Kiani

Got my "new" 3070 today. It's a touch longer than my 1070.. Still fits perfectly in my case thank god. Also the previous owner forgot to take off one of the plastic peels. So I got to do that!
 



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Ooh another "GPU's bigger than the mobo" 😛
 

10£ for all this, really good value overall.

I bought a bunch of charcoal to build a new backdrop.
Not sure how much that counts, but it looks cool, so I say it counts.

Bummer, no idea what brands you have there but I bet someone sells something that's the same or same enough.

It's a combination of things that make it so quiet, low motor RPM because dual compressors, the muffler, and the little tube on the muffler. It's easy to hold a conversation around while it's running and it gives enough air to easily dust out a PC or PC parts. I made a non safety compliant pin-point air gun by sealing up a blower with a threaded in ball inflator needle so it only airs out the little tip at the end. I get a very strong concentrated blast of air from the little tip at very high speed, excellent for removing surface dust and buildup from crevices without using a bunch of air. It's unsafe if you stick it against your skin because there's no pressure let off to prevent air injection, so just don't do that.

It isn't new, just starting the third season.
It is still my favourite purchase though.
 
 

I've had a bit of a desire to get an SMB setup for my PS2 working concerning the ability to play games on OPL. So I caved and bought a router at a thrift store for $9: I ended up with this Asus RT-N66R router.

And on another note, I finally caved and bought some leggings... they're rather nice...

Showing off my new cracking server. 8x 3090s!
4x 2000w PSUs
Quite a beast.

This comment is fun to read in retrospect because of how prices have come down.

You know who does have zip up hoodies?
 
lttstore.com

$30 board to fix this 4k 70" smart tv i got on craigslist for $100.
 
So now $130 later i have this great 70" 4k smart tv
 

Well, I'm a bloody lucky bastard aren't I?
 
Found a pair of brand new Radialstrahler MBL X-Treme 101's for sale on the UK's version of Audiogon for 60,000 euros. They should be roughly 220,000 euros.
 
Gonna replace the Sonus Faber Aida's I didn't like and ended up getting rid of.
 

 
6 ft. tall omni-directional monsters of Audiophile speakers. May end up getting some more powerful amplifiers for them if 4800 watts isn't enough, Most likely going to be a Martin Audio iKON iK42 for 10,000 watts for each speaker.
 
Now I have to figure out a way of getting 4 320KG speakers into my listening room. I cannot lift that much. No way.

🤢
 
How's the ram clearance?
 

24x unused noctua ippc-2000 a14s. i have no idea what i'm going to do with this much powah lol
 

 
got em for just under 10 bucks apiece. they were rewired so i've already removed the weird hirose that was on each lead, and will be crimping the original connectors on. a handful will be going into my first real build! but it's black/white themed, and unfortunately those little white pads will cost as much as the fans  

Bought an XBone controller for my PC. Specifically to play things like the LEGO games where the keyboard controls are just awful. 

New battery terminals.

Hello everyone!
 
This guide will focus on optimising PotPlayer for best video quality. For those who're not yet familiar with PotPlayer, it's similar to MPC-HC or VLC players, but offers a simpler design and UI with powerful post processing tools that make videos look cleaner, sharper and richer in colour. That is my personal opinion, I've only done a comparison between it and the VLC player so I am biased in this regard.
 
This guide has 3 sections. First one focuses on settings everyone should enable, regardless on the power of their system, since they're not very resource intensive. Second section focuses on settings you can enable if you have a strong system (specially on the GPU side) and the third section focuses on settings for lower tier systems. I have a desktop setup with i7-6700k@4.7ghz and GTX1070 with my laptop running i7-4710HQ and GTX860M. Those are my reference points for a high end and low end system. GPUs are the most important here, since we'll be focusing on utilising them for video upscaling, as well as running multiple post processing filters with them. Disclaimer: Settings I will show you and work best for me will stress your system (particularly GPU) - this is not a battery friendly way to watch videos. With that said, lets get right into it.
 
Section 1
 
When you install a 64bit PotPlayer version (which you can do here) make sure to download all addons in the installation process. After you install it, make sure to set Nvidia as its primary graphics processor if you're running it on laptop, since it defaults to integrated graphics. (If you don't know how to do that, click here)
 
Open PotPlayer and click on three horizontal bars in the top left corner. After menu opens, click on preferences.
 
1. On the left side click on "playback" and under "process priority" on the right side of the window select "high" instead of "Above normal" - if you want to allocate more resources to playback. I didn't, and it's fine.
2. Click on the plus icon next to the "Filter control" on the left side of the window and select "Video decoder", as the option column expands. Click on "Built-in Video Codec/DXVA Settings" in the mid bottom of the window and check boxes as in the picture (Under DXVA2 copy-back settings select Your external GPU)
press okay and apply settings. This settings makes your GPU render all video.
 

 
3. Under "Audio Decoder" tab go to "Built-in Audio Codec/Pass-through Settings" and mimic what I've done (this is where you need those addons you downloaded during PotPlayer installation) After you're done, click okay and apply settings.
 

 
4. Click on "Video" on the left side of the window and under "Video Renderer" select "Madashi Video Renderer" or MadVR, as I'll be referring to it (You'll have to select it again once you leave preferences by clicking on "show main menu" button top left > video > video renderer > Madashi Video Renderer). Below under "Fullscreen exclusive mode" select disable, if not already selected. Under "Deinterlacing" tab on the top select "use hardware deinterlacing" under the Deinterlacing Method. Under "Effects" tab on the top far right (you might have to click on the arrows to move the tabs) check the "Deblock" box (and leave the slider at 256) and "deband" box on the bottom. Apply settings.
 
5. Click on "Audio" on the left side of the window and change settings as shown in this screenshot. Apply settings. (You don't have to do this, my headphones are compatible with 24bit 96khz sample rate)
 
 
 
Section 2
 
We're now going to change a couple of settings in MadVR settings. I'll first do the "high end" config and "lower end" after that, but you can always mix them together to find what suits you best. I'll tell you as I go along - what worked for me and the performance hit it has, so you'll be able to figure out if you want to do anything differently.
 
Under "Video" tab, press on 3 dots right of the MadVR option and press "Edit Settings". New window will pop up. We'll first change some options that stay unchanged between the high and lower end config. Do as shown in screenshots.
 

 
I hope these screenshots make it easy for you to coordinate yourself in settings. They can be very frustrating to navigate until you're not used to them. Now for the part where configs start to differ. These are screenshots for a config with similar power to my desktop config (i7-6700k+GTX1070). 

 
Troubleshooting for higher end config:
If you're dropping frames, decrease the number of neurons under "chroma upscaling" to 64. If you still drop frames, decrease number of neurons under "image upscaling" > algorithm quality to 32. If you're still dropping frames, change upscaling method under "image upscaling" from NNEDI3 to Lanczos and configure it the same in the screenshot for image downscaling. Anything easier to run than that already falls into "lower end" config imo.
 
Section 3
 
These settings can be used on almost all laptops with any sort of discrete GPU. I'll start by showing you the settings I have on my laptop (i7-4710HQ+GTX860M). After that, I'll present you with some alternatives that are easier to run but also produce worse results. 
 
 
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At this point, everything should run smoothly, but if not: Decrease number of neurons under "chroma upscaling" to 32. If you experience dropped frames still, switch from NNEDI3 pixel shader code to Lanczos and configure it the same as shown in screenshot for "image upscaling". If that lags as well, change "image upscaling" from Lanczos to DXVA2. Even the weakest systems should run this smoothly. The load on the system is same as VLC player at that point.
 
I hope I made everything understandable. After hours of digging through this guy's SITE , I tried my best to pick up on the important stuff and present it as simply as possible. I'm open for questions - I can help you out if you have any problems during the optimisation process. Thank you for reading.
 
Additional notes: I am in no way an expert on this topic nor do I fully understand the program. I kept this simple (among other things) for my sanity as well, since there are so many options you can choose from with minimal differences it's really difficult to decide and understand what works together best and what doesn't. End result is very good in my opinion - better colour science, sharper, cleaner video with less artifacts and noise.

So I use my xps 15 (9550) mostly at night and I have to type on it fairly frequently.
The problem is, the keyboard has the worst backlight bleed I've ever seen, even at 50%, to the point where I prefer turn it off and click on keys at random until I hit the correct one...
 
So, do you have any ideas how to make it dimmer? Maybe some keycaps or something?
Thanks!

New wallet.
 

It's a bit of a struggle to use a touch first OS like iOS with a physical keyboard but this is because I left my laptop's charger at my parents' house and it's 200 km away from me and I'm too lazy to travel back again so I decided to buy the Logitech K480 keyboard. Not bad at $40.

A pair of smoke detectors. 
 
the shop assistant asked if I wanted an extended warranty.  I told him that if they don't work I probably won't be able to do a warranty claim anyway. 

Got some GPU power now

I bought this puppy:

 
Only cost 20€. Looking at the damage, the previous owner bent the display all the way in the wrong direction, snapping it off the hinges and causing them to bend, tearing the WiFi-antennas off, breaking the display-cable, also bending the heatpipes going to the CPU and GPU, and something has been spilled on the keyboard -- most of the keys are either completely stuck or very sticky. The mobo itself looks a-okay, I can't spot any damage to it; it charges the battery just fine, it turns on and all, but I ain't got no DDR4 SO-DIMMs yet to test with, so I gotta wait a few more days for that.
 
It's a Legion Y520 with i7 7700hq and the mobile GTX 1050 Ti, so it's not a bad laptop. If the mobo is working, this is gonna cost about 250€ or so to fully repair, plus the cost of RAM and storage.

Primary: A job you wouldn't understand, and it's not interesting enough for you to want to understand it, but it pays the bills and then some.
Secondary: Flipping PCs, mostly desktops, some laptops, and selling components and stuff on eBay.
Tertiary: Nothing. I just like showing off how smart I am by saying words like tertiary.