general-chat

[mental yoke]

sorry

[sweet phoenix]

You're good lol

[mental yoke]

the 3060ti was pretty close to the 2080ti though wasnt it?

yea it was

[frigid stag]

It’s closest to 2080 super basically

3070 is kinda there too

looks like it

Maybe I need to upgrade to the 5080

Rt does make this card sweat

[mental yoke]

to be fair i buy my cards specifically to ray trace ass 😎

[mental yoke]

wait, a 2080ti?

[frigid stag]

Yeah

[mental yoke]

ah ive been missing that context, i loved my 2080tis

i think i had 3

[frigid stag]

It works but some games just trip up when it comes to rt

[mental yoke]

but yea no i wouldnt rt on it

[frigid stag]

Noice

[mental yoke]

i still got one but i was doing SLI stuff with it

[frigid stag]

Ah neat

[mental yoke]

it was neat to figure out its worthless

[frigid stag]

I might need to replace cause it was acting a bit wonky but that might be some other things causing it

[frigid stag]

Nah it’s great but rt runs badly on most gpus

[mental yoke]

was prolly something else, the 2080ti is surprisngly robust card

[mental yoke]

oh i meant SLI

[frigid stag]

Oh

Ye it still works in some newer games you just have to enable it in drivers

Some might stutter though

[mental yoke]

yea 2080ti still works fine

[frigid stag]

It kinda varies. Sli is weird

[mental yoke]

i wish it would do 4k 120hz at full color tho

u can kinda do some stuff out of the usb-c port

[frigid stag]

It can run 4k 120hz in some games

[mental yoke]

it cant output 4k 120hz

[frigid stag]

Wdym

[mental yoke]

it doesnt have the physical capability

its got like hdmi 2.0

can it? yes. can it actually? no.

you can use the usb-c port though but i forgot if you have to trim the bitrate on the color for it or not

[frigid stag]

Display port 1.4 should run 4k 120hz

[mental yoke]

i guess i never looked at the display port so ill shut my mouth 😄

to be fair 4k 120hz monitors were like 5k when i was researching this but the 4k 120hz tvs were like 1.5k

i kinda havent touched the 2080ti after getting newer gpus, i should prolly whip it on ebay

[pliant berry]

what was the max for dp 1.4 dsc? was it 4k/120 or 4k/240

[silver sparrow]

So I’m trying to make a custom desk settup, what do yall think about this?

I’m going to be cutting these 2 slabs to make a l desk

[pliant berry]

I feel like it would be a bit cramped no? if I were to do a l shaped desk I'd probably want the tower on the shorter side and put all peripherals on the long flat side

[silver sparrow]

I’m kinda stuck in this corner, and personally i do like seeing the fancy pc

[silver sparrow]

This kinda feels more cramped unless there’s a way to get the pc in a better alignment

[pliant berry]

yeah fitting 3 monitors is not easy

[silver sparrow]

Better than what i was running before

This desk was very angry

[pliant berry]

now that is claustrophobic

[open knoll]

huh my gpu fans stopped for the first time

[craggy shoal]

It's the zero rpm function

Normal

[open knoll]

yeah ik

its just lil surprise

had it only for like 2 weeks

[wise wigeon]

god who is making the schedule at my school

you want us to study for an exam and watch a crap ton of lectures during spring break

[remote geode]

anyone has experience with these main boards?

i'm mostly looking with replacing my full-fat rig with one of these someday

mostly to save power, since these are laptop chips

with minimal to low loss in processing power and i/o

coming from i5-11600k

[dense locust]

Do you have to rely on drivers from the manufacturer to not include malware?

If it’s anything like Mobile gpus on a desktop card
Probably

[heavy dew]

@mortal grail also you know how 360 consoles have those rubber band things on the back of the disc drive and they’re usually worn out and falling apart?

My 360 the rubber band was NOT deteriorating or anything, that mf was legit solid in one peice

It’s almost like the console was opened, and then just sat in a place never turned on ever, and the thermal paste just started drying up because it was sitting in a warm area OR it was covered up or something along those lines

I mean opened as in taken out of the box and then just sat in like a tote bin and never opened or something

[sinful blade]

Mines still good
My 360 had seen HEAVY use

[heavy dew]

Well the fact with this 360 I got that it had NEVER been taken apart in the years since it was made in 2011 BUT THE INSIDE of the console was mint

Legit nothing looked worn, everything looked clean, the rubber holder looked brand new, and the ONLY THING that it needed was new thermal paste

[dusk knot]

Ue5 crashing my OC. Smh

[lone mango]

Bruh my 6700 xt is making my psu fan kick on

Bro loud as hell

How its drawing like 150w on this undervolt

Cpu was using like 6w on the benchmark

And it was blowing cool air too

[dusk knot]

150w sounds pretty good to me

😂

[lone mango]

I thought it was the card for a while but its the psu

Thats crazy because the fan is on the back side of the case

[lone mango]

Damn bro so last night was my power supply trolling me it kept ramping up pretty loud and then would just go silent, and then ramp up again and go silent

[misty sparrow]

there is a gremlin inside your power supply revving it up like a supercar

[velvet summit]

there's a mcdonalds in the pentagon

there's a mcdonalds on the pentagon

in

i work at the mcdonalds in the pentagon

[limber crane]

someone call for help, hes having a stroke

[devout forum]

What's the minimum back IO you'd consider acceptable for an ITX gaming rig?

As in Type A and Type C USB, audio, networking and so on

Cuz to me this feels inadequate

5 type A, one Type C
At least networking is 2.5g and it has bios flashback

[tranquil pebble]

2 USB for mouse/kb, one for flashback, and one for a USB drive. Absolute bare minimum.

Ideally you would have more

[devout forum]

I guess this would be actually the bare minimum

[lone mango]

Wow this 6700 xt is fast

[tranquil pebble]

rdna 2 is nice yeah

so long as you dont get a 6500

[devout forum]

At least the price is low for ITX (it's no more expensive than your average full-featured ATX B650)

[lone mango]

And compared to whats out right now its not even that fast

[lone mango]

[devout forum]

Eveb then it feels inadequate the moment you wanna do anything more than bare minimum

[lone mango]

I just hope that the 9060 xt doesnt nuke this thing

It probably will

I think its gonna be around a 7700 xt or something

[devout forum]

It'd be disappointing if it didn't

[lone mango]

Rdna 4 seems to be really power efficient

[devout forum]

In the meantime I'm coping about ITX AM5 being expensive as heck

[lone mango]

9060 xt only has one power connector

[devout forum]

I can do something super cursed and plonk a 9800X3D into my current dogcrap board

[dusk knot]

If it runs, it runs

[devout forum]

It'd give me an aneurysm

But it would be
If nothing else
Monetarily efficient

That ITX itch is real tho

[fresh timber]

Nah

In my setup I use like 8 usb lmfao

[devout forum]

I guess I'll just keep it reserved and up to a used 7800X3D and an about-as-close-to-MSRP as possible 9070 XT with my current mobo

And transfer the goodies to ITX later

It'd be functional if incredibly cursed

Keep the mobo, cooler and storage

And just get it done

Once I have more funds I'll rebuild it as an ITX rig and go from there

[dusk knot]

Trash ram right? @devout forum

[rancid juniper]

I like how I gotten a random bsod after restarting my PC and I can't replicate it anymore

[devout forum]

Flare X5 6000 is not bad

[rancid juniper]

Checked everything related to memory, no Errors

[devout forum]

Though I dunno CL number

[rancid juniper]

CPU oc? No errors/WHEA

[devout forum]

Mobo is solid even if it is aSUS

[rancid juniper]

Strange, it never popped up again

[devout forum]

It'd be a competent setup for sure

[lone mango]

Nah I think its the average cl30 kit

[dusk knot]

Huh..ok

How many years do you guys think am5 has left?

🤔

[rancid juniper]

A crapton

AM4 is still being supported iirc

[velvet summit]

https://youtube.com/shorts/jPw1_Sdv-vU

[tranquil pebble]

the discontinuation of DDR4 will likely be what kills it

[rancid juniper]

No, this cannot BE!

[tranquil pebble]

https://wccftech.com/ddr4-and-ddr4-memories-are-about-to-get-discontinued-due-to-lower-demand/#:~:text=With increase in demand and,of DDR4 and DDR3 memories.

[rancid juniper]

DDR4 has been a staple for modern computers

It cannot end here

No way

[tranquil pebble]

It might or it might not... but the cards are not looking too good for it

[lone mango]

Bro what I thought ddr3 was discontinued a while ago

[tranquil pebble]

I consider 2025 to be the final year of DDR4 until proven otherwise

[lone mango]

Thats crazy they were still making it

[tranquil pebble]

industrial use most likely

or you know... schools that keep PCs for far too long

[fresh timber]

what price

[fresh timber]

shoot id oc it and make it work better

[acoustic palm]

its cl36

[lone mango]

What the hell

[fresh timber]

cl36 is fine

[acoustic palm]

the 7800x3d bundle is 100$ less

[fresh timber]

its a x3d cpu

[dense locust]

That motherboard better let you update bios without a cpu

[acoustic palm]

just saying

[dusk knot]

700 for the bundle

[fresh timber]

not worth

u can buy that stuff seperatly

[acoustic palm]

if youre getting x3d get the 7800x3d

[fresh timber]

if i get x3d im getting 5700x3d

[dense locust]

if i get x3d im getting 10950x3d

[acoustic palm]

well for mc bundles

[tranquil pebble]

7995wx3d

[acoustic palm]

the 7800x3d is 100$ less than the 9800x3d bundle

[fresh timber]

damn

i really notice how lucky i as with my z790 looking at these am5 boards

for same price i spent you get worst on am5 kek

[dense locust]

Why is the cpu lid on am5 so weird

[fresh timber]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/23m8XR

i made the bundle with better ram

bundle bad

dont buy

not even a deal

the 7800x3d system migth be a edal

nah, cpu only $50 less just make ur diy 9800x3d

ooo openbox for $350 tho, steal

[dense locust]

9800x3d make the 7800x3d price skyrocket

[fresh timber]

prices look normal ngl

[empty tide]

2 stars 💀

[acoustic palm]

yeah that bunndle isnt good

the 9700x bundle tho 🤤

[fresh timber]

quok stop making me wanna upgrade my pc

stop it

[empty tide]

Never said there wasn't a reason. Even a shill like myself can't defend a bad deal

[acoustic palm]

9700x bundle 🤤

[dense locust]

You’d save money buying it from cc even with a shipping charge

[fresh timber]

whats CC

[dense locust]

Not much tho

[acoustic palm]

spend your money

upgrade it

[empty tide]

Kinda wish I didn't upgrade from my b450 to an x570

[fresh timber]

NO

quok you know i cant

[acoustic palm]

spend your money

get the 9700x bundle 🤤

[fresh timber]

if i upgrade i get new gpu

[dense locust]

https://www.centralcomputer.com/amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d-desktop-processor-8c-16t-4-2ghz-base-clock-5-0ghz-max-boost-tray-100-000000910.html

[fresh timber]

can u use a 9070xt on a 650w psu

[acoustic palm]

9700x bundle and overpriced 9070xt 🤤

[acoustic palm]

uh

not well

[fresh timber]

sus site

[fresh timber]

then i dont do it

👅

[dense locust]

It’s a real place

[empty tide]

Not because I got next to no upgrade for $100 (2 nvme slots -> 4), but because I found out that b450 and x470 was the last motherboard generation to have windows 7 support from the manufacturer

[acoustic palm]

no risk no reward

[acoustic palm]

why would you use windows 7

[fresh timber]

ima just go ahead and save my money for a broken laptop

rn siting at my dads house i realise i dont even need gaming power, im barley using my gpu

im playingh roblox

[acoustic palm]

damn

[empty tide]

1: blind nostalgia
2: a few games don't work on windows 10/11
3: number 2 was a lie I just have blind nostalgia for windows 7

[acoustic palm]

damn

[fresh timber]

the only games iv really played so far is roblox, minecraft, and a little fortnite

all can run 120 on a 880m

[acoustic palm]

try mc with shaders

[fresh timber]

i dont like shader minecraft

[acoustic palm]

bliss or complimentary

[fresh timber]

makes the game unessary hard

i like bright minecraft

[dense locust]

Minecraft can even stress out the 5090

[acoustic palm]

you havent seen how good they look

[acoustic palm]

bliss

or complimentary unbound

[fresh timber]

wanna know wht i realize

if bedrockc makes so much money

why dont they just add the store to java

[acoustic palm]

java is the old version

they stopped trying to monetize java

[fresh timber]

how is the old verson somehow the better verson

[empty tide]

People on java would just go to an older version

Without the store*

[fresh timber]

i would just add a mod to remove the store lmfao

[lone mango]

[fresh timber]

but w hat % of people use the default launcher

[lone mango]

Is +150 vram on adrenalin even gonna do anything

[craggy shoal]

There's probably people out there who unplug their second monitor because they think it otherwise reduces their frame rate

[fresh timber]

techncily it does

just but alot

connect like four 4k 240hz displays, you goin notice

[craggy shoal]

Like not even half a frame per second lol

[fresh timber]

still

a lost

[trail nest]

sooooooo.... about yesterday's episode of solo leveling.....

[fresh timber]

dont

shut

i on season 1

dont spoil

[dusk knot]

Already read the whole manwha

[lone mango]

I can go -100mv except for no mans sky

nms is stable at -70

[fresh timber]

so its not stable regardless

[acoustic palm]

peak cinema

[acoustic palm]

watch all of it

now

[fresh timber]

i think i have a cpu bottleneck

[lone mango]

Yeah I just thought it was until it wasnt

[fresh timber]

Some body make 5700x3d cheap

[lone mango]

It is

Like 220 or 230 or something

[fresh timber]

Not cheap

That’s expensive

I’d rather a 5900x at that price kick

i forgot they made tis

[dense locust]

Xt?

[fresh timber]

oo the 5700x has a niced price

[lone mango]

Yeah some extra chips they had so they put out the xt

Those were released last year which is pretty nuts

[fresh timber]

yeah

[lone mango]

I dont think anything will beat am4 longevity

[fresh timber]

am4 isnt dead

[lone mango]

We are not seeing that again

[fresh timber]

amd realised, we have extra chips and alot of people on am4 still

why not

honestly smart

supporting ur more popular platform

i need to get a new cpu for this badboy later, just not now

[storm umbra]

Yeeee

9070xt and my oled are on their wayyy

[fresh timber]

somebody let me borrow their 5700x3d and 5900x so i can compare

[acoustic palm]

ggs

mine get here after school tmrw

[fresh timber]

school tommrow?

[dusk knot]

@rancid juniper I think I figured out the issue of my crashes

💀

PCIE cable wasn't all the way in

[lone mango]

[rancid juniper]

User error

Always gotta double check before you turn that PC on after a build/swapping

[tranquil pebble]

good thing it wasnt a 12VHPWR

[dusk knot]

About that....

It is

[acoustic palm]

yeah

[dusk knot]

So my OC is stable. Hooray

[acoustic palm]

bomb

[dusk knot]

I dont have a 5090

so all is good

[fresh timber]

I did research

Only Nvidia and Nvidia similar 12v implementations suck

The others shouldn’t fire

[dusk knot]

😔

[obsidian warren]

any way to earn money from the internet? I have a talent but I don't know how to use it, and I need to buy a new computer because the current one is dying

[tranquil pebble]

This is what GPU shopping in 2025 be like

[fresh timber]

im bored

[misty sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/walter-white-heisenberg-mysterio-heisenberg-real-name-is-walter-white-awesome-lol-gif-24596561

[velvet summit]

"a talent"

[pliant berry]

the way you word that sounds like you are just looking for quick money

[obsidian warren]

I wish I was as you say, but literally now for 3 years I have been learning a skill and developing it and becoming a professional in it, but I was scammed and exploited for free work

[pliant berry]

and what skill is this

[dusk knot]

Bruh...

[sage sluice]

game

[dusk knot]

Indiana Jones and the great vram

[sage sluice]

Indiana Jones and the Missing Frames

[dusk knot]

Everything is maxed out

[sage sluice]

what are you running?

[dusk knot]

5080x3d with a 5080

Terrible

[sage sluice]

game is running better than youd expect

1440p?

or 4k

[dusk knot]

1440p

It's running great

[sage sluice]

id be very surprised if it was 4k lol

wish i had a way to test my rig on that without buying the game lmao

[dusk knot]

Xbox game pass

[sage sluice]

my game pass is long gone unfort

too busy spending money on stupid things like, insurance, and food

i should just go on a year long fast

[dusk knot]

Totally doable

[sage sluice]

hey people do no poop july or whatever that stupid tiktok trend was

id just be doing the inverse

[obsidian warren]

graphic design or design in general

[sweet phoenix]

fiverr prolly

[pliant berry]

oh boy

[obsidian warren]

The competition is fierce out there.

I tried this a long time ago.

[pliant berry]

yeah working for free is fine but for 3 years is a bit much. most people I know in that field got their start in temp agencies

[fresh timber]

rn im deciding between more ram or better ssd lmfao

nglllll

[pliant berry]

also you have to be willing to do anything, as you said competition is fierce. most do not get a job in design right off the bat

[obsidian warren]

No, no, I didn’t work for free for three years. You can say that during these three years I was learning, training, and publishing a lot of work. Unfortunately, I had to work for free so that I wouldn’t lose the skill, and so I have enough experience now, but without… Without any significant benefit, I only made $8 and not from a customer but just from a mod I made on Minecraft and posted it lol

[obsidian warren]

Yes, I agree with what you say, but this is difficult, especially since studying is overwhelming me and the computer is no longer sufficient for heavy tasks. I am literally trapped.

[pliant berry]

Well you do what you can, idk what you are running but I try not to let hardware hold me back. When my pc refuses to open my 4gb psd file I find another way to do it xD

[obsidian warren]

Yeah that's what I do too lol

[wise wigeon]

its cl 36

[pliant berry]

Kind of reminds me of music production, many self taught people don’t really follow best practices so their hardware ends up limiting them significantly more than people more experienced with that sort of thing

[hoary zodiac]

Is it a bundle kit at least

[fresh timber]

is their a big diffrence betweel cl18 and 20

even better if i can just get cl20 and tune it my self kek

[sweet phoenix]

the die is likely worse

[fresh timber]

makes sense

worst than corsair

[mental yoke]

bratworst

[icy ore]

https://bsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3lkwdpl2ird27

Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social)

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Wat

[lone mango]

Yeah they said earlier

Kinda brutal

[mental yoke]

what is this

https://www.pokemongoplusplus.com/en/

[icy ore]

No idea

[mental yoke]

Here it is—a new device that can connect to Pokémon GO and Pokémon Sleep!

pokemon sleep...?

is this a fun way to introduce apple watch sleep tracking or something?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokémon_Sleep

[acoustic palm]

Holy late

[rancid juniper]

thats crazy

[sinful blade]

Soup

[acoustic palm]

Soup

@fresh timber I get to go drive on the highway for the first time in my car

🙂

[fresh timber]

speed

go speeding

and gambling

[acoustic palm]

Traffics usually like 10mph above limit

[gray kelp]

What are the chances getting 5080 without going prebuild? The only one I can really find is from BestBuy open box. :)))

[dusk knot]

very low

pure chnace and waiting for the market are your only friends

[tranquil pebble]

lol yeah I would not trust open box for a card that has a history of ahem defects

[tranquil pebble]

wonder who broke an NDA now

[sweet phoenix]

me

[rancid juniper]

everyone

[dusk knot]

I have nothing to do with this

[limber crane]

if you have an nvidia account that is older than jan 30, 2025 you should enter the priority queue

[sinful blade]

Soup

[dusk knot]

yes, soup

[worthy meteor]

Just keep in mind if you join the queue now there's like 100k people ahead of you already

[limber crane]

indeed, but any chance is better than no chance

also some people have said they get an email after 2-3 weeks

its also the only way to get a 5080 at msrp

[worthy meteor]

I entered over a month ago with no results lol

Forgot about it, should prob cancel since I got a 9070xt now

[limber crane]

ill keep mine and either buy the card for a friend also in the queue or drop the 70ti and sell it

[dusk knot]

I think joker is the only one in this whole server who won a card

[tranquil pebble]

it is sad that you have to practically fight over spending a stupid amount of money on a gpu

[misty sparrow]

https://tenor.com/view/we-live-in-a-society-society-joker-gamers-rise-up-gang-weed-gif-13919217

[dusk knot]

smh

the future of PC gaming is grim

[tranquil pebble]

Well, once the AI bubble finally bursts it might recover

[misty sparrow]

it never is grim if you only play old games and indie titles

right now i'm playing a Half-Life 1 mod and it's really damn good

[dusk knot]

AI is here to stay, but i do hope it loses the hype

[tranquil pebble]

assuming we do not get anything like a World War 3 before then

[limber crane]

ai isnt going anywhere lmao

its only going to get worse

[tranquil pebble]

it will, it is a bubble much like ones that came before it

[limber crane]

companies see massive dollar signs in getting rid of human workers

[dusk knot]

wish i knew what old games to buy

or indie

[tranquil pebble]

it wont, but the rate of companies buying massive amounts of GPUs will. It is not sustainable.

[tranquil pebble]

Here is one

[limber crane]

Microsoft and Facebook are buying nuclear reactors to power their AI, it's only getting worse

[dusk knot]

[dusk knot]

whats it about?

[tranquil pebble]

It is D&D based RPG, not dissimilar to Buldur's Gate 3

same devs too

[dusk knot]

o

[tranquil pebble]

and IMO one of the best RPGs out there

[limber crane]

it takes a very particular kind of person to enjoy CRPG's though, it's not a standard style game

[tranquil pebble]

eh, game play wise its not too much of a stretch from games like Dragon Age

[fresh nova]

Yo

I am back from Florida

You guys were recommending cheap fish tank pc cases a few months back do y'all remember what those were?

[limber crane]

what is cheap to you

[fresh nova]

Under $80. lol

The computer is being sold

Just need something that looks good to throw the parts into.

[rancid juniper]

the average gamer shouldn't pay over like $500 on a gpu

[limber crane]

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811353247

https://www.newegg.com/black-montech-king-65-pro-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811970012

https://www.newegg.com/black-sama-neview-4361-black-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811197035

https://www.newegg.com/black-gamemax-infinity-bk-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811445041

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811445067

https://www.newegg.com/p/2AM-000X-00321

[fresh nova]

Holy moly

[rancid juniper]

newegg link flash

[fresh nova]

https://tenor.com/view/gigachad-chad-gif-20773266

[limber crane]

worthwhile gpus will never be $500 again lol

[rancid juniper]

yep... this is where we're headed

[limber crane]

people dont realize its likely this is the cheapest gpus will ever be again

[acoustic palm]

Hey

[fresh nova]

Glad one of those links wasn't a Rick Roll

[acoustic palm]

wtf man

[rancid juniper]

WHOA NEW WEGG OFFER SYSTEM?

[fresh nova]

Dude these are great.

[rancid juniper]

what?

lol

[fresh nova]

Thank you

[acoustic palm]

I spent 670$ for my gpu

😦

[rancid juniper]

oh

☠️

[fresh nova]

[rancid juniper]

i mean i wont judge

[limber crane]

I havent heard anything about a couple of those brands, so depending on what you get check here or #cases-psu-and-cooling if anyone has any opinions

[acoustic palm]

But

[rancid juniper]

you got people spending thousands on a brick

most without MSRP

[acoustic palm]

Then my parents paid off 300$ of it

🤑

[limber crane]

also probably able to find some of the same cases elsewhere for cheaper

[rancid juniper]

😂

[acoustic palm]

So essentially

I got a 370$ 9070xt

[rancid juniper]

nice

[limber crane]

by that logic my gpu will be free if I manage to sell my old parts

[acoustic palm]

If you wanna use that logic

[limber crane]

i dont, im smarter than that

[acoustic palm]

My gpu cost me -280$

[acoustic palm]

Hey man this feels like an indirect insult

[limber crane]

its not

[limber crane]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/fc88TW/montech-xr-atx-mid-tower-case-xr-b

Another

it's always interesting seeing plants on PC's

[fresh nova]

I do like those lights tho

[limber crane]

I feel like I'd get tired of being blinded by white PSU cables

I've never wanted my case on my desk next to my face/head, it's just never appealed to me, especially if I don't have a massive desk

[fresh nova]

Yea

idk I just know to sell my computer the parts need to be in a case.

most people don't want open bench

[limber crane]

I am mildly considering flipping my case orientation to glass on the right so I can put it on the left side of my desk, but it's the last bit of space on my desk

[fresh nova]

Oh yeah speaking of desk

I'll prob be selling a desk with the PC.

Because why not.

[mortal grail]

I buy patterned kits now and repin them for the same reason

Straight white is boring on cables lol

[fresh nova]

[limber crane]

I think having two giant LED bars on each side is a bit much too

[mortal grail]

Those are really bright lmao

Do they have a dimmer switch

You should get some lighting above the desk and even some underglow if you want ambient lights

[limber crane]

It looks like the same light I bought for my room, they can be controlled for brightness

[limber crane]

something like this is far more interesting and vibe

[rancid juniper]

this setup grants +10fps

[limber crane]

i dont have anything going on with mine, its just a desk two monitors and a wood platform on the ground to keep the PC off the carpet

it's in a different room now, pc on the floor, acer in the center with the smaller monitor offset to the right. i stained and sealed the butcher block myself

[fresh timber]

whats with 3950x prices 😦

they crazy 180-270

[acoustic palm]

Gg

[fresh timber]

just get

lmfao

i wouldnt spend more than $200 on a 3950x

[acoustic palm]

Just go am5 atp

[fresh timber]

depends on ur needs but yeah fr

i know people who need multiply good cores

some can get away with few amazing cores

[dense locust]

Obvious plant

[misty sparrow]

well, what stuff do you have?

[dusk knot]

i got a few...but nothing that can get me hooked

[misty sparrow]

like what

[limber crane]

what are you favorite games, or favorite genre/style/gameplay loop

there's a bajillion top 100 X style game lists out there

[storm umbra]

Is this a good ssd?

https://a.co/d/ifS606o

[dusk knot]

helldiver 2, marvels rivals, and uuughh jedi survivor

[acoustic palm]

No

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Q7kH99/klevv-cras-c910-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-k02tbm2sp0-c91

Get this

[misty sparrow]

So basically action games? Got it

[solemn lintel]

Just got all my pc parts, what else will I need to build it?

Like thermal paste ect

[limber crane]

There's a million PC building tutorials online

[rancid juniper]

lol: Fast and faster

[limber crane]

I almost got one of those

[mortal grail]

Glorified gen 4

[rancid juniper]

[unreal trail]

bro

[rancid juniper]

its cheap so it must be good

[mortal grail]

For nearly 40% less it can't be horrible enough to be not worth

Also C910 exists

[rancid juniper]

theo will definitely play Guilty gear once lucy drops

man, trigger cooked with that anime

[misty sparrow]

Theo do you own mass effect legendary edition? It’s pretty good, easy hundred hours of content for $5.49

[acoustic palm]

Guess what I sent

🙂

[rancid juniper]

C922

[acoustic palm]

Crazy

[mortal grail]

[acoustic palm]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1093800682601062430/1104613213749923870/Screenshot_2023-03-02_195313.gif

[rancid juniper]

pupperholder

[tranquil pebble]

playing undead class in Divinity Original Sin 2. I can literally heal whenever by throwing some poison on the ground and walking in it lol. Also makes for a pain in the rear for enemies XD

[acoustic palm]

It looks so stupid

@mortal grail could you technically run a 9070xt on a 650w psu

[rancid juniper]

AMD <100w run lets go

lol

oh yea

peak efficiency

[acoustic palm]

@rancid juniper do you think I could

[rancid juniper]

yea

ez

[acoustic palm]

Hmmmm

[rancid juniper]

just don't push power to like +15%

[acoustic palm]

Also what connectors is the 9070xt again

[rancid juniper]

goes by 8pins

AIBs go either 2x8 or 3x8

[acoustic palm]

Is it 2 8 pins?

Hol up lemme check

[rancid juniper]

2x8pins for most of em

[acoustic palm]

It’s 2x8

[rancid juniper]

good

[acoustic palm]

I can run it in my current setup

[rancid juniper]

literally psu quality matters

[acoustic palm]

I have a

Corsair Tx650m

[rancid juniper]

you could probably run it on a good 500w psu too

[mortal grail]

In any realistic situation a low enough power cpu, kinda

750W is my recommendation though

[acoustic palm]

Well

It’s for the funny

[rancid juniper]

just undervolt

[gentle canyon]

i am about to buy a 1000w unit for my 6950

[acoustic palm]

3600x + 9070xt temporarily

[sweet phoenix]

I ran a 6800xt on an rmx650, it's probably fine

[rancid juniper]

these cards are DUMMY good at undervolting

[acoustic palm]

🔥

[acoustic palm]

Yeah

I wanna do the funny

[sweet phoenix]

Txm is a lot older though

[rancid juniper]

crank power sliders to the negatives + lower voltage = BIG WIN

https://tenor.com/view/vince-mcmahon-gif-26506627

[acoustic palm]

Would it be fine for super short term

[acoustic palm]

It’s for a week

[mortal grail]

Eh, I wouldn't

[acoustic palm]

Aw man 😦

[rancid juniper]

i would (not)

[mortal grail]

If you had like zero rgb

Run power limit forced (and it doesn't reset)

[rancid juniper]

0 RGB = -5fps

[mortal grail]

You could maybe

Cos the thing is the gpu spikes to 600W+

So it's really cutting it fine

300W is just nominal

Spikes are different

[rancid juniper]

oh... Transients

problematic

they get too giddy and start flying

😔

[sinful blade]

Soup

[rancid juniper]

tasty?

[sweet phoenix]

Good soup

[unreal trail]

soup

[rancid juniper]

cursed

[rancid juniper]

Omni-Everything mod

[acoustic palm]

Oh

Ok nvm

💀

[rancid juniper]

bro what is this?

[mortal grail]

The spikes that actually matter aren't quite as high but yeah, you'd be def cutting it close

[rancid juniper]

😂

[mortal grail]

Exactly what it looks like

And the soundtrack BOPS dude

[acoustic palm]

What would happen if the worst case scenario happens

[mortal grail]

PSU shuts off every time you turn a game on (very likely)

[sweet phoenix]

Psu go pop

[acoustic palm]

Oh

[rancid juniper]

watching the trailer now it does bang a bit

[acoustic palm]

Ok yeah that’s not good

[dusk knot]

oh! great deal!

[dusk knot]

a bad game

[dusk knot]

lol no

[mortal grail]

@dusk knot

There are rumours of a 5080 24gb

[dusk knot]

[mortal grail]

[dusk knot]

when have these appeared?

[mortal grail]

Like last week or something

[dusk knot]

hhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm

im ready

[mortal grail]

💀

[dusk knot]

hows that game?

[rancid juniper]

dunno never played

[mortal grail]

Disney's the invincibles

Starring elastigirl

[dusk knot]

O

[mortal grail]

Mr invincible

And mack mack

[rancid juniper]

yooooooo

[random osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/invincible-fortnite-omni-man-griddy-fortnite-dance-gif-7721912341821981164

[dusk knot]

I bought rain world

[rancid juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/invincible-mark-omni-man-hugo-hugo-dance-gif-16156516806200771435

[acoustic palm]

Buy it

[dusk knot]

Yes

This should be the 5080ti

[acoustic palm]

Real

[acoustic palm]

Nah

5080ti will be 8/16gb with the 5090 die

🔥

[mortal grail]

5080ti 8gb lmao

[rancid juniper]

lmfao

5070ti super gonna have 6gb but with 384bit bus

nah

32bit bus

[dusk knot]

With neutral rendering

[rancid juniper]

Ai will help it

[mortal grail]

Why does this sound realistic

[rancid juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/farcry6-gif-23383353

^^^average nvidia joke

[dusk knot]

Because neutral rendering at the cost of performance is supposed to magically slash Vram

[rancid juniper]

so 8gb can be like 16gb

✅

[mortal grail]

It's true but also

Ain't no way anyone just accepts that

Cos you watch what happens

This has happened every single time

We get this shiny new feature

[dusk knot]

16gb can be like 32

[mortal grail]

And then the devs see that

And like "WHOA"

Then they make their games even worse

And still use 16gb

[dusk knot]

@rancid juniper did you finish the cyberpunk 2077 campaign or did you play it for the graphics?

[rancid juniper]

i finished the campaign

[wicked oriole]

Is it possible to get one of those dell towers w a 4090 in it and put it in my current pc? Lol

[rancid juniper]

didn't pursue the rest of the endings though

[dusk knot]

Hmm

[rancid juniper]

the plot of cyberpunk is good

[mortal grail]

Sure but it's not really worth it

Cos the pc is worth basically nothing after

[icy ore]

https://youtu.be/-kttUNlaqZ8?si=WOgNOZUO8C8PL-BZ

Yooo

[wicked oriole]

Valid, appreciate that, just thinking of things 😅

[hoary zodiac]

Ok

I'm really liking the LTT backpack

It's pretty good as a daily driver

Not too bulky and yet has a lot of capacity

[pliant berry]

yeah its nice

[tranquil pebble]

TotalMiner Forge is still around too, on PC

old Xbox 360 game

[pliant berry]

it's flexible, can be used for wide range of items

[icy ore]

Ah cool

[mortal grail]

[tranquil pebble]

has a discord too.

Was one of my favorite 360 games so seeing it on PC was nice

[tranquil pebble]

gpu0 on fire

[acoustic palm]

Dlc was peak

Main game was great too

[dusk knot]

🤔

[mortal grail]

@velvet summit

[misty sparrow]

oh yeah, gta4 and the max payne games are on sale too, you'd like those

max payne games are underrated

[tranquil pebble]

There is a typo in my monitor's firmware. Harmless but kinda funny.

[tranquil pebble]

Average IT humor tbh

also called percussive maintenance

[misty sparrow]

That'd be my Plan B

[lone mango]

Is there something I can do about this power supply fan

Its actually a nuisance frfr

[chrome mirage]

I knocked over my PS5 when I was heading to bed yesterday and broke my original dbrand darkplates

[tranquil pebble]

f

[misty sparrow]

that thing can easily be knocked over when vertical

playstation designs are just

strange

[tranquil pebble]

PS5 always struck me as poorly designed

[chrome mirage]

I had it on top of an unstable 4 foot tall CD shelf and my cable for charging the controller pulled it off and ripped the HDMI cable out of the back.

[tranquil pebble]

oh well that will do it to any console

[chrome mirage]

I had it up there for 3 or 4 years

Knew it would happen at some point but my controller would lose connection when it was behind my tv

[velvet summit]

break water

[tranquil pebble]

your luck ran out then

[chrome mirage]

I even ripped the USB cable out of the console multiple times and watched the shelf tip back and forth.

I'm just happy that the disc in the drive didn't get scratched

It fell straight down and landed on the stand and the side covers broke at the top somehow

[fresh timber]

i want space games

but they all suck

lagcitizen

um, spaceengineerrs is good but not as action packet as id like

[random osprey]

no mans sky

[fresh timber]

does it involve space fights and 0 loading screens

[gray kelp]

Thx! I just did that the other day haha

[random osprey]

idk, never played it. i just know its in space

[fresh timber]

ill see if i can buy it

im alr trying to get more ram

16gb aint useable

[cedar compass]

Finally msrp card

Without bundle too

[gray kelp]

what is this sorcery

isnt ur 4090 way better tho

[cedar compass]

Nvidia said 5070 is performing same as 4090 so I decided to replace

Just kidding lol

I gonna build it for someone else lol

Which is my wife

[gray kelp]

can I be your wife also

jk

[mortal grail]

can I be ur wife also

not jk

[cedar compass]

[mortal grail]

We will have a church built on frame gen

[fresh timber]

do i need $100

[tranquil pebble]

nvidia cult lol

[gray kelp]

i woudlnt mind living in a cult if i had high fps

[cedar compass]

Wifey using my oldie 3080 so I'll upgrade her PC as well

[fresh timber]

i wish i had a 3080

lmfao

can ur wife even utilize all that

[gray kelp]

i hate 1080ti,lol

[dense locust]

3080 to 5070 is only like 10%

[fresh timber]

lol

ugh i wish my old laptop still worked

i would buy a 9070xt next month if i had the funds

[cedar compass]

But that 3080 literally heating room lol

[dense locust]

Repaste it

[cedar compass]

110C vram

[dense locust]

[fresh timber]

that would make the room hotter

[dense locust]

It would fix the vram issue

[cedar compass]

I'm too lazy for it lol I probably gonna sell it so someone can do it

[dense locust]

Well I guess it would be repad it

Since vram uses thermals pads most times

[cedar compass]

Yeah 30series are hot boxes

[cedar compass]

Lol my wife's laptop is causing global warming

[fresh timber]

how does ur wife feel about sharing

[gray kelp]

yea, I think we all should move in

[lone mango]

Yeah

[cedar compass]

Idk how womans cleaning home and stuff perfectly but not thier car , pc and laptop lol

[lone mango]

Only loading screen is when you load your save

[fresh timber]

ill ask dad to buy me it lmfao

[fresh timber]

ooo

[lone mango]

Oh wait the other time you see a loading screen is when you travel to another system

But its short

[fresh timber]

lmfao

[cedar compass]

Starfield joined chat if you play 100hours 70 of them is loading screen

[fresh timber]

so i wont be buying this now

[lone mango]

Yeah wait for a sale

[fresh timber]

hell no im spending so much on a older game

ooo but it runs on steamdeck so my fututre laptop should run it well

[gray kelp]

Idk how popular is it here but you can buy steam code for like <20

[lone mango]

Its not much cheaper than when its on sale for 30

I would support them because all of their updates since launch have been free

[fresh timber]

i only really buy steam

[fresh timber]

u havent meet me

idgaf

im broke

[mortal grail]

Game pass has it

Just find a free code from someone on discord > make a vanilla xbox account > play it for 30 days free

[fresh timber]

im not eligable

[mortal grail]

Why tf not

[fresh timber]

iv had pass for a year

they dont let you use codes

[mortal grail]

Yeah make a new xbox account

[fresh timber]

and i hate gamepass now no linux

[mortal grail]

That's what vanilla means

Completely fresh

[fresh timber]

ill just buy the game off steam later

[gray kelp]

why not steam code

[fresh timber]

cause im lazy

[gray kelp]

fair

[mortal grail]

Rejected all 3 methods

[fresh timber]

i mean ima buy it on sale

kek

l...

i want

I WANT

[gray kelp]

so when does newegg restock, is it like random or just business days

[lucid bay]

seen that.

[fresh timber]

i want to buy another handhel pc

i littrely just returend the lat one tho...

ugh

i wanna game in bed

[ancient swift]

Why'd you return it

[deep parcel]

its not bad now... its fairly decent now

[rancid juniper]

Cyberpunk with XeSS 2.0 - balanced (latest version) + RT Ultra

[deep parcel]

honestly... zooming in it doesnt look too bad

signs in the background have degraded look but you can still make them out

[rancid juniper]

yep

[fresh timber]

SLOW

thast why

[ancient swift]

Which one was it?

[fresh timber]

legion go

[ancient swift]

Legion go or legion go s?

[fresh timber]

Legion go

I never said s

[ancient swift]

If it's just the go, then you'll have to wait for a faster one.

MSI claw 8 is slightly faster than the Z1e and the Z2e is soon but wont be that much faster than either I think.

[fresh timber]

I want faster but I’m just getting a laptop now

14 inch with 880m hopefully

[ancient swift]

One of the Ryzen AI CPU's? Not terrible. But won't be that much faster since it's just RDNA 3.5.

But in a laptop you can set higher wattages I guess

[fresh timber]

Yes

[fresh timber]

Excatly

Higher tdp not loud asf, better display too

[ancient swift]

Better display? 👀 Which laptop is this?

[gray kelp]

oh

[fresh timber]

Vivobook, 3k oled

Only 1.1k

[gray kelp]

Okay so the RAM is bad (and i will replace) but what do you think of this build for $1960

[mortal grail]

Awful

[ancient swift]

Oh, I wouldn't use that laptop at native res for gaming.

[fresh timber]

It depends on which game I wanna play

[ancient swift]

True

[fresh timber]

And I can just game stream from my desktop at home

If I’m not home why am I playing that game

[mortal grail]

Idk how much you're counting on gaming specifically but the snapdragon elite notebooks are very compelling for like half that price from places like best buy

The caveat being, basically no games

Lol

[rancid juniper]

with FG

[fresh timber]

That’s why I don’t want that

[mortal grail]

Fair enough then lol

[fresh timber]

Arm sucks unless apple

[mortal grail]

It ducks fr

🦆

[fresh timber]

If it’s not Apple why even bother tbh

Windows: has hundreds of trillion diffrent hardware combos for devs to develop for, so of course adding arm makes it bad

But Apple: they only
Have a select few hardware combos that are extreme similar so they really are just the same thing

[mortal grail]

Could just use linux on it tho tbf

[fresh timber]

M1-m4 is the same damn thing

[mortal grail]

Ur a linux guy right

[fresh timber]

Yeah ima use Linux on my laptop up until life requires windows

[dense locust]

Rip w11 Android support

[fresh timber]

Might play Fortnite a bit before swapping

[fresh timber]

Linux goin be interesting using as a desktop

[mortal grail]

Reminded me of that meme lmao

[fresh timber]

I only used it as a headless unit for my servers

Luckily any game that struggles on Apu , well they only run windows for what I play atleast

Gaming laptops better start meeting my requirements very soon

Somebody els could have my money

[mortal grail]

Used 7600S systems are fun

You get probably 4060M performance until you get to specific games then BOOOM 3080TiM performance

Has odd moments of stupid good fps

[fresh timber]

Rn the only laptop I found are g14s but they a lil pricey and only 16gb ram 😭

With Linux I suppose that’s fine, hell using a 16gb machine right now is okay

Windows.. doesn’t do stupid stuff when ur ram limited

[mortal grail]

A16 advantage editions sometimes go stupid cheap

16gb again iirc

I've seen them as low as 600

[fresh timber]

I wish 14 inch wasn’t a niche

Such a perfect balance of, I like to move, and I like to sit in one spot

[mortal grail]

True

15 isn't too bad tho

But yeah the A16 is the goated one

Even comes in a rare sand colour

[dense locust]

i hear people liked windows phone

just it had no app support

[mortal grail]

I have no idea honestly

At the time everyone I knew either had an iphone or a htc

Maybe the odd nokia, motorola or blackberry

Samsung? Who sung?

[dense locust]

samsung now has most of the market

since they have like phones that range in price from like $2 to like $1billion

[fresh timber]

Apple mogs

[mortal grail]

It's actually quite ironic, nokia still has a huge market share cos they sell burner phones by the truckload

[fresh timber]

Iv had them, they okay, maybe if I had one of high build quality. Maybe not made out of plastic slop I’d like it

[dense locust]

i have a 15 pro

[mortal grail]

As someone who has had metal laptops, they're annoying af to avoid scratching

Would suggest sticking to plastic

If not apple aluminium

[fresh timber]

Idk what the one I want is made out of

[mortal grail]

Dell I think also has decent alu laptops iirc

[fresh timber]

I just want something ridged and what I found has that

I’m tired

[mortal grail]

Weird

You don't fit onto any rims I have

[dusk knot]

Hm.

[mental yoke]

ill take the scratches with the added rigidity/stability personally. but even all my metal laptops ive never scratched it. and if i did it wouldnt be one noticeable

[mortal grail]

Ah it never buffs out if it's not space grey lmao

I travelled with mine

Very sturdy for sure but it looks pretty sad with scratches

[gentle canyon]

💀 almost like thats what it shouldve been originally

[devout forum]

Stickerbomb it

Covers up any and all scratches

Makes it look unique too

[mortal grail]

I'm a bit old for that lol

Ok gotta go

[devout forum]

Take care Felix

[paper verge]

Lads

Do I get the qube 500 for $60 USD?

Its the macron version

I can also get the ap201 for like $45

[acoustic palm]

@fresh timber guess what’s today

[limber crane]

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5060-ti-and-rtx-5060-to-be-announced-on-april-15-all-aibs-need-to-have-one-msrp-model

looks like best buy finally raised one of their remaining MSRP cards

they raised the $599 swift to $830 rofl

only 3 cards left under $700 that i know of online

[mortal grail]

Oh boy more fake msrp

[limber crane]

also wasnt expecting MODDIY cables to come from hong kong

[mortal grail]

Vast majority of tech do be from asia

[limber crane]

i know, just wasnt expecting it from there for some reason, figured they had a location in the US or something

oh damn best buy actually raised two 9070s to $920/940

[mortal grail]

Tf

Might be that no one's biting now cos of the alleged april stock rumours

Well, alleged

It came from Yeston

So it's basically fact

Anyway

[mortal grail]

Finally trying the pulse and it's dead quiet

I was having second thoughts and now I don't care anymore lmao

1800 rpm and I still can't hear it

Think I lucked out on my paste job, 27°C delta

[limber crane]

lol i walk away for 2 minutes and miss an MSRP 5080

ugh that annoys me

first time ive seen that card in stock outside of the last shuffle

Non-XT kinda slaps

[proud jackal]

[dusk knot]

Hmm

[limber crane]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-bob-esponja-covid-covid19-coronavirus-gif-18792243

[dusk knot]

Theo pregnant

[limber crane]

totally cant tell i ordered a new build

[dusk knot]

Package(s)

Pretty sus if you ask me

[devout forum]

Welp

the 9070 XT is cool and all

but when the 7900 XTX is cheaper used, I guess it reallyy isn't worth it

[dusk knot]

But rt