general-chat

[rancid juniper]

this look like a car you see in those asphalt games

[lone mango]

this is another stupid one

my ass is not spending 1 million credits on this

[rancid juniper]

ok this one looks way goofier what is that

[lone mango]

not all doom and gloom though here is this one

[rancid juniper]

that one looks like a real car

[misty sparrow]

the cyber truck if it was a car

[lone mango]

this one grew on me it looks like something you would see in a retro themed music video

goes kinda hard

[rancid juniper]

low poly roblox car

[dusk knot]

Ew

[lone mango]

genesis cooked here though

[dusk knot]

Looks alright

[bitter ridge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WouxIa5EWS8&t=19s

1250hp for 200k I can see a lot of early 20s people crashing this

[lone mango]

a vgt that actually made it was the mclaren which turned into the solus

[rancid juniper]

you got people crashing out because others say its like a hypercar

[lone mango]

pretty cool

this thing was first introduced in gts

[rancid juniper]

now with GT8 in the works i wonder what the next VGT cars about to be

better not be 100% EV

[leaden pewter]

the only thing id question is the suspension system since itll be a lil low to the ground

[lone mango]

heres your ev slop airplane nyooom

[dusk knot]

Mmm....yes

[rancid juniper]

If marathon was a racing game:

[dusk knot]

Never buying marathon

Thanks for reminding me again

[lone mango]

Good let them suffer

[dusk knot]

Ok. I like this one

[lone mango]

This one looks weird in this picture for whatever reason, but this one is pretty nice

I think the lighting here is making the street one look strange

[dusk knot]

Pass

[lone mango]

Yeah it's that metallic finish

The color I have though looks pretty good

Those who know

[bitter ridge]

A bmw z4

Wonder what Toyota will price the gr gt since if it is close to 200k then a 1250hp corvette would be more preferable

[elfin mural]

m5 mba is out with 512 gigs base storage

not bad considering

[unreal trail]

Nintendo had an indie direct and literally nobody cared

[bitter ridge]

Sad

The colours of that game were incredibly satisfying to the eye

[dusk knot]

True

If they could remove the extraction elements from it.
. I would probably maybe get back into it

[bitter ridge]

My car is a boring silver like colour and I think of making it a bright purple everyday

[misty sparrow]

so basically you want Destiny 2 multiplayer pvp

[worn night]

https://tenor.com/view/phatearl-gif-396911647801772553

[dusk knot]

just watched Jurassic Park rebirth last night and I don't understand how the world will lose its fascination for dinosaurs. How on Earth would a dinosaur museum or whatever get 12 or less tickets per day ?
Zoos and museums that display regular animals get way more visitors. Imagine what dinosaurs would do.
Also, would the main character played by Scarlett Johansson really turn down tens of millions of dollars, or even close to a billion, in such a short amount of time? She was really into the idea in the beginning....strange

The movie felt like a classic Jurassic Park movie tho.
The D-rex was disgusting
Nuke it.

[misty sparrow]

I see these complaints from literally everyone who watches the film

[dusk knot]

Also the snicker wrapper leading to the destruction of a whole scientific facility was a big LOL

[misty sparrow]

yeah that was funny shit

I didn’t see it but a whole lab getting destroyed because of a snickers wrapper

[dusk knot]

The movie was.....a good watch.

But flawed

Dinosaurs would still be BIG!

Animals usually don't get old

[nocturne flicker]

I have no idea about the plot of the film but I don't think anybody would want to go see dinosaurs after the last time they all got out and killed a ton of people

[dusk knot]

I didn't think of that.

But it should have been explained

[nocturne flicker]

Like sure, I want to go to the zoo that had the entire tiger exhibit get let loose and horrifically mauled an entire school field trip

[dusk knot]

It would have lessened complaints

[nocturne flicker]

It is a modern Jurassic Park film none of it is explained or written in a logical manner

[dusk knot]

Seriously, Ik in real life, we could contain these animals

[dusk knot]

Smh

[nocturne flicker]

Like if you've paid attention the last one to actually make some degree of sense was...the first one

[dusk knot]

Yesss

The hurricane causing the security issues could happen

And they explained how the dinosaur DNA was found very well

[velvet summit]

Next Sunday is daylight savings

[tropic relic]

because the writers are dumb

||accidentally unleashes a biological weapon of mass destruction, sends out a team of 10-15~ people with basically taser rifles, withholds all information for some reason, whole time dies, still doesnt evacuate people, sends out a chopper, ceo insists on flying it, gunner misses a dinosaur running in the straight line with visible line of sight for over 5 seconds straight, dies to aviary birds because they thought it would be a good idea to build the dome with just all glass, tries evacuating people now, everybody die, lets not forget the birth of the dinosaur was completely unwarranted, jurassic world was PACKED and had to of been the most popular resort in the world but let's still say people were losing interest in dinosaurs for some reason, which i just dont believe, instead of making under secured, classified, genetic hybrid biological mass destruction weapons, just make more species of dinosaurs, so called CEO says he was "trusted" with the vision of the og creator of jurassic park even though he would have wanted to not repeat jurassic park, literally this is why, hundreds or thousands died in just an hour.||

atleast the movie looked cool

i enjoyed the end of the movie and the ||indominus rex||

[lone mango]

https://fixupx.com/i/status/2028870517181288507

Grummz (@Grummz)

Xbox files patent for AI "helpers" to take control over your character to play challenging segments for you.
︀︀
︀︀She really didn't waste any time, did she?

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FixupX · Mar 3, 2026, 4:30 PM

[tropic relic]

are we deadass

what typa WALL-E future

let's not forget this exists

[opaque sedge]

https://youtu.be/U5IUKHX0cSA?si=YBGk0zGU-HqQ9C0U

https://tenor.com/view/contemplating-thinking-gif-17339853886032698653

Will they cook

[tranquil pebble]

disabling achievements for people who are bad at gaming is just evil

[lone mango]

If this was me the kid would go into school the next day with a purple face

[velvet summit]

Wtf

Amazon has a temu ass shopping experience now

Amazon haul

💀 💀 💀

[bitter ridge]

Was thinking that car in RE9 was looking a bit too familiar

[tranquil pebble]

Terrible company doing terrible things. Shocking.

[worn night]

https://rotatingsandwiches.com/

[jagged sorrel]

https://tenor.com/view/goku-prowler-goku-goku-mad-goku-dbs-dbs-gif-11120329515669448575

[velvet summit]

https://tenor.com/view/magic-fries-you-have-been-visited-by-you-have-been-spinning-fries-magic-spinning-fries-gif-10147320699485183998

[lone mango]

bro pressed enter to separate poop

poop

[nocturne flicker]

I usually press and hold space for mine

[misty sparrow]

https://youtu.be/yaIntaTb-PM?si=q1s22OGspisthjIk

It’s real

[jade comet]

update cha

the pc works

amazing

[heady plinth]

Is this old? Why are they < $80 each?

[lone mango]

Lil dude destroyed a car in today's market

[nocturne flicker]

Just prep work for when he can drive frfr

[tranquil pebble]

Programmers use runtimes but never walktimes

[nocturne flicker]

But why walk time when you could run time

https://tenor.com/view/doctor-who-time-vortex-pokemon-gif-5359418

[dusk knot]

What are we eating today, boys?

[tranquil pebble]

food

[velvet summit]

walktimes are too slow and would make things feel unoptimized frfr

[tranquil pebble]

We should call old school Java web applets a walktime lol

[amber aspen]

Hey can I get some help in PSU and cooling tab?

[tranquil pebble]

but fr, pepperoni pizza

[opaque sedge]

Think that news is from bfr ssd prices were heavily impacted

Due to

bam bam bam

AI

Degressive ass technology icl, people scream abt progress and whatnot but I really wonder if AI may have actually ended up stunting human progress cuz an entire generation may not have proper access to personal computers

[tranquil pebble]

possibly

[pliant berry]

imo access to personal computers is lower on the list of issues

[nocturne flicker]

Terrible education with a vanishing pool of professional educators, unobtainium health care with excessive expenses, practically being enslaved to your landlord if you are lucky enough to scavenge enough funds to rent an apartment, yeah we've got bigger problems

[velvet summit]

https://youtube.com/shorts/6hr-goI85Co

[nocturne flicker]

JP sent that twice, JP spammer, ban

[misty sparrow]

lol

[pliant berry]

couldn't of seen that one coming

[dusk knot]

I did not

[dusk knot]

F

😔

I liked a few of the character designs

[nocturne flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/can-you-please-explain-kbrown-mark-angel-tv-what-do-you-mean-what-are-you-trying-to-say-gif-7818327139435432435

[dusk knot]

I switched from home Internet to mobile data. It must have sent twice

[nocturne flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/skeptical-futurama-fry-hmmm-i-got-my-eyes-on-you-gif-17101711

[dusk knot]

A real shame. Looked more interesting than marathon

Gameplay mostly

[tranquil pebble]

if companies didn't continuously punp out slop, this would have been avoided

[dusk knot]

Hm

[tranquil pebble]

People are clearly fed up

[dusk knot]

Shame. I was never a hater, but I never had a " I must try it out" moment

[tranquil pebble]

Also another reason to abandon GaaS. More single player games please

[nocturne flicker]

Another reason to abandon gas: stinky

[misty sparrow]

horsefly life expectancy outlasts highguard btw

[dusk knot]

@rancid juniper Rip Mara. Never got to play her. They're shutting down highgaurd. 😔

[misty sparrow]

it actually outlasts concord and highguard combined

[opaque sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/the-burnt-peanut-burnt-peanut-big-macs-eating-happy-gif-13944406725395660893

[royal crow]

Literally nobody xould have predicted that the most generic shooter ever would flop this bad

[nocturne flicker]

It is shutting down on the 12th so actually it'll be roughly within that average

[pliant berry]

As much as I miss the old overwatch or league days and such, I don't think im really looking for a replacement for that kind of multiplayer game. Afterall, it wasn't the game that was my problem moreso it was the people those games ended up attracting

[rancid juniper]

thats crazy because i just watched this video

[dusk knot]

Concord deserved it. The reason why highgaurd failed is because they had no public alpha or beta to test if the gameplay would be good?

[tranquil pebble]

this right here is one of the things I hate about modern youtube. Thank god for sponsorblock.

[rancid juniper]

User has a good point, any new studio starting out should not make a live service game their first project

[dusk knot]

You and me both. I really didn't like the community for overwatch. Had to move to MR

[rancid juniper]

Adblocking made youtube bearable

[nocturne flicker]

People put out last minute announcement of the game, lazily advertises it, does no beta testing, made game with a bunch of randos from completely unrelated games, acts surprised when it doesn't build a dedicated fanbase

[rancid juniper]

lol

[dusk knot]

Hmmm

THINK HIGHGAURD THINK!

[nocturne flicker]

Putting CoD Ghosts devs on the team was always going to result in failure frfr

[tropic relic]

https://www.buildcores.com/builds/C7M4IRyuf?share=true

opinion?

[dusk knot]

The audacity

Now marathon might be next

Might....

It's 50/50

[tranquil pebble]

Leeroy Jenkins game release strategy

[misty sparrow]

Geoff was hyping it to be the next big thing too apparently

[dusk knot]

Truly shocking

I'm still thinking about it

[dusk knot]

Insane

[rancid juniper]

and then concord 3 is gonna be made

[dusk knot]

This wasn't a Concord 2, just a failure

[dusk knot]

The world would burn

[nocturne flicker]

I just want to set the world on fire~

Wait

[rancid juniper]

nah it must stay to keep the world from imploding (real)

[dusk knot]

Only in some sick reality would that happen. I'm afraid that our world wouldn't survive

[rancid juniper]

heh

[nocturne flicker]

It'll die one day, why not make it end while having fun

[misty sparrow]

It kind of was

Crashed and burned pretty fast but not concord fast

[tranquil pebble]

and then it must be contained as an anomaly

[nocturne flicker]

Meh, it was just Tencent's money, nothing of value was lost

[rancid juniper]

SCP new subplot

[acoustic palm]

First off that site sucks. And also that’s WAYYYYY too high for a budget 9070xt build

[misty sparrow]

concord was Sonys money too

[tropic relic]

honestly im really tired today of being shit on for the things i like, im just asking if the build price is fine

i could upgrade to a 5070ti if thats what you mean

[nocturne flicker]

Exactly

In both scenarios nothing of value was lost

[rancid juniper]

guys place your bets on how long marathon will last

[misty sparrow]

Fine but pricey for a 9070XT, it’s almost as much as this prebuilt with a 5080 for $2.2K

https://www.costco.com/p/-/msi-aegis-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-9-9900x-geforce-rtx-5080-windows-11-home-32gb-ram-2tb-ssd/4000355760

[tropic relic]

2 weeks

[rancid juniper]

sounds plausible

anyone else?

[nocturne flicker]

2 more hours frfrfrfrfr

[pliant berry]

6 weeks

[rancid juniper]

ok ok

[misty sparrow]

some time

[nocturne flicker]

Seriously though maybe 2 months

[rancid juniper]

R E A L

[tropic relic]

mm

[rancid juniper]

highguard lasted like 1 1/2 months and thats a free game, tho thats likely considering its better game aesthetic

[acoustic palm]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kY3hMF here

[pliant berry]

we buying pcs from costco now?

[acoustic palm]

Hundreds cheaper with accurate prices

[misty sparrow]

sometimes they have prebuilts at a damn good price

[acoustic palm]

That has a 9900x tho

[misty sparrow]

at one guys store he had a 5060ti build with 32gb ram for $600 discounted

[acoustic palm]

Vs a 9800x3d

[misty sparrow]

and this was a few days ago

[misty sparrow]

5080 though

[acoustic palm]

9900x vs 9800x3d and 5080 vs 9070xt is probably close if not the CPUs matter more

[rancid juniper]

i realized that marathon is a paid game

and the server slam only brung up 140k people

[nocturne flicker]

Server slam also had over 50% drop off before it ended

[lone mango]

When does it end

[pliant berry]

wait is marathon already out?

[misty sparrow]

March 5

[pliant berry]

ah

[nocturne flicker]

Today

[misty sparrow]

Thought it was yesterday

[tropic relic]

why is this 2.2k?

[dusk knot]

Heck no

[misty sparrow]

because it’s discounted

on sale

[dusk knot]

Stop right there

[tropic relic]

40$? man

[rancid juniper]

$60 for deluxe

[nocturne flicker]

Well it was 1am est today

[lone mango]

Ah ok

Damn thats brutal

[rancid juniper]

just showing price, im not interested

[tropic relic]

right but my build has a microcenter bundle and its still barely less than that prebuilt, there is something that is worth less in that build

im wondering if its the case

or brand of ram or something

or ssd

[nocturne flicker]

Wait it was 10am PST not 10pm

So it ended yesterday at 1pm

My reading comprehension is going down like the quality of US education has over the past 20 years

[dusk knot]

Ik lol

[tranquil pebble]

I forgot we even had one of those

[heady plinth]

Prebuilts on sale are commonly cheaper than diy. If you want to pick your own fans and case and customize stuff then diy will be better. I think microcenter has a 9800x3d 9070xt store brand prebuilt for like 1800.

[acoustic palm]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/702408/powerspec-g760-gaming-pc they indeed do

[nocturne flicker]

Only McDonalds can do this type of burger. Bland, devoid of staying power and has the vague taste of beef amalgamation

[rancid juniper]

bro called that burger a product

[acoustic palm]

Only issue is the pc shown is different then the specs

[tropic relic]

if i get DRGB fans, can i sync them with an AIO cooler fans?

[heady plinth]

I'd always avoid trusting stock photos with prebuilts.

[nocturne flicker]

This is my favorite [McDonald's Product Name Here]

[tropic relic]

my experience with prebuilts is that they use lower quality parts and spend as least and then add a nice cpu and gpu and push it out, advertising the cpu, gpu, and 32gb ram specs etc

[nocturne flicker]

I shall consume [Product] for my lunch

[misty sparrow]

thought you haven’t gotten the parts yet

[tropic relic]

low space cases, hard to make changes to, ram or ssd that dies out after a while

[heady plinth]

Pretty much yeah. The power spec ones usually use decent stuff. Might have a crappy power spec PSU.

[tropic relic]

i havent

i have some parts for different build that ive bought but

[heady plinth]

Look at the big bite I took. I'll be finishing this later, off camera, trust.

[tropic relic]

will i be able to sync these probably?

[velvet summit]

finally, video game journalist mode

[heady plinth]

Should be able to. All argb software is garbage though.

[velvet summit]

i didnt even see that message before on mobile and i switched back to pc and saw it 💀

[acoustic palm]

Signal rgb is actually really nice

It’s what I use and it works crazy well

[tacit geode]

Samsung now giving re9 too with monitor??

[rancid juniper]

nice

[nocturne flicker]

Also I just watched the video of the Burger King CEO and he never even swallowed

[tropic relic]

well i seen a phantek xt pro ultra case forr 80$ and it comes with a rear and 3 front 140mm fans but they are drgb

[acoustic palm]

Their food is pretty ass

[rancid juniper]

fell flat when its not a video of him eating the entire burger

just one bigger bite thats it

[nocturne flicker]

All PR theater

[velvet summit]

https://tenor.com/view/arbys-gif-25385842

[misty sparrow]

that 2 for $5 / 3 for $7 deal they had was pretty good

[heady plinth]

Argb and drgb are the same thing. Frgb is fixed, you can't control them.

[misty sparrow]

I don’t know if they still have it

[acoustic palm]

Dawg when I went there is was like 16$ for a whopper meal

😭

[rancid juniper]

Explodi-burger

[misty sparrow]

Fast food is good for deals but that’s it

[north crescent]

Better than first party, but still pretty heavy with processing, ram, and vram usage for what it is. I usually prefer OpenRGB unless it doesn't work

[tropic relic]

honestly i really am okay with spending extra for a nice looking case, having the best airflow in the world isnt a huge deal for me, im not going to thermal throttle from it but every single person tells me to just get a 80$ case

[misty sparrow]

what kind of state do you live in where it’s $16

[nocturne flicker]

How much you wanna bet the PR team from BK reached out to McDonalds before the CEO did that video of bitting the whopper

[acoustic palm]

Road stop

[misty sparrow]

Should have gotten the deals, never pay standard price for anything at fast food

[acoustic palm]

I forgot what state

[tropic relic]

i wonder if its the same if i bought a charger over a toyota corolla

[acoustic palm]

It uses barely anything for me

[heady plinth]

As long as it's got at least reasonable ventilation then just get whichever you think looks the best.

[misty sparrow]

Was it built into a gas station or something

[acoustic palm]

It was just those generic road stops

[nocturne flicker]

Road stops are always more expensive

[tropic relic]

i feel like a villain for being willing to spend 400$ on a y70 touch

[velvet summit]

gotta road go

[acoustic palm]

Whatever 5 restaurants and a connivence store

[tropic relic]

its incredibly expensive but i think it looks nice and i like the screen on it

[misty sparrow]

I was able to get the 3 for $7 deal at a Burger King at a roadstop, weird

[acoustic palm]

Spending a lot on a case is probably the biggest waste of money possible

[tropic relic]

i havent seen other cases like it

[misty sparrow]

just get deals next time

[heady plinth]

It's your money.

[tropic relic]

i know

[acoustic palm]

Slap a screen on another case and save 250$+

[heady plinth]

You're spending $2000 on a toy already and no one is complaining about you doing that.

[tropic relic]

how would you even do that

[tropic relic]

right

[acoustic palm]

either 3d printing or tape

[nocturne flicker]

They'll abide by company deals of course, but they'll charge more for anything they aren't required to keep at specific prices

[icy ore]

https://x.com/geoffkeighley/status/2028930472601108530?s=46

Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley)

Highguard will go offline on March 12.

X · Mar 3, 2026, 8:28 PM

[tropic relic]

tape a screen on my case 😭

[rancid juniper]

Geoff Keighley rn:

[nocturne flicker]

Can I go offline on March 12

[tropic relic]

i wonder what people would say if they saw a fractal torrent with a phone taped on the side panel

[rancid juniper]

sus

[nocturne flicker]

I just want a break man

[rancid juniper]

😔

[nocturne flicker]

Working 5 days a week just to vegetate at home the last two days, pay bills pay rent pay credit cards buy gas buy food spendspendspendspend

[velvet summit]

the american dream

[tropic relic]

idk i feel like most people enjoy the classic box case and are more worried about the inside and the parts

[rancid juniper]

GET RICH FAST WITH THIS METHOD!!!?!!!!!!!!!

[unreal trail]

[acoustic palm]

Drop ship ong

[tropic relic]

but for me, i feel like im so tired of my montech case and the black box that sits under my desk

[rancid juniper]

goofy posts about those

[acoustic palm]

I regret my pcs looks

[tropic relic]

if im spending 2000$+ i really want to look at it and think it looks good

[velvet summit]

i don't regret my pc's looks

[nocturne flicker]

Drop ships and claim the boat insurance

[acoustic palm]

I mean it’ll sell well ig

[tropic relic]

see thats the other thing

[unreal trail]

Idc how my PC looks its been running great for three years now

[tropic relic]

everybody loves white

[acoustic palm]

I hate it

[nocturne flicker]

I don't

[velvet summit]

i don't

[tropic relic]

its a little too overused if you ask em

me

[acoustic palm]

I should’ve gone full black pc

It would look 10x better in my setup

[tropic relic]

yeah i prefer all black with rgb options

[acoustic palm]

But I’m selling everything soon

So it doesn’t rly matter

[north crescent]

Only if it fits the other peripherals and room

[velvet summit]

i want to bring back beige

[tropic relic]

like all black with the rgb turned off, but the option to turn it back on if you want light or color

[rancid juniper]

noctua spotted

[tropic relic]

do you recommend getting bottom fans?

[north crescent]

My RGB is turned off and it can't be turned on lol

[tropic relic]

i feel like bottom fans are excessive

[acoustic palm]

They help gpu temps a lot

My gpu never goes above like 65c

[tropic relic]

its actually funny that i say that but im running an aio rn

[heady plinth]

Y70 doesn't really fit the bottom fans well does it?

[north crescent]

I love sending 12v down 5v argb and killing mini ICs

[tropic relic]

on a i7

[tropic relic]

sleeper build

lol ive been tempted to get a shitty retro looking dell case or something

[rancid juniper]

Bro got pc (basic)

[tropic relic]

and then build a monster inside of it

[worthy meteor]

It's a part of the master plan to transition everything to 12vo

[acoustic palm]

There’s a newer pc case that looks retro

I forgot what it’s called

[heady plinth]

Flp02?

[tropic relic]

does it have retro in the name

[heady plinth]

It's like $250

[tropic relic]

silverstone?

yeah the flp02

[heady plinth]

Yeah

[acoustic palm]

If I do another pc

I’m getting a tiny tiny pc case

[tropic relic]

why is it kinda tuff though

[worthy meteor]

All roads lead to sff

[acoustic palm]

Sff with atx parts

🤤

[heady plinth]

I prefer quiet to small. Desk is plenty big enough for a regular tower.

[acoustic palm]

But

I want laptop

So I’m getting a laptop tablet combo

[tropic relic]

i feel like if the case was cheaper i would get it for a different build

[worthy meteor]

Add a bit of traveling and sff is very nice

[tropic relic]

add my 6750 and i7 and stuff into it

[acoustic palm]

Laptop for traveling ngl

[tropic relic]

oh why

[acoustic palm]

College

[heady plinth]

I need a new work laptop but nobody seems to make one I'd actually want.

[acoustic palm]

I’m gonna go for the MAX+ 395 lineup for the cpu

[tropic relic]

i bought a helios predator neo 16 5070ti for 1500

[acoustic palm]

9950x desktop + 4060 desktop on a tablet

[tropic relic]

before that i bought a zenbook and hated it

1000$ too

waste of money

[acoustic palm]

Can get up to 128gb ram lmao

[tropic relic]

lenovo legion is another good one but

im talking gaming almost specifically

but i also run other things on my predator laptop like physic simulators

[acoustic palm]

I’m gonna get either ASUS or this one other brand I found

[tropic relic]

and isaac sim and omniverse and stuff

[acoustic palm]

Depends if I want OLED or not

[heady plinth]

If the MacBook pro was windows with a lunar or panther lake and had a deeper keyboard that would be perfect.

[tropic relic]

oled on a laptop is nice

[heady plinth]

I actually want a nice ips but nobody uses them unless it on a gaming laptop. The XPS comes the closest.

[acoustic palm]

I need
Laptop/tablet combo w/ a pen
Touchscreen
High battery life
Good specs
I want
High ram
OLED

[tropic relic]

the way i look at it, when considering buying something like a computer or vehicle is that, that 100-300$ extra that you don't is really worth the money, is really not a lot of money in the span of 3-6+ years

which is how long you will be ideally using it and enjoying it

the worse thing that can happen is that you dont get that little bit of an upgrade and end up regretting it

because thats 1000-2000+ on something you dont enjoy as much

[tropic relic]

oh with a pen too

why not just buy an ipad and a laptop

you would get the best of both

[tropic relic]

you prefer ips over oled?

for budget reasons or what

[frigid stag]

better for text, color accuracy etc

[heady plinth]

For work yeah. It's all reading and static images on the screen and direct sunlight in the room.

[tropic relic]

ohh

[frigid stag]

non rgb stripe oled sucks for that

[tropic relic]

well when you say for work, what kind of work

[heady plinth]

My new gaming OLED for desktop should be getting delivered tomorrow.

Text editing, fiction mostly.

[opaque sedge]

Are there oleds available with that layout yet?

[tropic relic]

so you probably can get away with a pretty cheap laptop then no?

i mean even a thinkpad would be enough

[frigid stag]

im not sure but they announced them

[tropic relic]

thats one of the more popular work laptops

[opaque sedge]

Woled has some banding issues still even the tandem ones so the new qds would be nice ngl

I would be interested in a regular 16:9 ratio qd if it was one of the new ones

[heady plinth]

I don't want a junky plastic deck. I don't want a crappy wuxga with bad colors or 60hz. Thinkpads aren't really cheap but they are either crap screen or OLED.

[frigid stag]

https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/lg-display-announce-a-new-27-4k-oled-panel-with-rgb-stripe-layout looks nice

[heady plinth]

Closest I've found is the XPS or the LG gram

[opaque sedge]

How abt mini led?

[tropic relic]

do you care about audio or weight

[heady plinth]

I don't really care about the backlight for super bright or hdr but better than OLED for longevity I'd assume.

[opaque sedge]

4k hmm not sure abt 4k more interested in a display for my 4070super not sure if it can drive 4k

[frigid stag]

it has 1080p 480hz mode too but theyll prob do 1440p

[dusk knot]

they want my money

[frigid stag]

truly

[opaque sedge]

A dual mode monitor thats 4k/1440p would be elite but the pixel layout prolly wouldn’t work out for that

[frigid stag]

im surprised how theres barely an 5k ones. apple had that ages ago

[tropic relic]

wouldnt foxy be able to help you find a laptop you like

[frigid stag]

yea 5k/ 1440 would be it

[heady plinth]

I'd actually rather it was thick if they'd put a better keyboard and battery in the space. Like a good old t440s.

[tropic relic]

they helped me with mine

[opaque sedge]

5k is crazy

[frigid stag]

but people say the dual mode is weird

like that 1440/720p one is 2560x720 well in the 720 mode

[tropic relic]

tbh covante

[opaque sedge]

You know who else wants ur money?

[frigid stag]

or for 4k one 3840x1080p

[tropic relic]

framework is always an option too if you cant find something you like

framework can be custom built

[dusk knot]

[opaque sedge]

Everybody

Including urself

U cant trust anyone jp

[heady plinth]

I think framework are pretty gimmicky with the modules and ludicrously over priced.

[tropic relic]

they are over priced

but who else lets you custom make your laptop

and offers the same long term customizing

[opaque sedge]

Small company technically and modules require separate production so costs make sense

[heady plinth]

All the big brands have an a la carte builder but there are not a lot of options to pick from.

[tropic relic]

it really just comes down to your budget and what you are willing to spend on something you like

in the end, the laptop will be with you for years so

i think its important to like it

i was stuck with a zenbook, which i loved but it was absolutely horrible for gaming and i game a lot

i could barely run anything

[heady plinth]

I'm willing to spend a reasonable amount for a premium model. If I wasn't picky I'd get a 256v aspire off bnh for $500.

[tropic relic]

even rv there yet i had to optimize

[tropic relic]

yeah look for nice deals

i scored my predator laptop for 1500

so happy about it

[heady plinth]

Just josh from YouTube has a site with a deal tracker for laptops. Jarrods tech has one too but it's focused on gaming models.

[acoustic palm]

Andddd I turned the wrong way

[proud jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/frieren-tantrum-sad-frierentantrum-frieren-tantrum-gif-8461442788629095170

[proud jackal]

I want to go home

[pliant berry]

too bad

[proud jackal]

-# 🖕

LET ME GO HOME

[pliant berry]

just for that you are getting 4 hours overtime today

[opaque sedge]

what do u do for work? if u dont mind the question ofc

[dusk knot]

he minds it. youre banned

[tranquil pebble]

I read that as beaned at first

[tropic relic]

tbh

i fell asleep with my laptop on my lap

oops

i open my eyes and see

youre banned

im like WHAHA

[nocturne flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/nadie-te-va-extrañar-gif-12299658362513429621

[misty sparrow]

you are staying in the basement

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-speed-crash-out-crashout-lightning-gif-5743222025513960317

[dusk knot]

https://youtu.be/tQn8X6l3-ig?si=muNMh6Re0Y1wX14M

wow

real innovation

[opaque sedge]

didn't google try this

like a decade ago

[dusk knot]

idk

I'm all for it

we're not looking at the boring phones from Apple, Samsung, and Pixel. all they yap about is AI AI AI AI and AI

and security features

[velvet summit]

I thought it was sony

[dusk knot]

i see people mentioning that in the comments..eh

why not try again

[velvet summit]

Looks like a few companies have been making them on and off

And killing them off because I assume nobody is actually buying them

[opaque sedge]

ngl

framework should have made a phone too

to gain marketshare

cuz the phone market is alr used to overpriced stuff

[velvet summit]

There's not really much they can do different

[dusk knot]

hm

waiting for holographic displays

like from Lightfield labs....

that would phones interesting again for me

or some modular Camera feature with real Optics and sensors

[opaque sedge]

idk holographics

ergonomic and compact ar would be more preferable for me

[dusk knot]

hm

whatever

phones bore me

fr

[opaque sedge]

same

expensive for no reason

[craggy shoal]

lol I told my parents to get me an iPhone 16 Pro Max for the camera for work (I'm basically their photographer). I end up getting a Sony a6400 after they get me the phone I wanted lolll

[velvet summit]

get a dlsr cuh

[craggy shoal]

Nah I don't fw outdated tech

[opaque sedge]

would one need a gimbal or some kind of holder to record good quality videos with a phone like the 16 pro

[velvet summit]

https://tenor.com/view/lightning-bird-struck-talking-larry-okaycool-gif-26770751

[craggy shoal]

Not needed unless you need all the stability possible

[opaque sedge]

[velvet summit]

dlsr cameras are still the preferred camera for alot of photographers due to a long battery life, since it doesnt rely on a digital viewfinder

[nocturne flicker]

https://klipy.com/gifs/santa-claus-59

[velvet summit]

compared to a mirrorless

[opaque sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/the-burnt-peanut-burntpeanut-theburntpeanut-rage-tarkov-gif-12064530684685202490

[craggy shoal]

Good thing I carry a UPS with me and at all times and plug a dummy battery into the camera and UPS

https://tenor.com/view/big-brain-gif-27108854

[velvet summit]

have you improved

[opaque sedge]

i cramped my fingers and cracked my shoulder in a really bad way last weekend trying to be quick with aiming in arc raiders

[velvet summit]

i choked on my attempt and still got better than you wtf

[opaque sedge]

haven't logged in since

and i missed the wipe

i must be old inside icl

https://klipy.com/gifs/sad-167

[misty sparrow]

the mouse wasn’t at your fingertips

[velvet summit]

your fingertips were sore

[misty sparrow]

sore just like

[opaque sedge]

i aint playing on controller

[velvet summit]

slightly better ong

[velvet summit]

you aint built for games

[misty sparrow]

guys, I think Sore might be pissed

[nocturne flicker]

Sore old

[velvet summit]

bro is like

[nocturne flicker]

Proof

[velvet summit]

https://tenor.com/view/21-gif-20187208

aint no way you havent even changed a single ms since the last time

that is actually hilarious

[velvet summit]

w speed

oh nvm you got worse

what is your secret

[nocturne flicker]

Sore is regressing

Olditis

[opaque sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/bepalzo-monkey-computer-typing-stress-gif-16909901

[nocturne flicker]

(The funny thing is I'm not much better)

[opaque sedge]

aren't u slightly older than me tho

[nocturne flicker]

I'm 25

[frigid stag]

ew

why so high

better

[velvet summit]

You're like 3 or 4 years older than sore

[unreal trail]

https://tenor.com/view/levar-burton-reading-rainbow-google-that-shit-google-gif-15062945

[proud jackal]

Amazon driver tomorrow going to be pissed

[random osprey]

how heavy are those bags?

[proud jackal]

120lbs of cat litter total, 40 each

[random osprey]

[proud jackal]

[unreal trail]

theo has strange bathroom practices

[sinful blade]

You should get taste of the wild

[tacit geode]

rich

[velvet summit]

What is the point of buying 3 bags at once

[proud jackal]

They had a promo

$30 credit in 30days for spending $100 in pet supplies

[velvet summit]

Oh

[random osprey]

@rancid juniper

[rancid juniper]

we were talking about this earlier today

lasted nearly two months lol

[misty sparrow]

Horsefly can last longer than Highguard

[opaque sedge]

Single player game counts stayed stronger than highguards

[velvet summit]

It had such an unremarkable release

I don't even remember it

[velvet summit]

Btw have you played death stranding yet
Only like 10 days till release of ds2 on pc

16 days

Thought it was on the 13th but it was the 19th lmao

But still just a bit over 2 weeks

[misty sparrow]

I get a five hour free trial on ds2 might try it someday

[icy ore]

CP2077 coming to game pass

[velvet summit]

does pinterest think i'm a woman over 60

[pliant berry]

yes

[velvet summit]

i've become an obasan 👵

[random osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/dissaproval-dissapointed-dissaproval-grandma-grandma-no-gif-18487258

[velvet summit]

https://tenor.com/view/betty-white-cheers-salute-shots-drinking-gif-2213666948687721228

[opaque sedge]

Fuuug so much to play man, currently playing re2

And gotta get to re9 literally the rtx trailer was the entire reason i wanted a gpu upgrade

[velvet summit]

will you survive with your aim latency ong

[opaque sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/traewockhardt-sad-jjk-jujutsu-kaisen-gif-16591014784735052511

[opaque sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/the-burnt-peanut-burntpeanut-theburntpeanut-rage-tarkov-gif-12064530684685202490

[misty sparrow]

It’s not like he’s going to fire bullets as often as call of duty

survival horror, yknow

[velvet summit]

you also don't get as many bullets as call of duty

tbf the aim latency doesnt test for accuracy

but i'd assume with a score like 501ms the accuracy wasn't very high
or it took forever to aim 💀

[dusk knot]

Hey, grandma.

[velvet summit]

only for pinterest

[proud jackal]

[velvet summit]

$1.83/gigabyte

wait

no

$7.33/gigabyte

[sinful blade]

Not worth

[velvet summit]

did i even do the math right 💀

i didn't i think, i put in the values backwards

$0.136/gigabyte

[rancid juniper]

that is crazy

[velvet summit]

compared to the pre-shortage price of like ~0.09/gigabyte

[lone mango]

[velvet summit]

looking at the price history, it went as low as even 0.05 usd /gigabyte

wait wrong drive

ok yeah lowest price was still 0.052 usd/gigabyte

[tranquil pebble]

gigglebytes

[velvet summit]

hello is this the resident of evil

[dusk knot]

no. this is the resident of good

[bitter ridge]

Saw a post heavily glazing the new Apple laptops and immediately got reminded why I go out of my way to not buy a single Apple product

[tranquil pebble]

crApple

[lone mango]

I’ve seen prices around there yeah

[rancid juniper]

game seems fun, can go up to 4 people for missions! (Far Far West Demo)

[bitter ridge]

Been soo busy with other games I never even got the chance to play Highguard

[lone mango]

I just don’t care enough to play it

Also runs like shit so I won’t play it anyway

[heady plinth]

If you want to play it you better hurry.

[lone mango]

https://tenor.com/view/speed-covering-mouth-stream-scary-speed-scared-gif-3435748839023247479

[lone mango]

Downdetector paywall incoming

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/accenture_buys_ookla_downdetector_ziff_davis/

[dusk knot]

Nnnnnnooooooooooooo

[worn night]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-ohio-speed-w-speed-ohio-speed-gif-15207259727360879344

[sinful blade]

BAHAHAH look the girl

[bitter ridge]

RTINGS went paywall due to Ai bot scrapers

[royal crow]

Saw the caption and thought u got hacked

[sinful blade]

Nah, I’m too dumb for that

[sinful blade]

I know the basics of not clicking on a link or a random discord

Aka the basics of internet literacy

[worn night]

Why tf are people even doing this

[sinful blade]

Hawt gorls

Those discords often have “invite x people to unlock x channel” tiers

And use bots that track your account to see

[tropic relic]

woah what is this

[rancid juniper]

Far Far West Demo

[tropic relic]

whats it about

it looks like sea of things artwise

thieves*

[rancid juniper]

its an extraction shooter but somehow they made it fun, its mainly PVE

[tropic relic]

another extraction shooter 💔

mmm well if you think so, i will try it

[rancid juniper]

yea, its best to try it out to see if its worth your time 👍

[dusk knot]

Hm

[rancid juniper]

Apparently people are saying its a mix of Deep rock galactic and hell divers 2

im seeing it now

[worn wave]

Haven't played a lot but it's a bit more like Helldivers or deep rock galactic vs tarkov/arc raiders

[lone mango]

[tropic relic]

oh dope

ive heard good thind about deep rock galactic

[queen briar]

its deep and rocky

[tropic relic]

helldivers?

[rancid juniper]

helldivers 2, a popular multiplayer game

[tropic relic]

like gameplay wise or what

[rancid juniper]

gameplay wise yea

[tropic relic]

i know what it is

[dusk knot]

Rip highgaurd. 2026-2026

[lone mango]

I have hundreds of hours its great

And also funny

[queen briar]

he means the region locked most of the world

[lone mango]

Very funny dialogue

[tropic relic]

the multiplayer system is super unique though, it cant be compared with a lot of games really, thats why i ask

[lone mango]

The game also looks pretty good too

[queen briar]

they should rerelease high guard. we were all busy that weekend.

[dusk knot]

Won't be enough to save it

[queen briar]

no, trust me, itll work. everyoen loves a remake

[tropic relic]

how long do you think bungies new game will last

[dusk knot]

We will see

[tropic relic]

marathon

[dusk knot]

Eh

[queen briar]

8 mopnths

[tropic relic]

personally i think less

[dusk knot]

It's going to be background noise in a couple of months

[tropic relic]

but the first and only review i watched of it was a video with 400 views and the guy was super whiney and slandering the whole game

[dusk knot]

Not a bad game, just not everyone's type

[tropic relic]

saying things like they made it super bright neon colors for engagement and stuff

[queen briar]

never underestimate bungie fan boys ( including me )

[dusk knot]

The slam server event is over right?

[queen briar]

yea

60/40 split in favor of the game

[tropic relic]

dont worry a lot of us spent 200-300$+ on destiny

[queen briar]

if i had to guess by lookign at social media

[tropic relic]

if not more

[queen briar]

i got it free

actually, i paid for DLC's

so im down what... $60 total?

[dusk knot]

Huh

I've paid hundreds

[tropic relic]

thats what i mean

[queen briar]

yea but i only paid like, 4 seasons mainly

[dusk knot]

Tsk....all futility in the end

[tropic relic]

oh

[dusk knot]

[queen briar]

played it at launch, didnt come back until right before fosaken, played religously until shadowkepp. played a little of the ice planet and didnt even finish it

[tropic relic]

what if i say loaded

ha

thats technically their new name

they have most of the dlcs for super cheap

but before that dlcs out the gate are 40$+

dungeons are like 20$

so over time you start spending a lot of money for the game

to stay competitive and with metas and stuff

[tropic relic]

bro i know what dlc u mean uhh

yeah on europa

lowkey it was really buns compared to the others

super boring

[misty sparrow]

the removal of campaigns also sucks

should've been kept as an optional download

[tropic relic]

my cat is currently screaming because im making a bowl of cereal

[misty sparrow]

not vaulted

[tropic relic]

she is like a crack addict for cereal milk

ur not getting any man

acting like i havent fed you in years

[queen briar]

Vault killed all of my love for the game

i didnt grind for weapons, im an extremely lucky player and god adept or god rolls left and right

but when they made them irrelevant, it servered no purpose to me

[tropic relic]

share some of the luck

[queen briar]

my Dust Rock Blue out performed any felt winter user.

[tropic relic]

i thought game was way too grindy in that regard

[queen briar]

i never grinded for most. even raid items, i got within 5 playtrhoughs

i did quest for items but none were really grindy

thank dyno

people who cried about 250 pvp kills? you can get 10-15. 25-30 for iron banner

where are my d2 clips

[dusk knot]

250??

[dusk knot]

WHAT!!!!!?????????

[queen briar]

Microslop

[dusk knot]

SUBSCIPTION!!!????AI???

https://klipy.com/gifs/fat-gordo-1

[queen briar]

hey, its me

[dusk knot]

i dont want to give them a penny

everything is going to be a sub....omg

https://klipy.com/gifs/crying-on-my-knees-atletico-tucuman

if not W12, 13

[worn wave]

Normalize posting article links instead of screenshots

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3068331/windows-12-rumors-features-pricing-everything-we-know-so-far.html

[dusk knot]

There should be a rule against that tbh

we like to read in detail

[queen briar]

there ya go

[worn wave]

Possible subscription strategy and Windows 365

Code fragments contain references to a “subscription status.” The discussion is not about a pure subscription operating system, but rather a premium version in the Windows 365 environment for consumers. This could provide additional cloud computing power and exclusive AI features for a monthly fee.

The classic Home Windows is likely to remain a one-time licence. Advanced AI services would be added as an option. The integration of cost-intensive cloud AI is seen as a possible driver for new revenue models

[dusk knot]

diabolical

[dusk knot]

oh....

I can calm down now

[tropic relic]

https://buildcores.com/builds/AkcS_RmJz?share=true

https://buildcores.com/builds/jzeWhWhy1?share=true

I would like to add, the word budget is used loosely, when you are buying parts this expensive, it's hard to call it budget

but opinions on either?

the bottom one is overspending, which i know already, hence the other build

[worthy meteor]

idk, 9800x3d kind of makes it not budget anymore

I'd swap the SSD to P510, same price, better SSD, PSU to a century 2 and save $50, and GPU to a non-open-box listing

I'd still use pcpp in general, easier to work with, throw it into buildcores whenever you're ready just for appearances sake
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DNtjXf

[heady plinth]

Pretty much what I'd do too. Get a different ssd instead of the qlc p310, maybe a p510 maybe a patriot vp4300 lite at current prices. Ssd market is super volatile though and what's the best deal can change pretty much daily. Cheaper 850W too, maybe the montech maybe the asrock steel legend maybe a be quiet 13m.
The second list doesn't load for me.

[tropic relic]

why a nonopen box

[heady plinth]

I actually like the v100r though.

[tropic relic]

okay

i actually enjoy buildcores but you make a good point

[tropic relic]

yeah so true

[tropic relic]

i will transfer the second list to pcpp for you

[heady plinth]

https://www.newegg.com/tools/combo-builder/6675

[tropic relic]

give me 1 second though, i am talking to my girlfriend

[worthy meteor]

up to you but I'd rather have the full return window especially with something this expensive

open box also tend to have reduced warranty period too

[tropic relic]

also i would just like to ask but is there something wrong with the notte v2?

[worthy meteor]

nothing wrong with frozen notte

[tropic relic]

it seems to be far less popular

okay

[worthy meteor]

main difference is looks tbh, the slight pump differences don't make much of a difference imo

[heady plinth]

They're all about the same. I'd just get whichever has the fans or block head you like best. It's not an i9 a couple degrees won't really matter.

[worthy meteor]

fyi vp4300 lite 2tb has a variant that uses qlc so I'd rather take the p510 in general, unless you can save much more on the bundle

[dusk knot]

Hm

[heady plinth]

They've been busy.

[worthy meteor]

indeed they have

[heady plinth]

Almost looks like the team ones for an mp44l or something now.

[tropic relic]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wy6YJw

covante, thats the "non-budget" one

[tropic relic]

its like another 100-150$ i think

[heady plinth]

So a more expensive case and a slightly overclocked model of gpu with a better cooler?

[tropic relic]

well hold on, im sure there are cheaper nonopen box ones

maybe just a design change

[tropic relic]

its mostly for looks

tbh

hold up

[dusk knot]

Weather info lol

[heady plinth]

If you're cool with spending the money on that stuff. The red devil is one of the nicer models, up there with the mercury, aorus, nitro or taichi and doesn't have the stupid pcie 5 connector like the nitro or taichi.

[tropic relic]

the more budget friendly v100 case is nice looking too though

the big difference is hundreds of dollars less than the y70 touch and probably more airflow if it matters

and its an open box challenger 9070 over the red devil model

and p310 ssd over p3+

[heady plinth]

They both kind of suck, they're definitely qlc. For a games drive that's alright if you're getting a discount. For a main/only drive I'd avoid qlc.

[tropic relic]

what do you recommend

[worthy meteor]

hey team tends to keep things in the same tier of performance smh

[tropic relic]

i see you recommended the p510

its cheaper too i noticed

[heady plinth]

P510 for 260ish, that's a lot for an hmb drive but it's not like there are better deals staying in stock.

[queen briar]

why is Amazons go to fix for any return issue to just refund and tell people to keep the item

[worthy meteor]

The nand on the p510 is very good, and I'm still of the belief hmb is not a real downside for SSDs

[tropic relic]

you got a refund and get to keep the item?

[queen briar]

Yup

[tropic relic]

i know next to nothing about ssds

[queen briar]

they wouldnt accept it back

[tropic relic]

my m.2 isnt even screwed down rn

[worthy meteor]

Amazon does it for most lower value items because they would rather eat that loss

[tropic relic]

win win right

[queen briar]

its a $35 hub controller

[worthy meteor]

because it also costs Amazon money to ship it back and restock it

[queen briar]

no. its bothersome. they should take it back and replace it.

[heady plinth]

Cheap stuff like that I understand but they apparently did it with some guy for a 5080.

[worthy meteor]

even though returns fraud has been eating into Amazon profits

[worthy meteor]

Usually those are because of third party sellers

Amazon can't really deal with it so they'd rather just let you have it

[queen briar]

this doesnt fix anything though... except gives me my money back

[worthy meteor]

Unfortunately, Amazon doesn't care about that, for all intents and purposes, they have resolved your issue lol

[queen briar]

i dont want them to give me a bandaid,m i want them to fix the issue. thatll make me happy.

dont they understand they lose money in the long run doing that...

[heady plinth]

You can use that money to order another one. I've used the $10 thermalright 8 port one and it worked fine. Guy who bought that pc didn't message me complaining about it having failed either.

[worthy meteor]

They do it because the math makes sense for them to do it, they know they lose money on returns fraud, but they also know they would otherwise lose a ton on shipping, reduced shopping volume, restocking, warehousing, etc costs

[queen briar]

they refunded me on the spot. and said order a new one. then said when its delivered, call back for a refund on that too.

it boggles my mind they throw money out.

just fix the issue... then no one loses money

[heady plinth]

Lol. 'Refurnd that one too' sounds like the call center person is about to quit.

[worthy meteor]

They lose a lot of money trying to actually fix the issue

It saves them costs and makes logistics easier if you don't ship it back to them

[queen briar]

i didnt even ask for it. i told him stop giving me money, i jsut want it replaced.

he said " its fine. keep it or throw it away. call abck after you recieve other and well do a refund on it too "

[worthy meteor]

like actual OEMs have to stock extra parts for replacements and fixes, Amazon doesn't care, they will sell through their stock and just refund you, saves them warehousing costs

[queen briar]

the actual issue is dumb. i ordered the hub, and i recieved it open, and theres no manual so knwo what cables came with it. and it has finger prints

i told him its negliable, but dont just refund it. i want it replaced, or just do partial refund

he said no, its full refund.

[worthy meteor]

it's applying a billion dollar company's policies made for the billion dollar scale to a small purchase

[dusk knot]

https://youtu.be/Rv9I_KuAs0E?si=Cv_dl_8gvh_aCkQH

The future is looking quite affordable

[dense locust]

looks at ram

[dusk knot]

Just not ram. The age of consumer owned ram is over

[pseudo raven]

a few months ago I felt a little guilty for rushing the purchase of my 9800x3d and the ram and all because

i play league of legends for the most part

nowadays I don't feel so bad

[proud jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/ouuuuuuu-gif-18261338447298488612

[pliant berry]

I would really like to get some ram for my system at some point

[acoustic palm]

I’d get the worst of both

The ryzen max+ lineup is so good that just having that is so much better

It’s a desktop 9950x + desktop 4060 iGPU

And you get a lot of other good specs with it

And only having 1 device makes things 10x easier

[craggy shoal]

100% I'd go with the iPad/Apple Pencil and laptop combo. Believe me when I say you'll save money just going with that instead of messing around with various 2-in-1 laptops and their garbage stylus

[velvet summit]

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=1VPotzhpAGE i like this song EXCEPT the instrumentals feels so like.... muted or something
especially like the cymbals, they just don't sound right at all?
the vocals are clear enough but the drums especially sound terrible/muddy

the next song is playing now, which is holidy by green day and the contrast of the drums on that is very apparent, it's much crisper

[craggy shoal]

Not an iGPU btw

[velvet summit]

misery business makes me feel like my ears are clogged on god

i need this

[acoustic palm]

Isn’t it an iGPU?

The 8060s?

Yeah it’s an iGPU

[craggy shoal]

Huh?

You said 4060

[acoustic palm]

It’s equal to a 4060

And equal to a 9950x

[acoustic palm]

1 I’m trying to escape the terrible Apple ecosystem
2 it’s not my money and even if it is I don’t have a use for it rly

[craggy shoal]

Honestly I'd rather hand write my notes than rely on a Windows laptop for notes. Unless you self host a service like Docmost or something and type out your notes instead

[acoustic palm]

And I’d rather use windows notes

[velvet summit]

huh. you can see zoom performance metrics with hwinfo apparently

[tranquil pebble]

looks at GPUs and SSDs

[velvet summit]

looks at economy

[pliant berry]

You don’t even have to rely on the ecosystem. Windows is just not great for note taking. I’d only do use laptops for note taking if you can get away with only typed notes in a program like obsidian or notion or something of the sort

ipados probably has some of the best note taking apps. Android has a few as well

[elfin mural]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3SIKAmPXY4

the a18 pro powered macbook is out

8 gigs of ram is rather.. underwhelming

[opaque sedge]

What tf is up with the big guy in the trench coat in re2

I hate that thing

[misty sparrow]

You’ll find out later in the game

And you get an achievement if you shoot his hat off

[opaque sedge]

Yeah i tried that

[glacial forum]

anyone know what the process should be when getting a new pc? i have had this pc for almost 5 years now but dont want to lose all of the files attached to it

[velvet summit]

https://tenor.com/view/yakuza-yakuza3-kiryu-wide-walking-gif-17737705

[velvet summit]

There's not a quick switch feature for PCs (maybe with an application but not built in

Is it a new build?

Or are you upgrading the old one

[glacial forum]

kind of like an upgrade. I want to get an entirely new pc

im not very good with pc technology so im just nervous

i also dont have windows activated if that matters

[velvet summit]

Easiest method (though less recommended) is to just move the drive to the new system

But ideally you have windows freshly installed on the new system

[glacial forum]

so my storage device that is on this pc, save it, and use it for my next pc?

[velvet summit]

Option 2 is to have an extra drive where you put all the files into (to backup) and plug it in the new system to move files on there

Yeah for that option

[glacial forum]

i think i liek the idea of using my currebt ssd and hdd and installing it on the new pc i want to build

both drives are in great condition

[velvet summit]

Option 3 if you have both PCs working, is to run a ftp server on the old PC so you could just grab the files over your network

[velvet summit]

In your case, if you are able to fit all your irreplaceable files on your drives, then that would be your best option I'd say
Make sure that they're not plugged into the new PC when installing windows though

Plug them in after installing

[glacial forum]

okay sounds good. i wont be getting this new pc for quite a while but i just need a general idea for when i start. i appreciate your help a lot

[velvet summit]

(Reason being windows has a several decade old bug of installing the bootloader on a random drive that has not been fixed to date)

[glacial forum]

i just cant find a windows key anywhere without it being so expensive. also idk which one to buy

people say look on ebay but its so sketchy

[velvet summit]

I'll DM you something

[proud jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/frieren-tantrum-sad-frierentantrum-frieren-tantrum-gif-8461442788629095170

[bitter ridge]

My controller very aggressively wants to save battery that it turns off during a long cutscene

[unreal trail]

I need game

[bitter ridge]

Sad

[dusk knot]

NNOOOOOOOO

https://tenor.com/view/cry-gif-13328108869509964634

[nocturne flicker]

They just realised their PS6 plans may flop without reinforcing exclusivity

[dusk knot]

I mean, I don’t really care about Ghost of Yōtei, but why can’t these people just explain themselves instead of professionally and nonchalantly making announcements without clarification?

I hate how the business world works

[dusk knot]

Smh

[nocturne flicker]

They didn't make any announcements, the claim is based on anonymous sources within Sony

[dusk knot]

I overstepped. But I hope those rumors are wrong

[worn wave]

Saying it again, posting screenshots instead of links 😡

[velvet summit]

https://youtu.be/WQMpPfVt3ts?t=2078 i wish i had the money to mod my cars audio system.... damn

[ashen swan]

I CAN FINALLY ORDER ON ALIEXPRESS

LETS GO

[royal crow]

All 3 since I don't really play multiplayer

When I do they're fine tho

[velvet summit]

i have 1/4 frfr

[lethal jasper]

So uh

My pc crashed or something

Magically destroyed my ears and half the screen went black with a bit of white noise

Vro

[dusk knot]

200 percent keyboard when

[lethal jasper]

what

i cant open it or uninstall it??

and chrome doesnt work

Help 😭

[pliant berry]

what the heck is itop

[lethal jasper]

you think i know? i restored my pc after it randomly crashed and suddenly i cant delete it

when did i ask for AI slop on my desktop

[pliant berry]

is this a win update or did you install some strange app

[lethal jasper]

win crashed

[velvet summit]

this does not look like it was from windows

[pliant berry]

yeah this looks like something you installed either intentionally or it could've been loaded by another piece of software. itop appears to be some kind of desktop companion app

[lethal jasper]

Its gone now

[lethal jasper]

is there any good app to download the hard to find drivers

[velvet summit]

not really

[worthy meteor]

don't use apps to download drivers tbh, all of them suck

[pliant berry]

well what driver is hard to find? typically all manufacturers have their own resources

[worthy meteor]

just manually update whenever you run into an issue

[lethal jasper]

i mean the minor audio or whatnot ones

[worthy meteor]

most of it will be available from mobo website