tech-chat-2

[low sorrel]

Oh

[frank zealot]

Even when new they were referred to as trash cans

[steel stream]

here's the recording I got

[frank zealot]

(I used to sell them at Circuit Shitty)

[low sorrel]

https://www.lgnewsroom.com/2025/12/lg-unveils-ultragear-evo-redefining-5k-gaming-with-worlds-first-ai-upscaling-technology/

52" 5k2k monitor

[edgy laurel]

huh, this works scarily well for a 3rd party app

[rotund sorrel]

i just bought a nxzt h6 flow pc case and the case fans wont light up, along with my other fans, i might be plugging it into a wrong rgb thing or idk lol anyone willing to help

[low sorrel]

Is it better then FSR

[steel stream]

run MFG and 20x fg trust

[edgy laurel]

i did, i had it on 4x which was the default

shot me up to 180fps but I think my forced driver VSync was fucking with it

backed it down to 2x and its working exactly how DLSS-FG was

[steel stream]

feels like FSR FG to me

I see a lot more visual artifacting

[low sorrel]

@pallid marsh you should test if it fixes the map bug on squad

[edgy laurel]

ok dlss-fg is certainly adding less input latency

[steel stream]

oh i made lossless scaling crash

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/stardust-sandevistan-edgerunners-david-gif-26780514

[frank zealot]

@indigo walrus

[topaz veldt]

nah im tired af

[frank zealot]

How old u think

[brisk jolt]

Mfg x4 with x20 do you technically get x24 or x80?

[hoary hatch]

For $1 yes

[steel stream]

@shell void picking up a pair of these soon tm

[topaz veldt]

MFG x16 when

[steel stream]

I would think x80

[hoary hatch]

Is this from the cost co

[steel stream]

yessir

[frank zealot]

It ain't lol

[hoary hatch]

I've seen them in store, any good?

[indigo walrus]

Given the age of that Air 540 case, the components are likely also from 2014-2016 ish.

[hoary hatch]

Then why does it say $1 🤬

[steel stream]

erin's audio corner seems to like them

no RCA in but whatevs

[hoary hatch]

Who's aaron

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/key-and-peele-comedy-central-keegan-aaron-skit-gif-4842542

[indigo walrus]

Because lots of people think it's acceptable to abuse the price field on various marketplaces.

[frank zealot]

Add about 10 years

[hoary hatch]

Eh eh rhen

[steel stream]

navy do you play costcodle

[hoary hatch]

Excuse me is this wordle but costco

[indigo walrus]

Eww. I see IDE connections on that board. It's either much older than the case, or a specialized board.

[steel stream]

yeah kinda

[hoary hatch]

Never heard of it
Enlighten me fam

[steel stream]

you get five chances to guess the price of a random costco prices, and it guides you to the right answer

I can spoil todays answer

wait no nvm my guess strat was horrible not sharing

[brisk jolt]

ill one shot all 5
more than $1

[steel stream]

@edgy laurel lossless scaling isn't bad, but i'd rather just use smooth motion or mfg

[brisk jolt]

use all 3

x160 frames

[edgy laurel]

i'm real curious how it works if another dedicated GPU is performing the work

the people that do it swear by it

but I also worry they just dont know what they're doing

and dont know any better

[steel stream]

yeah I think it's just that tbh

[low sorrel]

Grab your 6600 and test

[edgy laurel]

no way to physically fit that in my case

[steel stream]

riser?

[edgy laurel]

or, in this board

[brisk jolt]

I could try 5090 and 5070ti but the mpower only has one pcie slot xd

[edgy laurel]

without a riser but i'm not going throuh all that hassle

i don't care that much

[low sorrel]

Man I suck at this

[merry stirrup]

holy definition of rice batman

[low sorrel]

I think it's the CAD - USD conversion in my head fucking me up

[steel stream]

the canadian man can not comprehend the greatness of Costcos pricing smh

[low sorrel]

We have Costco here

[low sorrel]

We get cheaper hotdogs here

Get fucked

[topaz veldt]

Anyone get anything good for Christmas

[hoary hatch]

@steel stream unrelated Costco news
https://www.foxla.com/news/live-lobsters-hijacked-costco

[low sorrel]

I got e coli for Christmas

[steel stream]

I got a patagonia jacket

[low sorrel]

I don't really do Christmas

[steel stream]

Will anyone think of the poor lobsters

[hoary hatch]

I'll think of all the butter that didn't get to be used 😔

[topaz veldt]

My son woke up at 3AM with diarrhea and 5am he threw up all over our bed and floor

[low sorrel]

Sounds like fun

[steel stream]

oh damn that sucks

poor fella

[topaz veldt]

Yeah rough start I'm beat lol

I've been in bed for 15 mins already

[steel stream]

valid af man

[topaz veldt]

I cooked for like 8 hours

[steel stream]

at least the food was good right

[topaz veldt]

It's true

[low sorrel]

Play some arc raiders to blow off some steam

Go full KOS

[topaz veldt]

Too tired

[steel stream]

you get anything good for christmas 5nail

[topaz veldt]

My calves are on fire from standing/walking

[topaz veldt]

Nah just nice times

I'll tell you a semi crazy semi sad story tomorrow

[harsh sail]

https://youtube.com/shorts/eSnlgBlgMp8?si=CRscRF8_RubJJHhT

[steel stream]

How can they save gaming if ASUS doesn't have any fabs

[pure garnet]

supposedly import chinese ram

[naive mist]

got a new SSD and cloned my windows installation to it. C:/ is the new drive and D:/ is the old drive. Is it safe to format D:/ drive?

[hoary hatch]

I'm allergic to cloning windows installation

[hoary hatch]

Tell me something
What capacity was the old drive and what capacity is the new drive

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/honkai-honkai-star-rail-star-rail-hsr-flame-reaver-gif-6054457003459303921

[steel stream]

only one way to find out

[steel stream]

bah humbug, they'll either get in too late or just charge $50 less than the competitors

[edgy laurel]

if you did everything correctly, sure

[low sorrel]

ill believe it when i se it

[steel stream]

oh shit i hope the TV (crappy shitter) I got has arc on it

[turbid locust]

akn what

[merry stirrup]

akn with a shitter tv in what world

[low sorrel]

no oled?

[merry stirrup]

dont you have 3 oled tvs in one room

[steel stream]

$150 4K 42" LCD fire TV

[merry stirrup]

why is this in your inventory

[steel stream]

most I have had at one time was 3

[merry stirrup]

so you have two now

[steel stream]

Dad got his G5, put the old 65" in his bedroom and I got his old 42"

oh shit it's a roku

[merry stirrup]

ahhhh

[steel stream]

eARC not Arc raiders

[steel stream]

not yet

[low sorrel]

@wise bear fast food simulator is low key fire

[merry stirrup]

i kinda fw the roku ui although theyre usually slow

[steel stream]

I'd upgrade it to OLED if I can score a 42" for like $200

[frank cypress]

200 42" oled is juicy

[steel stream]

yeah it's been a hot minute since I used it, I just hope it has Apple Music, Youtube, and Plex

maybe I just buy another apple tv for it

[steel stream]

just gotta be hunting on FBM

I'll take like a C1 or C2 or smth

this is just a TV for the foot of my bed

and I wanna get some speakers for it

[pure garnet]

that’s about the same amount i paid for mine

$170 for a 43” lcd

[steel stream]

honestly not bad

clearly no OLED but like 4K display for $150 is fine by me

[pure garnet]

it was an rtings 7 before they redid the scale to heavily favor oleds

[fervent chasm]

im glad we installed those cameras, today we caught a car break down on the street in front of our home
the transmission blew

[pure garnet]

i enjoy it for media

[steel stream]

yeah it was a perfectly serviceable dorm room tv

ideally i'd like to be all OLED but I can't pass up free

especially if I will almost never use this TV

[pure garnet]

i don’t think a c5 would’ve brought me that much more joy for the price difference rn

when i have a proper job it’ll be different

[steel stream]

if I ever wanted to watch a movie ill just go to my desk or G5, but for YT videos in bed this will be nice

[edgy laurel]

fun video if you're into display tech, how apple managed 5k60 on the 5k iMac and how to make use of that panel as a display today https://youtu.be/5q3SdtiLAPk

[low sorrel]

https://tenor.com/view/copium-meme-pepe-frog-gif-26117735

[steel stream]

will have to watch

[pure garnet]

brother it was 10x the cost

[low sorrel]

https://tenor.com/view/copium-meme-pepe-frog-gif-26117735

[steel stream]

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

[velvet roost]

Chat I need help choosing a laptop, I’ll be starting dual enrollment next year so I need an unaffiliated computer (so my school laptop is disqualified), It needs to be durable (preferably MIL-STD 810 certified), GPU should (preferably) be right around equivalent to desktop 3060 ti, Id also like to have a touch screen but its not a necessity. I’ll be lugging it around at debate competitions, math competitions. I’ll just be playing games like Minecraft, Anno 1800, halo, Fortnite, Elden ring, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2.
Personally I’m between 3:
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadp/thinkpad-p1-gen-7-16-inch-intel/21kv0019us

https://a.co/d/ha6eFpR

https://a.co/d/1nMVCKp

[low sorrel]

why can't you just use your school laptop

[velvet roost]

Software won’t work

[indigo walrus]

ThinkPad hands down.

[velvet roost]

Aight

[swift steppe]

kinda a bad question on my side but if my current psu is bigger in size than the one i plan on getting is it going to be a problem like in my case with my new one?

[turbid locust]

How, and I’m being genuine here, the FUCK would we know?

[pure garnet]

hop on google and find the clearances unc

[indigo walrus]

Adding to what @turbid locust said above... respectfully we have no way to know how big a PSU your case can take. You'll need to check your case specifications to see the maximum PSU dimensions it supports.

[turbid locust]

https://tenor.com/view/druski-shrug-idk-iono-hands-up-gif-7122581203490458147

[pure garnet]

mac has seen enough

[wise bear]

Girls night dinner here

Also @indigo walrus

[turbid locust]

I got a handful of work phone calls for Christmas

[indigo walrus]

Oof. You working the on-call rotation this holiday season?

[pure garnet]

my antibiotics got me sick for christmas

[turbid locust]

yeah but no big deal

Went and visited the folks last weekend

[loud pilot]

Is this a fan splitter?

[turbid locust]

There’s 3 of us and we rotate holidays, I got Christmas this year cause I’m the FNG lol

and all fairness I have the closest family of the three of us

which means I can get diabolically fucked up NYE

[pure garnet]

it’s turning 1 fan connector into 3

[loud pilot]

So it’s not an rgb splitter?

I’m really sorry I’m having a very hard time wrapping my mind around this and trying to make sense of this I’ve been at it for hours

I’m being told it’s an rgb splitter

[edgy laurel]

the first three pics are just showing normal PWM fan connectors

the 4th you're holding a SATA power cable presumably from your PSU

[loud pilot]

ah I sent the wrong photo 🤦‍♂️ my bad

[edgy laurel]

if there is a PWM fan splitter there, its not clear since all you're showing are the ends

[loud pilot]

It’s got 1 connector that looks like it plugs into where you plug a fan into and then 2 4 pins with 1 missing in the middle and a single 4 pin

[edgy laurel]

your hands are covering the relevant parts. just put it down and take a picture

[edgy laurel]

we don't need to see the connectors, its all 4-pin PWM

yes, thats a PWM splitter

[loud pilot]

Two are 3 pin

[edgy laurel]

1 to 3

not related to RGB

[pure garnet]

i feel like just plugging the fans in would’ve answered it

[loud pilot]

this is my very first build I’ve yet to power the pc on at all I’m having a lot of trouble with wiring and I’m terrified to ruin something tbh

[turbid locust]

Stop touching it and watch this video front to back https://youtu.be/s1fxZ-VWs2U?si=tRZ5GlKAiyovmoBi

[loud pilot]

can I ask another question first😭

[turbid locust]

You can

[loud pilot]

There are 4 of these connected to the rgb hbu in the back of my pc are these fan connectors or are these for the rgb

[turbid locust]

Those are RGB

Nothings stopping you from simply not plugging any of that in

I’m assuming you want to of course but yeah if it’s stopping you from getting the PC built you can literally skip it

[loud pilot]

I’m here now with it all apart and I still do not have the aio or gpu installed so it seems counter intuitive for me to go through all of that and then have to tear it apart to be stuck on fans again

[burnt socket]

too little context that i can't answer

[loud pilot]

I have it plugged into a case fan header in the front and then three of my fans plugged into the connectors into the back is that okay? Even tho 2 of them are only connected by 2 pins?

[burnt socket]

i assume the 3 fans are for the aio

[fringe cosmos]

Anyone know how to fix browser not supported on twitch I tried everything, it’s doing the same thing on chrome too

[loud pilot]

No two at the front and then the rear that’s the only way I could fit it the fan at the rear doesn’t go far enough to connect by itself into the mobo

[fringe cosmos]

It opens but I can’t log in

[loud pilot]

This is what I got for the aio

[burnt socket]

2 or 3 fans on the aio?

[loud pilot]

2 fans on the aio

[burnt socket]

ok

[loud pilot]

So is what I have done okay?

[burnt socket]

Not using a splitter if your motherboard has a CPU_OPT header

or two fan connectors with CPU on both of them

[loud pilot]

I don’t understand

I plan on plugging the aio and block into the two top connectors which are labeled as cpu_fan and cpu_opt

[burnt socket]

oh ok

well both headers are utilised

Then put both into a splitter, it should have a Y-splitter format (2 to 1) and plug the 1 into SYS_FAN

SYS_FAN1 I believe on gigabyte

[burnt socket]

asus

[loud pilot]

Yes

[burnt socket]

then it's CHA_FAN

🤓

[loud pilot]

Yes I have my splitter plugged into cha_fan3 and then I have two of my front fans and my rear exhaust plugged into that splitter

But you’re saying I shouldn’t do that?

[burnt socket]

personally, I'd have one splitter for intake and one for exaust, each having their own cha_fan header

so customizing fan curves would be easy

[marsh chasm]

real and based

thats what i did as well

[loud pilot]

I unfortunately only have access to one fan splitter unless I hook my aio fans and exhaust fans to the splitter and then just plug the rest of my fans in normally

[burnt socket]

That's alright, no one will blame you for that

You can use 'fan control'

To control all of the fans

[loud pilot]

So I’m good the way I am? I’m not gonna short nothing out damage nothing

[marsh chasm]

i dont see why it would

[loud pilot]

I’m starting to regret doing this myself lol

[marsh chasm]

nah u got it bro

[loud pilot]

always wanted the experience but it’s not great

[burnt socket]

As long as you don't chain splitters, ur fine

[loud pilot]

I only have 1 so I assume chaining splitters is just not possible

[burnt socket]

😭

[marsh chasm]

yeah its stressful and u feel like ur messing everything up but when ur done it feels great 🙂

during my first build i gave up and shoved my pc in the closet for a week 🤷‍♂️

[burnt socket]

atleast you have the experience

[marsh chasm]

what do u have left after the fans

[loud pilot]

I have to put in my aio now I guess so more fans and then my gpu

I’ve never installed a aio but I have did the gpu a handful of times so it’s not really my biggest worry

[marsh chasm]

i dont think ive ever used an AIO before

i always go air

so i cant help u there sadly

[loud pilot]

It was a really great deal at least in my eyes so I figured why not

plus I like the look of an aio more than an air cooler just personally

[marsh chasm]

i have an aircooled 12th gen i9 that i undervolted 😭

[marsh chasm]

valid

[digital crater]

i have a 3060ti thinking of upgrading to 9070 or 5070 which one should i get?

[burnt socket]

man aio got so cheap I regretted putting an air cooler on

[loud pilot]

I’m a tiny bit worried about these possible causing issues or shorting somehting out they’re very close to the connectors

[loud pilot]

It’s crazy I think mine was like 80 Canadian

And it matched my case and fans so it was perfect

[burnt socket]

From the image, no tabs are sticking into the ports, as long as the ports are clear, ur good

[burnt socket]

to be fair mine is about 25 cad

[marsh chasm]

xt?

[digital crater]

no 9070

[burnt socket]

one is cutting down production and one is driver issues that cause crashes

go Nvidia before you cant

they're cutting on 2026 so get it quick

[digital crater]

is it better performance wise?

[burnt socket]

performance im not sure, i never owned a radeon card

[digital crater]

im tlaking about performance wise idc abt anything else lol

[marsh chasm]

theyre pretty equal, i personally dont care abt any of the nvidia extra bells and whistles, and the 9070 has 16g vram which is really good

id probably go the 9070

actually id go for whichever ones cheaper

[digital crater]

people do say radeon is better and the comparison vids im seeing the 9070 usually does better

[loud pilot]

Should I lay the case down to install the aio?

[marsh chasm]

i dont see why not

[vale cosmos]

it makes it easier

[marsh chasm]

i lay the case down all the time when im working

[vale cosmos]

and more likely to get even cooler mounting

[burnt socket]

Yes

remember to remove and keep the stock cooler mounts

[marsh chasm]

if u dont care abt dlss, or rt, or any other nvidia features and just want raw performance and vram go for it

the 9070 is still pretty good at rt tho

there is no bad choice though

[marsh chasm]

i got a 3 fan aio, it didnt fit w my gpu, returned it, and just bought a noctua air cooler 😭

[digital crater]

i try to prioritize fps ngl i dont even notice the difference with DLSS or RT

[loud pilot]

Awhhh that sucks lmao what can you do tho small form factor or just really big gpu??

[marsh chasm]

comically big gpu

[marsh chasm]

1440 or 1080, im assuming 1440

[loud pilot]

Bahaha I have like probably the smallest 3070 in existence

[marsh chasm]

fr, i got a 4070ti super and it was comically big i was like wtf 😭

[loud pilot]

I plan to upgrade eventually but I think it’ll hold up pretty good for now especially at 1080p and this new setup

[marsh chasm]

what are the specs of the build ur doing ?

[burnt socket]

5800xt is a lil overkill for 1080p

[marsh chasm]

i got a 5800xt for my little brother, it was on sale

he also plays on 1080

at least if he upgrades further it is a good cpu

[loud pilot]

Ryzen 7 5800xt and 3070 I basically just made a build out of my old prebuilt using the ram ssds and gpu

[marsh chasm]

dope

[loud pilot]

I had a 5700g before it was just bottlenecking ridiculously hard and the case was really restrictive it was all gen 3 and the bios was locked by hp

[pallid marsh]

Yeah the G series cpus have half the cache as regular cpus

[loud pilot]

Yep it was just falling behind too much couldn’t perform at all

[burnt socket]

am5??

[loud pilot]

No am4

[burnt socket]

sorry lemmie rephrase

why didnt you upgrade to am5

[loud pilot]

Ram lol

Wasn’t worth it to me

I can’t get my backplate to stay on at all is this normal

[edgy laurel]

am4 backplate included with an aftermarket cooler?

its held on by whatever securing fasteners the instructions indicate to screw into it from the topside

[loud pilot]

This was on the back of the motherboard all I did was unscrew the two plastic pieces that were there to mount the block I assume that’s all I needed to do

[edgy laurel]

yeah

[loud pilot]

Gonna be hard to apply thermal paste and hold this into place lol

[edgy laurel]

so whatever you screw into the board (as indicated by the instructions with your new cooler) wll then hold it on

you wouldn't be applying thermal paste at that point

[burnt socket]

isn't that for stock box cooler?

[edgy laurel]

its the stock backplate, which is fine in most all cases

[loud pilot]

idk it’s what was on the motherboard I assumed it was what I used

[clear juniper]

W im biulding a 5800x with a 9060xt Tuesday

[loud pilot]

There’s no other hardware I changed the mounting on the aio block to am4 bracket it came pre installed with lga1700

[edgy laurel]

what cooler do you have

[loud pilot]

I hope you have more fun then I am rn

I have an msi core liquid a13

[edgy laurel]

that shouldn't be fallng off since either the board should be flat against the worksurface, or mounted inthe case

[clear juniper]

It shouldn't be to bad this is my 6th pc biuld so ive got everything down why u having trouble

[loud pilot]

This is the only other part it came with

[clear juniper]

No am4 mounting?

[loud pilot]

I’ve had trouble with every little part😭 right now I’m just trying to get it all together I don’t have all my fans and rgb set up yet

[clear juniper]

Damn

[loud pilot]

No only that came in the box just am4 mounting brackets which I already changed

But no backplate

Why am I missing something?

[clear juniper]

Doesn't am4 motherboards come with a backplate?

[loud pilot]

The backplate that fell off is what was with it

[edgy laurel]

makes it very clear. remove stock style black plastic mounting blocks, attach cooler. the backplate doesn't have a chance to fall off since the baord is against a flat surface

this is extremely typical for AM4

so tl;dr, stop picking the board up while there is nothing securing the backplate

[loud pilot]

There’s no way to have it against a flat surface

I had the case laying down flat

[clear juniper]

Then stand it up

And use your fingers

[edgy laurel]

so the board is in the case and secured?

[loud pilot]

Yes

[clear juniper]

If the motherboard is screwed in you shouldn't have a problem

[edgy laurel]

its likely falling down just enough between the board and motherboard tray

[loud pilot]

More than enough room for it to fall

[edgy laurel]

this is a solvable problem, of course

[pure garnet]

stick something behind it

i've literally installed an am4 aio with a shoe holding the backplate up to the board

[edgy laurel]

wait, you have the back panel open? shoot dude.. just hold it for a sec as you thread in one screw

critical thinking

[clear juniper]

Fr

It ain't rocket science

[loud pilot]

But the thermal paste

[edgy laurel]

just do that first

[clear juniper]

[burnt socket]

i once mistaken a lga1700 backplate as a contact frame 😭

[loud pilot]

I realize how dumb I must sound to a lot of you but there has to have been a first time for you too😭

[burnt socket]

prebuilt-

[loud pilot]

I’m scared to touch the back of the board I don’t wanna break it I thought it was very sensitive

[edgy laurel]

maybe, it was nearly 20 years ago

[edgy laurel]

you can touch it..

[burnt socket]

it's fine

[edgy laurel]

just don't be a gorilla about it and start scraping off components

[clear juniper]

Just dont brake anything off and thats not easy to do

[loud pilot]

So I can apply thermal paste with the case standing up or I should lay it down first?

[clear juniper]

Not with your fingers atleast

[clear juniper]

Probably laying down

[pure garnet]

if this is your first build don't try and do tricks vertical

lay the computer down till you're done

[loud pilot]

Well I’m about to try my first vertical trick I guess

[clear juniper]

Yeah I still biuld mostly laying down and ive biult and worked on a good amount of pcs

[loud pilot]

More, less?

[burnt socket]

help

[hybrid elk]

monka

[clear juniper]

I would have done a X pattern but that should be fine

[burnt socket]

a touch more 😭

[clear juniper]

Sorry for the typos im barley awake 🥀

[burnt socket]

barley 🥀

[hybrid elk]

is it stuck?

[burnt socket]

nope it's just update

done it twice and it's scary

[clear juniper]

It was only scary the first time for me

But I like had to because I got a 14700k and didn't need it dying on me

[hybrid elk]

ah cool, i flashed my bios yesterday for the first time with a ch341a cause i bricked it kinda scary

[clear juniper]

My motherboard stopped me from installing the wrong bios I was almost cooked

[burnt socket]

Intel should give a free and warranty void exempt contact frame for the core i9s

[hybrid elk]

its a socketed chip so the 2nd time i pull it out and the pins all went sideways 😞

[clear juniper]

Alright gn I gotta get up at 7 and I "wanted" 8 hours of sleep

I ain't getting that 🥀

[loud pilot]

Now how tight do I put that block on?

[burnt socket]

Till it's snug

[loud pilot]

I think it’s all good

idk I’m terrified this is just not gonna turn on period or something bad is gonna happen once it does😂

[burnt socket]

Is it just me or you don't look like you have usb 3.0

[loud pilot]

I thiugjt that was it

[burnt socket]

id check idle temps on the cpu before doing anything

[burnt socket]

yep, but you do have a usb 3 port on your front panel? if not then it doesn't matter

[loud pilot]

Idk I think so

[burnt socket]

yep there is, it's the blue ports

[loud pilot]

One thing bothering me are these two tabs that are visibly like infront of the connector I feel as if that’s gonna short out

The type c and the connector next to it

[brisk jolt]

holy IO

[burnt socket]

it does not matter unless if you have ocd

[loud pilot]

I do unfortunately 😂 made this process unbearable but

[burnt socket]

it should be a long rectangular connector that is blue in color

[loud pilot]

I think I’m close to first boot

It’s 2:38 am I’ve been doing this since 5 with like a 3 hour break in between

[burnt socket]

😳

i think a bed would be nice

[loud pilot]

It would be great

But until I know if this works or is broken that’s not happening

[burnt socket]

red bull

[loud pilot]

what are the odds first try it boots up no issue? Like slim to none I guess

[burnt socket]

believe in urself

ur doing great tbh

[loud pilot]

Also joe do you know which one goes where does the block go into cpu fan or cpu opt

Thank you

[burnt socket]

block goes to cpu fan

sequence is fan then opt

[livid flame]

Did you just say to put the pump in cpu fan?

[burnt socket]

i never owned an aio, why?

it's into fan()_pump?

[livid flame]

What’s the mobo

[burnt socket]

b550 tuf gaming wifi ii

i legit have no idea

I just assumed cuz a fan and a pump uses the same connectors and have the same layout

[livid flame]

Fan into fan. Pump into opt.

[burnt socket]

@loud pilot im sorry

[burnt socket]

I always thought aios are too luxurious

[loud pilot]

according to online opt is optional pump and it says what Joe said

to put the block into cpu_fan

[livid flame]

🤦‍♂️

[pure garnet]

i have my pump in cpu_fan it’s fine

doesn’t really matter all that much

[loud pilot]

So do I change it or not

[burnt socket]

nope it doesn't matter

like what I said

[loud pilot]

Okay it’s already in fan so that’s where it’s staying😂

[burnt socket]

yes i agree

[burnt socket]

careful with the pcie slot covers on the case

[loud pilot]

I think they need to be pulled out

By the looks of it like they don’t just unscrew

[livid flame]

Have you looked at your manual?

[loud pilot]

yes

[livid flame]

You have a header for a pump

Number 4.

Center of board

It defaults to 100% pump speed if you use that

[loud pilot]

how would I hide the cables there

I feel as if that’s gonna just look very messy

[pure garnet]

i would use literally any header that doesn’t default to 100% signal

[livid flame]

Pump on 100% is fine.

[pure garnet]

if you got shooting range headphones on sure

[livid flame]

Well considering I don’t have shooting ranges in my country that fall a bit flat

[burnt socket]

unless it's a high end intel

[burnt socket]

my chassis fans are loud and run at a fixed rate

the fans came along with the case and from a random ass company

[livid flame]

It depends on the cpu and aio

My tr FW 240 is set to 80%. At 100% it reduces peak load temperature by 1c at 100% compared to 80. However the pump is only slightly audible if you actually listen for it at idle in 100% and at load it’s not audible at 100% due to fan noise from my curve

[burnt socket]

worst part is it's not run on a 4 pin fan

[nimble iron]

Hi

[burnt socket]

it's on sata

[livid flame]

It’s ran on direct voltage 3 pin with sata to power the link?

[nimble iron]

Is a $1k pc a good first pc?

[livid flame]

Is the specs good?

[nimble iron]

I think

[livid flame]

Cause if my PS5 cost £800 and my friends cost £300. It makes no difference how much I paid

[nimble iron]

Yeah

The cpu, gpu work well together

[livid flame]

Well no one can still tell you if it’s worth 1k

[brisk jolt]

you listed 0 specs

[livid flame]

As they don’t know the specs

[nimble iron]

Yeah

I have the links to everything

[brisk jolt]

for all we know it could be an absolute shitbox

[livid flame]

I think I need a new year resolution to ignore people like this

[nimble iron]

Im new, idk how to like list specs and all that

[livid flame]

Yeah. Just type buddy…

[harsh sail]

😭 bit harsh

But yeah he overcooked it

[loud pilot]

What screws do I used to hold the gpu in?

[livid flame]

It’s like giving air time to reality tv celebs tbfh

[burnt socket]

hold on I might have a pic

[livid flame]

Did you get this new?

[loud pilot]

No

The case is different though

[livid flame]

So. You have random screws and gotta figure it out I’m guessing?

[harsh sail]

Could you use the computer? I could help you with that then

[nimble iron]

It should work

I can send you all the links and stuff

[harsh sail]

200 dollars computer could also work WELL so don’t settle for that

[harsh sail]

Please send that yeah

[nimble iron]

Okay

[livid flame]

Just say the core parts. You have fingers, you’re currently able to type

Then if you want to DIY and narrow down components you can use PCPP

[burnt socket]

nvm i don't

[livid flame]

And if you’re not using fingers and you’re using toes. Kudos to you, that’s a skill

[loud pilot]

This is not gonna fit at all

[harsh sail]

Better yet start a thread on buildapc

[livid flame]

Where is that going

[nimble iron]

Okay

[livid flame]

The 6+2 does not go into the cpu power

The 4+4 does

Oh wait

That’s your gpu

You need 12vhpwr

So you probably want the adapter

[burnt socket]

ur stuffing a pcie 6+2 connector to a 12 pin Nvidia bullshit connector

[loud pilot]

This?

[livid flame]

Yes that

[burnt socket]

Yes

[loud pilot]

So I replace the pcie cable with that

[livid flame]

Depends on the psu

[loud pilot]

Uhh

Wdym

[livid flame]

Most am4 users needed the adapter but if psu has native then crack on native

[burnt socket]

if it's modular, yes

[loud pilot]

What would native be

It’s fully modular

[burnt socket]

pretty sure it is

[livid flame]

You have a pin loadout on the psu that says 12vhpwr

[loud pilot]

Man it’s 3 I thight I was done 🤦‍♂️

[burnt socket]

what gpu is that

3am builds must be fun

[loud pilot]

It’s a 3070

No specific anything it come out of my hp prebuilt

[harsh sail]

3070 with 12vhp is a new one for me

[loud pilot]

Will I fry it or sumn?

[harsh sail]

I thought 40 series started it

[loud pilot]

It says 480 watts

[harsh sail]

Nah but I’m surprised to see one have 12vhp
Are you sure it is a 3070?

[livid flame]

3070ti used it didn’t it

[loud pilot]

Yes positive

[harsh sail]

Interesting
I thought no 30-series card had it

[burnt socket]

same

[loud pilot]

my old oc used some adapter

Should I be using that instead?

[nimble iron]

I just created the post

[burnt socket]

it's better not to have a pcie to 12hpr splitter

[nimble iron]

I think its decent, for first build

[loud pilot]

It doesn’t fit.

[livid flame]

Turn it upside down

The connector

[loud pilot]

There’s a tab on the bottom

Should I break the tab off?

[livid flame]

No

Just turn it upside down from how you were trying to put it in the photo

It should then fit

[cedar haven]

what are the two tech chats for?

[livid flame]

The tab will clip onto the connector in the gpu. You may need to hard push it in

[livid flame]

Turn. Your. Wrist. 180 degrees.

[fair wraith]

Discussing opinions interests and support for tech mostly

[loud pilot]

I just did

There’s a tab both sides

[cedar haven]

oh

[livid flame]

We also discuss the meaning of life on Tuesday club

[livid flame]

lol what

[cedar haven]

btw my tablet glitches when i restart, and when i turn on airplane mode i cant use wifi, os is windows

[livid flame]

What is the gpu make/model

And do you have the adapter supplied to you? As that cable looks unused

[loud pilot]

I have the adapter from my old pc

It’s a hp prebuilt

[livid flame]

Oh holy hell

Use the adapter

[loud pilot]

Isn’t it bad to mix cables from different psu

[fair wraith]

Yes

Unless they have the same electrical specs

[loud pilot]

So what I just need a new gpu now or what

[fair wraith]

I don't know Because I don't know the full situation yet

[loud pilot]

I know in about 15 minutes despite the outcome I’m going to sleep😂

It’s an adapter not a cable so does that matter?

Does anyone have a solution for this 🤦‍♂️

[livid flame]

Just use the adapter on your own PCIe cables

The adapter portion does not matter only the PCIe 6+2

[loud pilot]

Yes like the ones from my new psu?

[livid flame]

Hp and dumb designed gpu

[loud pilot]

Can I use the one 6+2 that has 2 connectors

Or should I use two separate ones

[livid flame]

For. 3070 it should be fine

[loud pilot]

are you sure cause I have another 6+2 I’ll accept the extra ugly cords if I have to

[livid flame]

IIRC the adapter needs 1 less cable than the connectors

I’d always use 1:1 personally but the adapter allows 1 daisy chain iirc

[loud pilot]

Well I have the other cable so should I just do that and play it safe instead

No point to risk it if I don’t have to

The only thing worrying me my old psu was 500 watts this one is 750

[livid flame]

Don’t use cables from another psu

Use what you already have wit that psu you’re building with

[loud pilot]

I’m not I have a daisy chained 6+2 and a regular 6+2 with my new psu

[livid flame]

That should work then

[loud pilot]

So the fact that my old psu was 500 watts and this one is 750 shouldn’t be an issue?

[livid flame]

I don’t know why it would be an issue you got more power available

The adapter is generic

[loud pilot]

Yeah I’m worried it’s too much for the adapter

[livid flame]

Its fine 3070 only needs 2 6+2

[oak vector]

Sausage and Bacon Bolognaise pasta bake

[loud pilot]

Like 1000% I’ll buy a new gpu if I got to I do not want to risk this if it’s like that much of a change somehting bad will happen

[oak vector]

Using my new pot I got for Christmas
Used like 10 dollars aud worth of groceries

Made 6 portions
About 1.7 aud per portion
Not bad

[merry stirrup]

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1908644-REG/cooler_master_elw_d36m_a18da_rw_elite_liquid_360_argb.html

@pure garnet this was 50$ on b&h

oh ig its also the same price on amazon my homie states

[merry stirrup]

fuck

[harsh thicket]

yall know where i can find a replacement or 3d print file for an internal ssd shell? my internal sandisk casing was crushed but the pcb inside survived and i need to create a replacement housing

i know it still works i plugged it into a reader and everything is there! i just cant afford to buy a new SSD rn bcus of these absurd and riotable prices

[livid flame]

Just put it in a cardboard box

[oak vector]

I agree

[merry stirrup]

brother tht looks so good

[kindred maple]

it looks zesty

yum

[oak vector]

Hahaha cheers man
Tasted pretty good 🙏

Idk if I mentioned
But I went to culinary school for like two years lmao

[merry stirrup]

im gonna move across the st from u

[oak vector]

Bet
I’d cook for you
Foods pretty cheap here

[merry stirrup]

brother i can bring you the ingredients

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1092945689652232223.gif?size=48&animated=true&name=catnod

[oak vector]

All of that was like
6.7usd worth of ingredients

[merry stirrup]

hory shitu

[oak vector]

Spent maybe 35 aud on groceries
And used not even a third of it so
Nice and cost effective too

idk whenever I cook it’s just “yeah that smells alright”
“That looks alright”
Basically just vibes, got me through the whole of culinary school and I ended up like 2nd best in the class lmao

[merry stirrup]

no thats valid

[oak vector]

pretty much
I’ll follow a rough guideline when doing mains and whatever, but desserts can be a little more strict lol
I met my best friend in that class, honestly the best class I’ve ever taken

[tranquil finch]

Why Windows adds english US keyboard layout when i am playing expedition 33? I cannot uninstall it in settings, i dissapear only uf i restart the pc. I am just using my Czech layout.

[green marsh]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1pudllx/brothers_ive_been_blessed/ some get lucky it seems

guy orders two SSDs, gets 2 boxes of 10

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/gundam-gundam-00-allelujah-haptism-hallelujah-haptism-hallelujah-gif-4995337701433453699

“I didnt choose the scalper life- The scalper life chose me”

[green marsh]

amazon also let him keep it for some reason

[edgy laurel]

https://www.thingiverse.com/
https://www.printables.com/
https://cults3d.com/
https://thangs.com/
https://makerworld.com/en

[tranquil finch]

?

[topaz veldt]

After a tough, very confusing 14 days of my mom being in hospice, she passed away this morning around 5AM. Going to miss her, but I think she wanted to be around for the holidays and didn't want to go on Christmas day.

[edgy laurel]

Dammit man. So sorry, thats such a rough situation. ❤️

[crimson widget]

RIP 🙏

[topaz veldt]

Thanks. Yeah it was a tough run, but she had not been responsive since the 12th (and even prior to that very confused and disoriented). We were sort baffled/amazed she was still hanging on for 2 weeks with literally no life sustaining support... Food/fluids, etc. the doctors/nurses had not seen anything quite like it. It made for a very stressful last two weeks not knowing when things would happen but I'm glad at least it wasn't on Christmas day. She was a fighter.

[brave panther]

My condolences

[oak vector]

Aw Snails I'm so sorry ❤️
I pray for you and hope you can find comfort and strength in the next couple of days, and ongoing ❤️
Take care!

[limpid galleon]

thoughts on 2tb nvme ssd for 110 euro?

including customer protectiona nd shipping

[brittle pawn]

not bad, tbh

[random flame]

I'm glad to hear she chose to stay with all of you for Christmas at the least, though I also give my condolences that she's gone now.

[errant jetty]

I'm switching to iems and the idea of a dongle makes me want to switch to a brick phone to make calls or use as an MP3 player because good daps or bluetooth dacs cost as much

a flip phone preferably, I want to decline calls by flipping the screen down like a movie character

[brisk jolt]

My condolences

[fringe vigil]

Why’s the oled look purple n shi

When it’s off

[edgy laurel]

no idea what you're seeing

[fringe vigil]

The black screen

Like when the tv is off

It has a purple tint to it

[edgy laurel]

looks deep black to me

[fringe vigil]

When the sun shines on it it’s purple asf

[edgy laurel]

did you buy a QD-OLED by mistake jorj

[fringe vigil]

How is this a QD oled lmao

It’s a C5

[fringe vigil]

wth I’m so sorry

[fringe vigil]

Yh it looks like that

But less purple than that

In the sun yours doesn’t look like that??

[edgy laurel]

nope

[fringe vigil]

wtf

[edgy laurel]

thats a QD-OLED

our C series is WOLED

should look like the left, not the right

[fringe vigil]

Mine literally looks like the right how is that possible

[edgy laurel]

fake c5 😆 i dunno

[fringe vigil]

Cap

how can it be fake

[vestal granite]

if it aint real

[edgy laurel]

C5 from Temu?

[fringe vigil]

no tf

[edgy laurel]

i'm joking, i have no idea

[fringe vigil]

What if the screen was replaced

[vestal granite]

merry kwanzaa everybody I don't know what people do for kwanzaa but I saw it on the calendar

[fringe vigil]

I think this happens with the C5

[errant jetty]

where should i look?

[edgy laurel]

huh, yeah. C5 on left, my C2 on right

[vestal granite]

google

[fringe vigil]

Yh idk why C5 is weird like that

[errant jetty]

I've been looking around and it's garbage list sites

for a couple days

[vestal granite]

we're just gonna google it so google it to eliminate a step knowmsayn

[errant jetty]

what

[fringe vigil]

Is that bad then

[edgy laurel]

i mean, it seems normal. if thats bad to you, well thats up to you

[fringe vigil]

Why would it be bad, if that’s how C5 is made then I can’t do anything

But yeah it does look abit weird

[edgy laurel]

you asked me if its bad

[fringe vigil]

Oh

[vestal granite]

that's his line is the thing he always says that

[fringe vigil]

I’m gonna try to enable HDMI deep color

[low sorrel]

Wtf

[fringe vigil]

And 444 if this shit doesn’t work then bruh

[low sorrel]

Oh wtf snails mom died, sorry snail ❤️

[edgy laurel]

as long as you're actively on the PC HDMI input, it should allow it to be enabled

[vestal granite]

yeah I think snail needs scotch someone doordash it to him

scotch type of scenario

[low sorrel]

@edgy laurel you live in PA go hand deliver it to him

[fringe vigil]

I am, how am I on another input how do I even check

[edgy laurel]

this is for C4 but its mostly the same. might need to set the input icon to PC for that HDMI input?

from this page https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/lg/c4-oled/settings

i don't remember needing to do that but its been 3 years

[low sorrel]

Oh did jorj actually buy a c5

[edgy laurel]

And @fringe vigil if you’re properly in game mode, hitting the Menu button on the remote you should see this menu first

[low sorrel]

C5 has gsync?

[edgy laurel]

no, it just says that

[merry stirrup]

yeah its lying nvidia actually told them not to

[edgy laurel]

they've had GSync since the CX in 2020

at least

[low sorrel]

I thought they were all free sync

[final glacier]

https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-5090-16-pin-cable-caught-fire-is-this-the-worst-case-so-far

[shell void]

a wee bit toasty

[brave panther]

https://tenor.com/view/the-it-crowd-moss-the-it-crowd-the-it-crowd-fire-moss-the-it-crowd-fire-richard-ayoade-gif-15210949

[turbid locust]

optimal

[fringe vigil]

Where’s the fcks the menu button

[merry stirrup]

bro got an ai button instead 😭

[turbid locust]

LOL

[fringe vigil]

So

[merry stirrup]

im tuah the point where im just kinda yapping in the karhu server

[brave panther]

use the ai button

[merry stirrup]

th eone that says ai

[edgy laurel]

the gear.. jorj i think you need to return the tv if this is too complicated

[fringe vigil]

It’s pissing me off so far

How is there not hdmi deep color and 444

[edgy laurel]

there is

I just went to that screen while in the home menu and the options were grayed out, as expected. went to it while in the PC input and could adjust them just fine

[fringe vigil]

I’m on the pc input what other input would I be I selected menu and selected hdmi 1

[edgy laurel]

do this

hit the Home button and look for Home Hub

Looks like this for me

click the 3 dots in the top right and click Edit Inputs

[oak vector]

if i get a remote for a tv and there is no input button im snapping it in half

[fringe vigil]

Fr bro

[fringe vigil]

Yeah and that’s exactly what I did and I pressed PC HDMI 1

Maybe I need to check again I haven’t turned it on yet

[edgy laurel]

change the icon for HDMI 1 to PC

[oak vector]

give me those old ass remotes with like 300 different buttons idk what to do with
minimalism done wrong just pisses me off haha

[fringe vigil]

Okay I’ll update u

[merry stirrup]

more deep learning perf guys my tv can finally tell the difference between a horse and a human

[shell void]

pls give C6 tandem woled lg i beg

[high blaze]

14600k or 14600kf

[edgy laurel]

no context x vs x questions are the best!

[high blaze]

Your welcome

From what I’m seeing they are exactly the same, but the 14600kf is like $60 cheaper

[green marsh]

depends on platform. On Android TV it might be long press too

[high blaze]

The only thing I see different is the intel graphics or not

[shell void]

always K if it’s a similar price because iGPUs are nice to have when repurposing old processors

[high blaze]

I’d be using it with DDR4 ram

[shell void]

hopefully this means that the 27” 4K RGB W-OLED monitors are coming out this year

[acoustic wren]

were oleds black and white before or smth?

[fringe vigil]

My tv company asking me for a refund of 50 dollars

[obtuse radish]

hola chat @edgy laurel and other mitx people would this be a decent build - the goal is to run gs pro golf sim at 4k60 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CcXPb2

[topaz veldt]

My wife got me this little fella

[slim pebble]

I bought myself a Corsair k100 air, I like the short cherry mx switches.

[topaz veldt]

I had/have a bunch of corsair keebs but I stopped buying them

Spam?

[pure garnet]

looks like a laptop keyboard

[slim pebble]

My son says it’s consumer shit, I should buy a custom kb and add the switches and keycaps separately like he did 😆

[edgy laurel]

you don't have to, you can get them premade. probably just like that one 5nail got above

[steel stream]

3.9x brighter hmm

[vestal granite]

which menu

the channel menu? guide
the settings menu? gear cog
the main menu? home button

[topaz veldt]

yeah there's a lot of plastic in the Corsairs, the keycaps are abs and shine up quickly, etc. etc. I do agree - I went hard on like K100, K65, K75, etc. But yeah I think these $60 Amazon keyboards are nicer usually, and then custom is of course nice

[pure garnet]

if you don’t waste 14 hours lubing with a paint brush you basically got a prebuilt

[topaz veldt]

Yeah that was only a like $70 keyboard, its super nice honestly

[edgy laurel]

honestly the play if you're not trying to be "into" keyboards

[pure garnet]

prebuilt mechs got really good after covid

[vestal granite]

i use a keychron q11 it was $85

[topaz veldt]

yeah there are SO many like $75-100 all aluminum frame keyboards, its wild

[vestal granite]

i only like aluminum frame keyboards fuck plastic

i should be able to grill eggs on the keyboard in the event of an apocalypse

[topaz veldt]

This one I got is plastic and its actually crazy nice

I asked for it because I have no F-row keebs and ... BF6

[harsh sail]

i got myself that at nice light blue colorway 😍

[south shuttle]

to clarify i’d not expect you to spread slander or disinformation about me, i did not say that.

[pure garnet]

12 days later 💀

https://tenor.com/view/we-do-not-care-juan-gif-22047769

[south shuttle]

does that matter, where did i mention it’s equivalent

you dodge the question under the assumption nobody cares, i do?

[vestal granite]

i dont like scalping ram and i dont like child labor either

[pure garnet]

based

[south shuttle]

solution to both aren’t as simple as most people perceive

was my point

[vestal granite]

i think people who buy ram just to resell are bad but some people who already have ram i can see why they might be happy about the prices being higher for resell value u know what i mean

[topaz veldt]

totally

[south shuttle]

not buying from child labour sites does not help the children

[vestal granite]

i also dont know what any of this conversation is about

[south shuttle]

the children do work there to make money

[topaz veldt]

but finding low priced RAM to resell to the community is asshole behavior

[south shuttle]

if you want to help the children send them money

[pure garnet]

unc decided to dig through my messages i guess

[vestal granite]

truth fact

[steel stream]

woah man hot take

[pure garnet]

kvetinky really helping their stance by necroing a convo from over a week ago

https://jobs.mchire.com

[vestal granite]

i do that all the time

[south shuttle]

it depends, it’s acceptable aslong it’s not essentials and the scalpers does it for living

[topaz veldt]

Have them blocked, but seeing the convo unfold I figured that's what it was

[pure garnet]

yeah fair

[vestal granite]

no but some people do crime for a living

[pure garnet]

did you see tfrcsb is enabled on x870e apex now snail

newest beta bios has it

[vestal granite]

politicians lie for a living that doesnt mean its ok for them to lie u know what i mean

[south shuttle]

scalping is not a crime, what i meant by scalping was capitalist distribution or reselling

[vestal granite]

oh i thought you meant like other form of scalping

[south shuttle]

no by scalping i meant the oxford’s definition

[pure garnet]

here we go again

[pure garnet]

i pray you find employment under the tree near year

[south shuttle]

buying with the intend to resell immediately for a quick profit or big margin

^ what i mean by scalping

[vestal granite]

yeah thats bad too i would say

i buy up all the baby formula and sell it to people at 200% markup

[south shuttle]

it’s how trade has worked since we had like copper or gold coins

feature of trade*

[pure garnet]

this is a good business idea

[vestal granite]

yes and the people who did it were frowned upon

i frown upon them

[south shuttle]

like the spice trade, europe lacked spices so resellers imported them to europe from asia at big profit

by oxford’s definition this can be scalping, distribution, reselling

[vestal granite]

yeah but there was otherwise no supply of the spices within europe which drove those prices up

they didnt buy the supply INSIDE of europe and resell it to europe at a higher price

[pure garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-neko-mac-and-cheese-mac-and-cheese-party-everyone-is-invited-gif-26302899

[vestal granite]

there is no public service that scalping RAM performs, therefore i frown upon it look -> 🙁 i frown upon this

atleast spice traders performed the service of importing it a very long distance

[south shuttle]

well, originally i suggested a person from i think it was lebanon to buy cheap ram and resell it in germany for big profit, they said they didn’t have money so i saw the opportunity and wanted to help them which set me to get absolutely nuked by tech chat

[pure garnet]

yeah that's all that happened 100%

the reply 12 days later confirms that

[south shuttle]

12 days or not spreading disinformation or slander that’s not true is not nice

just to justify the prior argumentance

[harsh sail]

profit to those scalpers
ive considered it before (not serioyusly, but have) cause whiule it’’s not nice, it’s directly in the personal gain instinct so why not do it
too much hassle :kekw:

[south shuttle]

what i suggested is export from lebanon bc the ram prices were cheap to germany, and the result would be the person that said he didn’t have much money to have more money

it’s similar thing to spice trade

[topaz veldt]

I read rumblings

[pure garnet]

safedisk said tfc2 and trfcsb do things, speeds don't seem to improve much but low values won't post

[south shuttle]

also when somone ask me for pc parts i try to suggest the best price including importing from different countries, i don’t only suggest at all to people export things at mass profit

[pure garnet]

only asus has shipped that agesa version

[topaz veldt]

so I will have to remove my 420 and 69 values

[pure garnet]

probably yeah

[topaz veldt]

thats going to throw off my tunes vibe

[pure garnet]

well 420 would probs boot

[topaz veldt]

I am on an older BIOS on that build

[pure garnet]

it's still beta only

https://www.overclock.net/threads/asus-rog-crosshair-x870e-apex-overclocking-discussion-thread.1814234/page-83?post_id=29539411&nested_view=1#post-29539411

[south shuttle]

you guys also try to suggest the best options whenever someone asks for help, potentially ignoring that it could harm pricing for everyone else looking the the same things

[topaz veldt]

They tried this before - "well you're harboring capitalism... and this is capitalism... so.." its like I can't even

I am debating on picking up these Sennheiser HD550

[steel stream]

do it

[pure garnet]

i wanna replace my hd 58x soon

[topaz veldt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUbFBdy4PnU

[south shuttle]

what about 560s

[topaz veldt]

I don't like the build/asthetic

[pure garnet]

i've had them about 4-5 years now so the plastic is kinda worn

[topaz veldt]

but they all say its better than HD600

[harsh sail]

nah save up for hd600 for sure
huge jump for not big price bump

[south shuttle]

bump depending on if you’re fine with less deep bass

[harsh sail]

oh that shouldn’t matter surely

[topaz veldt]

These will be like daily headphones

[south shuttle]

i’ve personally had stuff like he400se and tried 6xx and the bass for me was lackluster but that’s just me

[topaz veldt]

My "nice" headphones are Arya Stealth

[south shuttle]

560s are very similar

[south shuttle]

i wasn’t trying to help some billionaire with bad intentions such as polluting the ocean intentionally to scalping 9999x food from starving children, i was helping someone that didn’t have enough money to afford a pc to scalp or reseller, distribute whatever to buy additional (1x) kit of ram and resell that kit to a different market, although you could say it encourages further scalping or reselling which retailers do
it’s hard to find entity that’s not scummy even when that entity or company doesn’t appear scummy from different perspectives it can be scummy or not
like you working at a fast food chain due to circumstances, to someone you could appear scummy because according to them you support obesity and the company is shitty and release a ton of plastic into the ocean

[harsh sail]

btw, i didn’t mean to just save up a bit to get hd600, cause those still are at rather big cost (as of 3y ago but idt much has changed)
get the 6xx instead lol i forgot to say

[south shuttle]

to other that worker is trying to make money for their family

[topaz veldt]

Does anyone know that site that overlays different headphone measurements over atop of one another for comparison?

[topaz veldt]

right now the HD550 is $275 and the HD600 is $296

but everyone is raving about HD550, but trying to figure out if its just because they are $275

[harsh sail]

but what about HD6xx, which im recommending

[south shuttle]

it depends on their preference, if they prefer more bass and care less about wonky treble on the 560s, the 560s could be better

[harsh sail]

ngl ive never heard of hd550. is it new or something?

[topaz veldt]

Those are Drop only, yes?

[south shuttle]

i like the 560s a bit more than the 6xx

[topaz veldt]

Yes its new

[harsh sail]

yeah but pretty common

[south shuttle]

(the old 560s 3m version to be specific)

[topaz veldt]

I had HD 600 years ago

I think if I am going to a 6 chassis, I'd get 600s again

[harsh sail]

it seems ive become outdated. but basically the way things were 3y ago (and i was confident it stil is due to how slowly this stuff moves) is that HD600s were 400 dollars, HD6xx were at least 95% as good for 200 dollars, being undisputed king, and that 560 was nowhere near the value cause you can just spend a little more for a way better 6xx. imma do research on the 550 now :kekw:

[south shuttle]

sennheiser likes to release similar headphones

or like same headphones with like 1 different part

[south shuttle]

6xx is way better depending on user’s ears

560s can be also way better than 6xx

[harsh sail]

hmmm
me personally what i did is get robbed by going for HD660S 😂 😭 but ive since upgraded

[south shuttle]

all of them have their strenghts and parts where improvement could be seen

[harsh sail]

600 looks definitely best for my taste, but what abput including 6xx in there?

i forgot how the FR speifically compares between 6xx and 600 sorry but in total, that 6xx is 95% as good as 600

[south shuttle]

it’s more like 98-102% as good

[harsh sail]

..
o

[south shuttle]

one reviewer measure the 600 being better, other measures 6xx better

[edgy laurel]

watching all this with my nearly 10y/o HD650's

[shell void]

6xx, 600, and 650 are all nearly identical

[harsh sail]

oof the 6xx looks muddy

[warm urchin]

I wish I had six hungoes

[south shuttle]

not muddy just warm

[harsh sail]

but this is probably based on small-difference splitting-hairs

[vestal granite]

i see now why monster is less popular in other countries, this monster energy from south africa is much less spicy than american version

[harsh sail]

i mean, by 1-2dB is not exactly tiny but also not super important…. maybe

[vestal granite]

doesnt hurt to drink which is bad because i drink the default green monster flavor because it hurts not because its flavorful

[south shuttle]

i’ve found koss to be muddy tho personally

[steel stream]

how did you get a monsterf from south africa

[vestal granite]

idk the store had it

its 500mL not 450mL so i checked and it says produced in south africa

[south shuttle]

it is not

i bet 80% won’t hear diff

[harsh sail]

eh i mean 2dB is significant

[south shuttle]

hold your nose and try to blow it and it may create a bigger difference than that decibel or two

[harsh sail]

but maybe not at 200 dollars price point lol

[coarse elm]

is this a decent PSU for a rx 5700xt and ryzen 7 3700x build? The old PSU killed itself and is failing. just wondering what the consensus is on this Thermaltake 700w PSU.

[south shuttle]

on paper and in physics

our brains mostly perceive something double volume at +10db

[harsh sail]

200 dollars price point: just take the performance and run with it. at that level, most things are still dealing with huge rough changes cause non-audiophile companies don’t know what they doing

[south shuttle]

or what you would describe as double

[warm urchin]

I had one and the vdroop was crazy

[vestal granite]

i think this one is marked as "replace immediately" in the tier list

https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

[harsh sail]

eh for eq it also matters without a doubt

but not by a lot, and definitely not much to worry about in 200 dollars point. also, this is exactly like how we think about choosing perfect pc part picker or about oc-ing

[south shuttle]

+3db = double in physics
+10db = double as what you perceive

^ does not apply to everyone

[coarse elm]

Ah hell, Okay. the PSU has to be replaced, its gotten to the point that the PC is shutting itself off under load now.

[harsh sail]

right but focus back to the point please

[vestal granite]

i thought decibels were exponential but are they logarithmic or something i didnt do math

[south shuttle]

yes they are

otherwise we would have tree’s leaving whistling at 9999999db xdd

[coarse elm]

what about the corsair CX650M?

[vestal granite]

i saw a video of some guy playing the violin to demonstrate different equations and the other guy had to guess what equation it was

[narrow gate]

I smell psu

[narrow gate]

Just buy A850GS from amazon.

[coarse elm]

I need it today

[harsh sail]

decibels vs loudness is logarithmic
loudness vs decibels is the inverse of logarithmic, which is exponential 👍

[south shuttle]

i’m just telling you that 1-2 db is barely or not noticable by most people and it’s probably not going to be an issue unless your ears are already more sensitive to those frequencies

[shell void]

@edgy laurel @steel stream actual madness

52" 5120x2160p 240Hz

[edgy laurel]

holy

[vestal granite]

i have no idea how to apply this to my life, can someone explain it in titan quest 2 terms

[harsh sail]

yeah to most people is the thing
so we agree on that
but make sure it’s something good sennheiser

[south shuttle]

trust this guy, he’s a psu enthusiast

[steel stream]

LG year after year releasing bangers

[edgy laurel]

now the important question. is it glossy

[brave panther]

you might need a whole gpu server to run it native at 240hz

[narrow gate]

@coarse elm https://www.microcenter.com/product/701787/msi-mag-a650gls-pcie5-650-watt-80-plus-gold-atx-fully-modular-power-supply-atx-31-compatible
Would rather get this than cx-m
🙂

[vestal granite]

you can tell router ero is cool because he has a profile picture that looks like hes had it for 10 years which means he either doesnt care about profile picture or he DMs people who need to be able to recognize his pfp at a glance

[south shuttle]

1-2db off is still a good sennheiser, the warmth of the 6xx and 600 aren’t an issue for most of people

[harsh sail]

a few ways to say this:
a lot louder is just a bit more decibels.
you can have zero decibels be still some sound, and even negative decibels.
100 decibels is WAY louder than 70 decibels, and not just 50%

[south shuttle]

it can actually be benefitial in a lot of genres

[harsh sail]

yeah

[narrow gate]

I like that pfp, i aint changing it xDD

[vestal granite]

i forgot that option

[narrow gate]

Bruh i have +100 dm request again

[coarse elm]

I do not live by a microcenter, this is so unfortunate.

[steel stream]

there's no way it is

[narrow gate]

Oh thats a walmart yes

I forgor

[coarse elm]

Would tbe CX650M suffice for awhile? or is it a dumpster fire

[vestal granite]

i wish there was just a right click -> ignore all for message requests, i go through them & find the ones I want to/can respond to & then i spam click ignore on all of the rest

but discord is laggy so sometimes it takes a while to do that

[narrow gate]

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cooler-Master-MWE-Gold-750-V3-ATX-3-1-Full-Modular-PSU-750W-80-Gold-Efficiency-90-12VHPWR-450W-PCIe-5-1-Japanese-Capacitors-Zero-RPM-Mode-Hexagonal-F/6648715351?classType=REGULAR&from=/search
https://www.walmart.com/ip/MSI-MAG-A750GLS-PCIE5-USA-750W-Fully-Modular-80-Plus-Gold-Bilingual-Color-Box-Solid-wood-pallet-packing-10Y-Warranty/17423456787?classType=REGULAR&from=/search
That was fast search
https://www.walmart.com/ip/ASRock-Steel-Legend-SL-750G-750W-80-PLUS-GOLD-Cybenetics-PLATINUM-Full-Modular-Power-Supply-ATX3-1-PCIe5-1-Ready-Dual-Color-12V-2x6-Cable-10-Years-Wa/14437761136?classType=REGULAR&from=/search

[floral spear]

Why is tech chat 2 tech chat 1

[narrow gate]

These are noticable better than cxm at given price

[vestal granite]

what do u mean

[pure garnet]

insane

i get 1 and clear it

[south shuttle]

any psu news

[vestal granite]

i have just 26

[south shuttle]

i clear my dms

[coarse elm]

I found this one, this doesnt look too bad

[narrow gate]

I have 69 now 😎

[south shuttle]

thermaltake shiii

[narrow gate]

Well its fine but meh

[south shuttle]

i aint trusting thermaltake

[narrow gate]

Unless thermaltake swapped again

[coarse elm]

I don't need the greatest PSU, this pc is nearly dead anyways

[south shuttle]

thermaltake swappage

[coarse elm]

It needs to last a few months / a year

would it be better just to spend the extra like 40$ and get the corsair RM850e?

[south shuttle]

i aint buying a thermaltake even if it’s A+ and cheap for any wattage because i bet they’re just going to do some rug pull, it’s hard to recommend them

[pure garnet]

yea

[shell void]

i think it’s matte IPS