tech-chat-2

[edgy laurel]

600 series

[frosty prism]

o

dam

[edgy laurel]

800 series the new dedicated USB4 chip was introduced

[steel stream]

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-shares-update-on-project-battlematrix-first-stable-version-of-llm-scaler-container-released idk what any of this means but I like to see a battlematrix update

[frosty prism]

nice

[frosty prism]

i know what it means

kinda

[fringe vigil]

Yo

[molten iron]

I’m looking to purchase a Ryzen 9950x3d but it says that it only supports 5600Mhz? Am I able to use 2 (2x32GB) memory sticks at 6000Mhz or am I limited to that?

[fringe vigil]

I have 9800x3d

[oak vector]

wow

[fringe vigil]

Yh

[edgy laurel]

Should be fine

[molten iron]

Even with 6400Mhz? I’m looking online, but the people on Reddit go into spirals of quality of the die and that doesn’t help me

[livid flame]

Just buy 6000mhz

[fresh grotto]

base clock is 5600 yes but everyone and their dogs overclock it using expo

6000 is the go to for most

[frosty prism]

yes

[frosty prism]

just get 6000MT

[livid flame]

What you using that bad boy cpu for?

[molten iron]

Anything more I really wouldn’t see much difference, right?

[edgy laurel]

No, 6000. Been this way since 2022.

[shell void]

go for a 2x32GB 6000cl30-38-38-96 kit

[frosty prism]

6400MT is just luck if it will run or not

[molten iron]

Gotcha I guess I’ll look up something with those specifications

[shell void]

if you live in america then i can link you one

[livid flame]

What’s the pc for? You doing rendering or something with it?

[frosty prism]

do you have a pcpartpicker list?

[brisk jolt]

Thats just the “Dont sue me if anything goes wrong”

[molten iron]

I have a 12700k but I kinda want to beef it up a bit. I have a 4090.

I stream, sometime make videos, and game a lot with heavy usage.

[edgy laurel]

Normal computer things

[frosty prism]

what res

[edgy laurel]

by a normal user

[molten iron]

4K

[frosty prism]

😐

[molten iron]

240hz mostly

[frosty prism]

a cpu upgrade aint gonna do a lot

[molten iron]

Really? So I should wait for new generation?

[livid flame]

He needs that dual ccd dual cache am5 cpu

[shell void]

i think you will benefit from a new cpu with a 240Hz display

[livid flame]

The 9950x3d squared

[wraith steeple]

If it ever comes out

[shell void]

i’m cpu bottlenecked with a 9800x3d and 5090

[frosty prism]

4090 4k tho

[molten iron]

I’m looking around, but intel is kinda lacking a bit right now.

[shell void]

yes and upscaling makes it easy to hit a cpu limit

[livid flame]

CPU and 4k really don’t matter all that much

[shell void]

that is a misnomer

unless you’re playing every game at native 2160p maximum settings

[edgy laurel]

[frosty prism]

what games are you playing and what fps do you get now

[shell void]

as soon as you enable dlss quality or even performance which still looks pretty good you’re going to hit cpu limits with a 4090/5090

[wraith steeple]

[edgy laurel]

sim i don't think its worth getting so specific

[frosty prism]

buu

[molten iron]

Helldivers 2 is probably my most demanding game. It heats up my room so I’m not cold lol. I got a contact frame so my CPU runs at 60 degrees instead of 70-80.

I get 120 fps in the ship, but I really only get 60-90 in games. Mostly the lower end.

[edgy laurel]

michael is 100% correct

[frosty prism]

anyways, my rec is waiting for zen 6 unless he is very cpu limited right now or something and he can also grab that gens chipsets in case there is something there

60 fps on a 12700k and 4090

[molten iron]

Idk how Intel is gonna be when they release their new core ultra 300’s

[livid flame]

I remember when people said wait for Blackwell and don’t get a 4090

[shell void]

zen 6x3d is going to be late 2026 at the earliest, that’s a long time to wait

[frosty prism]

refresh

[shell void]

he will already see a large performance gain going from a 12700k to a 9800x3d

[frosty prism]

lga 1851 is dead

[livid flame]

Core ultra on current chipset? Unless ya do something productivity give it a miss

[frosty prism]

at least for gaming

[livid flame]

It didn’t even arrive for gaming tbfh

[molten iron]

But isn’t 9800x3d specifically for gaming? Would I see better performance with my computer (with what I do) with the 9950x3d since it still has that 3D core thing?

[livid flame]

For gaming it was basically “well it’s not an oxidised 13th gen”

[frosty prism]

what multi core stuff do you do?

if only gaming the 9800X3D could be the better move

[molten iron]

I already explained

[brisk jolt]

haha upscaling and MFG go brrrr

[shell void]

9800x3d is a gaming oriented processor but you’ll still get competent performance in most productive tasks, especially if you can offload to gpu

afaik optimum tech edits his videos on his 9800x3d

and did it on the 7800x3d before that

[steel stream]

as an owner of it, eh

[frosty prism]

since its just gaming well mostly the 9800X3D i would say is the best move

[livid flame]

Streaming you’ll use your gpu, video editing you’ll use a bit of both, so really.. you don’t need a 9950x3d and a 9800x3d will be fine

[shell void]

anyway here’s your links for the original question you asked

cheaper kit that performs the exact same:
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rDdG3C/silicon-power-xpower-zenith-gaming-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-sp064gxlwu60afde

prettier gskill rgb kit:
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hRQcCJ/gskill-trident-z5-neo-rgb-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-f5-6000j3040g32gx2-tz5nr

[frosty prism]

my 7800X3D already only takes like 10min

[molten iron]

My OBS says I use 1% of my CPU when I’m streaming. I’m assuming that means I don’t use my GPU at all

[livid flame]

Yeah tbh ya don’t really need a 9800x3d either but know, cause you can why not

[frosty prism]

encoder?

[shell void]

actually that gskill is a slightly worse bin despite being $50 more xd

g skill tax go brrrr

[molten iron]

Oh

[livid flame]

It’s the encoder on the gpu that’s used

[wraith steeple]

I primarily got my 285K for big boi stuff other than gaming

[livid flame]

Big boy stuff? Like making memes?

[frosty prism]

also the cpu is 1% since OBS ofc needs some amount of cpu but anything modern will not be a issue for OBS at all

[steel stream]

Also I am currently running helldivers 2 4k cranked settings at 50 fps, with a 265K and 4070

[livid flame]

Yeah Obs depends on basically the amount of scenes you had to render in the background and plugins

You’ll never get more than 3% tbh

[frosty prism]

watch me and my i3 4010u

[edgy laurel]

For encoding, which is to be expected. The CPU can be used quite heavily if you have a large and complicated streaming setup with multiple scenes, effects and plugins. If you're simply using it to record or do a basic 1 scene stream, its almost nothing.

[shell void]

that 4070 has got to go

do you send the 4070 in to newegg after receiving the 5070Ti?

[steel stream]

I just gotta make it to monday

[steel stream]

yes

[livid flame]

Or if you use 2 systems… go with cpu encoding

[brisk jolt]

run akn run

[molten iron]

Ok so what I’m hearing, with my specific use case the 9800x3d is probably going to be what I’m looking for as opposed to the 9950x3d since I really won’t be utilizing its capabilities.

However, the 9950x3d is a good option, but it’s pretty expensive.

Am I dumb or is that the gist

[livid flame]

That’s the gist

[steel stream]

I just have to ship the GPU before the 22nd

[shell void]

9950x3d is cool, but you’d be better off saving those extra couple hundred bucks for a zen 6 upgrade in 1-2 years

[edgy laurel]

Meh, hardly matters with popular streaming platforms and their quality.

[frosty prism]

yup in your case 9800X3D would be best

[wraith steeple]

Autodesk (Fusion360 and AutoCAD)

[frosty prism]

and cpu quality also better

[livid flame]

The bit rate yeah it’s not amazing. Although many people with 2 systems will stream to service and record to HD. If you record to HD, deffo worth using the CPU ahead of GPU

[molten iron]

I won’t see any problems with my streaming activities or video recording with the 9800x3d?

[livid flame]

None

[frosty prism]

i do dat on my 7800X3D

[edgy laurel]

This is often repeated, yes, and is somewhat accurate on old H264. Irrelevant to most all live streamers, however.

[frosty prism]

nice

tdarr is annoying as it wants to encode everything on cpu

[molten iron]

Okay this has been very helpful

[edgy laurel]

On a modern current gen CPU that won't be doing any of the heavy lifting in the first place? No..

[livid flame]

TC2 is helpful

[shell void]

your stream is gonna look like crap on twitch no matter what you do because of the 6Mbps limit

[molten iron]

I normally don’t get the latest and greatest because I prefer having something stable as opposed to being an early adopter

[livid flame]

8

[frosty prism]

40-60hrs

[molten iron]

Ok gotcha

[shell void]

oh right that’s gamechanging

meanwhile youtube lets you do 4k60 45mbps

[livid flame]

I’m just correcting you buddy.

[frosty prism]

it can also now do h265

[shell void]

yeah i didn’t mean to come off as rude to you, im annoyed with twitch

[livid flame]

It used to let us plebs do 10

[brave panther]

Clearly needs a Nvidia Blackwell pro 6000

[livid flame]

If you try and force 10 now it cancels your stream

[shell void]

youtube supremacy

[edgy laurel]

Stream to youtube. 50Mb/s 4K HEVC (optional HDR), even AV1 (but no HDR)

[shell void]

youtube premium is unmatched

pays creators well and makes the platform a joy to use for viewers

[livid flame]

YouTube is just a disaster for live streaming, linking and involvement

Twitch and kick are simpler

I think kick is still 10 actually

[edgy laurel]

I simply cannot be bothered to go to twitch, i'm on youtube already all the time. I don't care about chats. The quality on YT is so much better.

[steel stream]

Except I don't ever want to use kick lol

[frosty prism]

i am not a live watcher

[shell void]

the reality is that multi streaming is the meta

[livid flame]

I’m lazy. I use fkn TikTok for live because it has no ads compared to twitch

[molten iron]

So 9800x3d with 6000Mhz CL30-38-38-96 kit.

It will run better than my 12700k and I’ll still be able to do what I want with it and more.

[brave panther]

An yes twitch that doesn't do lower bitrate sub streams

[steel stream]

I used to watch lives during covid, but don't have the time anymore

[frosty prism]

yes

[shell void]

you’ll get more money and discoverability if you double or triple stream

exclusively using one platform is not ideal for your channel

[frosty prism]

no downsides to it

[edgy laurel]

I can promise you, if you're even a DLSS Quality user (which as a 4090 owner myself you're missing out if you're not), your performance in many modern AAA titles will be much improved.

[molten iron]

I do it for funsies. Livestream on Twitch, upload vids to YouTube

[steel stream]

sadly Helldivers 2 does not have DLSS

[wraith steeple]

Meh what I do requires more CPU power and RAM rather than GPU. A 70 class card for example is perfectly adequate

[steel stream]

only render scaling

[edgy laurel]

what

[steel stream]

mhmm

[edgy laurel]

thats wild

such a successful game

[steel stream]

iirc, they used the same engine as the first game, so no DLSS

[molten iron]

Arrowhead is a small company that didn’t expect the support and playerbase

[livid flame]

Transcoding is poor now. Was amazing in like 15-17

[molten iron]

It’s baby steps for them

[brave panther]

Engine used is eol without support

[steel stream]

I don't ever think I have seen young Pat

[edgy laurel]

Though from what I remember, I didn't have much of an issue in the 30 minutes or so I played that game

[livid flame]

In 2017 streaming on twitch I could 10mmps, transcode from 240p-1080p and quality using a 1700x was better than using a 7800x3d on the service

It’s a yolk how poor twitch is now for non partners

[steel stream]

Yeah like I said, just got about 50 fps with my 4070 at 4K cranked

[molten iron]

So I won’t see a change? I only play at 4K

[frosty prism]

well a 9800X3D is a 9800X3D

[livid flame]

Like the encoding of a 1700x is not better than a 7800xt. My stream should not be poorer quality in 2025 as opposed to 2017 but there we are, twitch does that

[molten iron]

Helldivers is CPU intensive

[frosty prism]

cant really get a better cpu for games

[edgy laurel]

12700k to a 9800x3D? i'd be surprised if you didn't

[livid flame]

What kind of change

[shell void]

he had aura

[steel stream]

fr fr

[livid flame]

I mean 2fps average and 1fps extra 1% low is hardly worth it. Although 30fps and 10 1% low would be

[molten iron]

Are we talking like 10-40 frames? I should probably ask

[edgy laurel]

No one here can tell you that

[molten iron]

I don’t understand 1% lows.

Oh

Right. Duh

Sorry dumb question

[livid flame]

Wait. So you’re advocating he will get hogher frames but you’re not saying what sort of performance uplift he will get?

Or am I reading wrong

[shell void]

do not listen to the people who say that cpus are irrelevant at 4K, especially if you have a 240Hz 4K monitor

it’s easy to be cpu limited with a 5080/4090/5090 when trying to hit 240fps by lowering settings at 4k

[livid flame]

If you can’t give an expected performance uplift then you can’t dismiss another opinion tbh

[brave panther]

You can always upscale with 3rd party software like lossless scaling

[wraith steeple]

[frosty prism]

i am defo not saying he will not see a difference but the question is if he already is super cpu limited or not

[edgy laurel]

I don't think he's "super" anything. Not everything has to be extremes

[frosty prism]

i just keep remembering the pc with a 6600k and 3090

[livid flame]

He’s not THAT limited that a $500 will be a game changing experience

[molten iron]

I normally don’t use DLSS since those are fake frames. Maybe when it gets better I’ll try it out.

I wanted to get a new CPU that runs well and would give me a boost to my performance. I get 60-90 frames playing Helldivers, I wanted to boost that as high as I could go without changing the visual settings

[frosty prism]

FG are fake frames

DLSS is some fake pixels

[frosty prism]

if you have the money just do it

[shell void]

if you’re getting 60-90fps and you’re cpu limited then i’d expect that to go to like 90-120 with a 9800x3d

[edgy laurel]

Going in the collection

[livid flame]

25% uplift at 4k? That’s bold.

Would be great if he got it too

[frosty prism]

also this is what i was expecting

[shell void]

the resolution is completely irrelevant

[molten iron]

Ok, guilty spark, I see the emote. I’m sorry that I don’t know a lot about specifications and features. I’m monke brain

I’ve used a 12700k for 2-3 years. I never looked into this mess

This has been very helpful, thanks

[frosty prism]

its annoying, there is a reason people use "bottleneck calculators"

[shell void]

if a 9800x3d is only capable of queuing 120 frames in whatever game you’re playing then it doesn’t matter if you’re playing at 480p or 2160p

you’ll still be limited to 120 frames

my tuned 9800x3d system is only good enough for 100-140fps in many parts of the cyberpunk map with crowd density on high, with a 12700K that would be much lower

[frosty prism]

what if he was gpu limited at 60?

at 4k but not like 1440p

[shell void]

that’s why i specified “if you’re cpu limited” in my statement

[frosty prism]

i said HE

as in blast

[livid flame]

I mean we probably have someone in here with a 4090 and 9800x3d to hand that could do a test for him on helldivers and feed back

[livid flame]

But is he cpu limited?

[edgy laurel]

Just understand you're missing out in the latest games, sometimes quite heavily, on free performance with no downside.

[molten iron]

Right…

[brisk jolt]

the 9800x3d benefits more when upscaling and MFG is in the equation lel

[molten iron]

I play a game and play it religiously. I don’t have that many games downloaded

[livid flame]

What’s the 9800x3d in USA a $500 cpu? Then he has to get a new motherboard, ram.. probably 700-800 for what… potentially a 10% uplift realistically and best place 25ish uplift that he really won’t get a game changing experience from?

[molten iron]

Like I thought I would buy Stalker 2 but never did since I am a helldivers and cs2 nut

[edgy laurel]

If you don't play a lotta different games then I guess I could see how you're out of the loop

[livid flame]

And he’s playing multi so the uplift is even less, especially as he won’t generally want* the latency penalty of upscaling so much and mfg is just lol no in MP online games

[molten iron]

Yeah I had a shitty laptop in college, so I kinda adopted that behavior since it couldn’t run a lot

[livid flame]

Like recommending the guy changes his platform for gaming 4k when he’s not cpu limited or severely cpu limited for $800 seems nuts

[molten iron]

I play on cs2 servers with 64 people so I get mostly 80 frames with my 12700k.

If I get a 30-40 frame boost with the 9800x3d that will probably be good for me for 4 years lol

[livid flame]

For CS2 you won’t get a benefit

[shell void]

???

[livid flame]

You’ll be playing native or you’re not a CS2 but

[frosty prism]

woooowowowoww

[livid flame]

You’re a casual then

[brisk jolt]

dude what this guy says is essentially just him hating like ngl

[edgy laurel]

the latency penalty of upscaling

Yes, Native to Quality, the robots who could even hope to percieve such a thing should really be worried.

People are so misinformed its wild.

[molten iron]

I get well over 240 frames during regular match of cs2. This is zombie escape. It’s much heavier on my stuff

[shell void]

upscaling reduces latency because you’re rendering more frames

[livid flame]

Then like I said, you’re absolutely fine for CS2

[shell void]

multiplayer portions of the same games (tested in COD, Battlefield, GTA, etc) have more cpu demand than the offline modes

[frosty prism]

"I play on cs2 servers with 64 people so I get mostly 80 frames with my 12700k. "

[random flame]

[livid flame]

lol didn’t see that casual bit but yeah. He said normal game 240, he’s fine.

The uplift for $800 is absolute insanity.

[molten iron]

I’m trying to make an informed decision on what I should do. Whether the 9800x3d is a good CPU to get a boost in my FPS

[edgy laurel]

Luckily he was talked out of a 9950x3D

[frosty prism]

if he has the money for a 9950X3D he has it for a 9800X3D

[livid flame]

If you got cash to burn though go for it and let us know how it goes. Be good to see

[random flame]

Now I'm lost.

[frosty prism]

i said it before you

[brisk jolt]

tbf he can just sell his old combo and recoup some money back lmao

[molten iron]

Dude I was looking online lmao. Those people aren’t helpful

[brisk jolt]

9950x3d wouldve been a worse fate xd

[frosty prism]

in short just get a 9800X3D and enjoy and since its am5 you can get zen 6 in a year or two after

[wraith steeple]

At this point, it's not even worth it. Folks refusing to use the resources given to them on a silver platter on the interwebs is wild

[shell void]

you’re telling a guy with a 4090 and 4k240 oled monitor that streams and plays mostly cpu limited games to not upgrade his outdated cpu in order to save a few hundred bucks

[frosty prism]

tbf userbenchmarks bottleneck calculators and so on

[livid flame]

Meh I use upscaling. Never said I don’t.

[brisk jolt]

exactly idk what this dude is talking about, lets say he sells his old mobo combo for cheap, whats $600 to him'

[molten iron]

It’s not like I can just uproot everything and stuff. I take time to invest

[livid flame]

Just because someone has money does not mean you should give them bad advice.

[molten iron]

That oled monitor wasn’t a hasty purchase

[frosty prism]

tbf OLED at times is just 400

[edgy laurel]

(for 1440p)

[frosty prism]

yea

at least that aint 1080p

[shell void]

4K 240 OLED is the high end sweetspot right now so you made the right choice

[brisk jolt]

like dude in the first place said "He was LOOKING to go to a 9950x3d" 💀

[shell void]

i have a 9800x3d and 5090 and was just playing on a 4k240 oled yesterday

don’t listen to the people who tell you that cpu performance is irrelevant at 4k

[edgy laurel]

hehe... RIP

[molten iron]

Yeah it looks fantastic, weighs a shit ton, but damn. The colors are THERE.

Yeah I thought 9950x3d because the people of the internet said it was for workstation stuff

That’s why I went here

[frosty prism]

i thought you did gaming

[livid flame]

It is better than the 9800x3d for games on the whole it’s just not going to be worthwhile for you.

[edgy laurel]

speaking of, michael, I guess its still dead

[frank zealot]

not irrelevant, just less important for numbers than it is when you're at lower res gaming.

[shell void]

it all depends on the settings that you use

[frank zealot]

but under-juicing a 5090 is a mistake no matter what you do

[brisk jolt]

Or lets just point the middle finger to him and ask him to get a 13/14700/900

[shell void]

if you exclusively play at native 2160p with cranked settings then yeah you’re gonna be playing at a low framerate

as soon as you turn a few things down or use upscaling you’re gonna be cpu limited

which is necessary to hit 240fps without framegen

[livid flame]

Until you do 4x MFG with DLSS upscaling

[molten iron]

I try to mix the high and low settings to get as much fps as possible but still make it look good

[frank zealot]

fuck 4x mfg

[edgy laurel]

I've run into CPU limits on a number of occasions with a 7800x3D / 4090 at 4K. This shit is real with the fastest GPU's.

[livid flame]

I’m just playing devils advocate as he said depending on settings

Native he’s gonna struggle for what 60-80 most titles

[molten iron]

I lowered my CS2 graphics to the bottom so I can play zombie escape at 80-120 frames lol. It’s super demanding

[livid flame]

You have to also factor in frame rate can be sever dependant on multi player games also. Due to the limitations of engines and servers.

[molten iron]

True

[shell void]

mfw 5425MHz 9800X3D + 6400cl30 fully tuned isn’t good enough for rendering 240fps in almost any recently released demanding game at any resolution

[molten iron]

Ok.

[livid flame]

If this is an argument on pure single player games, it’s much simpler

When relying on information being feedback from a server for fast paced multiplayer games, you get variation that may not be expected that’s actually limited your performance and not your hardware. Less so now than 10 years ago, however still relevant

[molten iron]

I’ll look into the 9800x3d and how it performs in certain games.

I’m guaranteed to see a boost in fps, but not a whole lot potentially. I don’t know until I see it for myself.

I appreciate all the helpful information

[shell void]

that’s the best idea 👍

see if people have tested the 9800x3d in the games that you play, or you can look at 7800x3d gameplay and add roughly 15% more frames to estimate

[livid flame]

Like CSGO tick rate before CS2 was more limiting than the hardware. Like PUBG net code is more limiting if the other player has better hardware than you etc. it’s not as easy as it seems on the face of it

[shell void]

valve still using 64t in 2025 is so heinous

cheapskate mfs

[livid flame]

Yeah but atleast the interpolation is better… technically

That does now give an advantage if your hardware is better on cs2 as opposed to if it was worse you got the advantage on csgo

UE5 games are also strange as developers integrate and implement the net code wildly differently

[arctic bronze]

👁👄👁

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/anaxa-anaxagoras-honkai-star-rail-star-rail-hsr-gif-17099989577971793628

[steel stream]

How else will Gabe afford his yacht

[livid flame]

Fortnite is ridiculous due to cross play net code implementation having to be adjusted and then feed into a server and come out the other end being placed back into several different data streams of slightly different variables

[arctic bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/screnshotted-gif-14801298091864262545

[livid flame]

PC Fortnite gets an outrageous advantage on net code on crossplay tbh

[shell void]

valorant hit registry feels the best out of all the fps games that i’ve played

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/phainon-animation-khaslana-animation-phainon-phainon-hsr-phainon-star-rail-gif-6295153688820159672

[brisk jolt]

i agree

[arctic bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/sword-art-online-alicization-po-h-vecta-subtilizer-anime-gif-18061281

[brisk jolt]

runnin at 140w rn, normal temp vs AC temp (23c) is like 43c vs 37c lmao

[arctic bronze]

Triple it and give it to the next person

[brisk jolt]

singapore is sure hot

[steel stream]

fuck man

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/gundam-exia-gif-23718079

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/peter-griffin-but-i-want-it-now-gif-26307521

[shell void]

5070ti?

[brisk jolt]

time to pull off a gta heist

its time to bring that 4070 out

[steel stream]

This is the new headphones and new amp

[shell void]

o

what eggs did you buy again

[steel stream]

Klipsch Fives also arrive today

[shell void]

ananda nano or something

[steel stream]

I think just normal Ananda

they were cheaper

[shell void]

did u get a open box or refurb deal from their site

they do some steep discounts there

[arctic bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/infinitestratos-0814-attack-gif-14776258

[wraith steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/grendizer-grandizer-koji-umon-danbie-gif-1012168655117141470

[frosty prism]

i really need to get me a sub with LFE soon

[steel stream]

nah this was amazon but it's looking like i have to do a return

[arctic bronze]

Ok grandpa

[shell void]

oh i looked through your message history

u got the ananda stealth

[arctic bronze]

Who

[shell void]

looks like they have potential to be pretty good with a couple peq filters

[steel stream]

yuh Imma see what I can find

[shell void]

here u go boss

[arctic bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/gon-hunter-x-hunter-anime-weave-dodging-gif-17342788

[wraith steeple]

Do you want me to give you the MENA dispiline treatment?

/j

[steel stream]

muchos gracias

I just wanted a pair of decent planars

[shell void]

they look like they should sound pretty good after that eq

[arctic bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/dbs-come-on-gif-15391980

[brisk jolt]

bass dont even try if you try injecting even 16tb of "cursed knowledge" you'll get "This file already exists. Do you want to replace it?"

broken english

[topaz veldt]

Now the headphones?

[steel stream]

oh yay my klipsch fives arrived

[hoary hatch]

Crazy idea

What if I made a breakfast sandwich with sausage and bacon

[steel stream]

I could potentially get a good deal on Hifiman Arya Stealth on their website

So maybe return the anandas

[topaz veldt]

Word

Headphones.com is good

[edgy laurel]

yolo

[steel stream]

will give it a look thanks

[steel stream]

big ass box

[hoary hatch]

Spoken like a true millennial

[shell void]

🔥

[wraith steeple]

Do you happen to know where that GIF is from?

The one you said "Ok Grandpa" to?

[shell void]

it’s satisfying that your c4 is roughly the same length as your mouse mat

[edgy laurel]

Grendizer

[wraith steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/correct-plankton-gif-14118231

[edgy laurel]

#thanksgooglelens

[wraith steeple]

Though yes, the anime that aired in the 70s and became one of the most popular animes in the Arab world (yes, even bigger than its native Japan might I add)

[steel stream]

yeah it's pretty nice, worked out well

[edgy laurel]

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=desk+speaker+stands

[steel stream]

next on the lsit for sure

[edgy laurel]

I waited too long to do that. Getting them ear level made a huge difference

[wraith steeple]

It even aired 20-30 years after its last episode as anyone who was born in the 60s - even early 2000s knows the theme song by heart. It even became a stable in Arab pop culture

https://youtu.be/4KIk8h9xNL8?feature=shared

[steel stream]

ok these are pretty great lol

and I get a sub tomorrow

[tough crag]

I have a ASUS ROG Strix B660-F Gaming WIFI, BitFenix Whisper M 850W and PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 6900 XT Ultimate

Currently I use for power two pcie cables, one 8 pin and one 8 pin y splitter (all original from my PSU)

Do I need to switch to 3 separate 8 pin pcie cables?

[shell void]

oh okay so the LF3 360 does fit in the o11d mini v2

i didn’t think it would

[wraith steeple]

Another O11 case

Not hating, but how many O11 flavours have we seen in the past decade or so?

[edgy laurel]

presumably with mATX boards and the board in the lower position

it appears that they did away with the 3-position motherboard tray in place of just two positions for the standoffs.

[shell void]

kyle used an atx board so i’m confused how it fits

[edgy laurel]

ATX fits but you just have no adjustment

so if you have a thick rad, or a 280, you just have to get lucky

that it doesn't hit any heatsinks or RAM

[granite dirge]

Anyone using Android 15?

How is it compared to Android 14 in your opinion my phone is trying to get me to update.

[edgy laurel]

for the old Mini, they also sold this bracket kit to offset the radiator towards the glass. https://lian-li.com/product/rb-001/

Not sure if that would still work with the v2

[steel stream]

Ok trying to get perfect placement for these speakers might be a problem

[edgy laurel]

you too need an Ikea Alex for the case

[steel stream]

I've got a file cabinet, but no more space left in my room really

wait unless

[granite dirge]

I was summoned by the I word.

[edgy laurel]

Its been too long, I need a trip there

maybe this weekend

the meatballs call to me

[granite dirge]

Your best bet is actually during the week.

During the week afternoon/ early evening is when it's most dead.

[edgy laurel]

yeah, i'm sure, but im' just thinking of this now

[granite dirge]

Plus buy an entree get a 5$ off 50 coupon

[edgy laurel]

i always have to stop and eat there, its tradition

[granite dirge]

And if you have kids. On Wed buy one adult entree get 2 kids entree free kids must be present though

And need the Ikea family free card

[steel stream]

damn missing a half inch of clearance

[turbid locust]

I just saw a woman with a shirt that said “I ❤️ SMS” and I’m like almost sure it means something else but I can’t help but think that lady just LOVES text messaging

[whole coral]

Absolutely incredible

[turbid locust]

They did surgery on a grape

[whole coral]

Heart transplants are incredible. Literally giving people a second chance at life. I think 10 year survival rates is like 83% and continuously improving

[brisk jolt]

put him on the cyberpsycho watch list

[fresh grotto]

hell yeah time to die to misinputs

https://tenor.com/view/moistcritikal-penguinz0-charlie-misinput-it-was-a-misinput-gif-23090919

[hoary hatch]

Charlie with short hair is so weird

[wicked ocean]

my friends pc people spot the mistake

not noticed for over 2 years

[frosty prism]

Back fan is not spinning

[steel stream]

plugged into Mobo not GPU too easy

[south shuttle]

side panel is taped on

[shell void]

👁️

perhaps

[keen wigeon]

Back to siggraph with some of the worst hotel coffee I’ve ever had

Barf

[edgy laurel]

Sign @frank cypress's Nvidia hat

[keen wigeon]

My signature? I’m a cockroach no one wants me to sign something

I should have brought some real goodies

Like 40 or 5090

But I can’t cross a border with hardware 🙁

Oh god this coffee is horrible

Next time : nvidia backpack, polos, ruler etc. the good stuff

[edgy laurel]

Well Ennui I tried

[shell void]

nothing will top our goat jensen signing that woman’s chest

[pure garnet]

did the asus come back to life

[fringe vigil]

sometimes I wonder what I did to deserve you

[shell void]

hell no

i tried this morning before i left for work and it’s still blind

[shell void]

xd

[pure garnet]

longest life qd oled

[edgy laurel]

that picture is hilarious. also i'm pretty sure that's Gordon Mah Ung (RIP) watching in horror in the yankees cap

[shell void]

yah i think it is the goat gordon

[edgy laurel]

if this was last summer, maybe not

but it sure looks like him

[vestal granite]

i think it was a couple years back

like 30 series release or somethin

that wasnt last summer right

[edgy laurel]

i did a quick cursory google and all the results were from last yeah so i guess i'm not sure

[vestal granite]

ok it was last year

[frank zealot]

RIP Gordon 🙁

[edgy laurel]

ya i don't think Gordon was out and about at trade shows last summer

[frank zealot]

Dude was an icon forever

[keen wigeon]

The only thing I sign is pet sea gulls

Because I miss those flying rats

[vestal granite]

signing a seagull makes the signature look like this

[steel stream]

had to get rid of my pet seagull sadly

[keen wigeon]

🙁

[frank cypress]

theyre kinda cute haha

[keen wigeon]

I like sea gulls

[steel stream]

One of the birds of all time for sure

[keen wigeon]

I like Vancouver. Mountain, ocean, dogs, snow and sea gulls . Sort of perfect lol

[arctic bronze]

Downside: Canada

[shell void]

that’s a pro

[keen wigeon]

Nah, I like Canada too!

[vestal granite]

vancouver also has salmonberries

[keen wigeon]

I grew up in Maine… that’s basically Canada

[vestal granite]

up east

[edgy laurel]

We have them too

native to the west coast of North America from west-central Alaska to California, inland as far as Idaho

[frank zealot]

in case anyone needed a pumpkin spice fix?

I present: Pumpkin Spice Deoderant

https://www.amazon.com/Old-Spice-Deodorant-Holidudes-Protection/dp/B0FC8GXR3N/

[steel stream]

uh

[vestal granite]

we is a strong word

[steel stream]

crazy man

[edgy laurel]

its starting already

not even mid-august

[heavy mantle]

who is the intended consumers??

[edgy laurel]

well, just about mid-august

[frank zealot]

this is a new way to get the fix, I had no idea that anyone wanted that

[vestal granite]

the boyfriends of women who love pumpkin spice

[heavy mantle]

pumpkin spice is alr

[frank zealot]

pie spice is a great smell. i'm sure plenty of dudes will rock that just to rock it.

[edgy laurel]

5nail

[vestal granite]

i like sandalwood but i would never tell a person in real life that

[frank zealot]

(I don't plan to, but, that's just me.)

[pure garnet]

activated winrar is a good feeling

[steel stream]

Will this help me pick up girls?

[heavy mantle]

ohh so thats were sandelz grow from tress

[steel stream]

I think I like it too but I can't remember

[frank zealot]

can't hurt, esp if you hang out by starbucks

[edgy laurel]

wait hold up, that collection also has these two

[keen wigeon]

Hah my deodorant smells like vanilla wafers because I like those crunch little bastards

[pure garnet]

they make a bunch of weird ones

i’ve got snickerdoodle

[edgy laurel]

i'd be down for fresh pine

[steel stream]

ok id probs rock both of these

[heavy mantle]

i dont think deodorant is nescery if you never step a foot outside

[edgy laurel]

ya same lmao

[edgy laurel]

ask me how I know you stink

[pure garnet]

named after the one thing he doesn’t drink

[frank zealot]

I already shared Lumbersnack stuff with my Axe Throwing leagues

[vestal granite]

on one end of the spectrum is Pumpkin Spice scented deodorant, on the opposite end would be deodorant that smells like this

all of tennessee smells like that ^

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/the-boys-s4-homelander-cough-disgust-gif-15540398707739933423

[heavy mantle]

thats like 7 buckes a month you could be spending on a crunchyroll sub

[edgy laurel]

live action Cyberpunk movie with Idris Elba and Keanu Reeves. yay/nay

[steel stream]

yeah I will take the deodorant

[vestal granite]

and john cena

[edgy laurel]

you know how I read this in my head right

[vestal granite]

yes

[edgy laurel]

good

[pure garnet]

skipping deodorant for anime sub is lore accurate

[heavy mantle]

indeed

[frank zealot]

https://tenor.com/view/john-cena-you-cant-see-me-wwe-wrestler-gif-8224797

[fringe vigil]

Only giving you the best of my hearttttttt

[green marsh]

considering WinRAR (and Total Commander) is pay once, have it licensed forever, these are ironically among the cheaper software on the market

[vestal granite]

or so it would seem

idk ive just been wanting to say that phrase all day seemed like fun

[edgy laurel]

you can pry 7zip from my cold, dead hands

couldn't, even

[green marsh]

my point still stands. From paid software lineup, it is among the cheaper things

[fringe vigil]

Robot looking ahh

[fervent scaffold]

I just realized I ended up with an ID cooling IS-67 when I was supposed to have an IS-55

Hopefully it still fits in this terra

[pure garnet]

it will fit in position 1,2,3

https://support.fractal-design.com/support/solutions/articles/4000194849-terra-cpu-cooler-gpu-support

[frank zealot]

7zip ftw

[green marsh]

it will probably do, question is if your GPU will fit then, as you are giving up 1cm in GPU area

[edgy laurel]

heck of a "first build"

https://www.reddit.com/r/watercooling/comments/1mp2fn4/roast_my_first_build/

[wraith steeple]

It's not much, but it's mine

[shell void]

i’m not sure why the people in the comments think that a 480x45mm radiator isn’t enough for a 200w cpu and 600w gpu

that’s more than enough

[edgy laurel]

still unclear from the thread what its going to be used for, only that they wanted multiple full-fat x16 slots

[shell void]

the case does look empty tho i’d like to see another rad up top

even tho it’s technically unnecessary

[merry stirrup]

two hundred cigarettes

[keen wigeon]

Dell Pro Max GB10 💪

[shell void]

five million marlboro reds

[shell void]

cute

[keen wigeon]

Fuzzy wuzzy photo is fuzzy

[frank cypress]

its so smol in person

[keen wigeon]

And my shit port doing shit things.

[edgy laurel]

hey thats the Alienware case repurposed

[keen wigeon]

GB300 💪

[edgy laurel]

Minus the windows and RGB

[wraith steeple]

I personally would have done dual 420s in that case. Getting a side rad is doable in addition to the top and front rads.... But is it worth the headache

[shell void]

when are you getting one?

[wraith steeple]

I speak from experience with that case

[keen wigeon]

I have a DGX Station order in

[frank cypress]

bold to assume he doesn't have one alr

[frank cypress]

oh

[keen wigeon]

The giant gold bastard FE

[shell void]

[keen wigeon]

They’re like $100k + so… not a lot of them floating around the company

[shell void]

beauty

[wraith steeple]

Dual 480s and a single 360 (all being 30mm thick with T30s) was not a fun experience to cram in

[edgy laurel]

this monster?

i wanna know what that material is at the top. they used it on the small one too and its very strange looking.

[keen wigeon]

Nah, the new one

[shell void]

it’s the one that i posted guilty

[keen wigeon]

It’s just a weird dust filter

[edgy laurel]

(whats the difference)

[wise bear]

probably heathered goldenrod colored fabric

[edgy laurel]

they look the same

[brisk jolt]

i am yearning for the P14 pros to come in stock

[keen wigeon]

The GB300 is grace Blackwell, the filter is metal.

There is a fine filter inside

[shell void]

the one that you posted uses a socketed cpu and tesla cards

[hoary hatch]

I already got mine and have done absolutely nothing with them

[edgy laurel]

swap in a K&N

[shell void]

art fr

[keen wigeon]

😂 no way, K&N is asking for filthy air!

[vestal granite]

just flex seal the case and that way no dust gets in

[devout ridge]

why is there so little IO, but 6 audio ports

[brisk jolt]

good job

im bored having my 5090 vertically mounted

[vestal granite]

probably has internal io headers for fancy chassisseses or something

[brisk jolt]

time to go back to normal

[edgy laurel]

5nail has tried to explain to me countless times now what SuperNIC's and Bluefield do, but I feel i'm never going to get it unless I see how they're used in a real world application on a lower level

[keen wigeon]

It isn’t meant to be a workstation, it has no video out.

[devout ridge]

Why the six audio ports though

[vestal granite]

audio i think

[devout ridge]

the lack of IO isn't my question, the presence of many audio ports despite the lack of io is

[keen wigeon]

The USB is there for external drives, etc. not sure if those are audio ports

They may be for sensor data

[devout ridge]

looks like standard 3.5mm ports to me

and in all the weird hardware i've looked at, never seen them for anything but audio

[brisk jolt]

omg the pros are in stock

p12 pro-

[frank cypress]

put it in a frame and hang it on the wall

[keen wigeon]

Minijack ports are used for tons of stuff! I’ve seen them used for USB, networking, sensors etc

The insertion rating on minijack is insane

[edgy laurel]

Yeah I was just going to say, seen 3.5mm for all sorts of things over the years

[shell void]

so you would say that jack is good at taking it

[keen wigeon]

Yep

[wise bear]

[devout ridge]

Lots of times actually

Real champ

[steel stream]

it's beautiful

[keen wigeon]

You can run a DE on the station but it is really meant to be a tower server

It is also massive and weighs about 100 pounds

[devout ridge]

Whats the most conductors a 3.5mm jack can have?

[keen wigeon]

Not sure about the GB300 version but the others are chonk

[keen wigeon]

I’ve seen up to 4?

Maybe 5?

[devout ridge]

most i'm seeing online is 4

[vestal granite]

yeah im seeing 4 including ground

[wraith steeple]

https://www.reddit.com/r/watercooling/s/AXdC11sfKQ
Q: How many D5 pumps?
A: Yes.

[devout ridge]

i feel inadequate

[keen wigeon]

I hope that’s used for more than gaming lol

[fringe vigil]

Mark are you stuck up cus you work at nvidia or humble

[vestal granite]

never fails

[devout ridge]

5080+5090 so it has to be

[keen wigeon]

I wouldn’t know

[fringe vigil]

How so

[edgy laurel]

I hate this

[keen wigeon]

Dang, I wish I could justify those kinds of prices for a machine that doesn’t make me money 🙁

[devout ridge]

I mean it has to be for more than just gaming, so it may very well be making them money

wait i know what they're doing, 5080 for the secondary monitor, 5090 for the primary monitor

[edgy laurel]

The second PC is just for streaming so I'm going to assume this is simply for gaming and streaming. The amount of fans in that case and they still have two Moras

[devout ridge]

maximum FPS

[fringe vigil]

Mark real talk, are there any fine shawtys at nvidia who work there?

[keen wigeon]

I don’t know because arrogant/stuck up vs humble is an interpretation

[brisk jolt]

xx90 is essential for the latest 4k gamin-

[steel stream]

Mark pay no attention to Jorj lol

[fringe vigil]

Ak up his ass

[keen wigeon]

I can’t/wont answer questions about the attractiveness of nvidians

[vestal granite]

cant we all get along

[edgy laurel]

5080 system is ITX and in the same case, labeled as "streaming PC"

[fringe vigil]

Oh cus they could be watching lol

[devout ridge]

oh two pcs in one case

[vestal granite]

they are typically not nice but this is all tech workers these days so as long as you try to be nice then you are doing good

[edgy laurel]

Yeah, 9000D is a dual PC case

[devout ridge]

ah!

so it's an absolutely monstrous streaming setup

[keen wigeon]

They work with me and if they are able to complete a task that’s all I care about

[steel stream]

there's only one real hottie at Nvidia, and his name is Jensen Huang

[brisk jolt]

Im personally waiting for a super refresh to cop either the 5070S/5080S FEs (via friend) to go into the formdt1

[vestal granite]

jensen is the nicest man on the planet

[fringe vigil]

Yeah, I’m gonna assume there’s one fine shawty there but it’s okay

[steel stream]

Honorable Mention the RTX 6000 Blackwell pro

[devout ridge]

don't forget his luxurious leather jackets, those are hotties fr

[keen wigeon]

I believe most people at nvidia are good people. We have a tendency to eject people who don’t fit in

[edgy laurel]

Second ITX system sits on a little pedestal ~~below ~~ above the main PSU

[vestal granite]

good people and nice people is different things, if it was only bad people doing bad things it would be easy to get rid of them

[brisk jolt]

Its not the people that make the company suck its the mfs above is what I believe

[devout ridge]

who tf needs quad res/pump combo

[steel stream]

crazy

[brisk jolt]

icl it kinda looks cursed LOL

[edgy laurel]

no one, but custom loops aren't needed at all.

[keen wigeon]

You can be a genius who will or has built a trillion dollar product by yourself… if you’re an asshole you will get chewed up and spit out by nvidia

[vestal granite]

nvidia eats assholes for breakfast

[steel stream]

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-teases-geforce-rtx-5090-rog-matrix-graphics-card

[wraith steeple]

Yeah. As much as I'm all for crazy overkill WC builds.... It's definitely a point where I'm like "to what end?"

[turbid locust]

lol one of our LCD monitors at work has burn in now

[devout ridge]

gotta play well with daddy huang to stay in the company

[steel stream]

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-to-keep-application-optimization-apo-alive-but-focus-shifts-to-current-and-next-gen-cpus I had no idea this was a thing

[edgy laurel]

that block is going to look crazy

[wraith steeple]

I would imagine that it's nothing more than to fill the case at computex I would guess

[shell void]

@topaz veldt a new 5090 for you

[devout ridge]

makes sense i suppose

gotta justify that big ass case somehow

[keen wigeon]

Gotta play well with everyone. There’s no real structure. I’m a senior engineer, I treat everyone the same. Including Jensen. You can be a fresh out of college new hire or a 35 year veteran.

[vestal granite]

i also had no idea this was a thing and it sounds great they should maybe have told people it exists

[brisk jolt]

https://www.techpowerup.com/339837/apple-and-nvidia-eye-intels-14a-node-for-trial-production

[steel stream]

life is good

[wraith steeple]

As much as dual+ loops are inefficient compared to a massive single loop, 9000D and other insane cases I can make an exception

[devout ridge]

That genuinely sounds like an amazing place to work

[brisk jolt]

It all comes down to the management team whether they like you or not

[merry stirrup]

300 camel 99’s

[keen wigeon]

You don’t get hired if you aren’t liked by the 5 or 6 people who interview you

All of the people lol it isn’t always based on merit. There’s at least 2 people who are cultural interviewers

[vestal granite]

personally i am not smart so i try to stick to workshopping my network television jokes in discord servers in my free time

[brisk jolt]

being hired is half the battle won

any battle is uphill

[keen wigeon]

I’ve been here 5 years and only met 1 person I don’t like lol

[vestal granite]

how many interviews does a team at nvidia typically end up doing before they fill one position

[brisk jolt]

im on that tired midnight energy kek

[edgy laurel]

whoa https://www.notebookcheck.net/iPhone-17-Air-OLED-supplier-to-be-banned-in-the-US-for-over-14-years-for-stealing-Samsung-trade-secrets.1086057.0.html

iphone thrown in for clicks but thats BOE

one of the tertiary display suppliers of the world

[keen wigeon]

The last position I was an interviewer for? I think I interviewed probably 25 people

[edgy laurel]

behind Samsung and LG

[keen wigeon]

I am a technical/cultural interviewer

[brisk jolt]

Well the only nvidia job I can apply for ever- Is at Nvidia Singapore Development

[keen wigeon]

I sniff out the ChatGPT resumes and make folks sweat

[charred lava]

It’s hot outside I’m already sweating

[keen wigeon]

In a polite way 🙂

[fringe vigil]

Well it’s hot so

[charred lava]

Hmm yes

[vestal granite]

how many resumes did you sift through until you ended up with those 25 people to interview?

[keen wigeon]

“I see you’re really into Star Trek! What are your thoughts of Discovery?” “It was good!” “Sorry this isn’t going to work out.”

[charred lava]

I’ll take that over culture index any day

[edgy laurel]

Apparently some Steamdeck and Framework models use BOE panels

and probably countless other things

[keen wigeon]

There are several stages of filter, recruiters, hiring manager, random folks. We end up with the final picks out of hundreds or thousands of candidates

[vestal granite]

gotcha

[keen wigeon]

The best way to get in is to be referred by someone who is already at nvidia. That gets you through a lot of the sniff tests.

[edgy laurel]

RIP your DM's

[charred lava]

Here come all the social media managers

[vestal granite]

when someone is referred does it just skip a couple of those initial stages or is it communicated through every stage that they were referred

[keen wigeon]

I was referred by someone who’s been at nvidia for 20+ years so my interview was short and sweet

[brisk jolt]

Nvm, nvidia has quite some job postings here

lmfao

lowk interesting

[keen wigeon]

There’s less than 5 people who do anything like that. I’m responsible for the developer community for a few products and I’m not a CM by title:)

[charred lava]

Oh, I know

[keen wigeon]

lol

[charred lava]

I mean prospective social media managers

[keen wigeon]

Oh yeah I don’t think anyone is a social
Media manager

Maybe a few PR folks

[edgy laurel]

Who's typing up the x posts

[brisk jolt]

obviously intern kun

[edgy laurel]

dumb question, probably AI

[vestal granite]

you mean they dont have a 19 year old intern that posts memes on twitter for nvidia?

[keen wigeon]

We all do that

I have X, YouTube etc posts out there

[charred lava]

Zoomers realizing they lack marketable skills

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/madagascar-hithere-hi-gif-21369704

[vestal granite]

this is tragic

[shell void]

one more month and it will be mine

[brisk jolt]

i didnt know nvidia had free courses

[edgy laurel]

we have an actual date?

[brisk jolt]

just that its all down unless ur in the US

[steel stream]

returning QD-OLED and coping on C4 till then?

[pure garnet]

is this one gonna last more than 8 hours

[vestal granite]

probably something something tax incentive if its just in the US

[wraith steeple]

Marketing be like

[keen wigeon]

Siggraph lineup

[brisk jolt]

icl id assume this is AI lol

[frosty prism]

im sitting here slapping together builds and uploading videos to my server that does offsite backups but not marketing myself at all in the job market

[keen wigeon]

Small show!

[edgy laurel]

omg

no one click that, its horrible

(everyone click that)

[charred lava]

hey, homelabs count

[shell void]

nah all they’ve said is september $1099

[fringe vigil]

Jawa are u bald

[edgy laurel]

jorj...

[shell void]

yah i’m forced to

[vestal granite]

escalators never get fancy do they

[shell void]

i hope so XD

[steel stream]

agony, you poor soul

[charred lava]

do chocolate chips count as hair

[frosty prism]

i got one at home split my home assistant to be straight installed on a NUC then a main server and then 2 offsites

[fringe vigil]

Nope

[pure garnet]

display heard you talking shit about the size and it just said no more display for you

[charred lava]

guess u have ur answer then

[edgy laurel]

@charred lava I apologize on behalf of TC2.

[shell void]

that must be the case

[charred lava]

what about confectioner's sugar

[fringe vigil]

No sir

[vestal granite]

this will be in university marketing courses in 20 yrs

[charred lava]

oh no

[edgy laurel]

did you watch it

[charred lava]

I got about a third of the way through

[edgy laurel]

same

[vestal granite]

im on my 3rd rewatch

[steel stream]

Ill allow it

Oh sorry warship

[charred lava]

bro save that pain tolerance for something worthwhile

[pure garnet]

all of a sudden i want to make a purchase on overclockers

[edgy laurel]

so anyway, cable management pro (though i'm not sure about those fans resting against the GPU)

[charred lava]

Non-beige Noctua fan smh

[steel stream]

I have lots of cable managing around my desk to do

[charred lava]

I had a grand desk cable management plan, then realized half my cables weren't long enough so I half assed it

[brisk jolt]

I forgot how big the 4090FE was after looking at too many 5090FE pics

that is huge

[edgy laurel]

same size, but I think thats gotta be a 4080S FE given the color

[pure garnet]

i keep the front organized but behind the case if the panel closes im okay

[brisk jolt]

I cant really tell tbh

[charred lava]

Something about that GPU power adapter doesn't sit right with me

[edgy laurel]

the people that plan that out I envy. Problem isn't if you move into a space, you have to do so much calculation beforehand. On a day of move in/setup, you just wanna get it all done and then thinking about re-doing the cabling after the fact with extensions is just.. yeah no

[charred lava]

100%, you've also gotta consider future additions/changes if you're even mildly a tinkerer

[green marsh]

while sure, there are better things than Discovery, there are also much, much worse options to watch. It's not like you get 80 hours of new science fiction content to watch every week

[brisk jolt]

Wait now Im curious- Ask me a random interview question leme see what answer Ill shit out

[edgy laurel]

One of the best things I did was get a few of those "cable clutter" boxes. Power strips are hidden so well with them.. I just never bothered to extend that one wire

[wraith steeple]

The zoom ins showing the owner slowly die inside is hysterical NGL

[green marsh]

if i only listed schools and workplaces, my resume would be very short 😄
'86-'94 elementary school
'94-'98 'middle school' (what in US they would call high school)
'98-'00 civil service (as an alternative to military service)
'01-now my first employer 😄

[green marsh]

mounting them on my desk would be nightmare sadly. i don't want to screw into them

[edgy laurel]

you know i really should have just mounted the power strips to the desk with the LTT magnetic thingys

[charred lava]

Those things are nice. I used angle irons for support, and added parallel flat bars to support the LTT mcm system. Overkill, but I like how it's relatively quick to add an additional cable.

[edgy laurel]

there are already metal bars underneath this desk

[charred lava]

ayy

[edgy laurel]

MCM system, thats it lol

[charred lava]

It's pretty nice for power bars

[edgy laurel]

I truly despise thing that use gigantic wall warts

so inconvenient

[vestal granite]

i just toss all my cables behind my desk and use them as little foot hammocks

[charred lava]

Looking at you, Schiit

[edgy laurel]

YES, thats one of them. The HUGE one in that picture looking like its going to fall off that cable shelf is for a halogen lamp that I should replace

[green marsh]

that brand name is such a troll

[young void]

I'm so blind on mobile looked like you had a python at a distance xD

[charred lava]

I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a big part of why I considered them

[charred lava]

I got a shitty LED shop light on Amazon, and the damn cable isn't long enough

proprietary connector

[young void]

I miss my snek 🙁

[edgy laurel]

Schiit hasn't had the best reputation around these parts lately. USB funkiness, crap quality volume pots..

[charred lava]

Not a recent purchase

Well, I did recently buy a Sys purely for vanity, but my stack is a few years old

[shell void]

topping makes everyone else look like a noob

[wraith steeple]

I apologise for my heinous crime. How shall I pay for this cursed contraption?

[steel stream]

don't even get me started

[topaz veldt]

I'm done buying computer parts

[steel stream]

An angel just lost their wings </3

[edgy laurel]

yeah my stack is pretty old. the Magni's volume knob is a crackly mess and Schiits recommendation is just turn it back and forth vigorously to "clean" it. The Micro USB port on my Modi is basically inoperable at this point, moved to optical

[steel stream]

I get big knob today will let you know

[edgy laurel]

NOICE

[green marsh]

never going to beat the SSD brand minisforum uses tho

[steel stream]

big day for me audio wise lol

[topaz veldt]

I'm still rocking Gustard X18

And Rebel Amp

[edgy laurel]

yeah i'll say

[charred lava]

@frank zealot already got me with the beskar drives for my next purchase

[steel stream]

mustard

[shell void]

MUSTARDDDD

[topaz veldt]

Kinda mid but it works

[steel stream]

Also getting a dedicated sub tomorrow

[frank zealot]

I have drives labeled "oem ssd'

LTT Also reviewed a "Fatty Dove Racing" SSD years ago

[topaz veldt]

Fat bottom Doves

[thick frost]

(Fast ones)

[charred lava]

Is this meme a year old yet

[thick frost]

probably

[edgy laurel]

here is the question. run the speakers off the pre-outs on the Element or not. Problem with it is you just have one audio device in Windows, which can be a problem for EQ. Unless of course you make two and setup the automation to a hotkey to swap between them

[topaz veldt]

Michael Jordan didn't even win the white marlin contest

[wraith steeple]

Fat Bottom Girls make the rocking world go round - Queen

[thick frost]

utter failure of a ball player smh

[fringe vigil]

[steel stream]

If you press down on the knob it switches the output automatically

[fringe vigil]

[topaz veldt]

But same USB device present

[edgy laurel]

yeah, but i'm talking from the source

[topaz veldt]

I use a hotkey to switch in APO or whatever

[edgy laurel]

yeah, what 5nail said. its the same USB device for both outputs

[steel stream]

whoops lol

Ok then a hotkey for sure

[edgy laurel]

so if you wanna have no EQ or a separate EQ for speakers vs. headphones, yeah

[steel stream]

I've got a full board so shouldn't be a problem

i can find a key to use

[topaz veldt]

It's more of a logical design concept

[steel stream]

Yeah I get what you're saying

[edgy laurel]

i have two output devices i'm using and the "automation" option in PEACE was nice. It triggers off of switching between the devices.

[steel stream]

Ah ok, will have to give it a look whenever I get all my stuff

[brisk jolt]

I remember quite recently some1 finally learnt they were on 60hz the entire time

The next day they realised they could change keyboard rgb

fyi this was after few years of them using

[edgy laurel]

so much to play with all at once

[thick frost]

skill issue idk

[steel stream]

and then 5070 ti on monday

[brisk jolt]

they are dumb as a brick tbh

[edgy laurel]

AKN gave himself an AMD $5000 upgrade

[brisk jolt]

why is it now postoned to monday

wasnt it supposed to be today

[wraith steeple]

We all know what a BassBone AMD $5000 Upgrade will be like

[edgy laurel]

A room full of MoRa's

[steel stream]

no one else would, treat yo self

[charred lava]

Mine would be a single nixie tube clock

[wraith steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/sweats-gif-25346666

[steel stream]

Newegg being mean I guess, it just left their HQ in cali today

12:32 AM it left Ontario California

[edgy laurel]

i'm not even going to google it but i'm going to believe you could spend that whole budget on just one clock

[brisk jolt]

Im not in a position to say as Singapore is a fucking easy place to ship quickly, but Wednesday to Monday is one helluva delay

[turbid locust]

Mine would simply be 10 X870 Apex’s

[steel stream]

it was supposed to come Friday actually, so not too crazy

[charred lava]

They're generally not that crazy tbh

[edgy laurel]

yeah but like.. the really fancy ones

[brisk jolt]

I picked up my 5090 in 4 hours

[steel stream]

ok well frick you bud

[charred lava]

I guess I'd get a couple monitors too

maybe a gpu upgrade, though I don't really need that

[brisk jolt]

then again you have to understand one side of the country to the other is at most 1.5hr by public transport

[edgy laurel]

I probably wouldn't get any core PC parts. I'm good there. New TV for the living room an just a ton of sound stuff

[brisk jolt]

I need a desk upgrade, followed by a racing wheel, THEN ill do a monitor upgrade

[charred lava]

Sound stuff, right. I could go for some of that.

[steel stream]

1 day and 8 hours

[brisk jolt]

I know goddamnit

[charred lava]

Mine would be pretty boring

[frank cypress]

my amd extreme upgrade would be so underwhelming

[charred lava]

I've slowly accumulated most of the cooler shit on my own over the years

[frank cypress]

just this lone box

[steel stream]

I still have $3000 left technically

[wraith steeple]

I suppose a MORA or two, yes but definitely that Alphacool Bending Pro kit, that badass stain black Corsair PMMA tubing 14mm, those OLED thing-a-majigs, Koolance QDT3s, and other WC stuff

[steel stream]

I'm buying a G4

[brisk jolt]

yk what ill flip my gpu back horizontally tmr

well, later when I wake

[charred lava]

Starbucks gift card

[brisk jolt]

in the bank?

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/fadding-homelander-gif-16156538903600882075

[frank cypress]

Sarah 😭

[steel stream]

No for the upgrade

[brisk jolt]

or is it just in general- oh alright

[steel stream]

If I did do an actuall 5000 upgrade, I would have $3000 left

Probably some better NAS stuff and another TV

[charred lava]

I guess I could do NAS stuff too

[steel stream]

you can always buy more storage

[brisk jolt]

Im finna get $720 and $2400 over the course of 1 year from sch ez

[wraith steeple]

Would love to try my hand at doing some 180 bends and some offsets someday. Though definitely want to do some EPDM with QDCs for a bit

[topaz veldt]

If the dual x3d ccd comes out I think I'll get one

[charred lava]

Had planned on using my old parts, but ATX is kinda ridiculous for a NAS and buying a new LGA 1151 board is dumb

shit I just moved an app in the dock

where was it

[brisk jolt]

think ❌
will ✅

[topaz veldt]

180s is pretty miserable

[molten iron]

Found someone who tested all the AMD stuff on Medium settings for Helldivers. It’s not the most optimized game. The average FPS is considerably more than what I get with the 12700k, and the lowest he got was 74 frames while the lowest I get is 30-40.

I’m still looking at the 9800x3D and if it will be a meaningful upgrade

?

Link?

[shell void]

[molten iron]

Where did you hear that from?

[tawny dew]

yall think 4060 TI 8gb for £100 ( 120$ ) is a good deal

[molten iron]

Seriously, if they’re gonna release an updated version I would rather have that

[edgy laurel]

Either Zen6 or Intel NVL but all of that is 2026

wish @digital hinge could be more specific lol

(9800x3D is Zen5)

Zen6 will be on the same socket

[shell void]

there was a random twitter user that mentioned a dual ccd cpu with extra cache on both ccds, but it’s only a rumor, and it likely wouldn’t perform any better in games

it’s not worth waiting for

[frank zealot]

yooooooooooo
I hate kernel anti cheat nonsense, but GET IT

[edgy laurel]

warms the soul

[frank zealot]

1000% yes

fuck the bullshit hackers, they can choke on a cactus

[charred lava]

I give my heart to youuuuuuu

Is this too obscure hmm

[frank zealot]

sounds like a line from an 80's ballad

[charred lava]

use guilty's message as a major hint

[frank zealot]

not helping

[charred lava]

it's a terrible song

but not from the 80s

[frank zealot]

lol, fair enough

[shell void]

terrible day for the unemployed

[frank zealot]

they can play like the rest of us do.

with walls 😉

[steel stream]

but but but I need my easy win to feel good about myself

[green marsh]

i still hate how everyone banded up on MSFT for requiring secure boot/tpm/vbs for W11, but when the games require them, everyone silently accepts it

[frank zealot]

Battlefield 6 is bricking PCs! lol

[green marsh]

COD7 will require it too

[frosty prism]

and ligting some on fire

[frank zealot]

I blame NVidia for that

[frosty prism]

i love secure boot fuckery

[frank zealot]

Give it 3 months and tons of gamers will no longer care about running windows 11 now that the games use the same security

[frosty prism]

i have had the issue 2 times in TS and it was pain to fix

[molten iron]

Just a quick question, I’ve been looking online at 2FA apps and apparently Authy wasn’t as cool as I thought it was, nor easy to do stuff with. Do you guys use Authy or something else?

[frosty prism]

i use google

[edgy laurel]

google for most things. MS, for a couple others

[frosty prism]

MS for stuff that can only use MS

[edgy laurel]

my 2FA list in google auth is long.. i have to search

[merry stirrup]

brain damage

[green marsh]

prefer google, because one can't export the TOTP key from the MSFT authenticator, while it is possible from Google

[keen wigeon]

And there goes a social media video that will be posted

[green marsh]

which is important when you want to have the same auth on your phone AND in Keepass

[keen wigeon]

lol I toad a so

[green marsh]

(yes, keepass has TOTP support)

[molten iron]

I have seen people use one called 2FAS since they only store the 2fa codes locally and it’s backed up through your iCloud or other backup software

And it’s open source

People say use ente or aegis

Idk it shouldn’t really matter

[steel stream]

anybody know of rent friendly acoustic treatments?

[shell void]

eq

[edgy laurel]

today akn discovered minidsp and DIRAC live

[steel stream]

yeah I just think these speakers are hella close to the wall

I love them, but they are def close

[shell void]

i get a reallllly bad desk reflection resonance around 145Hz with my Kefs that i had to fix with eq

i have a -18dB 8Q cut at 145Hz

sine sweeps and patience

[steel stream]

yeah just looked up a frequency sweep lol

[steel stream]

thank god for google

[edgy laurel]

mostly joking, thats a lot more money

[steel stream]

yeah google told me that real quick lol