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These stickys are mostly copypasta, /pcbg/ couldn't organize itself if it tried.

Think for yourself. Do not trust advice given here. Do your own research using the information in the stickies.

>News & Rumors
The Steam console will cost more than projected because of RAM prices
Memory situation unlikely to get better until at least 2027
New DLSS presets using DLSS 4.5, M and L (specifically for ultra-performance). Performance hit consistently significant on Turing and Ampere GPUs, potential for issues on ada and low end blackwell
6x and dynamic framegen coming in the spring
G-Sync Pulsar
ARC B390
Prices rise for everything.


>PSU Reviews
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies
https://www.lttlabs.com/
https://www.kitguru.net/reviews/?category_name=power-supplies

For tier-list enjoyers:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/

>Storage Reviews
https://www.tweaktown.com/cat/storage/index.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/?category=SSD
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/ssds/reviews

>Monitor Hunter
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1illeNLsUfZ4KuJ9cIWKwTDUEXUVpplhUYHAiom-FaDo/

>Other helpful Links
Mobomaps, currently only lists a selection of AM5 boards but is being actively updated : https://mobomaps.com/
A PC build guide : https://igwiki.lyci.de/wiki/Build_a_PC
German autism : https://www.igorslab.de/en/
Monitor reviews : https://www.rtings.com/

A /pcbg/ for every use case and budget!
Say No To Bullying ITT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwatnrbwEnQ [Embed]

>>108101966
>>108101984
>turn on VRR
>follow the "3% of maximum resolution cap (175fps cap for 180hz monitor)" advice
>forget about it
So this is supposed to be "safer" than my original plan, then?

Why does paste pump out matter if the entire idea is that its only supposed to fill in the gaps between the natural almost-flatness of the heat spreader and cooler contact plate? Surely if its stuck inside a gap it will stay inside that gap? What's pushing it out? Expansion due to heat alone?

>>108102077
>if you look at the photo you can clearly tell its a retard without a clue what he is doing
Except he is literally pointing out the exact problems you are describing in his posts, why else is he testing different cases?
You might be the real retard here who has no clue as to what he is doing if you missed that

>>108102145
It's a meme. If the paste pumps out you have shitty mechanicals or shitty meme paste.

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on todays episode of manmade horrors

>>108102145
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyvDZUGlEQI

heating + cooling rapidly shrinks & expands things overtime

>>108102175
tape over the end of the cardboard to reduce turbulence

>>108102193
the cardbord dropped cpu temps 8° in gaming and didnt make a difference in furmark
i need to print this for further testing

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I don't know what those anons are so mad about, but I only rebuilt the system in this cramped-ass case as a reality check against the PB600 both with and without the side panel. I was very much aware of the clearance/airflow issue deshrouding this card would cause from the moment I first put it together, but figured the noise profile was worth it.

Besides, I'm selling off my old cases anyway precisely because they are cramped. Something like a HAF would have solved both noise and thermals (acoustic foam, filters, and rubber can be modded in later) but I'd need to find a good printing place first.

>>108102175
>>108102205
>/f1/ builds a desktop
you discovered what blocking re-circulation does probably
u might wanna try it on top of your CPU cooler if you have a top intake and top exhaust

>>108102278
there is 2cm space between the gpu and cooler for hot air to escape to the back, and 2cm from the gpu to the side panel.
When my dust filter arives i will also cut vent holes in the side panel for the gpu fans to suck fresh air directly, already validated with cardbord aided design

>>108102305
*and a zippo for "airflow meatering" lmao

>>108102148
yet I'm not the one crying about a 3700X overheating in a case with that many fans installed.

>>108102012
if you look closely you would have seen the top intake fans

>>108102344
>yet I'm not the one crying about a 3700X overheating
Neither am I, so what's your point
Also >>108102357
That's like 5 fans in that case lmao

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>>108102145
Pump out matters way more on GPUS because they don't have a heatspreader. It's a just a bare die thats extremely slippery & not flat. Look at 7900XTX for example its a nightmare to have even coverage with paste with 7 dies so you must use PTM.

>>108102357
how can you tell they are intake when it looks like a camera from 2005?

>>108102248
>The P14 Pro also needs to run 100~200 RPM lower because it sounds worse.
100-200 RPM lower than what now

>>108102377
you see the sticker and anon is a poorfag, no way in hell he puts out for reverse fans

>>108102386
alright, so basically 1 and a half fans of airflow in the entire upper chamber then. either way the guy is a retard and I'm done talking about it, fuck him and his eurojank case

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>>108102082
Why?

>>108102399
3 fans intake two fans discharge, whats there to ramble

>>108102380
Arctic P14 Pro sounds worse and louder than the Momentum 14 or the NF-A12x25 at the same RPM.
>>108102308

>>108102380
NTA but I refunded 3 of the reverse p12 pros because they make an annoying motor humming sound, Arctic really dropped the ball with the new ones and unless ur deaf they are a fail.

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You could say my GPU comes... with a twist.

>>108102412
>whats there to ramble
Probs an Amerikaner, they're angry like that

>>108102424
that thing is already on live support

mad how quick a new normal takes over
people are really like "ram prices" are getting better it's only $300 that's good" like it wasn't $100 only a few weeks ago

>>108102437
I'm getting a new GPU anyway so it doesn't bother me much, had fun deshrouding it and then OCing almost 200MHz on the core and almost a GHz on the memory.
>>108102386
>no way in hell he puts out for reverse fans
I actually own two LED lit xtraflow reverse fans, but they're not used in this build.

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lol this costs more than verstappen's gaming setup

>>108102468
can't you run the pump at a lower RPM? I set mine to 30% to make it silent while still maintaining 60C during gaming.

>>108102424
>PCBs are so flimsy these days that GPU sag affects even xx60 tier GPUs
grim
Though that might be from the extra weight of the fans

>>108102500
I've tested lower RPMs, the high frequency noise is still there.
I don't know about your AIO, but the Arctic customer service rep advised me to always set the pump speed above 33% RPM.
Might have something to do with the internal pressure.

>>108102399
>and his eurojank case
It's ok anon, I hate it too.

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It's been four months since BF6 came out and this still keeps happening on Nvidia gpus and Nvidia gpus only. Gamer's aren't sure what the issue is but suspect Nvidia's poor drivers.

>>108102636
why are you on such an old driver?

>>108102424
New NorthWestRepair video: "Do not deshroud your GPU"

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>>108102641
It's just a shitposter's cry for attention & mental help.

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Ship me my stolen SSD already.

Fucking ebay scammers.

do i have look out for anything when buying an ethernet cable, or do all of them perform fine for gaming and streaming movies?

>>108102666
I wasn't aware such faggotry existed, thanks.

>>108102672
If you didn't get a delivery tracking number, they're not shipping those SSDs to you.

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Nvidia still crashing on wuthering waves

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wtf

>9950X3D is 890 USD in my shithole
Guess it beats importing, waiting weeks and paying taxes on top of it.

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>>108102733
>Black screen
He must have a geforce gpu

>>108102705
>nvidia helping people not play dog shit gambling game
i don't see any problems here

I want to buy the cheapest 120hz ips monitor and a low profile mechanical keyboard I can hook up to my laptop what should I go for?

>>108102787
Maybe this KTC monitor if you're in the US.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DSK7XB46

Can't help you with the keyboard, but there are plenty of cheap mechanical keyboards.

>>108102787
>low profile mechanical keyboard
Keychron K3 Max or Nuphy V3
I'm getting the Nuphy V3 moving on from the K3
maybe there are others I haven't researched much when it comes to low profile Nuphy V3 seems to be the one

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>muh 5K monitor

>>108102690
I ordered it at like 11pm on Friday. They could just be slow and not work on the weekend.

They haven't canceled the order, so we'll see.

Do I need 64gigs of Ram?

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>>108102850
Yes

>>108102705
ahktually they fixed the crashing. the new nvidia issue is that everyone has broken AF.

>>108102787
>low profile mechanical keyboard
>>>/g/mkg/
They'll tell you to build your own keyboard. Or go safe and do what >>108102824 said, but I'd be wary of the Keychrom Max line of keyboards, many reports of the V Max and Q Max line having solder issues (my V6 Max had too), not sure about the K Max but go do your due diligence and research about it.

What's the next best monitor type behind OLED?

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I found an Intel compute stick from 2016. Is there any use for it these days?

>>108102899
Mini LED

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>>108102899
Wait around 2~3 years for good RGB miniLED monitors.

My 5070 Ti has two stands holding up the far end and yet unless my eyeballs are failing me the PCB actually looks like its still very subtly bent in convex towards the far end. I guess this means it has just the exact correct amount of support to not bow the other way around and sag along the middle.

>>108102899
which is fancy phrase for IPS

I just had the worst week ever of owning a pc. My 5070 ti finally arrived that I back ordered on best buy a month ago and it was nothing but hell once I installed that piece of shit. Weird artifacts even just on the windows desktop, microstutters everytime I opened any ui menu in the OS, etc. I reinstalled windows and these issues persisted. Coming from a 5700xt I was not expecting the nvidia drivers to be even worse than my old card was at launch. Thankfully due to the shortage I've been able to sell it on Facebook marketplace for all my money back and I got a 9070 XT instead now, everything works great again

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>>108102743
>890 USD
gol dang thats a lot of shekels. You will be happy with it, I hope.

>works for me.

>>108102931
>29 seconds after 5070 Ti mention, possibly 30 seconds with simple recording error
I think someone has actually set up a bot just for this.

>>108102850
What OS are you running? If you are a /gaymer/ 32 is probably fine. Dev work might need more, I run 64 but that is for my use case.

Does anyone else just feel like using DLSS is lame?
I would rather game at 1440p native than 4k using upscaling.

Like, what even if the quality difference between 1440p and 4k? It seems extremely small visuals wise.

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>>108102949
Report all flamewarring, trolling, spamming posts. Long live /pcbg/!

Post your /pcbg/ anyway but know that we have enraged the amdshitposter to the degree that he has vowed to shit up this thread with trash with the goal of killing it.

Spotting the shitposters: the shitposters may be working at gunpoint in a bot farm, paid shill/bot farm, lone schizo, etc. the shitposters rarely ever just tags the OP and asks for it to be updated or changed as asked for in the second part of the sticky. they also resort to things like ad hominem, racism, cherry picked benchmarks, false information, etc. and one of my favorite things is the lone post tagging no one but responding to some previous reply to whatever argument it felt it was losing or with a one-liner just to flood the vapid minds of the unwashed masses with <specific vendors products>. the shitposters necropost old tropes to flood the threads and bump post counts e.g. random garbage questions that any /noob/ would just google or disingenuous descriptions of problems that are copypasta with a few words changed in them. Single line, low-quality posts are often the copypasta. Most recently the OP appears to be trying a super stealth approach - creating the OP with only "subtle" alterations like "-Avoid Nvidia Due To Possible Melting Connectors & Driver Problems", and griefing /g/ by creating and self deleting the thread after a short while.

remain vigilant, /pcbg/, report in silence, and above all - have fun.

>240hz miniled ips monitor
>200hz qd oled monitor

which would be better?

>>108102949
no it's just nicotroon, seething he couldn't buy a 5070ti and had to settle for a 9070XT, an Asus Prime model (the cheapest one) at that

>>108103002
You must have a shit setup then.

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>try to start game thats on my SSD
>it's refusing to load or takes forever
>does this for several games
>check windows resource manager
>100% ssd usage, but read/right speads less than 1MB
I'm guessing my SSD is cooked huh

>>108102947
>purchased
Tell how it is anon, I've been trying to convince myself that it is a good buy. How annoying it is to run Gamebar/process lasso for running games? My main use case will be for VMs, Kubernetes and compiling, if you do any of this stuff I would like to know whether the heterogeneous cores are an issue.

>building a PC even though I hate modern video games and have no friends
Someone just fucking kill me.

>>108103002
1440p = 3,686,400 pixels
4k = 8,294,400 pixels

>>108103016
QD-OLED if you get used to the text fringing, and if you're okay with getting a new monitor in the future due to burn in.
mini LED if you're okay with turning off local dimming zone (main feature you paid for) for most SDR use cases (non-media/gaming), and if you pick one with a local good dimming algorithm with minimal backlight blooming.

Pick your poison.

I really need to order some new drives, but they are only available for "pre-order" anywhere I look should I take the risk?

>>108102672

if i had to guess they need to make working ones that pass 4TB first just wait

>>108103019
It's not the best, but it's a 5070Ti and a Ryzen 7 9800X3D.

Up scaling just feels like a cop out.

>>108103016
200 hz oled = 400hz lcd

>>108103055
But how much of that can you actually see?

>>108103088
You see all of them, unless you hide part of the monitor, retard

>>108103046
Check your SATA cable integrity, it might have come loose.

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Is MSI trolling me here with this screw placement or am I missing something?

>>108103046
>windows
That's your problem right there.

>>108103049
>Gamebar/process lasso
Can't tell you, not a /gaymer/

>VMs, Kubernetes and compiling
It just /works/. I pay no attention to any of the background processing stuff though, I just use it for daily stuff and a few VMs for experimenting, mostly my dev work is on old dual Xeon.

>>108102912
Replacement for smart-tv sticks.

>>108103191
It's an NVME drive
>>108103210
Honestly a trvke, I should just swap off Windows 11 already

So I have a RTX 3080, and I would like some advise on my next GPU upgrade. Should I buy in to the 50 series or even the 9070xt, or should I wait for the next gen? Please /pcbg/ I am internally conflicted with current gen pricing and availabilty getting worst in the furture. The 30 series is doing fine since I stick the games I already play and have no performance issues but I'd like to not be too outdated on hardware. I've already stepped from a 9700k to 9800x3d.

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hey pcbg, wanted your opinions on this. i have the antec flux pro and a 420mm lf3 and i wanted to mount it on the front with tubes down, but saw that there is no space, so instead of mounting it with tubes up i decided to put it on top. the configuration that i think is best is pic related, with the rad fans in pull config and case fans in front and rear as exhaust; the gpu has its on intake on the bottom.
cant do any tests because im still missing the cpu from the build, but do you think putting the rad in front or configuring the top rad fans as exhaust instead of pull might be better?

>>108103046

if you start systemmonitor within systemmonitor you see at low corner ssd fails?

>>108102131
idk maybe im retarded but doesnt vrr work like that for content? the higher hz the more pointless mismatched hz and causing judder apparently gets or something I read about it on blurbusters
or just buy 240hz, or 480hz, but at that point its kinda pointless even if its 500hz mismatched
but vrr should solve this? viewing content? idk, im not into all this

seems bad arbitrarily capping hz to ancient monitor status because of that so yes my final answer would be vrr probably if I had to pick

cant you just look at the screen and see if its actually that bad with without though?

>>108102175
>tower cooler
ngmi

>>108102676
I don't even think they sell old enough ethernet cables that might actually fuck you up anymore like 100mbit only

>>108102899
TN for gaymers
IPS for normans

>>108103002
these bot posts are going crazy

>>108103052
that mid life crisis do be hittin

>>108103084
they say its a 1.5x increase clarity wise so =300hz

>>108103317
>aio troon

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>>108103317
Thanks for replying to two of my posts.

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I am actually starting to doubt whether safely removing the heatsink from this GPU is even possible in the first place seeing as they have these metal on metal standoffs, but fuck me because I wanted to repaste and investigate the bent PCB.

>>108103244
I see, thank you!

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>heatsink mass of the card is barely half a kilogram with everything else removed
Lol, lmao even. Looks like ASUS had the right idea to reinforce their GPUs with metal frames in key areas, so there's one reason why you would want to avoid other brands when modding especially with 3 regular fans, the fan to heatsink weight becomes skewed. Perhaps another argument in favor of GPUs with 2 120mm fans instead of 3 90-100mm fans.

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I'm not happy with my monitor having an annoyingly angular gaymer look to it, I want to repaint it white but also want to replace the stand since it supposedly is VESA compatible.

Any suggestions on what the cheapest VESA 100x100 mounts are these days?

What would happen if I kept my PC inside of a fridge? Would it keep it cooler and thus get better performance?

>>108103515
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQGW46B6x_4

>>108103369
Search for a tear down vid or instructions. They all come apart.

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>>108103514
Hey anon, you won't believe the odds of what I got here; had the same thoughts a few months ago and bought this Eizo stand from some IT firm second hand. It will be a little wobbly at times but otherwise it's a perfect match for this particular screen size and tilts/rotates great too on top of being well balanced.

>>108103583
I'm only asking precisely because it isn't going according to keikaku, it seems like the heatsink despite being free to swivel around a bit is still stuck on those brass standoffs and I'd hate to pull too hard lest I rip some pads underneath the memory or the core unlike on the Ventus 2X.

>>108103514
I use these, good company. https://www.amazon.com/MOUNT-PRO-Computer-Adjustable-Monitors/dp/B09GY4ZTMS?th=1

>looking at ASRock 9070s
>realize they use the 2x8 pin housefire connectors that NVidia uses

>>108103683
the connector is only an issue if you draw 500W of power, there is basically zero failures on lower end cards and the entire thing is blown out of proportion.

>>108103539
What if I also fill the fridge with silica packets?

I know it takes a long time but I just built a new AM5 pc and it's still memory training after 20 minutes! Something must be wrong right? What do I do.

>have a junk card in my cart as a last ditch option for something affordable
>price just went up $100
This hobby is fucking dead if this keeps up.

I just got my new pc with a 7800x3d and I'm curious what fan settings I should use. Is 0 fan speed until 45c a good curve? Or is 45c too high for idle because that's what it's idling at with nothing open.

>9070 XTs going for over $1,000 now
These fuckers are playing games at this point.

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This monitor is shit, right?

It's duel 1440 and 4k, and that can't work tell because they are different a different uneven number of pixels, or something like that.

Fuck me and my 9800x3d vs 9950x3d internal dilemma!

>>108103683
It's 2x6 you dumbass.

>>108102082
>RTX3080 has started thermal throttling
>Average temps are only 60c
>GPU hotspot is 106c
>50c+ delta wtf
>Disassemble card
>terrible pump out, 80-90% of the paste is no longer on the die
>Replace with PTM 7950
>FurMark temps max at 70c and sub 10c delta
Is thermal paste obselete with modern GPUs? How can modern pastes pump out in only a few weeks?

>>108103749
Make sure ram is seated. If your bios has an ability to flash bios without CPU or memory then flash the bios without either.
I just built a new AM5 system with 870E and the memory training on first boot took like 45 seconds for 2x32 (64gb) for me.

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>>108102175
might be the biggest placebo in my build so far. For now i leave it in, doesnt even get warm in an heatsoaked system

>>108102082
>*8gb has become a major constraint even at 1080p
THIS SHOULD BE UPDATED
*12GB has become a major constraint even at 1080p
IT WAS ALREADY OBSOLETE A YEAR AGO WHEN HUB TESTED RT + DLSS + FRAMEGEN AT HIGH/MAX SETTINGS IN GAMES OF THAT YEAR AND VRAM WENT PAST 12 HALF OF THE TIME

any GPU below 16GB should straight up NOT be recommended to anyone if you plan on using the advertised feature of ray tracing

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>>108103947
>It's 2x6 you dumbass.

>>108103981
3d print me a 140mm version for my Noctua

That or I finally figure out the horrors of trying to vertical riser my shit inside my case

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>>108103982
>WHEN HUB TESTED RT + DLSS + FRAMEGEN
I stopped reading here.

>>108103988
2x6+2 isn't the "house fire connector" you dipshit. 12v-2x6pin aka 12vrpwr is the referred "house fire" connector due to transient power draws exceeding 600w ratings

I'm only wrong because you were a dipshit in the first place

>>108103998

ever heard of rotary subwoofer tech anon

>>108103895
Just wait for intel.

>>108104002
If you want ray tracing going forward, 16GB of VRAM should be the minimum spec which is why the 5060 Ti and 4060 Ti will have an edge over the 4070 and 5070. Paying 600 dollars for 12GB of VRAM is a cruel joke when the card is more than powerful enough to run it.

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Is this monitor any good?

I've seen people say it's amazing, and I've seen people say it had washed out colors on 4k.

>GPU
1080p; 8GB VRAM is on the cusp for rasterization while 12GB on the edge for ray-tracing in latest titles. Select B580, 9060 XT, or 5060 Ti new, 2080 Ti, 3080, 4070, or 4060 Ti used.

1440p; 9070, 5070 new, 3080 Ti, 3090, 3090 Ti, 4070 Ti Super, 4070 Ti or Super used. Caution with 12GB GPUs in ray-traced titles.

2160p; 5090 new, 4090 used for native resolution. 5070 Ti or 9070 XT new for upscaled resolution. Good luck with 4080's used by this point.

>>108104013
If I wasn't so fucking stupid your words would hurt me.

>>108104105
Check whether that 32" 4K model doesn't have inferior HDR like its 27" 1440p AGON model has.
https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/aoc/agon-pro-ag276qzd2#test_1550

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It's fucking cooked gentlemen

>>108104002
Stella Artois used to be my favourite beer. It probably still is, but I stopped drinking

>>108104086
>wait for Intel
I really hope they get a large L3 cache like AMD or it's just whales and stupid people going Intel during this RAM shortage where buying high frequency low timings is looking at 1.2K for 64GB+ pairs
At least the X3D are forgiving for higher timings

>>108104244
Show us the DiskMark I wanna see the TB W

>>108103017
No it's too fast. Literally far too fast, especially when it is in the magic 30 second wait range.

>>108104256
>I really hope they get a large L3 cache like AMD
They won't. Amd won't even release a new chip with 3dvcache until 2028.

Intel has no intentions of ever putting vcache on their chips ever again. They did it a decade ago and now that amd is pulling the same trick they want nothing to do with it.

Honestly I feel like intel has no desire to enter into the gaming market. I feel like it's more likely that nvidia releases an x86 processor with vcache than Intel now.

I have a 32" 1440p/180hz curved (1500R) monitor. I am going to get a 27" secondary to put it on the left side (I already have an old shitty 27" that needs replacing), should I strictly aim for a flat panel for the second monitor or would a curved with the same curvature as my main monitor also work? It's only going to be used for stuff like shitcord and browsing.

>>108103067
No, they are all literally weeks-months out from sending any
as for me I've just seen a 24TB HDD that was £340 last year relisted today for £550

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thermalright spends their money where it counts

>the new normal will be entry level GPUs costing $750, proper ones costing $1,500, and high-ends costing $10,000

Had to turn on DLSS....Had to turn on Frame Gen too....I'm so ashamed


all this money and I have to use the features that I paid for.... what am I even doing....

>>108104376
you spend all your money on software trickery? so developers can release slop even faster?

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>>108104225
Where am I supposed to check that kind of stuff?
I can't find a review for AG326UD on their site.

>>108102082
What's the parts used in op's lqbtqia+++ computer?

>>108104366
Uhhhhhh Noctrannies, your response tho these (somewhat old) results?

>>108104444
Binned review sample.

>GPU heatsink is fucking stuck because of the thermal paste, can barely wiggle it because of the standoffs.
Fucking great.

>>108104444
Too afraid to wind up on that one anons list.... Shant be buying

>>108104493
Im sure you just forgot some screw and you're actively destroying your gpu

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>>108104404
It's the /g/ mod approved special purpose banhammer system, anon.

>top secret and all that

>>108103324
AIOs won

>>108103333
quads checked

>>108103514
embrace the inner gamer within you

>>108103628
I had an idea when I got rid of old monitors that i should keep the stands in case if situations like buying poverty monitors with no height adjustable stand but fuck it

>>108103840
120bux more and you should get a 4k 160 with 300hz dual mode 1080p

>>108104105
was it 399 or 499 refurbs on amazon a while ago
it's still rocking the old school 16 hour pixel refresh timer which even msi realized their insanity
but since budget manfucaturers have not updated their shit you are stuck with that garbage in aoc
kinda pain when it triggers (made even worse depending how the firmware works)
its pain you have to pay hundreds of dollars more for a osd but with the same panel
but this is what they wanted
I tried to warn you all

>>108104339
curved monitors feel strange but idk

>>108104524
>whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir

>>108104524
>AIOs won
No shit. Way back in the Athlon days built a couple of custom liquid cooled systems (using heater cores and electric water pumps from local auto parts stores). Abandoned the idea as it was too much of a pain in the ass to deal with. For most recent build decided to try an Arctic LF III Pro. Cool and quiet for my 9950X3D

>keep the stands
Totally retarded. Stands are setup by the OEM to balance the monitor they are sold with (not to mention most click-fit and are not interchangeable).

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>>108104444
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>>108104524
You seem to know about monitors.

Is this reviewer legit? They seem to know what they're talking about with their tests.
And they are saying the AOC AG326UD QD-OLED is pretty bad, because they locked the color saturation settings.

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>decide to put the four screws back onto the GPU so I can let it idle in desktop and heat up for a bit and then try to take it off
>THE FUCKING TIP OF THE SCREW BREAKS OFF AND GETS STUCK INSIDE OF THE STANDOFF
I HAVE THE WORST EFFIN LUCK, ON THE EFFIN PLANET. GOD I HATE MY FUCKING LIFE.

>>108104631
yea you crossthreaded that. as long as its not one of the core screws it propably doesnt matter

>>108104387
No I was trying to buy the strongest hardware...but the strongest hardware has the most software and AI in it....if only my drivers had an optional AI bundle I would be free

>>108104622
>Is this reviewer legit?
that Igor is pretty well known in tech

seems it has bad osd in other areas too, that's what I said, the worst thing you get when you go for budget monitors is a worse osd/firmware apparently and in oleds this is even more painful since you now have to deal with the dreaded aids of the pixel refresh algo cycle and AOC has the vintage 16 hour one, which as you know people sperged out on MSI on because they sell more monitors and were cheap, also no monitor should ever have a forced refresh ever, this is retarded as hell, but they put it in anyway, literally makes monitors unsuable for me it's that painful, on top of it all, it's completely a meme, 4 hour 16 hour, all made up recommendations from the panel manufacturers LG / Samsung, both which by the way don't have any forced pixel refresh behaviors, but the the gaymer brands do have it?
the absolute state!

trying other lesser known "budget" alternatives in oled you realize how fucking horrendous the monitor firmware is too, features not working and looking like complete shit, gaming features that is, other firmware quirks, all that shit, yet people glaze this?

but honestly the most egregious fucking thing is the forced pixel refresh which dictates when you can use your monitor for some random arbitrary reason because a timer went off, that does not work or track correctly by the way since the firmware is shit, like holy fuck, just patch the monitor turn that garbage off and let me burn in the monitor, I don't care, just let me use the fucking monitor?

>>108104678
so where is your rtx 6000?

>>108104573
>Stands are setup by the OEM to balance the monitor they are sold with
seem like it would not matter, never know thou how much that shit weighs

>(not to mention most click-fit and are not interchangeable).
were boomer shit not click and fit but 4 screws

I abandoned the idea since I gave them away anyway, lol

>No shit.
kinda funny since he was trying to optimize for temps yet chose an inferior cooling solution and now is using cardboard an shit.. the absolute state!

>>108104536
refer to that above

>>108104622
so what I'm saying is if you gonna get oledtaxxed, just spend a bit more and get a better osd/monitor/firmware and does not make you suicidal, about it
or buy a oled tv which has pixel shift off and no forced refresh behavior by default

brevity is the soul of wit, monitor-schizo-kun

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just ordered a 9070xt xfx swift. what am i in for? got a 3440x1440 screen and a hp reverb g2

>>108104740
I can be the monitor advisor for oled brands, 500k/y starting

>>108104744
you're in for some enjoyable system freezes, enjoy.

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>>108104600

kek the person I was advising on a /pcbg/ went from a 9070XT to a 5070 non-TI because they got scared reading about problems on Reddit. I tried to talk them down from the FOMO but they went ahead and ordered an Asus Prime OC.

>whatever, it's not my money

>>108104793
they made the right choice, AMD is a fucking dumpsterfire.

>>108104793
Wow stop giving advice. That guy was smarter than you.

>>108104808
>>108104810
12gb vs 16gb it's as easy as that.

>>108104816
1 nvidia gb is like 8 amdtrash gb tho

>>108104839
because nvidia is apple now. pay up goy.

>>108104711
>>108104736
Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it.

I hate buying computer stuff so much. There's always so much detailed learning you have to do to make sure you're buying the right thing.

>>108104816
Why not just buy 24gb worth of modules and press them into an actual turd. It would be even better.

>>108104816
what good is 16gb of vram when nothing works? no dlss, no cuda = no buy.

>>108104846
>>108104854
everyone is a developer nowadays for some reason. how much blender porn are you guys selling if i can ask?

>>108104866
wow it's almost like there is more to using a PC than playing childrens interactive entertainment mediums, you absolute fucking faggot.

>>108104844
>There's always so much detailed learning you have to do to make sure you're buying the right thing.
first rule of monitors(displays), everything is shit anyway
it helps not being poor and just accepting issues with things
people also complain about everything and every single product, even the best on the market
same with tvs also
pretty much everyone calls everything shit
just find the thing that is least shit for your use case
aoc 700bux maybe spending a bit more is better
it was on refurb very cheap maybe make sense then
seems kinda expensive

>>108104879
you don't have to be so defensive. i would assume that anyone who knows what they want to do with their pc can just choose the right gpu. now answer the question slop creator.
>how much blender porn are you guys selling if i can ask?

>>108104677
>as long as its not one of the core screws it propably doesnt matter
That is one of the core screws lmao, it just snapped. I really gotta get this heatsink off or else I'm fucked so I'll just lightly screw on two core screws, tape on some fans and let it idle for a bit and hope the paste gets warm enough on the core to give.

>>108104810
Originally they wanted a 5070TI but then saw the "bargain" price of the 9070XT (that was last week). I guess they read up on Reddit over the weekend. whateva. I run an nvidiot card myself.

>>108104883
>it helps not being poor and just accepting issues with things
What faggotry is this?

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Need ur help a for a minute. I just bought a used ssd for around 250usd. Its a lexar nm 800 pro. I bougjt it on a whim cause its a 4tb model and im not gonna pass such a deal. BUT it doesnt seem like a common model from the looks of it so i wanted to ask what i should expect it doesnt really matter if its not the best cause with the current landscape but i figured i might jus ask

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>Finally got my new computer put together.
>Try to put it in my computer nook on my desk.
>It doesn't fit.
>Nowhere else to put it.
This is what I get for not checking the most minute details. Anyone know of any good, smaller ATX cases that are around 18" tall and 8" wide?

i am sure an nvidia gpu is going to bring you out of poverty.

>>108104890
sorry I'm not a degenerate coomer either but try again poorfag.

>>108104927
see>>108104926

>>108104883
I need to buy a TV and a monitor and I hate it

>>108104923
Use CrystalDiskMark to see how much Write(s) data it has / how much it's been used. That will show how good or bad of a deal you risked.

>>108104935
I mean, I do use my systems for work so technically nvidia does pay the bills.

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SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>108104944
>using your own personal system for work
you aren't fooling anyone.

>>108104940
dont you mean CrystalDiskInfo

>>108104947
i am sure they couldn't make those new cpus work on an old mobo.

>>108104950
I said systems, as in plural you brokey

>>108104940
Seller showed me a screenshot with aroumd 12tb written. Lexar says it has a lifetime of one petabyte per tb of storage so its basically new

>>108104964
you can have many personal systems. doesn't change the fact that they are your own systems.

>>108104973
they are technically the companies but I keep them when I upgrade.

> According to a dnews report from a week ago, Blizzard and Nexon are co-operating on a "reimagination" of StarCraft as a "shooter experience."
don't mind me i'm just gonna curl up in a ball and cry

Why the fuck does Thermalright have a gazillion of air cooler models?
>Royal Pretor 130 Ultra
>Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
>Peerless Assassin 120 SE
How the fuck am I supposed to know which is better?

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>>108104770
>>108104808
>>108104839
>>108104846
>Nvidiots ITT make shitposts like this and insult anyone who owns radeon
>Then cry when me or anyone else shitposts about their cards and cry to the mods to do something about the brand wars they started
Lol, posts like this are why I'm gonna keep shitposting about nvidia. There needs to be balance. If you don't respect other people's hardware choices they don't have to respect yours.

>>108104982
it's how they make money, 1 million shitty $50 coolers to flood the entire market

I'm a techlet that's been gaming at 1080p 60fps for most of my PC life. When I upgrade it should open the door to 1440p, which will at the very least require a 1440p monitor.
My current setup has two 1080p monitors that are older and have a low refresh rate to the point where (if I'm understanding it right) I'm capped at 60fps by my monitor even if my PC could put out more fps on a game.

Even after I upgrade I'm sure there will be some games where I will not be able to get a stable lets say 120fps at 1440p on highest settings. So I'm trying to understand what alternatives are best. And since I've never experienced above 60fps or 1080p I don't personally know which of the following are shit and unplayable, or are not that bad and playable.
>run the game at 1440p and get a fluctuating framerate between 60 and 120 (or just cap it to a 60 fps in 1440p if fluctuation makes it unplayable)
>use settings/gpu to run the game at 1080p and upscale it to 1440p on my 1440p monitor, hopefully ensuring a stable 120 fps
>just run the game at 1080p and just keep a native 1080p monitor as my second display for games like this, all but guaranteeing even the most demanding game will have a stable 60fps 1080p option available

So after an upgrade my hardware will be one of the following
>two new 1440p 120+ fps monitors
>one new 1440p 120+ fps monitor, one new 1080p 120+ fps monitor
>one new 1440p 120+ fps monitor, my current old 1080p 60 fps monitor

Which is the best so that I always have an option available for at least 60fps (and as much as 120 or whatever the kids are using these days) whether its 1080p or 1440p. A stable framerate is a must I fucking hate laggy gameplay.
I might be completely misunderstanding the whole fps/resolution landscape too so if I'm wrong or these options are shit please tell me. I have no personal experience with how anything above 1080p 60fps looks or interacts.

>>108104991
Maki!

>>108104982
i have the suspicion that some are better for intel and some others are better for amd. thanks to the die designs and placements of both.

>>108104991
dude I literally don't give a fuck, you shill Radeon for free everywhere you go knowing full well their software stack is defective and then you will gaslight others into falling for their shit drivers, then you'll cry with ur fucking avatarfagging the minute somebody says something bad about their card. go kys

>>108104977
so again. the choice has been made by the company to buy those nvidia gpus. and you get them for free. but someone in this thread just wanted a gpu. any gpu. for a good price. with good performance. he didn't say that he needed it for cuda. how is that a problem to recommend an amd gpu?

>>108105001
so whats the question
you want a pc for 1440p gaming?
nows a bad time since jews made ram really expensive but you could cope by buying a 16gb ddr5 and upgrade later

>>108105024
no, they ask me what I want and I print out the list and send them the invoice and they put it on my desk when I come into the office.

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>>108104982
Because the variants help Thermalright occupy the Amazon search results when you shop for dual tower CPU coolers.
Same reason NVIDIA doesn't mind their AIBs making a variety of different GeForce card models.

>>108105001
>>>use settings/gpu to run the game at 1080p and upscale it to 1440p on my 1440p monitor, hopefully ensuring a stable 120 fps
whatever you do don't do that

>two new 1440p 120+ fps monitors
would be the most ideal

>run the game at 1440p and get a fluctuating framerate between 60 and 120 (or just cap it to a 60 fps in 1440p if fluctuation makes it unplayable)
That is fine you'd use VRR which syncs fps to monitor refresh rate

You will not return to 1080p60fps after using it, ever

If you are unsure just buy 1 1440p monitor now and use one of the 1080p ones as a 2nd display only

>>108105035
you still didn't have to pay for it and it's not your personal system. was that other anon in the same position as you? was he able to just ask for any gpu for free?

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Crystaldiskinfo of the nm800 pro ssd i was talking bout

>>108105043
Apparently the Phantom Spirit 120 EVO is the better for AM5 so I'll just go with that.

>>108105012
>, you shill Radeon for free everywhere you go knowing full well their software stack is defective
except you don't own a radeon card and are just making shit up like the nvidiot nigger you are. getting close to a year with my 9070 XT and not a single crash caused by a bad driver or any other issues really, many people will say the same. if you're gonna shitpost about something you don't own or know anything about then i'll shitpost about your card i know nothing about too faggot

>>108104910
>What faggotry is this?
more money you have the less you can not hyperfixate on small things and just move on with your life, but the paradox of it being the more money you have the more expensive shit you buy the more expectations you have on it too, maybe, perhaps?
your threshold for "it's cheap so fuck it" lowers the more money you have
I also said not to buy bad shit by default either though

>>108104937
>TV
LG G5, S95F (if your tolerance for samsung fuck ups and one connect box pc shenaningns drops outs flickers blue flicker and a matte screen is high enough), S90F (if usa), S90D (if usa), TCL C6K for cheap LCDSlop?

>monitor
qd - pg27ucdm, pg32ucdmr
woahled - xg32ucwmg
lcd - 300$ gigabyte 4k 160hz dual mode

there pick one from each, solved! maybe?

>>108105025
I want a pc for 1440p gaming
But in the event there are games I can't get a stable fps at 1440p on this pc, I want to have option(s) available to get a stable fps. I just don't know what those option(s) are or which of them are best.

>>108105051
even if I had to pay for it I would never use another AMD GPU in my life after my last experience with them, You couldn't pay me enough money to put up with that broken software. I want things that work not things that freeze every couple days when doing something trivial like a browser with hardware acceleration enabled.

>>108105064 why would I keep this shit in my storage boxes? it belongs in a landfill.

>>108105052
set that shit to English

>>108105077
Do you have a budget in mind
typical 1440p pc using mid tier parts costs like 2k € today with the price surges

eg 5070 gpu
am5 mobo, some x3d cpu, 16gb ddr5 ram
1tb nvme ssd since those are expensive today too

>>108105085
never had those issues. had a rx 480 8g and a 5700xt. i now have 7800xt.

>>108105052
Just want to point out i paid 250 dolars but i dont think im getting scammed unless the ssd is a known lemon but thats what i want to know which is why i asked

>>108105109
good for you, a sample size of one is meaningless.

>>108105120
and yours isn't?

>>108105105
Its a screenshot of the listing still the things are in the usual place so if ur familiar with the ui u can still undersysnd

>>108105124
no, because there are hundreds of threads all over the internet of people that have the same problems that I had with radeon now that I did. there isn't any point to discuss this further because the next thing ur going to say is that it's an OS issue and ur specific sekritclub version of nix doesnt have these issues etc, just fuckoff.

>>108105085
>I had a bad experience with a product from a company years ago
>It's totally impossible that the situation could have changed since then and things have improved
>Instead of updating myself on the situtation (all the latest videos about radeon drivers such as when 9000 series released say it's much better than it used to be and is stable) im going to shitpost on a forum and turn people away to buy my preferred product instead because of my anecdotal experience
k so you're just a low iq retard incapable of seeing things from anybody else's perspectives or experiences except your own

There are plenty of Radeon RX 7000 and 9000 card owners panic-switching to RTX 50 cards because they don't want a Radeon card to be the last potential discrete GPU they'll ever own.
They're worsening the supply situation.

>>108105001
IPS 1440p180hz is like the bottom end, or 1080p180hz if even cheaper
or just buy a cheapo 4k 160hz dual mode and use whatever res u want

>>108105006
Most kind /g/ poster.

>>108105138
just like there are about nvidia, intel, amd, windows, linux, python and anything that actually gets used in real life. doesn't mean that everything is shit. just have to learn to use it right.

>>108105145
I had muitple bad experiences with generations of products that culminated at the end of GCN with me swearing to never buy another Radeon GPU because their drivers are fucking atrocious. their software support even more so, and their existing tools being wildly inferior to the competition (encoding for example, to this day its not even close). but go on king, keep shilling like that's going to change my mind. the only platform that Radeon is OK on is Linux because AMD themselves doesn't write those drivers. On Apple its also not written by them, the Radeon India driver team is a literal shitshow.

>>108105145
>>I had a bad experience with a product from a company years ago
>>It's totally impossible that the situation could have changed since then and things have improved
NTA but when the experience was as terrible as it was it's hard to have trust.
>>Instead of updating myself on the situtation (all the latest videos about radeon drivers such as when 9000 series released say it's much better than it used to be and is stable)
People said that exact shit all those years ago, it was a lie or at best an assumption thay AMD shouldn't fuck up what was then a rebrand (R9 380)

>>108105183
Can u guys stop fighting and answer my question about the ssd? Nvidia and amd are the same fucking company. Leather jacket and lisa are cousins. Amd is nvidias counter antitrust division

>>108105183
>, and their existing tools being wildly inferior to the competition (encoding for example, to this day its not even close)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1lnWAstaPI
9000 series has AV1 encoding now and this guy was able to stream and record in high quality at the same time on a 9070 XT without it getting overwhelmed. Again you show you don't know fuck all about the 9000 series and are just shitposting based on your outdated experiences.

>>108105227
that's just some bald fag talking though, show the actual vmaf metrics, the bitrate comparisons, thats what I meant.

>>108105045
>That is fine you'd use VRR which syncs fps to monitor refresh rate
So is this a situation where my games will more or less take care of itself and I just never have to worry about it then?
What if hypothetically a new game comes out and my PC can only get between 30-59 fps at 1440p? Maybe I'm just creating situations that wouldn't realistically exist after I upgrade.

>>108105108
I've already purchased a 2tb nvme and 32gb of ddr5 ram before prices got too stupid out of hand so I've been sitting on those while I've been researching and figuring out the rest.
My budget for the remaining build is around 2000 CAD (about 1200 €) which seems doable.

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Finally switching to 2k and need a budget 24" panel. Anybody have a Koorui G2421V? They're on sale on burger amazon right now.

>>108105215
Run benchmarks on CrystalDiskMark and see if the performance figures are within advertised specs.
You shouldn't be buying used SSDs if you need someone in 4Chan to tell you basic shit like this.
https://gzhls.at/blob/ldb/7/6/0/5/e4b134c0ebbf40c987413c260ed8d8e361d3.pdf

>>108105259
>I've already purchased a 2tb nvme and 32gb of ddr5 ram before prices got too stupid out of hand so I've been sitting on those while

that makes life easier for you
5070 ti is way overpriced now but 5070s should be doable.
I bought a warrantless tray cpu from aliexpress which saved money and you def want am5 x3d cpu for your build to have longevity and better perf. Im not sure whats the best option for you tho, maybe you too have options to buy tray cpus from somewhere,

Then consider something like a high airflow case like meshify 3
really you'd want a 1440p 500hz oled monitor on top but those are like 600-700€ today

>>108104953
Yes
Fucking work, my brain is broken
>>108104966
Well I hope they are truthful I would double check

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>>108105253
You're talking to the Nico avatarfag, his main info source is TechTubers like Bang4Buck Gaming.

>>108105287
You misunderstood. I merely asked if anyone was familiar with this specific ssd model. I just ordered it. I dont have it in my hands right now

Nico is shitting up the thread so once it hits 300 xe makes a shitty disinfo OP and dumps his 10 usual copypastas

>>108105316
that guy is black and he has a better pc than most, it's over

>>108105293
My penciled in build was a 5070 and 7800x3d
still researching mobos but between mobo/psu/case/cpu cooler the rest can come under budget and if I have to go a bit over its not the end of the world

I don't even mind just coping with my current dual 1080p monitors for a while longer even after I complete the build. If it means I can shop around or wait for a really good deal on a good 1440p monitor.

>>108105314
I posted the screen here>>108105052
I dont see anything particular but I cant find much about the nm800 pro

>HDD fails
>summit an RMA to Western Digital for a replacement
>Fucking error code at the end of submission
>call for support help
>get a fucking chat bot
>chat bot is actually helpful and just gave it my email to my account and had every details about my account
>get my RMA email in a matter of seconds
Long story short, fuck western digital. I still don't know why this drive up and went out on me and not even a year old.

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Xtraflow fans actually look really sexy with the glossy paint and the LEDs, really wish that I had tried going back to dual-fan GPUs at some point.

>>108105362
Well it would've been nice in English but I can remember most from my own
I don't see an issue
500 hours on
30 times power cycled
12tb written/read

Due it still being in hexadecimal I think it says 10 errors near the bottom? But it may be due to hard power off
Sorry I'm most familiar with Samsung and WD/SanDisk
But it looks like a good deal
I do recall it might get hot so use it under a heatsink or fan
Also Google AI says it may have poor random writes (but not really an issue if used for daily use or gaming -- only maybe installs may be affected, barely)

It's one of many Gen 4 drives with a DRAM, I don't think Lexar has a bad reputation.
Assembling SSDs & DRAMs are basically a commodified business with a low barrier to entry.

>>108105432
>>108105427
Thank you even if no pristine for the price u cant beat a deal like this concerned a bit about the error reporting but I have no info on how it was used

>>108105452
When it gets to me ill report back hopefully its as advertised gonna watch CITY The Animation! now brb

>>108105427
>>108104966
>>108105452
Those errors are likely benign
One of my drives has thousands of errors but all the errors are for things like the drive not recognizing a command the host sent.
Doesn't hurt anything.

>>108105452
12 TBW in almost 500 hours is a lot btw, it's over half a TB written every day for three weeks (around 24GB written every hour for three weeks).

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Double conversion UPS for only $800 is tempting....

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Seems like the repaste helped even if the night time ambient temperatures are colder. Despite fucking up my X-pattern the temperatures don't go past 61c running Prime95 Small FFTs solo with the case side panel open with sub-1k fan speeds. Definitely more like the performance I expected from the PS120.

>>108105479
>>108105485
I see. I suspect either videoediting or local ai model hosting (or a skyrim modlist). Kinda feeling better about this but u never know when it seems too good to be true

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>bored, check new gpus
>my 3060ti is still ~80% as powerful as an equivalent price gpu
thank you jensen huang, for giving me the GPU equivalent to a 2500k, that i will never upgrade until you eventually send the remote killswitch command after you're done with me cheating your system

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>>108105509
Get HWInfo64, this project gets official support from Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, and AIB engineers.

>>108105001
are you sure you need a dual monitor setup like a gay tryhard troonix user
just get one 1440p 120fps+ for now
and save until you can afford a higher end-ish 4k 120hz 4k 42 inches tv

>>108105583
I'm just so used to dual monitor at this point. I really like having a second monitor for my browser or to have stuff quickly available for reference while playing.

>>108105001
for generic AAA schlock 72-75 fps is like the bare minimum if you need to move your mouse whatsoever until it starts to feel like you're trying to pucch shit in a dream. for old school gayman fps games 90 or more, obviously 144 fps feels much more fluid but u usually dont get that in consoleshit optimized games that come out today.

also my rig is just 1440p144 monitor and 4k60p tv, do not get 2 monitors with high fps thats just waste of money. get a big 2nd monitor with nice viewing angles.

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I'm gonna have to find some thin pliers tommorow and try to turn this standoff manually because I'm betting the tip of that screw being lodged is what's preventing me from being able to take off this heatsink.

>>108105583
what the fuck
if you buy a new 1440p you just keep 1 old monitor on the side

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this shit gettin expensive

>still need to buy cpu
>still need to buy a 4k oled monitor
>still need to buy ssd

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>>108105787
Have a look, fucker snapped clean off. Can't tell if he cross threaded the moment I first took him out or when I tried to screw him back in. Ran Superposition until thermal throttling to heat up the card and the heatsink still won't give, it's gotta be this.

Why did 60 fps on the PS2 look better than 144+ fps on modern PCs?

Was it just the CRT meme?

>>108102733
>but what if we just sold them HALF a tv at twice the price?

>>108103317
>TN for gaymers
>IPS for normans

This isn't 2016 anymore unc

>>108102850
I've only needed 64 because when I was doing machine learning training it crashed on 16. Now it just goes really fucking slow if I use it all, but at least it does run.

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>>108103954
>80-90% of the paste is no longer on the die
yes but - you only need an almost microscopic layer if the cold plate is not shit.

>obselete
PTM materials do work and they are not all that new on the market.

>>108105823
its you not knowing better because you were a preteen
try playing aw2 on an oled monitor with path tracing

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>>108105823
ask a 12 year old which is better now

I don't peel off the clear plastic label before I use the CPU cooler when I'm testing the mounting mechanism for the first time, I only peel it off when I'm applying it for real. Is this a bad thing? Will I get microplastics blocking my coldplate?

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>>108105895
drooling in RTX Pro

>muh fukken CAD

>>108105823
Because low fps and low resolution looks and feels better on CRTs, it's not a meme.

>>108105886
>aw2 on an oled monitor with path tracing
>39 fps

T-thanks

>>108105960
do you have a 30xx gpu or something
you prob want 5070 or 5070 ti for path tracing

>>108105960
>rdna3/4
grim

>>108103954
Place I worked at was just in the process of making PTM standard on all bare die GPUs/TPU accelerators
Paste is otherwise pretty obsolete, but Honeywell makes it difficult to acquire.

PTM7950SP would otherwise be the end-all
>same as PTM7950 in formula
>paste format for boomers and other "special" retards

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>>108105344
>black
>called bang4buck

>>108105823
>Was it just the CRT meme?
yes
and old consoles have perfect frame pacing

>>108105052
the drive came in italian, it's gonna read and write fast like a ferrari

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>>108102408
Wat? It's a case.

>>108102082
quintessentially American case paint job

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>>108106051
so post your favorite case, anon. what is your /build/?

>>108105971
that's on 4k 5090 lol

>>108106134
nah youd get >200 fps on 4k with dlss

the njeetia shill deserves the nico guy

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>>108103982
>>*8gb has become a major constraint even at 1080p
>THIS SHOULD BE UPDATED
>*12GB has become a major constraint even at 1080p
>IT WAS ALREADY OBSOLETE A YEAR AGO WHEN HUB TESTED RT + DLSS + FRAMEGEN AT HIGH/MAX SETTINGS IN GAMES OF THAT YEAR AND VRAM WENT PAST 12 HALF OF THE TIME
>any GPU below 16GB should straight up NOT be recommended to anyone if you plan on using the advertised feature of ray tracing

intredasting point, anon.

laptopfag here. will an i7 14700hx and an rtx 4060 be decent for 1080p/high and 1440p/med?

>>108106196
it'll do fine

>amazon sell me a PSU with "damaged box"
>arrives missing a bunch of cables and shit
>only an EU power cable
>gives me $30 refund saying sorry lol

fuck this

How is the 265k?
It's kind of annoying to read discussions about the core ultras because they get flooded with comments talking about how the 7000/9000 series from amd is better for gaming and there's always some bit about socket longevity. I don't give a shit about socket longevity. I have used the same cpu for the last six years and I'll probably use the next upgrade for longer than that.

I digress. Seems like the 245k is just as good outside of multicore workloads where the 265k gets +%33 or so. I don't do video encoding, but it is nice to have the flexibility of a capable chip. Might consider the 9900x as well

>>108106293
stupid to upgrade right now, wait for new gen at the end of the year

>>108106293
just buy it goy

>>108106293
If you dont care about gaming then its a good budget option since no gamer will ever buy intel which resulted in drastic price drops

is there a noticeable difference between 120/240hz monitors? does it feel different?

>>108106293
It's similar to the 9600 vs 9700 question. You wan mo' coahs for da workloads? Then bigger number CPU fasterer. 6 vs 8 P-cores. You could say that if you value 8 main cores for "optimal" gaming performance and have the budget then you should spring for the 265K.

>>108103982
>this much ram being used duhhhhh means u need tat much ram
windows caches using over 70gb out of my 192gb so i guess even 64gb isnt enough.

>>108106341
yes it feels different
but its more a case that 240hz is standard and 120hz is some weird TV territory

average oled is 360hz, so you might as well get one of those and since its not terribly expensive some ideas about diminishing returns dont really matter

>>108106302
>just wait

just dont fucking buy anything if youre going to wait

>>108106293
>How is the 265k?
best $200 I ever spent

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super early quality bake from the OP
>changed the OP i >>108102082 >>108106179 did

not one of you faggoots posted pics of cases when I asked.

>>108106417
>>108106417
>>108106417

>>108106459
This thread wont archive for like 10 more hours so go ahead and delete that one since its redundant

>>108102082
Faggot jannie's system? I imagine this has something cucked, like a 235 with 8 pussy nigga cores in it.

That thread is made by a faggot autistic control freak who thinks he owns the general and is the only one allowed to bake with his version only. Don't use his thread and wait for the real thread to be made later at like page 6 after bump limit

>ebay bid on a corsair case
>won bid
>seller refunds me and says its no longer available and he cant find it
>check listings today
>same guy selling the same fucking case but more than my winning bid

fuck him, gave him negative feedback and ruined his 100% rating on the first purchase and reported him

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>>108106541
kek'd at caselessanon

>>108106541
obviously he just found the case that was missing and put it on sale since he didnt need it

>>108106562
I couldn't give less of a fuck, he was selling a case that was dusty and I can just wait and buy a brand new one

In fact I am just going to use my current case, a NZXT H710, which is still perfectly serviceable.

Real thread will be made at page 6-8. Stop using this autistic faggots threads who keeps early baking because he thinks he owns the general like it's his personal subreddit

>>108106576
>perfectly serviceable
This is a technically correct way to do things.

I have an RTX 3080 and i9-9900k. I've been playing a lot of Apex Legends and want to record some gameplay but I don't want to start a recording for every single game so i'm using Nvidia's record (formerly shadowplay). I game at 1440p. How much more strain would be put on my GPU if I am saving a recording at 1080p 120fps if I'm gaming at 1440p? It would be using the Nvidia Nvenc recorder of course.

how to decide between a 5060ti or 5070?

>>108106617
5070 is way better

>>108106617
budget

>>108106624
that's what I figure but idk if the lower VRAM would cuck me

>>108106633
better low vram than low frames unless you really have to do local AI stuff

>>108106624
>way better
ehhhhh... ok.

>>108106628
>budget
this is the way

>>108106541
Weird. It's a fucking case, making srs money from it was never in the cards.

>>108106660
eBay is full of the lowest of the low. I had someone try to Jew me out of a DDR3 kit of ECC I was buying for a really old server. It was like $45. They approved the sale, hten refused to send it, I complained to eBay, they reached out in messages to offer me the RAM kit for $60 now but private sale only, not through eBay.
>against eBay rules and they actively go through their internal messaging system to see if that shit is getting done
>guy wanted MORE money to go private and risk my eBay account instead of less
>report him, all his listings get taken down
It's a nightmare.

>>108106679
reminds me of selling and buying items in runescape