like it was working just now before the upgrade

[balmy plank]

could be blowen fuse in psu

[fierce breach]

Yeah do what that guide says

[balmy plank]

for saftey

[steel umbra]

can sound finally send me the video

[fierce breach]

When you short PGOOD to ground the PSU turns on

If the PSU doesn't turn on, then PSU bad

If it does turn on, could still be PSU but more likely to be mobo

[obtuse blade]

can anyone help?

[cinder rivet]

Later

[steel umbra]

yes, maybe even a bit bitty too much ptm, it’ll reform

[obtuse blade]

thanks man

[steel umbra]

where is your cooler

[steel umbra]

do you power the pc as it is on this video?

[cinder rivet]

Spins up to life

[obtuse blade]

thats a good sign
we should investigate the motherboard some way

[fierce breach]

Already did

[obtuse blade]

see if the CPU slot is clean?

[fierce breach]

Poweron pin is 0V, which means PCH isn't getting power

[cinder rivet]

It's clean

[fierce breach]

If you have some other motherboard to test with, do that.

Or, if you have literally any other ATX/mATX/ITX computer in your house, install this PSU in it and see if the computer turns on and boots

If it does, motherboard issue

[cinder rivet]

I dont

How can a motherboard break from a CPU swap???

[fierce breach]

Static, dust, etc

[cinder rivet]

I don't understand

[obtuse blade]

did you try reseating 24 pin and 8 pin power?

[cinder rivet]

Yeah

[steel umbra]

can you send the exact setup you did when you swapped the cpu

[obtuse blade]

make sure the connectors are in, that 24 pin can get stuck sometimes

[cinder rivet]

It's not even working

[fierce breach]

Wait it powers on without CPU?

Yeah, something is shorting

[steel umbra]

just send it

[fierce breach]

Are you absolutely sure the pins on the CPU are clean and the holes in the socket are also clean?

[cinder rivet]

Should I use electric cleaner?

[cinder rivet]

Brother what do you want me to send

[obtuse blade]

isopropyl alcohol 99%

[cinder rivet]

I just got cleaning wipes

[fierce breach]

Contact cleaner will work but it isn't preferable to liquid 99% iso

[obtuse blade]

medical grade isnt safe in this situation

[cinder rivet]

Using noctura cleaning wipes

[fierce breach]

Thats going to do exactly nothing for you

That's an AM4 socket right? PGA?

[cinder rivet]

Am4

[steel umbra]

do you power the pc like picture 1 or picture 2

[fierce breach]

Yeah wipes aren't going to help you

And if you use them on the CPU itself you'll make it worse

[cinder rivet]

I tried reassembling picture 1

Nothing

[cinder rivet]

So what do you want me to do

[fierce breach]

Get liquid iso lol

[steel umbra]

can you send me how you try to power on the pc

[cinder rivet]

I don't know where to get that

[steel umbra]

like actual attempt

[fierce breach]

Anyways, do your CPU phases have voltage on them when the PC is on with no CPU? What about the EPS connector?

[steel umbra]

i need to see if everything is correctly assembled

[fierce breach]

Amazon, many other places

The pharmacy, grocery store maybe

[cinder rivet]

Pharmacys don't stock it

[obtuse blade]

which country?

[steel umbra]

@cinder rivet do you want to solve it or not just send me a video

[fierce breach]

What pharmacy isn't stocking isopropyl alcohol lol

[steel umbra]

how you try to power the pc or how you assume it is working

[fierce breach]

We all saw the video of it powered on with no CPU. What are you even looking for

[cinder rivet]

My country's, trust me I have searched for it for years

Only source is online

[fierce breach]

If in europe multicom has it

[cinder rivet]

Singapore

[fierce breach]

Idk then

[cinder rivet]

We don't have it

So what do I do?

[obtuse blade]

https://www.lazada.sg/tag/isopropyl-alcohol-99/

[cinder rivet]

That would take a week to ship

I want the pc up today

I have noctura cleaning wipes

I think it's caused I accidentally used an air duster next to the open CPU socket

[fierce breach]

That's possible

[pale vigil]

Can you use DDU for a laptop gpu (5070 ti)?

[cinder rivet]

Thats all it takes???

So what do I do

[obtuse blade]

you dont have good options if the motherboard truly has a fault. if the contacts are not dirty, IPa won't help
RMA if a local shop can test a different CPU in the board or go back to where you bought the CPU for troubleshooting help

[cinder rivet]

Are you telling ne

I need to lug the entire thing back there

It's quite a drive away

[snow mauve]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx-WaWLiT48 lol you guys see this one

the weight of those guns

[fierce breach]

You only need to bring the mobo

[obtuse blade]

these things are difficult to troubleshoot without spare parts

RMA might take a few weeks too

[cinder rivet]

So I can't do anything now

[fierce breach]

With what you (don't) have access to, your best bet is a shop

[cinder rivet]

This fucking sucks

First time I heard of something breaking from literal air

Is there anything I can do?

[fierce breach]

Its the dust in the air

[obtuse blade]

modern PCs are much more resistant to static at least

[cinder rivet]

Don't tell me I'm suppose to be changing CPUs in a clean room

[fierce breach]

No

Compressed air is a static hazard

[steel umbra]

4+4pin is plugged into the motherboard right? and 6+2 into the gpu

[cinder rivet]

Yes

[cinder rivet]

..why is that not any guide anywhere???

[steel umbra]

is there anything that could be potentially shorted

[cinder rivet]

All I see in swapping CPUs is that it needs a bios to support it which this mb does

[obtuse blade]

how long you had this board?

[inner veldt]

Should I worry about this scratch?

[cinder rivet]

Since 2021

[steel umbra]

system can behave like that when you bridge vbus with gnd or other vbuses with each other

[obtuse blade]

gold pins are more important but be careful next time

[cinder rivet]

No, nothing was changed

[steel umbra]

nop

cracks are what you worry about

[inner veldt]

Thanks

[cinder rivet]

What do I do @fierce breach

[stray portal]

Yes its over

[cinder rivet]

I really wanted to game today too

Guys what can I do today

I want it up and running like rn

[steel umbra]

and when you put back the old parts, reset the cmos that also doesn’t work right?

[obtuse blade]

well you've already troubleshooted
removing the CPU allows everything to power on
something in the socket is weird

[cinder rivet]

Yes

[cinder rivet]

This is unbelievable

How TF is a multi billion dollar company using something so idiotically easy to break

Should I try spraying It again and see if It works

[steel umbra]

if everything is wired up properly well, something is dead or bricked

[obtuse blade]

inspect the socket and pins

get a torch

[cinder rivet]

Okay now what do I do

[obtuse blade]

any bent pins?

[cinder rivet]

Doesn't look like it

It may legitmately be air

[obtuse blade]

i see some junk in these pins

[cinder rivet]

What do I do?

[obtuse blade]

if it is lint or junk, try pulling it with tweezers and the PC unplugged from the wall
make sure you aren't rough or damage the socket's plastic

[cinder rivet]

I don't have tweezer s that small

But lemme try

Didn't know it's possible for the air nation to kill my pc

[eternal cloak]

Nah
You can beat up that thing pretty good, as long there's no cracks and the pins are fine you have nothing to worry about

[vapid moon]

This cable came in the box with the aio lian li hydroshift LCD-C 360CL and nothing is written about it in the manual, what is that?

[snow mauve]

pretty standard, looks to piggy back onto other power connector types for sata devices

if you look at the non wide ones you 'll see it matches other power headers

[devout pecan]

Are this numbers good for a ryzen 7 5800x with -100mhz of cpu boost clock override + 87w ppt, 90 edc and 60 edc? It's the very first time I am doing this test

[cinder rivet]

Nada

I tried cleaning it didn't work

[vapid moon]

I’m at the cables part and I have zero idea what I’m doing and I can’t find a video thar I can walk through or a manual to follow

[snow mauve]

well the first question is, do you have a sata device?

i dont think you need it in most cases, that extra cable

what actual drives/devices will you be powering with that power supply

like, dvd? old sata drive? if nvme obviously non issue, etc

[cinder rivet]

Yeah not working

[vapid moon]

Storage?

[open rock]

What gpu do u have?

[cinder rivet]

Air has broke my pc

[snow mauve]

yeah

[cinder rivet]

Freaking. AIR

[vapid moon]

9070xt nitro plus

[cinder rivet]

Holy fuck why is this not written anywhere?????

Fucking air, why the fuck does AMD do this

[sinful cobalt]

well done you tuned stuff not related to memory benchmark

[cinder rivet]

Air kills motherboards

[open rock]

Ok so u need 3 8pin cabels nice choice btw

[cinder rivet]

Why am I being ignored

[obtuse blade]

there is dirt here that likely blew over

[cinder rivet]

Is there seriously nothing I can do now

[cinder rivet]

So what do I do

[obtuse blade]

dont spray a bare socket next time with dust near it

[cinder rivet]

How TF was I suppose to know that

[obtuse blade]

spraying it again risks pushing the dust further inside

[cinder rivet]

I tried spraying it again...

As a hail Mary, but it made it worse, fuck AMD

Can a normal store fix this

Or does AMD having a CPU socket cleaning tool

[worn willow]

gentoo sucks

[swift thorn]

is your PSU fan on when you try to turn the system on?

[cinder rivet]

No

[ivory mountain]

holy stray

[cinder rivet]

So is there anything I can do

[vapid moon]

Samsung SSD 2.0TB 990 PRO NVMe M.2
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D AM5 Tray
Super Flower Leadex III 1000W ATX3.1 Gold
Corsair DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 6000 CL28 Vengeance EXPO/XMP 3.0
Gigabyte X870E AORUS ELITE WiFi7
Lian-Li HydroShift II LCD-C 360R Water Cooler Black
Sapphire Radeon RX 9070 XT NITRO+ OC 16GB GDDR6
Antec c7 ARGB
That’s my build and what I will powering

[obtuse blade]

spray it with isopropyl alcohol and let it dry for 1-6 hours

99% IPA

[snow mauve]

so you have an nvme

it'll go right on the motherboarde and none of those sata cables will be relevant

[obtuse blade]

RMA the motherboard if it doesnt work or test your CPUs in a different motherboard

[cinder rivet]

I don't have that

[obtuse blade]

buy IPA

[swift thorn]

can you try manually bridging the pins, if that doesn't work, you might have a dead component

[cinder rivet]

I don't have another motherboard

[obtuse blade]

shop

[cinder rivet]

It'll take weeks to ship

I live in the middle of nowhere

[obtuse blade]

do you have daraz?

[cinder rivet]

Nope

We don't have that in Singapore

[vapid moon]

So that cable I got with the aio isn’t relevant?

[swift thorn]

can we see a photo of how you've seated the cpu please, and one just of the entire setup with the full motherboard in view

[obtuse blade]

@swift thorn his PC boots if the CPU is removed and breaks if he uses any of his 2 CPUs

[snow mauve]

which cable? i mean yuou need to power that, it'll connect to something that'll either say aio or cpu or something similar

but psu these days try to accomodate a wide range of potential things, you likely will never use it all

[swift thorn]

thanks

[vapid moon]

This cable came in the box with the aio

[snow mauve]

hold on to it but dont think youll need it 🙂

[vapid moon]

Alright so that part is done, now what do I do with all of the other cables xd

[snow mauve]

your aio will only come with power and MAYBEa another cable for rgb

[swift thorn]

I'm gonna say dead board. I might try just taking everything out and rebuilding everything from scratch as a last resort but I think this js probably just a dead board.

[vapid moon]

I just don’t understand why I didn’t get a manual that explains how to connect the cables in the psu and also, I didn’t get a power cable with the psu that connects from the psu to the electricity outlet

[snow mauve]

really? i mean maybe it was a way to cut down on cost since those are standard

[cinder rivet]

I can't afford to pay for a new board

And am4 is extinct locally

[snow mauve]

but fairly sure i've always had one come with it

[vapid moon]

Yup

[cinder rivet]

This is insane

My fucking humid tropical weather fucked me over AGAIN

[snow mauve]

can probably just reuse your existing one

[snow mauve]

probablvy need to get a dehumidifier then try to suck that outta the room and change tank often

[vapid moon]

Do you have a video or a manual you think I can follow and it will make it easier on the cables part? Every video I see isn’t the same as my build and it’s weird

[cinder rivet]

Idk

[snow mauve]

https://youtu.be/xFVq897vQ5g?t=4

what's in that tank...is in your pc

[cinder rivet]

Just tropical jungle air

I hate living here everything is non existent

[snow mauve]

yea im saying you have an additional element attacking your hardware most of us dont have

[cinder rivet]

Now I need to wait a week if not more for iso alcohol to shit

[snow mauve]

ever seen guys that smoke heavy inside? what that pc looks like?

[azure topaz]

yes

[sleek ibex]

Magic smoke

[cinder rivet]

I guess moral of the story is to not open CPU sockets in air

CPUs should only be opened on a location without air

[snow mauve]

sticky and brown 😄

[vapid moon]

My psu is 1000W why does this cable say 600W

[snow mauve]

probably because that's for gpu?

[median warren]

Because it can support 600w

[snow mauve]

psu watt rating is aggregate

[median warren]

Yeah

[vapid moon]

Wait what

[median warren]

Also that's the 12v high power connector

For modern big gpus

[snow mauve]

yep, the big mammas

[median warren]

My 4080 super has that

[snow mauve]

not all cables/interafces support it. so its simply offering that support but you still can only do 1000w total

like i said, most psu these days try to accomodate a wide variety of devices and interfaces

[vapid moon]

So where does this go

[snow mauve]

so you will have a lot of sht you wont use

[median warren]

Under 12v

[vapid moon]

You said it’s for gpu

[median warren]

12v-2 x6

[median warren]

It is

[vapid moon]

Oh

[snow mauve]

the high power one i figured would go to something like a gpu...

[median warren]

It does, top right corner it's labelled

[vapid moon]

Ohhhh I totally misunderstood this

[snow mauve]

are you building a pc from scratch?

or just psu swap out?

[vapid moon]

I thought this is the main power cable my head is just overwhelmed

[vapid moon]

Yes and I have the psu and gpu left

[snow mauve]

no bongs + pc building

[vapid moon]

And I’m stuck at the cables part

[snow mauve]

you're gonna need the big one that goes t your mobo, the 12v one for your gpu, probably an additional smaller one to mobo, etc minimum

didnt sound like you had any drives other than nvme, so thats gonna eliminate a lot of mess, power and data

[vapid moon]

That’s my build

[cunning ember]

Hey all, question.
Is iBuyPower trustworthy? I know there were issues some years ago with them but have they come back and improved?

[snow mauve]

also be sure you're plugging anything rgb into rgb headers unless your case has like a rgb control module

(i had to buy an rgb hub to make it easy)

[cunning ember]

Looking at a Lease to Own (I know, the end price is ridiculous but fuggit)

[vapid moon]

Still haven’t got to that part all I did is plug the mobo cable to the psu xd

So I’m not gonna need them right?

[cunning ember]

Eh nevermind, my eyes were reading the specs poorly

[gaunt spade]

brochacho still on psu

[snow mauve]

nope dont think so unless maybe you wanna pop in a dvd/cd drive

[vapid moon]

I took a break 😂

[cunning ember]

Oh hey so

Ryzen 7 5800xt and RTX 5050?

[calm idol]

dont get any xx50 model. and its probably more worth it going for a non xt or x cpu if money is tight.

[cunning ember]

I have a 1070 that's outta support and any meaningful upgrade is effectively an entirely new PC

I'd like to be able to play some more games and at least take a step up before it dies or falls too far behind

ATM on a R5 2600x and aforementioned 1070

[median warren]

3060 12gb would be a good upgrade too

Even 9060xt 16gb

[cunning ember]

I can't power the 9060 iirc

I don't have the connectors

Got a pretty old CX750

[median warren]

I see what you mean

3060 12gb you might be able to power

Should be able to

[cunning ember]

Like this whole rig NEEDS updated but I wanna stopgap so I can get drivers and just generally have some better performance

Haven't had any crashes yet but

Maybe I could nab an R5 5500, I think I saw one for less than 100 at Microcenter

[azure topaz]

you live near an mc? just take advantage of their bundle deals

[cunning ember]

Ish. 1 hour on the bus lol

[azure topaz]

oh

[cunning ember]

My main issue right now is I don't really know like...what the CPU/GPU pairs are?

Like I would kill for a chart or something where it shows
Hey here's good GPUs for a 5500

Or like "3000 series is for R5 5000 series" idk

[brave brook]

what do you mean ? 9060 xt is 160W with single 8-pin power connector ?

[azure topaz]

if you wanna hold off on a gpu upgrade the 7500x3d bundle so good

[cunning ember]

Oh, is it? wtf, I might have looked at the wrong GPU or misremembered

[azure topaz]

but yeah buy a 9060xt and not a 5050

[cunning ember]

Oh that's beautiful

[brave brook]

that is "Sapphire Radeon RX 9060 XT Nitro+ OC "

[cunning ember]

Lemme double check some stuff

[brave brook]

same on gigabyte

i mean yes, 9070 requires more power. but 9060 xt is just a bit more power hungry than a 1060 6GB 😄

[gaunt spade]

every 9060 supports ur psu

or backwards

[brave brook]

and 1070 is just 10W lower TDP than 9060 XT

[gaunt spade]

you can even put a 9070xt in

[cunning ember]

Holy shi

Okay so this is more doable than I thought omfg

[gaunt spade]

try to get x3d chip maybe

[cunning ember]

I might actually be able to get both next paycheck

[gaunt spade]

if the price makes sense

[cunning ember]

The bundles are huge

I gotta buy some compressed air, my case is dustier than I realized

Worst part about having cats...

Big thanks y'all, I actually think I can plan this out to get everything within like 4/5 months

Especially if RAM and GPU prices drop more

[cinder rivet]

Dont

It broke my pc

Do not use compressed air

[cunning ember]

Oh I'm not gonna

[cinder rivet]

And no electronic cleaners too

[cunning ember]

I'm getting a new PC instead

[cinder rivet]

That kills electronics

[cunning ember]

Only for the fans, tbh

But I'm getting a whole PC instead so it doesn't matter anymore

The bundles at microcenter save a chunk so I'm not stressin anymore

[pale vigil]

How did it break it?

[cinder rivet]

Put dust on the cpu socket

[gaunt spade]

especially on fans

[cunning ember]

It's either that or I bring them to a school and offer someone $5 to clean em

[gaunt spade]

why can you clean em

[cunning ember]

I'm lazy :D

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/cat-gato-orange-fgWkTmhl5nGpBleFmx

[cunning ember]

.3.

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/son-n-im-crine-3B81t4WkltNwIDRo8G

[prisma adder]

Today is the day we reserve brothers

[spring latch]

ya something else is wrong with my board because reflashing the BIOS didnt fix it, so I will have to deal with not being able to enter the BIOS or boot menu at all until I have a new computer to work with

[snow mauve]

is that a cigarette? lol

[pale flint]

?

[snow mauve]

i'm not sure what that thing is heh

[pale flint]

tech support

[pale flint]

tung tung sahur

[spring latch]

its triple T but an angel

[pale flint]

i feel so bad saying this

[spring latch]

not asking for help

[snow mauve]

i guess i don't get it

[pale flint]

oh

[spring latch]

already provided solution at the end lmao

[pale flint]

its tung tung sahur

[spring latch]

they doesn't have tik tok installed

[pale flint]

well just in case if there were any other solution

[snow mauve]

you are correct

[pale flint]

neither do i, but i have instagram

[spring latch]

I see

[pale flint]

i have never in my life used tiktok

[snow mauve]

i found out the hardway some of my dns bl were preventing me from paying a certain bill annoying

[pale flint]

life would be better without all those brainrot stuff

[snow mauve]

i've seen shorts ported to youtube but nevre actually tiktok lol

[spring latch]

I don't think there is considering what should fix a SPI level corruption didnt fix it, but im gonna get a new laptop sooner or later to replace my desktop

this PC is almost 10 years of age anyways

[snow mauve]

yep we're decaying as a society lol

[snow mauve]

get a power edge 😄

[spring latch]

👍

[pale flint]

well, it did its job i guess

[spring latch]

a what?

[snow mauve]

dell power edge server, very compact and thin, its older gen stuff but you can get a good bang for your buck

[spring latch]

I'm probably letting this PC live on for longer than it should anyways

[pale flint]

a server

[spring latch]

ah

[snow mauve]

def not for 'gaming' though

[spring latch]

how old

[snow mauve]

2014-2016 era

[gaunt spade]

triple t son

[snow mauve]

i mean th ere are newer ones but those are the sweet spot ones

[spring latch]

my PC is 2016 era

[snow mauve]

i still feel silly i dont know who triple t is.

[spring latch]

be happy

[pale flint]

keep it preserved

[spring latch]

i will probably, ill drop my specs in a sec

[pale flint]

after a quick google

[gaunt spade]

are you on social media

[pale flint]

triple t means tung tung tung sahur

[gaunt spade]

its tung tung tung sahur

[pale flint]

🙏 peak brainrot

[spring latch]

my main rn has these specs:
MSI B250M Bazooka Core i5-7400 16GB DDR4-2133 4GB MSI AMD RX 580 ARMOR OC 1TB NVMe SSD
I will surely preserve it but reuse the NVMe because the 980 Pro is still a great Gen 4 NVMe

[gaunt spade]

https://giphy.com/gifs/tung-vchf13-M8jj9dgrPPcZvgMvfh

[snow mauve]

nope, i'm a career network/security professinal and i have almost no social media lol

[gaunt spade]

larp larp larp sahur

[snow mauve]

wow. i guess i dodged a bullet then lol

[pale flint]

can we let 3xT live in peace now?

[gaunt spade]

dont let your brain rot

[spring latch]

I get shit because my french last name has the prefix larp-

[snow mauve]

sorry to poke a bear 🙂

[gaunt spade]

T³

[pale flint]

slowest possible ddr 4

[pale flint]

correct

[snow mauve]

i5...

[spring latch]

unless you know how to magically enable XMP without entering the BIOS I cant do anything

[snow mauve]

rx580 were old mining cards 😄

[spring latch]

the sticks are rated for 3200 tho I could sell em

[frigid blade]

That’s not the issue

[pale flint]

i think he has no plans of upgrading later on

[gaunt spade]

so you dont know any brainrot stuff

[spring latch]

no, not the 4GB RX 580

[snow mauve]

oh i know, was just admiring the age lol

[pale flint]

ok

[snow mauve]

yea not the 4gb technically, but i did have a lot of the red devil 580s

[frigid blade]

Yah but you can have an i5-14600

That’s not an old cpu, that’s why I’m saying i5 isn’t the issue

[fickle ivy]

🥲

[spring latch]

the ARMOR OCs were notourious for cooling issues so when I struck a Gaming X for 30$ that broke in one day I could reuse its cooling components to stop my GPUs VRMs from dying

[snow mauve]

look at this dudes setup

[fickle ivy]

The 360 is like 2006 ain't it?

[spring latch]

and the previous owner of that Gaming X had owned an Arctic Accelero Xtreme III

[gaunt spade]

taped fan

[spring latch]

ignore the hanging back system fan

[gaunt spade]

😔

[spring latch]

you have terrible internet my man

[pale flint]

gotta disagree

i think its your internet

[gaunt spade]

mogged

[gaunt spade]

bros using 3rd party discord client

[fickle ivy]

People are still tryna sell Xbox 360 games for $40????

That's how much the console itself should be worth

[pale flint]

some people collect

i dont think it can do much

[fickle ivy]

Am I allowed to be nostalgic for the 360 if I'm 16

It was my only console growing up

[pale flint]

ok

[fickle ivy]

For like more than half my life

[ivory mountain]

im 17 and nostalgic for it, we only had the 360 until around 2016 when we got an xbox one S

[native reef]

Mining Bitcoin?

[pale flint]

i never had console

[fickle ivy]

Old COD games are so nostalgic I wanna buy another 360 to play them again

[snow mauve]

actually not mining btc probably mostly eth

btc you woulda seen a buhch of bit miners or other asics

[gaunt spade]

sure

[ivory mountain]

couldnt you just use xenia or something if you dont want to buy a console

[snow mauve]

close, but we'll allow it

[gaunt spade]

its not perfect at all

[fickle ivy]

Uh idk if my laptop can run them

[fickle ivy]

And idk where my controller is

[gaunt spade]

if it has dedicated gpu then it can propably it dosent require alot

[pale flint]

what the

[fickle ivy]

It doesnt

[ivory mountain]

if yk yk lmao

[fickle ivy]

It's a i3 7100u

[gaunt spade]

then no you cant run it

[ivory mountain]

no u cant run it sorry

[fickle ivy]

Unfortunately never played that game

But I do know

[pale flint]

what game

[gaunt spade]

fortnite

[pale flint]

oh

[gaunt spade]

no russian

[pale flint]

t³

[fickle ivy]

The 3 I really played were mw2 mw3 and ghosts

[gaunt spade]

new cods are lame

after xbox 360 cod is trash

[pale flint]

https://tenor.com/view/russian-ghost-yuri-gif-26199006

[worn willow]

Remember
No russian

[pale flint]

tc1 is the most out of topic chat

[cinder rivet]

So my board may be bricked

And I'm fucked cause am4 no longer exists where I live

[median warren]

Time for am5

[cinder rivet]

Am5 is too expensive

A basic am5 computer is 1k

[median warren]

7600x

Where do you live

[cinder rivet]

Not including other parts and components like the PSU

[cinder rivet]

Singapore

[median warren]

The tech world of Singapore

And it's that bad?

[cinder rivet]

Yeah our prices is generally inflated compared to US

[median warren]

Sorry to hear that

[cinder rivet]

You Americans are so lucky with tech pricing :/

[median warren]

I'm in the UK and yeah we're lucky too

What about the used market in Singapore or one of those tech malls

[cinder rivet]

Still expensive and those tech malls move fast

I went over there to try and get a 3000 series card a few weeks after the 4000 series launched

And all they had was the 3050, every other 3000 series card was gone

[median warren]

Wow that's insane

[cinder rivet]

Yeah buying Pc parts here are tough as hell

And the used market are often the same price as the new market

It's terrible down south here and ram has doubled or even tripled in value

[median warren]

yeah that's the same here

[worn willow]

I maybe use arch

[ivory mountain]

i use arch btw

[median warren]

Do you use arch

[ivory mountain]

No i like my life sometimes

[median warren]

Oh okay, use arch btw

[hexed tapir]

I call the right plate

[stray portal]

Because i didnt read the manual

[iron glen]

is that ranch

[stray portal]

Me when i use arch and then suddenly explode

[proven lava]

Did someone say arch? Did you know that I use arch too

[median warren]

Oh you use arch?

[subtle storm]

yo

im tryna find who pinged me but the server message finder kinda broken

[proven lava]

Yes did you know that arch is the best linux distro?

[gilded imp]

Why are you ghost pinging sim 🤔

[tulip sparrow]

sighs heavily well that sucks

Windows is stuck with light mode and yeah its annoying

[deep musk]

I loved reading 1984, very nicey

[kindred halo]

1 hour 30 left till Windows downloads

[frigid blade]

“mentions:youruserid”?

#tech-chat-1 message

Last message to mension you

[deep musk]

[coarse grotto]

form where , download one from https://uupdump.net/ , will go as fast as the connection allows 🙂

[deep musk]

Her connection is shit, that’s why it’s long

[coarse grotto]

it uses area2 if im not mistaken (the script)

ftp that stuff instead of https :p

no overhead 😄

[kindred halo]

It's fineee
Atleast it's not 2 days like Chrome originally wanted!

I used a download manager, so got the 4GB download down to 6 hours

[deep musk]

Her connection is like max 7mbps download, won’t make a single difference

[deep musk]

Ohh nicey

[kindred halo]

Yep
1.3 Megabit down, closest to router I can get

[deep musk]

Oooooofffff

[kindred halo]

Wi-Fi ofcourse, ethernet speeds unknown

[deep musk]

(Hopefully better)

[kindred halo]

Though the download is 2-300 KB/s, which is up from Chrome's 10-100 KB

[kindred halo]

I mean, kinda has to be lol

[deep musk]

Ooof

[coarse grotto]

if your internet connection sucks and drops often , if you are familiar with the terminal a bit (the dos window) , you can copy the url from a failed download , go to the place where the partial file exists , open command window and use WGET -c url (wget is allcaps on windows), it will continue the failed download rather than restarting it

[kindred halo]

What I have to hope for is that the powerline in this building is good enough for powerline ethernet

[void eagle]

Im holding off from my dream monitor (ProArt PA32UCDM) purely because its a professionally calibrated highly accurate mastering monitor and if I can ALREADY detect and reject every display in my house as stupid vivid blue tinted dogshit to the point I am actively pissed about the Switch 2 and avoid watching TV downstairs because I can spot the blue tint (7500+K) and horrific black levels and raised shadows, and awful HDR tonemapping and I'm using a D65 calibrated CONSUMER GAMING OLED. This would fucking ruin every monitor on the planet for me

[kindred halo]

Oh interesting
Ty

[native path]

anyone have good experiences with powerline ethernet actually? im thinking about experimenting with it for my tv downstairs

[empty quartz]

Its still cool how the first 4k60fps capable gpu released 10 years ago

[deep musk]

It could theoretically be worse (very edge case and special)

[deep musk]

@kindred halo will be getting one, I have a bit of experience

[kindred halo]

I am soooorta within the special cases for it to be worse </3

[empty quartz]

I hate powerline

[void eagle]

Literally every gaming display on the planet looks dogshit compared to my calibrated to D65 and manually clamped to have proper SRGB/P3 colour accuracy as best as I could get ASUS gaming OLED monitor, and thats not even CLOSE to my dream display

[kindred halo]

Both the adapter and receiver will be connected through extension cords

But they aren't smart ones so I don't think they'll actively filter out the ethernet

[empty quartz]

I can guarantee it looks worse than my macbook display

[kindred halo]

Yeah I am getting a TP-Link model!!

[coarse grotto]

srrry my bad it needs powershell (default in windows terminal ) and not the old command.com, WGET is an alias there for Invoke-WebRequest

[kindred halo]

AV1000, AC750 based

Theoretically 300 Megabit over 2.4G, 433 Megabit over 5G

[deep musk]

If they aren’t surge protected or fused or anything, you should be fine (accordingly to the electrical engineering stuff I had in school)

[kindred halo]

1 Gigabit RJ45

[kindred halo]

Yep, no surge protection lol

[void eagle]

Its an ASUS gaming OLED set to D65, manually clamped magenta and red channels to avoid clipping due to shitty gamer firmware, locked to MCM102 firmware and set to a fixed gamma of 2.2. Its almost good to the point if you had to in a pinch, you COULD master on it

[kindred halo]

We shut off the internet, fridge, and TV during storms

Pretty much anything that isn't as low risk / easy to replace as a bulb gets shut off

Makes me quite appreciative for my commie-block style house that does have surge protection

[coarse grotto]

on firefox you have https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/downthemall/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=search wich can use wget and many others but dunno if it exists for chrome

[void eagle]

Your Macbook may look good for a consumer panel but this is the closest to a reference display you can get from any gaming monitor ever

[empty quartz]

This macbook is calibrated to display p3

[void eagle]

This is also display P3

[empty quartz]

From factory

Whats the coverage

[void eagle]

If its not Calman verified, it doesnt mean shit

99%

[empty quartz]

Worse than mine

99.3%

[void eagle]

Its a .3% difference, and your display is not an OLED so black levels are lifted

[kindred halo]

I just use AB Download Manager for Chrome

[empty quartz]

Barely

Its mini-led

[kindred halo]

@deep musk Are there any differences in ethernet transmission quality between adapters?
As in, would a different chipset potentially handle worse quality powerlines better?

[coarse grotto]

you happen toknow what it uses in the backend custom one or the chrome build inone, the thing about the firfox one is that you can set it to use wget, (and others) some even that can continue downloading without the need for the browser to be open, if you set em to start on windows start, you can leave your system on , and if it reboots (set bios to restore last state on powerloss) du to powercut , it will continue to download 🙂

[deep musk]

maybe I haven’t Doug deep enough in eop (Ethernet over power) to class them out you should be fine with a tplink one, especially at the speeds we’re considering

[void eagle]

MiniLED is horrific compared to true OLED because of local dimming zones and bloom

[coarse grotto]

i uised this one for a long time but is atuallly only usefull if you have a dedicated machine or server running with it : https://pyload.net/ (rasberry pi is more than sufficient)

[empty quartz]

I can still name 2 devices with better displays than your asus

From apple

[subtle storm]

that yes, it was broken for me

[kindred halo]

Fair enough, not much - if any - loss when the speeds being ran are from the 2000s..

Though yeah, it being a TP-Link definitely helps
I've pretty much had nothing but good experiences with them lol

I owned one of their tiny USB based WiFi adapters, worked like a charm on PC

Little to no latency from what I remember

[empty quartz]

@deep musk my hifiman's are back from rma

and they're for some reason... far easier to drive thaan my older he-x4's

[deep musk]

Yeah, you should be fine

[deep musk]

Probably much smaller impedance

[deep musk]

Yayayayyaayayayay

[kindred halo]

Atleast I'll be an anecdote for a very specific scenario LOL

And frosty will get his answer!

[empty quartz]

they're planar's not dynamics

[deep musk]

Yeshshshshhsshsh (and you’ll contribute to our knowledge too)

[void eagle]

Aside from Studio Display and Pro Display XDR, no you cannot. Consumer displays will not come close to anything because they are calibrated for CONSUMERS. I calibrated this (as close as I could) by basing it off colour matching a Calman verified drawing display.

[empty quartz]

ipad pro's with the tandem oled

far better than your oled

[void eagle]

THEY ARE CALIBRATED FOR CONSUMERS With that stupid fuck ass vivid pop

[deep musk]

Ohhhh, still they might be less resistive than the other ones

[kindred halo]

Oh that's true

[deep musk]

Can I say something (I have absolutely nothing against you btw) no shit they are calibrated for consumers, they are marketed towards conusumers

[empty quartz]

the sundara's are 32 ohms, my old headphones (he-x4) are 25 ohms

[void eagle]

For your consumer eyes maybe, but no professional in their right mind would take a OLED monitor thats 27" thats been meticulously calibrated to match the colour accuracy of a Calman verified display over a Tandom OLED if they had the choice between either

[void eagle]

Yeah and so are most headphones. I am far past that garbage

[empty quartz]

whats your experience with audio?

[void eagle]

HD560s + K11 DAC, I want to get some Ananda Nanos soon™

[empty quartz]

so little to no experience

got it.

[void eagle]

I am on a budget, unlike you

[empty quartz]

im on a budget too

[void eagle]

I bought this a while back

[empty quartz]

my sundara's were actually a decent price, pretty much brand new as-well

220 cad

they were refurb models

[kindred halo]

I own an MSI Maestro 300 Headset

[empty quartz]

ew

[void eagle]

ew

[kindred halo]

Idk why but everytime I buy new audio they feel worse than the older thing I had

[void eagle]

because you buy gaming audio

[kindred halo]

But after getting adjusted, the older one suddenly feels worse

[void eagle]

invest in a good set of open backs and a DAC

[empty quartz]

y'knw what, i respect you know. i apologize for being rude.

[kindred halo]

A what and what

[void eagle]

its fine, no hard feelings

[empty quartz]

personally i use a schiit stack i got on facebook marketplace

[void eagle]

open backs, have a wider sound stage and a more '3D' feel and a decent DAC

[kindred halo]

How much do those cost

[empty quartz]

literally anything from schiit is far better than most "gaming dacs"

[void eagle]

I couldnt fit that on my tiny desk so I went with the Fiio K11 but if I had more space I would love to get one

[empty quartz]

go with a modi, and magni

dont get the one with a built in dac

more noise

[void eagle]

I want to buy a headphone upgrade for now, eyeing the Ananda Nanos and I can live without the ludicrous monitor for a while because this is "good enough"

[kindred halo]

Wow I just got flashbanged

$140 for a DAC

[empty quartz]

do you plan on doing any mastering? or just music/talking with friends

or recording*

[void eagle]

music, i like hosting virtual concerts in my room

[kindred halo]

$75 at their cheapest for an open back

Yeah I am fine with my $35 headset

[empty quartz]

if you want flat (like very boring) the usual is hd600's. if you want something with decent bass response; you'll need a far more powerful amp, but the hifiman he-x4's

[void eagle]

i have a pretty small head so i was considering the Ananda Nanos

[deep musk]

Sony’s xm series are insanely good

[void eagle]

they are not, they sound like trash compared to my 560s

[deep musk]

Ohh interesting

[deep musk]

Yes they are, if you calibrate them properly

[median warren]

I can vouch for this

[empty quartz]

@void eagle here's my old headphones

[void eagle]

they cannot be calibrated properly, they lack sound stage and imaging

[void eagle]

damn this is very good

[empty quartz]

my he-x4's have a major issue though

[median warren]

Sony xm6 sound amazing

They do

[void eagle]

if youve never used anything

[deep musk]

(For the price)

[median warren]

Yeah I daily a dt990 pro

[void eagle]

theyre not good for the price

[empty quartz]

the problem, even with a 760mw amp, they still couldn't be driven properly

[deep musk]

You can always get better ones for pricier

[void eagle]

for the price of the damn XM6s I could have a set of HIFImans and a DAC and still have change left over

[kindred halo]

Does Behringer ring a bell at all in term of brand names

[median warren]

erm sorry but you say this extremely niche brand of headphones that there is only 10 of in the world and cost 5 grand or you didn't say the exact specific model of an exact specific brand, your choice is trash

[deep musk]

God damn (get a 1w amp ( )

[median warren]

Even tho xm6 sounds good, so it's just a lie to say they sound bad

[kindred halo]

If so I hope it's not a rubbish brand

[void eagle]

HIFIMan isnt niche ...

[empty quartz]

i did

[deep musk]

Sounds like a door ringer brand

[median warren]

It is niche when compared to other brands

[kindred halo]

Their ALPHA Premium is the only thing I can reasonably afford lol

[kindred halo]

That is fair
The pun in my message was 25% intended

[deep musk]

X3

[empty quartz]

@deep musk my schiit magni is pretty much the minimum i'd recommend for he-x4's lmfao

[void eagle]

grab a pair of sennheiser hd560s

[kindred halo]

Okay errr
AKG?

[void eagle]

theyre $99 right now

[deep musk]

Daaaamn x3

[empty quartz]

it does 3w

[void eagle]

they dont require a dac to start with, but youll want to invest in one

[deep musk]

In Lebanon?

[void eagle]

im looking at amazon prices, idk where tf that is

[kindred halo]

Not available in my corner of the world

[empty quartz]

unless you have a macbook, they have pretty decent integrated amps & dacs

[void eagle]

you cant buy sennheisers? ?

[kindred halo]

No

[deep musk]

Middle East, you American

[void eagle]

somehow i doubt that

[void eagle]

im british

[kindred halo]

If I can, it's probably going to take lots of digging in online and physical stores

[empty quartz]

watch your tone you filthy quebecois /j

[kindred halo]

And that's something I won't bother myself with

[void eagle]

go to a store that sells audio gear

[deep musk]

You British then ()

[void eagle]

theyll have them in large numbers

[kindred halo]

Yeah nope

[void eagle]

why?

[kindred halo]

Quite literally don't want to inconvenience myself to that degree, sorry

[empty quartz]

@void eagle my he-x4's are flat-ish, but you need at minimum a 3w amp to drive them lmao

[kindred halo]

Not for headphones that cost as much as my monthly salary atleast

[deep musk]

Don’t start me with “insults” you might find my reaction very weird

[empty quartz]

?

elaborate in dm's

[median warren]

I get it

[empty quartz]

im a little slow tbh

[median warren]

Don't worry about it

I'm not judging

[empty quartz]

im pretty sure im older than you as-well

😭

[median warren]

Yeah I mean aren't you older than most of the server?

Not in an insult way

But there's a lot of younglings here

[empty quartz]

low bar, most of them are cretins

im 20 (unc status)

[median warren]

Server is like 70% people asking for tech advice, 30% knowing what they're talking about and 10% of them being 35+ year olds

[median warren]

I'm 22 GG

[empty quartz]

nvm

[median warren]

Xm6 still sounds good btw

I like my dt990 pros as well but

Xm6 is just really good for the gym, noise cancellation fucks hard

[kindred halo]

@deep musk 25 minutes to Windows!

[empty quartz]

pro 3's are better in anc

not a huge fan of the frequency response curve apple set

ngl, i think i actually prefer my pro 1's over the pro 3's in terms of frequency response.

[median warren]

I like the eq in the sony app helped fine tune it

[empty quartz]

that's the one downside of airpods. even though they do have adaptive frequency response; at stock curve, they're more of a v-shape sound profile

[median warren]

Yur, I also watched the shortcircuit video on the xm6 and it sold me

Also unironically the "background music" feature is something I use

So that's cool as well

[hexed tapir]

Young

[empty quartz]

Still pissed off over rtings becoming paywalled

[hexed tapir]

Doesn't affect me I've been sub to them for over 3 years

[median warren]

I didn't even realise that

[deep musk]

Yayayaayayay

[frigid blade]

what i thought you were old af

like 40

barely older than me

[empty quartz]

i have the knee's of a 50-60 year old if that counts

[frigid blade]

i got the back of one

[empty quartz]

i literally have arthritis

[frigid blade]

hard labor?

[void eagle]

wait huh

[empty quartz]

hyperextended

[void eagle]

for it to be that way here you would have to buy the god damn sennheiser HE-1

[deep musk]

Stuff is extremely expensive in warzones (it’s also expensive normally but war makes it worse)

[empty quartz]

knee kinda went into a 90º angle

and not in the right way

[deep musk]

Can u respond the last dm I sent you please 👉👈

[deep musk]

Oof

[vapid ibex]

AHH message

[deep musk]

Not really, it was just too nsfw related for here

[vapid ibex]

Should I get this