tech-chat-2

[merry stirrup]

yeah i think the z790 ayw oc is like that

[low sorrel]

what is raukten

[merry stirrup]

oh the aye oc is black

[frank zealot]

1. Rakuten
2. What is google

[topaz veldt]

Bro WHAT

[frank zealot]

22+2+1+2

Making us do math now rofl

[edgy laurel]

No Z890M AYM Gaming

[low sorrel]

but like how do they make money

[edgy laurel]

just full ATX, aka 4-dimmer

[topaz veldt]

If you go ARL and aren't ready for math you are doing it wrong

[low sorrel]

if they just offer cashback

wtf is their business model

[topaz veldt]

Honestly a nice looking board

[edgy laurel]

"space"

[topaz veldt]

"DRAGONS"

[edgy laurel]

fair

[topaz veldt]

at least space is real

[frank zealot]

but jesus christ that's a lot of phases of VRM

What's that built to deliver? 1200W?

[edgy laurel]

its like a sci-fi ship console theme

[topaz veldt]

Its an Apex bro - it has a reputation to fulfill

[topaz veldt]

I like it honestly

[merry stirrup]

its a shame its worse than prime

[topaz veldt]

@edgy laurel did you see I bought a waterblock for my 5090 Master?

[edgy laurel]

you know I don't do all white pc parts so.. yeah

[low sorrel]

i don't understand

[topaz veldt]

You are a curmudgeon though

[edgy laurel]

no but..

[topaz veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/arresteddevelopment-its-happening-michael-cera-realization-gif-5420046

Unfortunately the only block today for the 5090 Master is the Alphacool, but we're gonna give it a try

Block comes tomorrow. Modified distro plate comes friday.

[edgy laurel]

i can't comprehend more than one card and you're waterblocking two

i don't even know whats going on there lol

[merry stirrup]

id like to custom loop my rig

i should buy a dd frame before they disappear

[topaz veldt]

they didn't have ADHD when we were kids

[merry stirrup]

oh damn i might already be cooked

[green marsh]

meanwhile they got green boards on Intel side

[topaz veldt]

I am a little concerned about cleaning of the "gel" on my 5090 master

[merry stirrup]

ultrasonic cleaner

all reality idk

[topaz veldt]

I have one that holds like 3 x 3 x 3 parts

[merry stirrup]

seems like its just gonna suck

[topaz veldt]

This should work

[merry stirrup]

idk that might work tbh

iso bath after call it good

[pure garnet]

downgrading my bios for big cope floppa

8000 soon it will come back

[merry stirrup]

i dont believe you but you got th is

[pure garnet]

i don't believe me either but some other guys oc broke on it and i can't find the agesa changelog so

i'll go back just to see

[merry stirrup]

does someone have an lga 1700 dd frame

[vestal granite]

its cause people went outside after school and spent all their excess energy throwing rocks at cars and running from the police

[topaz veldt]

I am just going to ISO it

[merry stirrup]

hmmm okay valid

[topaz veldt]

yes but look at me now - a CPU/GPU doesn't come out for 3 months so I start removing air coolers

[low sorrel]

how much

rip bozo

[merry stirrup]

did he just get killed

@green marsh did you get muted 💀

[green marsh]

what happened ?

[gentle urchin]

Now this is hot

[low sorrel]

warship took him to the back and killed him

[gentle urchin]

Everyody knows green pcb = higher performance

[vestal granite]

thats why people get those exercise bikes where you can bike 30 miles indoors against other people for $60/mo

[green marsh]

nah, warship just didn't like all caps

https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-x870e-h-gaming-wifi7-hatsune-miku-edition// i guess you have to read it yourself lol

wrong link, sorry 😄

[low sorrel]

ROG Strix X870E-H Gaming WiFi7 Hatsune Miku Edition.

[edgy laurel]

I have no idea why this person is so popular that they have their own "editions" of things

and at this point I don't want to know

[pure garnet]

its hatsune miku

[edgy laurel]

that means nothing to me

[wise bear]

not even a person lol

just some 3d robot singer

[green marsh]

Z790 board with reasonable PCIe layout (still got three M.2 slots)

[wise bear]

that weebs and japan is obsessed with

[gentle urchin]

Vocaloid

[low sorrel]

it's a fake singer

[vagrant cargo]

is there any great new mother boards for a full atx build or gpus themed around stuff like akira?

[wraith steeple]

Japan being Japan basically

[topaz veldt]

I have been pressing TG for timelines on their 5090 master block

[vagrant cargo]

best thing to come out of japan music wise is baby metal

some of their collab songs are gooood

[low sorrel]

now that you mention akira what ever happened to them

i've not seen them in the server for a while

[vagrant cargo]

whos akira

[green marsh]

ASUS doing weird connector locations again

[merry stirrup]

my eyes

[low sorrel]

person

[merry stirrup]

what the FUCK is that dude

[vagrant cargo]

that has to be a pain in the ass to clean

[wraith steeple]

One of the regulars here

[green marsh]

https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/workstation/pro-ws-w880-ace-se/

[merry stirrup]

man thats atrocious

[edgy laurel]

not so regular anymore

[wraith steeple]

[wise bear]

didnt aki get banned

[merry stirrup]

why no ram on sale

[wraith steeple]

She's still here

[topaz veldt]

aki?

[edgy laurel]

whoa, names are glowing when i hover over them

[wraith steeple]

Probably busy IRL

[wise bear]

yea

[edgy laurel]

i don't recall this being a thing, am i losing it?

[low sorrel]

woah

[wise bear]

its been a thing for like, a month

[edgy laurel]

huh

[low sorrel]

no it has not

[wise bear]

yeah, it has

[low sorrel]

shut up

i don't believe

[edgy laurel]

sorry jerry, not your name

[green marsh]

seems like they like to do weird connector layouts for their Pro WS boards.

[low sorrel]

it's becaujse peytons white isn't

https://tenor.com/view/upset-mad-mad-face-hmph-arms-crossed-gif-15164872

[wise bear]

weird take but aight

[edgy laurel]

Oculink?

[low sorrel]

oh it's just all the floatplane subs

classism

[pure garnet]

@merry stirrup 8000 just booted

[low sorrel]

revolt

[green marsh]

their product page is minimal, but yes https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/workstation/pro-ws-665-ace/

Ultrafast Connectivity: Intel® 2.5 Gb Ethernet, OCuLink connectors with PCIe® 4.0 x4, USB 5Gbps ports.

[topaz veldt]

ok

[low sorrel]

ok why do they still glow in replies

[edgy laurel]

you just jealous your name doesn't glow

[pure garnet]

p2w glow

[edgy laurel]

i just checked another server where my name is also blue, doesn't glow

[low sorrel]

how much does floatplane cost

[compact tree]

pretty sure less than nitro xD

[low sorrel]

don't pay for nitro

[topaz veldt]

I should see what i have as recurring monthly shits

[low sorrel]

why is it usd

[topaz veldt]

there are no other worthy nations

[low sorrel]

oh 5 bucks a month not bad

[green marsh]

the workstation boards are all weird more or less. Like a B850 one still has RAM at top, 24-pin at top, internal USB 2.0 header, no idea what that connector above chipset even is etc

[low sorrel]

5 bucks usd ehh too lazy to buy now

[topaz veldt]

get 4K you peasant

[low sorrel]

for my 1440p monitor?

[wise bear]

oculink

[compact tree]

only thing i have is my phone plan 15€/month and google one 100gb for 20€/year

[green marsh]

MCIO connector (supports PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 mode)**
whatever that is

[topaz veldt]

yes

[shell void]

MCIO my goat

[low sorrel]

i don't even watch ltt that much anymore

[low sorrel]

i would rather pay for f1 tv 4k instead

[wise bear]

i havent seen an ltt video in.. idk, months?

i just want blue name

[topaz veldt]

i want a gold name

[low sorrel]

worlds most expensive blue name

[grand jasper]

I understand you 🙁

[green marsh]

even microSD slot

[topaz veldt]

why would you not do both

[compact tree]

windows install on microsd slot let's go

how to kill a micro sd card 101

[topaz veldt]

who cares

[low sorrel]

because i'm cheap

[wise bear]

ngl microsd on a board is smart, you can use it for an automated recovery env if you need to rapidly repair/reinstall windows

[low sorrel]

and the nvidia whatever it's called upscaling thingy works well

[edgy laurel]

that, oculink, SlimSAS.. all of it boils down to different ways to run PCIe over cables

[green marsh]

it is meant more for static systems, like boot volume of esxi and similar systems

[compact tree]

ik i had my truenas system on a usb stick for years

[topaz veldt]

bad idea

[wise bear]

^

[topaz veldt]

truenas syslogs/messages/systemctl shit writes to the root device

[low sorrel]

wait it's not that much for 4k icl

hmm

[gentle urchin]

Really? You sure it's not a SIM card slot?

[edgy laurel]

RTX HDR and VSR take care of this for me

[wise bear]

its microsd.

[compact tree]

i have it on 2, 120GB sandisk ssds that are mirrored now

[wise bear]

why the hell would a desktop workstation board have a cell modem

[topaz veldt]

yeah I run on mirrored 240GB Micron 5100 MAX

[compact tree]

at the time i couldn't afford a used hdd

10€ was too much

[edgy laurel]

you'd actually be surprised. i'm sure that exists somehwere

[gentle urchin]

Why would it have a MicroSD card slot? anything is possible

[compact tree]

esim on motherboard frfr

[wise bear]

makes more sense to have a uSD slot than a cell modem..

[compact tree]

are there any egpu users here?

[edgy laurel]

I'd like to assume most people here are smart enough not to bother

[compact tree]

wdym

[wise bear]

egpu is kinda dumb

[compact tree]

egpus are great for specific usecases

[edgy laurel]

Its adding layers of compromise on to something already heavily compromised

[compact tree]

my point being specific usecases

in my case i need a laptop with a powerful cpu for college but i don't want a big fat gaming laptop

and i only play games at home

[merry stirrup]

the cost of a decent desktop that can game and a laptop to remote is probably that cost

[compact tree]

and when you have a 1600€ laptop an egpu is cheaper than a new pc

[pure garnet]

so keep a desktop at home

[edgy laurel]

argument is that buying just the GPU and a dock is cheaper than the rest of the parts

[compact tree]

yeah

[merry stirrup]

why do you have a 1600$ laptop that doesnt have a dgpu

[low sorrel]

hey hey hey

[merry stirrup]

did you get scammed

[compact tree]

got a ryzen ai 9 365 in my laptop already which is powerful enough

[edgy laurel]

which might be true.. but you're just heavily limited in what sort of GPU you can support over Thunderbolt. support as in make use of

[low sorrel]

don't diss my framework

[pure garnet]

to do what with

[edgy laurel]

not uncommon for high end thin and lights

[merry stirrup]

im dissing it heavily i dont even care

[edgy laurel]

I wouldn't want a dGPU in there either

[low sorrel]

this is perfect for my discord and redditing using needs

and stardew valley

[merry stirrup]

why would you pay 1600$ for a browser computer

[low sorrel]

i wanted to buy a laptop

[compact tree]

need a laptop that isn't too heavy, max 15,6" preferably 14", good battery life and build quality (must be alu)

[low sorrel]

bulid

[edgy laurel]

$1600 for a well built do everythign that requires a computer but game machine

which is something a lot of people would find attractive that travel all the time

[compact tree]

yeah

[fringe vigil]

[merry stirrup]

let me google the msrp of a surface before i keep talking hold on

[low sorrel]

i probably should have bought a mac

[fringe vigil]

[edgy laurel]

just look at nearly everything Apple makes

[merry stirrup]

okay nevermind

i have the highest end variant

[compact tree]

the best options in that market are the hp elitebooks or recently omnibook ultra (not flip)

[merry stirrup]

my deepest apologies

[low sorrel]

the surface is chronically over priced

[merry stirrup]

ACTUALLY the mid end variant so probably 1600$ yeah

[compact tree]

and i paid 150€ for my egpu enclosure that has a 850W psu

[merry stirrup]

i paid a whole clean 50$

[edgy laurel]

Base M4 MBP 14" is $1600

[compact tree]

630€ for a 9070 XT

[merry stirrup]

but whats stopping you from doing the same thing on an m1 or m2

[edgy laurel]

nothing, but that wasnt the point

[low sorrel]

nothing

[merry stirrup]

i mean that is kinda my point why buy a laptop so expensive for doing typically desktop work

[low sorrel]

also the last 10 people that have bought laptops that i know

[edgy laurel]

point is, premium thin and lights without dGPU's exist and have buyers

[low sorrel]

are buying macs

[compact tree]

yeah

i basically need no gpu power

[wise bear]

except for gaming

[edgy laurel]

now, i'm not arguing that eGPU's make sense.. so dont get too excited

been a while since I looked at tests showing where the bottleneck of Thunderbolt starts

[compact tree]

good battery life while moving (5h min) and good cpu performance while plugged for rednering and 3d design.
also light and well built is important
it is kinda the perfect use case for an egpu

[edgy laurel]

Does the laptop have Thunderbolt 5?

[compact tree]

honestly egpus are very very very very niche and only make sense in very specific situations

[edgy laurel]

and do they make Thunderbolt 5 eGPU docks yet

[low sorrel]

and modern Igpus have gotten pretty good that you can actually do some gaming on them

[merry stirrup]

i dont think a thunderbolt 5 dock is going to be 150$ with a power supply

[low sorrel]

yes but they are stupidly expensive

[edgy laurel]

probably more like $500

[compact tree]

my laptop has usb4 but capable of pcie gen4 over it

[merry stirrup]

yeah this takes points away

[edgy laurel]

so TB4/USB4 you're limited to 40Gb/s

[low sorrel]

looks like 350

[compact tree]

thunderbolt 5 docks are around 400€ without psu

[merry stirrup]

allat to get the full power out of my 9060xt

[compact tree]

haha you wish

[merry stirrup]

do laptops have rebar on by default yall reckon?

[compact tree]

tb3 is theoretically 22,5 gbits because it does 32 gbits max and around 10 gbits are reserved for usb and stuff at all times

tb4 around 27,5 gbits because 5gbit reserved and the rest is overhead

[low sorrel]

do you have oculink

[compact tree]

usb 4 is same as tb4

with 1 exception

[edgy laurel]

Effectively you're running any GPU at Gen3 x4

[merry stirrup]

lol

pcie1 x16

[compact tree]

USB4 PCIe Gen4x4

[vale cosmos]

i found a TB4 dock for $25 at my unis surplus store, kinda wish I picked it up, but I got a nice stereo receiver instead

[edgy laurel]

and thats not taking into account any TB overhead

[topaz veldt]

A vendor just asked if I want to go out to sushi tomorrow for lunch -- hmmm

[compact tree]

there are currently 2 egpus that support it and it only fully works on amd systems

[wraith steeple]

[green marsh]

and even worse if they send picture back from GPU via the cable back to the laptop

[compact tree]

you get effectively 38,5 gbit compared to tb3 22,5 gbit which is huge

[pure garnet]

all of this screams "buy a desktop instead"

[compact tree]

adt ut3g and ag02

[compact tree]

for most people yes

like 99,99%

[merry stirrup]

i think it means buy a desktop and a weaker laptop like i said

[low sorrel]

buy an sff pc

[pure garnet]

you could've gotten a laptop without the 395+ for browsing reddit in lectures

and then just had a tower at home

[merry stirrup]

remote into big rig for rendering and cpu work

[edgy laurel]

yeah thats terrible

[merry stirrup]

or probably not even cpu work

[low sorrel]

i would never do that

[compact tree]

yeah not happening with the internet connections here

[merry stirrup]

just render

[low sorrel]

hear me out

[pure garnet]

i used to connect to my 12700k+2070 super "nas" to play games even tho i had a 4050 in my laptop

[merry stirrup]

lmao

[compact tree]

if i had the money for that i wouldn't need an egpu

[low sorrel]

bulid a small sff pc and portable monitor

[pure garnet]

you had the money though

[low sorrel]

i browse discord

[pure garnet]

you just allocated it poorly to the laptop

[compact tree]

have you looked at laptops with a 395+

[pure garnet]

imagine bringing all that to a lecture hall

that'd be fire

[low sorrel]

greasy ass mouse

[merry stirrup]

the whole point here is that you wouldnt need something so powerful if you had a computer at home

[merry stirrup]

so you couldve gotten a cheaper laptop

[topaz veldt]

I looked at the Framework desktop for a 395

[compact tree]

absolutely wrong

remoting in isn't possible because of the bad internet

[vestal granite]

needs mousepad

[low sorrel]

hear me out

[pure garnet]

with how greasy that mouse is you're worried about the skates?

[vestal granite]

holy crap $500 idea, what if: keyboard with slide-out mousepad

[compact tree]

and the cheapest laptop with a 395+ is 2950€

[edgy laurel]

3070Ti in a Velka 5 is impressive

[low sorrel]

shit laptop

[merry stirrup]

okay man

[topaz veldt]

395+ laptop is dumb

[low sorrel]

mini pc

[pure garnet]

i still don't get what you need the cpu for on campus to do

[vestal granite]

the slide-out mousepad could be a great idea you know

[compact tree]

isn't a laptop and not easily portabble

[pure garnet]

most engineering stuff runs on gpu, no?

[wise bear]

have powerful machine at home, RD into it in class

[topaz veldt]

395+ or Macbook Pro? cmon

[compact tree]

fusion 360 would like to say no

[vestal granite]

ziptie a screen onto mini PC

unironically

[vale cosmos]

i run solidworks off my 1260p laptop

[topaz veldt]

It does use GPU for render

[compact tree]

yesn't

[low sorrel]

wait thats fire

[wise bear]

itd be fine on intel UHD graphics since like.. coffee lake

[vale cosmos]

it's actually pretty solid, the simulations can take some time, but actual modeling is smooth

[vestal granite]

i know sometimes you guys are like "oh you" when i say stuff like this but unironically ziptie screen onto mini pc and then you have a perfectly portable machine

[topaz veldt]

I run Fusion360 on MBP and desktop, all the same

[merry stirrup]

okay hold on

how are you going to look at it properly

[vestal granite]

the mini PC is the stand

[merry stirrup]

are you going to build it a retractable stand

[low sorrel]

put it up on a table

[wise bear]

Do you think there will be a day where we get an 11" macbook

[merry stirrup]

dawg that does not help

[topaz veldt]

don't think so, and don't want it - 13" is whats up

[compact tree]

it doesn't utilize the gpu for rendering at all altough you can export the files and render it in blender for example

[topaz veldt]

or 14" or whatever

[low sorrel]

put the mini pc on the desk

[merry stirrup]

yes the comkputer that is tiny and not that big sits fucking 60 degrees down

[vale cosmos]

13" thin and light is peak college laptop

[finite smelt]

Why is it so bad to put a tv over a fireplace?

[wise bear]

I just want something small for my backpack's sake, idk if it'd hold a 13"

[vale cosmos]

too high and heat

[edgy laurel]

/r/TVTooHigh

[wise bear]

maybe just barely

[topaz veldt]

rofl stop

[low sorrel]

what tiny ass backpack do you have

[pure garnet]

if it's a real fireplace, heat

[wise bear]

having a tv high up is like, atrocious. Also heat.

[edgy laurel]

😆

[compact tree]

with render i mean the actual Rendering Tab which pins the cpu at 100% when you use it

[merry stirrup]

i mean thats the point

[wise bear]

its super cute gimme a sec

[topaz veldt]

💪

[merry stirrup]

is it slow though lol

[merry stirrup]

yes now imagine craning your neck to look at that for 4 hours

[pure garnet]

pepe are you the guy on the steam deck reddit that strapped his to the plane chair

[edgy laurel]

hope you have recliners

[vestal granite]

no you have distance

[topaz veldt]

you don't have to - who lays down in a kitchen

[merry stirrup]

then your tiny screen sucks

[edgy laurel]

might as well just go on the ceiling

[topaz veldt]

I do but also I generally stand while cooking

[compact tree]

now imagine carrying a keyboard, mouse, powerbank and using that in your lap

[vestal granite]

a LAPTOP is the SAME THING

[low sorrel]

how is that any different then a laptop

[merry stirrup]

tilts backwards

[vestal granite]

then your screen is far

[merry stirrup]

idk guys the FUCKING HINGE

[low sorrel]

i use my laptop steright 90

[merry stirrup]

yeah i bet you used your ds original like a 2ds

[pure garnet]

i have a thinkpad so i use my laptop like a 2ds

[merry stirrup]

open alll the way

[wise bear]

[topaz veldt]

This is normal viewing angle

[vale cosmos]

bringing minipc to class is kinda silly tbh, one point of laptop is quick to setup

[low sorrel]

why do you have measuring tape out

[wise bear]

for size reference?..

[merry stirrup]

okay its peak now

[vestal granite]

problem solved

[low sorrel]

use a banana for scale instead

[merry stirrup]

okay wait now integrate the keyboard and mouse and power supply and battery into it

[vestal granite]

or doorhinge on top would be better maybe

[vale cosmos]

yes top hinge not bottom

[low sorrel]

wait that hinge is the wrong way

[merry stirrup]

nah its better

[vestal granite]

no you lay the PC flat and prop it up like that

[merry stirrup]

you can flip the screen to show someone in front of you

fuck your neck

[vestal granite]

the HINGE is not important

its the concept of the hinge

[merry stirrup]

youre a concept of a hinge

[south shuttle]

i like when the hinge cracks and screws come loose

[wise bear]

bananas vary in sizes wildly

[pure garnet]

@vestal granite

[vestal granite]

nobody screws things in anymore

[pure garnet]

is this what you're doing with the minipc

[south shuttle]

glue

[wise bear]

I do... :(

[low sorrel]

i already hate that controller

[compact tree]

https://geizhals.at/hp-zbook-ultra-g1a-b30fdes-abd-a3444185.html

[vestal granite]

zipties do everything screws do but less

[merry stirrup]

oh okay

[vestal granite]

which is the perfect amount

[low sorrel]

3m tape

[wraith steeple]

It's door-kun

[south shuttle]

i prefer rubber bands

[merry stirrup]

vhb tape

[wise bear]

blubber bands

[compact tree]

now this is the point where it becomes cheaper to build a pc and buy a powerful laptop

[merry stirrup]

vhb tape is like peelable screws

[vestal granite]

ants have been eating the adhesive of my double sided tape recently unironically

[low sorrel]

i prefer friction fit

[vale cosmos]

see this is peak campus laptop move, thin, light and decently fast

[wise bear]

"peelable"

[south shuttle]

😋

[merry stirrup]

[pure garnet]

vhs tape

[merry stirrup]

NO

[low sorrel]

wait guys

[wise bear]

this 3m velcro I have a giant roll of has stupid-strong adhesive

[low sorrel]

hear me out

[vestal granite]

i think cause its like glucose or something idk im not a scientist but i imagine whatever the cheap double sided tape adhesive is made of is a sugar

[low sorrel]

put a bettery on the back of the minipc

[wraith steeple]

Heavy duty double sided 3m is surprisingly effective

[merry stirrup]

and then integrate the keeb and mouse

[vestal granite]

is this your photo

[south shuttle]

organic

[merry stirrup]

and a webcam if youre feeling frisky

[edgy laurel]

no

[vestal granite]

well thats cool

[low sorrel]

maybe even some metal for strucrial intergity

[merry stirrup]

now we're cooking

[vestal granite]

just take a replacement laptop display and put it on the minipc

[wise bear]

funfact biodegradable & food-grade adhesives contain sugars

[merry stirrup]

ohh this is one of them rigs bro never intends to upgrade

[vestal granite]

and then take a laptop shell and put the minipc mobo into it

[low sorrel]

now put some io next to the keyboard for easy access

[edgy laurel]

na, you just build a new one

[wise bear]

oh my god i love the little stubby wifi antennas

[merry stirrup]

yeah its cool but at the same time to me its like... wasteful? like not but you get what i mean

[vestal granite]

when you retire that PC itll be a legendary FB marketplace find for whoever finds it

all the FB marketplace pcs are so disgusting and yucky

[edgy laurel]

kinda the whole super compact SFF space

[merry stirrup]

yeah unfortunately

[edgy laurel]

https://packaged-media.redd.it/lkg3rj5o1x181/pb/m2-res_1080p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1759968000&s=b2c15ef4183fa3d6451d2a33345e9a92d80b7600

[south shuttle]

microwave

[wise bear]

I love how "supra" is essentially super squared

[edgy laurel]

you're not wrong

[merry stirrup]

neat

[vestal granite]

it would fit in a microwave

[wise bear]

it would

[merry stirrup]

i bet you could

[edgy laurel]

USB-PD powered

[vestal granite]

but not a hotel microwave holy shit its like they buy the smallest possible microwaves

[merry stirrup]

missing a friend :(

[vestal granite]

they invented a new, smaller microwave form factor just for hotels

[south shuttle]

cheep

[vestal granite]

just dont even put the microwave at that point

[edgy laurel]

what could you possibly put in there

[merry stirrup]

doesnt pd do like fuckin 240w

[south shuttle]

how do i microwave anything then :c

[gentle urchin]

What? Pretty sure microwaves don t have standards

[merry stirrup]

you could do a lot im sure the system drwas like 100w or something cause thats probably ryzen

[south shuttle]

lies

[merry stirrup]

it wouldnt fit but you wouldnt run out of power so do somethin

[gentle urchin]

???

[merry stirrup]

optional gpu attachment for reddit points

[vestal granite]

well some fit above stove in hood vent thing

those are standard sizes

[wise bear]

thats called "overhead"

[edgy laurel]

this is dedication to the SFF life. fuck laptops, said this guy/gal

[south shuttle]

remember the standard joke, you have 13 standards and now you have 14 because the new one is the best ofc

[vestal granite]

its not SFF if you need business class to use it in a plane

[edgy laurel]

more stubby wifi antennas @wise bear lol

[merry stirrup]

yeah whats with these

[wise bear]

yesssssss

[pure garnet]

how do you not feel embrassed getting out that entire computer for a plane ride

[merry stirrup]

they really like mini things

[wise bear]

stubby antennas are so fucking cute i can't explain why

[pure garnet]

i'd assume from the seat it's a long flight but still

[merry stirrup]

THATS WHAT IM SAYING

[vestal granite]

long flight

[low sorrel]

It's average size wdym

[edgy laurel]

i love how their travel mouse is like the biggest mouse you can get

[merry stirrup]

keyboard isnt even a 60%

[vestal granite]

and their keyboard looks chunky as fuck

[low sorrel]

Keyboard is a fat ass 75%

[merry stirrup]

fuckin posers

[pure garnet]

like im taking my steam deck on an ~8h one and anything more than that feels wild

[vestal granite]

for travel just get a little membrane thing itll be fine

[south shuttle]

75% and fat ass 💀

[shell void]

i just don’t understand why anyone would do that over bringing a laptop unless the goal was to take a picture for attention

[south shuttle]

i thought 100% was fat ass

[vestal granite]

any flights under 4 hours i bring nothing

[shell void]

it’s less comfortable, takes up more space, and the display is a lot worse

[wise bear]

look, amtrak literally told people to bring their CRTs and an n64. We need more of this in life, on the rails & in the air

[gentle urchin]

a part of my microwave casing broke, but it still works

[low sorrel]

100% is long ass

[vestal granite]

maybe they were going to a LAN

[inner hemlock]

for above my main monitor CORSAIR XENEON FLEX with 2 32 inch vertical cheaper lg monitors on the side like $300 each

should i buy the LG ULTRA GEAR GX9 the 5k one or the LG 45GX900A-B oled WQHD (3440 x 1440)

[merry stirrup]

THIS is cool

[low sorrel]

Look how thick that 75% is

[vestal granite]

bring that on a flight

[merry stirrup]

fucks with it heavy

[pure garnet]

i just stay up the entire night before the flight so i can sleep through all of it

[low sorrel]

I would not travel with that

[shell void]

i can’t wrap my head around how tiny that psu is

[south shuttle]

where are the dust filters?

are they invisibel

[low sorrel]

Don't need it

[pure garnet]

wow karhu with cache enabled really makes the pc unsuable

[edgy laurel]

michael you need to buy one, they're so cool

[vestal granite]

i sit in aisle seat so i can get off the plane 3 seconds faster than everybody else so i cant sleep on flights

[pure garnet]

discord is running beyonf slow

[low sorrel]

Wait that's 1000w???

[vestal granite]

those 3 seconds are precious

[edgy laurel]

..yes

[merry stirrup]

yeah its the bears telementary data

[wraith steeple]

Anyone who is this terminally online to the point they bring their SFF build on a plane ride is the time to call for intervention

[shell void]

i have a d15 so i can imagine that, but it still doesn’t make sense in my head

[edgy laurel]

yes

[south shuttle]

goob shite from corsair

[pure garnet]

the bear scanning my filesystem for valuable info to steal

[merry stirrup]

i really want an sf750

[merry stirrup]

scanning for pirated apps

[south shuttle]

sf is just $$$$$

[pure garnet]

i want to try 8000 on my sisters board

apparently the b650e-i strix has good memory oc history

[merry stirrup]

well its itx duh

[pure garnet]

says the one buying an mpower to replace the edge smh

[gentle urchin]

Cool, still think the Metal Case around the pc parts fulfills a purpose.

[south shuttle]

it’s $$$$$$$ it better be decent

[edgy laurel]

Whichever is glossy, but i wouldn't buy that 5K and put it above.. its going to be far better than your current main.

[merry stirrup]

"well its itx duh"=its 1dpc

[gentle urchin]

"Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Shielding: A metal case acts as a barrier to prevent electromagnetic interference from the PC's internal components from escaping and affecting other devices, and also protects the PC from external EMI. "

[low sorrel]

I just bring my laptop

[edgy laurel]

yeah this isn't a concern for people building cool SFF stuff

[merry stirrup]

bro if youre concerned an open computer is causing emi

[pure garnet]

it was 200 bucks

[wise bear]

modern pcs dont even put out that much EMI..

[merry stirrup]

everything that needs to be shielded is shielded

[low sorrel]

Each part has built in emi anyways

[inner hemlock]

this is my best bet right https://www.amazon.com/LG-45GX900A-B-Ultragear-DisplayHDR-DisplayPort/dp/B0FDC38XGQ/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0_title?pd_rd_w=ax7Bn&content-id=amzn1.sym.679481c3-2bf4-4843-80c0-ffb319282e84%3Aamzn1.symc.c3d5766d-b606-46b8-ab07-1d9d1da0638a&pf_rd_p=679481c3-2bf4-4843-80c0-ffb319282e84&pf_rd_r=A6FADGDWGCKW7R552SP9&pd_rd_wg=hs2eq&pd_rd_r=45d8adea-e7e1-41f2-863c-41a5cc71765b&pd_rd_i=B0FDC38XGQ

good deal or lowkey waste for not even main monitor

[merry stirrup]

ram, pcie, fuck even the god damn power connectors

[pure garnet]

that's cheaper than my board was and i got mine off ebay lmfao

[south shuttle]

nobody cares about that, i’d actually put 99999 pcs next to each other without a case

[edgy laurel]

Its so cute

[merry stirrup]

nope

[wise bear]

aaaaaaaa i love it

[merry stirrup]

hate it want it dead

love the dimms

ive seen better heatsinks on 20 year old computers

[low sorrel]

Hate it no gpu

[edgy laurel]

purple dimms are neat

[wraith steeple]

That was the case 20+ years ago...... but it's not that big an issue nowadays

[south shuttle]

msrp?

[vestal granite]

those cables look really cuttable

[merry stirrup]

20 year old dell 775 heatsink

i see no functional difference

[vestal granite]

why does it look ancient its only 20 years old

[south shuttle]

200 aint that bad then

[pure garnet]

why would i care about the launch msrp when you can buy it for that on newegg rn

[low sorrel]

That seems very wasteful of machine time

[merry stirrup]

it worked fine

by that i mean they put a 250cfm fan on it

[low sorrel]

Like what not make it flat for more surfence area

[merry stirrup]

forced to work fine

[edgy laurel]

If you want a GPU, you can picture frame mount it

[low sorrel]

Remember most servers are passively cooled

[merry stirrup]

now this is back to cool

[south shuttle]

oopsie i meant, is it consistently 200?

[pure garnet]

looks like it

[low sorrel]

I want sff now

[pure garnet]

we got it months ago and the priced hasn't changed

[south shuttle]

explode

[merry stirrup]

i have fake sff

[pure garnet]

dw karhu is trying

[wraith steeple]

'member when ECS had purple PCB mobos?

[merry stirrup]

already dont want any smaller

[pure garnet]

my pc is barely handling the cord

[south shuttle]

me 250% bored help pls

[edgy laurel]

this is one of the highest rated posts on /r/sffpc

[south shuttle]

i forgot what i wanted to chat abt

[low sorrel]

Is it a myth

[pure garnet]

it's true though that's cheating

[merry stirrup]

what about this huh

sonnet encore

[wraith steeple]

Yep

[edgy laurel]

sonnet makes some weird stuff

[merry stirrup]

mac upgrade cards are my favorite era in computing

[edgy laurel]

look at that all-in-one PCIe card they sell

[merry stirrup]

period like seriously

[gentle urchin]

I don't have grounded outlets. USB-headsets makes a buzzing noise if I move the mouse & the metal case feels electric.

Pretty sure the metal case is extra important to protect against Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Shielding than with grounded outlets.

[merry stirrup]

"oh yeah you can change the entire fucking architecture to the newest one with this funny adaptor"

???

[wise bear]

wh-

[wise bear]

yooooooo thats fucking awesome

[merry stirrup]

lol just spamming shit

[edgy laurel]

just threw everythign at it

[low sorrel]

Wait that's actually smart

[wraith steeple]

Those were popular addin cards for pre powerPC G3 - G4s too for upgrades

[merry stirrup]

yes but i dont like that its only 8 lanes is that enough bandwidth?

[wise bear]

should have an HBA too

[merry stirrup]

this is what i like about sonnet

[low sorrel]

How much is it tho

[wise bear]

a lot, its sonnet

[south shuttle]

it’s missing extra usb A port, into the trash

[edgy laurel]

works with windows too

[merry stirrup]

dude this one puts a g3 on itand gives your pc firewire

this literally makes your computer generations newer

[edgy laurel]

what is this?

[merry stirrup]

sonnet cresendio of sorts

my bad harmoni

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/438434-REG/Sonnet_HAFW_G3_600_HARMONi_G3_600_MHz.html

[wraith steeple]

Similar to what Intel did with those 486OD and POD stuff

[south shuttle]

hoping it gets cheaper

[edgy laurel]

Oh SHIT I remember these!!!

[low sorrel]

I find firewire and generations newer to be very weird

[edgy laurel]

Yeah it was like a generational upgrade you could do

[merry stirrup]

yeah it was seriously cool

like 378 to 478 adaptors and shit

latest gen i know that any of that is possible is 775/771

[low sorrel]

I'm confused

[merry stirrup]

become old

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpNp6PzNDwg

[low sorrel]

No I already have tinnitus, back pain and neck pain

[edgy laurel]

https://youtu.be/MxtAh9xkgxo

[merry stirrup]

not the same one i think its isimilar tho

love action retro

[edgy laurel]

oops, yeah floppa shared one too

[merry stirrup]

nah its ok diff vids

[wise bear]

i like The Serial Port

[merry stirrup]

action retro is really really really cool

[merry stirrup]

samesies and lgr and retro future and

i dont even like retro computing myself

[edgy laurel]

now i'm curious if LGR ever covered one of these cards

[merry stirrup]

i love watching content on retro computing

if you give me a windows 9x pc im throwing it away

[green marsh]

meanwhile me thinking why is ther a mario next to a weird china board with mobile Ryzen CPU 😄

[low sorrel]

Aight I'll give you an Ms dos pc

[edgy laurel]

lmao this is how i feel. I want no parts of owning any of this stuff but i enjoy videos abotu it

[merry stirrup]

yep

these guys know the weird parts ill watch the videos and be happy

[wise bear]

retrobytes is also mega good

[merry stirrup]

adrians digital basement is really good

uhh bits und bolts if you want to see more hardware level fixing things and fucking with it

[merry stirrup]

more stuff i like

[wraith steeple]

Retro computing market is a bit of a mess anyway

[merry stirrup]

does stuff like this

physically modded a cpu to be a differenty one

[low sorrel]

Only retro shit I watched was the 8bitguy

[edgy laurel]

relatively new channel but i've pimped this guy here before. more retro enterprise and networking content https://www.youtube.com/@clabretro

[merry stirrup]

oh yep this guys cool too

[green marsh]

PCI-E x1 to MXM 3.0, because why not 😄

[edgy laurel]

the silverstone motto

[green marsh]

miners, of course 😄

zip tie mxm for the win

[merry stirrup]

augh man no cooler just

death straight death

[wraith steeple]

PhilsComputerLab?

[edgy laurel]

miners were getting their hands on MXM cards ... i'm not surprised

[merry stirrup]

good but ive watched a lot of his videos

like most

and he doesnt get indepth as id like sometimes

[merry stirrup]

Cathode ray dude is really good

[vestal granite]

i dont watch any channels that dont start with Z and end with T

[merry stirrup]

less older stuff but

[wise bear]

saveitforparts, too

[edgy laurel]

yo, this dude.

[green marsh]

ali manufacturers are doing the wood front panel design too

[merry stirrup]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NBV00jWj60

[wraith steeple]

His Pentium MMX vid showing the flexibilty of gaming was an interesting watch

[merry stirrup]

crazy thumbnail

[vestal granite]

is it wood or is it plywood that they have put vinyl wood grain on

[edgy laurel]

I mainly just enjoy when he's talking to satellites

[vestal granite]

oh is that that guy

[edgy laurel]

cause cool RF stuff

[green marsh]

🤷‍♂️ it costs 62 euros, so probably whatever is cheap

[vestal granite]

did he talk to the ISS on a handheld radio with a big ole antenna

[merry stirrup]

we all love technology connections

[wise bear]

yeah I got my sdr & a baofeng because of him

[merry stirrup]

right guys?

[wise bear]

YES

[vestal granite]

yes

[edgy laurel]

lol i have a bunch of those baofeng radios

[wise bear]

i love technology connections that man is a blessing to the internet

[vestal granite]

i havent watched the catalytic converters one yet

[edgy laurel]

do you ever have someone where just seeing them makes you hate them.

[vestal granite]

white dodge rams

[edgy laurel]

something about the look on that guys face when the videos start I.. i dunno

[merry stirrup]

LMAO

[edgy laurel]

punchable

[vestal granite]

thats what im sayin about the white dodge rams man so i feel you on that

[edgy laurel]

lol

[green marsh]

i don't think that's physically possible

[wraith steeple]

Victor Bart is another I watch

[vestal granite]

theyre always yelling at people in grocery store parking lots like the front of the parking lot where its pedestrian crossing i swear thats where peoples demons come out

[edgy laurel]

would need to see more pics

[green marsh]

i mean putting 3.5 inch hard drive slots into 2.5 inch hard drive slots is not possible

[edgy laurel]

maybe the drives just replace the sleds entirely

if the sleds are oversized to only hold 2.5" drives

[green marsh]

just joking about engrish, here is the product https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009981169614.html

[vestal granite]

well

[wraith steeple]

https://youtube.com/@victorbart?si=VO1lHgQg-KqT5E0X

[green marsh]

ewwww

[vestal granite]

thats amazing

has anyone made a pull-cord power button yet

[gentle urchin]

We had Power Macintosh 6360/160(Performa 6360) when I was in School.

[vestal granite]

i bet you could if it like winds up a coil thingy and thats what closes the power button connection u know what i mean

i want to start my PC like starting a lawnmower

[fringe vigil]

hi

[vestal granite]

hi jorj hows japan

[fringe vigil]

guuud

[wise bear]

oh my good god-fucking gravy

yall gotta find & try these

[vestal granite]

i used to get those steamer bags but for brussel sprouts

[wise bear]

sprinkle some parm & garlic on it with some extra black pepper and holy hell it's so tasty

[green marsh]

96 core second i9 14900K Ryzen R9 9950X Black Wukong game office RTX4060 desktop computer host
What do they even mean by this 😄

[vestal granite]

well black myth wukong is very popular in china

[topaz veldt]

Should I?

[green marsh]

my brain just shut down trying to understand those product pages:

[frank zealot]

So I'm probably building a new Core 265K PC for work for a manager who needs a much better PC than he has.
(Including needing a dGPU)

Do I test the CPU in my board to see if it's better than my 265K? 😉

[vestal granite]

is this a workplace or a houseplace that carpet looks expensive is why i ask

[green marsh]

but in the end i think they are just selling servers as 'desktops' 😄

[topaz veldt]

don't worry about it

[green marsh]

dude, these engrish lines...

The computer hosts on the market are mixed. You should polish your glasses.

[vestal granite]

i think thats a saying like wipe your eyes and make sure youre seeing the specs properly

[green marsh]

i think this line is a rant about RGB ?

The sea view room is a lot of fans with lights. It just looks a little cool at night, and it doesn't bring tips for computing performance at all. It doesn't help with games and computing performance. It's light pollution after a long time. If customers really like it, I'll open the top cover and install a row of fans with lights. It's also pretty cool

[vestal granite]

yeah i have no idea why it translates to sea view room

maybe its saying like yeah star of the show like youre viewing a property and theres a room with a sea view its like yeah thats the sea view room

or the most obvious aesthetic of it

[green marsh]

those gems come from https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008746610847.html, i think the longest aliexpress product page u ever seen

[frank zealot]

@steel stream
So I'm probably building a new Core 265K PC for work for a manager who needs a much better PC than he has.
(Including needing a dGPU)

Do I test the CPU in my board to see if it's better than my 265K? 😉

[merry stirrup]

YES

[green marsh]

how is the future possible RMA handled ? (i mean if you are buying it via work business account and the serial number is registered in store, it might be an issue)

[steel stream]

obviously

[green marsh]

if you are building it by buying it yourself, i guess yes, what is there to lose outside possibly killing the CPU somehow

[vestal granite]

just scrape the VIN number and find a clean VIN to put on it

[odd sable]

do you have the model on the server?

the only catch i can give them is that rack mount workstations do exist

[topaz veldt]

Want to buy my 265K?

[shell void]

you know you want to shunt mod your 5090 tuf and put it on a mora

[topaz veldt]

i have to think of how I'd adapt the mora 600 to my current setup(s)

It is done.

[green marsh]

See the last link. It is the whole listing

[fringe vigil]

game??

[odd sable]

yea, that seems like just straight up a server

[frank roost]

hi, i want to use my pc power to run games on my phone while at the same time my pc function normally, like watching netflix or doing other tasks. I just moved to new apartment and my pc work as netflix in the night and I want to game while it's running netflix on my phone

[topaz veldt]

Star Wars Survivor, just finished it

[odd sable]

can't*

[lunar wedge]

Is Netflix available on the steam deck using windows mode?

[frank zealot]

unlikely to matter

[frank zealot]

it's on work's CC, can't really do that

[topaz veldt]

I could send PP invoice you can pay with CC

[frank zealot]

I'm also getting a MC Bundle

[topaz veldt]

has anyone played with 4th gen OLED 27" 4K 240 Hz?

[grave lion]

howdy tc2

long time

[frank zealot]

ho ho ho ho ho:

actually exists: a 600$ 9070 XT

[grave lion]

adult money is dangerous I've come to learn

[frank zealot]

yus

that is entirely too true

[grave lion]

im saying that because I randomly got an urge to build a really goofy looking sff build

works been good so...

anyway hows life, havent really been checking in here recently

[turbid locust]

thuggin

[grave lion]

real

[wise bear]

@edgy laurel this little uv-5r is so gd cool

my only complaint is that it doesn't go down to US CB freqs but that's on me for not reading correctly

GMRS though 👀

[topaz veldt]

squawk squawk

[wise bear]

i can snoop on local fire & medical dispatch though, so that's neat

[topaz veldt]

encryptos?

[wise bear]

nuh uh, medi/fire isn't trunked/encrypted in my area, only police and tac channels

[topaz veldt]

word

[wise bear]

doing the gmrs license now

[frank zealot]

hold up, what the fuck?

Microcenter has this, and I can't find any info online about it?

[brave panther]

i am thinking abt buying it

[merry stirrup]

that’s a lot more than 600$

[frank zealot]

well, europe's frequently pricier

[brave panther]

not after you consider 22% vat included in the price

[sly moon]

I imagine they not a concerned people will tap into fire lines and hear about a fire location and avoid it

[merry stirrup]

i don’t have sales tax

[brave panther]

well we do here

[wise bear]

oh I can't even get my gmrs license because the fucking government is shut down

[frank zealot]

@topaz veldt @edgy laurel
You heard of this?

[merry stirrup]

well fuck you

[frank zealot]

I'll get a tax slip from the CFO and not pay tax either lol

[merry stirrup]

mandatory:fuckass cat

[wise bear]

babey orange ball

[merry stirrup]

17 pounds

[devout ridge]

i forgot how annoying cheap server rails are

[wise bear]

FAT orange ball

[frank zealot]

Floppa, Peyton, you ever heard of that CPU Cooler?

[merry stirrup]

he’s not fat actually he’s just REALLY big

[wise bear]

non

[merry stirrup]

and no i haven’t

[devout ridge]

potato potato

[topaz veldt]

nope!

[merry stirrup]

fair but he’s not a ball

[topaz veldt]

where is our resident professional air cooling OC champion?

[frank zealot]

How TF does Microcenter of all places carry a cooler that's basically unheard of.... that's super weird

[brave panther]

512.30 euros without vat which is 595.65 usd

[wise bear]

tell the president to turn the govt back on i want my radio license

[frank zealot]

don't try to summon him, it's relatively chill in here right now lol

[merry stirrup]

he one upped us

[steel stream]

is this BioOC? I have no idea lol

[merry stirrup]

he never answered me i’m pretty sure i’m blocked

[devout ridge]

he was here earlier, don't you worry

[topaz veldt]

you mean tell the democrats

[frank zealot]

He didn't answer a lotta people lol

[merry stirrup]

@stable turret

[steel stream]

oh fuck

[brave panther]

you can get price without vat if you are a business

[wise bear]

yeah but the president is the one with the on/off switch

[topaz veldt]

nah the democRATS are the ones roadblocking the Biden policy lol

you can't make it up

[wise bear]

but i want my radio licenseeee

[topaz veldt]

call your congress people

[wise bear]

fuck the govt lemme tx without fines

[frank zealot]

Do I get one of the weird no-name coolers?

[topaz veldt]

of course

those are the things IT people look forward to 10 years later

[wise bear]

lmao

[frank zealot]

It's on a work desktop, nobody's gonna care 😉

at worst a fan dies

[topaz veldt]

exactly

but think of that intern 10 years from now "wow what is this thing"

[merry stirrup]

next guy trying to find it online like:

[topaz veldt]

you owe it to them

[frank zealot]

lol

Oh, but I will be swapping fans

I'm not leaving ARGB bullshit on the work PC

[topaz veldt]

that's ok that only adds to the magic

[frank zealot]

I'm pretty sure the manager wouldn't enjoy that being on his desk

[pure garnet]

if you can’t get the license from the shutdown nobody can stop you from getting you on the air anyway

[wise bear]

trueeee

[topaz veldt]

you have to think big picture - that won't be your problem

honestly peyton no one cares about a testless $30 permit

[wise bear]

Fair

I doooo wanna get my ham license though

[topaz veldt]

fire up the oven

get that honey ready

[frank zealot]

If I deploy it next week and he complains about unicorn vomit? That is my problem lol

[pure garnet]

cb radio is where it’s at

[merry stirrup]

unplug argb cable

problem solved.

[topaz veldt]

You replace the fans non RGB and then when it has an issue or is decommed in 10 years some aspiring intern is like "wow what happened in 2025"

[frank zealot]

at that pricepoint I don't trust the fans to have an ARGB Cable

[merry stirrup]

it’s mc. ask to open it up and look lol

[frank zealot]

or I just put in 2 arctic fans and be done

[merry stirrup]

but rainbows

[frank zealot]

nope

[merry stirrup]

what if he wants the vomit

[frank zealot]

he does not, at all

[merry stirrup]

🙄

[wise bear]

do it anyways and let him whine

[merry stirrup]

a custom rig at work sounds like fun i could do that

[frank zealot]

The guy's currently suffering with a Xeon W 2123 4 core, and a Quadro P2200 I think?

[pure garnet]

technically that’ll be my job soon

[merry stirrup]

“sorry can’t remote into your rig rn, ram testing”

[turbid locust]

I want wall mount pc

[pure garnet]

we’re moving to my 13700k setup after christmas

[merry stirrup]

okie slay

[pure garnet]

only a year after i gave it to them

[merry stirrup]

my 13500 is great at work

[pure garnet]

the rme i bought only had a 90 day warranty but

[merry stirrup]

oof

[pure garnet]

it’s fine

[merry stirrup]

i swear my job forgets that the computers we buy have warranties

[frank zealot]

Is.... is that a laptop cpu?

[spiral quarry]

👀 RME go kaboom or it's chilling

[pure garnet]

i still want to know who sold my t14 to the seller because it’s way too new for a company to have cycled it out already

[merry stirrup]

YES.

china boards at microcenter. we won.

[frank zealot]

not a config I expected at MC holy shit

[merry stirrup]

stg aubron is one of the weird brands that’ll buy literally the cheapest shit

but they’ll rebrand the whole computer to say their brand

i mean even the motherboard and shot

[pure garnet]

it was a refurb rm750e that’s only powering a 13700k with e cores disabled so

i doubt it’ll ever have issues with that

[merry stirrup]

detonation

[wise bear]

dedotation

[turbid locust]

Why does shit like the Thermaltake P3 not exist now

[merry stirrup]

damnation

[frank zealot]

dado-dation

[frank zealot]

that was such an awesome case, that should always exist, or just have minor updates

[turbid locust]

I want one to wall mount but it seems there’s nothing like it on the market anymore

[frank zealot]

a few exist on ebay at not horrid prices

[spiral quarry]

better the one blowing up lol haven't heard a peep from my rm1000e so far.

[turbid locust]

shipping is rough

[frank zealot]

i'd believe it

[spiral quarry]

Albeit I have microcenters 3 year warranty on it so that's a safety net for now.

[turbid locust]

I bought a rm1000e 2023 open box and it’s been great

[spiral quarry]

I could've gotten an 850w unit but the price difference to 1000w made it worth the jump lol.

[turbid locust]

I think I paid like $75 for mine lol

Handles my 14900k/5090 rig just fine

[odd sable]

were you trying to maximize the amount of fire hazard your PC could be?

[turbid locust]

no?

[shell void]

that wouldve required a 9800x3d in an asrock board

the chad 14900k takes 1.7v and shrugs it off with a little bruise

ryzen 9000 melts

[pure garnet]

yeah even when my 13700k was actively dying it was still gaming

[slim pebble]

It doesn’t melt nearly as spectacularly as a 5090.

[pure garnet]

occt would shout "an error has been detected" on loop but

still got enough fps in ffxiv

[shell void]

9950x3d + asrock x870 pro rs + 5090 LC with shunt mod + thermaltake psu + asiahorse cable extensions

the fire starter

[turbid locust]

need 90W Zen6X3D and nice mATX board and back to A3 land I go

[odd sable]

we get so many crashes from 13th/14th gen systems.....

[turbid locust]

But like… if I could get an under-desk or wall mount solution that would be great. Would make space on my desk for some sick ass speakers

[slim pebble]

Better have homeowner’s or renter’s insurance.

[odd sable]

crash reports from those systems regularly get thrown out because they are invalid

[shell void]

i fully believe it because theyre unstable asf stock, but they dont melt or start fires

they just degrade until they crash so much that people stop using them

[odd sable]

i know, they just burn themselves out, fully contained

[slim pebble]

I’ll take a degrade before a four alarm fire thanks

[shell void]

waiter id like neither please

[odd sable]

^

[edgy laurel]

nope, probably made in the same factory as TR

[shell void]

threadripper 7000 cpus had very low failure rates in production systems, im curious if the same will hold true for TR9000 after the clockspeed increases and ryzen 9000 failures

[turbid locust]

I continue to chuckle at people that think this whole catching on fire shit is widespread

[frank zealot]

holy shit, talk about a steal:
1200w A Tier

[turbid locust]

is it loud tho

if it’s loud I don’t want it

My 1200W gigabyte A tier unit has the loudest fan on the planet

[odd sable]

does it though?

is it a ball bearing fan?

[shell void]

i still have my unopened deepcool px1200g white that i got for $64 shipped a long time ago

some day it will get used

[wheat void]

Pretty sure a furmark and r23 at the same time for most systems wouldnt kick on the fan

[turbid locust]

idk but i genuinely considered replacing it with a Noctua

[odd sable]

remember, no warranty now

[shell void]

thats mainly why i havent used it

[odd sable]

i have one in use right now, and im not sure what i want to do with it

on one hand, its a perfectly fine PSU

on the other hand, if it explodes

that said, it made it past initial use, so, mine is probably fine for a while

bathtub curve and all

[shell void]

itll be fine

[wheat void]

It did it's job

[pure garnet]

the second after replacing everything but the problem didn't work i rma'd it anyway

[edgy laurel]

gah, worst idea for a quiet pc. if I turn off Eco mode I hear my Super Flower's BB fan every so slightly and its irritating as hell, even when its barely spinnin

[odd sable]

i have multiple superflower supplies in service, very aware

my computers are just straight up in another room though, so, non-issue

[pure garnet]

yeah my superflower psu is great aside from the industrial strength fan it has outside of eco mode

i still want my next psu to be a seasonic even though it's superficial reasoning

[wise bear]

And now I want the gps & AM demod function

[gentle gale]

https://hwbusters.com/psus/montech-century-ii-1200w-atx-v3-1-psu-review/9/

is 30dba considered loud for you?

[topaz veldt]

hwbusters slaying lately

[turbid locust]

dunno

I don’t have a decimeter lmao

If I can hear my pc at all it pisses me off so

[pure garnet]

yeah loud fans are annoying

[turbid locust]

need wall mount open air case ffs

I need my desk to be symmetrical

[odd sable]

just move it to another room

loudest thing in my setup is the buzz from my monitors and my speakers when they are on

[wheat void]

WORD

[brave panther]

Fuck yea, one of us, one of us

[turbid locust]

I can’t run cables through walls sir

[wheat void]

so much time wasted experimenting and money wasted for the sake of acoustics

[brave panther]

Sure you can

[wheat void]

Fk if I could just put it in the basement

[turbid locust]

Ok. I don’t want to run cables through walls

[wheat void]

Put some delta axial fans on it

[edgy laurel]

I want to see my creation

[brave panther]

If its drywall its so easy to make a hole and patch it afterwards

[edgy laurel]

I bought an Ikea Alex drawer specifically to put my Torrent on top of. The storage was a bonus

[shell void]

the alex drawer will soon have a HAVN BF360 on top of it

[edgy laurel]

ehhhh don't think so. some fans from them maybe

primarily because I don't want to deal with a second large case

And I bought the Torrent becase I like the way it looks

[wheat void]

Thinking AV cabinet approach is next best option. With some additions

[shell void]

that's fair

ive had a meshify 2 just standing on the floor for like two years now