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misty sparrow
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didn't they make bombs at some point

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texas instruments?

mental yoke
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everything is a bomb if you try hard enough

misty sparrow
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even pagers

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somehow

mental yoke
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well yea but i mean u can ignite things

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just anywhere with the proper tools

lucid bay
wise wigeon
mental yoke
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true

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didnt they make the a10 gatling? or was that ge

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oh it was ge

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The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is primarily mounted in the United States Air Force's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. Designed to destroy a wide variety of ground targets, the Avenger delivers 30mm rounds at a high rate of fire. The GAU-8/A is also used in th...

wise wigeon
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they made the javelin

mental yoke
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the missile?

mental yoke
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well.... they were good at calculating things so i guess that fits kekw

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"how long missle take to hit target, i dunno lets find out"

wise wigeon
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no

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they did not

mental yoke
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is that a jfk meme

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or am i missing something

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oh they made the 45's and 88's

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interesting honestly i never really thought about them being involved in military stuff but it happens a lot

fresh timber
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I JUST DOWNLAODED u

mental yoke
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dont downlaod u

storm narwhal
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Monster Hunter Wilds moment

nocturne flicker
mental yoke
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i would ask further about what the gun, bullets, calculator, and phone symbolizes.... other things they made? but im cool with not knowing or caring kekw

tranquil pebble
fresh timber
nocturne flicker
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Though maybe there is a TI chip inside the phone?

hoary zodiac
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yeah they're called texas instruments

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not texas munitions

misty sparrow
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the weapons and munitions are instruments for mass destruction

open knoll
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Guys my build is coming out to $1500 without cpu and gpu…

misty sparrow
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how

open knoll
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Techtok got me 💔😭🥀

misty sparrow
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what's in your build

open knoll
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Going for an aesthetic build

misty sparrow
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hm

open knoll
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Hyte 70 touch is the case

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So u know aesthetic

lone mango
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My man got the tiktok rgb slop pc

lone mango
open knoll
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🥀 ong

dense locust
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Is it worth it to buy a used last gen top end amd cpu Stupidwow

lone mango
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Yeah

dense locust
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See for ~$450 to $500

tranquil pebble
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and I assume you mean 7000 series

dense locust
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Yes

tranquil pebble
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which one?

dense locust
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I guess technically it’s current gen since 9000 series top end isn’t out yet

dense locust
tranquil pebble
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ok that for 500 is worth IMO

dense locust
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I’d rather get more cores for slight cost in gaming

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For around the same price

lone mango
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500 for that goes hard

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Wait 9800x3d is msrp on amazon

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480

nocturne flicker
open knoll
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Not sure why u wouldn’t buy that one

lone mango
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The generational uplift negates it having less cores

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Would still be a better buy even with less cores

dense locust
misty sparrow
dense locust
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One sec

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I’ll get this one it seems very legit at 1 star

lone mango
misty sparrow
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one star better than zero

dense locust
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The 9800x3d on Amazon is fake

dense locust
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Fails to add to cart

lone mango
dense locust
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The real one I mean

lone mango
dense locust
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Lies

open knoll
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Let me send one back to Amazon so u can buy

lone mango
dense locust
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I’ll bid $420 on the eBay one and if someone outbids me oh well

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Funny number they gotta accept it

opaque sedge
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Effing vile stuff

nocturne flicker
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What you don't like porky butterscotch cookies?

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Next you'll be saying things like you don't eat chocolate with sausage

south sapphire
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When finding out what case you want to use, does the case depends on how many fans you will have

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Or can a big case and a small case have similar amount

nocturne flicker
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The amount of fans and or quality of the fans vary based on case model. Some cases have many, some have none, some have mediocre fans, some have great fans

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Just have to look at what comes with the individual case as you are looking at the specs

south sapphire
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Do people usually replace fans that come with the case? Or do they usually add extra
?

nocturne flicker
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Budget builders will often use stock, people who can spend the money may do so on extra or new fans

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Depends on the person and budget

south sapphire
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So the amount of fans that come with a case is sufficient enough. Like you don’t have to add extra fans??

lone mango
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Also depends on the case too

nocturne flicker
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As I said, depends on the case

south sapphire
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If you not getting RGB fans, is it still worth it to replace fans that came with a good case

lone mango
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Some come with garbage fans just to have it as a selling point

south sapphire
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Ahh ok

lone mango
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Well look see this one has fans but this ine doesnt

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Then that one has crappy fans

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Then you swap them anyway

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Some have good ones

south sapphire
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So like the Lian Li case, that brand seems built on huge roomy cases, so it comes with fans but guessing people always add their own when buying that brand!?

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Ahh ok gonna be looking into a new case soon and was wondering

lone mango
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I think lian li fans are good

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Which case

south sapphire
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Just in general

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Didn’t really pick one out

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Are all cases of that brand huge

nocturne flicker
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Some cases use specifically designed fans now too that are basically heavily implied you should be using for the case

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Like that Lian Li case with the specifically molded front mount

south sapphire
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Like do they even make medium sized cases

lone mango
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Yeah they do

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Lian li 207

south sapphire
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And then there is the science about what type of way you want fans to blow right

lone mango
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Another good ine is the lancool 216

south sapphire
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Some of them blow in, some blow out and people have different opinions on that setup

lone mango
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Huge fans on that one

nocturne flicker
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The general consensus is front to back airflow, bottom to top airflow

south sapphire
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Right now I have a Phanteks

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Medium sized case. I like it

lone mango
south sapphire
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So you want your front fans near the front of your tower to blow air to the back to cool off the components

lone mango
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Yeah

nocturne flicker
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It is especially important for air cooled systems

south sapphire
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And then it takes that air going from left to right and recycles it and blows up to cool off even more?

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Well I guess the bottom fans do pull in air from your tower sitting up and not directly on the desk

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So each fan has two options I take it?

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Just depends on which way you mount it

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So basically you want the middle of your case to almost have a tornado of winds effect, kinda centralizes the air directly over the components

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I love learning about this stuff

lone mango
south sapphire
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So regular (medium sized case) in general has 4 or 5 fans?

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And some of larger ones can have 6 or 7? And I am guessing most fans you can buy in a group (they go together even non RGB ones)

lone mango
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This guy can have 10

south sapphire
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Do some people buy like one fan? Like do they sell a single fan that might do a little bit more (more features)….i know that sounds crazy to think buying a single non RGB fan, but wondering if there are fans that justify buying one fan alone

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Appreciate everything man. I hope @nocturne flicker didn’t get mad about my dumb questions.

lone mango
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Yeah if all you need is one then thats all you need

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I just ordered one fan like an hour ago

south sapphire
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You guys helped me out the other day (you might remember)

lone mango
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Will be here tomorrow

south sapphire
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Guessing you had one fan in your PC that just stopped working

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Do fans usually last a really long time or do they occasionally need being replaced?

lone mango
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Nah im being autistic for no good reason pieskull pieskull pieskull

south sapphire
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Are they one of the components that last forever

lone mango
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Im gonna see if this fan sounds like what I am lookig for

south sapphire
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That’s crazy man, I have a mild case of autism. I struggle with OCD/ADHD, anxiety and severe depression. But I can keep myself together

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Just have really bad self confidence and low self esteem. Working on it and taking medicine for it

lone mango
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They rate them in thousands of hours

south sapphire
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Oh ahh…and with fans they are always running? Like they don’t have fans that turn on when the PC gets to a specific temp?

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I know that’s a dumb question

lone mango
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Graphics cards are like that

south sapphire
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But didn’t know if some were triggered like that

lone mango
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And you can have them turned off like that if you wish

lone mango
south sapphire
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Ahh yeah….so off topic, I am switching from Intel to AMD CPU…Intel has this program that checks for WiFi and Bluetooth updates…think it was downloaded directly from Intel website

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Does AMD have something similar to that?

lone mango
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Fans will turn off below a certain percentage and I think this varies from fan to fan

elfin mural
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yes

lone mango
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My case fans turn off below 20%

elfin mural
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they have the autodetect software that will detect your hardware

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and install correct drivers

south sapphire
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So they have a program I need to download guessing from AMD site

lone mango
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Yeah there is an installer from amd that has multiple options on it

elfin mural
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but since you'll be using mediatek wifi with amd wifi boards, you'll want to get that from the board manufacturer

south sapphire
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I am guessing those updates are not picked up bu the win 11 check update software

south sapphire
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Oh ok, im sure there will be a prompt when I boot up PC after reinstalling win 11 with new motherboard

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Thanks for all the help and thanks for the conversation @lone mango

lone mango
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Itll work out of the box

south sapphire
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Thanks a lot

lone mango
south sapphire
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Little less anxious about everything

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Gotta get to work. Talk later

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Definitely one of my favorite servers

lone mango
tranquil pebble
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I wonder how long a list of every word ever spoken in every language would be

lone mango
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Terabytes

hoary zodiac
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One megabyte

nocturne flicker
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Pages dedicated to various grunts with different meanings and emotional elements

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It would be glorious

elfin mural
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just how thick of a book it'll be

tranquil pebble
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I wonder if it is possible for two symlinks to point to each other

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and the havoc that attempting to access one of them might cause

lucid bay
hoary zodiac
gilded kraken
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Ayy finally hit Hunter Rank 100 in Wilds. aww yea. now time to wait for the next title update

lucid bay
hoary zodiac
lucid bay
tranquil pebble
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About to buy a non-functional PC from someone I know for about $30. Bit of a gamble, but $30 is not a big loss even if nothing can be salvaged

unreal trail
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lost an hour of sleep

tranquil pebble
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Well, I lost all sleep last night so meh

mental yoke
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windows does a lot to try and ensure automatic updates will apply to a wide range of hardware, however, theres a lot of hardware out there. so: windows update will make your computer useable (majority of the time), but you want the most up to date drivers from the manufacturer of ur hardware components and those are usually things you get from the product web pages from the manufacturers themselves

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oh whoa i was way scrolled up

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uhhhh.... ignore that kekw

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oh that was only 4-ish hours ago

mortal grail
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I would've thought a brand new flagship phone would resolve the discord issues on my old one

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....nope

mental yoke
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which phone what issue?

mortal grail
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Same issues

mental yoke
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same flagship phone?

mortal grail
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Xperia > S25

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Mad stuttering

mental yoke
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ima just go ahead and...oh

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only in discord app? what about in browser on the same phone?

mortal grail
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Different brands, massively more powerful flagship

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Only discord

mental yoke
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browser honestly superior

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but thats a different topic

mortal grail
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I flip off discord, no issue

mortal grail
mental yoke
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if it works in the browser and not the app though, you know its the app somewhere

mortal grail
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I get you but also I use swipe navigation

mental yoke
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which if moving from sony to samsung, it shouldnt be

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and a s25

mortal grail
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I could swipe the previous page

mental yoke
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im not sure how that integrates sorry.

mortal grail
mental yoke
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its more just identifying the cause to better troubleshoot the issue

mortal grail
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Phone's not hot

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Ye I getchu

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Just ranting tbh

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Not expecting a solution

mental yoke
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it shouldnt be lagging

mortal grail
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Discord has been busted in the app since the new ui

mental yoke
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actually let me go look

mortal grail
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Years now still buggered

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Lol

mental yoke
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ive got a pixel 9 pro and iphone 60 pro sitting here

mortal grail
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60 damn

mental yoke
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i use browser over app though even on phone

mortal grail
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That's like what 2061?

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Damn

mental yoke
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i didnt even have discord on the pixel, i feel like it works great on the iphone

mortal grail
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Browser def better but phone is the only thing with consistently the same issue

mental yoke
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its not really tos legal but its also not against it but css injection between browser and me is nice

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basically reddit/subreddit themes

mortal grail
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Lol

mental yoke
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u can change how it delivered to you

mortal grail
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I just don't get how they can even stutter a phone with as much processor power as a 6800U

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That's impressive

mental yoke
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discord doesnt have its own rendering options in the app does it?

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maybe ur set on like 59 hz?

mortal grail
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Don't believe so no

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A number of ui issues disappeared on the new phone so it's not terrible, but the stutter is still there even when I'm multitasking other apps with no issue

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Just seems like the app itself imo

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Been that way since the new ui they insisted on

mental yoke
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actually yes im on the pixel 9 pro and discord is.... not fun

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on the app. it is slow and unresponsive and u can visible lag

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works much better in chrome

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lemme look at the iphone again

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i kinda wanna get a s25 to play with but two flagships is enough damage to my wallet

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Test

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looks great on iphone compared to android but lacks responsiveness of browser is all i feel in 5 mins of testing

mortal grail
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It just, works

mental yoke
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i was in japan and am kicking myself for not grabbing a huaweii flagship

mortal grail
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But the discord thing bugs me, also samsung software bugs me

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I use nova on mine

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I've been a fan of nova for years

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Makes changing phone easy af too cos I can restore from backups

mental yoke
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i test phones and swapping between them is so easy with just google/icloud backups

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i used sony previously as well and they have their xperia transfer

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i actually wish sony will come back into the phone game but sony is a character on the corpor global stage for sure

mortal grail
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I like the xperia 1 series

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However

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The reason I bought the phone is the worst reason to like them

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The camera is not it fam

mental yoke
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i had an og brand new in box original xperia and someone stole it out of my truck during covid peepoSadSip

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nah camera sucks, the lens material is nice

mortal grail
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The camera is awful

mental yoke
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iphone and pixel cameras are absoutely bonkers

mortal grail
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But the experience is really streamlined

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I would've gotten another if they had a 2025 model out

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My 1 iii kept stockpiling issues tho in a couple months until I couldn't use it anymore as of 2 weeks ago

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Both mics were "dead"

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I couldn't get them to work, both cut out at the same time

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So couldn't isolate hardware or software

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But safe mode wouldn't do it so I was pretty sure it was too complex to bother

mental yoke
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i had the og, the 3, the 5, the 5...e? or hatever, another two 3's and then the 5 iii

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i wanted the uhhh... one with the mmwave camera connection software and the strapable gimble set

mortal grail
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Pro i?

mental yoke
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i think so yea

mortal grail
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Pro i I wanted one

mental yoke
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yea the pro i, but i was in a weird spot so just got the 5 iii i think

mortal grail
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Things I didn't like

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The sony case sucked

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Useless

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The cameras sucked

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Useless at night

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The fingerprint sensor died

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The google assistant button drove me mad but I modded that out

mental yoke
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ive always just used amazon cheapo cases, the apple official cases are nice but i like cases with face protection like flip covers

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sony was lacking in xperia stuff, they prolly will not keep phone stuff honestly

mortal grail
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Now, the things I really liked tho

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Aux jack

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Wireless charge

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Thin profile size

mental yoke
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ngl i stayed xperia for the ps remote play but that went away around xperia 5 anyway

mortal grail
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21:9

mental yoke
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cus now u can just remote play from any android

mortal grail
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The oled screen

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Ps play yeah

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That was very well done

mental yoke
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it was, but it was just locked into their own phones when it could be an app, which is what happened

mortal grail
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The speakers are good

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I liked the colours

mental yoke
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ngl nothing comes close to the iphone speakers

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this is my first iphone, its a very capable piece of hardware

mortal grail
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I think by a mile

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And I even have the 16e nearby to compare

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It would be the og razer phone

mental yoke
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i got a mac book pro and when i first put on appletv+ it was like..... wow those are NICE

mortal grail
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It has two full speakers either side of the screen

mental yoke
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very solid full sound audio

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apple cares very deeply about audio delivery

mortal grail
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The razer phone had amazing sound for the time

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Those speakers were excellent, still are

mental yoke
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i kinda of want to grab a asus rog phone later on someday to play with

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but its the same chips every other flagship is using

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so meh

mortal grail
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What else did I like about the xperia

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Hmmm

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I liked my case but that barely counts lmao

mental yoke
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how do you compare the 16 pro vs the 16e in audio quality?

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well.. ok not quality, but audio delivery*

mortal grail
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Don't have a 16 pro

mental yoke
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oh

mortal grail
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I am very sure the 16e won't compete

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It's stripped down

mental yoke
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its very light feeling

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the solidness and weight of the iphone 16 pro let it delvier more power behind the speakers with less vibration stuff but 16e feels super light

wise wigeon
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Audio probably not that crazy

mental yoke
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remidns me of light titanium vs. aluminum

mortal grail
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Ok imagine like a portable jbl speaker

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Bluetooth one

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That's basically what the razer phone sounded like

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Very close

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How close does that sound to a 16 pro

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Lol

wise wigeon
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Like audio quality for the iPhone don't have large jumps between gens so I doubt it's that crazy

mental yoke
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i have a bose speaker sitting right here, and the iphone 16 pro internal speakers sound better

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by a lot

mortal grail
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Ok interesting

wise wigeon
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16e like the se is just making use of parts they have

mortal grail
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I'll take your word for it

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I read that the 16 pro has good sound when looking at the e

mental yoke
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let me looka t the 16e tho

mortal grail
mental yoke
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ive got it sitting right here next to a pro

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ive never actually used the speakers :stare:

mortal grail
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The s25 audio sounds pretty meh tho imo

wise wigeon
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The a18 in the 16e is probably just poorly binned 16 chips

mental yoke
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it is

wise wigeon
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Explains the one less gpu core

mental yoke
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but 16 pro is much much heavier, yea camera tech, blah blah, but theres more here

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u can feel it

wise wigeon
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Think it's more of a material thing

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Plus the extra magnets

mental yoke
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oh did they put more magnets in for extra magsafe grip? ngl that would explain the weight-quality-heavy feeling

wise wigeon
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Because the 16e is gonna lose a lil weight from the camera and no magsafe downgrade

mental yoke
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yea 16 pro speakers deliver a lot more oomph then the 16e

mortal grail
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OH

mental yoke
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im playing see

wise wigeon
mortal grail
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SOMETHING I HATE ON XPERIA

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THE STUPID

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PFF tiny blah ass torch

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LIKE WHAT IS THAT THING

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Dumb makeup light

wise wigeon
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Xperia a lil expensive for a niche market

mental yoke
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the highs expand further on the 16 pro too 🤷‍♀️ 16e is for getting into apple eco system, 16 pro is the quality

mortal grail
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Dude I'd be in the pitch black turn it on and see 30cm

mental yoke
mortal grail
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Did they???

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I HATED IT

mental yoke
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i only saw that on the 3 and 5

mortal grail
mental yoke
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or 2 and 3

mortal grail
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Oh it was so bad

mental yoke
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it was trash

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the mini apps?

mortal grail
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?

wise wigeon
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16e is ok but

mental yoke
wise wigeon
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Man no higher refresh after the e have over 3 years of faster screens

mental yoke
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they had an app store within the sony android ecosystem

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"small apps" and they were its own little app platform

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it sucked, super annoying

wise wigeon
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It's like samsungs

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Nobody uses it unless there is a weird promotion

mental yoke
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xperia integrated small apps into hardware buttons though

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:stare:

wise wigeon
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See thing is with the 16e is that RN the pixel 9 is the same price

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In the US

mental yoke
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ngl i like the 16e a lot a lot

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its the exact feeling of a phone i WANT in my pocket

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the 16 pro is nice and makes me feel like a baller but its literally heavy asf

wise wigeon
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I have both Android and iPhone

mental yoke
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pixel pro is heavy asf too

wise wigeon
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I run iPhone as the main RN because of slight convenience in group chats and airdrops for slides

mental yoke
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airtags are nice

wise wigeon
mental yoke
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i got one on my keys, my wallet, my truck, my backpack, my hat

wise wigeon
mental yoke
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40 bucks to find my wallet thats worth like my entire life is worth

wise wigeon
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So I run a s21 and a iPhone 11

mental yoke
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irreplaceable? nah but not a fun time

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i wanted satelite sos

wise wigeon
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iPhone is getting a lil slow and wonky recently

mental yoke
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thats why i got the pixel pro and iphone pro, to test

wise wigeon
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Dunno if it's iOS 18

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Like it just won't register touches regularly

mental yoke
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gib sat phones plz :gib:

wise wigeon
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The use case isn't really there

mental yoke
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use case is i want it

wise wigeon
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Wouldn't be surprised if apple scrapped support in a few years for something else

mental yoke
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its not great currently, its nice, great feature

devout forum
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

mental yoke
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if i get into a car crash and im hanging upside by my seatbelt, i cant put my phone out into the open air

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u need direct line of sight to the sky

devout forum
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9070 for 7900 XT prices?

wise wigeon
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Oof

mental yoke
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dont click buy

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😄

wise wigeon
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The Easter is not that different

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Raster*

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4gb less vram

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Major improvement is power and RT

devout forum
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hell that 9070 from Ipon costs more than a 9070 XT from Alza

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Thing is

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Alza is OOS on every single SKU

wise wigeon
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Seems like EU pricing is all over the place

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With few countries having closer to MSRP stock

mental yoke
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im not sure either on pricing or paying attention to it cus im not ready to buy

devout forum
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???

mental yoke
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so i dont dig into things im not going to care about

mortal grail
devout forum
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oof

mortal grail
wise wigeon
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UK had MSRP cards but OCUK confirmed second batch price increase

mortal grail
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Yeah another discord feature that sometimes works on android

mental yoke
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sony small apps.... not worth discussing really kekw

mortal grail
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Yay

devout forum
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Honestlyy

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with how pricing is shaping up

mental yoke
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so 9070xt isnt the final amd offering right?

mortal grail
devout forum
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I'm less enthusiastic for the 9070s

mortal grail
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Both 9070 and xt

wise wigeon
mortal grail
mental yoke
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is the 9070xt the final top end model amd is releasing?

mortal grail
#

Compared to the nearly 100% price increase for 5090

wise wigeon
#

Y'all usually get scraps

mortal grail
#

Msrp for 9070 is CHEEKS BOIS

mortal grail
#

AMD W for aussies

devout forum
#

It's even in stock

wise wigeon
#

But yeah unless the you live near a microcenter in the states

#

You're sol

mental yoke
#

ill wait, not worried

#

no rush honestly

devout forum
#

PowerColor Reaper line is like midtier right?

mental yoke
#

reaper line looks nice

#

honestly asrock looks nice

mortal grail
devout forum
mortal grail
mortal grail
devout forum
#

ye

mortal grail
#

That sounds like msrp

#

Or very close

mental yoke
#

CL?

devout forum
#

EU MSRP is 880 euros iirc

mortal grail
#

Like very very close

wise wigeon
#

No lol

#

That's a reaper

mortal grail
devout forum
mental yoke
#

ah

mortal grail
wise wigeon
mortal grail
#

$1139

devout forum
#

I wonder if that 950 dollar 9070 XT would be better value than a 1050 dollar used 4080

wise wigeon
#

No

#

It would not

devout forum
#

that was my thought ye

#

it's weird how the 4080s are available for that low

mortal grail
#

It's close but yeah, not quite

devout forum
#

4080 is a good card right?

wise wigeon
#

Yes

mortal grail
#

Yes

devout forum
mortal grail
#

Why ask it's an 80 card

devout forum
#

that's a value adder

mortal grail
#

Lmao

mental yoke
#

depends on how you also value contributing to company growth and the edge on releases but thats a value people dont often care about

#

ill buy new over old to support a company thats doing something i want

wise wigeon
#

The thing about 9070series is value, once that is gone it's a nothing burger

devout forum
#

It's really just a messed up market tbh

wise wigeon
#

Because in some countries you can get xtx for around 800 euro

#

Like in perspective

#

A merc xt is 850

#

A 5070ti vanguard is 900

#

At that point

mortal grail
#

Ok this is just kekw

wise wigeon
#

I'm ok paying an extra 50 for the vanguard

wise wigeon
mortal grail
devout forum
#

Yeah as long as a used 4080 is available for 1000-1100

wise wigeon
devout forum
#

I think the 9070XT ain't worth it

mental yoke
#

4080 old tho

#

ur using old thing

wise wigeon
#

A handful of 720

mortal grail
#

Gimme all old thing

devout forum
mental yoke
#

and older

devout forum
#

Faster >>> newer

wise wigeon
#

But generally 770-850 models only

mortal grail
#

6700xt was $300 range king until a month ago

#

Gimme all old things

wise wigeon
#

RT

mental yoke
#

okay but its older and thats just another thing to be aware of. i look at ur 2024 corvette and a 2025 kia and the kia is newer

#

🤷‍♀️

devout forum
#

a 2024 corvette is still a better car than any Kia

mental yoke
#

ok

devout forum
#

New =/= good

wise wigeon
mental yoke
#

old =/= good if we go this weird rabbit hole lol

devout forum
#

At the same performance, old is cheaper, so it's better value

mortal grail
#

I think in both sides of this coin it's not clear cut at all

mental yoke
#

buy it , do it kekw

mental yoke
devout forum
#

it's all a matter of price to perf

mental yoke
#

☯️

wise wigeon
#

Even when it was in stock I don't think it ever went under 900

waxen saddle
#

When it comes to storage should i buy it from the same brand or it dont matter

mortal grail
mental yoke
#

depends actually

mental yoke
waxen saddle
mortal grail
#

The shortage will pass, I don't consider anything other than the 7800xt and sub 270 cards even mildly worth at long term pricing rn

mental yoke
waxen saddle
mental yoke
#

if u have many hard drives you want to diversify it in case some kind of manufacturer defect exists and causes all the drives in that batch to fail at the same time, or

devout forum
#

Buying used is still the meta right Felix?

mortal grail
mental yoke
#

sometimes the controllers on ssd's HAVE TO match for certain raid 0 configs

wise wigeon
#

@mortal grail I'm only seeing the 4080 go down to 922 unless you mean used

mortal grail
mental yoke
#

but if those are alien concepts to you, just buy whatever storage brand

mortal grail
#

Zotac had $800 4080s

wise wigeon
mortal grail
#

That was a no brainer

devout forum
#

I'm still mad Zotac only sells direct to the USA

mortal grail
#

Ikr

#

Those refurbished deals were amazing

#

Someone had to fill that evga void ig

wise wigeon
#

Do so damn limited

mental yoke
#

i bought a refurb alienware during covid and it was nicely refurbished from dell

wise wigeon
mental yoke
#

they put a lot into their refurbs but i had to return it

mortal grail
#

Zotac had a lot of good stock for that

wise wigeon
#

Y'all remember the 30 series firesale when EVGA pulled out?

mental yoke
#

i wonder if alienware/dell would ever do what they did with 4090 stock and sell oem cards flat out from their store again

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

But uh yeah you ain't getting no refurbished 4080s

mortal grail
#

Lol

wise wigeon
#

Not now

mortal grail
#

I think he's still a mod, fatal?

#

It might be fatal that got it

mental yoke
#

they did a massive restock and firesale

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

Got I wish another company had the EVGA step up equivalent

mental yoke
#

i miss evga

mortal grail
wise wigeon
mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

@mortal grail I'm gonna see how this bundle goes

mortal grail
#

I remember a guy who did that, he tried like half the gpus in existence and bb didn't care, he never lost a cent

wise wigeon
#

And how that 9070 drop on Monday goes

mortal grail
#

He'd come back every week "Trying this 4090 now" kekw

mental yoke
#

4090 just so heavy peepoSadSip

wise wigeon
#

9070 drop is MSRP or bust for me

mortal grail
#

"Decided to try a 4070ti"

#

Like LOL

devout forum
#

Do you absolutely need to reinstall Windows if you upgrade from a non-X3D chip to a single CCD X3D one?

mental yoke
#

no, you should though

mortal grail
#

Am5 to am5 should just work unless you did dodgy stuff

devout forum
#

I've never reinstalled since I got my current PC and it's all fine

wise wigeon
#

Not enough savings over the 70 ti anymore if the models in stock are 730-750+

devout forum
#

cuz of the specific chipset drivers

mortal grail
mental yoke
#

theres just tiny small registers hidden in windows registering ur old cpu to something somwehre and its beneficial to have the os on the hardware the system is using there during the installtion of it. its usually not an issue though

devout forum
#

there's some loopholing with the chipset drivers there

mortal grail
#

I have an install that I use to bench with right, it's very clean

#

It's my fastest boot drive

#

Bx500 sata drive

wise wigeon
#

@mortal grail you forget that we are gonna be dealing with constant new tariffs from agent orange

mortal grail
#

It's seen every board under the sun

#

Still benches perfectly

#

It's how you treat your windows more than changing the hardware

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

Soon we gonna be paying essentially 20+% vat plus sales taxes lol

mental yoke
#

having a dedicated bootable live-media is also a totally different thing then a stable desktop ima sit at for days

wise wigeon
mortal grail
#

If that's the new price then if it's not within 12% it's technically better still

#

Just saying

#

Not tryna gaslight or anything

wise wigeon
#

?

mortal grail
#

If the 9070 right, is 12% cheaper or better

#

It's as good or better than XT

#

Regardless of tariffs in the mix

#

Apply that to working street price

#

Lol

mental yoke
#

good is such a subjective term to the buyer

wise wigeon
#

Look man

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

You know we gotta pay sales tax too

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

If the price difference gets to 50-100 of a 70 ti

mental yoke
#

pure numbers game still, certain numbers are derived from efficeincy in areas that may not be "good" to you

mortal grail
#

I'm only saying this to help kekw

wise wigeon
#

People prob gonna buy a 70ti

mortal grail
#

Not talking about the 70Ti I'm stricly talking xt vs non xt

mental yoke
#

i just want to desktop at 8k kekw

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

9070 is pretty efficient

#

Up there with the 5070ti and 4080s

#

It's crazy that the 5080 of all things is the most efficient card

mortal grail
#

But the xt isn't close lol

mortal grail
wise wigeon
mortal grail
#

Here's something people don't talk about

#

The 5070 ti is almost shockingly close to the 5080

#

And the efficiency discussion really sends that argument home

wise wigeon
mortal grail
#

Cos it wasn't pushed like the others

#

I see the 5080 as so poorly received that it's half the reason the 70 cards behave the way they do

#

It definitely is very efficient

#

But the same can't be said about the other 50 cards rn

wise wigeon
#

70ti is ok

mortal grail
#

Compared to 40 series tho?

wise wigeon
#

Pulls a lil less than the ti super

mortal grail
#

Lol

#

The ti super was pushed too

wise wigeon
#

And gets the 4080 perf

mortal grail
#

The vanilla 4070 ti tho

wise wigeon
#

Think it's like 10-20w less than the 4080s

mortal grail
#

5070 ti is like 370 nominal isn't it

wise wigeon
#

?

#

It's like 270

#

A juicer OC model is like maybe 310

#

Are you talking spikes?

#

The vanguard OC is like 365 in spikes

lavish stag
#

Can i mix 2 different ram kits? Both ddr4 at 3200mhz. A set 16gb and a set of 32gb (different brands)

mortal grail
#

Can't find an igors lab one of r a normal 4070 ti lol

mortal grail
#

Mixing ram is the fastest way to cause stability issues if you don't know they're EXACTLY the same

#

And buying the same kit doesn't mean that

#

Underneath chips change all the time

#

Esp. Ddr4

lavish stag
#

Ight

#

Got it

wise wigeon
#

On tpu

#

252

#

In gaming

#

In RT it's like 282 vs 308

#

Spike diff is about 10w

#

So idk not that crazy

mortal grail
#

Spikes up to 370 on both 40 and 50

#

The 40 being a little more spike happy there at sub 5ms

#

Efficiency really isn't there as a big discussion point tbh

#

It's pulling more or less the same to go a bit faster with it

#

Vs the 5080 which is less per

#

Which is a discussion of efficiency as it creeps only a little faster than it's older brother but pulls a little less

wise wigeon
#

Jesus a ti super ventus spikes to 400?

mortal grail
#

As I was trying to say before on these cards, nvidia pushed the dial on all but the 80 for 50 series

mortal grail
#

Lol

#

If I say an 850 will take it then a 750 and even 650 could get away with it done right

#

You really never needed that 1000W kekw

wise wigeon
#

Ik

#

It's was just there

mortal grail
#

I getchu

#

I know the feeling

wise wigeon
#

But having an extra psu might be nice

mortal grail
#

But yeah I even comb cybenetics reviews lately

wise wigeon
#

For troubleshooting

mortal grail
#

I'm slowly getting better in that department

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

The hwb reviews are easier for me to digest

mortal grail
#

Hub?

wise wigeon
#

Hardware buster

mortal grail
#

Ye He's the cybenetics guy

wise wigeon
#

Ik

mortal grail
#

I like to reference him too cos he has simplified charts

wise wigeon
#

I just like the formatting of hwb

mortal grail
#

His "overall performance" section and short point pros and cons make things very easy to take in ye

lucid bay
#

What the hell??

mortal grail
#

The ZTT list is slowly developing to be something similar

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

I mean a 5050 ain't gonna be 399 let's be real

mortal grail
#

It's a meme btw lmao

wise wigeon
#

Ik

lucid bay
#

3050 > 5050

dusk knot
#

599

mortal grail
lucid bay
#

I’m watching DanTDM’s new video

wise wigeon
#

But like if the incremental bumps in performance are anything to go by

velvet summit
wise wigeon
#

5060 is probably a 4060 ti at 300

mortal grail
lucid bay
#
VideoCardz.com

AMD Ryzen 9 9000X3D series launching next week The 12 and 16-core variants will launch on March 12. Among the flagship consumer CPUs on the market, the upcoming 9950X3D seems to have the highest CPU mark score of 69,702 points. That’s 11.5% higher than the last-gen 7950X3D and 5% higher than the 9950X without 3D […]

#

Interesting take…

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

And a 5050 is prob closer to a 4060 at like idk 250?

mortal grail
#

Very likely

velvet summit
lucid bay
#

Let’s hope it’s a low price but then again, it’s NVIDIA it’s prob gonna be like $450

wise wigeon
#

Which I mean isn't the worst but consid ring the 250 competition in battlemage has pretty major driver overheard issues

lucid bay
#

$250for 80 fps in 1080p kekw

mortal grail
#

Ah can't type help

wise wigeon
lucid bay
#

RX 7600?

mortal grail
#

I typed 2050 4 times

mortal grail
lucid bay
#

RX 6700XT?

#

Let’s hope not

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

If they want the best deal they will

lucid bay
wise wigeon
#

But used market is so variable

lucid bay
#

I went from a i7-870 and r9 380 to a i7-12700kf and rtx 5080

mortal grail
mortal grail
#

12700KF would be a little limiting but not too bad tho

#

OC fixes it

lucid bay
#

100%

mortal grail
#

I went a whole day on 40% charge omg

#

New battery helps a lot lmfao

wise wigeon
#

@mortal grail I find it so weird that the rm850x 2024 wasn't the top of aris' charts at launch and in his best of list but in the a850gs review it is the top charting 850w

mortal grail
#

Ever since a1000g

#

Even ABN is very usable

#

For low end ofc

#

But the new ones aren't too bad

wise wigeon
mortal grail
#

Ye

wise wigeon
#

But they're offsetting it a bit with the steam gift cards I guess

mortal grail
#

I would actually argue the point rn, msi doesn't have any awful units rn, just awful prices

#

And even then AGL is awesome

wise wigeon
#

Mag isn't great

mortal grail
#

I've used an AGF, shockingly quiet

wise wigeon
#

Mpg though

velvet summit
#

He needs mouse bites to live

wise wigeon
#

They make such weird decisions though

mortal grail
#

Forgot to change 343's nickname for a few days oops

wise wigeon
#

You know the a1000gs is pretty much incompatible with and due to lack of 8pin?

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

But the a850gs has 16 pin too 2x8pin so it has compatibly

#

So it's sooo weird

mortal grail
#

Pretty sure

#

When oems make units they retain the layout as much as possible across a line

#

So a complete pinout change sounds like an oem change

wise wigeon
#

So like for platform reasons?

mortal grail
#

Yeah

#

Cos changing to a whole new tooled platform costs a LOT

wise wigeon
#

But a1000gs was the funky one with 2 16 pin

mortal grail
#

Vs running it off the same hardware production line

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

Like not 2 16 pin slots

#

2 16 pin cables

mortal grail
#

MSI would be paying out the ass for a unique unit

#

Lol

#

Costs way more than just same oem but bigger capacitance design

#

Same thing with any parts tbh

#

It's the reason strixes are just rebadged primes

#

Gaming trios being cut down suprims

#

Montech cases sharing common parts and panels

lavish stag
#

Dont tell me i need to ddu

mortal grail
topaz crownBOT
mortal grail
#

Welp

lavish stag
#

hahahaha

velvet summit
#

This vexes me

lavish stag
#

Alr

mortal grail
#

If you already ddu'd then it's not the gpu software

velvet summit
#

There is a method of not needing to use ddu

mortal grail
#

Well, correctly ddu'd

velvet summit
#

Just reinstall windows

mortal grail
#

But you get the idea

wise wigeon
#

@mortal grail both 1000gs and 850gs are cwt cte platform

velvet summit
lavish stag
lavish stag
#

Still ddu?

mortal grail
#

So they just paid more for a completely different pinout

#

And ruined legacy compat

#

Odd

lavish stag
#

Adrenaline worked for a few days n broke

mortal grail
velvet summit
#

This is just my adrenaline experience

lavish stag
#

I ddu when i first built it yes

wise wigeon
mortal grail
lavish stag
#

Nopr

#

Nope*

mortal grail
#

Yeah ddu then

#

Ddu will rule out the gpu drivers

lavish stag
#

How does ddu work again i forgot how to do it lol

#

?ddu

topaz crownBOT
mortal grail
#

Like that^

#

Lolol

wise wigeon
#

Best to boot into safe mode and run it

velvet summit
#

Reinstall of windows also would kek
evillaugh

wise wigeon
#

Pretty much does the rest for you

mortal grail
lavish stag
#

So first safe mode and download ddu n do it?

mortal grail
#

Download ddu and new drivers, safe mode, do it

wise wigeon
mortal grail
#

Clean and restart

mortal grail
#

Safe mode is just so much more reliable

mortal grail
#

I do that on top of safe mode

wise wigeon
#

Can't install no updates if you can't download nothin windows

mortal grail
#

Or disable windows updates

#

Yeah

#

Really annoying that it does that

wise wigeon
#

When I test the 70 ti I'll have to do safe mode though

#

Precaution

lavish stag
#

is windows re already in my pc?

wise wigeon
#

Hmm you nitro builds got a 9800x3d

mortal grail
mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

Still got 2 weeks on my xt return period

lavish stag
#

kk

wise wigeon
#

Honestly

mortal grail
#

Eh

wise wigeon
#

I like just tune out the watermark now

mortal grail
#

Wait how many cards did you buy

wise wigeon
mortal grail
#

Lmfao

#

Oh

#

Ok good

wise wigeon
#

It auto correct

mortal grail
#

Lol

wise wigeon
#

You didn't see my message?

#

I had ordered the bundle I was eyeing

#

But then there was a MSI store restock and for the giggles I did it

mortal grail
#

I have been going non stop for like 3 days straight man I'm sorry I vaguely remember something being 820

wise wigeon
#

But I hadn't expected it to go through

mortal grail
#

I vaguely remembered this yeah but thought maybe a 9070 xt as well

#

Lol

wise wigeon
#

Not enough savings over the ti ovtherwise

mortal grail
#

Genuine question before I sleep, you've had the xtx for a bit now

#

Has it been ok?

wise wigeon
#

Few driver timeouts

mortal grail
#

I wanna pick ur brain lol

wise wigeon
#

Not in games just in browsers

mortal grail
#

Yeah

#

That sounds like a sample issue

#

You can shuffle pcie power plugs to see if it goes away tho

wise wigeon
#

Idk if I'm hallucinating but might have seen some flicker

#

But I heard that could be a new driver issue

mortal grail
#

24.12.1?

wise wigeon
#

Nah one of the 25

mortal grail
#

Hmmm...I'm still on the 24.12.1

#

For like all my amd cards

#

It's a ridiculously stable one

wise wigeon
#

I play new games so I prefer the newer driver in case

#

Wilds needs all the help it can get

mortal grail
#

Same can sometimes be said for radeon

wise wigeon
#

Xtx might end up a lil faster in wilds over the 70 ti

mortal grail
#

Agesa is infamous for every cpu on am4 having wildly different stable bios choices on the same motherboards

wise wigeon
#

Ngl

#

Haven't updated bios because I haven't had issues

#

Think they've only had 2 bios updates anyway

mortal grail
#

You could have one 5800x3d on a b550 aorus be stable on f4d, another identical pair completely unbootable on that same bios but rock solid on F3C

#

AGESA is wildly variable

#

I'm glad they're getting rid of it

wise wigeon
#

Bios is a thing I turn to when things go wrong

#

If it's stable I'm good

mortal grail
#

Radeon you could argue somewhat the same depending on sample

wise wigeon
#

Hmm

mortal grail
#

I would maybe try 24.12.1

#

It's widely recognised very stable

#

Up to you tho

wise wigeon
#

Does ddu generally yeet adrenaline

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

Because like I still have a amd cpu

mortal grail
wise wigeon
#

And my current UV is ryzen master

mortal grail
#

Turn those off and see if the problems go away

#

I also would suggest not using RM for the 2% bloat it brings, it just applies bios settings

wise wigeon
#

The flicker was maybe once and I was on 2 hours of sleep

#

So I just discount it a bit

mortal grail
wise wigeon
mortal grail
#

Alr

lavish stag
#

Is the best intel gpu better than the 6700xt

wise wigeon
#

Figured I'd save it for when I have the time to truly mess with it

mortal grail
#

6700xt is like a stable B580

brittle lynx
#

is it ok to pull 50w max from a sata connector to power a m2 to x16 gpu riser?
good quality psu & pcie riser, sata cable is dedicated entirely to the gpu riser and all connectors are secured properly

brittle lynx
#

k

mortal grail
#

75w is the max

#

But assuming good quality parts

wise wigeon
#

Plus I've been monitoring my power draw and stuff to get a good idea of what I wanna cap it to in bios

brittle lynx
#

just measured with hwinfo, the 1080 is pulling no more than 49w from the pcie slot

mortal grail
lavish stag
#

After ddu is done, do i install new drivers n then exit safe mode?

mortal grail
wise wigeon
mortal grail
#

That's the old 7800x3d cap

wise wigeon
#

Think the max draw I saw in wilds was I tiny Spike to 93

mortal grail
#

Ye

wise wigeon
#

It's generally 70s to 85

mortal grail
#

If you debloat stuff like RM that'll dip more

#

So less spikey

lavish stag
#

Ty for help

#

All working

wise wigeon
#

It was like 2 spikes in a 2 hour session

mortal grail
fresh nova
#

DUCK

wise wigeon
#

It's the try with one ram stick of gpu issues

#

I should start lectures

#

Professors figured 2 days after a long week should be enough to watch and absorb 6 hours of lecture for a early Monday class

#

And they have the gall to have a burnout event later in the week lol

mortal grail
#

With lots of math

#

Unrelated math but math you will test on

wise wigeon
#

My current stuff is diabetes lol

mortal grail
#

"Diabetes and DDU"

#

"A 40 minute seminar with Yrag"

paper verge
#

indeed

wise wigeon
#

Nah class sessions are application stuff