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Clock speed isn't that important, what matters more in this case is how much work it can do per cycle. A 12100F can do more work per cycle than a 6600K, even with that clock speed deficit.

That's why a 3.4GHz Pentium D can get absolutely curbstomped by a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo.

I've got the package that has the VPN, Mail, Drive, and Pass, and I think it may be a good option. I have the VPN Plus package (since I only really care about the VPN), and that gives me 10 VPN lines, 500MB of Mail storage, and 2GB of Drive storage, all at the cost of $4.99/mo. Only downsides is that for mail you only get 3 folders, 3 labels, and 1 filter... and for some reason you're limited to sending 150 messages per day.

You could also do the Proton Unlimited plan, which is $7.99/mo, and that gets you the same VPN plan, but 500GB of storage shared between Mail and Drive, plus other goodies like custom email domains, unlimited messages per day, unlimited folders/labels/filters, and you can use a desktop app for Mail.

All of that advert sounding shit out of the way, if I had to switch email providers from Gmail I honestly think that Proton's suite would be what I settle on, even though I'd have to pay a monthly fee to use it. The web UI is really solid and responsive, there aren't ads goddamn everywhere, and security isn't a concern for a good reason.

Not a bad find, especially for free.99.

That's called overscan. First see if you can adjust it through your TVs settings (on a some sets, setting the input type to PC or game can remedy the issue), but if that doesn't work or exist then you'll need to adjust it through the AMD driver.

RIP to your brave soldier. I pray that I never see the iconic space invaders on my RTX 2080. Unfortunately though it's increasing in likelyhood, they 2000 series is getting up there in age and my current OC is pretty aggressive (and who knows what the previous owner did to it).

12 hours ago, da na said:

snip snap patty whack

I wonder if all those caps are actually for dumping data to the drive in the event of a power loss... That would be very server-esque.

4 hours ago, SimplyChunk said:

new computers do this sometimes too XD

When my friend and I (mainly me lol) built his new PC, we could not get it to post to save our lives so we were both panicking a little bit, him because he thought his 4080, 7800x, or whatever Gigashite board was broke, and myself because I didn't want him to think I broke it.

Turns out it just will not post with one specific flash drive plugged in.

I have one of these myself with the 1315U, 8GB of RAM, 256GB MP9B1, but the top-spec 1080p touch display and they're amusingly competent. I threw ThrottleStop on mine to let the 1315U go nuts and if you load up the GPU and CPU you can see 35-40W sustained which is hilarious... And somehow adequately cooled. And the display is honestly dope, colors seem pretty good, brightness is decent enough, and the fact that Lenovo is the only company with the balls to do a matte touchscreen makes it an automatic W in my book.

Can't really go wrong with a Team MP33 or MP34.

I actually use Snipe-IT personally because I'm really good at shuffling parts between PCs and then not knowing where the fuck it is when I actually need it. At least this way there's a nice easy QR code on everything I can scan to hold myself accountable, not to mention being able to see what location things are at (like my desk, in different storage drawers, etc), and if you REALLY feel extra you can input the cost of things so you can see just how much of your money you've wasted.

You can also use it for software licenses which is handy yet again for me due to the same reason lol

Yeah it really just depends how dusty your environment is. Even though my PC doesn't have filters, it moves a fairly considerable amount of air, is on at least 12 hours a day on average, and we have a cat, I barely even need to dust it out once every two years.

On 3/30/2024 at 10:15 PM, Alex Atkin UK said:

Indeed one problem with Geekbench is the tests aren't long enough to show thermal throttling, so it can really show artificially inflated numbers for devices that are thermally challenged.

Honestly I think the iPad would do worse in that aspect. I have both an iPhone 7 and an SE2 so I've got both chips in question: The iPhone 7 got hot enough to where it wasn't comfortable to hold just by leaving the camera recording 4K30 for an extended duration (and as such got so hot the display dimmed, so you KNOW that bitch was throttling), and the SE2 has only ever gotten warm at best no matter what torture I've put it through. Sure glass isn't a great heat conductor, but the 7 would noticeably throttle just using it normally and the SE2 doesn't.

37 minutes ago, jaslion said:

The se has the better specs but both devices are for entirely different purposes.

 

The se will run a slower a13 due to heat constraints that will show lesser in an ipad.

 

What is the usecase? Keep in mind 32gb is very small for some games

32GB isn't even really small for just games, it's just small in general. My 15 Pro Max only has Pokemon GO on it as far as games go, and if we subtract downloaded music I'm sitting at 68GB used.

That being said, the SE2 will pretty much universally run laps around a 7th gen iPad. A significantly faster chip (Geekbench 6 puts the SE2 at literally twice the performance as the 7th gen iPad, though I think real-world it's more like 60-70%) with a lower resolution screen makes it a pretty one-sided battle. Not to mention the A13 keeps its cool pretty well even in the SE, whereas the A10 was a hot little fucker.

I paid entirely too much for one of these: A BNIB Microsoft Pro IntelliMouse in Shadow Black. I wanted to get both the Pro and standard versions when they were still in production and I'm paying the price for not doing so.

Very early impressions are good, all things considered. I absolutely love the smaller ambi style of the G203 and GPW, however for being a bigger ergo mouse meant for righties the Pro IntelliMouse is very comfy. And the software is... Surprisingly good. So far only complaint is that the left/right clicks are very snappy and a bit on the loud side, and I guess my universal hatred for braided cables on mice.

48 minutes ago, 8tg said:

Is it the boxed mediocre windows, the sims, encarta 2000 or the pair of via uh4’s?

I love me some Windows boxes, Vista and ME's are also great looking tbh.

5 hours ago, 8tg said:

Windows 8 pro never opened 

I opened it to make sure it really was never opened, and it was indeed never opened until I opened it

 

 

put it right here next to windows vista 

like two good friends 

 

Two good friends who are equally shit

I am completely erect.

4 hours ago, Gat Pelsinger said:

35-40 all the time or just turbo? Also, how were you able to go beyond the spec?

All the time on wall, and 25w max on battery. ThrottleStop lets you adjust the max power limits and after that it's just a guessing game for if your machine will support it.

Vendors can configure their PL1/PL2 to whatever they want, really. Lenovo by default caps the 1315U in my laptop to 15 watts which quite frankly makes it absurdly slow albeit very cool, but with ThrottleStop I let it suck down as much as it wants all the time on wall power (usually around 35-40W).

Finally bought some fans for my PC. I fucked up the cable for my stock AIO fans the day I got it when I was desleeving it, and when I took it apart to clean the connector came off sooooo it was time for a replacement. Plus side is these are black instead of having white blades so now the only thing that stands out in my system are the lil A40x20's that cool my SSDs.

Now I'm just waiting on CableMod to hurry the fuck up so I can have the correct length 24 pin and EPS cables, and then I'll finally be able to put the side panels back on this thing.

Bought a second 5-port HDMI switch from UGreen because I have 8 devices and 2 ports on my TV. I'm hoping I can daisy-chain the switches because running the Apple TV through a switch breaks HDMI CEC (aka I can't turn my TV on and off with just that remote when I'm on a TV binge).

Bought a lil laser printer (the HL-L2370DW) for a whopping $40 because it's been our display model since about Q1 2018. Only printed off 11 pages before my ownership. Just need to clean up the remainder of the sticker residue plus the sticker residue on the back right corner from one of our ancient signage dealios we had on it.

It doesn't matter if you eliminate them from consoles, anywhere else they look the same tactics will be used. You might as well be trying to fight a horde of locusts using only a flyswatter.

Afterburner is still kinda the best option we have.

Got me some of them got damn racin car wheels for the black Hyken I just got a couple weeks ago. It's absolutely insane how much of a difference for noise these guys can make on hard flooring, and they actually make it just a little bit harder to roll around which actually makes getting in and out of the chair easier.

Also, I may or may not have spent a little more on these ones just because I liked the actual wheel design more.

I got Gateron G Yellow Pro 3.0's for my Keychron K8 Pro and overall I'm pretty happy with them. The actual switch doesn't really do much for sound since they're just quiet and inoffensive, in my limited experience with them it seems like the keycap makes more of a difference. I had some in a Logitech G Pro X with the stock keycaps + some foam moddage and the sound really isn't that far off from the K8 Pro with Glorious keycaps and the heaps of sound deadening that this thing comes with.

The Glorious keycaps are nothing special either, they're a comical amount lighter than the stock caps and I swear to god they're wearing faster than the caps from the GPX did.