general-chat

[hoary zodiac]

I'm mostly leeching knowledge here off a lot of the other techies

[sweet phoenix]

the z4 the lcd display broke

[sage sluice]

Felix is the fountain of tech

[rigid sinew]

thats a good question, i think just knowing your stuff, i can check to where i asked techies before and send you that list

[sinful blade]

@rigid sinew I also have actual business management experience lmao, so that would help too

[rigid sinew]

if you know your stuff and your history is good, you can be a mod and a techie

[hoary zodiac]

based

overqualified for the job

[sage sluice]

I can vouch for roomba being pretty helpful and active here

[hoary zodiac]

yeah roomba is chill

I haven't seen him involved an any uhh

[sage sluice]

Having someone who hangs out a lot in chat would definitely be good for moderation

[rigid sinew]

i cant pay you though

[hoary zodiac]

"uncivil arguments"

i can vouch for him too

[sage sluice]

I don't think I've ever seen a discord mod get paid before

[rigid sinew]

me

[hoary zodiac]

they get paid in kittens

[sage sluice]

Other than like if they're modding for other stuff too

[pliant berry]

What are we putting together resumes to apply for mod??

[lone mango]

[pliant berry]

Maybe for some streamers idk

[sage sluice]

Well you do far more than just watch discord lol

[sage sluice]

That's what I'm picturing

[hoary zodiac]

yeah you're an actual newegg rep

[sinful blade]

That’s fine, I got a job lmao

[hoary zodiac]

🏅

[sinful blade]

I know a few who do

[hoary zodiac]

probably depends on the context of the job

[sage sluice]

I got gifted nitro for a twitch streamer i used to mod for, detective_fox, would get around 100 viewers average

[hoary zodiac]

some senior management positions for large discord servers would have pay

like idk

fortnite discord

[sage sluice]

And then he kinda got greedy and completely fell apart lol

Idk how his channel is doing now

[sage sluice]

Its definitely a niche category

[hoary zodiac]

I mean to be fair

[sage sluice]

Also id lose my mind modding for those types of servers

[hoary zodiac]

at that point it's more of a

[sage sluice]

Job

[hoary zodiac]

"community representative" that comes with a discord modding role

[sinful blade]

I am lmao

[hoary zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/shannon-sharpe-suit-meme-man-wearing-suit-meme-suit-slideshow-sparkles-and-champagne-gif-26378137

[mortal grail]

You know a server is actually good when people wanna volunteer to help

Needed to say it

Lol

[pliant berry]

Nahh

[lone mango]

Why does partition manager take a while to complete its operations

[fresh timber]

i really should get a new psu

this one is has a broken fanblade and vibrates lol

[hoary zodiac]

what partition manager are you referring to?

[lone mango]

kde

Took over 5 minutes to shred this partition

[hoary zodiac]

shred?

wdym

[lone mango]

I just wanted to get rid of it its whatever

[hoary zodiac]

maybe it was an operation that zeroed out the partitioned rather than marking it as empty?

[lone mango]

I have no clue

[hoary zodiac]

I haven't use KDE partition manager so

[misty sparrow]

Skills: “I have no life”

[hoary zodiac]

I mean he has a job so

[misty sparrow]

I should put that on mine

[hoary zodiac]

bro is going from
i have no gf
to
i have no life

[mortal grail]

https://tenor.com/view/blue-da-ba-dee-eiffel65-gif-14330492

[lone mango]

[misty sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/what-is-wrong-with-you-why-are-you-blue-what-is-wrong-with-you-why-are-you-blue-brba-breaking-bad-gif-26777019

[mortal grail]

I ate some bad fish

[misty sparrow]

at least you can disguise as a Smurf

go get some smurfberries for us

smurfin time

[hoary zodiac]

wait

[hoary zodiac]

linux techie?

wtf

[lone mango]

Oh so shred does overwrite it

Hahaha I just wrote hundreds of gigabytes for no reason

[hoary zodiac]

yeah so at least you know the data is gone

[lone mango]

[hoary zodiac]

RIP TBW

I unironically would make a decent linux techie

[lone mango]

https://tenor.com/view/its-peak-its-mid-true-morgan-freeman-gif-8763446312529432376

[hoary zodiac]

apparently I'm one of the more active linux "enjoyers"

[hoary zodiac]

I'm gonna put together my resume like roomba

and it's just gonna be a txt with one sentence

"I use arch btw"

[misty sparrow]

Like that’ll get you brownie points

[hoary zodiac]

yeah there's like 2 types of arch users

the people who use arch linux

and the people who talk about using arch linux

[misty sparrow]

They’re the same picture

[hoary zodiac]

😭

[lone mango]

[fresh timber]

super rare

[hoary zodiac]

man I should get a VPS to tunnel my server

or a vpn

[pliant berry]

I don’t recall if this was ever sent here but there ya go

[rancid juniper]

hmmm makes me wonder how good it might look with that RT update coming soon

[hoary zodiac]

Nvidia on Linux 🤝 Radeon on Windows

[lone mango]

What would be the benefit to installing the optional mesa git drivers

[dense locust]

CUDA is a different install to the Linux driver

Why

[hoary zodiac]

You're building the entire package from source

[misty sparrow]

ChatGPT’s pondering like

[hoary zodiac]

Also it might have some features left out of the standard mesa package

[pliant berry]

Does edge even do anything

Im convinced it doesn’t really work

[hoary zodiac]

Ok I really should ditch my bad habit of not reading through a document

[lone mango]

They were just saying whatever on there fr

[lone mango]

I have never seen that before

[hoary zodiac]

Well

Generally the -git option of a package will have you build it

The git versions may be more up to date

Because they usually come out before the binaries

[wise wigeon]

Lmao

They released a xtx bundle that would save me a lot of money

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails?ItemList=Combo.4764163

Except it’s that ugly blower xtx

So they bundled it with mh wilds too

[lone mango]

Thats that cheapo bundle fr

[hoary zodiac]

Blower 🤨

[pliant berry]

This is prob my 6th time today seeing it

[hoary zodiac]

Are they even good in a regular chassis?

[pliant berry]

That’s why my messages are spaced so far apart

[hoary zodiac]

Feels like the blower XTX would only be good in a server chassis

[proud jackal]

@rigid sinew

[rigid sinew]

Whaaat

[proud jackal]

You just pinged 164,000 people.

Also pls pick me for Newegg shuffle I know you the one hand picking your favorite

[wise wigeon]

Also uses 16 pin lel

[misty sparrow]

To ensure the validity of the shuffle get new hands

[sinful blade]

Linux techie time

[idle nexus]

anyone try this yet? I'm gonna try it when I get home from stinky Tampa https://github.com/beeradmoore/dlss-swapper

[wise wigeon]

Oh they’re trying to indoctrinate you into a cult

[idle nexus]

it swaps DLSS versions for you in games that already support DLSS

[sinful blade]

@rigid sinew let me know if you need any other qualifications to sign me up

[wise wigeon]

Can’t you already do that on the Nvidia app?

[idle nexus]

(don't use in multiplayer cuz anti-cheat will start crying)

can you?

[sinful blade]

@idle nexus you have any experience with lower power AMD cards?

[wise wigeon]

Pretty sure

[sinful blade]

When I get home, I wanna see if my undervolt+OC of my 5700XT looks alright

[wise wigeon]

It’s how people were testing dlss 4 prerelease

[idle nexus]

I saw a video for Red Dead Redemption 2 where they swapped DLSS 2.2 to DLSS 4 & it worked

[hoary zodiac]

Is the Linux techie role a meme role or

[wise wigeon]

https://youtu.be/K2Z6-dRFOuo?si=Fst7h7efQA89B9Gk

[idle nexus]

lol the full extent of my AMD GPU experience so far is HD7970

[sinful blade]

No idea

@mortal grail explain

[idle nexus]

& I think uhh HD5750?

[wise wigeon]

The better 7000 series

[idle nexus]

lol that thing is ancient crap

it has like 3gb VRAM iirc

[wise wigeon]

Do be fair so did a 1060 in 2018

To*

[sinful blade]

1060 having 3GB vram is just kinda sad

[wise wigeon]

It had a 3gb and 6gb

[sinful blade]

Ye

1050 had 4, didn’t it?

[idle nexus]

ya ig this is pretty cool but I don't even install the nvidia app

[wise wigeon]

I don’t know

[idle nexus]

heckin thing drives me nuts trying to optimize my games without my permission

lol

[sinful blade]

Oh no

[wise wigeon]

https://tenor.com/view/elmo-sesame-street-shrug-idk-i-have-no-idea-gif-17243185

[sinful blade]

1050 was 2GB

GDDR5

[idle nexus]

I install nvidia drivers with NVCleanInstall

[sinful blade]

Ewh

[idle nexus]

disable HDCP

disable driver telemetry

[wise wigeon]

Maybe the ti?

[sinful blade]

Ye

[wise wigeon]

@idle nexus I mean for most people though they’re express installing

[proud jackal]

WHO WANTS MOD

[sinful blade]

Me pls

[wise wigeon]

Eh

[proud jackal]

GIVE ME YOUR BEST MOD SENTENCE

[wise wigeon]

Wouldn’t even know what to do with mod if I had it

[idle nexus]

that HD7970 keeps borking out SysInfo

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/16567119

[wise wigeon]

That’s my sentence

[hoary zodiac]

Please be respectful... Or else

Their imagination will fill in the rest

[wise wigeon]

I had a hd 7750 for the longest time

[hoary zodiac]

(I don't actually want mod)

[idle nexus]

two life sentences served concurrently

[proud jackal]

I like it, 8/10

[proud jackal]

11/10 would mod again

[wise wigeon]

Sentence

I just want a rating ngl

[hoary zodiac]

sudo chmod 777 /

[proud jackal]

[wise wigeon]

https://tenor.com/view/tiger-woods-gif-18852427

[wise wigeon]

It’s like my father when I told him I didn’t want to be a doctor

[hoary zodiac]

You have a degree in theoretical physics
I have a theoretical degree in physics
We are not the same

[wise wigeon]

I enjoyed physics

I prefer when things are practical

Like I don’t like calculus alone

But when it’s applied in physics it’s much more interesting

[hoary zodiac]

lmao

I'm like the opposite

I'm a first year engineering student

I'm decent at maths

[wise wigeon]

You like theories but hate practical stuff

[hoary zodiac]

But I haven't done physics in high scgool

[hoary zodiac]

Nah

I like the practical stuff but I haven't actually done it

[wise wigeon]

Ah

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah

The science profs are my uni are entertaining as hell tho so

Which really works out because my physics foundation is not good

[wise wigeon]

Yeah def take calc before physics

It helps a lot

[proud jackal]

@fresh nova tempted to get extra long tubing to put the radiator near the window

[idle nexus]

do itt

[hoary zodiac]

My course covers the fundamentals for both calc and physics

So I get a bit of a breather on maths

More time for physics

[idle nexus]

https://www.titanrig.com/alphacool-panama-hf38-pass-through-pcie-slot-cover-0180ac010101on.html

[proud jackal]

On a test bench rn

[idle nexus]

ah right

[proud jackal]

Radiator is blowing hot air on my hands

[idle nexus]

you can at least wall mount it?

[proud jackal]

That's drilling into wall D:

[idle nexus]

easy if you have a drill lol

[proud jackal]

I do

[idle nexus]

I used these to make it easier to wall mount https://www.amazon.com/XSPC-Radiator-Standoff-Bracket-Black/dp/B0847HDFJX

cuz otherwise, it's kinda impossible

[wise wigeon]

Scythe fans?

[fresh nova]

If you can do it it’a absolutely worth it.

All the hot air blows straight out or during winter reverse the fans & blow the cold air in.

[gentle canyon]

@mortal grail

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-walter-white-why-are-you-blue-blue-jesse-gif-27031558

[fresh nova]

Ha Ha

[chrome portal]

this is epic bryce

[fresh nova]

Yes

[chrome portal]

so true gamer

keep up the good work

[fresh nova]

You too gamer

[sinful blade]

Uhhh, I promise to uphold the ethics of the server and provide the best user experience to any new or returning user

Sir

[sinful blade]

We’ve been asking him for an hour

Without answers

[lone mango]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-mod-kawaii-anime-boy-cringe-neckbeard-discord-gif-3671169381323451686

[rigid sinew]

ill explain in a bit

[worn wave]

Probably just so people can ping techies with more specific knowledge without pinging every techie

[gentle canyon]

my goal is to one day be smart enough to earn the techie role

[warm steppe]

UwU Daddy Bryce

[rigid sinew]

literally

[pliant berry]

Hmm, I just realized.. I don’t think I ate today

[random osprey]

time for mukbang

[pliant berry]

Lol

[random osprey]

in a few days hopefully or maybe weeks, imma have a keyboard to match my hatsune miku mousepad, ghosty

[pliant berry]

And then you will send it to me right?

[random osprey]

yes, $500 plz

[pliant berry]

Im actually trying to revamp my whole desk. Was going to get a flexispot desk frame, wooden tabletop from my neighbor, new speaker stands to put my speakers on desk, and replace keeb and mouse with something wireless

[sinful blade]

Okie dokey

[sinful blade]

I forgot to eat yesterday until 11 pm

I was gamin too hard

[icy ore]

damn

what game

[sinful blade]

Life

[rigid sinew]

"Probably just so people can ping techies with more specific knowledge without pinging every techie"

[icy ore]

hell of a game

[rigid sinew]

^

[sinful blade]

That makes sense

I don’t think I could call myself a specific techie

[rigid sinew]

i thought you wanted mod ?

[sinful blade]

I do

I meant like

I don’t know about Linux well enough and that type of thing

[fresh timber]

Linux

Linuxbtexhnie

Linux techie

[rigid sinew]

oooh okay well it depends on if youre a techie

[fresh timber]

Linux me this Batman

[idle nexus]

need Alphacool radiator that supports 9 140s or 4 200mm fans https://shop.alphacool.com/en/shop/radiators/special-sizes/14351-alphacool-nexxxos-xt45-full-copper-1260mm-supernova-radiator?currency=3

the 4 200s would look cool but the 9 140s would probably do a better job

does MORA make a 1260mm radiator? lol

[gilded kraken]

200's would be mad quiet

[idle nexus]

true but don't they kinda suck for static pressure?

[gilded kraken]

they are not the best but I suppose that would be the tradeoff

there might be 200's designed for SP

they are less rare to see these days

[idle nexus]

I have a build with one of these in it https://www.performance-pcs.com/water-cooling/radiators/alphacool-nexxxos-xt45-full-copper-400mm-radiator.html

$90 is really cheap for that

just based on like the amount of material used

most 360s cost way more than that

[craggy shoal]

I stopped watching tutorials when I realized they all have the same ending

[pliant berry]

Failing and searching the comments for answers?

[idle nexus]

200mm is 7.87" ish

so maybe https://www.amazon.com/CFR-Performance-Electric-Radiator-Cooling/dp/B003908L3Q might fit lol

it's 12v so just splice it into a molex connection ez

[proud jackal]

I'd love to but

[idle nexus]

74 cubic feet per minute

[proud jackal]

Alright I ordered 60 ft of tubing

Guess this is going to happen

[idle nexus]

1700 cubic feet per minute

[idle nexus]

EPDM?

generic version of EK ZMT lol

[proud jackal]

No

I need to find a 10 foot long pwm extension cable now

LOL

[wise wigeon]

Wait thought we were meming around

[proud jackal]

Going to daisy chain a bunch of pwm extensions

WHAT COULD GO WRONG

[balmy solstice]

your science class teachers voice echoes in the back of your head no open toed shoes when performing experiments

[idle nexus]

lol you could do a PWM splitter

so you get power off of molex

but still have PWM off the motherboard

[hoary zodiac]

I'm back

What did I miss

[proud jackal]

They are lianli fans so they go off one connector

Just needs pwm

1 pwm

[idle nexus]

oh nice that's not so bad

[proud jackal]

Going to daisy chain 8 12" extension

[idle nexus]

lol it's 8 feet away?

[proud jackal]

Window to pc

Just about yet

Ye

[idle nexus]

could use this but then they run 100% always https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084JG4619?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_5

[balmy solstice]

cost effective

[idle nexus]

lol ya just do that then lol

[balmy solstice]

gl

[proud jackal]

My water temp sensor plug comes in tomorrow

[lone mango]

And its like $50 per fan right

[idle nexus]

lol ya

more expensive than the heckin radiator 1700cfm fan

[idle nexus]

those are nice to have

[lone mango]

Ridiculous

[idle nexus]

I hate when motherboards don't have a header for it

or worse, MSI gives you some derpy proprietry header for it

[lone mango]

Surprised corsair fan business still going

[idle nexus]

like dude... MSI... really? these didn't just come out what are you doing

[lone mango]

Who is buying these

[idle nexus]

some people really love Corsair

some people really love Nzed

it's a crazy world out there ya know?

[misty sparrow]

there was someone here who liked nzxt but dont know if they left

[idle nexus]

lol I think they left ya

[lone mango]

Yeah danielle left

Clowned on her too much

Hope the $300 aio serves her well

[idle nexus]

oh wait

https://www.amazon.com/GDSTIME-Ventilation-Exhaust-Projects-Cooling/dp/B07P2GQNH5?

this is perfect

probably fits directly to the rad easy too

no need to worry about running PWM cables cuz it's 120v lol

only up to 390 cfm tho sad

[proud jackal]

great

one of my headlights went out

[hoary zodiac]

oooo

techies getting fancy color

[icy ore]

bryce

target monster techie

[hoary zodiac]

I'm gonna write a 1000 word document and send it to naht on why I should be linux techie

[icy ore]

send it in a linux program

[hoary zodiac]

it's just gonna be a step by step guide on how to install arch linux

ok I'm trolling a bit here but on a serious note I'm gonna try to apply after my dentist appointment

[sweet phoenix]

Smh imagine going to the dentist

[hoary zodiac]

😭

[proud jackal]

i cant see your name in dark mode

[hoary zodiac]

I have to get my teeth cleaned before wisdom teeth removal

[sweet phoenix]

It could probably be lightened a lil bit

[hoary zodiac]

oh yeah bacca while you're here

how was your experience applying to become techie

[sweet phoenix]

Oh uhh

I came to chat one day and it was there

[hoary zodiac]

oh lmao

hmm

[sweet phoenix]

I was very surprised lol

[hoary zodiac]

do y'all have references?

for say

vrms and ddr5 skus

[fresh timber]

wanna kow what i want

i wanna do a a3 custom loop

5950x 3080

but u know what i dont have

money

or a reason to do that other to waste money

[sinful blade]

@sweet phoenix nice colour

[hoary zodiac]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwnez8HdN7E

I wonder if this will turn into something real

[lone mango]

To do gpu passthrough with kvm you need a second one right

[hoary zodiac]

yes

because you are passing through the gpu to the vm

[lone mango]

Do igpus count

[hoary zodiac]

yes

[lone mango]

Well im on am4 so yeah

[pliant berry]

yeah if you enable it you can do igpu for host and passthrough dgpu to vm

[dense locust]

Where’s the HoloLens?

[hoary zodiac]

there's people who got crypto mining 1060 models (forgot the name) to pass video through the igpu

and game on them

so yeah you can do a lot

[sweet phoenix]

Thanks

[sinful blade]

Hopefully naht will approve me and mine will be red soon

[sweet phoenix]

Gl

[hoary zodiac]

Gl

[proud jackal]

application REJECTED

[pliant berry]

heh

[hoary zodiac]

Lord Theo has spoken

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/jake-crying-gif-15896901980625544793

Welp, time to completely distance myself from the server and never speak again

[hoary zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/knife-roomba-go-get-em-buddy-roomba-knife-monster-under-bed-gif-2796116913792164699

[sinful blade]

I know someone was talking about me as “Ron the Wilson driver” in mod chat probably

Due to naht’s message in #ranks-and-levels

[hoary zodiac]

they are deciding your fate

roll a dice

[sinful blade]

Hopium

In the nostril

[hoary zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/discuss-yeti-yetiapocalypse-meeting-conference-gif-20607067

[wary orchid]

guys is this pc good? pls tell me https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-002D-000J6

[fair onyx]

@hoary zodiac @pliant berry I'm going to blow up and explode

[lone mango]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/303536282036862996/1325190701130055774/caption-5-1.gif

[hoary zodiac]

wait

$909?

[pliant berry]

oh boy what happened now

[hoary zodiac]

huh that's not too-

GOD DAMN IT

[wary orchid]

yes 909

what

[hoary zodiac]

I thought we had a half decent pc

[wary orchid]

whats wrong

[fair onyx]

2-3 days ago

[fair onyx]

Today

[wary orchid]

what is that

[hoary zodiac]

yeah no

[wary orchid]

idk what that is

[hoary zodiac]

that

is a power supply notorious for exploding

[lone mango]

https://tenor.com/view/itsover-wojack-gif-4367840179675491690

[pliant berry]

ahh yes

well it was shipping

[fair onyx]

It has gone from shipped to date pending, and not shipped 😭

[hoary zodiac]

are you ok with custom builds?

[sinful blade]

What happened

[fair onyx]

Oh well

[wary orchid]

oh my goodness i thought i found a gem 😔🙏💔

[pliant berry]

well it has label so it can be considered shipped, just not out the door

[hoary zodiac]

It would've been

if it wasn't for the psu

[pliant berry]

[sinful blade]

It also has a very mid range cpu for the price

[hoary zodiac]

actually it has a 5600

nvm

[wary orchid]

i mean idrk how to build my own pc, seems easy, but startup and drivers and static frying the pc is the only thing that worries me

[hoary zodiac]

funny thing

that almost never happens

[wary orchid]

what doesnt

[sinful blade]

Static is nearly a non-issue now

[wary orchid]

the static?

[hoary zodiac]

static damage

[wary orchid]

ah

[sinful blade]

Startup is pretty easy now

Drivers are as well

[hoary zodiac]

I'd encourage you to give it a go tbh

simply because of how much money you can save

[wary orchid]

what abt installing drivers and stuff bc im switching from a 2019 mac

[hoary zodiac]

and how much better of a pc you can get

[sinful blade]

It’s much easier than it was previous

[hoary zodiac]

well I mean

do you have any previous experience installing an OS?

[sinful blade]

Automatic mostly. Apart from gpu drivers and mobo+cpu.

[wary orchid]

i mean i kinda maybe installed windows on my mac

[hoary zodiac]

alright good enough

[sinful blade]

You’ll be alright if you can do that.

[hoary zodiac]

most drivers can be installed through the manufacturer's site

downlaoded*

I'll whip up a list real quick

[sinful blade]

https://youtu.be/LVV_mihEh6g?feature=shared

[wary orchid]

and im prob gonna go for AMD bc idrc abt ray tracing lowk

[sinful blade]

This is a decent video

[hoary zodiac]

that is a very good choice

[wary orchid]

so is amd easy to setup?

[hoary zodiac]

just as easy as nvidia

easier if you go linux

and way better priced

[sinful blade]

AMD’s Adrenalin software is honestly quite easy to use now that they’ve streamlined everything

It’s a bit bloated, but it’s fine for even fine tuning an OC

[wary orchid]

alr thx

im gonna try to make a build off of pcpartpicker

[sinful blade]

I actually just used it to OC+undervolt my 5700XT

[hoary zodiac]

I gotchu

I can make you a list

[sinful blade]

@wary orchid let @hoary zodiac do it

What’s your budget?

[hoary zodiac]

yeah good question

I'm going off the prebuilt budget

[wary orchid]

1k

i want a pc thats good at 1440p

[hoary zodiac]

jesus christ inflation

[fresh timber]

chill

i wonder how the stock cooler would handel this

[hoary zodiac]

are you ok with used parts?

[sinful blade]

@wary orchid

[hoary zodiac]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dpCwDj

this is a draft

not an actual list

I'm just saving this here cuz I'm trying an intel board

[wary orchid]

tbh not really

i made a draft on newegg earlier

it was below 1k

lets go i can finally send images

[hoary zodiac]

this should be a 1k list

[hoary zodiac]

but the inflation has kiled the price

[wary orchid]

this is it, is it good?

[hoary zodiac]

that's 1K?

damn

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BnPfVF

here's a second draft

[sinful blade]

That’s meh

[hoary zodiac]

i hate inflation so much

I'm gonna phone a friend here

@sweet phoenix Hey, @wary orchid would like a parts list for a 1k gaming pc

would love some input

[hoary zodiac]

5700x3d you reckon?

WAIT

IT'S $268

[wary orchid]

is that good or bad

[hoary zodiac]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FDtCC8

[sweet phoenix]

Do you care for upgradability?

[hoary zodiac]

here's another draft thingy

I made all of these in a hurry so

[sweet phoenix]

Or do you want best performance available now in budget

[hoary zodiac]

I haven't vetted the motherboards

I gotta go so

[sweet phoenix]

Peace

[hoary zodiac]

dentist appointment

[wary orchid]

this

[hoary zodiac]

good luck with the pc

[sweet phoenix]

$1100
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Y4xfVF

$1020
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YPPfVF

$940
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jZ6BFZ

Or if you're fine with aliexpress you can do a better cpu

[hoary zodiac]

I wonder

If you can fit a 5700X3D in

[sweet phoenix]

Eh i think 7600 would be the better choice

[hoary zodiac]

oh it outperforms it?

Actually it am5 alone would make it a better choice

[sweet phoenix]

I wonder how the 13500t compares to a 12600kf for games

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126035465255?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=I8ORr0BxSt6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[hoary zodiac]

At the same price

[sweet phoenix]

Theyre abt equal in price and perf normally

[hoary zodiac]

I see

[velvet summit]

@deep parcel tried the roadcraft demo; can confirm that the driving mechanics arent as great, though honestly it's still pretty fun, and i do see what the developers were trying to do
i dont plan on preordering the game though, but it does look fairly promising

[wise wigeon]

Anybody preorder from green man gaming before?

Just trying to make sure I get the bonuses

[lone mango]

Depends

Sometimes falls behind, sometimes is ahead

Other times they are the same

A lot of the time they are similar tho

But when not gaming, yeah it outperforms it

So might as well get it if you can match, if not outperform it

[velvet summit]

yes, bought death stranding preorder there

did indeed get the preorder bonus

the steam key they give you is a "preorder" steam key

[wise wigeon]

Good good

Like I’m fine with no preload from steam because I still have no gpu

I just want the preorder bonus

And green man has all preorders at -16% rn

So for the same money I can get the highest version vs the deluxe I was planning to get

[fresh timber]

it tries so hard to be og robocraft

😭

how did they loose the files

[velvet summit]

huh
wdym lmao it's a completely different genre of games 🧐

[fresh timber]

o

i read robocraft not road craft

[velvet summit]

lmao

it was made by the snowrunner devs

[mortal grail]

I'm red DABA DEE DABA DIE

🔪

[tranquil pebble]

coca cola

[wary orchid]

@sweet phoenix https://a.co/d/adYZi4c

is this a good prebuilt?

reviews seem great

[wise wigeon]

huh fanatical is a lil cheaper

anybody preorder anything from fanatical?

[sinful blade]

No

That’s a ddr4 machine for over a grand

[wary orchid]

💔

[sinful blade]

If you don’t want to build, I can give more suggestions @wary orchid

[wary orchid]

yea i asked my parents they said no building 😔

[sinful blade]

You cool with open box/refurbs?

[wary orchid]

tbh idk bc wouldnt it being used cause performance loss?

[frigid stag]

Why would it

[sinful blade]

No

Most refurbished/open box products are quick returns, or just cosmetic damages.

[mortal grail]

Hasn't been like that for years man lol

Not like used cars

They don't lose horsepower lol

[sinful blade]

It’s very very very rare that any type of performance loss comes from refurbished or open box pcs.

[velvet summit]

i havent but they're also one of the "official" steam key sellers, and the like dozen bundles i've bought from them were perfectly fine

[frigid stag]

When was it like that

[sinful blade]

Mid 2010s

[frigid stag]

In 2015?

[mortal grail]

Go back to really old days of intel

[sinful blade]

Pretty sure cyberpower did it

[opaque sedge]

@mortal grail did u see the new 8bitdo controller that dropped

[mortal grail]

You'd find chips that get resold that are degraded just from people dialling them

Not then but now

[opaque sedge]

Its pretty awesome value

[wary orchid]

yeah refurbs are fine then

[frigid stag]

Ah we back to that now with 13/14th gen

[mortal grail]

Yeah they brought it back ig ig

Dude I can see everything

I have so much power

[tranquil pebble]

Craptor Lake

[mortal grail]

Buy some Lackwell to go with muh craptor lake

[opaque sedge]

-tmr joysticks
-4 extra remappable buttons (two shoulders and two back)
-pretty low latency wireless connection (8bitdo’s seem to be known for good latencies)
-and a couple nice to have features such as gyro and trigger stops

All that for 60 bucks

[sinful blade]

Check this out on @Newegg:Gaming PC Ryzen 7 7700X 32GB RAM 1TB SSD RX 7600 XT 16GB Windows 11 Computer https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-0012-00AS7?tpk=1&Item=9SIADFRKE17925

@mortal grail how’s this look?

[mortal grail]

Egh

[mortal grail]

That's actually good

[frigid stag]

Why did amd even make that card with 16gb

[sinful blade]

Oh wait

[mortal grail]

8bitdo based

[opaque sedge]

Before that the only other tmr option with 4 remappable buttons was this but its got digital triggers over analog yuck

[sinful blade]

His budget is $1k

[opaque sedge]

And 80 bucks

[sinful blade]

Maybe you’d be better at finding one @mortal grail

[mortal grail]

I won't be cos I'm logging off in a minute

Lol

[frigid stag]

I mean what’s stopping him from buying the parts and building it himself if he has the money

[sinful blade]

Parents

[frigid stag]

He can lie

Lol

[opaque sedge]

The only missing premium features on this might be mechanical buttons and more premium materials but for 60 bucks no other controller like this

[frigid stag]

I feel like the shape is weird

Xbox or PS4 controller feels more natural

[wary orchid]

it isnt my money

[frigid stag]

Ah fair enough

[opaque sedge]

Yeah ngl i think im gonna order one was waiting for the gamesir g7 pro (they have a steam version coming as well) but this is tempting for 60 bucks

[frigid stag]

Though u can always meme them by saying you’ll take it to a pc shop to build it and then build it yourself in your room

[opaque sedge]

I mean atleast it aint the worst one 💀

[frigid stag]

True

[opaque sedge]

And its def better value than an xbox controller

Altho u cant use it wirelessly on xbox without an adapter

[lavish stag]

Whats the best gpu and cpu i can get under 250 right now? (Each)

[frigid stag]

Well it does cost more but I guess it’s better

[frigid stag]

For gpus it’s almost nothing, you’d want to put 120 into cpu and 380 into gpu to get something decent

[wary orchid]

i dont think theres any good gpus under 250

[frigid stag]

120 gets u a really good cpu tho

[lavish stag]

What cpu

[frigid stag]

I5 12600kf is nice

[opaque sedge]

Total budget would be more helpful cuz then u could consolidate more money for the gpu

[sinful blade]

5700xt, 1080ti, a580/a750

[lavish stag]

I have a 6650xt but it might be broken so i was wondering if i can get anything similar

[misty sparrow]

GPUS: #tech-deals message

[lavish stag]

Thanks

[wary orchid]

bro why does the 4060 gotta be so buns 😔 💔

its the most common too

[dense locust]

no 3d cache? liter trash

smh

[frigid stag]

Well it’s better than the 1st gen 3D cache

[wraith fern]

@still sun bit late but my thoughts are that you need more mouse space

maybe it just looks like a small amount but it seems like you should need more

[dense locust]

i do hope intels next chips are good

[opaque sedge]

I agree i recently moved my pc to the left side of my desk and the extra mouse real estate is lit

[frigid stag]

Tbh I don’t know how people play with such small mouse room

[wary orchid]

looking for good prebuilts is giving me a headache

ima log off

[misty sparrow]

i wonder if that place i bought my lenovo prebuilt is still selling them for cheap

[wary orchid]

while im offline pls give me opinions on this one: https://a.co/d/adYZi4c

[opaque sedge]

If it makes u feel optimistic their mobile chips (with igpus) seem to be getting good currently a premium handheld pc using it seems to have rather impressive performance

If it continues amd might finally roll out decent apus and valve might finally plan to make a steam deck 2

[velvet summit]

have you not seen that like cs pro or whatever that plays with their keyboard like

90 degrees

[frigid stag]

LOL aha the lan setup

Or even better keyboard on lap

[velvet summit]

💀

[dense locust]

if intel fails amd will become the new intel

[sweet phoenix]

Oh like tenz for valorant

[velvet summit]

i might have been thinking of them

i am not in the comp fps scene at all lmao

all i know of it is through osmosis

[sinful blade]

@sweet phoenix, @wary orchid has to get a prebuilt, $1k, and I am actively struggling to find something that doesn’t have a 4060 in it

[frigid stag]

This is the best aiming style imo

Whole arm on table

[sinful blade]

This is the best I’ve found $200 over budget

[velvet summit]

mans just using the top left corner of the pad ong

[frigid stag]

Need bigger table

[sweet phoenix]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126452383823?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=adPvFaB-S6q&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Oh yo
https://www.ebay.com/itm/156735751535?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=92chrSivS8C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[wise wigeon]

there was a zotac prebuilt for a pretty nutty price earlier

[sweet phoenix]

$670 7700/4060 build

Yooo

$1600 4080 13700kf build

[sinful blade]

If only the cpu wasn’t wack

Check this out on @Newegg:IPASON Gaming Desktop, Intel Core i5-12490F, NVIDIA RTX 4060TI ,16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD ,Windows 11 home,WIFI, Air Cooler , RGB Fans , Pc for Gaming DesignOffice , Prebuilt Gaming Pc https://www.newegg.com/p/3D5-001U-001B2?tpk=1&Item=9SIAZEBJ427640

[wise wigeon]

would

[frigid stag]

12490f wtf

[sinful blade]

For this

[frigid stag]

Intel going back to the complicated cpu names

[sweet phoenix]

Its a slightly upclocked 12400f i think

[frigid stag]

There’s also 14790 apparently

[sinful blade]

But it’s still a 12400f

[wise wigeon]

honestly i wouds till buy that 4080 S prebuilt now

[sweet phoenix]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/155985526159?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=92chrSivS8C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[wise wigeon]

the other parts are good extras for other stuff

[frigid stag]

5.4ghz tho

[wise wigeon]

ah

refurbished

[misty sparrow]

this is probably on par with the 3060ti build i got

really damn good

[frigid stag]

It’s worse trust me

4060 is horrendous

[misty sparrow]

slightly less powerful then

but still great

it's still cheaper than building the PC yourself

[lone mango]

So does this mean its actually amd thats fumbling launches and not them

Should they perhaps let radeon be more independent

[wise wigeon]

i mean you didnt think that was already the case?

[sinful blade]

There’s so many garbage prebuilts

Aqvin bogs the search bar down

[wise wigeon]

engineers and devs never choose the msrp or prices

[lone mango]

Nah the sentiment was that it was the radeon management messing all of this up

[dense locust]

imagine they go more independent and suddenly they overtake nvidia

[lone mango]

But its amd management

[wise wigeon]

well azor is technically both

and he aint helping

[misty sparrow]

If you've got a problem, the solution is more gun

[dense locust]

we get the 9700 series fully announced tomorrow
how disapointed do you thin we'll be?

[lone mango]

"This control allows AMD to make strategic decisions regarding market positioning, partnerships, and product launches"

yeah its amd

Damn it amd

[wise wigeon]

idk why this is a surprise lol

[misty sparrow]

don't care because i won't be upgrading anyway

[sinful blade]

Quite

[frigid stag]

Ez way to gen more market share bring back gpus at these price points

https://youtu.be/GsSkJPy3cHg?si=S-UXrBuW2-OPcNsC

[sinful blade]

We don’t want another $400-600 cpu

[lone mango]

150 in 2016 is like what

[lone mango]

230 or something

[frigid stag]

It wasn’t even 150 they were like 120 ish

[wise wigeon]

197

[frigid stag]

Especially other models. Sapphire nitro is high end

Plus there was a 2gb card for like 90 bucks

Rx460 2gb and 4gb

[wise wigeon]

would not have bought a 460 ngl

[frigid stag]

It was nice

[wise wigeon]

yeah but the 1060 was like $50 more

[frigid stag]

Optiplex + 90 dollar gpu

[velvet summit]

oh wait

[frigid stag]

Nah 1060s were like 300 almost

[wise wigeon]

for 6gb

people forget the 3gb was a good 100 dollars less

[frigid stag]

The 3gb was like 50 less iirc

Depending on the model but it was like the difference of the price of a lunch meal

[wise wigeon]

i think the 300 1060 gb was actually fe

so yeah 50

[lone mango]

Damn

[frigid stag]

It was like the strix and some other cards that were 300

[wise wigeon]

199 to 249

well this was back in the FE tax times

[lone mango]

Windows can use up to like 3g if you leave it on for long enough

[frigid stag]

It uses 8gb on idle when I turn it on 💀

[lone mango]

Oh my bad I meant vram

[frigid stag]

Oh

[lone mango]

Like it will vram leak too

[frigid stag]

For me it’s 0

Hardware acceleration off

[lone mango]

When I first boot its less than 1 gig but over time it keeps going up

[frigid stag]

I think there’s another setting but for me it barely uses any

[lone mango]

Also what the hell

[velvet summit]

crazy amount of gooning

[lone mango]

Mine is like half of that and I thought that was a lot

[wise wigeon]

more ram you have the more it allocates

[frigid stag]

Windows 11 for you

[lone mango]

Yeah but I thought it doesnt do it as much the higher you go

How much ram you have

[frigid stag]

On that machine 16gb

[lone mango]

wtfff

[rancid juniper]

people: $550 RX 9070 XT

AMD: no bozo buy it for $650

[wise wigeon]

im using 9.6 rn

[lone mango]

With it taking up 8 I thought you had like 64 or something

[wise wigeon]

no browser or nuthin

[frigid stag]

Same

[lone mango]

Mine will use about 8 when its on for multiple days, maybe a week

[frigid stag]

Just windows 11 Home Screen. That’s why I use 10 on my daily

[lone mango]

On boot its like 4.1, 4.2

[wise wigeon]

its actuallly 21.3 gb allocation

12*

[lone mango]

Does your w10 memory leak like mine or nah

[frigid stag]

Not as much

It will sometimes if its left on for long without restarting

But usually like 2 to 4gb on idle

[hoary zodiac]

That is one optimised system

[gentle canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/team-fortress2-engineer-gif-23869811

you see buddy, i solve practical problems

[wise wigeon]

https://videocardz.com/pixel/amd-announces-ryzen-9000-7000-and-radeon-7000-monster-hunter-wilds-game-bundle

bruh

[hoary zodiac]

Why are tim tams so expensive

Regulars are $7 per back

Deluxe are $4 per pack?

Wtf?

[worn wave]

Probably just less of them in the pack?

Yeah look 20 vs 8

35c each vs 50c each

Oh you weren't meaning to compare them I misread

[wise wigeon]

amazon literally charged me a day before this promo started

https://tenor.com/view/curse-aukerman-comedy-fist-in-air-shaking-gif-5620082

[dense locust]

no x3d cpus lmao

screw gamers i guess

[wise wigeon]

yeah thing that blows is i ordered a xtx

[sweet phoenix]

F

[wise wigeon]

hmm i'ma see if i cant talk to amazon about this

literally didnt charge me til yesterday

[hoary zodiac]

The luck

💀

[wise wigeon]

I mean I ordered two weeks ago

It charged me the 24th

[lone mango]

I was watching this video of this aussie guy talking about how working sucks rn because of the corpo structure he was in and how expensive things have become

[wise wigeon]

And shipped the 25th

But ima see if that can’t be part of my plea

[lone mango]

And he said the tim tams price is a benchmark of inflation over there

[frigid stag]

Waiting and hoping on this to be real

15900K has to happen

[wise wigeon]

Base frequency 800mhz

[hoary zodiac]

Oh don't get me started

[frigid stag]

Ye probably engineering sample

[lone mango]

They dont have enough stock

[wise wigeon]

More like they’re using the bundle to clear stock

[lone mango]

Yeah yall have it real rough over there

[wise wigeon]

Notice how the 7600 isn’t in there?

[hoary zodiac]

Doesn't help that I'm paying international student fees

I'm trying to line up a job soon but I really can't afford to

At least not in the next 6 months

Casual job on campus yeah

But not a casual job elsewhere

[wise wigeon]

Good luck

[lone mango]

Right

[wise wigeon]

I signed up for them to give me job opportunities in uni but I never got any

[wise wigeon]

It’s why it’s filled with less desirable cpus

Especially zen 5

[frigid stag]

Maybe they went to spam

Dunno

[wise wigeon]

Well my uni was like 70k people

But a good portion is online

[lone mango]

Correct, but also because they dont have the capacity to throw x3d out there like that

[wise wigeon]

Well more like it doesn’t need a bundle to sell

[hoary zodiac]

I'm living off a scholarship rn

[wise wigeon]

No loans though right?

[hoary zodiac]

So yeah jobs in uni are in my best interest

[hoary zodiac]

Uhhhhhh

Not directly

[wise wigeon]

I mean it depends on the loans

[hoary zodiac]

My family's taking care of it

Bla bla bla somebody's retirement money

Asians are unusually generous when it comes to education

[wise wigeon]

I mean me I’m taking loans for grad because gov doesn’t give any grants for grad students

[hoary zodiac]

Damn

[wise wigeon]

Which I mean like

Can’t give potential medical professionals a break

[hoary zodiac]

Medical grad students have it the worst

They have to go through some of the hardest courses

And then the real world

No breaks

[wise wigeon]

Eh depends

[opaque sedge]

Guys…

[hoary zodiac]

I know in Australia the requirements to even get in a course is insane

[wise wigeon]

Some offices are more chill than others but you still go through rotations and residency before you finish

[opaque sedge]

Consumerism… its turning me into a mindless zombie

[hoary zodiac]

Luckily I'm doing engineering

Computer & Software but ehh

Pays more than a computer science degree

[wise wigeon]

At least I’m not in a dental program

[lone mango]

What the hell

[worthy meteor]

samsung following wd naming scheme lmao

[opaque sedge]

What engineering specifically?

[lone mango]

Bro who is buying that

[wise wigeon]

Like idk what the schools and world are doing to dentist to have them be the med professional with the highest suicide rates

[hoary zodiac]

Computer & Software

[opaque sedge]

People who fall for hype marketing

[hoary zodiac]

It's a mix between the physical and software stuff

Got electronic units and software units

[lone mango]

Let me catch my son paying $1000 for 8 terabytes

[worthy meteor]

some people are already buying pcie 5.0 drives so

[opaque sedge]

Holy crap 8tb

[wise wigeon]

Ain’t 4tb like 200-250

[hoary zodiac]

You don't need to be a dentist to have a high suicide rate if you're in East Asia

[lone mango]

Nah its $560

[hoary zodiac]

You just need to be a high school student

[wise wigeon]

Yeah but in America

[opaque sedge]

But still u would assume people buying pc parts would look at technicalities and value of the products but somehow hype marketing infects them as well

[nocturne flicker]

Starts at about 195 ye

[lone mango]

For this at least

[hoary zodiac]

East Asian high schools are straight up toxic

[opaque sedge]

District state and national level exams will do that to u

[lone mango]

[nocturne flicker]

Stares at PCMR

[wise wigeon]

And for different reasons than American schools

[opaque sedge]

I think i remember a couple kids older than me in the neighborhood i lived in who fell into depression after state exams

[wise wigeon]

But at least y’all have less school shootings

[hoary zodiac]

I mean

[lone mango]

[hoary zodiac]

That's every country

[wise wigeon]

Look I’m coping rn

[opaque sedge]

Students typically start prepping since like 2 years for them

[lone mango]

Remember that america is the size of europe

Not as widespread as you think

[wise wigeon]

The fact that there are drills for this stuff is like genuinely scary

[opaque sedge]

Guys what should i do

[hoary zodiac]

What no

Europe is tiny compared to the US

[lone mango]

Continental europe, including west russia

[wise wigeon]

Think they mean pop

[lone mango]

Roughly the same size as america

[hoary zodiac]

The US is half the size of russia

[opaque sedge]

Fr imo there’s only one rule of thumb no matter which country ur in be born to financially stable and strong parents cuz then ur almost guaranteed to in safe environments no matter the country

[hoary zodiac]

Oh

including west russia

[wise wigeon]

But still like 38 school shootings in 2023 is like

[hoary zodiac]

Ok that's fair

[lone mango]

Yeah like when you look at the map and how it shows europe

America is basically the size of that

[hoary zodiac]

I usually don't include russia

[opaque sedge]

I ordered it…

[hoary zodiac]

I mean like

[opaque sedge]

Heckinhg consumerism got to me

[hoary zodiac]

No other country has a school shooting problem so

[opaque sedge]

I really need to cut my credit card off ngl

[hoary zodiac]

Although to be fair

[wise wigeon]

4 already this year

[hoary zodiac]

Australian public schools are really bad too

They just don't have guns

[lone mango]

Curious to see how much better my minecraft world will run on linux

[wise wigeon]

I mean like of the around 25k homicides in the states in 2022, 19.5k were from firearms

Anyone who doesn’t think this is an issue is

This is homicides too

Not overall

[hoary zodiac]

Gun control should be a thing

This isn't the 1700s

Britain isn't coming

[lone mango]

Nah there are too many guns in america

It wont do anything besides protests

[wise wigeon]

More guns than people

[sage sluice]

Where i live you can legally carry a pistol without a permit lmao

Tennessee

[hoary zodiac]

Which is why they need to be regulated

[wise wigeon]

Don’t even get me started on Texas

[sage sluice]

Full concealed carry is legal here

[lone mango]

THey already are regulated

[deep parcel]

yeah definitely! I hope that they change a few things before it fully releases... I hope they add the gear shifter mechanic like previous games to be a bit more interactive but it does seem pretty good.... I was a bit bummed to find out that there was no fuel but thats okay... I like the new mechanic where you can set up crews to do everything... its honestly pretty innovative as far as new games go so I give them props for that. I may or may not preorder it closer to the date on steam since you can refund on steam pretty easily if I dont like it.

[sage sluice]

Can't yall have like ARs on your back

[wise wigeon]

Pretty sure it’s open carry for Texas and Florida

[lone mango]

America needs to take a different approach

[opaque sedge]

Does the US not even have basic gun regulations like not letting people who have an unpleasant record buy guns?

[hoary zodiac]

Here's the thing

[sage sluice]

They do

[hoary zodiac]

People also don't secure guns properly

[lone mango]

There should be even more gun access to deter homicides

[nocturne flicker]

In some states

[sage sluice]

And it depends on the state

[nocturne flicker]

[sage sluice]

They do background checks for gun ownership

[hoary zodiac]

There are entirely preventable cases

Where a kid grabbed a gun

[opaque sedge]

Oh yeah gun and firing laws seem to be very iffy and confusing in the US

[wise wigeon]

Background checks are pretty damn weak though

[hoary zodiac]

From an unsecured location

[sage sluice]

Oh for sure

Im not saying i agree with such a lenient carry system

[wise wigeon]

Oh the one where a 6 yo shot their teacher?

[sage sluice]

I think ive heard of that one

[hoary zodiac]

Any instance where a kid grabbed their parents' poorly secured firearm