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  2. I have ADHD and my mind tends to scatter all over the place. I realized having a visible text displaying my current task would help me remember and fcous on what I'm doing, especially when doing complex, multi-staged tasks. I've tried using Windows built-in sticky notes app, but it just hides parts my screen and bugs me. Do any of you know of a way to put a short line of text in Windows 11 the task bar itself that can be visible without being obstructive?
  3. First off, TDP is not what anything (CPU or GPU) actually uses anymore. It used to be fairly accurate, but it is now more of a guide for OEMs in terms of what is an acceptable level of cooling for the PC they're selling. If your CPU and graphics card are using less, or more than their TDP, this is totally normal and not necessarily a problem. The important thing is: with whatever power draw you have, can the CPU or GPU maintain their boost clocks? If the answer is: YES, then it is functioning correctly, regardless of the power draw. From a quick look on the Internet, there are many circumstances where the power draw of the 2400G is very low and this is not unusual, since the G CPUs are a different design to the non-G CPUs and often have a different profile with their power usage. The Ryzen CPUs are two chips together, the CPU and the I/O die, which together put your power usage at 38 watts, not 20 watts. Is your RAM 2400? It looks like it is, if so, that is probably one of the reasons why, but we'd really need to compare something like Cinebench to reviews, since YouTube videos don't always declare their whole system, overclocks and game settings. I'd say the same thing here, that's likely to be normal if the card can successfully maintain the boost clocks. The 1650 is designed so that it stays under the 75 watt limit of the PCI-Express slot.
  4. I'd just down the resolution to 1080p and wait for 5000 series which should release '24Q4 or '25Q1
  5. I didn't know tray CPU have different warranty. They seem to have disappeared from regular retail channels. I loved them since one didn't pay for a (useless) stock cooler. Ultimately a warranty is an insurance. One has to decide if the added cost (and RMA hassle) is worth the risk. I personally wouldn't buy insurance for a $200 CPU. I would pay $40 less and take my chances. I mean, my car has $1,000 deductible, so insurance really only is for life standard threatening events. There is a bathtub curve for failure. 90 days warranty are plenty to know there isn't an initial manufacturing defect. Unfortunately most consumer items don't have the option to buy the lower warranty version.
  6. You're swapping BGA components, welcome to the rabbithole You can buy individual modules off ebay, but unless you have all the equipment and a not small amount of experience with rework stations, I'd recommend staying far FAR away from this project. If you had a busted card, that would be a different matter entirely, but you have a currently working card.
  7. Budget (including currency): shouldn't exceed ₹65,000 Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: gonna mess around it a lot, should be able to play (plugged in to charger) upcoming games and games that came out this year at 1080p medium settings 60fps, would be cool if it runs GTA 6 at 720p 30 fps when it comes out for PC cuz I'll be holding it till the end of college, and speaking of college that the battery life should be good enough to run visual studio code and youtube and spotify and a bunch of chrome tabs for an entire day of college without needing to be plugged in, also bonus points if it can edit youtube videos at 1080p without getting too hot
  8. I booted Linux Mint from a live USB because my actual install is stuck on the green spinny wheel and now I have to recover my data to reinstall it. Unfortunately though, it is eCrypted and I cannot access it. I have linked a screenshot that shows I have ran “sudo ecryptfs-recover-privat .Private/“ and got my password right but now it’s Schleich me some error “directory not found”. I really need the data back and any help would be greatly appreciated Warm regards
  9. Strange: After I installed my Lan driver, it finally finds all USB devices again. For whatever reason
  10. As I described, yes it limits me regarding my other system specs and in games ofcourse, playin on low medium and hardly get 60 fps with upscaling (for example in helldivers 2) ... 3060 is a 1080p card but it's not the topic here. I want to upgrade it but can't decide between what I mentionned (4080 S or 4090 or wait 5000) and just wanted an advise.
  11. List is Private Assuming this didn't fix the issue, I'd reseat the CPU and be careful when tightening the cooler to do it in a cross/star pattern. The fact that it crashes and refuses to be stable for a while says to me that it's a heat issue. A near perfect seating of the CPU can mean that it's fine until it heats up and components expand and pins just barely lose contact. Wouldn't hurt to reseat RAM as well
  12. Also, get a Fractal case.... cuz Sweden. Well and they're better. But seriously, that case comes with 3 front fans, but no exhaust. I'd grab at least 1 or 2 exhaust fans. Or move one to the back?
  13. You were the one asking in your original post if you should get a DAC lol The Apple one is reviewed to be transparent as DAC's that cost over 10x-20x as much (it's only $9). How are you buying the headphones? I would just take advantage of Amazon's generous return policy and try out the 6XX first.
  14. I actually have 3 Optane SSDs utilized on my TrueNAS server, as shown below: As you can spot, one of them is hosting the TrueNAS system itself, while others are assigned to the Cache pool and arranged as a "stripe" array. They gave me a good place to host a light-weight Linux-based system & some additional services, as well as caching. As written in my blog, assigning them as L2ARC or SLOG is not ideal in my scenarios: both my family's traffic and access to the server are very limited, and such configurations, intended for concurrent access, would not seem to be useful. Also, be aware that any electronic stuff is deemed to fail, including Optane, especially when operating under uncontrolled environments such as high temperature. It's also worth noting that not all SATA SSDs are equipped with QLC (as you said, 4 bits/cell) Flash chips; this is more likely the case in cheaper models like WD Green SN350, but is not in premium ones such as Crucial MX500 (some also have dedicated cache equipped).
  15. Is that a typo, or does the watch really only cost $15? In that case it's no surprise the company isn't interested in tech support, their profits margins have to be incredibly low. You could return the product, if you're still in the warranty period, and Amazon would likely take note if enough people do it, but otherwise, they're not really going to care. Though depending on where you live and what consumer protection looks like, they may be required to exchange a faulty product.
  16. Still, worthwhile to shuck and jive and hustle for a replacement. You can find safer PSUs in dumpsters.
  17. Hubs are only bad experiences if you plug in high-powered devices like an external hard drive, printers, scanners, etc. I tried looking up more "high powered" USB devices, but it seems like every article is written without knowledge of modern devices. I would imagine USB microphones and USB webcams are also high-powered? The idea of using a PCIe USB card is to add another USB controller (or 2) to your available ones. I think motherboards typically have 3-4 controllers, but it's not really clear which port is assigned to which controller. The controller acts as the bottleneck for USB port speeds and power, and not necessarily the ports themselves. A USB hub just gives your more ports, but it's still leeching off the same controller as the other ports assigned to it.
  18. If you download HWinfo and send us a pic of the spec sheet, we should be able to give you info on almost all parts of your PC and see if we can make any minor improvements that might help your performance
  19. I have a beatxp unbound neo. An amazing smartwatch with an sAmoled display under 15 bucks. It works amazingly, just today, that amazing display gave up. I am including the pic (video too big) and it IS still under warranty. The problem is that the company continuously ghosts me. I reached out once before because the mic wasn't working, and didn't get a reply. Also, only way to contact is by e-mail. Is it possible to somehow force Amazon(my vendor) to contact the company to provide support? I can't replace it as well cause it was from my first paycheck. Really sentimental.
  20. This is in Portuguese so you’ll need to run something to translate the audio if your region doesn’t have captions. It’s absolutely doable, you’d need to find the higher capacity variants of basically the same memory modules. There isn’t a finite list of them hanging around, and they can be different across the same gpus. This commonly requires a bios mod, which isn’t as difficult as it sounds, but is definitely not something to delve into without prior experience. But then the same can be said for BGA soldering, this isn’t a home soldering job, you need special tools for this. The 3070 and 3070ti are great candidates for this because they’re cards which are extremely capable otherwise but are heavily limited by their vram. Half the reason I got an A770 to replace my 3070ti was that 8gb of vram wasn’t enough in 4k.
  21. Specifically, a thermalright phantom spirit, beats NH-D15 and a lot of 240mm AIOs for $35-40, if you want to spend about $45 you can get the phantom spirit evo with upgraded fans, currently, imo, one of the best looking and best performing coolers on the market For AIO, Arctic LF3
  22. What's the brand and actual model of your 4070s? GPU temps vs hotspot temp, on average have 10-15c difference. Meaning if the gpu temp is around 65c, then hotspot is 75-80c. If the cooling solution and thermal pads are good, it could be lower. While vrm temp should be around 5-10c higher than gpu temp on average. However, if the differences are higher than those. You might want to check your thermal pads. Personally, what I would do is first install afterburner(if you haven't yet). Then regardless of what gpu or hotspot temp is, I will set fan speed to manual and at around 70-80% fan speed(even 100%). If the vram is cooling down, it doesn't mean that the issue is already resolved. It just means that the fan curve is following the gpu temp/hotspot. Since those two aren't as hot, the fans are also not ramping up. But it will still just a band-aid solution. I would suggest googling to see if there are other people with the same make and model having thermal pad issue, because that might explain what's going on with your gpu. You can also check how much power is being feed to the gpu and try undervolting.
  23. Another problem.. in the task manager, it's showing 1067Mhz speed. Is my ram a ddr3 ram?
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