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Get one of these now that they're finally back in stock
https://www.amazon.com/Connect-P4498-Electricity-Monitor-Consumption/dp/B0CVS4WXM9
The Kill A Watt Connect is an easy to use consumer power meter allowing the user to accurately measure power consumption of household appliances and to determine the actual cost of power consumed. The unit will also project, in real time, the cost of continued use of the appliance in time periods...
kill-a-watt ftw!
In a 3050 you get 8/6 gb ram but in this you get 12
Are these things wireless?
.....
So now they have a seperate display?
If you look there's a wire
Btuh
very amazing
yaaaas
btw lemme know when you wanna sling those usff rigs my way
If they added the functionally of a smart switch ima snag
its a power meter, not an outlet switch.
so, you're just quoting numbers and not understanding anything about the items in question.
Got it.
That's me after time goes after 5pm
Then please spill your knowledge
I know but what if they added one
why would they to a power meter
not in the mood to educate at that level
Kill a Watt Smart Connect ™

“but you can get a 3050!11”

don't try to figure it out.
He was trying to compare a SLI Titan XP to a 3050
my guy, what
Are we under the impression that newer= better?
I don't know what the impression here is
yes bigger number also better
That's true
This server believes in a biggernumberbetter policy
RX7400>RTX5090 duh
so, remind me: What numerical value is "Titan XP" ?
Bigger number does = better.
9070 > 5090?
less than 3050
Radeon 9600 Pro > RX 7600
Like comparing a 6950xt Vs a 5090 and it's a slam dunk 
47 chromosomes better than 46
-$80 in the bank account is better than -$20
buying a rtx 3050 for $200 is better than buying it for $100
Buying a gun is cheaper than buying yeezys
Buying a 5090 from a guy on marketplace for 5k is better than buying new for 2k
or w/e the new shoe trend is
Are the yizis still a thing?
are those the cheap plastic shoes
All I know are the air maxes
idk I don't keep up with silly dude things
I think zero-drop shoes and wide toe box shoes are starting to be come more accepted
Ok bro I got the point
That's crocs

switching to ur melee instead of ur secondary is faster (ur 20m from the enemy)
Switching to your equipped nuclear bomb is faster than using the fork in your pocket.
Intel macbook better than silicon macbook?

if I'm 20m away I'll just switch to mavericks n' yeet one at 600mph
mutually assured destruction
oh, meters
buying a rtx 5050 is faster than a RTX 5090 (weight reduction ftw)
literally the kind of antics I'll pull inn the a10
hard turn-in and fling a bomb inverted for the loft
Hey, I've heard you need a haircut. I will grab the A10, you just stand very still....
yeah thats not terrifying at all
Flying sniper with diffrent ammo types and a knife
Can't send anything through Oakland lol
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All youtube does is load now driving me crazy
Before every video have to reload it like 6 times
Lol kill the app and clean the cache might help
Its more so when I try to jump from the embed I can look it up just weird
Latest code need fixed or smth
Weird but YT has been updating their front end lately so weird bugs are to be expected.
If it didnt come with the pin probs not
The Android TV app is starting to look like an Apple VLC lol
jorkin
DONALD GLOVER
🙏🙏pray to childish gambino
Is that the motherboard side? If so can't tell which side of the connector it is. Take better pictures.
i couldn’t even decipher that image or message
Should only fit one way
Is this ok
yes
Should this to to motherboard right
yes
if that means anything close to “goes in the board”, yes
Aok ty
dunno why the +4 split is on a different side to the diagram above but at this point 🤷♂️
Scratch and snifff, having lady worm install the mobo later finally arrived 
nice!
Its good experience for her she felt like it'd be really hard at first but with the power of manuals she's done good so far getting the psu setup
No one knows something, until they're shown or learn ya know
100%
Best way to learn how to swim is to throw yourself in the deep end
Drown in the deep, or rise from it
Thats the idea she's like uhhh is this right and have to just be like "I believeee in youu"
yo how much better is a 4060 vs 3060 ti?
oof
She's got this
Forsure I have no doubts in her 
Hello Senor 5nail
how yous been
remember when things actually used 20 pin alone?
OEs still do ironically
Hifiman headphones are great
not really
did you get yours?
yuh, quick little EQ and they've been awesome
some OEs do bonkers shit, so, that's always gonna be a thing
which ones?
Hifiman Ananda, just normal version
got you - are you going to get arya stealths
I have not tried the anandas, but may my aryas are so awesome
im looking at both for like £200 used and benchmarks look a lil higher for the 3060 ti but idk if theres any other good reason 40 series is better?
When I have your level of spending money yes
oh word i thought you found them uber cheap
i see Aryas for about 600 I think?
yeah they used to be like $1500
I paid like $1599 or somethign
I don't think the 40 series added any new tech that the 30 didn't get retroactively...
Yeah I got mine for $300, just wanted a solid introduction to Planar Magnetics
I love mine especially for gaming
fair enough thanks mate
they're pretty nice, going to be awesome for any shooters I play, then speakers + sub for story games
or headphones for late night gaming
yeah i played Indiana jones on speakers but everything else is on aryas
Waiting on my 5070 Ti to finish red dead
Ok Xol
Yes! I knew you would get it
before i was married I'd play BF BC2/BF3 on speakers like an asshole lol
oh, DLSS 3
That's new on 4000 series. Including FG.
just played a little BF6 on speakers and cranked the sub lol, that's a one way ticket to a noise complaint
Set to War Tapes V.A.L.
not just normal War Tapes
literally called Very Aggressive Listening mix
oh i need to do that then
listening aggressively
ew
painful
sounds painful
you bastards
you know whats funny about this art is fast guy? 294k subs
My back
what is wrong with your back jorjies
DLSS 3 runs on 3080 and stuff
just no FG
Have I missed smth? No idea who this is
sorry we were talking about car shit last night
ah got it
ei keep not being sure if my monitor is on
just gotta whip out the good old mouse wiggle
apple has that feature where the mouse pointer gets huge when you shake it
love it
yeah it's pretty great ngl
windows has
its a gross animation its arguably not worth turning on
close enough
monkey gaming
this on an iPad is so peak
goated for my physics lectures
real shit
Monkey Island
Shit sore
were you gardening
what did you do?
this album so good he puts transitions on like all of it it smacks
turns out my 6000 config was unstable this entire time
lmao
i thought the board was just busted
https://linustechtips.com/topic/1620367-damaged-12-pin-gpu-cable/
holy shit, dude caught this before his 5090 lit on fire
My PC has had random shutdown issues recently so I decided to reseat all my cables and when I took out GPU cable the coverings on two pins were missing and I think they are still in the power connector of my GPU. I'm not sure if this is the cause of my shutdowns, but I'm wary about plugging in th...
guys is it bad taht my laptop has 2 cores 4 threads in the big 25
probably
oh yipee!!!!
i mean that’s like what, kaby and older?
yeah
yeah you’re probably due for an upgrade
gonna upgrade from a i5 7200u and intel integrated graphics to ryzne 7 5800xt and rx 9060 xt
so yk
fire
if it's a chrome book and that's all you need, that's fine
i went 6100u -> 2600x/v56 in 2019 and it was crazy difference
its my main laptop i do gaming and stuff on it
yeah
oof
I have a 7500u in a laptop and its basically unusable. how you're surviving on a 7200u in 2025 is crazy
u dont wanna know
i close litterly evverythign when playign valorant and it still crashes
games shouldn't crash just because the hardware is slow
excuse me
it's a 2 core 4 thread i7?
yeah?
that’s how intel mobile worked until 8th gen
i thought they were always 4/8
not always, not on the low powered mobile stuff
7200u and 7500u are i5 and i7 but the only real difference is 1MB of cache and clockspeeds
TDP is the same 15W
chat i js realzied i cna update drivers on laptops
bad
i wish
200 hundred shots
see you soon to run up 20000 shots
hell yeah
somehow picking up guilty on the way even tho he lives past yyou
Anyone else loving twisted metal season 2?
we'll make it work
its ifiiiiine
uh huh
the problem is that he hasnt had enough alcohol
I need to watch it, watched a few episodes of S1 and liked it
I don't have a problem with alcohol. I just don't drink.
true dat
It's almost fully out I think s2 1-7 or 1-8 are out as of today and next Thursday is season finalle. With up to s2 e10
Sweet, whenever my TV gets fixed or replaced I will have to give it a watch
I mean the peacock website and app exist.
his tv is the swag tho
I think that word changed meaning since I was in highschool does swag still mean secretly we are...
nope
2500W why not
Because you need 4 of those
gaming
project zomboid?
mhm
The shadow of war is no longer in Mordor.
So do I or do I not light the beacons for aid?
shadow of war is acc so good
jorj you a LOTR guy?
ofc
hell yeah
i dont really play triple A titles so its not a huge priority for me im enjoying buying benchmarking stuff
ah got it
bdie i bought does 4400 16-16-16 with no effort
hmmm? whatd you get
giveaway from Siggraph or smth?
fuck I missed the ice cream social at work
I'm sorry what year is it....
Did I some how get transported to the 50's .... Ice cream social.
Is that you Fonzie?
Yeah I am about as cool as the Fonz
Going from a 12700k to a 9800x3d. I usually play games at 4K, have discord running, maybe a browser or two tabs, OBS where I stream or record a video, but that’s mostly it. My 12700k does all of that great, but I would like to see an increase in frames for my games.
I’ve seen that the 9800x3d is great for games, however, I’ve seen people complain about multitasking. Are those bogus? Or what?
I think the 9800x3d will be about equal if not better in multi tasking
9800x3d is similar to 13700k in r23 iirc
oh no, not again
yeah, yeah
Bro I’m sorry I’m still looking into it. I’m seeing so many different reviews and people and I’m getting hella confused.
12700k lol
"multitasking" argument again.. i swear people have no idea what this word means
Enlighten me, sensei
12700k is about 22-23k, 13700k is 30k
yeah that was my point it’ll be faster
Its 2025, you can run more than one application on a CPU at a time... especially a near top of the line Ryzen 7... this shouldn't be a concern.
People act like unless you have a 16-core 9950x, "multitasking" isn't possible. I guess every CPU before that couldn't run two applications at the same time..
I'm not coming at you, Blast, but the infants who spew this word around without thinking for two seconds
the only time my 8 core has sucked is when i was compiling things frequently
and confusing beginners
but then i just used my 12900k instead, but that isn’t normal use
What is R23?
Cinebench R23
The app? 2023 version?
Yes, not Cinebench 2024
its cinebench R23
r24 stinks (I am afraid of change)
R23, the one you want
Wait, why not R24? Is there a major difference?
he just said
He only said it stinks
no he didnt
"i just dont remember the scores for 2024"
that is the reason why nobody uses it
cinebench 2024 is the newest version and is fine we just don’t use it because we’re used to the old one which is still good
Oh
cinebench r23 has some compatibility issues with the newest workstation chips, but otherwise it doesn’t matter
I thought he was talking about versions of CPU’s and them being categorized by Cinebench versions or something
no it’s just test versions
i only brought it up to say your 9800x3d is comparable to the 12700k in multicore
Yeah I see that. It’s only 1k more
I do :(
But multicore score doesn’t mean anything when focusing on fps right
yeah
for gpu benchmarking
depends on the game, but usually no
or well I did cause
nothing cinebench tells you is relevant to gaming performance
2024 uses redshift which is the renderer I used to use
not even the single score
ahhh
I just have to make sure my CPU runs in the 23k range when I first get it
no you dont just use it 😭
specifically for the gpu portion
Or at least. I think that is what I need to do
turn pbo on and just use it
Just use it
Pbo?
no need for anything else
God I’m sorry
running cinebench is going to lead to you freaking out about temps and nobody wants to tell you 83 times that 95c is okay real talk
temps =/= heat into room
boost algorithm
its a benchmark
When I play helldivers, my GPU is over 65 degrees and my 12700k runs at 60-70 degrees too. So my room can and will heat up lol
it’ll make the chip perform the best it can while stating under conditions set at the factory
ill explain this
That’s in the Bios, right?
power = heat into room
yeah
temp = how efficiently you get rid of the power draw
a hotter system technically heats up a room lesss than a cooler one drawing the same power because the cooler one more efficiently cools
So when I get it started, I enable XMP and turn on PBO? Or is it automatically turned on?
yup that it's it
watts=heat and nothing else
everything else is a byproduct
That doesn’t make any sense to me. When I’m playing Helldivers, my PC with its 9 Lian Li fans turn into a heater on my desk. I have to turn on the AC because my room temp goes from 78 to 80 and that’s uncomfortable as heck
but that has nothing to do with how warm your computer is
power gets converted to heat
heat gets dissipated to the air causing ambient temperature to rise
I know heat is a byproduct
cooler and fans just dictates efficiency of step 2
More heat = hotter room
the power you burn playing games is what heats up your room
300w at 60c is 300w at 95c
but a higher temp at the same energy level is still the same energy
so how fast it can dump the heat created by the pc
if your PC uses 800w of power to run?
That's literally just running a small space heater while gaming
35w at 95c = the same heat as 35w at 30c
That would be funny lol.
there is no effective difference
u know, something i dont get about all this heat stuff is the whole thermodynamics part u know like yeah
Yeah my monkey brain just can’t comprehend it. It’s like being introduced to the kilogram of steel vs kilogram of feathers
lmao
you realize there were miners who decided to use their rigs to heat rooms during winter instead of using electric heat.
Cuz heat is heat.
feathers are heavier.
Because you know what was done to those birds to get them.
like electrical energy go to heat energy or something right but at wat part does the electrical energy get used u know like why u know like idk im not no scientist
I guess with my experience many games I play aren’t as intensive as helldivers 2 is
Helldivers is the one game I have that makes my pc run as fast as it can
"used" in the context of energy is pushing it
converted
I play CS2, but it never gets as hot as Helldivers 2. It may not be pulling that many watts idk
Energy is never created, nor lost. It is merely converted from one state to another.
yeah i mean like used as in like when does the electricity turn to heat exactly u know cause like what it doing in there to be turned to heat does it just end its journey as heat u know
oh well this makes sense
electricity in the cpus it goes out and wiggles around the CPU then is it guaranteed to become heat afterwards or does it return somewhere
yes
yes
resistance implies that its guranteed to become heat
and so does the rest of physics ykwimsayin
no
y not
because electricity does not end in the toaster
yes it does
it comes back to wall after going through the toaster
yeah but theres efficiency to everything
so its not guaranteed to become heat
only some of it goes to the wall
well actually other way around
only some of whats pulled by the toaster goes to the toaster
the heat is the other half of efficiency
i reckon idk im stewpid
this conversation sucks
yeah i think we should agree to never go into physics
subnautica is 6 dollar on sale
guys should i cop
no im asking questions about the physics of it i aint in any fault here
thats a stupid question DUHHH
let me take my circuits class this semester and I will get back to you
hm
soundds good
What do you wish to know
you have 5 minutes before I leave for the gym
Cheapskate
so
if i put 10 electrons into a CPU and they go out and live their life doin stuff in the CPU, afterwards do those 10 electrons all become heat or do some come back to me
kino?
it should be 2 dollars, 6 dollars im still thinkin to cop
electrons carry energy and arent exactly energy tho
sybau
I don't think so
i think so
i think most come back
shut yo ass up cuh
Ah yeah my b,
Dawg, you came into #tech-chat-2 to ask whether you should buy a great game for 6 bucks. And you’re sitting here debating when you could be playing
current stays the same
after they leave theyre still vans
so is it when the gates of a transistor is closed that it gets turned into resistance then converted to heat
just empty vans
ok so the electrons they come back cause like its all a big conga line
so assuming they're all open they'd all travel back or
yeah

any lost are due to efficiency
this is too much for my brain to understand
you sound smart this was a smart question to ask i think and this is good point we should find someone who can answer this
mmmm going to chipotle
the energy that they drop off becomes heat
why they drop off energy
cpu wants
gift me that cuh
resistance
see this is where youre losing me
heaters are 100% efficient
all the energy they use is converted into heat
empty electrons back into wall
yes this is things i know of
this shit is HARD
from what i can tell yeah basically
the rest is like leaking current
cause gates draw a lil power even when off
that makes heat
yeah dude
look at this old style sodimm ram layout
actual magic
magic circle fr
its pretty buns as a layout but looks wild
electronics are just sewing for nerds
yeah basiclly
part of me wants to delve into how ram fr works
but all of me knows that its not even worth it
nawww it's worth
all i know is that ram guesses that the cpu is alive
gonna make you oc even better
(probably won't but still)
true
power usage is going to go up as they get more dense that's just how it is
watch 87 buildzoid videos and go insane learning termination timings
i’ve watched almost everything on bz
would a denser chip with the same amount of cores be more power hungry than the less dense chip?
that assumes the denser chip gains no efficiency
so i don’t think so
just watched a cat catch a bug with his paws
amazing
damn
quick question for SFF cooling
I was thinking about getting the Thermalright AXP90-X47 Full, would that be worth it?
idk that would be difficult to test
usually denser means smaller node, which means less power
i just look at 2080Ti and 5090 both being roughly ~750mm, and both running in the 1.0-1.05v range under load, but the 5090 is at 600W and 2080Ti is at 250W
which leads me to believe that as we pack in more SMs/ROPs/etc the power usage is going to go up
nvidia hasnt been cranking voltage to fake generational gains or anything, GB202 is just beastly
now watch some dude make a fully automatic anti air arrow launcher
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bro WHAT
its fucking wild
as advertised i guess
I think he also made an orbital strike cannon that uses coordinates
Ah, PPA
elaborate shawty im not god
Performance power area
If you take the same chip design and shrunk it (smaller node), it would take less area
Same transition count on smaller node = smaller die
More advanced nodes can typically hit the same frequency (performance) at a lower overall power
Or, at the same power budget, can achieve more performance
so
Currently looking at an AM5 motherboard from ASUS. It’s the X870-A Wi-Fi motherboard, however, it says the memory specifications only go up to DDR5-5200? Am I reading something wrong?
fuck you warship eat my shorts
probably
just came across this gem
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what da fuc
Allegedly… great
even the amd website for their cpus says 5600MT at least
thats the QVL for everything
6000MT is the sweet spot
just buy 6000
i found a hardd songgg
6k c36 or better (usually c30 isnt any more expensive and has better ics if you want to oc int he future)
he was looking at 2x32 and there isnt any cheap micron for that anyway
Ok so it will work with 6000MT
2x32 6000cl30-38-38-96 is the move
well if it allegedly works to 8k id assume that 6k is no problem lol
Wait, y’all are talking about the quality?
your in tc2
Idfk the difference between RAM manufacturers and how they look and what they provide
then ignore us
blast wasup
in short 99.99% of the time it will work
at what it says
at least with 6000MT on am5
No I would like to know what quality ram is better than others
(id also trust that a modern x870 board can actually do 8K)
I have Corsair dominator memory
well 6000MT cl30
what do you mean
xd
Idk what CL is
i mean im sorry? 😭 what kit is it
5600mhz
cas latency, the first number in the xmp rating that isnt the frequency
All I know
oh man
there's also 2x16gb ddr5-6000 cl28 for $103
lower is better at the same frequency
pc part picker at the tips of your fingers
wat
cuh cuih
microcenter doesn't have a lot of good options
their cpu and gpu prices are usually fairly good though
That’s why I’m looking at that first
yeah the microcenter bundle usually is just hard to sell ram/boards
cuh
If it’s cheaper at Microcenter, I’ll go there first
their 9600X/7600X bundle is meh though
+$50 for 32gb ddr5-6000 cl36 memory
so like 330 for 9600X, a bad motherboard, and medicore ram
just buy the $180 (sometimes $150) 9600X and run
bad motherboard??
oof its gone up in price now, 270 for the 7600X
and atp I'd rather spend an extra $60 for better mobo and ram
do not get the 7600x or 9600x bundle.
This instead:
the 9600x bundle is 340 + 50$ to get 32GB RAM
okay but 1x16GB for am5 is just big dumb
how much performance do you lose
too much
on a 7600x3d?
very great number
7600X/9600X
Last I saw, 1 stick vs 2 on DDR5 wasn't that big a change
it's a 1x16gb 6000 cl36 kit
rather spend an extra $60 to get 2x16gb 6000 cl30 and a much better motherboard
much better how
just get one of these and call it a day:
is that ECC
HELL YEA
i wonder if Marvell has fixed their 10gig stuff
damn they have bundles for that shit in the states?
you guys have it good
well, microcenter is a unicorn store
i just have my HEDT bundles used
x299
so nice
welp guess i have gotten into conan
Sometimes I wish MC would just offer a discount on a different board of our choosing, over buying the bundle board
if the "bundle" board was 130 bucks or something, give us a 100$ discount on a compatible board of our choice, so I can get ITX instead. >.<
ITX bundle could be cool
but remember the ram and cpu is preinstalled so it can just go into the mobo box
no it's not
i swear it was
nope, I've bought bundles more than once, you get 3 boxes
buuuu
all retail boxed everything
I wonder if they offer these boards for cheaper in the bundle by buying in bulk and asking the manufacturers to discount them due to the volume that they're purchasing?
it's likely
they 100% are
the bundle exists to clear stock too
it’s not like they pick the b650 tuf for its redeeming qualities
last time I went to MC, this was the open box shelf:
or smn but LONG LONG time
tf is going on with the ax v2
that 7970x bundle is juicy af tho
https://www.microcenter.com/product/5007003/amd-ryzen-9-9900x,-msi-x870e-mag-tomahawk-wifi,-gskill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle this is quite a weird bundle
good board but a 9900x and cl36 ram
the Tuf ain't that terrible tho:
Perfectly acceptably io on back
3x m.2 slots is fine
PCIE is kinda lacking, but who really gives a fuck
VRMs are totally fine
like, what is someone missing out on in the tuf that any normal user actually needs?
(if someone's buying a MC bundle, they're not getting into overclocking or anything else like that, so that's irrelevant.)
it not being asus
well yeah that’s why it’s bundled
what motherboard brand is one we can't shit on
EVGA
supermicro :)
nah we can
the z790 dark doesn’t support 14th gen officially still
nah their bios updates were slow as shit back then no
nevermind any microcode fixes
I mean cause their bios team was dissolved but yeag
evga is top 3 glazed company in the pc space if not #1
firing the bios team would definitely fall under something you can shit on them for
Asus? Gigabyte? Asrock? MSI? NZXT?
Like... there's literally nobody we can't shit all over for something....
So, aside from pointless whining about brand, what actually is wrong with the TUF?
I mean they practically don't exist anymore
you said asrock twice
i remember
I just hate the name
in what way?
the ultimate force like argh
counter strike has done something
do they also have the same issues on am5?
idk but fairly certain nzxt boards are just asrock boards
thought they were biostar last gen
no
fine i/o. (not exciting, but not terrible)
3 nvme slots
PCIE Slots (as if anyone actually uses it)
what's the tuf actually missing?
if you mean the bottom just looks very open, you aint gonna see it with a gpu?
is it exciting? Nope. It's a fairly cheap board, none of those are exciting.
but like what is it actually missing
cheap boards are cheap, no way
the 1KG of metal that does NOTHING here
lol
ram overclocking
i am wondering if kyoko has a nzxt board
i also do love full occver boards
manual won’t open on my phone for whatever reason but i look for lanes when i buy boards
that’s why i have my tomahawk
how many people who buy a microcenter bundle will do more than click "XMP"
the edge has 2 dimm slots that is all
the tuf is fine for the average person i never said it wasn’t
all B650's have the same lanes.
it's all about where its placed
why would you not be able to use it
me personally? it can’t do 3 nvme + 10gb nic
it also won’t do 8000 like my current board
but that isn’t a factor for the microcenter bundle
it's just the cheapest mobo and ram possible i swear
.... yes, that's why they're cheap
cheap bundles are cheap since they are using cheap parts, no never
cheap parts at scale only become cheaper
we’ve completed the full circle
their am4 deals were better
a 9600x + 32GB RAM + Board for well under 350$ means you're getting some discounts somewhere
am4 was a lot cheaper in general
am4 had such a shit spec
buy a ryzen 5/7, get $50 off any of their compatible mobo and $5 off inland/samsung ssd
you could get junk boards for super cheap
80$ boards aren't things anymore
i love how some 300 boards even got pcie 4
had a b350 i saw in the bios logs got pcie 4
like this is quite the board
that one overheats
with a 5600?
I think the system crashed when it tried to run a 5900X long stress test or 5800X
yeah that board with 6 phase should not go over a Ryzen 5
i do not think anyone ever marketed it to do that even
that board is the 3600/5600 special
get some little vrm heatsinks for a dollar from aliexpress and chuck a 5950x in that bih
for 1 dollar more you could probably get a better mobo
na
asrock B650M-H is a funny one as its 83eur. whats the best cpu it can stand?
9950X3D
watch it cry
can it actually?
the main good thing about am5 is amd kinda forced partners to make boards decent
well yea you can stick it in there and boot to windows
well obv, i just meant like it wont overheat or sum
maybe a ryzen 7 if you don't push the power on it
With a 9700? Def, since those are lower power draw
but so far it's a little better than what am4 was
in gaming probs not
but a 7800X3D it can do dat EZ PZ
but this one
so for something like 7500F it would work absolutely perfectly
but with those they are ofc meant for like 7600 and such
that is the main point of it
quite the board
that gets a Ryzen 3 8300G
that fucker probably doesn't even have 16 lanes wired to the slot
okay it does ACTUALLY have 2 nvme
worse... its a 4+1+1
and only 2 SATA? rofl
like barely enough for a NAS
WTF it has the same name as like 2 other boards
well, anyone buying an A620 board deserves what they paid for
x670e gene
impressive for that piece of junk yeah
if only it wasnt vaporware
in what world is A620 unbeatable
1dpc too
unbeatable in being low cost
hopefully this is priced fairly
you can get B boards for basically the same price if its the cheaper ones
three hunnid? tolerable but ill hope for less
that's the one that never released right
Q3 2025 release was the original plan
what's the power connector on the bottom for
Q3 stretches up to September 30th so we still have to wait and see
its the marketing connector
if only there was a debug display there instead of a power connector
past mpower boards had it on a little daughter card
specs look good tho
i think its thiis
the funny
this is heresy
can’t wait for an external postcode to show only 15
cant forget Ab
which doesn’t even mean an error btw in the manual
15 -> c5 -> aB or 15 -> boots is the only dialogue options my board has
00
mr gulty
i don’t think i ever see 00 actually
99 is the last one i see before it posts and becomes a cpu temp readout
this is a very good thing
i knew people said the intel post codes were more useful but the amd ones are more useless than i imagined
what about 7/11 = 0.63 = 63 code
only thing its helped me with is confirm memory training was taking place
granted my system works but i’ve only ever seen it fail on code 15
never any other memory related code
well, 15 at least on AMD isn't a "fail", per say
yeah thats normal
are intel codes able to say the cpu finally died from over volting?
mem training
but if it gets stuck there it doesnt work
“safe mode” doesn’t work on the tomahawk
it’ll just hang on ab but i have a cmos reset button so it’s chill
but post codes are one of those things that drive me crazy with the departments in charge of writing manuals. 50/50 on if they'll actually be listed there
the tomahawk manual has a good block diagram for lane allocation
quite pleased with this board
i hate nondescript post codes
MSI and Asrock started doing block diagrams last gen. I believe Asus is now on some boards this gen. EVERYONE should be required to do this
i agree completely
block diagram is such a basic yet incredibly useful thing to have
I even have mine saved as an image in my pictures I ❤️ it so much
being able to do this is why i like the board so much
disable some useless usb ports to have a third nvme? no problem
it is crazy to me that (as far as i know) only MSI allows that
thats actually your USB4 controller, Asmedia ASM4242
yeah i just don’t need usb 4
adds a new standard of external port that can almost kinda do pcie hot swap, just to make it almsot optional
I could have benefitted from that, instead x4 CPU lanes dedicated to it
and I don't use them
i do find it neat that they piped the iGPU through them for display out
what happens if you do not have a igpu
then they won't work for display out
sad
I really don't like the decision to use a separate DAC, a good one at that, and only wire it to the front panel audio only
looks yum
trying bf6
does this have direct storage? cause i load very fast
like almost instantly
some sort of optimisation magic
run support btw
hate that it pulls out my first gun when i get revived for some reason
or maybe i was twaking
i hate that it uses the netflix main menu but thats about it
The whole beta which is prob 95% of the textures and such from the full game is only 38GB
Sometimes places give you these tiny little scallops
ok fuck this, buying an amp. i fucking pissed at this schiit
What are you going to get dude?
don't worry, nothing like what you have
Mine's not really anything special, I'm just always curious
i get my new cable and all is well but huh, where has my volume gone
cranking the knob to max and still not satisfied
ok, make sure its in high gain
Could the cable have added any resistance or something?
it is.. switch to low gain and see what happens? huh, that did... nothing
back to high gain, no change
Oh weird
jiggle the switch, occasionally get high gain.. BUT ONLY IN MY LEFT EAR
Ffs
I had some schiit stuff for like 20 mins and could tell the switches and volume control were not going to be with me very long
made in the usa 😐
With chinesium parts
fair
oh, oh.. i got it just right and i'm getting high gain in both ears
Is it me or is this game kinda mid
nah its good
now i need to slide the amp back..
Stake it in place
Also not for nothing but my rebel is in low or med gain and it's loud as fuck
i can't leave it like that
lmao.. i don't wanna touch it
phew.. they're back
still getting something else
Topping DX3 Pro+ looks attractive
This is a review and detailed measurements of the Topping DX3 Pro+ DAC and headphone amplifier. It is a replacement for one of my most favorite combo products, the DX3 Pro. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $199.
The DX3 Pro+ maintains the gorgeous and high contrast orange LEDs...
"Jigsaw Falling Into Place" - In Rainbows, Radiohead 
yeah i still dont like modern battlefield
@topaz veldt i mentioned this earlier but they added a new addition
What are you talking about guilty
different audio mixes in BF6
js getting spawn camped
some games will be like that if your team is ass
it amazes me this is still a problem i wont even sugar coat it
interesting I will try it out
should i work from here next week or just go home and have all my shit
I trust ASR
the DX3 Pro+ had no trouble bringing out the best fidelity in both Sennheiser HD650
sold
topping is the goat
I actually like the song 15 Step
nobody else produces better measuring equipment for the same price afaik
will you go USB or optical
most of the album is fantastic
couple flops
probably back to USB if I want to experiment with DSD
or any price for that matter, their new A900 and D900 are just silly
Oh man I hope you get the DSD bug
Its just interesting
yeah if you have jriver just pick some audios up
nothing super ultra mainstream is in dsd but its still good
I only mess with DSD on headphones but there are some cool like 5.1+ DSD mixes
how do i spawn with more mags
support class
hey that’s what i have
although i have hd 58x on it
awesome, it looks perfect
anyone here a photographer?
Sometimes. When I feel motivated. It's been a long time since I was motivated...
I dabble
@edgy laurel this 8Bitdo ultimate 2 whatever is fucking me up with the nintendo switch button layout
Gentleman I hate to distract from tech chat but look at this bomb ass burger I made
stop looking at it! I used mine Ultimate 1 with those buttons for 2 years and never thought about it!
OMG
FUCCCKKK
nah its not a look at it thing, the buttons are flipped in games w/ bluetooth on macos
that lookks awesome akn
holy shit
ohh, well that you can fix in the ultimate software
homemade burger sauce, pickles, caramleized onions, bacon, patty, then a sunny side up egg
yo drop the recipe 
the ratios.. just perfection
oh can I?
On Windows or MacOS?
It was so fucking good, figured food-chat-2 would appreciate
100% remappable, but I think windows only
iiiiiinteresting
wait there's a fuggin Ultimate 3 now?
The newly designed 82 is a one-stop solution for your 8BitDo devices. You can use it to configure keys, macros and a series of other professional-grade features as per preference, keep your devices up to date.
3-Mode, another weird configuration of supported devices
OK cool will check out
@indigo walrus @topaz veldt I'm planning during black friday to buy a canon eos r6 markii but im debating on which lens i should get? i like taking group photos (20ppl), scenery photos, and street photography and astrophotography. what would be a good lens?
you can't really do all of those things with one lens
watching Cleet make an expensive mistake
saw the title but haven't watched yet
oooof
all low volume custom ordered carbon bodies
sorry got hungry
Gonna need gloves for this one
not after that burger you didn't
I ate it over the sink shirtless like a MAN
I'll eat a burger with fork and knife if I have to
when you're free, check out my latest rant #tech-chat-2 message
Burgers and burritos are foods I don't mind getting messy with
So long Schiit 🫡
We should get an award for buying something called Schiit and expecting it to be good
sigh
💀
thanks to akn for making me hungry in the morning
But yours lasted a while did it not? At least you got a few years out of it
No problem I got you bro
dude im boutta start class and this guy drops a banger of a hunger tease
I forget which schiit I had but it was very uninspiring I think I had it a month
Good run, but it's time to go
I guess its time to move on
Modius apparently reviews quite well
Reviews sure. but how long will it last
Also I think my 4070 knows it's getting replaced, getting anywhere from 20-40 fps more in RDR2 after booting it up for a while
more than you did before?
Yeah I clicked through, seems super solid
yes
huh..
one last hoorah I guess
thanks for doing this to me
Man we’re eating so good with displays these days
man i hate photography, or at least phone cameras. thats not what i'm seeing! why is it blown the fuck out and yellow
happy to help
😛 only Tim Cook knows
Also, the S90D is now on good behavior and working (I hope the Samsung technician or Woot gets this devil TV out of my house)
That is the SH-9 and SU-9 its solid, but kinda spensive
OK @edgy laurel should "8bitdo Ultimate 2 Bluetooth Controller" work with dongle in my MBP 14?
Dude I wanna get outta class to eat rn
what class is it
networking
that one doesn't seem to work with anything Apple, neither does the "8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller" that I bought
eh go get some grub
I could fuck up a waffle rn



