tech-chat-2

[wraith steeple]

[steel stream]

[merry stirrup]

bro warshit man i’m not even retyping that

[steel stream]

my roommates don't understand the greatness of my plex

[merry stirrup]

bro even my mom is tapped in atp

[edgy laurel]

you get it??

[steel stream]

everytime i talk about it they just talk about how 123movies is so much easier and blah blah blah

[steel stream]

first dungeon of the day lol

[merry stirrup]

stopped paying netflix and everything

[edgy laurel]

💪 hell yeah

[merry stirrup]

dmca’s sent to my door! in real time!

[merry stirrup]

all we have is discovery or something so she gets her documentaries

[steel stream]

that, and I don't want some shitty 1080p content man

[steel stream]

going for icebreaker now

[merry stirrup]

exactly although i care much less myself

i try to find da good rips but at the end of the day i don’t super care as long as it’s watchable

[steel stream]

for shows and lesser known movies idrc, but when it comes to big blockbuster stuff, i try and get the best rips I can find

[merry stirrup]

yeah real

[shell void]

W bundle?

[merry stirrup]

yeah that’s good

i hate the board but it’s ok i guess

1x16 is awesome

[steel stream]

interstellar 720p rip 🔥

[shell void]

potentially optimal

[merry stirrup]

my interstellar rip is something like 67gb

[shell void]

ryzen only has single channel bandwidth per CCD anyway it’s fine

[merry stirrup]

interstellar is insane tho there’s travel rips that are like 200MB 💀😭

[topaz veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/take-a-seat-chris-hansen-gif-12085242

[steel stream]

iirc that's close to the 4K blu-ray

[merry stirrup]

i’m sure other titles are the same but i find it so funny

[merry stirrup]

yeah that’s what it is so

but that’s why i have 8 terabytes of storage that i hardly use

[shell void]

mfs downloading 2000 movies with 2Mbps video bitrate

[steel stream]

bro it looks great trust

when viewed on a nintendo switch screen from 5 feet away

[hoary hatch]

@steel stream I saw some excellent swag yesterday

But they didn't have it in men's large

[merry stirrup]

how i used to feel telling my friends that 480p youtube looks fine on my iphone 5s when i had dialup

[hoary hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/luke-lafr-wan-show-linus-tech-tips-ltt-wtf-gif-gif-27693908

What did I just read

480p
Dial up
Friends
??????

[livid flame]

The most surprising of that is dial up

iPhone 5s was released in 2013

[merry stirrup]

yeah i lived in a town with less than 700 people

[hoary hatch]

He was just a small town boy

Living in a lonely world

[merry stirrup]

on a midnight train

[topaz veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/doubt-it-i-dont-believe-you-will-farrell-anchor-man-gif-5332521

[merry stirrup]

i’m not going to tell you my hometown to prove that but i in fact did

[hoary hatch]

I grew up in a town of less than 5 million people

[merry stirrup]

if you know of places in washington called wenatchee or chelan it’s near them

[hoary hatch]

Bros a Washingtonian

Not even a native Oregonian 💀

[steel stream]

holy shit

[hoary hatch]

I'd wear that to my wedding

[merry stirrup]

indeed

[hoary hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/monka-cross-gif-4035178244594551512

[steel stream]

same tbh

[topaz veldt]

you and mac, lying about everything

haircuts, small towns

[hoary hatch]

Haircuts aren't real

[turbid locust]

Wait NVL coming by end of the year?

[devout ridge]

fedex turning into amazon, why i need to know my delivery driver's name?

[steel stream]

supposedly according to mr lip but tan

[devout ridge]

amazon give me a headshot and name, i don't need that from fedex too

[hoary hatch]

I really don't believe it

[steel stream]

NVL coming out Dec 31st

[hoary hatch]

I mean, panther lake was supposed to be Q4 2025

[steel stream]

NVL will launch base skus early and then wait to release bLLC versions

[hoary hatch]

They can announce it and release the white papers in late 2026 but I bet availability is 2027Q1

They still have to announce arrow late redux

[steel stream]

asus already did that for them don't worry

[hoary hatch]

But Nova lake will be an L because stupid TSMC

[steel stream]

https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-confirms-intel-core-ultra-200k-plus-arrow-lake-refresh-bios-support-lands-in-late-january

[steel stream]

too true

[hoary hatch]

290K plus to buildzoid plz

[steel stream]

i think you meant 290K AI Plus Max

[hoary hatch]

AMD changed their naming scheme again?

[steel stream]

idk maybe

[proven saddle]

when with the cookies?

[merry stirrup]

i don’t get haircuts

[merry stirrup]

guy is gonna get 9000 then complain that nothing higher works

[wraith steeple]

[proven saddle]

Bald or perfect hair?

[shell void]

pshh

[merry stirrup]

long hair

[shell void]

24 core 144MB N2 tiles sound hype to me

[proven saddle]

Rapunzel?

[merry stirrup]

not that long damn

literally i’m a clone of buildzoid

[proven saddle]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-petter-griffin-hair-gif-14525021346175841401

[merry stirrup]

control c control v buildzoid but like a couple years ago and that is me

[proven saddle]

https://tenor.com/view/pop-popteamepic-epic-team-poputepipikku-gif-23016007

[proven saddle]

this?

[merry stirrup]

no the current long hair buildzoid just younger

not younger buildzoid

[shell void]

long hair gang

[merry stirrup]

indoubitably

[proven saddle]

does it cover the head?

aka to the jaw ?

[merry stirrup]

it’s like down a third of my chest homeboy

[proven saddle]

to sixpack?

[merry stirrup]

six pack of pudding bro

[hoary hatch]

So it won't be over 9000 :(

[hoary hatch]

I want 18AP bruh

[proven saddle]

uhh do you train=

[wraith steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/frozen-freezing-cold-shivering-glace-gif-21284664

[proven saddle]

can be lower

[wraith steeple]

SE Michigan is feeling it now

[merry stirrup]

not unless he gets more than 1 chip realistically

[proven saddle]

snowy?

[wraith steeple]

very

[shell void]

in the latest earnings call they seemed committed to using external nodes for consumer desktop unfortunately

[proven saddle]

how much cm?

[shell void]

i was hoping we’d get desktop CPUs with 14A compute tiles put on 18A-PT base tiles

[wraith steeple]

Close to 8cm ATM

[proven saddle]

isnt much

but gona get more

[leaden dawn]

I keep considering bald

[shell void]

if you’re super receded then yeah but otherwise don’t do it

[leaden dawn]

At least once. I have super long hair rn lol

[shell void]

guys it’s okay our CPUs can only use the bandwidth of 4000MT/s memory at 2000FCLK anyway

[merry stirrup]

LMAO

[leaden dawn]

Women envy my hair

Heavy is the head that wears the hair

[merry stirrup]

well i can ram overclock

women envy my ram oc skills

ts runs thru my head

[young void]

[steel stream]

dude that would be awesome

bleeding edge consumer CPUs built in american foundrys

[turbid locust]

Jays Two Cents ahh testing

I’m about to compare 4800 full tuned vs 6000 auto timings to prove a point

“Look guys you only need 4800MT/s”

[jaunty horizon]

Which one to go for?

1. https://in.store.asus.com/gaming-laptop-asus-tuf-gaming-f16-fx608.html?config=90NR0NB1-M00360
2. https://in.store.asus.com/gaming-laptop-asus-tuf-gaming-a16-fa608pp-qt014ws.html

[cosmic gazelle]

if the AMD model takes SODIMMs go with that. if it’s soldered do the intel one

[oak vector]

Yeah I concur

[livid flame]

They’re both sodimms

[shell void]

i mean yeah that is the conclusion that you’ll reach

ryzen ccds can utilize 4000MT/s at 2000FCLK and up to 4400MT/s at 2200FCLK

dual CCD chips can use up to double that in programs that can utilize both CCDs at once, but games don’t do that

[jaunty horizon]

I am not into tech that much, so which one do I prefer?

I would add a RAM stick later

[shell void]

i’d like to see game testing with a single 24GB dimm at 8000MT/s

[gentle gale]

neither

[jaunty horizon]

suggest me one of the same price

[gentle gale]

https://www.lenovo.com/in/en/configurator/cto/index.html?bundleId=83M0CTO1WWIN1

select 32gb ram, 1tb ssd, and 5060

use UNBOX5CTO at checkout it comes out to 152k

[livid flame]

The lads above said the AMD

[gentle gale]

free mouse, backpack, and 3y warranty are included in the price

[jaunty horizon]

#tech-chat-1 message

Is it true?

[gentle gale]

no clue about tuf but my zephyrus has been pretty solid after 4 years

[jaunty horizon]

What was your reason to deny asus tuf?

[slim pebble]

Truth. On Ryzen an 8000mt memory gear 2 config pretty much performs the same as 6400mt in gear 1.

[gentle gale]

legion is higher quality, better display, longer battery life

tuf is asus’ budget brand. similar to lenovo loq

[livid flame]

Tuf tend to have shit vents and shitter cooling

Laptops aren’t great for cooling but tuf tend to be one of the worst

Choked from the factory is the default setting

[jaunty horizon]

But I am losing on 5070

[cosmic gazelle]

i dunno about this, the ryzen 7 260 is a MUCH worse cpu relative to the 8940hx

it might be lower quality but he's getting leaps and bounds better hardware with the tuf

[gentle gale]

i’m aware

8940hx also means like 2 hours of battery life

[cosmic gazelle]

idle states on zen 4 are pretty solid i disagree

[gentle gale]

it’s a power limited 7950x

[topaz veldt]

Am I the only one deathly bored of laptop convo

[cosmic gazelle]

but you wouldn't buy a gaming laptop for extended gaming battery life anyways. and a modern amd laptop of any kind will handle 6+ hours on like a text editor or something

[arctic bronze]

they are all the same for the most part, so yeah

[topaz veldt]

IMHO there are 2 laptops

Macbooks and not macbooks

[shell void]

zen core power gating is incredible, but the SOC and infinity fabric burn power constantly

[cosmic gazelle]

shitty laptop i can afford and good laptop i cannot afford

[shell void]

older chiplet zen cpus are terrible for laptop battery life

if it’s a mobile workstation that just goes from plug to plug then whatever

[cosmic gazelle]

i'm on a ryzen 5 system of the same zen and my thin and light will idle for 8-10 hours with screen on full brightness

[shell void]

which cpu do you have?

[cosmic gazelle]

8645hs, it's just a higher power binned version of the 7640u

actually it's just a straight up rebrand of the 7640hs

[shell void]

that’s monolithic so it doesn’t have the issue

[cosmic gazelle]

hmm

i wonder if that tuf laptop is available with the ryzen 7 version then

the 7 260 is just so weak sauce for a gaming laptop

[gentle gale]

it’s probably fine

[cosmic gazelle]

we can also just revert back to my original argument which is that most people that buy gaming laptops are just unplugging them, going to wherever they need to go, and plugging it back in

this individual's use case may be different but in general

[wise bear]

this 100%

[jaunty horizon]

ig yes, u are right

[topaz veldt]

"gaming laptop" should be illegal

be thankful I am not president

[jaunty horizon]

@topaz veldt I should go for A16

[cosmic gazelle]

gaming should be illegal

[jaunty horizon]

nah

[cosmic gazelle]

oh wait i thought the intel system had 32gb

yeah the amd system has a better cpu and gpu

[wraith steeple]

[shell void]

except for panther lake of course because it can actually play games without roasting your lap and dying in an hour

[cosmic gazelle]

and display too

[jaunty horizon]

I had one doubt, What is the major difference between AMD and Intel CPUs of this range? Why the prices differ?

[cosmic gazelle]

because intel is behind the game except for their BRAND new chips that haven't made it into many laptops yet

and also the f16 and a16 are possibly different construction? but idk

just for the love of God please reinstall windows and don't use the one they ship it with

[jaunty horizon]

I always clean install windows

[cosmic gazelle]

good man

[jaunty horizon]

also every 6 months for my current one

[cosmic gazelle]

the difference between the laptop 5060 and 5070 is actually not that tremendous so that's not that big of a deal, but the ryzen system is just better value overall

[jaunty horizon]

I found https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-5070-vs-Nvidia-RTX-5060/4182vs4184 on internet that says +61% better

[wise bear]

fuck ubm

[cosmic gazelle]

those are desktop cards

[jaunty horizon]

Probably its for desktops

[cosmic gazelle]

and also that website is worthless don't use it

[oak vector]

this is in AUD
real tempting ngl.....

[jaunty horizon]

yea yea i k

[cosmic gazelle]

had to make sure there was AI in the headline

[cosmic gazelle]

this is a more accurate estimate of the difference

[jaunty horizon]

which website has best comparisions for laptops specs of the graphics cards

[cosmic gazelle]

i mean nothing's gonna be as good as just looking up gameplay footage, but passmark offers a rough estimate

as you can see there the 5070 is better, but only by about 10%

[oak vector]

hahahah yeah
it'll just be hooked up to my pc like my current one is
but, it'll be nice to game in bed at not-poverty refresh rate 😔
this current tv looks like absolute shit

[jaunty horizon]

yea u right

[cosmic gazelle]

it's so funny to me that since the major videos about ubm came out their website is PLASTERED with hyperlinks to their shitty "why don't people like us" articles

[oak vector]

at my setup i have two monitors
then i have a tv at the end of my bed hooked up to my pc by a long ass hdmi cable lol

[coral tartan]

Its fairly accurate if youre comparing nvidia and nvidia

[oak vector]

the tv is a smart tv, but its a cheapo TCL and its laggy as shit so its just easier to use my pc

[cosmic gazelle]

yeah but passmark is always going to be at least the same amount of reliable and then you aren't giving UBM more money for spreading lies

[civic reef]

Unsure why I don't know the answer already somehow, but..

Is 1x8 of 5600MT/s for $50 a decent price? Or?

CL unknown

[frank zealot]

it's.... not the worst but, also nothing to consider a steal?

[civic reef]

Fair enough, sorta assumed that

[frank zealot]

in august that was worth like... 20 bucks? lol

[tranquil finch]

does work Gsync and freesync on Adaptive sync monitor?
in OSD its labeled as G sync

[civic reef]

Yeah 💔

[edgy laurel]

sentence structure is difficult to parse. Can you rephrase what you're asking? Does the manual not include information on how to use Freesync or GSync?

[civic reef]

Yeah 💔

[tranquil finch]

do you know what to do when i have tearing on bottom of the screen when i have more than lets say, 130 fps? i have Freesync range of 165hz.

[edgy laurel]

if VRR is working, that won't happen.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1lokih2/putting_misconceptions_about_optimal_fps_caps/

AMD card?

[low sorrel]

is gulity using chatgpt

[edgy laurel]

jerry i'm right here

[steel stream]

where???

[low sorrel]

where

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/where-you-at-gif-21177622

[oak vector]

4K 144hz tv is tempting me

[steel stream]

do it

[oak vector]

It’s 429aud

[steel stream]

that's not bad, what tv is it

[edgy laurel]

$300 USD

hopefully some crazy open box deal

[tranquil finch]

I have AMD card, if i cap fps to 160 its happening

[steel stream]

idk anything about that but shoot your shot

[oak vector]

even if it’s the most shit 4K panel
Still better than my 1366 x 768 tv

[edgy laurel]

instructions above

[tranquil finch]

But why i need to turn on Radeon chill? It fixed it but its just absurd

[merry stirrup]

damn the comments ain’t even reddit comments they’re just “Don’t” you know they’re serious

[edgy laurel]

only does 4K60 over HDMI

[pure garnet]

while the tv probably sucks this sub is convinced that any tv under $500 is completely unusable

[merry stirrup]

how does one get a 144 then

[oak vector]

Good thing dp exists

[edgy laurel]

according to the manual posted in the comments https://www.reddit.com/r/4kTV/comments/1d0qewe/kogan_43_4k_144hz_vrr_qd_dolby_vision_gaming_tv/

[oak vector]

unless they don’t have dp..

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/lol-gif-2094923404622962137

[pure garnet]

displayport
tv

[oak vector]

[tranquil finch]

If i am in 165 range, then it always should be good

[steel stream]

that's actually hilarious

[merry stirrup]

no 1080p or 1440 bruh

[oak vector]

Thankyou Kogan

[edgy laurel]

no, you need to be at or below 158fps

[pure garnet]

oh god does it do 720p 144hz

[merry stirrup]

at least my shitty tvs were free im just saying

[pure garnet]

i paid $170 for my tcl and i like it

[tranquil finch]

Doesnt work

[merry stirrup]

my sister paid (i did but she paid me back) 125$ for the tcl 4k thing she has and she likes it

[tranquil finch]

I need to use chill fps cap

[merry stirrup]

my moms tv which is basically identical but bigger and has better hdr (still bad) was 40$ cause i had to replace the power board

[oak vector]

Idk im not hard to please tbh

[merry stirrup]

oled made me kinda snobby won’t lie

[oak vector]

but
What’s the point of having a 144hz panel if you can’t use it

[topaz veldt]

wot

[pure garnet]

it’s not 144hz

[steel stream]

you are just better than the rest now tbh

[merry stirrup]

a lot of panels are limited by display driver circuitry or somethin to be fair

[wise bear]

oh its like in tarky w/ some weird inventory movement that the server doesn't like because it duped an item or w/e

[merry stirrup]

the oled is great i wont lie, high refresh rate is quite spectacular

[oak vector]

Me when I can’t overlock 1080p 60 to 4K 240

[steel stream]

it's so good man

i love HDR

[merry stirrup]

yum yum 360hz perfect blacks

[pure garnet]

considering that 1 reddit post is all that shows up on google why would you even consider buying it

[edgy laurel]

OLED was cool but as it turns out the most impressive "thing" about getting this one was seeing HDR done properly and now im' obsessed

[steel stream]

you need to buy some hisense miniled and compare

[edgy laurel]

as soon as flickering lights started to look "real" and not just lights on a screen in games it like rewires your brain

[oak vector]

Cos I can /j
I’ve reconsidered it lol
(After the refresh rate bs)

[oak vector]

Dam the colours only weigh 1.07 grams not bad

[edgy laurel]

man why does the best buy site suck

its so slow

[steel stream]

it's actually terrible

one of the worst websites i've used so far, everything takes forever

[edgy laurel]

trying to look at Hisense U8 prices

[steel stream]

vibe coded somehow before AI existed

honestly, not too terrible

[coral tartan]

This might be me

[edgy laurel]

and not bad

[steel stream]

brighter than my g5 too

[edgy laurel]

3500 @ 10%

whoa

[steel stream]

yeah that's ok I guess

[edgy laurel]

thats peak with 3300 sustained

blooming scares me after staring at an OLED for 3 years but

[steel stream]

was gonna buy some Hisense mini-led before I found those S90D and G5 sales

[steel stream]

the hardest part for me would be giving up the pure black bars when watching movies

[low sorrel]

a little bit of blooming never hurt nobody

[coral tartan]

Who even uses a monitor at max brightness

[low sorrel]

@steel stream needs to buy it and test which one they like more

[coral tartan]

You need sunglasses for that 🥀

[edgy laurel]

[steel stream]

well now with all these bright oleds you get "blooming" but it's just your eyes struggling to adjust to the differences in brightness

[coral tartan]

Aint oleds dim or something

[wise bear]

wat

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/pick-me-blake-shelton-the-voice-choose-me-over-here-gif-16888083

[edgy laurel]

i've been trying to remembe what thats called. Linus said it once

its a phenomenon with your eyes

[coral tartan]

Mine genuinely hurts my eyes

[low sorrel]

also when did <t:1769196635:R> exist

[wise bear]

get good

[coral tartan]

Lights up the whole room

[coral tartan]

Well its not oled

[low sorrel]

have you tried getting better eyes

[wise bear]

month or two tbh

[coral tartan]

Like a week ago

[coral tartan]

Hurting eyes with light isnt making them better

[edgy laurel]

[low sorrel]

i wonder if they were A/B testing and it just popped up for me

[steel stream]

no idea tbh

[low sorrel]

because i ain't ever seen this before

[steel stream]

my OLED hurts my eyes 😛

[edgy laurel]

this was a meme in the stock discord i used back in 2020/2021. people would flow in all day asking when x would be dropping. the answer was always 5 minutes

after the 6000'th time someone new asking if we knew when BB was dropping 3080's that day

[low sorrel]

when will the ai bubble pop?

[coral tartan]

Never

It will just deflate

[low sorrel]

idk the only time something gets too bright for me is in when im in a light controlled room and my 1700nit mini led goes full white

[coral tartan]

Mine is a 2000 nit miniled

Hurts alot at max

[low sorrel]

skill issue

[coral tartan]

Hdr genuinely blinds me

[coral tartan]

Its a big monitor tho so it doubles

[edgy laurel]

G9 or G9 Neo?

@coral tartan

[coral tartan]

Its no oled so its not the neo

Unless theres one without

Idk the exact model

[coral tartan]

Yeah its a neo

[edgy laurel]

there is the OG G9, then then G9 Neo, then the G9 OLED

[coral tartan]

I checked the screenshot of the Facebook post for the name 🥀

[edgy laurel]

typically the advertised max brightness is in a 10% window and G9 Neo does:

[coral tartan]

So youre saying im weak for not handling the brightness

[edgy laurel]

you should probably be more aware of what you have by at least looking at the model number on the sticker on the back 👍 Would be pretty easy to just say Neo and if the buyer is clueless.. easy money

[low sorrel]

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/s/rkkACiuztp

[edgy laurel]

I'm just saying it won't do anywhere near 2000 nits. half that at most

[coral tartan]

Im not stupid like you think

[edgy laurel]

I don't think you're stupid, but just pointing out your method of telling what model you have was a facebook ad...

[coral tartan]

Anyways thats still too bright to be useable

[coral tartan]

Well they didnt lie about anything else

[edgy laurel]

alright i might take back my previous statement..

[low sorrel]

You could just have more light sensitivity then most people

[coral tartan]

Its because im 8 inches away from my moniter

[low sorrel]

Why are you 8 inchs away from your monitor

[coral tartan]

When I use the keyboard

[coral tartan]

Not that bad

[edgy laurel]

we've been over this

[coral tartan]

Well i showed him

You knew he didn't

[topaz veldt]

ya know?

[topaz veldt]

this seems wrong

[coral tartan]

Heres it without the ai watermark

[topaz veldt]

you need to stop buying starbucks and start buying bigger tables

[coral tartan]

My closest would be blocked

[shell void]

stiff neck applicator

[steel stream]

holy shit

[edgy laurel]

that looks suspiciously like a 4090 TUF stuffed in the corner

[topaz veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/burnt-peanut-side-eye-the-burnt-peanut-gif-6339277251445282356

[edgy laurel]

not your pic, sorry lol

[coral tartan]

Its a paperweight

[edgy laurel]

as a fellow owner of the same card, i'm sorry

[coral tartan]

Maybe i should send it to nwr

[coral tartan]

Does it work

[edgy laurel]

yes

[coral tartan]

Is it good

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/reasonsimbroke-larry-david-hbo-hbo-max-meh-gif-5275984653907547388

[coral tartan]

Dang a 4090 is eh

No 6x fg 😔

[topaz veldt]

4090 is ok

[shell void]

5070 > 4090

[topaz veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/theyre-the-same-picture-the-office-pam-the-office-us-gif-20757621

[wraith steeple]

[coral tartan]

True

[coral tartan]

It was apart of the setup tho

Which has 64gb of ddr5 ram

Same with the monitor

All for 1k

[topaz veldt]

I need another 4TB SN8100 but I don't want to pay $1200

[shell void]

is that what they cost now? wtf

[topaz veldt]

its insane

[steel stream]

bro what

[topaz veldt]

OK its down to $870 now

[coral tartan]

Do you need a 4tb ssd tho

[topaz veldt]

Yes

[coral tartan]

Why not 2 2tb

[topaz veldt]

Because

I do 4TB now

[shell void]

a few TLC chips, 4GB of DDR4, and a tiny controller made with an old node for $1200

[coral tartan]

Bro just wants to complete the set

🥀

[shell void]

it was already high margin at the $480 or whatever we paid for them a while ago

[topaz veldt]

yeah I got them for like $450-480

This is just unacceptable

[shell void]

that would’ve been cool four years ago

[coral tartan]

Pc partpicker values are so silly I paid 1k for ts and ita maybe worth 2

[topaz veldt]

this is a 4 year old build

[edgy laurel]

meanwhile they're sitting in PC's idle 90% of the time with 6% of the space used. NEED the 4TB

[coral tartan]

So you're saying they shouldn't have them and you should

[shell void]

my 4TB drive is half full and i don’t have my whole library downloaded :p

[edgy laurel]

I don't need them at all

and therefore don't want them

[topaz veldt]

not really

[coral tartan]

I dont even have anything important on my pc

[topaz veldt]

That's after setting up a cronjob to move my nvidia shadowplay on a schedule

[coral tartan]

8tb in nvmes for nothing 🥀

[topaz veldt]

I also need to add more to this

[coral tartan]

Why

[topaz veldt]

I am over 50% and it makes me nervous

[coral tartan]

Whats even in this

[topaz veldt]

NAS space

[coral tartan]

Dang I thought you were a seeder or something

Idk how you can use 40tb

[green marsh]

sadly HDD's gone up in price too

cause datacenters realized SSD is not good for long term storage

[shell void]

thankfully not by much

[coral tartan]

I wonder if I should get an hdd when all I do is game

[topaz veldt]

data centers did not realize this lol

[coral tartan]

Maybe i should unplug the ssds im not using

[coral tartan]

They did its a well known fact

[topaz veldt]

lol

[coral tartan]

Ai is temporary

[topaz veldt]

what

[coral tartan]

They just need to before the bubble deflates

[topaz veldt]

that has nothing to do with what is being discussed

[coral tartan]

It does

[topaz veldt]

no it doesn't lol

[coral tartan]

Also why are you saying im not allowed to be off topic

[topaz veldt]

"cause datacenters realized SSD is not good for long term storage" -- no datacenter was unsure about the reliability of SSDs

[coral tartan]

Oh you're saying they knew

Makes sense

[topaz veldt]

SSDs are 100% good for long term storage so long as they are plugged in and not constantly being written to

unplugged SSDs can lose the charge in the NAND, but no data center is unplugging SSDs

[green marsh]

i was just a bit sarcastic.

The original news is:

The surge in demand is driven by heavy procurement of high-capacity units by major U.S. cloud service providers and hyperscalers. Concerns about SSD data retention have also led some customers and policymakers to prefer HDDs for certain workloads. Large cloud operators are expanding their exabyte-class storage for AI, analytics, and archival needs. Manufacturers report near-full utilization rates as demand extends beyond traditional surveillance and backup applications. In particular, AI infrastructure requires massive data storage for model training, prompting AI labs to incorporate some HDD-based storage where speed is not a priority.

[topaz veldt]

TRIM alone makes it worthwhile, trust me

we have huge arrays of spinning disk but its for a specialized purpose, even our long duration/retention is stored on NVMe

[topaz veldt]

I wish we could get google fiber

[oak vector]

I wish I could get fiber

im still on fttc
Which isn’t abominable
But cmon I wanted fttp

[topaz veldt]

i have fios and xfinity but i want 10 gbps

[oak vector]

Snails im at the point where I’d be happy with like 100-250mbps
Im on 50/18 rn 🤣

#weloveaustralia

[topaz veldt]

thats so sad

[turbid locust]

I remember having 25mbps down as a kid and thought that shit was diabolically fast

[oak vector]

it’s like one of the most commonly used plans nationwide iirc

not sad
Just Australia in a nutshell

[topaz veldt]

Thats the sad part

[pure garnet]

yeah when my time warner got upgraded to 50mbps i felt all powerful

[turbid locust]

When I moved to college I went from 1mbps satellite internet at home to gigabit

Don’t live in the sticks, yall.

[green marsh]

the slowest plan my DOCSIS internet provider sells is 600/50

[oak vector]

25/7 here is still readily available last time i checked

[turbid locust]

I think the slowest available at my current place is half gig symmetrical lol

[oak vector]

😭

we love australia.

[topaz veldt]

no wonder HUB is so slow to put shit out

[brave panther]

shitty upload

is this docsis?

[oak vector]

that upload is as fast/faster than my download 💔

[edgy laurel]

plenty of fast providers in australia. this isn't a country problem, just a where you happen to live problem.

[oak vector]

im not complaining
I just find this all really funny and annoying at the same time

[edgy laurel]

https://www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/Guides/fastest-nbn-providers-and-plans-accc

[brave panther]

simply a diffrence in skill

[edgy laurel]

not symmetrical in really any case but still plenty fast for a home

[oak vector]

plenty of fast provider but a lot of major cities dont even have the infrastructure man

we only got fttp in my city mid last year

[topaz veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/reasonsimbroke-larry-david-hbo-hbo-max-meh-gif-5275984653907547388

How does Australia "often lag behind other developed nations"

[brave panther]

many users != all users

could be 10 users

[oak vector]

we only got access to gigabit a couple months ago i shit you not

like as a city/nation

gigabit plans weren't even a thing here like 6-12 months ago

[oak vector]

our government. TLDR haha

[edgy laurel]

Australia is huge, but barely anyone lives anywhere but a few coastal regions. if you're not in those regions, you get boned. there is simply no reason for them to develop infrastructure in a vastly empty area

[topaz veldt]

the answer is Australia

They don't trust you with 9mm or 1 Gbps

[oak vector]

guilty even large cities didnt have access to gigabit until mid last year

[edgy laurel]

which is plenty

[oak vector]

plenty, but years behind where we should be.

[edgy laurel]

least of your worries, trust me

[oak vector]

personal or nation lmao

[edgy laurel]

yes

[oak vector]

hahahaha

good answer.

[fringe vigil]

Mr

[edgy laurel]

jorj

[fringe vigil]

can I call you mista

[oak vector]

jorj

[edgy laurel]

its been days. you still have't made your big annoucement

[fringe vigil]

hi

[edgy laurel]

thats it

[topaz veldt]

ew freedom

remember when austrlia locked their people in their houses lol wtf

yeah, you're not getting fast internet

[green marsh]

Yes, as said in post like a minute before the picture 😄

[topaz veldt]

How anyone stayed in Australia after that insanity is beyond me

[brave panther]

is it cable or fiber

[fringe vigil]

I might be joining a golf academy

[low sorrel]

Are you telling me people don't live in the desert?

[edgy laurel]

no

[green marsh]

Coax, docsis. Could have a 1000/500 fiber, but their TV service is much worse

[oak vector]

hello

[brave panther]

phoenix moment

[low sorrel]

Why

[edgy laurel]

huh?

[topaz veldt]

yes?

[fervent chasm]

living in the desert is dumb

[low sorrel]

Why don't people just build mega cities in the desert like the saudis

[oak vector]

I was in victoria at the time. we had it worse than any other state.
our government was making a decision basically every single day to put us in and out of lockdown
we had to scan qr codes to enter shops using a government provided app so they could track cases in certain places

[green marsh]

In US they even play ice hockey in desert

[fervent chasm]

Cuz people don’t have that oil money

[low sorrel]

Actually isn't that project going to shit

[topaz veldt]

Yeah so... anytime someone complains about the US laugh at them

[edgy laurel]

Scary time. Some were more cautious and some not cautious enough.

[oak vector]

we have it so good yet so bad at the same time, go figure
I have a roof over my head, free healthcare and psychology
all at the expense of sometimes what feels like a severe lack of control lmao

again, not complaining.
But god is it interesting to look at and compare

[fervent chasm]

Bruh my laptop is still coming from Ohio even though it’s supposed to deliver today

[low sorrel]

I'm still pissed I caught COVID 4 times

[fervent chasm]

Did it get worse or better each time?

[low sorrel]

Yesnt

[oak vector]

oh forgot to mention
we had army trucks/federal police patrolling the streets :>
for reference, I'm in a city with not even 300k people in it

[fervent chasm]

I had it get worse each time, caught it 3 times, had a crazy temp on the last one had to go to the emergency room

[low sorrel]

First was the worst second was better 3rd was worse then the second and 4th was the best

[fervent chasm]

lol, the best

[oak vector]

my record so far is 3 times i think?
most recent being only a year ago haha

getting covid in 2025 was kinda crazy to me

[turbid locust]

I had it about a month and a half ago and it was the mildest ever

[low sorrel]

Didn't it mutate to become more infectious but less symptomatic?

[turbid locust]

dunno we just tanked that shit

[fervent chasm]

Yes I’m pretty sure the ones that exist now have mild symptoms

Almost not noticeable my gfs sister said when she got it last week

I had to quarantine in my room for a few days

[topaz veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/burnt-peanut-side-eye-the-burnt-peanut-gif-6339277251445282356

[fervent chasm]

Not like I don’t already spend all of my days in my room anyway lol

[topaz veldt]

I had the sniffles

[oak vector]

it was a surreal time to say the least haha

fuck it was nice to not have tourists
But damn was it weird

[topaz veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/never-again-jackson-cole-lawmen-bass-reeves-no-more-i've-had-enough-gif-15034914746884561159

[oak vector]

yea hope not lmao

[topaz veldt]

there is no hoping

oh... your gov took all your ability to oppose them

I am sure it'll be fine

[low sorrel]

Tsk tsk didnt COVID know that it is supposed to become more infectious and be asymptomatic until it infects most of the worst before mutating for the worse like in plague inc?

[hoary hatch]

It's disgusting 🤮

Maybe Nova lake will be a split fab

[oak vector]

yeah so uh basically our political structure
local council representatives (per shire/council) are voted for
they are the ones that "represent" us
(they don't, major things we dont even get to vote on 95% of the time)
its funny.

[hoary hatch]

Some CPU tiles on N2, other 18a

I don't know why we can't get Intel silicon for desktop

[wraith steeple]

[oak vector]

we get to vote for the people who run the place, but not the changes made, all of that is out of our hands

[hoary hatch]

Laptop and server are getting 18a
Is desktop just that small a market it doesn't matter? Is N2 just a bit more performant and they're chasing that gaming crown?

[topaz veldt]

yes yes very comical

[oak vector]

I'll be really interested to see if Anthony Albanese gets revoted as Prime Minister or not

i fuckin hope not 😭
but political party loyalty is big here lmao

[low sorrel]

I always found it funny that the liberal party is right wing in australia

[hoary hatch]

Like the candy brand?

[oak vector]

yeahhhhhhhh uhhhhhhhh no

[low sorrel]

when tf was this a thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWw-UENvdTw&t=8s

[oak vector]

yeah its weird
voting sucks
cos you're either voting for conservatives on one side or government control on the other, essentially haha

no in-between

[topaz veldt]

there is no such thing anymore

[oak vector]

releasing mid may this year :>

[topaz veldt]

I already have it

[oak vector]

😠 howww

[topaz veldt]

im trolling

[low sorrel]

do you have half life 3?

what about gta 6?

[topaz veldt]

DUH

been saying it for eons

[low sorrel]

ugh

[oak vector]

msrp is always a suggestion, remember that
this means you can just jack the prices up by 300% obviously

[low sorrel]

imma be honest i never liked the forza horizon games that much

[oak vector]

yeahhhhh

[low sorrel]

too arcady for me

[low sorrel]

can't you pirate microsoft games and even play them online because their drm is just that bad

[wraith steeple]

In other new; "The Sky is Blue on a Bright, Sunny Day" more tonight at eleven.

[oak vector]

heh i have nooo knowledge of this, it is so.. bazarre!

[wraith steeple]

[oak vector]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6aKB8FA0L4

[low sorrel]

is that ksi

[wraith steeple]

That's Deji

KSI's younger brother

[low sorrel]

who

[wraith steeple]

ComedyShortsGamer (yes that is/was his actual YT name)

Though TBF he's more popular in the UK from what I've seen

[oak vector]

😭 😂

[fervent chasm]

You can do this with like every game on steam

Including online

[low sorrel]

i google deji and this is the first result that pops up

[fervent chasm]

2019

Damn 2019 was 7 years ago

[wraith steeple]

Speaking of YT, another YTer got outed as being a total degenerate live streaming recently and has been shadow realm'd....... Why am I not shocked at this point

[fervent chasm]

I’m unc in 2 years

[hoary hatch]

Wtf

No it wasn't

[fervent chasm]

Ignore my math I’m tired

I was close enough

[low sorrel]

2026-2019=7

[fervent chasm]

Yah but you can’t do that I think

6 years 23 days

[hoary hatch]

Feels like it should only be 5 years ago at most

Fuck I'm old now

[wraith steeple]

Jerry is definitely too young to know Hellsing920 (Fly high, Enver), BigAl2K6, Asa, and BlackBusterCriric

Like the pioneers of when YT was what it is today

[hoary hatch]

I've never heard of any of those

[edgy laurel]

i have no idea who any of those are

[frank zealot]

no clue who those are

[wraith steeple]

TBF they faded into obscurity once the 2010s rolled in

When YT was filled with rant videos, YTPs, AMVs, and Thrift store AVGNs and Nostalgia Critics on review of Video Games and Movies

[edgy laurel]

I love how my oldest upload is from 19 years ago

who can beat that

[arctic bronze]

old ass

[edgy laurel]

yeah buddy

[hoary hatch]

This guy can

[wraith steeple]

We probably would have been not too far if Vevo wasn't slaughtering YT channels over the most miniscule claims

[edgy laurel]

fuck

[wraith steeple]

[arctic bronze]

its impossible to post a yt video older than the first yt video lmao

[edgy laurel]

and my most popular video is showing a Windows RDP client on my phone

[arctic bronze]

lmao

[wraith steeple]

Folks: Uploading Blockbuster films in 10 minute segments (like films that weren't that old)
YouTube: sleeps
Also Folks: Having a .mid file play like 10 seconds on Windows XP
YouTube: any last words?

[hoary hatch]

My most popular video is sub 2k views 😎

[arctic bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/roblox-dima-zykin-zwyk-gif-22792368

[edgy laurel]

RIAA was agro while the MPAA slept

[wraith steeple]

Yes, that was how bad Early YouTube's Copyright System was (cough thanks a lot, Vevo)

I also had some of my IRL friends' school projects be flagged by companies we never heard of

[low sorrel]

is that windows 98 gulity

[wraith steeple]

No Windows XP Classic clamshell

[edgy laurel]

Windows Home Server, based on Server 2003 R2

[plush smelt]

My first Pc build.
How’s the cable management?

[arctic bronze]

its not the best

[shell void]

standard

[plush smelt]

yeah diffidently

[plush smelt]

yup

[shell void]

that's about all i do too

if the airpath is unobstructed and the back panel closes i dont care

[edgy laurel]

some easily avoidable things like.. why is this run this way and not the holes directly next to the plugs?

[plush smelt]

side mounted PSU wasn't really the easiest thing to start with first time building a PC

[pure garnet]

my y40 has a bulge on the rear case and i have never bothered to fix it

[shell void]

the back of your case is none of your business

[arctic bronze]

what you did took more effort

[plush smelt]

it's too long I probably could have put it through the whole but this was so I don't bend it too much

[pure garnet]

plastic side panel that doesn’t screw in, i doubt it’ll ever sit fully flat

[fervent chasm]

@wise bear home made pizza

[wise bear]

mine now

[fervent chasm]

I made the dough

[edgy laurel]

like instagram where people upload the same picture 6 times

[fervent chasm]

I only take multiple photos of my food if I made it

[arctic bronze]

where is the sauce :(

[fervent chasm]

It’s under

[plush smelt]

@edgy laurel

[arctic bronze]

I dont see it :(

[edgy laurel]

I saw. Don't get it, but I saw. Avoidable.

[fervent chasm]

It’s crazy layered, sauce, pepperoni (covering the whole thing), cheese, more pepperoni

[shell void]

looks good boss

[plush smelt]

what do you mean?

[fervent chasm]

The crust is cheese filled

[fervent chasm]

Trust me it’s loaded with sauce lol

[plush smelt]

yeah it's probably avoidable but it's not too bad

[low sorrel]

@edgy laurel @topaz veldt https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QV0uOmpiALM

[oak vector]

you can just, give the cable more slack lol
how it is currently is probably more likely to cause issues imo

[plush smelt]

yeah most people put it through the designated hole so you're porbably right

but it's not guaranteed to cause issues the way I did it

[edgy laurel]

its not guaranteed to cause issues putting in the right place lol

[topaz veldt]

https://tenor.com/view/pedro-monkey-puppet-meme-awkward-gif-15268759

[oak vector]

asks for peoples opinion
defends themself
why bother asking

[topaz veldt]

Who is asking

@low sorrel https://youtu.be/-FUACgzGucU?si=eoEnSbMNsqMp087B

[oak vector]

i mean tbf they didn't ask for advice
but asking "how is xyz" almost implies that it is lol

[topaz veldt]

ok yes, this is completely avoidable

[oak vector]

Also
It's not bad, there's just a couple ways it could've (and recommended to) be done differently
for aesthetics and just practicality in general

[pure garnet]

why was bro beefing with the grommet

[edgy laurel]

"too long" was the concern, but of course that doesn't make any sense

I don't think they realize that the slack is meant to be bundled up out of view on the backside, you don't have to run the cable to full extension on the frontside

[cosmic gazelle]

real kings make sure the front of their pc looks super clean and the back of their pc looks like this

[oak vector]

❌

[pure garnet]

i have never once in my life tried to manage the back of a system i’ve built

[edgy laurel]

the only people that do care about that is some SI's and people that show off builds on forums

[pure garnet]

the front gets done nicely and the rear panel closes so it’s fine

the only system i haven’t tried at all on was an optiplex

[edgy laurel]

I need a set screw to ensure my back panel doesn't pop off

but Torrent is notorious for its really ~~narrow ~~ shallow back side area

[cosmic gazelle]

lancool 207 has a pretty big gap

[edgy laurel]

what I've also never done is posted the backside here because 1, i don't care and 2, it doesn't matter

[cosmic gazelle]

the only cables you can see on the front of my system are my horrendous corsair-provided 8 pins going to my gpu

[pure garnet]

my rear panel is held on by like

[plush smelt]

yeah I will fix that

[pure garnet]

those friction stoppers most front panels use now

idk the actual name for them

but it’s screw-less and tool-less on both sides

[edgy laurel]

the little pegs that pop in and out? thats what mine uses. however the pressure on it is just enough to sometimes pop it out so I ned to keep a set screw in it

or a thumb screw

[pure garnet]

yeah

i have no option to use a screw on mine though so it forces some small amount of cable management

[low sorrel]

that level 40 thing seems interesting

probably less free kits in those lobbies

[topaz veldt]

bro what do i do

[low sorrel]

snail how many hours do you have topside

I don't even have a million space dollars yet

[topaz veldt]

uhh

[low sorrel]

tho my stash is like 2 mil

[cosmic gazelle]

sent straight from heaven above ngl

i love those things

[low sorrel]

give@steel stream some goop

[edgy laurel]

you've gone hard in this. wonder if you put as much time into warzone in the same amount of time when that was new

[topaz veldt]

easily 3x more

[edgy laurel]

ahh

[topaz veldt]

@edgy laurel I was good good at WZ

[cosmic gazelle]

i love how after 123 hours in tarkov you have a roll of toilet paper and a large stick

[topaz veldt]

This is 123 hrs top side

[cosmic gazelle]

no i know i was being dramatic

[fringe vigil]

Prob gonna get a 9950x

[low sorrel]

lol i have 180 hours in game but i only have 90 hours topside

shows you which one of us is more efficent in crafting

[steel stream]

i don't take free handouts

[edgy laurel]

9800x3D to 9950x is interesting.

[low sorrel]

akn you want some bps

[steel stream]

no (check dms)

[cosmic gazelle]

what exactly about arc is getting you guys so hooked? i played the first expedition and then lost interest

[low sorrel]

they talking too much space and i've been trying to give em away

[fringe vigil]

Second build

[edgy laurel]

oh

[fringe vigil]

Itx

[edgy laurel]

whaaat

[edgy laurel]

https://klipy.com/gifs/good-luck-sign-of-the-cross-1

[fringe vigil]

Give advice please

[edgy laurel]

SFF is not for beginners. Lot more part planning is necessary, especially if you're going to adequately cool a 9950x. Significantly less space to work with (though this will vary depending on the case)

[steel stream]

this is a crazy jorj development wow

[edgy laurel]

yeah

case desicion is very important as it guides most if not all of your other decisions

[topaz veldt]

or not dying lol - I just keep going

[topaz veldt]

jorj build the pc i have

[low sorrel]

actually that would make sense

[edgy laurel]

I'd probably want something that'll take at least a 240 AIO if I was building with a 9950x

[low sorrel]

i've been pvp only and doing trios/duos ever since the expediton

[topaz veldt]

This takes a 280mm AIO

[edgy laurel]

oh, thats right i had Terra in my head

[shell void]

9950x cannot play video games

[edgy laurel]

i wanna guess jorj is building a dedicated editing rig

[topaz veldt]

someone I know, 9950X3D w/ astral in NCase M3 same mobo as me

He did feet because he's bottom intake for the GPU

[edgy laurel]

makes sense

[topaz veldt]

I am slowly getting him to do flip setup

[edgy laurel]

feet

[steel stream]

it's got the wrong number of toes :(

[edgy laurel]

designed by ai

[edgy laurel]

https://packaged-media.redd.it/2bch9p5jtao41/pb/m2-res_1080p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1769227200&s=d8a9b29517fb237e1405e52d086f0ee3ffb2d2a3

[fringe vigil]

Send specs

[low sorrel]

how do i clear up stash space @topaz veldt @edgy laurel @steel stream

[topaz veldt]

Sell all

[fringe vigil]

The itx is gonna be so hot

[topaz veldt]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CHkL6Q

[fringe vigil]

I would need my phanteks full power

[steel stream]

new account

[topaz veldt]

No - X3D bro

[edgy laurel]

jerry has a bobcat

[cosmic gazelle]

are the people buying these like literally on drugs

the 590 is just a 480 with twice the core voltage

[edgy laurel]

oh its just a peanut meme

[topaz veldt]

BOBCAT GOGOGOOGOGOGOGOG

[merry stirrup]

eugh

i’d rather jump off an bridge

[topaz veldt]

Bobcat is actually so mid

[low sorrel]

i would rather just use a ven icl

[topaz veldt]

High fire rate and high midness

[low sorrel]

or a tempest

[brave panther]

doesent help that sometimes arc doesent close properly and still showing as "playing" in steam

[topaz veldt]

Ven IV w/ Extendo III

[topaz veldt]

hm no probs on my 3 machines

[low sorrel]

i don't really use extended 3 that much icl

i would rather use extended 2 and angled grip 3

[brave panther]

you can clear lots of inventory space on 5th step of the project

[shell void]

im a fraud gamer i just watch youtube nowadays

i havent tried arc raiders

[merry stirrup]

realest

[brave panther]

thats it, take his gpu away

[low sorrel]

break his legs

[shell void]

you could give me a 5060 and i probably wouldnt notice for a while

[steel stream]

wdym wizard 101 doesn't need a 5090?

[low sorrel]

akn what level are you in arc raiders

[steel stream]

no idea

[brave panther]

do you need any of these bp's

[shell void]

i dont even play that nowadays, im a max level fraud

[low sorrel]

god damnit i just closed my game

[steel stream]

how could you...

[cosmic gazelle]

OSRS?

[low sorrel]

i need the light mag and the el toro still

[shell void]

i didnt play runescape

i played the korean version of it called mabinogi

[low sorrel]

i can give you these

[brave panther]

but that light mag is shitty tier 1

[low sorrel]

tier 2 no?

[cosmic gazelle]

never too late to start an osrs playthru

[low sorrel]

i have the tier 3 one i just don't like running it that much considering springs are cancer to find

[brave panther]

yea its t2

[low sorrel]

how do you have so many seeds

i have 3

[topaz veldt]

@edgy laurel welp

[brave panther]

im a pve er

[edgy laurel]

people be losing their minds

[low sorrel]

if i play solos im the nicest person in the world

if i play duos or trios...

pew pew

[edgy laurel]

even if we get a foot over the course of Sunday, shit will be worked all day and into the night and I bet by Monday night we'll be back to normal.

[brave panther]

i am just missing showstopper and angled grip

[topaz veldt]

last potato lol

[edgy laurel]

poor guy

how bad you have to be to be picked completely last out of like 400

[brave panther]

put potato in ground and get many more potatos few months later

[low sorrel]

wanna trade for it at like <t:1769216400:t> i gotta do something for a bit

[brave panther]

infinite food glitch

[brave panther]

lets do it tommorow then, imma go sleep lol

[topaz veldt]

WE DONT HAVE TIME

[brave panther]

https://tenor.com/view/the-incredibles-ive-got-time-gif-12758578

[low sorrel]

theres 7 seconds to plant the bomb! they're trying to going pyramid! but, theres no more play! Stewie's won the round! we're going to overtime! C9 has done it! how have they done that!? They came back all the way!

idk why that popped in my head

[frank cypress]

wait, i think im almost got scammed lmao

[low sorrel]

what happened

[frank cypress]

listing for a 3090, i lowballed but he was like i could work with that

but now that i look closer, his time stamped images are fucked

blurry text, text jumping in position

V

i think the photos are from a legit listing,, and they either photoshopped or used ai to erase text and write their own name

[low sorrel]

That's fucking wild

[frank cypress]

i wasn't paying attention at first, but i decided to look closer today

[low sorrel]

Is this hwswap or

[frank cypress]

sadly common nowadays

[frank cypress]

CHWS

[brave panther]

pcie connector is all fucked up

nevermind the completly "stripped" heatsink screws

[frank cypress]

i don't think the photos themselves are ai, im pretty sure it's just low quality photos

wait

[low sorrel]

Side note ennui do you know where to get an family doctor in Vancouver. Mine is retiring in 3 months and they recommended an new doctor but said there's not enough space for everyone on the patient list

[brave panther]

no no, they are AI

[frank cypress]

what the fuck is that backplate?

[brave panther]

yea...

[frank cypress]

this is a legit 3090 ftw3 backplate

[odd sable]

hey, i have two of those cards

[low sorrel]

you have two of the fake ai cards

[odd sable]

no, two 3090 FTW3 cards

and a bridge for them

[brave panther]

hmm

[frank cypress]

the image does look all melted tho

[odd sable]

AFAIK, the other is too, its just a "rev 2" of the card

[frank cypress]

yeah seems so

[pure garnet]

evga picked the worst gen of cards to go out on

[odd sable]

i can go grab one of mine to show

[frank cypress]

3090ti ftw3 has the same one

[brave panther]

i would bet they used a refrence photo and added prompt "add a paper with username and date alongisde a wooden cabinet "

[frank cypress]

so im assuming they probably just swapped over to that backplate later on

regardless, i think the timestamps themselves are ai

cause like, if you were photoshopping it, wouldn't you try to keep the text in the same position?

[odd sable]

nah,its off-axis, they probably found real timestamps and just edited them

[frank cypress]

and it's not like it makes sense to write a new timestamp just to take another photo

[odd sable]

probably with AI, but still

[frank cypress]

yeah that's what i think

[brave panther]

its
look at those fucking screws

[frank cypress]

sigh

[frank cypress]

i think the actual traces are more fucked up

[odd sable]

open a kitchen drawer

[low sorrel]

NGL I woulda fell for that

[frank cypress]

i almost, till i looked closer

well, i asked for a timestamped video

curious to see what they try

[low sorrel]

Did you report it to the mods

[frank cypress]

gonna go message one

[brave panther]

inb4 sora2 watermark

[frank cypress]

lmaooo

if it has an odd aspect ratio imma just dip

[brave panther]

you should dip anyway

[turbid locust]

I’m sorry… 7500X3D?

[odd sable]

its real afaik, yes

[turbid locust]

https://x.com/microcenter/status/2014745177080922551?s=46

Micro Center (@microcenter)

Want to game without breaking your budget? For three days only at your local Micro Center you can get a Ryzen 5 7500X3D pre-installed on a MSI B850M-VC Pro motherboard with 16GB of RAM for just $299.99! https://t.co/WyPD1s0IM7

X · Jan 23, 2026, 5:00 PM

[frank cypress]

probably 😔

[odd sable]

i mean, its just a slightly lower clocked 7600x3d, so, its fine

[low sorrel]

I linked that eariler I'm pretty sure

[turbid locust]

Jerry idgaf

[topaz veldt]

7500X3D oh my god

[turbid locust]

That’s what I said lmao

[low sorrel]

@topaz veldt did you know that 29% of accidents are caused by speeding?

That means 71% of accidents aren't.

Does that mean, Statistically speeding is safer?

[topaz veldt]

bwahaha preinstalled?!

[odd sable]

its probably delivered to them as tray

[low sorrel]

Yeah wait hold up

[topaz veldt]

dude they know that 7500X3D is bought by such mids they put it in the socket for them

[brave panther]

most likely its tray only

[turbid locust]

board+cpu+16gb ram for $300 aint even that bad

[topaz veldt]

we have a new plex server contender

[odd sable]

hey now, given it comes with a board and $150 of RAM, its actually not bad

[turbid locust]

REAL

[topaz veldt]

7500X3D + 5090 TUF OC

[low sorrel]

You can upgrade the ram afaik

[odd sable]

im probably going to buy one of them

[turbid locust]

if 8gbit DDR5 ICs weren’t so ass I’d be mildly interested

[odd sable]

assuming its in-stock at my local microcenter by tuesday

[low sorrel]

It's single stick

[odd sable]

Tustin

[turbid locust]

BANG

[odd sable]

single stick DDR5 is more fine than single stick DDR4,

[topaz veldt]

just give me my fucking 9850X3Ds already

Dual socket AM5

[odd sable]

dual socket am5?

[turbid locust]

oh that flare x5 6000 kit dude

I got that kit with my 7700x and it was literally unstable at expo

[low sorrel]

There's also this

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/s/lSkr1RFCiR

[odd sable]

OOS

[turbid locust]

good price tho but yeah OOS

I’m so glad I bought ram when I did.

[odd sable]

and not great, i got a 2x16GB kit for $262 recently, though thats OOS now

[pure garnet]

2x16 for $262 being a deal is criminal

i sent off a kit of 2x16 a die for free not long before it 8x’d value

[odd sable]

the 2x16GB kit i bought is Crucial Pro 5600

[cosmic gazelle]

nah listen bro the mosfets are just the super duper upgraded version

[odd sable]

on october 5th, i bought the same thing but 2x64GB, for $300

[low sorrel]

How much is 32gb of ddr4 worth rn

[odd sable]

more than it should be

[cosmic gazelle]

i sold 32gb of ddr4 3200 with crappy oem timings for $132.50 on ebay a few weeks ago

[low sorrel]

I remember 2 years ago I paid 130 for a 5800x and 32gb of ram

[turbid locust]

I decent deal on ram could potentially delay my 9850X3D purchase rn

[pure garnet]

what do you need another kit for rn tho

z790 is retrain hell and you have enough decent kits for z890 already

[topaz veldt]

O

@turbid locust I'll front you

[turbid locust]

I need non cudimm H24M

[topaz veldt]

Hmm

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/sketch-whats-up-brother-funny-twitch-gif-18084904052923259782

[low sorrel]

@topaz veldt where do you buy car parts from

My dad needs a new right left control arm and Toyota wants to charge 300 cad for it and 200 for labor

[turbid locust]

Rock auto mf

[topaz veldt]

I'm in the US and BMWs @low sorrel so I do ecs tuning and turner

[steel stream]

jerry has been silenced

[turbid locust]

warship go brrr

[low sorrel]

Lol Toyota can fuck off

[turbid locust]

rock auto my goat

[steel stream]

now do it yourself

[frank cypress]

wait @pure garnet how much did you want for that 4070 again?