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DanKepke

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About DanKepke

  • Birthday May 05, 1991

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    DanKepke#4506
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    Dan_Brazos
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    Dan#25162
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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Beinwil am See, Switzerland
  • Interests
    Some Tech, some Anime, some Novels, competitive sleeping
  • Biography
    Bit lazy and reclusive. I play overwatch since release but am hard stuck plat.
  • Occupation
    Machine Operator at a beverage bottling company

System

  • CPU
    5900X
  • Motherboard
    Asus Strix X570-E
  • RAM
    Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB 3600MHz
  • GPU
    EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3
  • Case
    Fractal Design Defina R5
  • Storage
    ADATA SX8200PNP 2TB + Samsung 850EVO 2TB (SATA), about 25TB~ of random loose HDD
  • PSU
    Corsair RM850i
  • Display(s)
    LG OLED 48C1, Some 165Hz Asus 27" and 90Hz 27"
  • Cooling
    NH-D15
  • Keyboard
    Ducky One Two SF MX RED
  • Mouse
    Razer Naga Trinity
  • Sound
    EPOS H6Pro + GSX300, Sony XM4, Logitech MX Speaker
  • Operating System
    Win 10 Pro
  • Phone
    Samsung Fold 4

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  1. This might be the best video of the vision pro i've seen so far, in a professional usecase. Especially if you want to show someone what you are looking at together with stuff, in this case engineering drawings right there in your face. I guess if you can sync it with an ipad to have a companion device to show the non advanced humans around you, it could be great.
  2. I like to call LMG the TopGear of tech. If i want super in dept reviews on a chip, i go to GN. If i want to know about a laptops performance, jarrod got me covered. LMG just has this vibe of the original top gear trio going on adventures with silly cars and then racing around the newest hyper car in the next episode. On a character level, while not perfect, Linus is a really ok dude from what i've seen. Same for luke. Luke and linus are one of the best duos i've ever seen and both seem like genuine humans, especially in the WAN show. Being a real human is fucking hard man.
  3. 70$ for a decent quality ratched screwdriver is a good price tbh. I got mine with a few cheap bits in a carry box for 50% off from a bargain bin for 40$. It wobbles, has an odd texture and the ratched is very stiff. The next cheapest ratcheting screwdriver was 89.90$ atleast in my region of switzerland. You can get a cheap tool that will do the job for dirt cheap, but a quality tool will always be expensive. Regarding the backpack: yeah, you can buy a ok tech backpack for around 60-70$. You can also buy a useless gucci backpack for 2000$. 250$ for a GOOD backpack is fair.
  4. Man, i'm so disconnected from LMG happenings, i didn't even know madison left. I read the whole titter thing and one thing came to mind: If this is true, wouldn't she have had enough opportunities to secretly film at least one incident? Considering her role was to do shorts and behind the scenes (i think), she would have had chances to "accidentaly" leave a camera runing. I odn't want to believe it, since i have a certain image of linus and luke, but i've seen true (and false) allegations come from smaller companies, i used to work at and nobody higher-up knew because of one corrupt link in the chain.
  5. I'm not a hardcore follower of LTT, but i've been someone lurking around as a sub and viewer of many videos since the old noctua unboxing outdoors on some free parking spots. I watch the WAN show every week, rarely live but as podcast or yt vid on the side it's been my favourite and constant habit for years now. I love linus and luke and i do believe in "trust me bro". But, for a few years now, i've stopped watching the wast majority of LTT videos. Many reasons have already been stated here, but i still want to add my 2cents because banana. I feel like LMG is in a loop of "video quantity to survive" and "staff to make quantity happen". While LMG now has 100+ people employed, i don't feel like the videos represent all man power invested. Please don't ask for examples, but many videos had great ideas and would have been cool af, but let me down by what i can only describe as a feeling of low effort and impatience. The recent CNC desk PC for whatever youtuber was SICK AS FUCK and was executed superb. I don't need every video to be a 100K$ project, but you have to admit, a properly planed and executed project like that really is amazing to watch, especially if the project lead add good flavour explanation and details. I like to point at the wooden desk PC video. (watch?v=iHYe1eHYrDw) The idea is cool, but... DIY perks is one guy and did it better, without rushing to make it to the wan show. I even found the filming done better. LMG has grown, but need to chill out, refocus and maybe take a cheap prosumer camera and do some pasionate projects with a american portion sized chunk of time for them. ------------------------------------ Regarding the correctness of data, i see GNs point. You got the staff, give them time. If you don't have it, take the L and create the time needed. Labs not 100% reliable? tripple check result with multiple people. I work in the beverage industry and everyone does a quality check on their part of the job and before we hit the "produce 100'000 bottles" button, we all come together to one designated area to double check each others work so we can deliver a flawless product. Most of the crap i just wrote might be.. crap. Just finished my shift and listend to the GN video on my drive back home and wanted to add my fart to the musty room. I just want good "og TopGear of Tech" videos, where everyone is satisfied with their work, instead of hitting quotas.
  6. I thought about building my own and i could build a decent one for a cheaper price than any 4bay NAS mentioned, i just don't have any old hardware and i can't find a nice and small case suited for a NAS. I simply don't have the space for a R5, as amazing as it would be for a NAS. I'm also just not the guy to thinker with stuff like networking and nas anymore. I just need it to work. @voyager_ i saw the qnap TS464 has an expansion slot for 10Gbit and M.2 cards, any chance a quadro would work with it? Since i don't have all that many 4K files (LOTR, HP), i wouldn't die if i had to move em to my device for viewing.
  7. As the title says, i'm dumb and i need a NAS. For the sake of my sanity, i decided to ask you folks for help on what to pick. I'm a bit difficult and lazy in some aspects and am a bit limited what i can stem financially in one go. I live in switzerland, so many deals and prices don't apply to me and i don't really want to scramble for used parts on ebay-like sites. What i can do is built PCs fairly easy and i like doing it. What i can't do is do anything related to network storage and backups. I can't do an off-site storage since i don't have anyone i can trust with it. I need it to be compact and can't really do a diy with a Define R5, as sexy as it would be. What are the points i have already considered or decided on: - A NAS to store my movies, shows, games and other crap on - Would be great if i could watch/stream any 4K rip from the NAS to any of my devices - I don't intend to expose my NAS to the internet and if i do, i'd be only to stream stuff to my mobile devices or access whatever files i'd need. No sharing with other, just me. - A NAS from QNAP, Asustor or Synology with 4 to 6 bays would be ideal - I don't need a 10Gbit connection 1-2.5Gbit is fine - I say it's really crucial for the NAS to allow me to drop in any drive i want. I know Synology has that feature, duno about the other brands. - I'd invest in extra RAM and an M.2 cache, whatever you guys recommend with the selected unit. I think my ideal NAS would feature 16GB RAM and a 1TB M.2 cache. - iGPU, because nobody has anything good to say about the AMD 1600, because no iGPU. - I'd start with maybe 1, maybe 2 high capacity HDD and would expand later. Would be cool if i could just drop in drives without needing to empty the NAS first. Seems a bit set already, but i really need an adult to guide me for the best result. I essentialy have the parts in my head, but don't have a manual to assemble it in a thing that makes sense. These NAS here are available to buy in the stores of my chosing: 4Bay - QNAP TS-464-8G for 699USD - QNAP TS-464-4G for 659USD - Asustor Lockerstor 4 AS6604T for 575USD - Synology DS423+ for 518USD 6Bay - QNAP TS-664-4G for 839USD As you can see, it's all Intel based NAS. QNAP has the Hardware crown here, but what about my wishes? Can i mix and match drives on the go on any the QNAP and Asustor? Could i, if i wanted to, slap something like an VPN, Plex, AntiVirus and whatever other app one would use on it? I for sure will swap fans if they annoy me and will upgrade RAM if needed, just not "certified" crap like Synology wants. From what i have seen, Synlogy has some neat features, like the document editing and the Drive adding that i'd want, but i also know of the stories told about Synlogy being a big fat Nintendo. Regarding Drives, I think i'd go with SeaGate IronWolf (non-Pro) here. Cheaper than any other brand ($/GB) and has a good reputation. Any advice regarding which size (14, 16, 18 20TB) are the most reliable ones? Pls help.
  8. Pretty cool bag ngl. I'd have a few suggestions what i'd want to see on my personal ultimate laptop bag/sleeve thingy, without adding any more outside bulk. - A pocket for a LTE hotspot like a Nighthawk, maybe with slots for external antenna? - Since i alway chug everything i have on me in the bag i'm carrying, a dedicated slot in the outside pocket for my phone, keys and maybe a wallet pocket with RFID shielding would be a fine addition. I know there are some in the zipped pocket, but i'd ask for one that makes it easy to blindly slip my hand in and bull things like my phone out. - Lastly, while it might affect the waterproofing of the bag, passtrough holes would be neat for wired headphone wearers that have their phone in the bag or even a passtrough for the laptop charger, so you don't have to remove it from the bag if you need to charge on the go! The less i have to remove from my bag the better!
  9. I believe the two fans also cool the CPU. The GPU heatsink is the part blowing to the back and the sides are for the CPU heatsink(?). What's cool, if Framework offers a decent selection of CPU and GPU upgrades, you can configure your laptop like you would configure your PC. Laptops with somthing like a 1360P + XX60 class GPU are way to rare, but would make more sense than a 12900H, that's just being used as a token price increase factor.
  10. Man, if you get decent 5 or 6XL stuff, i might shop only at lttstore. It's a chore to find good clothing when you're tall and have a belly. I just bought a work fleeze jacket because it was 3XL but fit me, while most 6XL jackets or hoddies have way to short sleeves or lft above my belly whenver move. Shirts are worse. You get good prized shirts that fit, but have random garbage printed in full size on the front and you look like a 197cm overweight toddler. sadge Most overlooked fact about people buying 5 or 6XL is that we need lenght for both torso (if we have a belly we need even more) and sleeve lenght. Usually tall means your limbs are long too. Applied for trials, but i got no hope being located in switzerland kek
  11. Isn't the windows version and driver version already part of Steam Survey? I'd argue that even with differences in drivers and installs, we could have useful enough numbers to save someone from a uncompatible purchase. As for mod, @Exidor isn't wrong in that most people don't bother with mods. Ofc, games like Bathesda's or Minecraft are usually modded a lot, but not in the early week of a games release. With steam you could also mark FPS results with "Moded" if they have anything from the workshop or in general, allow people to submit data marked as moded but seperated from the vanilla data. Many popular titles are online only anyway, so there shouldn't be much modding happening.
  12. Yo, Dug out my LTT account to talk about this. https://youtu.be/wXJxxWEz3zY?t=1823 I was wondering, why not use us gamers for it? Anyone playing PC games is likely to use Steam (or any of the other launchers) and Steam already has it's Survey thing where they record user hardware. Why not extend that and include the FPS? A store page benchmark if you so will. Imagine you going to the Steam Store to buy GAME XY. Upon landing on the store page you have access to a performance tab that shows you minimum and recommended hardware, like usual, but now you also see the top 50 GPU measured with GAME XY. It could have options such as RTX 2060 FPS in combination with 5 different CPU. It could all be a checkmark in the Steam Settings where one can opt-in and the system would just record the FPS during a selected point in a game or an integrated benchmark. One could also add an "this is my GPU, what performance can i expect" tab to the store page. Wouldn't impact gamers since it's just FPS recording, would make it easy for gamers to find out if a game would run on their rig, could save devs some work and if devs and hw manufacturers work together, even post patch/driver updates could be recorded. Idk, maybe this is already a thing somewhere, but i don't pay attention to anything besides food, sleep, r34 and more food.
  13. "Geeek" sells custom flex atx psu with modular cables and even offers custom fit cables for their cases. I think fps offers some extra short and modular flex psu too.
  14. Happens. How many times do you encounter someone wanting a single 100TB drive for his PC?
  15. Wait... so simple? So... all that's preventing me from downloading the entire internet is the severe lack of money to buy one of those Exadrives. ?
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