general-chat

[wise wigeon]

very ,at least in the states engineers have a wack schedule

[sweet phoenix]

I almost hated it as much as pre calc

[rancid juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/aww-hell-nahh-aww-hell-aww-hell-nahh-gif-9659330954843262630

[hoary zodiac]

I do engineering so I don't have that luxury 💀

[pseudo raven]

oh man

you have physics to do as well

[hoary zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/australia-flag-gif-gif-27458159

[pseudo raven]

im done with that too

[acoustic palm]

I’m doing honors calculus rn

[sweet phoenix]

The unit circle is nightmare fuel

[hoary zodiac]

Oh yeah I'm absolutely being screwed in the ass by physics rn

[wise wigeon]

i mean i did maths for program prereqs so i still did calc

[rancid juniper]

never EVER take math class online unless you're absolutely disciplined

i sure not

[pseudo raven]

i was disciplined when my math was online

but then i grew up

[hoary zodiac]

I think I'm...ok with vectors

[fresh timber]

Nerd

[acoustic palm]

Ok

[wise wigeon]

huh thought physics would be easier with calc

[pseudo raven]

freshman year i was full online

[hoary zodiac]

I didn't do physics in HS so

[rancid juniper]

Pre-calc was like the highest level of math ive taken

[acoustic palm]

I’m doing aerospace mechanical engineering

[fresh timber]

@acoustic palm rate the 2nd rig

[hoary zodiac]

My math is better than my physics

[rancid juniper]

i passed but it was a struggle

[acoustic palm]

Yes I’m a nerd

[acoustic palm]

Fire

[hoary zodiac]

Based

[wise wigeon]

when i did phys 2 it was def easier after i finished at least some trig

[hoary zodiac]

Engineering is worth it

[wise wigeon]

better than before with the smart psu

[rancid juniper]

Don't go to Boeing

[hoary zodiac]

You go insane but it's worth it

[acoustic palm]

I wanna go to skunk works

[hoary zodiac]

Go to Boeing

[acoustic palm]

Dw I’m gonna try for Lockheed

[wise wigeon]

name i havent heard in a while

[rancid juniper]

💀

[acoustic palm]

Morals don’t buy me a McLaren

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hoary zodiac]

I'm doing CE

Not that many options in IT

[rancid juniper]

wild

but i get it

[hoary zodiac]

IT degrees are kinda mid imo

Engineering is more fun

[rancid juniper]

way to ruin my goals

😔

[acoustic palm]

Yeah my entire family is very heavily military Air Force

[hoary zodiac]

Oh

Oops

[acoustic palm]

But ion wanna go into military esp looking at the state of it rn

So next best thing is to design planes

[rancid juniper]

i mean if IT doesn't work out ill just go for cybersecurity

and if its still ass

then psychology

[acoustic palm]

My dad does cybersecurity

[hoary zodiac]

It's more of a price/return thing for me

[rancid juniper]

i know it pays well

[hoary zodiac]

I don't pay much more for an Engineering degree compared to IT

[fresh timber]

Don’t make me put it back

[acoustic palm]

Extremely

[hoary zodiac]

I'm too #building-and-recc-chat pilled

[mortal grail]

Wat

[sinful blade]

You guys want an iPhone case

[hoary zodiac]

My brain is always going value mode

[sinful blade]

https://www.prada.com/us/en/p/saffiano-leather-case-for-iphone-16-pro/1ZH197_2CKR_F0394

[wise wigeon]

go ahead blow up your second pc, you'll never get a 9070xt at this rate

[sinful blade]

Only $495

[rancid juniper]

no

bruh

[acoustic palm]

@fresh timber can confirm

[hoary zodiac]

Cybersecurity is probably one of the more fun ones

[acoustic palm]

I got one literally 2 days ago

[acoustic palm]

Uh

Sure

[rancid juniper]

until you get hit with a MEGA VIRUS OF DOOM

😳

[hoary zodiac]

Get hit with this meat

[acoustic palm]

I def don’t hear slurs screamed while my dad works 12-14 hours a day

[rancid juniper]

quick disaster plan 101

[fresh timber]

I’m not doing 9070xt anymore

[rancid juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/fallout-spiffing-brit-hugh-janus-threatening-creepy-gif-22981262

[hoary zodiac]

Ok it doesn't work as well when I say it

[acoustic palm]

Hear me out

You just don’t

[fresh timber]

I’m buying laptop over 9070xt

[hoary zodiac]

Nuke them before they can nuke you

First strike

[rancid juniper]

nowadays security is pretty good for the home end user

[hoary zodiac]

Pearl harbour them

[rancid juniper]

windows defender and forget

[acoustic palm]

Ik

Trust me I’ve heard a lot about cybersecurity 😭

[rancid juniper]

but still, these cursed OEMs installing bloat like norton or avast

crazy stuff

[hoary zodiac]

I hate OEM installs

[rancid juniper]

all junk

[hoary zodiac]

Using windows is already annoying enough

They also have to put extra bloat on top

[rancid juniper]

It's standard to annoy the customer as much as you can

[acoustic palm]

Or just make a nuke proof bunker

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hoary zodiac]

Mass drivers

[rancid juniper]

Have y'all ever encountered scareware before?

At least once

[acoustic palm]

Idts

[rancid juniper]

Now browsers have built in popup blockers n such

[acoustic palm]

I’ve been sent links to YouTube videos wirh the jump scare stuff but that’s obv not scareware lmao

[hoary zodiac]

You mean those phishing things

[fresh timber]

How should I fix the sag

[acoustic palm]

Sag bracket

[hoary zodiac]

Where they have "your android device is infected with deez nuts"

[acoustic palm]

Or

Darth Vader Lego

[rancid juniper]

Lmfao yea + blaring alarm

[acoustic palm]

No too short

Idk a bunch 4x4 stacked on top of each other

Black bricks so it looks good

[fresh timber]

Give

[rancid juniper]

4x4?

[acoustic palm]

Lego

[rancid juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/forza-horizon4-chevrolet-colorado-zr2-drifting-snow-winter-gif-27323100

[acoustic palm]

2x2 is decent

[fresh timber]

I need to pick a psu for it later

[rancid juniper]

Nah truck

[acoustic palm]

But 4x4 always better

[fresh timber]

The current psu has a broke fan

[acoustic palm]

Kinda rare tho

[fresh timber]

So it vibrates

[hoary zodiac]

Does anyone know what the hell this is

[rancid juniper]

Edited

[acoustic palm]

Pain

Suffering

[rancid juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/im-out-im-done-gone-bye-gif-14331061352776093889

[hoary zodiac]

This is the last question

💀

[peak heart]

Any budget gaming wheel for assetto corsa?

[hoary zodiac]

PLEASE LET ME FINISH THE WORKSHEET

[acoustic palm]

There’s a really funny thing

[hoary zodiac]

AHHHH

[acoustic palm]

Called ChatGPT

[rancid juniper]

Thrustmaster TMX

[acoustic palm]

That name

[hoary zodiac]

Nah I don't trust chatgpt

[acoustic palm]

Is crazy

[acoustic palm]

Then a… physics central ai

To explain the process

[rancid juniper]

[acoustic palm]

Or just a YouTube video on the topic

[hoary zodiac]

I don't trust commercial AI models

Actually yeah I'll try the organic chem guy

[rancid juniper]

Why not seek deeper?

[hoary zodiac]

Seek deez

[rancid juniper]

Hehehehehe

No

[acoustic palm]

Cave diver central

🙏

[hoary zodiac]

I wonder if Sore's just sitting on his phone with a cigarette

"he can't keep getting away with this"

[rancid juniper]

Cave divers after leaving a family of 5, being financially successful and saved the world get inside a cave called Lifestealer

[acoustic palm]

Fr

[hoary zodiac]

BREAKING NEWS
Cave diver discovered inside YOUR MUM

[rancid juniper]

Suffocated to death

Very sad

[acoustic palm]

Crushed by heavy weight

[opaque sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-bateman-dropping-phone-gif-26048740

[hoary zodiac]

"Yo mama so fat she crushed a cave diver"

[rancid juniper]

We will never forget his sacrifice

[opaque sedge]

Yo mama so fat even a 5090 struggles to render a digital model of her

[rancid juniper]

The GPU would catch up in flames before attempting

[acoustic palm]

Eh

Mid

[hoary zodiac]

Yo mama so fat a 5090 ran out of vram trying to render her

[opaque sedge]

Is what ur mom said when the nurse handed you as a newborn to her

[acoustic palm]

Crazy

[rancid juniper]

Whoa bruh

Went to heavy roasting

Rq

[acoustic palm]

Heavy?

[opaque sedge]

Lmao

[rancid juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/team-fortress-2-heavy-tf2-heavy-the-heavy-the-rock-eyebrow-gif-9577572964300949968

[hoary zodiac]

Let's be honest here

[opaque sedge]

Prepare yourself frost

[hoary zodiac]

Half of us were probably destined to be swallowed

[rancid juniper]

What did I do?

[rancid juniper]

What does THIS MEAN?

[opaque sedge]

Ok i can’t reply by your mom to this one… it would be too much 💀

[hoary zodiac]

ahhaha

[acoustic palm]

I’m gonna make his mind think of every single possible thing I will say, then say nothing. I will leave him wondering the rest of his life of this single moment, “what will that guy say”

[opaque sedge]

This is what i was talking abt frost

[rancid juniper]

We got two people plotting to roast me

[hoary zodiac]

We're gonna defrost you

[acoustic palm]

(I couldn’t think of anything)

[rancid juniper]

I will have Mariah Carey freeze me after

[opaque sedge]

Alright gonna start playing ffxv

[hoary zodiac]

Wait

What's the season again

[rancid juniper]

Spring sprong

[hoary zodiac]

Spring?

Ok cool

[rancid juniper]

Yuh

[hoary zodiac]

It's autumn here...supposedly

[rancid juniper]

???

[hoary zodiac]

The heat does not feel like autumn

[rancid juniper]

Jack Frost posting

[surreal comet]

Jack Frost and his evil insane twin Black Frost

[hoary zodiac]

What

What is a black frost

[rancid juniper]

Lol

[acoustic palm]

Upsidown

Do yall sleep like bats

Just wondering

[hoary zodiac]

We sleep on the ceiling

[acoustic palm]

Like a bat?

[rancid juniper]

Perona 3?

[hoary zodiac]

Imagine if that was made by a western game company

[surreal comet]

Persona

[rancid juniper]

Perona*

[hoary zodiac]

We have negative gravity

[tranquil pebble]

it would probably suck if it was ngl

[acoustic palm]

Ic

[rancid juniper]

[surreal comet]

Playing 2077 and having to wait 5 whole minutes to unlock the Johnny ending

[hoary zodiac]

We have to anchor ourselves to not fall into space

[acoustic palm]

So a sideways bat

[hoary zodiac]

Ubisoft need to release the patch that fixed Australia

[rancid juniper]

I only did like one ending of cyberpunk and called it a day

[acoustic palm]

So that’s why there’s so many spiders

To create a web to keep yall from space

God

[rancid juniper]

L

[proud jackal]

[acoustic palm]

Holy crap this Australian lore goes crazy

[hoary zodiac]

We have to make a treaty with the spiders every couple years

We pay tribute to the great arachnid empire

[acoustic palm]

Which ones do you sacrifice?

[hoary zodiac]

One vestal virgin per town

[rancid juniper]

Imagine if steam made a steam sale for like 10 minutes where all games are 90% off

[mortal grail]

Why do you think I'm so twisted

[acoustic palm]

Oh that’s not much

[tranquil pebble]

the server would implode

[mortal grail]

Boeing spends a good 5 days a week cursing albert

[acoustic palm]

How are the great arachnids not mad

[hoary zodiac]

Alfred is dead now

[rancid juniper]

Probably would be worse than Epic's GTA 5 giveaway

[mortal grail]

You won

[acoustic palm]

Real

[mortal grail]

The sacrifices are sufficient

For now

[tranquil pebble]

way worse... straight up would be a self inflicted ddos

[hoary zodiac]

Spiders are rebuilding after Alfred

[rancid juniper]

Alot of people wouldve been pressing reload

[acoustic palm]

With the new tariffs you’ll have to use 1.25 people now

[hoary zodiac]

Although...

[rancid juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/credit-card-smacking-credit-card-on-table-gif-21340324

[hoary zodiac]

That's why we import so many tourists

[mortal grail]

Ah crap

[tranquil pebble]

payment processors would probably feel some of the hurt too even

[mortal grail]

I forgot to add the tariffs last ritual

[acoustic palm]

Smart

[rancid juniper]

Yikes...

[acoustic palm]

Be careful

[rancid juniper]

What's the new Australia 2025 patch about?

[mortal grail]

Ahhh I don't need a domestic complaint from a spider rn I just started a new job

[mortal grail]

Taxes

[rancid juniper]

Good or bad

[tranquil pebble]

yeah i don't think you realize how crazy people go even with the usual sales... it lags the servers sometimes

[peak heart]

Budget* 😳

[acoustic palm]

1.25 instead of 1 now

[rancid juniper]

😭

[acoustic palm]

I mean

[mortal grail]

There's good taxes?

[acoustic palm]

You can just use one person for the .25 for 4 different sacrafices

[rancid juniper]

[rancid juniper]

The greatest server stress test

[mortal grail]

Sounds like something I should mention in the ritual meeting

We've been throwing out .75

[acoustic palm]

For the governments yes

[mortal grail]

That's really smart

We need guys like you

[acoustic palm]

Wow that’s wasteful

[hoary zodiac]

Woolworths/Coles trying to not price gouge challenge

Impossible

[acoustic palm]

Sadly I’m a right side up person

[mortal grail]

How would you like to work 25 hours a week sacrificing virgins

[acoustic palm]

What’s the pay

[rancid juniper]

1 joey

[mortal grail]

You keep the offcuts for the organ black market

[rancid juniper]

What

[mortal grail]

Base pay

[acoustic palm]

Wouldn’t that anger the great arachnids

[hoary zodiac]

No

[acoustic palm]

I’d be the one in danger then

[mortal grail]

They're not really a fan of kidneys

[hoary zodiac]

We're competing against the Chinese organ market

[mortal grail]

Picky eaters mate

[acoustic palm]

Ah ic

Any other part

[rancid juniper]

Wait honestly, how big can these spiders get?

[mortal grail]

Mainly just kidneys and toes

[acoustic palm]

Gotcha

[hoary zodiac]

Why do you think the outback is desolate

[mortal grail]

Like crocs, as big as they can eat

[hoary zodiac]

It's not because of the heat

Giants walk among us

[acoustic palm]

They spin the webs that hold Australia from space

[fresh timber]

@acoustic palm put the 9070xt in the pc now and ask people wy its crashing obviosuly the psu

[rancid juniper]

Wild

[acoustic palm]

Dawg

It’s not here till

Idk when

21st?

[tranquil pebble]

Earth Defense Force spiders

[acoustic palm]

Anyways it’s prolly one of the cheapest 9070xts anyone has gotten now that I think about it

[mortal grail]

How much

We got a couple people here who got msrp

[acoustic palm]

That’s a different branch of the great arachnid government

[acoustic palm]

I paid 360

🙂

[mortal grail]

From who what the hell

[acoustic palm]

It was 660 but my parents covered 300 of it

[mortal grail]

Oh

[hoary zodiac]

Wtf

[mortal grail]

Oh nice

[hoary zodiac]

$660?

Damnnn

[mortal grail]

He done well

[acoustic palm]

Newegg bundle

Lmao

[mortal grail]

Is it a good model

[hoary zodiac]

Lucky

[acoustic palm]

Uh

[tranquil pebble]

they probably hate me then because I've killed 10k+ lol

[acoustic palm]

The steel

[mortal grail]

Steel legend NOICE

[mortal grail]

Nice

Idk much about that psu tho

Need to do my homework rq

[acoustic palm]

Yeah and now that I have some room in my budget I’m upgrading from 9700x mc bundle to 7800x3d bundle

[hoary zodiac]

Iirc gold is fine

According to the new list

[acoustic palm]

B+ on new tier list

[hoary zodiac]

Bronze is sus tho

[acoustic palm]

Oh crap

[proud jackal]

anyone got a standing desk recommendation

[acoustic palm]

That’s thunder

[acoustic palm]

Are you rich or no

[proud jackal]

no im just financially irresponsible

[acoustic palm]

Ok

[hoary zodiac]

Go to ikea

[acoustic palm]

My dad has a secret lab one

Idk the price but it’s super super good

[proud jackal]

oh

[hoary zodiac]

War thunder?

[mortal grail]

Ok that psu pretty good

[proud jackal]

i have a secret labs chair

[acoustic palm]

Outside my house

[mortal grail]

@acoustic palm nice grab

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah asrock is on top recently

[acoustic palm]

Yeah I’m super happy

[mortal grail]

The psu a little pricey but you still paid pretty well

[hoary zodiac]

Also what's the 9800X3D burning situation

[acoustic palm]

Idm

[mortal grail]

Would say the psu is about $30 high

[hoary zodiac]

Didn't a MSI board kill a cpu a couple days ago?

[acoustic palm]

I was gonna pay 115 for a gf3

[mortal grail]

So 690 for the gpu? That's still great with tariffs

[acoustic palm]

But now I get this good deal

[mortal grail]

Yeah nah this is good

Roll with it

[acoustic palm]

Yeah

And I Alr have storage for my pc

[hoary zodiac]

Based perf/$

[acoustic palm]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GMJN2x current list

[hoary zodiac]

Do we have 9070XT supply now btw?

[acoustic palm]

Need to change it to a 7800x3d

Tho

[acoustic palm]

If I keep the 9700x the build will cost me sub 1k

[mortal grail]

Epic build

[acoustic palm]

[mortal grail]

I mean the bundle you got is already good

[acoustic palm]

Yeah well

[hoary zodiac]

Oh wow that's better than December 2024

[acoustic palm]

7800x3d

[hoary zodiac]

That's rare these days

[mortal grail]

Not a huge uptick tbh

[hoary zodiac]

Unless the market is finally returning to normal

[acoustic palm]

In cyberpunk it was a crazy uplift

[mortal grail]

You're comparing $200 for 9700x vs an outright 7800x3d no?

[hoary zodiac]

oh yeah

Uptick relative to price

[mortal grail]

$200 vs $450 that x3d not worth

[hoary zodiac]

That is fair

[acoustic palm]

It’s a 200$ different but I also get a (better?) motherboard

[mortal grail]

Yeah not worth

[acoustic palm]

I mean

[storm narwhal]

Not worth the difference

[acoustic palm]

I’m still gonna spend 100$ less than normal

[mortal grail]

The x3d uptick not worth $200 man trust me

Ik

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah tbh I didn't consider the price difference between non X3D to X3D at all

[mortal grail]

But you're spending a LOT for vcache

Imo this is better

[acoustic palm]

Hm

[storm narwhal]

Unless you're telling me it's more than 50%

[mortal grail]

Up to you

[hoary zodiac]

You can always upgrade next gen

[mortal grail]

But money wise this is better value

[hoary zodiac]

$200 is the price of a cpu

[mortal grail]

Lots better

[hoary zodiac]

So

[acoustic palm]

I don’t necessarily need a crap ton of money rn

[hoary zodiac]

Yes but

Future cpu

[storm narwhal]

Future CPU better

[hoary zodiac]

Bigger uplift potentially

[mortal grail]

Even still you can bank that for later yeah

[acoustic palm]

Good point

[mortal grail]

I'd pocket it imo

[acoustic palm]

The extra 200 is a lot

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah especially in this economy

[mortal grail]

Yeah for the like 25% uptick

[acoustic palm]

Put it in my saving account

[storm narwhal]

Invest it in nvidia-

[acoustic palm]

Or I can spend 50$ of that and get a white mobo

[acoustic palm]

Nah

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah that's gonna be way more than $200 in a couple years

[storm narwhal]

THEYRE GONNA GO UP-

[acoustic palm]

Well my other investment kinda flopped

[mortal grail]

If you want all white that's a modest price

[acoustic palm]

😦

[hoary zodiac]

Invest in Nvideez nuts

[storm narwhal]

Invest in s&p 500 or something

Stable

[acoustic palm]

I had bought qqq at 475 it went up to 540 and now it’s 485

😭

I had 4 shares of it

[storm narwhal]

How long ago

[hoary zodiac]

Invest in Serbia /s

[acoustic palm]

September

[storm narwhal]

Pff

Wait longer

[acoustic palm]

Ik

[hoary zodiac]

All my crypto crashed

[acoustic palm]

I’m not stupid enough to sell at a low lmao

[storm narwhal]

I usually would wait at least a few years but mines in s&p

[hoary zodiac]

Waiting for it to go back up...never

[mortal grail]

Idk why the sacrificer jobs require this investment tbh

Seems sus

[hoary zodiac]

Probably a dump and pump scheme

[acoustic palm]

Ok so I don’t get the X3d

[mortal grail]

Imo no

[acoustic palm]

But I do get the motherboard

[sweet phoenix]

I had $550 in qqq but had to sell when I left my job

[mortal grail]

If you want yeah

[acoustic palm]

Since ngl

[sweet phoenix]

Was like $510 a share when I sold

[hoary zodiac]

You'd think in times of financial instability crypto would go up

[mortal grail]

All white bops

[acoustic palm]

It looks way better

[mortal grail]

It bops

[acoustic palm]

Minus ram 😦

But wtv

[sweet phoenix]

Well crypto shot up after the US election, so it's been up and down since then

[mortal grail]

Meh I have that combo it's fine

[sweet phoenix]

A couple weeks ago a lot of coins hit their all time highs I think

[acoustic palm]

Worse comes to worse I can get a vinyl white wrap

[mortal grail]

Just make more white things it'll disappear lol

[acoustic palm]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[storm narwhal]

Elon muskrat

[mortal grail]

I like this guy, thinks with his brain cells

[storm narwhal]

When's trump gonna create trumpcoin to pump and dump people tho

[mortal grail]

Rare bar met on discord

[sweet phoenix]

He alr did lmao

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah and you're what

15?

[storm narwhal]

I mean again lmao

[hoary zodiac]

You have potential son

[acoustic palm]

He did

[sweet phoenix]

Oh lmao

[hoary zodiac]

I did not just say son 💀

I'm old 💀

[storm narwhal]

It'll probably work twice

[acoustic palm]

This is why I’m trying for Lockheed

[mortal grail]

You did, in front of the older folks

[sweet phoenix]

Wouldnt surprise me

[mortal grail]

Then again you were yelling at the sky until recently

[velvet summit]

but have you been doing dad jokes yet

[mortal grail]

Maybe you're older than me inside

[hoary zodiac]

Uh

[hoary zodiac]

💀

[acoustic palm]

I mean either way this new pc is a solid upgrade from my current

3600x+3060ti to a 9700x + 9070xt

[mortal grail]

Hell yeah

[acoustic palm]

And the uh price difference

Is uh

200$

😭

[hoary zodiac]

It's nice to see people not buying "the best" and actually looking at performance/$

[mortal grail]

That's like a 2x perf change

[hoary zodiac]

Based

[acoustic palm]

Wait no not even

The difference in price is 150$

[sweet phoenix]

My pc started as 3600+3060 ti

Then became a rebuild 3600+3060 ti

[proud jackal]

[sweet phoenix]

Then 13600k+3060 ti

And now 13600k+2080 ti

[mortal grail]

When people show me how much they saved, that gets my reddit vote, not the expensive af stuff

[hoary zodiac]

Oh nice I had a 3600 + 5700XT

[sweet phoenix]

Wait very briefly it was 3600+6800xt

For like a week

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah because the money goes to future upgrades

[mortal grail]

Theo buy fractal north with me

[acoustic palm]

I like min maxing stuff so I do that a lot

[proud jackal]

im poor

[hoary zodiac]

I mean is it min maxing tho

The thing with motherboards

[mortal grail]

[acoustic palm]

Get the chair get the chair get the chair

[sage sluice]

"Guys i spent $4,000 on a 5090, look how cool my rig is"

[hoary zodiac]

These days Z/X chipsets features are almost entirely unnecessary for 99% of people

[proud jackal]

i already have the chair

[acoustic palm]

Get another

[proud jackal]

[mortal grail]

I was trying not to say it out loud lmao

[acoustic palm]

Well

Funny color

[rancid juniper]

4000 for 4k gaming

[hoary zodiac]

Oh no

That's valid tho

[sage sluice]

Sometimes the truth is best left unspoken

[hoary zodiac]

I mean you have a white pc

UNDER 1K BTW

[acoustic palm]

Exactly 1k

[hoary zodiac]

In this market that's really good

[acoustic palm]

Well

[mortal grail]

1K for a 4K capable rig wtf

In this market

[acoustic palm]

1015.56

[hoary zodiac]

Like this level of performance at 1K is impressive today

[mortal grail]

Insane price

[acoustic palm]

WAIR

[hoary zodiac]

You're undercutting the market by several hundred dollars

[acoustic palm]

WAIR

Wait

[lavish stag]

Can 1060 run cyberpunk?

[mortal grail]

If you like ps2 graphics

[acoustic palm]

Do I use the extra money to buy a 1440p 240hz OLED

[sweet phoenix]

This is my pc
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jq9yQd

[acoustic palm]

🤔

[sage sluice]

My 1440p rig at 1300 😨

[mortal grail]

HELL YE

$500 oled les go

[hoary zodiac]

If you can afford it yeah

[acoustic palm]

I currently have a 1440p 180hz

[rancid juniper]

13600k GROUP LESS GO

[hoary zodiac]

Eh?

[mortal grail]

Which one is it good sir

[hoary zodiac]

To be fair you can use it as a secondary

[lavish stag]

Wtf full modular for 50

[sweet phoenix]

Oled will make more of a difference than x3d will

[lavish stag]

And 850?

[acoustic palm]

Idh space for my pc if I use 3 monitors but I can just put it on my second desk

[lavish stag]

Whatttt

[acoustic palm]

Uh

[sweet phoenix]

Evga B stock was great while it existed

[sage sluice]

That amount of storage is not for the weak

[acoustic palm]

Uhhh

[sweet phoenix]

I want to get rid of the hdd

[acoustic palm]

Oh wait

[sweet phoenix]

And replace the 2 smaller ssds with a second 2tb

[acoustic palm]

Did I mention I have 7tb of storage

[hoary zodiac]

Imagine saving so much money that you can afford an extra monitor

Gigachad

[rancid juniper]

my drives after installing 10 games (true story)

[sweet phoenix]

Hah i have 7.5tb

[lavish stag]

Im going to ask evga for a replacement, do u think they can give me the same or likely a different one?

[acoustic palm]

Damn

[sweet phoenix]

Probably the same

[mortal grail]

Likely new

[acoustic palm]

I got 6tb for free

[mortal grail]

If it's old enough

[sage sluice]

My goofy setup w/ peripherals
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CrccGJ

[mortal grail]

Old lines get swapped with new stock

[hoary zodiac]

I have like 2 8TB HDDs and I only use one

[sweet phoenix]

Idk how much I'm using, most of it is games I don't actively play but leave installed for when I play them two times a year

[hoary zodiac]

In my nas that is

[hoary zodiac]

Got the nas for free

[sage sluice]

I know a gazillion ways i could make this way better and more optimized than i did now

[hoary zodiac]

Not the drives tho

[mortal grail]

Yeah replace it

Mid ah screen tbh

[sage sluice]

Oh hey my monitor

[sweet phoenix]

Pretty solid monitor

[hoary zodiac]

Wait

Felix

[sweet phoenix]

Wait wat

[mortal grail]

Nyo

[hoary zodiac]

While you're here

[acoustic palm]

Replace or 3 monitors

[mortal grail]

Not the 271

271 old af va

Like 2019

[sweet phoenix]

Thats the IPS one

2021 i think

[hoary zodiac]

Is this acceptable for a non-gaming use case? Asking for myself

[mortal grail]

Oh ips

[sage sluice]

Same one i got, if it werent for the typical LCD contrast itd be a beast

[mortal grail]

Mb

Nvm you can rock that

[acoustic palm]

Ok but

[mortal grail]

The va one sucked ass

[rancid juniper]

LOL

[sweet phoenix]

Oled is still a valid choice though

Just a matter of personal preference

[acoustic palm]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

[lavish stag]

Evga ge 700 actually came out in 2023...

[mortal grail]

Ye go with your feelings on this one

[sage sluice]

OLED is great....
If youve got bank

[acoustic palm]

I’ll get OLED if I see one for 400$ again

[mortal grail]

Same unit replaced

[sage sluice]

Otherwise just rock miniled

[lavish stag]

got it

thanksssss

[sweet phoenix]

Keep an eye on tech deals, I have no life

[lavish stag]

amazon shouldn't affect warranty right

[hoary zodiac]

No comments on the ultrawide?

[sweet phoenix]

No

[mortal grail]

No

[acoustic palm]

I saved 300$ on a 9070xt, and I have 100 buffer in my bank and I got 100$ from my grandma

[lavish stag]

thx

[mortal grail]

I didn't see any ultrawide comment

[lavish stag]

also

uh

[sweet phoenix]

26" UW seems odd

[lavish stag]

does anyone here have good cable management in the back

any tips....

[mortal grail]

Which is ironic cos ultrawide bigger than normal

[sage sluice]

I meant in general

[acoustic palm]

Oh

[lavish stag]

(i have non-mod)

[acoustic palm]

Yeah

[mortal grail]

A pack of velcro strips

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah I'm mainly looking for screen real estate

[sage sluice]

Just depends if that money isnt spent anywhere else better

[mortal grail]

And time

[lavish stag]

oo

just got zip ties

[sage sluice]

People dont appreciate good peripherals enough imo

[mortal grail]

Good cable management takes ages

[acoustic palm]

Well I’m gonna have an insanely good gaming setup and IPS 180hz seems kinda a waste

[lavish stag]

actually i have velcro from random cables

[acoustic palm]

I have rly good cable management

Not perfect but it’s good

[lavish stag]

show proof

[mortal grail]

Those work too just be careful not to go too tight in case they need cutting

[sweet phoenix]

1440p IPS is the entry level for monitors id suggest for your setup

[lavish stag]

im too lazy...as long as the back panel fits for me xd

[lavish stag]

gotcha

[sweet phoenix]

But its not a waste at all

[acoustic palm]

Well yeah

[hoary zodiac]

Meanwhile I'm gaming on 60Hz on a 300Hz display so my 3070 doesn't scream at me

[sweet phoenix]

Go try out an OLED at best buy or smthn

[acoustic palm]

Hm

[sweet phoenix]

See if its worth it to you

[acoustic palm]

I’ll do the final desicion while I’m at mc

[lavish stag]

i have a friend who says 50hz and 120hz on the same resolution looks the same

[mortal grail]

Ok time for work byeeee

[acoustic palm]

To actually see the difference

[acoustic palm]

Cya

[hoary zodiac]

Hmm

[lavish stag]

maybe he's not getting enough frames butt that's crazy

[hoary zodiac]

Bacca

[sweet phoenix]

But ye watch tech deals, I'll probably see if any go on sale

[hoary zodiac]

Do you have any recommendations for ultrawide 1080p monitors for a non gaming use cases?

[acoustic palm]

Alr thanks

[hoary zodiac]

Nothing specific just in general

[sage sluice]

Id rather have a good pair of sennies, a kick ass keeb, quality mouse and a strong monitor with like a 1080 than say goofy aa peripherals (cough all logitech) and a 5090

[acoustic palm]

Fair

[hoary zodiac]

I want a pair of sennies

[sweet phoenix]

I have no clue

[hoary zodiac]

But then I have to factor in the cost of an amp/dac

[sage sluice]

Ive got one, best purchase ever lol

[acoustic palm]

I have a g502 hero, s-k80 keyboard and 2 monitors

[sage sluice]

No regrets at all

Ofc theres some other great headphone options too

[hoary zodiac]

I have this desk spanning setup

[sage sluice]

But ive never had issues with higher midrange sennies, if you want budget however sennies aint your friend

[acoustic palm]

Nice

Lemme get a picture of mine rq

[hoary zodiac]

I have to sync files between my computers through my server

Oh yeah there's a hidden mini homelab out of sight

[sage sluice]

god im still dying inside for not being able to get one of the original blue marble hd600s for 200 bucks off facebook marketplace, it was that cheap because it had some foam damage 😭

[sage sluice]

that mind you could be entirely replaced

[hoary zodiac]

Nicee

[sage sluice]

im so cool

[acoustic palm]

Yeah I got a bunch more manga to put up there

[hoary zodiac]

Tbh I might replace the nas and mini pc with a proper nas build

[acoustic palm]

And more one piece figurines my sister got me for my birthday

[hoary zodiac]

This 32 bit arm cpu gets bottlenecked with NFS

I mean free so 🤷‍♂️

[acoustic palm]

My dad has a like

[velvet summit]

if i was rich

[acoustic palm]

60tb nas?

[hoary zodiac]

Also can't run ZFS on it

[velvet summit]

i would get the sennheiser he 1

[hoary zodiac]

Oh nice

[velvet summit]

truly overengineered

[acoustic palm]

Yeah he’s like super good with cybersecurity stuff and allat

[hoary zodiac]

Ohh

So does he have a homelab?

[velvet summit]

hoelab

[acoustic palm]

I dunno

Most likely

[hoary zodiac]

Homelabs are fun to tinker with

I got a web server

[acoustic palm]

He’s gone a lot so idk much about his work

[hoary zodiac]

Oh crap I forgot to turn the thing back on

After Alfred

But anyways I run a couple servers off it

Jellyfin server, web server

And cloud storage

[velvet summit]

it requires a down payment of 10k in order to order it

[hoary zodiac]

Wtf

[acoustic palm]

Btw is signalrgb legit

[velvet summit]

and it costs like 100k

[hoary zodiac]

Isn't that the open source one?

[velvet summit]

signalrgb is the closed source one

[hoary zodiac]

Oh

[velvet summit]

openrgb is the open one

[acoustic palm]

I’d like to not have super mis matched rgb so

[hoary zodiac]

I bought parts with non tweakable lighting in my old build

End up setting all the LEDs to red

[acoustic palm]

Oh damn

[proud jackal]

[hoary zodiac]

So it doesn't turn into vomit

[acoustic palm]

Hmmmmmm I wonder

[velvet summit]

why are you adding rgb to your desk

[hoary zodiac]

Wtf that's an entire computer

[acoustic palm]

What color do I make it

[hoary zodiac]

Go to ikea

[acoustic palm]

More than my 4k gaming setup

[acoustic palm]

[proud jackal]

this doesnt look safe

[acoustic palm]

Wait fsr4 is rly good right

[craggy shoal]

That must be a massive desk because wtf that sizing doesn't look right

[velvet summit]

how much did nzxt pay secretlabs to put their case there

[acoustic palm]

It’s pretty big

[craggy shoal]

fr bigger than my mom

yeah that's bigger than my mom

[proud jackal]

xl is 70" long

[craggy shoal]

yeah way bigger than my mom

[acoustic palm]

I think my dad has that

[hoary zodiac]

You can hire someone to build a desk

[acoustic palm]

He’s like rich rich so

😭

I get a lot of stuff esp tech stuff

[hoary zodiac]

Man I wish I was rich rich

[proud jackal]

same

[acoustic palm]

I’m super grateful for it and all but it can get absurd sometimes

[velvet summit]

if he was rich why would he buy secretlabs instead of getting a sick custom desk

full wood

[hoary zodiac]

It's nice that you still care about spending money wisely

Even though you don't have to sometimes

[velvet summit]

nice slab of like oak

[acoustic palm]

He literally gave me a 64gb ram 4tb MacBook… for free

[velvet summit]

m series?

[acoustic palm]

Yeah that’s how my dad raised me

[acoustic palm]

No

[hoary zodiac]

Bro is not going to have college debt

[acoustic palm]

2019

[velvet summit]

meh

[hoary zodiac]

Go get a masters degree damn

[acoustic palm]

My college computer

[velvet summit]

i wouldnt want a free intel mac tbh

[acoustic palm]

Prolly will

[velvet summit]

though free is free ig lmao

[acoustic palm]

I mean

Yeah exactly lmao

[hoary zodiac]

I'm probably gonna have to work for a couple years before I can afford a masters

[acoustic palm]

I have no room to complain when it’s free

[velvet summit]

i spent too much on my windows laptop anyways lmao

[acoustic palm]

Yeah my parents I think are paying to have my sister get a masters

[acoustic palm]

But uh

[hoary zodiac]

Based

[acoustic palm]

She will not be a breadwinner

But she’s doing what she loves

[hoary zodiac]

oh is it a masters in history or something

Yeah that's the problem with education

[acoustic palm]

Art history

They want to work for non profits

[hoary zodiac]

You pay a lot for the course

But the jobs don't pay too well

[velvet summit]

my friend's parents forced them to go to college
and refused to pay for it
so now they are in debt

[hoary zodiac]

Academia is inaccessible like that sometimes

[acoustic palm]

Yeah I’m gonna go to a school with a co ed program so I can get a job

[velvet summit]

their parents have the money but their parents just hate them for some reason

[hoary zodiac]

Bro was raised right

[acoustic palm]

Have experience and all

[hoary zodiac]

Volunteering also helps with your resume

[acoustic palm]

Yeah

[hoary zodiac]

No money but

[acoustic palm]

My extra curriculars aren’t

[velvet summit]

(it hasnt helped me at all)

[acoustic palm]

Amazing

[hoary zodiac]

I've applied for an ambassador jon at my uni

[acoustic palm]

5 years varsity tennis and 4 years of youth in government is what it’s currently looking like

[hoary zodiac]

Hoping for them to get back to me soon

[acoustic palm]

Maybe there’ll be something else

Maybe not

[hoary zodiac]

Depends tbh

Universities have a lot of connections

Generally speaking

You can do a lot of networking

[acoustic palm]

I do that, a lot

[hoary zodiac]

That's one of the key advantages of going to uni

The networking is pretty good

[acoustic palm]

The only reason I had a job this past summer was cause I knew someone

The job wasn’t great but it paid for my pc

[hoary zodiac]

Bro already won at life

[acoustic palm]

“Wasn’t great” (it was terrible)

[velvet summit]

recently (at least here) there doesnt seem to have been many positions availiable for co-op
i've heard that some unis around have been making "fake" jobs for their co-op placements because nobody is hiring 💀

[acoustic palm]

Like I’d take being unemployed to working there

But you live and learn ig

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah sometimes it's better to just not work

[acoustic palm]

Yeah it was not a good place

[hoary zodiac]

Especially if the job messes with other aspects of your life

[acoustic palm]

There’s a stupid tip pool system that scammed me

It’s 4 hour days 6 days a week

[velvet summit]

tip pool???

[acoustic palm]

1 hour each way

[hoary zodiac]

I'm capping how much I'll potentially work in the future just because I'm doing an engineering degree

Also trying to finish it in 3 years

[acoustic palm]

The entirely of the summer is tip pooled

😭

[hoary zodiac]

Oh yeah

[velvet summit]

wait

no hourly?

[hoary zodiac]

You guys have an insane tip culture

💀

[acoustic palm]

No no no

There’s minimum wage

Last year it was 13.25 or wtv

[velvet summit]

wait

[acoustic palm]

Very insane tip culture

[velvet summit]

tipped wage for pc shops????

[acoustic palm]

Huh

Wha

[velvet summit]

wait am i reading wrong

[acoustic palm]

I worked at an old time photo store bro 😭

[velvet summit]

oh

💀

[hoary zodiac]

I think he meant tip pool as in the tips are shared between everyone

[acoustic palm]

It was a tourist attraction but barely active

So it was boring

[velvet summit]

old time photo store? like you would develop film?

[acoustic palm]

And my boss didn’t let me goddamn sit…

[velvet summit]

hmmm

[acoustic palm]

I dress ppl up in old time outfits and take their pictures

[velvet summit]

oh

💀

[hoary zodiac]

They probably hired you because they can pay you less

[velvet summit]

that is so gimmicky lmao

[acoustic palm]

No

Ik the owner

[velvet summit]

also i wouldnt go because i would fear like lice 💀

[hoary zodiac]

Ohhhh

[acoustic palm]

Also no they can’t pay me less

[hoary zodiac]

Wait really

[acoustic palm]

Guess who did it

[hoary zodiac]

Does the US have uniform wages?

[acoustic palm]

Drunk ppl, crazy ppl, and interesting ppl

[hoary zodiac]

Across age groups

[acoustic palm]

And some nice ppl

[acoustic palm]

Yes

I think

[hoary zodiac]

Oh nice

[acoustic palm]

At least in my state

This year minimum wage is 15$

🙂

[acoustic palm]

But my boss is like… really weird with how she does things

[velvet summit]

afaik most states would set their own wages (slightly higher than federal) and have a "tipped minimum" and a normal minimum wage

[acoustic palm]

Just overall a terrible experience between the tip pay, travel time, the crowd and the rules

[proud jackal]

hahahaha

https://tenor.com/view/soul-eater-maka-laughing-anime-gif-18645133

[acoustic palm]

6 days a week 4 hours a day with 1 hour each way on public transportation as a first job is not it

[velvet summit]

why not bike

[acoustic palm]

Did you not hear what I said

Hour by public transportation

[velvet summit]

normally cycling is faster than public transportation lmao

less stops

[acoustic palm]

Not here

[velvet summit]

oh

[acoustic palm]

Rural area by me, crowded beach town where I worked

[velvet summit]

but yeah normally you could get somewhere slightly faster by bike due to how the bus routes and such are like
plus you remove the walking time which is also a fair bit slower than cycling

[acoustic palm]

Also summer near me gets hot

And I don’t like biking on the side of the road since ppl are idiots

The amount of times I’ve almost been run over is not good

[velvet summit]

💀

[acoustic palm]

I’m not even joking

Ive been run over so many times

[hoary zodiac]

What is this? The middle east?

Germany?

Autobahn ahh drivers

[acoustic palm]

USA

Home of the smart and the dumbest people you will ever see

And the worst drivers

[hoary zodiac]

Statistically more drivers too

Meanwhile I'm here with 50 cents fares

[acoustic palm]

My driving test

Like in car

Was 6 days 30 minutes each day

[hoary zodiac]

Are they not that strict eh?

[acoustic palm]

I never even was taught how to park properly

[hoary zodiac]

💀

[acoustic palm]

My friend went 70 on a backroad and still got his license

[hoary zodiac]

To be fair

That happens everywhere

[acoustic palm]

A windy backroad

[hoary zodiac]

Teenagers do be teenagers

[velvet summit]

i mean

as long as you follow the laws in the road test

[acoustic palm]

Not even

😭

[velvet summit]

whatever you do (if you're not caught) won't cause you to fail getting a license or losing it

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah it's a test

[velvet summit]

though i have heard that the US practically gives driving licenses for no effort

[acoustic palm]

Yup

[hoary zodiac]

It's a very car reliant culture

[acoustic palm]

If you can turn and not crash you get it

[velvet summit]

what is even in the US driving test lmao

[acoustic palm]

For me it was

[hoary zodiac]

Just ONE MORE LANE

[acoustic palm]

6 days 30 minutes each day

[hoary zodiac]

Instead of a tram

[velvet summit]

do they test reverse parking

[hoary zodiac]

One more lane will fix it guys

[acoustic palm]

I was never taught parking

Liek at all

[hoary zodiac]

What

[velvet summit]

test? or driving lessons?

[hoary zodiac]

Is that even legal

[acoustic palm]

The lessons are the test

[velvet summit]

????

[acoustic palm]

Who knows

[hoary zodiac]

Sketch

[velvet summit]

you don't need to have lessons here

(But you'll have a lower insurance premium)

[acoustic palm]

Blue card is a blue card

[hoary zodiac]

I know how to drive a tractor

I'm probably gonna stick to public transport for another decade lmao

[velvet summit]

but you get tested for everything
turning, speed, signaling, parking (forwards, reverse, parallel)

[hoary zodiac]

Fuel? In this economy?

[velvet summit]

only thing that they don't test is an emergency stop

which they do for the UK driving test

[pseudo raven]

the best thing you can probably get

is a used prius or something

[acoustic palm]

Gas is like

3$/g near me

[pseudo raven]

or actually the cheapest thing you can get is a lease on an ev

but then the insurance is so expensive

[hoary zodiac]

Damn

[pseudo raven]

especially teslas

[hoary zodiac]

Yeah I'm probably gonna live urban

Just to save on cost

[pseudo raven]

are so insanely expensive for insurance

[hoary zodiac]

Rent costs more but like

[acoustic palm]

Ew

[hoary zodiac]

Public transport is 50 cents in Queensland

[acoustic palm]

🤮

[velvet summit]

damn that's cheap

[acoustic palm]

Yeah

And my car gets 22mpg

So like

[nocturne flicker]

I know how to drive a tractor. Into a state of disrepair

[proud jackal]