general-chat

[proud jackal]

they dont

they just get dirty

and flat

[proud jackal]

and indented if you have foam ones

[sinful blade]

And they harbour bad stuff after a while

[velvet summit]

i dont like foam pillows

[fresh nova]

It's happening

[somber skiff]

So yeah - this is in the works - plan is for bryce to host, let us know what you guys think

[gleaming rivet]

Lame

[fresh nova]

Honestly

[gleaming rivet]

Why is there a V2 anyways?

[fresh nova]

There was a V1

[gleaming rivet]

Was v1 not that popular then?

[somber skiff]

It very much was

[sinful blade]

You should still just get a new pillow

It’s been 15 years

[velvet summit]

i'll get a new one when i see some on sale or something

[gleaming rivet]

I don't even remember a v1. How long ago was this? Back when you were a mod?

[fresh nova]

2020

[somber skiff]

2018-2021 or so

[gleaming rivet]

Ah. Must have ended shortly before or after I joined then

[fresh nova]

Now you have a chance to see what it was all about

[gleaming rivet]

Meh

[somber skiff]

But yeah, there used to be a viewer build showcase from the #build-pics channels, was a lot of fun

[chrome mirage]

I dropped a large conference table on my toe last year and there is still a visible dent

Probably should have seen a doctor

[proud jackal]

[tranquil pebble]

I had a metal pole impale one of my feet as a kid

Still have the scar from that

[storm narwhal]

Damn

[velvet summit]

now you just need some holes in your palms

practically jesus

[storm narwhal]

Did someone stab you in your leg with rebar

[storm narwhal]

Real

[tranquil pebble]

no I was like 4 at the time and I did it to myself on accident

and it was from a swing set that was not anchored

[velvet summit]

i have a scar on my elbow from when i picked my arm to the nerves because it was so itchy

started with a mosquito bite

scabbing also happens to be itchy

so it just kept getting deeper

[tranquil pebble]

I just use hot water to make bites stop itching

not so hot that it actually burns though ofc

[velvet summit]

doesnt really work for me tbh

i just take a bunch of pain killers and it works

[proud jackal]

i use ice packs to lower swelling then cortosone cream

[velvet summit]

probably not recommended to do that but it works

[tranquil pebble]

to me hot water on a mosquito bite actually feels really good

[true dove]

they’re cool but i like toyata and lexus better for japanese brands

[velvet summit]

soobuwu

[tranquil pebble]

Konosuba

[true dove]

lexus is300 is my dream car

naur re:zero

[velvet summit]

i just kinda want a car

[true dove]

same

[velvet summit]

give me anything
even an old ass stick shift

[true dove]

those are the best tho

[velvet summit]

it's all so expensive

[true dove]

i want a early 2000s stick shift

[proud jackal]

car insurance

[true dove]

the car is usually dirt cheap but the maintenance… yeah

[velvet summit]

afaik insurance is the same with stick and auto

[true dove]

do u know how to drive stick?

[velvet summit]

i can do my own car maintenance, i can do everything up to a transmission swap assuming i dont need to fabricate stuff

[true dove]

how expensive would it be to do it yourself

[velvet summit]

as expensive as the transmission ig

and i'll also have to figure out where to do it since my driveway is a gravel hill

already kinda sketchy doing oil changes on it

lmao

[true dove]

i’m willing to learn all of that to avoid dealership prices but i’m still convinced doing it yourself is also expensive

because 2000s cars get a ton of issues

[true dove]

dam lol

[velvet summit]

most of your cost is literally just labor costs

most expensive parts to replace is the engine block and automatic transmission pretty much? you could do an engine rebuild but that costs alot in labour, and i dont want to learn that

[storm narwhal]

If you ever played My Summer Car...

[velvet summit]

lmao

i think i own that game

i should play it

[storm narwhal]

Oh absolutely

[velvet summit]

it seems like i dont

[storm narwhal]

Please remember to save if you do-

[true dove]

so what would u think would be cheaper buying a 2004 car and fixing it or buying a brand new for like a lexus like this

[velvet summit]

well

[chrome mirage]

I want to rebuild my k20 in my civic but my dad would be mad if his garage was covered in engine parts.

[velvet summit]

buying a 2004 car probably

buying a brand new lexus would be pretty expensive

[proud jackal]

lol is300

[true dove]

or like used but recent used instead of new

[storm narwhal]

New new cars cost a lot yeah

Usually don't pay upfront for it either

[keen shale]

Transmission rebuild?

[storm narwhal]

Unless you're really ballin

[true dove]

yeah my mom wants to buy the new gx 550 that just released and i’m like bro.

[storm narwhal]

Those down payments man

[true dove]

like it’s a great car that’ll last 15+ years which is why it’s not that bad but

eh actually it’s not bad

[storm narwhal]

Don't blow your trans flying down the highway that's a recipe for disaster

puts it in reverse going 180km/h

[chrome mirage]

My gt86 that I bought 3 years ago is almost paid off

[storm narwhal]

Hm

[velvet summit]

well
at that point
https://youtu.be/SjV0iO-6vK8

[storm narwhal]

What the

[velvet summit]

reversing with no reverse

[storm narwhal]

Honestly genius

[velvet summit]

lmao

[storm narwhal]

I would just gotten out and pushed

[velvet summit]

lmao

would manually pushing it be more dangerous or would this

i mean, with manually pushing, the car could roll back on you, but with this, even if the chains explode, you're in the car

[storm narwhal]

Yeah probably pushing is more dangerous

Imagine pushing the cybertruck tho lol

[velvet summit]

also just as an update, they had commented on the video saying that they finally had enough money to replace the transmission so they finally have reverse again

[storm narwhal]

Good stuff

[velvet summit]

it only took like 5 years or whatever for them to get their reverse back

6 years actually

[storm narwhal]

Good thing he never had to do a lot of backing up

[velvet summit]

"emergency reverse system" (temporary)

6 years later

[storm narwhal]

(Semi permanent)

[proud jackal]

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/99514/crowdstrike-offers-10-uber-eats-gift-cards-to-windows-outage-victims/

[fresh nova]

Cast ur votes 🫡

[random osprey]

barely enough to cover tax

[trail nest]

can you guys believe this person went to taco bell and took a few packs of every hot sauce packet they have there and is selling it on ebay for $24,855!?!?!?!? RIDICULOUS!!! and 4 people are stupid enough to have this in their cart!

[chrome mirage]

I need to wake up in 4 hours and 30 minutes but I'm watching YouTube

[pliant berry]

just keep watching til you have to wake up

[vernal crystal]

is it just me or did my order get delayed by alot?

and the chatbot says its gonna arive late at the 26th but ups says its gonna arrive at the 30th

[misty sparrow]

better question

what the hell are the green packets

i've never seen the green packets

[sinful blade]

Salsa

Really bad salsa

[random osprey]

could just be a ups thing cause they tend to change their estimated dates quite a bit. ive had an order before where itd say like the 16th, then next day update to 17th then updated again the same day for the 16th. (this was a purchase from a different website, not wegg that this happened to me)

[vernal crystal]

alright, that really sucks cuz i paid for express shipping and express shipping should NOT take a whole 9 days

[storm narwhal]

it's as express as UPS could do lol

[vernal crystal]

damn

[storm narwhal]

I don't bother paying for express cause they do that a lot

[vernal crystal]

lesson learned then

tbf express was 15$ more then regular

[storm narwhal]

usually ends up just being normal shipping times anyway

oh, 15 more isn't bad

for the small possibility

[vernal crystal]

ig but still frustrating cuz i want my pc asap 😭

and it doesnt help i watched a lot of benchmarks with the specs of the pc further piquing my interest and decreasing my patience

[sinful blade]

@vernal crystal Take a breath. You will get your computer. Just have patience my good friend.

It’ll be there for the entire time you want to use it.

[vernal crystal]

youre right, thanks ill go distract myself playing some games or watching some tv

[nocturne flicker]

Salsa verde was the bomb

[sinful blade]

I will politely decline your opinion

Because it is wrong

Diablo >

[velvet summit]

I got 1k likes on a YouTube comment which was literally just me saying skill issue

[nocturne flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/ree-pepe-triggered-angry-ahhhh-gif-13627544

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/man-tired-being-right-ace-gif-10963702

[elfin mural]

Do I get ram

Or do I get gaming gears

I kinda want a controller

But I also wanna upgrade ma lappy

[velvet summit]

What kind

[elfin mural]

Controllers

[velvet summit]

What kind

Like, Xbox controllers?

Arcade controllers?

DDR pad controller?

Racing wheel?

Farming simulator panel and wheel?

Hotas controller?

Flight yoke controller?

VR controllers?

All of the above?

🧐

[obsidian berry]

Joycons

[velvet summit]

Worst controllers in existence

I'll just go sleep lmao

[elfin mural]

smh

I meant xbox controller

Becoz pc gayming

[weak cedar]

1 xbox controller will last you a while unless you break it or wait for black Friday

🫡 enter the giveaway to win the Deadpool one

[storm narwhal]

real

[weak cedar]

Heat is good, taste not so much

[storm narwhal]

or could consider gulikit's controller

though not sure if it's on wegg

[weak cedar]

You can have a cheeky controller if you win

[storm narwhal]

They shoulda made a cortana one

[elfin mural]

https://youtu.be/nXRxWm9y3QQ

Thank god

AMD at least doesn't pull an Intel

As far as quality goes

[gilded kraken]

Im a little sad since I wanted to watch the videos sooner =\

waiting for the X3D chips but still

I was curious

[elfin mural]

fair enough

But a delay is better than a disintegrating cpu

[gilded kraken]

this is true

[elfin mural]

I've seen leaks tho

9900X only like less than 10% slower than 7800X3D in gaming

And that's a cpu with almost half the cache amount

[gilded kraken]

X3D chips should be pretty spicy then

[elfin mural]

ya

9900X is approaching 1MB L1

We're finally approaching 1MB L1 lmao

Actually the 9950X hit that

1280 kilobytes

same for 7950x3d at 1024

[gilded kraken]

I would love for them to make the 12 core a 8+6 CCD this time so you get max benefit for games out of the 8

[elfin mural]

There's a 16 core per ccd version of zen 5

But that's reserved to epyc

[rancid juniper]

https://youtu.be/F9zbN_ZHU80?si=zCNt2PIvzHnOVbWp

And good morning nerds, aight back to sleep

[elfin mural]

ye

lmao

[devout forum]

Can I be really, REALLY coy for a sec?

I don't think anything is ACTUALLY wrong with Ryzen 9000

I say this before having watched the HUB video

[elfin mural]

I mean, you also have a point

[devout forum]

My thought is

AMD just wants to properly humiliate Intel

by forcing everyone to review the new chips against a gimped 14th gen

I mean it's inevitably going to be slower if it doesn't go over to danger threshold on voltages

[elfin mural]

There's always a reason behind something

[devout forum]

So it'd compare even more favorably to the new AMD stuff

[elfin mural]

Be it a marketing stunt, or be it a genuine issue

[devout forum]

I do believe that AMD would beat 14th gen without lowered voltages, but the margins would probably not look as good as they are with the safer voltages for Intel

I could obviously be wrong and it being a genuine problem

But I think it has more to do with the microcode update that WILL lower Intel perf across the board

[elfin mural]

I mean yeah, but 9900x being less than 10% slower than 7800x3d isn't a bad thing

[devout forum]

Oh yeah it is definitely nice

9700X is allegedly like 1-2% faster than 7800X3D

[elfin mural]

ope

Typo got my message blocked

[devout forum]

lol

[elfin mural]

lmao

[devout forum]

Anyhow

[elfin mural]

It's actually within reason

[devout forum]

I'm kinda hyped for the 9700X

[elfin mural]

But yeah it can be a marketing stunt

I'm interested in 9800x3d tho

AMD is also planning on releasing $100 am5 cpus

[devout forum]

I'm not straight up claiming it's a marketing stunt
There is probably something extraordinarily tiny thing that's just really convenient to use as an excuse to adjust release timing based on what Intel does

[elfin mural]

On zen 2, 7nm tsmc

[devout forum]

huh

[elfin mural]

idk, what's the point of that

[devout forum]

Lowering entry cost maybe?

[elfin mural]

Ryzen 3 and athlon

Maybe

But if you can obtain a 7500F

[devout forum]

Office machines don't need 6 cores

[elfin mural]

Wouldn't that make a lot more sense

[devout forum]

OEMs love the low cost chips because that's what moves

[elfin mural]

Oh ya, those optiplexes

They love em

[devout forum]

Ye that's probably why

[elfin mural]

I can see it being limited to OEM

[devout forum]

200 bucks is too high for basic machines

[elfin mural]

It's probably gonna be sold under 7000 name

Unless OEMs want 9k name

[devout forum]

we'll see

But yeah

an AM5 Optiplex would sell like hotcakes

[elfin mural]

A cheap way to move forward

It's clearly not targeting DIY market

Because I think a zen 4 or zen 5 quad core wouldn't sell well anyway to DIY buyers

Quad core is barely enough

For gaming anyway

[devout forum]

Yeah that is true

[elfin mural]

And the price tag will most likely end up at $150

[devout forum]

But a quad-core Ryzen would slay office work

[elfin mural]

True

[devout forum]

not to mention that they'll later be sold off for peanuts and even low-budget gamers get a mobo they can put a stronger chip in and pair with a competent GPU for 1080p

it's a net benefit in the long run

[elfin mural]

ig

it's repurposed 3300x again

But actually on new batch

[devout forum]

we'll see I guess

[elfin mural]

Because yeah ddr5 controller

[devout forum]

But back to the delay

I think it's probably

80% marketing stunt, 15% actual minor issue, 5% just plain wanting to bully Intel

Like AMD didn't have to delay the launch

[elfin mural]

Yeah cuz everything seems completely ready

GN mentioned that it's already been inside prebuilt SKUs for weeks

Production SKUs

Just not for sale yet

Plenty of time to iron things out

@devout forum ik this might sound stupid coming from someone like me. but should i upgrade my ram?

currently i have 16gb

and some games are warning me about low memory

i have the money to afford 32

[devout forum]

I mainly play older games, but

I think you should

16 do feel like a limiting factor to me

[elfin mural]

alright

lemme pull the trigger on wegg then

got a hundred to spend

mushkin ddr5 4800 sodimm kit

[devout forum]

I'm only on Discord and watching a YT video on Opera GX

I'd def go up to 32

Hell I will go up to 32 when I get a new comp built

[craggy shoal]

Upgrading to 32GB is worth it

[elfin mural]

imma also sell ma 16gb kit

[craggy shoal]

(Coming from a 32GB user)

[elfin mural]

because yes

i dread opening my laptop tho

[craggy shoal]

What laptop do you have?

[devout forum]

One thing I hate in the Flow X13

Even though it'd be PERFECT for my use case

16gb soldered RAM

WRYYYYYYYYYYYY

[elfin mural]

tuf a15 2023

i broke off a few clips prying it first time

was adding an ssd

[craggy shoal]

I want a decent Asus laptop tbh

[elfin mural]

i got it launch price

1200 for 7735hs+4050 💀

i had no choice

it was either that thing or no laptop

if i waited i wouldn't have it at all

[craggy shoal]

For me, it was either (unintentionally) steal the laptop I was given from my previous job or no laptop

Long story short, I now have a Dell Latitude 3520 with an i5 and 32GB of memory

[elfin mural]

the one before this one has 4710hq and 850m

[devout forum]

Foxy
Flow X13 or Flow Z13 for taking notes at uni?

[elfin mural]

you can imagine how trash it was

[elfin mural]

um

a tablet

[unreal trail]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/764284039946436659/1265897069063962694/RDT_20240725_115215.mp4?ex=66a32e04&is=66a1dc84&hm=c15732a5d959f100d66b5c709838fab20e3e0b35b1dcbcf793b50af3f8df51f5&

[elfin mural]

[devout forum]

lol

[elfin mural]

get a tablet

not a tablet laptop

[craggy shoal]

Writing notes with a stylus? Just get a base iPad and an Apple Pencil. Trust me, you won't regret it, even if you hate Apple. It's actually the cheapest yet most reliable setup

[elfin mural]

ipad or anything with a pen

[devout forum]

TOLD YOU THAT'D HAPPEN LMAO

I'm just a GaMeR

[elfin mural]

z13 then ig

[devout forum]

I'd rather not have any computer than to use anything Apple after their BS

[elfin mural]

3050 good enough

[devout forum]

and it takes an eGPU alright IIRC with USB4

[craggy shoal]

Yeah I said the same thing and then I got an iPad and Pencil for note taking. Best move I made as a college student

Is an eGPU really worth it?

[devout forum]

It's a moral compass thing on my part (which is made ironic by saying I want to get an Asus device instead)

[elfin mural]

lol

but tbh

[devout forum]

Apple buried itself for life in my eyes, that's all

[elfin mural]

ipad

[devout forum]

Like yes I get it

[elfin mural]

is the best note taking device

or a sammy with an spen

[devout forum]

Apple silicon is powerful and their pens are cool

But it's not going to sway me

[craggy shoal]

I mean if you're just going to type the notes out, yeah just get a good laptop. If writing, iPad and Pencil I SWEAR ON YA MOTHA

[devout forum]

Don't plan to write on the laptop

[craggy shoal]

Or just go with a basic pen and paper and find a way to scan it and put it on your laptop (goofy way imo)

[devout forum]

it'd be typed notes ye

[craggy shoal]

Gotcha okay then yes laptop

And then just get a notebook for math classes (if you're taking any)

[elfin mural]

maybe look at tuf a14/a16

flow x13 but cheaper

idk if they're available in your area tho

[devout forum]

having the smaller screen would be the point yes

[elfin mural]

i know

that's why i try to stick to it

[devout forum]

What about non-Asus devices?

[elfin mural]

nvm on the a14, it's not even available rn

[devout forum]

Like I'm not fanboying Asus or anything

[elfin mural]

well are you ok with igpu?

[devout forum]

It's got to do with the capabilities

[elfin mural]

like 680m/780m?

then your choices extend greatly

[devout forum]

It can do YT videos right?

[elfin mural]

yes

[devout forum]

that's the most I'd do without the eGPU

[devout forum]

Then it's fine

[elfin mural]

easily lol

find a laptop with usb4/tb4 ig

if possible oculink

any laptop

with zen 3+ or zen 4

7x35u 7x40/45u

[craggy shoal]

Thinking about getting my gf an eGPU/decent 13" laptop now

[devout forum]

the uni laptop doesn't have to game on it's own after all

[elfin mural]

i assumed you wanted dgpu

just get any thin n lights

[devout forum]

It's not mandatory, just a nice to have really

[elfin mural]

preferably ryzen powered

because efficiency™

tho intel can be efficient, i won't lie

but the whole oxidation

im hesitant about intel rn

tho im sure 15th gen is ok

the core ultra stuff

[devout forum]

Ryzen 7 7730U gud?

[elfin mural]

trash igpu

but decent cpu

[craggy shoal]

True but I feel like there aren't any AMD laptops that do Thunderbolt (I know there's some but not many last I checked)

[elfin mural]

usb 4 is tb4

but yeah it's rare

weird

zen 3 with vega igp??

https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/laptop/ryzen/7000-series/amd-ryzen-7-7730u.html @devout forum

[devout forum]

It seems fine enough

[elfin mural]

yeah i mean

for general browsing this is overkill LOL

i pegged my 7735hs to 7w

a tad slow on chrome but otherwise usable

zen 3+ is a small refresh to zen 3

heck less efficient even

[devout forum]

And it's probably good enough to even do eGPU stuff

[elfin mural]

gotta find usb4 doe

im biased towards asus too

[devout forum]

Yoga 7 14ARP8

[elfin mural]

because someone reverse engineered armoury crate and my asus

and created a lightweight version

called g-helper

it even supports non gaming models

[elfin mural]

as long as they're new

hm, nice

[devout forum]

388 090 HUF

[elfin mural]

7535u

plenty good

[devout forum]

71Wh battery too

and a 60hz 1920×1200 OLED screen

[elfin mural]

that should yield 7 hours or more

or more

why did i say that twice

[devout forum]

no idea

But it gud?

[elfin mural]

yes

[devout forum]

only gripe

16gb RAM

and soldered

[elfin mural]

i own zen 3+ myself

eh

i mean

[devout forum]

at least it's 6400

But soldered

[elfin mural]

Will you run this laptop for more than a year?

[devout forum]

I do plan to

[elfin mural]

Hm ok

[devout forum]

I would like to keep it

[elfin mural]

32 will be beneficial then

[devout forum]

For several years in fact

[elfin mural]

..zephyrus?

g14

[devout forum]

I'm gonna look around at other etailers

[craggy shoal]

I wouldn't go 16GB in 2024 if you plan to keep it for longer than a year

[devout forum]

cuz this is at one store

[elfin mural]

i wanted zephyrus

but tuf is ok for me too

90wh batt

tho it's not light

nor is it thin

[devout forum]

There is like a Proart one

Ryzen AI 9 HX370, 13.3, 2000 GB, 32GB, Geforce RTX 4070 8GB, Win11 Pro

13.3" (2880x1800) OLED Touch 400nits, Pantone validated

You do not want to know the price

[mortal grail]

That sounds mad expensive and very underwhelming at being expensive

Welp

[elfin mural]

that 4070 is 45w

[mortal grail]

I didn't even finish typing

💀

[elfin mural]

might as well hook an egpu to it

that 4070 will probably get beaten by my 4050

[mortal grail]

It probably would

[devout forum]

And it costs

1199900 HUF

which is

[storm narwhal]

My 3050 is probably beating it too

90w

[devout forum]

I believe roughly 3 grand USD

Even if you take off 27% VAT

[elfin mural]

bruh atp

[devout forum]

that's like 2.5 grand

[mortal grail]

That's a 4090 pc

[elfin mural]

get a zephyrus

for god's sake

[devout forum]

Yeah I'm not saying it's a good idea

[elfin mural]

HUH

[devout forum]

I'm simply saying what options exist

[elfin mural]

130w boost on the proart??

[storm narwhal]

Or an Asus tuf

[elfin mural]

still

heck no

[storm narwhal]

WAT

[mortal grail]

grab your old macbook pentium ass 2010 laptop and parsec to it

[elfin mural]

3k usd for a 4070 laptop

[storm narwhal]

still for a 4070 that's wack

[elfin mural]

the price tag is the issue fr

[devout forum]

cuz Pantone validated touchscreen

[elfin mural]

still tho

[storm narwhal]

I'm getting a 4090 tuf 16 instead bruh

[elfin mural]

you don't work in color related stuff

[devout forum]

Yeah naturally

[elfin mural]

so it doesn't matter lel

[devout forum]

it's just

a crazy market

[elfin mural]

the pro laptop market is overpriced

always

[mortal grail]

My razer laptop was adobe validated and looks like ass next to an oled

Who the hell cares about pantone

[devout forum]

It's an OLED

[mortal grail]

Pantone deez nuts for all I care

[storm narwhal]

It's pro for people who don't know what they need

[elfin mural]

pantone oled

[storm narwhal]

Pro dum

[devout forum]

it seems like all the 2in1s that have 32gb of RAM are Intel powered

[elfin mural]

but not worth 3k

[devout forum]

which is a major bummer

[mortal grail]

Who cares what pantone says

[storm narwhal]

Pantone shmantone

Ya ding dang color things cost a small fortune already

[mortal grail]

I'm not spending 500 extra for an empty concept of validation

[elfin mural]

ya

[mortal grail]

All OLED's made in the modern era are excellent

[storm narwhal]

Real

[mortal grail]

Why does pantone next to it do anything

[elfin mural]

ik mushkin is good but

do i trust wegg international shipping

[mortal grail]

You know what this pantone thing reminds me of

Beats by dr dre

[elfin mural]

i really can get 32gb for lappy right nao

[storm narwhal]

HAHA

[mortal grail]

Those headphones are ASS

[elfin mural]

for basically free

[mortal grail]

But put dr. dre on it

[storm narwhal]

beats were ass bruhhh

[mortal grail]

"Oh no everyone buys dr dre"

[elfin mural]

lmao

[mortal grail]

There's memes about this stuff

[rancid juniper]

Beatroot by Dr.dre

[storm narwhal]

Samsung with their AKG approved audio

[elfin mural]

pantone validation is like a flex

[storm narwhal]

Bro Samsung owns akg

[mortal grail]

Do you think he makes burgers with the best beets at his barbecues

[elfin mural]

"look my laptop is color calibrated!!!"

[storm narwhal]

Literally giving themselves a medal lol

[mortal grail]

FR

[elfin mural]

ya lol

[rancid juniper]

Impossible

[storm narwhal]

Where's that pic of Obama giving himself a medal

[mortal grail]

LMAO

We had the same thought

[elfin mural]

AKG with Samsung Approved stamp when

[devout forum]

alright found one that MIGHT be pretty good
It's a Lenovo with a Core Ultra 5 125H, 14.5" (3072x1920) Touch IPS 120Hz, 32GB LPDDR5x 7467MHz and TB4

[rancid juniper]

Where gpu?

[surreal kernel]

wake up

New scrapyard wars episode js dropped

[devout forum]

Arc Graphics

[rancid juniper]

Which one

[rancid juniper]

Episode 2???

[surreal kernel]

No wait it was the first one?

[devout forum]

That's all they say
"Arc Graphics"

[rancid juniper]

Bruh

[surreal kernel]

did I read 1d ago as 1 hour ago

[mortal grail]

Mmmm sounds like a $1200 laptop for people who don't know what the value of laptops is

[devout forum]

439990 HUF

[rancid juniper]

I wouldn't get it if you're gonna game on it

[surreal kernel]

og my bad.

[elfin mural]

arc graphics with 7 xe core

it's.. an igpu ig

[rancid juniper]

All laptops with an igpu (even a capable one) has to be under $1000

[surreal kernel]

anyone wana trade gpus

[rancid juniper]

These companies are stupid

[surreal kernel]

I have a rx 6600

[devout forum]

YT videos, Discord and nothing more

[elfin mural]

32gb tho

because this will be egpu'd

[devout forum]

It'd game with an eGPU

[rancid juniper]

If you're doing those then you shouldn't spend no more than like $400 on a laptop

[devout forum]

Battery life is
Kinda questionable to me rn

[rancid juniper]

Heck maybe even less

[mortal grail]

LMAO

[surreal kernel]

just get a mac

book

[mortal grail]

I'm getting too good at this

[devout forum]

the intended use case is to take it to uni, watch videos between classes, take notes and then go home, hook it up to an eGPU and game

[elfin mural]

macs can't be egpu'd

and it's just not windows

[surreal kernel]

oh

[rancid juniper]

Get any laptop that has nvme support then

[mortal grail]

egpu is just so pointless when you have a full pc

[devout forum]

Even if you take the VAT off
It's a thousand dollars for basically crap-tier without an eGPU

[rancid juniper]

But for less

[devout forum]

cuz 27% VAT

[rancid juniper]

Wait are you gonna use egpu jank style, or thunderbolt?

[surreal kernel]

please don't spend 1k on a laptop

[elfin mural]

but erm, why not just lug the weight of a gaming laptop?

[devout forum]

honestly depressing

[mortal grail]

Ask the guy who's done egpu

It's pointless

[elfin mural]

zephyrus makes much more sense

[mortal grail]

In this day and age thunderbolt isn't fast enough to justify the ends to the means

[rancid juniper]

Bandwidth limitations + hassle + goofy portability

[mortal grail]

And MXM is rare outside of the usual mini pc's

[surreal kernel]

js buy a mac and cloud gaming

[mortal grail]

Either get a gaming laptop, or parsec/game off your desktop

[rancid juniper]

Modern laptops not having mxm standard is sad

[devout forum]

EEEEEEWWWWWW

[mortal grail]

No I'm agreeing with him

[devout forum]

You can't PAY ME to use Apple

[elfin mural]

i was about to say eww

[surreal kernel]

personaly i do that myself

More than enough

bro mac books are good

[mortal grail]

Macbook air used + parsec = ez life

[surreal kernel]

no matter the hate they get

[devout forum]

So we cannot be friends /s

[mortal grail]

M1 OP

[surreal kernel]

for school especially

plus who the hell buys a laptop for uni and wants to game

[rancid juniper]

Parsec... Man I miss the arcade so much

[surreal kernel]

yeah bro let me hop on fortnite mid lecture

[mortal grail]

100%, for basic school work and parsec an M1 is solid

[devout forum]

I will never, in my life by any Apple devices
Not because they're bad or anything

But because Apple is a predatory, abusive company that do not care about you

[surreal kernel]

spending 1k on a dookie laptop that weights 1 ton

gaming laptops are a joke

[devout forum]

I mean more predatory and abusive than other tech companies

[mortal grail]

Gaming laptops are fine

[rancid juniper]

Just like every other company

Apple is just more known

[mortal grail]

They at least make more sense than a thin and light

[surreal kernel]

alr bro 😭

[rancid juniper]

I do hate apple myself

[devout forum]

I did clarify

[modern imp]

M2 and newer is nice only if you care about the igpu

[rancid juniper]

But that applies to most companies

[surreal kernel]

who doesn't hate apple

[rancid juniper]

Heheheh

[devout forum]

There is no circumstance that can get me to give Apple any of my money

[surreal kernel]

but you can't decline that the stuff they do isn't new

[modern imp]

cpu performance isn't enough of an improvement to bother

[surreal kernel]

Good*

[mortal grail]

Yeah M2 beyond is just, well, nice? but not a whole leap

M1 was solid, and still is

[surreal kernel]

well gg

[mortal grail]

Years later

[surreal kernel]

macs are superior for school

[rancid juniper]

No

[mortal grail]

Give it to a random from facebook marketplace, not apple

[devout forum]

I don't!
I can realize they do engineering
But I personally will never support them with even a cent of my money, even if it means having an inferior experience

[mortal grail]

You're not paying apple anything

[devout forum]

I'm committed to the bit

[surreal kernel]

ur doing too much

tbh

[mortal grail]

I'm gonna uncommit u in a minute

[devout forum]

Felix angy

[mortal grail]

I will divorce ur bit

[devout forum]

Everyone run!

[rancid juniper]

Just get a ryzen laptop and call it a day

Idk

[mortal grail]

I will drill through this bit

[modern imp]

if you don't want an M1 mac that much I guess just get Lunarlake when it comes out and pay the price of being an early adopter (it's not cheap)

[surreal kernel]

lmao

[devout forum]

Anyhow

[mortal grail]

6800H/7735HS, 4060m, 16gb, ez

[modern imp]

just wait for LNL tbh for basic use

[devout forum]

I might just say screw it and just get an Ally X
It already has the CPU power to do whatever I might want

External screen and wireless keyboard with touchpad and you have a mfing laptop

[surreal kernel]

get the stupid laptops that you can change everything on them

[mortal grail]

FOR SCHOOL?

Stop

[devout forum]

:3

[surreal kernel]

the one linus promotes

[devout forum]

It's a straight up Windows PC

[modern imp]

get one of the usb c laptop formfactor docks

[devout forum]

You cannot deny that you can do it

[surreal kernel]

you can't

[modern imp]

you know what also is an option

[surreal kernel]

goodluck holding that thing everywhere

[modern imp]

I got a used tigerlake latitude for $200

[devout forum]

I'll scour the used market

maybe something cheap comes up that's not garbo

[rancid juniper]

LMAO

[surreal kernel]

or buy a mac

that simple

[modern imp]

I don't game on it obviously

but for normal use it works perfectly fine

[rancid juniper]

ik

[surreal kernel]

the people that built your house get tortured too

sell it

[modern imp]

the screen is AWFUL though

54% srgb coverage

[rancid juniper]

Tiger lake can handle win11 just fine

Panel on my laptop is ips

[mortal grail]

You make it sound like you're using DOS

[rancid juniper]

[devout forum]

I'd rather be killed than to do that

No matter how hard you preach

[modern imp]

the screen is the biggest complaint I have with it

[devout forum]

it falls on deaf ears

Apple is not even an option

[mortal grail]

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

[surreal kernel]

It is tho

[mortal grail]

i.e me

[surreal kernel]

😭

[devout forum]

But doctors are freaking cool

[mortal grail]

I am a doctor

[devout forum]

I don't want to keep the doctor away

[mortal grail]

no I'm not I'm actually a dentist

[devout forum]

My GP is really chill

he's cool

[modern imp]

as much as I hate Apple an M4 mac with Asahi linux would probably be my endgame laptop for basic use

[mortal grail]

I am also not a dentist

Apple silicon is great for basic crap

[surreal kernel]

bro they are so good

[mortal grail]

Like unironically

[surreal kernel]

this woman talking nonsesne

I won't buy apple because they abuse their employees

[modern imp]

the only thing that will come close in the nearish future is Lunarlake

[surreal kernel]

like what the hell

[mortal grail]

I would also say

6800H is hella nice

[modern imp]

and that's way more expensive than M1 used would be

[mortal grail]

6800H was probably my best recent purchase

[devout forum]

Oh no, not their employees

The customers

[mortal grail]

It won't beat an M1 tho

Like

[surreal kernel]

my imac and mac book are more than enough for school

[mortal grail]

No windows laptop beats Apple for battery life yet

[surreal kernel]

soon getting a 16 pro max as soon as it launches

[devout forum]

The people buying Apple are the one being fleeced into Stockholm syndrome

[rancid juniper]

Gaming laptops without igpus is a red flag tbh

[surreal kernel]

sorry but I don't get what you are saying

[mortal grail]

Mux makes them even better

[surreal kernel]

it doesn't make any sense to begin with

[rancid juniper]

Fr

[surreal kernel]

people buy what they want

[devout forum]

Yes you are already in the Stockholm syndrome phase lmao

[surreal kernel]

apple isn't brainwashing them to buy their products

[devout forum]

(For the record I'm joking)

[surreal kernel]

What's the stockholm

syndrome

😭

[mortal grail]

Applecare maybe

[devout forum]

It's an abused person defending their abuser

[mortal grail]

Apple support genuinely feels like a hug tho

[devout forum]

even going to court and testifying that the abuse didn't happen despite evidence

[surreal kernel]

😭😭😭😭

[mortal grail]

Like

I know where the apple money went

[surreal kernel]

I'm saying

idk what you are saying woman

[mortal grail]

???

[surreal kernel]

maybe we live in parallel universes

[mortal grail]

Apple support is the best part about apple

[surreal kernel]

the person that wants the laptop

[devout forum]

I bet you love Lightning too

[mortal grail]

I would die on the hill

[surreal kernel]

hell no

so glad they switched

[devout forum]

rofl

[modern imp]

the big problem with rembrandt is that there is a lot of firmware issues if the device didn't get recent AGESA updates

[rancid juniper]

EVGA RIVAL

[mortal grail]

And apple would bring me a pillow just because I called

[devout forum]

Anyhow

[surreal kernel]

yeah apple are stupid but saying you won't spend a dime on their products for no logical reason

[devout forum]

I'mma be looking around a little more

[surreal kernel]

doesn't make any sense to me

[mortal grail]

Apple support is honestly the best support service in the industry

I'm dead serious about this

[devout forum]

If you pay for a new device, maybe

[modern imp]

for anything consumer at least

[mortal grail]

They care even if you aren't a customer

[modern imp]

b2b is a different scenario

[devout forum]

TFW Apple outright sues a repair shop for not being an Apple authorized repair place and repairing iPhones

[mortal grail]

I had a credit card scare about, 2 years back? I called apple, I told them I've not used their service in nearly 10 years. They handled everything and got my false charges cleared

I spent 10 minutes on the damn phone

For YEARS

I had used their service

Apple support is THE BEST part about Apple

Period

[mortal grail]

Cannot deny it's not perfect but it's been damn well close for something that tries to be M1 lol

[surreal kernel]

if only wr had proper apple support here

[devout forum]

Yeah yeah

That's all nice and all

But I'm not into gateway drugs

[mortal grail]

If you don't want an apple that's fine

[devout forum]

I've already said to not try selling me apple stuff lmao

[mortal grail]

But so the record is straight, there are things that make Apple good

Things that don't matter though

[devout forum]

I never said the perf is bad

Or anything

[mortal grail]

In the scheme of everything

[devout forum]

I know that Apple has powerful stuff

[mortal grail]

Not touting it for power

[devout forum]

But I simply do not want to associate myself with them

it's all there is to it

[mortal grail]

It's just a very efficient laptop

They make their biggest consumer markets in business and education

[devout forum]

I'm not dumping on Apple on performance or the like

[mortal grail]

That's fine

And btw I was never mad

Idk why people keep thinking that

[devout forum]

I simply said that personally I will never own Apple stuff

[mortal grail]

My caps are for emphasis not anger

Lol

[devout forum]

I was joking on you being angy

that's why I spelled it that way

it's just a bit of a running gag

[mortal grail]

For some reason it's like the 5th time I heard about it

in 24 hours

[devout forum]

huh

Wacc

But ye I am joking about you being mad

[mortal grail]

And yet when I was actually mad in that time no one said anything 😂

[devout forum]

it seemed funny, but if it annoys you I'll stop

[mortal grail]

I'm fine mate

Lol

[devout forum]

Based Feetlicks

:3

[mortal grail]

Takes a lot to break me down

[devout forum]

Like hydrochloric acid?

[mortal grail]

...

Yes 💀

[devout forum]

lmao

TBF

that'd break anyone down here :3

[mortal grail]

Knock em dead too

Be careful of any rags

[modern imp]

nah like if it didn't get proper updates after release there are severe issues. There was a bug that resulted in SSDs larger than 2TB bricking

[mortal grail]

Huh

I didn't know about that bug

Then again I'm not unhinged enough to spend big cash on a 4tb+

Coincidentally my laptop is 2TB

Lmao

[modern imp]

nah that was also 2TB lmao

but it got resolved several months after launch

that sounds bad but keep in mind that was a paper launch

it was nearly impossible to get even 6 months later

[mortal grail]

I'm aware, I waited forever for my TUF A15

And then when it finally showed up it launched at a 20% discount

[modern imp]

GPD and AYA were the ones who found out that Rembrandt firmware was borked

[mortal grail]

I really lucked out

[modern imp]

then it rapidly got fixed

[devout forum]

I wonder though

[mortal grail]

Those are U not H tho innit?

[modern imp]

same microcode

and silicon

[devout forum]

Would it make a difference in loading times if your entire Steam/Epic library was on an NVME SSD in a USB 3.2 enclosure?

[mortal grail]

[modern imp]

H is just a different cTDP range

[mortal grail]

Are you telling me I can bios mod an Ally to pull 150W

[devout forum]

oh no

[mortal grail]

[modern imp]

idk if you can go that far but you should be able to tweak it

[mortal grail]

I'll put ice on the vrm

Nyoom

[modern imp]

I mean the desktop 780M pulls over 100w just fine

[devout forum]

Imagine an Ally pulling 75 watts

on CPU alone

https://tenor.com/view/explosion-kitty-komaru-cat-explosion-cat-cat-explosion-gif-4940756872467221811

[mortal grail]

Those lonely 1 or 3 vrm stages boutta get blindsided

Spend their life at a lazy 20% next thing they know it's bloody cold and working crunch time like a black company

[devout forum]

Them VRMs outta nowhere becoming Amazon delivery drivers

[mortal grail]

Genuinely think bios modding should be next on my learning list

I've gotten fairly good at SSD's, PSU's I still have a ways to go

As well as DX suite

[sinful blade]

@mortal grail learn psus first

[opaque sedge]

Like individual pc components? Like cpu microcode? Or just the mobo bios

[elfin mural]

Mobo bios

[opaque sedge]

Gen 4 nvme’s dont need heatsinks right? My mobo’s remaining 2 slots dont have heatsinks

[devout forum]

@mortal grail apologies for ping but am curious if it's fine

[safe cape]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxEa7k8j1Ro

[proud jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-coffee-bocchi-the-rock-bocchi-bocchi-the-rock-gif-bocchi-funny-gif-27325558

Another day another dime

[rancid juniper]

money

[young matrix]

QMK has a feature request for it

[safe cape]

qmk ?

[young matrix]

Custom keyboard firmware

https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/pull/24000

P cool stuff

[safe cape]

so this will work on any keyboard ?

[young matrix]

Most custom boards

Keyword custom

[devout forum]

Wait they added it officially?

[young matrix]

Its a pull request rn

Basically theyre working on it

[devout forum]

so in theory, once it's fully done

[young matrix]

Yeah

[devout forum]

any QMK keeb can just

Download it and add it?

even if the maker (eg Keychron) didn't officially make their own version?

[young matrix]

P much

[young matrix]

Yeah

[icy ore]

https://youtu.be/DLEL6i0YmkY?si=VjCkm7cTxGn36_T5

[devout forum]

wouldn't you lose the Keychron functions though?

[young matrix]

No

Well

Depends on what board specifically

[sinful blade]

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/uUx7waQGmj1wKDA6/?

Can anyone see this?

[young matrix]

But keychron firmware is built off qmk

[devout forum]

Private

[devout forum]

K10 Pro

the one I'm planning to order

[young matrix]

Should be fine

Once qmk gets updated keychron will update their fw

[sinful blade]

Sadge

[devout forum]

unironically trash-tier

5 bucks for the case, give or take

Where airflow?

But it could be nice to lowball them for like 60 bucks

[sinful blade]

I was gonna lowball at 50 lmao

But it’s UK

So that’s gonna be a fortune in delivery costs

[high star]

and on the third day god grew a peach tree

late season peaches are peak

[pliant berry]

well that looks odd

[sweet phoenix]

me at 6 years old putting a whole apple slice in my mouth

the top left specifically

[keen shale]

Orange wedges

[velvet summit]

it's been almost a month since i had covid and im still coughing

[pliant berry]

the cough never stops

[sweet phoenix]

ask your dr about teslon pearls

they basically numb the coughing reflex for 6-8 hours

[south sapphire]

Does whatsapp use phone number or email to find people?

[rancid juniper]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-9000-reviews-will-be-posted-day-before-launch

well atleast its not after launch, but it makes it look like AMD is not confident in their newest architecture

[pliant berry]

Most of those apps use phone number

[keen shale]

If they weren't, they wouldn't allow the reviews to continue despite delaying launch

[rancid juniper]

indeed

[mortal grail]

Could be worse. We've had releases on the release day before

[keen shale]

Would much rather have them pulled back than end up in an Intel type situation

[rancid juniper]

(The day before)

[keen shale]

Could be something as simple as the IHS not having proper labeling or something silly

[rancid juniper]

some people suspected that the models didn't hit advertised clock speeds

[keen shale]

The articles i've read indicated it wasn't a silicon issue

[rancid juniper]

thats a sigh of relief

[mortal grail]

Generic answer

[keen shale]

But, once again, we shall see

[rancid juniper]

XD

prices aint shown yet either

[silk gull]

is there a help channel?

[keen shale]

For what?

[silk gull]

pc

gpu

[keen shale]

If it's PC component related, generally #building-and-recc-chat

[silk gull]

bet glook can anyone help me there

[keen shale]

Don't ask to ask, go there and ask your question

Be sure to include some details, as much as you can

[elfin mural]

https://electrek.co/2024/07/25/tesla-warns-against-wet-towel-trick-to-speed-up-supercharging/

are people dumb wth

who on their right mind puts something damp/wet NEAR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTS?

[pliant berry]

but.. quickcharge

[mental yoke]

marry me

[pliant berry]

https://tenor.com/view/disgust-gif-21405981

[velvet summit]

that isnt the issue; it's fine even if it's raining
the problem mentioned in the article was about it tricking thermal sensors

[elfin mural]

ah

still dangerous anyway

[velvet summit]

so the charger thinks that it's cooler than it actually is basically

[elfin mural]

in terms of heat

[velvet summit]

yeah

[elfin mural]

that's definitely a fire waiting to happen

tesla owners smh

[pliant berry]

yeah it's kinda like when my iphone stops itself from charging due to overheating

wait a minute...

[proud jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-bocchi-the-rock-anime-ぼっちざろっく-hitori-gotou-gif-27014590

[pliant berry]

welp after about a month or 2 of using brave search I have to say.. I don't like it

[velvet summit]

been using kagi for about 3 months now and i do like it

[pliant berry]

I did the free trial for kagi to try that one out as well and honestly I do understand the appeal, but idk if I really want to be paying for a search engine

[craggy shoal]

this guy pays for a search engine

[velvet summit]

it works well

[pliant berry]

yeah it does, I can't remember how good the image search was but the general search was very good, didn't have to scroll far to find what I was looking for, which is more than I can say for brave or google at times

[craggy shoal]

$5/month and only 300 searches is crazy 💀

[pliant berry]

does anyone know of a mouse that is not prone to scrolling problems

[craggy shoal]

What's your scrolling problems?

[pliant berry]

my current mouse keeps reverse scrolling as I am going down a page

[velvet summit]

every mouse that i have had has done this

[craggy shoal]

Is it a web scrolling mouse?

[velvet summit]

actually, somehow, my walmart cheap ass mouse hasnt developed this problem

[pliant berry]

Or do I just give up and use trackpad

[velvet summit]

somehow my most reliable scrollwheel on a mouse is on a $10 mouse

[craggy shoal]

I like a notchy mouse so I don't have this issue lol

[velvet summit]

i dont have a mouse with a stepless scrollwheel

[pliant berry]

ye me either

[velvet summit]

like, my g305 developed started getting scrolling issues about a year into owning it

[pliant berry]

maybe I should just use my wacom for general desktop use

[velvet summit]

and it seemed like one of my friends also experienced the same thing

found this out when a friend was asking for mouse recommendations for... well, exactly what ghosty was asking for

because their razor mousewheel was also doing the same thing

[pliant berry]

haha

[velvet summit]

mousewheels apparently are just hella unreliable lmao

[pliant berry]

I've already been dealing with this for over a year but I find it especially bad on mac and it's really starting to bother me since I use mac for most of my work

[nocturne flicker]

Mousewheels are pain

[high star]

when did this become a thing

we have monthly subscriptions for search engines?

[craggy shoal]

Apparently this is a thing 💀
https://kagi.com/

[velvet summit]

Selling point is that there's no ads or SEO ranking

[pliant berry]

I think I first heard about it from Luke on wan show

[nocturne flicker]

90% of the time there is a problem with a mouse it is because the mousewheel is borked