general-chat

[hoary zodiac]

All that under $100

[craggy shoal]

I had a Corsair K65 Lux. The best keyboard before I started looking around for better brands. I got a Royal Kludge RK68 for basically half the price of my Corsair keyboard and I love it way more

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah the niche brands makes the best stuff

[craggy shoal]

A coworker I work with told me about open-source corne keyboards:
https://github.com/foostan/crkbd

That's if you wanna go EXTREMELY niche 💀

You can even add a screen to it if you want. Completely customizable

[mental yoke]

It’s gonna be 80° out today

[hoary zodiac]

I got one of those macro pads

[craggy shoal]

I want a Keychron macropad just to match my other Keychron keyboards

[hoary zodiac]

I might get around to writing a script for it

It's a cheap chinese one so

Luamacros for windows

And something something for linux

I forgot what it was called

They're nice tho

[mental yoke]

are macro pads good?

[hoary zodiac]

Especially for specialized workflows

[mental yoke]

and what’re they used for?

[hoary zodiac]

Shortcuts

[mental yoke]

ouu for what?

[hoary zodiac]

Or game keybinds

[mental yoke]

ou ok.

cool

[craggy shoal]

I use my current macropad for playing sounds (I use it with Voicemod and play sounds when playing games)

[mental yoke]

are they like single handed keyboards or something?

[hoary zodiac]

Ahahaha

I used to voice spam

Would've been handy when I used to troll on SCPSL servers

[craggy shoal]

kinda want to find an alternative to Voicemod though so I can suggest my friends to use that instead of Voicemod. Just because of how expensive Voicemod is now 💀

[hoary zodiac]

I use open source ones

They're kinda janky

It's been a while since I used one

So I forgot the name of it

[craggy shoal]

I'm also just using it for sound effects, rather than changing my voice

[mental yoke]

I’m really about to spend $60 on H&M. 😊

[craggy shoal]

On what?

Better be tech-related

(probably not because it's H&M)

[mental yoke]

It’s not 😂

some linen pants and 2 sweatshirts

[wary fjord]

H&M is that a clothing brand

[mental yoke]

yep.

[wary fjord]

get a furr jacket

https://tenor.com/view/macklemore-thrift-shop-fabulous-fab-coat-gif-3580049

https://tenor.com/view/fur-gif-20750615

[hoary zodiac]

Tribble jacket

[mental yoke]

I’m not rich man, I only made $500 this week

[hoary zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/tribbles-star-trek-universe-gif-15358836

[wary fjord]

thats already alot by 3rd world perspective

[mental yoke]

Yeah but still, taxes took $100 of that

[wary fjord]

and all stuff u bought has tax on it too

how much really do you own xD

[mental yoke]

Yah, but I haven’t bought anything yet

[hoary zodiac]

Cost of living tho

[mental yoke]

I owe $250 for part of rent

[hoary zodiac]

Pffff

Only?

[mental yoke]

sometimes more

[hoary zodiac]

Wait

Part of rent?

Oh

[mental yoke]

Yeah.

I moved in with my friend

[hoary zodiac]

Is it $250 per month?

Or per week

[mental yoke]

Week

[hoary zodiac]

Sounds about right tbh

Housing prices are insane these days

[mental yoke]

Exactly

a 1 bed 1 bath is $900 + utilites a month here

[hoary zodiac]

Nobody can afford living alone

[mental yoke]

MINIMUM**

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah I find that it's more cost effective to rent a large apartment and share with friends

Single units are stupid expensive

[craggy shoal]

@hoary zodiac This might be my goto suggestion for people who (understandably) can't afford VoiceMod
https://github.com/LoredCast/soundboard

That plus Steel Series Sonar instead of Virtual Audio Cables (so it's entirely free and you can use Sonar's Clearcast AI to have the sounds sound crystal clear through Discord)

[hoary zodiac]

Oh wow

[craggy shoal]

Some of the sounds are cut short though, so that's weird (actually probably because I moved all of my sounds to a different folder and it had some weirdness reading each file)

[sinful blade]

So I’m going to a new job

As a windows/doors salesman
Which means I’ll be asking people if they want windows and explaining what’s wrong

However

My pay is great

I get $100 per demo, plus 14/hr
Most of my coworkers are taking like $2k home a week

[elfin mural]

lol

Well

That means being able to afford better pc parts

[craggy shoal]

🥶

[mortal grail]

Think it's caught the cold

[surreal kernel]

bro wtf

I just ended myself on cyberpunk

this was a ending ????

Wtf

[sinful blade]

If I don’t fail the test

If I fail, I lose the job offer

[sinful blade]

I have 3 lists
All for different budgets
I’ll grab em all and show

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WRz3QP
If I can’t afford much

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wFyJWt
If I can afford a lot

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/N8vTTY
Middle of the road(I didn’t put a lot of time into this build so it’s not great)

[pseudo raven]

great pay to sell windows goddamn

though as a sales job it does take patience

[proud jackal]

?ban 1178203157017411602 spam

[topaz crown]

ginnypig_25319 was banned. | spam

[icy ore]

Rip

[mental yoke]

OzTalksHW is a decent source of tech

[sinful blade]

I basically have to tell people who are too poor to get windows “you’re not too poor, get windows”

[agile pendant]

is it normal for a backorder to be delayed over and over again

[dusk knot]

hmmmmmmm

[gentle drift]

Hey can someone help me out with my Pc? I just upgraded the MOBO, CPU, and Ram, I turn it on it boots and shows the MSI logo then it black screens. No light on the mobo

[sinful blade]

What’s your old list and your new one?

[sinful blade]

Rarely, but it can happen

[sinful blade]

That’s gotta at LEAST be $12

[gritty forge]

https://tenor.com/view/plink-cat-plink-cat-gif-1794292671885121408

[gentle drift]

Honestly I don’t even know the old parts it was terrible, like 8 years old lol

[pliant berry]

look out for debug lights on the mobo, double check connections, and make sure the ram is in the correct slots according to mobo manual

[rancid juniper]

https://youtu.be/PDAy-8Gqa_w?si=2DZ9wCpqo3MjdF4P

[surreal kernel]

bro I'm crying

i wasn't expecting that cyberpunk ending

[wooden marten]

Its temping

[pliant berry]

but q3

[tranquil pebble]

is Q3 really all that much better?

[wooden marten]

This is alot cheaper

And if im using it w my pc theres no point in the extra software

Yeah $500 for q3

[pliant berry]

the q3 is considerably better

but q2 is still good entry into the space

[velvet summit]

If you have a quest 2, the upgrade to quest 3 might not exactly be worth it, considering the price jump, and a similar game library (especially during launch since the Q3 didn't have any Q3 specific titles)

[surreal kernel]

yall I need some help

[velvet summit]

The Q3 is mainly better due to the lenses, but if you're mainly doing pcvr, then the pico 5 would be the one to get

If you're in Europe or asia

It's unfortunately unavailable in the americas

Wait

Pico 4 not 5

[surreal kernel]

anyone here has completely finished cyberpunk?

[pliant berry]

I finished it once

[surreal kernel]

what ending did you get

[pliant berry]

would it say in the achievements? because I don't fully remember xD

[wary fjord]

i plau to kill npc

so is all other gta

[surreal kernel]

oh nah

[surreal kernel]

I don't think the su1cide ending shows up?

right

I could b wrong

the one where V throws the pills

I thought it was V deciding to let Johnny take control so they could storm arasaka

Lmao

[pliant berry]

I don't think I got that one

[surreal kernel]

oh

then you must have made alot of good choices

bro I gotta replay all of it now

😭

[pliant berry]

I started a second playthrough but didn't get very far yet

[surreal kernel]

I watched a video

on 5 things you shouldn't have done

I did them all

and one sends me back into the very beginning lmao

not to mention I didn't even save takemura

[pliant berry]

lol

[surreal kernel]

not very begging but it was early asf

and I tried to b careful on making the right choices

Then I heard the gunshot and I start bawling my eyes out

sorry for spoiling it

game said that that was the normal ending and I guessed that everyone already got it once

[pliant berry]

yeah I didn't get that xD

I should continue my second run

[surreal kernel]

damn I'm sorry

💀

can't wait for project orion

[gentle drift]

So for my pc when I have the SSD plugged in, it posts then it goes black screen and im not able to do anything after that, but when I remove the ssd it at least goes into the BIOS ,any tips?

I have no debug light in

On*

[pliant berry]

might not be booting correctly. make sure you have both connectors plugged in if it is SATA, when booting repeatedly press the bios key for the mobo before it gets past the logo screen to enter bios and check the boot priority menu. make sure windows boot manager or whichever os you are using is at the top

[craggy shoal]

take your display cable out of the motherboard and put it into the GPU

[gentle drift]

It’s in the gpu

Am I allowed to send pics on here

Well I got into the bios

I changed some settings

The boot order was correct, but now it gives me a blue screen with error code Inaccessible boot device

It’s a resetted ssd and I’m trying to reinstall windows on it so I have a USB with windows connected to the pc aswell

Okay so I was able to get to the install windows portion

My bios is detecting my ssd but when installing windows it’s not detecting it?

[velvet summit]

do you see no options for drives?

[gentle drift]

No theirs no options

[velvet summit]

hmm

[gentle drift]

I already tried changing the sata cable and moving the sata slot

[velvet summit]

it shouldnt be the issue with cable/port if it gets detected in bios

it's the installer acting funky for some reason

[gentle drift]

So I’m booting from the USB right now so maybe that’s why it’s acting up? But once I change the boot priority to the ssd it gives me a blue screen saying inaccessible boot device

[wary fjord]

maybe has to format

before using it

i dont know xD

[gentle drift]

How do I format it

[mental yoke]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-essentials/install/create-a-bootable-usb-flash-drive

did you do this already?

[velvet summit]

Boot order with usb is correct

I would try to reflash the installer usb

[chrome mirage]

I'm thinking of doing a rear seat delete since these seats are useless

[pseudo raven]

wtf lmao

criss cross apple sauce type seats

[dusk knot]

Hh

[dusk knot]

Yuck

[chrome mirage]

Works great for passengers that don't have legs

[icy ore]

Just put legs out windows

[chrome mirage]

That might be harder than you think

[icy ore]

https://tenor.com/view/ice-window-quebec-winter-freezing-gif-17569153

[tranquil pebble]

What car?

[chrome mirage]

Toyota 86

[tranquil pebble]

Oh yeah, rear seats should not even exist on those

Same for Mustangs

[chrome mirage]

I've had 4 people and 2 dogs in here once

[tranquil pebble]

yikes

[grand kernel]

oh wow

i sent coolermaster a broken 4 year old 750W MWE gold for RMA

i was not expecting to get back a brand new sealed 850 MWE gold v2

[grand kernel]

opinion of coolermaster went up for sure lol

[reef shard]

Lol the only point of these seats are less expensive insurance from what it looks like

I'm thinking about getting a Mustang and they're no different

[chrome mirage]

I know

[rancid juniper]

did you update bios? 😳

intel apo is now supported for 12th/13th gen intel cpus

[rancid juniper]

i should get a car someday

🤔

[icy ore]

Mustangs are fun, but do struggle with lots of little maintenance things

Had a 2007 GT and felt like I was constantly working on something with it

But I do miss it still

[reef shard]

I'd find it fun to have a car to work on and enjoy

The fact you still miss it says enough

[grand kernel]

today I learned something new is possible

the board is reading the dram cache of the drive as the entire drive

it's a team group 1TB SSD but it's reading SM59XT 1GB

the controller on the SSD is a Silicon Motion SM2259XT

lmao

[cedar compass]

[cedar compass]

[valid musk]

whenever I click my mouse on my pc or do anything my screen flickers then turns off

and then I can do anything until I restart

[rancid juniper]

https://youtu.be/JZG-WP8A_2c?si=m03Z0rrKUDU20AvJ

hmmm

70w gpu

amd gotta make a 75w 7000 series gpu or something

idk

[kind kiln]

what channel is meant for laptops?

[icy ore]

You can ask here or #building-and-recc-chat

[kind kiln]

gotcha

anyone have laptop suggestions with a 4070?

[grand kernel]

LOL I don't have the packaging for this SSD anymore so I cut up a cup tray to use as an outer shell to protect it

clearly i missed my calling as an engineer

[reef shard]

Tweakers getting creative

[reef shard]

#tech-deals 😂

[grand kernel]

i stuffed it with paper and it's actually really solid

new ssd packaging meta i guess

[tranquil pebble]

I had one of their towers once. HAF 932 full tower. I loved it.

[grand kernel]

my opinion of them definitely wasn't bad before, it's just higher now

[reef shard]

Is this normal going price for 4080

[grand kernel]

it's a good deal, but not low enough that it's a guaranteed scam

worth a shot if you're in the market

i paid less for my very real 4080

good luck

[reef shard]

Just wondering, if it's not a scam I'm worried to see what my 3090 would sell for

[grand kernel]

3090 and 3090ti have actually held value pretty well relative to their gaming perf

because of ML/AI

[reef shard]

I don't think Newegg values change fast but I did see mine is still selling for exactly what I bought it for

New of course

But still

It's been more than a year sincr

[grand kernel]

3090s are like 650 on the used market

maybe you can get 700-750 for a 3090ti lc

[reef shard]

Thats Not Bad at all

[grand kernel]

yeah it's higher than the gaming perf justifies on its own

[mighty hazel]

Eh its kinda bad when a 4070 ti costs the same and performs the same

[grand kernel]

3080ti basically has the same gaming perf but it fell a lot more

[mighty hazel]

And is brand new

[grand kernel]

ok but does the 4070ti have 24gb of vram

[rancid juniper]

sold

[mighty hazel]

No but you’re not gonna use more than 12 in any game

[grand kernel]

bruh

did you even read what I said

[reef shard]

My PC would do well in other platforms

Overall

If i sold

[grand kernel]

"it's holding value better than its gaming perf tier because of ML/AI"

"ACTUALLY, video game"

[tranquil pebble]

I've seen GMod use more than 12 GB at 1080p but I suspect its because players were spamming massively inefficient effects

[grand kernel]

💀

I saw tarkov use 23.5gb

that was fun

[reef shard]

95900x 64g ram

Probably can be used for more than games lol

[grand kernel]

my poor 3090 was getting 6 fps

[reef shard]

Brought to its knees

[grand kernel]

550 watts for 6 fps

[atomic current]

rendering the enemy in full at 70 miles away

[grand kernel]

0.0109 fps/watt

beautiful

don't ask what resolution it was at

[reef shard]

Box tv level res

[grand kernel]

what res is that

i had it at the very normal gaming resolution of 20480x11520

[reef shard]

Very normal

[grand kernel]

12K gaming isn't ready yet guys :/ sorry to disappoint

[rancid juniper]

every low end gamer runs at 25600x14690

[grand kernel]

idk

I don't think I get that resolution on my etch-a-sketch bro

[rancid juniper]

update it

[grand kernel]

@rancid juniper did you see my new ssd

[rancid juniper]

ive seen some mentions while i was scrolling

[atomic current]

did you draw it on your etch-a-sketch

[grand kernel]

apple is salivating over it rn

taking notes

1gb ssd

now shipping in the new macbook pro

starting at $500000

[rancid juniper]

whoa what is that screenshot haha

you can hover over it and it displays info?

[grand kernel]

all relatively recent MSI boards do that

yours should too

board explorer in the bios

[rancid juniper]

i never knew that WTF

also the apple thing is true

[grand kernel]

but there's no point cause nothing on your system will ever be as cool as this 1gb ram chip in an m.2 slot

[rancid juniper]

next macbook is gonna be 10gb ram at +4500$

👌

[grand kernel]

aka the SSD is so dead that the system is reading the dram cache as the entire drive

[rancid juniper]

bruh

what game can you even put on it anyway?

[grand kernel]

stuffing 1gb ram in my m.2 slot sounds kind of hilarious though ngl

I wonder if I can actually install an OS on it

I don't think so

[rancid juniper]

probably some small linux os

[atomic current]

puppy

[rancid juniper]

very lightweight

[grand kernel]

probably will just lose the data on reboot cause it's dram

like a ramdisk with no battery

ah quit your complaining windows 11 this is why nobody likes you

[rancid juniper]

imma go check board explorer rq

I don't think my z690 pro a has board explorer

[craggy shoal]

this guy has a single 1GB drive

[pseudo raven]

one whole gigabyte

[grand kernel]

1gb m.2 ssd

the future is here

[swift sable]

Ayo?

[rancid juniper]

🗿

[elfin mural]

bruh

[sinful blade]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126342645033?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=adPvFaB-S6q&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rej26bxrr_g&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

If they just gave proper storage and ram for this price

[elfin mural]

msi

ew

their prebuilts have terrible bloat

[dusky gale]

Does anyone here actually have an old latitude or Thinkpad or other laptop with like 4th gen ish I7
Would like to know how snappy/horribly unresponsive it is before I go and drop liek $300 on one

[elfin mural]

they're a bit sluggish even with an ssd

[dusky gale]

Fun

What's like

Idk is 6th gen also bad

Want a quad core but probably not gonna happen

[pliant berry]

it probably wouldn't be my main device and I probably wouldn't run windows on it

[elfin mural]

it can absolutely run windows but it's not gonna be very snappy

[sinful blade]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/196102701804?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=yqDRYTDqQVW&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rej26bxrr_g&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[dusky gale]

Keep needing an laptop but none of the 7 I have are anywhere near functional or worth fixing

[sinful blade]

Just get a mini pc with a portable screen at that point

After 7

[dusky gale]

Wdyn

I've acquired them in mostly unusable states

Only 1 was an actual laptop I used and it's a 2010 MacBook air with no battery

2 2011s both efi locked a 2013 idk dead af

[sinful blade]

[dusky gale]

Powerbook g4and an ibook g5

Not real great options

Half of them were so bad they got deleted by the bot zamn

What bout the 6600u

[tranquil pebble]

bot delete means probably the file name had something it didnt like

unless it just failed to upload

[dusky gale]

Filtered word

Again

Anyways is 6th gen also ass

[tranquil pebble]

6600U is a dual-core, so yes

[dusky gale]

What's the first mainstream quad core mobile CPU then

Like

Probably 8th grn

Gonna be horribly expensive

Looking for dirt cheap ebay laptop

[tranquil pebble]

I would not consider anything less than a quad-core to be decent personally

unless you're going to put Linux on it

[dusky gale]

Windows 10

Idk how to debloat it otherwise I would

Occasional light gamering

Mostly web browser probably

Blender maybe

3df zephyr (probably won't run)

[tranquil pebble]

6600U might work ok for light stuff

[dusky gale]

(multiplayer mc, terraria and pz)

[tranquil pebble]

Blender will too for light modeling, but nothing crazy

Minecraft will be laggy without optimization mods

[dusky gale]

It's 1.6.4

Probably should run

(1.6.4 with 150ish mods)

[dusky gale]

Because igpu I'm guessing

[tranquil pebble]

thats part of it

slow CPU is another

[dusky gale]

True

How's it stack up to desktop cpus

Say an I3 4130

I've got one to compare against

Shockingly usable

[tranquil pebble]

not really a fair comparison

[dusky gale]

True but like

[tranquil pebble]

6600U should be slightly faster I'd think

[dusky gale]

Hmm

So it should be fine

[dusk knot]

5080 when....

[dusky gale]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/166694174066?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=dzwmfrx2txe&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=a7K_XWvATY2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY very tempted

Heyyy quad core

Ballin

[tranquil pebble]

~4% faster by a benchmark I saw

[dusky gale]

Speed

[tranquil pebble]

yeah U series are not known for speed

They are however insanely efficient

[dusky gale]

The U is for Uefficiency

[tranquil pebble]

That is after all, the whole point of them yeah

U is more like ultrabook or ultra low power

They can be used in i.e. tablet form factors without issue

Dumbest thing I've seen though... U series in a desktop.

That just gives you the worst of all worlds lol

[sinful blade]

@tranquil pebble how’s this look

I could probably spruce this up for cheap

[dusky gale]

Broken touchpad only issue and it's kind of a big one

[tranquil pebble]

for older games, it will work as is

[sinful blade]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126342644590?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=adPvFaB-S6q&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rej26bxrr_g&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

2060 in a $600 build

Yikes

[dusky gale]

6820hq any good?

I don't know literally anything about laptop stuff sorry

[tranquil pebble]

That's a proper quad-core so yes

[dusky gale]

Zamn

Baller

[tranquil pebble]

8 thread too

hq is a high-power laptop CPU

[dusky gale]

Woah heyyy it includes a charger

Even has a drive

Is this a scam

https://www.ebay.com/itm/386905330256?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=o4mnxnwfrsg&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=a7K_XWvATY2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I might just buy it

[tranquil pebble]

Not likely a scam but it will need a RAM upgrade and an OS

[dusky gale]

Os ez (very totally legit windows install) and ram is probably fine

8gbf was the recommended not that long ago

Ok nvm kinda long ago

[tranquil pebble]

8 GB is the standard for Android phones these days

upgrading RAM on that should be easy though

[rancid juniper]

lol my last phone was like 4gb iirc

😂

now i have 8GB

[tranquil pebble]

Less than 6 GB on modern Android is asking for a terrible experience

My current phone is 16 GB RAM which is overkill

[rancid juniper]

8GB is still fine on android 14

[tranquil pebble]

Yeah, that's why I said less than 6 is bad

[rancid juniper]

tried it on my phone and haven't lost or seen any problems on performance

(yet)

hehe

[rancid juniper]

for sure

i think i can enjoy my SD695 device for like maybe 3-4 more years at best

hopefully thats if i can install a custom rom on it once official support ends

[tranquil pebble]

I've never used a SD 600 series. Only 800 series and up

[rancid juniper]

flagship user lol

[tranquil pebble]

pretty much

[rancid juniper]

ive been using low end phones all my life

the only thing "high end" is my pc

kek

[tranquil pebble]

8 gen 2 is a pretty nice soc

[rancid juniper]

expensive

[tranquil pebble]

its what my current phone has

that plus 16 GB lpddr5

[rancid juniper]

my next upgrade may be an SD 7 gen 2 phone

but i think in 4 years time 8 gen 2 will be much cheaper

so i may try that

[elfin mural]

i only used two qcomm phones

sd 439 and 835 lol

[tranquil pebble]

8 gen 2 has ray tracing lol

[rancid juniper]

i know

[elfin mural]

btw

[rancid juniper]

i see no use for that given how modern pcs still struggle with "NATIVE" raytracing

[elfin mural]

7s gen 2 is 6 gen 1

[rancid juniper]

come again?

[elfin mural]

it's a rebrand lol

[rancid juniper]

w

t

f

[tranquil pebble]

qcom moment

[elfin mural]

6 gen 1 is good

but it's not what i wanna buy lol

[rancid juniper]

they pulling bs just like AMD with their mobile laptop cpus

[elfin mural]

6 branded as 7 is ugly

[rancid juniper]

yea like why would you do this?

[tranquil pebble]

imagine a Ryzen powered router

[rancid juniper]

bruh

lol

SD 7 GEN 2 is just a slightly faster SD6 gen 1

oh sd 7 gen 3 exists

[elfin mural]

no

[tranquil pebble]

the gt 1030 is a much slower gt 1030

[rancid juniper]

i just checked and it doesnt

[elfin mural]

7 gen 2 is actually its own thing

7s gen 2 isn't

the s is the difference

[rancid juniper]

huh...

[elfin mural]

yeah only 7+ gen 3 exists

it's odd stuff lol

[tranquil pebble]

nvidia downgraded the gt 1030 mid cycle

[dusky gale]

Pov using galaxy note 9

[rancid juniper]

...

im too tired to think lol

imma head to bed soon

[elfin mural]

there's now 8s gen 3

thank god not a rebrand

it's a nerfed 8 gen 3

weaker gpu but still almost top tier

same cpu cores

[elfin mural]

that one's for laptops

[rancid juniper]

12c/12t

meh

[tranquil pebble]

6 mb l3 is also meh

the l2 cache is crazy though

[rancid juniper]

cracked

lmao

[tranquil pebble]

Core 2 moment

[elfin mural]

very unusual

like

the more expensive cache having higher capacity

[tranquil pebble]

questionable decisions made on that cpu

[rancid juniper]

we will see once it actually comes out

[elfin mural]

ran bg3 at 30 fps

[rancid juniper]

them laptops bout to be expensive af

[elfin mural]

so that's not.. bad?

[rancid juniper]

what res/graphics?

ah

[elfin mural]

1080p

but idk what settings

[rancid juniper]

yea this doesn't show that either

if its 1080p high settings that would've been really good

like too good actually

lmao

[elfin mural]

if it's medium that's 780m level

[rancid juniper]

not so bad for an arm chip

[elfin mural]

if it's low it's still better than intel

wait nah equal lol

[rancid juniper]

and the fact that arm cpus are crazy efficient the batt life gotta be good

all that gpu power for such low wattage is something i look forward to

https://youtu.be/0vd5gwtxxDM?si=YRxqqOY1iTkamT29 @elfin mural

@tranquil pebble

the games are not running natively as they are being ran through an emulated layer

crazy stuff

so imagine this optimized properly for the chip

[rough marlin]

Airmflo 😎

would that actually help tho? lmao

[idle nexus]

al...most heck

[atomic current]

Call it the bookshelf

[rough marlin]

lmao

[hoary zodiac]

to ray trace your discord chat messages

[rancid juniper]

💀

[hoary zodiac]

meanwhile I'm still waiting for xiaomi to release a more modern under screen camera phone

[rough marlin]

I asume not right? lol

[idle nexus]

the cables won't be that sloppy when I finish

[hoary zodiac]

a phone that will be a considerable upgrade to my 865 that is

[idle nexus]

what am I looking at? lol

[hoary zodiac]

poco f2 pro still going strong

[idle nexus]

it looks like a GPU next to a PSU & a fan

[rough marlin]

egpu setup with a random case fan for extra airflow 😎

[hoary zodiac]

tho my bias towards xiaomi is mostly due to how easy it is to install custom roms on it

and rom availability

[idle nexus]

I dunno how much it helps but I doubt it hurts

I usually have fans blowing at GPU fans when I do like bench setups

[elfin mural]

My phone has no roms whatsoever

Exynos moment

[hoary zodiac]

yeah this is why I have a xiaomi bias

I don't like bloat in my phones

[elfin mural]

Only qcomm version has it

[rough marlin]

bet

[hoary zodiac]

what about air blowing in from the sides?

that way you'll blow air directly onto the heatsink instead of the shroud

assuming that the shroud doesn't cover the side

[elfin mural]

All I care isn't the lack of roms

But the amount of official support

[hoary zodiac]

that looks like a sapphire...

580?

[idle nexus]

like dis

[hoary zodiac]

570?

[hoary zodiac]

yeee

[idle nexus]

or gtx 760 party time

[hoary zodiac]

I'd imagine having air coming from a different direction would see more of an improvement

[idle nexus]

lol I forgot I ran SLI 760s

let me try again: if I hadn't broken off parts of my EVGA FTW 760 this picture would look so much better with the FTW instead of that stinky blower MSI 760

[idle nexus]

maybe move the PSU away a bit so heat can escape out the back of the card

or better yet, flip the PSU around so the intake fan for the PSU can pull hot air off the card?

[rough marlin]

Idk if either of those are possible with the way this is made?

[idle nexus]

or move the fan to the back of the GPU & have it pull the hot air out since GPUs usually exhaust out the back no?

[idle nexus]

like if rn the PSU is sitting on its left side, flip it to its right side so the PSU fan faces the card

cuz the fan pulls in air & exhausts it out of the back of the PSU

so if there's heat on the back side of the card it should pull it away a bit

the effect would probably be marginal anyway ig but you might wanna separate the PSU from the GPU just a little so the heat can escape either way

what GPU is that?

it almost looks like my EVGA GTX760 lol

it has DVI so it's probably not later than GTX10xx

[rough marlin]

Rx 570

[rough marlin]

Can't with the way the "enclosure" thing is made

Psu screws in right next to gpu

I did flip the PSU though

[idle nexus]

might be worth repasting it

if you're feeling crazy & thermals aren't where you'd like them to be at

[rough marlin]

I was thinking about that

How often do you usually go for a repaste?

[idle nexus]

I'm kind of a clown when it comes to that

I pretty much always use liquid metal lol

but generally, I'd do every couple years

& if that card is from 2017 & it's never been repasted, it might improve a decent amount

some arctic mx-4 is just fine. I use that whenever I need paste

[rough marlin]

I have mx-6 I believe

[idle nexus]

you can get a giant 45g tube of it for like $20 & have paste for the next 5 years lol

mx-6 might be even better. I've never used it tbh

only cuz I have that gallon of mx-4 already

[rough marlin]

I've repasted it myself a few times

[idle nexus]

oh okay nvm then

should be fine

[rough marlin]

Alright

[idle nexus]

how do you even connect an eGPU? I've never attempted it

like usb C & what else?

is there a PCIe adapter for x16 or you got or something?

[rough marlin]

Thunderbolt 3 port to my laptop

[rough marlin]

This is a premade like, thing that has the ports for the 16x and and the PSU you just kinda plug them in and go

[idle nexus]

those eGPU enclosures are usually pretty pricy lol

ah okay

[rough marlin]

Oh so bring the fan to the front of the "enclosure" thing?

[rough marlin]

Yeah it was like 120 or so

I sold remnants of my old PC to do this 😭😭😭

[idle nexus]

I think to the back blowing away from the enclosure so it pulls hot air out maybe?

should be easier since there's no HDMI/DP/etc. cable connected

[rough marlin]

Well now I flipped the PSU so

[idle nexus]

cuz the fans blow down into the car & that air mostly exhausts out of the back of the GPU I think

[rough marlin]

Wait so the side facing me or the side facing the window 😭😭 now I'm lost

[idle nexus]

I'd go wit the side facing you since I think that's where it's designed to send out most of the heat

[rough marlin]

Alright

Bet

Thank you

[idle nexus]

but my guess is you'd want to pull air out of there not blow it in so the frame of the fan facing you lol

I hope it helps lol

[random osprey]

@idle nexus do you have any thermal pad recommendations for a gpu?

never bought any

[sinful blade]

Good ones

[random osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/iceage-possum-peaceout-gif-2272177960667492692

[hoary zodiac]

What's those industrial ones again

Uhh

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/disneytoons-movies-disney-toons-cartoons-gif-14670267254775627272

[hoary zodiac]

https://youtu.be/2BhKx0iQ4K8

These ones?

Wait no

I'm stupid

You probably don't these on anywhere but the die

Yeah disregard what I said

[elfin mural]

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Aorus-16X-2024-review-Core-i9-and-RTX-4070-for-US-2-000.826031.0.html

holy heck

i9 but 8-9 hours batt?

[dusk knot]

M

[random osprey]

this

this is the power of repasting a gpu

🗿

dropped 20 degrees

[proud jackal]

whats a good 0.5mm thermal pad for gpu

[dusk knot]

20 is a big win!

[dusky gale]

Indecisive

https://www.ebay.com/itm/386929527111?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=w0ZrUTLQR4C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=a7K_XWvATY2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY opinions?

Single channel stick

[elfin mural]

5500u is very usable

even with that little ram

[dusky gale]

More so than the others I was considering?

[elfin mural]

way more lol

[dusky gale]

Don't want to buy one and like

[elfin mural]

it's zen 2

[dusky gale]

Immediately regret

[elfin mural]

and 6 cores

[dusky gale]

Ignore extremely vague search

[dusky gale]

Wtf

[elfin mural]

actually the igpu inside the 5500u is as fast, if not faster than 950m

[dusky gale]

Amd W iguess

Bruh literally w

[elfin mural]

no sense to go with those aging haswell trash tops

[dusky gale]

It's 250 new

280

Save $100 zamn

But why's it so cheap

[elfin mural]

I don't know, sometimes deals like these pop up lol

People throw away laptops all the time

Or companies liquidating

The seller looks good

So no problems there

[sinful blade]

Don’t listen to foxy, just buy an Alienware
They’re definitely not overpriced hot trash and shouldn’t be bought ever

[elfin mural]

smh

[dusky gale]

This is the concerning part
Is it crap or something

Well it's an HP so probably but besides that

Nvm the pic didn't send hold on

[elfin mural]

Nope

It looks fully functional

[dusky gale]

Brand new is 280

Why

The pic still will not send

It refuses

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/yolo-obama-barack-obama-barack-yolo-barack-obama-gif-14339657

[elfin mural]

If anything age will take those haswell laptops faster than the newer hp

[dusky gale]

Actually that's refurb

Idk

Ok it's like $400

I'll probably buy it

Looks like someone got hungry

[elfin mural]

Hinges are where older laptops usually have worse designs on em

[dusky gale]

And hps

[elfin mural]

I'd just get that 5500u laptop regardless

Out of all reasons

It's both much newer, faster and more efficient

And probably a lot quieter as well under load

[dusky gale]

And to think I was trying to save money by not buying that n20u (immediately spending it all on laptop anyways)

But this will actually be useful

[deep parcel]

5500u is also kinda crazy

[dusky gale]

Note 9 good enough

[dusky gale]

In a good way or Walmart tweaker way

[deep parcel]

It can play games on the 5500u like gta 5 for example at playable fps

Like a good way

[dusky gale]

Hmm

[deep parcel]

5500u is amazing on battery power too

I looked into the 5500u a year ago or so for one of my friends and it excels in a lot of different areas

Perfect college laptop cpu pretty much

And good enough for gaming on reduced settings for certain things.

[deep parcel]

Also if this is the exact one I looked at a year ago or so this one should have upgradable ram.

[dusky gale]

I think it does

[deep parcel]

I don’t think that’s the same model I looked at before but it’s similar…

Probably same internals so more than likely upgradable ram but looks annoying to open.

[dusky gale]

Oh it sent

Bruh

15 minutes late

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah that's when you give it to me so I can host crappy servers on it

[tranquil pebble]

Steam be like

[stuck sleet]

Good thing GTA5 likes amd cpus for some reason

More stable fps or something

[young matrix]

@pliant berry

[hoary zodiac]

GTA V is 11 years old

I ran it on a Core 2 Quad and a HD7850

[velvet summit]

me when automation

i have the game

yall should play this puzzle game, its quite good https://store.steampowered.com/app/219890/Antichamber/

Steam

Antichamber

Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.Several years in the making, Antichamber received over 25 awards and honors...

Price

$19.99

Recommendations

12478

Metacritic

82

▶ Play video

[safe cape]

Show me your creation

[velvet summit]

i absolutely suck at the game and my creations are absolute dog water and you wouldnt want to see it

also i got distracted from studying for my exam in an hour so i should go back lmfao

here, have the list of things i need to memorize

[unreal trail]

egg

[idle nexus]

someone finish this plz

I'm tired of its crap

[tranquil pebble]

epic fail

[wary fjord]

31c temp at 8pm

[idle nexus]

that sounds like a lot of freedom units

[tranquil pebble]

Cursed idea: RGB Gaming Chromebook

[craggy shoal]

Idk about the "gaming" part

[idle nexus]

lol cursed idea: chromebook

[wary fjord]

highest peak "this day" btw 38c.. xD

[idle nexus]

cursed idea: me trying to spell

[tranquil pebble]

they're actually pretty great for their purposes

[idle nexus]

it's like CPU temps everywhere

[tranquil pebble]

Chromebook is like a netbook that doesn't completely suck

[craggy shoal]

Nah 💀

You can do the same thing on Windows lol

[tranquil pebble]

with way worse battery life lol

[idle nexus]

I installed Chromebook on an old laptop once

I think I left it installed for less time than the mission to install it

that's a bit of an exaggeration but ya I didn't like it

[tranquil pebble]

I kind of want to get another Windows tablet at some point

[safe cape]

You Can play with a chromebook

[idle nexus]

Google Play

[tranquil pebble]

you can install Windows on some Chromebooks

[safe cape]

Browser games maybe

[craggy shoal]

Brower

[tranquil pebble]

Bowser games /j

[craggy shoal]

Chrome Store games

[idle nexus]

ads masquerading as games

[safe cape]

Some old browser games

Were s tier

[craggy shoal]

Google should've put Android on Chromebooks if they’re gonna make a laptop OS

But I guess that’s kinda what Microsoft tried (same OS for mobile and desktop, with Windows 8)

[safe cape]

You Can Do that with a Galaxy phone

[idle nexus]

Samsung Dex

[safe cape]

Yes

[idle nexus]

kinda cool ig

tho iirc

[wary fjord]

yeah xD

[craggy shoal]

Only a Samsung thing

[ancient swift]

Redmagic and a few others also have their own desktop mode

[idle nexus]

it doesn't run over 1080p resolution

[safe cape]

But for a +1000$ phone its bad

You Can buy a pc

For that money

[idle nexus]

lol Samsung had this idea that people would use their phones then come home & dock them & keep using them

[wary fjord]

thats dex

[safe cape]

But you cant run code/photoshop/blender....

Just browser and games

[ancient swift]

Not everyone needs those

[idle nexus]

seems like a decent idea if you're a business who's going to buy your employees a phone and a computer

[craggy shoal]

Samsung Dex would be nice for when I need to do something at my desk but I don't feel like booting my whole computer

[safe cape]

Agree

[idle nexus]

would work okay if all you needed was like browser & Office type stuff

[ancient swift]

The majority of laptops sold are literally for browsing the Internet and streaming lol

[safe cape]

Yes

[idle nexus]

the problem is as soon as you need something more than that, you gotta buy however many computers you tried to avoid buying

[tranquil pebble]

and ARM laptops are going to absolutely destroy x86 in this area

[idle nexus]

I mostly use my laptop for decorating the inside of my laptop case thing

[safe cape]

Decorating?

[craggy shoal]

I agree though. We need more ARM devices for desktop/laptop devices

[tranquil pebble]

its time to take up ARMs

[ancient swift]

Samsung Galaxy Book is okay.

[idle nexus]

it was a roundabout way of saying I rarely use it

I almost got the galaxy book back when I got this dumb laptop instead

[safe cape]

Oh okay sorry for my english

[idle nexus]

back then it had a wireless charger built into the mousepad

which is cool unless you wanna use it

[tranquil pebble]

your english seems fine to me

[ancient swift]

The one with a Snapdragon I can't find

[idle nexus]

haha your English is fine. It's my fault for saying nonsense

[tranquil pebble]

What I want: a Raspberry Pi type board with the latest Snapdragon CPU in it

[craggy shoal]

I want an affordable Raspberry Pi again

[safe cape]

Oh okay

[idle nexus]

what I want is this heckin build to be finished but I don't quite have the motivation to finish it

[tranquil pebble]

likely will never happen again... I doubt they'll sell them at basically a loss like they used to

[ancient swift]

Go Orange Pi

[tranquil pebble]

I have one already

a 5 Plus and its insanely fast

[ancient swift]

Motor doesn't

[idle nexus]

I just gotta connect all the heckin rgb, top case fans, & connect the last pipe... heck I should just get it over with

[craggy shoal]

I know bruh I need one

[idle nexus]

okay at 9:45, I'm gonna do it

[tranquil pebble]

Orange Pi 5 Plus can be used as a firewall on steroids... dual 2.5 gigabit ethernet on it

[craggy shoal]

I wish there were Orange Pie Kana kits

Because this is ridiculous

[idle nexus]

I wish I knew anything about those tiny little PC things

[tranquil pebble]

I put a cheap NVMe in mine and it goes zoom

[safe cape]

Waiting for handheld gaming PC with 3060ti performance minimum

[idle nexus]

I got a screen for one & installed it in a build for basically no reason

[tranquil pebble]

to make it even better, it has 3 HDMIs with one being an input

[wary fjord]

that fan wont last

[idle nexus]

it was all fun & games until BIOS would show up on there

[wary fjord]

xD

[ancient swift]

You'll either have to wait or you could make one using laptop components

[idle nexus]

lol I bet it's noisy

[craggy shoal]

@ancient swift surely I’m looking in the wrong place, right?

[tranquil pebble]

Well, on something like a Orange Pi... if you want to change firmware settings/config you have to reflash it every time. There is no BIOS menu lol.

[safe cape]

How ? Will be heavy and big

[wary fjord]

it does

like bee

[idle nexus]

I was using it for a 5900x lol

[velvet summit]

honestly
not that far from the msrp of just the pi5 8gb (80usd)
though yeah idk if the rest of the kit is worth the price of all the other components

i've seen worse kits for value

[tranquil pebble]

ah yeah anything x86 will have BIOS menu generally

[safe cape]

Rtx 4060
laptops are big

[tranquil pebble]

imagine a laptop with a desktop 4090 in it

[ancient swift]

Look at the motherboard size as opposed to the laptop size

[velvet summit]

iirc orangepi is better bought on aliexpress

[idle nexus]

I cut a hole in my PSU shroud & mounted it there

[craggy shoal]

You'd need like 3 PSUs 💀

[idle nexus]

then ran a ribbon HDMI to the GPU in the back

[tranquil pebble]

makes sense yeah... Orange Pi is a Chinese brand

[ancient swift]

Amazon will have a ton of drop shippers buying and selling for profit. Just like AlieExpress but more profit for them

[tranquil pebble]

albeit a good one

[craggy shoal]

Ohhhh gotcha. I was wondering why a kit like that was basically double the price of a Raspberry Pi Kana kit 💀

[velvet summit]

lmao

[safe cape]

Yes that the screen will be 15 inch easy

[wary fjord]

u cant return that anymore xD

i mean if its old pass returnment its fine i guess

[tranquil pebble]

Orange Pi is also 8 cores too so yeah

[idle nexus]

this was like 2021ish so it's way past then

[rancid juniper]

Raspberry pi gaming pc

[idle nexus]

I took that build apart

[tranquil pebble]

Orange Pi can actually do compiling code decently.

[idle nexus]

5900x build is a shadow of its former self now

[tranquil pebble]

I compiled The Powder Toy on mine

[tranquil pebble]

nice looking tower

[rancid juniper]

Look at them ram sticks

[idle nexus]

thanks. I like it in general but it has a major flaw

[tranquil pebble]

chonker ram

[safe cape]

I like the ram fan cleeeaaaaaan

[idle nexus]

I can't fit any GPU bigger than GTX960 in it

[craggy shoal]

Uhhh I think you have a motherboard attached to your memory

[idle nexus]

lol it's probably unnecessary but I bought it a long time ago & didn't wanna let it go to waste

[idle nexus]

trying to get those ycruncher hwboints

[craggy shoal]

💀

[velvet summit]

You're not trying hard enough

[idle nexus]

I should've put a 240mm LF2 on the top

but I put a 280mm LF2 on the front

so neither 1080ti nor 3060 would fit

[craggy shoal]

@velvet summit 😭

[idle nexus]

GTX760 fit but GTX760 sucks

[craggy shoal]

forget it lol I'll just get an N100 mini PC

[velvet summit]

Lmao

Orange pi is quite a bit more powerful than the pi5

[idle nexus]

960 & 760 pretty much cover all the GPUs I have without waterblocks that aren't worse than those two

[velvet summit]

Bananapi is more equal to the RPI in performance though I don't think they have a pi5 competitor yet

[craggy shoal]

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/design-visualization/rtx-4000-sff/

[wary fjord]

god expensive

[wary fjord]

find one that has thunderbolt support

[craggy shoal]

I forgot that Odroid also exists

[idle nexus]

lol true but I was hoping to not have to spend any money

[wary fjord]

nah all gamers money belongs to nvidia inser evil laugh

[idle nexus]

I should try to delid the 5900x for science

but I don't want another 11600K incident on my hands

[wary fjord]

xD

hope it wont break

[idle nexus]

I don't think I'm gonna do it

at least not until this build is up & running

[safe cape]

We need some car/pc case collab Imo they look cool

[idle nexus]

that rear distro is crazy

is that CoolerMaster Cosmos?

that case is so large it's crazy

[safe cape]

Yes

Cosmos best case for modding imo

Look what i found

Extreeeeeeeme

[atomic current]

are you gonna sit on it

[safe cape]

Idk

[idle nexus]

I always kinda wanted a Cosmos but they're so expensive even tho it's like 20 years old lmao

[safe cape]

They made a New one

[idle nexus]

I know there's like Black Edition

[safe cape]

Cosmos 2 i think

Yep

[idle nexus]

& like 25 year edition or something

that's insanely priced

[safe cape]

Yes

[idle nexus]

Cosmos 2 was smaller iirc

didn't look as cool imo

[safe cape]

New one IS cosmos c700m

But the old one IS legendary

Slr

[wary fjord]

whats the worst that could happen xD

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1282270/Strinova/

Steam

Strinova

Strinova is an anime-style third-person tactical competitive shooter developed by Day 1 Studio. Switch freely between three-dimensional and two-dimensional in this one-of-a-kind shooter experience with a unique tactical shooting system.Multidimensional shooter experienceSwitch freely between your 2D and 3D forms in the multidimensional world of ...

Release Date

Coming soon

anime fps

xD

or modern waifu warfare

[velvet summit]

Damn

I forgot to bring my calculator

[wary fjord]

in asia you only get access to calculator when u are above 18. xD

xD just force ur brain to calculate

[rancid juniper]

valorant ahh game

[rancid juniper]

https://wccftech.com/amd-rdna-4-rdna-3-gpus-receive-updated-support-in-linux-graphics-drivers/

[safe cape]

Do you have some ai news websites ?

[rancid juniper]

no

[safe cape]

Oh okay

[wary fjord]

Yeah

[velvet summit]

How am I supposed to calculate log in my brain

Lmao

Or sqrt

[pliant berry]

just be smarter

[wary fjord]

practice

[velvet summit]

What is 10log(40)

[wary fjord]

xD i dont know 15 something

do what ai does when learning "reinforcement learning," where u try and try until the success rate is atleast 95% xD

[wary fjord]

ow its 16 google says xD

im close

[velvet summit]

How about 17.32√([1*10*10]/[2400*20])

[wary fjord]

for some reason my brain doesnt want to obey that request xD

[pliant berry]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-bocchi-the-rock-anime-mental-breakdown-cringe-gif-27026754

[wary fjord]

theres should be formola atleast

xD

[dusk knot]

Hhhmmm

[paper verge]

Bro in 500 BC they were forced to use a calculator when above 1000 years old? But where they geniuses? no

[mental yoke]

yo

anyone here?

[velvet summit]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/809840106478502011/1229454603314004049/omh966.gif?ex=662fbdd3&is=661d48d3&hm=624c5ba7f6fe3181a37211f08dc18f74e53eb3370636b70b11e3ec3ee6954adb&

[velvet summit]

No

[wary fjord]

xD

[pseudo raven]

https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-v3

thoughts?

I use a tab s9+ so tablet form factor is very nice

[elfin mural]

bleh

at that point an ipad is better

this is coming from a samsung user

in my opinion ipad is the only tablet you should get if the budget allows

[near blade]

dead chat XD

[pseudo raven]

not really

[elfin mural]

it's probably gonna get less batt life too

[pseudo raven]

8840 and 780m should actually have alright performance, not to mention you actually have a desktop os

[elfin mural]

just 50 watt hours isn't impressive