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    Crunchy Dragon reacted to MacoyGG in Looking to buy new GPU... Which one should I choose?   
    Think i'm gonna go with a second hand "Gigabyte RTX 3060 OC Gaming" @ 328 dollars.
    Only second hand 2070 Super's I can find are @ 360 dollars minimum
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    Crunchy Dragon got a reaction from aDoomGuy in Help! CPU ripped out of socket!   
    I had the same reaction the first time I ripped an Athlon 64 out of its socket 😄
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    Crunchy Dragon got a reaction from BondiBlue in Help! CPU ripped out of socket!   
    AMD socket/CPU?
     
    You're fine, provided no pins were damaged. Just make sure to run the PC a little bit next time so the thermal paste isn't hard. You can also twist the heatsink a little bit to separate it from the CPU before you pull it directly off. You can also just twist the CPU off the heatsink(don't drop it or bend the pins) and install it back into the motherboard.
     
    This is a problem that has plagued AMD CPUs since before the AM2 socket.
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    Crunchy Dragon got a reaction from IkeaGnome in Help! CPU ripped out of socket!   
    I had the same reaction the first time I ripped an Athlon 64 out of its socket 😄
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    Crunchy Dragon got a reaction from IkeaGnome in Help! CPU ripped out of socket!   
    AMD socket/CPU?
     
    You're fine, provided no pins were damaged. Just make sure to run the PC a little bit next time so the thermal paste isn't hard. You can also twist the heatsink a little bit to separate it from the CPU before you pull it directly off. You can also just twist the CPU off the heatsink(don't drop it or bend the pins) and install it back into the motherboard.
     
    This is a problem that has plagued AMD CPUs since before the AM2 socket.
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    Crunchy Dragon reacted to DriedSponge in Help! CPU ripped out of socket!   
    Whew! Thank you so much. I just had a small heart attack.
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    Crunchy Dragon reacted to D13H4RD in What is it like only owning Apple's "productivity" products instead of an iPhone?   
    I would still spec for 16GB if you plan on using the machine long-term for medium-level productivity at least, especially when you're using apps that are known to be very heavy on memory.
     
    Since it can't be upgraded after purchase, I prefer to get the most of what I can afford at the point of purchase, even if it might be more than what might be needed today.
     
    All comes down to how you plan to use the machine, really.
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    Crunchy Dragon got a reaction from Real_Smoky in Looking to buy new GPU... Which one should I choose?   
    2070 and 3060 are roughly the same in terms of performance.
     
    A used 2070 Super would give you a decent leg up if you can find a good deal, though.
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    Crunchy Dragon got a reaction from Lightwreather in His Money Management Skills Are VERY Questionable   
    My favorite part is that MB = Megabytes and Mb = Megabits.
     
    Not room for confusion there whatsoever, right?
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    Crunchy Dragon got a reaction from Levent in What is it like only owning Apple's "productivity" products instead of an iPhone?   
    Lifelong Windows user here, recently switched to macOS daily via 2019 MacBook Pro 16".
    Owning a non-Apple phone with an Apple machine is by far superior and a better experience than using an Apple phone with a Windows or Linux machine.
     
    I'll start by saying I would kill to have this laptop, or one similar to it, but with Apple's MagSafe power adapter. USB-C is nice, but MagSafe is superior to everything. Similarly, Apple's trackpad is also superior to anything found on a Windows laptop. The keyboard, barring the 2016-2018 models, is nicer to type on than most of the other Windows laptops I've used in my life. This video from LTT talks about Sleep States, and one really big thing Apple does way better than Microsoft in ~99% of cases: battery life and sleep.
     
    As far as software goes, everything I do on Windows I can do on macOS, except gaming. I'm okay with that because I don't play games from my laptop anyway. I have never used iCloud. Most things can be configured, as well: I have Siri turned off, and the Siri button removed from the Touchbar. Similarly, I can also configure the Touchbar to do different things. I can even have it just display Function keys if I want to.
     
    I'm not gonna say macOS is superior to Windows, but I do enjoy the experience of using a MacBook more than a Windows laptop.
     
    You are not forced to use Apple's keyboard or their mouse. I would recommend their keyboard just because the macOS keybinds are a bit different, so it's useful to know which key actually does what without needing to think about it, but it is not required. I've used a 2010 27" iMac with Apple's keyboard, a Cooler Master keyboard, and a Cooler Master mouse. It works just fine.
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    Crunchy Dragon reacted to Somerandomtechyboi in Gpu 8 pin doesn't let pc boot   
    Especially plausible if its one of those trash multi rail psus, my 450w (effective 360w cause 30a 12v rail) can handle oced x58 but i can only take it so far, and thats with a 9500gt as a display card
     
    If its an actually decent single rail i dont see why it wouldnt work
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    Crunchy Dragon reacted to Somerandomtechyboi in Gpu 8 pin doesn't let pc boot   
    I have never heard of that psu, current psu or the psu that just died?
    If its the one that just died whats your current psu?
     
    X58 is very power hungry so yea you dont really wanna be using a weaker psu, i assume overclocked cause x58 performs like shit stock, especially when you got a rampage ii
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    Crunchy Dragon got a reaction from Delver in Is the XFX Speedster RX 6650 XT a good partner card?   
    XFX generally makes good coolers, although I believe Sapphire is the king on the AMD side.
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    Crunchy Dragon reacted to DreamCat04 in can some 1 help a noob with oc?   
    Did you mean 0.05V? Increasing by half a volt isnt' a good idea at ALL. Because the standard voltage is like 1.4V. Adding half a volt to that will result in 1.9V! Doing a stress test at that voltage may kill your CPU due to how much power it will draw and how hot it will get, maybe it won't even be able to throttle fast enough. But that is a good way of OC'ing
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    Crunchy Dragon reacted to RONOTHAN## in can some 1 help a noob with oc?   
    Think you're off by a factor of 10 there, 0.5V extra voltage over stock will heavily degrade and potentially kill a CPU if left that high long enough. 0.05V and 50MHz is a bit more reasonable, though since Intel chips don't do half ratios, and messing BCLK is a bit more advanced and a fair bit more temperamental, 100MHz increments is probably the way to go. 
     
    Anyway OP, a couple extra things you can do to help get a bit better overclocks:
    Properly setup the LLC settings. Assuming that board has the same VRM as the Z690 Ace (fairly likely), the optimal settings should be Socket Sense for the voltage sense, mode 7 LLC, and 500KHz switching frequency.  There are a couple other voltages on 13th gen that help with stability sometimes, the PLL voltages being the biggest. CPU PLL helps with P and E core OC, E Core L2 PLL helps with (you guessed it) E core OC. The SA voltage (also called VCCSA and System Agent, I forget what MSI calls it), SA PLL, and Ring PLL help with Ring/Cache/Uncore overclocking, though they do also affect memory overclocking pretty significantly. All of those voltages sweet spot pretty hard and vary heavily on the chip, so don't think you can just raise them to the max 24/7 safe value and not think about them, as in my experience it's generally better to have them a little below that sweet spot than it is to have them above that sweet spot.  Ring overclocking gets the biggest performance increase, though it's also the hardest to stability test since instability with it shows up as random windows errors out of no where, though does usually show up in stress tests as well. 13th gen also doesn't clock the ring that well either, with my 13700K not being able to do much above what the chip does at stock anyway (4.8GHz), though you should hopefully be able to get 5GHz ring stable for a decent  All that said, generally the 13900K doesn't make sense to overclock unless you're doing competitive OC. At stock it should be running at 5.5GHz on the P cores, and overclocked fully stable you get 5.6GHz. Not worth the time or effort IMO. Only the lower end SKUs (13700K and 13600K) make sense for daily OC, a 13900K just doesn't have enough headroom to make it worth while. 
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    Crunchy Dragon reacted to NF-A12x25 in MacOS won't recognize new rx580   
    Most modern MacOS versions, from Sierra (absolutely ancient) up to the latest (as of now, Ventura), support the rx580. HOWEVER, some systems, notably these older mac pros, require a 580 to have a certain type of VBIOS (one that supports GOP)
     
    So the only solution for @8740359ohere is to flash a GOP vbios onto this rx580 that is, and this is crucial, known compatible with their specific model of card.
     
    https://discord.gg/rqdPgH8xSN
     
    That’s the link to the official OCLP (OpenCore Legacy Patcher) Discord server, you can ask for help flashing a compatible VBIOS there. The hackintosh servers (hackintosh and amd osx) might help too but they’re more focused towards hackintoshing ofc.
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    Crunchy Dragon reacted to RONOTHAN## in ASUS Breaks Overclocking World Record with Intel 13th Gen Core i9-13900K by Reaching Blazing 9 GHz Frequency   
    Those might be possible, though I doubt we'll be seeing a ton of LHe scores with the 13900KS, the amount of leg work put into those scores is insane. 
     
    Still, I'm glad xoc is starting to make a bit of a renessance with the Raptor lake chips, it's always fun seeing these records broken, including the ones that have stood for so long. 
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    Crunchy Dragon reacted to VioDuskar in Evga 3060 ti ftw3 ultra. Question.   
    call corsair and ask for replacement cables. don't buy used PSUs in the future unless you can verify all of the cables are with it. 
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    Crunchy Dragon reacted to Elarion in What is it like only owning Apple's "productivity" products instead of an iPhone?   
    That's fair. The 14" screen on my X1 Carbon is already quite tiny, can't imagine going down to a 13" screen.
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    Crunchy Dragon got a reaction from Mihle in Would satisfactory benefit from a higher GPU or VRAM clock   
    Games like Satisfactory usually benefit from having more RAM and a better CPU. They're not usually too GPU-heavy, and if you have a modern mid-range to high-end GPU, it should be way more than sufficient.
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    Crunchy Dragon got a reaction from da na in What is it like only owning Apple's "productivity" products instead of an iPhone?   
    Lifelong Windows user here, recently switched to macOS daily via 2019 MacBook Pro 16".
    Owning a non-Apple phone with an Apple machine is by far superior and a better experience than using an Apple phone with a Windows or Linux machine.
     
    I'll start by saying I would kill to have this laptop, or one similar to it, but with Apple's MagSafe power adapter. USB-C is nice, but MagSafe is superior to everything. Similarly, Apple's trackpad is also superior to anything found on a Windows laptop. The keyboard, barring the 2016-2018 models, is nicer to type on than most of the other Windows laptops I've used in my life. This video from LTT talks about Sleep States, and one really big thing Apple does way better than Microsoft in ~99% of cases: battery life and sleep.
     
    As far as software goes, everything I do on Windows I can do on macOS, except gaming. I'm okay with that because I don't play games from my laptop anyway. I have never used iCloud. Most things can be configured, as well: I have Siri turned off, and the Siri button removed from the Touchbar. Similarly, I can also configure the Touchbar to do different things. I can even have it just display Function keys if I want to.
     
    I'm not gonna say macOS is superior to Windows, but I do enjoy the experience of using a MacBook more than a Windows laptop.
     
    You are not forced to use Apple's keyboard or their mouse. I would recommend their keyboard just because the macOS keybinds are a bit different, so it's useful to know which key actually does what without needing to think about it, but it is not required. I've used a 2010 27" iMac with Apple's keyboard, a Cooler Master keyboard, and a Cooler Master mouse. It works just fine.
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    Crunchy Dragon got a reaction from Lightwreather in What is it like only owning Apple's "productivity" products instead of an iPhone?   
    Lifelong Windows user here, recently switched to macOS daily via 2019 MacBook Pro 16".
    Owning a non-Apple phone with an Apple machine is by far superior and a better experience than using an Apple phone with a Windows or Linux machine.
     
    I'll start by saying I would kill to have this laptop, or one similar to it, but with Apple's MagSafe power adapter. USB-C is nice, but MagSafe is superior to everything. Similarly, Apple's trackpad is also superior to anything found on a Windows laptop. The keyboard, barring the 2016-2018 models, is nicer to type on than most of the other Windows laptops I've used in my life. This video from LTT talks about Sleep States, and one really big thing Apple does way better than Microsoft in ~99% of cases: battery life and sleep.
     
    As far as software goes, everything I do on Windows I can do on macOS, except gaming. I'm okay with that because I don't play games from my laptop anyway. I have never used iCloud. Most things can be configured, as well: I have Siri turned off, and the Siri button removed from the Touchbar. Similarly, I can also configure the Touchbar to do different things. I can even have it just display Function keys if I want to.
     
    I'm not gonna say macOS is superior to Windows, but I do enjoy the experience of using a MacBook more than a Windows laptop.
     
    You are not forced to use Apple's keyboard or their mouse. I would recommend their keyboard just because the macOS keybinds are a bit different, so it's useful to know which key actually does what without needing to think about it, but it is not required. I've used a 2010 27" iMac with Apple's keyboard, a Cooler Master keyboard, and a Cooler Master mouse. It works just fine.
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    Crunchy Dragon reacted to Radium_Angel in What is it like only owning Apple's "productivity" products instead of an iPhone?   
    Preface: Long-time Windows user, switching to MacOS X shortly.
     
    I won't use anything iXX from Apple. Like you, I have found it to be a shit-show from an inter-operability standard.
    But OS X is different. I bought a 2013 Mac Pro to tinker with and love it. Applications just work (I use LightRoom for my photography), Steam is available, OS X talks to my NAS devices without issue. Apple account is encouraged, but not mandatory. Siri and crap can be turned off/not used.
     
    Been quite pleased with it, much better than the horror that is Win11.
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    Crunchy Dragon reacted to For Science! in Cold Temps and Custom Cooling   
    Just be aware that not all PC coolants have anti-freeze properties.
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    Crunchy Dragon got a reaction from Middcore in Pc build on budget   
    You should be able to get a 1070 Ti secondhand for that price.
     
    OP: on a budget as tight as yours, I would strongly recommend getting as many of the expensive parts as you can from the used market. CPU and GPU are the big ones, motherboards can be on that list too depending on how comfortable you are with used hardware.
     
    Poke around Ebay for a week or so, see what turns up. Make sure you account for shipping costs in your budget. Be on the lookout for potential scams.
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