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I dont know if this is the right forum or not, maybe belongs in home theater? Anyways, the issue I'm looking to resolve is swapping my current light fixture to a dimmable LED fixture, however the problem I have is I have no attic access to run new wire, and I dont know where to go to find a solution, but I know it exists (as I have installed similar at jobsite). I need a wireless switch to swap with my current switch and the light fixture to have a receiver so I can still dim the light without running some new dimming wires. My google search isnt really helpful in showing me what I want.

I'm running a 5600X with a 1070 FE as well with the same PSU, no issues ever. The trouble might come if you want to upgrade to a 3070 or 6800 XT, that would probably push it over.

So, I've been planning my return to Microsoft Flight Simulator after about 15 years of serious simming (If you call a CH flight yoke serious) and I'm planning on grabbing a set of Honeycomb Yoke and Throttle Quadrant. That leaves the pedals. Was planning on grabbing a set of logitechs but good lord, $150 for cheap plastic. No thanks. The Thrustmaster pendular pedals are what I really want, but I cant justify spending more on the pedals than the yoke and 6 axis throttle quadrant (with annunciator) combined. So, that leaves DIY'ing it. Then I found this video. I'm pretty confident I can replicate it (but with plywood/hardwood instead), and I have ideas on how to do it but I'm lost as far as how to source the linkages and what not. I found metric on amazon, but I'm in the states, threaded rod is really only available easily in SAE, so 3/8" 1/2" ect. Also the bearings most easily found are metric as well.... so a good snug fit might be difficult. The electronics are easy enough though. Any idea where I could possibly source stuff like that locally? Online is kina iffy as I'd be buying it without looking at it to verify it works.

Well there are two reasons to suspect this is the case. 1. It did this while the system was OFF, As far as I'm aware, ATX PSU's don't supply 12v power while the system is off. 2. The fire/damage is at the power delivery portion of the card.

The current PSU? Silverstone 450w ST45SF the potentialy dodgy PSU? Looks like I had that one wrong, the Corsair's are rated well enough, its the CM's that are in the dirt as far as ratings.

Its an SFX PSU due to the ITX case so there are no "cheapo" options, the corsair one is the only sketchy PSU.

In the (unlikely) event that I'm able to get my hands on 6700XT or 3060Ti that won't cost me my first born, what PSU wattage would you suggest for a System using a Gigabyte Aorus B450 Pro Wifi I (ITX Board), a Ryzen 5600X, couple of case fans and drives, no OCs. Right now my 450w is just fine for a 1070 but I expect the GPUs to strip that easily as they will be ran at 100% for hours on end while I enjoy myself in MSFS 2020....

yeah, like I said, it shouldn't do that. Be this an important lesson, NEVER buy a less then reputable PSU, cause when it dies/fails, it often takes expensive components with it. I was lucky that my one obvious PSU failure didn't take the system with it, and it was with an Antec PSU back in the Athlon 64 days. Since then I've never bought a PSU that wasn't a bit higher on the quality.

Normally I'd say this was a dead short, and something in the card itself was bad... That said, from what I understand, PSU's are not supposed to supply 12v power until the motherboard tells it to.... that shouldn't have happened unless you told the computer to turn on.

That was my guess but then no context so it could have meant anything, and still I couldn't answer as that as having never played it and I tend to stay away from MMORPGs, last one I played was Maple Story 2, liked it cause it was real cute, till I got to a certain point and ran a raid or whatever for a week straight for materials and kept failing the #$%@! RNG. Said no and havn't touched it since. Oh and PUBG was a "I have no intrest in playing that POS game and thus have no idea".

There were still 5 questions I had no hope in answering because I never played the game or even knew anything about, KOTOR? the heck is that? And before someone says "you must not game much", I've been playing PC games since Windows 3.1 was a thing.... I just don't play certain games. Usually I wouldn't even care as my 1070 is perfectly suitable for everything I play.... and then there is MSFS 2020 which I'm desperately wanting to get into.

Oh this sounds like a WONDERFUL idea, lets all go back to RTX 2000 prices, or worse because of a supply issue. NO! And lets not forget for an instant here that were TSMC were to go "no, we're gonna go strictly AMD/Nvidia because a temporary shortage" we're gonna wind up in a situation where not only will GPU's be highly inflated, but pretty much anything with IC's will be jacked in price. See that $1200 i-Phone? yeah, its now $2200, as is that laptop that went for $500 now being $800 or more, and thats assuming that they can even get the chips in the first place. And now Intel is looking at Samsung or TSMC to produce their chips to finally get below 14nm, so instead of being able to afford or get a CPU, now it would be "forget it, everything is going to GPU's at marked up prices", which likely would go to miners since they would have the funds to buy them.

So I'm looking at getting a Lian-Li TU-150 for my ITX build, ditching the restrictive Silversstone case I have for Tempered glass and the option to actually see my hardware. Issue is I have 3 Thermaltake 120mm RGB fans that for some odd reason use their stupid controller. I was thinking of picking up a Prism cooler or maybe even the Hyper 212 RGB version, then a thought hit me. What about using one of the 120mm fans for the CPU so I can match the pattern and colors of the other fans, but then I have the added problem of nothing plugging into CPU fan header and probably causing issues, even if the fan ran fast enough to keep everything cool. Soooo, what should I do here?

The hubbub is that this is a half baked launcher, with questionable security, its been caught spying on users, and then when caught they Sweeney said he'd fix it BECAUSE he got caught. Add on the fact that Tencent owns 40% of the shares of EGS, that makes it so that Tencent has some decent leverage on EGS to do what they want, And that this is bad practice for consumers. Yes, you're not locked out because of a system, but is a new system cheaper than your bank account cleaned out? And to make matters worse, have a problem? good luck. Their customer service is the worst out there..

Actually in this case, it is. Steam launched in 2003, thats 2 years before my first custom built computer, back in the old Athlon XP days. Software at that time was simply basic in comparison to todays standards. Now almost 15 years later, we have the tools to make a good platform, but Epic didn't do it. Instead they have rushed a product to launch for whatever reason that isn't even half baked, any more raw and it would still be moving. If you ask me this like saying you're gonna deliver a 4 piece chicken tender dinner, and hand me 2 freshly killed chickens that still have the feathers and a sack of potatoes and then buying out the local restraunts so you can't simply go there for your promised chicken dinner. Oh yes, lets not forget its incredible shortcomings. I mean for petes sake, EGS doesn't include a shopping cart, most social features, and a friggin forum to post issues. And then for TD2, they couldn't deliver on the promise that if you pre-order you got early access to the private beta, nope. Steam at least has a record that they are able to do so. A forum....... in fact, I couldn't find customer support at all. And multiple security breaches, one was from a webpage for its Unreal Tournament 2004........ And the argument "But they only have a few titles" is not valid for lack of BASIC FEATURES ON A SOCIAL PLATFORM. I have U-play, Steam, And GoG, its not another launcher issue. Tim Sweeney is slime and a hypocrite, and I will not reward such behaviour. I'll support a dev all day long, but I WILL NOT reward scummy behaviour that has no business on an open platform. You know, kinda like how EA makes pretty bad games and everyone still rushes out and buys their titles.

ahhh, gpu. Thats not my pic, I could have sworn I'd seen Bitwit put the same setup in his case, turns out the plastic shroud causes issues. Is the PSU you have a SFX or is it standard ATX? If its an SFX PSU that opens up your options for small, such as a 3D printed case (i've seen a few) or the node 202.

Might be out of your budget but consider the inwin Chopin + Cryorig C7 cooler (stock HS can be made to fit but require removal of the plastic, https://imgur.com/a/KhZeT) It would offer something about the size of a console or smaller but you can't upgrade to a GPU.

Epic HAS tools to compete with Steam, its just their bag of tools outside of exclusive deals isn't working. Like what was mentioned, royalty free fees using Unreal Engine 4, more money for the devs, money to develop a competitor, not just another launcher. Cheaper prices are another one, use the money to invest and publish indie games, like say Epic goes to Pheonix Point and says "We want invest in your game, are you looking to add DLC?" and then offer 20% off or something for all DLC if game is purchased on Epic. But they didn't, they took one look at the playbook for Sony, said "thats a good idea, lets do that" without knowing who or what the PC gaming community is and what we will put up with. Even Microsoft for petes sake is backing away from arbitrary walls and opening the Xbox platform. Were the Xbox not a console in most sense, pay to access the internet, I would actually consider buying one for when I need to travel, or a backup rig incase of some sort of computer failure.

and why shouldn't we? I didn't back this game, but they were told "Steam and GoG keys" then in comes Epic, says sign this contract, we'll give you a buttload of money, just can't have it on another platform. The only reason The Division 2 escaped was likely because its Ubisoft and they have more than enough money and their own store front. And I'd be outraged too if my data got stolen because of insecure servers, a crappy store, crappy launcher, crappy service, crappy EULA, everything that is Epic Games is crap and scummy. The only reason they can do this is because of their success of Fortnight and Tencent. And being owned mostly by Tencent itself is alarming. Yes they are investing in a lot of stuff, but so do most investment companies, the scary part is Epic is almost, if not entirely OWNED by Tencent, and Tencent is not friendly to the consumer and extremely friendly with The Party. Plus we PC gamers don't like consoles for the most part BECAUSE of locking the game behind a console system. Want that game? too bad, need our system. Oh, you want to play online, too bad, pay us money cause reasons. Imagine if you will shelling out $120/year for the privlage of being able to play a game online, thats of course on top of your ISP costs, + the costs of two (or three) consoles.... That is why I refuse to play on consoles. Because they don't respect the consumer, Valve and GoG at least do.

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Great idea, cept some experienced moron will screw that up like in the case of Air France 447, which pancaked into the ocean after both pilots in reacting to stall warnings kept pulling the the nose up. Closer analyisis showed that the plane hit the water with almost zero forward velocity..... Computers only help so much but the autopilot/MCAS is only a tool at the end of the day and its on the pilots that are require to have the knowledge to fly the plane properly. Just look at US Airways 1549. Also, new reports are coming to light suggesting that the co-pilot only has just over 200 hours of flight time. Either A: Theres some missing logs somewhere or B: you let a student fly a plane.

And if said "professional" has never had time flying said aircraft, how does that make him an expert? "Well I fly the 777 so its the same thing but way safer" is not a valid argument nor valid credentials. That's like a carpenter telling saying "Don't do this" after a wood worker explains how to make a coffee table with lap joints. One builds houses, the other builds precision furniture. They both happen to work with the same material but the woodworker cant tell you how to build a house much like the carpenter can't tell you how to do a finger joint with a router.

Ahh yes, the old fallacy of "I'm in this field therefore my word carries more weight", reminds me of Bill Nye claiming to know how biology works despite having an engineering degree. In order for their word to have weight they would have to be certified on the Max8/9 and have a number of flights on it, then they can report their experience to the FAA. The pilot of a A320 should shut up, sit down and wait for the investigation before making comments.

Yes, and therefore should the 374 planes still in operation be grounded until both accidents can be fully investigated. Should Airbus have grounded the entire A330 fleet until the cause of the crash of Air France 447 could be determined, even though it took a special team to locate the FDR and CVR and then more time to determine the cause of the crash. Lets get realistic here, You can't remove risk entirely and when you get on a plane or a vehicle, or grab a tool, you inherit some risk in using that piece of equipment. I'm not saying throw caution to the wind but lets see some sense of realism here.

The airframe, yes, and even then it requires some upkeep, sensors and electronics, not so much.