general-chat

[fair onyx]

GIGABYTE B760 AORUS Elite AX (LGA... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSB6MZ2L?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

That's my mobo

[olive plaza]

based on our conversation so far I'm not sure you can access the back of your PC either

[fresh timber]

I broke my sd card?? Terraria won’t load 😦

[fair onyx]

The PC has plenty of air flow, it's just a narrow area that it's inside. None of the cables on the PC can stretch far enough for me to be able to pull it all the way out and lay it on its side, so I have to disconnect everything from the back

[fair onyx]

I can, but I will have to disconnect a decent amount of the cables

Or actually, I can access it now

I didn't plug everything back in just in case

I am not seeing anything for a BIOS flashback unfortunately

I do have a USB port for upgrading the BIOS, but I'm pretty sure I have to be able to get into the BIOS to be able to use that

[olive plaza]

I have good news and bad news

the bad news is you're going to need to take your PC out of its cubby and there's no way around that

The good news is there's literally a button to reset your CMOS to factory settings which will fix your inability to get to the bios

it's just located on the motherboard

[fair onyx]

Darn it... I don't think I can get to that without having to remove one of the GPUs, and in order to remove one of the GPUs, I have to disconnect everything in the back and then take it out

Let me see, maybe I can Jerry rig something to reach underneath it

[random osprey]

tape together 2 small allen wrenches

[olive plaza]

alternatively, take out your second GPU until everything is confirmed working\

I know it's probably some sort of war crime to tell an AI bro to take out one of his GPUs but idc

[fair onyx]

First off, I am not an AI bro lol

And second, it's not the end of the world, it's just insanely tedious, because then I'll have to feed the cable all the way back through the case again, disconnect everything from the back, and fully remove my computer

Honestly, removing that GPU is one of the lesser bads that I could do, but I'm trying to see if there's any way that I can just not have to remove anything before I do that

[olive plaza]

It's in your username

idk what to tell you lol

it was also a very tongue-in-cheek statement

[fair onyx]

There's a difference between being an AI enthusiast, and an AI bro. I don't dedicate my entire life to stealing people's content, making slop, scamming people, and supporting really crappy companies

[olive plaza]

as evidenced by the "its probably a war crime" thing lol

[fair onyx]

I focus on the local training community, decentralizing AI, making people non-dependent on really crappy companies like Open AI, and training public domain content

[fresh timber]

I broke it

[olive plaza]

the more defensive you get the funnier this is

[fresh timber]

Oh it went into swap space

[olive plaza]

I was making a generalized funny statement

[fair onyx]

I'm not trying to be defensive, I'm just trying to explain. I'm the resident AI/ML techie in here for a reason. It's specifically because I'm not an AI Bro

[fair onyx]

If that's the case, then I'm sorry, I took it the wrong way

I'm just used to so many people being extremely aggressive over stuff that they don't understand, and lumping me in with a group of people that I actively really really dislike as well lmao

[olive plaza]

I don't even hate on AI bros. I just don't ever listen to anything they say because they actually don't care about the tech side of it

They can go be doofuses elsewhere

[fresh timber]

ima brima brb i ran out of ram

You know it’s bad when the entire system locks up

[fair onyx]

For me, AI bros damage a ton of the integrity of the stuff that I and other people in my community try to do. We are very much not focused on replacing human creativity and content with slop, but rather teaching people how to utilize these tools to fill in gaps in their abilities, and draw out more of their human creativity

I'm very much a part of the technological research side, and I work for a company that streamlines advertisement pre-viz

[fresh timber]

I have ai bro built into my computer

Ai bro button

[fair onyx]

Lol

[tranquil pebble]

imagine running out of RAM and disk space at the same time

[fair onyx]

The irony of the button being literal millimeters away from the battery is insane lmao

I'm having to squish myself against the wall, and lay on my side to see into the case, but I might be able to get something to push the button without having to take everything apart

[fresh timber]

I’m a crypto bro

What’s worst, crypto or ai bros

[olive plaza]

Einstein bros

now i want bagels

[fair onyx]

I have no idea, both of them are terrible lmao

I think probably AI bros, because not only do they harm the environment, but they actively steal, lie, and take advantage of people.

Crypto is a little bit more enclosed and niche

[olive plaza]

oh come on guys. crypto bros and ai bros aren't bad, they're just misguided. They've been brainwashed by their communities to think it's OK to be a piece of crap

[fair onyx]

Trust me, I know a lot of them that take pride in the fact that they are crappy lol

[olive plaza]

The same could be said of some prideful political groups too

[fair onyx]

Mando who used to be in here was a prime example. He took pride in the fact that crypto was terrible lol

[fair onyx]

Very true

[olive plaza]

Just one generation before millennial and you start running into groups of people who hate everything that's AI

[fair onyx]

All right, so it looks like I cannot get to the button without removing the GPU. However, I was able to remove some cables to where I might be able to remove the GPU without having to disconnect everything

[tranquil pebble]

Crypto scammers do that too

[fair onyx]

The problem is just getting to the PCIe release. I have about a half a centimeter gap between the GPUs

[olive plaza]

I like pointing out very basic things in their lives that have to do with AI

[fair onyx]

We're actually, the gap is bigger than I remember

[tranquil pebble]

I have seen people of the boomer generation be... obsessed with it.

[olive plaza]

obsessed with hating it? yeah.

[tranquil pebble]

No

[fair onyx]

A majority of people like that are very selective about it. They'll say that they hate AI, but then use chat GPT. Scream at people who use AI image generation or augmentation for personal creative use, but then use generative infill and Adobe Photoshop

[tranquil pebble]

There are always exceptions

[olive plaza]

those aren't actual boomers. I doubt you found anyone born between 1946 and 1959 who loves AI

[fair onyx]

Oh no, some of the most insane AI Bros that I know are in their 50-60's

A lot of boomers are extremely obsessed with AI

[olive plaza]

50-60's is not boomer

[fair onyx]

I know some even older

[fair onyx]

I mean, if you're going by actual generation terms, then yes, that's correct

[olive plaza]

the youngest boomers are 65 at this time

so I guess yeah 60's could be

[fresh timber]

Doug is 60 trying not
To be classified as a boomer

[olive plaza]

my parents are the tail end of boomer generation

[fair onyx]

I'm just sitting here looking at my computer, dreading what I have to do lol

[olive plaza]

I'm smack in the middle of millennial

[fair onyx]

OMG crinngggeeee :3

[olive plaza]

Gen X thinks Millennials are the kids going door to door selling candybars

[fair onyx]

Yeah lmao

[fresh timber]

I want a candy bar

[olive plaza]

Gen Z thinks Gen X is actually boomer

[fair onyx]

We use Boomer as a term for mindset, more than the actual generation

[fresh timber]

Dough what should I do with my spare gpu

[olive plaza]

Who's Dough

[fresh timber]

You

I have you a name

[olive plaza]

there's no H in my name

[fair onyx]

Doug, not dough

[olive plaza]

Depends on what your spare GPU is

[fresh timber]

I have a 6600 going into a flip and a 7700xt that may become egpu, may get sold idk

[olive plaza]

the 6600 won't sell in a flip

[fresh timber]

L

[olive plaza]

nobody buys those in PCs

[fresh timber]

I don’t want it

[olive plaza]

is it even an XT

[fresh timber]

It’s going in something

[fresh timber]

Nope

I’m just putting in a pc I have and listing for cheap

[olive plaza]

The problem is it gets outperformed by a 5700XT

and even those sell for like 125-150

[fresh timber]

Yeah

I don’t wanna make profit I just wanna recoup some money

[olive plaza]

then just list it on eBay or Jawa or Mercari or something idk

[fresh timber]

What do I do with the rest of the working system

[olive plaza]

what are the specs

[fresh timber]

5500 32gb ram uhh b550 prime,

[olive plaza]

oh is this the one you bought on newegg

I think I remember this whole situation now

[fresh timber]

Huh

I don’t

[olive plaza]

or maybe it wasn't you

somebody asked me to build them a PC

[fresh timber]

Oh yeah remember tho motherboards a while ago

Turns out they both work

One just has bad channel

[olive plaza]

oh weird

[fresh timber]

Other just. Died for no reason later on

[olive plaza]

5500 with 32GB RAM is a weird setup

[fresh timber]

Yeah it’s my spare parts

[olive plaza]

is it 2x16

[fresh timber]

Nope

It’s my old corsair

I have no use for it so I chucked it in a pc

[olive plaza]

idk maybe you can sell the whole thing locally

with the GPU and all

i just know online nobody wants a 6600

[fresh timber]

Lost cause

Then what do I do with the rest of the parts

I have a working psu, cpu, motherboard, ram and storage

All I don’t want

[fair onyx]

@olive plaza I got it!

I was able to contort my body, and squeeze my finger under the GPU, and I was able to reset the BIOS

Now let's see if it actually does anything lol

[olive plaza]

how long did you hold the button

[fresh timber]

mhh i might be able to get my hands on maybe a 4060 or 6700 down the line

[olive plaza]

Vex where are you located again

[fresh timber]

IL

[olive plaza]

THAT'S RIGHT

i forgor 💀

[fresh timber]

bro remembers

yeah

[fair onyx]

Oh, I thought it was just a single press. I'll hold it down now

[fresh timber]

lol

[olive plaza]

@fair onyx it's a 30 second hold

[fresh timber]

my local market idk i might be able to get a kiddie to buy it for $700 they dumb out here

[fair onyx]

Oh geez, hopefully I don't get a cramp lol

[olive plaza]

or i guess however long

[fair onyx]

Okay, I was able to get it at a much better angle, so I can hold it easily now

[olive plaza]

but 30 seconds is how long ur supposed to jump it if it has a jumper connection

[fair onyx]

The big problem was just searching around under the GPU and figuring out what it was

How exactly am I supposed to know if it clears?

I've been holding it this whole time

[fresh timber]

omg

i made this a discord beast

[fair onyx]

Hell yeah

[fresh timber]

ido if I like this touchscreen

[fair onyx]

Ok. I am trying it now

[fresh timber]

the keyboard shucks

[fresh timber]

This laptop is about size of my old one but the screen is bigger

Taller cause 16:10

[fair onyx]

@olive plaza finally! I'm back in bios

Oh cool, now my keyboard isn't recognized, so I can't select anything

Soooo... It's stuck

And I can't do anything. Fun

Ok, I had to restart it and now my keyboard worked

[fresh timber]

oh

giid hibi

good job

🤔 why ru cheap

[fair onyx]

Hmmmm

I'm in windows!!!!

[fresh timber]

poggers

im so proud of you

[fair onyx]

oh wow, thats not bad

it defaulted to 4000mhz

hmm... maybe this won't be that bad

[fresh timber]

stability test it

[fair onyx]

I'll give it a try

lets see how it handles Jamba

just as a speed bench comparison, and then I can try a bigger model for stability

[fresh timber]

i wanna run a model on my laptop so i can suffer

[misty sparrow]

i thought it wasn't optimal to use all four slots

i guess speed doesn't really matter for AI models much does it?

[fresh timber]

its not

he just has 128gb

[fresh timber]

to a point

[fair onyx]

it seems like my performance will be hurt a good bit, however, it also enables me to run much bigger, much better models, so I will see how the trade offs work out

huh, it failed to load

[misty sparrow]

F

[fair onyx]

I have never had this happen before... weird

[fresh timber]

wanna know what would be cool

if windows let you share a keeb/mouse with two pcs wirelessly

[craggy shoal]

Clanker/clanka: boring, overused

Wire back: innovative, brings attention

[fresh timber]

sounds like something a clanker would say

[fair onyx]

Ok so, i got it to load

Looks like the decreased RAM speed is not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. The loss is still noticable, but not too terrible

looks like ~20% performance loss

@olive plazaThats the final result

its still noticable, but not as bad as I assumed. though, the RAM is running at 4000mhz, instead of 3200mhz

[olive plaza]

It wouldn't have been 3200

that was never an option

3600MHz is the lowest default for DDR5

Something to bear in mind for the future. Should you decide to go with a 13th or 14th gen CPU you will enjoy higher DDR5 speeds

[cerulean nexus]

Rate my build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3cCQsp

[opaque sedge]

Motor i’m cooked bruh

I ordered a monitor more expensive than my graphics card

[sinful blade]

What’s your budget

[misty sparrow]

• Wouldn't use Corsair RAM
• Why does the case show no price listed and no picture?
• 32" is odd for a 1440p choice but other than that don't know this monitor

[sinful blade]

This is pure “elite gamer build” from pcmr

[fresh timber]

suck on this icecream cone

[opaque sedge]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jRxvt3 similar specs and for a 100 bucks more fit an oled monitor

could def optimize it cuz i fit in parts i'm familiar with

could also opt for the 7800x3d now thats it cheaper

also wtf happened to montech case prices

they used to be below 100 bucks almost always

[misty sparrow]

i'd go as far as to say 5070ti is an odd pick too

[opaque sedge]

lol even the pcmr discord would scrutinize that build

the subreddit on the other hand...

[opaque sedge]

for the monitor btw dell does student discounts if u got a student email address

[opaque sedge]

also for the 9070xt i couldnt find any shipped and sold by amazon listing, for newegg however it is shipped and sold by newegg

[frigid stag]

That doesn’t mean much tbh

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-it-right-now-hellboy-gif-15654951

[opaque sedge]

The ssd too, and the 9800x3d may not be necessary when the 7800x3d is now available for well under 400

[fresh timber]

ehh

some servers say go 9800x3d over 7800x3d cause its worth it

[frigid stag]

Ssd is good, 2tb is better but it’s fine

[fresh timber]

512gb enough

[frigid stag]

9800x3d is better you can oc it, set clocks

[opaque sedge]

Huh did i say smth bad…

[fresh timber]

microcenter server loves 9800x3d

they think 7800x3d is ewaste

[frigid stag]

Based

[fresh timber]

i exgerated but they think the $100 is worth it

[opaque sedge]

If u have a flexible budget sure but the ragtag list i put together also shows that the budget could be used in a way that enhances ur gaming experience with the oled monitor

[frigid stag]

People I’ve asked who had both zen 4 and 5 said zen 5 feels faster

Not as big of a delay opening programs etc

[fresh timber]

oled is opinion

[frigid stag]

Compared to zen 4 vs intel

[fresh timber]

i persoanlly would rather 9800x3d over oled, somebody els might not

[opaque sedge]

And optimized build with a slightly less performing cpu with an oled monitor for gaming purposes beats out a 9800x3d build with slightly expensive parts and an ips display

Imo

[fresh timber]

IMO

so many IMOS

[opaque sedge]

Oled is awesome dude

I took a look at some in best buy before i ordered mine

[fresh timber]

yeah, but is it 500fps RAHH i benchmark awsome

i looekd at one at microcenter. wasnt that mindblowing to me

[opaque sedge]

Lol u are not getting that significant of an fps bump by having a slightly better cpu

Maybe with a gpu

[fresh timber]

yes you can

depends on game

[opaque sedge]

But that bumps u into a different price range

[opaque sedge]

And resolution

But he selected 1440p

[fresh timber]

i mean if your playing valorant at 8k maybe

[opaque sedge]

I dont think there is a huge performance difference between a 7800x3d and 9800x3d for fps in games

[fresh timber]

@honest birch went from 7800x3d to 9800x3d, lets get his opinion

[opaque sedge]

10-30 more frames over an optimized build with a slightly lessperforming CPU with an oled monitor

[frigid stag]

98x3d is better

Way less dip

[opaque sedge]

Also how many ips monitors can support that refresh rate…

[fresh timber]

input latency

alot of poeple will run that high fps for less latency

[frigid stag]

It’s mostly tn

[opaque sedge]

Ok he could go 9800x3d and in the list i made he pays a 100 more for the oled over his list but he will pay significantly less with ips in the same list like 400 bucks less

So in the end its upto preference ig

[fresh timber]

your spending too much on psu

fans? go thermalright

[frigid stag]

98x3d is objectively better though, the oled is more up to personal preference

[opaque sedge]

Ok 50 bucks saved so ok we fit in the 9800x3d and an oled for 50 bucks more over his original list (ips would be abt 1.9k btw in total)

Oled 2.3k-2.4k

[fresh timber]

i mean its up to persoanl prefrence

do they want a oled?

not everone likes them

[frigid stag]

They flicker

[opaque sedge]

If they dont cool they saved significantly more over the original list

[frigid stag]

I don’t like them

[fresh timber]

vrr flicker 🤮 burnin mostly solved 🤮

[frigid stag]

It’s not even just on vrr

You see it if you’re pwm sensitive

[fresh timber]

please dont tell me its a problem elswhere

[opaque sedge]

Oled is definitely not suitable for work with static images such as docs spreadsheets pdfs

[frigid stag]

It is

[opaque sedge]

Gaming however

Its awesome

[frigid stag]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EmL04bHRKY

It’s on phones too

[opaque sedge]

Yikes i haven’t experienced that

[fresh timber]

i would kill a oled with school work

[opaque sedge]

Minileds would prolly work better

But not many are available rn

[fresh timber]

i wish my laptop was miniled

[opaque sedge]

Its kind of a first to second gen product in terms of gaming monitors

[opaque sedge]

Apple uses minileds in theirs but they are macs….

[fresh timber]

and macs are disgusting

[opaque sedge]

Gonna be a while before gaming laptops get minileds displays

[fresh timber]

gaming laptops are disgusting

sorry foxy

[opaque sedge]

Hmm regular laptops might alr have miniled displays then

[fresh timber]

i came to grps with my laptop being 60hz

[opaque sedge]

Oh looks like gaming laptops alr have miniled options

The rog scar

Yh the expensive one

[fresh timber]

oo

[opaque sedge]

Hmm looks like it was for last year

They mightve ditched it for oled with the mobile 50 series

[fresh timber]

i would ditch oled for laptops tbh

[opaque sedge]

Oh looks like they still have minileds

[fresh timber]

average laptop users def dont take care of it

[opaque sedge]

Expensive af tho

https://www.asus.com/us/laptops/for-gaming/all-series/filter?Spec=238954

[fresh timber]

does this look good to you

im game streaming

if trackpads didnt suck i would deass be playing like this all the time

[opaque sedge]

Good as in?

Looks like a normal screenshot from a game

[fresh timber]

goodg good

wanna know why thats good

[opaque sedge]

Opened it on my desktop screen and img looks sharp ig

[fresh timber]

im currently game streaming

[opaque sedge]

Where?

In twitch?

[fresh timber]

OVER WIFI

[fresh timber]

no

like local game streaming

[opaque sedge]

Oh cloud gaming

[fresh timber]

my desktop is running the game but im not at my desktop

[opaque sedge]

Ahh

Img doesnt look bad for sure

Ig ur experience would be important

If ur noticing any lag or such

[fresh timber]

i notice lag only cause im using wifi, and its minimal

i cant even tell rn

[opaque sedge]

Huh thats neat

Is ur pc connected to wifi thru Ethernet or wireless?

[fresh timber]

ethernet, wifi does not belong on a pc

[opaque sedge]

It must be niceee

https://tenor.com/view/prempdr-fc-mobile-fifa-gif-16778760554072111618

[elfin mural]

i live on wifi only

i have no choice

[opaque sedge]

I could get a long ass ethernet wire

And route it thru stars and door frames

[misty sparrow]

could just do a mesh setup like what I'm doing

some of those mesh things have ethernet ports

[elfin mural]

mfw phone hotspot

i have the worst wifi setup

[fresh timber]

im on wifi btw

[honest birch]

very much is

especially with OC

9800X3D on a good 360mm aio can easily get to 5.6GHz

7800x3d core locked obv

[honest birch]

schizoing over oled when its by far the best is wild

i use oled

there is no other way

[elfin mural]

oled is fine as long as you run it low brightness

of course kinda defeats the entire point

but that's a big way to guarantee less burn in

[honest birch]

its fine on max, just remove static elements, hide the taskbar and use and oled theme everywhere

[elfin mural]

that's also a valid strategy

[honest birch]

thats what i do

idk how many hours my panel has now

[honest birch]

the auto pixel cleaning works well, i just let it idle for 10 minutes and its already done it

[fresh timber]

step asside woohooz

the new dogs in town

i got a latpop with a shitty wifi 7 card

[honest birch]

u act like i have slow internet

[fresh timber]

yeah i do

2gig is slow

[honest birch]

i got gigabit up/down

[fresh timber]

damn

i wish i had a gig up

i only bought 2gig internet for 300mbps upload

i wanna game stream while im at college with out my upload killing me

[honest birch]

my laptop has a good wifi 7 card pretty sure

[fresh timber]

damn

im prob going to open it up and replace it with a 6e card i have

i got this stinker

[honest birch]

https://www.amazon.com/BE1750x-Upgraded-Adapter-Supports-Bluetooth/dp/B0CQ9MQCJY

mine has this

[fresh timber]

slow

jokes aside, my cpu is too slow to keep up

[honest birch]

[fresh timber]

steamdownloads kil my cpu lol

[velvet summit]

wdym

[fresh timber]

wifi sucks

its sooo inconsistant

[velvet summit]

there are many instances of a pc being required on a pc

wifi*

[fresh timber]

yeah instances where you refuse to run a cable

[velvet summit]

i mean

there are many instances where you cant run a cable

[fresh timber]

like?

[velvet summit]

like, if you go to a coffee shop, you aint running a cable

[fresh timber]

i bet i can figure out a way to do it

[fresh timber]

you also arnt bringing a dektop

[velvet summit]

a laptop is a pc as well

[fresh timber]

im refering to desktops in this instance

laptops are portable devices, do what u want

[velvet summit]

in that case, a mobile cart with a desktop pc on it which needs to be moved around

though generally those use a laptop nowadays

[fresh timber]

yeah thats just called using the wrong device for the task

[velvet summit]

i wouldnt say wrong

desktop usually has better performance and/or is more quieter

actually
one of the most useful things i've found for a desktop to have wifi is to make a hotspot for it for something such as VR (especially in cases where the AP is a bit far from where you are)

[fresh timber]

a dedicated AP for that is better anyways

[velvet summit]

also usually wifi chips also have bluetooth, but you could also get just a bluetooth transcever

[fresh timber]

that desktop app for VR does not support or recommend using a hotspot

[velvet summit]

well, yeah, but if you just have it, it works well ennough

[fresh timber]

lets be honest, bluetooth on windows is ass, idk about linux

[fresh timber]

unsupported, rip

[velvet summit]

it's ass on windows but when you need it it's there and usually works

[velvet summit]

but it works

not ideal

but it works

[fresh timber]

only reason i have a wifi card in my pc, da bluetooth

then again i noramlly just plugin stuf

[velvet summit]

honestly i havent seen it not work outside of when somebody didnt have the antennas plugged in

💀

[fresh timber]

kek

[velvet summit]

their mobo didn't include the antennas for some reason
or i just suspect they never installed it and threw it out

[fresh timber]

stick foil into the antenna

[velvet summit]

yeah they just used paper clips

they did buy proper antennas though

[lone mango]

Skill issue

[lone mango]

tru...

me rn

[fresh timber]

wifi issue

[lone mango]

perchance

my wifi go hard no kizzy

Yes

2tb for $88

Small problem

Case in the way

[random osprey]

rip

by a small amount too

[lone mango]

[random osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/sparkle-metal-work-gif-14189741

[lone mango]

Is it time

[random osprey]

not able to go top then line it up?

[lone mango]

I guess what I can do is unscrew the bottom or top screws of the board and move it just a bit to get some clearance and then screw it in after

[lone mango]

Nah I spent a few minutes trying to get it in and cant

If I could put this in parallel with the board then it would be ok

But m.2 dont work like that

Ok I got it

So I got the top corner completely in and took advantage of some small flex to get a little bit of the rest in and then pushed it down

And with it partially in I was able to push it in further

The case is stopping it from poking out lol

Well I better be satisfied with 2 terabytes because taking that out might suck

[elfin mural]

the hell is that ssd slot placement

ew

[random osprey]

is it not normal? feel as though theres a lot of boards that have it

especially smaller boards

[elfin mural]

it's fairly uncommon

[lone mango]

I am not sure why the nr200 has such a thick part of the frame there

I wondered back then if it would get in the way of some boards

Back then I only had one m.2

[fresh timber]

ngl thats pretty common for ITX

[lone mango]

Well turns out that it can get in the way

Yeah it be like that

Its part of the struggle

[fresh timber]

im remoted into my desktop right now

its seemless

@elfin mural this could be the reason u get a desktop

game streaming to laptop

the POWA of a desktop, portability and friendlyness of ur laptop

[elfin mural]

but

money

[upper rain]

we talking about pc here?? 😳😳

[lone mango]

Itx stuff be like that

Sapphire pule 9060 xt for I think 370

Wtf 380

Brutal

Wait what no

The xfx was cheaper a couple hours ago as well

Hmm

Did prices just raise

Yup they just did

Damn so I did remember correctly. The pulse was 360 but I second guessed myself and said 370

[tranquil pebble]

https://youtu.be/hpVxbNHCdP4

[icy ore]

||bad apple||

[wary fjord]

wait what u have nvme at the back of the board?

thats probably need a specific case XD

[frosty sinew]

guys

im sorry

im going to windows 11

i need drivers 😢

[upper rain]

https://tenor.com/view/babygirl-daniel-hentschel-dan-hentschel-cocky-want-boing-boing-meme-gif-17463317472003241794

@lone mango

[heavy dew]

Alrighty I bought a charger for my Brazilian laptop, wish me luck

Because if this charger doesn’t work I am beyond cooked

[olive plaza]

I mean there's a one in a brazillion chance it might work

[wary fjord]

brazillian laptop is a thing?

[heavy dew]

LMAOOOO

[heavy dew]

yeah were you not here last night to see it

I literally sent a picture and I said ignore my brownness

[wary fjord]

ah i remember

[heavy dew]

But yeah apparently it’s a thing

Country exclusive laptops are a thing

BECAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER ONE

and the brand idek what it is

Lemme show you

[wary fjord]

it looks so thicc

reminds me of toshiba laptops

[heavy dew]

So I never heard of this brand, mostly bc it sounds Spanish or Portuguese, but it has an i5 and USB 3.0

It also has a messed up hinge or whatever

[wary fjord]

yeah

that def a toshiba rebrand

xD

[heavy dew]

Is it? I couldn’t tell

(Me with 7 Toshiba satellites)

I mean I don’t know if I want to find a charger for it bc the thing is busted

Unless I can just screw back the hinge onto the thinga-mabobber, then maybe I’ll be goated

I mean the screens not damaged that’s for sure

[wary fjord]

is it still working tho

[heavy dew]

I don’t know

I don’t have a charger for it

Time to bust out my tips no homo

[wary fjord]

what version is that

wait

thats positivo bgh e900 right?

yeah it is xD

[heavy dew]

Oh right my dumb ass didn’t bother looking at the bottom

I forgot laptops have a bottom

I’ll look at it again after I use el baño

[wary fjord]

https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-1808302960-cargador-compatible-con-bgh-positivo-e900-e910-e920-_JM

[heavy dew]

Ooooo Spanish

Or Portuguese

OH MY GOD

ITS BRAZILIAN

BRO THIS IS THE SAME SITE I FOUND THE CHARGER FOR THE COMPAQ ON

[olive plaza]

This is basically Mini ITX only type placement

I've only ever seen this on Mini ITX. If this is a micro ATX board it would be the first I've seen with this placement for an M.2 slot

me to my wife: Every time I look at you I just melt
her to me: You mean like this?

[sinful blade]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-stop-it-hellboy-gif-4456572

[dusk knot]

What happened!??

[olive plaza]

Oh, credit to Future Publishing / Tom's Hardware for the image

Some guy in South Korea had this happen to his 4060TI, claimed that he wasn't gaming or overclocking or anything although he sometimes would play PUBG, he was just working with Adobe software and this happened

[olive plaza]

so I'm just curious. You said you're running two GPUs. Are they able to be used together on the same workload?

And which GPUs are they

Also I just want to throw this 4-stick RAM compatibility out there which I compiled in February.
This is the maximum officially supported speed. Some CPUs can run faster. I would have shared this whole list last night but I keep it at my desk at work.

Intel 12th thru 14th gen is all the same for 4 sticks: single-sided 4 sticks is rated for 4000MHz, double-sided 4 sticks is rated for 3600MHz
Intel Ultra 200 series CPUs: 4 sticks single-sided rated for 4800MHz, double-sided rated for 4400MHz

AM5 all CPUs are rated for 4 sticks at 3600MHz right now, regardless of Zen 4 vs Zen 5 and whether the sticks are single- or double-sided (All current AM5 CPUs use the same IO die which is why this is the case)

[velvet summit]

So workload

Bruh autocorrect

Ai

[rigid sinew]

good morning everyone !

[wary fjord]

morning

[wary fjord]

how did u melt a backplate

the hell xD

[rigid sinew]

hi tomieee

[olive plaza]

Not my picture lol

It's from Tom's Hardware

This is what I'm up to at the moment. Validation with 256GB RAM on a 9950X

[dusk knot]

Why tho

[frosty sinew]

38% usage 💀

its pulling 150w

[rancid juniper]

i mean its a 16 core cpu lol

[dusk knot]

At least it's not an Intel

[rancid juniper]

lol true

a base 13600k without any tune can pull more than that

[frosty sinew]

i didnt tthink it was that much

[rancid juniper]

these cpus nowadays are mad hungry for power even if the node is small

[frosty sinew]

i can tell

[rancid juniper]

heh

it would be fun to undervolt it tho

[frosty sinew]

idek how lol

[rancid juniper]

😡

whats ur board?

[frosty sinew]

x870e aorus pro

[rancid juniper]

bingo: https://youtu.be/LhYhyj7Kd60?si=taT-rv8oJW8PrMrS

[frosty sinew]

but what does it do

i still dont know

lol

[rancid juniper]

undervolting is used to decrease the voltage of the processor
Pros

• Lower temperature
• Less power
• Higher Boost Clocks
• Improves cpu lifespan (i think)

Cons

• Like overclocking it can be prone to crashes (BSOD) if set too low

[frosty sinew]

ah

she flies

[rancid juniper]

insane power draw ngl

[upper rain]

so did icarus

https://tenor.com/view/fire-writing-gif-24533171

[frosty sinew]

fr

i think itll go higher

i was only hitting 80c

[rancid juniper]

Pretty chilly

[frosty sinew]

fr

[proud jackal]

https://x.com/Dexerto/status/1944806249779925417?s=19

Dexerto (@Dexerto)

Elon Musk has launched an AI anime girl companion for SuperGrok subscribers

X · Jul 14, 2025, 5:08 PM

[frosty sinew]

whys core voltage at 1.8v

is that bad

[rancid juniper]

where do you get that?

[frosty sinew]

cpuz

[rancid juniper]

can you check hwinfo

[frosty sinew]

im thinking that may be the input voltage

ok yeah

thats wrong

i was gonna say

[rancid juniper]

also lemme see vcore

think you have to scroll down a bit

[frosty sinew]

in the cpu?

[rancid juniper]

actually nvm lol

[frosty sinew]

its in mobo

thats it

[rancid juniper]

yea that

ok its within range

[frosty sinew]

idk wtf it was getting that 1.8 from

lol

[rancid juniper]

cpu-z probably got incorrect readings, maybe its outdated

this is mine for example

[frosty sinew]

oh odd

[proud jackal]

There's a mouse on top of my hand ...

[cursive oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/reginald-angry-eating-angry-eating-monster-house-gif-20013301

[rancid juniper]

https://youtu.be/GWrcUh2GuPQ?si=IOhMVmfcOmQagtei

[fresh timber]

hi

@rancid juniper compooper

[rancid juniper]

hey

[lone mango]

Linux usage up 40% all of a sudden
https://youtu.be/9at4aaqqv5I

[frosty sinew]

Holy crap

280w

5.1ghz all core

[fresh timber]

i really want a bigger boot drive

i dont wanna buy one tho

[frosty sinew]

Its at 92c

[fresh timber]

wow

280w

i only pull 30

[frosty sinew]

Just cpu 💀

[frosty sinew]

Whats ur r23 score tho

[fresh timber]

9000\

if ur asking about my desktop, i get 35k

[olive plaza]

@fair onyx

[frosty sinew]

Thats acc not bad for 30w lol

[fresh timber]

get on my level, quad channel

[rigid sinew]

https://x.com/Newegg/status/1944834114504548361

Newegg (@Newegg)

What was the first PC game you played?

X · Jul 14, 2025, 6:59 PM

[frosty sinew]

Minecraft lul

Holy frick

This cpu is just wild

[rigid sinew]

my first pc game was league of legends ...

and i dont even know if it counts

[frosty sinew]

How.old is that game

[rigid sinew]

league of legends?

October 27, 2009

[frosty sinew]

Damn i was 2 💀

beat a 32c lol

[rigid sinew]

i was 11 years old

omg

[frosty sinew]

boooooomer

[dusk knot]

Hhhmmmm

[olive plaza]

on October 27, 2009 I had already been a Newegg customer for 4 years

[rigid sinew]

ur not even old enough to drink , sit down lil one

[rigid sinew]

my mom was employed here at that time xD

[olive plaza]

at Newegg? wow

That's actually wild

[rigid sinew]

yeah my mom worked here before me, then i applied, they saw i had a reference and then i got hired

[frosty sinew]

Fine

[olive plaza]

what do you and your mom do there?

I'll post this again

[rigid sinew]

Oh she stopped working here yeaaars ago

And I do our social media , well imma stop soon

[olive plaza]

I made my account in '05

[frosty sinew]

yall old

[olive plaza]

Yes, I have more experience than you

[frosty sinew]

true

ok finally on win11

took uhhh

8 hrs

[olive plaza]

if it took you 8 hours to upgrade to Windows 11 maybe it's time to upgrade somethign else too

[frosty sinew]

in my defence

it was a fresh install

[olive plaza]

that's worse

[olive plaza]

fresh install should be faster

[frosty sinew]

and i have a lot of apps

as well as a lot that arent there

and i had some erm issues with c++ 2022

it got bricked and wouldnt uninstall

[olive plaza]

To be fair

you're running on canadian internet

so I can't blame you

something something km per mile so you only get 600 Canadian megabits per 1 American Gigabit

[frosty sinew]

bruh

[lone mango]

[olive plaza]

it's a currency conversion ok i have no control over this

if I could download ketchup chips I would

[frosty sinew]

nice

111 min on battery for my pc

[olive plaza]

who is this APC?

I like how they separated the word "On Line"

[frosty sinew]

yes

well i fixed it

the ups was broken

[olive plaza]

bruh the way I can identify the brand of UPS by its status screen

wild

[frosty sinew]

it was arcing internally

so my work threw it out

[olive plaza]

I'm surprised they disposed the battery too

that's the expensive part

[frosty sinew]

iirc it came without them

but batteries cheap

like 100 bucks

[olive plaza]

I mean that's the cost of an entire basic UPS

battery and all

[frosty sinew]

these ones expensive

it was like 1500

[olive plaza]

1500VA? or 1500CAD

[frosty sinew]

1000va

1500usd cost

[olive plaza]

wow

[frosty sinew]

yeah i stuffed bigger batteries in

after it blew up the first ones

apc is goofy

their default float voltage is like 28v

[olive plaza]

Electricity is fun

[frosty sinew]

so the batteries die in like a year

[nocturne flicker]

Man I just fried a piece of bread in bacon grease. Toast is forever ruined for me

[frosty sinew]

i had to hack their charging circuit and lower it to 27v

[frosty sinew]

oh no

[olive plaza]

I just had a heart attack vicariously

[nocturne flicker]

So greasy but so good

[olive plaza]

LMAO

"I put the bread in grease. It's greasy"

[nocturne flicker]

It had solidified so it was basically lard

[olive plaza]

oh lard he comin

[nocturne flicker]

Bacon lard

With little bits of bacon in it

I understand why the Brits eat fried bread now

[olive plaza]

idk if I'd do everything the Brits do

such as not having air conditioning

[nocturne flicker]

A full breakfast over there also has mushrooms because they are all a bit weird. And blood sausage. But fried bread is a marvel

[olive plaza]

don't they have like, baked beans

for breakfast

that sounds incredible to me. fried eggs and baked beans

[nocturne flicker]

Sometimes, yeah. But their baked beans aren't sweet like ours, their beans are in a tomato sauce

[olive plaza]

that's dumb

I got excited

[dusk knot]

Hm....

[nocturne flicker]

It is more like pork and beans but no pork

[olive plaza]

lmao they really said "imma stop soon" and logged out

[rigid sinew]

lmaooo no im going to a new position

[olive plaza]

HAHA

[rigid sinew]

but ill still be here on discord

[olive plaza]

my perspective it looked HILARIOUS

"imma stop soon. aight peace"

[rigid sinew]

lmaoo i get you

i thought about that after

[olive plaza]

do you have to be in California to work for Newegg? or are there remote positions

[rigid sinew]

we stopped doing remote once covid ended

[atomic current]

no more newegg remotes

[rigid sinew]

newegg remotes are gone

[atomic current]

https://tenor.com/view/bored-johnny-bravo-remote-click-tv-gif-5235422

[lone mango]

Fr

[olive plaza]

well I can't afford to live in Cali so I guess that's out the window

[rigid sinew]

me either

[olive plaza]

And that's why....

XD

[rigid sinew]

i was waiting for it

[olive plaza]

what's it like working for Newegg

it can't be worse than Amazon so

I still buy things from Newegg when it makes sense

I like supporting businesses where they treat the workers well

so if Newegg is a good place to work, I like that

[rigid sinew]

thats a pretty good question

[olive plaza]

LOL

well anyway

[rigid sinew]

its honestly pretty chill here

the people i met here have been friends even after theyve left

[olive plaza]

my mind went "there are only 2 answers when you ask someone at work if they like their job. either they love it, or, that's a pretty good question"

lmao

[rigid sinew]

there are a lot of benefits to working here tbh, we have monthly yoga too

[fresh timber]

WAIT IS NAHT QUITTING

[lone mango]

[velvet summit]

Different posit

[fresh timber]

:((((

[rancid juniper]

water

it tastes gud

[icy ore]

warter

[rancid juniper]

wo'er

[lone mango]

those who know:

[frosty sinew]

Ugggggggh

Night shift time

[atomic current]

those who oblivious

[lone mango]

those who quantavius

[velvet summit]

Night shift is superior

You don't have to wake up early

Don't need an alarm

[lone mango]

those who bingus

https://tenor.com/view/bingus-cat-ascension-gif-18768000

[velvet summit]

Just wake up when your body tells you to

[lone mango]

And then reality hits when everything is in the daytime and you have limited options for things

Depends on location

[velvet summit]

buy everything on your days off

[frosty sinew]

First one is brutal

[velvet summit]

thats why you sleep late before starting

unless you have a rotating shift and then that's sufferingg every time you switch

[fresh timber]

chat

who wants my laptop

before defrag/trim

[velvet summit]

when i worked at the factory we switched between day and night shift every 2 weeks
day shift i would have to wake up at like 5am

night shift i would have to sleep at like 1am

and it was 6 day weeks

so only one day to get used to the schedule flip

so every first day of those 2 weeks i would be dead tired

(not a great recipe for driving heavy machinery lmao)

[frosty sinew]

Yesssir

[frosty sinew]

Yep

Its 7pm- 7am then 7am - 7pm

But its fine I got 4 days off cuz wisdom teeth

[velvet summit]

that's a one time thing though lol

well, at least it was only 2 shifts to rotate around when i was working there

when they first opened there were 3 shifts

morning, evening, and midnight shift

rotating

the people that used to work there during that time said that it was VERY rough

there's still a midnight shift when i worked there but it wasnt rotating anymore

it was just maintenance basically

[frosty sinew]

Im only working the summer

Then I got uni

[frosty sinew]

Ah

[velvet summit]

summer is more than 2 weeks tho lol

[atomic current]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-bounce-rapidly-declining-mental-function-mental-health-gif-13676151581294124571

[frosty sinew]

Yeah I've only got 4 weeks tho

[fair onyx]

https://tenor.com/view/klassny-klassni-klassny-klassni-kot-gif-15764074524754019618

[upper rain]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cats-explosion-explodes-cat-explodes-gif-16205347759257346444

[frosty sinew]

https://tenor.com/view/jump-fall-fail-fall-into-the-garbage-can-cat-gif-16669737

[lone mango]

His greed will consume him

[icy ore]

leaning tower of catfood

[wary fjord]

Thats a very chill cat

[rigid sinew]

do any of yall play among us

[wary fjord]

Yeah if theres no cheater on the lobby

[rigid sinew]

imma get the game to play again

[fresh timber]

Before you depart let’s do a server wide among us game

you moving on from social media is Basicly a breakup to me

[proud jackal]

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

[fresh timber]

Milk shake

I have a weird obsession with dairy

[wary fjord]

Ice cream i bought.. then comeback at home looking like this..

[fresh timber]

Lmfao

I love milk shakes

Ima eat the so I get tired of dairy

[lone mango]

Sugar overload

[wary fjord]

Should try fall guys too. does wegg stream games to play at twitch or kick.

[dusk knot]

Destroy him

[lone mango]

[upper rain]

somebody at my store tried to order lactose free dairy-milk

[elfin mural]

i appear to let everyone on wegg know that im alive

[upper rain]

brother, the lactose comes free with the dairy

[upper rain]

no ur dead

[fresh timber]

wtf

[elfin mural]

what

lactose-free dairy?

[upper rain]

that's what i said

eventually they just settled on whole milk so i hope they aren't lactose intoleranr

i explained like six different ways that we serve a ton of non-dairy options but he was insistent that he wanted dairy

[lone mango]

I am experiencing pump out

[upper rain]

i experience that with ur mom every night

no ptm or lm?

[lone mango]

[upper rain]

tbh i haven't even really had that on regular paste

[lone mango]

My 6700 xt uses paste

[upper rain]

has it not been serviced since purchase?

[lone mango]

I assume it has not been used because it still had plastic on it when I got it

plastic to peel off

[upper rain]

that makes sense then

old gpu

most of my cards never stay unassembled or unsold long enough for paste to pump out lol

i fiddle with my gear until i get bored and sell it 😭

[wary fjord]

Sad nvidia pull support for 1080 now

[lone mango]

Well pump out happens from heat cycles though

[wary fjord]

It was a cool card

[lone mango]

Like doesnt the die basically push out the paste because of it having a different expansion rate than the coldplate

It was probably worn out from not being used

[upper rain]

@fresh timber do i buy this https://www.ebay.com/itm/197200025519?

[fresh timber]

yes

[wary fjord]

No copper mod + upsiren ux pro as pad replacement.. and ptm 7950 for core paste?

[upper rain]

i can get an a750 reference card for $170, but it's a 750 so no 16GB

[fresh timber]

lordfrog

[upper rain]

yah

which one should i buy if i should buy one

[fresh timber]

ngl

[upper rain]

tomorrow i play with 4060 ti but maybe it would be fun to have an intel

[misty sparrow]

1080Ti could still be viable in today’s standards if RT wasn’t required in some games

it’s sad that it is still relevant

[fresh timber]

i mgiht sell my 7700xt and buy a b570 with it

do intel gpus work good as EGPUs

[upper rain]

i'll buy ur 7700 xt if you price it fair

actually wait what model is it

[fresh timber]

hellhound

[wary fjord]

sadge

[fresh timber]

i was goin price it at like $300 due to its condition

https://streamable.com/hpfvhi

my wifi sucks

[upper rain]

grrrrr i wanna buy it but i also have to live like a brokie for the next while 😔

[icy ore]

[upper rain]

maybe i just buy the 750 since it's like $160

i can surely justify that

[wary fjord]

Aint that a downgrade?

[fresh timber]

yeah, but its not my main gpu so idc

i wanna play around with EGPUS

I unirocnily want a rtx 5050 for that

[upper rain]

it's kinda weak weak tho lol

[fresh timber]

i want that kinda of performance ngl

ooooo

oo

[upper rain]

if i sell my 9070 for $600 locally... i could buy the a770 and your 7700 xt........

[wary fjord]

Sell it 750 so if they haggle

Anti haggle measure

[upper rain]

i'd list for $670 and then drop to $600

[wary fjord]

Yeah

[upper rain]

i find that a lil over a $50 discount makes people happy usually

[wary fjord]

70 bucks aint cheap to drop. Make them feel guilty haggling you

[upper rain]

lol

[fresh timber]

doug said ill have trouble selling my rx6600 ppc

[wary fjord]

XD

[upper rain]

"i need this money for my university classes... would you accept $610?" haggle over every last penny like i'm actually a starving college kid lmao

[fresh timber]

lollol

[upper rain]

list it for $20 and you'll have no trouble selling it to me

[fresh timber]

lol

no

[upper rain]

lmao

[fresh timber]

see i want $600 for the pc

but doug said it wont sell and his entire job is selling pcs

[upper rain]

pc = 9070 in value

[upper rain]

tell doug to stuff it and throw more RGB on it

[fresh timber]

lmfao

i alr stuffed it with RGB

[upper rain]

https://tenor.com/view/cool-smoking-skeleton-sigma-edit-gif-7288620454389475632

[fresh timber]

i have rgb fans and everything for it

[wary fjord]

If a buyer play that game tell them your mom has cancer.. and you cant lower it down because its the same price for her medication.

[upper rain]

nice

[upper rain]

LMAO

[fresh timber]

i cant use discord

[upper rain]

that's a good one

[fresh timber]

app keep buggin

[upper rain]

tell them i need the money to buy my mom a whig since she lost her hair to cancer 🥀💔

[wary fjord]

The battle of two pity

[wary fjord]

600 bucks for a wig 😂

It better be fresh from the scalp

[upper rain]

fr i'm kind of considering getting thr 750 though, idk if they overclock well/if the software support is any good for it

[upper rain]

they make expensive ass human hair whigs for people who can't be bothered to fly to turkey for a transplant

idgi tbh because the transplant surgery isn't even that expensive

[wary fjord]

But where u get the healthy hair tho.. usually they take it from the back

Its expensive if they pull it from someone

They putting 10k hair manually one by one.. there should be a device like a helmet that just u wear and it will just plant it on your head like a weat

[upper rain]

for the transplant? iirc they just pull follicles from the hair you still have and transplant them into dead sites. the existing good hair regrows and you have more active follicles everywhere else

[wary fjord]

10k needles in one go

[wary fjord]

If they lost it by cancer.. they dont need it i think

[upper rain]

oh you mean for that

[wary fjord]

It grow eventually

If they stop the treatment

[fresh timber]

my wifi just sucks

[wary fjord]

But if you have bad genes.. 😔

[upper rain]

one time when my sister made me really angry i told her i was going to put nair in her shampoo to make her paranoid for months lol

[fresh timber]

i kinda wanna play terraria from strach on my laptop

[upper rain]

i started terraria recently

[fresh timber]

if only i had a mouse for it

[upper rain]

i'm really bad at the game but my friend i am playing with is gud

[fresh timber]

are bluetooth mice okay

[wary fjord]

Thats diabolical xD

[upper rain]

honestly i'd blow my brains out

yeha it's fine lmao

[upper rain]

i am the master troller

[wary fjord]

Bt mouse is fine just dont use it to frag at cod

[fresh timber]

would i be weird if i brought a mouse to clas

[upper rain]

yah

[fresh timber]

class

[upper rain]

i brought my hedgehog to class once

[fresh timber]

good thing my laptop cant handel b06

[wary fjord]

😂

[fresh timber]

my laptop is more of a overwatch fortnite, roblox typa pc

[upper rain]

i can't handle your bo either homie

[lone mango]

I gotta find the pad thickness