tech-chat-2

[turbid locust]

lol

[wise bear]

oh its great now

btw only really get the dlc if it goes on sale

[turbid locust]

word

[wise bear]

I really like how the game is no longer 90 fucking gigs

[turbid locust]

Yeah I remember it being larger than 46Gb lol

One of my Alexas keep making the disconnect and reconnect noise and im about to unplug it forever

driving me insane

[fluid gale]

ima try my luck here cus other channel blowin up 🥲

share some knowledge with me 🙏 completely new pc just built tried to install windows it says core files missing and everytime it boots theres a different error the motherboard cpu socket did have a few bents but mostly fixed and idk bro the ram area was so crunchy it boots up but cant install windows im planning on replacing the motherboard bc wth i can share part lists

[low sorrel]

your playing ron without me :(

[wise bear]

COME PLAY THEN

[low sorrel]

fun fact you can pirate the dlc with just changing a dll

[wise bear]

I didn't even think you'd be up lmao

[low sorrel]

im in the same timezone as you

[wise bear]

Oh!

[turbid locust]

I am not

[wise bear]

Yeah come play then I got an open lobby

[turbid locust]

Just an insomniac

[low sorrel]

im a chinese person living in canada

theres only one place i could be from

[turbid locust]

ron is making me install NET frameworks

11 IoT moment

[low sorrel]

give me 15 minutes

in val game

[turbid locust]

masochism

[wise bear]

gross, valorant

[turbid locust]

GAME LOUD

[low sorrel]

i have riot ddev on my team

[turbid locust]

lol

[brisk jolt]

disgusting reyna player gtfo

[low sorrel]

i play reyna or omen

my trio took omen

[wise bear]

hurry uppppp

[wise bear]

jerry lets gooo

[low sorrel]

okkkkkkkkkkkkk give me a minute

[brisk jolt]

scanning a head

[low sorrel]

he wiffed that btw

[wise bear]

jerryyyyyyy

[low sorrel]

never getting on ron

[brisk jolt]

9-2 to 10-7

[low sorrel]

10-2 to 10-7

11-7

[brisk jolt]

good fkin

job

[low sorrel]

11-8

i blame peyton

[wise bear]

CMON

LETS GO ALREADYYYY

[turbid locust]

lemme log into your val account and end that game rq

[wise bear]

deadass

[low sorrel]

deadass?

[turbid locust]

LMAO

[brisk jolt]

ntnt (nice throw)

[low sorrel]

i asked the riot dev he said do it

[brisk jolt]

considering getting just the P2C phantom

[low sorrel]

11-11

MY PC CRASHED AT 12-11

[wise bear]

oh good you can join us then

[low sorrel]

No we're in ot

[wise bear]

NOUR NOT

I can't believe this

LMAO mac just got smoothied

[turbid locust]

unauthorized use of force for a simple double tap is crazy

[low sorrel]

we lostt

"simple murrder"

lettme in

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/too-bad-iso-valorant-unfortunate-unlucky-gif-17007211239246658401

[low sorrel]

So we doing this again tomorrow?

[wise bear]

I'm down

Probably deeper in the afternoon, 4-5ish

[low sorrel]

Not drunk?

[wise bear]

Macs had more than me

[low sorrel]

He's an alcoholic

[wise bear]

Fair

[turbid locust]

woah

I am a functioning alcoholic

there's a difference

[low sorrel]

Mac go to sleep it's like 3am

[turbid locust]

I will eventually

[low sorrel]

Also I'm completely convinced Peyton thinks I'm floppa

[turbid locust]

[low sorrel]

She thought I was native american like floppa

And lived in a different time zone

[turbid locust]

well like floppa lives in the same time zone as you guys so

[brisk jolt]

im at work and im seein people from the US up at 3am for them

[low sorrel]

That's only mac

[merry stirrup]

emergency room

[low sorrel]

What

[merry stirrup]

just a cyst that burst i think

we’ll see shawties

[low sorrel]

RIP

Wait no

Not the best choice of words lok

[cloud vigil]

we seeing shawties in the emergency room??? 🥵

[merry stirrup]

of course

[low sorrel]

Also do you really need to go to the ER for a burst cyst?

[vocal plume]

Depends in where and how

You do NOT want that getting infected

[low sorrel]

Urgent care

[frank cypress]

drunk driver vs drunk crasher

[frank cypress]

nooo get well soon

[low sorrel]

Floppa if you die can I get your computers?

[brisk jolt]

like damn

[low sorrel]

That cpu is probably worth more then the 3060ti nowdays

[brisk jolt]

I was thinkin maybe i cld go down and cop some airpods pro 3s

but nvm idt they have it xd

[frank cypress]

good

[lucid vine]

Creative 😂

[vocal plume]

Thats wild lmao

I cant tell which cpu that is though, I know its am5

[gentle urchin]

Finally a good computer case

[lucid vine]

Genius

[gloomy vault]

come now

im omw there

dosent hurt to ask

[civic reef]

Drunk crashers give us drunk drivers a bad name

[stable turret]

In the past, the 60 tier cards used to be on par with the last gen 80 tier in terms of raw performance, looking at gtx 1060 vs gtx 980. In comparison, nowadays the 60 tier cards are way worse in terms of value and can you even imagine 5060 beating 4080? No you can’t. Even the base model 5070 couldn’t achieve the same performance as rtx 4080.

It feels bleak looking at the consumer gaming market, and how much margins the gpu makers want from us.

Though from the bottom of my heart I know, us the gamers (or regular people who use their cards for productivity), only takes up a very limited fraction of their overall revenue

No wonder how nvidia doesn’t treat us as the first class citizen as Apple does

A stark comparison

[pure garnet]

try using a reference point from this half of the decade that also didn’t involve a major node shrink (we don’t jump that much anymore)

[stable turret]

Counter argument: while Apple is already on N3P in terms of process node, NVIDIA is still basing off their latest processors on 5nm process

[pure garnet]

the 2016 arch vs 2014 arch is the reddit wincon but they’re both incredibly outdated nodes

and n3p isn’t nearly as large of a gap as 28nm -> 12nm

apple making tiny phone chips on fabs that increase price dramatically (who also help fund r&d) isn’t really surprising

[stable turret]

5nm -> n4p -> n3b -> n3e -> n3p

It’s gonna be a transition across many generations

[pure garnet]

n3b was garbage so i dont blame nvidia for not using it

amd is also using 5nm family products though

[stable turret]

4nm

[pure garnet]

4nm is still part of the 5nm family

there’s no boogeyman in the shadows hiding giant leaps in density from gamers

pascal was a unique time when density still doubled frequently

4np (which blackwell uses) falls under 5nm but it’s technically “4nm” in the world of marketing

[torpid blaze]

How much power does a 4 pin connector pull

These ones specifically

I noticed my pc has two of these sockets for them but only one is being used

[devout ridge]

192w

does it have 2 4 pin connectors, or 1 8pin connector

[torpid blaze]

My motherboard has 2 4 pin connector sockets

Only one is used

[torpid blaze]

Is there a way i could use them for a low power gpu

Something like a 4060 or a 5050

Since the motherboard itself draws 75 watts

[devout ridge]

They use different connectors

[torpid blaze]

I mean like adapter wise

If those exists

[devout ridge]

you can get lower power 4060s and 5050s without external power connectors

[torpid blaze]

Oh really?

[devout ridge]

Mhm

[torpid blaze]

I thought the minimum was a 6 pin

[devout ridge]

It uses the PCIE slot power

[torpid blaze]

I knew the 3050 didnt need external power but not the 4060 or the 5050

Since the 4060 has an 8 pin and the 5050 having a 6 pin

[civic reef]

Some models can use PCIe slot power only

[torpid blaze]

Really? Do you have a model or name i can use to find this

[shell void]

who does this guy think he is? frame chasers? @topaz veldt

[civic reef]

Okay unfortunately cannot find any

And seems like not even the 5050 has PCIe power only

[torpid blaze]

The 5050 has pcie power?

Thats new

[civic reef]

It has an 8 pin, surprisingly

[torpid blaze]

Yeah theres a 6 pin version

For the lower vram version

I was hoping i could get an adapter of sorts for my 4 pin socket to a 6pin

[shell void]

5050 and 5060 run at roughly the same power

[civic reef]

XX50 cards are usually known for being low power / not even needing external power but I guess NVidia fucked it up

[torpid blaze]

Since the wattage of those are low

[shell void]

5050 desktop is a piece of crap meme, don’t buy it

[torpid blaze]

Should i go 4060 then

[civic reef]

So there's like 0 efficency advantage

[shell void]

5060 is more efficient by a lot

[torpid blaze]

Im only buying at discount price dont worry

[civic reef]

Because both cards have Low Profile vers aswell

[shell void]

if it’s cheap then sure but i’d try to get a 5060

[torpid blaze]

Yeah its only a temporary pc until am6 platform comes out

[civic reef]

Wait what's your PSU

[torpid blaze]

Its a 400w hp psu but the thing has no 6-8 pin connectors

It's only a temporary pc until i make my own

Its on am4 platform with a 5600

[shell void]

at stock settings the 5600 is an 88W peak CPU so a 4060 or 5060 will be fine on your 400w psu

you’d just have to get a sata power adapter or whatevs

[civic reef]

Thankfully the card is 145w so the adapter won't be risky

[torpid blaze]

I heard sata is bad

For adapters so im deciding on using the 4 pin socket

[civic reef]

No

[torpid blaze]

Sata can only pull like 50w im pretty sure

[civic reef]

They're different, and it'll cause some problems if you try to use it

[civic reef]

The adapter uses 2x SATA

[torpid blaze]

What does that mean

It needs 2 sata inputs?

I do have those thankfully

[civic reef]

Yes

[torpid blaze]

Allright sounds good

[civic reef]

You'd be getting 108w maximum on the PCIe 6+2

[torpid blaze]

Im not gonna overclock it or anything

[civic reef]

Which is 37w below TDP

[torpid blaze]

Prob just underclock it

[civic reef]

Yeah you'll be fine

[torpid blaze]

Yeah im getting a good trade in deal at my local store for a 4060 in exchange for my 3050

So i just wanted to prepare that

But what is the extra 4 pin cpu connector for?

[civic reef]

Some CPUs pull LOTS of power

The highest I've heard of is like 350w

[torpid blaze]

Ah thats just if i ever want a higher power cpu

Prob not worth it since im on am4

[civic reef]

Yeah but with your current power supply I don't think it'd be a good idea

[torpid blaze]

Ill wait till am5 is cheaper to get an actual non pre built pc

[civic reef]

What's your possible budget

[torpid blaze]

Maybe 500 usd more or less

This pc im using is a modified office pc

I got it cause it was big enough for upgrade capability

[civic reef]

Yeahhh in the current market you can't get much for that

[torpid blaze]

Yeah am5 is still fresh rn

[civic reef]

Are you able to use Amazon or such

[torpid blaze]

I could but i get most of my stuff from second hand stores but i bought my parts like gpu and cpu brand new

And psu too

[civic reef]

What country are you from? - Just to put it as the site country on PCPartPicker

[torpid blaze]

I am in asia

[civic reef]

You can definitely not answer, it's just to make deals easier

Ah

[torpid blaze]

But yeah my budget is around 500 usd more or less i plan to buy mid-late next year

When am5 is abit more affordable

I also have some peripherals ready to reduce cost

[brisk jolt]

job

[shell void]

jumpscared me

[edgy laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/andy-bernard-fishing-the-office-andy-catches-jim-big-tuna-gif-10582329193879870911

[frank zealot]

If you're planning to buy a year plus out, don't worry about shopping yet.

Collect money, and when you're 2-3 months from buying, start paying attention

[torpid blaze]

Wdym

[frank zealot]

things will change over the next year and looking at things today won't be the same as next year

[torpid blaze]

My plan was to save around 500 bucks this year and see how the market is

[topaz veldt]

thats wild

[torpid blaze]

Hppefully by then am5 will mellow down along with ddr5 parts

[topaz veldt]

whats up big tuna

[shell void]

my glorious ai top

[torpid blaze]

Realistically does the average person need a threadripper

Unless their making some high level production work

[frank zealot]

abso-fucking-lutely not.

Almost nobody needs one

[shell void]

it’s a downgrade in performance from a 9950x3d for the majority of people

[steel stream]

Tkitch is lying

[frank zealot]

Even most "high level production" is more than fine on a 9950X / X3D and a good GPU

[steel stream]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-athlon-3000g-resurfaces-in-new-box-am4-dual-core-cpu-now-40-in-japan

[shell void]

oh okay people just don’t read and got mad, the board is fine

[torpid blaze]

Athlon on am4? Im gonna vomit

[frank zealot]

already a thing and has been for years

[edgy laurel]

seems you answered your own question. Need abundant cores, memory capacity and throughput or PCIe lanes? Then thats your platform. Otherwise no.

[torpid blaze]

Oh hell naw

[topaz veldt]

Back in stock

[frank zealot]

sorry but it's true, it's been on the platform for years

[steel stream]

wait what?

[pure garnet]

gigabyte and most returned makes sense

[torpid blaze]

Yeah i can see the threadripper being amazing bang for buck if your gonna use all those cores fully but overall i doubt it if your entry level

[edgy laurel]

you have a use case or you don't, i'm not sure i'm following you're reasoning. seems like you're trying to argue against normal gamers buying it but no one is making that argument

[shell void]

you can only use four dimms with non-pro TR CPUs, people tried to run 8, they got mad, and they returned the board

the board is fine

[steel stream]

ah

[shell void]

this is why other TRX50 boards only have 4 slots

[torpid blaze]

I meant in the case of beginner production work, i know the threadripper isnt for gaming

Its just a waste if your not using its potential

[edgy laurel]

"production work" is a bit vague

[pure garnet]

that’s how everything works

[brisk jolt]

just get a 9950x and call it a day lmao

[frank zealot]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Athlon_processors

Since Carrizo chips in 2016. So, since the start of AM4, it's had Athlon chips

[edgy laurel]

cores, memory throughput/capacity, pcie lanes. If you need a lot of any of those, thats it

[torpid blaze]

Im gonna stick to my ryzen 😔

[shell void]

affordable workstation? U9 285K + 2x64GB

better than threadripper for most people

[frank zealot]

Do you run an app most days that will benefit from more than 2 GPUs?

Then Threadripper might be your thing

or do you need 256GB+ RAM? Maybe threadripper

[torpid blaze]

What app would need more then 2 gpus 😔

[pure garnet]

i compiled a kernel once i need threadripper immediately

[torpid blaze]

Genuinely wondering

[shell void]

or you could budget ball with 265K + 2x32GB, that’s killer value for a workstation

[frank zealot]

AI, some rendering, some other things

[torpid blaze]

Fair enough

[pure garnet]

265k is such a value king

[torpid blaze]

Rendering can be very demanding

[pure garnet]

20 cores for $259

[frank zealot]

can be. but only on the high end, which even amongst people rendering, is the minority

[torpid blaze]

Yeah most normal stuff i dont think will require such high end parts

Unless your making a whole movie

Or something

[edgy laurel]

Everything that uses GPU's for computation. computational fluid dynamics, 3D rendering, LLM's, simulation.

[brisk jolt]

i hit 100% cpu usage i need a TR 9995WX

[torpid blaze]

That is a beautiful case i cant lie

[edgy laurel]

the case is what you're gravitating towards lol

[shell void]

lisa probably gets hot flashes when she sees this picture while scrolling twitter

[steel stream]

Someone in my class just said they would like to work for AMD in the future :(

[torpid blaze]

Why is that a sad thing

[shell void]

why is a chinese spy in your class?

[edgy laurel]

not the Threadripper and 7x 5090's

[torpid blaze]

They can hook you up with early chips fr

[shell void]

holy optimal

[steel stream]

I don't want no AMD chips

[torpid blaze]

Holy demon

[steel stream]

I've reported him to the government already

[shell void]

https://tenor.com/view/avaneesh-gif-27698935

[steel stream]

A second person has said AMD

[torpid blaze]

That thing is playing on frames per nanoseconds

[pure garnet]

always malfunctioning devices

[edgy laurel]

I just love anything with black tubing and manifolds

[torpid blaze]

Looks like a guitar jack

[steel stream]

A couple people said NVIDIA, which is acceptable

[torpid blaze]

Why the beef with amd twin 😔

[shell void]

black soft tubing is my fav too

[steel stream]

Their architecture is boring

[shell void]

it looks powerful and classy

[edgy laurel]

its the schtick around here. AMD shills are common, this is a conclave of Intel shills.

[torpid blaze]

But i mean they do make some good stuff dont they

[edgy laurel]

all 6 of them

[torpid blaze]

Oh this is an intel home?

Fair enough

[steel stream]

From about 8am-11pm EST yes this is an Intel chat

[edgy laurel]

hngggg

[steel stream]

Their high end stuff is cool and all, but I think their consumer products are uninspiring, and could be improved upon easily

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/glee-emma-pillsbury-so-this-is-what-being-turned-on-feels-like-being-turned-on-gif-21665352

[shell void]

i love the aesthetic of naked black dimms

[edgy laurel]

kinda naked

[pure garnet]

black pcbs are always classy

[shell void]

i wish i could just buy binned naked black dimms

i don’t need your mostly plastic branded “heatspreader”

with zero surface area

[pure garnet]

heat insulator with rgb heat producer up top

[shell void]

for real

[torpid blaze]

Imagine the price of making an all white version of that

Probably the price of a home

[final glacier]

https://wccftech.com/review/msi-b850mpower-motherboard-review-the-best-am5-matx-for-overclockers/

[edgy laurel]

yeah but sexy af piano black

[shell void]

a gigabyte iced out threadripper board would be so gah damn pretty

[pure garnet]

it’s a shame the gigabyte uefi is as buggy as it is

because they make some damn nice looking white boards

[shell void]

yeah those are one of the prettier stock spreaders

[edgy laurel]

I want more piano black PC parts

should all come with white gloves

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/speedball-huellas-fingertips-gif-18004300

[edgy laurel]

i'm serious! as long as you don't have to touch it regularly its FINE

[pure garnet]

piano black mouse

[edgy laurel]

ok lets not get too excited

[torpid blaze]

How black is piano black

[edgy laurel]

yes

[final glacier]

finger print/dust magnifiers

[edgy laurel]

yeah but worth the upkeep

on things you don't touch

[steel stream]

My parent's new car has piano black all over the interior and it's not great lol

[edgy laurel]

yeah see you touch/sneeze/cough on that

thats where its not ideal

[steel stream]

I think like the door handle is piano black too lol

[final glacier]

even after a day you'd notice a slight dust build up

[edgy laurel]

i'm mostly advocating for PC parts in a case

[steel stream]

yes that would be great

[edgy laurel]

that you don't touch, and dust anyway

[steel stream]

need to bring piano black to the masses

[torpid blaze]

Microfiber everything just to handle it

Microfiber glove

Microfiber eyes

Microfiber nose

[shell void]

everything should be matte except for displays

[edgy laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/tedlasso-yikes-gif-27201348

[fervent elm]

Piano black you say

[edgy laurel]

should not exist in car interiors

[steel stream]

Surely that just means they are rock solid right? Right??

TSMC Mentioned in class

[pale grove]

that gear lever looks so weird

slightly phallic

[edgy laurel]

yeah totally

[modest laurel]

peeps

[edgy laurel]

you must not see the inside of many cars cause i got news for you...

[modest laurel]

how long bluetooth receiver usually last? i'm talkin like Tp-Link stuff

[edgy laurel]

huh?

[steel stream]

It sucks for investors, but man is that hilarious to see, you actively have made no money after 25 years

[modest laurel]

is it supposed to be more than 1 year? under assumption always on when my pc on

[steel stream]

like the device physically?

[pale grove]

I mean this looks more phallic than most gear sticks I've seen

[modest laurel]

yes

[edgy laurel]

lifespan? there is no data on this but common sense is yes, your electronics should still be alive after a year

no one is tracking USB bluetooth module lifespans..

[modest laurel]

it got detected on my control panel, but won't receive my wireless gaming controller

[gloomy vault]

cb nvm full of fuckers

all trying to buy the 17

[modest laurel]

huh

[topaz veldt]

don't worry its just fragile

[edgy laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/a-christmas-story-fragile-italian-gif-3578174

[steel stream]

is it in pair mode or?

[steel stream]

that is the weirdest fragile sticker I have ever seen

[edgy laurel]

yes

[topaz veldt]

yeah i dunno who made that one

[edgy laurel]

ok.. so normal troubleshooting. can you pair any other device? If you use it on another PC with the drivers installed, can you pair a device then?

[modest laurel]

yes, it was fine few minutes ago, suddenly gone

[topaz veldt]

wow its uline

@steel stream https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-261/Shipping-and-Handling-Labels/Fluorescent-Shipping-Labels-Fragile-Handle-With-Care-2-x-3?pricode=WB0388

[edgy laurel]

have you told the OS to "forget" the device and start a new pair from scratch?

is it detecting other devices in the area?

[modest laurel]

just did

[edgy laurel]

far too many things to do before you can say its "dead"

[brisk jolt]

work

[modest laurel]

i don't have any other bluetooth device on me rn

and my gamin controller works with the wire now

[pure garnet]

do you own a phone

[modest laurel]

yes

[pure garnet]

you have a bluetooth device then

[steel stream]

interesting

[brisk jolt]

some fuck who told me to stfu before fell for the stupid scam

[steel stream]

the headphone guy?

[modest laurel]

Ok now, in control panel it said driver error in Bluetooth receiver

Reinstalled driver, restart, still nothing

[edgy laurel]

need to try another PC to verify quickly if the Rx is broken, or just your PC

[brisk jolt]

pixelatd

aka elian’s best friend prob

[edgy laurel]

elian mentioned

[brisk jolt]

dude asked me to “stfu dont speak” while i was giving my take

[topaz veldt]

maybe he was just singing No Doubt

[halcyon ocean]

My pc wont boot at all, anyone?

[brisk jolt]

nah he also told other ppl to stfu

and like elian, he’s always speakin low iq shit

[topaz veldt]

I was just messing around

[edgy laurel]

jay builds a nas https://youtu.be/8Tcy_dfHzHg

[shell void]

everyone in the comments is horrified by the part selection

[edgy laurel]

i'm not at all surprised

[fringe vigil]

My Nike dunks have arrived bro

[edgy laurel]

why does he keep calling it a blade

[topaz veldt]

oh boy

[fringe vigil]

Black

[topaz veldt]

and yellow

[fringe vigil]

No white

[edgy laurel]

5nail don't watch, for your health

[topaz veldt]

too late I am checking it out

[fringe vigil]

Snail hates 2 cents

[topaz veldt]

A lot of people keep choosing unraid

[topaz veldt]

Nah I don't hate anybody

[fringe vigil]

oh

[edgy laurel]

this is jay in a nutshell

no planning, no research

[topaz veldt]

yeah i do think to some amount it generates future vids

[edgy laurel]

absolutely

[topaz veldt]

"4U server blade" yeah he doesn't follow the terms much

He's not alone - I have seen a lot of people refer to rackmount chassis as "blades" - its sometimes not worth trying to differentiate it for them

[frank zealot]

4u blade? That'd be one hella blade center

[topaz veldt]

Blade Center is an IBM term 😛

[frank zealot]

I'm pretty sure our HP Blades were in a blade center too

[topaz veldt]

nah

IBM/Lenovo BladeCenter was their product

I think HPE was like BladeSystem or something

but all of those are chassis

[frank zealot]

I guess it was BladeSystem from HP

not that it really changes anything

[topaz veldt]

Did Jay mention what he paid

[frank zealot]

Microcenter retail

[topaz veldt]

Right but what was the total

[frank zealot]

4K (at about 7:15 in the video)

[topaz veldt]

with disks though

[edgy laurel]

some pricey disks

are they good disks, at least?

[topaz veldt]

Whats unfortunate is he could have bought an R740 or similar for like $1000 and had 8 3.5" with hotswap and none of this jank

he'd have redundant PSUs, a proper backplane, ECC memory, and remote management and all

[edgy laurel]

arguably better content, but maybe not for his audience

[topaz veldt]

The biggest oversight people have with these 4U white build boxes is that you literally have to remove the whole thing to open it/work on it

[frank zealot]

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST JAY

What the actual fuck are you doing you dumbass:

[edgy laurel]

I think he said they were like $499 each or something, not whats on the sticker

[topaz veldt]

I think I paid like $329 for my 18TBs

[stable turret]

question guys, would you perfer DLSS 4 Performance over FSR 4 Quality?

[edgy laurel]

i mean, DLSS always if available but like.. simply look at both and decide which you prefer

[topaz veldt]

probably but its not really a question that can be useful

[edgy laurel]

ya, flawed logic

[steel stream]

never realized that my laptop boot drive was gen 3

[frank zealot]

that's going to be a very strong "personal preference"

And will vary title by title, so it's not a "A or B" question

[deft forum]

screwed

[edgy laurel]

anodized aluminum

[topaz veldt]

Jays controller is not being seen because he needs to do the SMBUS tape mod

[deft forum]

2900 Mah

[vocal plume]

You say that like its something to brag about....

[deft forum]

im shitting on them lmfao

[vocal plume]

Oh lmao

[deft forum]

2900 is like iphone 6s plus

[vocal plume]

oof

[deft forum]

tbf this year is not bad

except that air concept, 1-0 for samsung edge's

[south shuttle]

@fringe vigil did ya play votv

[fringe vigil]

No

[deft forum]

keyboard enthusiast

[shell void]

that’s a high tech modification right there

[hoary hatch]

Was microcenter footing the bill?

[frank zealot]

nope just jay

[hoary hatch]

I should have bought some drives before serverpartdeals started sponsoring youtubers

[frank zealot]

But I suppose 3K of the 4K was HDDs, so that's not an unreasonable build.

[brisk jolt]

this isnt a fair fight
bump dlss4 to balanced and theres an argument

[oak vector]

ah yes

I loved it when the rtx 5070ti didn't have external power

[turbid locust]

300W through the slot

[gentle urchin]

What is this, Bing Search?

[turbid locust]

Bing chilling

[gentle urchin]

Bing Chilling indeed

Changing Search engine in Chrome from Google to Bing, real power move

[brisk jolt]

yea its using the BTF connector frfr

[oak vector]

Yes

[oak vector]

Idk what that is but I wholeheartedly agree 🫶

[pure garnet]

safety margin is meant to be used

[gentle urchin]

What if I don't want to pay extra for a built-in audio card

Make external audio cards great again

Sell motherboards without audio circuits.

[halcyon ocean]

Pc not boot

[brisk jolt]

75w pcie is propaganda

dont fall for it

[shell void]

so true bro

[pure garnet]

probably failed memory training

reset cmos and try again

[shell void]

sell boards with no USB40, no Wifi, no M.2, and no Audio

integrate 10Gb ethernet and let people use slots to add what they want

[halcyon ocean]

It worked yesterday.. i have resetted cmos

[pure garnet]

if they skip the 10gb ethernet it sounds like the average budget amd board

[shell void]

hopefully 2026 boards have integrated RTL8127

2W 10Gb and it uses one lane

you can order it on cards from china now

[gentle urchin]

So true. Got a M.2 slot on my motherboard. Never been used for anything usefull.

[pure garnet]

nah they’ll use the i219v another gen

[gentle urchin]

You can only have 1 game installed at a time.

[raw zinc]

My pc randomly crashes like every few hours and it just goes to black display and then i restarted my pc like power off and now i have 0 display like black display

[gentle urchin]

My Sata 256GB Crucial MX100 going strong

[gentle urchin]

It's the DVD-ROM drive.

100%

[raw zinc]

ROM drive

i dont get this tech shit ngl

simple terms

[gentle urchin]

Maybe you forgot to turn on your Monitor

[raw zinc]

its on

[gentle urchin]

Maybe you got a Nvidia GPU

[raw zinc]

i do

its new tho

[gentle urchin]

Classic Nvidia refuse to show image on screen

[raw zinc]

bro how do i fix it

my display has power but isn’t showing nun

[gentle urchin]

idk, switch to HDMI

[raw zinc]

its in hdmi

ok i unplugged my gou

[gentle urchin]

switch to Displayport

Good

[raw zinc]

gpu and re plugged it in and now i jave display

i paid 340 for this

[gentle urchin]

gg ez

[gentle urchin]

What do you mean by this?

You can have problems with 2000$ RTX 5090 as well

You Will have problems with 2000$ RTX 5090 as well

[pure garnet]

my 5070ti works fine

as do my nvme drives

[brisk jolt]

ur peasantly 5070ti needs external power connector sybau

[pure garnet]

fr

[shell void]

42" S90D (equivalent to 42" C4) for $648: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1806458-REG/samsung_qn42s90daexza_42_s90d_oled_tv.html

[frank zealot]

Getting a new panel put in my S90D on monday

[gentle urchin]

What does this mean

[frank zealot]

Exactly what it says? What's confusing

[low sorrel]

Samsung also has some insane deals going on for student/military discounts

4k 240hz OLED for 500 iirc

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/credit-card-smacking-credit-card-on-table-gif-21340324

[low sorrel]

What time is it over there

[brisk jolt]

12:20am

[frank zealot]

like, honestly, I'm confused by what you're asking

[gentle urchin]

What does panel mean

you broke a "panel"?

[frank zealot]

the OLED panel in the TV died, so they're replacing it

[gentle urchin]

Ahh, I see!

Samsung does?

[frank zealot]

if it's covered by warranty they may

[low sorrel]

Go to sleep

[gentle urchin]

I see!

[brisk jolt]

no

[low sorrel]

I would never be up that late :p

[gentle urchin]

In Sweden you usually don't have contact with the manufacturer

[brisk jolt]

ok lets play some valorant mr guy from another country

just that one of us has to play on 2000 ping

[gentle urchin]

So if you buy a TV from a Tech store, it's the tech store you return it to if faulty

[low sorrel]

We can't

Region lock

[frank zealot]

I called Samsung, they scheduled a tech, he came out and said "Yup! you need a new panel in the TV! We'll get one and I'll come back!"

He did that last Friday, and they're coming with the panel on Monday.

[brisk jolt]

noob

[gentle urchin]

had to check kalender what day it is

[gentle urchin]

That's sounds quick for solving the problem

[low sorrel]

What's a kalender

[gentle urchin]

Calendar*

Spelled with K in Swedish

[thick frost]

One of these computers is a little bit bigger than the others

[strange ginkgo]

looks like an old collection

[green marsh]

that NZXT is only a decade and some years old, not that old

[edgy laurel]

but does it have the PCIe i/o LED

[low sorrel]

Hi guilty

[south shuttle]

750 ti is a very midrange card in 2025

[low sorrel]

No

[south shuttle]

it's funny it got everything wrong

despite deriving from sources

a 7 year old probably would give you more accurate results

[green marsh]

midrange ? If that is midrange, then i guess 1660 is highend and 5060 is super highend ?

[south shuttle]

how can they actually shove so much money into AI when the end result is it gets everything or most wrong

and they are expecting multi trillion returns from this

[thick wave]

huh

[south shuttle]

can't even read articles right

[frank zealot]

fookin' hell...

I was connecting to a webpage on a server at 172.16.0.53:80085 (port changed for the giggles)

and the page came up, the interface worked, the buttons were there and functional

But the camera feed that the page was feeding would NOT show up. Checked plugins, browser versions, and a bunch of other possible issues.

Nope:

Turns out the stream was coded to the server name, and I hadn't put the server name/IP into the HOSTS file on the machine yet. >.<

[green marsh]

expected a CORS/CSP issue to be honest

[frank zealot]

I was honestly shocked when it just started working the instant the HOSTS file was updated

[green marsh]

hey, at least they don't ask the DHCP server for DHCP lease with hostname of localhost like some Samsung TVs

[frank zealot]

there's no DHCP on this network lol

[green marsh]

the point was in the hostname they ask for 🙂

no DHCP server is going to give you lease for localhost hostname

[frank zealot]

last I knew localhost was just localhost lol

and if your device doesn't have a hostname... you're gonna have a very bad no good day with networking

[green marsh]

well it's not like i can change stuff like this inside the Samsung TV firmware

[thick frost]

no weve had this before

it has a 200mm fan in the top tho

[green marsh]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/rpevsb/samsung_tv_keeps_trying_to_lease_localhost_and/

[frank zealot]

your hackering is weak, git gud

[whole coral]

Yay the mouse guy is here

[low sorrel]

Gut gud scrub

[whole coral]

Can the stupid mice leave this home please

I hear them in my bedroom walls sometimes

[low sorrel]

Also tkitch is this factual information that you're older then guilty

[green marsh]

define ages

[faint raft]

Quick question for anyone who might know. I have an old PC with an asrock ab350 pro4 and a ryzen 1200. I am going through BIOS updates to eventually get to something in the 5000 series. Version 6.0 says they do not recommend updating if you have an old CPU(I do). Will my PC explode if I just do it anyway(I need to get to 7.0 before I can install a 5000 series cpu)? Does their not recommending mean it won't be stable or that there's no point for most people?
Link for ref: https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/AB350 Pro4/#BIOS

[pure garnet]

you can update to 7.0

then install new cpu, the. go to latest

[low sorrel]

6.0 probably drops support for older CPUs to make room for newer cpus

[devout ridge]

yall happy now?

[pure garnet]

bristol ridge is the pre zen am4 stuff

[low sorrel]

No this is the internet

[frank zealot]

https://tenor.com/view/im-here-to-confirm-confirm-verify-checking-kevin-smith-gif-15683380

[low sorrel]

Unc

[wise bear]

server uncle

[low sorrel]

Peyton how old are yoh

[wise bear]

29

im old

[low sorrel]

So pushing 30

[wise bear]

yeah pretty much

I already feel 35 lmao

[shell void]

oo early wan

[arctic bronze]

what parts do you have for it?

[fleet marsh]

would it be okay to run a 9800x3d on a b650 ?

[arctic bronze]

yeah

[devout ridge]

2x 2690v4s, a quadro, my 4080S and 7800x3d

[arctic bronze]

ah nice, I did about 1 hour with a 5900x, 3090 and 3060 12gig and I got like 3 mill points

I was just like "huh cool"

[pure garnet]

we must buy more intel shares

[arctic bronze]

im good

i prefer amd lol

[pure garnet]

sad to hear

[arctic bronze]

why?

[pure garnet]

get well soon 🕊️

[devout ridge]

F@H estimates i get about 12m ppd

[arctic bronze]

ah nice

[arctic bronze]

iv always preferred amd

[green marsh]

as othes said, it means the CPU support for some CPUs got dropped in that revision, so you might need to swap to a new CPU at that point

[faint raft]

Got it. I'll probably grab the CPU ahead of time as well just in case. That way if it doesn't boot I can swap the cpu out.

[pure garnet]

that board doesn't have flashback so yeah i'd wait for new cpu to upgrade bios

[frank zealot]

https://tenor.com/view/water-jet-in-the-face-car-wash-dumb-getcha-ya-gif-16328366

[wise bear]

[fervent elm]

^^
The board cant store support for all the am4 generations
Most of the time the updates to supoort 5000 series dropped 1 and 2000 series support to make room

[frank zealot]

nearly all boards support 3000 series and up, or 3000 series and below.

I don't know of any that support from 1000 to 5000 all at once

[green marsh]

actually the ones who dropped it had small BIOS boards. Most did drop only pre-Ryzen actually

[fervent elm]

That was most of the 300 series iirc
500 series were fine

[nova trout]

Lost my windows 11 license after I changed board

200$ for a license

[arctic bronze]

why did you buy it, watch the ltt video over it for a free one

[nova trout]

I hope Microsoft stock lose 50% its value tomorrow

[wise bear]

Elian please stop

[nova trout]

I didn’t that’s what customer support said is my only option
Been using same license for 9 year tied to my email but now it somehow is gone from being linked to my email

[wise bear]

you can get reactivated if its tied to your microsoft acct

oh you did something fucky yeah go watch ltt

[arctic bronze]

well you can get a free one

[wise bear]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJkRd9py5mA

[hoary hatch]

I bought a Windows 10 license for my first PC cause Microsoft said "this is the last version of windows ever"

[nova trout]

Those free ones get verified through third party server not Microsoft

I don’t trust that stuff

[serene grove]

does anyone know how to fix my pc stuttering like crazy after an hour of playing rust and then keeps going until i unplug my power supply?

[wise bear]

oh for christ sake

[arctic bronze]

dude, watch the video and get a free one or go waste 200 bucks on the exact same thing

[nova trout]

Check temps first then question other things later

[arctic bronze]

not my money to waste

[serene grove]

50c on gpu whilst playing and 30c on cpu

[arctic bronze]

temps aint an issue lmao

[nova trout]

What tool you used to check

[arctic bronze]

both are frosty

[brisk jolt]

elian singlehandedly brought the chat’s average iq to sub 50

[wise bear]

Elian is ruining my high

[nova trout]

Use Hwinfo64 and what’s your psu wattage @serene grove

Do u get that problem in other games what’s your gpu and cpu

How much ram what graphics settings

[serene grove]

3050 and ryzen 5 3600x

and no i dont get that problem in other games

[nova trout]

Ryzen 5 3600x on 30c is sus ngl

[serene grove]

32gb 3200mz and im using the most optimized for pvp so basically lowest

[serene grove]

i have a giant fan plus the cpu cooler on it

well giant fan for the whole pc

[nova trout]

Idk mine was in the 60-70 while gaming

[arctic bronze]

ur playing rust, its vram heavy and with a 3050, you will easily max 8gigs if you have the 8gig model

[wise bear]

its a 65w cpu dude it doesnt make a lot of heat

[arctic bronze]

do you have the 8 or 6gig 3050

[serene grove]

6 gig i think ill check rq

yea 6 gig

but it never maxs out

[arctic bronze]

yeah thats ur issue, the 6gig is dogshit

its more like a 3010 type of gpu

[pure garnet]

that is not related to their question at all

[arctic bronze]

i 100% bet ur maxing ur vram on rust bc medium settings 1080p maxes an 8gig card

[arctic bronze]

yes it is

[serene grove]

lemme boot it up and ill check but according to nvidia overlay it maxs at 80%

[hoary hatch]

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-bmg-g31-arc-b770-gpu-spotted-alongside-16gb-vram-config
Noooo let it die already

[arctic bronze]

ur most likely ram overflowing

[serene grove]

what does that mean?

[brisk jolt]

it’d be in such a weird position if it launches

[arctic bronze]

ur running out of vram so its going into ur ram

[hoary hatch]

It's too late

I'm sorry but a 4070 competitor at the end of 2025 ain't freaking it

I'd buy one but they shouldn't release it

[pure garnet]

i dont see the point of a card higher than the b580 from intel right now

[serene grove]

@arctic bronze i havent checked my cpu in a while but with youtube discord and the game runnin its hitting 74c

[pure garnet]

if i’m buying a higher tier gpu the price gap to nvidia is even less a factor

[arctic bronze]

thats a fine temp

[arctic bronze]

that temp is fine

[serene grove]

welp appearently the issue is the vram

[wise bear]

ryzen can run at 95c 24/7

[arctic bronze]

yep

[serene grove]

is there anything i can do abt it

[arctic bronze]

upgrade or lower res and settings

[pure garnet]

we could pin it to the channel and we’d still get asked 95 times daily

[lone scarab]

ah

[brisk jolt]

problem is a B770 would be in a weird spot again 9060XT 16gb in the first place

[serene grove]

i had this maxxed out does that have something to do with it

[hoary hatch]

I don't see a point of a higher end battlemage card

[pure garnet]

that’s for system memory probably

[hoary hatch]

I would welcome a celestial card

[serene grove]

W temps btw

ignore the mem

[frank zealot]

to control temps there are 3 options:

1. Upgrade the cooler to something better

2. Learn how to voltage offset to lower temps some (Or how to turn on a lower PL)

3. Limit your turbo boost settings to lower the clock speed (worst option)

[arctic bronze]

what>

he is asking about vram issues

[hoary hatch]

We still don't know if Intel did a full production run of G31 wafers

If it's just test samples for R&D purposes on G31 then keep at it intel

But please don't make a bunch of G31 wafers now

[steel stream]

NVIDIA is forcing them to do it </3

destroying the competition from the inside

[brisk jolt]

All I see is a B770 getting sandwiched between the 9060XT 16gb and the 9070

[frank zealot]

but if it comes in at ~450?
That'd be a pretty rockstar slot

[hoary hatch]

It would be closer to 9060xt?

[frank zealot]

If it's faster than a 9060 16GB and a comprable price....

That's not a bad slot, given how popular the 16gb 60 series are currently

[brisk jolt]

it’d just be a slightly faster 9060xt with worse driver stability

[shell void]

it depends on how much power they let it use

[hoary hatch]

Hm

[shell void]

it’s a 5080 sized gpu but it’s only going to compete against the 5060Ti or 5070 depending on how much heat it’s allowed to produce

[hoary hatch]

Optimistically it would be just above 5060ti if clocked like B580

[steel stream]

Give us a 5070 for $450 intel

[shell void]

i’d like to see them allow it 400W but i don’t think that’ll happen

[frank zealot]

being hella optimistic: Maybe when the supers cause price adjustments?

But unlikely

[hoary hatch]

G31 may make more sense as a 32gb workstation card

[steel stream]

yeah

I think a G31 consumer release would just be kinda useless

[shell void]

akn you want a 64GB Dual B70 so bad

[topaz veldt]

please don't

[steel stream]

🪵

[hoary hatch]

What's the most vram Nvidia offers under $1000 from Ada or Blackwell

[steel stream]

16gb I think

20-24gb is only available at $1250 in ADA 4000, and Blackwell 4000 at $1250-1500

[hoary hatch]

So a 32gb b70 @ $700 would be a deal?

[steel stream]

ye

a 64gb b80 dual at like $1500 would be insane, even $2000

[topaz veldt]

I'd much rather have 2 5090s for $4000

[hoary hatch]

I can offer you a mountain of 7900XT

[frank zealot]

16gb 5070 TI/5080

[hoary hatch]

Including workstation?

[frank zealot]

I've always seen workstations card being hella more expensive per gb

[brisk jolt]

60Ti 16gb

[hoary hatch]

Maybe it was ampere pricing I've seen not ada

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/shhh-shush-silence-nose-gif-17895433

[hoary hatch]

And used lol

[steel stream]

I still do want a 4000 sff pro card but so much money

[frank zealot]

there's a 20gb card that can be had around 1300?

But nothing under 1K that I know of

[nova trout]

The 10000 series will be the last thing nvidea makes before the Great War

[wise bear]

.......

[hoary hatch]

jorj 2.0

[topaz veldt]

endless shit posts

[lone scarab]

sleep

[brisk jolt]

elian needs to permanently shut the fuck up both online and irl

[edgy laurel]

agreed

every time I look over its "well, that doesn't make any sense" or "thats just flat wrong"

[hoary hatch]

Gumball 2.0?

[random flame]

Iiii barely even understand where their comment even slots in here. Would be forgivable if it was out context towards something actually relevant to the on-going topic.

[brisk jolt]

ignore the part about thinking he’s incapable of it

[pure garnet]

watch out he’ll put you on the list

[topaz veldt]

thats a little strong

[steel stream]

he's just on a whole nother plane of thinking man

he is on that toad plane

[fringe vigil]

[brisk jolt]

rumour has it that when he steps into any populated area, the average IQ drops by at least double digits

[green marsh]

whole week i was away had to go to workplace only on thursday between 9AM to 11AM. Guess when did the delivery guy arrive ? 😄

[brisk jolt]

9:01am

[green marsh]

10AM, but yeah, he arrived right when i was not at home, he hit that 2 hour window mark on spot

oh well, at least now they usually drop the package at nearest partner delivery point instead of retrying next day

so after i got home, i walked like 800 meters to the dropoff point, gave them the code, got the package

[hoary hatch]

Guess you have to wait till 2026/09/19

[topaz veldt]

maybe thats it

its 18-8 stainless screws for my radiator install 🙁

[outer radish]

Yes please and get it up to at least 300w.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/asus-gives-us-the-pcie-finger-teases-new-concept-that-boosts-motherboard-gpu-slot-power-to-250w

[edgy laurel]

ok to be clear this is not their existing BTF

which is what confused me initially, thinking why is this news

but its using the existing physical slot

not extra fingers

[low sorrel]

what you buy

[low sorrel]

gulity did you get your app3s?

[topaz veldt]

#tech-chat-2 message

I shouldn't sell 285K CPU and mobo and build another 9800X3D righty

[low sorrel]

No you don't sell it and just bulid a 9800x3d bulid

only 2k for 5090

[topaz veldt]

yep

was thinking about getting a 5th and building another pC

[hoary hatch]

VIA pc

[topaz veldt]

i had one years and years ago lol

[slim pebble]

Keep it, you may want to try one of the ARL refresh chips early next year.

Whatever they end up calling them.

[vital crane]

Do we fw with this

...someone tell me where I went erong

[edgy laurel]

what is your question

very unclear so far

[vital crane]

Do we approve of my specs

[low sorrel]

Wdym this is super clear

[low sorrel]

Yeah 10 years ago

[edgy laurel]

what do these blurry screenshots have to do with anything

[low sorrel]

I think he's asking if his computer is good

[edgy laurel]

not even screenshots, pictures of the monitor like its 1997

[vital crane]

Bro. Youre just mean now. Shes POSTing in 8.1 seconds

[vital crane]

I dont have discord downloaded on the laptop and its easier to use mobile because I have it set to not save to my camera roll

I dont like hogging my Pictures folder with screenshots

[arctic bronze]

Cant be mad when you ask for ppls opinion and its not positive lol

[vital crane]

I get negative but that's just mean

[arctic bronze]

Not really, its old

[edgy laurel]

laptop from 2012. What do you expect people to say?

[vital crane]

...and yet she posts under 10 seconds

[arctic bronze]

Nothing mean was said

[edgy laurel]

what does that have to do with anything?

[vital crane]

You calling that old?

[arctic bronze]

Ok?

[arctic bronze]

Just bc its not on a hard drive doesn't mean its not old

[edgy laurel]

Yes, 13 years for a laptop is very old.

[vital crane]

Okay fine I'm reinstalling Windows 8.1 if you insist

[arctic bronze]

?

[edgy laurel]

And POST speed has no bearing on anything

This is ragebait by a 14y/o

[vital crane]

That just goes to show how efficient this thing is.

[arctic bronze]

What?

No?

[vital crane]

Unlike some bloat infested gaming laptops ive seen

[edgy laurel]

elian? is that you?

[vital crane]

Who tf is elian

[fringe vigil]

your specs are kinda shit

[vital crane]

shes my daily driver, I don't mind ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[fringe vigil]

what games you play on it

[vital crane]

As long as she boots to Windows and doesn't throw a Security Policy Violation when I load into Fedora, im happy

[vital crane]

Minecraft, Henry Stickmin, Burnin Rubber 5....

Not much, the GPU is a Quadro, so it needs care.. Although Minecraft does run at like 150 FPS latest version... which surprised me

[fringe vigil]

Don’t you play story games or shooters

[pure garnet]

i feel like forcing yourself to use ivy bridge mobile in 2025 isn’t the move

[vital crane]

On my other rig, yeah. On here I once played Portal 2 and RDR2... I should try them again. They ran well

[vital crane]

Well this is a $7,000 laptop from 2012... I was lucky to get her free

[nova trout]

i get 85c and 92 hotspot on 5700xt is that good or bad

[edgy laurel]

speak of the devil

[vital crane]

How's the cooling situation looking? Stock fanned im assuming?

[pure garnet]

why does he ask us when we’re all blocked

[nova trout]

ye stock saphire nitro plus

[vital crane]

Hmmm.... when did you last check thermal paste?

Cuz that's important to the GPUs health too

[edgy laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/open-chair-smile-sit-down-watch-gif-17956362

[vital crane]

I replaced the paste on my MXM Quadro last week, runs much cooler now

[fringe vigil]

Why did elian block yall

[topaz veldt]

who?

[fringe vigil]

Idk

[nova trout]

a month ago but my system went down and just now got to a stable system bought a kit from microcenter for board cpu and ram but gpu still the same

it was part of troubleshooting so i changed paste

[vital crane]

Hmm... Check it again just in case and is it overclocked?

[nova trout]

no oc

[vital crane]

Okay... interesting.... shouldn't be that hot then...

How's your chassis cooling looking like?

[nova trout]

so 85c is not normal

[vital crane]

Thats kinda the line is where id be worried. 92C isnt RMA yet but it is a bit of a red flag

[nova trout]

cpu max was 58

r7 9800 x3d

[pure garnet]

how do you plan on rmaing the 5 year old card

[vital crane]

CPU is fine then

[vital crane]

I hope they wont have to...

[pure garnet]

you’d just swap the thermal paste?

[vital crane]

I'm baffled here honestly... if cooling situation is good it shouldn't be this high

[pure garnet]

the warranty is also long gone

[vital crane]

Thermal paste is month old... that's not a lot but id check anyway again cuz of high temps

LESGO SHES WORKING

[fringe vigil]

What’s your specs on main pc

[vital crane]

On main? I7-8700, Gigabyte RX 570 8 GB, 48 GB DDR4-2666, 256 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD, Windows 11 Pro, NZXT Phantom PHAN-002GR, Asus PRIME B360M-A, Corsair RM750x

[nova trout]

all temps look normal except gpu

[fringe vigil]

Why not upgrade to am5

[vital crane]

Yeah my thought....

[nova trout]

for gpu temps i get much higher in normal game mode but ran practice mode with bots just to get some numbers down
but usually my gpu is 85 and hotspot 95

[vital crane]

I'm a broke ahh uni student and most of these parts were freebies from Kijiji when I asked around and people let me have them... and my CPU RAM and my previous 4 GB 570 were taken from a dead XPS 8930

[vital crane]

Something is not right about that GPU.... I dont like those numbers

Try changing thermal paste again, just in case

[nova trout]

there was a pad someone suggested i lost the name due to all the chaos i've been going through

i'll try to find it it was an alternative to ptm7950 due to how expensive that is

[vital crane]

Try regular thermal compound instead of pads... Just a thought

[low sorrel]

You live in Vancouver?

[vital crane]

Saskatchewan

[low sorrel]

Nevermind

[vital crane]

If you want to offer me an upgrade its fine you don't have to, im fine for a few years with this girl

[low sorrel]

I was going to say I knew a place where you can get a better laptop for free

They scrap anything below 8th gen

[vital crane]

Do tell maybe I can find something similar here

[low sorrel]

Ewaste recycling places

[vital crane]

Yeah they aren't as common here....

[low sorrel]

Got my phone for free from them

[vital crane]

I got my HP for free from my high-school

[nova trout]

found it

[vital crane]

Along with a bunch of older machines qhen they were getting tossed

[nova trout]

https://a.co/d/cQHZjny

[edgy laurel]

https://www.lttstore.com/products/ptm7950-phase-change-thermal-pad?srsltid=AfmBOorlazZ_JGO0dY-OfveFrbARa7u37TmciU1EchiJhlOWTClMbq02

[low sorrel]

my school threw out 10th gen imacs last year

[vital crane]

I rescued an old ProDesk 400 G1 from my school last year

Sold her unfortunately but yeah

[low sorrel]

you can also get them on aliexpress

YMMV tho

[topaz veldt]

?

[tardy tundra]

Anyone ever tried using PTM7950 as a sort of "gasket" around liquid metal to prevent leaking?

[topaz veldt]

no lol

[edgy laurel]

what?

[topaz veldt]

wasnt sure why you linked

[tardy tundra]

I kinda want to do some science, lol

[edgy laurel]

they were talking about thermal pads

[topaz veldt]

oh

[edgy laurel]

though that thermalright helios appears to be the same shit

[topaz veldt]

I just get TG shit

[fringe vigil]

smeef lol

[nova trout]

my peerless assassin 120 se is too loud

[shell void]

lower the fan speed

[nova trout]

ok ill test but i hope it doesn't get too hot

is there a good tool other than fancontrol to adjust fans from windows

i don't want to travel to bios every adjustment

asrock had a decent one now i'm on asus

[shell void]

idk i just set a static speed that doesnt bother me in my bios

[nova trout]

reasonable

[steel stream]

static speed goated

[edgy laurel]

only way to go

[nova trout]

also this is my setup

[steel stream]

i've got all my stuff set to like 30% it's greaty

[edgy laurel]

i think i'm at 40 but yuh

[steel stream]

you can probably set to a static 40 and be fine

I've got all my fans on one hub so I can't check individual speeds

[shell void]

holy mackerel a one dollar discount

incredible

[topaz veldt]

Appreciate it Michael

[shell void]

you know i look out for the deals for you

[topaz veldt]

thank you

Got my M4 screws in - will prob get to building custom loop late tonight if I can stay awake

[nova trout]

im waiting for the super

[steel stream]

for a 5060?

[topaz veldt]

@shell void fellow 5090 master owner, any good water blocks available today?

[shell void]

i have no idea

[granite dirge]

I just had a proud daughter moment.

My mom is dancing /drumming along with electric callboy on the way to our flu shots

[low sorrel]

how old is she

[granite dirge]

Thank you android auto for bringing me this moment.

[granite dirge]

Literally 60 a few weeks ago

[topaz veldt]

me either

[low sorrel]

oh wait i thought you were the mom

LMAO

[granite dirge]

I'm 32...

[topaz veldt]

32?

you driving your mom to flu shots?

[granite dirge]

Yee I'm 32.

[low sorrel]

unc

[granite dirge]

Aunt...

[low sorrel]

well i guess aunt

[shell void]

barrow chineseum block

[low sorrel]

unc is short for uncle whats the short foorm of aunt

[shell void]

doesnt look very elegant

works tho

[granite dirge]

Yeah we're both done with work for the weekend so were getting our flu shots so we can recover over the weekend. We're both handicapped.

And short lol

[granite dirge]

I feel like those caps should have some cooking?

[shell void]

that's what the redditor who posted the photos was worried about, but it doesnt really matter

[fringe vigil]

[shell void]

it just looks less elegant but isnt necessary

[granite dirge]

I mean I could look nice with like a thin led giving light around the caps.

Casting some neat shadows.

[topaz veldt]

that block sucks