tech-chat-2

[fervent chasm]

I already forgot the price

Oh $4

[arctic bronze]

It used to cost 4 bucks to fill up

[hoary hatch]

okay 34 cents cheaper than state average

[arctic bronze]

5 for premium, i gotta run 91+

[wise bear]

We out here making burgies

[fervent chasm]

Do you have to or is it recommended

[fervent chasm]

I love my hotdogs the long way

[arctic bronze]

Its a must, i run pretty high compression, my engine is built

[hoary hatch]

im glad i have a grill for not hobbits

[wise bear]

I'm one person cooking for one person!

[arctic bronze]

Ew propane, where the charcoal

[fervent chasm]

Fake news Americans eat for 4

[arctic bronze]

Where the flavor

[wise bear]

https://tenor.com/view/king-of-the-hill-hank-hill-dishonred-propane-disappointed-gif-14929313193082517190

[indigo walrus]

https://tenor.com/view/hamburger-frieren-fern-elf-anime-gif-12457730061146907821

[wise bear]

Naw that second burgy is for tomorrow :D

[arctic bronze]

This was cooked with charcoal

[wraith steeple]

I'm too eastern world for this shit

[fervent chasm]

https://tenor.com/view/meal-gourmet-food-gif-24738020

[arctic bronze]

Poop soup

[wise bear]

I'd eat it

I see mushrooms

[arctic bronze]

I bet you would

[wise bear]

And roast meat

[arctic bronze]

🤢

[wise bear]

And carrots

[hoary hatch]

I meant the height

Although I cook like 10lbs of chicken at a time for one person

[wraith steeple]

IDEK what that is

[wise bear]

I haven't built the little fold down table for backyard cooking yet

[fervent chasm]

I immediately went for Eastern Europe not eastern on world map

That is polish poop soup

[hoary hatch]

Kirkland signature boneless skinless chicken thighs my beloved

[fervent chasm]

https://tenor.com/view/delicious-polish-food-most-delicious-food-in-poland-most-delicious-food-stew-gif-17721373425529075853

[wise bear]

God ok first grill of the season is a success

I am pleased

[fervent chasm]

Fake grill

No wings

Or drumsticks

Or potatos

[hoary hatch]

Wings suck

[brisk jolt]

u need this
you know you want it

[fervent chasm]

You suck

[fervent chasm]

Man I love 3am wingstop atomic wings, 20 pc

[wraith steeple]

||Himmel died for this||

[hoary hatch]

I've never been to a wingstop

[arctic bronze]

Your kia soul will catch on fire soon

[fervent chasm]

I always Uber Eats it

[hoary hatch]

Okay I've never consumed wing stop product

[fervent chasm]

Comes out cheaper than going in store because I scam uber with new accounts

[arctic bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-excited-explode-happy-spongebob-squarepants-gif-12971731

[brisk jolt]

himmel died and got his ass printed onto a backplate of a disappointing cooler design

[fervent chasm]

Me

[brisk jolt]

icl the gaming trio looks mid at best

[arctic bronze]

Ill destory me some buffalo wings

[hoary hatch]

I've never had BWW either

[brisk jolt]

atomic wings? would recommend, made me sit in the toilet and rethink my life while I was at it

[fervent chasm]

You know people say this about Taco Bell also, I’ve never had to shit the way people make jokes about any of them

[wraith steeple]

This weekend I'll be shopping to buy some meat from the Halal butcher shops to make good ass food

[hoary hatch]

Is this a joke to you

[wraith steeple]

[arctic bronze]

Taco bell is peak

[arctic bronze]

Keyboard warrior

[fervent chasm]

I love a Taco Bell luxe box

[hoary hatch]

How is telling the truth being a keyboard warrior

[arctic bronze]

I just order the 5 layer (RIP 7 layer 😔✊️)

[arctic bronze]

Im just fucking with you

We do a bit of trolling

[hoary hatch]

The 7 layer was so bad

[wraith steeple]

I don't like Taco Bell personally

[arctic bronze]

I am no longer fucking with you

[hoary hatch]

Taco bells value menu burritos are king

[arctic bronze]

Ur now cursed to consume 100 cheese rollups from taco bell

[hoary hatch]

I used to get taco bell for lunch a lot on work days

[wraith steeple]

Honestly most Western food I couldn't care less about

[hoary hatch]

Now I meal prep :(

[arctic bronze]

You will get fat eating taco bell every day, its a place to enjoy every once in a while

[indigo walrus]

I really do, especially with my monitor upgrade. But also, I don't want to spend $1700 CAD on a GPU that's only worth $1200 CAD. Plus, you can't get this GPU in Canada.

[arctic bronze]

Meal prep is goated ngl, its cheaper long term and you cook it how you like it

[hoary hatch]

Meh
I never consume more than 600 calories from a taco bell visit

[brisk jolt]

you could potentially get it for 1500

[hoary hatch]

This past weekend I realized I've lost all interest in pasta so that's fun

[arctic bronze]

Idk what calories i get from taco bell, i normally get 2x 5 layer or 2x supreme burritos

And maybe a soft taco too

[hoary hatch]

That's so much food

I miss the beefy Fritos burrito
The world was better when we had the beefy Fritos burrito

[arctic bronze]

Not really, you should of saw me when i was in highschool, i was workin out and doing shit 24/7, i would eat around 5 burritos in 1 sitting and be beefy af

[hoary hatch]

Hm

[arctic bronze]

I was a bottomless pit back then

[hoary hatch]

I didn't have taco bell until college

[arctic bronze]

I would eat this then be hungry an hour later too btw

[hoary hatch]

But yeah when I was 17 I could consume endlessly without working out
Metabolism was a helluva drug

[arctic bronze]

I worked out and shit

[hoary hatch]

Now I'm almost 30 and ... blegh

[arctic bronze]

Yeah

[wraith steeple]

I'm a very "you can take the man out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the man" type of guy when it comes to food

[arctic bronze]

Im 22 and mine isnt like it used to be, gained weight so i slowed down alot

[hoary hatch]

Growing up I had very little non western food

[arctic bronze]

Same, especially since my family was poor then

[hoary hatch]

Basically the exceptions were Mexican and American chinese

[arctic bronze]

Yep

[arctic bronze]

We had similar situations lmao

[hoary hatch]

I was just in a white conservative household

The word "curry" has never been spoken in my parents house

[arctic bronze]

I also got deer too since i live in the country so my dad would hunt

[wraith steeple]

I was born and raised on Iraqi and Syrian food

Curry is basically basic bitch food in Iraq

[arctic bronze]

Nothing wrong with that tbh

[hoary hatch]

Everything wrong with that

[arctic bronze]

How?

[hoary hatch]

Too many casseroles

[arctic bronze]

Casserole was rare for me

[hoary hatch]

Yeah my parents hunted....for parking spots at the costco

[arctic bronze]

I dont even remember what it tastes like i had it so rarely

[arctic bronze]

I dont have a costco here

[hoary hatch]

I'd take the cowards way out rather than live without costco

[wraith steeple]

Would you believe me that I am far more conservative with what I like for food than my own parents?

[wise bear]

Omg I have a visitor

[brisk jolt]

megamas

[wraith steeple]

Then once you see who I spent most of my life growing up around, it explains everything

[hoary hatch]

I have far different food tastes than my parents

[wraith steeple]

My tastes are more aligned with my grandparents than my parents

[hoary hatch]

My grandmother's pallet is far too Midwest

[brisk jolt]

my taste is more aligned with my aunt than my parents

[young void]

Little cuteyy beanss cuter then what I cooked up but i tried, cant type to save my life

Hate auto correct

[mossy yarrow]

Howdy

[frank cypress]

MEOOOOOOOOOOW

[green marsh]

Still my favorite set https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills. Just doing /using-agent-skills actual prompt asking what to do and it auto-picks the right skill

[brisk jolt]

aint no way I found MSRP 5080 model for MSRP

[mossy yarrow]

This is pertaining to something I posted in tech support, I got the issue fixed but now I have this

That doesn't exactly inspire confidence in this motherboard

[pure garnet]

it’s just cosmetic

there’s no traces and it’s surrounded by grounds

[mossy yarrow]

Alrighty

I shouldn't need to put kapton tape over it then?

[pure garnet]

nah no need

[mossy yarrow]

Awesome I appreciate it. Never buying a cheap Amazon case again 💀

The standoff is now stripped, bent, and broken on the end!

[wise bear]

He smelled the burgies

[pure garnet]

my nzxt case got that way after a few motherboard swaps

[mossy yarrow]

Yeah that makes sense

I picked this up from a full build on marketplace and the guy said he bought it off Amazon a few years ago and it had already seen 3 motherboards.

One of the parts I got was this diseased ridden motherboard with a 8600G in it

[pure garnet]

shit my case is 2 months old and it’s already seen 3 motherboards 💀

[mossy yarrow]

That's hardcore

I bought a 4000D airflow off a friend that has been through 4 or 5 in its lifetime

Never had this issue

[low sorrel]

@frank cypress why'd you sell me a gpu and a cpu thats needs a repaste

ze hotspot temps are at 102c right now

[mossy yarrow]

But anyways, I'm making an entry-level build using my old mainboard, a 1660s and some other parts I have laying around to afford a kit of DDR5.

[mossy yarrow]

This is the way of used components

[low sorrel]

Was like oh the core is fin-

Only 60c

Looks at the hotspot temps

[mossy yarrow]

insert obligatory "OH MY GOD" plankton line

[south shuttle]

it’s probably just a ground plane

made from copper

[brisk jolt]

@pure garnet so did the apex feel more helpful in getting better speeds

[mossy yarrow]

This instills confidence that this motherboard won't go up in flames like the PC I bought off a dude who left it in his basement during renovations

[pure garnet]

i mean i’ve had 8400 going since i got it

[brisk jolt]

compared to u pushing the mpower only for 8k?

or did u not push the mpower at all

[pure garnet]

terms are better than my 4 dimms were, mpower hasn’t gone past 8000 because i’ve only used zen 4 in it

[mossy yarrow]

Aight, cya later folks I gotta finish these

[pure garnet]

but my mpower is currently struggling to do 8000 after putting it in a box for a month

apex takes longer to train but judging by the speed i’ve been able to do it’s doing something

[low sorrel]

@merry stirrup how to mem oc

[brisk jolt]

im opening up the possibility of selling the 5070ti since i dont have anything to use it with atm

[mossy yarrow]

Update: so every single one of the standoffs is stripped...

[wise bear]

https://tenor.com/view/spider-man2-spider-man-j-jonah-jameson-tobey-maguire-peter-parker-gif-26416399

[mossy yarrow]

None of the screws from my loose case screws I labeled for the standoffs fit and I checked them all and they all have a small metal hair coming off the end and lots of scrapes

This is a nightmare

[frank cypress]

cpu needs a repaste cause its kryonaut

gpu was fine 🤔

I never opened it

[mossy yarrow]

Is kryonaut any good?

[brisk jolt]

no

duronaut>

[low sorrel]

About as long lasting as your longest relationship

[frank cypress]

are you xoc'ing?

[brisk jolt]

DNS

[mossy yarrow]

I see that explains the 100° temp on my r5 5000 bout a year after I built my first rig

[frank cypress]

actually

im not even sure if i ever looked at hotspot

I just used the gpu lol

[mossy yarrow]

Corsair thermal paste good? They have it at my local Walmart

[frank cypress]

isnt it some of the most expensive while being some of the shitiest?

[brisk jolt]

i think im gonna just live under the deep blue sea with my 4400

[mossy yarrow]

Jesus okay

I have phase change pads but I use those exclusively on new parts and not repastes

[low sorrel]

To be fair

Shittiest in thermal paste

[frank cypress]

flavour too

did not taste good

[south shuttle]

hy-p17 or mx7 are going to be better in every aspect possible

[frank cypress]

/s

[low sorrel]

Just use burger king ranch sauce

[frank cypress]

wtf we onto mx7 now?

[south shuttle]

yes

[low sorrel]

What about ptm7950

[mossy yarrow]

I'm printing this and pasting it on the wall

[south shuttle]

idk it’s expensiv

[low sorrel]

@frank cypress how much is ptm7950 from taobao

[south shuttle]

hy-p17 has lower thermal resistance

[south shuttle]

that’s not real ptm7950 but most likely pcm8000 series

at that point just buy hy-p17

you get more of it per $$

[low sorrel]

But I want phase change pad

[frank cypress]

ill sell it to you

[low sorrel]

No

[south shuttle]

it’s not as good as ptm

[frank cypress]

[low sorrel]

Also bitch I thought you didn't have thermal paste

[frank cypress]

you said thermal paste

[south shuttle]

it’s pretty good still but you just pay higher price for a worse product

[frank cypress]

I had thermal pads

not the same

[low sorrel]

You fucker

[frank cypress]

also ptm is expensive

[low sorrel]

You know what I meant

[south shuttle]

cheapest ptm you’ll find i think is from thermal grizzly

[frank cypress]

like, I paid $80 for my sheet

[low sorrel]

I just gave you one grand

[frank cypress]

and I gave you a computer

[south shuttle]

if you go any cheaper it’s going to be oem pcm8000 series or in the worse case pcm5000 instead of genuine pcm ptm7950

[low sorrel]

Is thermalright Helios any good

[frank cypress]

I hate that shit

[south shuttle]

it is fine if you can get it for like $2

[frank cypress]

idk how performant it is but

[low sorrel]

Oh wow

[south shuttle]

similar to pcm8000 but as far as i know it’s not oem pcm

[frank cypress]

the sheet sticks hard af to the film

and its pain to apply

just in my experience

[south shuttle]

i think thermalright makes the pcm

instead of a white label product

like most of their pumps are inhouse produced

[low sorrel]

What's pcm8500

[frank cypress]

either way tho, I do not recommend

[brisk jolt]

which of these are the dragon warrior

[frank cypress]

shits horrible

[south shuttle]

just buy hy-p17

like cmon

doesn’t matter if it’s phase change if it’s shite

[low sorrel]

But it's COOL

But it don't keep it very cool

[frank cypress]

+1 to this

tbh I need to buy more paste

I had a big tube of mx6 at some point

but it disappeared

:/

[south shuttle]

it’s definitely not honeywell is what i can tell you, next thing i can tell you at most is that it’s made in china as well

[low sorrel]

But it's cheaper then the paste

[south shuttle]

like ptm

last thing but i’m way less confident in this, the manufacturer could be shenzhen beichuan lihe

[south shuttle]

if you buy the cheapest you might end up getting performance and longevity of a mediocre paste

or worse

hy-p17 is already cheap, like €4 for 2g tube

that’s 5-6 applications

[low sorrel]

1 application and I lose the tube

Literally bought a 50g tube of mx4

Applied it once

Lost the tube

[south shuttle]

i trust halnziye they have good products

i even applied thermal putty onto a 450w gpu core (where it shouldn’t be) and it holds well to this day

but do not look at their cheaper stuff that is all shit.

[south shuttle]

it also tradeblows with ptm7950

[low sorrel]

seems ok

[mossy yarrow]

How's my organization

[south shuttle]

from where you’re getting pcm8500

[low sorrel]

according to Reddit most fake ptm7950 listings are pcm8500 now

[south shuttle]

reddit is reddit

pcm5000 series is still in circulation

[low sorrel]

https://tenor.com/view/gamba-xqc-gambling-addict-777-gif-25803752

[south shuttle]

reddit also said based on 1 post that ryzen 5 7400f throttles

[low sorrel]

Also random taobao review's say this one is pcm8500

[south shuttle]

i got mine, youtubers go theirs and no they don’t

it was either a bad batch, the user poorly mounted the cooler intentionally or unintentionally

[south shuttle]

well, i’m not stopping you

does the listing say it’s ptm7950 or pcm8500

if it says ptm7950 i’m not sure if i would rely on that it is indeed pcm8000 series

like they could’ve swapped to pcm5000 when they’re already lying

you know i’m in for the model is better than brand always, until there are expections like thermaltake with their psus

even when you buy their psus that have been reviewed there’s a chance it has different internals than you think as they literally have a name for downgrading psu models without changing anything apparently

to the average customer

[merry stirrup]

just buy the real thing

[south shuttle]

it’s expensive ngl

especially shipping

really surprised honeywell doesn’t sell ptm directly but rather via 3rd party distribution

but i guess it has drawbacks so many just don’t do it similar to major tech

[south shuttle]

compensation for ram being $$$

[brisk jolt]

I might ask him to buy it and send me ngl

[pallid marsh]

cheapest Z series ddr4 mobo on pcpp is $292

[frank cypress]

DAMN

where is this?

if he ain't gonna buy it, lemme buy it

[pallid marsh]

walmart

[brisk jolt]

he said it was bestbuy

[pallid marsh]

qr code says walmart

[low sorrel]

That's a Walmart pricetag

[brisk jolt]

senator im singaporean

[low sorrel]

Where's my SS team?

[pallid marsh]

thats what i said

[low sorrel]

Wait

Not that SS

[brisk jolt]

@low sorrel haircut more aerodynamic than audi’s F1 car

[pallid marsh]

i think thats jerrys aunt or grandma

[green marsh]

@topaz veldt also today i found out how much limiting is 5700G compared to anything newer when doing MoE offloading.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B in IQ3 quant:
2699v3 with quad channel DDR4-2133 with single 1080 Ti - ~30t/s token generation.
5700G with dual channel DDR4-3600 with single 1080 Ti - ~10t/s token generation.

I suspect it is usable on my 9950X because DDR4-6000 has much more bandwidth.

So i had to settle for Qwen3.5-9B in IQ4 quant with q8_0 kv cache to fit in the 11GB VRAM. Oh well, i only wanted it for 24/7 agent thingy, so hopefully it will be enough for that.

[brisk jolt]

@trim agate just got my ethernet cable Im getting close to 1300 now

[round robin]

Hey guys, I was just wondering if Lian Li SX1200 Platinum is good? it's also Tier A in the tier list. Any pros cons? Thanks!

[brisk jolt]

ok nvm i lied its now doing this

[trim agate]

open da door

[brisk jolt]

the door was open all along

[devout ridge]

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

Having to get used to a new laptop is such a weird feeling

like 90% just worked after the transfer, but a bunch of small things i have to fix

[steel stream]

https://videocardz.com/newz/microsoft-says-winui-3-takes-a-leap-forward-with-lower-file-explorer-launch-overhead

[halcyon radish]

i use arch btw

[brisk jolt]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-fsr-upscaling-4-1-officially-coming-to-radeon-rx-7000-gpus-in-july-rx-6000-in-2027 just only took them 1.5 years

[steel stream]

RX6000 gets it 2027? god damn lol

glad to see it happening but wow

[edgy laurel]

I thought posting the daily videocardz articles was your job

you're slacking

[brisk jolt]

he got struck by a smooth criminal smh

[steel stream]

yes boss sorry boss won't happen again boss

please don't put me on a PIP

[edgy laurel]

Get your act together

[steel stream]

🫡

@fringe vigil https://videocardz.com/newz/gta-6-physical-pre-orders-may-start-may-18-best-buy-affiliate-email-suggests

[fringe vigil]

looks fake as pamela andersons t..ts

[edgy laurel]

f'ing jorj..

[steel stream]

quite the answer lol

[brisk jolt]

he’s the real jorj

[steel stream]

that's for sure

[brisk jolt]

https://youtu.be/dcyEkfIu1w0?si=UvRdldsrED-JxEsi

https://tenor.com/view/femme-soule-pukey-goddess-shot-trick-drunken-goddess-reflux-gif-12181851530391189499

[placid blaze]

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/microsoft-bitlocker-protected-drives-can-now-be-opened-with-just-some-files-on-a-usb-stick-yellowkey-zero-day-exploit-demonstrates-an-apparent-backdoor

They also state the vulnerability is well-hidden, and that they "could have made some insane cash selling this, but no amount of money will stand between me and my determination against Microsoft."

Beast mode

[cosmic gazelle]

hey uh alibaba idk if that’s how that works bud

[brittle trellis]

Someone doesn't understand the tracking info

The LA one is just saying the custom clearance has started

Which happens before the package is sent

[shell void]

whatcha buying?

[brisk jolt]

so like ig we cant read

[pure garnet]

great success

[steel stream]

huge news for the program

[pure garnet]

i’m actually at like 21 hour total at this speed i just forgot to disable fpu for the first 4 hours

and i ran an hour of the stock loose preset

[steel stream]

is this gonnabe the tune you stay at or will you chase smth higher?

[pure garnet]

probably gonna save this for now then back down to 8000 until i get a ram fan again

the tridents run kinda toasty even without gpu heat

[steel stream]

stock heatspreaders?

[pure garnet]

yeah

https://fixvx.com/digitalfoundry/status/2054914660290224578?s=46 oh hey collective bullying works

Digital Foundry (@digitalfoundry)

Excellent news - FSR 4.1 upscaling is confirmed for RX 7000 GPUs, coming in July, with 6000 series support due next year. https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/05/amd-fsr-4-1-now-coming-to-older-radeon-7000-gpus-in-july-after-radeon-9000-debut-with-radeon-6000-support-coming-in-2027

vxTwitter / fixvx · May 14, 2026, 1:20 PM

[steel stream]

RX 6000 not till 2027 is so funny

[brisk jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/fsr-gif-22015334

[devout ridge]

Fidelity: Shitty Resolution

[cosmic gazelle]

aliexpress tracking only ever says that once the package is in the US i didn’t know the clearance starts before it gets heee

[pure garnet]

use 17track it’s better at deciphering the status updates

@brisk jolt the apex really likes higher vddio than my mpower

[brisk jolt]

an apex isnt gonna solve my problems

[pure garnet]

probably not

[hoary hatch]

Guys I think I bought stolen goods

These showed up for $30 on marketplace

[pure garnet]

noctua from the truck

[hoary hatch]

Fell off the back of a truck for sure

[steel stream]

damnnnn

[hoary hatch]

What am I supposed to do with 140s tho

[steel stream]

does your case not support 140s?

[pure garnet]

i need to pickup a a12x25 as a ram fan but the g2 is out now

[steel stream]

yeah I need to replace my AIO + rear exhaust fans with chromax g2

[hoary hatch]

I got 120 rgbs

[steel stream]

damn

[pure garnet]

i should but that’s money

[hoary hatch]

Corsair QL120 vs noctua 140G2, who will win

[steel stream]

now that school is over I need to wait for a few paychecks before buying

[pure garnet]

fr

[hoary hatch]

@spiral quarry unfortunately they're not the definitive colorway

[steel stream]

I'm thinking about going back to air cooling, but I would want to wait for NVL to see how it cools

[pure garnet]

i’m going to ohio next week so i can’t blow all my money on noctua fans

[hoary hatch]

Do I buy a Corsair frame 5000d

[steel stream]

I'm assuming it should cool well, but I will wait

[cosmic gazelle]

https://tenor.com/view/jfk-clone-high-i-like-your-funny-words-magic-man-jack-black-gif-18659433

[hoary hatch]

Find some from a sketchy dude who got them off the back of a truck

[pure garnet]

what the hell is swiftx

[cosmic gazelle]

whatever alibaba sellers use for free shipping apparently

[pure garnet]

alibaba shipping of doom and despair

[steel stream]

Honestly not a bad looking case

[hoary hatch]

It was on woot for $80 a few days ago, I haven't checked today

[cosmic gazelle]

it is 10000% getting here after their guaranteed window so i think i get a couple dollars back or something

[slim pebble]

Any advice for a first time GPU water block? I’m probably going to try this weekend.

[steel stream]

this is a @topaz veldt or @wraith steeple question

[pure garnet]

my mouse parts came on the day and i still got the coupon

ebay has gotta stop emailing me about a $630 gene

i’m not paying that

[cosmic gazelle]

i just wanna be able to blow this fx 6300 up with 1.5 volts already

and alibaba takes a week to go from one chinese city to another chinese city bruh

[pure garnet]

i thought alibaba is the bulk version of aliexpress

[cosmic gazelle]

aliexpress is specifically targeted as an international marketplace but sucks ass now because they realized americans know of their existence

so now the prices on a lot of things are horrible

alibaba i think is just kinda chinese marketplace idk

they have a lot of bulk stuff but also a lot of non bulk

for example a lot of jonsbo cases are cheaper to buy from alibaba and significantly more expensive to buy from aliexpress

[steel stream]

Subnautica 2 has DLSS and FG

no FSR though

and no HDR

[shell void]

sounds based to me

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/the-simpsons-angry-grandpa-gif-14233249

no FSR based, no HDR not based

[shell void]

i think it makes sense that they prioritized implementing dlss before implementing fsr and hdr

i’m sure fsr and hdr will both be added in due time

[steel stream]

yeah hopefully

if not RenoDX or some sort of HDR mod will for sure pop up

I was kind of hoping for PT but not too surprised it didn't show up

[hoary hatch]

What about our Lord and Savior XeSS

[steel stream]

it is just early access still

[shell void]

the dastardly pickle that i’m in because i want to watch jack play this, but i also want to play it myself

[steel stream]

https://tenor.com/view/jonah-hill-johan-cut-it-nahh-not-funny-gif-16881741

[shell void]

i guess i’ll just have to wait until after i play it

[steel stream]

I will have to wait the 2-3 years for EA

[hoary hatch]

I should buy a 15" MBA just to spite Michael

[shell void]

yeah that’ll show me bro XD

[hoary hatch]

Costco has a M4 15" 24/512 for $1300, M5 15" 16/512 for $1250

[frank zealot]

This is hilarious

FO4 Mod: C VertiCat

Defensive Flying Cat Turrets

@wise bear

[wise bear]

what in the fuck

yeah thats getting downloaded

its like the taxidermied cat drone

[frank zealot]

They meow

[shell void]

iirc m5 gpu is ~35% more powerful

significant

[sharp heart]

wtf

[hoary hatch]

Realistically I don't need 24gb on a mba

[frank zealot]

Are you unfamiliar with FO4 modding?
The modders are fuckin' HILARIOUS

[shell void]

this is true

[hoary hatch]

Realistically I do not need to buy a new laptop right now

:(

[frank zealot]

Would this mod be absolutely unhinged?

Then ramp up the goblin in it 20% more, and then release it!

[hoary hatch]

I'm going to drop tech money on a folding phone later this year

[sharp heart]

completely unfamiliar, it has been a while since i played fo4

[steel stream]

iPhold?

[frank zealot]

Go down the rabbit hole. It's a whole thing.

Just avoid the... adult only mods, that's an entirely separate animal you don't need to get into.

[analog scroll]

My Mac has the Radeon X1600 gpu I just learned

[hoary hatch]

I am never switching off of Android

[steel stream]

ah

[frank zealot]

Solid prices for S90F OLED TVs.
https://slickdeals.net/f/19519740-samsung-oled-s90f-4k-samsung-vision-ai-smart-tv-factory-reconditioned-55-899-99-65-1049-99-woot?attrsrc=JFYCarousel%3APosition%3A1|JFYCarousel%3AType%3Athread&src=jfy_carousel

Factory Reconditioned units at totally reasonable prices

[steel stream]

holy shit, 55" for $8?

[frank zealot]

I'll buy 50

[steel stream]

I hate Samsung TVs and I'd still buy as many as I could

my rooms getting a new samsung OLED

[analog scroll]

I'll buy 3 and immediately sell them

get some dolla

actually I'll buy a ton of them, sell all of them, and buy a GDM-FW900

[frank zealot]

for anyone who wants a bargain basement TV:

[steel stream]

Ill just take the OLED

[frank zealot]

It's probably horrid, but 55" for 250? what the fuck

[pure garnet]

good enough for fortnite

[signal parrot]

good enough for 250

[steel stream]

fortnite in the basement whenever your cousins come over

[pure garnet]

it’s honestly in my rotation still

[frank zealot]

60hz and only 2 hdmi, so yeah it's cheap as fuck. But... 250 is cheap as fuck

[steel stream]

this isn't bad for a G5, woot refurbed though 🤷

[pure garnet]

i fell out of love with tac shooters

[frank zealot]

https://slickdeals.net/f/19517928-lg-32gx850a-b-32-inch-ultragear-glossy-oled-dual-mode-4k-uhd-165hz-or-fhd-330hz-0-03ms-g-sync-compatible-gaming-monitor-799-99?attrsrc=JFYCarousel%3APosition%3A17|JFYCarousel%3AType%3Athread&src=jfy_carousel
das not bad

[hoary hatch]

Looking at z fold 8 wide 🤞

[analog scroll]

if my monitor does 60.850hz would I call it a 61hz monitor or would I round down for some reason

[steel stream]

I've started playing D2 simply because I want to do raids again

[frank zealot]

800 for a 32" 4K 165Hz OLED (330hz 1080p)

[pure garnet]

i cleared salvations edge then basically never tried hard again

beating that raid as a <100 hours new player was pain

[steel stream]

I'm starting off with desert perpetual and will move onto salvs edge when I get back into the swing of things

[pure garnet]

are you pugging?

[steel stream]

I watched a guide and took notes on the mechanics of desert perpetual lol

[pure garnet]

have fun with verity either way 😭

[steel stream]

imma be honest I have no idea what this means

[pure garnet]

are you using the lfg

or did you assemble a premade squadron

[steel stream]

I'll be doing LFG yeah, but probs not the in built in, will find some streamers discord

[pure garnet]

ah

[steel stream]

built in LFG is good for dungeons and raid checkpoints at most imo

[shell void]

🫃

[pure garnet]

i did all of mine in a premade

[steel stream]

I used to do raids with a group of people but no longer

[pure garnet]

i actually raid led a bit of one too

[analog scroll]

I got my main gaming monitor (LG 32' 100hz 1080P) for $105CAD, my secondary monitor (Shamrock SRC1502L 17inch I think? 60hz at 1366x1024) for free, and my third monitor that I mostly use for testing (Dell Ultrasharp 32" 4k studio monitor) found on the side of the road

what do y'all rate these monitors

[pure garnet]

i have a new ultimate in final fantasy to do in like 2 weeks though which is cool

[steel stream]

3/10, 2/10, 5/10

[pure garnet]

they’re like 20 minute boss rush endurance encounters

[steel stream]

yeah pantheon comes back in june, and I want to try completing that

[analog scroll]

alr respectable

[steel stream]

pantheon was super fun the first time around

[analog scroll]

the Shamrock monitor is from 1995

[steel stream]

I can tell

[analog scroll]

I mean it is technically my second highest refresh rate display

cause it can go up to 72hz at lower res

[brisk jolt]

DNS DNS DNF*

[hoary hatch]

What did max do this time

[analog scroll]

My monitor setup kinda sucks lol

[steel stream]

if it works for you then who really cares 🤷

[brisk jolt]

nothing

except for making the 24hr nurburging sell all their ticketd

[analog scroll]

my workbench was not designed for 2 32' monitrs

[livid flame]

As it’s my birthday, my dev friend got me a gift.

[steel stream]

as long as you enjoy it

[steel stream]

enjoy the game, happy birthday

[livid flame]

Cheers. We gonna coop it tonight when kids in bed.

So atleast I have someone that knows the game with me

[shell void]

if only i had a core ultra 9 495dx right now

[steel stream]

loserrrrrrr

[shell void]

windowed fullscreen does not work correctly by default if youre using display scaling

[steel stream]

typical UE5 slop smh /s

[livid flame]

If you have a list of issues dm me and I will let my pal know

[brisk jolt]

I’ve never been interested in subnautica
Who’s gonna glaze and convince me to get in

[livid flame]

I get Krafton games for free now. So I’m gonna glaze and say get it

[shell void]

it isnt aware that my display is actually 3840x2160p and not the 2560x1440p that im emulating with 150% scaling in windows

works fine in exclusive fullscreen tho

oh i have to update my drivers to get the dlss override in the nvidia app i think

[steel stream]

did they even release drivers for this?

[brisk jolt]

I’ve seen popular videos of it back then but I never clicked on them

[shell void]

yah theres a driver from may 12th

[steel stream]

I would say wait for full release, and then play it

so you have the full mystery you know

[brisk jolt]

mayhaps ill just watch sub1 gameplay and see how yall like it before I consider

[livid flame]

I got the original when UWE wasn’t Krafton and tbh, enjoyed it. Shame it was very early access then as I didn’t touch it after 1 year

[livid flame]

Cohcarnage is streaming it and Krafton discord loving it

[shell void]

the game does not appear to have a manual reflex toggle so the input latency is WAYYY worse with framegen disabled (framegen forces reflex on)

you should be able to remedy this by forcing low latency mode on in nvcp/nvapp

[steel stream]

I always appreciate you being our game sleuth

[shell void]

i love testing out games like this almost as much as playing them

the entry for subnautica 2 has not appeared in my nvidia app so i cant override dlss 3.5 to dlss 4.5 yet :(

ill try adding the exe manually but idk if thatll work

this game is very difficult to run at max settings

[steel stream]

I'm assuming you are testing out 4K native?

[shell void]

brother im getting ~90fps running DLSS 3.5 CNN Performance mode with my 5090 maxed out

i think this game has undefeatable depth of field

i thought turning post processing to Low would disable it, but it's still very blurry

[pure garnet]

early access of doom

[steel stream]

Oh shit

[cosmic gazelle]

times are tough so this is what we working with

i have no clue why there’s a m.2 slot and no standoff

[shell void]

i was getting 42fps looking at this blurry coral structure at 2160p DLAA (3.5)

i dont think this looks like it should be limiting me to 42fps

[cosmic gazelle]

is the game actually any good

[shell void]

idk im just in creative mode trying to find graphics settings thatll work

[shell void]

it does not

im not going to play this until i can override the dlss3.5 because this is terribly blurry

[steel stream]

Oof not good

[shell void]

hopefully they add an option to remove the depth of field

[cosmic gazelle]

well luckily the celeron sbc works after taking it out of its rinky dink ahh plastic case lol

[steel stream]

Early access UE5 game

[shell void]

you should play the first game, it's fantastic

i cant recommend this EA as it is unless you enjoy beta testing a subpar experience

[cosmic gazelle]

Early access UE5 game

[turbid locust]

Instantly less interested in the game

[steel stream]

Just give it 2-3 years

[turbid locust]

That’s how long it’ll be in early access so

[shell void]

i’m sure it’ll be fine eventually but it’s not worth playing yet imo

it barely runs on a 5090 and doesn’t look good imo

[steel stream]

Blame Krafton CEO it’s all his fault

[turbid locust]

I just refuse to buy early access games anymore

[pure garnet]

he should stick to mac and cheese

[analog scroll]

I just spent Arctic MX-6 repasting a Dual Core Pentium E5400

[steel stream]

Smart move

[analog scroll]

because I had nothing else to use

[turbid locust]

Not buying promises anymore

[cosmic gazelle]

i spent mx-6 repasting a celeron j3455 sbc

get on my level

[analog scroll]

oooof

ok you win

[turbid locust]

are we pretending paste is expensive again

[cosmic gazelle]

no

[shell void]

it is if you’re me because i put a whole 1g tube of duronaut when mounting a cpu cooler

[cosmic gazelle]

bros living out that one ltt video

[analog scroll]

I just don't feel like the PC that really should be going to the ewaste center instead of me cleaning it and giving it away needs to use some of my only tube of thermal paste

[steel stream]

What about GTA6 though

[cosmic gazelle]

we will know what kind of game gta 6 is by the time it comes out on pc anyways

[turbid locust]

It’s rockstar

[shell void]

gta 6 has had 13 years of development time so it better not be a buggy early access on release

[pure garnet]

i’m already almost out of duronaut

[steel stream]

I want it to be buggy simply because it would be hilarious

[pure garnet]

turns out swapping motherboards 3 times in 3 months wasted a lot

[turbid locust]

“I want it to be bad for those trying to enjoy it because I’m a spiteful piece of shit”

[steel stream]

Should have scraped it off and reused

[pure garnet]

fr

[steel stream]

I have nothing happy left in my life Mac

[turbid locust]

skissue

[topaz veldt]

Yeah I think this is working in LM Studio

[steel stream]

Realistically I more want it to be good on release it would just be a little funny to see

[turbid locust]

But nah I witnessed a 15 year old on twitter get absolutely dragged by half the internet for saying he hoped GTA 6 was bad

“You were 2 when GTA 5 dropped stfu”

[pure garnet]

the apex is running a lame 8000 tune rn for temps

i want gta 6 to be good but i think the dev time has caused unrealistic expectations

[steel stream]

I’ll probs play GTA6 on my ps5 on launch

I’m not paying for a PS5 pro

[fringe vigil]

me at midnight when i got nothing else to do but wait for the doors to open for gta 6 release

[hoary hatch]

Jaykihn keeps teasing me with these tweets

[spiral quarry]

Damn not even the chromax color?

Or are they just the OG ones.

[hoary hatch]

Just black

[steel stream]

Batman

Sub2 has already sold a million copies

[fringe vigil]

its out?

[hoary hatch]

I was gonna get sub2 but they ran out of stock, shame

[fringe vigil]

might pull the trigger see what the hype is about

[cosmic gazelle]

Can confirm the sbc repaste was so effective that the fan didn’t spin for so long that i thought i didn’t plug it in correctly

[steel stream]

yes

[steel stream]

it's a good game jorj do it

[fringe vigil]

okay

[cosmic gazelle]

i mean yeah og sub is like one of the classics

[fringe vigil]

1 will prob be better thna 2

[hoary hatch]

I slightly want a switch 2

[steel stream]

do it

[floral spear]

yea... on second thought maybe not going to buy this game

FH6 touge is so disappointing

[cosmic gazelle]

lol stress has been running for like 5 minutes

and i have all power limits removed

[hoary hatch]

It's a lot for a pokemon machine tho

[steel stream]

that is true

wait a little bit for FBM deals

[edgy laurel]

2 has a lot to live up to

[livid flame]

6.49 is a steal

Krafton only had to deny millions in bonuses to make the price cut happen

[steel stream]

worth it

[cosmic gazelle]

honestly quite decent

[frank cypress]

so good to be back

[civic reef]

@cosmic gazelle Good thing I bought the T14 LOL

[steel stream]

a real cpu

[civic reef]

In comparison, I got:
MC: 7650 (ish, don't remember)
SC: 1181 (ish)

[frank cypress]

🙏

[civic reef]

At 10W less than this thing's TDP

[cosmic gazelle]

what am i looking at

[civic reef]

R23 scores for the 2400GE

Oh I didn't include the name in the screenshot

My bad

[cosmic gazelle]

oh i mean you can quite easily get 5000 out of it

[pure garnet]

you need a z790 apex encore so bad

[civic reef]

How so?

[cosmic gazelle]

removing the power limits and setting it to 4ghz

[civic reef]

Oh
Yeah fair enough

[cosmic gazelle]

the “e” is an artificial limitation

[civic reef]

Still, 2K ahead x33

[frank cypress]

real but the $10 flaming piece of msi garbage i have kinda hits for the price

[hoary hatch]

Ennui needs 8+16

[cosmic gazelle]

yeah i mean you basically have 2 extra cores that perform similarly

[frank cypress]

i have 8p16e

[analog scroll]

Can Microsoft pls give up on Win 11 and resume support for Win 7

[frank cypress]

just not on this pc

[civic reef]

4* :333

[cosmic gazelle]

lol

[hoary hatch]

It says 13700

[cosmic gazelle]

oh yeah lol

[hoary hatch]

Oh

I see I see

[frank cypress]

i have a 13900ks but it's the worst sample in existence

something like 103sp or something

[analog scroll]

Win 7 optimization is crazy, it on a dualcore LGA 775 pentium and Sata HDD was about the same speed as win 11 on an SSD

super snappy

[cosmic gazelle]

ah yes an os that does nothing does nothing

revolutionary

[analog scroll]

🤯

pls microsoft I need this, my LGA 775s are kinda worthless

[frank cypress]

probably not so much as win7 being amazing as windows11 being kinda poo

[civic reef]

Also they don't perform that similarly,,,, atleast it seems,,,
400 more points SC!!!

[pure garnet]

i think it’s more the dual core pentium

[frank cypress]

also that

[civic reef]

Though difference would probably be closer to 1-200 with PL removed ig

[analog scroll]

forgot to mention also it's 2gb of RAM

I had multiple windows open without any dropoff in performance

which isn't saying much but still cool

[analog scroll]

I mean like win 11 on a modern PC

not windows on the dual core lol

[pure garnet]

i’m not really surprised the 20 year old operating system runs well on the 20 year old computer

[cosmic gazelle]

nah it’d be like zero lol

[civic reef]

Aw

Bweh, good enough for a mobile chip atleast

[steel stream]

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-unveils-rtx-5080-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-edition-limited-to-500-units-in-europe finally a solid themed GPU

just a modded trio but at least it's a new color scheme and not just some change to the backplate

[civic reef]

Oh btw
I forgot to say this a while ago

Thanks a bunch for the help with troubleshooting my laptop :>

[cosmic gazelle]

no worries!

[civic reef]

Inshallah I will annoy the shit out of you if I get a proper desktop again 🙏

[analog scroll]

MDA Amber

do you know what colour that monitor is?

if it's the one that's glowing amber in the photo, that's MDA Amber

Interesting that it has more pins than mine

could be CGA or EGA too

what type of card does it connect to on the pc?

[low sorrel]

Hey the Audi f1 car is pretty fucking good

[analog scroll]

I have this weird card in my 8088 that has a connector that the MDA monitor can plug into, but doesn't actually output video signal

[low sorrel]

I will not take this Audi slander

[analog scroll]

You can actually use an arduino to display an image to it

which is very useful for testing

[steel stream]

Huge W, work network is down

[steel stream]

their livery without sponsors was so good

[frank zealot]

Who wants to start a fire?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B099NB3TTY/

[devout ridge]

Great for lots of <100w devices

also why the fuck does it say it supports 240v?

[frank zealot]

problem is that may not even be phones anymore

[devout ridge]

i love the classic 240v nema 5-15

[steel stream]

oh @hoary hatch what did you think of the steam controller

[low sorrel]

Did you drop it yet

@turbid locust u lie I'm CPU bound in arc raiders

[steel stream]

what are your specs now?

[devout ridge]

Subnautica 2 acquired, 2 of my friends are already playing it

[pure garnet]

5950x/4070

[frank cypress]

oh huh, somebody is selling the projector i was looking at on alibaba on facebook marketplace

he lives in narnia but he said he would be coming to a city that's a lil closer in a couple weeks 🤔

[hoary hatch]

Surprisingly light

I've barely used it, delivered at like 6pm yesterday

[turbid locust]

“I’m cpu bound in the notoriously dogshit game engine”

I cannot say I feel bad

[steel stream]

this is a big moment for Jerry

finally a useable GPU

[turbid locust]

He said that because I said Zen 3 wouldn’t hold a 4070 back at 4K

[steel stream]

ah

[turbid locust]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/amd-makes-fsr-4-upscaling-official-for-radeon-rx-7000-and-6000-series-cards-rdna-3-and-rdna-2-chips-will-soon-enjoy-improved-visuals bro it’s too late lmfao

[steel stream]

6000 series is next year too

and I want to see the visual difference

[turbid locust]

It doesn’t really matter if it looks better when it’s in 5 games

[steel stream]

AMD users still praising it though

if NVIDIA did this, Jensens jacket would be on a stick

[hollow path]

Guys would this be optimal for airflow?

[lunar comet]

I have gsync, vsync, fg, and reflex to play around with. What do yall recommend when im running a game a lot lower than my monitors refresh rate?

[turbid locust]

what framerate and what refresh

[steel stream]

rear 140mm should be exhaust imo

[patent latch]

agree

you want negative pressure in your case to help negate dust build up

[steel stream]

139 and 144

[turbid locust]

I run exhaust only and that shit get dusty as hell

[lunar comet]

Its variable. Some games i get 50-140fps flightsim2024 for example and others I get more than 200. Im using a 100hz 1440p monitor with my 4070S. Not planning on high refresh rates cuz im not into competitive gaming.

[patent latch]

how does exhaust only work

[steel stream]

No need to go above your monitors refresh rate, set the global cap to like 96 FPS so you never go outside of gsync range

if you really do get 50FPS in some games, you can try FG and see how it feels

[lunar comet]

Fg with gsync?

[steel stream]

yeah

[lunar comet]

What if i add reflex and vsync to it? Not necessary?

[patent latch]

wait I have it backwards it's positive pressure that's desirable

at least like for dust build up

[steel stream]

you want reflex, I can't recall about vsync, I think you usually just want gysnc

set a global fps limit in the nvidia app though

[hollow path]

that's what I'm running now

[lunar comet]

Gotcha so basically if it dips to 50fps fg will increase it and gsync wont let it get past 100hz?

[steel stream]

yeah

[lunar comet]

So no need for vsync

[steel stream]

yeah don't bother with it

[patent latch]

yeah scratch that I just remembered it's the inverse lmao

I mean from an airflow perspective I think the rear exhaust fan is a good idea

so your GPU can breathe a little better

[green marsh]

@topaz veldt and GN says Define 7 has a bad airflow (sure, it's idle temps, but still funny how low it is 😄 )

[pure garnet]

@merry stirrup kiss my

[turbid locust]

It still pisses me off that you’re dailying the Apex

[steel stream]

mismatched fans of doom and despair

[pure garnet]

they’re the same fan

[steel stream]

as in direction

[pure garnet]

noctua said to do it

[steel stream]

for air coolers

[pure garnet]

air is useful by the ram

[pure garnet]

what else would i do with it

[turbid locust]

is that the method

[steel stream]

front aio intake I am assuming?

[turbid locust]

I think I might have space for a silly fan above my PSU in the A3 but the air would literally just be fighting the PSU exhaust

[pure garnet]

yeah

[steel stream]

yeah I guess for RAM oc then it's useful, you win this time

https://tenor.com/view/where-is-my-free-coffee-gif-25537785

[steel stream]

I need more fans in my build

[turbid locust]

I’m almost considering going back to an ATX case solely for better ram cooling

[steel stream]

do it

[turbid locust]

But the A3 💔

[steel stream]

or I guess do it next gen when you upgrade

[steel stream]

do you put your computer on your desk?

[turbid locust]

on a dresser next to my desk

[lunar comet]

Wont that intake just circulate that exhaust back in?

[steel stream]

ah ok makes sense yeah, smaller builds are nice for that

[turbid locust]

I use the full 78 inches bro

[topaz veldt]

I think I might buy a workstation witha 6000 pro for work

[steel stream]

yeah I started off with the PC on my desk but it just took up too much space

[turbid locust]

Ya

[topaz veldt]

I wonder how long my desk is

[pure garnet]

time to see if this does anything

[steel stream]

too massive

[turbid locust]

loool

now add two monitors

[steel stream]

if I had a 48" I would def get two vertical 27" on the side

[turbid locust]

Shits peak

[steel stream]

C6 48" this year has the tandem panel for some reason, that would be peak

rn Im just an alt + tab demon

[pure garnet]

i think this second bequiet fan is broken

it sounds like a turbo diesel

[topaz veldt]

This is my setup

actually thats wrong

the short side is 60+29"

[green marsh]

too much $$$ for my taste

[topaz veldt]

work pays

[steel stream]

desk is only 29" deep?

[topaz veldt]

yup

[turbid locust]

yeah could never work for us lol

[topaz veldt]

Because I use monitors not TVs

[steel stream]

I moved back home over the summer and I'm back to a 29" deep desk lol

[topaz veldt]

You're also not fitting 120" + 89" of 36" depth desk lol

[turbid locust]

jfc

[steel stream]

nah that's just the room at that point lol

[topaz veldt]

even with 29" depth its absurd

[steel stream]

I miss my desk

[turbid locust]

78”x39” is peak

[steel stream]

I hope to do 39+" in the future, that would be nice

[topaz veldt]

if you only have one PC

78" is way too smol for me

[turbid locust]

5nail is having one of his contrarian days

[steel stream]

just call us peasants why don't you /j

[turbid locust]

@pure garnet thermal pads come in today but I’m not sure I know where my byski spreaders are…

[topaz veldt]

Just callin it like I see it feller

[steel stream]

did you get those generic byski ones?

[turbid locust]

Yeah forever ago

[topaz veldt]

I don't have the balls to rip the spreaders off my like $700+ RAM

[steel stream]

my ram was 180 when I did it so I felt a little better lol

[turbid locust]

My 6K26 kit had their stock spreaders on for MAYBE 12 hours

[topaz veldt]

I am going by replacement value lol

[pure garnet]

yeah this fan is just dead

no way

[steel stream]

@turbid locust the method is to let your dimms sit in the byski bag for hours with iso while you go take an exam

[frank zealot]

fucking hell, I forgot how bad windows updates can be on HDDs >.<

[turbid locust]

exactly what I did. I think my stock spreaders are STILL in that bag lmfao

[steel stream]

mine might still be too LOL

[turbid locust]

but yeah I might’ve lost the spreaders. If I didn’t lose them i definitely lost the tiny screws. Probably will have to buy new ones

[frank zealot]

the box is a VM on an old HyperV server, and... oof. It's painfully slow in this shizz.

(It's being replaced this year)

[turbid locust]

Could ball out on the full copper ones LMAO

[frank cypress]

you need to run a custom loop just for your ram

https://tenor.com/view/mr-peabody-hypnotize-gif-18017563854157472082

[brave panther]

lmao this needs to be added to ar glasses

[steel stream]

they look fire man

[frank cypress]

a full fucking 360mm rad for that bitch

[frank zealot]

I've got a barrowtech NVME block lol

just for full "who tf cares lol"

[topaz veldt]

I was looking a t the various water cooling one and they are all shit

[pure garnet]

do we trust wd40 to not blow up the fan

[steel stream]

these look good

[steel stream]

only one way to find out right

[pure garnet]

well i mean its spinning but im not sure if i should remount it

[brave panther]

in wd40 and ductape we trust

[pure garnet]

i need navy’s 140s that fell off a truck

[turbid locust]

Yeah they’re just $50 each LMAO

[steel stream]

dude me and my memory OC adventures totally need it

[pure garnet]

apparently wd 40 is NOT the method for pc fans

[steel stream]

did it explode or smth

[topaz veldt]

Do they actually toucht he SPD

[pure garnet]

no but it'll harden soonish

[steel stream]

no idea tbh, but these are air cooling not water

[topaz veldt]

yeah but thats the biggest issue

on any spreader

[steel stream]

ah got it, yeah I've got no clue sorry

[turbid locust]

Supposedly the method is putting fat high compression thermal pads on them. The stock pads suck. I’m gonna find out soon because when I originally got my third party spreaders they were the same temp as stock lol

But guy in hwbot said if you use them with high compression pads it dropped his ram temps 10C

[pure garnet]

some guy in hwbot wants me to run occt

[turbid locust]

OCCT is valid

[topaz veldt]

would love that

let me know what you do @turbid locust

[pure garnet]

the 1 hour free limit makes it invalid to me personally

if i was looking for hardware failure then it'd be another thing

[turbid locust]

Pads are being delivered today, not sure if I’ll be able to find the spreaders I got forever ago lol

[turbid locust]

that’s called the XMP verifier lmao

[pure garnet]

oh he wants to see my 8400 tune with it

i'll let it run since im wondering if this fan even does anything

[fringe vigil]

why my fans ramping up randomly

[pure garnet]

this a new one

[turbid locust]

Did you get it locked in

[pure garnet]

aside from fanless trefi yeah

[green marsh]

@topaz veldt RIP Github Copilot users

[turbid locust]

Stable?

[pure garnet]

so far yeah, ~12h karhu, 4h karhu fpu on (whoops), and then im gonna vt3 overnight tonight

the fan isn't doing a damn thing

[brave panther]

moreee

[topaz veldt]

Guess what we use at work

[pure garnet]

should i try the included apex fan lmao

[topaz veldt]

no it sucks

by default the EF port only turns the fan on when DIMM temp is like 60C lol

[pure garnet]

i’m on trident z same as you but for whatever reason they just can’t stay cool

[topaz veldt]

whats the CPU/memory combo

[pure garnet]

9800x3d and h24m 8000cl38 1.35v

[topaz veldt]

shoul dbe very easy to cool

[turbid locust]

Nice. Idk if my H24M just does really ass tRFC but when I set 65K tREFI and like 177ns tRFC shit errored in like a minute

[topaz veldt]

9800X3D gimped fabric

[turbid locust]

and I don’t think it’s temp related because the test wasn’t even going long enough to get to temp

[pure garnet]

well i’m at 8400 1.45v vdd and it’s still hitting 60c

[topaz veldt]

maybe bad application of pads

I run 9000 1.55v and don't hit 60C

on Intel doing 138 GB/s

like 6W SPD

[turbid locust]

If these third party spreaders with fat pads work well I will probably do it to all my kits. I need all the thermal headroom I can get.

[topaz veldt]

I really want the direct contact water cooling jawns

I forget the name... but apparentl Apex spacing sucks

Not going to lie I am looking at str5 boards

What would make more sense? $6k for 9970X w/ 128GB 5600 and I could run both 5090 Master blocked in it..... or..... RTX 6000 pro in something

$6k vs $9k

[steel stream]

imma be honest the 9970X just sounds awesome

[topaz veldt]

actually nm I can get a 9960X for $4999 with board and RAM

[steel stream]

way cooler

[topaz veldt]

ah sold out at MC nm

5600 though 😭

I am not that dedicated to this shit at home

[steel stream]

nobody has to know, just say it's 128GB of ram

[topaz veldt]

sigh

[steel stream]

🤷

oh but you do have more total vram on the pro

[topaz veldt]

right

64GB vs 96GB

I could sell the 5090 TUF OC and put the 6000 pro in my SFF which is 9950X3D2 w/ 96GB 6000 CL28

VRAM : RAM

The models I run don't spill

[steel stream]

yeah hm

[topaz veldt]

Things I think about

I would put it in the SFF build so I am not tempted to pull the cooler off a $9-10K GPU

I have 200 DIMMs of 32GB 2Rx4 2400T

prob $75-90/ea

at $75 it $15k

set aside 36% for taxes

Its exactly $10k

[steel stream]

yeah I think that's the move then, especially if you sell the TUF

[topaz veldt]

The other kind of left field option I have

[steel stream]

intel battlematrix system!

[topaz veldt]

Because of my role I could get work site to site VPN extended to home

I could have work SSID here

I could then theoretically join SFF PC as a work asset and then use my lab H200 system

But I'd have to make the SFF build compliant with work s hit, no gaming

blah - either way I have to dump over 200 DIMMs lol

Thats for sure

I bought more DIMM trays

[steel stream]

so I can deduce more dimms in the future?

[topaz veldt]

yes sir

I feel like I have the most unique "issues"

[steel stream]

damn nice cables

what model senny's are those again?

[topaz veldt]

600s daily

[steel stream]

im looking at 660S2, miss my sennheisers

[topaz veldt]

yeah I went basic b's

[spiral quarry]

Lol panda gambling with a different magnetic switch for my keyboard.

[steel stream]

how have they been treating you?

[pure garnet]

i should try and do 8600 with 2200 fclk

that would be quite the daily speed

[topaz veldt]

totally fine but I do notice a difference going to the arya stealths

[shell void]

you need to run 8800MT/s with 2200FCLK just to end up with the same bandwidth as 4400MT/s

[keen plover]

hello

[steel stream]

I agree with you about the soundstage of the Hifimans, but I find my anandas too be too "harsh" in the upper mids/treble when listening to music

[pure garnet]

my 8400/2100 setup is marginally faster than 4400 1:1:1

[topaz veldt]

They are def brighter

[shell void]

the 4000-4400 configs are limited by the minimum allowed timings hurting latency

[topaz veldt]

What my arya stealths have in brightness my HD600s have in "fucking stop crushing my head" with clamp force

[pure garnet]

yeah but madness still went and benched it

8400 > 4400 > 6000

[shell void]

i should run 4x32GB 4000MT/s 2000FCLK with auto trained jedec timings

that would be incredibly optimal

[steel stream]

yeah Im also looking at getting a pair of Meze109 pro in tandem with the 660s2 because apparently they are super comfy and good dynamics

[pure garnet]

if i use 1:1 on the apex that's sacrilege

[shell void]

true it is, and this gives you gear 2 practice for zen 6

for anyone curious the optimized Subnautica 2 graphics settings are just everything maxed, but Shadows and Effects on High instead of Ultra

now i just have to pray that itll pop up in Nvidia App so i swap DLSS 3.5 for DLSS 4.5

[pure garnet]

i found this follow up post on the apex yesterday https://fixvx.com/unikoshardware/status/1915510385421304265

UNIKO's Hardware 🌏 (@unikoshardware)

the attacks on asus x670e gene and x870e apex being incompatible with Zen6 go crazy in china recently. about the so-called a1b1 layout changed, asus now clarifies the hardware design on these models.

google translate:

""C9G C10A both use a1 b1😉
CROSSHAIR X670E Gene (C9G) I did one thing which is to use a1 b1, CROSSHAIR X870E APEX (C10A) is of course also a1 b1.
Recently, people often ask whether c9G c10A does not support Zen6 because it may be the old a0 b0 design! ! ? ?
About this question:
1. C9G C10A both use a1 b1.
2. AMD's a1 b1 design guide will be updated in July 2024, and basically all motherboard manufacturers will follow it. As for the old models before this time point, it is not certain, and both methods may exist.
3. The document does not mention Zen6 but mentions AM5.
4. Personally, I think if AMD really locks a0 b0, some old customers will complain. Personally, I think it will not be locked.""

i believe with the help from asus, amd will eventua…

vxTwitter / fixvx · Apr 24, 2025, 8:57 PM

so i should be fine to just drop zen 6 in here

[shell void]

inshallah

[topaz veldt]

fake news

the whole a0 b0 bullshit was ruled out as an issue

[cosmic gazelle]

is this a coffee lake refresh type deal or just an asus specific thing

[pure garnet]

the rumor was zen 6 had 2 imcs and the better one was wired to slots 2 and 4

so if the board wasn't wired to be 2/4 then it wouldn't be as good

[cosmic gazelle]

oh that’s kinda silly sounding

isn’t that just a bios update where they change what the board thinks the slots are?

[smoky orbit]

Gotta love having parents that don’t give a shit about hearing networking works, they bought a smart wall socket and all, fine but they want to use it to cut the router’s power (also the wifi ap) and I’ve been trying to tell them that it be able to fucking turn itself back on cause there will be no more way for the fucking wall socket to work)

[analog scroll]

lol

that kinda reminds me of the useless box

but different

[wraith steeple]

https://www.reddit.com/r/WATERCOOL/s/GcuQ9VqoHw
Holy shit Heatkiller is getting a massive makeover. The design hasn't changed too much in 20 years and I'm all for it. Heatkiller V CPU blocks. Let's gooooo

[smoky orbit]

Yeah, im just out of words, my brain can’t handle how people can not think for a sec about how things works, I tried to help them make sure it will work (cause if it doesn’t tomorrow morning I’ll somehow magically become the saviour that knows everything and now it’s somehow my fault that they get angry when I ask them to test it now so that way they won’t have to wake me up at fucking 5:30 am)

[turbid locust]

No the traces are physically connected to the slot and socket

[slim pebble]

Nice! What board and CPU?

[topaz veldt]

Iunno

[smoky orbit]

(I bet 1000 CAD that they wont be able to turn the fucking wall socket back on tomorrow and that they’ll come cry about it, huuuugggghhhhhhhh)

[cosmic gazelle]

no i know but if there's only 2 dimm slots then can't they just tell the board those are slots 2 and 4

i'm missing something

[slim pebble]

I considered an APEX, but it really doesn’t fit with the use case for high capacity dual rank

[turbid locust]

I can’t physically get myself to justify extremely expensive boards when I can get one for $200 that does 99% of the job

[shell void]

bioluminescence like this will be really cool once you can use DLSS 4.5 and HDR @steel stream @edgy laurel

[steel stream]

dope, dope dope dope

[slim pebble]

Now I want to ditch work and play subnautica

[steel stream]

imma stick to the $400 board market I think, I really like my nova

[shell void]

you know youll want a Z990 Hero

[turbid locust]

It’s just when new shit launches the good shit starts at $400 and then over time it gets better value

[steel stream]

Z990 pro art would go hard

[turbid locust]

Like AM5 600 series boards were quite ass under $400