tech-chat-2

[mighty cloud]

It's more of a want I guess. Not ever needing to think about upgrading it or anything. I mean compared to what I use now, I wouldn't ever need a new laptop for decades and decades.

[wise bear]

want something more realistic lol

[wise bear]

uh yeah that one laptop isnt lasting you 20 years buckaroo

shit fails, especially in laptops

[mighty cloud]

The one I have now is probably $100 and it could definitely last me another 10 years if I needed. So a 5090, hell that's like 200x better.

[wise bear]

that doesn't mean its gonna last 20 years.

I want you to start a fuckin' IRA or something instead of buying a stupid laptop

[wraith steeple]

So is everything else in this gen

[mighty cloud]

Yeah assuming I'm playing gta 8. I'm probably still gonna be playing the same games about.

[wise bear]

that..

batteries give out, displays fail, cooling systems can fail, drives give out, pcb components die..

[mighty cloud]

I've been playing Minecraft for 15 years 🤷‍♂️

[mighty cloud]

True true

[fallow crown]

I don't know if I should upgrade my GPU or CPU first 🤔. If I upgrade my CPU then I have to move to AM5 and I would need a new motherboard and DDR5 ram..

[wise bear]

ive been playing minecraft longer than you've been alive lmao

[mighty cloud]

That's funny

[wise bear]

yeah so take my wisdom seriously.

[wraith steeple]

I've built rigs that predate you

[mighty cloud]

Yeah but were you playing when you were 3?

[wise bear]

you're still a kid, you don't understand hardware, and you odn't need to spend $4k+ on a 5090 laptop. that's dumb.

[wise bear]

minecraft wasn't out in 1999.

[mighty cloud]

Yeah but still

[wise bear]

your point is moot lol

[mighty cloud]

Life is short

[wise bear]

and tbh has no reference to the conversation

go fucking live a little, dont waste your money

yalls generation is mad fucked with your kind of thinking lmao

[mighty cloud]

I would probably end up spending it on ingame items anyways.

[wraith steeple]

They never stood a chance TBH

Gen Alpha is DOA

[wise bear]

your parents should be managing your finances lmao

learn to control your spending habits

[mighty cloud]

Yeah I don't think that would be a good idea

[wise bear]

so far it's better than anything that you've suggested

[mighty cloud]

I worked a job for 6 months and didn't buy anything except the switch 2.

[wise bear]

cute.

[wraith steeple]

Rookie numbers

[mighty cloud]

Most people would've spent it all, it's better than nothing.

[wise bear]

no, most people wouldn't have.

most people have /rent/, and /bills/

[wraith steeple]

[mighty cloud]

I'm talking about people in my situation

[wise bear]

you mean your age?

you're not in a situation. you're just a kid lol

[mighty cloud]

Sure. I mean some 17 year olds pay rent but yh.

[wise bear]

god if you keep this mentality into your 20's you're gonna be homeless before you even have an actual career

[mighty cloud]

So saving my money and only buying things that I REALLY want and thinking about it for months and months is a bad mentality?

[fervent chasm]

i agree with not spending $4k on a PC, unless youre getting a really good deal dont go all out

[wraith steeple]

Or worse being labeled a Pariah to employers, if you want a decent paying job

[wise bear]

17 year olds don't need a $4000+ laptop

[fervent chasm]

are you us based?

[mighty cloud]

That depends on the 17 year old I guess.

I definitely don't need it.

[wise bear]

so dont buy it

start an actual savings

start putting a chunk of your paycheck into a retirement plan

your generation is gonna need the money more than anything with this assfuck housing market

[wraith steeple]

And renting.... Omega-fucken-lul as the cool kids would say

[fervent chasm]

This is why I asked if theyre US based, start saving now

[mighty cloud]

I'm not tryna sound spoiled. But my parents aren't gonna kick me out until I want to move out. So I have plenty of time to figure shi out.

[wise bear]

that doesn't mean you should be taking advantage of the situation and just spending every penny

[mighty cloud]

I'm not, my parents pay for the bare minimum, and my money goes to whatever I want.

[wise bear]

also no college/trade school means no WFH career, so you can kiss that pipeline goodbye

[wise bear]

it sohuld be going into a diverse IRA or a retirement plan

[mighty cloud]

A lot of successful people don't go to college. It's mostly a waste of money anyways.

[mighty cloud]

True.

[fervent chasm]

how many successful people are there compared to the total population

[wise bear]

you're not a billionare mogul lol

[wraith steeple]

I get college is not for everyone, but at least consider trade school or some form of certifications if you're going IT

[wise bear]

you're not zuckerberg, you're not altman, you're not any of the little techbros who broke the statistic

[mighty cloud]

No, but I think I can become successful enough to not worry about money.

[wise bear]

okay so what are you hgonna do in the meantime with no money

how are you gonna get there if you wanna just spend money on shit

[mighty cloud]

Enjoy my life, and plan.

[mighty cloud]

It's kind of an investment. I'm not fomo.

[fervent chasm]

peyton youre not gonna convince them otherwise lol

[wise bear]

investing in what, some one-off childhood dream of being a tech billionare?

kid you nead realistic expectations of life

[fervent chasm]

I know what its like, that was me a few years ago

[mighty cloud]

Not a tech billionaire but yeah. Why would I settle for anything less than my goals.

[wise bear]

because goals should be realistic and reevaluated after substantial progress

buying a 5090 is not substantial progress

that's a sestback.

[mighty cloud]

True. My goals are flexible but fixed enough that I know what I'm trying to accomplish.

[wraith steeple]

The plot of High School DxD, Overlord, and Freiren are more realistic than what those Tech Bros will sell you and the housing market improving for the better

[mighty cloud]

I don't really see it that way.

[wise bear]

why do you need a 5090. how is it an investment into your future

[wraith steeple]

As for housing, that's a global issue sadly

[mighty cloud]

You watch highschool dxd 🫩

[mighty cloud]

It's only $2000 more than what you suggested. I can make that pretty easily.

@wise bear what would you do if you were me?

[wraith steeple]

She literally told you

[mighty cloud]

She said college and retirement but that's not very specific

[wise bear]

Put that extra 2 grand into savings.

[fervent chasm]

you play steal a brainrot 🫩

literally no reason to hate

[wise bear]

start an investment portfolio, meet with a fiduciary advisor that can help you grow your earnings

[mighty cloud]

Steal a brainrot is actually interesting tho. I could make bank off it and crypto. Highschool dxd is a weird fetish to highschoolers.

[fervent chasm]

its a childrens game for children

[wise bear]

get an actual job, don't make your life career plans based on game currency lmao

that's so dumb

[mighty cloud]

That was just an example.

[wise bear]

if this is your overall mentality you're going to be & stay broke your whole life lmao

[mighty cloud]

Alright we'll see

[wraith steeple]

Well I was not too far behind your age when it dropped

[fervent chasm]

you can tell with the responses they dont really care for your input

[mighty cloud]

🫩

Highschool dxd is horrible

[wise bear]

this whole conversation is exactly why I hate young people

[fervent chasm]

hey

[mighty cloud]

I do care for your input. I'm just trying to show you my side of it. I'm genuinely curious.

[wise bear]

Honestly

and I mean this with as much respect I feel like mustering

ya kinda dumb

[wraith steeple]

They just want confirmation

[wise bear]

like honestly idk if it's school or w/e but you literally dont have a wider cone of 'vision' for your future

[fervent chasm]

exactly my thoughts, they expected to be agreed with

it reminds me of myself a few years ago too much

[mighty cloud]

I literally excel at everything I try. I mean I don't care for school at all because it's just a waste of time, I get all A's without trying. I chase what excites me, and it's worked for me so far.

[fervent chasm]

yah, its ego

at 17, in high school, basic classes, you should be getting As without trying anyway

[mighty cloud]

I guess you can call it that, I don't really care what other people think of me. I just care about what I can do next to make myself better.

[mighty cloud]

Most people my age fail it's honestly very sad.

[wise bear]

yeah i think you've got a bit of a warped sense of reality

the paper ceiling is very much a thing

also, wow chill with the ego lmao

fuckin' worse than me lol

[wraith steeple]

The main character energy is wild

[mighty cloud]

That did sound egotistical lol. I didn't mean to have it sound that way. 😂

[wise bear]

nah you showed true colors

also excelling at high school doesn't mean you're gonna have some fairytale career

nowadays high school is so fucking dumbed down

[mighty cloud]

I know that. I think high school is a waste of time.

[wise bear]

go to college, do trade school, do something educational-wise past high school

[mighty cloud]

I have no idea if anything I'm attempting to achieve will happen. I have to at least try.

[wise bear]

try saving your money better first off

[mighty cloud]

You think a 5090 laptop is a waste of money when college is the biggest scam in history.

[wise bear]

lmao

[fervent chasm]

Scam? You can easily go for free

[mighty cloud]

Like 80% of people end up dropping out. Or get degrees they don't even use.

[wise bear]

yeah if you're paying flat-out pricing you're actually stupid

[fervent chasm]

That’s being a dumb person, not on college

[mighty cloud]

Some colleges sure.

[wise bear]

there are SO MANY methods of getting grants and reduced cost, and/or tuition coverage

[fervent chasm]

Also that number doesn’t sound correct

[fervent chasm]

A huge number of ways to go free

[wise bear]

almost all colleges and universities have grants of some form

[wraith steeple]

No shame in community college

[wise bear]

like you need ot do some actual research into what kinda stuff you're speaking about because you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about now lmao

[fervent chasm]

I got paid to go to CC

After all the aid I got

[arctic bronze]

Community Colleges are becoming more common to get free tuition through your highschool

[wise bear]

ja

and its a great stepping stone to higher education

[fervent chasm]

$2.5k per semester I take home

It’s not hard to get aid

[wise bear]

like, props to this kid for actually wanting to listen to what i have to say

but also, please grow up a little

[wraith steeple]

That's what I did. Do gen ed at CC and transfer over to do the relevant stuff for me major at uni

Saves a shit ton for me

[fervent chasm]

I just got my associates

[mighty cloud]

congrats

[fervent chasm]

Idk if I should do another program or just work

I have the ability to get more certifications

[turbid locust]

guilty stop remembering things I said

[arctic bronze]

Nice, i have 2 associates and after next semester ill have my bachelor's

I got my associates in IT and general education. I didnt go for general education, its just something i obtained lmao

[fervent chasm]

Definitely detached from reality but I think that’s normal around that age

[mighty cloud]

Idk if I would go that far. I just don't want a normal life.

[arctic bronze]

My university tries to get you as many degrees possible for what ever is close enough for your major

[wise bear]

we need someone to tbh

[turbid locust]

I might be interested in the 240?

[fervent chasm]

Worry about reaching that normal life first

Your perspective will change a ton when you don’t rely on your parents anymore

[mighty cloud]

Why waste the opportunity to have more time. Obviously I don't wanna mooch, I can help out. But why would anyone just move out the second they can and build up debt.

[fervent chasm]

I didn’t say that, we’ve been saying to save the money

[mighty cloud]

And I agree, my plan is to save money. But I also think that buying the laptop is something I won't regret.

[fervent chasm]

What will you use the 5090 for?

[arctic bronze]

Epic gamer moments

[mighty cloud]

A lot of things. YouTube, gaming. I wanna explore other things outside that too, possibly graphic design or things like that.

[arctic bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/wizard-battle-magician-nice-argument-fireball-punkeydoodles8-gif-16383972292825395645

[turbid locust]

https://a.co/d/3tHBuUJ anyone ever heard of these? Seems kinda neat. Been toying with the idea of getting a mini pc that’s still a little competent for the tinker room. I think I want to literally mount a display to the wall and mount the pc behind it.

[fervent chasm]

might sound crazy but you can do all of that without the cutting edge laptop GPU, the price increase doesnt justify the performance

[mighty cloud]

Yeah.

[arctic bronze]

I mean yeah, but if he wants it and has the money, i dont see why not lol

[fervent chasm]

read up

[arctic bronze]

What i said still goes with what you said lol

[mighty cloud]

I could definitely save some tho. But idk it just doesn't seem necessary right now. I feel like this is a jump start to something bigger. And I can start saving after, especially since I don't need anything other than a crazy good laptop/pc.

[arctic bronze]

I dont disagree that its expensive af, but it is the best gpu rn

I personally wouldn't buy it if i had the money

[fervent chasm]

Why a laptop btw? Why not a desktop?

[mighty cloud]

Cause I wanted a desktop but I decided that like the best pc money can buy is like $10k and the best laptop is like no more than $5k. And I move around a lot, it just seems a lot more convenient.

[fervent chasm]

Huh $10k?

What pc are you buying

[mighty cloud]

I mean theoretically like if you loaded it up with everything.

It really shouldn't cost more than $7k

[green marsh]

that is like saying "best sports car is $500k and best SUV is $50k, so $50k SUV it is for racing"

[mighty cloud]

But like a laptop just seems better rn.

[fervent chasm]

A laptop GPU is like half the performance of the desktop version

That’s why I was asking

[mighty cloud]

Eh I guess. A laptop still seems way more convenient rn imo.

I literally use my laptop for everything. Till it started having big issues, and the audio is fcked.

[mighty cloud]

I could've bought the switch 1 but I decided to get the switch 2 and slap a thick protective case a screen protectors and baby it and make sure it doesn't get scratched. And I don't regret it one bit, I can literally see all the money I worked for paid off, and I get happy everytime I play it.

It's kinda the same concept I guess. Like spoiling yourself with something nice, but appreciating it enough to keep it in top tier condition, and you end up liking it more than if you bought something cheaper and paid less mind to it.

[topaz veldt]

2050 though?

[turbid locust]

Yeah idk if it’d have enough balls for CAD

There’s a $700 version with a 13900HX and 3050 but lol

but all id want to for is slicer work, light CAD, and general browsing

[topaz veldt]

why not mac mini

[turbid locust]

MacOS

[topaz veldt]

I used to feel that way but

[turbid locust]

Honestly I haven’t looked into Macs in so long idk how it even is anymore

[topaz veldt]

its solid, I do all my fusion360 work on it

[turbid locust]

Last I paid attention was around the M1 launch and app compatibility was rough

[turbid locust]

Hmmmmmmm

damn M4 Mini with 16GB ram is like $530 that’s not even terrible

[topaz veldt]

Exactly - it had been $449-499

[low sorrel]

@turbid locust valorant?

[turbid locust]

perchance

[low sorrel]

mains or alts?

[turbid locust]

def alts

I do not want to sweat

[wraith steeple]

[steel stream]

microcenter its 399

[turbid locust]

WHAT

[low sorrel]

but i have 3rr to my name can't use any elo yk

it's only up

[proven saddle]

what game?

[low sorrel]

what do you think? what game

[turbid locust]

fellas is mac mini as secondary pc fuckin meta??

[steel stream]

my dad sent me that deal and I also want one tbh

[turbid locust]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/688173/apple-mac-mini-mu9d3ll-a-(late-2024)-desktop-computer ok yeah this is nuts

too bad going to MC is a chore for me

[steel stream]

yeah I was trying to pull that up but my PC seems not willing to use a web browser atm

[pure garnet]

you missed out on some of the greatest valorant games ever played last night

my comp queue was just people watching

[low sorrel]

so what your saying is that i should fly to microcenter and buy the 3 in 1 combo and the mac mini?

[turbid locust]

double the price for 8GB ram

[proven saddle]

Is that a good game?

[topaz veldt]

I dunno if I can take it psychologically but my mom who recently passed has an M4 Pro with 48GB of RAM

[turbid locust]

I havent experienced modern mac past like a 2018 macbook

[topaz veldt]

yeah way different on mac silicon

[proven saddle]

; (

[livid flame]

Sorry to hear 5mall.

[turbid locust]

I think everything I'd want to use it for is availible on MacOS so

[topaz veldt]

yeah

the only thing I have issues with is games, but I have nvidia geforce now if I need

[turbid locust]

I'd probably unironically hook it up to my 1440p 240hz oled thats been sitting in my floor since feb

[steel stream]

yeah I just wanna put MacOS on my C4 tbh

[turbid locust]

my gaming rig would be literally 15ft down the hall so

[topaz veldt]

nice yeah I got one of the USB-C / DP cables Guilty or Michael recommended and I do 4K 240 hz out of my MBP

[pure garnet]

the fonts on macos are really rough at 1440p though

macos doesn't do any smoothing/filtering so it's worse than windows

[turbid locust]

damn

random amazon 4K 32" IPS it is

[steel stream]

I love USB-C DP mode it's so nice to have

[pure garnet]

mac with a mac

[steel stream]

mac with a mac that's mac binned

[pure garnet]

i still haven’t installed my aio

[steel stream]

I've still got a D15 G2 sitting in my closet doing nothing

[wraith steeple]

Mine is still in the Torrent

[steel stream]

it could go in my nas but eh

[green marsh]

in US, without deals, for price of two base mac mini m4's (16GB RAM/250GB SDS) plus one dollar you can have single mac mini m4 with 32GB RAM and 500GB SSD

[topaz veldt]

charges the MBP also, which is a cool side effect

[brave panther]

I want usb c dp alt mode on gpus

[green marsh]

something got lost in translation from Chinese once again 😄

[frank cypress]

sorry to hear that

my condolences

[frank cypress]

ill pay you 5 bucks in Mexican pesos and a high five

[pure garnet]

i’ll give you 8 dollars

[topaz veldt]

`thanks

[wraith steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/حضن-بو-gif-873756486592965272

I also have some folks that are also not too far from being on the way out. Sorry for your loss, 5nail

Fuck cancer

[low sorrel]

why do you wanna fuck cancers?

but i agree fuck cancer

[steel stream]

DEAL

[pure garnet]

how’s the pain

[low sorrel]

suprusingly little

only hurts when i talk

W dentist ig?

[topaz veldt]

I hate to say it but thats the easy part - making sure you don't get dry socket or an infection is the next phase

[low sorrel]

yeah they gave me a bunch of antispectics and antibiotics

[last mauve]

https://wccftech.com/samsung-eyeing-dominant-role-for-exynos-over-snapdragon/

Maybe this time it will actually go somewhere. That exynos 2200 and rdna2 chip from 4 years ago seemed to fizzle out. I assume due to the WoA Qualcomm deal, but that's gone now

[floral spear]

This a big book

[wraith steeple]

I've been going down memory lane playing some of the GH Charts on Clone Hero, and holy shit.... I forgot how bad some of the covers on GH1 and GH2 were

Some of those early WaveGroup covers were awful

[floral spear]

I played guitar hero once on the arcade

Worst time of my life

[wraith steeple]

Yeah it was based on the PC Port of GH3.... Which is infamous for being the worst ports

PC Port of GH was dog water

[floral spear]

No the worst part about it is, it's in the middle of the most loudest games ever

Across from it was Pump It Up

Beside it was DDR 2004

And behind it was a Capcom Fighting Game

And a few feet away is the goofy drum game

[edgy laurel]

did brunch earlier and had this shrimp and andouille etouffee / eggs benedict thing. I'm going to be thinking about this for a week. There was these slices of seared horseradish grits cakes underneath. 🤤

[floral spear]

So you couldn't rock on

[floral spear]

How much?

[fallow crown]

I think my GPU must suffer instead of me replacing the pads

[wraith steeple]

I did play GH Arcade at Dave & Busters

This was back when it was at its peak in popularity

[edgy laurel]

money? uhh, i don't remember. 15/16 US or so

[floral spear]

Ah nice so you must've gone to a buffet brunch right?

[steel stream]

oh wow not bad

[edgy laurel]

not a buffet, no. normal restaurant

[floral spear]

Ah...

The plate looks decent at least

[edgy laurel]

it was insanely good

[fallow crown]

Would’ve been $60 here

[floral spear]

I bet you can't beat eggs Benedict and whatever is underneath

[edgy laurel]

I dunno, this is not a cheap town

[floral spear]

Whenever I feel like eating brunch personally

I go to South Point which is a bus ride east

[edgy laurel]

ok yeah it was 16

[floral spear]

Then go to the buffet that costs 15 bucks

They have the best Breakfast Buffet there, really delicious

[edgy laurel]

i'm a breakfast all day kinda person

[floral spear]

Breakfast All Day?

[edgy laurel]

breakfast food is acceptable any time of day

[floral spear]

Ah true true

It's why I made this a few days ago

[edgy laurel]

oh yeah, i think i commented on it. I'd destroy that plate

[floral spear]

Yea you did- today though I woke up too early

Too late*

So I'm making spaghetti with meatballs

[wraith steeple]

PC port of GHWT is known for shitting itself every now and then

And putting it above 60Hz for gameplay..... Yeah, no the game basically games over itself (in Minecraft)

Though this was true for all in the series on PC

Clone Hero being a thing is a godsend

[fringe vigil]

I’ve never eaten that

[wraith steeple]

What do you usually eat for breakfast, jorj?

[young void]

https://tenor.com/view/potatoes-batata-gif-25596248

[brave panther]

bekfast

[fringe vigil]

Fruit

Or nothing

[steel stream]

Nerf
Or nothing

[fringe vigil]

I don’t eat breakfast tbh

[steel stream]

i just do yoghurt and fruit for breakfast

[fringe vigil]

Yh fruit that’s about it

[topaz veldt]

I had prime rib for breakfast lol

[steel stream]

I had yoghurt today lol

I wake up too late and miss family breakfast most days

[wise bear]

Ah fuck dude..

[merry stirrup]

good morning e-familia

[pure garnet]

good morning floppa

[wise bear]

holaaa como estaaa

[merry stirrup]

mal

et tu?

[pure garnet]

floppa i’m thinking about swapping to the a3 again

but for the daily

[merry stirrup]

with the power?

[pure garnet]

at the same time is 8400 really that much faster than 6400 1:1

yeah mpower daily

[merry stirrup]

probably not but it is faster

[civic reef]

Gonna miss the track button & three keys on the trackpad when I get this LOQ

[civic reef]

Looks nice tbh

[pure garnet]

like everything would fit but

idk gotta think on it

[civic reef]

Cramped, yeah, but looks nice

As long as nothing is crossing over anything

[merry stirrup]

i amk not a personal lover of the grills or lack of lights

[steel stream]

what's good floppa

[merry stirrup]

not my unemployment benefits apparently

i filed almost 2 weeks ago and theyre still saying theyre verifying my identity

[pure garnet]

and i’d lose my fine shit board

[merry stirrup]

that is true

[pure garnet]

with the forced pink led

i can’t change it, that’s the only color it does

[merry stirrup]

lmfao thats interesting

[steel stream]

fireeeee

[merry stirrup]

incredible

[pure garnet]

you can tell my 9800x3d setup is too stable that i’m considering case swaps now

[merry stirrup]

😭 bro needs something to do

[pure garnet]

fr 😭

i put in 6400 1:1 and it just worked and i never did any further tuning

and now mem on the 7800x3d is done

so all i have left is eclk

8000cl34 is a cool daily on the $80 h16a

[merry stirrup]

that is fair

[pure garnet]

1.65v vdd in this economy is fire

[merry stirrup]

thats my daily as well lol

[pure garnet]

well my daily daily is 1.35v

[pure garnet]

but my other pc is 1.65v

[merry stirrup]

9k c38 is da daily

[pure garnet]

6400cl32

[merry stirrup]

38-52-52-64

or something

[pure garnet]

8000 kit btw!!

[merry stirrup]

ryzen moment man

[pure garnet]

tbf i have a 2 dimmer but i feel like unless someone sent me an apex for my birthday im stuck on 2dpc

matx in the fishbowl is not the move

[merry stirrup]

no deifnitely not it looks weird

[pure garnet]

if only sleep worked on the ocf fr

[turbid locust]

Just had a really shitty “dining” experience

[wise bear]

you're not supposed to eat food in the bathroom

[turbid locust]

lol

[pure garnet]

oh fr? i keep snacks under the sink

[turbid locust]

I mean me and my friend go seated, 10 mins go by, 2 other parties come in and get seated, 5 more mins go by, both tables that came in after us have gotten waited on and already have their drinks and everything. 5 more minutes go by, we say fuck it and leave.

[pure garnet]

mac did you impulse buy any zen 5 hardware yesterday

[turbid locust]

no

[pure garnet]

20 minutes and no drinks is wild

[turbid locust]

yeah we just left

Tried to tell the hostess on the way out like “hey yeah we’re leaving we never got waited on” and she didn’t even acknowledge our existence

[pure garnet]

we went to one of those cook in front of you japanese steakhouses for christmas eve and they’re insanely stingy with drink refills but even then we still got them immediately

think dude finally came out with another coke after about half the party finished their food

[turbid locust]

yeah so anyways fuck P F Changs

[merry stirrup]

call them

rn the local place

[indigo walrus]

Oof. You couldn't pay me to eat there... https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/06/p-f-changs-confirms-credit-card-breach/

[turbid locust]

lol awesome

[turbid locust]

couldn’t be fucked i just won’t go back

[indigo walrus]

Wow. Another business that seems to think using POTS/FAX lines are "more secure" than properly configured internet connected card readers from a reputable financial institution. POTS/FAX should have died in the year 2000.

Asked for clarification on what manual credit card processing means, a spokesperson for P.F. Chang’s said “all domestic P.F. Chang’s branded restaurants in the Continental U.S. will be retaining the carbon copies. P.F. Chang’s is also deploying dial-up card readers to restaurants that will be plugged in via the PSTN fax line and used to process the slips.”

[merry stirrup]

how do i middleman this and make breach headline again

[edgy laurel]

50000 people used to live here

[indigo walrus]

Step 1) rent a white, windowless van & buy a Butt Set
Step 2) spraypaint "Bob's Plumbing Co." on the side
Step 3) park behind the business, attaching your Butt Set to their POTS lines
Step 4) ????
Step 5) Profit.
(Yes, I'm aware that lots of POTS lines are only POTS within the building, and are, indeed, "digitized" and encrypted by a modem before being sent over the regular internet backbone, but still. POTS/FAX is NOT more secure.)

[wise bear]

"butt set"

[merry stirrup]

okay see you then ill send you 10% as finders fee

[dusky moat]

bought a secondhand 10700 online, when it came in the mail i saw there was dried thermal paste on the underside

is this recoverable by simply wiping the underside with an alcohol cloth, or should i be more careful?

[wise bear]

literally wipe it off with iso alch and a paper tower

[brave panther]

yes just wipe it

[edgy laurel]

its cleanable, sure. whether or not it works is another story

[dusky moat]

the marketplace i bought it from uses seller and buyer identification, in case i got scammed i can involve police

very well, i will try cleaning it when i get access to my wipes next week

[merry stirrup]

looks fine, juist like some thermal paste

[merry stirrup]

you are not going to be able to return this waiting this long lol

a week to wipe off a cpu? literally a piece of dry toilet paper is enough homie

[brave panther]

have vodka?
even better

[dusky moat]

i am not home, i had it sent to my parents house who i am currently visiting

[merry stirrup]

yeesh

[dusky moat]

i will not be able to use it until that point anyway

[brave panther]

they surely have some strong booze

non sugary kind pls

[dusky moat]

i bought a bunch of noctua alcohol wipes when i bought my last cooler

i can't even test if it works until next week anyway

so it does not matter

thank you all for the help

[edgy laurel]

@fringe vigil

[fringe vigil]

the building on the right is hell

[edgy laurel]

thats the palace of culture, where your base is

[pure garnet]

spit and a t shirt would probably work too

[turbid locust]

now it’s a ghost town

[fringe vigil]

yh n if you fck up by killing your base theres a guy that instantly one shots you up the stairs, hes got a aimbot sniper

[edgy laurel]

you know there are a number of times in this game where I can't tell whos who. had to reload saves as I ended up killing my team then that base becomes off limits

[fringe vigil]

exactly

thats why that mf was hunting me down its so hard

[wraith steeple]

We need to do a TC2 Podcast Part II

IYKYK

[merry stirrup]

this is true actually

[prime dust]

Thanks for updating while I was sleeping and breaking the camera app 😑

[wise bear]

im so down tbh

how about tuesday morning

[brave panther]

what timezone

[wise bear]

pst

[edgy laurel]

at work, like most adults

[wise bear]

like that stopped you last time

[edgy laurel]

it kinda did lol

[wise bear]

but you were still there

[edgy laurel]

lol. i was in the channel, but I didn't even have headphones on

[steel stream]

PF changs is just aight anyways

[wraith steeple]

I'm fresh off work on Tuesday morning

Also my last graveyard shift of the Year

[edgy laurel]

https://tenor.com/view/the-burnt-peanut-burntpeanut-theburntpeanut-rage-tarkov-gif-12064530684685202490

[wise bear]

poggies

[steel stream]

huge W

[frank zealot]

These look weird

[harsh thicket]

that doesnt look right

[vestal granite]

how do i tell if im cgnat'd again i forget

[pure garnet]

why does the cpu have an appendage

[vestal granite]

they have evolved a tail for stability

[oak vector]

Yessss

[fringe vigil]

They’re cute

[oak vector]

Thankyou 🙏

[brave panther]

Check on your router if it has public ip range

[shell void]

still no sign of 9950X3D2 in anything credible

sad

[pure garnet]

probably not real then

[shell void]

just our beloved 9850x3d that will clock 400MHz higher by running at 1.45v instead of 1.25v

nuking efficiency and risking killing itself

id still buy it for fun if i didnt already have a good 9800x3d

[turbid locust]

stalker 2 what the fuck

[merry stirrup]

beeg

[turbid locust]

lmao remember when we all though GTA 5 was a massive game

[merry stirrup]

call of duty

[turbid locust]

I remember when cod was 14GB

[fringe vigil]

What a game

[edgy laurel]

amateur hour in UE5

i'm telling you man, its rough

[topaz veldt]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yQGBHd/

[fringe vigil]

I don’t get what mac saying

[edgy laurel]

i think gaming for me is just sightseeing at this point

[edgy laurel]

he's saying its fookin huge

[edgy laurel]

LOL

[turbid locust]

I have unfortunate news. The pump on my LF3 is just straight up louder than it was new

I used to run static 60% and I couldn’t hear it, now it’s audible at 40%

[fringe vigil]

My game looks shit compared to this

[edgy laurel]

Ultra+, RenoDX, Dynamic Weather Overhaul for visual mods

settings

preset code

upm_Stalker2_iGL8tJHG

[slim pebble]

Obsolete trash now of course 🤣

[steel stream]

man what

[turbid locust]

Man i knew 2022 me wasnt capping when I bought 4TB's of NVMe for the daily

[steel stream]

that's fucking nuts

[edgy laurel]

2TB still hasn't ever been a limitation for my game drive. still more games than I can play at any one time

[steel stream]

return to air cooling

[turbid locust]

It’s not that big of a deal now that I’ve had gigabit or half gig for the last few years, but when I was still living with the folks…

[turbid locust]

loud

[steel stream]

don't you daily AM5 for gaming

[merry stirrup]

embrace custom heatkiller loop

[turbid locust]

naw

[merry stirrup]

all im saying

[steel stream]

265k or 14900k

[merry stirrup]

14900k is daily for mac nr

[shell void]

true it's electronic waste in 8 days when lisa announces the 9850x3d

[steel stream]

the 40% flat curve is the meta

[merry stirrup]

mac should delid the 14900k and daily 5.9ghz or he really cant say he ever dailied z790

[turbid locust]

thats like asking me if I want to throw $300 away

[turbid locust]

I set all the fans to 30%

[merry stirrup]

you know damn well im buying it

[vestal granite]

what kind of name

[merry stirrup]

more than likely

[turbid locust]

pump is now 30% till 70C then gradually rams to 70% at 90C

[vestal granite]

is 9950X3D2

[turbid locust]

I mean i kinda wanna sell soon lol

[merry stirrup]

quite literally this. they wouldnt be stupid enough to call it that

[merry stirrup]

fair

[steel stream]

full name is 9950X3D2 ++ Ultra Max

[vestal granite]

obviously it would be the 9950X4D

[merry stirrup]

truuue

[steel stream]

wouldn't it be 6D

double the cache

[vestal granite]

no because there are only 4 dimensions

length width height and speed

[steel stream]

i thought the 4th dimension was time

[vestal granite]

well you see how would anything move with time if there was no speed knowmsayn

times pretty useless if nothing moves thats what Big Time doesnt want you to know

[steel stream]

time is pretty significant for anything

half lifes

[vestal granite]

how much yall wanna bet this shit is a fuckin lie and im gonna get overage fees for uploading too much

[merry stirrup]

nah its pretty right

[vestal granite]

i see NO asterisk for the record lets get this written down i see NO asterisks

[merry stirrup]

i have the plan man

[vestal granite]

how many terabytes do you upload per month

[merry stirrup]

a fuck ton

[vestal granite]

usually xfinity hits me with overage fees as soon as i hit 15TB uploaded in a month

at the higher end at least

[shell void]

15TB on just upload? o-O

[vestal granite]

sometimes its 4TB limit on the unlimited depends on the state i guess

[merry stirrup]

wait yeah

i thought he meant overall

[shell void]

youre already a top 5% user if youre going over like 1.5TB of throughput for both combined in a month

most ISPs put their "caps" or throttle points in the 1.2-2.5TB range if theyre not truly unlimited

[merry stirrup]

my avg consistently is 7tb a month

[vestal granite]

in tennessee i was charged $700 in a month for exceeding the unlimited plan cause they charge per 100gb after you exceed the unlimited plan at 2TB uploaded

so im ptsd scarred for life on that

[merry stirrup]

my bad, like 6.5 a month

[steel stream]

how do you 15TB a month god damn

[vestal granite]

that was with a faster plan on xfinity when they offered it to be fair

[shell void]

i average 2TB/month, but that's mainly because i have pitiful bandwidth, and i know that theyll throttle me if go over 2.5TB

[vestal granite]

they used to not shit on the upload speeds everywhere on coaxial, i dont know if i could even physically do 15tb anymore

[shell void]

i cant complain much im literally using a glorified cell hotspot with 2.5TB of unthrottled data plus a static public IP and IP passthrough for $40/mo

[merry stirrup]

bro what are you doing

i have a sneaking suspicion your use case is not within the plans contract

[shell void]

how does one approach 15TB upload per month if not doing something business related which is technically against TOS on residential internet plans

[merry stirrup]

yes

[shell void]

not that i care if you violate TOS, im not a company bootlicker

[vestal granite]

its all above board, and because its above board i upload more than i technically need to

[merry stirrup]

but still theyd be on you for 15tb of upload within a month

thats nutso

[vestal granite]

my concern comes in when the broadband nutrition facts label doesnt have an asterisk and then they one day add an asterisk so they can charge me more

[merry stirrup]

my 6.7tb per month is prtty insane

[merry stirrup]

xfinity gives you very good rates the first couple of years then they increase the price by quite a bit

takis

[steel stream]

we hit like 6TB as a 5 person household I think

[merry stirrup]

3 jits

[steel stream]

pepe is a felon confirmed

[vestal granite]

i follow all of the laws

and terms of services are not technically laws

although i did check the fine print and my use-case is accepted explicitly by xfinity's acceptable use policy thingy

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/side-eye-dog-suspicious-look-suspicious-doubt-dog-doubt-gif-23680990

[topaz veldt]

You sure, Amazon?

[merry stirrup]

https://tenor.com/view/james-doakes-james-doakes-doakes-meme-doakes-suspicious-gif-496833742737182965

[vestal granite]

its also explicitly not accepted in another part of their policy so thats their problem quite frankly

[turbid locust]

they love doing this shit

[steel stream]

pepe is up to some dubious shenanigans

[steel stream]

trust ™

[vestal granite]

theyre just shipping it from a block away should be fine

[mighty cloud]

What do you guys think of this list, and how could I make it better?
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hRn9xg
(I didn't make this)

[topaz veldt]

Its annoying because when I was going to place the order it said Arrives Sunday Dec 28

It still said "Order in the next 9 hours and..." but for some reason moved it to Monday

[vestal granite]

you can complain to amazon support and theyll give you free double A batteries or something

[edgy laurel]

who did make it

[mighty cloud]

Sim ❤️

[edgy laurel]

please don't say AI

[vestal granite]

i do that everytime something isnt shipped as fast as it promises because i dont play no games with amazon

you say tomorrow i say give me 3 dollars for the inconvenience amazon

promotional credit though so you can only use it on amazonbasics/amazon brand things or towards your prime membership or whatever

[turbid locust]

ram isnt guaranteed to run at that speed depending on cpu but other than that, fine

[edgy laurel]

I don't know what / who that is.

-X870 but the lowest tier X870 is an odd choice. B850 like most people is fine.
-Can't do much about the RAM price but if buying 6400 and not 6000, I hope you're comfortable makin a few manual tweaks.
-SSD is absurd, no one needs that and you'd never notice the difference with something cheaper.

[mighty cloud]

Can you throw me together a list? I want the best performance. Easily upgradable. And for $3500. Or more if you think that it could make it better.

[mighty cloud]

He said, "Yes yes and yes but it's a 3500$ PC so why not"

[merry stirrup]

he shouldnt be deciding for you if youre comfortable playing wiht your ram clocks

[mighty cloud]

Idk anything. I'm completely new to this.

[shell void]

if youre a tuner and going AM5 then the MSI B850MPOWER is the best value board

it's the cheapest option with 2 dimm slots and external bclk

[merry stirrup]

then consider that you do not want to tweak your ram

so do not buy 6400mhz ram

[mighty cloud]

Can you fix the list?

[vestal granite]

i dont even want to tweak my ram and ive been here for like a decade

[turbid locust]

can you do any of your own research instead of begging random people on discord

[shell void]

but even outside of that it's just a good board because you get 5Gb RJ45, Wifi 7, Clear CMOS, post debug display, dual 5.0 nvme, etc for $200-230

[mighty cloud]

It's a good starting place. In my opinion at least.

[topaz veldt]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CHkL6Q

Check out the price - couldn't do that again if I tried

[vestal granite]

are NH-D15 G2s really $170 you could buy a fuckin honda CRV for that

or at least part of one man

[edgy laurel]

looking quickly, that RAM kit is cheaper than anything 6000

so w/e

[topaz veldt]

the chromax is $189

[edgy laurel]

damn

[topaz veldt]

Honestly, truthfully, I didn't adjust for that

[edgy laurel]

i went in expecting 6942.0

[topaz veldt]

no wait

[edgy laurel]

thats actually impressive

[topaz veldt]

where you seeing 6942

[edgy laurel]

no no, thats just what I expected

[topaz veldt]

ohh lol

thats my mITX

my 285K is horrible

[signal timber]

Did I break it

[topaz veldt]

dumb

[signal timber]

[vestal granite]

oh no not the z68 board

[signal timber]

Idk what chipset

[vestal granite]

someones selling gas station price signs it never occurred to me that those have to be purchased somewhere

[signal timber]

It ain't that bad...

[signal timber]

Who produced all these things that you only see at certain places

[steel stream]

I am interested in the scissors

[vestal granite]

random companies, theres a lot of crazy niche stuff that 1 or 2 companies make a lotta money on

[signal timber]

ASML

[narrow gate]

Did u mod your circuit to get the 2800w 😄

hi

[vestal granite]

somewhere out there is someone who sells gas station price signs to every gas station in the US, and if each one costs $5000 new and there are probly about 100,000-200,000 gas stations in the US, gas price signs are probably a billion dollar industry

[narrow gate]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2kXMnQ/msi-mpg-a1000gs-pcie5-1000-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-mpg-a1000gs-pcie5
Buy this and you are set for psu

[topaz veldt]

I don't need to modify the circuit

[signal timber]

Never thought about that

[mighty cloud]

Thanks

My goal is basically: the best performance gaming pc ever. Now scrap everything that is extra and can be put in later like extra storage ect. And finally shave off some money by buying the next best thing after the 5090 because they are scalped and overpriced. That's what I want.

[vestal granite]

now its possible that the gas companies have their own manufacturing for signs because financially it might make more sense to make them in-house at that scale knowmsayn but they probably just bought a company that makes em or whatever

[edgy laurel]

I'm not following this way of thinking at all. RAM can't be put in later

[vestal granite]

and then a product cycle later it will be $1000 cheaper for a build with better performance

[edgy laurel]

Next best thing after a 5090?

This seems all very misguided

[mighty cloud]

Wym?

[vestal granite]

we dont live in 4 sticks of RAM times we are back to 2 sticks of RAM times

[edgy laurel]

meanwhile, later this year when Zen6 drops (or hell, when 9850x3D drops) its already not the fastest thing ever

[mighty cloud]

Then what do you suggest. What should I do 😭

[vestal granite]

no guilty there is no later this year anymore its next year

[turbid locust]

5090's havent been scalped in a year

[topaz veldt]

guys I have a confession to make

[vestal granite]

you arent forgiven

[mighty cloud]

I guess I'm out of the loop. I haven't been in this server in a year.

[merry stirrup]

the 13900KS may be getting shipped off here soon

[edgy laurel]

just buy what you can afford while making smart decisions with your money (like ditching that SSD). Drop any pretense of "the fastest thing ever" as thats a moving target.

[merry stirrup]

just to a friend to borrow

[mighty cloud]

My budget is 5k and If possible I'd like to spend a lot less than that. But also giving myself room to upgrade if I need to.

[edgy laurel]

upgrade what?

[mighty cloud]

More storage more, more ram. Better gpu. Idk.

[edgy laurel]

The GPU, sure. Then eventually Zen6 (whatever that ends up being called) but otherwise there isn't much you'd upgrade within the systems lifetime

[vestal granite]

id say spend like half of that and then as new things come out or as your needs change you can consider upgrading with the other half

[mighty cloud]

Alright. That sounds like a good idea.

[edgy laurel]

that can be done with any system. keep in mind you don't add more RAM, you replace the RAM you have with another kit (but there is no feasible reason you'd need more than 64GB unless you tell us this is a professional workstation)

[vestal granite]

and consider this: if youre trying to have a "best of the best" PC, youre gonna be running games at 4K, so do you have a good 4K display?

[mighty cloud]

No I'd buy one

[edgy laurel]

I'd hope at least a 4K OLED with parts like ths, anything less is a waste

[mighty cloud]

I guess I'm just looking for guidance, I'm not sure what I want. I've never done this before.

[vestal granite]

so minimize the wasteful purchases like the S+ tier SSD that nobody actually needs and use that money to make sure you get a good monitor for it.

[edgy laurel]

first things first, thats what #1106613567966429224 is for lol

we just specialize in chitchat and shittalking in this channel

[mighty cloud]

Alright thanks 😊

[pure garnet]

5080 for $1300 is yikes man

[vestal granite]

and also after you go to #1106613567966429224 and after they have guided you, bring your finalized build back here because guilty and snail are smart and will yell at you if its bad

[topaz veldt]

Has anyone here ever experienced bad shrimp?

[edgy laurel]

i had some good shrimp this afternoon

(or, it hasn't proven to be bad shrimp YET)

[vestal granite]

yeah but thats because im allergic now so all shrimp is bad

[topaz veldt]

dude i hit a favorite place tonight... and.... oh god

[vestal granite]

yeah not a favorite place anymore is it

[topaz veldt]

2 weeks ago I bought 2 lbs of raw shrimp, threw them in a pan to make scampi and it smelled like I was making shrimp with ammonia sauce

threw those puppies away

[edgy laurel]

shrimp and sausage etouffee eggs benny for brunch was

[mighty cloud]

https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1455017019102597214

[topaz veldt]

tonight... ordered a shrimp appetizer.... popped one in the old gullet.... and fucking Shrimp De Ammonia again

[edgy laurel]

eww

[topaz veldt]

I was sick AF last month I am worried I had covid and now my brain hates shrimp

[vestal granite]

whered you buy the 2lbs of shrimp

[edgy laurel]

damn. would be a shame if suddenly.. YES, your brain just doesn't do shrimp anymore lol

[vestal granite]

maybe its same supplier down the chain somewhere

[heavy spire]

Got served bad shrimp in Thailand 10 years ago, never touched it after that

[vestal granite]

literally what happened to me and im so tilted about it still

[shell void]

shrimp is my fav seafood so id be furious

[vestal granite]

me too i love shrimp

i fucking hate shrimp sorry

[topaz veldt]

grocery store

[vestal granite]

which brand chain of gorcery outlet store

[edgy laurel]

i'm remembering brunch now that we're talking shrimp and i'm sad.

[topaz veldt]

right?

like im planning our NYE's seafood boil

[vestal granite]

what classifies brunch cause sometimes i make food at 11AM is that brunch

[topaz veldt]

and my wife is like "no shrimp thanks"

[edgy laurel]

officially I have no idea. the only time I encounter this term is at restaurants and its usually some mix of breakfast foods and drinking

[vestal granite]

sneak some crawdads/crayfish/crawfish in there those are basically shrimp same same but different but still same u know

[topaz veldt]

@edgy laurel my wife sent me this

unrelated movie text lol

[edgy laurel]

radioactive contamination

[topaz veldt]

"Radioactive contamination"

I love her but like... babe...

also

[vestal granite]

not frozen but grocery stores sometimes just thaw shit

[fringe vigil]

yo

[topaz veldt]

"only way to be sure is go fishing to get it yourself" lol

[edgy laurel]

those are totally words you want to see about the food you've been eating

[topaz veldt]

Sure Mrs. 5nail5 I am gonna just rig up the shrimp nets, brb

[edgy laurel]

I wonder if the shrimp The Hattery used this morning was frozen (i'm sure it was)

[topaz veldt]

For sure - but I don't think radiation tastes like bleach

[vestal granite]

well you cook em with radiation too

[topaz veldt]

Apparently I cook them with ammonia

[brisk jolt]

goddamn this job was demanding but fun looking back

[vestal granite]

is that a shrimp or a prawn are they the same thing i normally just call any shrimp with the heads prawns and any prawns without the heads shrimp

[vestal granite]

also fuck all of yall for not telling me gas stoves are better

i have a gas stove for the first time in my life and its caused me to reflect on my life quite a bit

[edgy laurel]

so they're going to re-open Three Mile Island @topaz veldt . maybe they've been testing

[topaz veldt]

well the cesium came from Indonesia

but yes I need TMI to open so I can fire up my other servers

[edgy laurel]

a deal with Microsoft to power a datacenter

[topaz veldt]

yup - and, others

winkity wink wink

[edgy laurel]

hmmmmmmmmmm

[topaz veldt]

I keep looking at this photo I snagged a few weeks ago

[edgy laurel]

I approve of nuclear energy

[topaz veldt]

when you look at that radiator compared to a 5 gal bucket on the ground

[edgy laurel]

those are beautiful

[topaz veldt]

yeah i am pumped - we have a craaaaaaazy power build out Q1 2026

[heavy spire]

I used to work on ones like that

[edgy laurel]

Detroit Diesel still kicking

[topaz veldt]

It was like the thus/fri before xmas break that I got the approval for my $30M power project and $20M compute project lol

basically adding another 35% of our DC floor capacity

and doubling our power and cooling capacity

asymmetric there because I am going dense

Leaving the blade scene

Imagine racks and racks full of 192 core / 3TB RAM

all 1U boxes with 800 Gbps of A/B networking.. nom

[edgy laurel]

all for.. what

what is it all doing

[vestal granite]

chat giggity bro

im just joshin you ive got no clue

my new power company has 32% nuclear energy thats cool

[topaz veldt]

platform lifecycle/expansion

[merry stirrup]

🙏

will b e nice to see how these chips do on ddr4

[topaz veldt]

I need to get my butt in gear and finish testing like 100 DIMMs

[pure garnet]

woah a lga 1200 z690

[merry stirrup]

lol

[crisp oracle]

My new pc keeps giving me “driver power state failure” bsod

How do I fix that

[pure garnet]

is it an amd motherboard

the driver windows pulls in for the qualcomn wifi driver has a bug that causes a bsod on resume from sleep

[merry stirrup]

yeah bro isnt that crazy

i had to go ddouble check after you pointed that out i wont lie

figured the d4 in the naming was pretty telltale

[devout ridge]

I've tried two different RCA cables now, and both seem too big to fit, the outer housing of the cable hits the face plate, what am i doing wrong

https://www.victrola.com/products/victrola-eastwood-original
victrola eastwood record player, claims to be RCA

[wise bear]

We out here getting tipsyyyy

Raspberry lemon drops let's goooo

[warm urchin]

I’m drinking several beers

https://tenor.com/view/shane-gillis-snl-saturday-night-live-skit-sketch-gif-9527596196944900587

[heavy mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/beluga-the-cat-hakosh1307-hakosh-beluga-cat-hug-gif-22532913

[indigo walrus]

Those are standard RCA plugs, but they've recessed them in a stupid way.

[devout ridge]

i found a cable with a thin housing that should work

i had gotten a nice pair of monoprice rca cables that should have worked, but they have an extra thick piece for the grounding part of the RCA

i’m hoping something like this will work

the monoprice cables i got look like this

[edgy laurel]

typically this is not an issue if the device manufacturer has half a brain

[devout ridge]

i figured as such

the monoprice cables have zero issues plugging into my receiver, but refuse to plug into my record player

those thinner rca connector cables come in 2 days, so i’m hoping that’ll work for me

[edgy laurel]

the cables are fine, RCA has been RCA for like 30+ years. Just the connectors on that record player are way too recessed

[devout ridge]

Yeah i knew the cables were fine and it was the receiver being dumb, just wasn’t certain in what way it was being dumb

i tried taking off the face plate to see if it was separate to the connectors and that would work, but it was not

[edgy laurel]

it looks almost like they've been pushed too far into the body?

[devout ridge]

that is how it’s shown in every product page on every listing

[turbid locust]

https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-45gx950a-b-gaming-monitor so was nobody going to tell me
About this

Oh it’s ultra wide lol

[edgy laurel]

the matte LG 5k2k thats been out for a year and been discussed here many times?

[devout ridge]

bro spent 3 seconds looking at the page

[turbid locust]

I need that but not ultra wide or curved lmao

[edgy laurel]

so not that lol

[turbid locust]

yeah

[edgy laurel]

thats 5120x2160 21:9 , you and everyone else wants 5120x2880 16:9

[devout ridge]

“i want this product, but only if it’s a completely different product”

[turbid locust]

and big

[edgy laurel]

I want that res and 21:9, just glossy, tandem WOLED and slightly less curved

i still dream of going back to 21:9, it was just too good for gaming

[turbid locust]

Every single curved monitor I’ve ever seen in person just looks off

[edgy laurel]

every new display takes a few days to a week to adjust too. that how everyone feels for the 2 minutes they see it in a store

21:9 is required to be curved, anyway

that one though is very curved

saw it in person at Best Buy last weekend, its imposing as fuck.

the matte coating just kills it though

[turbid locust]

Ah

[shell void]

21:9 tandem woled with less curve 🔥
no idea if there’ll be a glossy version though

[edgy laurel]

didn't help that it had what seemed like months of people sptting and sneezing on it

[edgy laurel]

I know but too small!

[turbid locust]

I just can’t get over the fact that these definitely look like shit at 2K lmao

[edgy laurel]

what do you mean?

[turbid locust]

it just sucks that we’re probably not getting 5K TVs

[turbid locust]

PPI would be too low for me

[shell void]

its a 32” 4k monitor stretched to 21:9

[edgy laurel]

definitely no 5k tv's

[turbid locust]

Guess I have to upgrade to 8K and put every game on DLSS Ultra Performance

[edgy laurel]

ppi of that 45" is higher than your C4

[shell void]

34” 21:9 = 27” 16:9
39” 21:9 = 32” 16:9
45” 21:9 = 36” 16:9
52” 21:9 = 42” 16:9

not exact but those are the closest ppi comparisons

and height comparisons

[turbid locust]

Not in the 1440p/2K dual mode silly mode

[lilac thorn]

I just finished building my gaming pc this Christmas I had a lot of the parts for a while and I never got around to building it for personal reasons then I asked my mom for the 9800x3d and I got it and now I need my gpu and currently have my gtx 760 in there from my very OLD BUILD lol cuz I’m fine playing Minecraft and lower demanding games rn but I’m thinking of getting a 5080 to play in 4k because I have a Samsung g80sd it’s a 4k 240hz OLED monitor and I’m just wondering if I should or is there’s another card around that area I could get?

[edgy laurel]

ppi of the panel doesn't change, its fixed. if its just a resolution of the image problem, just use DLSS instead

[shell void]

this would be so frickin cool if it wasn’t an IPS monitor

the height of 42” 16:9 but stretched to 52” 21:9 and it’s 240Hz 🥀

[edgy laurel]

yeah, that description sounds like heaven apart from being an LCD

[turbid locust]

I mean realistically how long till TVs being >4K become somewhat common

[south shuttle]

im not sure about that stand

[turbid locust]

how long did 1080p > 4K take lol

[edgy laurel]

once there is a broadcast standard for it

[shell void]

you’re going to have a hard time selling normies on 8K

[turbid locust]

5K 240Hz C6 plz LG plz

[edgy laurel]

this is now, really. you can buy em but.. no one really is

just nothing to play on them

[south shuttle]

$1299

[turbid locust]

sold. instantly.

[south shuttle]

no lowballs poor customer

bruh

[turbid locust]

I bought a 5090, you think I’m afraid of $1300?

[fringe fossil]

I’m afraid of $1300 and also bought a 5090

[south shuttle]

gimme 1200

[turbid locust]

My current display was like 1000

[wraith steeple]

[shell void]

i’m very intrigued by this

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5pAw-TKNRmQ

[white parrot]

my laptop supports 3K resolution at 120Hz is that good?

[turbid locust]

32” 😴

[shell void]

i want to learn about how Asus managed to improve black level by 40%, and scratch resistance by 2.5x on QD-OLED

my only theory is that maybe it’s a tinted mirror finish like a glossy w-oled has

this could make QD-OLED good enough for me to use, and i’m so curious about how they accomplished it

8 more days until CES

[turbid locust]

but yeah really curious on when I’m gonna be able to upgrade a 42” 16:9 display lmao

[shell void]

C6 is 165Hz, but i don’t know if the 42” model is recycling the same old panel yet again

[turbid locust]

Well I can’t justify $1200 on 21hz so lol

[shell void]

pls tandem woled 42” panel LG

[merry stirrup]

cleanin up the KS

[wraith steeple]

[merry stirrup]

redid the LM and cleaned up the pads

[turbid locust]

I think I’d still want more

[merry stirrup]

getting clear nail polish to conformal it

[pure garnet]

kaboom

[merry stirrup]

probably

i gotta test if it even still works

[turbid locust]

Chat what’s the quietest AIO on the market

[fringe fossil]

👀

[pure garnet]

i thought supposedly the nauts pump

[low sorrel]

@turbid locust @pure garnet @brisk jolt @shell void

"wtf omen help skye"
"There's an chamber holding me with an awp and i'm going to get pinched by sage"
"Just TP across then"
"I don't have TP"
"Yeah you did dumbfuck"
???
The round in question

[brisk jolt]

outstanding move

[turbid locust]

Valorant in a nutshell

[shell void]

plat game?

[low sorrel]

Diamond

[shell void]

plat players are the crankiest

[hoary hatch]

CES displays are gonna be so sick

Too bad I have no money for displays

[low sorrel]

And I was top frag with a 2kd

[hoary hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/ahoklollmao-noooo-nooo-noo-no-gif-17139315586294057944

[shell void]

i’m high key triggered that it looks like samsung is delaying the 27” 5k qd oled panel

[hoary hatch]

Fine by me
I'm not due for another monitor for a few more years lol

[shell void]

you must upgrade every year

consume

[hoary hatch]

I desire mortgage first

If I need something, I'll buy it

[shell void]

this is fair because you need a house to put monitors in

[hoary hatch]

But trying not to just waste money rn

[hoary hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/tkt-smart-gif-20642718

[turbid locust]

Need a Noctua AIO

[hoary hatch]

Asetek pump

[coral tartan]

Do they do those?

[turbid locust]

yur

[hoary hatch]

I mean the asetek gen 8 is probably fine I guess

[coral tartan]

I just see the normal fans

[hoary hatch]

Or slap noctua fans on a different aio

[turbid locust]

@low sorrel are you queuing more

[low sorrel]

I'm eating

[turbid locust]

I’m looking to replace my LF3 cause pump noise is suddenly bad

[hoary hatch]

I still use a 2020 aio

Shit maybe it was 2021

Naw it's September 2020

Corsair H150i elite capellix

So close to upgrade to titan aio

[turbid locust]

I bought my LF3 10 months ago

pump noise went from inaudible at 60% to audible at 40%

[hoary hatch]

Oof

[turbid locust]

Yeah.

[turbid locust]

Queuing after? I’m down

[low sorrel]

Main?

[turbid locust]

yeah

[low sorrel]

K

[turbid locust]

Well do you want me on my main that’s plat 1 or my alt that’s plat 3 lmao

My plat 3 alt was solo queuing into ascendants last I played

[low sorrel]

don't care

[turbid locust]

we ball. I have a cool skin on the alt so lol

[low sorrel]

im done eating

[turbid locust]

aight hopping on in a sec

[burnt socket]

throwback to when i recently repasted my laptop

[merry stirrup]

you did it with nail polish?

[burnt socket]

nope

just wiped off the old crusty paste and add fresh ones

whats the nail polish for 😭

[merry stirrup]

liquid metal prevention

[burnt socket]

#tech-chat-2 message

[pure garnet]

pretty lil 6800 sample

[merry stirrup]

hey it did 7600 after some beatin

[pure garnet]

it almost did 8000 before you beat it

[turbid locust]

https://a.co/d/903511j

Supposedly not as good on Intel platforms but still quiet. Also refillable.

I can’t imagine my LF3 having evaporation issues 10 months in but

[pure garnet]

i can’t imagine it’s bad

[turbid locust]

It’s considerably louder than new

[pure garnet]

my b stock lf3 is the loudest cooler i’ve ever owned

but i’m also the most noise sensitive person on earth apparently

as even at 30% duty i find my p12 pros annoying

[turbid locust]

My LF3 pump used to be inaudible at 60%, now it’s audible at 40% so

I wouldn’t say I’m super noise sensitive I’d say I’m frequency sensitive

Like if something has a hum it doesnt necessarily bother me, but if it’s an annoying frequency I’ll start tweaking

LF3 pump is a super annoying frequency

[merry stirrup]

well its dead now so thats cool LOL

[turbid locust]

what’d you do

[merry stirrup]

no idea

ran when last parked type shit

tested it in the edge before prepping it for the homie, just shows cpu light

[turbid locust]

oof

Sounds like you need a 14900K

[merry stirrup]

no employment rn tho

[turbid locust]

Just slide ur rent money

[merry stirrup]

truuueeee

[oak vector]

real
Who needs a house

[livid flame]

I like tents

[narrow gate]

420mm performs like an average 360mm

[late wadi]

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/lenovo-yoga-7-14-2-in-1-laptop-copilot-pc-amd-ryzen-ai-7-1-tb-ssd-tidal-teal-10283962.html

Bear in mind UK pricing is not as generous as (pre-tarriff!?) US pricing - this looks great. What am I missing? I have a desktop for heavy lifting but this looks like a great daily driver for when I'm not at my desk.

[green marsh]

24GB DDR5 sounds like single channel

24 GB (7500 MHz)
Hm, but the clock sounds weird, maybe it is LPDDR5 ?

[late wadi]

It's definitely soldered (half answering your question..)

[green marsh]

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-Yoga-7-2-in-1-14AKP10-laptop-review-Zen-5-takes-a-shot-at-Intel.1011296.0.html this is a weaker model, but has LPDDR5X, so that answers that part

[late wadi]

Yup looks like it's LP- hah you got there just before me

[floral spear]

Hey breakfast club

[late wadi]

Ddr5 in single channel isn't so bad though, right? Like each physical channel is kind of like 2x ddr4 channels, I understood at some point

[green marsh]

it's LPDDR5X, so it is most likely dual channel

[late wadi]

Ahhh

I have some reading to do :p

[green marsh]

https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/Yoga/Yoga_7_2_in_1_16AKP10/Yoga_7_2_in_1_16AKP10_Spec.html?ver=0775aa3d-8459-4aa6-a1cc-3dd58de26b77

[limpid galleon]

Guys i currently have a ryzen 5 3600,32gb ram, 3060ti. Would this be a good cpu upgrade?

For 100 sounds like a good deal tbh

Even tho its intel

[brisk jolt]

no

[limpid galleon]

7 5800x then?

Thats my next option

[narrow gate]

5600 If gaming

Or 5700x

[limpid galleon]

5800x is also good no?

[brisk jolt]

5700x/5800x/5700x3d

[limpid galleon]

Ok thx