tech-deals-discussion

[velvet rock]

Not bad

I have a 1070 rn so bit of a upgrade

[forest prairie]

That's a rip off for just a month

[velvet rock]

Huh?

[tiny heron]

$465 a month is crazy

[torpid night]

He means he's had it for a month

bruh

[forest prairie]

So the rental period is up? Damn what a rip off

[torpid night]

😐

[velvet rock]

Bro what

[torpid night]

lmao

[velvet rock]

Get me what he’s smoking

[torpid night]

He's had it for a month. He still has it. He will continue to have it until he does not have it anymore, which can be until after next month, or even longer

mf made me explain it

[forest prairie]

Blud is gonna get the graphics card repo truck after him 💯🔥

https://tenor.com/view/towed-take-away-steal-snitch-car-gif-17705848

[velvet rock]

😭

[fleet marlin]

Motor, it was used for a month before they bought it.

[velvet rock]

Thank you.

[torpid night]

something like that

lol

[high radish]

Deals are dry again

[tiny heron]

Not as dry as my DMs though :PepeHands:

[high radish]

lol I don't even check DMs

becasue it's always empty

[tiny heron]

[velvet rock]

So are there headsets with acutal good mics?

[forest prairie]

get a fifine mic

[velvet rock]

My blue snowball has lasted me almost 8 years and sounds really good with a pop filter, but was thinking to just use a headset

But prob not

[forest prairie]

idk I haven't had any need for headset

if wireless headset, make sure it isn't like

bluetooth

because those have to function with only two audio channels, so if the mic is detected you're getting crunchy phone quality mono straight to your ears

[fleet marlin]

Drop pc37x or pc38x are pretty good if you specifically want a plain headset, but some standalone mics can easily be better

[quasi pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/yoinky-sploinky-gif-19765575

[torpid night]

Just get a standalone mic

[forest prairie]

fifine makes good ones

[trim pier]

I have a razer tournament edition 1 still being the best mic some people have heard through discord

The price is getting a nasty old headset dent with it being bright green

[torpid night]

Yeah no thanks

I like my Fiio DAC + various headphones setup

[fair moon]

I also have a Kraken Tournament Edition and have gotten compliments about the mic

[forest prairie]

I forget what my mic is called

[fair moon]

I'd guess a $30 fifine mic should sound better though

[forest prairie]

T669

I've only vc'd with a few people

but it's a pretty good mic

[fair moon]

Fifine has good stuff for the price

[trim pier]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085VNCZHL

Is this router any good?

[jolly inlet]

Most review sites have it at 3.5 or 4 out of 5, so it's ok for the right price. $100 is probably good even though it's a 4 year old model.

AX4200 class speeds and decent range for the size

[fair moon]

came here to post that SSD and bacca beat me to it lol.

There is shipping as well but for US at least it seems to be like $5-10

[pallid geyser]

https://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/t/17315650

Kind of an odd one, so just look through this, but possible to get the 7800x3d for $330 on wegg rn

[stoic crest]

and a headset

not bad not bad

if you don't like the headset, it's got some worth to it

[azure pond]

Nice deal

I'd post it @pallid geyser

[jolly inlet]

That's not bad at all. The best gaming CPU gets even cheaper.

[vague pine]

i was gonna wait until next month to try and snag a 7800x3d but guess now is the time

[stoic crest]

dew it

[vague pine]

bought. got keycaps instead of the headset since i dont need it nor can i easily sell it

also

the r7 7800x3d is so bad. how could amd make such a bad cpu that it can give cancer or reproductive harm to the user?

this is why intel is best

now just need to wait for deal on ram and mobo that i have my pcpp

[cinder kiln]

wtf does that mean

yeah if I eat my cpu too I'd get cancer

try any cpu in the last 20 years

[jolly inlet]

Lead is bad m'kay

[vague pine]

cali loves their cancer warnings. its on just about everything

[cinder kiln]

HUH???

[vague pine]

next 5 years imma gonna call it and say theyll be putting the warning on clothes

[cinder kiln]

real

wtf is this

[jolly inlet]

Oh yeah california requires anything that contains ANY ingredient that is "known to cause cancer" to have a warning on it. In order to avoid penalties, they just slap the label on literally everything.

[cinder kiln]

WHAT??????

sorry guys

PC gaming causes cancer

[vague pine]

mobile gaming > pc gaming

[jolly inlet]

Breathing causes cancer too

[cinder kiln]

LMAO

I'm sorry

what kind of joke is this

[jolly inlet]

Yeah so they just put it on everything, no penalty for over-reporting

[cinder kiln]

didn't CA a short while ago

impose power restrictions on pc parts

[jolly inlet]

That wasn't just CA and it specifically applies to monitor efficiency

Among other things

But that's the one that applies here

The old Gsync modules would draw 15W even when the monitor is off so it's not a bad thing they got forced to change them

[cinder kiln]

sure

but like

what constitutes the harm???

3dvcache is copper cache stacking

copper is found in all cpus

I-

what

literally every PC under this supposed enforcement is liable for a penalty

there's just no way

This is like, alcohol prohibition levels of stupid

[jolly inlet]

It's just a running joke at this point that everything causes cancer

No one takes it seriously

[cinder kiln]

excellent answer reddit:

[jolly inlet]

Yep

Also here's the guidelines https://energycodeace.com/site/custom/public/reference-ace-t20/index.html#!Documents/section16053statestandardsfornonfederallyregulatedappliances.htm#vcomputerscomputermonitorstelevisionssignagedisplaysandconsumera5.htm

[cinder kiln]

Found a reddit genius

[vague pine]

what have i done, ive caused felix to go down a small rabbit hole because of a joke

[cinder kiln]

COS IT'S DUMB

Reddit saving my brain from comprehensive overload

"But since the individual counts are low, the manufacturer is not required to provide any clarification but they do have to alert the consumer, and this leads to ridiculous situations like this. Or laptop bags, when made in the same location as power cords. Or desks, appliances, jackets, and the list goes on because the state keeps adding dangerous substances to the list."

quite literally a do not eat label on everything

lmfao

[jolly inlet]

(4) Computer monitors. Computer monitors manufactured on or after July 1, 2019, shall comply with all of the following:

(A) The computer monitor on-mode power draw shall be less than or equal to the following equation with each of the applicable allowances applied at most once:

Eon < (Eon_max + EEP + EGame + EOLED+ ECurve)

Where:

Eon is the computer monitor on-mode power draw in watts as determined under section 1604(v)(3) of this Article,

Eon_max is the maximum on-mode power draw in watts as determined by Table V-4,

Egp is the enhanced performance display allowance in watts as determined in Table V-5,

EGame is the gaming monitor allowance in watts as determined in Table V-5,

EFRRG is the fast refresh rate gaming monitor allowance in watts as determined in Table V-5,

EOLED is the OLED monitor allowance in watts as determined in Table V-5, and

ECurve is the curved monitor allowance in watts as determined in Table V-5.

(B) Consume less than or equal to 1.2 watts in computer monitor sleep mode and computer monitor off mode power combined.

(C) Be shipped with a screen luminance less than or equal to 270 cd/m2 percent. A manufacturer may ship with additional features enabled, even if they were turned off in testing.

(D) Computer monitors with touch screen capability are allowed an additional 1 watt allowance per mode in modes where touch functionality is enabled

TL:DR the standards are really easy to hit if you're not stupid

Just ship the monitor with power saving mode on by default

[cinder kiln]

can there just be a website that has this sidebar with a list of every law regulation

[jolly inlet]

Yes but only if it's not a government regulated site because that would be too convenient

[cinder kiln]

real

[thin bolt]

$40 off this case after rebate

https://www.newegg.com/white-phanteks-eclipse-g360a-micro-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811854117

[grand orbit]

It means if you buy it you get less rizz

[trim pier]

Linus MIGHT have cancer

After buying 10 7800x3ds

He just MIGHT

[torpid night]

Yeah that’s how you get cancer

[daring depot]

Ssshhh let him...enjoy those gpus cpus

[pallid geyser]

cpus

[daring depot]

ignore the fact that I know nothing about actual pc hardware

[fair moon]

@trim pier not 100% sure but often bundles like that don't allow for returning one of the items and not the other

Still a pretty good deal I think

[normal spear]

probs could just sell them

gl w/ that tho

[high radish]

Also you can bundle it with so many things

[fair moon]

Might work on Craigslist or FB marketplace

[thin bolt]

Or Mercari

[fair moon]

Yeah

Ebay probably not worth it, seller fees + people will more likely be price checking

[fair moon]

rtx 3060 & 5600g prebuilt for $650
https://www.newegg.com/lenovo-90rb002qus-legion-t5-26amr5/p/N82E16883370562?Item=N82E16883370562

Can build your own rx 6650xt / r5 3600 for like $560 + windows, but the prebuilt seems to have a decent case with fans and a tower cooler

[thin bolt]

@azure pond it’s up to $46 now

[azure pond]

rip

[grand orbit]

Yeah that's correct

[torpid night]

@azure pond I agree with that deal but I wasn't aware of it
I'd spend $5 more for g244f, 1080p 170hz ips $105
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Zcqrxr/msi-g244f-238-1920-x-1080-170-hz-monitor-g244f

[azure pond]

Ye I figured. It's been going in and out of stock for the last week or so

[trim pier]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CK7BC6RS

Any good keyboard?

[fair moon]

For that price seems decent

[torpid night]

Man y'all really don't like the VA panel 💀

[high radish]

Va panel is actually good in some cases

but cheap VA panels are mostly trash

[torpid night]

I’m saying lol

It can get close to IPS in my experience

[azure pond]

It's not a terrible deal, there's just typically IPS panels within $10 or so. I'd say it's just average

[fair moon]

modern VA is pretty good. Older stuff aint great

[keen marsh]

Especially the fancy VA panels.

QLED and Mini LED.

[cinder kiln]

real

[grand orbit]

That's such a weird display but 240hz at that price is a deal even if it's 27" 1080p womp

[cinder kiln]

omg it's one of the higher end models too

but 27"

I'm glad it's only one copy

idk how I'd feel inside recommending it more than once

[grand orbit]

Yeah it's like omg yes but then you're like omg Ew

Maybe if you sit far away

[cinder kiln]

that's really the best answer

deep ass desk

Desk deeper than it's wide

what the hell is an M27F A

[azure pond]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145627873104?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=A15TBMYZT7-&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=r8em-zv_qyc&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[cinder kiln]

OH NO

IT'S FHD

[azure pond]

Even better, tho 1 in stock

[cinder kiln]

AHHH

WHY IS IT 500

[grand orbit]

Kvm tho, worth

[cinder kiln]

KVM my beloved

[cinder kiln]

nyo

bad ppi but over half the price of a good one

[azure pond]

Oh $29 shipping

[cinder kiln]

pfff

oh it's bidding too wtf

nvm

I undo

I undid

[grand orbit]

Was thinking more of a small tv type situation

Ppl who plat controller mainly

Sit far back etc

[azure pond]

I mean honestly

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0B1B3VZLD/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_3?smid=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&psc=1

Is it even that good of a deal when this is $5 less?

If it was 24" I'd say it's still solid, since competitive

But with the downside of 27" 1080p I think this is a far better option

[grand orbit]

Never heard of that brand, i mean like i could see the 27" 240hz being beneficial to like a COD player who plays pc but with controller (more than you'd think)

[azure pond]

It's actually pretty solid

They've a $120 1080p 165hz one that's very very well reviewed by tech people

I haven't seen reviews on this one though

[cinder kiln]

BANGER DEAL

[azure pond]

If I shorten the link it doesn't work though lol

[cinder kiln]

that puts it at parity with 12600k

[azure pond]

Ye, and can do with a cheaper cooler on it

[cinder kiln]

175-ish $ 7600 after mp33 taken out

yes

but more importantly

*AM5

[azure pond]

Also cheaper mobos with wifi

[cinder kiln]

so now it makes sense

[torpid night]

just delete everything after the question mark

[azure pond]

Actually, cheaper non wifi mobos too, if we ignore ddr4

I know

It doesnt show the right deal

If its shortened

[torpid night]

oh gotcha

[cinder kiln]

put the whole link

just say it won't do the deal without the cookies

[torpid night]

https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-5-7600x-ryzen-5-7000-series/p/N82E16819113770?Item=N82E16819113770&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=afc-ran-com

[cinder kiln]

that worked

[azure pond]

Posted that one

[torpid night]

Don't know why that works but it works lol

[azure pond]

Ty

[torpid night]

Okay now let me upvote it

lol

[azure pond]

If that 12700k deal is still live that's still better value tho

[cinder kiln]

ye

at that point you're weighing up 2 more P cores vs a longer term platform

but more than that, bigger cooler maybe

or on the other hand, noise

7600/x definitely quieter

[high radish]

I mean 12600k is still cheaper but am5 have more upgrade room so

[cinder kiln]

ye

it's compelling and competitive finally

[high radish]

I copped some 12700k 2days ago which is much better value

Cheaper than 7600x and better

[cinder kiln]

ye but this one is like, 173 after the deal is subtracted

it's definitely within a couple dollars of 12600kf

that's definitely worth imo, much easier chip to work with and am5

but ye, 12700K a bit different

would probably swing the other way

[high radish]

Bundled it with some z790 mobos so I got win win deal

[cinder kiln]

I haven't really liked the 7600 since it went north of 200

[cinder kiln]

pg riptide is still solid for 130

b760m but gives you bclk oc so it's essentially a z board

[high radish]

Z790 Tuf pro was like 210$ in bundle so I got good discount in the end lol

[cinder kiln]

ehhh

I kinda don't see the point in a board north of 150 now for the layman

210 isn't bad, but I know you can get something nice enough for a bit less

same reason why I argue with anyone who insists on ATX

not saying you, but a lot of people will ask for it when the benefits they are telling me they'll get don't apply to them

less a need more a want and a fear of the unknown

there are a lot of good mATX boards now

[velvet rock]

@azure pond are you kidding

That 7600x deal couldn’t of been out last week

[azure pond]

yeah rip

[high radish]

I will use it for newer CPUs like 13700k or something. For 12700k build I will use cheap z690 that you mentioned

[cinder kiln]

pg riptide is b760m

it has overclocking support though

so it's a psuedo z790

[high radish]

Oh I saw cheap asrock z690s recently too

[cinder kiln]

yeah velocita

maybe pg lightning

pro rs

all those will be fairly cheap

kinda meh tho

[high radish]

Yeah all of them cheap as hell and works alright so

[cinder kiln]

fair

[high radish]

There was asus b760-plus for 100$ last week as well

D5

[cinder kiln]

prime?

[high radish]

Yeah

[cinder kiln]

ehhh probably ok

[high radish]

Not great one but alright for 12600k

[cinder kiln]

ye

probably nothing more

💀

[high radish]

For 100$ it's alright as ddr5 board

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C42D32FN?tag=dedaf&aod=1 btw there's amazon warehouse RX7600 for 206$

[cinder kiln]

jesus

[azure pond]

shows 280 for me

[cinder kiln]

they've got 3 there

206.02

239.93

258.18

[high radish]

Idk how many they have so

[cinder kiln]

3 prices all different conditions

the first two are good

[high radish]

Probably they're all in same condition

Just package condition difference

[cinder kiln]

probs

on another note

https://www.amazon.com/Predator-BiFrost-Overclocking-Graphics-DisplayPort/dp/B0CD2M4F6L/

so evil looking

[high radish]

Lol that design is weird

[cinder kiln]

like a mad dog on a leash

lolol

that one unhinged runt of the litter

💀

[high radish]

[velvet rock]

We’re close 🤤

[tiny heron]

5700xt out of stock

[azure pond]

Rip

[plucky mauve]

are those thermalright liquid coolers good ?

[jolly inlet]

They're average Asetek coolers, but there have been some reports of early pump failure.

[thin bolt]

Now just give it to me

I’ll build it

(It’ll only take me 4-6 years to build it, then you can have it)

[velvet rock]

I've only heard good things, and for the price cannot beat it

[velvet rock]

Woah woah woah

[velvet rock]

They have a warranty

[azure pond]

Tbf that isn't an excuse

If your companies product is faulty you fix it, not ignore it and cover it up with your warranty

[velvet rock]

The reviews are great

and also you reccomened I get this cooler lmao

[azure pond]

Yeah I don't believe there's issues with it

That was just a general statement

I haven't seen more people complaining of it than I have any other aio, and it's an asetek pump. Unless asetek is having a Manu defect, that doesn't really make sense to be having abnormal rates of pump failure

[plucky mauve]

I'm gonna try one so, there is a 360 white for 55

[velvet rock]

I haven’t used mine yet but looks good

[thin bolt]

A song by watsky

[cinder kiln]

What??

If that's an average asetek pump then it's one of the best asetek pumps on the market period

They must all be pretty good cos the thermalright current gen hang with the best

Lol

[cinder kiln]

Though that cpu and ram choice are killing me

[velvet rock]

I get to build my PC today after work today, so excited

Hopefully the colors match up 😬😬😬

[pallid geyser]

Oh nice

[azure pond]

@cinder kiln

This is amazing for budget builds

[cinder kiln]

No u r

Wth that's amazing for budget builds

[azure pond]

Oof it's alr oos

[hoary nebula]

OOS = Out of Season? Obliterate on Sight? Oboists on Strike? Obstinate Over Sauerkraut?

[azure pond]

Sorry for lowkey flooding tech deals, I have one more message to send once my timer is up

[cinder kiln]

Keep sending

[azure pond]

Newegg is just hitting with these open box/refurbished deals

[cinder kiln]

They're pretty good

[azure pond]

Wait till you see this last message felix

:)

5min

[cinder kiln]

That 4070 deal is almost worth it

[azure pond]

7800xt same price tho

[cinder kiln]

If not for the 7800xt yeah

[azure pond]

Actually felix here you send it

[cinder kiln]

Sure

[azure pond]

If you're willing

[cinder kiln]

Yea I will

[azure pond]

Just dmed it to you

Ty felix

[cinder kiln]

Np

JESUS THE LAST ONE THO

Oh god it's an xc3

Haha nvm that can be a tricky one

[azure pond]

Still, considering they tend to be $700+ used

Nb

[cinder kiln]

Yeah it's not bad

Just needs TLC

[azure pond]

Needs new pads right?

[cinder kiln]

It's less the pads, more the cooler itself is kind of... insufficient

[azure pond]

Ahh

[cinder kiln]

It's sort of like EVGA's ventus

Loud and small

But I believe if you do stuff to manage the backplate temps it's very much usable

Or if lucky, you get a single sided 3090

So not dual sided vram

I never got to see one of those, nor am I overly familiar

Apparently after 3090 Ti's started shipping, 3090 revisions came out with one side of vram

Since they'd moved on to single sided and 2gb chips right before that afaik

[azure pond]

That's weird

[trim pier]

Tech review time

[trim pier]

I haven’t set it up yet but I like it, only issue is I’m so used to the full size I miss pressing the key pad for my pin 😭

[velvet rock]

I have this

https://a.co/d/b2f1y9o

With my model o

Super nice

[trim pier]

that keyboard looks very neat

though this for just barely 20$ is a steal ngl

I just gotta get used to it being so much higher up than my dell office keyboard

I remember having to take off the shift key and shaving it down because how thick it was 😭

also this is a very CLICKY keyboard

[high radish]

respect people who have balls for still buying open box stuff from newegg

[azure pond]

They have manufacturers warranty.

If its faulty, just rma it.

And then you have a brand new card

[trim pier]

my card was probably listed for open box tbh

after artifacting when it didn't even have a life span of 5 minutes

[brisk sphinx]

Until it blows up on you

[velvet rock]

working fine so far

[brisk sphinx]

RK boards are known to spontaneously combust

[velvet rock]

I've had 2 and both have been amazing

[cinder kiln]

wtf

[brisk sphinx]

Average RK board

https://imgur.com/a/x7LTFwp

[cinder kiln]

that's like, almost all rk61 wth

[velvet rock]

Hug

I’ve never had a issue

Ever

Had one for like 2 years

This one’s new

[cinder kiln]

I didn't say you I said all as in the entire imgur album

[velvet rock]

Gotta fix cable management

[velvet rock]

Yeah weird

I love mine

[lyric cape]

hi

[velvet rock]

Is a VA panel special or something?

Nvm it’s sold out

Lmao

[fleet marlin]

VA sometimes had better contrast and/or black levels vs ips, but VA often had more smearing/ghosting

[normal spear]

Aka ips better

[daring depot]

damn

even with IPS, lenovo monitors look so bad

[fleet marlin]

Some monitors are just not great.

[jolly inlet]

Cheap monitors will always look cheap

[daring depot]

they advertised the monitor as well

sucks

[mortal blaze]

@quasi abyss man!! somebody finally trusted in MSI supremacy keyboards lul 😋 jejeej bless

[stoic crest]

msi keyboards are the worst things you could get

[grand orbit]

@mortal blaze this is an English only server can you please fix your tech deals post to only have English

[velvet rock]

Fr

[trim pier]

It isn’t that bad.. 😭

Ngl I kinda like it

Except for the VERY clicky switches.

[stoic crest]

well

they rattle like hell

[trim pier]

rattle?

[marsh sphinx]

@azure pond Hey I was taking a look at the deals you have in #tech-deals do you know if you have a really good 240hz 1080p with speakers built in for $100-$150?

[jolly inlet]

I wouldn't call this "good" by any stretch but this is the cheapest thing I know of that meets those needs at $160 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R7PQ4JW

[azure pond]

^

[marsh sphinx]

you got one thats not curved and with internal speakers?

curved monitors hurt my head for some reason

[jolly inlet]

Not at that price, next step up is $200 but at least that one is IPS

[marsh sphinx]

All good thank you, do you have a 165hz option as well?

[jolly inlet]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/H34Zxr/asus-tuf-gaming-vg249q1r-238-1920-x-1080-165-hz-monitor-90lm05v1-b01eb0

[velvet rock]

All bought on deals

(I’ve had the blue snowball for like 8 years don’t hate)

[marsh sphinx]

I dispise small pcs

[marsh sphinx]

Thanks just purchased

[velvet rock]

You're the same person who argued last night and lost, and also said the back panel is the most important part

[marsh sphinx]

I have no clue what I argued about.

[marsh sphinx]

Back pannel is important tbh

[jolly inlet]

Personal preference there tbh

What's critical to one person makes no difference to another

[thin bolt]

like headphones

[keen gust]

@normal spear #tech-deals message the catch is the seller isnt going to send it

[normal spear]

should i remove the post or are you joking?

[keen gust]

look at the reviews of the seller

[normal spear]

ah shoot

[keen gust]

the account used to sell fake socks

[normal spear]

my bad, ill take it down

[keen gust]

[normal spear]

i had a feeling there was a catch

just didnt know what

[keen gust]

yeah, its pretty common to see on amazon with the scam accounts

[normal spear]

appreciate the info, ill look at the reviews next time 😭

[keen gust]

(if you can pronounce the account's name, its usually fine)

[normal spear]

for half a second i was bewildered to find a 7800xt at that price

[balmy lake]

Still gotta be careful. They’ll use names like BIGWIN, GBUYS, or HEIGHTEK. (Full disclosure: those are names i just made up for example. If any of those sellers exist, it’s purely coincidental!!) 😂

[normal spear]

how is it legal for them to do that

to just sell products that you dont get

[azure pond]

It isnt?

[normal spear]

well i mean obviously its not directly legal, but how do they manage to get away with it?

especially through a big corp like amazon

[keen gust]

https://www.modernglobe.com/how-to-spot-fake-sellers-on-amazon/

[jolly inlet]

A lot of those scam companies will have Shenzhen, China addresses on the seller account, that's the #1 red flag

[torpid night]

Are y'all talking about the sub $400 7800 XT?

I was about to tell my brother to send back the 7700 XT he just got for that 7800 XT. Good thing I didn’t tell him to 💀

[azure pond]

Yeah nah

[balmy lake]

One of my favorites is when they legit sell an item and actually get a ton of 5 ⭐️ reviews then start selling of piece of trash under the same listing so it looks like it legitimately has thousands of great ratings until youbread and realize they’re all referencing something totally unrelated.

[jolly inlet]

The good old bait and switch

[shut lava]

Amazon sellers are notorious for this. That's why its always to put the item name in your review if you do a review and also look at reviews to see if its for the same item. I saw an Amazon seller list socks and get plenty of 4 and 5 star reviews, then swap the listing to a cheaply made kitchen appliance.

[azure pond]

Lol the timing of the monitor deals popping up @torpid night

It's refurb though, so yours is still a valid option

[torpid night]

damb bruh that’s a steal

[azure pond]

I'd still grab the msi g244f for $5 more, but if you can put a coupon on that tiktok one it's a great price

[normal spear]

VA panels 🤮

[normal spear]

glad im not the only one bamboozled by it at least

[torpid night]

They’re not bad lol what

[normal spear]

im just biased tbh

dont take my opinion into account

those viewing angles be crooked af

[torpid night]

You say that about VA until you try TN

[proper wagon]

TN is awful

[torpid night]

There's was an IT department before the current IT team at my last job who still ordered laptops with 768p TN panels. The laptops were 16" laptops too

[high radish]

I see people criticize VA panels all around but for gaming they're mostly better lol

Just there's trash and good panels and it's hard to know

I love how dark spots are more visible on VA panels while gaming lol

[keen marsh]

A good VA panel is better than IPS. But a bad VA panel is awful. Just make sure you get a good one and it's fine.

[azure pond]

Motor it shows $136 for me

[torpid night]

W 😩

It says that for me too now. It originally said $155.99 when I first posted it

[thin bolt]

You guys should just let me react with my fancy letters

[jolly inlet]

You've got nitro, make your own server and add them to it. Then you can use them everywhere.

[thin bolt]

I have a free trial

[jolly inlet]

It's $3 a month smh

[brisk sphinx]

Rip

[azure pond]

I remember when mine was -1.52 back in November

That's what I get for not getting a job for 7 months and just living off my savings (I was 17/18)

[tiny heron]

Quit spending your money on eververse

[thin bolt]

I actually haven’t in years

[jolly inlet]

re: that motherboard
There's zero reason for most people to get X670E. B650 can do everything it can, including overclocking. Some of the best overclocking results are on B650.
The exception to that is when the board has multiple expansion slots and you're actually going to use it fully, like having 3x 4090 GPUs installed as well as 6 nvme drives. If you're the exception, you know you're the exception.

Now, the reason that board in particular is bad is because it DOES NOT leverage the additional chipset capacity. At all. I've seen A620 boards with that many features.

[azure pond]

fal, someone mentioned to me that some a620s lock cpu tdp to 65w

im assuming pro rs isnt one of those?

[jolly inlet]

No idea

[azure pond]

ive been trying to find stuff on it and just cant

[jolly inlet]

I was just pointing out the failings of MSI on that board in particular. They have 3 x16 slots but they only run x8/x1/x4. The chipset has the lanes, JUST WIRE THEM.

[azure pond]

oh ye i know i was asking separately

[jolly inlet]

The product page says "120W CPU ready" so I'd assume it runs full tdp

[azure pond]

oh dope

[cinder kiln]

They lock to stock tdp ye

But ram oc and pbo are toggleable

Asrock low end boards on some of them ship with 65W limits like the B650M HDV/M.2 (ironically the best overclocking board despite this weird feature)

Not all boards do this however

I'm guessing the person who told you this watched 2 specific hardware unboxed videos and provided no context

So there's the context, you can toggle the setting off

[azure pond]

it was a redditor, and i figured you did your research/had the knowledge before recommending it so often

[cinder kiln]

Yeah ofc

[azure pond]

so i figured, but wanted to double check

[cinder kiln]

They're still way too goated for the price

And most wouldn't notice it anyway

[azure pond]

it's oos in the US atm sadly

175+

[cinder kiln]

Power capped ryzen, even the R9's are still crazy powerful

Even at really low tdp's with eco mode

They have extremely high perf/watt in eco mode so I don't make a fuss about it, especially since a quick google can find the answer

[jolly inlet]

Yeah I think the 7950X was nearly equal in efficiency to the 5950X when you cap it to 90-95W

[cinder kiln]

I also can't say which specific low end asrock, I just know it's of those ones that do it

https://tenor.com/view/the-more-you-know-gif-26317296

I think maybe also early asus prime low end? But I never suggest those ever. Trash incarnate in a sea of gold

[jolly inlet]

A sus board if I ever saw one

[cinder kiln]

Real

[grand orbit]

That's 36 a year, that's a whole ass game or many more things worth your money

[jolly inlet]

That's one heavily discounted and/or indie title game

[fair moon]

Can get game pass for close to that if you use the Xbox live Gold conversion

@discord I will pay for Nitro if you let me revert the UI changes

[high radish]

this 7600x deal stays in stock for long time . i guess because 12600k is cheaper ?

[cinder kiln]

12600KF is only cheaper if you pick the uber cheap ddr4 boards

Which ultimately makes it a worse overall cpu and an expected step down

But with the free SSD, they're at total price parity and completely 1 to 1

Which makes the 7600 more attractive since*, cheaper and lower power profile, and AM5's promises of future gens

[high radish]

newegg have good price for 12th gen cpus if you bundle them with mobos

bought those

[grand orbit]

Real the new ui sucks

[jolly inlet]

It still can't decide what color red the mods are for me

If I take a screenshot you'll see 3 different reds

In 2 different fonts for some reason

[grand orbit]

Wtf really?

[fair moon]

That's wild

What's interesting is that I don't mind the new font on my phone but I HATE it on my PC

[grand orbit]

I'm all for change but this one was so pointless

[fair moon]

something to do with pixel density I suppose

[fair moon]

Wanna quickly check who's online in the server? Too bad.

[grand orbit]

It's in the search tab

But tbh never did that on phone anyway

[fair moon]

IMO they should let you swipe right on the text/message/typing box (idk what to call it) to view member list

Also they changed the search function I think?

[grand orbit]

Imo should be a toggle to turn off the crap UI

[grand orbit]

Yeah no worse

Need to type whole name

[jolly inlet]

Yes they changed search on mobile. Apparently they weren't even putting who posted things before, just posts with no names.

[grand orbit]

I had the old ui fix in but the force reverted 😞

[fair moon]

Yeah they patched that toggle :(

I'm just thankful I can use [redacted] on desktop to revert the color rebrand, font, etc
(if anyone's interested: https://github.com/steviejoe66/GT-RevertRebrand-Text)

[grand orbit]

Colour and font idm it's the layout for me

[fair moon]

On mobile yeah for sure

[jolly inlet]

Dang I can't find my old screenshot that showed every mod with a different red, must be on my currently dead pc

[fair moon]

Sometimes monitors struggle with reds

[jolly inlet]

Ohhhhh I really really hate the new mobile search

[brittle lagoon]

Wait they patched the toggle? I thought I saw that they added it but I couldn't find it

[fair moon]

Afaik the toggle was only able to be activated via visiting the browser discord and using a script in the browser console or whatever that things called

https://gist.github.com/aamiaa/fbf6e51dbb8875a781a3d8d76fc3f3e7

[brittle lagoon]

I could've sworn I was reading the what's new thing and they said they added a toggle

[fair moon]

For me it just shows a feedback tab

No option to toggle off new layout

"theme" is just to swap between light/dark/oled modes

[brittle lagoon]

Probably just the Mandela effect, I was looking at this thing earlier, maybe I misremembered it as the swipe from right to left to see member list thing

[velvet rock]

Shut up scammer

[balmy lake]

You aren’t wrong. I read the exact same thing on the splash screen after the last update (yesterday?) but now, going to the “whats new” section, everything else i read is there but not about the toggle.

[stoic crest]

if you're on android

there's vendetta

[cinder kiln]

iOS and not Android afaik

Which is dumb

I was looking for it too cos I HATE what the swipe does in it's place

[stoic crest]

idk i disabled that on my android phone

settings>advanced

scroll down

boom

[fair moon]

I'm on iOS and don't see a ui toggle

[stoic crest]

oh

you were talking about swipe to reply thing

that's an annoying change that i couldn't disable

[fair moon]

Oh gotcha

[cinder kiln]

https://youtube.com/shorts/v7t9tVblUIs?si=LNy_lHIFiGBafeT8

If anyone wants to pull up the details for this

I believe it's EU-based

[severe jolt]

Only valid for select retailers
https://promotion.asus.com/en/uk/amd-cashback

[marsh sphinx]

Hey. So I purchased it and it only goes up to 144hz

Do you know how I can get the full HZ of the monitor?

[severe jolt]

OSD menu might have the overclock option

Or Windows custom resolution and refresh rate

Make sure you use Displayport to get max refresh rate BTW

[marsh sphinx]

Its an HDMI

[severe jolt]

Then you're probably locked to 144

[marsh sphinx]

?

[severe jolt]

Cuz HDMI can't do more than 144hz probably

[jolly inlet]

HDMI or DP

[severe jolt]

He said HDMI

[marsh sphinx]

It has both but am using HDMI right now

[jolly inlet]

Ah yeah HDMI can't do full 165

[marsh sphinx]

Why not?

[severe jolt]

Yep
Use Displayport

[severe jolt]

Bandwidth limit

It's just not able to deliver enough data for 165hz

[marsh sphinx]

There is no difference in with HDMI and Display ports like latency just the Hzs?

[jolly inlet]

Limited bandwidth on the GPU, monitor, or cable

[severe jolt]

Physical limitation

[marsh sphinx]

Mk thank you, will switch it over

[jolly inlet]

Generally DP ports will have about double the bandwidth of HDMI

[severe jolt]

And honestly

Displayport is just a superior way of doing it

[marsh sphinx]

I also have 1 more problom with it

Everytime I click on the Windows Icon

The monitor just turns black for a couple of seconds

Never had it happen to any other monitors

When am playing a game

[jolly inlet]

And that would probably go away if you set it to 120Hz

Or switch to DP

[marsh sphinx]

Thank you, will switch it over

[jolly inlet]

That's a pretty common thing when you try to exceed the bandwidth of a cable

[marsh sphinx]

❤️

Thanks for the info

@jolly inlet Just switched it over

and Nvidia Control Pannel still shows 144hz

When I try and create a new resolution for 165hz it says "Out of Range"

[severe jolt]

You on Displayport now?

[marsh sphinx]

Yep

[severe jolt]

Then Windows display settings

And set a custom resolution and refresh rate

[marsh sphinx]

I set a custom resolution and refresh rate through Geforce Control Pannel

[severe jolt]

Windows

[marsh sphinx]

Ok 1 sec

@severe jolt You know where I can find it?

[severe jolt]

Google is your friend
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-the-refresh-rate-on-your-monitor-in-windows-c8ea729e-0678-015c-c415-f806f04aae5a&ved=2ahUKEwjV9OSlsOCEAxX70AIHHXLMBr0QFnoECA0QBQ&usg=AOvVaw0iSaYqahUp_zZE4ydLAVMn

[marsh sphinx]

Goes up to 143.600hz

💀

Like I don't know whats wrong, Ive had monitors that go up to 240hz

[jolly inlet]

You might need to enable the 165 in monitor settings

[marsh sphinx]

How would I go into the monitor settings?

I only have the power pysical icon

[jolly inlet]

If you only have one button you usually tilt that to navigate it

[marsh sphinx]

Nice

Just overclocked it to 165

[jolly inlet]

Sweet! Glad you figured that out quickly

[marsh sphinx]

Do you think it has a crosshair visualizer?

on it

Found it

Thank you

[velvet rock]

Where’s the link for that ram?

It brings me to pc part picker

@azure pond

[stoic crest]

means it's oos

no more for you to buy

[high radish]

Ddr5 kit price fall wen

[cinder kiln]

damn that was a good kit too

[high radish]

Sad I missed it as well

Time to go back to ebay

Hmm actually theres 6400mhz but non rgb kit for 80$ in stock

[cinder kiln]

yoooooo

sick buy

post it

[velvet rock]

Damn

Problem is my build is white and I’m having issues with my brand new 64gbs ddr5 Corsair ram

[high radish]

Corsair rams sux lol

[velvet rock]

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/s/OdQdj3aiwv

[cinder kiln]

I'd be sus of it because it's corsair ngl

They have such a bad reputation with ram it would not surprise me if they shipped just a bad set of sticks

They did that for way too many people in the ddr4 era

[velvet rock]

Many have pointed the ram as the issue of the freezing

Return and grab some new ones?

Looking for whtie rgb

[stoic crest]

that would be the solution

or potentially

[velvet rock]

Non rgb wouldn’t look good

[cinder kiln]

Are you down for any brand

[velvet rock]

Yes

[cinder kiln]

Ok

[high radish]

is that thermalright aio ?

[velvet rock]

Yes

[cinder kiln]

Do you need 64

[velvet rock]

No

32 or 64

[cinder kiln]

Ok I'll put both and you can pick

[velvet rock]

Thank you so much, just gonna return these

[high radish]

I built one PC with them but pump is loud as hell lol

[velvet rock]

Fr? I haven’t had a issue yet

[high radish]

Idk if it was bad or it's general

It's much noisy than ls720

[cinder kiln]

Set to 6000MHz
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bbJgXL/teamgroup-t-force-delta-rgb-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-5600-cl32-memory-ff4d532g5600hc32dc01
Run as is
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Z7Jp99/mushkin-redline-lumina-white-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-mlb5c600aeem16gx2
Run as is
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/J7dG3C/silicon-power-xpower-zenith-rgb-gaming-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-sp064gxlwu60afdh

Two options for 32gb if the tforce worries you

Personally they look amazing when installed imo

Up there with like oloys

[velvet rock]

Currently I have 5200, 6000 is a huge jump right?

[velvet rock]

I had t force on my old pc, was great and looks good

[cinder kiln]

Ye 6000 is a big jump and they def look better than ddr4 tforce

More thicker and better frosted rgb

More importantly I believe you'd have samsung or micron sticks

And the jump to hynix, more than the jump to 6000, will be huge

Now I will also preface something, this is not guaranteed to be the source of the issue

I'd also do ram tests

And maybe a bios update

Be very suspicious of agesa

It lagging looks like similar ryzen issues I've had before

But the easiest suspicion is the ram

[velvet rock]

I have black ddr5 t force, was sick

[velvet rock]

I tried that, it looks like I’m running the newest

[cinder kiln]

Hmmm

[velvet rock]

Such as? I have ran a benchmark, I have photo of hwinfo, I just don’t get it

[cinder kiln]

Can bump vsoc to 1.3

Can try looking up a few ram stability suggestions

I'm not overly familiar with voltage limits of samsung and micron

If you have like, 1.2 rn tho

For your xmp

1.35vdimm might do something

But again, would check the back of the corsair sticks to see what version number it has

Just so you'd know what you're working with

I believe 16gbit B samsung can do 1.35

[velvet rock]

That’s all super confusing I’m not sure what that means

[cinder kiln]

But not sure about micron 16gbit A

These are bios suggestions

Bumping up the voltage for related dram components to let it run more stable

So 1.35 vdimm would be the xmp voltage

Vsoc is vsoc, and caps out at 1.3 on the current zen 4 spec

Memory controller voltage

[velvet rock]

Should I take a photo of my bios and send it?

[cinder kiln]

Sure

Tho if you can send a pic of one of the sticks at the back that would help a lot more

Both ideally

[velvet rock]

Ight ill do this tn when I’m home

[cinder kiln]

Alr

I may or may not be on later

In the meantime consider one of those kits I brought up

I can verify those are all hynix, the team ones in particular will be good

[unreal kestrel]

I am hoping someone can help me with a component compatability issue. I'm looking at purchasing the components to build my own computer. I had the AI give me suggestions and elected one of them. All parts are available to ship but the liquid cooler. I'm looking at customizing it to a different liquid cooler but all the ones I see are confusing me as to whether they will fit in the case. The case I'm looking at is Corsair 4000D Airflow 4000D Black Steel / Plastic / Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Computer Case. One of the cooling units I'm looking at is the MSI MAG Core Liquid 240R V2 AIO Liquid CPU Cooler, 240mm Radiator, Dual PWM, ARGB Lighting Controlled by Software LGA 1700 Ready / AM5 Compatible. The discription says it's a 240mm Radiator, but the specs say it's size is 272.00 x 120.00 x 32.00 mm. The case says in the specs under cooling system Radiator Options, Front: 360mm / 280mm. Top 280mm with CORSAIR LPX DRAM / 240mm with all Corsair DRAM, Rear 120mm. Are they compatible?

[jolly inlet]

If you're referring to the newegg "AI" building tool then I'd be wary of major compatibility issues. I've seen it recommend DDR5 for a DDR4 motherboard.

[unreal kestrel]

ouch. thanks

[forest prairie]

might 272 be the box length

[jolly inlet]

We can help make a better list for the money, what's your budget and region?

[unreal kestrel]

I live in montana, my budget is around $1,500 to 2,000.

I was looking at getting a Ryzen 7 with an RTX 4070 graphics card and 2TB M.2. I'd like an optical drive in it but that's not solid.

[jolly inlet]

Do you need anything special, like wifi?

[unreal kestrel]

wifi would be good yes.

I had selected a 1000W PS but I'm not sure if that's over kill or not.

oh, and 32GB of ram.

[jolly inlet]

32 is basically the minimum now with DDR5

And 1000W is overkill with the absolute highest end parts

[unreal kestrel]

very good. I don't plan on adding a lot of things in the future to it so if a smaller PS would work that would be great.

[jolly inlet]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YzLh89

Could possibly get a 4080 too if you don't mind a refurb

[unreal kestrel]

I don't mind refurbs. I think a lot of times they're better because they had a problem that was caught and was fixed, right?

[jolly inlet]

Yeah they do go through more testing than new

[unreal kestrel]

what would be the price difference for the 4080 refurb?

[jolly inlet]

It looks like the 7900 XTX is a better deal right now looking at open box, it's $850

The XTX does beat the 4080 pretty thoroughly if you're just gaming

[unreal kestrel]

that's my main goal is gaming. Well, mostly world of warcraft.

[jolly inlet]

iirc wow loves AMD too

[unreal kestrel]

kewl

NewEgg would have all these parts?

or do I order them from amazon prime?

[jolly inlet]

These seem to be the best price on amazon right now but they should all be on newegg too

[unreal kestrel]

I do both amazon and newegg. my wife prefers amazon for most things.

[jolly inlet]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/p9zBJy
https://us-store.msi.com/SPATIUM-M482-PCIe-4.0-NVMe-M.2-2TB
https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-7900-xtx-rx7900xtx-pg-24go/p/N82E16814930081R

[unreal kestrel]

Thank you for all your help. 😄

[jolly inlet]

No problem, happy to help get you more for your money

[unreal kestrel]

Take care and have a wonderful day 😄

[azure pond]

Phantom spirit evo pog

Could also do 750w AGF for psu at $90, A tier as well

[jolly inlet]

Yeah there's lots of good options for coolers

Especially since the 7800X3D runs so cool, it works perfectly on a single tower

[azure pond]

Oh ye, the evo is just such a sexy cooler + premium fans are a bonus

[cinder kiln]

cleaner aesthetic

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zdh4h3

same price

if it's on the cards @unreal kestrel

they're both good lists tho

also yeah the evo cooler bacca is mentioning

solid if you want to spend up on it

[unreal kestrel]

what does the evo coller do different than the thermalright?

[azure pond]

Functionally nothing

But it'll be quieter, and it looks nicer

[unreal kestrel]

kewl

[azure pond]

$9 more

$42 atm if I remember right

[cinder kiln]

ye

you go from pin drop silent

[unreal kestrel]

not bad for quieter.

[cinder kiln]

to actually dead silent

it uses nidec clones, the same fans as noctua sells

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/BRMMnQ/thermalright-phantom-spirit-evo-69-cfm-cpu-cooler-phantom-spirit-120-evo

boop

[unreal kestrel]

very good, thanks

[velvet rock]

@cinder kiln

Check this out on @Newegg:Team T-Force Delta RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000 (PC5 48000) Desktop Memory Model FF4D532G6000HC38ADC01 https://www.newegg.com/team-32gb-288-pin-ddr5-sdram/p/N82E16820331749?Item=N82E16820331749&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-20-331-749-_-03072024

[unreal kestrel]

no thermal paste? Am I reading that right?

[velvet rock]

How would I go upon finding out if this is 100% the issue?

Changing it?

[azure pond]

?

What're you looking at

[unreal kestrel]

On the Thermalright Phantom, down at the bottom of the page in Builds Using This Part, one of the links says, No RGB & No Thermal Paste AMD build.

[cinder kiln]

that kit is fine, also yeah ram tests, changing a few settings for a stability boost (it's kind of a bandaid for a real issue though), doing sfc /scannow and checking for corruption

[azure pond]

Nah it has paste

[cinder kiln]

event viewer can also drop hints

[unreal kestrel]

kewl

[azure pond]

Yes

Yes it is

Put some forks in to speed up the process

[velvet rock]

So run /scannow and send in here(

?

[cinder kiln]

sfc /scannow

[velvet rock]

Sorry?

[cinder kiln]

in command prompt as admin

[velvet rock]

Bad I’ll do and send in here

[torpid night]

I didn’t post it lol

[cinder kiln]

alr

[velvet rock]

Bet*

[velvet rock]

Also, could it be an issue with my motherboard ? Asrock b650m pro WiFi

There are photos in my Reddit post of hwinfo of everything temps of all parts etc, nothing sticks out

Gonna do the scannow tonight tho

[cinder kiln]

Can't rule it out atm

[velvet rock]

Ight

[thin bolt]

Peladn Gaming Graphics RX 5500XT 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Video Card https://www.newegg.com/p/27N-008H-00001?Item=9SIBF3CJ3S2751&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-9SIBF3CJ3S2751-_-03072024

[stoic crest]

nope

i wouldn't say it's a deal

that gpu should be worth less than 100

[thin bolt]

[stoic crest]

unless it's a joke that i missed

[velvet rock]

Y'all @ me when felix responds on next moves

88 is a problem eh?

[stoic crest]

no

[velvet rock]

Oh

[velvet rock]

Are these normal?

[stoic crest]

looks just fine

[velvet rock]

bruh

Hm

Just lagged not to long ago to , smh

Not just in game, whole computer does this

Just for a few seconds

[stoic crest]

it's likely a ram issue like felix said

[azure pond]

Tried ddu?

[velvet rock]

Ddu?

[stoic crest]

?ddu

[wraith panther]

DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) Guide by Pato
https://github.com/NeweggTechie/Graphics-cards/wiki/How-to-use-DDU

[azure pond]

What foxy said

[torpid night]

Bruh

Windows just does that sometimes

[cinder kiln]

Interesting. More sus of the ram again

[cinder kiln]

Really sus of the ram tbh

Unless it's again, some agesa bug

[high radish]

Time for memtest 🤷🏻‍♂️

[velvet rock]

Memtest, an app?

[cloud hornet]

Set RAM to lowest common DDR5 JEDEC in BIOS (4800MT/s) and run SFC /scannow && DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth && DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth && DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth && SFC /scannow in admin CMD.

[velvet rock]

Okay will do thank you! This is the memtest I assume

[jolly inlet]

No, that's to fix your Windows installation

The memory test we usually recommend is TestMem5, with the anta extreme profile loaded

[high radish]

Asus boards have memtest in bios and it works good as well

[jolly inlet]

As far as quick tests go

[velvet rock]

I have asrock, I’ll have to do testmem5

[velvet rock]

Where do I find the download link for DDR5? I see DDR4 from 4 years ago

[jolly inlet]

It's the same program

[pallid geyser]

download more dedodated wam

[azure pond]

How much dedodated wam is needed for a minecwaft sewvew

[jolly inlet]

192GB minyimum

[thin bolt]

https://tenor.com/view/dedicated-ram-wam-super-kai64-gif-14754106

Don’t you guys disrespect my boi superkai64

[cloud hornet]

1TB of Wideo WAM is needed for Winecraft

[velvet rock]

Got it opened, now what

[cloud hornet]

Have you gotten the Anta777 config?

[velvet rock]

Where do I get that?

[brittle lagoon]

The main download should come with the anta777 config, just load config, go into the config folder, and use anta777

[brittle lagoon]

Image won't load for me, so I'll just point you towards this for now
https://www.overclock.net/threads/memory-testing-with-testmem5-tm5-with-custom-configs.1751608/

[velvet rock]

This is what is happening

[velvet rock]

https://youtu.be/EwJYDqsWxuQ

[jolly inlet]

Did you try running as admin

That lets it bypass the memory limit per thread

[velvet rock]

Run the anta777 as admin?

I ran memtest as admin

[velvet rock]

Oh wait I cannot run tbe config as a admin, but yes I have tried admin on the program , once I click the config it just goes away

[jolly inlet]

Some people just have issues with TM5, you can use OCCT for a slightly less effective but faster test. It allows for 1 hour tests on the free version.

[velvet rock]

This?

https://www.ocbase.com/

[jolly inlet]

Yes

[velvet rock]

What do I set these numbers to for the test?

[velvet rock]

So, no errors detected?

[jolly inlet]

Correct. But they wouldn't catch errors that occur later in testing because it's so short.
There's no obvious error at least.

[velvet rock]

Do I test others parts then?

[jolly inlet]

I don't remember what the original issue is

[velvet rock]

Brand new build

[velvet rock]

Freezing, whole computer randomly for a few sections

[jolly inlet]

I'd look into background tasks, something could be running that's using CPU cycles like RGB programs (iCue especially is notoriously bad) or Windows Update

[velvet rock]

So delete ICUE, maybe run a cpu stress test?

I have everything updated in terms of windoes

Whndiws

Windows

[jolly inlet]

Oh you actually do have icue

Get rid of that garbage

I've seen it use 100% of a CPU core just to do a couple effects

You can use openrgb instead, that uses very little CPU even with multiple plugins

[velvet rock]

Okay bet, that could cause the freezing?

[jolly inlet]

Absolutely

[velvet rock]

Oh shoot, it is deleted now so we'll see

[jolly inlet]

Especially if you're doing something that uses multiple cores, like just about any game from the last decade

Oh wait I thought you meant icue

[velvet rock]

huh?

[jolly inlet]

icue bad, openrgb... not perfect, a bit of a learning curve, but better

[velvet rock]

The ram is curreltny doing the effect I would want any way once I deleted ICUE so won't download any for now

[jolly inlet]

For now you can test with no rgb program yeah

[velvet rock]

Ight we will see how that does for a few days

[velvet rock]

I deleted it and just had the lag thing happen again

[jolly inlet]

Ok, watch running background processes in task manager and see if anything spikes up in usage when the lag happens

[velvet rock]

This is what happend when it lagged , everything went down

[thin bolt]

That didn’t show any processes
Just the % of them

[velvet rock]

Smh, I will try to get it again

[jolly inlet]

It might be your storage

[velvet rock]

oh fr? How do I figure that out?

Does OCCT have a test?

[jolly inlet]

Watch the storage drive and it'll either spike to 100% during the lag or drop to nothing. It might also report corrected errors in SMART data, which you can check with crystaldiskinfo.

[velvet rock]

So watch Disk?

When it goes slow

[jolly inlet]

Task manager isn't great for this but it should do

[velvet rock]

What is good for it?

[jolly inlet]

Hwinfo

You get tons of stats on everything. It'll show every readable sensor in the system, even ones it doesn't know the name of (which are usually motherboard specific ones)

So if you see the usage % jump to about 100% but the actual data rate is in the low KBps then the storage controller is having issues

Gaming is usually a mixed I/O load so it's not going to stress the controller much

It might jump to 100% on a loading screen for a couple seconds and that's it

[velvet rock]

Ah, so would I stress it to see?

[jolly inlet]

I was just mentioning that so you know what a typical load looks like

In my experience synthetic disk benchmarks don't trigger the issues

[trim pier]

@velvet rock have you tried stresstesting your gpu?

[cinder kiln]

@velvet rock I haven't really caught up on this situation, but did you get TM5 to work at all here?

[velvet rock]

Not with that app no

[velvet rock]

Testmem? No

[cinder kiln]

Used this tutorial?
https://www.overclock.net/threads/memory-testing-with-testmem5-tm5-with-custom-configs.1751608/

[jolly inlet]

It just insta crashes after loading the profile

I had the same problem

[velvet rock]

Tried to

[velvet rock]

Oh sheesh, at least it’s not just me 🙏🏼

[cinder kiln]

eh?

but otherwise works yes?

[jolly inlet]

For me it would load the default profile fine, but if I load the anta profile it doesn't even start the test before crashing

[cinder kiln]

one sec

[jolly inlet]

Other profiles would work like pcbdestroyer

[cinder kiln]

this I know works

maybe the link is buggered?'

also, for clarification, crashing instantly does count as a result

provided you can see it start the test

[jolly inlet]

It doesn't

The window opens and then it closes

[cinder kiln]

well we have ycruncher vst

that would be the other test I'd do, more reliable than TM5 for ddr5

#overclocking message

[jolly inlet]

Karhu is good but paid license

[cinder kiln]

VST, TM5 Anta or absolut, OCCT Cycle 19