tech-chat-2

[proven reef]

I'm a legal adult

[wise bear]

you're a child lol

[fervent elm]

Tech in tech chat

[hoary hatch]

Must counter with vape tech

[livid flame]

Tbh my mate got a childhood disease (leukaemia) at 16. Died 2 years ago. Without drugs the place would have been depressing for him. One of the rare people to get a childhood disease so late and survive for 19 years with it

[fervent elm]

Teknologia

[wise bear]

tech chat i guess, i got a fuck load of nvme storage now

[livid flame]

I never question people’s choices on using.

[wise bear]

eat a disc warship

[proven reef]

If you want to do drugs do them but not around me fr.

Me personally I don't like interacting with people that do drugs because alot of the time I feel like I'm talking to a crackhead

[livid flame]

That’s fair. There’s a time and place for everyone to do everything. Drugs included.

[proven reef]

Fried ass brains

[wise bear]

Every interaction with me is me on weed, so

[proven reef]

This is why I don't like you lol

[wise bear]

fuck your judgemental-ass fake position of superiority

[livid flame]

It’s online Peyton that’s acceptable

[proven reef]

Fuck your 2.25 braincells

[wise bear]

Oh cmon you petty-ass mf, you can do better than that

up the ante or step aside fucknut

[proven reef]

I'm not trying to be that rude lmfao.

[lone scarab]

hmmm

[wise bear]

I am if you're gonna be a petty shitheel

[lone scarab]

imagine being offended on discord

[proven reef]

@livid flame bro there is a 220$ 2080ti 11gb that shit is insane value for a budget bulid

[proven reef]

Tuff

[brisk jolt]

a 2080ti for $220 is NOT insane value 💀

[lone scarab]

not so sigma

[proven reef]

Eh considering a 5060 is 400$ it is

( in my country that is)

[livid flame]

I mean you are. But okay. Atleast own it. If you’re going to be a prick be a prick. People appreciate that more.

[lone scarab]

most people argue here about this exact thing just because they live in different countries and have different prices for atuff

[wise bear]

exactly, be your genuine self and not a petty half-asser

[proven reef]

Yeah but honestly I'd still just save up and get something like a 3080 12gb for like 350$

[proven reef]

( waiting till next month to buy a case cause I spent all my money on the rest of the parts

[livid flame]

If you’re being dumb and say the wrong thing sure. I do that all the time. But when I’m being a prick or someone is to me. Might piss me off but I respect that. They’re not being a little bitch boy tbh

[proven reef]

Why are y'all acting like this is real life bruh ts not tuff

🥀

This is discord not o'block 🥀

[wise bear]

I called it right when you joined, you're chill af

[livid flame]

I say dumb stuff to Peyton all the time. Think she realises by now sometimes I just put my foot in it. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[lone scarab]

do you say racist stuff as joke?

[wise bear]

and I say dumb shit half the time too

[proven reef]

No not particularly

[wise bear]

90% of my insults are nonsensical

[livid flame]

My missus calls me out all the time. Calls me smart but dumb. Shes never found that before apparently.

[lone scarab]

hmm

[livid flame]

I just call it undiagnosed autism and adhd and she just thinks I’m smart 😂

[wise bear]

categorically smart

just, specific categories

[lone scarab]

you can tell it to me i dont minf

[livid flame]

Just not socially smart 👀

[wise bear]

mood af

[lone scarab]

i am no sense of talking

i just say thing straight on someones face and they think i am being mean or rude

👌 🔥

[wise bear]

I'm jealous of others because I can never get something straight with anyone because im too gay 😔

[proven reef]

No?

🥀 🥀

[wise bear]

do it so you get banned and we don't have to deal with you anymore

[proven reef]

The only race I am racist towards is the clankers

Fucking clankers I hate clankers

[hoary hatch]

The use of that word is ruining star wars for me

[lone scarab]

ew

[proven reef]

I hate clankers man

[hoary hatch]

I hate you more

[lone scarab]

thata not race

[proven reef]

it's okay.

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-meme-pee-cat-pee-funny-lmfao-gif-14727908981812019274

[proven reef]

Bro it's the electronic race.

[lone scarab]

🎂🔥👌

[brisk jolt]

life is a race and im pretty racist

[proven reef]

Bro your my goat

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/takumi-chilling-initial-d-gif-9441155223348284857

[livid flame]

wtf is a clanker

[proven reef]

An ai.

[hoary hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-attack-of-the-clones-geonosis-droid-battle-gif-15588684

[proven reef]

Ever went to a fucking drive thru with one of those ai customer support thingies or did they just implement this at McDonald's here in Egypt.

Maybe they just did it here

But like that shit pisses me off.

[lone scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/smiley-face-burger-king-burger-king-happy-burger-king-whopper-burger-king-racism-gif-935276361237906854

[livid flame]

Just Egypt apparently

I mean I just use the app

[wise bear]

taco bell has ai drivethru here in the states in sparse locations

it's not very effective at all lmao

[hoary hatch]

My taco bell still uses humans
And they are stingy af on sauce packets

[livid flame]

I need to try this

[proven reef]

Eh you can get a customer agent to go on the line with you by saying you want an outrageous amount of watercups

[wise bear]

yes we all saw the meme

[indigo walrus]

Nope. Never have. I avoid drive thru's like the plague because:

1. I can't understand what they're saying and they can't understand me.
2. I loathe the concept of car idling and not stretching my legs to get food.
3. I can't verify I've been given the right food without holding up other cars.

[livid flame]

I mean it’s Egypt.. most people going through fast food restaurants are tourists

[wise bear]

I really wanna visit greece

[proven reef]

No ???????????

[livid flame]

Every Egyptian I’ve met and spoke to despises anything but home cooked or traditional meals. Might be because they’re mainly all farmers or producers but yknow

[hoary hatch]

I only use drive thru at dutch bros cause they're designed drive thru first

[wise bear]

human bean better

[hoary hatch]

Oh, and at the ATM

I do the drive thru ATM

[wise bear]

I ride my bike up to the drivethru atm and people look at me like im homeless lmao

like, no, I just don't like interacting with other humans

[hoary hatch]

The main entrance has 2 layers of doors with an ATM in the first layer but I have no idea if that one is open on weekends or after 5pm

[cerulean cosmos]

https://youtu.be/ZFHnbozz7b4?si=z0grpynG9zHsM_OG

[proven reef]

Not particularly

Egyptians Are one of the largest consumers of fast food matter fact more than half of Egyptians don't even eat breakfast at home.

[wise bear]

kinda sad tbh

[livid flame]

I eat breakfast at work. Because work pay for it. That’s where I’ve just got now

[crude ruin]

I have 32 GB RAM and a fucking i5-8265U with UHD 620.

[lone scarab]

bruh

[crude ruin]

I mean... RAM is a bit overkill for that old business laptop...

[lone scarab]

still i want like atleast 32

i am being limited by ram on many games and softwares

[crude ruin]

At least I can make Cities 2 playable on that hardware

[lone scarab]

oh wow

[crude ruin]

Though I do admit that I play on the lower side of settings, but hey, it's playable.

[lone scarab]

i dont have that game

my pc could run it better

[crude ruin]

Cities Skylines II

[crude ruin]

Yep, probably

[lone scarab]

ik

[crude ruin]

Yeah, what are your computer's hardware specifications?

[sudden shard]

https://aftershockpc.com.au/products/chamber-lvl-5-r5-7600-rx-9060-xt-8gb-1 i am trying to buy this pc but it is costing $63AUD extra for payment gateway fee on top of the $45AUD delivery is that normal? If not how can i make it cheaper

[brisk jolt]

EW AFTERSHOCK
also 9060xt 8gb scam

[lone scarab]

i5 12450h and rtx 3050 mobile

[sudden shard]

idk what is good, is there somewhere else that would be good?

[crude ruin]

pretty good i suppose, at least better than any of my 4 machines...

[brisk jolt]

doing it urself with yt video and like 6 cans of redbull

[sudden shard]

i was going to get my own parts but this was cheaper with the equivalent parts

[brisk jolt]

because they use trash parts

the lowest of low

[sudden shard]

not everyone has a big budget

[brisk jolt]

and not everyone is gonna settle for utter trash

[sudden shard]

exactly, you said not everyone will settle, you don't but i do

[brisk jolt]

bomb included in every aftershock pc

[lone scarab]

?

bro got 4 computers but none of them is better than mine

just get 1 but good performing 😭

[crude ruin]

I mean

i have laptop with the i5-8265u, athlon ii x4 640 pc, pentium 4 willamette pc and a pentium 100 mhz pc

[rugged mica]

But can it run DOOM?

[crude ruin]

should be able to

[low sorrel]

Hey setuna

You ready for the F1 race?

[brisk jolt]

max verstappen: uh, i dont know and uh
i dont care

[lone scarab]

thats crazy

[crude ruin]

My laptop is my best machine, lol

[lone scarab]

what do you use it for

[spiral quarry]

Forgot that it’s in Singapore lol

The one track I’ve yet to try and learn

[crude ruin]

Minecraft, War Thunder, Cities Skylines II, programming, and more, it's my main machine.

My Pentium 100 MHz machine is currently acting as a CD player

[lone scarab]

🙏

[crude ruin]

Rate my desk tho...

[lone scarab]

cant believe its working as cd player

[lone scarab]

fire

[crude ruin]

Original speakers, original CRT, original mouse, original keyboard, original power chords

[lone scarab]

why dont you upgrade?

[crude ruin]

Parents be parents

[brisk jolt]

if i sell my 9070xt im gettin the r5
god knows when lmfao

[lone scarab]

bruh

[crude ruin]

;-; I want to upgrade

[lone scarab]

idk buy parts slowly and put them in your old pc case

[lone scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/haruhi-suzumiya-suzumiya-haruhi-izumi-izumi-konata-gif-24729411

[crude ruin]

Hell no, those still work, I kinda daily drive my Windows 95 Pentium 100 MHz PC

[brisk jolt]

takes 7 minutes to load a website

[lone scarab]

i see 2 cases there

one of them can be useful if you really wanted to

[crude ruin]

And I run Linux Mint on my old Medion Akoya E4200 D stationary (originally had Windows 7), and the Windows XP PC with the Pentium 4 Willamette is fun to use sometimes.

[crude ruin]

I prefer open air

[lone scarab]

👍

then you cant upgrade

[crude ruin]

And just look at this perfectly good hardware

[crude ruin]

Also, they don't make CPUs like they used to, I accidentally yanked out my Pentium 4 with the heatsink, still works

[lone scarab]

crazy

[brisk jolt]

bro finna replace the thermal paste then come back saying “gentlemen the pc no longer turns on”

[lone scarab]

bro got 4 pc's to do different things

[crude ruin]

Yes

My Athlon II X4 640 PC has really good speaker system, use it for streaming music

[crude ruin]

I replaced the thermal paste, what else? I mean, it works.

[lone scarab]

also

no mousepad?

[brisk jolt]

i have like 3 pcs, 2 desktop 1 laptop that has a tb4 egpu

[lone scarab]

i have a tab, really old one, it could have worked as 2nd screen but nah couldnt find a way to do so

[brisk jolt]

ok whys F1 being especially more glazed in 2024 and 2025 as compared to like 2023 and before

[crude ruin]

I have one mouse pad for the Athlon PC, but I don't think the ball mouse needs one

[brisk jolt]

the F1 glaze here in sg is actually crazy

[lone scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/kitten-cat-tired-sleepy-sleep-gif-3864211

[crude ruin]

Speaking of which, I have a shit ton of old PS/2 ball mice and keyboards

[lone scarab]

and.. what are you gonna do with them?

[crude ruin]

Use them

It's my dad's old hardware

[frank cypress]

sending this before I forget

but yeah, control panel on enterprise drivers are different in these ways ^^ @merry stirrup @pure garnet

[lone scarab]

great

idk

[crude ruin]

idk

[lone scarab]

i have 3 mice and

[crude ruin]

this crt is fire tho

[lone scarab]

on 2 of them the scroll wheel doesnt work

i hope my new mouse doesnt do this

[crude ruin]

i also have a set of wireless mouse and keyboard with both ps/2 and usb-a

[lone scarab]

omg my old laptop has so much delay between input from trackpad to output

[lone scarab]

ps2 wireless?

[low sorrel]

Why is it called singaPORE if they aren't poor

[crude ruin]

yes

[lone scarab]

never heard of that

my old laptop's ssd health is 87%

[crude ruin]

Has both PS/2 and USB type A

[lone scarab]

back then i had like 10mbps internet and couldnt play as many games then how tf did i write 40tb worth of data on that ssd

[lone scarab]

oh has both

[crude ruin]

i said that

[lone scarab]

i thought both usb a and ps2 mouse and keybord

[crude ruin]

ahhh, my bad for not clarifying that

tho that means i can use it with my laptop

[lone scarab]

that great

still have win 10 on old lapppy

:D

[crude ruin]

still have a windows 7 home premium edition installation dvd

[lone scarab]

wow

[crude ruin]

I am 15, yet I grew up with WIndows 7

[lone scarab]

my old laptop was my first laptop

didnt have a pc till 14

[crude ruin]

this elitebook 840 g6 is my first laptop, got it just a year back, lol...

the athlon ii x4 pc is the first one i used, my dad gave it to me now since he doesnt use it anymore

[lone scarab]

crazy

[crude ruin]

how old are you?

[lone scarab]

19

[crude ruin]

o, ok

what did you even grow up with

uh, win 7, win vista or win xp?

[lone scarab]

win 10

[crude ruin]

damn

[lone scarab]

i used win 7 in school

[crude ruin]

valid, never win 8?

[lone scarab]

never

maybe once but it was terrible

never on my own pc tho

[crude ruin]

hell yes

i kinda want to have a pc with windows 7, windows 10, windows 11 and linux mint.......

[lone scarab]

linux

once installed on my old laptop

[crude ruin]

yes? i dual boot win 11 and mint currently

[lone scarab]

it wants me to learn all the fucking commands and stuff

i couldnt

i am really bad with rememering commands and stuff

[lone scarab]

windows 10 can give you performance boost on your lappy btw

[crude ruin]

i know

[crude ruin]

me too, you only need to know sudo apt, lol, mint is extremely userfriendly

[lone scarab]

my old lappy has 4gb ram and it starts up with 2gb free to use and my new one has 16 and it starts up with 7 free

[lone scarab]

i will try to install it again

its quiet useful

[crude ruin]

my athlon pc has 4 gb ddr3 and a 1 tb hdd, mint runs like butter, you should

i only have 20.9 gb ram free rn :/

[lone scarab]

bro i have 16 total

[lone scarab]

same here

[crude ruin]

ik, lol, tho 4 gb is enough for mint

trust me, youll start up with more than 3 gb free

[lone scarab]

amd a6-9225 this is the cpu of my old lappy

[crude ruin]

mint is extremely lightweight...

[lone scarab]

great

1866 mt :/

slow asf memory

[crude ruin]

oof

[lone scarab]

understandable language

is that single core and multicore score?

[crude ruin]

2400 mtps on my laptop

[crude ruin]

yes

[lone scarab]

see its better

[lone scarab]

so mine is better in single core?

it has 2 cores only btw

[crude ruin]

but my laptop has ddr4, the athlon pc has 4 gb ddr3

[crude ruin]

yes

[lone scarab]

i asked for athlon one

my current lappy is ddr 4 3200

[crude ruin]

ah, the athlon one, idrk, just that it is ddr3

[lone scarab]

bruh

so ddr 3 max is 1866

[crude ruin]

apparently

[lone scarab]

goof

[crude ruin]

that one probably has 1333 mtps

[lone scarab]

wow

[crude ruin]

so slower than your old lappy

[lone scarab]

my old lappy is slow in multicore

[crude ruin]

well, not by that much, only by 27%, its like comparing a desktop 8th gen i5 to my laptop's i5-8265u

[lone scarab]

i will let it charge rn and play some cs

i iwll install leter on

[crude ruin]

yea

[lone scarab]

still a big difference

[crude ruin]

singlecore is almost twice as good tho

[lone scarab]

especially when they barely run an os

[lone scarab]

idk if its gonan use singlecore anyways ¯_(ツ)_/¯

i was able to run old games like assassins creed or cod on this lappy btw

one hell of a laptop

[crude ruin]

well, try mint, it works, trust

[lone scarab]

sure

not like im gonna use it for something now tbh

it got 200 gb of spac

not even 250 😭

[crude ruin]

my school laptop has 128 and has survived 3 years on 10 gb free space ;-;

[civic reef]

Currently running 12.8 GB/s 🔥

[lone scarab]

wah

[crude ruin]

200 gb is more than enough

[pallid marsh]

These kids now adays getting their own school laptops smh

[crude ruin]

provided by the school

[pallid marsh]

I got nothing

[lone scarab]

i mean if you want to store something then not

[lone scarab]

same

[crude ruin]

just use external memory

[lone scarab]

👌

[crude ruin]

sweden is sweden

[crude ruin]

have an external ssd, is only 1 tb tho, and only 500 mbps transfer speed

[lone scarab]

well i want a 2tb nvme size 2230 for my current lappy

too x😔

[crude ruin]

id like a 4 tb internal for my current laptop, then i can quad boot win 7, win 10, win 11 and linux mint

[pallid marsh]

I have one for my steam deck

[lone scarab]

i want 2tb for storage only

no dual boot

[lone scarab]

they are quiet expensive

[pallid marsh]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/v94Zxr/crucial-p310-2-tb-m2-2230-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-ct2000p310ssd2 it's only $121

[lone scarab]

121

[lone scarab]

i cant decide ram or storage

need both

[molten crater]

Or do you..

[lone scarab]

i do

[topaz veldt]

Hi

[bleak juniper]

Hi

[topaz veldt]

Hey

[lone scarab]

hi

[molten crater]

True…

[lone scarab]

yes

will you gift me a 16 gb ddr4 3200 mt sodimm ram :3

[fringe vigil]

Hi

[molten crater]

Hi

[lone scarab]

thanks

[lone scarab]

🔥 👌

[crude ruin]

that are 3 partitions that Windows can access

I have a ~250 GB partition for Mint

[lone scarab]

what do u use mint for

[crude ruin]

idk, shit i guess, just random stuff

[lone scarab]

bruh

[quaint hornet]

https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/s/kFtZ1BU531 help desperately needed

[brave panther]

what do the post led's say?

does that mobo even have them

[quaint hornet]

No post leds doesn’t have any

[brave panther]

Well i dont have a crystal ball

very cringe of gigabyte not to include them

[topaz veldt]

P14 Max vs P14 Pro PST which is ... more better

[livid flame]

A regular should know that

[indigo tree]

Opera GX is a straight up scam, right?

[livid flame]

Why do you say that?

[indigo tree]

Why do you say that?

Why would a browser spend money advertising itself?

[livid flame]

You tell me.

[indigo tree]

Because they're buying something

[livid flame]

What are they buying?

[indigo tree]

That's unclear

[livid flame]

Well that’s a conundrum. Good luck with the conspiracy theory.

[brisk jolt]

something that may or may not cost money

[fringe vigil]

so funny

[quaint hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/okay-so-jack-donaghy-alec-baldwin-30rock-so-gif-19275722

[sharp phoenix]

What U think it'd take for costs of running mass servers (Mainly for big services like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc) to dramatically come down within the next decade? So that it could be more accessible to anyone that isn't a massive corp?

[brave panther]

define mass servers

do you mean hyperscalers?

[turbid locust]

My system decided to do the funny Nvidia card thing again and not display out to HDMI until I updated drivers

[edgy laurel]

it seems like there is a fundamental misunderstanding of what they're asking about. the computing power of the companies mentioned isn't in number of "servers", its in buildings of servers.

anyone can buy bits and pieces

[brave panther]

and not even that, it is about reliability, marketability and trust

[edgy laurel]

i thought that was happening to me this morning. in my delirium I didn't realize it wasn't on the right input. Sometimes i'll turn it on and it'll have switched somehow

[turbid locust]

I was definitely on the right input. Plugged and unplugged cables, unplugged the C4, etc.

I still get that weird occasional bug where the C4 won’t display an image until I hard power cycle it

But this time that didn’t work. As soon as I update drivers? Perfect.

[edgy laurel]

hmm, haven't seen that here.

[brave panther]

last week i had a big issue with display on my laptop

a hole used to work at 4k 60 4:4:4 with just type c

[turbid locust]

happens to me probably once a month

[edgy laurel]

which should be totally doable over DP (alt-mode) yeah

[brave panther]

it just stopped working over type c, then i tried it with HDMI and nothing, then i plugged in type c and it started to work again at 4k 60 4:0:0

now i am using it over tb4 dock

and it seems to work fine

[edgy laurel]

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[brave panther]

it gaslights you that it is working over type c even though it only works with both type c and hdmi plugged in

[pure garnet]

that was a long haircut

[steel stream]

I did not do that

[shell void]

128GB is essential for borderlands 4 with a 100GB shader cache

[steel stream]

true

[pure garnet]

i would like 256gb of ram to keep ffxiv on a ram disk

[civic reef]

This looks like the GTA options menu

[shell void]

bare minimum for decent performance

[pure garnet]

zen 5 is too slow for gaming

the limsa catgirls demand nova lake big cache and a 6090

[raw zinc]

Why does my PC deadass freeze for no reason but it just sits frozen, it happens at random intervals through the day and my pc doesnt even react to the freeze

[edgy laurel]

no one can say without troubleshooting

likely 3rd party software related

[steel stream]

I went to a friends house yesterday (who is not into audio at all) and they just had these sitting in their living room, I offered to buy them from him

these things are huge

[edgy laurel]

dude

https://www.reddit.com/r/vintageaudio/comments/o351i3/infinity_sm155_mother_inlaw_gave_me_anyone_know/

lmao

[steel stream]

nice

they just looked awesome lol

[edgy laurel]

yeah important part is they look badass

[steel stream]

yeah i'd keep them just for a showpiece tbh

[brisk jolt]

0.2 gpa activities

[shell void]

twin dont break it

[steel stream]

bro tf are you doing

[brisk jolt]

i cant park there

[pure garnet]

just risking it for the love of the game

[slim solstice]

Nice durable mobo I buy

Which model

[shell void]

i must not consume

[pure garnet]

you need a fishbowl and rgb fans

[cerulean cosmos]

My data connection while moving

It's only LTE (4ghz)

[shell void]

i do not

[wise bear]

You do not

[steel stream]

consooommmmm

[devout ridge]

just cracked 30k

[livid flame]

What is that for

[devout ridge]

Folding At Home

Specifically alzheimers research in my case

[livid flame]

That’s pretty awesome

[wraith steeple]

First FC and 7 Star performance on Clone Hero, let's gooooooo

[brisk jolt]

time for a change

[wise bear]

i thought you already bought it?

[devout ridge]

that's the order summary, so they already bought it

[brisk jolt]

i already received it, its just sitting on my sofa

no time to build so far

[slim pebble]

P14 Pro PST max out at 2500 rpm, Max is 2800 rpm. I know the Pro are the newer ones though, not sure what other advantages they have

[wraith steeple]

For me, the pros win with the PST alone

[slim pebble]

The daisy chain cable thing?

[shell void]

the pro fans are the only ones worth buying nowadays

[slim pebble]

I thought they all did that

[shell void]

they have the same or better performance than the max fans, they look nicer, and they have the power sharing tech of the og fans

plus they come in the cheap 5 packs

i still havent installed my p14 pros

[slim pebble]

A tad less perf than the max, but you’re right I had to use splitter cables to put them together

[devout ridge]

Do yall think the most recent NVIDIA drivers are stable enough to finally update or nah

i'm still sitting on 566.36

[shell void]

spark has been using them on his 4090 for ages

[edgy laurel]

haven't had a problem with anything for the last few months

the absolute latest i haven'tbothered with yet

but things haven't been bad for a long time

[devout ridge]

Update it is then, worst case i just downgrade

[slim pebble]

They fixed the problems back in what, March or April?

[shell void]

Pros are king

[devout ridge]

Why does the driver installer default to the NVIDIA app option

fuck you, i don't want your app

[shell void]

why not

[edgy laurel]

so many good features

[shell void]

i hated Geforce Experience, but Nvidia App has been fine

[devout ridge]

i don't want some random app on my PC for my once a year driver update

[edgy laurel]

thats hardly its only use, i dn't even think of it that way

[slim pebble]

I need a five pack then!

[edgy laurel]

nvapp is the replacement for nvcp

which will soon go away entirely (thank god)

[shell void]

mashallah

[pure garnet]

the dlss override is the only thing i use the app for

[shell void]

dlss override, rtx vsr, and recording

[devout ridge]

The moment where the screen goes black is always a little scary with driver updates

[pure garnet]

i’m coping with dlss balanced in monster hunter wilds because preset j looks decent

[slim pebble]

They’re better radiator fans due to static pressure, what’s the downside?

[shell void]

some good ol 1451x816p gaming

[pure garnet]

it’s still only like 90fps in hunts lol

[edgy laurel]

RTX HDR (games and video), RTX VSR (essential), framerate cap (essential), DLSS override, GSync setup, color settings, overlay. All the reasons you pay extra for Nvidia are enabled by the app

[shell void]

the downside is that it's pointless to replace your perfectly functioning max fans with pros xd

dont be like me and buy 40 arctic fans

[pure garnet]

i need new cpus because capcom can’t fix their game

even the 9800x3d can’t carry it

[shell void]

slow cpu

everyone needs nvl bllc and a z990 apex

absolute bare minimum for playing video games

[steel stream]

once a year?

[devout ridge]

i'm very lazy when it comes to drivers

[steel stream]

damn

[slim pebble]

I’m going to leave the case fans in place, at some point I’ll replace the radiator fans though.

So I’ll still keep 6-7 max fans blowing air in or out

[edgy laurel]

https://youtu.be/C3rUP3ULlUQ?si=Reh_5ReFPspOhLD4

[slim pebble]

Short answer yes. Long answer: wait and see if Nova Lake is good.

Better question: How badly can you screw up a 52 core CPU?

[fervent elm]

How many scheduling errors would you like

[steel stream]

I mean Wendell said it pretty well, could be a Zen1 moment for intel, not a great first entry but could be laying the groundwork for the future

[slim pebble]

Updating my BIOS, now I get to redo all of my memory OC timings.

[steel stream]

yay

[whole coral]

So I’m going back to this and saying I’m the biggest idiot ever. My address seems like it is eligible

The eligible locations was for areas underserved. So like <100/20 and >25/3

Those areas were eligible for public funding ($9.1M). Not the private funding ($3.9M).

[edgy laurel]

So the optical switches have solved the double clicking problem that plagued Logitech for years... except now my G502x Lightspeed has started double or triple clicking on the "back" thumb button

ffs

Jan 2023 - Oct 2025

[steel stream]

nice

[edgy laurel]

and the now third set of key switches are missing inputs intermittently

maybe this is a sign that I use my shit a fucking lot

need to touch more grass

[merry stirrup]

i. coulda showed you them on the rtx 4k lol

coulda compared that wy i mean

[vocal plume]

That or Logitech just makes ass keyboards

[edgy laurel]

Agreed. I don't have a logitech keyboard

I pivoted from my mouse to my keyboard

[vocal plume]

Good, my last Logitech "gaming" keyboard has a good few keys that would randomly double press

After only a month or 2

[edgy laurel]

keyboard is easy but annoying. i just pop out the switches for new ones

[vocal plume]

Oh that one was rubber dome and at that rate I just said fuck it

Now I have a royal kludge rk918

Excellent keyboard

[edgy laurel]

I've had glorious pandas, lavender purples and now gazzew boba's and all of them had a couple that started missing inputs here and there

speaking of i should go grab my extras..

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/soldier-boy-aborddelimpala-the-boys-words-up-gif-26118496

[pure garnet]

i know all those switches

[wise bear]

Do I need to call you an ambulance?

[merry stirrup]

nah me too

although i have basic switches

just gpro 3.0 yellows

[steel stream]

i got whatever came with my keychron

[cerulean cosmos]

i bought more "e-waste"

hehhehee

[shell void]

i been chillin on my Akko Rosewoods for a lil while

goated cheap switch

[cerulean cosmos]

i went to treasure isles

[shell void]

i wanna replace my mic and interface at some point

[cerulean cosmos]

i bought a cb radio for 10$ with the mic, just need a power cable and an antenna

[shell void]

wow what a nice and cool autumn day

[steel stream]

+20 F higher than the daily average

[devout ridge]

it's weird seeing a high of 80 low of 57

[steel stream]

i just got a new jacket man let me wear it

[whole coral]

Gonna make you jealous

[shell void]

let’s check the forecast for next week

[whole coral]

42F as a low lol

[devout ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/congrats-nice-happy-for-you-congrats-nice-happy-for-you-gif-1927193140186872022

[steel stream]

we drop to 65 on Tuesday 🙏

[shell void]

i love having it feel like mid July in October bro so awesome

i totally didn’t want to experience actual autumn

[brave panther]

this year autumn is skipped, we go straight to winter

[steel stream]

I love 80+ F heat and seeing the leaves turn brown

[brave panther]

havent you heard

[shell void]

seems that way

it’s gonna go straight from 80 and sunny to 0 and 5 feet of snow

[whole coral]

Give me this now

Snow is always the best

[shell void]

the only two seasons the northeast has now are boiling and blizzard

[fervent elm]

79 today in north michigan

[brave panther]

fr
highest winter W is no mosquitos

[whole coral]

Yep

[steel stream]

you will have one day with one hour of perfect weather and then suffering

[shell void]

stink bugs and ladybugs annoy me more than mosquitos because at least mosquitos don’t invade my home most of the time

they stay outside for the most part

stink bugs try to sleep with me

[steel stream]

I had a big ladybug problem in my dorm last year

[cerulean cosmos]

not for me 😭

[steel stream]

they would always just sneak in

[brave panther]

yes they wait for you outside and when you come out bite your ankles in 5 seconds

[whole coral]

For real

[shell void]

yeah i’m a skeeter magnet too

but i can pretend they don’t exist if i stay inside

[devout ridge]

i just love when cyberpunk updates and i have to update 25% of my mods

[shell void]

i’ve never tried modding the game

[devout ridge]

quite straight forward with vortex

[whole coral]

Oh guess what. I was wrong about the GoNetSpeed thing. My address is in their buildout plan actually

[devout ridge]

just a total pain when updates happen

though as long as it's not a big patch, usually not much breaks

[shell void]

so perhaps you will see another price drop

if you have two fiber ISPs and cable

[whole coral]

Bump

Those eligible areas was for underserved

Those were for public funding

The private funding goes to the already served areas. Just for more competition

Since I’m a dense area of the city I have a pretty good chance of getting them

[cerulean cosmos]

i bought a verifone vx 510 le and a teaberry mighty "t" cb radio, $10 for both things

[shell void]

supposedly GNS will come to my city eventuallyTM too but it’s been a long time since the last update

[brave panther]

it is very dumb that everyone just doesent have shared infra for ftth

[whole coral]

Actually it’s just two fiber ISP’s pretty much

The cable provider is what’s giving me full fiber

In the future it will be Cox (fiber provider) and GoNetSpeed (fiber provider)

Gonna be wild having two ONT’s in the home potentially. Maybe I can do dual-WAN if both are active

[devout ridge]

Cyberpunk really is one of those games you can play forever

with a NG+ mod that is

[shell void]

you totally could, but that may be pointless

if cox and gns are using a lot of the same utility poles then when one gets knocked down the other will probably go down too

5g home internet is a better failover wan option

[pure garnet]

i am going to attempt to leave the ancient nvidia driver

[shell void]

or starlink, but that’s expensive to have running 24/7 as failover

[whole coral]

Yeah

FWA seems like a reasonable failover

[gentle urchin]

Pretty Sure eerybody had a smartphone already. Just share internet from that one when/if Fiber is down?

gg ez

[shell void]

yah you can do that

if you’re paying for a premium phone plan with like 200GB of hotspot

[gentle urchin]

That would be awesome

I hate fall & rain

[whole coral]

Yeahhh

My T-Mobile plan has 60 GB of hotspot

[shell void]

rain can be annoying but autumn is the best season

[gentle urchin]

If you manage to have the same Fiber ISP as Phone provider, they usually provide infinity surf while your fiber is down here

[shell void]

that’s nice

verizon and att and t mobile don’t offer wired internet to homes where i live

[gentle urchin]

yah, I don't anymore though, hehe

[whole coral]

For those who don’t believe me here’s the fiber cable going into the ONT lol

[pure garnet]

where do you live that you get fiber and dial up

[whole coral]

Also taking the ONT out it kinda scary. Gotta be gentle lol

[gentle urchin]

The best Black Friday 1 year fiber prices, big companies, don't have the best phone plan prices x)

their daughter companies have here

[pure garnet]

this sounds like a euro thing

[shell void]

i have the second to best verizon plan because i don’t need 200GB hotspot or international data

it’s like $52.50 after tax or something

the home internet is $40/mo rn xd

and i use like 2-2.5TB/mo on that

[whole coral]

It’s so nice having a premium phone plan. Truly unlimited 5G data

[shell void]

yeah i was getting pissed off with spectrum only giving me 50GB

[whole coral]

Lmaoo bruh

[pure garnet]

i have magenta max to do nothing with

i use like maybe 20gb a month

[shell void]

i think i average like 60GB but id have to look

maybe more now that i’m not afraid to use it more often

[pure garnet]

i only really use my phone at work

and i’m on their wifi since it’s like 500mbps

[whole coral]

215 GB already used and it’s only October 5th

[devout ridge]

i'm at 1.42tb for the current period

[pure garnet]

of celluar?

[devout ridge]

mhm

[pure garnet]

how

[devout ridge]

idk

463GB is tik tok

[whole coral]

lol. I’ve used 5 TB of data in a month. Carrier didn’t care

[shell void]

ios cellular periods are weird, that’s not your monthly usage

as far as i can tell it never resets

[devout ridge]

then 128GB of amazon music, 108GB of App store, 89.2GB of personal hotspot, 80.7GB of youtube

[whole coral]

Yeah

[devout ridge]

Ah that makes a lot more sense then

[merry stirrup]

its up to your carrier

[devout ridge]

i've had this phone for like 3 years

[pure garnet]

yeah tmobile resets like on the billing cycle

verizon never reset mine

[merry stirrup]

mine refreshes every month on xfinity yeah

[devout ridge]

Yeah i have verizon, and it looks like it never resets

[pure garnet]

almost 1.5tb of bandwidth in a month had me so confused

[merry stirrup]

you can manually reset them

bottom of the celular tab

[pure garnet]

i thought you were downloading like the entirety of a streaming service

[devout ridge]

Btw, Do not use the highlighter to cover stuff on IOS

I guarantee you, you can recover the number from that

[merry stirrup]

yeah i can see thru that if i want

[whole coral]

Ohhhh

[devout ridge]

You should delete that

[merry stirrup]

yeah hollon i'll example

[steel stream]

oh did not know that

[pure garnet]

floppa calling you rn

[steel stream]

I just use the pencil to scratch it out

[whole coral]

Lmaoooo

[pure garnet]

i use the box tool

[devout ridge]

Yeah you can even do it while on mobile, no fancy apps needed

[whole coral]

Ok better

But yeah you can find your usage in the cellular section

[merry stirrup]

i actually did my example too safe and i cant see what i wrote down but yeah typiccally

you can even see behind like images enough

[whole coral]

Depends on your carrier though

[merry stirrup]

if someone scribbles it out

[whole coral]

On Verizon you have to actually call them to get the usage

[merry stirrup]

yyou just take their image and crank basically everything relating to brightness

and it usually works

cause the highlighter on ios is not opaque

[devout ridge]

Someone didn't believe me before, so i recovered their address and DM'ed it to them to prove a point, they then deleted it and i deleted my message and the saved image

[steel stream]

neat

[merry stirrup]

yeah

[whole coral]

Interesting

[merry stirrup]

if i had gotten your image fast enough (i was on desktop) i probably couldve given you a ring

[devout ridge]

at least it's not like a full shipping label like some people send

[merry stirrup]

lol

think i did that on accident for my 13900ks lol

[devout ridge]

I usually cover it up IRL so i don't have to worry about digitally censoring it

[merry stirrup]

i think this game looks great

[merry stirrup]

yeah i scan every image i send for pii

[devout ridge]

Mhm

[merry stirrup]

at least if its my actual image and not just a meme

[devout ridge]

Everyone should, but most don't

[pure garnet]

512 floppa way

[merry stirrup]

HOW DID HE KNOW

[devout ridge]

Yeah i'm obviously not scanning an image i pulled off the internet for my own PII

[merry stirrup]

SHE

[devout ridge]

511*

[pure garnet]

i got it from karhu fr

[merry stirrup]

PROBABLY

[pure garnet]

give him time for one more crash out

[merry stirrup]

how is this drop a 1/10 but ive killed these people 12 times

hate ts

[steel stream]

it owuld look better if it was fullscreen

[merry stirrup]

cant take screenshot

i go back into full screen with alt enter after each one

the game runs on dx9 you think theres proper borderless windowed?

[steel stream]

ah

[merry stirrup]

this character has a skill called close enough

and it does exactly what you hope and i no longer have to aim

[steel stream]

nice

[pure garnet]

technically floppa it's just 12 1/10 rolls

[merry stirrup]

YEAH I KNOW

been like 30 kills i give up

[granite pivot]

is this monitor any good?

https://www.newegg.com/acer-xz271u-x3bmiiphx-27-wqhd-240hz-using-display-port-144hz-using-hdmi-port-nitro-va-black/p/N82E16824011506?Item=9SIA1CZKH01353&_gl=1*1bcelf1*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3NTk2OTQ0NTcuQ2owS0NRandyb2pIQmhEZEFSSXNBSmRFSl9mSjFSdUF4NTBYWUZuT09IQ0hTdGZKWC1HeDR4a2xfcTZkaGpPOW0wV1pIMVBhQXJuUmh1NGFBdC1tRUFMd193Y0I.*_gcl_dc*R0NMLjE3NTk1NDAyNTkuQ2p3S0NBanc2UDNHQmhCVkVpd0FKUGptTHBUYkpRV1pjQTRlbVhZcEZlSGdndS0wNnFTVkRVN2tHVXBQS0xxZnVySndZR1RHc3M0dmxSb0NrNFFRQXZEX0J3RQ.._gcl_auNjQwNjkwMDAuMTc1ODc3NjIzMy4xMzI2MTI1MDA2LjE3NTk1MjQ5NjcuMTc1OTUyNDk2Nw.._gaNjgxMzM1NDE2LjE3NTg3NzYyMzM._ga_TR46GG8HLRczE3NTk3MDA1NjckbzEwJGcxJHQxNzU5NzAxMjI2JGo1NCRsMCRoMjA4NjUzMjQzNA..

[shell void]

ok i uninstalled the X550 in my main PC, and installed 7 arctic p14 pros

[merry stirrup]

let me see

[shell void]

ill just have to cope with 2.5gb instead of 10gb because that beeping was close to giving me an aneurysm

installing the remaining 3 p14 pros in the 14900k pc

[pure garnet]

damn we both downgraded to 2.5gb

[opaque spindle]

Does anyone know why my monitor gets no signal during windows updates or restarts? It works perfectly fine when booten up as a startup

[pure garnet]

the s90d cannot handle this awesomeness

[granite pivot]

anyone know this worth buying

[turbid locust]

about the going rate for 1440p240hz IPS

[granite pivot]

wym

[edgy laurel]

better than the last one you linked, the curved va

[edgy laurel]

the segment is littered with options, all more or less the same general performance

aka nothing special

[gentle urchin]

Disagree, cheapest 1440p IPS 240Hz in Sweden goes for 400$

[pure garnet]

well fortunately that doesn’t affect the going rate in us newegg

[turbid locust]

it's the going rate in relevant countries

[gentle urchin]

Well, not in 1st world countries at least

[pure garnet]

swedish fish aren’t bad

[gentle urchin]

About 60$ of the 400$ is for chemical tax pretty sure

[turbid locust]

wdym

[gentle urchin]

Free health care/University & getting payed to study gotta come from somewhere.

[turbid locust]

"free" lmao

so free you're paying double for a montior lmao

[pure garnet]

do you go to the doctor like every week or something

[turbid locust]

fr

[pure garnet]

i’d rather have my cheap tech

[edgy laurel]

lol when you're 20 that sounds horrible but trust me, it won't forever

[wraith steeple]

[hoary hatch]

I was paying > $500/month for health insurance last year

[pure garnet]

that doesn’t sound that crazy

[wraith steeple]

Free healthcare is also a very foreign concept in the old country

[turbid locust]

I pay like 232 a month for all my benefits

[pure garnet]

either way healthcare aside the monitor being 400 euros means nothing when talking about monitor prices in the us market

[turbid locust]

and it comes out of my check so it basically is free

[wraith steeple]

Had to be a member of the Ba'ath party to even get remotely decent access (the bare minimum)

[topaz veldt]

Ok cool, probably going noctua a 14 g2

@edgy laurel what a night

[shell void]

stay right there im on my way

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/rainbolt-geoguessr-lock-in-lock-in-gif-835527230993211087

[topaz veldt]

What a unit

[wraith steeple]

[topaz veldt]

Whenever I feel somewhat comfortable in life I get in that car and am reminded of mortality

[steel stream]

You drove a nissan altima?

[topaz veldt]

@edgy laurel want to play guess how many miles I put on that green car since last inspection (was out in April...so like almost 1.5 years)

[fervent elm]

Thats the opposite
Makes you feel immortal and hence maniacal driving

[pure garnet]

when you see a altima with no bumper you move if you wish to live

[trail estuary]

2002 Nissan maxima

[topaz veldt]

I had a friend with an altima 3.5S or whatever

it was actually pretty potent - we put some supercharger on it back in like 2010

but unfortunately it was auto and wrong wheel drive

awyeah

[trail estuary]

Pa, nice

[topaz veldt]

Exempt again... I almost hit 50 miles this year

[fringe vigil]

b07 beta out wtf

[topaz veldt]

yeah for 2 days now

[fringe vigil]

bruh

didnt know dl rn

[topaz veldt]

wtf

[fringe vigil]

you playing??

[topaz veldt]

not this moment no

[fringe vigil]

have you seen that shi

[topaz veldt]

seen what

[fringe vigil]

you can literally shoot people through the walls

[topaz veldt]

i have it installed nad played it

havent seent he thru walls

[fringe vigil]

some thermal wallbang through 5 buildings tf

[final glacier]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKkG9Z-_3Ho

[topaz veldt]

lma

lame

[steel stream]

I've still got a NH-D15 G2 laying around unused

[topaz veldt]

yeah i have 2 on the shelf

[steel stream]

I really liked it, but I did not like the brown in my PA602

they gotta release the chromax version

[merry stirrup]

its a kill streak its nothing more unbalaced than the others '

[topaz veldt]

apparently the NH-D15 G2 fans are like OP over standard G2 fans

[steel stream]

interesting

[topaz veldt]

Always a relief when and expensive shipment arrives properly

when an*

[steel stream]

cause like you can't really use the D15 fans any where else

shape is weird right, or could you mount them

[topaz veldt]

$6000 memory sale arrived on time and not loss, yay

[topaz veldt]

it has holes but i dunno if they're 140mm spacing

[steel stream]

yeah it didn't scream standard mounting to me

[topaz veldt]

Its so confusing whether P14 Max or P14 Pro PST is better

I know michael chimed in but its like... how is the normal person supposed to know

[shell void]

as far as i can tell the Max and OG fans are just obsoleted

i dont think either are produced anymore

i wonder how long itll take amazon to run out of stock on the og p12s, they still have a bunch

[topaz veldt]

I have another P14 clicking

its not constant but it does it when I play SW Survivor and its annoying

[steel stream]

weird it does it during SW Survivor

[topaz veldt]

well any time the temps are up

[shell void]

phanteks t30-140 was supposed to be out in the late june early july timeframe and it still isnt here 🥀

[topaz veldt]

some place in the curve it doesn't do well

yeah T30-140 would be perfect

I am thinking of just getting NF-A14x25 G2 and calling it a day

[shell void]

the white pros are super clean imo

[steel stream]

the real answer (I no longer have any G2s in use)

[shell void]

we have no idea when t30-140 will actually launch so go for it

[steel stream]

I've got 3 Noctua fans in my build but it's just the ones that came with my AIO

[shell void]

maybe ces 2026 but that'll make it like half a year from now before you can have a dozen of them on your desk

i flipped my rightmost top fan to intake when i replaced them, and im too lazy to test if it's better

[steel stream]

these 200mm fans make fan control so easy, everything is just set to 30% and I have no problems in my day to day use

it only got loud when I let cranked Distant Horizons with full CPU usage run for like an hour

[shell void]

i think the new p14 pros are... 2c better on my LF3 420 & 9800X3D

absolutely GAMECHANGING

[steel stream]

peak

that would be even more game changing if you were on a 7800X3D

[shell void]

the real gamechanger is that i no longer have two X550s screaming at me 24/7

im going to hear those beeps in my sleep like a traumatized ex-mcdonalds employee

[steel stream]

the beeps are just nice background noise you know

[shell void]

absolutely not

[steel stream]

michael does not enjoy some nice ambient white noise

[shell void]

i do

not super high pitched whining and beeping though

[pure garnet]

your aio came with noctua fans?

[steel stream]

Asus LC 420

[pure garnet]

interesting

[steel stream]

I do not recommend

[pure garnet]

i wasn’t interested anyway my case can’t even fit a lf3 pro

i’m using the cheapest corsair 360mm aio with a12x25s instead of their fans

[steel stream]

yeah this is the AIO Asus made specifically for the pro art case

[thick frost]

hot

[topaz veldt]

I need to build a detached garage

@steel stream didn't realize you were in for tires

[hoary hatch]

@wise bear round 2

[brisk jolt]

mfw i have a teacher named “puk yew”

[thick frost]

Fricken like 18 years apart and they’re the exact same height

Gateway and thermaltake in kahoots or smth

[topaz veldt]

I am looking at the Lian Li O11 Mini V2

[brisk jolt]

I am looking at the Midori 5L V2.4

[topaz veldt]

dafuq is that

[brisk jolt]

another ITX case

[frank cypress]

oh i forgor

it's interesting tho

[frank cypress]

i forgot

[topaz veldt]

looks a little janky

[thick frost]

I rearranged things

and my windows xp gaming pc is still on the floor

[topaz veldt]

Me too

[thick frost]

Shhhhhhhhh stututu turbo dies from over pressure and not having a bov

[topaz veldt]

...wat

[thick frost]

only way for pressure to exit if you don’t have a bov is out the turbo which stututu and puts excess ware on it

[topaz veldt]

Why would you assume I don't have that though

[thick frost]

I was making a funny

[topaz veldt]

Meh not funny

[raven wind]

Is 600mbps wifi good for $40 a month

[topaz veldt]

iunno

[brisk jolt]

misufaringu shystemu

[topaz veldt]

very confusing

[raven wind]

Relatable, i applaud you for being honest although useless

[topaz veldt]

No problem, goober

[rich idol]

Any good tools for controlling fan speeds aside from BIOS?

[brisk jolt]

fancontrol

[topaz veldt]

fancontrol

[rich idol]

Gotcha

How should CPU fans be configured in relation to chassis fans? I heard particularly you want the intake fans going faster than the exhaust fans but I haven't heard much about how the CPU fans should be configured

[topaz veldt]

air cooler or AIO or custom loop?

[rich idol]

Air

[topaz veldt]

keep chassis fans generally fixed RPM

maybe slight ramp with CPU/GPU combined

CPU temp can drive the CPU fans up, but don't be too radical A) it doesn't help a ton B) it sounds annoying if its too up down up down up down

You can use fancontrol to mix your CPU and GPU temps, and then reference those to chassis

[rich idol]

I haven't checked put fancontrol yet, but i saw asus's BIOs typically has a configurable graph for setting how fast each fan should spin at certain temperatures

Didn't know GPU fan could be altered

[topaz veldt]

Check out fancontrol its more sophisticated

[rich idol]

I see

[topaz veldt]

GPU fan can be manipulated but you can also "mix" the GPU and CPU

so it can average, max, etc., and drive chassis fans based on CPU AND GPU

[rich idol]

Though is it right that I want the intake fans spinning faster than exhaust? Something about having positive pressure inside the case

[topaz veldt]

experiment, the nice part is you can tune the shit up to be equal and then do like "+5%" on intake fans

[rich idol]

I see, thanks for the info

[topaz veldt]

If you get fan control where you like it you can manually go into BIOS and set values

[rich idol]

Oh so you mean experiment with fan control, then set my desired settings in BIOS based on the fancontrol settings so the computer just does those settings all the time?

Just validating cause im never sure about anything

[shell void]

yeah

[frank cypress]

200mm fat boys in front is baller

[wanton basin]

Battery

body

[warm badge]

Battery looks fine for now but can start to bulge at anytime when it's at its end of life

You could also do with another ram stick

[pure garnet]

you need to replace that hard drive asap

ssds are like $20 starting

[wanton basin]

yeah ik but i dont game much so its fine

[wanton basin]

there is a boot ssd in this.

hard disk for large files and its kinda like just there

[pure garnet]

it’s hard to tell when half the laptop is empty

[wanton basin]

thats what i thought

[warm badge]

Ram not just for gaming. Also helps with programs that you run.

[wanton basin]

hmm ik i do have a spare laptop with 2 4gb sticks
I could remove one of them and put here

[warm badge]

Whats the ram size?

[wanton basin]

8gb curent

[pure garnet]

you get a benefit from dual channel either way

i’d grab another 8gb stick personally, 16 is a comfy size

[wanton basin]

hmm but like parents wont spend on ram rn

they kinda want me to study

[brisk jolt]

tell them u need sufficient ram to launch enough shit to study

[pure garnet]

between 1x8 and 2x4 i’d do 2x4 but i’d also look for the opportunity to spend ~$30 on a ram stick

[wanton basin]

and like i am gonna use this for another year and will get a better gaming laptop or thin and light next year

[brisk jolt]

else shits gonna be a stuttery slow mess

[night herald]

it wouldn't be that expensive

[wanton basin]

8gb keeps me happy

[night herald]

they need like just 1 more 8gb drr4 sodimm

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/cyberpunk-stick-some-iron-up-your-mouth-and-pull-the-trigger-johnny-silverhand-gif-26931703

[warm badge]

Yeah. You could also do what I did. Have one 8gig and one 4 gig and hope for the best just to have that extra space. If it doesn't work then use the 2 4gigs you have but make sure its compatible for that laptop

[wanton basin]

yeah but the thing is need

i dont need it

[pure garnet]

yeah i just don’t price track low capacity old ram modules

[wanton basin]

it is compatible

[warm badge]

Try one 8 gig and one 4 gig

[pure garnet]

it’ll work fine

[wanton basin]

i live in india and here 8gb stick costs about 3000-3500 so around 30$

[brisk jolt]

how i feel after changing the school monitor from 59.4hz to 75hz:

[lone scarab]

i need 32 gb and currently have 16

how are people living with 8

[night herald]

probably not compiling shit on their laptops

[wanton basin]

i open 3 tabs and relax

but like cant play a few games

[warm badge]

My new pc got 64 gigs.

[wanton basin]

so am sad

[lone scarab]

told my friend the same and he was like no im good with 8 gb, and his problem was stuttering in games

[lone scarab]

get more ram

[pure garnet]

i have 48 in my desktop and 32 in my laptop

[night herald]

fancy

[warm badge]

Stuttering could also happen with applications as well these days. Not just games.

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/initial-d-misfiring-system-anime-anxious-car-gif-17176707

[lone scarab]

tell people to spend money to solve their problem and they will become professional technician themselves

[lone scarab]

he had 3gb usable on idle

i tested it, he's being limited by ram a lot

[night herald]

side note: although battery says YRDD6 you might be able to find other deals with other compatible models

[warm badge]

I can believe that. My last pc was 13 years running ams every day normal applications that worked fine started having issues DDR3 12 gigs ram

[night herald]

i have upgraded my laptop battery life that way with asus once, just make sure they are indeed compatible and will fit your case

[lone scarab]

thats 12gb

[night herald]

also, be careful when extracting the battery, do not pull the clip by wires

[lone scarab]

what windows?

[warm badge]

I ran 8 gigs for awhile before I got the 4 gigs

[night herald]

12gb is 16 with zram

[warm badge]

10

[lone scarab]

and how many years ago was that

[lone scarab]

way better

he has win 11 and it doesnt perform well 🤷‍♂️

[pure garnet]

i’d argue zswap is more practical

[lone scarab]

65% ram used at idle

how could you play games on 3 gb ram?

[warm badge]

2 years ago I got my new pc. So recent

[pure garnet]

it would just free ram

[night herald]

i don't mention zswap because it is kinda swap at this point, although a compressed one
while zram doesn't hit the disk

[lone scarab]

that was 2 years ago i used amd a6 2core cpu amd 4gb ram

[warm badge]

Man. That must have been hard

[pure garnet]

tbf if you’re relying on either to fit basic use you’re cooked

[lone scarab]

it couldnt run any modern games

[lone scarab]

it was

[night herald]

i have a tablet with soldered 2gb ram and it is... usable

[lone scarab]

and yes to top it all of my friend also uses his laptop on battery because he thinks pluging it in and playing games will harm battery

[night herald]

not the greatest experience, but it enough to have as a deck

[pure garnet]

i have an r61i with an ancient core 2 duo and 4gb of ddr2? and even with zram/zswap steam just hard locks the system

might be an issue with my labwc setup but i’m not interested enough to torture myself debugging it

[lone scarab]

he had a perfectly fine phone instead he chose to spend 600 on iphone 16 rather then getting a macbook for his university's work

[night herald]

tho, does windows compress data in-ram

i remember it had a "Compressed" value in task manager in ram tab

[fervent scaffold]

Convince me not to upgrade my i5 14600k to an i9 14900k. Other than cost. Please?

[night herald]

does it enable you new workloads or expand current ones?

[fervent scaffold]

Strictly gaming, allows slightly better performance for the games I play. Lol

[pure garnet]

unless you’re manually tuning a 14900k i can’t recommend buying one at all

[warm badge]

The old system was I5 4690k, 8 gigs, then 16 before one broke and then 12 with an asus H85 mobo and a GTX EVGA 960

[pure garnet]

even with the intel default settings it’s still crazy high voltages/power draw

[fervent scaffold]

I do not understand, as in I do not understand why that wouldn’t make it worthwhile?

Killing itself or?

[pure garnet]

because it’s likely to still fail yeah

every regular here with a 13900k/14900k has manually tuned it so it’s not impossible but

you’ll have to set aside some time to properly stress it

[minor herald]

at least with the new micro code its not asking for 1.65V

[pure garnet]

and then there’s arrowlake

where it jump scares you with the dlvr

[minor herald]

yes kind of got slower memory system

[pure garnet]

you’ll see 1.6v vids pre step down

it’s bizarre

[fervent scaffold]

What about a I7 14700k then?

I just feel like I regret pairing a i5 14600k with a 5070ti

[minor herald]

why?

[pure garnet]

i wouldn’t spend any more money on 1700 tbh

[minor herald]

14600k is good buget cpu

[fervent scaffold]

Just a couple of the more cpu intensive games I play, granted I dont think Ive seen 100% usage, but i also dont stare that down ya know

[minor herald]

the 14600k is a ok moden 6 core cpus it fine in just about all games

[fervent scaffold]

I feel as if I just need to be talked out of it because Im almost certain I dont need it lol

[pure garnet]

short of an x3d nothing is going to be noticeably different

and even then you’re still mainly noticing it in edge cases at a higher res

[fervent scaffold]

I just stare at hardware 24/7 because I want to keep building, and when I dont have something to build I want to upgrade my own.