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    Aleks NE reacted to kitnoman in PC Build for virtual machines, servers and some gaming.   
    You can switch the cpu with a 13600k and the gpu with a 6600/6600xt/6650xt or 6700xt(if you want more performance as that just around 50 more). For CPU, is really up to you if you need less cores. As you can probably still game while using 1-2 virtualization at the same time. But as for games, specially if you would like to keep it for a long time, I feel you would need at least 12gb of vram just to be sure that you will be able to play "decently" the up coming games that's yet to be release. Fact is, new titles that are starting to come out are demanding high vram. So yes, either go with 3060 12gb or 6700xt/6750xt, whichever is cheaper. This case isn't as small as some itx case, but at least it's smaller than a regular mid and full tower.
     
    PCPartPicker Part List
    CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor  (£395.41 @ Amazon UK) 
    CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  (£109.95 @ Amazon UK) 
    Motherboard: ASRock Z790M-ITX WIFI Mini ITX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£210.65 @ NeoComputers) 
    Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL34 Memory  (£196.23 @ Amazon UK) 
    Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£137.97 @ Amazon UK) 
    Video Card: MSI AERO ITX OC GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card  (£259.99 @ Amazon UK) 
    Case: Phanteks Eclipse P200A DRGB Mini ITX Tower Case  (£72.97 @ Amazon UK) 
    Power Supply: LC-Power LC6 V2.31 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£134.88 @ Amazon UK) 
    Total: £1518.05
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-12-03 16:27 GMT+0000
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    Aleks NE reacted to mike_seps in Is the LTT backpack water resistant on a motorcycle?   
    It's not designed to be water proof, only resistant. I'd need an actual rain cover to feel any sort of confidence. Or the classic "wrap it in a bin bag" trick that I used to do on the bike.
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    Aleks NE reacted to Mark Kaine in Upgrade from 1050Ti to RTX2060 doable with Ryzen 5 3600?   
    yeah its doable but there are probably better cards nowadays. 
     
    A 3060 would be obviously much better,  but then the psu might be an issue.  whats the model/brand of the psu?
     
    cpu would be still ok. 
     
     
    also btw, not how it works,  3000 series cards have high transient power spikes, and that means you need a psu that can handle that, hence exact model is needed 
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    Aleks NE reacted to D13H4RD in We told you so... - CD Projekt RED's management gets grilled by their staff over Cyberpunk 2077's rough launch   
    More like an ID10T error.
     
    I accidentally hit the enter key before I was even able to begin writing stuff in. Apologies.
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    Aleks NE reacted to PCGuy_5960 in Apple Responds to Facebook's Anti-Tracking Criticism   
    We need to track our users data to... *checks notes* ...save small businesses. 
     
    bruh
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    Aleks NE reacted to Mark Kaine in Apple Responds to Facebook's Anti-Tracking Criticism   
    I'm still waiting for fb to withdraw from the EU market... 
     
    well if current EU plans come to fruition they'll kinda have to. 
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    Aleks NE reacted to Ashley MLP Fangirl in Apple Responds to Facebook's Anti-Tracking Criticism   
    small businesses don't track billions of people. 
     
    i applaud Apple for giving users this option and it's one of the reasons why i'm loyal to iPhone lmao. 
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    Aleks NE reacted to APasz in [UK]50% off Sennheiser Momentum at Selfridges   
    Had these for the last 4 or so years. Real good imho.
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    Aleks NE got a reaction from Teddy07 in sorry i dont know where to ask this does computer repair need math   
    Yes, maths is important in computer repair. 
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    Aleks NE reacted to rcmaehl in IP Apocalypse - RIPE confirms available IPv4 addresses will run out in November   
    Source:
    RIPE NCC
    ISPreview UK (Quote/media source)
     
    Summary:
    The UK, Europe, Middle East, and Asia are quickly running out of IPv4 addresses with other regions to soon follow.

    Media:

     
    Quotes/Excerpts:
     
    My Thoughts:
    It's happening. IPv4 is being fully used. It's migrate or die. Or well, not really die, just have a lot of hardship ahead as you're forced to buy and sell IPv4 addresses. Thankfully, DNS servers and hostnames were adjusted for the internet backbone a LONG time ago, it's just up to ISPs to get on board like they should have long ago.
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    Aleks NE reacted to cafe in All right I had enough. I am unsubscribing from linustechtips.   
    i mean i agree but i still use the forums.
    although anyone who cares about tech would dislike apple, hes too nice to them imo.
    apple is not for people who have any curious tweaking things brain
    apple is literally the control ads they had a long time ago.
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    Aleks NE reacted to Fasauceome in My parents won't get me a PC   
    "oops dad I dropped my laptop, looks like it needs to be replaced."
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    Aleks NE reacted to samcool55 in My friend can't open win explorer and has no background tasks running in task manager, I have a suspicion she is in safemode.   
    That looks more like a very broken windows install.
    Explorer is working tho because you have the task bar.
     
    I would be glad someone else is fixing it because this will be a big PITA to fix. Be happy that you are saved from this one.
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    Aleks NE reacted to geo3 in Suggest any good Desk Chairs   
    These are kind of mutually exclusive. 
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    Aleks NE reacted to homeap5 in Suggest any good Desk Chairs   
    After years of buying more and more expensive computer chairs, I ended with cheap four legs chair that I replace every year. Stable and I feel more comfortable.
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    Aleks NE reacted to Skipple in Computer Chair Rant   
    I'll never understand spending $1000-1500 on a balling gaming PC only to have your ass and back ache in a $75 chair.
     
    Any chair you buy from staples or Ikea or any cheaper chair online retailer if going to be absolutely garbage. Your back and butt will get sore after 1-3 hours. Don't get me started on "gaming" chairs.
     
    Craigslist or Marketplace is full of businesses that are selling their old assets. Chairs from companies like Herman Miller, Steelcase, Humanscale. There chairs will cost about $1000 retail but you can pick them up for 100-200 second hand. Same price as what you would pay for a mid range shitty poo poo chair.
     
    The ones from these companies are made to be sat in for 8+ hours a day. It's amazing the difference you can feel.
     
    Do your ass a favor. Get a good chair. 
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    Aleks NE reacted to minibois in Suggest any good Desk Chairs   
    That is of course just my opinion, but some other users did agree with what I said (and some did not, which is fine) in this thread:
    There are good and bad chairs on either side, but to get something good on the gaming chair side, you often need to spend more money then a desk chair..
    For example, I do like the Noblechairs Icon, which is around 300 GBP, while it's (IMO) about as good as my Markus chair.
     
    Chairs with lumbar support are nice, but most gaming chairs have design on the back that (for me) push into my shoulder blades.. Not that comfortable!
     
    If people want to spend closer to 400-600 GBP, you might as well look into a refurb good office chairs (like Herman Miller).
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    Aleks NE reacted to samcool55 in Suggest any good Desk Chairs   
    As someone that has a gaming chair, don't get one. Just don't.
    They are designed to keep you in place when you take a corner at 150km\h, not to be comfy at your desk.
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    Aleks NE reacted to minibois in Suggest any good Desk Chairs   
    IKEA Markus.
    Very comfortable, with a good design. Should be around 120-130 GBP.
    But if you like it, depends on how you sit and such. Go try it out in a store.
     
    IMO, gaming chairs are usually quite a scam. The good ones are typically way too expensive and the cheaper ones are terrible.
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    Aleks NE reacted to AlTech in FTC sues Match Group Inc (owner of Match) for Catfishing their customers   
    The FTC is suing the owner of numerous online dating services, Match Group Inc, for Catfishing their customers.
     
    The FTC is alleging that Match Group Inc conned customers into paying for subscriptions, exposed their customers to the risk of fraud, and engaged in unfair business practices.
     
     
     
     
     
    After a lot of consumers complained the FTC voted on whether to file a complaint and the complaint has since been filed in Texas.
     
    It's actually quite scary when you realize that Match Group has a monopoly on the online dating services market. I'm glad they've decided to take action.
     
    The fact that a dating services owner is being accused of catfishing their own customers is just a joke. The levels of irony here are unreal.
     
    Sources:
    FTC
    Lawful Masses with Leonard French Video
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    Aleks NE reacted to Keystone Nyan Cat in My experience buying a Xiaomi Notebook Pro from FastTech.com   
    TL;DR- Friendly, quick-to reply customer service coupled with timely updates, shipping and communication for orders- FastTech has been an uneventful shopping experience- just how it should be for shopping for computers and gets my endorsement.
     
    Order History (time in PST): (I cannot confirm nor deny any actions, conversations, or correspondences that may or may not have happened below for obvious reasons):
    18th July, 12:06PM: Created FastTech account
    19th July, 11:52AM: Placed Order for Xiaomi Notebook Pro w/ DHL Express Shipping, gift-wrapping, and hardbox packaging 
    22nd July, 8:15PM: Contacted by FastTech to whether I wanted to change the declared value on the package; their message (email and ticket on their site) said if I didn't reply back in 24 hours, the package would be shipped with its true vale.
    23rd July, 7:45AM: Replied back asking the declared value of the package to $400 (value of Xiaomi's cheapest notebook)
    23rd July, 7:16PM: Followed up with FastTech's live chat about an update about changing the packages declared value since I hadn't heard back from their support yet, and was nervous about it shipping with a declared value of over $1,000. Was told that their colleague would look into it as soon as possible.
    23rd July, 8:34PM: Received confirmation that the order would be shipped with my asked value.
    24th July, 5:53AM: Received order shipping confirmation (tracking number not working though; website asked waiting for 2 days for it to activate though)
    25th July, 6:46PM: Received updated tracking number via email and support ticket; my orders page was updated with a picture of the package and tracking number.
    27th July, 10:10AM: Received by me.
     
    Pictures of Packaging: https://imgur.com/a/kAxDqI7
    Proof of Purchase: https://imgur.com/a/qe4pD6l
     
    Notes on packaging: 
    When initially opening the package- I wished there was more bubble wrap around the inside box, but given the laptop box itself was enclosed in soft packaging foam- it wouldn't have helped a lot anyways in hindsight and would only serve to increase the already expensive shipping costs. There was a minor dent in the exterior packaging, but but the innermost box for the notebook itself was undamaged. The notebook box itself still had it's original shrink wrap on and security stickers- it was brand new There was some odor when opening the box, but the actual package enclosed in shrink wrap was odor free. For $1.50, the hard box and gift wrapping was well worth it; moreso since if opened by customs- gifts are usually not dutied at all. The above is as objective and factual as I can get it to be, that all said, if you want to hear more about my experience as I delve into the subjective, read on!
     
    Why did I not want to choose FastTech
    Little to no customer reviews nor shopping experiences on high end electronics purchases. Website looked outdated/ sketchy with unmatched fonts and styles Missing as a recommended seller under the r/Xiaomi wiki  
    Why did I choose FastTech?
    Some subreddits (mostly those around ecigs and vaping of all places, with some scattered posts on tech ones) held their customer service among the best in the industry for imports from China- both in responsiveness and professionalism. This was the biggest reason atleast for me for going through with them- I wanted someone to have my back incase something went wrong and not have to deal bad customer service with weeks in CS replies for shipping delays, damaged goods, etc.; and atleast from what I read- that wouldn't be the case with them, which was a huge relief over others like GearBest whom were plagued with horror stories around delays and non-responsiveness. Their return policies were far better than GearBest, BangGood, Aliexpress and I could pay through PayPal- if something went wrong and if they refused to cooperate- I could go through PayPal. I mean, to quote their website- "FastTech reimburses return shipping charges. Contact us for a RMA, within 5 days of delivery, and ship products back via the least expensive method."; aka- they cover back a 100% of shipping fees during that 5 day return window.  Comparable price to GearBest, BangGood, and Aliexpress (not really a shopping factor for me; $25-50 here or there is a bit trivial when you're paying $1,000+ for a laptop), I'd rather pay more for better CS. They may or may not offer changing the value of packages that they ship as well as gift wrapping them, which means paying little to nothing at all in customs duty. I read horror stories of people being charged over $200 for duties which would be crazy expensive for a laptop, so this, if true, would also have been a strong reason for me going through with them. Their policies said they would work as a middleman between the customer and Xiaomi itself if anything goes wrong after 6 months and up until a year after the order date to fix the device.  
    Other notes:
    Overall, I'm pretty pleased with my experience- it was uneventful and required minimal input from me after placing my order- just like how anything that was ordered online should be. Atleast from my experience with them- I feel confident recommending them to others and they're definitely going to be my go-to for ordering products in the future if the need to do so arises again. From staff that replied in quite literally hours in legible/ clear English to actually adding a photo of the box as it shipped- buying from them has been a really stress-free experience.
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    Aleks NE reacted to AlTech in The Republic Of Poland Officially sues The EU Parliament and EU Council over recent EU Copyright Directive with Online Content Filters and Link Tax   
    Poland is now officially suing The European Union for it's recent EU Copyright Directive dictating that Filters be introduced to pre-emptively screen content to check if it is copyright infringement and the directive containing the article about Link Taxes and online publishing.
     
    Previously Poland wanted to challenge the EU about this issue and it has but now they've officially taken them to court
     
    This has happened a while back but was only made public in the past day or two.
     
    Poland has previously expressed concerns with The EU Copyright Directive and filed a challenge to it.
     
    Since the source is a video I will be taking a couple of screenshots of important bits and also try to sum up what's going on.
     
    Also, please avoid the political stuff so this topic doesn't get locked.
     

     
     

     

     
    The EU has really been facing a lot of Criticism because of their new Copyright Directive and unfortunately it seems that yet again Poland is fighting this battle without the support of other EU countries.
     
    Online content filtering in the ways instructed by Article 17 of the passed bill (draft Article 13) is censorship and the EU knows that the best methods for checking for Copyright infringement upon a video's upload is filtering and nothing else comes even remotely close to being "good enough".
     
    I don't even know.
     
    Source:
     
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    Aleks NE reacted to Dedayog in Cables touching motherboard cause static electricity?   
    No, as the cables are shielded.
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    Aleks NE reacted to DrMacintosh in EU Competition Commisioner wants to force Apple and others to switch to USB-C industry standard for charging phones   
    I doubt the EU is smart enough to realize that cables have two connectors on either end. 
     
    If they mandate that the iPhone use USB-C, just put that on the wall end and get off on a technicality. 
     
    10/10 strat. 
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