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Crunchy Dragon

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  1. I'm quite scared to see how much power my home server draws on average.... Probably gonna downsize to a NUC or something in a couple years.
  2. Honestly, I've never ran XMP in any of my systems until very recently when I switched to X299. I don't think it matters quite as much as people make it out to, especially on platforms that aren't Zen or Zen+.
  3. It'll run. XMP settings might be finicky, but it shouldn't be the end of the world. DDR5 is so blazingly fast naturally, I doubt any of us would really notice a performance difference with the slowest DDR5 compared to the midrange DDR4.
  4. I'm not currently aware of anything that would let you do that. It may be faster to install if the installer is directly on the drive you're installing on, but it's near infinitely more convenient to have a USB drive with your installer on it. I keep a USB drive with Ventoy installed that holds all my various operating system installers, that I can grab and install just about anything short of macOS from just one drive.
  5. The pin in the very bottom right corner stands out, it looks ever so slightly flatter than the rest. Doesn't look like it should be a problem though, based on what I can make out. I would say it's up to OP if you want to try fixing it or not, or just return the board under warranty.
  6. Definitely do it for fun when you have a replacement laptop. It's just not quite worth that kind of time and investment when it's your primary device, if that makes sense.
  7. The only thing I would consider worth doing to it while this is your main laptop is replacing the battery. After you have another, better laptop, then you can mess around with this one to your heart's content.
  8. If you can hunt down an Intel NUC or another similar mini PC, that'd be a pretty good place to start. Small, quiet, enough horsepower that you can throw Proxmox on there and run some virtual machines without drawing too much power. For a NAS, you could look at some external drives either plain old USB or in a Thunderbolt or RAID enclosure. HP and Lenovo make some compact PCs as well that you could check out, HardwareHaven on YouTube has some videos covering those, the HP EliteDesk and Lenovo ThinkCentre. Honestly, even a laptop running Linux or something similar would be a viable option if you can find one with enough CPU, RAM, and storage.
  9. Are you tightening it down properly? It's similar to putting a wheel on a car; you have to tighten all the screws by hand until they don't turn anymore, then pick one and torque it down, then do the one in the corner opposite that one, in an X pattern. Tightening the cooler down to spec shouldn't cause your PC to stop booting, is there anything bent or out of place, either in your CPU socket or otherwise?
  10. Seems like a silly obvious question, but is your CPU fan plugged in? Many modern motherboards refuse to boot if the CPU_FAN header isn't populated. What exactly do you mean by this: Are you putting the heatsink on the CPU but not tightening it down? Are you tightening it down just enough to not hit the line before it stops booting?
  11. Yup. It basically doesn't matter, but to some extent, you will get what you pay for.
  12. I'd definitely try the classifieds, or other circles(online or IRL) you're in where people might be interested.
  13. Does your PC shut down when your monitor turns black, or does it keep running? Do you still get audio output after the screen turns black? Have you tried running DDU and installing a slightly older GPU driver? What you're describing sounds like either a driver crash or a software problem, in this case specific to your Adobe programs. The legitimacy of your Adobe software may or may not be to blame here. Are you able to try a different software version?
  14. -Thread Locked- Discussion of circumventing workplace monitoring is not permitted here, per our Community Standards:
  15. Shoot, can't argue with that. Congratulations, my friend!
  16. Pretty sure we do that here in the States.
  17. If it's possible to have the cables enter the plug head-on, or at least as head-on as possible, I would recommend that just for safety. Can't be too cautious.
  18. Not seeing anything out of the ordinary here. CPU is a little older, but still plenty good and nothing wrong with it.
  19. As long as the GPU, VRAM, and VRMs are all in the same places and the screws line up, it shouldn't be a problem. The only real difference between a Super and non-Super GPU is the amount of Cuda cores and clock speed, if I recall correctly.
  20. Crunchy Dragon

    Looks like Microsoft has more egg on its face..…

    I've considered that myself. Since I quit playing video games regularly, I've not found myself needing Windows specifically for a whole lot, and I can always spin up a virtual machine or dual boot if I need Windows for something. In a weird way, daily driving a MacBook has actually been a life-changing experience. Not a particularly major one, but I really struggle with the thought of running any other laptop.
  21. That's pretty solid for sure, I bought my PSA for just over $600. My custom rifle is about $1-1.1k in parts, most of it was spent on the barrel and BCG. Still need to collect some good pictures of it(maybe one day in 50 years when I'm not busy), but so far it feels really good in the hand. I'm pretty pleased with it, for being my first build. What kind of triggers are in yours? Mine both have a standard mil-spec 2 stage that feels solid, but I've also not felt many other AR triggers.
  22. We all gotta start somewhere. Looks like a decent enough rifle. I'm still waiting for the weather where I live to be nice enough that I can go shoot my new one
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