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Koman

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About Koman

  • Birthday May 14, 2002

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  • Discord
    @K0M4N#2270
  • Steam
    https://steamcommunity.com/id/k0m4n
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  • Twitter
    https://twitter.com/Komoney02

Profile Information

  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Michigan
  • Occupation
    MTU Student

System

  • CPU
    i7-12700K
  • Motherboard
    TBD
  • RAM
    16GB (2x8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 CL16
  • GPU
    R9 290
  • Case
    Corsair 400D Airflow (White)
  • Storage
    Crucial P5 Gen4 nvme
  • PSU
    EVGA SuperNOVA 850 GT
  • Display(s)
    Gigabyte M27Q 27" 170Hz 144p KVM
  • Cooling
    be quiet Shadow Rock 3 Black
  • Keyboard
    Corsair K70 MK.2
  • Mouse
    Logitech G502 Hero
  • Sound
    Sennheiser HD 450BT
    ModMic Wireless
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 / Linux Mint
  • Laptop
    Acer Nitro 5 AN515-53 (2018) Core i5-8300H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 [Mobile], 8GB DDR4
    Upgraded: Samsung SSD 970, +4GB DDR4
    URL: https://www.newegg.com/black-acer-nitro-5-gaming-entertainment/p/2WC-000K-00032?Description=acer%20nitro%205%20an515-53&cm_re=acer_nitro_5_an515-53-_-2WC-000K-00032-_-Product&quicklink=true
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  1. This is my first build, so any tips would be appreciated. I was recently at a Microcenter and an employee helped me spec out a build with a i7-12700K. We had decided on a 8GBx2 kit of DDR4, but when I got home I realized that he accidentally grabbed me a DDR5 mobo. I already talked to the store and will be returning to exchange the parts, but I wanted to ask if I should keep the mobo and switch to DDR5, or exchange the mobo for a DDR4 board. Last time I checked the performance of DDR4 and DDR5 were similar, but DDR5 is more expensive at the moment. Would it be worth it to go with DDR5 right now with potentially upgrading it in the future once it matures, or just stick to DDR4? Not that it really matters for ram, but I will be using a R9 290 until GPU prices come down and plan on getting a 3070 (4000 series that can do 1440p 144ish fps).
  2. It was ChoEazyCopy, which more or less adds a GUI to window's built in robocopy program. Here is the github page for it: https://github.com/Cinchoo/ChoEazyCopy
  3. Yeah. I would love to build my own desktop, but am kinda lacking in the funds department and this laptop is good enough for the meantime.
  4. And sadly what I have noticed is that the GPU heat is transferred onto the CPU. Currently, I am at about 20% CPU usage but around 86 Celsius and the GPU at 75 Celsius at 46% usage. And I remember that the heat pipe layout had both fans on one side and both pipes attached to both the CPU and GPU.
  5. Nah, there are both GPU and CPU tasks. GPU tasks are worth more points but take about 3 times as long for me.
  6. That was after a few hours of running a Folding@Home Work Unit. I am assuming that it thermal throttled a down to that as once I paused the task and let it cool of for about 20 minutes, it turbo-ed back to around 3.8-3.9 GHz. So, it definitely was not doing nothing. Also, I get they go below base to save power, but the most I have seen it drop while being on it while having maybe a tab open in Firefox is maybe 2.2 GHz. I am sure it drops when completely idle or in sleep mode, but it was at 1.7 GHz at 100% usage.
  7. Ok, thanks for the help! Any suggestions on a thermal paste?
  8. I purchased an Acer Nitro 5 (2018 GTX 1050) as my first laptop a little over a year ago and it has been great. Though, while under heavy load, it gets quite hot, as the cooling setup is not the best, but I have tolerated it for a while, not experiencing too many slow downs in games. Recently, I have started running a Folding@Home Client on it and have noticed it gets up to 97 Celsius. I have noticed that it gets pretty hot while gaming, but not often over 90 Celsius. At one point, I noticed in task manager it reporting a clock of around 1.7 GHz, which having a base clock of 2.3 GHz seems kind of concerning. So I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a laptop cooling solution. It doesn't have to be portable, as although I use this laptop for school, I rarely play games on it there as the battery sucks and the performance drops significantly. I have seen a lot of suggestions to reapply thermal paste, which is a solid idea, though I do not really have the experience to do so at the moment or someone who could help, as of the whole quarantine thing. I do plan on looking into it in the future, as I will probably be using this laptop for the next year or 2. I also saw that cleaning the dust will help, which I somehow never thought of and will do. But, I know that the cooling setup on this laptop is not great, so I figured I would invest in something extra. Any suggestions on a cooling pad or some other solution? Thanks.
  9. Koman

    Mixtape App?

    I have used http://123apps.com's audio joiner if you are just looking to combine audio files. If you can get the mp3s of the songs, if from YouTube perhaps a converter like http://en.savefrom.net, and then drop all of them in the joiner. Yes, it is oneline and not the best gui, but i have used it and it works just fine.
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